iBsgmSi W -. U -. me pittliura .u WANTO Of all kinds flMnlO thrnturhthe 0 are snnlle1 nUC All classes or Advertisers have w l E an opportunltv to ntilize the clas sified columns PCliT of THE DIS PATCH. The UE.H I small "Ads" are well read. Ther area good a llfiRf) and sure Investment n fflUnU, thmmrh the ONE CKNT A J WORD columns UnRI ofTHE DIS PATCH. Sltua WUnfV.tioiM nre se cured qoickl). The "AdleU" Llpl p are growing; in popularity. ilEs-l. FORTY-SIXTH TEAR PITTSBURG-. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1891. THREE CENTS. THE OUTSJGANIZE. Democratic Ex-Office Holders All Over the Country Beinc Massed in a KEW POLITICAL MACHINE. Must Pay Assessments and Hustlo As When at the Public Crib. A CLUB FOfiMED IN PITTSBURG. All Expect to Receive the Places Tliey Held Under Cleveland. OLD POSTAL EMPLOYES TAKE THE LEAD An evidence of how the Democratic party is organizing for the great political contest of 3892 is shown by the organiza tion of clnbs all over the country, com posed of men who held Government posi tions by grace of Graver Cleveland and who were kicked ont when Pjesident Har rison took up the reins. One of these clubs was organized in this city yesterday. It is the Democratic ex Letter Carries Associatian and is pat terned after one organized by Robert Mc Clure, in Cleveland, a few weeks ago. Mc Clure's idea was to secure an organization of ex-Government employes that would be as Ftrong politically and as useful to the party in a financial way, as if the members were still holding office. The likelihood of their being rclrstated in their old positions in ent of their party's success, as a reward for iheir efforts and sacrifices, would create hope enough in the bosoms cl the old office holders and emp'i-.ycs to insure their co operation. With this idea earn;-! out all otr the country the party would secar; a non-office-holding auxiliary to the regular working organization that would be almost as powerful as the office-holding machine of the party in power. 'arty Leader Pleated With the Plan. McClure communicated his plan to the Democratic leaders, who agreed with him It once as to its value and authorized him to go ahead as rapidly as possible As a re sult, cx-lettcr earners clubs, ex-postal clerks, ex-pension and revenue clerks and ex-Government employes and office-holders" clul.s, under -various titles, are being or ganized eerywh--e. Bert Connelly, an ex-carrier in this city, is at the head of the old letter carrier;' movement in this city, and presided at i's initial meeting, at J"-"? Fourth avenue, ye; tT'lay afternoon. Twenty of the 35 Demo cratic ex-carriers in the city were present, and the otherj sent word of their co-operation in the movement Mr. Connelly ex plained to th meeting the object of the or ganization. It was largely to offset the in fluence of the .National Letter Carriers' As Miciaiion in thecoming national contest, and nf'er a sufficient nnmber of clubs had been crgsmred, it vas the intention to organize a national body. Iloth Moral and Financial Support. Bnt the mam object was to contribute to the success of the Democrat!:! ticket in 189Z The individual efforts of the members of the club must be pledge 1 to that end, and thej mut be ready to stand an assessment for campaign purposes wljen the partf leaders needed it, just the same as if they nere holding a Government position. The effect of such a combined effort by so many nun would be-apparent on election day, and would no doubt be properly recognized after inauguration day if it proved successful. In event of failure to un in 1892, the proposition is to continue the organization as a social and beneficial club, allowing politics to rest until the next following Presidental campaign. Only those who held positions as letter carriers under Post master Larkin's administration are eligible to membership, though the eight or ten ex carriers of Allegheny will be invited to join, as their nnmber is too small for a sep arate body. Democrats holding places under Postmaster McKean at present are not eligible. To Be a National Organization. One of the intentions of the club is to i-end two representatives to the next Na tional Convention. A similar representa tion will be sent from all the other clubs. Prior to the convention's adjournment these representatives will organize the national body and adopt resolutions to stand by the ticket just as they did when holding places four years before, and pledg ing the efforts and financial assistance of the entire organization in practical pol itics. The next meeting of the local club will be held Wednesday evening, when officers will be elected and a committee on by-laws appointed, and steps will be taken toward securing the use of a meeting room at one of the Democratic club houses until the new club is strong enough to have one of its own. Just who the new Democratic organiza tion favors as the nominee of the partv for President is not stated, the leaders saying that they are not bound to any one man. It is more than suspected, though, that most of the members favor the New York heavy-weight, who gave them a place at the public crib while he was in power. FOBAKEB'S FBLENDS' CHALLENGE. They Defy Sherman to Test His Strength With the People. Columbus, Nov. 29. rfat The friends of ex-Governor Foraker are consid erably chagrined that they did not accom plish the desired lesult at the meeting of the Republican; tat e Committee, Friday, in haing come action taken which would tend to embarrass Senator Sherman. There are numerous other schemes on hand, the im port of which would seem to be an effort to lt the ex-Governor fall easy in the defeat h ch awaits him when the Legislature convei.es. The Foraker bureau of infor mation is operated jointly by Charles Kurtz, of this city, and W. S. Cappeller, of Mans field The latter was asked if there was anything new in the Senatorial contest, and said. Yes, there is something very important that you may give to the public It is in re rird to the papular sentiment among the Republicans or Ohio as to whether Senator Sherman or Governor Foraker should be chosen. As the public is well awai e, Sena toi 61 ennan's lrisnds have repeatedly made the statement that a large majority of the Hepublicuusor Otiioaroin favor ot return ing him to the United States Semte. Tbey hae seen lit to claim that if the Eepublic ans in the Legislature fall to re-elect Sher man, the wishes of the constituents will be disregarded and this alleged large majority or .Ohio Kenublicans bitterly disappointed. Now, in order to give Senator Sherman an opportunity to demonstrate the truthful ness or the falsity or this assertion, the fi lends of Governor Foraker are willing to submit the Senatorial question to a. popular vote of the Republicans of Ohio, we have the votes to elect Governor Foraker with easoand have no feats -whatever of the re sult of the caucus. Oar only object in mak ing the suggestion is to settle the question of the comparative popularity of the re spective candidates. Sow, It seems to me that if Senator Sherman believes he is more popular with Ohio Republicans than is Governor Foraker, he will bo anxious to submit the question to their Judgment. ALLEGHENY FOR BLAINE. MAGEE SAT? THERE IS ONLY ONE MAN HERE FOB PRESIDENT. The Maine Man the Most Practical Article as a Statesman Harrison's Record Open for Inspection The Campaign to Be for Tariff and Reciprocity. Philadelphia. Nov. 2a Special Beyond meeting a few friends at the Union League, with an incidental chat at the Manufacturers' Club, Magee and Senator Flinn had a reasonably quiet Sunday in this city, and left for the West this even ing. The traction agreement made with P. A. B. Widener and William L. Elkins com prised the extent of Mr. Magee'a mission in the East at this time, and politics did not figure in the visit. "You will be a delegate to the Minneapo lis Convention, next year?" "Yes, if they think I am good enough to go," said Mr. Magee at the Stratford this evening. "I shall be there in any event" "Whom do you intend to take along as delegates?" "That is too much to talk about," was the reply. "I have no idea about Republican intentions; out in Allegheny we are all for Blaine." '"Then Blaine can have the nomination ?" "If he wants it I think there is no ques tion on that score. He is the broadest and best of American statesmen to-day. They don't have a more practical article. The Pennsylvania delegation will be for him undoubtedly, and the signs all say that he is in the field The issue will be tariff. The campaign of '92 will be iought on the reci procity lines distinctly and unequivocally marked out bv Mr. Blaine. Of cours, the McKinlev protective tariff bill is practically the platform also, and th Republican party can well af ford to stand or fall by it. I have nothing to say about President Harrison. He has a record, and the public are the best judges. There are matters to work for in this State,"' continued Mr. Magee, "and time alone will determine what tbvy are." "Have vou net Quav latelv?" "No. Mr. Quay and myself are on good terms as far as I know. The papers very kindly tell certain stories and set notions, but there is no quarrel that I know of." BLAINE A WELL MAN. HIS PHTSIC1AN POSITIVELY ASSERTS THAT TO BE THE CASE. One Reason for the Secretary's Visit to Philadelphia He Is in as Good Con dition as the Average Man of His Age Taking Exercise. PHir.ADEi.rnrA, Nov. 29. The Press to morrow ill publish the following. To consult his medical adviser was the prime reason for Mr. Blaine's trip to Phila- delphia. Mr. Blaine learned that he was In better health and strength now than he was four years ago, and that six months or a year hence he would be stronger than he is now. He learned further thai he is as good a man physically at El years as anybody else of like age. "Mr. Blaine is a well man." This is what Dr. Madison Taylor, the physician to the Secretary, said yesterday in an interview. Dr. Taylor thoroughly examined Mr. Blaine, and ho has been asked to make a state ment to put a stop to the many reports to tha contrary. "Mr. Blaine is in a better condition a great deal better condition than six months or a year ago," added Dr. Taylor, "and so far I can definitely sav, from a careful observation of his condition and from what he told me before I began to at tend him, Mr. Blaine enjoys better health than he did three or four j ears ago. "For his years he Is-sturdy. When I began to attend Mr. Blaine last spring he was suf fering from acute illness. He was in a very bad condition and completely broken down by overwoi k. I did not know what the out come would be. Now there is no doubt in my raind that Mr. Blaine's health is excellent. He is back to his normal weight. He has a good appetite and sleeps well. "Mr. Blame got well by the exercise of common sense, not of medicines. At Bar Harbor he went out driving so far each day, walked a certain distance, and played hand ball a fixedMength of time. Before his ill ness Mr. Blaine was not a man who would take much exercise. How he is the oppo site. He has grown to like it. Mr. Blaine wrote me two weeks before his visit here that he walked about two miles every day. Very often he savs ho walks a mile at a stretch If Mr. Blaine continues to take earn of himself, as he is now doing, I see no reason why he should not live many years longer." HILL BACK OP CRISP. THE SPEAKERSHIP FIGHT A PART OP THE PRESIDENTAX. Cleveland Feels Tammany Has Played Him The Tiger Was to Roar for Mills ir Grover Shouted for Flower Repub licans in the Rest of Humor. New York, Nov. 29. 5paia7. Mr. Cleveland's friends are becoming more and more impressed with the belief that the Democratic leaders, David B. Hill and Tammany Hall, have made a fool of him. They beguiled him into the campaign under the impression that the organization, and especially the Tammany members ot Con gress, would assist Mr. Mills in his ambi tion to be Speaker. Whenever a demon stration of importance has occurred in Tam many Hall during the past year, both Mills and McMillin, who were the leading mem bers of the Ways and Means Committee of the Fiftieth Congress, which formulated and reported the now famous tariff bill that was approved by Mr. Cleveland, have been the star expounders of the Democratic doc trines. Before election more than one Tammany man of prominence was Quoted in the daily press as predicting that the New York delegation would work for and support Mills. The influential Clevelaud men put their hands generously into their poekets.chipped in liberally to the Democratic campaign fund, took off their coats on the day of election and gave Mr. Flower a comfortable and a confident Democratic vote. But within the past week the mask has been torn off, and Ta-nmany stands as the opponent of Mr. Cle eland's pet and the avowed champion of Judge Crisp, of Georgia, whose political manatrer in the contest now so soon to be decided is none other than Senator David B. ,Hill. So then this situation is now seen. Hill has formally entered the areua of national politics by a declaration that whatever sun- port he may possess will be given to Judge Crisp in opposition to the Cleveland candi date, Roger Quarles Mills, of Texas. In other words, the real battle for the Demo cratic nomination next year begins with the election for Speaker of the House of Representatn es. Mr. Cleveland starts handicapped by the desertion of Tammany Hall, which before the" Democrats'and the people of this coun try takes this method ot repudiating Mr.' Cleveland lavorite doctrine bv voting against nil cnosen canaiaaie. In the mean-I time Governor Flower will be found quietly and effectively converting to his own user and tor his own political aggrandizement the local machine In the State. Flower to day unquestionably holds in his possession the key of national politics. If he is reso lute and self-assertive, both Hill and Cleve land must come supplicatingly to htm for assistance. At any event, he has it in his .power to make both of these gentlemen pass many an uncomfortable night between now and the time of the National Conven tion. And the the Republicans can afford to sit on the fence and watch the proceed ings. From a national standpoint, their af fairs were never in a more promising or sat isfactory condition. COL. BBECKINBIDGE IS FOB MILLS. He Agrees With the Views of Senator Car lisle In His letter. Lexington, Kr., Nov. 29. Colonel Breckinridge was seen to-day and asked: "Have you seen the letter of Mr. Carlisle, and what do yon think of it?" He replied: "I agree with Mr. Carlisle in both para graphs of hfs letter, and it is substantially the position that I have taken in public speeches and in private conversations. On tariff reform we can elect a President and a majority in both Houses of Congress, and only on that issue. I am a bi-metallist, and, as the friend of the party of the two metals, I am axious to avoid division in the Demo cratic party. "If we divide we not only lose tariff re form, but the silver question. The. election of Mr. Mills will be the declaration that the tariff issue is the question upon which the Presidental canvass shall be fought. His defeat, no matter by whom, will be ac cepted as our declaration that we are not willing to make that the issue, and commit ourselves to the reform of taxation. This, in my judgment, will be calamitous, and I am therefore in favor of the election of Mr. Mills." DR. HALL HAS HK GUITEAU. HIS WODLD-BE ASSASSIN MISSES HIM IN THREE SHOTS. . The Man Evidently Demented Papers De scribing a 'Fancied Conspiracy for His Ruin Found on Him The Clergyman Admits Knowledge of the Man. New York, Nov. 29. As Dr. Join Hall, rector of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, was passing from the church to the parsonage adjoining, just after the close of the morning services to-day, a man named John G. Rath, a German, 43 years old, stepped from behind a wagon on the oppo site side of the avenue and fired three shots in quick succession at the reverend gentle man as he was about ascending the steps of his residence. The first shot struck the stone stoop of the doctor's house, the second perforated one of the glass panels of the front door and the third flattened itself against the side of the house. The shooter coolly pat the pis tol in his pocket, while two members of Dr. Hall's church jumped upon him and held him until the arrival of an officer. He made no resistance. Shortly afterward Dr. Hall went to the police station and pre ferred a complaint against the prisoner. Rath is a heavy, well-built man, whiskers and mustache, well dressed and has the ap pearance of a well-to-do business man. He gave his business as that of a real estate dealer. A great crowd witnessed the shoot ing The prisoner was evidenjlr' not in his right mind. He muttered about a con spiracy which he imagined existed against him, and papers found on his person snowed, the bias of his imaginings. There were two of thesi documents, one in manuscript and the otby pritvted, bat both were substanti ally the same, xne printed paper stated that agents in the hands of wealthy and in fluential people were doing all in their power to prevent him from rising in busi ness, were watching all of his steps and making it impossible for him to obtain jus tice. His tormentors, too, he said, mixed his food with obnoxious stuff, thereby caus ing him intense distress. The conspiracy, the statement says, began in 1879, and has no equal in human history. Dr. Hall was seen at his home shortly after the shooting. He manifested no apparent nervousness, but he declined positively to converse upon the topic. He admitted that he had known Rath for some time and had rpcpivpri letters fmm him bnt he declined to say what was the nature of the matter written to him or whether it was replied to. It is not known whether any threats have been thus conveyed or not. A COURT MARTIAL 15 MEXICO For a United States Soldier Who Is Under Arrest Over the Border. Laeedo, Tex., Nov. 29. fiperioj. The following is the official report of the recent stabbing of Private Barrett, TJ. S. A,, by the guard in the jail at Nuevo Laredo, Mex., as made by the commander of Ff. Mcintosh: Private Michael Barrett, troop "G," Third Cavalry, being boisterous, was arrested by the municipal police of Nuevo Laredo while on his way to and Hearing the bridge leading to this country. He was taken to jail and put under obarge of a guard of Mexican sol diers acting in a civil capacity as jailers. About two hours later, under the aggrava tion of maltreatment by his custodians, he attacked one of their number and was bru tally bayoneted Dy some or the others, re ceiving three wounds, two very se rious, one of them being made in his back, the bayonet passing between his ribs and breaking off in the wound. By a forced construction of Mexican military law it has been directed that Barrett be tried as a private-soldier before a oourt martial, to be held at Monterey, Mexico, for assault ing members of the military guard. The authorities at Washington have been ad vised of the situation, and will no doubt take immediate steps to stop these rather unnsual proceedings, or if that cannot be done, have Barrett represented at his trial by proper counsel, provided through the De partment of State. HEYDBICE'S APPOINTMENT AFPBOVJSD. General Satisfaction With the Selection Made by Governor Paulson. Harbisburg, Nov. 29. Special The arrival of The Dispatch this morning was the fiist information that nearly everybody in Harrieburg had that Judge Heydrick, of Franklin, had been appointed to the seat on the Supreme Bench made vacant by the death of Justice Clark. Really nobody knew of it outside of the. Governor and his official family. When it was learned that The Dispatch announcement was from the inside, nearly all interested pronounced the appointment an excellent one, even including those who were the friends of other candidates for the place. C0KEI0CK IK CHICAGO, Whence He Intends to Drive the Publishers of Improper Books. Chicago, Koy.,20. Special. Anthony Comstock is in town. His mission here is to see that legal proceedings are instituted against certain Chicago publishers who, he claims, have been sending improper litera ture through the mails. His stay wiU be short but sensational. This is the first visit the head of the Society for the Prevention of Vice has made to Chicago for four yean. Mr. Comstoctsays the oflending publish ers came here from New Xorki where their business was legally suppressed. Here, he' raw Ihe ttiriire nertottftA nnlltiniana itnj the judiciary, .DEATH, NOT SLATERT, The Fate of the Pacific Islanders Who Were Shipped for Mexico. ONLY THE WEECKED VESSEL FOUND Apparently Not & Single One of the Crew or Unman Cargo Escaped. NEARLY 300 PERSONS WERE DROWNED rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. San Fbancisco, Nov. 29. A private, dispatch received late to-nfght from Man zanillo, Mex., gives pretty good proof that the brig Tahiti and the 270 Gilbert Island ers on board, who were tinder contract of the coffee plantations of San Benito, Mex., have been lost at sea. The brig touched at Drake's bay, near San Francisco, in Sep tember last, and though the islanders were seen to be virtually slaves, no action was taken to stop the traffic. The American steamer Roseville at rived at Manzanillo-on Friday from Islapa and her captain reported that the Roseville passed the wreck of the Tahiti 11. miles southwest of Lizard Point. She was float ing bottom np, with rudder gone and bal last badly shifted. It was evident that the brig had capsized while on the starboard tack, as all the port rigging had been cut away in an attempt to prevent her going over. Apparently Not One Survivor. The steamer stopped and sent a boat off to examine the wreck, but not a living thing could be found, and the position of the brig prevented any search of her inter ior. The brig's yawl was still by her, but two small boats were gone. This gives lit tle hope that any lives were saved, for only the yawl would have stood any chance of surviving the storm that affected the brig to such an extent as to make it necessary to cut away her running rigging. Inquiries from Manzanillo were sent to all points on the coast, but not a survivor was reported as having made shore at or near any port which could be heard from. The brig Tahiti was 290 tons burden and, was one of the fastest sailers of her ton nage in the island trade. She carried an enormous spread Sf canvas. She took on at Butaritari 270 Gilbert Isl anders for San Benito, Mex., to work under contract on coffee plantations. The con tract was one of the usual kind in such cases, and provided that they should work for a term of years at wages which would scarcely buy their daily mess of beans. A Very Suspicious Cargo. On September SO the brig put in at Drake's bay, near Point Reyes, for repairs to her rigging. She bad been forced out of her course by foul weather, and .Captain Ferguson did not dare to bring his cargo into San Francisco for fear that the author ities might become annoyingly inquisitive. Dr. Gibson, surgeon, left the vessel at Drake's bay and returned to San Fran cisco. He gave a graphic account of the trip. The islanders on board were told they were going to Mexica. They were willing, for at that time the islanders were suffering from a shflrt food supply, and the chiefj ad vised the men it would be for the bes H. H. Leavitt, of Now York, ownBtof,, three-fourths ot the vesiel," said that 'at tha expiration of their term of service they would be returned to their homes free of expense, this being guaranteed by the Mex ican Government. The hold was sand wiched with bunks three and four deep, and no trouble was experienced with the' natives except a few fights among some women, who slashed one another with knives on account of jealousy. In One Storm Previously. On August 19, when 200 miles west of the Columbia river, the brie was caucht in a. gale. The topsail and mainsail were car-4' ried away. The vessel heaved and lurched in the heavy sea, and the islanders, oooped up in the hold, were thrown into a state of, terror. After tne wind subsided 'light sum mer sails were rigged, and the vessel reached Drake's bay, where new sails were secured. An appeal was made to Collector Phelps to stop the vessel, but he saw no authority for doing it, though the Mexican Consul said the contract conldnot'be enforced. The islanders did not even know the value of money. The vessel-looked like .one of the old slavers, and those who saw the wrecked natives in the hold pitied their fate. Captain Ferguson's wife fell ill here and he Induced Captain Erickson to take charge. Besides the natives there were on board three mates, 12 seamen, Dr. Scrymser and two cooks. SEVEN BEATHS ALREADY. The Responsibility for the Lake Shore Wreck Is Not Tet Placed. TOLEOO, Nov. 29. The results of last night's accident on the Lake Shore Rail road, in this city, are more serious than was at first feared. In addition to the two who were killed outright, five more have since died and several others cannot survive. The wounded, also, sustained more serious in- juries than was supposed at the time. Nearly all were frightfully burned and scalded about the face and hands, and many will be disfigured for lite. The list of, the dead so far reported is: Mrs. Sarah McCoy, Ransom, 111; the two children of Mrs. 31. J. McDonald, of New York; H. Vaughan.,&San Francisco, Cal.; Thomas Mc Queen, Elkhardt, Ind.; Miss Ella Meyers, Cleveland; Maude McKenzie, aged 12, Chi cago. The body of Miss Meyers has already been sent to her home in'Cleveland, but the others still lie at the undertaker's here. Those who still remain in a precarious condition are Mrs. John Nelson, Toledo; Warren L. Potter, Des Moines; Mrs. J. A. McKenzie and daughter Pearl, of Chicago; James Ludwig, Peoria, 111.; John Conway, Melbourne, Mass. The most of these are being cared for at St. Vincent's Hospital. The responsibility for the accident has not yet been determined. The railroad officials have as yet made no statement, but the Coroner is hard at work on the ease audi will call a jury Monday morning. BLEW OFF HIS OWN HXAD. Determined Suicide of a Railroader With' the Aid of Dynamite. Albuquerque, N. M., Nov. 29. Special A most deliberate case of sui cide happened near Ohallender station, on the Atlantic and Pacific A man shabbily -dressed, claiming to be a miner, approached the foreman of the bridge gangof the company and asked for work. He was em ployed and worked faithfully that day. The next morning he did not show up, and late in the 'afternoon his associates hunted for him. They soon found his body mangled, and the head blown off, a few hundred yards from where he had slept that night. A stick of dynamite was near the body, and it is, supposed that, becoming despond ent, the man placed the dynamite in his mouth and awaited results. No papers of any kind were found to indicate his name or where he came from. Last Retting Place of the Tracys. New-York, Nov. 29.--Special-ln on of the loveliest portions of Greenwood Cemetery is a simple monument that mark's the resting place of the wife and daughter of Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy. When they lost their lives at the burning of their house in Washington, February 2 of last year, their bodies were g laced in the receiving vault of the Rook Jreek Cemetery. It was then said that their final destination was the Tracy family vault at "Owego. The interment occurred about two months ago. There were no cere monies, and the attendance was limited to a feiv Jriends of Secretary Tracy's family. CYRUS ,W. FIELD BETTER. HE MUST HAVE ABSOLUTE QUIET AND REST, THOUGH Less Hope for Mrs. Llndley The Wall Street Sage Completely Prostrated Bis Brother in Washington Knows Nothing or His Nephew's Whereabouts. New York Nov. 29. SpecUL This bulletin was given out to-day at the resi dence of Cyrus W. Field: Gbahercy Park, Nov. 29, 9 A. w. Mr. Field's condition requires abiolnte rest and quiet. Euqrse Fcixer, M. D. Under ibis was penciled a note stating that the condition of Mrs. Lindley was un changed. Rev. Dr. Henry Field spent much of the afternoon at his brother's resi dence. At '6 o'clock Dr. Field said to a re porter that his brother was completely prostrated, but had been resting-quietly all the afternoon. The prospects that he would recover looked more encouraging. Edward MField, Dr. Field said, was a man of an exceedinglv nervous temperament, and of late he had" had many mental lapses. "It Beems," said Dr. Field, "as if some thing had snapped in his brain. Usually his mind was perfectly-lucid, but occasion ally he was out of his mind entirely, and then everything seemed to slip from him." , Dr. Field thonght there was very little nope of the recovery of Mrs. Daniel A. Lindley, who is also lying ill in her father's house. ' President Sidnev Dillon, of the Union Pacific Railway Company, said this after noon that the company stood ready to buy in all the bonds and stock makine up the securities hypothecated withij leid, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. He hoped their present holders would come forward to-morrow. From President Dillon's remarks it was un derstood that the company was ready to give the present holders of the securities all the money they had loaned them. The re sult of this would be that the company would for the present assume the loss of whatever excess Field's firm had borrowed on the securities over what it had originally lent on them. A special from Washington says: Jnstice Stephen J. Field, brother of Cyrus W. Field, stated this evening that his nephew, E. M. Field, was not in Washing- ton, and had not been, so far as he knew. The Justice added that'he only knew about his nephew's financial troubles through the. newspapers. It was asserted late this evening that young Field has been placed in an asylum for the insane. TO MATEBIALIZE THOUGH!. Annie Besant, the Theosophlst, Asserts. That It Will Soon-Be Done. New York, Nov.29. Special Theo-- sophically inclined people gathered in, Chickering Hall to-night to hear Mrs., Annie Besant deliver her lecture on "Rein-, carnation." Among those present were Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Marshall P. Wilder, S. S. Packard. Mrs. D. Staunton. James -Bqgart, J. O. Woods and Alex. Follerton.. Man has a threefold nature in. common with all animal creation. On one side is the' brute, with all its pleasures, its pains audits needs to satisfy. On the other is the divine nature that nature which ha") a slimmer in all constitutions. It shone with great brill iancy in the beings of the Buddha and the Christ. It is our own trudr self in our best moments. It raises us above all earthly things. Be tween the divine and the brntal comes tne human nature extendingia-hand to each. This human nature can merge itself into either the one or the other, or it can raise the brute through the divine medium into a rstate of human perfection into the.po3slble. Mrs. Besant's most startling theory,, however, was hermiaterialization of thought' with the basis of hypnotism. Science would soon be able to make thoueht a thini? tangible; to be seen with the eyes and felt"; -witn tne nngers. C0NVEBTED.TO CATHOLICISM. An Episcopal Clergyman Tells Why He Has Changed .His Religion. Bostok, Nov.29. Special Rev. Jamea Field Spalding, reotor'of Christ Church, -Cambridge, one of the oldest Episcopalian parishes in the country, to-day gave his reasonsvfor resigning the rectorship and ac cepting Roman Catholicism. He denied that his action was influenced by the elec tion of Bishop Brooks, and asserted that he should have taken the step if the highest clergyman in the land had been made Bishop. He had Investigated Roman Cathol icism very carefully, and he was convinced that it was the only Church that is to-day showing itself by defending the Scriptures. He was convinced that the Roman Catholic Church was the true Church of Christ. He had found that much whiob is commonly considered the practices of the Roman Catholic Ohnrch is not so at all. This state ment applied practically to the worship of" idols. The Episcopal Church appeared to him to be but one phase of Protestantism. "There is but one Church of Christ," he said, "and all who have been baptized into, the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the -Holy Ghost will be saved,;according to His promises, if they live np to those which He gives them the conscience of each of you is the standard. " ON B0ABD A BURNING BOAT. Four Men Fight Desperately for Lira for Over an Hour. Chicago, Nov. 29. For over an hour to day on Lake Michigan four men stared full in the face what seemed to be inevitable death. They were aboard the tug John A. Miller.which, wrapped vin flame, was run ning wild at full speed in a great circle. The men had only deck buckets to delay the fire's progress. The smoke and flame from the burning craft were sighted by the tug Welcome, but the-waves were running so nieh that tha Welcome was Ion? riplavprl. At last, however, she succeeded in steaming close to the 'Miller and taking aboard the men. The rescuers narrowly averted the fate that had menaced the rescued. The Wel come took fire, and only prompt measures prevented her destruction. The four men who escaped from the Miller were Captain Peter Barry, Engineer James Barry, Fire man Charles Newman and a deck hand. The fire is supposed to have originated in the explosion of a lamp. It made too rapid progress to permit any investigation. r Reals Won't Proseoute the Abductors. Kansas City, Nov. 29. Public excite ment over the Beals kidnapping case has subsided to a very great extent, principally because of the public announcement that Mr. Beals will not prosecute the abductors. Mr. Beall claims that his honor is involved because hi gave His word that he would ask no questions. The prisoners are still kept at Independence. The man who returned. the child to his home and got the reward is still being searched for bv the police. No' trace of him line tiatfn frtnnri m.nt it is be lieved he has succeeded in celling" out ofu town; . ' KEASON ' IN RELIGION. Prof. Brisks Speaks of the Great Fountain of Divine Authority. HE GOES PAST THE C03FESSI05, Claiming the Right to Enter -Fields It Has Not Even Explored. HUMAN REASON AS A CHANNEL OF GRACE fRPKCIAL TEIEGBAM TO THE DI'iPATC'n.l New York, Nov. 29. The subject chosen by Prof, Charles A. Briggs for his lecture to-night iu the Church of the Covenant was: "The Reason as a Great Fountain of Divine Authority, and Its Relation to the Bible and the Church." Dr. Briggs started with the statement that the reason is historically a great fountain of divine authority. He continued: ' Do I contradict tho Westminster Confes sion when I take this position? Doubtless there are some who think that I do, but these overlook some very Important state ments in the confession of faith of our-" church. The Westminster Confession .sets f.1h ttlA ....an tit .MnnnlDtilnn fAw4na ... the" reformed churches that the divine graceV"v is not confined to the means ot grace, nut may use other channels ' in com municating itself to men; that while the Holy Spirit .ordinarily uses Bible, Church and sacrament, He sometimes works apart from them. It is on this ground that the Westminster Confession bases its doctrine of the salvation of elect infants and elect incapables, who, from their age and constitutional defects, are "incapable of be ing outwardly called by the ministry of the word." Such are "saved by Christ through the Spirit, who worketh when and where and how He pleaseth.'". This doctrine opens a gate upon a wide territory, which tha Westminster divines themselves did not ex plore, but which they left for us to explore as a region of liberty and extra-confessional doctrine. The Growth of a Liberal Spirit. The Westminster divines did not them selves go any further than elect infants and elect incapables, but modern Presbyterians have with unanimity extended their doc trine of elect infants and incapables to all infants and incapables, and have also added the class of elect heathen. If any class of persons can be saved by the divine spirit apart from church and sacraments, now else can they be saved except by the direct contact or tne uivme spirit wltn tneir souls in the form of the leasont I agree with the Westminster Confession in all Its essential and necessary articles, but I claim the right of going beyond it into fields unexplored and undefined by it. I agree with it in maintaining that the light of nature Is insufficient for salvation; but I advance beyond it into field of extra-confessional doctrine, where they have made no definitions whatever. When I say that the light of redemption shines from. Jesus Christ, the eternal Word of God, the Incarnate Bedeemer,not exclusively through Church and Bible, but also through the reason of men who cannot use the Church and Bible, I push its doctrine a little further. i maintain that God does not confine His authority to the Bible and the Church, bnt in His sovereign grace also uses the human reason as a channel of grace, a source of authority, a throne-room of certainty and assurance of salvation to some who do not find God in the Bible and the Church. There are several important statements in con nection witn the doctrine of the Holy Spirit which set forth the rights of the reason in relation to the Scriptures themselves. ' Reason the Great Fonntalnhead. Unless the Holy Scriptures bear, witness in our hearts we can never be assured of the. .dlvjne authority of Scripture. There can bo no rational zsutn or conscientious obedience to the Word of God. Those, therefore, who deny that God speaks to men through the reason, destroy- the Puritan doctrine of tha liberty of conscience. The Scriptures teach that the reason is a great fountain of divine authority. The wisdom, literature of the Old Testament, Job, Proverbs, and so on, ignore the institutions and the sacred writ ings of Israel. They appeal throughout to tne numan reason, xney are sealed to those who do not understand the human reason as a means of access to God. The same is true of the wisdom of the New Testament, Epistles to the Hebrews and the writings of John. The knowledge set forth in these writ ings, the soul possesses through the witness of the divine spirit within the forms of the reason. I Political history shows that the reason has been a great fountain of divine 'authority. Unless God approach men through the rea son, the whole numan race prior to the ad vent of Christ, except the little nation of Israel, are lost forever. The Old Testament teaches no such doctrine, and who shall ven ture to say that God may not havo spoken with divine authority to Socrates and Plato and other sages through the forms of the reason, and thus prepared the Greek and Roman worlds for the advent of Christ no less truly than he prepared the kingdom of Israel? The entire history of the Church shows that reason is a great fountain of di--vine authority. Unless the divine spirit had! worked in the forms of the reason there .could have been no chnrch organization, no liturgies, no creeus aau vuuieasions. The Rights of the Reason. What are thesebnt products of the human mind, guided by tbe divine spirit in the" forms of reason? Tho reformers rescued the Holy Scriptures 'from the domination of the Churoh and maintained the rights of the -reason. The second reformation made a still further advance, but these times were followed by reactions which reduced tha reason and the Scripture to bondage. Ra tionalism is historically tbe reaffirmation of the independence of the conscience and the reason and of immediate communion with God. If rationalists do not seek God through the Church, may not the ecclesias tics who govern the Church be somewhat to blame? If rationalists do not seek God through the Bible, mav not Protestant scholastics be somewhat to blame? For they have not too often required an im plicit faith and an absolute and blind obe dience to dogmas about the Bible that de stroy liberty of the conscience and reason. The Bible is higher than Protestantism, the Church is higher than Romanism, and the reason is higher than rationalism, and God is supreme over ahl. Have any of you thought what might be. the result if all par ties might rise above iheir prejudices and seek God and divine certitude in thethiee ways? The fences and barriers that have so long divided Christendom would be re duced to a faint line. It has been the will of God that these parties snould exist side by side for centuries. We may be sure that no one will conquer tho other, and in the end fraternal recognition will be the resnlt. It will become manifest that the variations of Christendom .are as consistent with 'tho unity of Christ's ChUTCh, as the colors of the rainbow aie consistent with the pure, Dright light of the world that gives them birth. A DUEL Iff PB0SPZCT. A Newspaper Controversy Results In a Per sonal Meeting at Scranton. ScrantoNjNov. 29. Special. No event of recent date has carried -more gossip throughout this city than the encounter last night ki the lobby of the St. Charles Hotel between Dr. William Haggerty, a promi nent Democratic politician and his party's candidate for Mayor lost spring, and John G. Doyle, the Scranton editor of the Elmira Telegram. Up to within a few weeks ago Dr. Haggerty was one of the owners of the Scranton Times, and was instrumental in having George D. Herbert discharged because he attacked General Master Workman Powderly, as was detailed, in Thk Dispatch at the time. Mr. Doyle took up the gauntlet for Mr. Herbert and fiercely assailed Dr. Haggerty in last Sun day's issue. Dr. Haggerty has been looking" for Mr. Doyle for a week, but did not meet him until last night, as the editor was out of town in the interval. Walking up to Doyle, Dr. Haggerty, who is a large man, said to the editor, who is a little man: "I don't intend to hurt von. hut T am going to humiliate you here before your iriends." "With these words he thrice struckrDoyle on the face and walked away. Doyle left the hotel in a towering passion, and his friends assert that he is about to challenge Dr, Haggerty to meet him on the field of honor, provided the doctorwill not publicly apologize. CHINESE BARBARITY. THE MASSACRE Or THE BELGIANS WAS ACCOMPANIED By the Crnelest Torture The Mob After ward Feted by Mandarins and Officials No Check Tet to the Southern March of the Mongolian Rebels. Tien Tsek, China, Nov. 00. Ofnoial re ports of the Takowa massacre contain de tails almost without parallel, even in the history of China. Previous dispatches have given but a faint idea of what happened. The members of the little Belgian mission had no opportunity of escaping. The slaughtercommenced with the killing of na tive converts, many of whom were put to death with fiendish cruelty. Children of tender years were siezed by savages, hacked with knives and roasted at a huge fire. A worse fate still befell the nuns, who were subjected to the grosses. indignities, and were afterwards brained effith massive clubs. The Belgian priests were cruelly .tortured but met their fates with Christian signation. One of them had his heart ongue torn irom his body, ana was 5fl Vi by the savages in a murderous VSitt V ty Q -astounding statement was that afteV a yAureants had been satiated with outrage?, daughter they were feasted and fetenANjeading Chinese mandarin in the dist.'v, tfo. The-foreig.,J. vatic body at Pekin are simply' fariouT y whole'European col ony is'boiling v .ndignation. The news from Mongolia isSicreasingly serious. The rebel forces are reported to be growing larger, and their forward march has been continued so far un interruptedly. The Imperial troops have not yet got into into touch with the rebels. Further detachments of troops have been ordered forward. The rebels in their south ward march occupied town after town with out resistance. At all the places through which they passed the rebels made requisi tions upon the inhabitants for supplies. A dispatch from St Petersburg gives the contents of a private telegram about the Chinese disturbances received by the Novoe Vremya from Vladivostock, and the state ments made confirm those given above. FIRST BLOOD FOB THE REBELS. An Imperial Chinese Army Meets a Dis- astrons Defeat la the North. t London, Nov. 29. Advices received here from Shanghai are to the effect that the rebel forces in Manchuria have de feated the ' imperial troops- sent to suppress 'the rising in that region. The Imperial forces numbered 4,000 men, and their defeat causes, the Government the gravest anxiety. Reinforcements to the number of 6,000 men has been dispatched from Tien Tsen to oppose them, who are marching on Pekin. Archbishop Aix Is Not Silenced. Pabis, Nov. 29. The Archbishop.of Aix, celebrated mass in the Basilica at Lyons this morning. In the course of his address the Archbishop referred to his recent trial before the court. He did not regret what he had done, he said, and the fact that a fine had been subjected, would not have the ef fect at silencing him. .When the Arch bishop was leaving the Cathedral the con gregation rose en masse and called ont, ''Viva Rnnlard." The Archbishon paused and responded to this manifestation, "Not Vive Soulard, but Vive le Condamne. The people, taking him at his word, cried out again and again. "Vive IfCondamne," until the Cardinal drove away in his carriage. TUBHED WTO A CAJTAL. 'The Galena River 'Restored to Navigation Under Government Sanction. Galska, III., Nov. 29. The work of restoring Galena river to navigation was completed to-day, and next season the larg est boats that plough the. Mississippi may find access to the harbor of Galena. Galena river was once the center of steamboat traffic in the West, hut year after year the basin filled up until nothing remained but a muddy stream, and the change cost Galena much of her commercial prestige. The word of redemp tion was authorized by the late Congress. The Government engineers had made many discoruagmg reports as to the wisdom of undertaking the task, their estimates being that the work would cost S400.000. Then a party of capitalists having prop erty interests here formed the Grant-Galena Company and received authority to act as ihe agent of the city of Galena. Through their representations a provision for the work was incorporated in the river and .harbor bilL It authorized the Grant- Galena Company to do the work,stipulating that upon its successful completion the contractors should receive' $100, 000. The work was undertaken a year ago. A dam sufficient to check the entire flow of the river fust at the mouth was constructed. An artificial channel three miles in, length and seven feet in depth was thus created, and provision lor towering boats to tne water level below the dam was made by the construction of a lock beside the dam, prac tically making the river a canal. BBSHLNG THE MIHflEAPOLIS HOTELS. Applications for Rooms Daring the Conven tion Week Now Pouring Jn. MnrarEAFOLls, Nov. 29., Applications for rooms for the National'Convention are pouring into the hotels here. These appli cations are filed and will receive attention in their order.'but no assignments of quar ters will be made until after the visit of Chairman Clarkson and Sergeant at Arms Meek, which will be in about ten davs. Meanwhile the Assignment Committee ap pointed by the Citizens' Committee have been looking into the matter, and they are confident that all can be accommodated. The National Committee and the various State delegations can be housed at the West, the Nicollet, the Langham and the Holmes, all within a few blocks of each other. The other downtown hotels will be able to care for at least 2,000 more, while houses more remote can accommodate the overflow. NOT EKOUQH ENGINEERS. Their Scarcity Ukely to Canse Serious Acci dents in the Navy. WASnmoTON, , Nov. 29. Commodore Melville, Chief ot" the Bureau of Engineer ing, ' has submitted his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy. After detailing the work accomplished during the fiscal years and the condition of the machinery of the vessels of the navy the report touches upon the needs of the various navy yards. By far the most important feature of the report is Commodore Melville's statement touching the personnel of the .Engineer ing corps. He sayst "Xt is with regret that I am again compelled to report that the num ber of engineer officers is insufficient for the proper performance of the dntieS belonging to them, and emphasjze the fact that unless measures are taken at once to remedy this condition and stop th'e stead v decreasn in (numbers we shall befoie long have ajiain- luiu.ucuiu ujt i Bcnous Dreasaown or accident on some ot our vessles." 100 OILjMTO DRINK. Pittsburg's "Water Supply Al- .most Unfit for Domestic or Other Uses. WOKSE THAM7EB BEF0EE Different Opinions as to the Cause ol the Oleaginous Presence. 0NLT THE S0UTHSIDE IS EXEMPT. An .Expert Attributes the Trouble to Burst Pipe Line. SEEIOTJS MALADIES WILL X0T EESCLJ For the past month or more the wate In use in Pittsburg for domestic purpose has been very perceptibly tainted with ker osene oiL At times this was so marked that It could be tasted in a glass of drinking water. Within the past two or three days ' the oily taste has become absolutely nau seating, and complaints about it are numer ous and general. Yesterday it was even complained that the taste was so strong that dinners prepared with the fluid drawn from, the city-water pipes were tainted with th$ oleaginous flavor. When the nuisance was fir3t complained, of a month or more ago it was supposed that the Bear Creek Refining Company had been allowing the residuum from its work just above the Brilliant pumping-station to flow into the river. The- Allegheny river was very low lower than it had been for many years and it was believed that on account of the small amount of -water in tho channel a quantity of the residuum th3t would be unnoticeable during an averaga stage of water became very disagreeable when the proportion of water was reduced. Chief BIgelow, in whose charge the water supply is, made an investigation of the sub ject recently, and found that the Bear Creek Refining Company was burning all the residuum, and that nothing was being Tun into the river from its works. A smaller refinery farther up the river was also investigated, but it was found that the) residuum there was also consumed andnona was emptied into the river. Chief Blgelow's Theory. Then Chief Bigelow in casting about for an explanation for the matter, found that in some-places the black tar-like oil residuunf had adhered to the rocks along the edged and bottom of the river, and that was prob ably being washed ofl by the water through: some action of a chemical character that hel could not explain. According to his theory, Chief Bigelow expected the oily conditiort would disappear when a good rain came to swell the river. But, on the contrary, when " the higif -water came, the trouble seemed to be ag-i gravated, and yesterday in all parts of tha city the complaints were numerous. Water drawn from kitchen faucets and allowed'! stand a few moments, gathered an oily film on top, smelledofoil, and when the hand was placed in it oil could be felt Used in cooking the oil could benoticed on victual. Complaints of nausea and sickness at tha stomach after taking a drink of water wer common. The trouble seemed to prevail iit the East End as well as in the lower part n( the city. Allegheny and the Southside) were free from the oily inconvenience. Chief Bigelow was seen at his resident-el last night and asked if he had any other en planation to offer for the existing cou4 dition. "I cannot say what causes it," said he, "unless it is that there are oil refineries ot new oil wells somewhere along the Alle gheny river or its tributaries where oil ot residuum is being allowed to run into tha stream. I expected that when a good stags of water came in the river the oil would ba diluted so much that it would be unnoticed, but it has not, and I have not been able id discover why. Thinks It Only Temporary. "I will make an investigation of the subt ject to-morrow morning, and, if possible will ascertain what is causing the troub'a and put a stop to it. I hardly think thd s Bear Creek Refinery people are doing it, bej cause they were given a lesson some tiraa ago that has had a good effect. It is mw opinion, however, that the trouble is only temporary, whatever its cause, and with tha coming of the snow will cease." Chief Bigelow further expressed the opin ion that, while rather disagreeable to tha taste, the oil was not poisonous and peopla need have no fear of drinking water on ac count of it. An expert in the oil business was asked last night to account for the pres4 euce of oil in the city's water supply. He disagreed with Chief Blgelow's views, " saving there were no new oil wells on tha Allegheny river or any of its tributaries, and as for residuum from refineries causing it, he thought that highly improbable. "There are only two or three refineries on the Allegheny river above Pittsburg," said Mr. Wallace, "and, being located at Franklin and Oil City, the oil discharged from them, unless it would be in extra ordinarily large quantities, would disap- pear entirely Deiore reaching Pittsburg, There are no flowing oil well anywherej along the Allegheny river. It ismy opinion ' that the oil must come from a broken pipa line. Between Pittsburg and Oil City tha Allegheny river and some of its tributary streams are crossed and recrossed many times with oil pipe line. One or more off hiiKsc wive pruuuuiy uecu uru&en ot soma means, and in that case, would discbarge a great quantity of oil sufficient to cause all the trouble complained of at present. Illneis Will Result. Dr. W. T. English, when asked last nigh about the effects of such an oily condition) of the water, replied: "It will undoubtedly have a tendency to disorder the digestiva organs of all who use it. The effect; Vill be proportionate to the amouns of water used. Some drink much; more water than others. Thesa will of course stand a greater chance of be coming ilL The water is alwavs more or less Impure. This is but an added impurifv, but there is so much of it that those drink ing the water are very liable to be affected with nausea, diarrhea and similar troubles. Tio senous ailment can result Irom it. The statement has been made by some that acids and other impurities were notice able in the water. A test made last night) with litmus paper, plainly showed tna there was no acid of any kind in the water A Woman Speculating in West Virginia. ClAkksbtjrg, Nov. 29. Special. Tha millionaire oil speculator, Mrs. Taylor, o Washington, Pa., has taken up her head quarters at Harnsville, Ritchie county, and is endeavoring' to lease a large territory with a view of putting down a number off wells. 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