WED1
JUNE
IDS AND FLAMES
"Work Terrible Hayoc in Both
Life and Property on
Two Continents.
THE TOBNADO AT GAIYA
Tears Down the Buildings Oyer the
Heads of Two Audiences.
BIG DESTRUCTION OP PBOPKTI.
it
Least Eight Fatalities Ire Keported
From Chicago's Btorm.
-.BALTIMOEE HAS 1 $1,000,000 BLAZE
Gaxssbubo, III., Jane 14. There
passed through tue northeastern part of this
(Knox) county about 8 o'clock yesterday
evening a most destructive tornado, and
ruin was left all along its path. It first
made its appearance northwest of Galva.
About 7:30 o'clock two black, threatening
clouds were noticed in the West approaoh
ing one another, and the tornado is thought
to hare resulted from their junction.
The storm's course was south and east
through that city, and the main body of the
storm passed along the business street of
the city. It came with such suddenness
that the citizens had no time to fly to places
of safety.
In the Free Methodist Church were as
sembled a congregation. In the rink was
gathering a committee to arrange for a
Fourth of July celebration. The church
was quickly a mass of ruins and the congre
gation was imprisioned. A number were
injured, one dangerously. The rink, also,
was blown down, bnt these inside managed
to escape without injury.
A Main Botaesi Strset Swept.
Had the storm come a few minutes later
many would hare been in this building,
and loss of life would surely hare resulted.
The roar of the storm was terrible. It was
accompanied by midnight darkness, and an
awful sweep of wind that carried every
thing before it. Xearly every business
house alons the principal street was un
roofed, and the stocks of goods were badly
damaged by the floods of water following
the tornado. The parks are ruined beyond
redemption. The Burlington roundhouse
was totally wreoked. The G. "W. Barnett
elevator, nearby, was unroofed, and 10,000
Dnshels ot grain deluged. The Bock Island
and Peoria elevator and a part of the depot
went next. The tall steeple of the Baptist
Church was cut off as clean as if by a knife,
and was hurled into the street. The total
damage is estimated at $200,000.
The saddest feature occurred at August
Olsen's bouse. There were in the house at
the time 51 r. and Mrs. Olsen, Charles Olsen
and four others. The residence suddenly
collapsed, killing Mr. Olsen instantly, and
the others escaped seemingly by a miracle.
Mr. Olsen was the only person " killed, but
about a dozen persons were seriously in
jured. Instances of the Wind's Power.
The Telocity of the wind was extraordi
nary. Car were blown from the tracks.
The top of a freisrht car was blown oft A
car of stock was pushed along the track and
on trie swncn. a. .Burlington ireight train
was halted on Keponset Hill, and the engi
neer describes the storm as the worst he
ever encountered. South of Galva a large
tree was plucked np by the roots and car
ried 60 feet
After leaving Galva, the tornado went in,
a southeasterly direction. It was three or
four miles in width. The farms all along
its path to Spoon river suffered most
severely. It passed three and a half miles
from Altoona, where the roar of the storm
could be flainlv heard. North and east of
there barns were blown down and light
dwellings forced from their foundations,
fences blown away, orchards prostrated and
ruined and crops leveled. "When the winds
struck Clans Petersen's residence it per
formed a curious operation, cutting it in
two.
At the Free Methodist church, where
most of the people were injured, Mrs. Gust
Johnson, whose husband was badly hurt,
had a thrilling experience. "When the
storm was near the house be started to run,
while she lay down close to the walL He
was stricken down. The only part of the
bouse left standing was the wall close to
which Mrs. Johnson was lying. "When
found she was unconscious from fright
Xot a trace is left of a fine house that stood
a mile west of Galva.
A COOL MILLION IN ASHES.
Wharf., fTarshouoer, Whisky and Cotton
at Baltlmcro Go Vp In Smoke The Old
Bay Line Dock Is the "-eerie of the
, Disaster.
Baltimore, June 14. One of the largest
fires that ever visited the water front of Bal
timore started a few minutes before 2 o'clock
this afternoon, on the Old Bay Line wharf
at the foot of Union dock. The loss, as near
as can be estimated, Is nearly 51,000,000.
It was at the busiest time of the day, aud
teamen, schooners and tugs were plying
the river in all directions. The fine old
Bay Line steamer Virginia was anchored at
the wharf, and the freight steamer Gaston
was beside her. A four-masted ice sohooner
belonging to the Cochran-Oler Ice Com
pany was close to the right side of the
wharf. The freight shed of the Bay Line
Company was fnlly stocked with cotton,
whisky and general merchandise consigned
to foreign firms. The fire is thought to
have originated in the cotton by sponta
neous combustion. Quick as a flash the
flames spread. The Bay Line wharf was
totally destroyed. The wharf bad on it a
large "warehouse, a big laundry and a newly
erected office building. 'Before the schooner
Carolina and the Gaston could be towed -from
the wharf they were badly damaged.
Lying at Cochran-Oler's wharf, were the
fine four-masted ice schooners "Wesley Oler,
Mamie Howard and "William Wirt, all of
which ignited. Tugs quickly towed
the burning vessels to safety and quenched
the fires after considerable loss. A sheet
of flame shot up from the burning wharf and
set the schooner Augustus "Welt on fire.
That new and handsome vesiel was soon a
blackened wreck. The estimated damage
to the sohooner is 725,000, insured by the
individual owners. The ice is valued'at ?4
a ton, of which there were 1,000 tons on
board. Two barges laden with cotton
burned.
It is impossible to estimate closely the
total loss. There were 500 hales of cotton
on the wharf, worth from $40 to 550 a
bale, and 1,000 barrels of whisky, worth
from 550 to 575 a barrel The whisky came
from the People's "Warehouse Company of
Louisville, Ky. The other freight and the
wnan property will bring this part of the
loss up nearly to 51,000,000. The Insurance,
amount unknown, was placed by Franklin
Dubois, of Kew York.
NEW RULES DONT GO.
Yeiy Lively Meeting of the Central
. Board of Education. ,
BEFUSED TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM
How in Yogne for Promoting Pupils to the
Bigh School
It reintroduces the marking sys-
vlclous anu per-
BREFZT DISCUSSION BI MEMBERS
AH OIL SHIP H0EE0E
Twenty or the Crew or the TVtrolIa Perish
With the Ship Ic a French Fort;
Bordeaux, June 14. To-day just out
side the harbor of Blaye, on the Biver
Gironde, the British steamer Petrolia,
which had arrived J une 12 f rom Philadelphia
perished. A thunder storm was prevailing
and while at its height the vessel was struck
by lightning. Instantly there was a flash
and a tremendous roar, and the vessel was
apparently blown to pieces. The river was
strewn with wreckage from the Petrolia,
and bnrning oil was floating on the water.
This drifted with the tide, and, floating
aeainst several vessels lying at anchor, set
them on fire.
Some of the more venturesome of the
boatmen, hearing cries for help, rowed as
closely as possible to the Petrolia, and suc
ceeded in picking up 16 ot her crew, 3 of
her engineers and the second officer. Some
of the recued men wero severely burned.
The survivors said that there were 20 others
on board the vessel when the explosion oc
curred, and another search was made in the
vicinity of the burning ship in the hope of
saving more lives, but not a body was
found, and it is believed that every one of
the 20 men perished. The vessels that
caught fire burned to the water's edge. The
Petrolia had a full carco of 937,525 gallons
of crude petroleum, valued at over 522,000.
The ctrco was loaded at Philadelphia by
Arnold Kntz, but the shippers were Mul
len, Schall & Co., of New York, who con
signed it to Blaye for orders.
EIGHI KILLED AT CHICAGO.
A World's Fair Butldlnc. as Well as the
Democratic Wigwam, Damaged,
Chicago, June 14. Hundreds of people
visited the Democratic National Conven
tion "Wigwam" to-day to view the work of
the storm. The building itself showed no
evidence of strain. Thousands of feet of
planking were delivered during the day,
and the labor of erecting a timber roof, in
stead ot the airy canopy originally pro
posed, was in full swing. Night and day
shifts ot men will be on hand constantly
till the wigwam's construction is complete.
The Manufacturers' Building at the
"World's Fair was damaged $6,000.
The tornado here yesterday afternoon
was much more destructive than the firt
reports indicated. At least eight lives were
lost in Chicego and vicinity, and 15 persons
were injured, while it will probably take
hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair
the damage done. The following is a cor
rected list of the killed:
GUSTAVE DOEBIXG.
EMMA KLIMA.
JOHN MICHOX.
CHARLFS J. ROBERTS.
HARYKT STEWABT.
THREfc UNKXOWA JIEX.
0HLY ONE LEFT ALIVE.
Th Only Snrrlvrr or tin Mare Island Ex
plosion Will Probably Die.
San Fbancisco, June 14. Of the 15
sailors ot the United States cruiser Boston,
who were killed or mortally wounded by
the explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard
yesterday, John Briscoe is the only one
still alive, but it is doubtful whether he
will survive hls.injuries. He is a native of
Philadelphia, 19 years old. "When the re
lief party picked him up he begged them to
kill him and end his agony. "When they
lifted him he beat them with his fists, and
tried to escape so he could reach the water
and drown himself.
The doctors found that the men had been
burned the worst about their heads. Their
scalps had been scorched off entirely and
their skulls were exposed. Gunner John
son, in charge of the magazine, furnishes
the theory of the cause which seems most
reasonable. The powder is brought from
the magazine, he said, in quantities just
sufficient for immediate use. At the time
of the explosion there was probably 450
pounds of gunpowder in the filling' room
where the men were charging shells with
three pounds and a quarter of powder each.
The fine black explosive is ponred into the
small opening at the apex of a shell through
a copper tunnel. The small copper rod is
kept constantly moving np and down
through the spout of a funnel to keep the
powder moving freely. His opinion is that
the powder stuck and the man who was
working the copper rod jammed it down
hard, the friction igniting the powder.
THIS ONE COST SEVEN LIVES.
The Central Board of Education met last
night, and after disoussing the proposed
plans for changing the system of promoting
pupils to the High School voted both down,
leating the present plans in force.
Last February the board appointed a
special committee to investigate this sub
ject. The committee communicated with
other cities and finally adopted a plan
which did away with the examinations,
made promotion to the High School de
pendent on class record and examinations
at the local schools by the local teachers.
This was signed by "W. D. Kearns, D. K.
Torre nee, Alex .E. McCandless, Prof, a B.
"Wood, principal of the Eigh School, and
Charles Beisfar, Secretary of the board.
The minority then brought in a re
port which left the examination
as it is, except that the examinations
should be held at the local schools by mem
bers of the High School faculty, that the
committees to examine manuscripts shall
sit in banc, and that candidates shall have
the choice of topics in geography, history
and grammar. This report was signed by
"W. H. McKelvey, President rf the Board;
George J. Luckey, Superintendent of
Schools; and Jennio Balston, of the High
School faculty. Both reports have been
printed in fulL
Last night both reports were read. Mr.
Keller moved that the majority report be
adopted. Mr. Holmes amended by moving
that the minority report be adopted. There
was a request for an expression from the
committee, and Dr. Kearns, who as its
chairman took the floor. He said:
Spoke of Equivocation and Filibustering.
I have no desire to say anything discourt
eous. This measure marks the greatest
epoch in the history of the public schools of
Pittsburg. To-nbrht the eyes of 80,000 chil
dren and hundreds of mothers are watching
the Central Board. Our committee lias had
four months ot laborious, unsatisfactory,
tiresome work. The whole matter has been.
procrastinated and postponed by equivoca
tion and filibustering methods with a desire
to kill It. This opposition was manifested
at our first meeting. It is now manifested
in a minority report. I will let you
draw your own conclusions as to
the instigation of the minority report.
I do not poe as a critic or examinations
bnt I am Jealous of what I think of equal
importance the health of the 20,000 children
of oar schools. If we are to make a change
let ns make one that will be creditable to us,
with no dishonest, selfish motivos behind it.
I hope the minority report will not be
adopted.
Dr. UcCandless Of the 17 cities quoted by
the minority only five depend on examina
tions for promotion. I oblect to the mi
nority report, too. because it provides no
method of redress for a party who feels
that be has been aggrieved.
Mr. McKaln I am sorry to hear Dr. Kearns
speak of equivocation and filibustering, but
I am glad the committee has not been
packed.
Indorsed the Majority XteporL
Prof. "Wood I indorse the majority re
port. The leading educators of the country
are opposed to examinations as tests for
promotion. Their reasons are that it leads
to cramming. If is not necessary to dilate
on that subject, yon understand ic The
tendency Is to mass the workjnst before tho
examination. Pupils are human; they will
put off to-day what can be done to-morrow.
I want something that will secure uniform
aaily work from the? opening of the year.
Pupils who attend to their work throngiiout
the year have no trouble with examinations.
In the High School where our faculty
meets to-morrow the teaobers will know
who will pass at the examinations we are to
hold. It is the same in the ward schools.
The teachers know which of their pupils
should be admitted to the Hlsh School. At
the examinations we now hold pupils are
often sent up as an experiment. If thoy
pass, all right; If not, that's the end of it.
Principals have frequently told me that
such and such pupils are not fit for the High
School, but they passed the examination and
there they are. For these reasons I favor
the majority report.
Secretarv Kelsfar When I was put on
this committee, I asked "Is the present plan
satlsfaton t" "If not, what plan wonld be?"
The present plan is unanimously con
demned by all who are interested in the
schools, by teachers' Institutes and by other
cities. I find that other cities follow the
plan outlined in the majority report, wnere
class record does not go for naught. Tho
f resent plan has been bronght home to me.
bave a daughter in the class now pre
paring for High School. I find that she
spends nine hours a day working in school
and in addition studies many hours at home.
A plan that calls for such work as this, as
tne present system aoes, snonia De changed,
a oeueve
THE JULIET ALL EIGHT.
That Is theTrnel Keported as the Viola
and Probably tost In the Lake.
Chicago, June 14. The steamer Juliet,
tne graduating class of the forth
with
western University, arrived at the dock
near the Northwestern depot at 3:15 o'clock
this morning. This is the vessel whose
name was erroneously given as the "Viola"
in yesterday morning's papers.
All on board were sate, despite the ex
periences of the evening, and unaware of
the anxiety which their failure to return
had caused, or of the reports of disaster to
the craft. The trip, while eventful, wasnot
at anytime considered dangerous.
n English Railway "Wreck,
Lojtdon, June 14. Five persons were
killed and eight injured by a collision 4hat
occurred early this morning at the Bishops
gate station of the Great Eastern Bailway.
Through some misunderstanding of signals
or orders two workingmen's trains ran into
each other. Hundreds of working girls were
in the carriages. The five dead wer taken
to the morgue.
Floods on the Missouri. t
Gekat Famjj, Mokx,, .June 11 The
Missouri Biver is higher to-day than ever
known since the existence of this city. Peo
ple along the shore are driven from their
houses. Bridges are washed out, so that
there have been no trains over the Montana
Central from Helena since Friday.
Had a Passenger Train Been on Time the
List MlgbTrJavn Been Hundreds.
MiDDLP-SBono, Kx, June 14. A fright
ful wreck occurred at the trestle spanning
Lonesome Hollow, on the K. fX G. & G. L.
Bailway this morning at 2:15 o'clock. A
freight engine with 16 loaded box cars went
through, one on top of another. The dis
tance from the top of thetrestle to the
ground below is 250 feet Those killed out
fight are:
FRANK SARGEANT, the engineer.
HENB.T SLATER, the fireman.
ME, DUCKWORTH, the conductor.
Four are mortally wounded and six others
slightly hurt. The north-bound passenger
train, with 100 passengers was only saved
by being a half hour back.
A CLOT0 OF EOAEDS AND SHINGLES.
One Quebec Town Gets a Tnste ofthq Wild
Western Style of Storm.
St. Johns, Que., June 14. A tornado
passed over the southwestern part ot this
town this afternoon. A. Bertrand lost two
buildings and part of a large barn. Huze
beams were torn from the wrecked bnilding
and carried hundreds of feet in the air.
A perfect cloud of boards, shingles and
many other small articles, hundreds of
feet high, were carried through the air.
The water in the river was"blown 50 feet
high, and all the fences and many of the
trees in tne patn oi tne wina were demol
ished. As lar as known no one was serious
ly injured.
Victims ot the Blazing San,
POTTSVH.LE, June 14. As a result of the
excessive heat of the past two days, numer
ous cases of sunstroke toave been reported
in this vicinity. At Creuon there were
three cases and at Minersville five. Charles
Erb, of the former place, and Thomas Parry,
of the latter place, are in a precarious con
dition. The thermometer to-day ranged
from 93 to 97 at different points.
A ratal Explosion.
Battle Cbkek, Mich., June 14. A
Chicago and Grand Trunk locomotive ex
ploded one mile east of Climax at 1 o'clock
to-day, fatally injuring Engineer "Wood,
PI reman Smith and Brekeman Parker, all'
residents of this citv.
the new method If given a fair
trial ana neartv support, win oe successful
in every respect."
Superintendent Lackey Leads the Attacb.
Superintendent Luckey led the attack
against the majority report, ridiculing it
and its provisions, and claiming that it was
an attempt on the part of the Central Board
to take powers from the local boards, and
said:
I cannot discuss a subject unless I under.
stand it, and I don't understand this ma
jority report, and I know no one who does.
Bat two principals Indorsed it, and one of
these when asked to explain it oould not do
so. Section 1, relative to promotions below
step 13, concerns the local boaids, ana is
none of the Central Board's business.' Sec
tion 3, in place of the one examination In
seven years, as no w provided for by the Cen
tral Board, provides for five examinations
in one year. Why. we are told that this one
examination in seven years is driving our,
children to the cemetery. Xot satisfied
with this, tney give us uve examinations.
They have great sympathy with that lonely
child burled In the cemetery, so thev get up
five examinations and bury them five at a
time, so that they won't be so lonely. Xot
satisfied with this they have examinations
from September on; every recitation Is an
examination, with the pnpils' nerves
strained, for he knows that on his answers
he is marked.' They are not satisfied to
bury them in fives; they would bury them
in whole platoons. There would
be no uniformity in tne exam
inations under the majority report
report. In the 37 schools ot the city there
would be 37 standards. CanSecretary Iteis
far tell me what the record books mean?
Mr. Beisfar It means that at the end of
the month the teacher best qualified to do
so can mark the pupils' record according to
tne teacners oesijuuumcnt.
Mr. Luckey This would require a teacher
to cirry in her head the record of all the
recitations and would bankrupt the book
keeper of an Italian peanut stand. A pupil
could buy a drawing and writing book,
write his name in them ana they
would have to he accepted if not a line
had been placed in either.
Mr. Phelps Don't you know that in half
the schools examinations aie held every
-n eek to cram for the High SchoolT
Mr. Luckey They liave a right to do so,
but the Central Board requires but one ex
amination a year.
A Slight Difference of Opinion.
Mr Keller wanted to know if he did not
know what the custom is. He replied that
he was not talkine custom and Mr. Heller
answered, "Yes you are."
Then Mr. Luckey attacked the paragraph
providing that certificates of teachers who
tail to keep the records shall be annulled.
He said, that was a legislative function and
be only wondered that the committee had
not iastructed Congress what to do about
the tariff and free silver. He quoted a
number of educators whom he said are in
favor of the examination system. Among
others Dr. Harris, the United States Com
missioner of Education. The latter Prof.
Wood had named as being against examina
tions. ,
Prof. "Wood was on his feet in an instant
with: "I said Dr. Harris is opposed to ex
aminations as test for promotion, and he
is. "What you read has nothing to do with
promotion. ,T
Mr. Luckey continned, citing different
leaders as opposed' to' examinations,, aud
concluded with bis reasons for opposing
the majority report, as follows:
First Section first destroys the individ
uality of principal and teacher.
Second Under the guise of abolishing ex
aminations it provides for fire stated ex
aminations instead of one, as at present re
quired, and multiplies indefinitely the num
ber of other tests and examinations.
Third It destroys all unifprmlty, estab
lishing 37 different standards Instead of 1,
and throws into confusion our whole sohool
system.
Fourth
tern which Is the mot
nicious of all school methods.
Perplexing to Teacher and Pnpll.
Fifth It contains many provisions that it
is impossible to put into praotice.and wniqh
tend only to perplex both teacher and
pupil.
Sixth Under the guise of doing away with
the percentage marks It multiplies their
number Indefinitely.
Seventh It directs the principal of the
High Sohool to Interfere with the govern
ment of the grammar sohool teachers.
Eighth It threatens principals and teach
ers with the revooatlon of their certificates
If they fail to understand wnat no man yet
born can comprehend.
Ninth Its provisions are vague and in
definite, and no two people can construe
alike Its requirements.
Tenth Any attempt to carry many of its
provisions into effect would wreok, mentally
and physically, thousands of our children.
Eleventh It compels every teaoher to
transform herself irom nn educator to a
clerk. It makes every room a machine shop,
and oompels the teacher to turn the crank
and label the article produced.
Mr. Keller asked what Mr. Luckey had
tosay for the minority report. Mr. Lhckey
said that they were all aware that the pres
ent system was not satisfactory in all re
spects, so they provided that the publica
tion ot the percentage should be abolished;
that the examinations should be at the local
schbols, and that a choice ot topics should
oe given in geography, History ana grammar.
Mr. McMlllen Is it not the lule to hold
examinations continually in the local
schools?
Mr. Luckey There is no rule, and the
Central Board can make no rule. If there
are too many examinations the local boards
should stop them.'
Mr. McMlllen They have these examina
tions weekly. You want to make It appear
that this plan will add to the examinations.
It don't do anything of the kind. It may re
duce the number. This will show bow to do
the work without a Btrain on either teacher
oi pupil.
Mr. McMlllen Offers a Substitute.
Mr. Luckey insisted that the marking
system was old and bad. Mr. McMlllen lost
patience and offered as a substitute for local
reports the following:
Besolved, That hereafter pnpils shall be
admitted to tho High School on certificates
signed by the principal, assistant principal
and the member of the Central Board of
Education.
"It will be no worse than it is now;" he
said, "last year there were 600 candidates
and only 25 were cut out"
Mr. Adams, I object. If a principal re
fuses to certify that a pupil should be ad
mitted to the High Sohool the pupil's
parents would work to put him out next
time, it means politics in the schools.
Mr. McMillen insisted on his substitute,
but it was defeated by a vote of 8 ayes tol
noes. The minority report was then voted
on and went down with 14 ayes to 15 noes.
The vote stood:
Aves Messrs. Adams, Boos, Bradley,
Canlfleld, Fox, Gray. Holmes, Ltttell.Lough
ran, McKain, McMillen, MeMurry, Watson
andpresldent McKelvey U
Noes Messrs. Bergor, Blaze, Harper,
Jones, Kearns, Keller, McCandless McGarey,
Phelps, Sellers, Sheehan, Splnneweber, Tor-
The minority report, having been killed,
the majority report was voted on. Messrs.
Berger, Blaze, Boos, Harper, Jones, Kearns,
ener, lucancuess, xacuarey, Phelps,
Torrence, Trosh and Yagle, 13 in all, voted
for it, but the other 16 votes were cast
against it, so the old plan still flourishes.
There was a great deal of feeling over the
matter and bad blood will follow.
Before the High School question
was taken up the board did
considerable routine business. Among
other things the present High School
faculty, the teachers of drawing, music and
industrial, schools were re-elected, and A
Chatley was re-elected teacher of drawing
at the High School. The top floor of the
Franklin School was rented forthecommer
ciali'gepartmant ""alTSIifeO ar ynrtX The
allotment of teachers as -at 'present, except
one additional Ibr'the Colfax, Mb "Wash
ington and Howard schools, was adopted.
The school term for 1892-93 was fixed for
ten months, beginning September 5. A
resolution was adopted providing that the
Central Board will pay the salary only for
Sloyd school teachers.
Thomas H. Phelps, having moved from
the Colfax district, resigned his seat in the
board.
SOCIETY IS SHOCKED
By the Appearance of Pug Cortett
at His Training Ground
To the Ladies.
WEISSEB'S POPULAR STORES,
435-MABKET BTBEET-4J7.
CLOSE TO RELIGIOUS ASBDEY;
An Indignation Meeting" May Be Held and
Property May Be Sacrificed.
MANAGES AND LANDOWNERS GLEEFUL
SrXCIAX. TZLXOBAV TO IHX DISPATCH. 1
Loch Abbots, N. J., June 14. Jim
Corbett, accompanied by "William ABrady,
his manager, and trainers Billy Delaney
and Bob Dillon.arrived here at 12:15 o'clock
this afternoon. He was at once taken to
the house of Brady, which will' be the sum
mer home of Corbett. Immediately in'the
rear of the cottage is a large barn which
will be used by Corbett as training quarters.
The sides of the barn have all been well
padded and everything has been arranged
for the fighter to go into immediate train
ing. Brady's house is admirably situated for
training quarters. "While but a stone's
throw from the fashionable, part of North
AsburyParfc, it is separate from any of the
pretty cottages. The big barn in which
Corbett will do much of his work is near
the edge of Deal Lake aud bnt two minutes'
walk from the ocean. A 16-foot battean
baa been purchased, which Corbett will use
upon the lake as a morning exercise. Just
across the track from the place are the new
grounds of the Asbury Park Athletic Asso
ciation. Manager Brady has obtained per
mission from the association to allow Cor
bett the use of the track for dally exercise.
It is auite likely that the fighter will take
part in some of the baseball games to be
played here, as it is the intention to have
him devote much of his time to hardening
himself by this sport.
There is considerable ill-feeling among
the cottagers over the action of Brady in
selecting this place as training quarters.
Loch Arbour is a fashionable seaside sum
mer resort, and many ot the New York fam
ines wno nave located here nave done so on
account of its exclusiveness. They claim
that the bringing of Corbett here is a dis
grace to the place from a moral point ot
view, and there is much talk of holding an
indignation meeting to protest against it,
and unless the fighter selects another place
to do his training they will dispose of their
property at a loss.
On the other hand the local real estate
agents claim that the coming of Corbett to
their shore has proved quite a boom, and
that they have had any number of appli
cants for cottages.
Manager Brady is not at all disturbed
over t he "kick." "The people appear to
think," said he, "that we are to have a big
time and that we will bave all the fighters
and sporting men in the country here. So
far as Corbett is concerned they will hardly
know that he is here, as they will see but
little of him."
Corbett said he had not been at his new
home long enough to tell whether he would
like it or not "Judging from the pleasant
surroundings, however, I can safely say it
is just the place," be added. The first
thing the Californian did after reaching
here was to take a sea bath.
Specials
For To-Day.
In LADIES' WAISTS we are pre-
I pared to outdo all past efforts !
The Waist that we will ofler to
morrow morning at 25c is a wonder.
To the Ladies.
WEISSER'9 POPULAR STORE!
435-MABKET STREET-U7.
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Specials
For To-Day.
Commencing THIS MORNING
at 8 o'clock we will sell about 130
dozen of BOYS' LAUNDERED.
WAISTS in endless variety of pat
terns and colors at 25cf
LADIES' WAISTS.
A lot of Percale Waists, pleated
front and back, at 33c.
Sateen-finished Ladies'
in black and white and
white only, at 48 C.
Our line of LADIES'
WAISTS at 74c is less
jobber's price.
Waists,
blue and
SATEEN
than the
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BOYS' WAISTS.
Another lot of the "MOTHER'S
FRIEND" WAISTS at 45c,
(These goods are usually sold at 85c.)
BLAKE TO BE AN M. P.
MASTERLY INACTIVITY
Disgusts One of the Commttnlon to Inves
tigate the Soldiers' Orphans' Homes, nnd
Be Quits The Committee a Tear Old,
hut Ho Work Yet Done.
Hakrisburg, June 14. SptdalJ The
committee supposed to be investigating the
abuses at the State Soldiers' Orphans'
schools, Captain Jesse if. Baker, chairman,
was expected to hold a meeting at the
Capitol this evening, but the call was coun
termanded by telegrams to the several
members of the committee from its secre
tary, announcing an "indefinite postpone
ment" but giving no reasons. Hon. "W.
Bush Gillan, ot Cbambersburgi one of the
members of the Commission, has resigned
in ine 101 lowing letter, aatea June U:
To Speaker Thompson 1
Mr Diar Sir More 'than a year aco you
did me tlie honor of appointing me a mem
ber to investigate the management of
the ""oldlers' Orphans' Schools. I ap
preciate tne Honor not only because it
comes from you, whom I so highly esteem,
hut bccau.se It opened, as I believe, a fine
field for investigation and would result
either in righting great wrongs to the State
or in freeing a number of persons from
grave accusations.
Although the committee was appointed
over nyearago and the work could nave been
completed In a comparatively short time,
nothing at all has been done. I do not care
to discuss the question as to who is to
blame for the inactivity or the committee,
but it must be apparent to every one that
unless the committee changes its methods
nothing will ever be accomplished. I am
not willing longer to be a member of a
body which is a burden instead of a benefit
to tne State. I, therefore, thankinjr jou
most kindly for the honor your appoint
ment intended, and with my verv kindest
regal ds. hereby tender to you my resigna
tion. Hoping that it will be promptly ac
cepted, I am, your friend,
W. Bush Gill ait.
Speaker Thompson has not yet signified
his acceptance ot Mr. Gilian's resignation,
nor indicated a successor.
He Is Ofierrd a Scat to Represent the Irish
Parliamentary Party.
Toronto, Out., June 14. Special'
Politicians in Canada are excited over an
offer, received by Hon. Edward Blake, of
an Irish seat in the British House of Com
mons to assist the Irish Parliamentary party
in its efforts in behalf otlreland. The offer
was received to-day aud was wired to your
correspondent by Blake this evening. It
reads:
"' ' Dublht, June 13.
Bon. Edward Blake;
Irish party unanimously invite you to ac
cept Irish seat at the general eleotlons.
JusTiir MoCartht,
Jobh DlLLOIf,
MlCffjLIL DaVRT,
' T. M. Hialt,
- Wk. O'Bbikw.
It will be remembered that till 1887 Blake
was the leader of the .Liberals in the Cana
dian House of Commons and only resigned
his seat in a Liberal constituency a year
ago." Then he published his famous letter
substantially declaring his belief that the
policy of the party tended toward annexa
tion, which, however, he added, he did not
regard as a bitterly inevitable or any ideal
destiny for Canada. He has shown strong
sympathy with the cause of the Irish party,
and even while a Liberal leader he was a
favorite both with the Irish Nationalists
and English Liberals, and it is said here to
day the intention may ultimately be to
have him fill the leadership of the Boman
Catholic Irish party. He was Lord Kose
berrv's guest at Dalkeith a few years ago,
and in Gladstone's presence addressed the
Midlothian Liberals in a speech that was a
fair sample of his eloquence. His trans
cendentalism as over and above all parlia
mentarism was admitted, and, Joseph
Chamberlain being out of it, Blake easily
outreaches all other leaders with, the ex
ception of Gladstone.
Ladies' FINE WHITE WAISTS,
with embroidered surplice collar and
cuffs, at $1.
Ladies' fine French Percale and
English Lawn Waists at 98c.
These are a lot bought far below cost
price and are the cream of to-day's
offerings.
Weisser's
GREATEST BARGAIN STORES,
435-MABKET STBEET-437,
PITTSBURG.
Another lot of BOYS WHITE
WAISTS, fine embroidered collars,
first price $1.50, now 94c
The prices of our entire stock of
BOYS' BLOUSE WAISTS greatly
reduced. One lot French Madras
Blouse Waists that were manufactured
to sell at $2 we will offer during this
sale only at 95 C.
Weisser's
GREATEST BARGAIN STORES,
5-MAHKET STREET-437,
PITTSBURG. JelWl
relations here, and after a number of years,
believing him dead, she again married. The
son married a minister n daughter near
Athens, where he owns a large farm. Mean
while the father of Battelger died and the
estate was settled. The son, upon hearing
who his father was, secured all the papers
bearing on the case and came here to secure
his share due him from the estate.
T
WEATHER
HEW TOBKEES DYIHG OF HEAT.
The Atmosphere Cooled tut Night by a
Tempestuous Thunder Storm.
New York, June 14. The intense heat
of yesterday was continued to-day through
out this section and New .England, numer
ous cases of prostration being reported.
To-night the atmosphere was cooled by a
thunder shower, in some places so severe
that roofs, chimneys and trees were scat
tered about in profusion. Lightning struck
several houses in New Jersey, but so far no
serious casualty has been reported.
In this city there was an increase in the
death rate to-day due to the excessive heat.
Yesterday there were 77 deaths, and to-day
160 were recorded.
IF you have Ailed to rent your rooms
after three or four weeks' advertising else
where, give THE DISPATCH a cent-a-word
adlet. It has secured tenants for m inj advertisers.
PRINCE- MIKE ON TEIAL AGAIN.
The Detroit Exponent or the Flying: Boll
Answers to a Serious Chnrfr.
Axrs Akbob, Mich., June 14. The trial
of "Prince Michael Mills," the Detroit
"Plying Boll" leader, whose case was
brought here on a change of venue, began in
the Circuit Court this morning. Prince
Michael is charged with having committed
an assault upon one of his dupes, Bernlce
BecheL
A jury was secured and the opening ad
dresses of the opposing counsel were made.
Several witnesses were then examined.
Many ladies and students from the Univer
sity were present in the courtroom. '
LYNCHING FEVER STILL ON.
Thus Far the Jail Oflloers at Guthrie Bare
Saved Their Prisoner.
Guthbie, June 14. The excitement
here to-night has not abated one whit Two
attempts have been made within the last 24
hours to lynch Holly, the colored fiend, and
they were unsuccessful, but the mob seems
as determined as ever to accomplish their
purpose. A guard ot at least 20 men were
stationed around the jail to resist any at
tempt at a lynching. Several street fights
occurred during the day, owing to the
troubles. A man with a rope tied to his
saddle, rode up to a saloon and said, "Boys,
we are going to have him." This was
enough to incite 100 more to rush after the
horseman. Arriving at the jail they were
met by the officers, who said, "Gentlemen
you cannot enter here." The mob dis
persed. At 10:25 to-night 500 men marched to the
jail and demanded the prisoner. The
Sherifi stated that he was not there, but
this did not satisfy the mob, and an editor
and another man were appointed a commit
tee to search the jail. The committee re
ported that he had been taken away.
Acting Governor Martin refuses to make
public the dispatches received by him from
President Harrison and Secretary Noble,
but it is known he received instructions to
preserve the peace.
SHE HIRED A PUGILIST
To Do TJp th Man Who Jilted Her for a
Younger and Wealthier Blml.
CHICAGO, June 14. Joseph Pish, the
wealthy merchant ot this city whose death
was feared from the efleot of the brutal as
sault committed by the ex-prize fighter,
Jerry Trumbley, two weeks ago, appeared
in court to-day to give his testimony in the
hearing of an application by Trumbley for
the reduction of bail, which had been fixed
at $16,000. Mr. Fish's eyes were black and
swollen aud his face was "a mass of plasters.
The case has created an additional inter
est from the allegation that a handsome and
wealthy widow, whose acquaintance Mr.
Pish had given np when he became en
gaged to a young and wealthy lady,
prompted the assault. Asked with refer
ence to the point, Mr. Pish said: "We were
in a fair way to prove that a certain woman
hired this man to do me up, but, unfortu
nately, two of the witnesses have been
spirited away." He admitted he knew the
woman. He also stated that previous to
the assault he had received a threatening
letter telling him his life would be at
tempted. After the assault he received an
other stating that a woman was at the bot
tom of it. A curious feature of the case is
tnat Trumbley, while claiming to be a
pauper, is represented by six high-priced
lawyers. The hearing was not ended.
Shelley Named for the Legislature.
Carlisle, Pa., June 14. The North
umberland County Bepublican Convention
to-day nominated John I Shelley, of Me
chanicsburg, for the Legislature.
R 1
A PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
He Was Reported Dead, But Tidings of a
Tortune Brought 11 Resurrection.
YOUNGSTOWK, June 14. Special John
H. Moore, of Athens, Tenh., arrived here
to-day, accompanied by an attorney, to
establish a relationship and his claim to a
large estate which has already been settled.
The story of Moore, in which be presents
evidence, boarders on the romantic. In 1864
John Batteiger, who has numerous relatives
here, suddenly disappeared. Two vears
later he returned and said he had been a
member of the Second Ohio Artillery,
enlisting under the name of John Moore,
and while in Tennessee married a young
lady of the same name, not revealing his
identity. Batteiger again disappeared, and
it was learned that he had deserted his wife
and a young son.
His deserted wife corresponded with his
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found that life was not men a bnrden after all. and
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thai It would be rather selfish In me not to speak of
tbelr good qualities. O. S. WILLIAMS
T. KHtETE,
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This week we offer unequaled
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the following:
Point d' Ireland Laces in white,
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to 50c a yard. Matched Patterns:
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Black Point d' Irelande, 25c to J5i.
Point de Gene, in white and ecru,
various widths and several qualities,
37cto$r.50.
Oriental Laces, 10c to 75c, in
white, two-tone and ecru.
Black Chantilly, 10c to 50c.
Black Chantilly, 9, 12 and 15
inches, from 50c to J? 1.75.
.Black Chantilly Skirtings and
Draperies from $1 up.
EIROIDEM
We are closing out a lot of Skirt
ings for Ladies and Children at
prices ranging from 50c to $1.50
yard.
Swiss and Cambric Edgings, 6c to
50c yard.
Fine Nainsook Baby Edgings, ex
quisite patterns, 5c to 25c a yard.
Insertings and "all overs" to
match these embroideries at lowest
prices of the season.
All our Colored Embroideries,
Black and Colored Skirtings, at one
half what it cost to import them.
PARASOL COVERS
In grand variety,
each.
from 38c to $4.
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