Sjm
WEDDEDTOAWOMAN.
Annie-Hindle Gives the Idle Variety
Actors on the Eialto
SOMETHING NEW TO TALK ABODT.
he Becomes a Bridegroom for the Second
Oime in Her Life,
OXCS EATIXG BEES A FAIR BRIDE
IKrrciAI. TELEGRAM TO THR DISPATCHM
Xet TtORK, July 4 All the variety
actors on the Kialto had something to talk
about to-day. They had heard that Annie
Hindle, thp "celebrated male imperson
ator," had married again, ami that her
marriage was as strange in its main
feature as if it had been the
plot of a weird novel of the latter-day
period. In fact, Miss Hindle had supplied
more than the usual basis for a unique
story, because, for the second time in her
life, she had gone and married a woman.
The affair has been kept quiet, but the de
tails have leaked out, as theatrical stories
generally da On Sunday, June 26, in Troy,
Miss Annie Hindle became not the wife,
but the lawful husband of Miss Louise
Spangehl, who lives in Troy, and is not on
the stage. The ceremony was performed
in the utmost good faith by Eev. G. C.
Baldwin, a Baptist minister ol Troy, and
there is no reason to dispute his assertion
that at the time of the wedding he believed
Miss Hindle to be a man.
The Star of a Troy liter Garden.
She had been performing at a Troy beer
garden, and ber nightly triumph was
achieved in her "male impersonations." In
this act she wears men's clothing, smokes
cigars, and otherwise conducts herself in
the manner of the sterner sex.
Xo doubt the larger portion of her audi
ence wa deceived by her cleverness, and
perhaps she assured the Troy clergyman
that she was really deceiving the public;
but it would be impossible to convince the
Eialto throngs that Annie Hindle is other
than a woman.
The oddity of her recent marriage Is in
creased by the fact that Miss Hindle has
three times been married. Once she
was a bride, twice she has been a
groom. Once she bad a husband,
twice she has had a wife. Once
she was a widow, once she was a widower,
now she has a husband again. If there is
anything in the most topsy-turvey chroni
cles to equal this in its fantasticality, who
can tell about it?
Only last December Annie Hindle buried
her first wife. On the Jersey City Heights,
one cold December day, there was held a
funeral which in one respect presented as
strange a spectacle as is often witnessed.
Description of the New Groom.
In describing Annie Hindle, just as she
is to-day a woman between 45 and 0 years
of age, who in her prime wa3 doubtless an
excellent tyne of what is called the
"dashingly handsome" girl; with a face
that is masculine in all its lines;
eyes that are gray, but lit with
a kindly expression; a firmly set mouth and
a resolnte chin. At that time she was the
chief mourner at the funeral of her first
wife, Annie Byan. She had married Annie
Evan in the summer of 18S6, and, as in the
Troy aflair, the strange redding was sanc
tioned by the blessing of a minister of the
Gospel.
When Annie Ryan died, and her hus
, Annie Hindle, buried her, the
eral VaF the oddest thing that had ever
en noted on the Jersey City Heights,
.liss Hindle was apparently bowed in grief,
and her declaration that she had lost her
best friend on earth was in good faith
accepted by the few friends assembled
around the dead woman's bier. They will
be amazed to hear that wjthin six months
Anuie Hindle has found a new wife.
Miss Hindle in a measure decieved the
Troy minister who made her tho wife of
Louis Spangehel. She told him that this
was her second marriage, and that her name
was Charles Edward Hindle. She did not
tell him that she had never before assumed
a male prefix, nor did she reveal to him
that long aeo in the 'GO's she was the wife
of Charles Vivian.
A Swept "singer When a Child.
"When Annie Hindle was- 5 years old the
woman who adopted her, and who gave her
protege her own name, put her on the stage
in the pottery district of Hartfordshire, in
England. Tlie little girl sang well, even so
early. There was a fearlessness in
her mannerthat tickled her rough audiences,
aajd they made a favorite of her from the
very first. At the outset she sang tender
sovga, with love as their theme, but as she
grJew up and traveled to London she
einlarsed her "repertory. "
yOne day, half m jest, she put on a man's
- ostume and sang a rollicking ditty about
ine and women. A manager who listened
o her saw a new field open to her. In a
reek Annie Hindle was a "male imperson-
tit oi," and all London was talking about the
wonderful and minute accuracy of her mim-
icrv.
About 1867 she came to Sew York, to
triumph here as she had triumphed in Lon
don. She was a blonde, about 5 feet 6
inches, with a plump form, well-shaped
hands, small feet and closely cropped hair,
which on and oft the slage
she parted on one side, brushing it away
from the temples just as men da Her
voice was deeper than an alto, yet it was
sweet ana it sang true with great expres
sion. The Tirnt of Malo Impersonators.
Annie Hindle was the first out-and-ont
"male impersonator" Sew York's stage had
ever seen. Ella AVesner had not yet ceased
to dance obscurely in the ballet
with her sister; Blanche
Selwyn, was nnbeard of; Maggie
"Weston was yet to come along in the
crowded ranks of Hindle's imitators. But
in '67 all the glory was Hindle's, all the
novelty was hers, and she got all the
money, toa
It is a fact that this dashing singer was
the recipient of as many "mash" notes as
probably ever went to a stage in this
country. Once she compared notes with H.
J. Montague, that carelessly hand
some actor at whose shrine so many
Billy women had worshipped, but Hindle's
admirers far outnumbered his, and they
were all women, strange as that may seem.
About this time Charley Vivian, the En
glish comique, was traveling through
America. He was a clever fellow of the
lingard type a fine singer, a flashing
dresser, and a general swell. He fell in
love with Annie Hindle, who reciprocated
his affection, and in the fall of 1868 they
were married by a Philadelphia minister.
Turtledoves for a Short Time.
They started at once for the Pacific coast,
as happy apparently as a pair of turtle
dovei Yet, at Denver, a little later, Vivian
and his wife separated.- They never met
again. He told his friends that their
honeymoon had lasted one night Hindle
has since taid that he did not
tell the truth. "He lived with me" she de
clared, rather bitterly, "several months
long enough to black both eyes and other
wise mark me, yet I was a good and true
wife to him."
Vivian did not get a divorce. He had no
cause. Hindle did not seek one. She was
tree enough. So they traveled apart both
in their own way, busy enough, yet nn
happT, and in March, 1880, Vivian died in
Leadville. He was the founder of the great
order of Elks.
Hindle's next romance came six years
later. In all her travels she had carried a
"dresser." In the summer of 18S0 her
dresser was a pretty little brunette of 25 '
a quiet, demure girl, who made friends
wherever she went. One night in June;
1886, Annie Hindle and Annie Byan left
the Grand Kapids, Mich., theater, where
Miss Hindle was then engaged and drove to
the Barnard house.
JJIairrled One of Her Own Sort.
In room 19 a minister of the Gospel, Rev.
u
E. H. Brooks, awaited the couple. There
-was a best man, jolly Gilbert Saroney, a
"female impersonator," but there was no
bridesmaid. At 10 o'clock Mr. Brooks per
formed the marriage ceremony, and
solemnly proneunced AnnieHindle the hus
band of Annie Ryan.
The female groom rore a dress suit, the
bride was in her traveling costume. The
minister put a fatfee in his pocketbook,
and Mr. Saroney, the female impersonator,
and Miss Hindle, the new husband, opened
a bottle of wine and smoked a cigarette
or two. t
The couple lived together happily five
years, occupying a pleasant home on the
Jersey Heights. They were respected by
their "neighbors, it appears, and they were
welcomed at all the social gather
ings in the vicinity of their home.
Miss Hindle did not reappear
on the stage until some months after her
wife's death. Then she accepted several
engagements, and it was during one of these
engagements that she met Miss Spangehel,
whom she has just married.
DEOWHED 15 FEHDIDA BAY.
A Father's Desperate bat Fatlle Attempt to
Save Ills Little Bov.
Pensacola, Fla., July 4. rSjoerfa'.
"W. B. Hightower and his son James, aged
11 years, were both drowned in Perdida
Bay late yesterday afternoon. Hightower,
James, two young daughters of J. D. Gray
and a daughter and son of Mr. Young, all
ofMillview, had been down the bay in a
sail boat on a pleasure trip. They were re
turning about 6 o'clock in the afternoon,
and James was endeavoring to raise the jib
sail, when the boom swung around and
knocked him overboard. His father leaped
out after him, calling at the same time for
the young ladies to bring the boat about.
Unfortunately they knew nothing about
the management of a sail boat, and it kept
steadily ahead. Hightower picked up his
son and swam after the boat for about a
quarter of a mile. Finally, becoming ex
hausted, he attempted to make for the
shore, but both he and hia son were so fa
tigued that they sank never to rise again.
The boat, with the young ladies aboard,
ran aground on the Florida side of the bay,
and they were saved. Assistance soon
came and men dragged the bay all night,
but did not recover the bodies until this
morning at 9 o'clock, when they were
found in six feet of water on the Alabama
side. Hightower formerly lived at De
Funiak Springs, but has recently been
working at the mills in Millview. His
wife died five months ago. He leaves three
children. "When the bodies were recovered
this morning Hightower's face was badly
mutilated where the teeth of the drag hail
raked across it during the attempts to re
cover the body the night before.
DEMOCRATS DIVIDED ON FUSION.
In Kansas, However, They TTill Put TJp No
Electoral Ticket of Their Own.
Topeka, July 4. The result of the
Democratic County Conventions, held
throughout the State to elect delegates to
the Democratic State Convention, which
meets here "Wednesday, show that
there is a great diversity of opin
ion. There are three classes: One
favors the. indorsement of the entire
People's party State ticket; another favors
the nomination of straight Democrats only,
and the third advocates the nomination of
such of the People's party candidates as
are acceptable to the Democrats. On one
point, however, Democrats are pretty well
agreed, and that is, the People's party elec
toral ticket should receive the united sup
port of the Democratic party, that Kansas
may be taken out of the Republican column
and the election of President thrown into
the House.
There are no avowed candidates for any
of the places on the Democratic ticket out
side of nominees of the People's partv.
If the anti-fusionists should win, it is prob
able David Overmyer will be nominated
lor Congressman at Large.
THE BTOBM AT EA8T0N,
A New Church. Dismantled, a Bridge Dam
aged and Truffle Stopped.
Easton, Pa., July 4. Yesterday after
noon a terrific wind storm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning and a perfect deluge
of rain, broke upon this city. The wind
blew down the woodwork of the new Mo
ravian Church, which was partially finished,
leaving only the foundation standing. The
Easton and South Easton loot suspension
bridge, 120 feet above the Lehigh river,
was severely strained. The heavy guy
wires leading from the bottom of the bridge
to the Easton shore were torn loose, with
some of the timbers from the bridge.
Some of tho oldest trees in the city were
uprooted and leveled. Some fell across the
electric railway trolley wires, stopping
traffic The rain fell in torrents for 20
minutes, and much damage to grain fields
has resulted.
CEACKEES PEOYOEE 10 OTTBDEB.
Tragedies In Two Towns Arise From a Too
Noisy Calibration.
Hakkisburg, July 4. Charles Douglass,
a Steelton moulder, was talking to a friend
to-day when a large firecracker was ex
ploded at his fee1!. Hot words ensued, and
a gang of ruffians assaulted him. He was
knocked down, his head striking the pave
ment. He is still unconscious, and it is
feared that he will die. John Peifer and
Gordon Vanaselen have been arresled and
are in jail. There are threats of lynching.
A dispatch from Philadelphia says: The
continual firing of crackers In front of his
house to-day irritated Patrick Burns, of
1630 American street, bevond measure, and
to-night, when Joseph Byan, 19 years old,
shot off a pack of tb em on his door step he
rushed from the house and stabbed the bov
twice in the breast Byan is thought to be
mortally hurt. Burns was arrested.
LIVES LOST IN NEW YORK.
Many Boats In the Harbor Capsized by a
Sadden Storm. '
New Yokk, July 4. A storm struck this
city and vicinity yesterday afternoon and
caused a number of capsizes in the bay and
rivers; several lives were lost. It did a
good deal of damage in the aggregate in
the city alsa
Many fishermen were out in small boats
and it is feared some of them are drowned.
Cleveland Fixes a Notification Day.
Buffalo, July 4. A letter from Grover
Cleveland was received to-day by Norman
E. Mack, Chairman of the sub-committee
appointed by Hon. "W. L. "Wilson, Chair
man of the committee to notify
Cleveland and Stevenson of their nom
ination, stating that the 20tn inst,
would be a good day. Mr. Mack will call
his committee together a day or two before
that date in New York, to confer with Hon.
"William C. Whitney and Mayor Hugh
Grant.
Panic and Death at the Fireworks.
Chicago, July 4. The magnificent dis
play of fireworks by the Evanston Boat
Club ended in a premature explosion to
night. A young man was instantly killed,
two were slightly injured and hundreds
were frightened into a panic The dead
boy is Tunis Isbester, Jr., whose breast was
pierced by an exploding sky rocket
Killed by a Toy Cannon.
Chicago, July 4. Six-year-old Anna
"Weber was instantly killed yesterday by a
bullet from a toy cannon, discharged bv
boys. The lads loaded the cannon with
pebbles, nails, leaden bullets, eta Charles'
Koeppner, who fired the cannon, is in jaiL
THE PITTSBURG
GENERAL WEAVER AGAIN.
Continued From First Page.
moment," said -he, "I have insulted our
National Committee Chairman, for whom I
entertain a profound respect, I humbly
apologize. Applause. And I apologize
to this convention, that I should have been
disorderly a short time aga Renewed ap
plause. At this moment Mrs. Lease, the imposing
looking female lecturer of the Alliance in
Kansas, was seen elbowing her way through
the crowd on the stage, in order to "reach the
front of the platform. The chairman im
mediately recognized her and she waiving
her hands to the convention shouted in her
peenliarly stentorian voice: "'I too have
received a message. I am authorized to say
tthat if the nomination is tendered unani
mously, even Ueneral Harrison win not ae
cline. Derisive laughter and applause.
Grechamites Not at All Dlsmayd.
The Gresham people, however, were not
dismayed by these evidences of sharp oppo
sition to their candidate, and gave "Three
cheers for Walter Q. Gresham" with a will.
At this point the opposers of Gresham
made a clever move to prevent his name
carrying the convention by storm. Paul
Vandervoort, of Nebraska, who for three
days has bees declaring vigorously against
the nomination of Gresham, and who is bit
terly opposed to him, having been removed
from office by Gresham when the latter was
Postmaster General, claimed recognition.
"With remarkable dexterity he shifted his
position and assumed the role of a Gresham
enthusiast He said:
If it is true that Walter Q Gresham will
accept on the platfoun of the People's
party, I will support lilmwitli all my Heart
ana second his nomination In this conven
tion. In the interest of harmony. In the in
terest of a unanimous nomination, in the
Interest of victory by and for the People's
party, in the inteiest of our Brand princi
ples, In the hope that we can nil Join here to
sacrifice our personal feelings, tiamplins
under foot selfish purposes, rlsiifs above
men and placing ourselves upon the eternal
truth, 1 move that this convention adjourn,
after the nominntinc speeches mo made,
until 7 p. si. Applause, loilowed by joers.
Hani to Fool the Judge's Men.
The Gresham people, however, recognized
this as a ruse to defeat their candidate, and
Mr. Vandervoort's olive branch was received
with but little favor. Recognizing that his
attempt was a failure, be said: "Now, Mr.
Chairman, I ask that this convention pro
ceed slowly. I trust that by 7 or 8 o'clock
we can hear from that Committee which has
been sent to the grandest man in this
country."
Fully 15 minutes of confusion ensued.
Mr. Vandervoort's motion that a recess
should be taken after the nominating
speeches was finally declared by the Chair
man to be carried, and nominating speeches
were now announced to be in order.
Again the irrepressible Nebraskan sprang
to his feet with a motion for delay. "I
move," said he, "that instead of proceeding
to nominate we take a recess till 8 o'clock."
Immediately Mr. Brown, of Massachu
setts, moved to amend by making the hour
7:30, and Mr. Vandervoort accepted this
amendment.
General Secretary John "W. Hayes, of the
Knights of Labor, a strong Gresham man,
sprang to the stage and denounced thisas a
scheme of delay unworthy of the recognition
of the People's party.
Only One Way to Blnff Oat.
"This motion'to adjourn," said he, "is
made for the purpose of preventing us
reaching the man, should we want to.
After 8 o'clock it will be impossible to
reach Judge Gresham if it should be neces
sary." Prolonged applause.
At this moment T. V. Pow derly. Grand
Master of the Knights of Labor, and James
B. "Weaver, who appeared to be practically
assured of the Presidental nomination in
the event Gresham were not chosen, antered
the hall side by side. Their appearance was
the signal for prolonged cheers, lasting
several minutes, and as they were escorted
to the stage, a brief era of good feeling
was ventured.
Hardly had General "Weaver stepped on
the platform, however, belore Mrs. Leese,
of Kansas, rushed up to, him and said: "Do
not desert us, General. You are the choice
of the people; you are the country's
choice."
Weaver shook her hand, smiled cor
dially, and replied that if assurances were
received from Gresham himself that he was
willing to accept on the People's party
platform, he was for Gresham, but he
agreed -ith his friends that it would be
wiser to De authoritatively Informed on the
Judge's intention before nominating him
as a People's party candidate for the Presi
dency. An Adjournment to Pnll Together.
The question now recurred on the motion
for a recess until 7:30, but it was so vehe
mently opposed by the Gresham people that
a call of States was demanded. This meant
a half hour's delay, but there seemed no
way of avoiding it until S. F. Norton, of
Illinois, finally gained the floor and asked
permission to make a statement in the in
terest of harmony. "I want to know," said
he, "If it is in order to move to suspend the
roll call and make a motion to adjourn until
8 o'olock and put ourselves together, for
God knows we need it" Great laughter
and applause.
Mr. Norton's little speech seemed like
pouring oil on the troubled waters, and by
unanimous consent the rules were sus
pended, and the motion to adjourn till 8 p.
M. being substituted for one pending mo
tion, prevailed.
BIG WORK AT NIGHT.
Important Amendments to the Platform
Presented Some of the Supplementary
Flanks A dopted Death Blow to Gresh
am's Boom Struck by the Jud;o Him
self Omaha, July 4. The delegates were
prompt in arriving for the night session
and they were all nervous and expectant,
owing to the lack of positive and final in
formation as to the possiblity of an accept
able nomination by Judge Gresham. The
audience was a large one. There had been
complaint during the afternoon, of the pres
ence among the delegates of persons not ac
credited to the convention, and it was
charged that some of them had even exer
cised the right to vote. To guard against
this the roll of States was called and each
delegation was required to answer that
there were no unauthorized persons in its
chairs. This also had the effect of delaying
business until the convention could learn
absolutely and definitely exactly what it
could rely on with reference to Judge
Gresham.
The first actual business was the reading
by Chairman Branch, of the Resolutions
Committee, of a supplement to the platform
as follows:
Your Committee on Platform and Resolu
tions beg leave unanimously to report the
following:
Borne Afterthonshti Suggested.
Whxbeas, Other questions having been
presented for our consideration, we hereby
submit tne following, not as a part of the
platform of the People's party, but as reso
lutions expressive of the sentiment of this
convention.
First Kesolved, That we demand a free
ballot and a lair count In all elections, and
pledge ourselves to secure It to every legal
voter, without Fedeial inteivention,
through the adoption by the States of the
nnperverted Australian or secret ballot sys
tem. Second Besolved, That the revenue de
rived from a graduated Income tax should
be applied to the reductions! the burden of
taxation now levied upon the domestic in
dustries of this country.
Third Eesolved, That we pledge'our sup
port to fair and liberal pensions to ex-Union
soldiers and sailors.
Fourth Besolved, That we condemn the
fallacy of protecting American labor under
the present system, which opens our ports
to the pauper and criminal classes of the
.world, and crowds out our wage-earners;
and we denounce the present ineffective
laws against contract labor and demand the
further restriction or undesirable immi
gration. Firth Besolved, That we cordially sym
pathize with the eftortsof organized work
ingmen to shorten the hours or labor, and
demand a rigid enforcement of the existing
DISPATCH. TUESDAY,
elsrht-hour law on Government woik, and
ask that a penalty clause be added to the
said law.
Plnlcertons G-t It Pretty Har I.
Sixth Besolved, That we regard the main
tenance of a larae standing army of mer
cenaries, known as the Plnkerton system, as
a menace to. our liberties and we demand its
abolition, and we condemn the recent in
vasion of the Territory of Wyomlnz bvtlio
hired assassins of plutocracy, assisted by
Federal officers.
Seventh Resolved, That we commend to
tha thoughtful consideration of the people
and the reform pres thp legislative system
known as the initiative and referendum.
Eighth Resolved, That we favor a consti
tutional provision limiting the office of
President and Vice President to one term,
and providing for the election of Senators of
the United States by a diiect vote or tho
people.
Ninth Resolved, That we oppose any sub
sfdr or national aid to any private corpora
tion for any purpose.
The immigration plank and anti-Pinker-ton
plank were loudly cheered.
The Applnnse Continues Libera'.
"When the first paragraph, that relating to
the force bill and the Australian ballot
system was read a delegate moved to lay it
on the table. They already had the St.
Louis platform, he Faid. His motion got a
second, but was beaten most decisively on a
vote, nearlv the whole convention voting
no. The immigration plank and the anti
Pinkerton plank were applauded loudly.
Mr. Branch introduced Hugh Cavanagh,
of Ohio, Secretary of the Resolutions Com
mittee, who rendthe following resolution,
unanimously adopted by the committee:
Resolved, That this convention svnipa
thizes nitn the Knights of Labor with their
ilghteous contest with tho tvrannical com
bine of clothing manufacturers of Rochester,
and declares it to be the duty of all who
hate tyranny and oppiession to lefnse to
purchase the goods made by the said manu
facturers or to patronize any merchants
who sell suoh goods.
Peters, of Texas, moved to table the reso
lution, and Dean, of New York, to divide
it. The first part, expressing sympathy, he
wanted to vote for, but not for the boycott
Delegate Cator, of California, earnestly
supported the resolutions as presented.
The Texas Cvclone For tho Boycott.
"Cyclone" Davis, of Texas, was for the
boycott. He belived in that principle of
nature which binds every living being to its
friends, and the enemies of labor are not
onr friends. There is no such a thing as a
boycott, he said. It only consists of letting
your enemies alone and staying with your
friends. He wanted to boycott the pluto
cratic Senators who spent about $5,000 a
year of the people's money for a barber
shop, pomade, lavender and rose water. He
wanted this boycott kept up till every ves
tige of this is gone and the people again
have their rights.
A Texas delegate declared there was one
business that should be boycotted the
liquor traffic Cheers.
Then came the important speech of, the
night an the question, one by Ignatius
Donnelly. The resolution he declared was
in keeping with the spirit of the preamble
to the platform adopted with so much una
nimity earlier in the day. "The Rochester
clothing manufacturers have said to 16,000
of their workmen and workwomen that they
could not gain a means of livelihood with
out yielding their rights as American citi
zens," Mr. Donnelly said; "on this there
can be no compromise."
The Boycott Made a Go.
At this declaration the cheers rang again,
and again the voice of General Master
"Workman Powderly, of the Knights of
Labor, made itself heard above the general
din. "If this resolution were simplv to
express the prejudice of a class," said! he,
"I should not support it It is a declara
tion that freemen will not clothe their
limbs in the goods of the manufacturer of
this slave-making oligarchy. Loud cheers.
It is war to the knife, and the knife to the
hilt Cheers. I trust that those who
have staggered away from this resolution
because of the opprobrium that a hireling
press has applied to the word boycott, with
draw their opposition, and" that the
resolution may be adopted by a rising
vote." Tremendous applause.
At the conclusion of Donnelly's address
Mr. Powderly, Mr. Haves and a number of
others rose and grasped him warmlv by the
hand. A Kansas delegate moved Ihe pre
vious question, and on a rising vote the
motion to strike out the boycott clause was
overwhelmingly defeated. The resolution
wa3 then adopted by acclamation.
During the morning session, which was
brief, the permanent organization was com
pleted, Mr. Loncks taking the chair and
making a speech of thanks. The convention
adjourned to allow the Committee on Reso
lutions to complete the platform.
Oeneral J. G. Field, of Virginia, was
nominated on the first ballot for the Vice
Presidency.
THEY KNEW IT FIRST.
The Committee to Wait on Gresham Told
Bow It Would Be.
Chicago, July 4. The committee ap
pointed by the People's party at Omaha to
interview Judge , Gresham and find out
whether he would accept a nomination for
the Presidency, at the hands of that party,
registered at the Palmer House to-day.
John Devlin was assigned a room, but A.
J. Streeter and Judge Orr registered under
assumed names, and only remained at the
hotel for dinner.
The committee met Judge Gresham at his
home on Prairie avenueat 5:30 o'clock. The
conference lasted two hours, and at
its close while the committee would
say nothing, it was understood that
their mission had been in vain.
"We have decided," said John Devlin, "to
say nothing except to the convention at
Omaha. But I will confide to you that
General "Weaver will be the next candidate
of the People's party for the Presidency.
I can say no more at present."
Crashed by a Cable Car.
Edward Toban, who lives on Kirkpatrick
street, had both feet badly crushed by a
Fifth avenue cable car at X)e Soto street
shortly after midnight Toban was return
ing from Scbenley Park and was in the aot
of boarding a cable car at Oakland when he
slipped and fell. He was removed to Mercy
Hospital, where his feet were amputated.
WITH MARKED BULLETS.
The Skillful Alents Bring Down the Rich
Coated Sea Otter.
More than two-thirds of all the sea otters
taken in Alaska are secured in the neigh
borhood of Saanach and Chernolours. Be
low the Straits of Fuca, in and about
Gray's Harbor, is another resort of theirs,
where they re shot from perches on tall
tripods 40 feet high, on which sharpshooters
sit in wait for them and mark them dowji
with wonderful accuracy, often at a dis
tance of 1,000 yards. When it is considered
that only the head of the animal is visible
above the water and that it is bobbing
on tbe waves, it will be seen what skill is
required in this pursuit.
When killed, the game floats ashore, where
it is picked up, each hunter having a speeial
mark on his bullets, so that there shall be
no dispute as to the proprietorship. Tbe
Atto Aleuts capture sea-otters by spreading
nets made of sinew or twine over the float
ing beds of kelp resorted, to by the creatures.
Returning after a few days they often find
several entangled in the meshes. The beasts
might easily gnaw themselves free, but it
does not occur to them to do so, and they
actually die of fright Nets are also spread
for thesame purpose at the mouths of caves
in bluffs at tide-wash.
Harry Farnias and American Women.
"Well, I think, first of all, of the chio
and 'go' of the American women; their
beauty, their wit, their brightness," says
Mr. Harry Furniss, the London caricaturist
"And again, I was much taken with tbe
perfect tranquillity and, I may add, decency
of their streets. A lady can, walk New
York at any hour of the day or night I
should like to pack oar authorities over
there for a week. It would be a life's edu
cation for them, and we should benefit on
their return,"
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JULY 5, 1892.
EUROPE HOWINVADED
At Its Very Weakest Sanitary Point
by the Dreaded Cholera.
THE EPIDEMIC TRAVELING PAST.
Corpses Unfcnfied for Days at Eaku, and
the fopulace Fleeing.
NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS.
St. Petersburg, July 4. The Official
Gazette announces that there were eight
cases of cholera and three deaths in As
trakhan June 30, and four cases and one
death July 1. The epidemic has, there
fore, entered European Russia at one of the
most unhealthy and unsanitary points.
The latest official accounts from Baku on
June 29 and 30 enumerate 118 deaths and
100 fresh cases, and that 20 cases were cured
and 114 were in the hospital. At Tiflis, in
the three days ending July 1, there were
nine cases and four deaths. Manv cases and
deaths are reported in Petrofak, Sbemafcka,
Shusha, Askabad and TJzunada. The epi
demic has, therefore, traveled fast All
suspected steamer traffic on the Caspian Sea
and Volga river has been stopped.
A Vienna dispatch says Dr. Dra Asche
declares that experience showed in Trnru,
Baku and Tyria the disease is less virulent
than the true Asiatic cholera. He thought
that the gravity of the outbreak had been
exaggerated; that the disease would soon be
checked by sanitary measures, and that
there is no need of apprehension of its
spreading.
The first fatal case of cholera at Baku oc
curred at the railway station. The muni
cipal authorities there are doing nothing to
prevent the 'spread of the disease. No spec
ial hospital has been opened. Patients are
taken to the general hospital in public ve
hicles. Many corpses are left unburied for
days. One body was found in a public
bath. Doctors, municipal authorities and
inhabitants generally are fleeing from the
town. No disinfectants are obtainable.
Great confusion prevails. The sanitary
condition of Astrakhan is terrible.
MORWAY IN HEAD EARNEST.
The Tension Between the King and the
Country Is Upcoming Ianrerons.
Christiana, July 4. King Oscar has
written to the President of the Storthing
(Norwegian Parliament) in reply to an ad
dress from that body. This address ex
pressed the Storthing's regret at the Boyal
refusal to sanction the establishment of
Norwegian consulates, and urged the giv
ing of the desired sanction for the sake of
the union with Sweden and the monarchy,
thus making unnecessary the retirement of
a Ministry alone commanding the Stor
thing's confidence. In hi' reply the King
still declines to sanction the desired separ
ate consulates for Norn av, and his refusal
arouses a widespread feeling which has re
sulted in several marked demonstrations.
A gathering of 10,000 citizens, which as
sembled outside the residence of the Pre-
j mier, was addressed by Binrnson, the Nor
wegian statesman. He told the people he
desired the maintenance of the defensive
union of Scandinavia, but desired also that
his country might enjoy full political free
dom and equality. In response to the ova
tion with which he was greeted Premier
Steen also addressed the crowd. He
thanked them for their sympathy, but ex
pressed loyalty to the King. Similar
demonstrations occurred in other towns.
TIRED OP A LIFE OF FRAUD.
A Porla Diamond Merchant Who""StoIe
3,000,000 Francs Commits Suicide.
Pabis, July 4. M. Loewy, a diamond
merchant of this city, has committed sui
cide. He is suspected of having perpetrated
frauds, amounting to 3,000,000 francs. He
sent a telegram to a frieud saying he in
tended to commit suicide, adding: "There
will be searchings and questioning's after
my death, but nobody will know anything
positive. My life has been one of nothing
but lies."
After receiving the telegram the friend
hastened to the hotel indicated by the mess
age and found Loewy, who had registered
under the name of Lawrent, dead, with a
bullet wound In his forehead. He had been
dead six hours when discovered. Loewv
had bought diamonds' on credit and sold
them under value on so large a scale that
the market for precious stones was de
pressed by his operations. One jeweler was
swindled out of 500,000 francs, and another
out of 1,075,000 francs.
THE GUILLOTINE TOO MEBCIFTJL,
Its First Trial In Ann.im a'S access in a Hu
manitarian Sense.
Paris, July 4. A guillotine was re
cently imported into Annam. A young
Annamite, who was condemned to death for
murder, was executed in public amid the
childish delight of a mob of natives.
The natives consider the horrors of death
lessened by the quick wore of the guillo
tine. It is feared one reult will be an ex
tension of piracy and brigandage.
Snbmarlne Boats for Pearl Fishing.
Eobie, July 4. Signor Balmazello, the
inventor of the submarine vessel Polio Nau
tica, has arranged with an American syndi
cate to employ the vessel in pearl fishing
and other enterprises, although 3he was in
tended for naval warfare.
The Afe;h an Situation Serloos.
Calcutta, July 4. The situation in
Afghanistan causes more anxiety than any
thing that has occurred in that quarter
since the Penjdeh affair, and calls tor the
closest watchfulness on tbe part of the In
dian Government.
Bnsslan Dealer Hold on to Their Grain.
Berlin, July 4. The news from the
interior of Bussia of the prospect of a re
newed scarcity of food and a sharp rise in
prices, fails to induce dealers to s'ell their
stores of cereals.
Tho City of Chicago Mill Fast.
London, July 4. A diver who has ex
amined the City of Chicago says the
steamer is firmly fixed on a rock and is
badly injured. An effort will be made to
tow her of! to-day.
Berlin Tries It New Sunday Law.
Berlin, July 4. The Sunday rest law
came into operation yesterday without
causing a hitch. Shopkeeprs were doubly
busy within the legal hours of business.
I Anarchists Threaten Alontbrlson Prison.
Paris, July 4. A meeting of Anarchists
in St Denis to-day adopted a resolution to
blow up the Montbrison prison and rescue
BavaehoL
Berlin Adopts the Chicago Flan.
Berlin, July 3. The corporation of
Berlin has resolved to incorporate in the
city all suburbs within a tenhiile radius.
A live Snake ef Steel.
Lancaster. July 4. A chain attached
to a dummy used to steady electric cars
going down Potts' Hill, east of this city,
broke this afternoon. The cable squirmed
up tbe hill like an immense snake and at
great velocity, and wound itself around the
arm of Frank Musser, tearing the limb
from his body. His condition is very ser-iona.
THE WEATHER
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For Western Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and Ohio:
JOs, Weather.- Variable Winds.
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Comparative Temperature.
FnTSBURQ, July 4. The United State Si?
nal Service officer In this city furnishes the
following:
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TUMPIRATl'JIK AKD KAIItrALfc.
Maximum temt) 74Ran)te 20.0
Minimum temp MllUlnfiU 00
Mean temp 62
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
Louisville Items The Stage or Water and
the Movements of Boats.
8PFCIAI, TELEGBAMS TO TIM DISPATCH.1
Locisvitli:, July 4. Weather clear and pleas
ant. The river Is falling, with 4 feet 11 inchertln the
canal, 7 feet 8 inches on the falls and 11 feet he
low. Departures Fleetwood, for Cincinnati: Big
Kanawha, for Caroiltou; Tell City, for Owens
boro. What Upper Ganges Show.
ALLXcnEST JorcTiov River 5 feet 9 inches
and risl nfr. Clear and pleasant.
Wahrkn River 4.9 feet. Clear and wanner.
Morganto jr-Rlver 8 feet 8 inches and rising.
Clear. Thermometer 79 at 4 p. M.
BnownsviLLE River 6 feet 1 inch and rising.
Clear. Thermometer 87 at 4 P. M.
The News From Below.
Evav svittE River 11 feet S inches and falling.
Clear and cool. Frlshie passed down.
WntELIKO River 8 feet and rising slowly. Departed-Andes.
Pittsburg: Ben Hur, Farkersburg.
Clear and p easant.
HTJNIIHG THE SEA 0TTEB,
How the Alents Make It Kill Itself by Fre
qaent Diving.
The ancient method commonly practiced
by the Aleuts in the chase of the sea otter
was the "spearing surround." This kind of
hunt is engaged in by 15 or 20 skinboats,
with two men in each, all being under con
trol of a leader chosen by common consent.
When the weather is moderately good the
boats start out in a long line, slowly pad
dling over the water where it is expected to
find tbe game.
As quickly as one of the animals is dis
covered, asleep most likely, the hunter who
has espied it lifts his paddle for a signal At
the same moment he darts toward the prey,
which nearly always takes alarm before it
can be struck, and instantly dives. But
the canoe keeps right on and stops
directly over the spot where the
beast disappeared, leaving circling rings
with floating bubbles from its
quick-caught breath. The other boats im
mediately deploy and scatter, forming a
circle half a mile wide around the place
where the sea otter was last seen. Thus ar
ranged, the hunters wait patiently for the
reappearance of the animal, which must
come to the surface for breath in from 15 to
30 minutes. When this happens the boat
nearest darts forward like its predecessor,
while all hands shout and throw up their
spears to make tbe sea otter dive again,
thus giving it scarcely an instant in which
to recover itself and expel the poisoned air
from its lungs. A sentry is placed over the
second diving wake as before, and the circle
is drawn anew. In this manner the sur
prise is quickly and often repeated, some
times for two or three hours, until the vic
tim, from oft-interrupted inspiration, be
comes so exhausted and filled with gases as
to be unable to sink, and then it is easily
speared. Arrows five feet long, exquisitely
made and pointed with barbed pieces of
bone, are shot at the prey whenever there
is an opportunity, the regulation being
that the game belongs to the man whose
shaft strikes it first.
THE M0THEB 0? A FBESIDENT.
She Died, However, Before the Great Goal
Was Beached by Her Son.
During our Bevolutionary struggle, sayB
Harper' t Young People there were numerous
instances of female heroism. It was a say
ing of Napoleon Bonaparte: "Show me
the women ot a country, and I will show
you its men." And history proves that al
most without exception great men have
been the sons of wise, judicious and pious
mothers. Such a mother in North Carolina
was left a widow with three sons. The
eldest and the next eldest gave themselves
to their country, and died upon the battle
field before America knew her independ
ence. Her youngest only was left to her,
and for his support she was compelled to
labor.
After the fall of Charleston and the dis
astrous defeat of the Americans by Tarle
ton, permission was given four or five
American women to carry provisions and
comfort to the prisoners confined on board
the prison ships and in the jails of Charles
ton. This poor widow volunteered to act
on the errand of mercy. Night and day she
labored to relieve the sufferings of her coun
trymen, and after the fulfillment ofvfhat
she felt to be her duty left the city of
Charleston. But the pestilential atmos
phere had already planted the germs of dis
ease in her system, and she died of the
fever from which she had been instrumental
in saving others. She left her orphan boy
to charity, as the world said, but in her last
words, to the care of his Heavenly Father.
That orphan boy became President of the
Bepublic for which she had endured so
much.
His name was Andrew Jackson,
QOVEBNINQ AMEHICA5 CITIES.
How th- Peculiarities of Municipal Admin
istration Strike an Englishman.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. I
"I think about the strangest thing I have
noticed about this country's Government is
the evident rascality of your municipal
officers," said Mr. Addington Drunim, of
England, at the Lindell. "At least, I judge
this to be the case from the criticisms of
your press. I am just returning from a trip
across the continent I have vhited every
Important city of 75,000 population in the
country, and I have been a close reader of
the papers of each town stopped at Almost
without exception every paner I have read
has been abusive ot its respective
city administration. They have repre
sented, to my way of thinking,, that all
American municipal officers, from Mayor
down to dog-catcher, are a set of thieves,
who have deliberately conspired to plunder
the public coffers. I see no such criticisms
of State and Federal officers. Surely there
must be a mistake somewnere. If American
municipal authorities are the scoundrels
your press represents them to be, bow is it
you have managed to build up so many
magnificent towns and cities? If your press
exaggerates the condition, then it is cer
tainly abusing alicense which is not allowed
in any country of Europe. Understand me,
I don t wish to be critical of your press. I
merely want to learn whether or not it tells
the truth about yonr municipal officers."
The IMitslsslppl Still Riling.
St. Louis, July 4. The river here' con
tinues to rise more rapidly, as the heavy
fall of rain was general. Additional rises
are reported along the Missouri river.. The
water early this morning had nearly reached
the 30-foot mark,
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