g5 i-'-p . " f7 oceAHTANuhourrxiiSr TJUEAR aitlt muuiuAiritf Are very attractive jast bow. The best resort hotel adrertiseraeata are pablihhed to-elay la-THE DISPATCH. 'j'jfi Whe pttmg . , i .- 4 . Are very attractive f aataovr. The best resort hotel advertisements are pabllshed to-day- la THE DISPATCH. FORTY SEVENTH YEAR PITTSBURG, MONDAY. JULY. 18. 189a THREE CENTS THE DISCOVER! OF L Carter's Some Selection Caused Surprise at the Capital, lmt He Is KNOTO TO BE A HUSTLEB. Ko Doubt That the Bepublican Inter ests Are in Able Hands. The Closing: Days of Congress Devoted to the Manufacture of Campaign Material Gorman and Aldrich to Lead Off in the Senate Magee Wants New York and Says He Does Not Want to Be Secretary McComas the Probable Choice Harrity Ap parently Slated for the Democratic National Chairmanship. rsrECIAL TELZGBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Washington, July 17. Carter's selec tion as Chairman of the National Repub lican Committee was received in Washing ton with great surprise and by the usually best posted politicians almost with incre dulity. Notwithstanding President Harri son's apparent inability to persuade any of the real big men of the party to accept the place, it was generally supposed that he would anally net some man of national reputation at least His failure to do so is a source of disappointment. Tom Carter is all' right, and it may be true, as Uncle Jerry Rusk has claimed for some time past, that there are no flies on him, still he does not represent quite the element in the party that the President would like to make conspicuous in the com ing fight. Carter is an honest, straight forward man, a typical Western hustler and said to be as shrewd as he looks. He has never done anything in politics, how ever, to justify his reputation except to button-hole men and figure up results at Minneapolis. Looked Tise and Said Nothing. Mr. Carter's onlv connection with the national politics up to date was in the ca pacity of the Secretary of the Republican Congressional Committee in the disastrous campaign ending in the election of the present overwhelming Democratic House of Representatives. Because he looked wise and was close monthed at Minneapolis men say he is a great and wise politician. He now has a chance to prove whether 'his friends are, or are not too enthusiastic The universal opinion seems to be that Mr. Carter has made a most creditable Commissioner of General Land Office, his Hr'ie acquaintance with Western eu and Western affairs being important factors in his administration. His prominence in politics, however, is due very largely if not entirely to his friendship with Russell Harrison, and it is said that the Prince first suggested the wisdom of his appoint ment as National Chairman. The plan was received very coldly at first, especially by the President, who, while he liked Mr. Carter, had no idea that he was big enough timber of which to make a snececsor to such men as Zach Chandler, Marshall Jewett, B. F. Jones, Quay and Clarkson. A Very Promising Discovery. But as the weeks rolled by and the other men of the party eluded his grasp, Harri son was glad to take up a man who prom ises so well as Carter and who will appre ciate and be grateful for the prominence given him. Moreover, the President thinks as do manv other Republicans in Washington, that perhaps Mr. Carter has political ability not yet fully developed and that after all he may turn out to be as great or greater a party campaign manager than any of his illustrious predecessors. In administration circles there is considerable uneasiness felt because of the growing apathy among the active Republican workers. The latter declared before the Minneapolis convention, and they have reiterated it since, that there are no inducements Irom a Federal patronage standpoint for the party workers to pull off their coats in behalf of Harrison. To counteract this steadily in creasing feeling of discontent among the "to-the-victors-belonc-tbe-spoils" element, a member of the cabinet, who is credited with a greater stock of political shrewdness than some ot his official associates, announces that in the event of the re-election of Presi dent Harrison many important changes will be made in the personnel of administration. A nmber of New Faces .Expected. He was not prepared to specify the antici pated changes, but said he was positive a great many new faces will be seen in Fed eral offices, from Cabinet places down, pro viding President Harrison is given another term in the White House. At Minneapolis there was a large con tingent that opposed Harrison's renomina tion simply on the ground that in the event ot his success almost every Federal officeholder would expect to retain his present position. Many of the ablest and mot efficient work ers in the party don't aspire to public office themseh es. but they claim the right to take care of some of their friends when the distribution of spoils is in pro gress. Before the present session of Congress closes both the Republicans and the Demo crats propose to manufacture some addi tional campaign material which can be sent through the mails without expense to the rival compaign committees. At least three important speeches are expected, two in the Senate and one in the Hor.se. Senator Gorman, as Chairman of the Democratic caucus, proposes to explain the work of bis party during the session and justify Demo cratic action on the important measures which have been considered since the Fifty-second Congress convened. Good Hepnblicaii Campaign Material. The Republicans propose to take the credit for defeating the free silver bill, and tbey will also attack the Democratic party because the annual appropriations have been in excess of those lor the past year. The Maryland Senator will undertake to refuteboth these claims. It is understood, moreover, that he will appeal to the coun try on the Democratic record in defeating the force bill. On the other side of the Senate chamber SON ROSSO. Senator Aldrich is announced to make. a speech, which is to be the keynote of the Republican campaign, so far as the tariff question is concerned. In the Honse sev eral members who voted against the wishes of their constituents on the free silver bill will endeavor to set themselves right with their friends by attacking the force bilL General Patterson, of Tennessee, has pre pared an elaborate speech against the force bill, which he intends to deliver at to-morrow night's session. Senator Gorman 1b in frequent communi cation with ex-Secretarv Whitney and other leading Democrats relative to the ap proaching campaign. As a member ot the National Committee, he will go to work actively in the Interest of party success. He will not be a member of the i"crrti.ve Committee, but he will lend such aid and assistance as may be expected from him. Gorman Atrald of the Tariff xssna. He says the Republicans are trying very hard to shove the force bill into the back ground and make the issue in the coming campaign simply one between protection and tariff reform. They will Insist upon calling it free trade, and they will endeavor to get up a scare among the manufacturers and the consumers on that line. They will have bur little finan cial aid from the capitalists, though, as the latter were principally interested in the silver bilk That question having been dis posed of. and two anti-silver men nomi nated by the Republicans and Democrats, there is but little prospect, the Senator thinks, of the large corruption funds of the last few vears. The fight will probably be a fair and square contest between the two great par ties. At present Gprman savs the Demo crats have the advantage in New York and ail of the doubtful states, simply because they seem to be better organized and more harmonious than their opponents. There wejfe feelings of hostility and complications existing before the nominations were made nt Chicago, but all the ill-feeling, the Sena tor thinks, seems to be disappearing, and the party in every section of the country appears to be disposed to work together lor success. A WINNING CAMPAIGN Wanted by the New Republican Chairman Harmony in New Tork the First Thine to Be Attained Latest Gossip About the Secretaryship. New- York, July 17. .-perfa2.J All the visiting Republican statesmen of the Re publican National Executive Committee journeyed to the seaside to-day. Hon. Thomas Henry Carter, the new Chairman, Joined Henry C. Payne, William A. Sutherland, Samnel Fessenden and Joseph H. Manley in a visit to General James S.Clarkson,atLong Branch. Richard C Kerens, possibly the strongest man on the committee, was lugged off to Coney Isl and by Russell Harrison, and Uncle Phile tus Sawyer visited friends. They missed by their absence from the Fifth Avenue Hotel the visit of ex-Senator John G. Spooner,who enjoys possibly more than any other Repub lican statesman the confidence of the Presi dent. Mr. Spooner cot here after the National Chairmanship had been filled, and, not finding anybody around, he scooted imme diately out of town again. Before he got away he met a resident of New Yort State who has been on intimate terms with him from boyhood, and who is interested in the election of Harrison. The visitor told the ex-Senator that everything must be done to bring the President into harmony with the New York State leaders without need less delay. It was learned that the Presi dent and his advisers were ready to meet the New Yorkers half way. It was ad mitted, though, that it will require tact to bring about harmony. C L. Magee, of Pennsylvania, also came to find the National Executive Committee away. Mr. Magee say's he does not want to be Permanent Secretary of the National Committee. It is understood that Chair man Carter will fill the place to-day. Should Mr. Magee decline peremptorilr and finally, ex-Representative L. E. Mo Comas, of Maryland, is the favored man. Both Mr. Magee and Mr. McComas were strong Harrison men at Minneapolis. Mr. Carter wants to conduct a winning campaign. The first Job on his schedule is to see the President about the New York situation. Mr. Carter has had several in terviews with leading Republicans here, and has been plainly told that the Presi dent has ignored New York State Repub licans long enough. DESEBTWG THEIB COMMITTEE. Two Members of the State Organization In Indiana Tender Beslgnatlons. Indianapolis, July 17. Special. 1 The Republican State Central Committee, com posed largely of the friends of the Presi dent, has a few members who have been violently opposed to him for years. Chief among these is H. C. Hanna, oi Allen county, who did all he conld against Har rison's reuomination. He is also much op posed to Mr. Gowdy, the chairman of the committee, and his management of the State canvass. He has resigned from the State committee. Mr. Yesey, chairman of committee of Allen county, 'has refused to have anything more to do with the cam paign and has also resigned. Mr. Hanna and Mr. Vesey both reside in Allen county, the nest of anti-Harrisonism, and although a dislike of the administration is at the bottom of the resignations, yet the immediate cause was the recent appoint ment of Jndge Chapin to a junketing posi tion connected with the Government land grant roads. Chapin had made himself par ticularly obnoxious to the Blaine or anti Harrison administration element of Ft. Wayne and Allen county, and his appoint ment so soon after a sort of peace had been patched up between the Harrison and Blaine factions angered the latter, and hence the result indicated. Several prom inent Republicans of that section will, they affirm, declare for Cleveland. BAHTBOW CHASING IN IOWA. National Committeeman Richardson Ex- ppcts the State to Go Democratic, Chicago, July 17. A delegation of Iowa Democrats have arrived in this city on their way East The party is headed by National Committeeman Richardson, ot Davenport. Speaking of the situation in the Hawkeye State, Mr. Richardson said: "I consider the. Democrats have a good opportunity to carry the State, both on focal and national issues. The party was never so united and determined. It is expected Governor Boies will stump the State for Cleveland and Stevenson. He has been personally in favor of Cleveland from the start." As to the selection of a Chairman of the National Committee, Mr. Richardson said he hoped Whitney would accept it Brice had declared he could not accept a re-election. Bellly for Congress Once More. Pottsville, July 17. The result of the primaries in Schuylkill county show that Hon. J. B. Reilly, for Congress, has carried nearly every election precinct in Pottsville and the surrounding districts, and his nom ination over watson F. Shepherd is assured on the first ballot Fpr Judge the contest was a lively one in every district, but the returns this evening point to the nomina tion by the Democrats of the present in cumbent, Cyrus L. Pershing, over Hon. John W. Ryan. Notification Commlttee.Souvenlrii. Washington, July 17. When the Democratic nominees for President and Vice President are formally notified of the j action of the Chicago Convention, next Wednesday night, by the committee ap pointed for that purpose, each will receive a substantial remembrance of that event. The souvenir will be a copy of the Demo cratic platform, handsomely engrossed on parchment and bound in pare white buck skin. The preparation of these copies ha been under the supervision of the Notifica tion uommittee. several members ot tne committee are now in Washington. r HABBITY YET HAS THE CALL. ir Bo Isn't Chairman it Will Be Because Whitney Ml Take It. New Yoek, July 17. Secretary Sheerin, of the Democratic National Committee, to day said he was in a quandary. Chairman Brice had notified the National Committee to assemble at 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, to elect an Executive Committee and his successor as Chairman. This was before it was known that the notification ceremonies would occur on -the same even ing. Mr. Sheerin thought that the meeting of the National Committer wonld be ad journed to Thursday, and that the commit tee as a body would attend the Madison Square jubilation. "As to the new Chairman," said Mr. Sheerin, "if it is not Mr. Whitney it may be Mr. Harrity, and if It does not snit. Mr. Harrity why. I don't know who it will be. I believe it will be Mr. Harrity." All the members of the committee desire the re-election of Mr. Sheerin as Secretary. Hon. Claude Matthews, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Indiana, will join Mr. Sheerin as his gnest to-morrow. Third Partyltes Hard at Work. Jackson, Miss., July 17. Third party ltes are actively at work in Mississippi Meetings were held in a number of counties yesterday looking to local organization of the Weaver and Field electoral ticket. The strength of the Third party is reckoned by "the strength of the sub-Treasuryites, last year, when the Treasuryites were defeated two to one. No Democrat who opposed the sub-Treasury favors the Third party, but the sub-Treasury advocates of last year, with rare e x ceptions, reinforced by the old-time Green backers and Independents, are active Third party men. Stgenson Goes to Buzzard's Bay. New York, July 17. General Adlai E. Stevenson left New York on the 12 P. M. train for Buzzard's Bay. He was accom panied by General James S. Ewing. MURDER ALWAYS OUT. A Tonne Peddler Killed In the Mountains Bis Two Murderers Wander From State to State, Are Followed, and at TLast Ar rested in Canada. Montreal, p. Q., July 17. Special Detectives Edgar J. Reap and S. Slanson, of Inspector Steer's office, of the New York detective force, have just succeeded in making a double arrest in this city which brings to a successful solntion one of the most cold-blooded murders of recent times. The murderers, after killing their victims in the mountains of Pennsylvania, wan dered from State to State nntil they reached Canada, and met arrest in Montreal On March 18 last, Joseph Marks) a young peddler belonging to Towanda, Pa,, started ont for a tour through the mining district When last seen alive be was in company with two other Hebrew peddlers, who we're known as Harris and Charley. On April 17 his dead body was found in an unoccu pied dwelling on "a cross-road In the Dutch Mountains, come distance from Towanda. He had been shot through the stomach, and also through the left ear. All his effects were missing. The New York detectives Were at once communicated with, but the murderers had got a long start. 'It was found that they bad gone West and the goods had been shipped to them from New York to Mil waukee. At Milwaukee it was found they had started out on a tour of the Western States. Tbey finally entered Canada, and last week the New York authorities learned that they were in Montreal. Detectives Slanson and Reap were sent on here, and in company with Joe Maltz, brother-in-law of the murdered man, started oat on a search of the HeDrew quarter. In a. small boarding honse on St Manrice street they found their men, who were dumfounded at their discovery. In their possession were found a number of articles, including a pocketbook, satchel, watches and various articles of clothing, which were positively identified by Maltz as belonging to his murdered Drotnor-in-law. The prisoners' names are Harris Blank, 30 years old, small, of swarthy complexion, and Charles Bosencraz, or Rosenwey, 28 years old, a very intelligent young He brew. Both men came from New York. They are lodged in the Montreal jail to await the arrival of extradition papers. It is said they will make a fight for their lib erty, but the detectives say the case is one of the clearest in their experience, and that the evidence against the men is overwhelm ing. YELLOW FEVEE 01? BHDPBOABD. The Crew or a Steamer From Brazllllan Ports Is Decimated En Ilnnte. New York, June 17. The steamer En chantress, Captain Hammon, from Santos and Pernambuco, was detained at quaran tine to-day for examination and disinfec tion. During the voyage from Santos to Pernambuco Captain Hammond and Pur ser A. W. Foster were stricken with yel low fever. They died and were buried at sea. Immediately following these deaths Steward Warrisley, Second and Third En gineers Pottinger and Parks were stricken with the disease. All but the latter died. Parks was taken to a Pernambnco hospital, recovered aud continued on to this city. THE IRON QUEEN SINKS, And Ber Fassenxcra Never Knew It Until They Got TOp In the Moraine-. Wheeling, July 17. Special The Iron Queen, with 250 passengers, mainly Pittsburg people, making the round trip to Cincinnati for pleasure, struck a rnck at Powhattan early this morning and soon sank till it touched bottom. A towboat subsequently pumped her out. and she went on to Cincinnati. The pas sengers did not know the boat had snnk nntil they got up this morning. HIS LOVE BETEAYS HIH. Canadian Police Catch a Forger by Shad ow ing Bli Sweetheart. Niagara Falls, July 17. Two years ago Louis Levinger, of Toronto, forged a note for $2,000 and with the proceeds fled to the American side. The police, who conld get no trace of him, watched his affianced. Last night she and her mother left for Suspension Bridge, N. Y., and on alighting from the train they were met by Levinger, who was immediately arretted. He ad mitted he had met the girl for the purpose of marrying her. He consented to return without extradition proceedings, and is now on the way to Toronto. Two Uvea Lost In a Wreck. Wilmington, N. a, July 17. A train on the Northeastern Railroad was wrecked by a washout near Florence last night All the cars left the track except the engine and rear sleeper. J. S. Cinamon, the news agent, aud William Moore, a colored em ploye, were killed. " A SURPRISE IN STORE. lord Salisbury Excited After a Con ference With the Qneeh. THE CABINET MAY QUIT AT ONCE In Ordor to Forte Gladstone to Prematurely Disclose His Policy. THE LIBERAL EESOUECES FOR DELAY. London, July 17. All the Cabinet Min isters have been summoned to London for Thursday next Mr. Balfour, arriving in town yesterday, proceeded to Hatfield House to see Lord Salisbury. The latter went to Windsor to meet the Duke of Devonshire, who has been staying at the Castle for some time. Here he had a con ference with Her Majesty and returned to London this evening accompanied by the Duke of Devonshire, under excitement It is expected that some developments of au unwonted character are impending. A number of members of the Carlton Club came into town to-day to watch events. The political clubs generally are crowded. A rumor is rife that the Carlton Club men state'1' that a section of the Cabinet asks Lord Salisbury to resign forthwith, in order to force Mr. Gladstone to meet the House of Commons with a full disclosure of his home rule and general policy, and so pre cipitate the crisis. The Liberal leaders are prepared to take office immediately or await the defeat of the government on the amendment to the address. No tactics that the government can adopt will force the hands oi Mr. Glad stone. Gladstone Can Take Bia Own Time. If Lord Salisbury does not await a for mal vote of expulsion, the Liberal govern ment policy, as outlined in the Queen's speech, can be so arranged as to reveal nothing that the Conservatives do not al ready know. If the Conservatives rely upon forcing Mr. Gladstone to declare him self fully on the debate to the amendment, that depends upon his pleasure. The' course that Mr. Gladstone adopts will not in the slightest be influenced by the views of the opposition, bnt rather directed to baffle them. A conference of Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues is expected to take place Thurs day. The difficulties of working the House with a msioritv dependent upon the Irish members are fully appreciated at the Lib eral headquarters. Among the troubles of the new government is the habit the Irish members have of irregular attendance. Many of them have had business affairs in Ireland to look after hitherto, and only ap peared in the House when summoned there by the exigency of Irish affairs. The special business being finished, they vanished again. If this practice is continued under the new government the absence of some 40 Irish members will render the government liable to defeat at any moment Money Conld Manige the Matter. Parnell kept his men together when the party purse was full by personal payments at regular intervals, enabling them to dis regard the claims of private affairs. The Liberals might have recourse to subsidizing the McCarthyites, but this would place the Earty under obligations which it is almost npossible to accept i- If the American" subscriptions freely con- i. . . . . . .. - . . i tlnue during tne nnai crisis tne Home itulen party will be wonderfully heartened and strengthened. All sides recognize the fact that the present elections, costing as they have about 2,500,000, are only a prelude to a more decisive electoral campaign, when more money must be expected, and the local organizations everywhere must be maintained in full vigor. The resources of the Unionists are inexhaustible as com pared with those of the Liberals, though since last reverting to the financial position of the party, the Associated Press corre spondent has learned that assurances have been obtained by the Liberal Executive that wealthy Gladstonians are ready to re spond to demands. Regarding the coming crisis in Parlia ment, a month must elapse before the actual business of the House begins. The swearing in ot members takes a fortnight; then the election of the Speaker and of the chairmen of committees proceeds, iuvolv ing, possibly, a debate, and next comes the discussions of the amendment to the ad dress in reply to the speech from the throne. No Legislation Probable Until Spring. If this is followed by a change of govern ment Mr. Gladstone may take a fortnight to form a ministry, a number of which may require re-election. The Liberals thus cal culate that it will be October before the new government can be called upon to pre sent to Parliament its programme. The import of this estimate of progress is that it is proDaoie Mr. uiaastone will not begin the work of legislation in the winter ses sion, but will postpone it until next spring. A section of the Conservatives cherish the delusion that Lord Salisbury, still hold ing a majority of the British yotes, can re fuse to resign until another appeal has been made to the country. Some Tory papers seek to deny that such a course ould be unconstitutional, though the bulk of them admit that the government must vacate office on the first adverse vote. An analysis of the latest returns shows the value of the British vote on which the Conservatives now rely as the bulwark for the rejection of home rule. The number of members thus far returned is 652. This leaves only 18 results yet undeclated. Eng land has sent 231 Conservatives, 193 Liber als, including members of the Labor party, 30 Unionists and one McCarthyite, Tom O'Connor. Far Different In the Other Division. Scotland sends in 1 Conservative, 50 Liberals and 10 Unionists. Wales sends in 2 Conservatives and 26 Liberals, and Ire land 17 Conservatives, 5 Unionists, 61 Mc Carthyites and 9 Parnellites. The opposi tion combined thus aggregates 342 and the Unionists 310. Of the 18 seats yet unre turned seven Irish and six British in the late Parliament were held by the opposi tion and five by the Unionists. As changes are unlikely the new Parliament will con sist of 355 Gladstonians and 315 Unionists. When Great Britain shows a clear majority for borne rule, says the Unionist press, it will come. It can never be carried b Irish votes, and especially when these votes are 20 in excess of their fair proportion, accord ing to the relative population of the coun- tries. The total number of votes recorded np to date is as follows: Opposition, 2,199,094: Unionists, 2,004,292. The French Bering Sea Arbitrator. Paeis, July 17. Senator Baron Depur celles, formerly French Ambassador at Berlin, has been appointed French arbi trator on the Bering Sea Arbitration Commission. The arbitrators will not meet in Paris next week. Gladstone Fledged Against Eight Hours. London, July 17. The Dundee Courier publishes a rumor that 100,000 was re cently subscribed to the Oladstonian funds on the condition that Mr. Gladstone should not pledge himBelf to introduce an eight hour bill. A French Opinion on the Labor Troubles Paris , July 16. The Tempt, in an article to-day commenting on the labor disorders In the United States, advises the Federal Government to stroncrlv assert its authority I and to suppress with the utmost energy the savage Drutaiity by which the disorder have been marked. Electoral considera tion! alone, the Tempi adds, should prevent further delay in the matter. TWELVE THOUSAND DEAD. DESTRTJCTION OF AN ISLAND IN THJ5 PACIFIC OCEAN. The Entire Population Apparently Wiped Ont by a Volcanic Eroptlon Only Meager Details of the Disaster Becelved In Australia. BY CABLE TO THB DISPATCH.! Stdney, July 17. A report reached here from Timor that there had been a vol canic eruption on the island of Sangir, one of the Philippine group, and that most of the Inhabitants have been killed. A native from the Talantse Islands, who landed at Selangen lour weeks ago, brought a re markable story that several other natives had just returned from a voyage near Sangir. They had intended to land on the island, but were prevented by the sight of mountains belch ing forth smoke and fire. They reported that the "whole island was on fire." The water along the coast was full, they said, of half burned wreckage, pieces of houses and charred bodies. The whole population, estimated at abont 12,000, seemed to have been swept into the sea or burned, as not a living soul was to be seen. Streams of lava were still flowing toward the shore, showing that the activity of the volcanoes had not abated. The steamship Cbatterthun, from China to Sydney, brought a singular story into port with her yesterday. Near Sangir, her Captain said, she passed through miles of debris, dissimilar to anything he had before seen at sea. Poles and sides of huts, most of them charred and broken, were mingled with such utensils as the natives ot the Philippines use in cooking. Many unrecognizable objects resembling charred human trunks were also seen. Articles of head dress in the wreckage were identified by a Bailor who had lived in the Philippines as peculiar to the natives of Sangir and the near-by islands of the Philippine group. The ship was passing through the wreck age from 10 a. m. to 1:30 p. jr. These re ports are partially credited here, although they are believed to have been exaggerated. The formation of Sangir is volcanic and sev eral small craters near the center of the island are known to have threatened activ ity during the last ten months. A VIOTOEY rOB IRJ5LAHD. now Thomaa Sexton and Michael Davltt Construe the British Elections. Dublin, July 17. Thomas Sexton, in a speech at Listowel to-day, said: "A few months ago, when things looked black and doubtful, the generous Irish race in America and Australia despaired of a home rule vic tory owing to the factionlst in the Na tionalist ranks, aud the word went aronndto hope no more for the fatherland. All its ranks 'were thin and broken. But to-day it 'is .united, and in the next Parliament Ire land's national representatives" will-wring' from their former enemies a measure of home rule satisfactory to the national as pirations of Ireland." Michael Davitt, who also spoke, said the nine seats gained by the Parnellites had been won with Tory money influence and votes, and that they would be obliterated at the next election. HANGED BUT STILL LIVES. A Mob Baffled In Their Effort to Extort n Confession Frorn'a Prisoner. Fresno, Cai, July 17. Michael Blame, charged with the murder of A. G. Haskins, near Centerville, was held to answer to the Superior Court without bail, Friday, at Sanger. The same evening eight men-went to the jail, effected an entrance without re sistance, bound Blume and took him to the scene of the mnrder. There they put a rope around his neck and hanged him nntil he was insensible, and when he revived asked him to confess. He said he was in nocent, and they hanged him until he was again insensible. They then let him down, saving they wonld let the court deal with him, and took him back to jail, threatening to hang him it he said anything about the affair. Blnme was brought to this city to-day. His left wrist was cut severely by the rope and one hand was paralyzed. Physicians found his windpipe dislocated, his neck swollen, and he is unable to hold bis head up. Blnme says he knows the men, but will not reveal their identity yet. A story has gained circulation that the hanging was in earnest, bnt that a constable arrived in time to cut Blume down before he was dead. A VETEKAN OF TWO WABS With a Bullet In His Leg, No Pension and Arrested as a Vagrant. New York, July 17. Special "Theo dore Smith" called out Deputy Sheriff Blauvelt to a group of prisoners in the Rockland county jail this afternoon. "Here," came the reply, and an oH man came out of the group. His head was bald in some spots and covered with white hair in others. He wore a long white beard. He was somewhat stooped with ag,e, but walked sprightly enough. He Told a Dis patch reporter that he was 98 years old, had passed through two wars, the Mexican andithe Civil War, and was still looking for a pension. He had been arrested as a vagrant in Nyaok Friday, and sent to jail for GO days. He said: "Yes, sir, now ye've got me where I can talk. I was in the Mexican War. I fought on the Niaeara frigate. And I was in the Civil War, too, on the sloop Lackawanna, down in Mdbile Bay, for seven months, a-fighting under Fnrra gnt I've got a bullet in my leg, but I ain't got a pension yet" ThlrtT-two Sailors In Perl'. Oswego, N. Y., July 17. Nothing has been heard here of the tug Booth and her tow of four barges, that left Oswego Friday night before the big storm, bound for Mon treal. The tow carried crews aggregating 32 persons. The barges were small and heavily loaded and the tug could not tow them more than four miles an hour in fair weather. Sailors here fear they are lost. "Not Such Big Bobbery After Al'. St. Louis, July 17. L. A. Fuller, Super intendent of the Pacific Express Company, said to-day the telegraphie dispatches in re gard to the recent robbery in the Indian Territory had misstated the amotfnt stolen. So far as he knew, only (2,900 could have been taken. In tha Gobbling Bdslness. Again. Newark, N. J., Jnly 17. The New Jersey Oil Company has been pnrchased by the Standard Oil Company, TROUBLE ON THE SUH Caused the Auroral Display, equaled for Many Years, Un- PK0DUCED BY A SOLAR STOIiSI. Local Mronomers Were Prepared for Wonderful Sight MB. BRASI1EAR EXPLAINS THE CAUSE 'Saturday night's aurora borealis will go down in history. Never since 1859 has there been such a display, and Irom all accounts Pittsburg was given an extraordinary goo 1 opportunity to view it What causes these magnetic disturbances is as interesting as the viewing of their fnrid beauty. From the authority of the best astronomers the sun had a great deal to do with Saturday's aurora. Yesterday afternoon a Dispatch reporter called on John A. Brashear, the well-known astronomer and manufacturer of astronom ical instruments, at his residence on Ob servatory Hill. He explained what caused the disturbance and furnished photographs of the sun as it appeared yesterday morn ing. He said: Seldom have wo been favoied with such a magnificent aurora as was seen in our Northern and Northeastern skies Saturday night. Before 10 o'clock there were indica tions that an auroral display would be seeu, and.as it was anticipated, it was all the more appreciated when it came in all its beauty. &gwe Jfo. Not since the memorable display of 1839 has such an aurora beon seen in this city, so that those who saw it must certainly con gratulate themselves on having had a rare treit. Dne Notice ot the Display. As early as the 9th of this month I men tioned the fact that, owing to the great num ber of spots on tho sun's surface, and the marked activity of one of these in partic ular, wo mieht expect an auroral display or magnetic disturbance, for thero Is now scarcely room to doubt the intimate rela tion between solar distuibances and certain magnetic or electrical phenomena on the earth. The great aurora of 1859 was imme diately pi eceded by great solar disturbances, noted by Carrington and Hodgson, and its effect was seen on both sides or the Atlantic Oa Ttrolt a St tr A not-vwi tin So, also, the magnetic disturbance off Auzust 3, 1872, and others of. a later data may be traced directly to solar activity, and so great an observer as Prof. C. A. Toung ha4a.tdj 9Pben wfe come to collate aurora observations' with, thosfc-of sun spots, as Loornli has done with great 'care- and tnoronzhness, we find almost a perfect parallelism between the curves of auroral and sun spot frequency." It mtm not bo supposed that In the spots alone we have the evidence of the preat solar storm. Indeed, the spots are now sup posed to be and with good reason, too only the visible evidence that a great storm has been going on, or is in prog ress. The faculro and the great flames ot hydrogen rushing up from the surface of the snn with almost incon ceivable velocity and to enormous helzlits, and then falling back again, are lactors in these stoims mo.e potent than the spots themselves. Som-etlraes great spots appear upon the sun's surface that are very quiet and we feel no particular disturbance irom it. The -Eflect ot Solar Disturbance. Father Sidgreaves, of Stonyhurst Observ atory, has shown that electrical phenomena frequently manifest itself on the earth from one to two days after a great spot has passed the sun's meridian, bat Prof. Young has shown that a curve drawn of electrio tremors on the surface of the earth during tne great ernptions ot a solar prominence are practically simultaneous with the fluc tuations of these prominent eruptions Fortunately, our modern observers are taking great Interest in studying these most Interesting solar phenomena. It is only a few weeks since that the finish ing touches weie put upon an instru ment at our 'works for the Kenwood Ehyslcal observatory of 3Ir. Hale, located In bicago, which lias been called by its owner a spectra, lieliO-rrtiph. This treat instrument was especially designed and constructed for a study of the daily, even hourly, changes going on in tlio sun. On Saturday Mr. Hale tofc some photographs of the sun at short intervals. These photographs showed a re nmrkablechanue in one of the great spots now on the sum's surface, which occurred in tho intpival between the taking of twoof the pictures. Observations carried on here during the past week have shown great cnau.uei in the same snob, and, although the observations fioin which the drawing or the accompany ing figure of the spot was made at 10 o'clock this morning, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the great chasm running out from the tlaik nucleus of the upper part had prparuted from the nucleus and drifted away 2,0i0 or 3,000 miles. Prospect of Futnri DInlnT. It Is evident, then, that we owe our beau tiful auroral panorama to the activity of this solar storm, and, as aurora -1 como us do .sun spots. In periods, we may indulge tho hope that we shall have more than one dis play during the next four years. As it may interest the readers of True Dispatch, I will give yon a rather carefully drawn sketch of the sun spot made between 10 and 11 o'clock to-day. It was the aae spot that was shown on the upper riirht ot a sketch published on July 9. Since that time enormous changes have occurred in Its structure. In abont two days more it will disappear, but will in all probability return again in the early days of August Figure 1 shows how the spots are now dis tributed on the solar surface, that marked A in the lower tett of the sketch beiug tho one drawn in detail above. The observation was made with a three- n.h t.l.irtfin. fnftl nnia .rnlt ma., h. in with u Inmnr Inatrnnnit Vint T irnir I this sketon wm give xsut DisrATcn readers a 1 "f- ."-". - ...". ' ....-, -- - .- - . II . 1. P "111 I 1 I I IliliiHillfl fairly correct Idea of the spot, which was no doubt responsible for the Saturday night aurora. SUNDAY IN C(EUR D'ALENE. Several Leaders or the Striken Still at Large Every Fugitive at Spokane Caught and Held on the Charge or Murder B'oody Crimes In Prospect Spokane, Wash., July 17. Sunday quiet hung over the Cccur d'Aleue district to-day. The arrest of miners continues and several hundred are now huddled.in schoolhouses, empty warehouses and a baseball stockade. They are closely guarded and cannot hope to escape. The troops have not captured any of the rifles or ammunition of the strikers, which are hid in the surrounding hills. A number of lea "-spirits in the insur rection are still at . "- Among these are Breen and Da?' "".fr.ie here from Butte to direct YA-crO') It is re ported that the MorJu'W cf JQ indig nant at the way the figt P-To,, "Oi,e on, claiming that Ureen jk, forf v n. held back their cause. Others O'jb.'-V ir at large are Pettibone, Glover, 1 " p-i sweeny. j x H. S. Scott, a special correspondent" of the Review, who came in to-night from the front, says he was informed by officers at Cataldo that it is a positive fact that five dead bodies and a number of wounded men were picked up in the Fourth of July can on. Scott is the man who was ordered out of Wallace because his paper denounced the outrages. Very few of the fleeing strikers are coming this way, most of them passing over Bitter BootMountain into Montana, where the union is strong and where they can find aid and shelter. Two have been arrested here to-night and booked on a charge of murder at the police station. This charge will be preferred against every fugi tive who is caught. A large number ot fugitive non-nnion men are gathered here. They huddle together and seem to be dazed over their rouzh experience, but are willing to go back to work as soon as quiet has been restored. It is the general impression, both in Cccur d' Alene and here, that a permanent garrison ought to be maintained at the mines. Unless this is done, that section taring the next year will be the theater of many dark and bloody crimes of revenge. IB00P3 HUNTING FOB MINEBS. Jinny Workmen Captured and Will Be Tried for Contempt of Court. Wallace, Idaho, July 17. The west ern part of Wallace, at the month of Placer creek, is now a tented field. Eight compa nies of troops arrived from Fort Keogh, Mont, to-day, and will be distributed in the various positions of the mining district The entire command here was suddenly called to arms at 11 o'clock to-day to search the neighboring hills in hopes of capturing the miners who have been in hiding. Six were arrested. Many of the miners under arrest are married and have families, and to-day many wives and children were seen abont the camp, seeking the privilege of speaking to the head of the family, who is held prisoner. In most in stances this privilege was granted. It is probable the entity: body of miners under arrest will be tried in the United States District Court for contempt, though some of the prisoners will have to answer to a charge of murder. A detachment of troops went to Murray to-day and brought " ranK need, tne murderer ot-is. w. Kte- T?n,s Wallace for safe keeping, as threats ot Ivnchintr were nearu on all sides and a well organized mob had planned to attack the jail to-night 6TBIKB33 CAMPED IN TH3 W0 OUSk J They Bnseonoa Themselves Behind a Barricade and Bold the Fort. Woodbridge, N. J., July 17. Special Seventy-five or more Italians who are working on the Port Beading Bailroad in the woods about a mile from here went on strike last 'Friday, and to-day their camp has the appearance ot a fortress. Ties and rails have been laid across the railroad track, completely blocking traffic Pickets have been stationed along the roads. The laborers have not been paid for a week's work. The scene of the strike is in a cut on the main track of the Port Heading Bailroad, built by the Philadelphia and Beading system. A sub-contractor 13 re sponsible for the wages said to be due. When the superintendent came into camp last Friday they asked strain for their money, and as they got no definite answer, they struck. That afternoon they spent in piling ties, iron ana rock on tne trace. Yesterday the company sent a construc tion train down the road. The strikers flagged it, and gathered in force on the banks above the cut The leaders called out to the engineer not to try to go any further. The conductor kicked at the ties and was about to lean over and lift one ofi when an Italian pointed a revolver at him and said he would shoot if the conductor tried to re move any of the ties. He took his train back. Sheriff Acken, of Middlesex county, was called on, but he said he could not act until the town constables of Woodbridge had done their utmost to'restore quiet UNIOiN MEN DISCHARGED. Bow the Iron Company at West Superior Meeta Efforts to Organiz-. Superior, Wis., Jnly 17. Yesterday afternoon the rolling mills of the West Su perior Iron and Steel Company were shut down. The fires were drawn, tools pnt away and arrangements apparently made lor continued inactivity if necessary. The men who were supposed to be in any way connected with trie Amalgamated Associa tion, or who had taken part in the recent demand for the adoption of a scale, were discharged by a notice in writing. Manager Mattes will say nothing of his plans, except that he will not recognize the association in any event The men were surprised, and it is sure a secret meeting was held last evening, bnt nothing could be learned as to its purpose. Whether the men in other departments of the works will go out is not known. About 200 men are affected. TRUSTED ONCB TOO OFTEN. An Express Wagon Man Drives Ont of Town With 83,000 In Bank Funds. Havrk de Grace, Md., July 17. Quite a sensation was created here this afternoon by the disappearance of Albert Mitchell, the driver of the express wagon for the United States Express Company, of this place, together with their horse, wagon' and 55,000 in currency, belonging to the First National Bank, of this city. A lady saw Mitchell with the wagon go ing out of town toward the Baltimore turn pike yesterday. Mitchell was a member of the Methodist Church, and it was no unus ual thing for him to be trusted with as much as $15,000 at a time. . A Quiet Day at Cape May. Cape Mat, N. J., July 17. Special President Harrison passed his first Sunday at the Cape May Point cottage to-day very quietly. This afternoon, in company with Gen. W. J. Sewell. he called upon E. C Knight, the Philadelphia sugar refiner, who was very ill at his Cape May cottage. General and Mrs. Sewell afterward dined with the President At the cottage this evening George W. Boyd and wife took tea witn tne president and remained during the evening. The President leaves for Wash ing to-morrow at 8:55 a. il Ing tO-mOtTOW at 835 A. SL He IDSV retnm next caturaay. - . ij MADE A HOLIDAY AT HOMESTEAD, Twenty-Fiye Thousand Per sons Yisit the Borough Up the Eiyeit A MASS MEETING HELD By Mechanics and Laborer?, Who Again Determine to Stay Ont. A Worker and a Plnkerton Die From tho Effect of Wounda Becelved Dur in&T the Battle of tho Barges 3tirrinjj Scenes in Camp Sam Blaclc Tester day Many Ladies Review the Sol dier Boys Duquesne Workers Dla CUS3 the Situation Amalgamated Men State Why They Expect Victory Hugh O'DonneU Makes a Mysterious Trip to the East. There are Sundays and there are Sun days, but to the minds of the law-fearing citizens of Homestead borough there was never before such a strange, eventful Sab bath as that of yesterday. From the moment the early morning train from Pittsburg rumbled into the little station, nntil long after the nightfall had gathered, the people of the bor ough were treated to one perpetual round of excitement They saw thou sands ot laughing, curious strangers in holiday attire thronging the streets of their pretty little village; they saw great wagons bedecked with flags and looking for all the world like the conventional chariots of the circus; they saw strange men retail ing pink lemonade and mouldy peanuts at their doors; they saw all these things, and then in a dazed helpless way gathered in little groups and marveled at the 'sudden prominence attached to Homestead. A Sadden Increase of Population. Imagine a crowd of 25,000 civilians and an army of something more than 5,000 soldiers suddenly added to the 10,000, more or less, regular inhabitants of a town, and you will gain a fair idea of Homestead's over crowded condition yesterday. It was ft well-dressed, mild-mannered, thoroughly orderly crowd, onewhich held a big quota of pretty womeii and which brought s harvest of gld to the proprietor of the hoels and restaurants, and the oddestpart of it all was that the unthinking natives had made no prepara tion for theirj transient guests everybody reraei -te be taken by surprise Even railroad officials, had neglected to prepare adequate means of transportation. As a direct result of these conditions, the men, women and children who visited Homestead yesterday put in a dusty, un pleasant day, and returned home at night very tired and very hungry. Admiration lor the Workers. A young and exceedingly pretty woman in a dark blue gown stood on the railway platform at 7 in the evening and voiced tha general sentiment of the crowd in this terse speech: "I came here expecting to And a bauly demoralized town, with everything at sixes and sevens. Imagine my feelings when I find a dull little country town with no more excitement to be seen than a few tired-looking soldiers in the streets and m lot of fanny little tents pitched on the side of a hill. I don't see any signs of a battle, or bands of wild-eyed, blood-stained strik ers. The few strikers I have seen are very nicely dressed, and appear to be very order ly; and just to think, I came all the way from Allegheny to see this dull and prosaic 'speotacle." The little woman spoke the simple truth. The lockedout mill men were as much nr prised at the sudden influx of visitors as their townsmen, and for the time being for got their grievance in watching the crowds. Best for the A d vlsoiy Committee. Aside from the morning massmeeting of the mechanics and the laborers, the day was absolutely colorless as regards develop ments in the strikers' camp. That well advertised and hard-working body, the Ad visory Committee, took a day off, .so to speak, and did little or nothing. To be sure, a few of the committeemen went up to ! Duquesne in the afternoon and made speeches to the men employed in the Du quesne mills, but their little jaunt formed the sum total of their day's labor. All things considered, the newspaper men did the only hard work done. With the aid of row boats and livery rigs they made a careful investigation of the plant They were looking for some visible signs of the non-union men who are supposed to he now quartered within the confines of the works, but they had their troubles for their pains. Aside from fleeting glimpses of cot and barrels, and boxes of provisions, there was nothing to indicate the presence of any men. Of course, no one was allowed to go through the mills and these observations were made from the river bank. Expecting New 3Ien Till 2Iornlng, There are all sorts of wild rumors float ing about the town. The most plausible of the lot insisted that three barges of "black sheep" had landed early in the morning. But, like all the others, their tale could not be verified. Late last night a mojority of the leaders of the old men were a unit in thinking that if any new men are to be smuggled Into the yards it will be done early this morning. Whether or not there will be any attempt on the part of the locked-out men to inter fere, it is hard to say. The leaders Insist that there will be no outbreak but General , Snowden evidently places but little faith in their promises as he doubled all the guards last night In the minds of the mechanics and labor ers formerly employed in the Homestead plant the most important event of yesterday was the mass meeting held in the Opera, House under their auspices. At 10 A. at, the hour appointed for the opening of the ji meeting, the big rink was comfortably filled Reporters and outsiders were not allowed to enter. The Object of the Meeting. The main objeot of this formal gathtriag i )z-H&J!&L&t&k$ ti .Y
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