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HE irrSBTJE& DISPATCH TUESDAY AUGUST "9, 1892.
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DEAD TO THE WORLD
Is the Democracy in the Bnral
Districts of Indiana at
the Present Time,
TOEBE GBAY'S STRONGEST
Tho Ei-Governor and His Friends
Kot Shontin? for tho Ticket.
STEYEKSON HAS HARD WORK TO DO
Harritj Outspoken in His Opposition to
JJcileer's Ee-Nominalion.
SELECTIONS OP COUNT! CONTENTIONS
fPrrCIAL TELEGRAM TO TBI DISPATCI1.1
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 8. General Adlai
Stevenson was in this city just 16 minutes
to-day, from 11 o'clock to 11:15. He will
have to return soon, though, for it will take
several months to bring his business here to
a satisfactory conclusion. The way Uncle
Isaac Puser Gray and his friends in Indiana
have been throwing up their nats and yell
ing for the ticket since the Chicago Con
vention has been calculated to inspire any
thing but enthusiasm among the race and
file of the mossback Democracy of the State.
Ever since the day the colors of Gray were
dragged in the sawdust and mud of that
celebrated wigwam on the lake front almost
absolute apathy has reigned among the
rural Democracy in Indiana, and even In
Indianapolis, where the Cleveland senti
ment was strongest, the efforts at club or
ganization hare been sporadic and feeble.
It will be wmembered that prior to their
State Convention in April the Democrats
Vere embroiled in an exceedingly bitter
ght between the Cleveland and Gray fac
tions, precipitated by a speech delivered in
this city by J. G. Shanklin, editor of the
Evansville Courier, then a candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination.
Bow tho Fleet on Gray Began.
It had been taken for granted all along
that Indiana would send to Chicago a solid
delegation to urge Gray for first place, in
the hope of capturing for him the tail end
of the ticket, but Shanklin kicked this sup
position into a cocked hat by sarcastically
declaring that Indiana had made a fool of
herself often enough by going to conventions
with "first-place pretension and tail-end ex
pectations; that the people of Indiana
were overwhelmingly for Cleveland and
ought to have the opportunity to express
themselves."
This was in March, and it was followed up
a day or two later by the Indianapolis Sen
tvid, the State organ of the party, which
printed a double-leaded "screamer" advis
ing Gray to clear the track and declaring
that it had made a careful canvass of the
situation and fully 00 per cent of the Demo
crats of Indiana were for Cleveland.
Then the fight began. Uncle Isaao did
not clear the track. He and the rest of the
ten per cents went to work. Mud slinging
began, and backhanded courtesies were
exchanged with a freedom that was inspir
ing. The warfare grew so bitter that Sena
tor Yoorhees took a hand, and upon his
suggestion the State Committee and leaders
of the opposing factions were called to
gether just before the convention, and a
truce was patched up, by the terms of
which Gray was to be given three oi the
four delegates at large, and the remarkable
instructions were prepared for the conven
tion to pass, which declared Cleveland the
logical nominee, but instructed the dele
gates to vote for Gray.
Gr7 Ahead for a Little 'While.
In the district meetings Gray captured 14
of the 16 delegates thus elected, which, with
the lion's share of the delegates at large,
gave him 15 of the 30 delegates accredited to
the State.
In the convention Gray's followers cap
tured everything; defeating Shanklin with a
vicious cheer; nominating Claude Matthews
for Governor, and smashing a Cleveland
head whenever one appeared above the sur
face. At every point they took delight in
showing how much stronger they were than
the "90 per cent"
But what the Cleveland crowd could not
accomplish by strength they gained by
strategy. Though Gray had on the dele
gation such keen politicians as Senator
Yoorhees, ex-Congressman John B. LamS,
James E. Murdock, Charles L. Jewett and
Hugh Dougherty, with the redoubtable
James H. Bice on the outside, they were
led into a mousetrap at Chicago and caged
just as neatly as could be wished at the crit
ical moment for the Gorman movement
Gray's friends were then given an
intimation by "Whitney that if they
would declare for Cleveland, Cleveland's
friends would see to it that Gray got second
place. That deal was intrusted to
Dougherty and Morass. They called upon
AVhitney and were assured'that he would
do all he could for Gray.
Tha Bait Galped Down Whole.
Dougherty swallowed the bait, with the
understanding that this meant that all the
Cleveland iorces would come to Gray.
Indiana declared for Cleveland the day
before the convention met, the rest followed
like a pack of sheep, and the Gorman boom
went up in smoke. Then when the vote for
"Vice President came Dickinson threw
Michigan's vote away and Vilas did the
same with Wisconsin's, and Gray was
detested.
"I told you they were traitors," howled
.Lamb, as the votes were changing pell
mell to Stevenson, and the rest ot the
Gray contlgent echoed his sentiment They
came home sick and sore, and ratification
meetings in Indiana have been tew and far
between.
Since then there have been outcroppings
of the smouldering anti-convention fight
The Gray people hare accused the Cleve
land newspapers oinot supporting the State
ticket, and the Cleveland people have
truthlully pointed to the fact that all Gray's
prominent friends, and Cray himself, have
taken to the woods. Tew of them have
displayed the least interest in the cam
paign, and as they number among them
nearly all the more experienced Dem
ocratic politicians of the State, the party
work is left in green and weak hands.
Democracy Dead to the "World.
In the rural districts, where Gray's
strength lies, Democracy is dead to the
world. It is this condition, not a theory,
that confronts the Cleveland managers, and
naturally they view it with alarm. Ap
parently it occurred to them that the man
whom circumstances made Gray' svicto
rlous opponent was the very person to
bring the olive branch to Isaac Ptisey and
his malcontent Iriends. Hence the "busi
ness" which brings Cleveland's running
mate to Indianapolis.
plan was to arrange a meeting between him
and Gray, and find out what office within
Cleveland's gift, should he succeed, would
satisfy the latter. They shrewdly sus-
fiected that he could be readily brought
nto line with the promise of a good office,
But this time they oounted without their
host Isaac Puser Gray is growing old,
and he believes that the Chicago conven
tion was the end of his political career. He
declined to meet Stevenson, and by a strange
coincidenee.all hi sfrlends likewise declined.
Thev would not consent even to troto'tbe
depot and shake hands with him. Chair
man Tagjart, of the State Committee, and
Chairman Wilson, of the County Commit
tee, both of whom were Cleveland partisans
in the ante-convention fight, met the nomi
nee at the depot when he arrived with his
wife this morning, and whispered in his car
that it was no use, and that to avoid embar
rassments he had better proceed homeward
on the next train, which he did.
A Cleveland Crowd at the Depot
The crowd that Taggart and Wilson were
able to marshal at the depot to meet Steven
son was not large, and the political iriends
of Grav were conspicuous by their absence.
The collection was composed of original
Cleveland boomers.
General Stevenson dismissed a query
about his mission by saying that he knows
nothing about Indiana politics and the re
porters passed the matter over.
fi "What have you to say, General," was
asked, "in relation to the story published
this morning about your connection with
the Knights of the Golden Circle and yonr
selling revolvers to the Knights to pro
tect themselves?"
Mr. Stevenson replied: "All of these
stories are absolutely lies, without a shadow
of foundation. Thev are about as true as
the statement that I was drunk in Hew
York. It must have amused my people at
home, because I do not drink at alL But
these things have ceased to disturb me."
PEOPLE'S PARTY PLEASED.
The National Executive Committee fix
pretses Itself Contented With the Mta
ntlon A Full State Ticket to Be Placed
In the field in Alabama.
St. Louis, Aug. 8. The People's rjartv
National Executivo Committee held a
meeting here to-day. But little actual
business was transacted, the meeting being
devoted principally to talking over matters
generally and campaign funds and pros
pects in particular. A resolntion was
passed authorizing the Alabama State Com
mittee to at once put a full electoral ticket
in the field. The recent election was dis
cussed at some length, it being agreed that
the result augured well for the party's suc
cess in that State in the fall.
Another resolution was passed calling on
Messrs. Washburn, Mass and McParlin, of
New York, to call a meeting of the National
Committeemen of the Eastern States, at
which meeting shall be arranged a vigorous
plan of campaign.
Chairman Tanbcneck announced that his
Colorado advices showed that 45 papers in
Colorado had deserted the old parties and
were supporting Weaver and Field. Of
those 17 were formerly Democratic organs,
the other Republican. The Watson investi
gation in Washington was mentioned as
having helped the Third party cause won
derfully. Regarding finances, Treasurer Rankin an
nounced that the people were responding
liberally to the recent call for campaign
contributions. "We expect to receive about
510,000." said he, "with which we will do as
much as will either of the old parties with
8200,000. Our people are poor, but respond
inc to the call liberally, and we are going
to give this country the hotest campaign
it ever saw."
Encouraging reports were annonnced as
having been received from all over the
South and West. An official campaign
badge was talked over, as was the course to
be pursued by Weaver and Field, but the
matters were left in Chairman Taubeneck's
hands for final settlement It was agreed
that the next meeting should be held on
September 12, at the headquarters here.
BABBITT SOT MEAIX-M0uTHED
In ills Opposition to the Rsnomlnatlon of
McAloer for Congress.
Phii.adei.phia, Aug. & Special J
National Chairman Harrity was at his office
for a few hours to-day, and was besieged by
callers. He declined to discuss the Con
gressional fight in the Third district, further
than to say that the candidacy of Captain
Kerr had his full sympathy, and that from
what he could learn Mr. Kerr had an excel
lent chance of receiving the nomination.
"The story that mv being at heart in favor
of Mr. McAleer is the veriest bosh," he
added. "That gentleman is supported by
open and avowed enemies to the regular
organization, and is consequently sot en
titled to the support of any true Demo
crat." Mr. Harrity went to Harrisburg late in
the afternoon, and will remain there to-morrow,
going to New York on Wednesdav
morning. He said that nothing definite bad
been done regarding the selection of the
Advisorv Committee authorized by the
National Committee, and he could not say
how soon it would be attended to, as he had
been and still was very busy arranging the
details incident to getting a great machine
in working order.
Few signs of activity are visible among
th Republicans, not many of whom are in
the citv. General Frank Beeder, Chairman
of the Republican State Committee, having
returned from Europe, will to-morrow take
charge of the newly-opened State head
quarters at 1231 Walnut street, and will at
once begin active work.
PERKY COUNT? DEMOCRATS
Bold a Big Convention and rick Ont tamtis
for the Slaughter.
New Bloomfield, Pa., Aug. &-t-5pe-rfa!.
Ex-Congressman, John A. Magee, of
of Bloomfield, presided over the Perry
county Democratic Convention, held here
to-day. Notwithstanding there were no
officially announced candidates for the sev
eral offices to be filled, there was a full con
vention. Dr. Henry D. Reutter, of Dun
cannon, was elected Chairman of the county
committee for 1893. The resolutions in
dorse the nomination of Cleveland and
Stevenson, approve Pattison's, adminis
tration, extend heartiest wishes to National
Chairman William F. Harrity, and com
pliment him for his matchless work at Chi
cago. Silas Fessler, of Marysville, Dr. J. C.
Hall, of Millsrstown, and John Steel, of
Duncannon, were eleeted Congressional
conferees. Joseph C McAllister, of Bloom
field, was nominated by acclamation for
Senator, with power to choose his own con
ferees. The tollowing county ticket was
nominated. Representative, Wilson W.
Gray, of Jokesburg; Sheriff, A. LV Holmac,
of Liverpool. Poor Director, John Swartz,
of Markelville; Surveyor, James Bell, of
Marysville.
Barrity Indorsed at Selins Grove.
Sei.tns Grove, Pa., Aug. & SptddLl
The Democratic County Convention was
held in Middleburg to-day, and nominated
the following ticket: Congress, L. T. Marks;
Senator, A. W. Smith; Legislature, Dr.
William Reigel; Associate Judge, J. G.
Moyer; County Chairman, J. G. Lesher.
Resolutions were adopted, indorsing Cleve
land and Stevenson and the administration
of Governor Pattison, and commending the
action of the national committee in the
selection of William F. Harrity as the
chairman,
It-publlcan Harmony In Carbon County.
Mattch Chunk, Aug. 8. A very har
monious convention of the Republicans of
Carbon county was held to-day. The Har
rison administration was indorsed, the Re
publican platform approved, and, resolu
tions passed denouncing the employment of
Pinkertons and the rehabilitation of "Red
dog and wild cat currency. " Chief Burgess B.
J. Kuntx, of Lehigliton, was nominated for
the Legislature, and M. L. Smith, James
Ash and Joe McCarty chosen Congressional
conferees.
Not a Strnec'e for Nomination.
North Wai.es, Pa., A g. 8. The Re
publicans oi the Seventh Congressional dis
trict, composed of Montgomery and Bucks
counties, to-day nominated Irving P. Sanger,
of Norristown, a leadinr lawyer at the
Montgomery county bar, 'or Congress, by
acclamation
Eheahnn Chosen State Chairman.
RisirnnA. N. Y.. An?. 8. Tiientenant
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Governor Sheehan was to-night chosen
Chairman of the State Campaign Committee.
HERHAJESTI SPEAIS.
Great Britain's Imperial Parliament
Formally Opened..
LIBERALS HASTEN TO DECLARE
That They Have No Confidence in the
l'resent Government.
GLADSTONE UKGED TO DEFINE EIS BILL
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London, Aug. 8. The formalities of
organizing the House of Commons were
completed last week, and this morning,
when the House met, the members were
summoned to the Honse of Lords, where
the speech from the throne, opening the
session of the Twenty-fifth Imperial Par
liament of Queen Victoria, was read. The
speech informed Her Majesty's Lords and
Gentlemen that by command of Her Ma
jesty the present Parliament has been as
sembled in obedience to the terms of Her
Majesty's proclamation of June 28, by
which the late Parliament was dissolved.
Previous to that dissolution, the speech
added, the business of the session was com-,
pleted; therefore it is not necessary for
Parliament now to continue its session at
an unusual period of the year for the trans
action of financial or legislative business.
Her-Majesty expressed the hope that when
Parliament meets again at the customary
season it will again direct attention to
measures of social and domestic improve
ment, and that it will continue to advance
in the path of useful and beneficent legisla
tion, which has been so judiciously followed
in previous sessions,
G adstone Takes the Oath.
Before the opening of the debate on the
address in reply to the speech from the
throne, Mr. Gladstone entered the House
and took the usual oath administered to
members. He was the recipient of hearty
cheers from his supporters.
Neither the speeches of Mr. Barton in
moving the address, nor that of Mr. Cross,
who seconded the address, attracted any
attention. The House was listless until Mr.
Herbert Henry Asqulth, Gladitonian mem
ber for the East dh ision of Fifeshlre, rose
to move the amendment declaring that the
House had no confidence in the Govern
ment He was greeted with loud and pro
longed cheering by the Liberals.
Mr. Asquith declared that Parliament
had met for the obsequies of a dead major
ity. The House ought not to dally over a
practical question, but should as speedily
as possible place in power a Government
representing the decision of the country as
expressed at the polls.
Mr. Thomas Burt (Gladstonlan), member
for Morpeth, Secretary of the Northumber
land Miners' Mutual "Association seconded
the no confidence amendment. He con
tended that the question of home rule for
Ireland must dominate all other qdestions
to which the Liberal party was pledged.
Some Defined Policy ATunted.
The Rt Hon. George J. Goschen, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer, said he hoped
the House would at least hear something
definite about home rule.
Mr. Gladstone, he declared, could no
longer shirk explaining his home-rule
scheme, nor could Sir William Yernon
Harcourt evade unpleasant questions by
going out of the House instead of respond
ing to them.
Mr. Justin McCarthy said that the Irish
party expected that coercion would cease
when the Liberals came into power. If the
Liberal Government home rule bill did not
satisfy the people of Ireland there would
be an end of it, Conservative cheers.
He believed In the sincerity of the Liberal
assurance that the home rule bill would be
kept in the front of their legislation. The
Irish party also wanted an early measure
for the relief!of evicted tenants and on in
quiry into' tits' cases of Irish prisoners
wrongfully-convicted of offenses against the
crown. They further desired that the term
of imprisonment of other Irish prisoners be
shortened.
Mr. John Redmond said he would sup
port Mr. Asquith because he considered it
the duty of every Irish member to assist in
ousting the present Government regardless
of the question whether they were likely to
fare better at the hands ot its successor.
He could not assent in any wav to Mr.
Labouchere's suggestion to give the New
castle programme precedence overthe home
rule question. It might be possible to deal
out Certain English reforms concurrently
with home rule, but he would not consent
to any policy placing home rule in the
second rank. He would not hold Mr. Glad
stone responsible for the suggested delay of
the home rule question, but ne desired to
remind tne Liberals that nothing had been
heard of this delay during the six years the
Irish had co-operated with the Liberals and
assisted them to win in "bye" elections.
Redmond Wanted No Delay.
He could not support any measure look
ing to a redistribution of political power
impairing in the slightest degree the In
fluence of Ireland. He hoped they would
not have to wait until February for the pro
visions ot Mr. Gladstone's bill. It was use
less for the Liberal party to live in a fool's
paradise. They were going to be placed in
power by Irish votes and they must fulfill
their pledges. In conclusion he suggested
that the autumn session of Parliament
should deal with the evicted tenants and
the Irish political prisoners' measures. The
speech elicited much laughter and cheering
from the Conservatives. .
Mr. Goschen, in continuing his speech,
denied that home rule was the paramount
question which had been submitted to the
country in the recent campaign, and de
clared that it had occupied in a large num
ber of electoral addresses a verv subordi
nate place. Cries of "Hear, hear. "J The
Irish members seemed to think that they
had nothing to do bat evict the present
Ministers in iorder to get home rule,
Cheers from the Irish members. Did the
mover of the amendment to the address in
reply to the speech from the throne know
the policy oi his party regarding home
rule? Bevond the leader of the opposition
and some few of his followers nobody knew
the exact nature of the measure.
The country had not given the members a
mandate on that question, as it bad not
been before the country. The country was
against the principle of home rule. The
majority of Great Britain stood against the
Irish majority in demanding the repeal of
the Union. Cries of "No'lf So, if home
rule was, passed it would be by the Irish
minority' coeieing the British majority.
Cheersl.
If the Unionists were defeated by the
Irish vote, it would not be the final trial.
Defeat would not mean' the dispersion of
the Unionist forces. The Unionists would
still remain rampant, against whioh the
forces of rapine and disorder would' throw
themselves in vain. Cheers.
No Policy Sound In the Spee Ob.
In the House of Lords the Earl of Den
bigh moved and the Earl of Powis seconded
the address in reply to the speech from the
throne. The Earl of Kimberley complained
that this was the first occasion that no
policy had been showed in the speech from
the throne. There was nothing in the
speech, he declared, that could be criticised.
He hoped that if the chances of political
life reversed the position of the parties, the
Liberal Government would receive the gen.
erons assistance in its foreign policy that
the Liberals had accorded the Conservative
Government
Lord Salisbury admitted that the speech
was like a sealed envelope put into the
hands of a preacher goihg Into a pulpit, and
when opened found to contain nothing.
The Government hod no me asares to pre
sent to Parliament He confessed that he
had been disposed to abandon the speech
altogether, but found, owing to the con
servatism oi the opposition, that that eould
only be done by general consent They
had now arrived at a stage where the House
of Commons was exercising a prerogative
peculiarly its own of selecting men
whose measures would come afterward.
Laughter.
When these men were adopted by the
Honse of Commons then the House of Peers
would share with the other House the re
sponsibility for their measures. ' When
those measures are presented to them there
will be no difficulty in criticising hem.
Perhaps then the Liberal lords would
abandon their present conspiracy of silence.
Then also the Peers would perform their
duty with that wisdom of decision upon
which the House established its right and
reputation in davs past Cries of "Hear!
Hear!" . " ,
To the duty thus cast upon them they
would have to pay regard to the composite
nature of "the majority supporting those
measures. Most important, most vital of
all, they would have to consider the funda
mental' nature of the changes shadowed
forth for their acceptance, and which would
be the most momentous ever made in the
history of the country. Cheers.
The Government Won't Give TJp.
The Duke of Devonshire said tbat time
had arrived when effect was about to be
given to the opinions prevailing in the other
House. In declaring that the country had
no confidence in the Government the Lib
eral leaders ought to explain the policy they
would adopt if returned to power. Did the
Liberals possess that confidence? The Gov
ernment would at all events hold office till
it became certain that the various sections
of the opposition would combine to
maintain a new Government Hear, hear.
Proceeding to comment upon the probable
Liberal foreign policy, he specially urged
upon the Liberals the necessity of declaring
whether or not they designed an early
evacuation of Egypt
Lord Herschele held that no declaration
of policy coming from the Liberal Govern
ment ought to be given until the Liberal
Government was constituted. Possible
Ministers, he said, were still private mem
bers and their declarations, if they in
dulged in any, could not bind the future
Government
Regarding the Liberal foreign policy, the
Liberals had never embarrassed Lord Salis
bury's conduot of affairs, and he hoped that
the Conservatives, when in opposition,
would similarly assist the Liberal Foreign
Minister.
The address was approved.
oALISBUBY'S LANGUAGE LAMENTED.
The Cobden Club Thinks It Will Have a
Bad Effect on Central Earope.
London, Aug. 8. The annual report of
the Cobden Club is devoted principally to
the speech recently made by Lord Salis
bury at Hastings. It is impossible the re
port said, not to lament the effect of Lord
Salisbury's language on those Central Euro
pean countries, having high protective
tariff measures, which were hanging out sig
nals of distress at the very moment Lord
Salisbury hoisted the protection flag. But
this is not all. The speech will have a
baneful effect upon free trade in the United
States.
Referring to the proposals of the United
Empire Trade League and the proposals of
the Canadian Legislature, the report de
clared that they are not worthy of this
country. It considered the whole trade oi
Canada as a trifle compared with the trade
of Great Britain and the United States,
which would be endangered by the propo
sal of Sir Charles Tupper, the Canadian
Higli Commissioner to England. With re
gard to the tariff question in the United
States, the report observed that many com
petent critics doubted whether the compe
tition of the United States in neutral mar
kets of the world under a regime ofifree
trade wonld not injure the manufacturers
of the United Kingdom more than free .in
tercourse between . the United States and
Great Britain would benefit them.
COULDN'T BBIBE SIB CHARLES.
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The Season tha SnIUn at Fez Broke On
Relations With .England.
London, Aug. 8. The official papers
relative to the mission of Sir Charles Smith,
British Minister to Morocco, to the Sultan
at Fez, extending over the period from May
18 to July 2, have been made public. Lord
Salisbury informed Sir Charles that Lord
Dnfierln, the British Embassador to
France, had communicated the proposed
commercial treaty to the French Gov
ernment and M. Ribot, the French Min
ister of foreign affairs, had expressed His
general approval of the treaty Great Britain
proposed making with Morrocco.
Regarding the treaty negotiations, Sir
Charles telegraphed that the Sultan had
accepted all the clauses of the treaty except
those relating to the exportation of wheat
and barley. The Sultan offered Sir Charles
a bribe of 20,000 in gold if he
would withdraw the grain clause
saying it was the custom of for
eign envoys on, withdrawing measures
that the Sultan disliked, to accept valuable
presents as a reward. The Sultan finding
Sir Charles inflexible in his refusal to with
draw the grain clause ordered that com
munications with the British mission cease.
After a lively diplomatic bout the treaty
was finally signed. Sir Charles denies that
he used force or threats to acoomplish his
mission.
XBS. DEACON'S CASE P0STP0NBD.
Her Attempt to Gain Her Children Causes
Her Hnsband to Prosecute.
Paris, Aug. & The case of Edward Par
ker Deacon against his wife, whom he ac
cuses of sustaining criminal relations with
M. Abeille, has been postponed until Octo
ber. The Public Prosecutor has refused to
intervene in the case, saying that Mr. Dea
con had better lay the case before the court'
himself. The Attorney General alleges that
there are not sufficient grounds to presume
the truth of the charge. The question was
not submitted at the trial of M. Deacon at
Nice, which resulted in a verdict of guilty
against Mr. Deacon for killing M. Abeille,
whom he shot in his wife's room at the
Hotel Splendide at Cannes aud his sentenoe
to one vear's imprisonment
Mr. Deacon, it will be recalled, declared
that he would take no action against his
wife under the French criminal law, con
tenting himself with procuring a divorce
from tier. He had taken his children
from his wife's custody, and it was her at
tempt to regain possession of them by legal
means that caused Mr. Deacon to change
his mind and led him to institute proceed
ings against her.
P0BTY-FIVE DB0WHED.
A Fleasnrs Steam ir Rnn Down In Sight
of Land.
London. Aug. 8. A dispatch from Hel
singfors, Finland, announces that a terrible
marine disaster occurred near there. A
pleasure steamer was rnn down outside the
harbor, and 43 of the persons who were on
board were drowned.
The scenes on the deck of the steamer im
mediately after the collision are described
as distressing in the extreme.
Emperor William Visits Hla Sons.
Berlin, Aug. 8. Emperor William
arrived at Wilhelmshaven toiday. While
passing the Island of Norderney the Impe
rial yacht was stopped long enough to allow
the three sons of the Kaiser to visit their,
father. They were conveyed from the
island to the yacht by a torpedo vessel.
After a brief stay aboard the yaoht they
returned to Norderney. '
French Republicans Gain Totes.
Paris, Aug. & The results of tho sup
plementary eleotioas for members of De
partmental Councils leave a net Republi
can gain of 19S. The Conservatives now
hold only six "departments.
iAncaster Democrats at Work.
Lancaster, Pa.', Aug. a John E. Ma
lone was to-day re-eleoted Chairman of the
Democratic Committee, defeating D. F.
Magee. The management of the campaign
was placed in the hands of an Executive
Committee of ten.
A HAZARDOUS TRIP.
Forty-Five Armed Guards 'Hearing
the End of a Very Long Journey '
IN CHANGE OF lilLLIONS OF GOLD.
The Special Government Train Passes
j Through Luffilo
AT AN EARLY HOUR TMS MORXIXG
rSFXCT.lI. TZLIOHAK TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Chicago, Aug. a The "gold train"
from San Francisco, which is carrying (20,
000,000 of yellow boys to the National
Capital, passed through the city this morn
ing. The cars bristled with muskets, and
no one was allowed within smelling
distance of the precious freight The train
stopped but a few minutes, to procure water
for the guards, and then the journey was
resumed.
The train came in. over the Burlington
road, arriving at 8:45 o'clock this morning.
It consisted of one private car, one mail and
three express cars. The bags of coin were
piled up in these cars. Ther train was in
charge of General Superintendent J. E.
'White, of the railway mall service', and his
assistants were Lewis E. . Troy, superin
tendent of the Western division of the rail
way mail service, and Superintendent Pep
per, oi Cleveland, in charge of the Eastern
railway mall service division. ,
Forty-Five Armed Guards In Charge.
There were altogether 51 persons on the
train, 45 being armed guards. At each end
of the cars and on the platforms sat three
or four guards with "Winchesters resting
across their knees. There were few persons
at the depot, but the one or two intruders
who did show up were warned oft A young
railway mall clerk stationed here, presum
ing upon bis acquaintance with Captain
Troy, ran up to the train as it pulled in and
endeavored to get on one of the front cars.
Before he reached the train a guard jumped
off, grabbed the young man by the coat col
lar, and jerking him about the opposite
direction, said gruffly: "Git out of here."
"I want to see Captain Troy. He's a
friend of mine." persisted the clerk. "I
ain't going to rob your old train."
"Can't help it it you are Captain Troy's
brother; you can't come aboard this train.
Those are our orders, and you had better
get out"
"But ten minutes were occupied in
switching the train from the Burlington to
the Lake Shore tracks, and then the train
pulled out None but the guards showed
themselves, and they looked rather lazy
and tired of their job. The train will
reach Washington to-morrow morning.
How ths Gold Was Packed.
The gold was packed in what looked like
cartridge boxes, banked up in the center of
each car and surrounded by the guards.
Every man of them was ready for any emer
gency and the entire force so well dis
tributed that it would have been hazardous
for anyone to have attempted a raid. Super
intendent Troy and Captain "White were
well pleased with the success thus far of
their trip.
Captain "White said they had left San
Francisco at 6 o'clock Thursday evening,
and were running on fast mail time. So
far they bad proceeded without accident
Tbey intended running east on the Lake
Shore a certain distance, but how far that
would be, or where the train would be
switched onto another track, the Captain
did not care to say.
Engineer Frank said just before ho
pulled out for the East: "I would rather
carry a ton of dynamite than have the re
sponsibility of this run,"
A special from Buffalo says: The train
carrying 120,000,000. ot. Uncle Sam's gold
passed through Buffalo to-night at 1 o'clock,
over the New York Central road. The train
stopped just inside the depot for only a few
minutes, during which time locomotives
and train crews were changed. The few
loiterers about the depot did not know that
the cars were filled with gold coin until the
train had left on its eastward journey.
"When the train stopped, guards with loaded
rifles stood on the platform of the cars and
kept everybody a safe distance away. The
train has a clear track before it, and with a
new engine started to make good time.
IW0 8AIL0B3 8A CBIPICED
In an Attempt to Prevent a Conple of
Boats From Colliding.
Portsmouth, Aug. a Special'
Charles Bushnell and William Carroll, of
Boston, sailors, were killed to-day in a
peculiar manner. The schooner Charlotte,
Captain Enos, got under way at 4 o'clock
lo leave the harbor. There was but little
wind and a very strong tide. The schooner
drifted across the bow of the collier William
Slater, and the Captain sent Bushnell and
Carroll into the seine boat to keep the
vessels apart, and if possible, prevent a
collision by towing the schooner around.
The seine boat was caught between the
two vessels, however, and turned over on
one side. She at onoe began to fill. The
men were caught between the vessels when
they come together, Carroll by the head,
which was crushed, death resulting in
stantly. Bushnell was forced down under
water, his arm being caught, and was
drowned before he could be rescued.
HABBIB05 SIHGS PSALMS
At a TJnlon Service Held at ths Hotel at
Ixon Lake.
Loon Lake, N. Y., Aug. a President
Harrison has spent the second day at Loon
Lake in a quiet manner. Last evening he
attended, with Mrs. Dimmlck, a sort of
union service in the parlor of the Loon
Lake House. Nearly all the guests were in
attendance, and the singing was good. The
President joined in the chorus. This morn
ing he arose at 7:30 o'olock, and break
fasted an hour later in the private dining
room. He intended going on a fishing trip
to-day, but for some reason or other a
drive was substituted, and the trip will be
made to-morrow.
Mrs. Harrison continues in good spirits.
Dr. Gardner, her physician, has not re
turned, and it could not be learned when he
would return, if at all.
A CAMPAIGN 07 EDUCATION, .
Instead of One of Oratory, to he Condncted
by Illinois Democrats.
Chioaoo, Aug. a The Democratic State
Central Committee met lu this city to-day
and decided not to open the campaign in
Illinois until September, although the Re
publicans will open the fight on August 18
by a State rally at Springfield, to be ad
dressed by Hon. Whitelaw Iieid, Congress
man Burrows and others.
The proposition to Invite Grover Cleve
land to visit the State during the campaign
did not find favor with the party leaders,
most of them believing the educational
question and other State issues offered
ereater opportunities of Success, and mode
it advisable not to take any action which
would tend to divide the Illinois voters on
strict party lines this falL
LIABLE TO COST SOKE MONET.
Syrians Who Wera Beaten hy Ronghs Com
plalo to Their Country's Consnl.
Hiawatha, Kan., Aug. a The family
oi Syrians named Aborabl, father, daughter
and two sons, who were attaoked and beaten
by three drunken roughs, have entered a
complaint with the Syrian consul, located at
New York.
He in torn has reported the matter to his
Government It it not unlikely that the
affair will eost the United States several j
. AMERICAN BUILT SHIPS.
The Cramps to Construct Three steamers
That Will Beat tha Record of tha City
of New Tork The Contract for the
Ocean Greyhounds Already Signed.
New Yobk, Aug. a Tho Cramps, of
Philadelphia, have secured the contract to
build the ocean greyhounds that are to .beat
the records of the City of New York and the
City of Paris. For a couple of days past
rumors to this effect have been going around,
but until to-day no one eould be found who
would state anything definite on the subject
According to the Brooklyn Eagle, one of Its
reporters to-day asked Mr. Dallett, of Bool
ton, Bliss & Dallett, the owners of the Bed
D line, about the matter. Mr. Dallett said:
"The contracts are signed. I saw Charley
Cramp at Philadelphia a few days atto, and
he told me they had the drawings and speci
fications. The bill called lor two ships of
11,000 tons each, but I understand that three
vessels, each of 11,000 tons, are contracted
for. This will give Americans a chance to
show what tbey can do In building ships. I
remarked to Charley Cramp that the firm
should build a ship not only the peer of the
Paris or New York but one that would far
exceed either, and he agreed with me."
Mr. Dallett was asked what he thought of
American shipmasters. He said: "There
are no finer seamen than Americans, and I
do'not see how Congress can admit Captain
Watkins, of the City of Paris, to naturaliza
tion except by a special bilL I tried several
times to have foreigners certified as engi
neers, but never succeeded. I believe the
same law holds good with deck officers. It
would certainly be very wrong to admit
foreign ships and at the same time have
them officered by Englishmen."
CABPENTEBS FAV0B SUNDAY OPENING.
Thtlr Convention Calls Upon Congress to
Bepeal the Closing Lair It Passed.
St. Louis, Aug. a The Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners in national conven
tion here to-day adopted a resolution in re
gard to the "World's Fair at Chicago; de
manding of Congress the repeal of the
clause of the act recently passed closing the
Fair on Sunday; also calling upon the
"World's Columbian Exposition Directory of
Chicago to use all means in its power to
keep said Exposition open, thereby keeping
faitn with the people from whom they have
solicited and received subscriptions.
All labor unions of the craft were called
upon to use every honorable means in their
power to compel their Bepresentatives in
the House of Congress to vote for the open
ing of said "World's Columbian Exposition.
It was farther resolved that in the opinion
of the convention of carpenters it will be
wiser from a moral standpoint that said
Exposition should be open Sunday than
that strangers visiting the city of Chicago
should be compelled to run the gauntlet of
the numerous saloons, confidence games and
gambling dens which already, in anticipa
tion of a large harvest, are establishing
themselves in that city.
SONS OF VETEBANS ASSEMBLE.
Five Thousand of Them Hold' a Kennlon
of National Encampment.
Hklena, Mont., Aug. a The eleventh
reunion of the National Encampments, Sons
of Veterans, convened here to-day. There
are about 5,000 members of the order in at
tendance from outside States, and 100 mem
bers ot the Ladies' Aid Society.
There was a public reception to-day. Be
yond this the sessions wore not of import
ance. The States represented are: Ala
bama, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas,
Minnesota, South Dakota, Missouri, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jer
sev, New York, Oregon, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, Bhode Island, Tennessee and Wash
ington. The real business of the Encamp
ment will commence to-morrow.
COME
AND SEE THIS WEEK'S PRICES. THEY ARE
THE LOWEST EVER KNOWN.
We struck the right key when we started our LOW-PRICED SALE to
clean out all Summer Goods. Our prices have kept us busy without a halt
so far, and in order to keep up trade during "dog days" we make further
concessions this week. Here are SOME of them:
About 20,000 yards
CHALLIE8
Were 6c last week.
1,489 yards Mourn
ing Challics
5c.
These were 8c
last week.
Girls' Reefers
$1.50 Now.
Ladies' Percale
Waists
37c,
Worth 65c.
XfiW
It will bend,
but it won't break. That's
Kabo. Wear a Kabo corset
for a year, and if any "bones"
break 5r kink, well return
youf money.
Wear it for a week or two
and see. . Then, if you don't
like it, return it, even if it is
soiled, and get your money.
"All' our,153 and 12c
Stainless, Seamless
Ladies' Black
HOSE
2j6c.
Swiss Embroidered
Handkerchiefs
12'c.
Down from 30c
lie,
Just one week of
these. They are
less than cost price.
T. IsK. XjATI"M:"E"R,
138-140 Federal St., 45-46
THE MILLIOMloEJIMB HMBT:
Continued Iron JTraf Fags.
Borden house and premises. There was no
well organized hunt for any traces of ths
murderer or the instrument Friday passed
and the police made no effort to ex
amine the house. Finally, on Saturday,
a search was mode. The lawyer for the
Borden girls, Mr. Jennings, accompanied
the police about the place. On this search
an axe was found in the cellar which, the
police to-day sold, had stains on it that
were probably blood stains. This axe will
be sent to experts to examine.
It was said on good authority that a dress
belonging to Lizzie Borden was also found
with a drop of blood on it But even Sat
urday's search was incomplete. The police
forgot to examine the brick work and fire
places. So Captain Desmond and a squad
of the police wenl to the house at 9 o'clock
this morning with a stonemason and
a bricklayer.
The stonemason cut away the stone and
brick, and CaptalnDesmohd stuck his head
through the opening and looked up the
chimneys and poked around beneath, the
fireplaces. The search revealed noth
ing. The bricklayer patched np
tha holes and the police left
Another thing commented on is the delay
either in sending for District Attorney
Knowlton at Marion, or his delay in an
swering a summons if one was sent
Wondering Why Llrxle Is Free.
People also ask why, if it Is true, as tha
police, say there is little or nothing in the
clews apart from those connecting Lizzie
Borden, she has not been arrested. The po
lice answer back saying that she Is prac--tically
under arrest "They are asked then
why a skilled and experienced detective U
allowed to see her, to advise her and to
speak to her.
Stories of quarrels with various persons,
of unknown enemies and secret plots havo
readily been destroyed by application to
Mr. Borden's acquaintances. Mr..-Borden
did not quarrel and it is inconceivable that
he hod any secret enemies. It might be
interesting to know the source of all these
imaginings which cloud more or less a clear
view of what facts had been settled.
The case no doubt is pretty dark, and yet
I think the most puzzling thing about it is
to go to the house and examine tne premises
and then tell how the murders could have
been committed by an assassin who was
able to make his escape from such a place.
The old-fashioned frame house of the
Bordens stands in the middle of a block on
a street that is half a residence and- half a
business street and in the midst of almost
the busiest part of Fall Biver.
Upon the Main Thoroughfare.
The front wall is only 16 feet from the
sidewalk, where at all hours of the day peo
ple are passing, for the street is a" main
thoroughfare. The next house on the north
is only 20 feet away. The next house on
the south is 24 feet away. Both have
many windows opening upon the Borden
house.
Supposing the murderer to have been
somebody who entered the bouse and then
escaped irom it after his bloody deed, how
did ne get away? Not out of the front
door, certainly, for then he would have been
seen by somebody in the passing
throngs. The only other exit was
the back door. But tbat is directly
opposite a window in the adjoining house,
and at that window sat during all this time
Mrs. Buffen, the lady ot the house, and she
says nobody went In or out of the door
until the servant ran out on her way to Dr.
Bowen's.
But supposing the murderer to have got
into the back yard unobserved by Mrs.1
Buffen, he must then climb the high board
fence and get over the barbed wire without
being seen. And when he had done that he
would be In the yard of a neighbor, from
which the only way ont was past the neigh.
bor's house and windows and very front
door upon a street almost as much traveled
as the one in front
500
75c
A PAIR.
Just the thing for
camping parties.
5
c
CORSET SALE.
The news at our Corset
Counter will be surprising
and important This 50c
occasion will double sales
this week.
All Sizes Lies' Waists
25c, 35c and 50c.
Lies' IM Ms
Down From 25c to 10c.
1
BEIfflTS.
Some of the sau
ciest patterns in
Plaids, Cloth and
Cashmere at 50c
on the dollar.
S. Diamond, Allegheny, Pa.
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