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THE FEETSBOfiG DISPATCH SATURDAY, AUGUST 18,' 189a
GLADSTOIECMilD.
"Victoria's Private Secretary
NHas Conreyed to Him
Her Summons to
FOBM A KEW GOYEEMENT.
Salisbury Starts for Osborne House
With His Hesitation.
ment to permit two American citizen
(Messrs. Bigelow and Remington) to make
a canoe voyage along the coast of Russia,
bnt that the Russian Foreign Office has not
deigned to make an answer.
HER MAJESTY'S GEEAT ANIIETI
Is Concerning the Coming Officers of the
Eojal Household.
MOXETAEI CONFERENCE DELEGATES
IcormiGnT. ism. by x. t. associattd razss.
Londoj., Aug. 12. Mr. Gladstone will
go to Osborne House Monday with a com
plete list of the next Cabinet to submit to
the Qceen; but in pursuance of constitu
tional usage, he maintains absolute silence
on the proposed appointments.
It has been impossiDle to conceal the ar
rangements made for Sir "William Vernon
Harcourt at the Exchequer and for John
Morler as Irish Secretary, but Mr. Glad
stone's intentions regarding other Minis
ters are not known, even to some difi
nitely appointed members of his Minis
try. He has received scores of as
pirants ior office and has discussed
the composition of the Cabinet with his
chief advisers without definitely communi
cating to anyone his final selections. Being
a punctilious observer ot official precedent,
he will not formally offer a place to anyone
until he has actually received the Queen's
commands to form a Ministry. Surmises
are rife regarding the new ministerial com
i binations.
Garlnc on the Cabinet's Composition.
Among the most striking reports finding
credence in official legal quarters Is one
that Lord Herschell will become Governor
General of India; that Lord Chief Justice
Coleridge will become Lord Chancellor, and
that Sir Charles Russell will become Lord
Chief Justice.
Lord Herscbell's transference irom the
bench to the tremendous political responsi
bilities ot the vice royalty of India would be
incredible but for the known fact that he
has long desired to be a prominent figure in
the political arena. He has the highest
opinion of his own qualities as an admin
istrator, and, if the report be accurate, he
must have convinced Mr. Gladstone of his
worth; but his appointment will cause a
shudder of apprehension throughout the
country in view of the critical position of
Indian-Russian relations. Until Tuesday,
I -when Mr. Gladstone returns from Osborne
House, the exact composition of the Cabi
net will remain unknown.
Salisbury Goes to Meet the QaeeD.
Atl o'clock this afternoon Lord Salis
bury lett London on a special train for
Portsmouth, whence he will embark for the
Isle of Wight. His destination is Osborne
House, where he will tender to the Queen
the resignation of the Conservative Min
istry. The members of the Cabinet met at
noon to-dar and formallv Agreed to resign.
Most of the Ministers will leave town to
dav. Mr. Gladstone has been saved one journey
to Osborne House, the Queen having ar
ranced to convey ber commands to him to
form a Ministry by her private secretary.
Mr. Gladstone will, however, go to Osborne
House on Monday to fulfill the usual
custom of kissing the hand of Her Majesty.
General Ponsonby visited Mr. Gladstone
this afternoon, as arranged, and presented
to him Her Majesty's command to form a
new Government.
The Queen will have an unusually exeit
ing time during her conferences with Mr.
Gladstone over the nominations. The
names of the old group re-entering the
Cabinet she knows, but most of the new set
she dreads knowing.
Victoria Anxloui for Ber Household.
It is known in the court circle that it is
fear regarding the personnel of the Glad
stone ministry that mainly induced the
Queen to consult the Duke of Devonshire
during his visit to Osborne House, just
concluded, as to whether it was possible for
him to reunite with Mr. Gladstone and
sweeten the Liberal ministry by taking
office himself. 4
Another source of the Queen's disquie
tude is the change in the royal household ap
pointments inevitable on Mr. Gladstone's
accession to power. "While the Liberal
ranks included the old Whig families,
changes in the royal household mattered
little to the Queen. One Duchess succeeded
another as Mistress of the Robes, and Ladies
of the Bed Chamber could easily be re
cruited from the "Whig aristocracy; but
now Mr. Gladstone has small choice and
will find it exceedingly difficult to get per
sonages agreeable to the Queen to fill the
great conrt offices.
Mr. Gladstone was up early this morning
He took a long drive, and upon his return
devoted most of the day to receiving his
colleagues.
The Old Cabinet Out of School.
A group of idlers gathered about the For
eign Office early in the day to see the last
ot the Conservative Cabinet as they gath
ered for their final meeting. There was a
holiday appearance about the ministrv. .
The Hous-e of Commons will resume busi
ness Thursday next, mainly to issue writs
for re-election of Ministers. Most of the
members of the House have left town, and
intend not to return till the opening of the
cession in January. Neither Mr. Gladstone
nor his leading colleagues will appear in
the House Thursday. The necessary offi
cial announcement will be made in their
behalf by the senior member of the new
Government, who is not required to be re
elected. The proiogation of Parliament is
expected to take place August 22.
Arrangements for the meeting of the In
ternational Monetary Conference are pro
gressing. The selection of Dresden finds
approval among the English delegates. In
regard to the personnel of the English rep
resentatives, the Associated Press corre
spondent to-day heard the opinion of a prom
inent currency expert.
Mr. Cnrrle the Monometallism
Mr. Currie, according to this authority, is
the strongest man appointed. He has no
tendency whatever toward bimetallism; on
the contrary, he is sound for a single stand
ard. Mr. Currie is a man of great financial
ability generally, and is a leading member
of the banking firm of Glynn, Mills, Currie
& Co., besides being a member of the Coun
cil of India. He initiated the Baring Broth
ers settlement with the Bank of England,
and is otherwise known among financiers
as a man of first-rate capacity. But bis ap
pointment has special significance for the
American Government, as meaning that his
influence will overrule any inclination of
his co-delegates toward an arrangement sat
4sfving America.
Of the other delegates, Sir a "W. Pre
mantle is a monometallism Sir W. H.
Houldsworth and General Strachey are
bimetalluts and Mr. Mnrrav, who is a
Treasury clerk, is neutral. The members
of the conference will have a pleasant time
In Dresden, but will effect little.
Paultney Bigelow is about to start for
America to take the stump for Mr. Cleve
land. Regarding his expulsion from Rus
sia he writes that it is two months since the
American Legation in St. Petersburg
formally requested the Russian Govern-
AEAB3 IK REBELLION.
The Slave Tradlns Power Will Attempt to
Crash the Kongo State.
Brussels, Aug. 12. Twenty agents of
the Katanga Company have been killed or
captured by the Arabs on the Upper Kongo
river. The steamer Berneert, which was
taking goods up the river, was seized and
the factories were raided. "Whole tribes on
the western bank of the river are in insur
rection. The Arabs northwest of Nyangwe
have cone down the Lualaba river and
captured the station at Ribara, killing the
whites employed there. The stations on the
Upper Lomassi have also been destroyed.
The Arabs at Stanley Falls and Isangl who
have hitherto been loyal are showing hostil
ity. The Kongo State authorities are send
ing reinforcements to various points threat
ened by the Arabs.
The Arabs have grown desperate, owing
to the evident determination of the whites
to suppress the slave trade. From the ad
vices received at Zanzibar it is feared that
Rachid, the nephew and successor of Tippoo
Tib at Stanley Falls, has joined in the in
surrectionary movement "What has be
come of the European resident, who repre
sents the authority of the Hon so Free State
at Stanley Falls, is not known, but it is
feared that he has perished. The greatest
anxiety is felt for the safety of the expedi
tions under Captain Jacques and Captain
Joubert, which were sent out to suppress
the slave trade. It is said that the insur
gent Arabs have sworn to exterminate both
of these expeditions, as a 'lesson to the
whites not to interfere with the traffic. It
is believed that the insurrection has ramifi
cations extending from Zanzibar to Angola.
A VICTIM OF TEMPER
Accidentally Shoots His Sister While
Trjing to Kill Bis Father.
A TEAGEDY IN GREENE C0DNTY
That Has Aroused the Peaceful Community
of Carmichaels.
CHILDREN OPPOSED TO A TEPHOTHER
Cholera News Suppressed.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 12. Dozens of
fatal cases ot cholera are known to have oc
curred here, though no official announce
ment of the presence of the disease has
been made.
LOST BIS 86,000 BEIDE.
A Millionaire Saved by a Blval From a Sec
ond Matrimonial Venture.
Mukcie, Lvd., Aug. 12. Moses Brad
ford, aged 85 years, is a millionaire resi
dent of Marion county. Three years ago
he receive a good deal of newspaper noto
riety by marrying Mrs. Mackey, a young
milliner who came to this city from Day
ton. Bradford's relatives objected to the
wedding, saying that the woman only
wanted his money. She soon deserted
Bradford and a lawsuit followed, which re
sulted well in a financial way lor the
woman. For the last year the old man has
been a lonely widower, and a few days ago
he wrote to Mrs. Dollie Snider, in this city,
offering ?1,000 for any person who would
furnish him a pretty and refined bride.
The letter was given to another woman.
and the prospective bride was selected in
the person ot Mrs. Indiana Danto, aged 28,
the widow of a New Orleans French de
tective. Mrs. Danto consented to become
Mrs. Bradford if the old man would give
her SG.000 as a wedding present. Brad
ford consented to take the 6,000 bride, and
came here prepared to be a brideeroom
again last night. He met Mrs. Danto at
the home of Mrs. Snider, and the wedding
was about to take place when Joseph
Duckworth, a prominent attorney and a
wealthy widower, learned of the proceed
ings. The result was that Bradford and his
money were rejected and a day set for the
weddfng of Mr. Duckworth and Mrs.
Danto. The latter is handsome and has
borne a good reputation. She has been
earning a living as a domestic.
FIEST BLOOD OF THE CAHPAIQH.
It Belonged to an Editor Who Is Trying
to Be a Keformer.
Charleston, &!C, Aug. 12. SperiaL
The first blood over the campaign was
spilled here to-day, the belligerents being
Editor J. H. Moore, of the Dotty Sun, and
Mark Morrison. Moore is a reformer, Mor
rison a regular. There had been some sav
age attacks by the reform editor upon reg
ular Morrison, and when the two met in a
street car to-aay the regular took the re
former to task. Moore started to get out of
the car, but Morrison stopped him, where
upon Moore pulled his gun and pointed at
the head of his assailant. Morrison held
Moore's wrist and jammed the pistol a
policeman's revolver against Moore's fore
head, bringing the blood. Then he jammed
the editor up against the side of the car,
where they contended until a policeman
and a reporter intervened.
Moora was arrested and taken to the police
station, where he was bailed in $25 to an
swer the charge of carrying concealed
weapons and assault with intent to kill.
Moore then preferred counter-charges
against Morrison, who was bailed In f 10
for appearance to-morrow. The fighting
Krew out an of article which appeared lu
Moore's paper, in which the word liar was
freely and plenteonsly used. The campaign
uere is geuing us nut as tne weatner, ana it
is not at all unlikely that before the pri
mary on the SOth inst. there will be some
very warm work. It is altogether a Demo
cratic family fight.
Michael Barking Dies.
Philadelphia, Aug. 12. Special
Michael Harkins, one of the Irish patriots
imprisoned for the dynamite plot against
Queen Victoria's life, and who was sent to
Portland prison, died at his home, 1930
North Second street, this city, to-night It
is said his death was caused by a cemplica
tion of diseases produced by his confine
ment and treatment.
Interesting; Hand Bonk.
A handsome hand book of "Washington
skillfully illustrated, showing the interest
ing points of the national capital, with
elaborate description work, has been issued
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
It is specially intended for the G. A. R
Encampment, but it ib as interesting as a
novel.
COIDMBUS and his career, written for
young pnople, will begin In THJS DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
New Offloertv ot the Sons or Veteran.
Helena, Mont, Aug. 12. The Com
mandery in Chief Sons of Veterans to-day
elected officers as follows: Marvin E. HilL
Michigan, Commander in Chief; George W,
Pollitt, New Jersey, Senior Vice Com
mander in Chief; John "W. Miller, Mon
tana, Junior Vice Commander in Chief.
Mo Break In the Banks.
At the Baker Chain "Works at "Woods'
Bun only six men are working. The old
workmen deny the rumor that there was a
break, in their ranks, and that several of
their companions accepted positions in the
works of the Schoen Manufacturing Company.
Sprak-as; Balded.
Mrs. Ada "Weiebergen was arrested yes
terday by Captain Stewart for running a
speak-easy at 1005 Carson street No one
was in the place when the arrest was made.
She was held in 51,000 bail for a bearing.
Canal Rebates at last Abolished.
Ottawa, Onx, Aug. 12. It is learned
on excellent authority to-day that an order
in Council has been passed and forwarded to
the Governor General for his signature,
abolishing the rebate in canal tolls.
To Bccln Operations.
P. L. Kimberly & Co., of Greenville,
Pa., have reached an agreement with the
Amalgamated Association and the rolling
mill controlled by them will start on Monday.
rSFXCTAL TILIOEiM TO THB DISPATCH.!
Carmichaels, Fjl, Aug. 12. This sec
tion of Greene county Is greatly excited
over the Morgan tragedy. Young Thomas
Morgan, who shot his father and sister near
here yesterday, gave himself up to-day and
was taken to the county jalL The town of
Carmichaels has been thronged with to-day
sight-seers and excited people from the ad
joining neighborhood eager to get the latest
details of the affair. Mr. Morgan is in a
very critical condition and is gradually
sinking. There is no hope for his recovery.
Miss Callie Morgan, the sister, is thought
to be no worse. The doctors, however, say
the crisis has not been reached in her case
yet
The trouble leading to the shooting,
which occurred yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, began some months ago, but serious
ill-feeling had existed between the father
and children from a time prior to the death
of their mother. Mr. Morgan is a widower,
Erobably 60 years of age. For some time
e had been courting a young lady residing
in West Virginia. The young lady and her
aunt recently occupied his house as guests
or summer boarders.
The children conceived with more or less
cause a violent dislike to their prospective
stepmother and gave their father to under
stand that they were bitterly opposed to
the match. On the evening ot the 10th
Inst the quarrel broke out afresh, the chil
dren going so far as to fasten the father out
ot ms own house.
Ill Fortune of a Wealthy Farmer.
Mr. Morgan occupied a fine new residence
which he had recently erected on one of his
farms. He is an extensive land owner and
one of the most thrifty farmers in the neigh
borhood. On the morning of August 11,
after having been barred out of his house,
Mr. Morgan sent for some neighbors to help
him arrange matters with his children. His
call was responded to by Daniel Stevenson,
an uncle of the children on their mother's
side, and by John Hartley and Leroy Hart
ley. The children had possession of the house
when the neighbors arrived. Mr. Steven
son opened negotiations with Thomas Mor
gan, who was in the hallwav of the honse.
The young man had worked himself up to
a perfect frenzy, together with one ot his
sisters the one whom he accidentally shot
while trying to kill his father and ordered
Mr. Stevenson not to interfere in the
matter, making frequent use of the words,
"he (meaning his father) killed my
mother."
George Calvert, who was present, at
tempted to interfere, but voting Morgan
warned him to stand back or "he would shoot
him, and the demoniac gleam in the young
man's eye was a sufficient assurance that he
would keep his threat ,
Mr. Morgan was determined to gain an
entrance to his house, claiming it was his
own and his children had no right to keep
him out
The Daughter Accidentally Wounded.
Mr. Stevenson implored Mr. Morgan not
to go near the house, but to go away till the
boy was over his excitement, but Morgan
would not heed the warning, and deliber
ately walked to the front door,and, opening
it, walked in. But a brief time elapsed un
til the men outside heard a shot and a
scream from the sister, who was wounded.
Mr. Morgan then ran out of the house
crying, "Thomas has shot Callie."
Mr. Stevenson called on the other men to
go in with him and look alter the girl, but
they were too badly frightened, young Mor
gan having flourished two revolvers when
he was interviewed at the door. ' Mr. Stev
enson went in the house alone, and found
uaine Morgan lying in tne Hallway and her
brother standing about half way up the
stairs, with a revolver in each hand pointed
toward the ceiling. Mr. Stevenson again
called to the men outside to come in aud
help him move the wounded sirl. she welch
ing probably 240 pounds." Young Morgan
also called to the men to come in, telling
them that he would not shoot, but they
deemed it safest to remain outside.
Caring; for the Wounded Girl.
Mr. Stevenson then asked one of the other
children if there was a bed down stairs.
She said no. Stevenson then gathered the
girl up, and by sheer nervous energy car
ried ner out to the front porch. The
men outside then helped him to carry her
vu uia vnu uuutc, yiuuauiy u sixm ei a mile
"way..
"While Mr. Stevenson was gone yonng
Morgan came out of the house and again be
gan firing at his father, who was standing
in the yard. Two shots took effect, one in
the right leg just above the knee. Mr.
Morgan got into the road and started for a
vacant house nearby. Young Morgan hesi
tated ior awniie, ana tnen started after his
father, shooting as he went
Mr. Morgan reached the old house, and,
although severely wounded, he manaeed to
close the door after him and crawled up
stairs. Young Morgan, not to be baffled in
his desire to kill his father, recklessly
climbed upon the roof of a tumble-down
shed, or "lean-to," at one end of the old
house and shot at his father through an open
window until he emptied his two revolvers.
lie then retreated to his father's house.
In the meantime Mr. Stevenson had sent
in all haste to Carmichaels for a physician.
Dr. J. B. Lindley and son responded, hur
rying to the scene of the double tragedy.
The Tonne Murderer Gives Himself Up.
Early this morning Constable "W. B.
Eicher, of Carmichaels, swore out a warrant
and started for his man. In the meantime
two hot-headed men from Little "Washing
ton, who happened to be in the neighbor-,
hood, raised the hue and cry that young
Morgan was going to resist arrest and would
not be taken alive. "Word was sent to
Sheriff Moore, at "Waynosburg, to bring a
posse to arrest young Morgan. "When
Sheriff Moore reached here he was told that
a warrant had been taken out for young
Morgan, and that arrangements had been
made to send him to the county jail this
afternoon. Sheriff Moore agreed to the
arrangement, and said he was glad that
it had been made. Young Morgan, who
was still occupy in a his father's house, was
notified of the arrangement which, by the
way, had been made at the request of his'
father, who said he did not want his son to
be arrested. The young man gave himself
np to Leror Hartlev. who had hn
deputized by the constable to take htm t
jaiL Mr. Hartley was well on his way to
toward the county seat when he was sur
prised by the Sheriff's posse galloping up
rapidly behind him, and ordering him to
halt and give up the prisoner, which Mr.
Hartley. did. The posse rode awav, highly
elated with their capture. Thomas Morgan
completely broken down to-dav. and
TWENTY MEN BURIED
In the Bnins of a Collapsed Building, and
Eight Are Still Imprisoned Six
Deaths Will Besnlt From Those Taken
Oat. ,
Oodes-, N. . J., Aug. 12, A building
which was being erected here fell this
afternoon, burying 20 men beneath the
ruins. . One dead man and four fatally in
jured have already been taken from the
ruins, and the work of digging out the
remainder is still going on. The accident
occurred by the sudden giving way of a
derrick, causing the entire structure of
massive wooden beams and timbers to col
lapse. But few of the workmen employed
on the building escaped.
The first victim taken out was a dead
Italian workman. Soon after three others
were discovered and were removed in a
dying condition. Up to a late hour to
night 12 men had been taken out from the
ruins of the collapsed factory, all serionsly
and four fatally wounded. Several of the
others, it is also feared, will die. The work
of rescuing victims from the ruins was
kept up all night
Many of the men at work in the erection
of the factory lived in neighboring villages,
and when they did not return home from
their work at the usual time their friends
and other -workmen came to seek them.
There are hundreds of men at the ruins, and
the work ot rescue is being pushed for
ward very fast The injuries of those
taken from the ruins are of the most terri
ble nature, the limbs of some beinc torn off.
while the faces and bodies of others were
crushed almost beyond recognition.
Later Another dead body has been dis
overed, that of a boy named McKeneon.
10M CARTER FAMED
To Keep His Hands Entirely Off the
Contest Now on in Alabama.
HOW HE COULD HUBT HIS PAETT.
idmlrers of the Chairman Beliere St Can
Break the Solid South.
GRE8HAM ASATfllBD PAETT SPEAKER
DIED LIKE GINEVRA.
Two Little Boys Accidentally Locked Into
an Alr-Tlght Ice Chest Suffocated Be
fore Their Whereabouts Is Ascertained
Parallel to the Italian Story.
Lansing, Mich., Aug. 12 Special
Earl, son of "William A. Price, and Arthur.
son of John Kurtz, both of North Lansing,
met with a horrible death in a most singu
lar manner late yesterday afternoon. The
boys, each of whom was about 8 years old,
were playmates. The Price boy's mother
is East on a visit, and he, with his father
and sister, was staying with his grandfather,
who lives in an adjoining house.
The boys were missed late in the after
noon, and although a large crowd of neigh
bors searched for them until midnicrht no
trace of them was found. Finally, about 6
o ciucK mis morning, tne Jrrice .Doys lather
thought of an unused ice chest at his house,
into which his children had at tlnn
crawled to play, and on going to the house
and opening the chest the two boys were
found, dead.
The interior of the chest, which was zinc
lined, was but 2 feet 8 inches long, 18
inches wide and 21 inches deep. The bodies
were crowded into this small space facing
each other. The boys' hats laid beside
them, and the Price boy had removed his
jacket during his struggle to open the
chest
Tne ohestwas fitted with two covers, the
first of which made it air-tight It was evi
dent that alter the boys squeezed them
selves into the box their movements caused
the covers to fall, and the clasp on the out
side cover closed over the staple, fastening
them in so that escape was impossible. The
chest was locked in this manner when the
Price boy's grandfather opened it this morning.
A HEW JACK THE BLPPEE.
This One Is
In Ohio, and His Victims Are
Dairy Cattle.
Columbus, O., Aug. 12. Special Some
insane man or fiend hereabouts has been
performing "Jack the Ripper" acts on poor
dumb brutes for the past two weeks. Mr.
Gorman, who owns a dairy farm in the
suburbs, has lost seven cows, all being
cruelly killed in the field at night and dis
emboweled. At 4 o'clock this morning Mr.
Gorman arose, and about 4:30 reached the
pasture with the intention of driving the
cows to be milked. Eleven were all right,
but the twelfth was missing. Searching in
the early morning light he lound her lying
The villain had made sure of his victim.
He had taken a long piece of half-inch
rope, fastened it about the cow's neck
double, threw the ends around a piece of
tiuiucr wiu men ureif tue cow g neaa down
until her nose almost touched the heavy
piece of wood. Escape for the poor animal
was impossible. Then, coolly and heart
lessly, the fiend cut her throat Not only
did he cut her throat, but he severed flesh,
ligaments and skin clear around until the
head hung only by the spinal cord, and he
also disfigured the carcass. On a timber
within a few feet there were bloody finger
marks, showing where the perpetrator of
the deed had attempted to rub off Borne of
the blood that had fouled his hands.
Old Doe Tramp Found.
Old dog Tramp, who for 12 years had been
the pet of the Allegheny police and other
city officials, and who had been lost for two
weeks, has been found. A railroad engi
neer on the "West Penn, who was Interested
in the lost dog, found him yesterday at
Harry Forman's hotel at Hulton Ferry, and
the good news was soon conveyed to Super
intendent Math. Detective Steele will to
day go to Hulton Ferry and bring the dog
home. A collar will be procured for him,
and his name will be inscribed thereon.
Bitten by a Ferocious Dog.
Peter "Watson, aged 10 years, who lives
on Boston street, was badly bitten by a
ferocious dog yesterday. The boy was play
ing in front of the house when the dog came
running along and yonng "Watson threw a
stone at it The animal turned on the boy,
knocked him down and bit a piece out of
his leg. The dog was shot by Officer
Bohan,
Nine Efforts to Barn a Honse.
Mary Nee, 10 years old, was arrested
Thursday charged with setting fire to the
house of Edward 0. Dudley with whom she
lived at Wilkinsburg. At a hearing the
girl was discharged. Within three days
nine attempts were made to burn the house.
Died of Lockjaw,
James L. MoLaughlin, a resident of
Bbarpsbnrg, died on Tnnrsday after suffer
ing for a short time with lockjaw. He was
hurt in a runaway accident about ten days
ago. He wasaglassblower and worked at
Tarentum.
wept copiously. He implored his father to
forgive him, and left home a wretched, conscience-stricken
man, newly awakened to
the realization of his unnatural deed.
BranriwlU dispel any unpleasant odor
around the kitohen sink at the same time
banish roaches, water bugs. etc.. for all
time. 25 cents at aU dealers: '
Excursion to Vf heeling To-Morrow.
Bate, tl CO the round trip. Train leaves ta.
AO.,B.B.depotat8:10A,jc. "saves B.
Are Ton Aware
This Is the time to advertise yonr vacant
rooms In the cent-a-word to let columns of
TmDispatcbT
An Early Mornlne; Fire.
Fire broke out In Allen Swindale's shoot
ing gallery, 818 Lloerty street, this morning
at 2 o'clock. The firemen responded
promptly and soon extinguished the blaze.
The origin of the fire is a mystery. Loss, 50,
The Scale Aocepted. ,
The conference between the flint glass
manufacturers and the workers ended yes
terday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The scale
agreed upon remains practically the same
as last year.
CHEAP POPULAR EXCURSION
To Conneant Xke, Via the P. Sc W. By.
Special train will leave the P. W. de
pot, Allegheny, at 8 o'clock A. .. city time,
Sunday, August 14, and run through to Con
neant Lake without change of cars or stops
for passengers. Arrive 13 o'olock noon. Re
turning, leave the Lake at 5 p. k., Eastern
time. Arrive Allegheny at 9 p. it. Tare for
the round trip JI 25.
DWTns Little Early BUers. Best Dill
for biliousness, slok headache, malaria. '
ErtYEBKlNB'-wrftesof the Saratoga ot
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People Coming Home
Are now Seeking; rooms for the fait So
If you wish your .vacant room occupied ad
vertise It at once In the Booms to Ietcerit-a-word
advertising columns of Ins Dispatch.
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rrnOM A STATF COERISF01TDIXT.1
"Washington, Aug. 12.- "Mr. Tom
Carter had better keep his hands off
the fight in Alabama over the Governor-
ship," said an anti-Jones man from the
State of Alabama to-day. "I am an advo
cate of Kolb and believe he was honestly
elected. I would be glad to see him get
any assistance that would be of real benefit
to him. But the trouble is, the mass of the
whites who supported Kolb would - resent
the interference of Republicans, and es
pecially that of the National Eepnblican
Committee, which would be sort of official
interference and somewhat distantly sug
gestive of a force bill The bulk of the
whites who supported Kolb are Democrats.
They claim to be the real Democrats of the
State. Thev think they are capable or at
tending to their own affairs, and if thev
find they cannot, they will know the rea
son why."
a&e Alabama Kolb man may be right,
but he does not know Carter. The gentle
man at the head of the National Repub
lican Committee is daring to the point of
being spectacular. There is no telling upon
what neck of woods he mav land himself,
be it the most unpromising soil, and at
tempt to cultivate it in the interests of Ee
pnblican success.
Enthusiastic Admirers of the Chairman.
During the last day or so it has been my
good fortune to meet two or three persons
who are here In a very quiet way to look
over the field In "Washlneton. to find out.
without the knowledge of that very-much-alive
civil service reformer, Mr. Theodore
.Roosevelt, how the crround can best be
worked for a liberal contribution of
shekels for the use of the committee. These
gentlemen speak in terms of the most
enthusiastic admiration of the shrewdness
of Chairman Carter in catching hold of the
situation, and predict that he will perform
wonderful feats of proselyting in what are
apparently the most impossible of places.
"Tom Carter already has before him every
point of the situation In Tennessee, North
Carolina, Virginia and west Virginia, and
he is going to work those States as they
were never worked before in the interest of
any party," said one of these gentlemen
to-day. "While he is confident to the point
of conviction that the Republicans will
carry New York, he Is not going to repose
all of his hones of success nnon the result
in the Empire State. 'He knows there are
unusual influences at work in many of the
States, Republican as well as Democratic.
and that it will not do to hazard everything
on the casting of the die in New York.
Looking for a Eift In the South.
"While little doubt is felt in regard to
the result in Kansas, Iowa, Michigan and
"Wisconsin, the verv fact that the Demo
crats consider those always solid Republican
States at a national election good ground
for missionary work, is enough in itself to
suggest to the Republican managers that
while those States must not be neglected, it
will be good generalship to strike at what
have .been considered strongholds of the
enemy in the very heart of the Solid South.
"Of course the great battle will be in the
great Slate of New York, but, at the same
time, if it should happen that New York
went in favor of the Republicans Chairman
Carter does not propose to endure the
humiliation of being beaten outside of New
York by a fluke in some of the "Western or
Northwestern States, and so he intends not
only to raise merry thunder in New York
and those States, but he will try his utmost
to carry two or three Southern States. It
would be a great feather in his cap if he
could break the solid South by a victory in
even one of the States that are admitted by
some of the more candid Democrats to be
in doubt"
Gresham as a People's Parly Orator,
The annarentlv antheniio information
that Judffe "Walter Q. Gresham will take
the stump for the ticket of the People's
party in the national campaign aroused an
immense deal of gossip here to-day, and
the speculation was very lively as to what
his influence will amount to. Of course the
devotees of each party are likely to interpret
the possibilities according to their own
wishes, but many of the Republicans are
forced to admit that this step of Judere
Gresham will lose a considerable number of
votes to the party in Indiana and Illinois.
It is generally confessed, moreover, that
this acquisition will add much to the
strength and dignity of the People's party
an over tue ooutn ana w est.
Mr. Dunnung, editor of the National
Watchman, a paper published by the mem
bers of the People's party in Congress, said
to-day that the conversion of Judge
Gresham was not a thing of to-day. "He
has been in sympathy with us almost from
the inception of the Alliance movement,"
said Mr. Dunnung, "and especially made
no secret of his change of faith after the
organization of the People's party, which
divested the movement of its class feature
and made it the movement of every
thoughtful person who observed the abso
lute grasp which the corporations, trusts
and millionaire speculators had fastened
upon the Legislatures, the press and the
courts of the whole country and of the
whole world."
Great Canse for Congratulation.
"While the acquisition of Judge
Gresham is cause for congratulation, as that
of any good and great man would be, his
actual value in votes is something that
would difficult to estimate. The People's
party movement, however, is too large
and is growing too fast for the as
sistance of any one person to count for as
much as it would when the organization was
weak, and the sport of those who do not
even yet have more than a faint compre
hension of what it means. A few campaign
speeches rrom Judge Gresham must do a
vast deal of good, however, and in some of
the "Western Republican States where there
is a possibility that the vpte of the People s
party may be larger than that of the com
bined vote of. the old parties, such a cham
pion may carry enough new weignt to make
the viotory absolutely certain.
"A Northern man of the-Judge's reputa
tion for ability and probity can also do a
work of Immeasurable value to the party in
the South. No, I have no doubt whatever as
to the truth of the report of the entrance of
Judge Gresham into the campaign for our
party. Knowing what I do, I would be sur
prised it it were otherwise."
Popularity or Judge Crounse.
Judge Crounse, one of the three Assistant
Secretaries of the Treasury Department,
and who contemplates offering his resigna
tion very soon on account of his nomination
for the office of Governor of Nebraska, is
one of the most popular of the high officials
that have ever been in "Washington. He
has never contracted even tb symptoms of
that disagreeable disease known' as the
"swelled head," which has afflicted so many
hfgh.officials to the extent of destroying, in
a great measure, their usefulness.
Judge Crounse is well known to the peo
ple of Allegheny county for the strong
personal interest taken bvbim in the move
ment to secure an adequate new postoffice
for the city of Allegheny. Everybody in
terested will remember the repeated and
earnest efforts of the Judge, not only
through his agents, but personally and on
the ground, and how he refused to accept
sites offered within the former meager ap-
Jiropriation because they were not, in his
udgment. sufficient or proper for a struc
ture worthy of such a city as Allegheny.
He took upon himself the responsibility to
reject all of the sites offered within the
limits of the appropriation and to wait for
further legislation. Throuzh the combined
efforts of Colonel Stone and Quar, in tno J
Honse and Senate, a very liberal appropria
tion is now available, and it is'ezpected
that Colonel Low, the special agent sent
from the office of the Supervising Archi
tect to examine the sites now offered, will
make a speedy report
The Site May Tat Bs Condemned,
"When Jndge Crounse visited Allegheny
a year or more ago he saw that the proper
place for the new building would be some
one of the corners of the Diamond and Ohio
or Federal street, and if there be no combi
nation of interests to put np the price of
such properties beyond their value and be
yond the appropriation it is probable a re
port will be speedily made and accepted In
favor of one of these sites. There is availa
ble for the purchase of the site $200,000. . If
the price of what is considered as the most
available site be put beyond this snm, and
if this be thought to be more than its value,
doubtless condemnation proceedings will be
Degun at once.
Consul McCreery, of Valparaiso, Chile,
called at the State Department to-day, but
at too late an hour for the Secretary to go
.into an examination of the charges against
him of having specnlated in foreign'ex
change on the strength of private and offi
cial information gained by virtue of his
office. Just how the Department intends
to proceed in an investigation, which it an
nounced will be made, is not clear. As
matters stand now, Mr..McCreery is the
onlv available witness for or against him
self, and the prospects are that Admiral
Brown and Minister Egan will also not be
annoyed by witnesses more antajronistio
against tbem than themselves, if they be
called before their chief of the Department
of State. It Is understood that the charges
are made only by letters unsupported by
affidavits, and in the absence in Chile of the
writers of these letters the muoh-accused
gentlemen will not be greatly alarmed as' to
the outcome. Mr. McCreery has already
entered a denial of everything, also speak
ing for Mr. Egan, who is charged with be
ing particeps criminis with him.
THE BADLBOADS HOT IK IT.
Steamship Competition Between 'Frisco
and Gotham Making Cheap Freight.
San Feancisco, Aug, 12. The opera
tions of rival clipper ship lines doing busi
ness between here and New York have led
to a large increase in freight shipments,
both east-bound and west-bound. Yester
day the Bhip Jeren McDonald cleared with
over 1,000,000 pounds of wine, canned goods,
dried fruit and other merchandise, making
the fourth vessel for that port in about six
weeks. Under the rivalry ot the two prin
cipal competing line seaboord rates have
gone down, and overland railroad rates on
similar classes of goods are marked for big
reductions.
The east-bound rate of ?8 CO per ton on
barley, canned goods, etc., via Cape Horn,
is the lowest rate ever quoted for through
shipments and represents about (8 per ton
for all elasses of freight Forty-two thou
sand tons are en route from New York at a
practically open rate of 35 cents per 100
pounds and 15, 000 tons from Philadelphia.
The cut is about one-third In rates. Mer
chants feel disposed to patronize ship
owneis rather than railroads. It has be
come known that the Traffic Association
and a number'of prominent merchants have
subscribed 85,000 to guarantee one of the
clipper lines against any probable loss con
sequent on the low rates by overland freight
lines.
A DEATH-DEALING WELL. "
Its Water, Poisoned by an Unknown Band,
Prostrates a Family and Their Lin
Stock One Who Threatened the lives
of the Family Suspected.
Laubei,, Dei, Aug. 12. Yestsrday
some young men informed Deputy Coroner
Phillips of the sudden death of a young
child near Oak Grove. Mr. Phillips imme
diately went to the place designated, which
was the home of a farmer named Rosser,
and found that two members of the family
were very siek with symptoms of poisoning,
and the child already dead. A cow and 'a
horse had also died during the day, showing
similar symptoms.
A physician who was called suspected
the cause to exist in some substance of food
or drink used by both the family and stock,
and made an analysis of the well water,
which resulted in the detection of the pres
ence of a large quantity of arsenic All of
the family have been madevery sick by the
use of the poisoned water, but it is thought
no further fatality will result
At the inquest to-day Dr. "W. F. Haines
testified that he was called to the house of
John Rosser last Monday morning, August
o, nuu. iouna me cnua sunering irom diar
rhea and vomiting. On examination of the"
water in the well he found that it contained
arsenic. H. T. "Wallace testified that on
"Wednesday, August 10, Dr. "W. F. Haines
brought him a bottle of water from the well
to be examined, and upon examination by
three different chemical tests he fonnd that
the water contained arsenic in large quan
tities. Benjamin Rosser testified that on Sunday
night he visited his brother's house and
found all three of the family suffering
severely. He went to the well and got a
drink. His brother soon followed him
crying for water. He took three swallows
and gave the boy quite a large drink. The
child was sick at the time. He could not
give any positive proof of anyone putting
arsenic in the well, but he had grave sus
picions that it was William Evans. The
cause of his suspicion is that Evans has
made threats in his hearing that he would
kill the entire Rosser family, and that a
man answering Evans' description was seen
In the neighborhood Thnrsdav nioht.
August 4, the night the poison was put in
the welL Mrsv Evans stated that she heard
her husband say that some of the Rosser
family had to d'ie by his hand if it took him
20 years.
The jury adjourned the hearing until
Friday, August 19, when other important
witnesses will be called.
To rnrchase Several Hills.
S. M. Godfrey, of London, England, is in
Youngstown in the interest of an English
syndicate, which ha3 been negotiating for
the purchase of a number of Mahoning Val
ley iron mills. He has conferred with sev
eral of the manufacturers, but with what
result is not known.
A. Life for a Life.
Rondout, N. Y., Aug. 12. A romantic
wedding occurred here yesterday. The con
tracting parties were a daughter of Sitting
Bull, the great Indian chief, and Peter
Markle, formerly of the United States
Army. Markle, it Is said, served with
Custer for a long time,"and it is reported
that his bride once saved his life when at
tacked by Indians.
LONG BRANCH etchings by T. C. Craw
ford In THU DISPATCH to-morrow.
Don't Be Deceived,
Especially when your general welfare
may be at stake. If anyone offers
you Johann HofTs Malt Extract and
"Johann HofFs" signature is not on
the neck of the bottle, do not take it
under any circumstances. Eisner &
Mendelson Co., Sole Agents and
Importers of Mineral Waters, 6 Bar-'
clay street, New York- s
JLT ZLj-A-TXIMIIEIR,'.
COME
AND SEE THIS WEEK'S PEIOES. TEEY 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
CHALLIES
3c
,4
Were 6c last week.
2i
1,489 yards Mourn
ing Challies
5c.
These were 8c
last week.
Girls' Eeete
$1.50 Now.
Ladies' Percale
Waists
37c,
Worth 65c
500
75c
A PAIR.
Just the thing for
camping parties.
vfrW-
50
c
It mill bend,
but it won't break. That's
Kabo. Wear a Kabo corset
for a year, and if aiy "bones"
break or kink, -we'll return
your 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.
CORSE? IE.
The news at our Corset
Counter will be surprising
and important This 50c
occasion will double sales
this week.
All Sizes Lais' Waists
25c, 35c and 50c.
Lais' 1H Vests
Down From 25c to 10c.
All our 153 and 12c
Just one week of
these. They are
less than cost price.
Stainless, Seamless
Ladies' Black
HOSE
12Kc.
Swiss Embroidered
Handkerchiefs
12Kc.
Down from 30c
msm
Some of the sau
ciest patterns in
Plaids, Cloth and
Cashmere at 50c
on the dollar.
T. ZMZ IjA-TIIMIIEIR,,
138-140 Federal St., 45-46 a. Diamond, Allegheny, Pa.
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