f! Wfd jgwn - .ww .-TWSi ' '1 -' v ?!?, Z X HE ' PITTSBURG DISPATCH. ' THURSDAY, AUGUST -18 ESPPHSHBHHHHHHlffiSSS?f9 lm)4 - - viKs',pr- TsijflWiW r m ' .... rw, 7i n . - . '"r.Y ."tT"ir rl7,T-ttT-3 ci . - i ' r f , "ix I -i. V J j i.-; ' - r Jtf --- , -,. . -ri -ar ' r L ; .."i. aw " : -J "" F.' -r-- J. - T v r : 4r-IT t-r - u - va r- " J' - VKBI LS32. . -' -v""1- . ---..v - ; f ' -,. - 1 .'.: -1 . FARMERSJN FOR IT, The Opening Session of the lit. Gretna Encamp ment Shows That POLITICS IS A FACTOS; Good Boads Will Also Figure in the Deliberations of the Week. STATE CONVENTION WALKOVERS. Epooner Has No Trouble in Wisconsin and Morse in Michigan. POLITICS IN WARM WEATHER DOSES tFBOU A 6TAIT CORBESPONDEItT.l Ml. Gbetna, Aug. 17. To-day there was formally opened here a farmers' en campment, which is expected to exert a powerful influence among the agricultural element throughout the State. Politicians of all shades will endeavor to impress their particular theories aad principles upon the assembled grangers, in the hope of a profi table harvest m November. The People's party, especially, is well represented, as a determined effort is being made to inculcate in Pennsylvania the ideas which tempor arily swept so many southern and western States from their established political moorings. But the new organization is not to have the field to itself. Advocates of cold water will even dispute it's title of the "Third Party," claiming that doubtful honor for the prohibitionists. Democratic orators will attempt to convince their borny banded auditors that free trade as exempli fied in the Chicago platform, is the panacea for all moral ills, and answer the charges freely beard here that Cleveland is the Wall street candidate. Then the twin doctrines of protection and reciprocity will be vindicated by able speakers chosen by the Republican State Committee, who will show that the Ameri cas farmer has the best market in the wgrld at home, and, under the reciprocity treaties now being put in operation, exceptional o p portunitiee abroad. Elaborate Preparations an Foot. This, the first day ot the encampment, was largely devoted to elaborate preparations for the coming events. Quite an assemblage has already gathered, though, and this affair promises to be far the most extensive in the history of Mt Gretna. The exhibits are profuse and varied, though not quite so nu merous as would have been the case had there been no riots in Buffalo. A quantity of machinery en route to the encampment is detained at that point, and at least a portion of it is reported to have been destroyed in the incendiary fires. The opening addresses were delivered this afternoon by James G. McSparran, of Lancaster, President of the Encampment Association, and John A. Gundy, of Adams county. Dr. Goldsborough, of Union county, was also upon-the listbnt sent a message announcing his inability to be present to-day. Mr. McSparran will be remembered as a most earnest candidate for the nomination as Auditor before the Demo cratic State Convention of a year ago. When he was set aside for Robert E. "Wright he practically bolted the ticket, and is now sympathizing if not affiliating with the Pennsylvania promoters of the Peeple's party. In his speech to-day, though, he avoided the use of party names, though the address was chiefly devoted to political topic The Burning Need Tor Recreation. President McSparran first touched briefly upon the fanners' necessity for recreation? such as those of the encampment are at present enjoying, and enlarged upon the advisability of combining, in cases of this sort, instruction and business with pleasure. He defined the meaning of cit izenship as applied to the farmer, and urged upon him a more careful and considerate exercise of the elective franchise. He re ferred in terms of scorn and derision to the high-handed way in which he said corrup tionists in office are dealing with the affairs of state, and argued for State and national legislation in the interest of the farmer to whom alone the wealth of the nation can be traced and upon whom the welfare of the country primarily depends. The exact tenor of this legislation was not indicated, further than a general ex pression lor the inflation of the monetary circulation, in some manner yet to be de vised. Mr. Gundy followed much in the Bame strain, being equallv severe in his denun--:-.: r.i T, j : il. , old parties and the' old cries. The Repub licans and Demliorats are now the same, to all intents and purposes, and neither Har rison nor Cleveland favor any of the legisla tion demanded by the agricultural interests. The only dispute between these organiza tions is over the offices, and one will use just as lawless methods, as the other to gain or retain power. Bulldozing in the South and bribery in the North are their favorite weapons, and "Wall street and the corpora tions are satisfied, no matter which wins. These cries of protection and free trade are largely pretense. Neither of the old parties propose to change the system of taxation, and under it the revenues of the Federal Government will continue to be raised through the custom houses. The difference between the Republicans and Democrats upon this point is merely one of degrees. Neither party touches upon the real issue of the limes." Slaking Converts for the Allanco. Mr. Wible, of Gettysburg, a member of the Encampment Executive Committee, is another People's party enthusiast. He is busilyengaged in the work of making con verts Tor the new organization. It must not be supposed that the advo cates of Weaver and Field have the ground here all to themselves, or even that they are in the majority, but their representatives were certainly the most conspicuous and active during jilt. Gretna's opening day. To-morrow Governor Paltison, Lieutenant Governor Wntres and J. T. Wilnean, lec turer ot the State Grange, are announced as the speakers. The Governor is at present at Montrose, attending a G. A. R. celebra tion, having quitted the temporary summer capital at ureson yesterday. On Friday there will be farmers' insti tutes, at which practical topics are to be discussed at length, while Saturday has been designated as "Labor Day' T. V. Powderly, A. W. Wright and J. A. Beaver are expected to be present to assure the grangers of the co-operation of the labor or ganization in all efforts at reform. Next week will be devoted almost exclusively to politics, and each party iill be given an opportunity. On Monday the cold water enthusiasts will be represented by National Prohibition Chairman Cockie, State Chair man Patton, and probably ex-Governor St. John, of Kansas. Tuesday belongs to the People's party. George Francis Train, Senator Kyle, or South Dakota, N. A. Demming and T. St. Clair Thompson, lec turer of the Pennsylvania AlKance, are the orators who will exemplify the creed of Simpson and Peffer. Wednesday the Demo crats will have a chance, and on Thursday the-Republican spellbinders will expose the fallacies of those who have gone before them. Among those expected to speak then is Hon. Jbhn Dalzell. Among the incidents to-day was the re ception by the Executive Committe of a postal card from Citizen George Francis Train, outlining his proposed address next Tuesday. The card was written with red and blue pencils, and judging from the brief sketch the coming speech will be equally colored. Bancroft. THE CZAR'S DOUBLE flaunted to the lladhdnse by the Shadow of Nihilists. m jiMjonr buffalo. Continued From Fint Page.' A STBANGE STORY PROM ABROAD. A Wealthy Copenhagen Banker Who Re sembles Russia's Enler NOW REALT.I BELIEYES. HE'S A KING LITTLE COJSTESt IK MICHIGAN. Wolverine Democrats Find No Trouble In Plotting Ont a Ticket. Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 17. Har mony with a very large-sized "H" was the rule to-day in the largest Democratic con vention Michigan ejer saw. The with drawal of Governor Edwin B. Winans left smooth sailing in respect to gubernatorial honors, and there was scarcely (enough rivalry in regard lo the minor places on the ticket to make 'the proceedings interesting. The only ripple which at all disturbed the convention's serene course was the candi dacy of Adolph A. Ellis, of Ionia, for the Attorney Generalship. Mr. Ellis was in dorsed two weeks ago for the same office by the People's party, and this fact aroused some opposition from the true blue Demo crats. The great majority of the delegates, however, declared Mr. Ellis' Democracy quite good enough for them, the minority submitted gracefully and the People's party man was nominate! bv ncclamation. as were all the other candidates. The ticketnamed is nniversailv regarded as an exceedingly strong one. It is as fol lows: For Governor, Allan B. Morse, of Ionia; for Lieutenant Governor, James P. Edwards, of Houghton; Treasurer, Freder ick Marvin, of Wayne; Secretary of State, Charles F. Marskey. of Saginaw; Auditor General, James A. Vannir; of Marquette; Attorney General, Adolphus A. Elli, of Ionia; Superintendent of Public Instruc tion, Ferris S. Fitch, of Pontiac; Commis sioner ofState Land Office, G. T. Shafler, of Cass; Member State Board of EJuca tion, James A. Burr, of Tennessee. SENATOE SPOONEB'8 WALE0TES. ciation of the alleged enemies of the honest agriculturist. Duriug his remarks he re ferred to the Homestead afiair and the other labor disturbances throughout the country as evidence of the prevailing unrest of the time. He held that the farmers, the class which practically supported the country, should alio be th"e class to protect it Good Roads One of the Necessities. During the informal discussion which fol lowed, James B. Meyers, ot Cumberland county, said: "To my mind there are Ques tions of more pressing practical moment for Pennsylvania larmers to consider-than the purely political ones. It is all right to dis cuss legislation to provide good markets, but we should have a good way to get to these markets. First-class roads, for in- . stance, would be more of a boon to us in this State than a big increase in the circula tion which might never reach us. The in Testigation made by The Pittsburg Dis patch a year or two ago emphasized a fact familiar to every one of us that the vast majority of the roads in the Kevstone State -re simply a libel on the name. If this encampment should be able, alter proper discussion, to suggest a feasible and accept able scheme for road improvement it will have accomplished a great work." Mr. Meyers' remarks were received with evident approval, and it is probable that the road question will be taken up formallr at some time during the session. Among the most active personages now on the ground is Henry C. Suavely, State Presi dent of the Farmers' Alliance. If Mr. Snavely goes at farming as energetically as he does at politics he should be a phenom enal success as an agriculturist. He is an enthusiastic advocate of Weaver, Field and the Omaha platform, and thinks tire size of the Tote cast that way in November will be a surprise. Great Faith in His Party's Qrowih. "What is the present status of the Alli ance organization iu Pennsylvania?" Mr. Snavely was asked by The Dispatch cor respondent to-day. We have been growing steadily from the start," he replied. "Our progress has cot been quite so rapid as in some other localities, but it is satisfactory and sure. "We have members now in practically every county of the State, and every member is a missionary. The time is not far distant when the farmers of Pennsylvania, like their brethern in Kansas and "South Caro lina, will be able to make their wishes known in a most emphatic manner." "What proportion of the members of the Alliance in this State will support the People's party this year?" was asked. "All of them, I believe," answered Mr. Suavely. "We have become tired of the No Contest at All for the Chief Plncn on "Wisconsin's Ticket. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 17. It was 12:30 o'clock before Chairman Thorn, of the State Central Committee, called the Repub lican State convention to order. Secretary Rusk entered the hall just before the gavel fell and was greeted with cheers. When he reached the stage and his tall form could be seen by everybody, the enthusiasm grew uproarious. The jolly Secretary smiled his acEnowiedgment and was conducted to a seat in the center of the stage. Ex-United States Senator Spooner, of Hudson, and John C Kocb.of Milwaukee, were nominated by acclamation, the former for Governor and the latter for Lieutenant Governor, amid great enthusiasm. Atley Peterson, ot Crawford, was also nominated for Treas urer by acclamatiou. The platform approves the Minneapolis platform; denounces the proposition of the Democratic-National platform to repeal the tax levied on the circulation of State banks; denounces as without foundation the state ment often reiterated by tne Democratic press that Republican success in this State involves the surrender or compromise of whatever legal Tights the courts mav hold to exist in favor of the State upon the'bonds of ex-State Treasurers, and promises to en- iorce me icgai ripuis 01 me people. It ap proves the administration of President Harrison. t Hot TVeath-p Folltlcs Bol'ed Down. The Nfnth Wisconsin District Republican Convention nominated Jlyron H. McCord. The Fourth Arkansas District Democratic Convention has nominated W. L. Terry for Congress. Bobebt I. IIdkt, Democratic candidate in tne rirst Illinois Congressional District, has withdrawn from tne race. The People's Territorial Convention, in session at Oklahoma City, nominated N. A. Ward for delegate to Congress. Hon: A. E. STcvntsoir, accompanied bv his law partner, James S. Ewing, left Bloomlug ton. III., yesterday lor New York. Cosqbessx.. J. R. Whitisq has been unanimously renominated by tlio Democrats ot the Seventh Michigan district. The Republican Convention of the First Kentucky district, at Padueah, nominated W. J. Deboe, of Crittenden county, for Con-i The Congressional Convention of the First Texas district, now represented by Charles Stewart, nominated Captain J. a Hutchison b acclamation. The deadlock In the Fourth MichlganDIs trlct Republican Congressional Convention was broKeu resteraay on tlie one hundred and forly-seventh ballot, Henry F. Thomas, of Allegan, receiving the requisite majority, und his nomination for Congress was made unnnimocs. The Republican conferees of the Harris bnrg Congressional district, comprising Lebanon, Perry and Danphln counties, will meet In Harrisbnrg on the 29th instant. E. M. Woomer, of Lebanon, will be the noml nee. Th Judicial conference will meet oil the S0th, and nominate Judge John B. 31c-I'liei-dOii. The Democratic and People's party Con gre,ssi(inal committees or the Second Kansas district bavenrransed for the withdrawal from tlio race for Conzress of S. 8. King, the People's party candidate. King's with drawal will center all opposition to Con gressman Funstou upon Moore, the Demo cratic candidate. Advices from Copenhagen of the latest mail record the tragic ending of a comedy that has furnished amusement for the Danish capital and its fun-loving 'people these last 10 years or more. M. Carlsen, the wealthy retired banker, who never went by his own name but always by thst of "the Czar's double," . has ended his erratic career in the madhouse, an incurable lunatic, the victim of a baleful resemblance to the Russian Emperor that wrecked his life. No more remarkable story than this of Carlsen has been told for many a day. He was a wealthy rentier, a retired banker, who lived by his means and enjoyed life in Jne rational manner of his gay townsmen until the Czar and his imperial household began to come to Copenhagan to spend the summer months at the Danish Court, at BerustorfT or Fredensborg. It was then that the strange likeness of Carlsen to the Russian autocrat was noticed and began to make people talk. A Remarkable Resemblance. It was at all times really remarkable. He was of the same heavy build, with the same half sinister, half good-natured countenance, ot exactly tne same neignt ana witn tnei same sort of beard, eyes and hair as the Em peror. Any one might have mistaken the one for the other at any time, and many persons did. The Czar is a great favorite at Copen hagen, and the astonished banker suddenly found himself cheered aud celebrated in a hundred ways when he showed himself in Eublic during the imperial visits. At first e laughed at it. He was a good-natured man with rather a weak head and prone to vanity. Then, gradually, as he saw how much adulation the odd conceit threw in his way, he began to encourage it by half un consciously adopting the ways of the real Czar, his manner of smiling, of bowing in response to salute, with one' finger upon the brim of his white cap. From that to adopting the dress of the Czar, the white cop itself, the gray cloak. every item of his wardrobe down to the boots and trimming his beard as he did, was only a step, but it was the wretched man's first step toward the madhouse. To coun terfeit the Czar became his overmastering passion, his one conscious aim in the sum mer season when Alexander came to town. His cowardice saved him from carrying out his crazy notion across the sea, where it would be dangerous.- He played Czar only in Copenhagen but kept out of the reach of the Nihilists. Always Ahead nf the Parade. The first gun from the harbor that an nonnced the arrival of the Russian Court saw Carlsen down as near to the pier as the police would let him get. Sometimes, be fore Carlsen came to be the character he was of late years, even they would be im posed upon and would let him through the lines with great show and circumstance only to find they had been fooled. If not, he would next appear, as likely as not, in the harbor just ahead of the im perial procession from the direction of the Russian ship in a boat exactly like the Czar'ii launch, rowed by acrew like his, the observed of all of course, and thus his vanity was tickled aud his ambition satis fied. In the reception of the real Czar the bogus one would be forgotten a moment later with a laugh, but he had had his triumph and was content. Before the processoin of. carriages could be formed to go to the palace of Amalien borg, Carlsen would reappear on terra firms to resume his place at the head of the parade in his liveried carriage, guiding his tour-in-hand team exactly as the Czar had been often seen to do, and bowing right and lelt All the old "women along the street would courtesy and green sentinels would present thejr arms as he passed, with his one index finger laid solemnly upon the shade of his cap. The gamins would veil "Hurrah!" and the Czar's double would go home happy. If, as it often happened, some one stopped him to hand up a petition or to ask for help, his satisfaction would be complete, and such petitioners would be likely to fare better with the bogus Czar than with the real one, who never learns what shoals ot begging letters beset him while he is at Copenhagen. Be Bnd Plenty of Money. Carlsen would generally heed the reqn esf for help. He had plenty of money. It was his great misfortune that he had. There was nothing else for him to do than to spend it in following out his crazy notion, and it had full swing. The result of it all, on a mind like Carl sen's, could have been forseen. He wound up by believing himself really to be the Czar he had long so successfully counter feited. He built himself a villa in imita tion ot one owned oy Alexander, out on the store road, as .close to the palace of Bern storffas ie could crowd, ana gave up his identity altogether. Then the mischief was done. He had crossed the threshold upon which he had lingered so long and entered the shadow of the Czar's throne, as he thought, and the shadow struck terror to his weak soul. Carlsen was no Alexander. The shadow of the Nihilist and his bomb frightened him out of what sense he had left. His smile died. He no longer drove about in his four-in-hand. His sleepless nights were spent in his villa in haunting dread of the approaching d yam iter. He discharged hit cook, fearing poison, and surrounded himself with an armed body guard ot men, who had orders to let no stranger approach without searehing him for weapon or bomb. He fenced in his estate with walls strong enough to repel attack by the enemy. Ho Goes Mnd at Last. He refused to see his agents, when they came to report to him upon financial mat ters. The storv went abroad in the city that the Czar's double had goue mad. And the story was trne. One'morning, not long ago, the explosion came. Carlsen'a neighbors on the shore road were surprised by a visit ' from his agents asking them to sell their land. Some con sented, some refused. The farmers were.told that they would hear further from the Czar shortly. To the others he sent word that, whether they 'liked it or not, they would have to sell. 'What they liked or didn't like was not the "question, but what he wanted. He was the Czar, and the buildings about his lands sheltered Nihilists aud plots against his life. Come down they must, houses, gar den, railroad and all. He wanted it. Tnen they took him to the madhouse. His family, that had watched his reason give way, powerless to interfere, called upon the authorities to step in, aud Carlsen was taken to Bidstrup, the Danish Bedlam, where he now is. The doctors have pro nounced his case incurable. He will die as be lived, the Czar's double. It is said that Carlsen was once introduced, at Bernstorff to the real Alexander, who knew all abont his crazy notion. The two together looked as like as two drops of water. The Russian looked his counterfeit over In half disdainful, half amused silence, and at the end of the inspection, without a word, felt his arms, then turned his back upon him with a grunt of contempt. Alexander is a giant in strength, with muscles of steel. The other's were as flsbbv as his brain. He was bnt a poor counterfeit. after all. And he was right. The real Czar despises the Nihilists of flesh and roads at Buffalo, and they are offered $60 per month, 12, hours per day for day work and 65 per month for the same time on night work. ARBITRATION FAILS Becanse Only One Side Agrees to That Mode cf Settlement The Companies Refuse to Meat the State Board Plenty ot the Striker Present, Though. Btjti'ai.O, Aug. 17. SpecUL The State Board of Arbitration, it was learned to-night, has failed ato do anything at all toward getting the dispute between the strikers and the companies submitted to arbitration. The board held a secret meet ing last night, and Grand Master Switch man Sweeny and 15 of the strikers attended. They submitted their side of the dispute to Mr. Donovan at length, and formally declared thev were willing to agree to the whole matter being settled by arbitration. They agreed to stand by any decision that might De made. This afternoon the members of the board issued invitations to all the officials of the railroads involved to come and state their side of the case and to agree 'also to have the matter submitted for arbitration. With out a Tingle exception the railroad men sent their excuses for not accepting the in vitation, and added their refusals to turn their business over to the bands of any board of arbitrators. The Strike Sore to Spread. Mr. Donovan will go home to-morrow. It is stated to-night, by both sides, that the strike will spread. Mr. Sweeny declared that if he found the men were losing lie would call out every Bwitchman West of here to Chicago, but the calling out of switchmen West is not feared so much as that the trouble will spread right here, and that the switchmen will be joined by the firemen and brakemen, and possibly the engineers. The organizations of nearly all these men sympathize with the switchmen. It is stated to-night, on what is said to be good authority, that the firemen are almost on the point of striking, and that a request from the Switchmen's Union would draw an order from the1 Firemen's Union to its members to quit work. If the firemen should quit, the engineersfW.hile they might not strike, would refuse to work with green men as assistants, and that would certainly mean tie-up. Sympitliy From All the Men. That the sympathy of those other organ izations is with the switchmen was proved to-day, and has been proved almost every day since the strike began, by the refusal of any of the trainmen to touch a switch. The calling out of the Bwitchmen on the Central and West Shore roads did not tie them, as the strikers hoped. The Central moved several trains, and the West Shore a great many more. The switching was done by men from the depots who had worked at other things. So far the strike has not affected the pas senger service on any of the roads. THE BUSINESS WORLD. Drafts of the Order of the Iron Eall Go to Protest by Order. m THE RECEIVERSHIP CASE KOT UP. A Euckwheat Trust Formed in New Jersey With $5,000,000 Capital. FIRES, FAIMJRES AND EAILWAY NEWS the hotel twnprletor, J. ST. Parker, f 10.000; In surance, $7,500; loss on building, S9.000; in surance. 17.000: loss on Cotton Belt denot HJltent, fully Insured. All freight and rail road papers were saved. THE BLOCKADE AT SAYRE. A Strong Feeling in the Roronzh Against the RMIroad Companion Elmika, N. Y., Aug. 17. The situation at Sayre to-day was practically unchanged from that of yesterday. Both strikers and railway officials remain passive, but there is a feeling that an eflort will be made duriug the next 24 hours to move trains. It was currently reported in that borough this morning that the Sheriff had summoned an other force of deputies and would attempt to take possession of the property at noon. At that time, however, he had not arrived, and nothing definite concerning his actions could be learned. Superintendent Stephenson stated that the company proposes to raise the blockade at Sayre if it takes the entire State militia to doit. This remark gives color to the rumor that if the next attempt ot the Sheriff and his deputies to take possession fails,the militia will be 'called out. it was also re ported that a carload of non-union men would arrive in Sayre 'to-day to take the places of the striking switchmen. A dele gation ot the strikers visited all the board ing houses in the borough this morning and requested the proprietors to refuse to board any ''scabs." It is said the boarding house keepers promised the men to accede to their wishes. The feeling of all railway men' iu Sayre is so"strongly with, the strikers that it is doubtful if an of them would cousent to work with non-union switchmen. Indian apolts, Aug. 17. By order of Judge Taylor drafts on the Order of the Iron Hall have gone to protest. The Iron Hall receivership case was not resumed be fore Judge Taylor to-"day as was expected. The attorneys have not returned from their errand to Philadelphia, and the case will not be taken up nntil Friday. A dispatch from Philadelphia savs: When asked for the reasons for the assignment of the Mutual Banking, Suretyt Trust and Safe Deposit Company, Assignee Stockweil re ferred to the recent suit for a receivership instituted against the Iron Hall, and the fact that J430,000 of the order's money is on deposit at the bank, and said: It was to protect its creditors and keep Us assets within the lurlsdlction that the as signment wa made. The bunk In my opin ion is perfectly solvent, and Is able to pay dollar lor dollar all around. The directors, however, cannot permit the assets and se curities to go out of this lurlsdlction and thus compel their depositors to go to In dianapolis for their rights. It is claimed by applicants for the re ceivership at Indianapolis that $720,000 of the Iron Hall's funds are locked up in the institution, and that the Mutual Company is also surety for the Irou Hall officers to the extent of $1,000,00&. In addition to the Iron Hall's funds on deposit in the institution there is also locked up 40,000 belonging to the Ad vance Beneficial Oder, one of the short term organizations which went in the general crash ot such schemes about a year' ago. It has been ascertained that the attornev representing both plaintiff and'detendant in the application for a receiver for the Order of the Iron Hall made a proposition to the directors of the Mutual Baud at the meeting preceding tlie assignment, which, if ac cepted, would have placed the local de positors on a perfectly safe basis, as they would have obtained every cent of their de posits, amounting.to onlv 530,000 or 835,000. BIG ORDNANCE TO SHIP. Preparations for the Tranifer of the Mon trrey's Material to 'Frlco. Washington, Aug. 17. Preparations are making at the navy yard in this city for" shipments of the ordnance outfit of the coast defense vessel Monterey across the conti nent to San Francisco. This will be the largest single shipment of ordnance material ever made in this country, and will require a complete train of cars to carry iu uuriug mo uniiean controversy, when it was thought the Monterey would be needed for service airainst the Chilean navv, one or two 12-inch guns to be mounted In her forward turret were shipped out to her, and preparations were made for hurrving the rest of her battery along as rapidly as possible, work being pushed on her guns' at the Washington yard to the ex clusion of other work in the shops. Then came the Chilean apology, and the rush work was stopped. " Since then all the guns and mounts have been completed. The second of the 12-inch guns will be shipped on the special car built by the Pennsylvania Bailroad Com pany expressly for carrying heavy gnns for the navy. The two 10-inch guns for the after-turret will be loaded on two extra strong flat cars. Still other cars will bo filled with the hydraulic mounts, the smaller guns, and all sorts of ordnance stores and supplies, making Up a complete E WORKfflft 'ORDER. 4 Gladstone Presides Over the Session .of His Cabinet. First LATE ADDITIONS TO THE SLAT& Great Britain Havine Hard I nek Vith Fie: Disabled Warships. LATE NEWS OF TIIE CHOLERA SC0DRG8 London. Aug. 17. The first meeting of the new Cabinet was hejd to-day. Mr. Gladstone presided. The session lasted two hours. It is probable that Mr. Burt, Laborist, will be appointed Under-Secretary of the Home Office; Mr. Buxton, Under Secretary of the India Office, and Sir Edward Grey, Under Secretary of the Foreign Office. The Eight Hon. Elward Marjoribanks, Patronage Secretary of the Treasury, sent out to-night his first whip, asking the Liberal members to assemble in the House of Commons to-morrow. The resolutions adopted at the meeting of Irish societies held at Oden Grove, near Chicago, Monday, are being used by the Unionists to embarrass the Liberals. The Tuns says that one of the principal problems df the Separatists is the treatment of so-called po litical prisoners. It is probable, the Timet train n.n .I........!. ..... Ilf.-U! . . ... . ... . -. ... & -.-., iUl. Muwugu huh. Muslim iuu iu i union ana uavitt, wouia readily acqaiesco FEEE COAL FB0M. HOVA SCOTIA. An Alleged Politico-Commercial Fr.-Jrct Based I pnn Democratic Sncctss. Boston, Mass., Aug. 17. A Btory is afloat here to the eflect that leading New York and Boston Democrats have been bonding Nova Scotia coal mines with the intention of buying them if Cleveland and a Democratic Congress are elected, believing that with such a combi nation the tariff would probably be taken off coal, and immediately the product of the Nova Scotia mines would become more valuable. Hon. William C Whitney is credited with leadership in this politico commercial enterprise. President Henry M. Whitney, of the West End Street Railway, who has just re turned from the provinces, was asked to day as to what interest'he and his brother, ex-Secretary Whitney, might have in the movement. "I can onlv sav." replied Mr. Whitney, "that I am not interested in it. nor are any of my relatives, as far as I am aware. It is a Mr. Wilson, of New York, who has bought the property, as I understand." San Francisco without being broken. All the cars are equipped with airbrakes, and it is expected very little time will be lost on the trip. NAPOLEON IVES AT W0EK. The Young Speculator Said to Be Planning a Coop In Ohio Soulll-rn. Springfield,., Aug. 17. Superinten dent W. H. Van Tassel, of the Ohio South ern, resigned to-night after service dating almost from the inception of the road. He will be succeeded by William Itamsey, late ot the C. H. V. & T.. and a brother of 'General Manager Banisey, of the Big Four. The rumor that Henry S. Ives has a hand in the Southern Ohio pie is again revived by the resignation of Superintendent Van Tassel, and it is asserted that President Saul represents Ives' interest in the road. Ives bought up the block of stock unloaded by Fairbanks, Sully and Greaves. Ives believes the road has great possibili ties, and he will extend it to the river and also to the north, possiblyto Lima, where it will tap the great iron arteries to Chicago. This of itself would fioom the stock and scare the Big Four, which would probably pay heavily for a lease of the road. DBEAHI OP HIS DEAIH. Had Drownlnsr of a I.litle Hay Foretold by Ills Anx'Ioa Mother. Sooth Bend, Ixd., Aug. 17. Dreams seldom come true, but that is not the ex perience of1 Mrs. Jacob Traub, who resides on a farm north of this city. Saturday night she dreamt that her only son, Willie, aged Joseph in a postponement of the subject did the decision rest with them, but the feeling in patriotic circles on both sides of the At lantic is too strong. This feeling affords the Parnellites a dangerous instrument, with which they will keep prodding the Clericals. The Times regards the meeting at Ogden Grove as a proof that dynamiting is still alive. It concludes: Among tlio convicts now in Jail are men who wero dispatched to Great Britain by O'Donovan Kosa himself since his release. Are they to be sent back to enlist fresh re cruits who will bo hulled as heroes in America? The Chronicle thinks that Mr. Gladstone selected the members of his cabinet rather on the theatrical star company system. "Forces of genius." it says, "are with difficulty, discernible, but they are sound and faithful men who will stick to business and to the leader in sunshine, and perhaps will form as good a ministry as the Premier, who is himself a ministry all the talents could wish for, while he has to depend upon a vacillating electorate for a heterogenous majority." The Chronicle considers a young Peer willing to say "ditto" to Mr. Morley a batter appoint ment as Irish Viceroy than Lord Brasser, whose sympathy with" Ireland is a trifle doubtful. The Standard thinks- Baron Houghton old enough to have given evidence of the qualities essential to a statesman. Lord Boseberry's appointment, it says, is evi dence of the conservatism with which his more advanced admirers have often re proached Mr. Gladstone, and is a warrant for predicting that Mr. Gladstone's bark will" prove worse than his bite. The Telegram announces that Lord Salis bury in an unselfish spirit will accept no distinction from the Crown except the privilege of wearing the Windsor uniform, which ha bnlv been granted during the ii.... blood. His double dies, driven mad by mcir mere saaaowsv GTAHDS ON DD1Y AT LYONS. Railroad Men at That Point Claim to Stand by the Companies. Ltons. N. Y., Aug. 17. The Fallbrook Coal Company and the Central Hudson and Lehigh Valley Company have special men guarding their interests here. The railroad men thus far stand by tbe companies', and claim they will do so to the end. The Lehigh is blocked below Ithaca. Trainmen say the sidings between Ithaca and Genera on tbe Lehigb are full. If the New York Central or West Shore succeed in running their freicht through to this point the same can be transferred here and consigned through via Corning to Eastern points. Twelve carloads ot militia from Oswego, Auburn, Geneva and other, points passed through here this morning, en route to Buf falo. A Train-Wrecking Attempt in New York. New Yobk, Aug 17. The police reported this morning that between 6 and 7 o'clock last night some person placed a tie on the track of the New York Central Bailroad at One Hundred and Sixty-seventh street. It was discovered and removed by a yardman before any damage had been done. nirlnc Switchman In Scottdale. Scottda'LB, Aug. 17. Special It was learned to-day that an employment agent has been here for two days in the interest of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Bailroad, trying to employ men to take the place of the striking switchmen. What success he met with is not known. A Calumet and Hecla Meeting. Boston, Ang. 17. At the annual meet ing of the Calumet and Hecia Mining Com pany's stockholders to-day, Colonel Thomas L. Livermore presided. It was voted to sell and convey the company's timber lands in the counties of Lnce aud Alger for 175,000, which yields about 5 per cent, profit on its cost to the company. The following di. rectors were elected: Alexander Arassiz, Quincy A. Shaw, Thomas L. Livermore, F. W. Hunnewell, of Boston, and Thomas L. Chadbourne, ot Michigan. A Tobacco failure in 'Frisco. San Francisco, Aug. 17. S. F. Arnold, Pollack & Co., wholesale and retail dealers iu tobacco, have been attached for ?45,000 by Dun's Mercantile Agency acU ing for the creditors. The failure is attributed to tight mnnev markets. The exact amount of the firm's liabilities is not known. It is said the indebtedness iu the East and Havana amounts to over (70,000, and with money owed here the total makes over J180.000. BUSINESS BREVITlfeS. 14 tears, was drowned in the St. river before her eves and that throusrh all his death struggle she could give him no present reign -t0 10rd Melbourne. Eord sh M w ,!, .1,. ,.n Palmerston and .arl Grey. u..w ...u .it. u.i.Aui v lug jauiujr ucib day, but the young folks laughed and soon wanted to go to the river. She gave her permission under protest and the boy and nis sister went. Soon after he fell in and despite his sister's efforts was drowned. One sister tried to save him and would have been drowned also but for the assistance of some men. Illinois corn needs rain. The wheat yield In Missouri is not up to expectations. Florists, in session in Washington, will talie steps for n Woild's Fair exhibit. Drouth still retards the Texas cotton crop. Boll worms uro ulso beginning to be trouble some. A AnxitTEB was granted yesterday to the Bedford Electric Railway Company. Capi tal. $150,000. ThI Waverly Stone Company at Holland, JIicliA has been notified by the building trade unions not to sell stone to Arms em ploying non-union men. The stone company will disregard the order. s Mills & Kvertt, Now York wholesale dealer! In foreicn fruits, have assigned. Liabilities, $75,030 to $35,000; assets, $10,000. The Attn attribute their insolvency to the deuianll for California fruits. At in adjourned meeting of the stock holder! of the Fort Pnyne Coal and Iron Company, Fort Payne, Ala., yesterday, the President of the company was instructed to ute IaII means possible to defeat the an- nointn&nt of V. K. lieldon as permanent receiver, It being the sense of the meeting that hefwlll not be an impartial, snitable or competent person ior tne position. WOBK OPBENEOADE APACHES. General SIcCook I.ooUIncOnt for aUrantl m ITho Have Committed Murcl-r. Washington, Aug. 17. Acting Secre tary Grant received a telegram this morn ing irom General McCook, at Los Angeles, Cal., in regard to the case of the two men murdered at Davenport's ranch, 16 miles south of Sevor, N. M., on the 8th instant, from which it appears that the act was probably committed by a party of eight renegade Apaches under the notorious Kidd who were recently seen in that vicinity under somewhat suspicious circumstances. General McCook says he has four parties out in search of the marauders, two from San Carlos, one from Bowie, and one from Grant, and that the troops with the bound ary commission are also keeping a constant watch tor them. ANOIHEE WAHSHIP DISABLED. The British Bavins Hard Luck cf fate With Their Big Navy. London, Ang. 17. While the British gunboat Sharpshooter, which was engaged in the recent maneuvers, was cominz to Torbay irom Holy Head, under convoy of H. M. S. Thetis, her boner tubes began to leak and it became impossible to keep her engines going. Members of the crew declare that the boat leaked like a sieve, that the engineers stood waist high in water, and- that during the recent heavy weather she keeled over and shipped 70 tons of water which extin guished her fires. The gunboat drifted to within five miles of the Scilly Islands, when the Thetis got a hawser to her and took her in tow for Plymouth. CZECHS AGAINST GEBMAN3. Bepnbliran Women to Hold Meeting. Nevst York, Aug. 17. The National Bepublican League of the United States has requested the Woman's Bepublican Association to hold a mass meeting and other meetings in connection with the league convention at Buffalo, N. Y., Sep tember IS and 1(1 The officers of the asso ciation have accepted the invitation and hare issued a call to Bepublican women throughout the country to attend this con- vention and to be present at a mass meeting ot the association at 10 o'clock A. M. Friday, September 16. I RAILWAY INTERESTS. Kingston Switchmen Satisfied. Kingston, N. Y., Aug. 17 The switch men at the West Shore yards in this city, ofwhich there are about 25, say they will not go dut on strike, as they 'are satisfied with their hours and compensation. , PITTSBURG AND L ,KE ERIE B. R. Special Excursions. August 20. Niagara Falls and return, special train at 8:15 r. x., ticket good live davs $t 75 August 23, Nlagam Falls and return, tickets i-'ooo 15 days 7 00 August 23, Toronto and return, tickets good 15 days 8 00 August 23, 26 and 27, Lake Chautauqua and return 6 00 August 27, Cleveland and return, tickets good five days 3 00 August 27, Put-in-Bay and return, tickets goodflve days 4 00 August 27. Detroit and roturn, tickets good Ave days 6 00 Low Bate 'Excursions to Kansas City, ' St. JConl and ChlcncP Tit the B. & O. It. It. Account the Knights Pythias Encamp ment ut Eansait City will sell excursion tlok ets August 19, 20, 21 and 22, good to return nntil September 15. Hates: From Pitta burg To Kansas City and return, $15. To St. Louis and return, $13. 1 o Chicago and return, $10. Dyeing to Htb and Living to Dye. Pfelfer, the dyer, has been dyeing for 25 years. Has he dyed for yout If not, try him. 4(3 Smithfield street, 100 Federal street, Allegheny. Telephones 13C4 and 3409. rrau Ijut Kxcnrslou to Atlantic Clly T7I thA R . O -'R.illronr! TMi..cr1o- Anr.t.0 25. at the popular rate or $10 the round trip 1 tickets cood tor 12 days, und good to stop i( I Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington re turning. Trains leave Pittsburg at tXyit. anaKwr. x. ill road war over Knights of Pythias aenc excursion fares gees merrily The en cum on. The Illinois Central gave notice yesterday that it will make a rate of $25 from Chicago to New Orleans and return on account of the Sultivan-Corbett fight. THE'Gcnerat Grievance Commlttoo of the Trainman's Union, on the Northwestern Railroad, is holding secret sessions in Chicago A list of grievances is being pre pared t be piescnted next week. A broad boulevard from Baltimore to Washin ;ton, n ith a fast electric railroad rnnninc between It all the way, Is the high way tin nosed by the Baltimore and Wash ington ' 'urnpike and Tramway Company. A met nso of tlio stockholders of tbe Mis souri, li insas and Texas Railway Company, of Texa I, was held Tuesday, to authorize an Increase of the capital stock of $13,000.000,and authorfee the company to borrow $10,000,000 for constructing, completing, Improving and operating the railway. THE FIRE RECORD. . Roabaix. Franco-M. Bousset's silk store damiigttd 80O.COO fiancs. Kendrick, Idaho Four blocks in the busi nesssection. Loss, $80,000; Insurance, $50,000. Mi. Indoes, Vt. The shop tod 5,000,000 feet oflymberortbe Connecticut Kiver Lumber Company. Loss, $60,000: insurance, $30,000. Uiance The barn of Charles Nayior. In thi barn was all this year's crons, a cow and tWo horses. Or lain unknown, but supposed trf be incendiary. Loss, $4,000; small in Pinna, O. Flro which was Quenched Tues day night broke out anow at noon yeater- juy. mo upcrn House una two otuer ui"cks ,reio destroyed und lournmro blocks dam aged. Los not yet ascertained. Pino niutr, Ark. The LIndell Hotel, the Cotton Alt depot und several small adjoin ing buildings. Origin, a detective flue. K. S. L. Johnson, a prominent lawyer or Do-, wltt, Ark., perlshod In the -flames. Xoas to Strikers Rrp'need by Italians. Wxnsted, Conn., Ang. 17. New gangs of Italiens have arrived at Winsted, Chap insville and TarifTville, to take the places of the men who struck several weeks ago against a reduction of wages. The Central New England Railroad has since the strike been'wifhout laborers, and the men which heretofore have been sent here have re fused to work when they found that the wages were $1 25 per day. A Consul Slated to Go. Washington, Aug. 17. General Carr, United States Minister to Denmark, has re ceived his instrnctions in regard to the case of Mr. Byder, United States Consnl at Copenhagen, who has confessed to the mis appropriation of funds entrusted to his charge. It is impossible to learn the nature of these instructions, but the impression is strong that they involve the dismissal of the of the Consul. Desperate Race Riots In the Street of the Capital of Bohemia. Vienna, Aug. 17. Rioting occurred In Prague and other places in Bohemia Mon day in connection with the Czech fete. A Czech fired four revolver shots at a party of Germans in the street, causing a panic. The man was arrested. A number of men employed in the Mora vaetz glass factory raided the Antienthal market place and attacked all the Germans they met with red-hot bars, shouting "Death to the Germans." Several persons were badly hurt. Gendarmes restored or der. A number of arrests were made. CH0IEEA STI1L ZNCHOACHIN& Another Rmslan Province Falls a Prey to the Bread Disease. St. Petersbubo, Aug. 17. The cholera has extended to the Goverrimentof 'lanrida, having made its appearance in a district north of the Crimea. At Teheran a great decrease is noticed in the mortality from cholera, due to cool winds, but fully 350 deaths were reported Sunday. The American Presbyterian Mis sion has opened a hospital under the direc tion of Rev. Mr. Esseltyn. It is doing ex cellent work, but is crippled by lack of funds. Catholic Women Organize Societies. Toledo, Aug. 17. The twenty-fourth annual national convention of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Union convened here to-day. The Secretary's report showed 15 new societies, ten of which are of Catholic women organized through the efforts of Mrs. Beilly, the Second Vice President. A Report on George Cake Filed. trr.OJI A STAFF COBBX8FOKDICTT. Washington, Aug. 17. The reportof Special Agent Martin, who was sent to Pittsburg to investigate the charges against George Cake, candidate for immigrant in spector, reached Acting Secretary Spauld ing to-day, but that official did not have leisure to consider it. Some definite state ment may be had in regard to the matter to-morrow. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. ' Steamer. "Where from. Destination.' Teutonic New York Urowhead. Massachusetts... . New York London. Persian Monarch. .New York London. Majestic Liverpool New York. No Money Can Boy Thl Boy. Mrs. William May Smith, of Prorincetown. Mass., a portrait of whose little son Is given here, writes: "My baby was a frail little thing when he was Cora. He iras nursed at the breast until he was four months old.when the doctor said he and his mother would both dlo if he was not weaned. We tried cow's milk, which was not adapted to his needs, so we used laetated food, following the direc tions exactly, SlnA then he has gained a pound a month, has had very little sickness, and seems strong and bright. One friend says of him; 'I would not have given two cents for him when he was two weeks old. but now. If he -was mine, no money could buy him.' And I am sure his falher aud mother agree with the last clause of that state ment." ' JIASTER SSIITU. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report MlttI Pwfiu j?22!i? I VffUvl ABSOiXTTELY PURE Jr Hf . sr ' .v !Ss-'&!.fe?''t. ;sJ.r hdekuiiSieastJrXi H!3! sa&&&i22gm!tti-i
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