BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Are advertised everyday in THE DISPATCH. Commit these adlcts. It inay mean money in yonr pocket. fV vv rvif O w BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES ;',b f iSxiHi YEAR. PITTSBURG MONDAY. AUGUST 22 189a ' THREE CENTS ffH n-7 nrun mam rnnMnrsMJ A Yl AHUHh.H.'. ttXSSLtZgf'&sSB; UtAM MtN rUUHU . bis fact i JH fn?.. . K ,3H rfllfll AN. KM A&elPitpSSRVlttmiiiitr PnrHns nn tha'tlla -sawtnivi""""0 " si jsattlefields Surround- B FORTY SEVENTH WILHELM'S BILL . ISITRIPOLJIR The Young Kaiser Throws His. Subjects Into a Fever Heat by Advocating A IMGER-SERYICE ARMY. Caprivi's Knock-Out of a World's Fair Causes Great Kicking. New Disorders in the German Parlia ment Predicted Unless the Emperor Changes His Mind A Total Disor ganization of His Cabinet Threat ened Liberals and Radicals Conse quently Happy Berlin Merchants Propose to Have a Big Fair Inde pendent of the Government "Wll helm's Dislike of the Elsmarcks Car ried to Extremes A Lieutenant's Eace Against a Railway Train A Newspaper on "Wheels Most of the Time. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1 BnnLix, Aug. 2L The return of Em peror "William to Berlin has given new im pulse to a social and political fire. "The Bismarck feud and the campaign against Caprivi now excite only secondary inter est, while the main topic of discussion, the coming military bill, haB been made the political storm center. The Emperor has thrown people into a fever heat by declaring at the Franz Josef banquet that he preferred a smaller long service army to a larger short-service army. The beginning and end of the new bill wab supposed to be the reduction of the three year term, and the Emperor, as well as his chancellor, were believed to have approved thoroughly of the proposed reform. So sur prising was the Emperor's apparent change of front toward this issue that many persons retue to credit the announcements of unof ficial newspapers concerning his utterances at the banquet. Apprehensive of a Rudlcal Reform. It is reasonably certain, however, that the Emperor has become suddenly appre hensive of making a radical reform in the army while Russia and Prance maintain their present threatening attitude. He be lieves that two years would not suffice .to make a steady, trustworthy soldier. If the army is to remain the great educat ing and civilizing force which Moltke in tended it should be, the Emperor thinks three years are not too Ions for inspiring a soldier with its traditions of loyalty to the Cro.ni. The standing of the nmny would be injured by the curtailment of file present experience in the rank, and (ahe -whole organization would be less capable of with standing the strain of a war uncer the ex acting conditions of to-day. If the Emperor remains obstinate in his present determination the meeting of Par liament will be the beginning of new dis orders in German politics. The Emperor's long-cherished plan of extensive military reform has been supposed to include the re duction of the service term. This suppos ititious project was joyfully received by the people, who long for relief from the burden of sacrificing three of the best years in their sous' lives to barracks discipline. A fcsd Rlow to the Pfop. The Emperor's summary rejection of their pet scheme is a sail blow to the hopes of the lower and middle classes especially, and prohibly will lead their representatives in Parliament to oppose any military bill of importance. Another notable consequence of the Em peror's action is its effect upon the rela tions between him and Count Caprivi. The Chancellor favors the two-year term, and the military bill proposing it was prepared under his close supervision. The Em peror's recent action is, therefore, a reproof almost as bitter as the Emperor's abandon ment ot the school bill. The Emperor's careless flouting of his Chancellor is believed to indicate his desire to make room for another adviser and per haps to lacilitate a total reorganization of the Cabinet. Liberals and Radicals rejoice in these new symptoms of heavy weather in the high altitudes, and are serving rather ar rogant notice upon the Government that they are preparing to defeat any military bill not incorporating the two-year service principle. Bound to nave n Fair, Anyhow. The obsequies over the still-born exhibi tion in Berlin offer opportunities for the enemies of Caprivi to count his days in office. When the exhibition plan Mas first mentioned the Emperor favored it. Cap rivi aanineu it with lamt praise, and event ually smothered it in official "buts" and "ifh." He also persuaded the Emperor to aid him in his work of killing the project. The yorddculsdtt AVLgcm&nt says that the Chancellor was right in all this, and that the utter lack of enthusiasm for the fair among the big managers showed that he had felt the pulse of the country before oppos ing the fair boomers. The inquiries made by the Government among the industrial magnates proved, says the Xorddeulsdie, that hardly one representative firm or company in all the federated States believed that the fair could be made a success, and that all refused to pledge themselves to any sacri fice to keep it from failure. It is known that Count Caprivi also told the Emperor that the entertainment of crowned heads at the opening of a Berlin exhibition would necessitate an enormous expenditure of money such as the Emperor's overworked civil list could not possibly bear. Coant Caprivi a Regular Ilolman. This list has been found too small, des pite the fact that it has been increased from 12,000,000 marks annually, to 15,7o0,0C0 marks annually, since the Emperor Fred erick's time. The Emperor suggested a still further increase to meet the exigencies of the exhibition, but Count Caprivi declined to submit another bill of the kind to Par liament. Perhaps the most powerful of the Chancellor's arguments referred to the shaky state of affairs in the Balkans. The publication by Stanibuloff in Bul gariaof the secret documents of Russian diplomacy and the revelation of the Rus sian plots to murder Bulgarian statesmen, excited great unrest in St, Petersburg and have caused the bitterest kind of a feud be tween the Austrian and the Russian press. Russia is in an ugly mood and Bulgaria will aggravate her still more by pressing for recognition among the central European powers. "While this cloud hangs over Ger many's foreign relations, Count Caprivi argued, preparations for a world's fair would be hampered, or perhaps frustrated. Made Angry by Taunts of the Frnch. Since the Emperor yielded to these repre sentations he has been goaded to anger and regret by the taunts of the French press that Berlin fears comparison with Paris as an exhibition city. The real estate own ers, speculators, ultra-patriots and minor manufacturers, however, decline to give up the idea of having a fair here. It there cannot be an international exhibition there can be a national one; and that, too, inde pendent of the Government's moral and material support. The exhibition commit tee has sent out circulars expressing its de termination not to forego the enterprise and calling upon the public to come to its aid. It asks the people to petition the Government and the Reichstag to take the matter up again, and, in case this request should not be granted, to help the commit tee organize the exhibition independently of both. Army officers and sporting men are mnch interested in an international long-distanco race, which will be held the first week in October. The race course will be the high ways between Berlin and Vienna, the riders will be about 200 Austrian and German officers, and the prizes, aggregating C0.000 marks, will be distributed by Emperor "William and Emperor Franz Joseph among six men who cover the distance in the short est time. Some Details of tho Grrat Itnca. The two parties of contestants will start simultaneously, the Germans from Berlin and the Austrians from Vienna. All officers will ride in full uniform, and will be un attended by carriages or grooms. Among the men now training down their weight in anticipation of the ride are Prince Frederick Leopold, of Prussia, and Duke Ernst Guen ther, ot Schleswig-Holstein. The distance to be covered is 380 miles. Although pro posed at first as a test of strength and en durance of cavalrymen, about CO officers of each are from the infantry. The general fall parade on the Tempel hofer Feld Thursday was, as usual, the finest military spectacle of the year on the Continent The heat was overpowering. At 9 o'clock, when the parade began, the thermometer registered 92 in the shade, and at 10:30 o'clock, when the review was cut short in mercy to the soldiers, it was 4 hotter. The spectacle was witnessed by some 15,000 Berliners and tourists. The only disturbing event of the day was an accident to the son of the Grand Duke of Baden, who, while,trving to mount, was tumbled to the ground by his restive horse. He was not hurt, and his horse was caught by a private when it started to bolt A feature of the parade was the presence of the new Inspector General, Prince E. E. Leopold, of Bavaria. It was significant of the existing relations between Bavaria and Prussia that the Emperor and Prince met for the first time during the latter's visit to Berlin on the parade ground, and that they did not go back to the city together. Wonderful Love for the Kaiser. The enthusiasm which greeted the Em peror was exceptional. "When he rode into the city at the head of the Life Guards the people along the route cheered as if ther had lost their senses. The unusual bearti xieu of. the demonstration pleased the "Em- peror, and several times the 6tern lines of bis face relaxed in smiles. A tradesman on the TJnter den Linden sent up, while the Emperor was passing, a series of balloons decorated with the colors of German v, Austria-Hungary and Italy. This little show excited cheers for Emperor Franz Josef and King Humbert, as well as for Emperor "William. At the Imperial Castle the regi ments deposited their colols in the Ea peror's care and then marched away to make , ready to leave for the fall maneuvers. Considerable irritation is felt araonc the military men on account of the Emperor's sudden breaking of his engagement to dine with the Tirst Dragoon Regiment Thurs-, day. The regiment was entertaining the survivors of Gravelotte, and the Emperor was to deliver a speech. His reason for staying away was the discovery at the last moment that Count Herbert and Count "William Bismarck were to be present Despite the disappointment, the dinner was a complete success as a demonstration of royalty to the, crown. Everv mention of the Emperor was cheered and applauded, and no reference was made to the fallen Chancellor. Spite Thit Didn't piil a Dinner. Since the dinner, however, the Emperor has been Reverely criticised by army men because he allowed personal spite tointer fere with his relation to his soldiers, especially in view of the fact tnat both Bismarcks had served with honor in the First Dragoons. Itis expected that Father Bismarck will this week indicate his opinion of the incident through the medium of the Hamburger Kadiridden. .emperor wmiam sun anneres to his de termination to see the "World's Fair in Chi cago, if the European situation be clear enough to permit of his absence for six weeks. This prospect has had a beneficial effect upon German firms who will exhibit They are straining every nerve to make Germany's exhibit represent the highest achievements of German industry, andthe semi-official dailies do not weary "in telling them that they must improve" Germany's cheap and nasty reputation acquired in Philadelphia. On Friday a Lieutenant in the Cassel Regiment rode for a wascr from Cassel to Pofgeismar, in a race with a local railway iraiu. jine instance is id miles, and the train made no htops. The Lieutenant cov ered the distance m 42 minutes, and reached the Hofgeismar station two minutes ahead of the train. Noii-'mokcrs Getting Their Own "Way. In consequence of numerous complaints by non-smokers, that thev receive no con sideration on the Prussian State railways, The Baden Government will oppose strenu ously any such plan of taxation." The Munich Allgemeine Ztititng, formerly the Augsberg iUganeine Zeituna, will be moved to Berlin in October or November. This was once the finest newspaper prop erty in Germany. The last act of its present fatuous management was to ally it withtbe. Bismarckian faction, and thus make it a second fiddle to the Hamburger A'acMchten. Since the adoption of this policy the Aline mcine has rapidly lost prestige and circula tion, and now is 'so embarrassed that were the publication in Munich to be continued the end would be a matter of only a few mouths. TJvery famous man in German art and science of the last 20 years has written for the Altgcmcinc, and among the present contributors to its special columns are Treitschke, Holtzendorff, Hoist, Nasse and Ebcrs. It is said that with the change of place a change of policy will be made, and the expensive Bismarck interests will be unloaded. ENGLISH LABOR PROBLEMS Darker by F.ir Tusn They Are on This Side of the Atlantic Ocean. London; Aug. 21. The condition of the labor market is not very promising in Great Britain, and the outlook for the workmen in tuauy trades is disheartening. Notwith standing the depression, the agitation in various industries for a shortening of thp working hours is still being actively cirried on. The weavers employed in' the many cotton mills at Preston, Lancashire, have been discussing the question of, shorter hours for a long time past A vote was taken on the subject last night, and the re sult showed that 3,032 of the weavers were in favor of the establishing of an eight hour day, while 659 voted against the prop osition. At Blackburn, 15 miles from Preston, the seat of extensive cotton and woolen industries, a similar vote was taken among the spinners. The balloting showed that of the 1,102 votes cast 901 were in favor of the eight-hour day and 201 against it The situation in the Clvde shipyards s very bad. Hundreds ot skilled mechanics and laborers have been discharged owing to a lack of work. The shipbuilding trade is depressed, owing to the low ocean and coasting freight rates. This condition of the carrying trade causes shipowners to re frain from giving orders for new tonnage. WOMEN WAGING WAR On the Railroads at Buffalo That Won't Give in to Their Switchmen. ONE TRIES TO BURN CARS. The Companies Manage to Get Out a lot of Trains on Sunday. PROTECTED BY ARMED SOLDIERS. Ilie Continuance of the Strike in the Hands of the liremen. MORE MIMTIA MAI BK ORDERED OUT GLADSTONE TO ITALY. Tho Now Fremler Write He Is Against Either Triple or Double Al lancer. Naples, Aug. 2L The Corricre di Kapdi publishes a letter alleged to have been written by Mr. Gladstone, to Signer Schil izzi, the e'ditor of the Corritre, in which the writer deplores, as a friend of Italy, her enormous military expenditure and embar rassing alliances, and, after expressing the hope that Italy will abandon her African policy, says: I cannot like triple or double alliances be cause tho ultimate desijrn and scope of these alliances aio not peaceful. The strength of a nation consists ultimately in economy in its forces. I fear that the fnturo of Europe is a very dark one, although, with God's help, the present peaceful situation may still last for some time. ' The letter is dated at Hawarden prior to the general elections. GENEEAL PEIKCE A SUICIDE, He Takes nijtjwn Life In a London Hotel, No Cause Being Known. London, Aug. 21. General Prince, 83 years old, who is said to be a retired Amer ican army officer and a classmate of the late General Robert E. Lee, committed suicide at Morley's Hotel last night. He was found in a chair In his room to-day, shot through the head. He had lived at the hotel for tno past year, but little, if anything, is-known there about him. It seems' clear the suicide was not due to pecuniary causes, for he was well provided with funds. It is possible that the General Prince named in the above dispatch is Brigadier General Henrv Prince. If this be so, he was born in 1811 at Eastport, Me., and was one of the most gallant officers of the Mexi can "War and of the "War of the Rebellion. GLADSTONE DODGES AIT ISSUE. IIo Fromises Early Consideration of the One-Tllan-One-Tote Idea. London, Aug. 21. Mr. Gladstone has written a'letter in response to an inquiry whether he would submit a measure to Par liament to abolish plural voting, in which he says that the Government has too re cently come into office to make a practica ble attempt in November next to pass legis lation affecting the one-man-one-vote ques tion. The matter, Mr. Gladstone adds, will re ceive the earliest possible attention, when it will not be encumbered by schemes for the redistribution of seats or the reduction of the strength of Irish members of the House of Commons. MORLEY MAY GET LEFT. Ills Stand on the Eljlit-Uoar Question De prives Him of the Labor Vote London, Aug. 21 John Morley, the Chief Secretary for Ireland in the new Ministry, yesterday arrived in Newcastle, where be is to stand for re-election in the House of Commons. He was received with mingled hoots and cheers. In a speech at the Liberal Club Mr. Morley maintained' that the workmen of England really did not want an eight-hour day. Mr. Ralev, the Unionist candidate for Mr. Morley's seat, supports the eight-hour movement and has the publicans' votes. Mr. Morley's return is regarded as more doubtful than was the case at first BUSSIAHS IH THE PAMIE C0TJHTEY. the Minister of Public "Works has ordered that in half the second-class compartments, exclusive of those reserved for women, smoking shall be prohibited. As the non smoker has already captured half of the third-class cars, the traveler who smokes must either forego his cigar or ride in a crowd. A movement has been started, also, to secure an order against pipe smoking ou railway trains. Some time ago the Gov ernment ordered that only pipes with covers on the bowls should be allowed, but this concession to non-smokers has not satisfied them, and they are now overwhelming the Department ot Public "Works withnctiiions against the toleration of anv pipe smoking at all. Daring the maneuvers between Pflugfel den and Stammhcim, September 20, Em peror "William will live at the royal palace in Stuttgart He has not been in "Wurt tcmberg since the death of the lato King, and will take this opportunity to remove some'ol the anti-Prussian feeling which has always prevailed at the AVurtlewberg court An Unpopular .Proposed Tax. The Baden dailies positiveln rv that Hcrr Miqucl, Prussian Minister of Finance, contemplates introducing the English sys tem of collecting tho tobacco tax that is, he proposes to prohibit tobacco culture in the interior, and raise the tax as a customs duty. The Jiadische Correspondetiz says that such a tax would produce a disastrous re sult "The prohibition of homegrown to bacco," it says, "and the raising of dutv on imported tobacco would do more harm to economic interests at home than any other financial device we can think ot. Tlietr Expedition Promises (o Withdraw From tho Keclon in a Alonth. Moscow, Aug. 2L Advices from the Pamirs contain news that Captain Kouz nitsof, Colonel YanofTs second in command, who with three Cossacks entered Afghan territory, has vanished with his companions and, it is supposed, has been killed. The forces of the Russian expedition will withdraw from the Pamirs in a month. They are going to assist in quelling a rising in Ferghana. VIEHHESE SWOON IN THE BTEEETS. Tho neat So Terrible That It Is Dangerous to Venture Oat of Doors, Vienna, Aug. 2L There is no abate ment in the terrible heat that has prevailed here for some time. This morning several deaths from sunstroke have occurred, and it is a common sight on the streets to see people swoon. No one ventures out to transact any busi ness unless compelled by absolute ne cessity, and then they move along in a most listless manner. CHOLERA IN LONDON. A Steamship Fireman Dies of tho Disease In a Hospital in That City. London, Aug. 21. A fireman on the British steamer Ellen Dunbar, from Ham burg, has died at the hospital at Grange- mourn irom n nat tne puysicians pronounce to be Asiatic cholera. A dispatch from Havre says: A medical inquiry proves that cases ot sickness here alleged to be cholera, are merely attacks of diarrhoea. The health of the port is good. The International Rnl'iray Congress. St. PETEit9B0no, Aug. 2L The Inter national Railway Congress opened its ses sion here to-dav. There are 75 fnreiVn 1 delegates in attendance. BarrAl.o, Aug. 2k At military head quarleis to-day, Captain Roe reported the discovery of an attempt to set apparent fire to a train of freight cap at Black Rock. A sentry on duty saw a couple of women climbing into a freight car standing on the track. He at once started in pursuit, and, seeing his appioach, the women hurriedly effected their escape. Out of curiosity the sentry climbed up and looked into the car, where he found a basket of shavings satu rated with oil, to which a match had been applied, but fortunately it had gone out be fore any damage had been done. The w omen were not caught The chief military officials now located here are to-night satisfied that the calling to Buffalo of over half of the National Guard of the State was a wise and necessary move. Adjutant General Porter, with General Doyle and other officers, made a tour of all the military camps to-day, and their observations resulted in tbe conclusion that the force here, considering the great amount of territory to be covered ana tbe vast amount ot property to be guarded, was not excessive. Not only this, but a doubt was left in the minds of all the party whether the summoning of more troops would not be necessary. The Soldiers Have Tholr Hands Full. General Porter talked with the command ing and subordinate officers at all the posts he visited. All made comforting reports of the condition of their men, said that the food supply was now satisfactory, and slated that very little trouble from strikers or their sympathizers had been experienced. Nearly all, however, said that the work assigned to them was fully as much as they could care tor. Others went further, and said that they could make good use ot more men. At the end of his day's investigation, at 8 o'clock to-n-ght, General Porter stated that he was decidedly of the opinion that there was need for all the troops that had been called upon. He said: ''If these great railroad properties are to be guarded, if the men at work are to be protected from as sault, and if the roads are to be opened for regular traffio there certainly are not too many men on the ground,and I do not know but it might be wise to have 2,000 or 3,000 more men here." General Porter shook hi?. head when asked how long the troops would -.erunin here.' - , .General Doyle, when asked if he thought there were enough troops here, said thejtact that he had to-day ordered an extra com pany of militia -from Hornellsville was suf ficient evidence that he did not think so. A StrlKrr Assaults a Switchman. Officers of the Twelfth stated to-day.that their men picketed just below the camp had had some little trouble. Their hrst diffi culty was caused by a striker who tried to assault a switchman. The latter called for help and two policemen gave chase to the striker. The man ran through the line of sentries, one of whom ordered him to stop. He refused. The sentry caught up with him and shoved his bayonet into the strik er s leg. -Even then he would not stop, and the sentry fired two shots at him. They were ineffectual, and the man escaped. Ten other shots were heard during the night, but what provoked them could not be learned. This afternoon at 4 o'clock some one pulled the coupling pins of a freight train when it was lying near the Twelfth's camp. The efforts of the soldiers to .get the train into the yards were asked and provided. "While General Porter's party was at this camp one long freight train went out east ward and two went into the yards. On top of every Becond car was a soldier with loaded rifle. The most sanguine of the striking switch men can no longer deny that the roads are moving freight Since the resumption of work yesterday morning the Central Com pany has moved more cars than ordinarily, and the prospect of events arising that would impede farther progress is hourly diminishing. Trains Banning All Day Ione. The congested condition of the yards at Black Rock has been relieved to such ex tent that all embargo on western freight is practically removed, and cars that have been held back along the Michigan Central are being shoved across the International bridge in numbers that exceed the ordinary influx. Since the first train was' started for East Buffalo, at 11 o'clock yesterday morniuir. trains have continued to run over the .Belt Line between Black Rock and East Buffalo yards as fast as they could bs made up by non-union crews. The other roads also report good work being done. Late this afternoon tho Central sent a train of hard coal from East Buffalo to Black Rock. The movement of coal is strong evidence that the yards are getting pretty well cleared up, as it is about the last product that would suffer by delay. The Erie moved 06 grain line cars this morning, beside taking all lake freight that was loaded to the East Buffalo yards. The operations of the yards to-day have been a victory for the companies. To supply food to non-union men, or even Ebldiers, is regarded by those in sympathy with the strikers as a high crime. Any saloon man or innkeeper who undertakes to increase bis revenue by catering to either members of the militia or the non-union strangers has the assurance of a boycott from all organized laboring men. Sorry He Bold to Non-Union Men. Mr. Ortner, the Black Rock saloon keeper who was said to have furnished din ner to the new men from the Central yard, has repented, if the circumstances were as stated. To-day he not only refused to give them any food, but ordered a can? that had been brought to his place under guard ot a squad of soldiers to get out, saying, "I ain't feeding scabs." He afterward told some of the Boldiers that he was willlnthat they should eat at his table. The forces in the neighborhood of the Lake Shore tracks on Elk street wanted food this moming,and they wanted it badly. They are in the midst of a strong railroad district, and the sentiment there is strongly in favor of the strikers. "When the militia attempted to get something to eat they we're repulsed at many of the doors, even though tbey offered to pay for the food. ''The firemen have tbe whole thing in. their hands," said a railroad man to-day. "If they go out you will see the createst strike the world ever knew. It will not be confined to freight trains alone, but pas- cugcr truius win ue involved. ont too. Chief Engineer Arthur does not believe in strikes, but he will not allow his( men to go on the road with ereen firemen.' "When they strike the roads are tied up. Thev can win a fight without the aid of the engineers or switchmen. The firemen Slow to Go Out "The firemen are very well organized, but thev are slow to go out, and really I am doubtful about the report that they are going to strike. They are too well paid. They have noj grievance of their own. They have good places which they will be loath to throw up. It is not generally their pol icy to enter a sympathy strike. You may be sure that the firemen will not go into this thing ill-advised. But should ther do so all along the line, look at the result Passenger and freight business will be nearly or entirely stopped. Business houses will suffer be cause goods will, not be shipped. People away from home will have trouble in getting back, and others will have to stay at home. Nearly the 'entire military force of the State is mobilized at this point. If there should be trouble at any other city what would the soldiers do with trains at a standstill? It seems to me that if the fire men go out the strikers will have the situation in their own hands." , An officer of the Sixty-fifth said that a striker had assaulted a Bwitchman, thrown a switch and tried to wreck a freight train running ont of Tifft's farm this morning. Lieutenant Lambracht, of the Sixty-fifth, made the man a prisoner. The Erie express train from New YorK, whicK was delayed by the derailment of the engine lat night, arrived in this citv at 1:15 o'clock this morning, the wrecking train sent out from East Buffalo having put the engine on the track. The passengers were detained two and one-half hours. Nothing is known of the identity of the five men who are supposed to have placed the ob struction on the track. Says He Is Acquainted With the Man Who Committed the, Borden Mnrder. AFRAID OF HIS OWN LIFE. Refuses to Give Kames for Fear He Will Be Assassinated. DEPEW IS SURPRISED. Ho Doesn't Think the Strike at Buffilo Will lost Very tnnr. t Hojibukg, Aug. 21. A correspondent of1. the Associated Press called to-day upon Chauncey M. Depew to learn his views as regards tbe switchmen's strike at Buffalo. Mr. Depew said the strike is a surprise to him, as when he sailed from New York everything was quiet, and, as far as he knew at that time, there were not the slightest signs of impending trouble. "When ques tioned as to the origin or immediate cause of the strike, Mr. Depew said he could not yet venture to discuss the subject; but from the information he had received through the newspapers and from other sources he thought tbe trouble would be focused in the Buffalo yards. Although some of the New York Central men had struck out of sympathy with the Lehigh Valjey men, he 'did not think the strike would spread further. On the con trary, he believed that the trouble would soon be over and that the roads affected by the strike would in a few days be conduct ing business under normal conditions. Description of the Weapon Used in the Fall River Story The Arrival of a Telegram Affords a Strange Coinci dencePart of His Statement Verified in Georgia A Letter That Tells the Story of Two Sensational Murders Why the Borden Couple Were Killed A Gang of Thugs Who Throw Sus picions Upon Their Dead Victims or Innocent Relatives Pittsburg Police Investigating the Case. ENORMOUS LOSS OF LIFE. Typhus. Landslide and Earthquakes in Japan Carry Off Hundreds of People A Dynamite Plot Discovered Jut In Time. San Fisancisco, Aug. 21. .SJwiaZ. The Oriental steamer Gaelic, which arrived to-day brings details of great losses of life br a typhoon, landslide and earthquake in Japan. The typoon raged three days at Tokushima, and the town was flooded. One hundred and fifty were drowned, J2,000 hons3 swept-oy and 20,000 submerged. Twentv-five thousand people are being fed bv the Government. In Akaogun 300 people were drowned and 3,000 dwellings swept away. Landslips On a mountain side in Otomura filled a river and converted a valley into a huge lake. No details have been received, but as the people had no warning many lives must have been lost. Near Tokushima a great fissure opened in the earth at the base of the Hoil mountains, and swallowed up 160 houses and 100 peo ple. Rumbling noises were heard for days before tbe disaster. The noises still con tinue andthe people have fled to the hills. From Oduyama come reports of terribly disastrous floods Over 5,000 houses were submerged and 100 persons drowned. The Japanese police are searching for two conspirators who sent boxes of deadly ex plosives to LOiint UKum and two otner mem bers of the Government The boxes were represented as parcels from friends, but the strange handwriting made the recipients suspicious. Each box contained enough nitro-glycerine to kill, a dozen men, so ar arranged that any concussion in opening the cover wonld explode it FARMERS ROB A TRAIN. They Get Abont 88,000, but -fire Soon Gathered in Themselves. "Wichita, Kan., Aug. 2L The St Louis and San Francisco Railroad passen ger train which left here at 10:30 o'clock last night was held up and the "Wells Fargo Express car robbed by four masked men near Augusta, Butler county, about midnight, and before 9 o'clock this morning the outlaws were captured with a part of their booty. Ab the train slowed up at the Santa Fe crossing, about a mile east of Augusta, two masked men mounted the locomotive from either side, and, covering the engineer and fireman with guns, ordered tnem to stop tne train. The outlaws did not attempt to rob the passengers, and the latter knew nothing of ihe robbery until all was over. The amount of mouey secured cannot be ascertained, but it will probably not exceed S8,000. The robbery was committed by four farmers living in the vicinity of Douglass, Butler county, and, it seems, was expected. Sheriff Nipp, of Cowley county, was informed that such a scheme was on foot by the fifth member of the gang early in the, week, and had a posse in waiting. As soon as he pot wind of the hold-up he pounced on the outlaws. A Pittsburger is in possession of the secret in the Fall River murder mystery. According to his statement Lizzie Borden is entirely innocent of the murder of her father and mother. A man whom he alleges has been a party to 15 murders ended the lives of the old Massachusetts couple, and left their house by the back door just a3 Miss Lizzie entered the front Tho mur derer is a resident of St Louis. The Pittsburger furnishes this informa tion, he says, to help Miss Borden, who is the victim of a chain of circumstantial evi dence being woven about her bv the officers, who have seized her as the only clew they could find. The information comes to The Dispatch in a letter, which the writer does not sign, giving as a reason that it would cost him his life. The name of the mur derer is omitted from the communication for the same reason. Written at the Mononeahola Homo. The letter was received in last evening's early mail at The Dispatch office. It was written on Monongahela House note paper and sealed in an envelope bearing the card of that hotel. All the circumstances indicate that it was written in the writing room of that house yesterday afternoon. The post mark shows that it was mailed at 6 o'clock last evening. A copy of it is appended: PlTTSBCltO, Aug. 21, 1S92. To the Editor of The Dispatch : Tho following are a few and Important facts which I wish to make to the public, and I am very sorry that I can't como forth and make them known personally. I am well acquainted with the party who took the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Uorden, of Fall River, Mass. There are several of these men who ro about the country doing such acts as the Fall IUror murder. They have killed at loast 13 people within tho last three years. I havo been with tliem part of the time, and I know what lam writins to bo true. I know that I havo taken no hand in any of these acts to which I refer. But as I have been with these men several times within tbe last three years, 1 fear to tell my name or their names, unless I am caught and foiced to tell. I was in New York when the murder took place, and as soon as I learned that one of these men did It I left and came to this city. Tbe ono who did tbe act said he went into the house to get something to eat, and, as ho found no one in the front room, he went upstairs and went into a room. While ho was there the lady camo in on him. Slio hallooed and ho hit her with a lar'e knife or axo that he carries in a case In his panta loon leg. It will weigh as much as 3 pounds and is about 12 Inches long. He then came downstairs and started out the back way and met tho old man. As be did not want to leave any one to describe him he killed tho old man and then went out the back way after tho daughter came In tho house. He said ho wonld have killed her if she had seen him. Sensational Murder In Georgia. This man and one or two of his friends were in the South about four years ago, and while they were m Georgia, near JUaccn, they had a little trouble with a farmer. So they went to his house one plght and killed nil of them but his son, and he got away. So they took some of his clothes andtbrew them, with blood on them, into the well. The clothes were found, and as they could not find any other clew to work on, tho son was arrested, tried and banged. Now I know this and many other things of this nature to be true, that they have done. I have known them to shoot men and leave their gun by the dead man's side and when they were found it would he pro nounced suicide. Tbe man who killed the Bordens lives in St. Louis and ho told me bororo he lett for the west that he was going to write a letter and send it back to Fall River and let them know that the daughter did not kill her parents. But I know that he did not do that br Ivould have heard of it To try to help that poor. Innocent girl out, whom they are trying so nura to nua gunty oi sometmng sue aia not "Woolfolk tragedy does not state that the clothes of the son who paid the death pen alty were found in a.well. The anonymous letter writer, however, C&n.""1 this tact in his communication. KSJ-o'l this part of his statenrj last night wired to Mado) City Editor Telegraph, Macon. Go.: Was the evidence In the Woolfolk tragedy circumstantial? Wore the bloody clothes of the son found la a well? Late last night the following reply, was received: Macos-, Ga., Aug. SL The Dispatch, nttsbnr?. 1'a.: Woolfolk murdered lamlly to obtain nn estate valued at $11,000. Clothes round In a well. Evidence clrcifmRtantlal. but strong. Citt Editor Telegraph. Pittsburc Police Are Investigating. In order to ascertain if possible some thing more definite in regard to the writer of the letters it was taken to police head quarters and turned over to Detective Rob inson. That officer went to the Monon gahela House and compared the signatures on the register with the writing in the letter, but none were found that showed any similarity. The boy who has charge of the writing room and hotel stationery during the day had gone home, but will be questioned this morning. Alter making some further investigation the officer de cided to wait until Superintendent O'Mara comes down this morning and lay the case before him. Detective Robinson is skeptical as to the genuineness of the information contained in the letter. He thinks there are several points in it which are rather hazy, but at the same time there is a possibility that it may be true, and the investigation will be continued. The Cage Against ilzzlo Weakened. A Fall River special to TnE Dispatch siys: The Government case against Lizzie Borden has been weakened considerably by the report of Prof. "Wood, of Harvard, who examined the stomach of Mr. and Mrs. Borden, with a view to determine which was killed first and how much time elapsed between their deaths. He cannot definitely determine from the condition of the con tents of the stomach that Mrs. Borden was killed first, and, therefore, he cannot tell how long she had been dead before Mr. Borden was killed. This is a very import ant point to the defense and materially af fects the Government's theory, maintained from the first, that Mrs. Borden died at least one hour before her husband. The public hearing of the charge of mnrder against Lizzie Borden opens to-morrow (Monday) afternoon and will probably con tinue several days. ing Coal Creek. 300 PEISONEES IN HAND.: Captors and Captured Burled Into a Stream by a Broken Bridge. K0T ONE 1IINEE TURNS TEAIT0E. fTone Found With Arms, and It Is Feared' They Are Playinr 'Possum. TflET WILL ASK FOR HABEAS C0EPU3 SEEN IN A TRANCE. A Ulan Falls Unconscious and Sees His Un ci e's Body in an Old House On Awak ening He Finds the Corpse Just Wh-re He Ihought It Wan. Lkbauok, O., Aug. 21. .SjtwriaZ. Few men are better known in this home-town of Tom Corwin than Dan Greathouse. He is a fancier of fine horses and the proprietor of a prosperous business. Equally well known was his uncle "Wilson, a man who in other years was wealthy. Later in life he drank to excess, and the last years he has lived on the bounty of friends. "When on a spree he has been in the habit of sleep ing in an abandoned house he owned. Saturday while at dinner Dan Great house became suddenly unconscious. His head fell forward and there were symptoms of complete collapse. This condition was but momentary, and had passed almost before his family could go to his assistance. In a very few minutes he felt all right except a slight dizziness. As consoionsnes returned he exclaimed: "Uncle "Wiis is dead; he is dead as sure as you live." Greathouse said that he suddenly ap peared to be transported to some dark spot where the atmosphere was close and hot In the midst of the darkness he saw his uncle, and knew in some occult way that he was dead and his body in some lonely spot, undiscovered. He could not throw off the impression that his nncle was dead. He visited the house in which the old gentleman had been sleeping. In a room, shut off from the sun, Greathouse found the dead body of his uncle. Death had resulted from heart disease. Mr. Greathouse says he had not been thinking of his uncle, does not believe in spiritualism, and cannot ac count for the strange occurrence. FELL FROM A BALLOON. JILTED AT A PISTOL'S JS.VZZLE. A Lancaster Girl Dares Instant Death by Refusing a SInrrlace Offer. JjANcasteb, Aug. 21. George ICitteras, an attendant at the Lancaster County Hos pital, while accompanying home Mary Flowers, a cook at the institution, late last night, proposed marriage. She refused and he drew a revolver and threatened to shoot her. , Nothing daunted the woman declined thrice to become his wife. At the third re fusal Kitteras fired, but the ball was de flected by a large buckle the woman wore, and she escaped injury. Kitteras fled and has not been arrested. TEXAS FEVEE EPIDEMIC. It Is Carrying Off Cows at Indianapolis and I Spreading. IOT)IAITAP0LIS, Aug. 21. Texas fever was discovered among the cattle in West Indianapolis, near the stockyards, to-day. A dozen cows have already died. The disease is rapidly spreading. Within the past few days several shipments of Texas cattle have arrived here from St Louis. When the firemen go out the engineers are practically this was finaUy agreed ujpoa, The Eastern Window Glaus Scale Renewed. Philadelphia. Aug. 21. A committee of Eastern wiudow glass manufacturers met a committee of the "Window Glass "Workers' Union yesterday. The manufacturers were disposed to urge a reduction in wages, but the men insisted on last year's scale, and do, I have risked my life and writteu this letter. I now take an oath that what I havo writ ten Is true, and I wonld go and give myself up and7 tell all that I know if I thought tiiere was any way for me to escape death. These men told me that if I ever told any thing they bad done while I was with them they would find me and kill me if it was the last not of their life. A Corroborative Coincidence. A singular coincidence In connection with the above letter was the receipt of a tele gram from a speeial correspondent of The Dispatch at Clinton, Georgia, referring to the murder near that place, which is also referred to in the letter. This telegram was received at The Dispatch office iust a few moments before the mysterious let ter. It was as follows: Mrs. Georgia Bird has becomo tho wiro of J. L. Lamb, of Macon. He is her second venture, as lier first husband was tho no torious murderer, Thomas Woolrolk. who slew tho nine membeis or his family as a result of his marriage. Woolrolk was tho eldest son of a wealthy Geon;i.i planter, whose other children were the result of n socond marriage. Tbe boy took up jk terri ble hatred against his stepmother and her children, regarding them us Intruders upon hlsrlchts. A weofc bi-ioro the teniblo tr.i ' Ledy occurred Woolfolk met Mis Bird. It was love at nrsc Biirnr. ruey ooirueii an East Tennesseo train on nn elopement es capade. As the tram was pulling through Rosehlll Cemetery a prencher.who happened to be on board, married tho couple. Wool folk took his bride to his iuthci'shou-e, where his stepmother nphiaidLd him tar marrying without means of 1 Ivollhood. Tho girl atonco returned to her home, while Tom stayed at his Only a few days passed when the terrlblo news was published that he had killed his father, stepmotnor, brothers and sisters to the number of nine. For two years his trials, three in number, were in nrozresj, but never did his bride of a day call on blrn. She repudiated his name, entered suit for divorce and won her ca-io at tho same tarm of court at which Tom was convicted of murder. During the time betwoen the mar riage and murder Captain Woolrolk sottled upon his daughter-in-law 00 acres of valu able land in Coffee county in such a manner that his son could never dispose of It. Part of the Statement Verified. A Female Aeronaut's Thrilling Experience at Columbus A Large Crowd Witnesses Mrs. Steele's Descent SOO Feet to Almost Certain Death. Columbus, O., Aug. 2L Special -picnic, dance and balloon ascension was ad vertised to take place at the shooting grounds in the south part of the city this afternoon, and a crowd of several hundred gathered, consisting of the rougher element The day was characterized by several fights, and the balloon was not put off till nearly 7 o'clock this evening. Mrs: Steele, the wife of one of the mana gers, was advertised to make a parachute jump from the balloon. An old worn-out balloon was used, and it caught fire several times before it was sent away. "When it got away it was on fire in four places. It had ascended to a distance of about 300 feet when the balloon exploded. Mrs. Steele was given the alarm by a re volver being fired, and she undertook to cut the parachute loose. It cauzht. however. and the balloon turned over and carried the parachute downward. Mrs. Steele struck on the corner of a barn, after falling about 200 feet, and bounced out into the road. She was conveyed to her home in an un conscious condition, and it is thought that her internal injuries are of such a character that she wiU die before morning. ISrXCIAL TELEGHAM TO THE DI8rATCn.1 KJNOXVrLLE, Aug. 2L General Cames has now nearly 300 prisoners confined under guard in the church at Coal Creek, having captured abont 30 men, either miners or their allies, to-day. Last night it was feared that an attempt wonld be made to rescue the prisoners from the schoolhouse in which they were con fined, so it was decided to transfer them to the village church. "WnileSthis was being done a bridge over Coal Creek gave way, and the captured and captors fell in a promiscuous heap fully 15 feet to the rocky bed of the creek, which had but a few inches of water in it A few brnises cov ered the plysical injuries, and none of the prisoners escaped. The prisoners are a tough-looking set typical mountaineers and whatever may be said of their cowardice, as shown in the bush-whacking method of warfare, cer tainly they will not betray each other. "Wholesale Arrests Still to Come. General Carnes has ordered the arrest of every man not furnished with a pass. Sev eral suspects ware taken from theKnoxvilla train this morning. They gave no satisfac tory account of themselves and were held prisoners. One of them was George El Irish. "When pressed closely as to what he knew, he declared he would implicate no man if he was kept a prisoner for 1,000 years. This is the spirit displayed by alL A prominent citizen of Coal Creek was among to-day's arrests, Dr. J. Atkins, who keeps a drug store. He has been the miners' friend throughout, and to-day docu mentary evidence of his connection with the trouble was found. Mr. Highlower, the hotel proprietor, is a suspect too, but as he can be had at any time, and as General Carnes and some of his staff eat there he has not been arrested. It was he who smuggled General Kellar Andersen ont of the mob's way and saved his life and this may save his bacon. A wild race up tne road was had to-dar by a picked company with an engine and caboose after the passenger train to Jellico. A Bold Miner's Daring Flight. One of the ringleaders was aboard and had the boldness to pass through Coal Creek on the train, escaping undetected. The trajo wa3 sidetracked at Pioneer, a station be tween Coal Creek and Jellico, but before the pursuing party got there he had es caped. The train was fired upon from the bushes once, but without effect To-morrow the virtue of habeas corpus will be resorted to by the prisoners, and the ontcome is awaited with earnest specula tion. To turn these 300 men loose wonld be a terrible setback to the victory of General Carnes. It is a singular fact that not a pistol or a rifle has been found on any of the prisoners, although nearly all of tnem had cartridges in their pockets. Guns and pistols have been found very carefuUy secreted in Horn Hollow trees and caves. and there is little doubt that the whole gang has arms in the mountains ready for use. General Carnes, therefore, if judg ment went aeainst him in the courts, would probably declare martial law in existence and himself the master of the situation. Twenty-Seven Dead Rioters Found. Three 'more dead bodies of miners were found in the mountains this afternoon, one of them badly mortified and worms had eaten tbe face. This makes in all the bodies of 27 miners found since Thursday's skirmish. A" number of wounded were carried away by their comrades. Fifteen guns were captured in the moun tain to-day, and beside each was a miner's cap and lamp. General Carnes thinks the trouble is about oyer, but others believe the miners are playing 'possum in the hills and will concentrate to give him battle and at tempt the release of the prisoners. The reader will observe that the telegram concerning the marriage that recalls the MURDERED FOR $1,400. The Crime Charged to a Prominent Man, "Who Falls In a Fainting Fit. Charleston, "W. Va., Aug. 21. Spe cial." One of the most sensational crimes committed in "West Virginia was perpe trated at Elk City last night in the murder of D. L. Samples, a prominent business man. At 11:30 o'clock Mr. Samples closed, un his store, and, with his wife, sat down in his office in the rear to count the cash. "While he had about 51,400 spread out be fore him a masked man entered the room without being heard, and gobbled the money ofT the desk. Samples sprang up and caught the intruder, and the two men had a desperate scuffle, in which the burglar drew a revolver and shot Samples through the abdomen, resulting in death an hour later. To-dav Mrs. Samples said the man was Phil Russell, a neighbor and a very promi nent citizen, but who also has always been suspected of murdering and robbing Dr. James M. Stounton, a few miles from Charleston, several years ago. The news that he was suspected was carried to Rus sell, who fell in a fainting fit and has since been in a precarious condition. The ac cusation is generally believed here, but Russell has not yet been arrested. EEC0OPING AN EMBEZZLEMENT. A Lumber Firm Attaches Nine Gambling Ilonses to Recover a Clerk's Losses. Cleveland, Aug. 2L Nine gambling houses were raided by the Sheriff last night on an attachment suit brought by the big lumber firm of Grey, Jenks & Co., for 40, 000 lost for them by their embezzling book keeper, John C, Campbells BUD LINDSAY LYNCHED. That's the Only Startling Piece or News From Tennessee This Morning. Coal Cheek, Tesit., Aug. 2L This has been a day of quiet expectancy. Oc casional arrests by scouting parties were the only events. All the houses in the vicinity have been searched. Bud Lindsay, tbe noted desperado who has killed half a dozen men, was one of the miners' leaders, and who was in favor of lynching General Anderson day before yes terday, .was himself lynched before mora ine. Lindsay is a deputy United States Marshal, warden Gammon this afternoon expressed the opinion that the trouble was not yet over. Said he: "These men only want time to organize. They will as semble in these mountains, hold their night meetings and decide on a concerted move ment against us again." MUBDEBED BY BBIGAHDS. ' One of Garibaldi's Patriots Killed After s Struggle In Ills Vineyard. Rome, Aug. 21. A dispatch from Viter bo, 42 miles northwest of Rome, states that Signer Marini, a rich proprietor there, has been murdered by brigands who for some time past hare been plundering in the conntry about "Viterbo. Signor Manni was one of the patriots who fought with Garibaldi. Ho was walking through his vineyard alone examining the vines when he was set upon by the brigands, who evidently intended to "carry him off and hold him for ransom. The old gentleman made a vigorous resistance, however, and the brigands, fearing that his cries for as sistance would bring succor and lead to their capture, kUled him. Troops have beensent ' in search of the murderers. HELD TO BE STABBED. A Peculiarly Atrocious Italian Mnrder la Lawrence County. NEWCASTLE, Aug. 2L SptciaL Last night another Italian mnrder was commit ted at Carbon, this county. Mike and An tonio Ramegmo and Michael Cahuchle had been in Toungstown all day and returned home somewhat intoxicated in the evening. They went to the shanty of Pasquell Liccardi, and while two of them held the latter's arms the third stabbed him in the back. Tbe murderers fled. This makes the second murder at Carbon within the past four weeks, all the murder-A era still being, at liberty. 'tJ. JtdaiiMSddsi
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