.wn n nil i mnnr SCRANTON, PA., SATURDAY MOBNIXG, OCTOBER 1.3, 1894. TWO CENTS A COPV. IS NOT THERE Sent Xo Representatives to Chauncey black's Altuonu Love Feast. SI.NGEKLY IS ALSO ABSENT But the Democratic Society lias a Convcn tion All the Sumc und Shouts Over a flutform Thut Is Kcully and Truly Wdlculous. By tho United Press. Altooiiu, Pa., Oct. 12. Sixty-three of the sixty-seven counties of the Keystone state were represented at the sixth an nual general assembly of the Demo cratic Society of Pennsylvania here this uf ternoon. The counties not represent ed were: Sullivan, Pike, Lackawanna and Wayne. The delegates numbered about one thousand. The denunciation of the American Protective association was u conspicuous feat urn. The pres ent officers of the assembly, Chauneey P. Black, of York, president; M. J. John E. Vornwn, Philadelphia, secretary and Robert K. Wright, Allentownl treasurer; were elected. In addition fif teen vice-presidents wer? chosen. Lan caster was selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting. Can didate Singerly was not present. Summary of the Platform. The platform endorses national and state Democratic platforms; congratu lates the people upon the "passage of a fair and reasonable tariff bill" which "relieves them from the operation of an Infamous and cruel law. bought with the money and devised for the benefit of trusts and monopolies ;" points with pride to the umended Wilson bill's "av erage reduction of 22VL. per cent. In the schedules covering the necessaries of life," to "free and freer raw materials," to "the Immediate und universal re vival of business and industry and the harmonious employment of capital and labor In profitable enterprises;" to the re-tilling of the federal treasury, de pleted and despoiled by the monopoly tax party and Its insatluble private tax eaters," to the "dawn of good times unknown since 180," and to "a pros perous country and hopeful people In every section, as the natural conse quences of Democratic legislation;" and calls for Democrats to vote a straight Democratic ticket. "If there is ever," it says, "by any mistake of the people In olher parts of the country, to be a re turn the stagnation and misery, private Idleness and treasury deficiencies en dured under the Republican, monopo listic McKlnley law, let us hope that no Democrat in this state will be open to the reproach of having contributed to the result by his neglect to vote for the Democratic nominees." Other Platform I'cuturcs. . The platform indorses the Nicaragua canal, applauds the organization of a Democratic society of colored voters, praises "that enlightened and distin guished tariff reformer, William M. Kln gerly," and concludes as follows: "The return to executive power In Pennsyl vania of the corrupt Republican rings and bosses, through the election of the servile candidates named by them, would mark the relapse of the common wealth buck to the shame and scandals and notorious betrayals of the people In the interests of grasping rings and corporations, which disgraced every year of their previous rule and every session of their legislatures." A sup plementary resolution encouraged David B. Hill in his "manly, patriotic and glorious struggle for Democratic principles," and asked Democrats to support Willllam L. Wilson In his bat tle for re-election to congress. Resolu- :lons of condolence on ex-Governor 2urtln's death were also passed. President Clack, will, within a few days, appoint an executive committee of twenty-one. PLAYING FOR THE SENATE. Judge Lymuu's Kcasons for Joining the Populists. By the United Press. Chicago, Oct. 12. Reports are cur rent that the erstwhile prominent Dem ocrat, Judge Lyman Trumbull, In ap pearing as a Populist campaign speak er, Is carrying out port of a deep laid scheme. It is asserted that having made himself solid with the Populists he hopes to be the choice for United States senator of such representatives as that party may succeed In electing to the Illinois legislature. It Is not impossible that the Populists may hold the balance of power In the Joint assembly, and It is claimed that Judge Trumbull sees in such a condi tion a chance to have himself forced upon the Democrats as a compromise and Frunklln MuoVeagh dropped as an Impossibility. TOWN BUILT IN A MONTH. The Oil Fever in Butler County Sets the People Wild. By the United Press. Butler, Pa., (Oct. 12. A town has sprung up twelve miles from here with in a few days. Its name is Oooperstown and the oil fever rages there as badly as It ever did In the first palmy days of the gushers. When September began 200 people dwelt there. Today there are mora than 600. Nearly 100 oil derricks dot the fields within u radius of half a mile, all of which have gone up recently. BAD DISASTER RECALLED. Dcuth of the Captain of the Orpheus, Which Hun lown the Pacific. By the United Press. Fort Townsend, Wash., Oct. 12. Cap tain Charles A. Sawyer Is dead. He wus commander of the bark OrphPus twenty years ago, when she collided and sunk the steamer Pacific off Cape Flattery, entailing a loss of nearly 4o0 lives and upwurds of $1,000,000 In gold dust. VILLIAN'S TRIPLE CRIME. Murders His Vltlm, Sets Ids House on I-ire and Hangs Himself. By thd United Press. Berlin, Oct. 12. Shoemaker Goss,. of Schauffhausen, sent his wife and child ren to market and then took to his house a 17-year-old girl whom he had wronged. He murdered the girl, hid her body, eet tire to the house and hanged himself. SCORED BY THE MINISTER. Did Not Approve of Female Minstrels liven for Church Objects. By the United Tress. Calesburgr, Oct. 12. Society Is all agng here over an attack made by Rev. O. W. Vanosdel. In his sormon.on the local "Four Hundred." About a week ago some ladies, Including members of Rev. Vanosdel's flock, gave a minstrel show for the benefit of the Unlversalist church. The affair was a great suc cess In every' particular. The ladles had their faces blackened, and also shouted the regulation songs so com mon to the southern negroes, and the "nd" women wore big sparkling dla inond pins and played tamborlne In a pHl that would do credit to a profes- nouneed in strong terms such measures fur raisin money for the church. As a result of his sermon there Is likely to be u breuk up in the church. WILL KKTALIATE ON SUGAR. Germany to Fight Our Tariff Discrimina tion Against Her. By the United Press. Berlin, Oct .12. German sugar grow ers huve won over the government to their support ugaliiBt the American tariff. It Is officially announced that the German government is determined not to allow the United Stutes to treat Ger many us the least favored nation In the mutter of sugar schedule. If the Ger man protest Is not heeded In Washing ton, the German government will take steps to retaliate, THE MEDICINE WAS FATAL. Bottle of Deudly Aconite Wus Improperly labelled. By the United Press. ' Jenklntown, Pa., Oct. 12. Peter Doyle, a colored laborer employed at Tyson's dairy, near here, was suffering from crump. He found a bottle of liquid in the stable labeled Jamaica ginger, and took a big dose of It. The liquid was aconite, and Doyle died from the effects of the poison in a short time. BIKCLARY AT FOREST CITY. Night Prowlers Steal Implements from the Erie Tool House and Force un Entrance Into Many Business Places. Special to the Scranton Tribune. Forest City, Pu., Oct. 12. Forest City has again been visited by "bugaleers" as may be observed by looking at three different business places on Main street and some other places in town. Their work was done some time between 1 and 4 o clock this morning. The first place presumably visited by these men was the Erie tool house, from which they procured some tools for their work. Corey's large store house was next entered and some ,oats ,taken. The station Is opposite and that was the next place for them to try their skill. Their task was quietly done and they observed the interior of the office, but seeing nothing there that would satisfy their longings they made their exit. Leaving the "Jeff" they came up to Main street to see what they could ap propriate. Alexander's tailor shop was , entered by breaking a pane of glass out of the front. Two new and costly suits of clothes und an overcoat were taken. Matey'a boot and shoe store was en tered by breaking the glass In the door. Some shoes have been taken, but It cannot be accurately made known by the proprietor how much footwear is gone. v ildenbeiger's jewelry store, two doors below Matey'a, was the next place that attracted their attention. They hud the same way of entering tins place as the previous two. Noth ing is missing here, as most of the valuable Jewelry had been placed in the large safe. They left their work, however, to be seen on the safe. The dial on the safe was hammered off. H. C. Ames & Co.'s bank door was given a test, but no entrance was made. Among the other losers H. F. Aldrlch reports the loss of a valuable dog. Dr. D. Dwyer's night lamp, which was at the Forest House, was removed and was found at Alexander's. Three suspicious looking characters were seen around town yesterday and late last evening, but they have de parted for new fields. PENS10X STATISTICS. Commissioner Lochren's Report Goes In to the Details of the Pension Chopping Done in iloke Smith's Department. By the United Press. Washington, Oct. 12. The report of (he commissioner of pensions for the Iluoal year ended June ?0, states that the number of pensioners on the rolls June 30, 1893, wus 966,012; that during thr year9,05 new pensioners were added to the rolls, and 2.398 previously droned were restored, while 37,951 have Veen dtopped for death and other causes, On June 30, 1S94, the number of pen sioners upon the rolls was 9C9.544. The number of pension certificates Is sued during the year was 80,213 and 132, si3 claims of nil classes were re jected. On July J, 1S94, there were un disposed of and In different stages of pieparatlon and advancement 619,207 claims, of which 287,209 claims are on behalf of persons already on the rolls. These claims are pronounced lacking In esssentiul evidence. l ELEGRAPH TICKS. Ellox, Miss., was visited by a $00,000 fire. Strike Leader Debs has been Indicted at Milwaukee. Tho police of Baltimore are clearing out the "policy" shops. The Lakeport, Col., stage was "held up" und robbed near Pletu station. Two truln robbers secured $1,300 In coin from an Overland train near Davlsvtlle, Cul. Timothy Crawley, a Peru, Ind., ditch digger, wus found deud, with $2,000 In his pockets. The earliest heavy frost ever known at Columbus, Tenn., has badly dumaged the cotton crop. A New York insanity expert says that Actress Marion Munola's diseased mind can be cured. Two cows on the track wrecked a train and killed three men und Injured three, near St. Jouchln, ljue. Kx-Scnutor Ingalls'. daughter, Ethel, is to be married to Dr. iMwurd G. Blulr, at Atchison. Kun., Oct. 24. , - Drunken Martin Ylzzard stabbed his son Thomas four times, and almost killed him, at Wllllumsbuig, N. Y. Judge Wilson, nt Omaha, decides that bankrupt railroads must puy living wages first, and dividends afterward. Kunsus City (Mo.t police officials are short several ihouuund dollars in license revenue received from saloons. Street car thieves William Sullivan and Robert Hayes were caught stealing a dia mond scarf pin from a passenger In Bos ton. Delia Keegnn's $100,000 suit for breach of promise, usulust Itussell Sage, was dis missed In New York umlor the statute of limitations. Three attempts to wreck trains on the o road, near Tomahawk, Wis., the lust V Vhlch ended In a futal smash-up, baf n Muctlon. Av veil-known athlete, Frederick Tur ner, was stubbed at Vancouver, U. C, by Oracle Irwin llowmnn, with whom he hail been lntimute. Chief of Police Powell, of Indianapolis, was fatally hurt by a full from his horse during the Knights of Pythlus parade at Lebanon, Ind. A 10-year-old lad, Grundy Moore, was arrested for playing with and turning the switch that wrecked an expres train and seriously hurt four punsengers at Bill's Station, Tenn. Miss Jessie Ackerman, an "Around the World" missionary of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance union, has arrived In Chicago after a trip of 150,000 miles, the longest Journey ever made by a woman. On a farm near Fort Recovery, -6., Ellsworth .McAfee, aged 27 years, and William Greer, used 20 years, were burned to a crisp In a straw mow which they were stacking. A spark from the thresh ing machine engine set Ore to tb straw. LAVISH PENSION PROMISES They Are iMade for Campaign: fur poses Only to Be Broken. A SHKEKD DEMOCRATIC TRICK All Pension Claimants in Indiana to Re celve Deceptive Letters front the Pen. slon Office in the Hope of Cap turing Votes of - Veterans. By the United Press. Washington, Oct, 12. The Republi can cumpalgn managers charge that the pension bureau Is now about as ac tively engaged In the national cam paign as are either the Republican or the Democratic committees. The whole clerical force of examiners are now de voting their time to the pension claims called up by Democratic candidates. In the state of Indiana, there are about 16.000 claimants. The eleven Democra tic congressmen and the two Democra tic senators are alleged to have taken all the names and post office addresses of all the claimants from Indiana, who have cases pending in the pension bureau. These they are said to be call ing up at the rate of two or three hun dred per day. In explanation of the scheme of the Democrats, It is said they are trying to reach every pension claimant In the state and to Influence him by making It appear that the Democrats are going to give him a pension, hoping thus to ob- tuln his vote. Great care is taken, however, It Is said, to see that no cases ure disposed of. They are not even to be rejected at the time being, but are to be held open until after the election. Deputy .Commissioners Murphy, of Pennsylvania, and Dell, of Illinois, are actively engaged making speeches from , ior Reynolds, of Pennsylvania, will put In the last two weeks stumping for snigeriy et ai. Thousands of Veterans Doomed. Captain McKee, secretary of the Re publican congressional committee, claims to have absolute Information that Commissioner Lochrau has a list of 50,000 pensioners whose names are now borne on the rolls of the pension office and who are marked to be dropped or reduced. These 50,000 soldiers are to be invited to show why the de partment should not revise their pen sion certificates. Thirty-five thousand j of them al'e to receive word that unless they convince Mr. Lochren within thirty days that they are entitled to I remain on the rolls they will be dropped j entirely. I The other 15,000 are, according to the I Lochren method of computation, re ceiving more pension than they are entitled to at the present time, and they I Will hp AllvlflOfl flint that' mnat rtnn- vlnce me commissioner of their right to ! uraw xne pensions which they now draw or their pensions will be reduced, Although the 50.000 cases are ready for action at once, Mr. McKee declares that no movement will be mnde for thirty days yet, because such wholesale ac'irm on the part of the commissioner would le lit. ely to ai'fcct votes In the coming cleciicn. ALIVE WITH A BROKEN NECK. Sad l ute of a Englishman Who Was In jured While Diving. By the United Press. j Toronto, Oct. 12. Lying hopeless on a stretcher, paralyzed from the neck downward, able to think and see and speak, but not capuble of moving any portion of his body, such is the hard luck of R. V. S. Palmer, a young Eng lishman, who Is to be sent home on the Sardinian. Toward the end of July last Palmer, while swimming at Nlag-ara-on the Lake, took a dive in shallow water, and, his head striking the bot tom, he had his neck broken. Palmer was carried into the hotel, where it was found that the spinal col umn, Just above the shoulders, was broken and the cord Injured. An oper ation was performed at once, the rag ged edges of the broken bones being cut awuy, but the spinal cord had been too budly injured, und complete paral ysis rrom tne necK downward was the result. Palmer, on July 30, was brought to the general hospital, where he has been under treatment ever since. He is completely helpless, Just able to move his head and talk, but the trunk is that of a dead man. An instance is on record of a man in Palmer's condition having lived for thirteen years, and, as Palmer is con ntltutlonally strong, with care his life may be prolonged for some time. EVILS OF A MUSTACHE. It Has Cunscd a Mun to He Held on a .Murder Charge. By the United Press. Providence, R. I., Oct. 12, The mur der pf Emily Chumbers in u lonely strip of woods In the town of North Scltuate, has served as an eight days' wonder. The mystery of It all has lent a fascina tion to the affair which makes It read quite like a detective story. A well dressed woman a little under middle age was found dead In a cart-path lead ing Into the woods, a bullet in her heart and her face beaten into a jelly.There was not a scrap of paper about her to lead to an identification. The newspa pers published a plcturpof a locket worn by the dead woman, and that led to her Identification as Emily Chambers, a do mestic, who had left her place in the city, as she said, to get married to one Martin Keegan. Only one of Mrs. Chnmbers' friends had seen Keegan, and then only once and briefly. A small but Important link In the chain of evidence which Is drawing tighter and tighter around Keegan, Is the fact that In the dead woman's fingers were tightly clutched several hairs which appear to have been torn from a red mustache. Kee gan has a red mustache. Keegan has been arrested WHO MURDERED SAYERS? Ills Mutilated Remains Vonnd Floating in Willamette River. By the United Press. Portland, Ore., Oct. 12. The horridly mutilated remain of George W. Say ers, who has been missing since Sept. 26, were found floating in the Willam ette river. On the night of Say ers' disappear ance an unknown man called at Bay ers' home, and after some conversa tion carried on In an undertone Sayeri took his hat and left. This was the last seen of him until his body was recov ered. WOMEN IX FIST EIGHT. Two Atlantis City Girls Have Disagree mcnt That's Serious. By the United Press. . Atlantic City, Oct. 12. High Jinks were to play here the other afternoon In the business community of Atlantic City near Ohio avenue, through two of Us members, young women, one a. Jew elry storekeeper and the other a" millit er,' getting info a llstlo encounter brought on by the Jeweleress objecting to the milliner having a rubbish bonfire 4a the yard, and ended with the start-1 ling finale of the latter being dumped uuo ine nre. Miss Lottie Earle was the aggressor, as it appeared when the case got into the police court before Magistrate Qouldey. Miss Earle' was held under im bail by Magistrate Qouldey to ap pear at the Circuit court to answer the charge of assault and battery. DEATHBLOW TO TRADE. Annulment of llroilllan Reciprocity Ruin ous to American Shipping, By the United Press. Baltimore, Oct., 12. The announce ment through F. Chermont, the Brazil ian consul, that after Jan. 1 next, the reciprocity treaty, which admlted flour and provisions from the United States into Brazilian ports free of duty, will be at an end, has created a big stir among Baltimore merchants. At present there are four regular vesels plying between Baltimore and Brazilian ports. Thornton Rollins said: "The annul ment of the treaty signs the death war rant of our trade with Brazil. I will sell my vessel at 20 cents on the dollar If I can get It." POISON IN A WELL. Three Kentucky Water Drinkers Die In Very Great Agouy. By the United Press. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 12. A deep and famous well on the Ireland Stock farm In Bourbon county, heretofore noted for its purity, has been poisened, and its water has killed James Rutherford, Thomas and James Campbell, who have for months used It. Each victim died in great agony. TRADE CONDITIONS. The Review of Dun a Co. Indicates That Political Uncertainty Is Standing as a Harrier to General Improvement. By the United Press. New York, Oct. 12. Business, says Dun, Is still waiting for the develop ment of retail trade. Wholesale deal ers in nearly all branches are halting becutiue retail business does not show distinctly what It is to be. Lower prices for the great farm staples and lower wages In Borne establishments hinder purchases for consumption, while political uncertainty has some retard ing Influence. Meanwhile large im ports and small exports of merchandise, with inadequate employment for money here are raising the rates for foreign exchange so that possibilities of gold I exportB somewhat affect the stock mar- Monetary movements Indicate that Keis. the expected expansion of interior trade has not materially slackened. The de mand for commercial louns is weaker. Some bankers report further withdraw als of foreign capital and sterling ex change is so strong thut exports of gold are considered probable. The stock market has been timid and Inactive. Failures for the week ended Oct. 4 show liabilities of $1,714,27. of which $805,885 are of manufacturing and $HH2, 391 of trading concerns. The final re port for September shows nubilities of only $7,307,124, of which $:j,2,'4,37:! arc of manufacturing und $:!,710,0!i2 of trad ing concerns. The failures this week have been 237 against art lust year and 4$ In Canada against 42 last year. The iron industry records a larger production hi September than In any- other month this year, but as prices are tiun bodies In regard to the synchro gradually weakening, because of In- j nous movement. The proposition was sulllclent demand for finished products, most cordially received by such men as some works are preparing to close or ! William 12. Dodge, president of the shorten time. RACES AT POINT BREEZE. The I'uvoritcs Conduct Themselves Cred itably on the Track. By the United Press. Philadelphia, Oct. 12. One of the gieatest races ever trotted at Point Breeze track was finished in the tenth heat today. It was the 2:22 class, In which eighteen horses started on Thurs day. ' Plve' heats were trotted on that dLV, Ida B. winning two.' Grace W. Hoc-Uburn and Rodney J. one each. It took five additional heats today to find the winner, which finally loomed up In Kciburn. In the 2.16 class in which five heats were trotted on Thursduy, Alijandre and James L had two heats each to their credit, while Myrtle ft had one heat. Alijandre came out In the best form and could huve distanced her two competitors If driven out. She won In 2.18. Bravado won the only heat trot ted in the 2.19 class, and P. R. T. finished first In the one heut decided In the 2.29 class, both races going over until tomorrow. POLITICAL JOTTINGS. Louisiana Republicans want to hear Mc Klnley. General Harrison's tour of Indiana be gun amid great enlhuslusm. Vice President Stevenson was tendered a reception ut Rock Island, ill. Congressman Bellamy Storcr, who has stumped New York, says Morton will win. The Democratic administration Is be hind $0.5110,000 In Its cash bulunre for the first ten duys of October. It is sold President Cleveland will soon declare strongly In favor of Senator Hill for governorjtf New York. The administration, under pressure of adverse criticism, has called off Its of ficial orators during this campaign. At Philadelphia, 2.389 bules of Austra lian, French und Turkish wool have been Imported, free of duty, under the Wilson bill, displacing just so much home-grown wool. . Congressman nines denies that he Was paid $2,000 by the Huzurd Wire Kope works to keep the tuiiff rates up. The News Dealer wunts him to deny that the luce works paid him anything. Luzerne county, says tho Wilkos-Rurro Record, will feel proud when, ufter next election she will huve u representative who, like Joseph A. Scranton, will work and vote for the welfure of the people. "Whnt we want today in this country," said Governor McKlnley yesterday, "Is to keep wide open the door of opportunity. We want to pursue no policy, follow no theory or political economy, which will debase our American citizenship nnd shut out the young men of the country from the highest possibilities." 1 STORM ECHOES. Lake Erie's shores wreckage. are strewn with During the recent storm, the govern ment life-saving service reported thir teen wrecks and saved seventy-eight lives losing none ' During a terrific wind storm Thursday night the schooner Hartford whs driven ashore at Woodvllle, N. Y. Eight persons were drowned. Large quantities of wreckage are belnir washed ashore along the .MusKiietiimetts sound. Several vessels foundered, but no lives were lost. The schooner Sea Foum capsized at the Shears In the Delaware buy on Thursday morning. Tho captain and crew, it Is thought, were drowned. The schooner Henry G. Ely sunk below Thomas Point, In the Chesapeake bay One man was drowned; three clung to the rigging and were rescued. Th, 1'n 1'shter Majella came ashore on Block Island Friday morning, bottom up. All on bourd-the captain and C men-are supposed to be lost. FOREIGN CABLINGS; .I1 llt14,1 "jnebme nearly blew un Walsall, EnKland. ' un The csar of Russia la worse, ONWARD MOVE AGAINST SIN Grund Crusade in All Churches Manned for Year After Next. CHRISTIAN UNITY IX f ACT One of the Most Far-Reuching Carnivals of Evangelistic Effort Ever Con templated Is to He Inaugurated in This Country Soon. Special to the Scranton Tribune. New Tork, Oct. 12.-Ycur after next will witness one of the grandest "carni vals of religion" that the world has ever known. It will bo nothing less than a sweeping revival In simultane ous progress In 5,000 Protestant churches the united Stutes. originally it wus decided to hold these common revivals Just before Lent, m:,, but the many dir. Acuities that arose and the vastness of the movement have made it necessary to postpone it until Just before Lent, im, but Just before this coming Lent n pre liminary movement will be held in all churches which have Indorsed the movement in every city of the eastern ' seaboard Btates from Washington to Boston. The inception of this big religious movement had Its birth at the monthly meeting of the Parochial Mission soci ety or tne Protestant Episcopal church, held last May, of which Bishop Henry j sons who pretend to be the heirs of the U Potter la the president, when there Lord Berry, from whom the estate was was discussed a question of a general derived, have come to the conclusion i1" ior tne seaboard cities of the that they would like to have a part of united States. The discussion grew these millions, and are coming to Chl lnto the appointment of a committee cago to see about the mutter composed of three clergymen, the Rev. K. A. Bradley, of St. Agnes' church, near Riverside, New York city; the Rev. George R. Vande water, rector of St. Andrew's church in Harlem, and the Rev. XO. Walpole Warren, rector of Holy Trinity, Madison avenue nnd Forty second street. It was decided at this conference to hold this mission If pos sible, Just before Lent. IS!).".. The Plun Is hnlurgcd. The committee after a month of earn- ... ....... .1.1 .1 ... Kuumurrmion reported a plan lor a j movement ratner tnun a mission on the part of the Episcopal church alone. It was proposed by thiscommittee that nil Christian bodies should be respectfully Invited to undertake evangelistic work at the same time, but along their own special Hue. The committee drew up a circular embodying this idea in detail, and submitted it first to Bishop Potter. It met with his hearty approval, and at the request of the committee he issued a confidential circular to all the bishops of dioceses in which it was proposed the mission should be held. His letter , met with the heartiest endorsement. i The circular had hardly reached the ' hands of tho ministers for whom it was uuenueu wncn replies enme (inok v buck; in all cases heartily approving the movement. Among those who fa vored this magnificent crusade agniiiBt sin were the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. of Trinity church, and Rev. Dr. William R. Huntington, of Grace church. While the letters were doing their silent work among tho ministers of the Protestant Episcopal church, Dr. Bradley, the chairman of the committee, wus busy I testing the Interest of the other Chris- Evangelical Alliance, and the Rev. Jo slah Strong, secretary of the same so ciety; by the president of the Young Men's Christian association, by Colonel Alexander S. Bacon, vice president of the New York Young Men's Christian association; by Commander Ballington t.ootn. or the salvation Army, and the ' Rev. Father Doyle, editor of the Ca tholic World, the leading Roman Ca-1 thulic paper, of this city. j iinglish Church Army Idea. i Through the aid of several other gen tlemen, leading Presbyterians, Bup- ' tlsts, Methodists, Lutherans and Con-1 gregatlonalists were Interviewed and . i . I .i . expressed themselves w i.in,,, T h I i 1 wVthMno I delighted with the idea. Plans nre not vet fullv matured, hut the revival Is n tAI'tn lilt 1 nrwl It ll'lll l.d tl, latrr..4 ' gle religious movement of the century. The English church army idea will be followed largely. This church army takes Into Its training home in London plain men of Godly character, well re commended by their rectors, and trains them to be captains of bands in various parishes. These bands do evangelistic work among the masses and the lowest orders of the people, using musical in struments and many of the best Salva tion army methods. In a similar house the church army trains women to be nurses, teachers and co-workers on evangelistic? lines. They attempt o solve the question of poor relief by very wisely conducted and successful labor homes, going a step beyond the charity organization wood-yard Idea, by not only giving men work, but keeping them under contract for four months ut least in the home, and surrounding them with the most urgent and direct evangelistic Influence. SORE AT CLEVELAND. There Arc KM Postmasters In New York to l ight Hill. By tho United Press. Washington, Oct. 12. The DVmocra tic campaign In New York may be more or less embarrassed by the fact that In 109 presidential postolllces In the state. Republican postmasters are still In charge and controlling the local patron age. The term of the Republican post muster at Albany expired lust Decem ber, but he Is still in otllce. In a number of uthev large cities Re publican ofilcluls remain undisturbed, and in a majority of cases the Federal patronage Invariably plays no small part In elections. And this Iswhy Hill's friends feel Bore nt Cleveland for not turning the rascals out. FOUND FRESH WATER AT SEA The Kivcr at Jacksonville Huns Out Fif teen Miles from l.und. By the United Press. New Y'ork, Oct. 12. A singular cir cumstance Is reported by Captain Chi chester, of the Clyde steamer Seminole. On the way south the steamr ran Into fresh waler fifteen miles out at sea at a point Just opposite the mouth of tho river at Jacksonville. The water, which was drawn up to the ship's decks, was absolutely without taste of brine. . HENRY VILLARD EXPLAINS. Declares the Charge Against llitn is lluscd 1 ponjudlclul ICrror. By the United Press. Dresden, Oct. 12. In a circular letter, dated Geneva. Sept. 27, Henry VU lard protests agnlnst the charge that he had derived $36:1,000 of Illegitimate gains from the business of the North ern Pacific railroad. He explains that It was an obvious error of the judicial Investigator, explicable by a reference to the books, that gave rise to this un justifiable accusation. The master, he Bays, placed the costs of the Manitoba branch road erron- eously at only $4,852,571, while the ac tual cost amounted to $5,490,500. In concluding his letter Mr. VUlard char acterizes the assertion that he had left the United Btates in order to escape being called to the witness stand as slanderous, and declares himself ready at any moment to obey the summons of the court. EASTERN HEADQUARTERS. N'atiouul Republican League of Clubs Opens Them in Gotham. By the United Press. Chicago, Oct. 12. W. W. Tracy, presi dent of the National Republican league clubs, returned to Chicago after spend ing a few days in the east in the inter est of the league ciub organizations. Before leaving New York he arranged for the establishment of eastern head quarters of the league in New York under the direction of F. B. Harper, treasurer of the league, and in charge of Colonel J. L. Swords, sergeant at arms of the National committee. B01M) TO BE A LORD. Burke's Peerage Doesn't .Mention tho Ti tle HeCluims, but That Is .Merely Burke's Misfortune. By the United Press. Chicago, Oct. 12. The news of the adoption of A. C. Wild, a young man of SO years of age, by Mrs. H. D. Garri son, and of his alleged consenuent ac cession to heirship to a title and about $8,000,000, has stirred up a good deal oi interest. The stories told by Mrs. Gar-ison and the other claimants are more or less contradictory. Mrs. Garrison';; story is, briefly, that Lord Berry, of England, who died only a few years ago, had no children, and In searching for an heir settled upon Mrs. Garrison, the d scendant of his aunt, Lady Mary Berry, and her husband, James Alson. According to Mrs. Garrison's state ments he practically adopted her. will ed his entire fortune to her, and ob tained from the queen the right to transmit his title to her. Then he died, and Mrs. Garrison came back to Amer ica, nut Mr. Wild and adopted him. Thus far Mrs. Garrison seems not to have obtained possession of the ostato. Neither Burke's "Peerage and iinronet age" nor his "landed gentry" mukes the slightest mention of any Lord Berry. This has not affected Mm. Gar rison and her adopted son very much, however, as the latter has his card en graved "Allan Alson, Lord Berry." CARGO OF LEAD AND WHEAT. ; Supplies for China and Jupun Shipped j from San Francisco. By the United Press. San Francisco. Cal.. Oct. 12.-A nor - tion of the freight on the steamer Rio ! Janeiro, which sailed for Yokohama i and Hong Kong, was 200 tons of pig lead consigned to Japan. It is suppos ed that this lead Is to bo used In the manufacture of cartridges, It is the largest shipment ever made to the Orient from this port. xiic nii-niun aiou cilllicil a IMS cnrgu oi iwur ior japun ana cnina ana 200 tons of wheat for China. This is the first whule wheat ever shipped to China, as It usually goes in the shape of flour. SOLD IMPURE WIXES. Grape (irowcrs on I.ako Eric Islands Pay Heavy Fines. By the United Press. Columbus. 0., Oct. 12. Dr. Sterrett, deputy dairy and food commissioner, has returned from Sandusky, where he had been engaged in prosecuting the large wine producers of the Lake Erie Islands for adulterating their product. Andrew Wehrle, one of tho largest of the wine manufacturers, pleaded guilty to two counts for sellng adulterated wIne a"'1 failure to properly lubel the Bame- Rnd was lln,,1 6" aid costs. The total lles collected from the Lake Erie '-r CrUSale COmmP"U- STOLE DEAD WOMAN'S GOLD. The Son Loses $1,500 That Was Hidden ruder a Moor. By the United Press. Sharon, Pa Oct. 12. Shortly after the death of Mrs. John Vogan, near Sandy Lake, two weeks ago, Greely Vogan, an only son and heir of the de ceased, left home. After he went the will of the deceased was found, be queathing $l,r00 to her son. The money was said to be hidden under a certain board In the kitchen. When the house was opened for the purpose of making a search It was found that the flooring had been torn up and the money stolon. HE WAS NOT SATISFIED. Track-Walker's l-'atal Experiment With a Keg Damuged Powder. By the United Press. Elklns, Wr, Va., Oct. 12.-Churles I Campbell, a track walker on the Dry i Fork railroad now In course of con struction through this locality, found a keg of powder near one of the new tres tles. The keg was marked "dam aged.", To prove the truth of the label, Campbell pried open the keg and ap plied a lighted match to the powder. The explosion killed Campbell and uttevly wrecked the trestle. CHINA WEAKENS. Offers to Grant Japan's Requests and Pay an Indemnity. By tho United Press. London, Oct. 12. It is rumored here that the Chinese government has opened negotiations with Japan for a settlement of the war. The rumor has It that China has of fered to acknowledge the Independence of Korea and to puy a war indemnity to Japan. FROM WASHINGTON. Canada thinks mother Urltnln has given Uncle Sum the best of the Bering sen dlB- 1 ln,ie, I The legality of the sugar bounty repeal has been established. - It Is decided that Indians cannot lease reservation lands to railroads. The warships Maine and Texas will carry small torpedo boats on their decks. Secretary Hoke Smith denies that 50,000 pensions are to be cut off, after election. William B. Smith, an engraving bureau employe, Is charged with stealing 2jv,000 two-cent stumps at Iona, Miss. KEYSTONE KERNELS. CharlcB Garrett, the Lebanon wife mur derer, has been captured at Columbus, O. Allen Mowle, of West Bethlehem town ship, Washington county, was severely burned while trying to remove his tlve-months-old bnlie from his burning home. The child perished. WEATHER FORECAST. Showers; slightly, warmer. rINLETS The only place where you can. get your umbrella re-covered while you wait. One who discards a hand some umbrella handle, one to the form and symmetry-of which possibly he lias become attached and an entirely perfect frame, sim ply because the cover has become torn or has worn Into unsightly holes does not, what is done iu three cases out of four, but the most uatural thing, which is, destroy It. The cause of tills sort of wastefulness heretofere hu ex euse which never can be urged again has been, entirely due to the trouble and expense of having a new cover put on the old frame. Xo one thinks of the umbrella until It is needed, the holes in it are. only remembered when it rains. But if the careful owner give heed to its condition the trouble of ilml ing a reliable repairer and tho usual cost of the job are such as to deter one from a repetition of the experiment. The average travel ing umbrella mender is the most monumental of delusions, his work is only too apt to leave theuiuber ella much the worse for his atten tion. in our patent adjustable umberella cover we have an invention that forever removes all excuse for this waste of good handles and frames and does so in a practical, direct way that cannot fail to commend itself to the most exacting. This cover is so constructed of such sizes, shapes and qualities that no matter what the fruine nor what the taste of its owner, a suitable cover may be bought for from j5c. to $3.00, and they are so construct ed that the least practical person can adjust It in few minutes and have an umbrella in every par ticular as good as new. No novel ty in the umbrella trade put upon the market in the lust decade has met with such immediate success as has this adjustable cover of which we have the ole agency for this city. FIN LEY'S i ciA , cln r , . ! U1U illlll 01Z iHRKRWRnnR A VP. MIN OIL CLOTHING Wholesale and Retail. H. A. KINGSBURY 313 Spruce Street, Telephone, No. 4833. SCHOOL SHOES. Yon know how that lively, energetic, buj" of yours knocks out his shoes. We'va been thinking of him providing for him and his destniolve energy. We have u regular wear-defying shoe from Soo. up upward. LEWIS, REILLY & DAYIES, 114 Wyoming PAY. ENOUGH I Some people are too anxious to save When buying a watch, thinking that a I?e.aPk')Ul'f w'n " we" "f ood one, thut all the difference In watches Is tut? i'iiuu. hihv un iiim 11 reumren r moral effort ou your part to pay us $10 for a plain looking hut honest tlmekeencr. When somebody else generally offers you a gold watch (or UM and Just for good ness sake throws in a frold chain und charm. Of course It Is ull u "tnmo schwlndle." as the Jew said when he wmit up In the balloon nnd couldn't tlnd the sil ver lining of the cloud. It happens every now and then that a person sends off for a gold watch, rets It, and then loses faith Liu watches and humanity for ever end ever, vie inins it would pay you to ran on us and see If we have what you whiiI, and if we can't suit you at all out of a large stock of watches, why It Is time enough then to send out of town for a $2.M gold watch. W. j;WEICHEL,' JEWELER, 408 Sprues Street