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VOLXLVilI.N?. 15,2:7. NEW-YORK, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1888. PRICE THREE CENTS. .nr , r /? tl U iviniAr.F.n . vip nr at VIVS OfTTF.T SUNDAY. TIIE BEHRING SEA DISPUTE. SEAL FISHERMEN rRESRINt. FOR AN EARLY SETTLEMENT. KOTIIINU MKKLY TO EK DONT. AT THIS . KSMOX OP imniB ?mai i a iBTSBBsra idbbtkul WITH TMO-r, OK lilt* KSITKD RTATKS. fnr OUBaarfl to thr .ribc*****." Washington. ABf. 1'-'.--Recent dtofntefcte fri-m Ottnwit show a disposiiion on thc purl of the Canadians to press, for nn curly sen lemont of thc Behring Sen question. This course is uracil only Kv those av ho Avant to enpi^c ni takiBf seals in those watara. While the I iitiiullnti C.overiuuent is iinxions to hove thoac win,rs opened ta aay and nil who may desire to take seals there, thc hume liovcriirneiii is not known lo Ii;iac pressed lin- Btieatiua lately trltli any great degTM af BC* t ia ny, beman her interests lie in the apposite uir.etitn. Nearly all the .sealskins that conn- Ironi Alaskan waters ;irr sent lo London to be dyed, anil tins business and that of BBBk-Bg up the ..kins int.! garmeaita give employment ta a cry aaaaj people, li'it ii the business of Batching sens is thrown op* n to nil I rebooters, it would not ba, very long baton thc seals would bc e-klenoinated, pi.u there would bi- no teal- i"r any nne te catch Bini i-.o skins ior :inv OBC to dye. Tntil tins Adtninis ration eaate into power, there had Keen in, serious mt.?nipt made ta cnmtge Ul ll) ? illicit s Bllng business in iii se waters, i he law* Lad liecti ciiisiiued liv lonner inlnmu.-ti.it ions as pr..hil,nmg iii" killing ol mr nala anywhere with? in the Alaskan watara, nnd thia eooatroertofl had been treated with naped holli by the people of Uta I'liitetl States iiiul liiosc of other na!ions. Sol ihe buccaneers thought ihey saw an oppor? tunity under mis Administration to apply flee trude d,..-innes ,n a practical Avay, and they dui it l\v going at th.-* tiling m (bell own style. and although thc Administration made some s.-iz ures. the moral effect of this action avhs to a Inrtfv extent wasted trhea it surrendered two of the niaed vessels io England tnenly as an net of " courtesy." What hus hoon done tJiis season has not v,-i come to light. ."here is an impediment in the way of a com? plete surrender of these waters to the buceaneen in the fact thal Russia owns som.- islands in her half al Behring Sea. which nre populated willi fur seals, and it won't do for the marauders lo tnfl' witll Russia. That Pawer may I be relied BOOB ta assert her rights ; with all tin* boldness and astuteness which generally characterise her dealings wiih othei nut iona She is a i.'.rtv to th* pending ncgotiataina f..i a peaceful selliement of Hie ones- ; tu n, and is not only ,*:il!"d anon to defend her own rights in bel half of ltf-hrintr Sea. bnt is ; n-emlly bonni! t" assist to Ihe full extent of her power '" !';?' ntnining tbe title winch she cave I the i'T*ite<i Stat** t,, th" easterly half >f Behring | Rea, Then :s another important feature which is , likely to pnvenl anv oaaladministration or neel- , liv.lv surretulerine righta, and thal consists in thc , pending investigation, ordered by Confrere some '? i ,.-i ,* nd now in charge of ile- Committae cn ] Merchant Marine and Fisherica. This inquiry ctn- . among other things, an in.mirv as io what ; ar,* thc na!an and extent nf the rights and Inttr ests of thc I'uit.il Stilt's in B: bring S, *, in Alaska, i wh ?ih"- ard le what extent tho sum. have been \ tainted, a:.<l bv whom, nnd winn farther legis? lation, if any, ls neeessaw f.>r the better prolee- | tic.n and 'reservation of ri," s^nn-. There is no i danger ihat the Administration Avill deta-minc anv- ' thing iniiil ihe repert of thc committee shall have j beea pi Rented and neted upon by the House of Represent itiven, aud. with tin I * cn il I i ?-- of t randing legisUtion befon the House, nothing is likely ta bc done this session. CIVIL SERVICE METHODS IN NEW-VORK. OTB! TOO DEMOCRATS TABB tiik PI.ACR8 OB b.** iiri-i'i'.iusvs. ' -hint-ton. Abb W [Special).- The recent letlen of the Beeretary of th" Treasury, transmitting, In response t,, n*.. lennie resolution ol Mav 1. 1? laformatlea relative to cmplacet in Ibe customs service nt Kew York, 1- Interesting read I iv: for Bil true lover- of Civil 6; rice i rona, tnd is, moreover, a:. Interesting i;ev bv meant of wklch i" dnlpher the tree Inwardnesa ol Mr. i *lcv.-Tinrl**-iri'em nessa;" tr, Congress njwn th* seme sui'*'*', tald Mr. Cleveland; "The patb al Civil Benlee reform has i it at ali tines been pleasant ar eaay. Tie sen]," snd purpose of ih" reforpn bave been much pisappnbended, and th,- bat not only stven rise tn itroi j oiiuotttlon, bul l.cs led to ih Invocation by its friends t>, comnasi ob jeeta not In tl I* a?, related to lr. Thnt. psrtls_.ni of iin, patronage tystem hsve naturally condemned lt. Tho*.* who do not understand its mesnlng either n,i tifsf ;t, or when disappointed t.nu.a in i,s present stap. lt ls nol a;<:>'ie"d to every ' 'eal or Imaginary 111. ac, us? tho- - ,*!,a*_"d with its enforcement ,,i falthlets io t bil Service reform, its importance bat frequently teen underestimated, and the support ol ?<iod nieii has thnt i,*-en lost i,v ttrlr lark of Interest In Ht .ucc'-is. Beskka all tkete difficult les, those r iponslbl. for the administration of the Qovernanol In Itt executive braaetea hive teen ami stn*, arc often siinojed and irriiate.l l*;- the dtsteralty to '!.- icrvlM ?at.il Ihe lie,.'"ncc of employes, wha remain IB places as ibe i,e;iiHeiarl"s ami tie relies rf the v!ci?n? system of appotnlBMnl which Civil s rvlee reform wm Intended i.i dttplan .a,.'! yet these are but the inohtenti ol an adv anc movement which ls radical and far-reaching. Tte ;*eo)iie a;s". not wll hit andi ag, lo he congratulated upn.i Ike ;*rr,.',i*ss v. hi'ti has been Blade, and upon the Arm, : tactical aad sensible foundstlon noon whteb this re!' tu now rests. ' ii would seem thal tho "advance movement'1 is Indeed u radical sn*! fa r aching." for In ilia' portion of Hie Nev Torh customs service aline wklch com? prises Iks CoBector'i itl,re of the pori no less thaa ?;??- Bepubllcans have been discharged ami thc goodly number of t'.'.Ti Democrata appointed ilnce March *i, 1885, a- follow l : (! ?. in is t* 11poi at ?? i 02, I*:* pectori of custom! 113, Dight Inspectors of customs :;-, nspectresses 8, a slataal weighers SS, tollers a, ac,ok assistant en? gineers 2, I., tsengers ,i temporary) 44, porters lo, superintendent ol warehouse! 1, assistant bookbinder l. foreseen ,.f assistant weigher* ?:. Boor bookkocpe.t I., mraanrer of marble b engineers 2, coastwise in spectors l. CoBed .States weighers :;. elevator men :t. i'i men i ? ilncer l, storekeepers 20, chef rle ie :;. carpenter! :;. watchmen 21, lapcrintendem of labor i, Cnlted States ganger! ?_. Boor foremen 4, usher i, defective I, weighers' Janitors*3, superin? tendent Castle ' arden Bureau 1, stenographer 1, m ' i lei i * deni tl * lerk ai d acting dei ?''*?' ell-.tor I, searcher ). eh ei ,,f s-aiei, | thiel cl, i'll oi castoma 1, a--.-lam gau; rs 6; lol ai 488. Democrats appointed uuder this ?? radical and far reaching siIvku movement" are distributed a- fol? lows: i lerkt i.O. Inioecton of customs i jo. nifhi in speeton of cns,om- ;?. asslstani weighers -jo. foremen ol asslstani weighers *.. assistant gangers _*. watchmen ii). BMssengera 03, foreman i. gorien 24. acting as ristaiit englneen 2. elevaloi men n. lellers <i. asslst? ani audlK.i- l, engineers 2. deputy collectors 18, pa] uissier and Beting denniy rolleetur ::. ileputy eol leeior ami rlork t" Civil S",-s ie.; Hoard I, private -rc retarles ii, storekeepers 40. Buperinlendenta of ware? houses 8, eoaatwfee Inspoetors 4, Cnlted staicn weighers 2. a?si>.taiii engineer 1, actiiiK Bremen 'i chief clerks :>. superlntendont of labor I, a^s|s,aI,t boo li hi nd er l. fore,nen ,*,. detectives 4. weighers' lani tor*, b, ihspectrosics it superintendent < astir Harden Hiire-u 1, carpenters 4. stenographer! :., lineman of porters l. custodian Internal Kev eui" stamps I, athen 2. Jsnitoi |, ---sistant superintendent < nstom House liulldlnc 1. scruh-aonicn -j. eonti.leiiiial clerks and sten oiriaphcr '_. cmfldciitlal clerks and a.,lui; deput*/ collectors 7, Intart.reter- il. fl??, bookkenpewi 8 amil tor I, superlnicn.lent s*s|stani eaucer- and gan (Tors' laborers 2, siiperliitendeni of supiiijes 1 searched 1 cashier 1. assistant cashier 1; total 733, MATTER* V.w io the navy. CIIAIKAIAN lir.RIU-ll TIllipATr-NS io bk KVC'oN BIBTBBT. Washington, Aug. 19 (speeiali- The hm j,rc,vidlns fur the ainioliitniciit of ai-slhiams n, the chiefs ol bureau*, of IhB Navy Department, which ha.s |.? rejiorted favorably by thc House Naval roninilliee, ls exp??cted lo come np this week, ami lt |a hinied that lhere ls lo be a lin le BBmaBBBBal Wltb I hair man Herbert. He ls thc leader of tea niinoiity against the hill, and ls going to take occasion In opposing lt '(, blta| forwaid agata the rf<irpanir-ation scheme as bwlng what ls ne*<ltxl Instead of the " As SlStantS 10 the < Liefs" MIL This ls the scheme (hst vt m. tried and defeated two years aga. Now, as Mr. lleihert has ulready a hil! of his own In for an Assistant f-iy-i-ciary of the Navy, some gaesUea his consistency in opposing the UH for asslstani chiefs of bureaus. Moreover, ll ls said that the making of assistant chiefs neel not necossailiy incieasc the aaJBBBf Bf oflleen on duly at the Depart ment, as the duties viieiil.l not l,e ,i gena! from those now paataraaad hy thaaa Tha Bbjeei af the biU is lo glv- povsci io mi onicer of thc same coi-j.s as a chief I , lah" l,l? place during absenea, ami !?? n* ai,iiisii.ic lor tho lecliiiical isoil,, instead ol putting that responslblllt] upon a chef > J erk y aa .. lt ls also argued that there should, foi tht ?aim* pni-po-e. be an Bs-lsU:it to thc .-ei-rclaiy ol thc Nuss, ssho would te eaBveraanl vvith the work of the oflee ami take the place of tho Secretary when absent, Instead ot having a Chief of bureau act ?*? Nectary. The "pat. n* stores system," which was put Into npri-ation a year ago, ls having a harri t ruc of lt. "?? Brat altcm-Dt ol the Buieaa of lTuvl-loi-l sud Miling to purchase ihe entire supplies for thc Navy nder the new arrangement has not been successful or satisfactory to ft?K<rctary Whitney. Bids havo cen opened for some of the classes of stores required ir thc next year, Imt the schedules made out by the Apartment were so vague and full of errors that thc <ls were found unsatisfactory, and new schedules dil have lo ho made out and read vert Isod. Mean ? lille i|,c Navy must walt for supplies, and the work n thc new- vessels under construction at New-York nd Norfolk will 1,e delayed a month at least. 'UtOWXFD IX FIJEXCUMAX'S PAY. CANOEING AT NIGHT AT BAR HARBOR. USS ASNIR MIMIKKN, OF BRW-ORI.KAN., AND J. B. HKKI*. Or AI.HAVY, PAY FHi THEIR TEM K.ItlTY wiih Turin nv rs. 'sr TaiaaairB to tiik tribttxr.1 Bar Harbor, Me., Auc. 12?Miss Annie Milli ;i*n wns drowned herc last Bight She waa thc nly child of John Milliken, a cotton planter of .'esv-llrleatis. mid a niece of ex Knited States Senn or Farnell, of Maine. She and J. H. Bead, a on of Joel Recd, of Alhnny, N. Y.. lost their lives rhile BBBoalng on Frenchman's Iiav. It is an un isnal thing fur even the most expert. c*inoeists to enture out after dark, as the frail craft arc easily il'set, and Hie <l:,t-kni-s. greatly increases the laager. Mr. Reed, however, not uadeniandlag tha ;rnvity of the situation. Invited Miss Milliken to ro, and she, in opp.sitinn to thc wishes of her hnporonc. Mrs. A. NV. Van Voorhis. of New-York. villi whom she is staying here, accepted thc invi? tion. A start was made nt half-Mat ?* o'clock. | t wns with much diilicultv that Mr. Reel man- j iged io secure a canoe, as he was ri fused one by I he men Avho hire them on account of thc darkness if thc Bight mid thc brisk anti thtageroua breeze hat was blowing. As Miss Milliken did not return lr midnight, an tlurm w;is given and boat* arith lanterns .Kitted Mit to search the nearest islands. At daybreak, -team launches set off to continue tha search, but found BOthiag. At half-fast ll a coasting schooner tomiog in from thc Atlantic brough! the missing canoe, which had been found bottom upward four miles down thc day, just when it 01,0ns Lota the Atlantic All hope wns then given up. Both the na fortunate young people won staying it the St. Sauveur Motel, where Mr. R-cd's mother, , two .sisters nnd his elder brother Averc Avith him. Urn Van Voorhis, in wheat charge Miss Milliken ; AA-ns for thc sumniT, is a jrooag widow well known * in New-York. She is prostrated by thc calamity. The missing girl w.is about twenty-two years old. Her mother, who is a native of Rockland, Maine, i.s now- al that place nnd has BOl yt been j advised of the sad news. This is the first fatal ! nee.,,: m. that <ver occurred at Bat Harbor \ through the npaettiag af canoes, although there have been many narrow escapes. STRUGGLING TN THE EAST RIVER A SMALL BOAT UPSET BT A WAVE AND THBF.E MEN BBOWNf-P. William I lurence. t d**ck hand; Charles Helm, engi? neer, and Frederick Zlsslng. o' Ihe Fishing Lani; boa! a K. Schuyler, lowered a nail boai from the Schuyler, whieh li bow lying at tbe fool of Bast Thirteenth st. fur repairs, and started tn take a row dosi), ike river, vt ihe s'lMh-st. i ler thev were hailed by several young men and they stopped sud tool; on board John Wtedman, Solomon Bela Benja min i.a;./ ,-:.*i hi- brother .lohn. -.rel a young man whose name ls not known. They started u] riser, ami when in thc middle ni the itream, opp, titi Kin th-st.. they retrod behind Ihe ferrybost Wyoming, which hail just passed Hum. Then WBI an linn-" ails* larg wave in tha wake of the ferryboat, and thc loss* hor., vts upset ar,I tie* Bight men wen thrown Into the water. They had a desperate struggle with the waves, hut finally all gol ImM nf -iee upi urned hoi t tnd were enr ii"'i rapidly down stream with thc t|,i,-. iire pa--"n gera on the ferryboat saw Ike accident and hean! the eries for help, bul th" boat wa- ni '? stopped, Af;cr holding t*i the boai for levers! minutes. Kei?, Kau renee ami tho unknown man Iel v" end started lo -wim for tho shore. Tl*" ti,i s. u, , inning strong, and sfter ikey had cece a skirl distance they threw ,,)i their lia,ul- simultaneously mid wen- dre while ihelr companions lonkn helplessly on, being i?? i-.se them any assistance, 'lue boat drlfred lo Sixth s, . where Ibe exhausted men wore taken Into t small boai bj a mai who rowed out (rora tin t. pier. Bell Hated al N ?. PA* Bast Tenth-st. and worked In a wholesale button -tore in BroadT ?:. Laurene ii ed rn lu I at . **,r.ii Pourteenti, it, Xotn in,; i- known a'.out ike stranger ? LIVES OP IV,,) BATHERS LOST. Asbury Karls. Ang 1" 'special .-Al Heal Kalie last. Bight, al.oiit a o'clock, f.'ir men of a section cane em? ployed hy the New-York and l.nnfr Kranch Kailroad went in bathing. Three ol them waded In over their beads, an-i two, .lohn fchrader. a?'c twentj seven, ami Joseph I'revish, atc ihlrty-tkree, both Mungutana, were drowned. m- ? Wi irk OF A QIANI'FOWDER FIEND. DASTABDLT ATTEMPT TO BLOW vv A BOISE AND KILL THK OO (TAM'S. Wllkesbarre, Fenn., Aug, 12. An ait'.-apt xxx* male thi- morning at . o'clock to blow up t'i- residence i f William Collier, ol Kin-ton, while he and bli wife tsc,e asleep In an upper room. A charge of Riant powder was placed In a hoi- bored in a pitch pine los-. The bomb tln.s rire;T.ic,| wns pla ? >l <??, Ike front port h. leaning against the hons* and Bred wiih a fu-c. The ox plosion tor,- away the porch, blew :n the front ol the house and ton down a fence eighteen tee! away, Beyond a i svere -hc-u the *-?*?< orients of Ibe boure w, re uninjured. The duties ol ht- position maka Mr. Collier unpopular with the miners, and lt li believed Kn,- some on- of lie-in though! ie, gel revenge by hilling him In this way. HARBISON'S KINDNESS TO ! VETERAN. IA II I IT BBBULl'TIOXa OP t'MON ritlNTF.its? GIFTS POR A -SICK MAN Wilt) HAD BBBB IN BI8 KltOI ll I NT. Indianapolis, Aug. IS (Special).?General Harrlaea ha- ii.i-ed from Tern Haute ,-? eopj ,,f resolutions thal vv rt adopted lhere a few nights tin at a meeting of union printers, not only Indorsing the republican plat fonn, hut pledging lo Ueneral Harrison their heany rapport An Incident iilus'ratinfr 'i"ii"rai Hair,son's benevo? lent Interest In the welfare ol th" men who shared vi lth him the hardships of army life ssa- told st the Bepublleaa headquarters yeaterdsy by David i>. v-g 1,-s. au old aaUlei Mn Brtgktwood. ??l?n t hrlstinas, four ya.s as'"." -aid Mr. Neiley. ?? I wa- walting at Hu linton *V?"poi 1", a train when Gen cal lU.rlson came tu. av e pot ,,, milling over old i army rocolleeilona, ami <>( Hw many exposures ami dangers ihat thc boys had t" go through. Nam,ally the conversation ran ou io th' condition ol Ihe members of the old regiment --what Hie boas wen- ,io lue and how they wen getting along whlta wa nen : talking ininti over lu tilla ass... l told th" Qeneral i about William Hobbs, one of thc old 701k men. He i A?as the,, liing al lils home lu Julietta tick. He ha.! I been unabl" |o do anything ior some lime, and hi familv wa- so destitute thut Ihe neighbor! were coin I pelted to support them. The General evpressed Hm greatest sympathy far Hobbs, and said some provlslni 1 must h.. made lo relieve h,m. He went down In hi mx'tiris ami gave me every eenl of mousy he had wltl i lim, even to the coppers, and then wrot., nie au onlei 1 to go and pet some tlillias to be taken out to him. I ! -a'd that 1 enid not th'-n. ?Hut,' he replied, 'yoi 1 must, if you don't. 1 will. 1 want you to carr) I Hies* things out to Kill today.' I finally ennsente, 10 do ll. and did as h'- dlieolcd. You can rest assure. that Hobbs fe!, grateful- That's the kind of a mai General Harrl-on ls."* On ihe Inv tallon of his Methodist friends, lieneta Harrison attended religious services thl. morning ai tin- , "niral Avenue Methodist Episcopal t-burch Among IhB member* of Ihe congi, galton are many at tin Qeasral'a most Intimate friends and neighbors sud he was a-- much at home as If surrounded by Hie familiar lacs of hi* Presbyterian brethren. Thc liencral's list of receptions for this werk ha, been changed some and ls as follows: Tuesday - Douglass county, IB.; Kankakee, III., and BarthMo mew County MMlen; Baturday?Newton aod .laspei ?Counties, bustneei men and veterans of Ucvcland Okla, and clti_eiis of Dayton, Oki > POMITXB FOR HVSSISC, AW AT TO IIP. blAIlltJFA Pittsburg. Aug. lg (Special).-About a week ac, AV.ce Kooilrlch, of I Incl,mail, and Arthur O. Smith of the satnc city, sou of Judge layette htntlh, BlOpBI fiom i'oint Ckaataagna, whan they were summering ami wre ,ii_rii*-,l at Mas ville. E. V.. bv a freaky terian etol'BfBiaa. They nb graphed the nevis ti their families lu , Inilniiall, and an BBSWOT esme BrOB IfcS hilde's mother la Ibfl I'lfrel that s'-r would dlSOWl her. The couple came tn Duisburg, and have eve I since been al the Hotel Hover. Judge hmlth arrive, today, regis!,ii-,I at the hiiiei, and was Immediate!] shown to tho room of his son and daughter-ln law who wero perfectly astounded, but recovered thel self possession when Informed Ihat they were for given on ail sides. Tho trio returned to Ctnctnnat to-day. A close: call for boulangee. >nOT AT FIVE TIMES WITH A REVOLVER. [?BOFESSOR PF.P.RIN. OT THR LYCEE, TRI KS TO ri'T TUT. r.K.NFRAK OUT OP THE WAT AT ST. JUAN D'ANUKLT. Paris, Aug. 12.--AVhilc General Rou.anger was Irving in an open eaillaga at Saint, Jean d'An rely to-day, IVifessor Perrin, of the Lycee, tired ive shots nt, him from a rev, her. M. Uatapnn. t friend of the General, rushed fer -ard and ii.%i* iged to turn tho weai>on aside. Tho result was ihat BatapBB himself received a bullet In thc back it thc head, but thc wonnd is not. serious. Two peasants Avcrc also wounded. Gi neral Boulanger was not louched. Professor Perrin is a friend of Mayor I_.ir, thc candidate n* minatcl by the Op? portunists in opposition ti Itoulansrrr. Tin* alTnir occurred at th ? height af B pitched battle betweefl Ihe tivnl poliiieal purtles when, the gendarme* rharjfing. Cunt Dillon received a blow on the head from a stick and oth-r Tl ,iilan_*isis were roughly bandi, d. It is not certain thal V< rrin iatended to aim at Boulanger. CHAMBERLAIN"S REPLY TO PARNELL THK IltlSH kk.adi-.k7s CBALLEHGK phomptky ACCEPTED?THF. LOCAL BOVEBBMEHT BILL AND THF. GOEBCIOB ACT. London, Aug 12.?Mr. Chnmbcrlain's reply to Mr. Parnell's recent letter is poblisbed this morn? ing. Mr. Chamberlain proceeds to state that, tho scheme attributed lo Mr. Parnell was the subject of conversation with Mr O'Shea from the end of November. 18R4. " It was brought to mc la writ? ing by Mr. O'Shea on January 11, l*kS. Mr. PnmclTs kiters prove his authorship, and also that Mr. O'Shea Avas a confidential exponent, of hi.s views at* thc time.-* The correspondence also corroborates Mr. Parnell's stab ment that he did BOt intend thc proposal ns a substitute for on Irish Parliament Mr. Cluin-bcrlain says: " I understood ihe proposal was offend a-s nn acceptable settlement, though I felt thal no j stntenicnl made even by Mr. I'art.oll could bind the Irish people In future, and I believed then as now* that a large nnd safe extension of , local government would remine nil prne'icn! griev? ances. The whole subject was fully tUaeaaaed with my colleagues, and waa not finally rejected till May ti, lSR... when a new Oovernmenl was formed. I tried to learn whether Mr. I'nrnell adhered to his propoaaL In thc middle of July Mr. O'Shea in? formed me tha! in view of the altered state of affairs and Loni ('arnon ons speech, Mr. Pirnell doubted the policy nf encumbering the Irish -vios tion with a larger exlcnaioB of local govern? ment to Ireland th.ni to England. " The aueation of th* renewal of thc Crini"' aet waa discussed simultaneously arith the fore- ; going In thc soring ,*f la*:, Mr. O'Shea brought mc Mr. part,"D's revised Coercion aet of \*k% I Sad on an intBcct'on of the doonment that thc following *l.'i tes remain ns constituting the bill: Mr. [-arne.] had no serious objection to the thea elantca 4 and 6, the lint being altered by the i inmsf.-r from clause i of the definition of of- * feoeea, excluding, however, treason ar.d treason felony. These -ire tha special |ary ela danae 8, ehaage ol verne; clause i... alien clause; chutea IB and l". pri? vate Inquiries; clauses ic an*l i", compensation for murder ami injnr.es, to be levied on the di.trict in whicb the offeB, es an committed : clause 24, omitting thc firM aub-sectioh; elaun 39; elaun 30, otcitticg the first threeaub-sectionB; clans" l-ii ; clause 'Ab, with a consequential emis? sion; ela UV :iu: clnnse I", willi an amendment limiting thc duration of the aet to one seor; Belied ales '- ( ad ? ?* I understand thnt if ihe aci was limited te a year, Mr. Parnell would connon! to mon strin? gent provisions than if extended to three yean, I therefore pressed this limitation strongly upon the other memben of the Government. In con? clusion, I may suv Ihat neither al this time nor subsequently has it appeared le mc that then wns anything in then communications "f which Mr. farnell l,ns entire to i"> ashamed, " I understand him to propose n compromise between the views of the Separatist porty .-?, i?i the existing system, nnd I readily ac ce p ted thc statementa made tu me of his attitude as entirely consisenl willi what, I knew ,,f it myself an.I r-iieciallv with Irs offer to Mr. Gladstone, after the Phoenix iVirk murders, to nure from Pnrlinm, nt and abandon politica.'1 FROM PARIS Tu CONSTANTINOPLE, TDK BEGINNING OF rum ,'T RAILWAT BEBVICE BETWKEB THK TAVO iii IEB Sophia. Ans. 12.-Tho train beglaulBK the direct * railway service let ween rai is ami Constantinople ar rived h're ,o .las. ,\ grand banquet wai. Riven In i honor of the occasion, m whicb Prince Ferdinand pn , lided. Among the guesti wire WM. Sttuibiilofl ahd I Crlillet and a large sambot tf promlnonl pertont representing rariont rountrln in linn,pe. rrlnce Ferdinand, lu a speech, -a \ , i!,at thc eamplelton <>f this iptendtd wort concluded -oiriy t!,rough the efforts and resources ol : Bulgaria, in th-s first year e. blt reign. Oiled blt hean legitimate pride ami Mttlifaetton, and be boped * that ike country which had chosen btan ruler would i bencofortb be better appreciated ami more clearly * Judged. He tbaaked ail preteat and congratulated iiic-ii upon the success of ile* enterprise. M. Naccvlcs 1 msponded, eulogising l'rince Kerdlnand. Oreel en must asm sva- manifested thnughont. A reception al the palace followed thc banquet, tm train wiu pro cecd In the morning. Has THE DARK SECRET FOUNDERED. THE CAPTAIN OB Tilt. BTBAHGEB THINKS Till. Duky WENT BOWN in a GALE Louden. Aag 1-.?Th" captain of the vacht Stranger, wklch ha.s arrived at Queenttown from Bolton, tait be did aol tee th- dory Dari. Secret. He think- the inns foundered in a gate aller ipeah Inc a tierman I.lo-d steamer BOO mlle, from New Vork. --m.-, LAWYERS WHO WILL CONDUCT Mrs. PARNELL'S SKIT. London, Aug. 12.-Mr. Parnell has retained J. II. Ilalfour, formerly Lord Advocate af Sci land, and Mr Asher, formerly Solicitor (ieneral for Scot land, Imth In Mr. loadstone's Administration, to conduct his stilt In the Beoteb courts apilu-t -The 'hines'' Mr. Strachan has be?,n retained an 'unlnr eounseL ? THE PEACEFUL CALM OB RTBOPE Ixmdon. .Vug. 12.-"Th" Kconomisf* says that lAird Salisbury's declaration that the European situation K"i-nis to be entering on a more manuring phase, has something lo support lt. So loin; as the private relations of Emperor William and the Oar are cordial, tome kort of puarantoe for peace exists. TIIE HOLLAED SO, Iin-y IN AMSTF.nDAM. Amsterdam, Aug. 12.-The Holland Society of New-York today attended a concert In the Palace of Industry. Th" orchestra played tho Dutch and American anthems. There was a large audience pretent IS THERE TO RE A RUE WI NC, TRUSTt nr.ronTFT) salk or iwr> mo brkwkries to a> english BYBBtCATB, winni w?mh MOBS, There ha* heen considerable gossip In brewing , rtreles n-eoutly over a report thst a syndicate o! Hrltish capitalists was trying to purchase a largo nnm lier of American breweries. No one seemed to hnon Just who were, in tho movement, nor the prenti plan Bf operations. There appeared to be ar : abundance of money enlisted for the enterprise, ho* ever, while lt wss freely glA-en out thal almost ani I Important brewer who wanted to sell his bnslnc-.' I could find In the syndicate a cash bayer. BM nf i actual purchase In this neighborhood were known ti havo been made uni ll yeserday, when a statement wai published that Iwo well known concerns had bec, bought by s stock company In whlrh English capital I 1st! had largely Invested. These concerns were th, ' Il , lansen A ??un BnWlBg < ompsnv. in East Forty | seventh ?t.. and FkUMgaa, Nay A i'o.. In Tt nth ave I The name of Ike BOV company |s said lo lie tkC IfBU Yo, I; Mien ci |c- Company, and Its capital is put a 1 tp.l,irtH)ArUU. Sulla Ot the lin poi rant m"n In either o ? the concerns thu* consolidated were tu tom ye-ter I dsy. If there ls an; truth In currnt gossip, morn over, the operations of the new company will be ci tended, and may oven asiume ihe proportloni ol i ." trust.' PLOT TO BURN A FACTORY. TO MARR A PROFIT IN A DULL SEASON. . SHOE MANKFACTURF.rt gELLXEO OUT HIS STOCK AND IIIHINU I N< FNDI ARIES?ONE OF THE CONSPIRATORS DISCLOSES Tin: di sign. IBTtki wm*? ToTtm Taincna.] nrldgcton. N. J., Aug. 12.-A plot to burn a shoe factorv and g"t the Insuranee of i?l0.r,,>o has just been tlscovercd in Elmer, a station on the Wes, Jersev Rail? road, twelve miles no,th of liri,leeton. The nrlnrl_,s1s in Raes! Gartteae, and thp*e bl Ot kail, Oenrgo. Frank sud John Karon. They were all connected wl'h the Elmer shoo fr.elnrv, C.arrl'n-i bein; the own"r and the Kacons supeiintcn'1-ants. of late the factory has not I-ald, and <.arrl?on ha*, been heard repeatedly to say: " It would ps;- hotter If lt would burn down.*' Thi Kaciis state thst Cunlson hail severs,! limes asked Georgi Karon If h'* could not get some ono to burn the factory. They say he gave Oorec WOO In rash on Saturday a week _g% as the comnensatlon for burning thc building. Georgi took his brothers, John and Frank. Into his secret, and after consultation rIrey dcrlded to do th" work by hiring one Shemeley, from Philadelphia, who stol? *TIT,0 from th" Elmer Shoo Coin pan;* gome time ago, to do the burulu;; for a considera? tion of MOO. Tho work was to be .lone on Saturdav ni;ht, and lt ls said that Shemele; came down and was seen at Kinnun firovo. ten miles north of Elmer, bv John lif.eon, who b,-ca,?e ba.Hr scare,I, believing that If lt were hiirned he would probably I*, arrested on suspicion of committing the deed. He resolved to disclose the plot In time to sto-i thc burning. Ho went to the township collector. AVIHIam Johnson, about midnight, on Saturdav, amt Johnson with two others Battened to thc factory. Then they waited about an hour, when two men drove up rapid';- In s bugjv and stopped at thc factory. Johnson started up and frightened tho st,-an-r*rs. Who drove off hurrledlv. Tho men were, not recognised, owing to the darkness. In-, (hai les 1\ Hitch,.cr and .Iuds-'" Hllehner, his brother, had a mortgage on the factory, and they, wph m kW other leading business ni*ri. met. on Mon? day to Investigate tha matter They appointed a committee to t -ll cairlson how maller- ttoo I and learn his version of I ka affair. D'* promised lo proserure the persons who eire,ila'ed Web reports. No arrests were nude, mid on Friday morning lt beean io be Whispered amend that he had run away. Ills creditors tepsn to pet attachments and In som? way made themselves safe. He owes a large amount nf money In different places. The Baeaaa admitted receiving money from Harri? son, but now say that Ihey did M Intending to blackmail OarriaOB for more by telling him that they winil.i latona BB him and that they eventually sr,cud R"i potteetlon of Oarriaoa't factory, wklch they base coveted for a long time. John Bacon, one of these brothers, s-rs-cl a term In the state prison thou! elpin years ngo for robbery. He has fled to Pennsylvania. George Karon disappeared a few dnys apo and ls said *:, lu- In Ness-Ynrk. Garrison was a larc" and powerful mar. and until a few mon,hs igo a:;s in th" Bgrlenltnral Implement and phosphate Its'.?*,.. when be matt* considerable money. He ws.s a prominent politician. Ii i- bow (earned by persons wno gave him money to he deposited In ha: u that he Rai p., ii,-,ci ti..*- casi,. Twelve years ago Garrison "as -em to the stole prison by the Cumberland National panic of this city for forgery of three ch.s-ks. bm ll was tbniighl thai lc* had reformed and the matter had boen charil nhl j forgotten by his nclphbots, iie'ei!,-e Karon ls a Justice of th* peace and ,.arrimu i? a constable and both have families. The building ami machinery when flist erected cost . bul ssa- soon after told at forced sale for *?i..*."" In Harrison. On thlt property Garrison h*ld Insuranee foi gio.500. UH ttock of shc-s v as sold elcin. FIGHTING Tin: FF VEE. SANITARY MEASURES IN JA<ksonvilU7 THIIKE NF.AV CASK-: AND ONE DEATH TESTES* DAV?Til.". DIBEASB IN ALL I'AKTS OF THE ri rv. fBT TI-.I.r-.Riril T'A TH** TM BtN**_l Jacksonville, I'la. Aug. 12.?Then wen this morning . i^nteen cases, three convalescent and one dangerously ill. There hud Iv-cn three nev casca reported up to 5 o'clcck: Edgar Davidson, freight agent of th, Bast Tenn "sace, Virginia n:nf ; i Read; a chambermaid tit Pablo, whew I aptain Tuttle died on Saturday, and Mn. Patrick Fallen, the wife ol the city jailer. Mrs. Mcclel? land, reported b ck yesterday, <li'"l this for noon. Fifty wagons .-niel .*, gang of men were engaged all day in cleaning thc Biretta, Garbage, rubbish, old boM-s, etc, were all linnie! olT und burned, hc 'iei' s liv,* or six fruit sti,n<!? Bnd other stivll buihl ines. In every ward i, large fore ls iii work and not n place will bfl lefi unvisited. Coal-tar and pitch-pine tire- bare been burning all day, also, while lime baa 'oreti distributed broadcast in the streets, making them look as if a aaowstorm hr*,1 visited them. The work is beinp don" thoroughly Bnd is the beginning of a determined fight to kill | the lever quins at OBOB. The |un:ie drove off a lar,.-'- proportion of thc people mil th- food supply is cul short. The betels ure- all closed anil most of the restaurants. ; Mnny of the factories vii! be closed I morrow, thro win ii ninny honda out ol employment The city authorities fear thal great privation will fall i upon ti*," poor people wine ure deprived cf work ; and ,-it the M,me time pnventcd trom going else? where'. The ni"st discounting feature is thc continued hot gnd murky weather and the fact thai th'.* new eases develop in all parts of the 'ity. show in,; thai the fi0'ln will be a stubborn one Then an eighl to ten wcelta yet of warm wentber. lt i- reported thal a panic prevails in St. Augus? tine over the discovery ol several suspected canes ot yellow lever, ll"' evening train from then brought a hundred ot mon people, who wen l*'r r'i'1 ii .m Soil li Jacksonville directly to tho Wayep*? station, where they took a direcl train for the N ort h. As tu-- operaton clear the _ffi< e al 8 p. tu., it is mn:, sui hie te lulistantiatc this, hut it ia believed to bo cornet. QfARANTlNE AT CHATTANOOGA. Chattanooga, Auk- 19 (Special), -"'las*. a rigid quarantine win be maintained agtlnal Jackson? ville. Through cars fnun that elty trill not be allowed lo enter < batta,mogs and officers villi be stationed at Dalton, Ga, BB the AV.stern and Atlantic Railroad, and at AVauhatchlc Tenn.. OB IBO Alabama Creel Muthera road. Tlu-y will malic an !nsi>ertli,n of all Incoming iraini ob these Uaet. Tke report gained credence this sBernoon ihat there were BOO refugees st Boyeo, four miles out. As a matier of fact, thirteen passenger, were put off lhere. ? ONE ni* TIIE PATIENTS HURRTIVG NORTH , harlcston. s. C., Aug. DJ (Special,.-Thc evening train which paned here all-out 7 o'clock lo nlpht had aa beard a patient suffering fiom yellow fever, who seems tn have escaped from thc sand hills n-ar Jacksonville. Ills name was given as Puckley and he ls said ta be a rich New-Yorker. Ile was In a Pullman sleeping-car and wss attended hy two men. Jt ls supposed that ho ls on his way to New-York by way of Ballimore. Tho party made no ?ffort to Slop here. __ ASSIC.XAfEST TO UAKF. SOOM FOR A XF.W FIRM. Nashville, Aui:. 12 (.special,.-An assignment wt* msde yesterday afternoon hy the O. T. Lure Manu factoring Company, whose wire works are lu the net* town of AVest Nashville four miles frem this elty The liabilities of thc company are over 8125,000, am lt ls istlmated that thc ass.-i- sre PAOO.OOU, althougl the latter tl gui c !< probably placed uki high. Th, company removed Its works from Rockford, III. ti AVest Nashvlllis, after the boom In real estate ,,n? yea ago, aud conducted business on a larg* wale. Th* West Nashville Kami Improvement Company ls th, largest creditor, the amu,int due lt being pAO.OOO. Th Dewitt Wire Cloth Company, Bl New-York, has a clair of over flH.OiO, and I. 0. Dewitt ls a creditor to ih* amoUUl Ol ?13,800- O. J. Luce appeai-s In the der, as having assigned re J. A. Hudson, New York, fo 184,711. J- H. Acklcn and T. D. Fife, of Nashville have a claim again-! the company for ?6,000 each The wire works "sill probably Im, operated under a net n.ai. i-r* lunn shortly. ? WOODBDALB 4.TD BVOOTOB AT PBAt I Liberal, Ka-., Aag 19 lour r,,m|)anlc- ,,f mill tl pas-el through lure on Kilda), hating tieen WlCkdmU from secs lc In steven,. I'oiimy. Th, re an- y it tito aad two tna^anlat ai Wooded ale, ami two ? Hiigotoi), lui, lt I- evpcrlcl thal IkOSS villi .il-.. I, returned la their homes within six days unless som new trouble should occur. All the cltlsens of Wood dale and Hugoton have been disarmed, and whe " Sam* Robinson and his party returned from Topek a few dayt ago tbey alto bad to give up their armi rt lt EiC JA Fe JJ JJ I JX on a* urta m..^. AST ERIE TRAIX ALMOST DEMOLISHED. ? ASniNG INTO A COAL TRAIN-ONE ENGINEER KILLED, ANOTHER HCRT-THE PASSENGERS ?BUSED nCT RAFF. Elmira, N. Y., Aug. 12 (Special!.- Erle Train No. r>, t. Louis limited, the fastest weU-hound train on tho nad, waa wrecked about 2 o'clock this muming about lftcen miles west of this city. The train was behind Imo, and was ninrlng a, the rate of sixty mlle* an io,ir. At the point where tho accident occurred ls a urvo and a switch, and it ls supposed thc wreck was auscd ty the twitch halag left open. On the oast lound traek was a Lehigh Talley empty coal train, ind the passenger train ts as thiowa across ihe switch md Into Iho Lehigh engine. Roth engines were de noMslied, and BagBwer John Men anea, of Homcl ?llle, was Instantly Ulled. " llllam Fisher, engineer ,f the coal train, is as badly Injured, and ls a laving nanlac. He was tohen lo coning. The fireman of 1'raln No. 3 was perched on top of thc rab of Ihe ce? lina uninjured, but he does not know how he got here, ldc baggage and ex pre-s care were smashed nto kindling wood, but. strange to say. th? occupants if these cars were found on ihe side of the t,a-k with inly slight bruises. Thc smoking ear, In which were svelve men, was thrown over on Its side. Tho roo; ?abs torn off and Ihe men slightly hurt. On-* pa-sen jer coach was thrown from th-- track and thc passen ,-ers badly shaken up, but none was seriously hurt. I'ho occupants of the sleeping cars were only slightly larred. Af the time of thc arri lent, rain was falling In -orrents, and the extreme darkaOM added to the terror | if the passengers and crews of the trains. The body ti thc dead engineer wa; taksa ta Hnrnellsvlllo and the njured men wero taken to corning, two miles distant, where ever) thing possible was done by thc company's .(?firers for their relict. Tho damage amounts ta P_5,WOO. LAWRENCE R. JEROME DEAD. HF. DID NOT BBOAIB CONSI tOl'SNf.SS AFTl R THK C*IFATOBABt.B Tfi'.N friday NIOHT. Lawrence n. Jereme, Bg*l sixty uln***, died yesterday about noon, after a kleknets Of sever rt days, a* .sharon. Conn. Ile had not b.en conscious since Friday nlpht. Ill-, wife and son, William Ti avers Jerome, and other memben ol thc family v-ere with him whoa aa died. As it was known tha: Mr. Jerome wa? sinking rapidly and could live only a few boan, The Tribune published a sketch of his life yesterday. The body wm be brought to New York, wh?re th- fungal will take place to-morrow or Wednesday, IHE UMBRI A'S SLIGHT ACCIDENT. NO ACItvI. DELAY CAC8BD Te) TIIK PaMBJBBKBB? ASSISTANT WAS NOT Bl BBBB. The Umbria, which was nporttd off Fire Island ?Saturday afternoon making tlew head-nay ,ind?r sal. arrived at hoi- pier yeeterday awtnlag ai B a'ctoek. The cause of h*?r delay wa. a brok-n ipiadle-pta Bfl one of tho valves. She was at no time In nce,| of assi-tan-re, however, as the BCCMBBt had not a'fec'"d ! the low pressure engine. When lt was found that she could not get over th" har beforo the tide turee,1. she was run in nearer shore and aackend for th" night. By daylight the spindle hal been repaired and she was able to proceed >>*> Quarantine at once. Ihe tugs which had gonn out to meei her wen not called upon to render ar.- assistance. The "ATlllam I leteher took off her mall bags. a* tht time of the accldenl shn sive premise of t fas, pta tl ge. She was nol iry.ng to beat the record, hos-.,vcr, as she hal already bee;, , it some time over ihe quickest passage. No delay was camed to Um gen by the accident, a- she could no; have n-aii-d Quarantine early enough to clear thal night. A- U wa-. <!i- reached her pl r a- soon a- iht would have done if the delay outside had not occurred. There 1? a difference of opinion, however, as to hbo real ran-*- of thc ac,-'?l nt. Two of thc cabin passengers, -Alien -cen by a Tribune reporter yest, r day, said that the Umbria wu bctag poshed to lier utmost in order to make Qaarantlne befon sunset, and that while steaming at the ra'o of twenty live miles aa hour >he head of her high-pressure cylinder was blown off. *? ..?___. EoEEBT O ARRU irs SORRY CONDITION. KiTTT.r. CRABBE TESTEBDAY?BIB FRIENDs* K"1T. POB Till BEST, KIT AKSO DOl'llT. Tl,eic was little change In thc condition ol Boner! Garrett yesterday. Dre. Partridge and Ward mad, their cuttomftry visits at the Brevoori House, and re? ported that Ur. Garrott wai, they considered, a llttb better. Ile hi*d ile pl three leer- the previous night and they thought thal his appetite and dtgettlon w.*re Improving. Ills friend and counsel, John K. Cowen. ,.f Ualttmon, who lia- boen here with Mr. Garrett since ho was brought from .lichfield BptiBgS, said last evening: I cannot say that, the physicians give us much eneonr ,._r"inc:!t. but twin my awn observation I think fha' I can say th:,', M-. c.irrci, has pMnci something in tt,, last twetity-feur hours. Whether lt ls ptimaaenl In prevement or not ls, of eours", a mattoe of conjecture. Ws have not bs any means abandoned hope. It ls ROW plain that bia ?oing to Maryland aft r bia retro frem Europe ia-i month *?-** a Bil'take. Til* vi itu io the scenes where he hal been M Intimately aaaoeiated ?itii bli <i<. 1 be thor h.,d aa unsittllng ? ?"? ?; upon hBa which produced an Immedlste unhappy ehsnge. He was lu exe Uent Best th ind res , . ??* *l spirits when he returned from Europe tlii-i Cine. I ssis his cijs.r.iitc iii college and have been on term ot iles,. (Hen Ishlp svitli him ever '111.", c:ul I mu say ,lia*, h-* ssas nevil || bet,cr health. Ye one sh, u week St tl- he*.,* induced recoil.*, ti ,,.< wMch ? thanked him greatly, .ini he wai already a ei'*k stan when to Marted fe,.* RlohAeld Springs- Still. h**, any recover aul be a sseii man a^-iin. He baa a splendid constitution, ami iii,- fa.-, thai h* recovered tad boes me strong physically uni mentally a**."-* his attack of last var gises easonr agement to his friends. It has not been decided wh-re tee iuiie' hiin. AVe han been looking in many directions t?r:. suitable pine" siller-' !,-? can be properly attended and ie ;h same time i.'iu wholly reu,.,vei frem bs Bruna .,n noyancea 1 shall remain ben unUl the matter la ?Killed and us long as Mr. Darrell does. av. e. Guy, of i alt Inion , who hat taken Mr. Crane's place for tbe present 1 prlvato lecretary to Mr. Garrett, was looking for s milage in Ike neighborhood ol Orange, n. J., ynterday, but failed to timi what ls r-'i'iii-.d. ll" laid ) il -nias thal ii" definite a* ling Mr, Garrett's is'u;osiii ha.1 yet berni mad". ? ? PREPARING FOR I. IBOR DAY PARADE. At tl: ? regular Sunda] rn, '-mi*.- ol the Central Labor I'liiien >,-,. nias, .lam - I*. Archibald presided. ih" International 1 Ile Lbj ? rt' Union, which recently sp'it from the regular orgaalsatlea of tile layers, ap* pll ? 1 t , iii- 1 etitral Union .'or tdmtSSlOB lo ihat ii* ilv, '?? asd.dal-*, th. Eccentric rlromen't Cnlon. Admtttlot was refused to both organ tattoos. Grand Mai*.hal ; James l. Minivan has appolnlod Mathew Hair as hi* chief aid tor lbs Lalor ??<? pantile, and ha- cai,ci ,-, I mealing ot tils aid- tor 1.n'aj "vening, at No. 14.1 I Ea-t Eighth-.t., and requests al, outside organization wishing t.i participate ia Ibe parade te, semi in com j iutiuleatlotis that evening. t ? ? PBOBABLB BTEIKE OP CIQABETTI lilHLS. There will pro!,ably be mable In Duke's cigarette factory, Thlrty-Mxih-st. and second ave., on accouni of a reduction in wag**s resaBlag from thc saturdav half holiday. The girls employed In thc nianiifaeinrr of cigarettes, to the number ef 41X). are memling o' tba K.Acclslor Labor Club, knights of Lah.ir. Situ* ttmc ago they made complaint that their wages ha, been cut from *Jii lo fi _o a week, and that their work lng hours had been lacmassd by two aud a half i weeli, ihey al.0 complain that where formerly tho*, had a helper at the machines, they n?w have to d. Hie whole work themselves. A committee from thi Central Labor Union called on thc Kiipctsntrndcnt, bu as far as can lie learned the interview was bb satisfactory. In ease of there not being a settlement 1 big st 1 ike la iii.il.in,-nt. ? IN PLACE OF IBCEBTABT LITchmaN. Pittsburg, Aug. Ifl (Special,.- Boberl D. Layton, wh once heM the jiosition of grand secretary of the Knight of Labor, ls again a candldaio for the position and ha for lil- opponent charles Klichinsn, the present lr ciinibent Layton will not take advantage of th charge against Kltchman In regard to tba order fTinting, but defends bim I ayton says that nf print ng worth B40.00O, only one a,110,mt worth ifj.Ooo wi done at Lltrhinan's Printing on.ee at Marhleheai Mass. The rest was done by union prtnters of Phip delphla. layton proposes to employ fair means onl to Insure his election. a roux a LOTRtr* oovblb crime Hartford, Conn.. Aug. Ift In PUlinin,., tWBlt iinlvs Irom Ihls city, yaaterdai afternoon, Qaarf llradley, age twenly three, shot I,ls SWaathBan j Killie I "ni ter, ap- scvciiteeii, B,?l tJ,ea ,shol hunsel Hie affair occurred at the girl's home, 1,1 Ki,,?i HIM Futter died at 2 MO o'clock this murnini Kradley, ot whose recovery there ls but small chane has been placed under arreit. Coroner Sperry wei to I'lainvillo thii aBernoon and began an moues whick wlU be coatlauad to-morro*?_ CONSIDERATELY SPARED BY ALL. tr.T.'R.NING TO TCW.M EABLY IN OBDgB TO Bl FHK.?fl FOR TIIK J01RNF.T. Mr. Illa,ne had nn exceptionally agreeable time it Coney Islnnd yesterday. The rain, which narrod the day for thousands of people, wns really, n his favor, since it kept a nvittittide away from he seashore and prevented the Oriental IL.tel. s'here he stayed, from Ix-ing overrun with crowda >f curious people. Ile and his family practically lad Hie day to themselves, for while there were i few individual callers, noni of these remained 'or any considerable length of time. Every ono seemed to understand that, Mr Hlaine hnd como loAvn t*. tin- beach to enjoy a fjuiet Sunday, and in consequence there av;>s a pMfftl dispositioa ?* ;i-si.st iq securing for him rt realization of thia lesirc. To infer from this, however, that he spent the lay alone, or in the privacy- of his rooms, would Iac a great mistake, tin the contrary, he was ibout riic hotel corridors, or eil the verandas or lovvn nloni* the tva I ks by the breakers nearly alt the time, except, of course, when it rained. The place delighted him. He fell in loA*e with it it t.'ne first and gave himself up to the full enjoyment of its charms. The family breakfasted late with Mr nnd Mrs. T. C. Platt, whoso guests they were, in one of the aemi-privatn dining rooms of the hotel. It was their intention t ) attend thc religious service in the Casino, hut owin-s to ;i -. lolent rain about church-time rbis idea waa abandoned. There were a few friends and nci|,i,iintnnccs of Mr. Blaine nt the hotel, in? cluding Senator Don Cameron, of Pennsylvania, nnd his wife, who is n nejeo of Senator Sherman; l'hiiirm:in Quay, of the Nut ional Republican Com? mittee, who usually s[>ends Sundays at this part, of thc beach j Senator J. Sloat Fassetf. and his friend. Assemblyman John S. Dwight, of the Re? publican State Committee, who had also como down on Saturday to stay over Sunday at the s. ashore. CHARON wiTn A FEW HU EB DB.' Mr Blaine chatted with them nil In a pleasant* inform,>l way, ns they met in the corridor**, hub none of them had, or Btteaapted to have, any con? ference -with him. The first visit.*,- outsid,* tha ?iiu'sts at th" hotel, was John J. O'Brien, thc Re? publican leader of the .Tilth Assembly District, Ile drove up to the hotel in a carriage with som<? friends and spent a .hart time Avith Mr. Blaine. Mr. O'Brien *A*as the oin- delegate from this Stnte Avho insisicl on voting foi- Mr. Blaine at Chicago frem th,- first halloa. When thc ram suspended operatioaa at last, some on<- suggested a dip in tho surf. It was doci.iodlj* cool and Mr. Blaine de? clined to entertain th" pro|K?sition. Walka! Blaine, however, thought it a good idea and ac cordingly 1,.*, S"tiaror Fas-ett. Mr. Dwight Franlc S Platt and some of thc newspaper men went ia the wafer, Avhile Mr. Blaine was talking tvith tho '-'I -ts. One of those that seemed to -Attract him es? pecially waa Senator Cameron's little two-year-oM daughter, a bright, attract iv child fairly overflow? ing Avith glee and good spirits. Fmmons Blaine, came down tarli- in the day. but James Avent to Seabrlght, The holies ,.f the party. Mrs. Bluin<\ MIm Dodge 'cul Hamilton, aad Mi-s ll irrieO Hlaine. enjoyed thoms-hes in a quiet AA*av, but did : t wander aronad so much na Mr. Blaine. A?v. lar. inly he found it didi.ult* to remain quiet for any great length of time. Once in thc afternoon bc sat fur a hull-hour Ag so with Senator Cameron on a hench cn thc front lriAvn. gazing ?t times .-.'?ri.-s the Lower B.iv where the Highlands of the N.-iAi-siiik could bc dinilv sen, bm gener-lly his lesli, ss energy kepi lum moriac aiiout. Caataia W. H. Thompsein, forni'-rlr commodore of thc White Star Line, called shortly after luncheon. He aams a fellow paaBettg-f Avith Mr. Blaine on th,- (itv of (few-York cad an old cai quaintance. Shortly afterward a t, legraaa wns re ,-e ived bj ex Benator Platt fiom a meetiug of maunfaeturerB at thc Brighton Benah Hotel, ask lng Mr. Blaine to come Beer :? n-1 addi BBB them, but he declined to discuss business matters or D'litics wiih anv one on Sunday. The guests at thc hotel were highly iadigBBBl at a published report about Mr. Blaine's reccpiioii in thc Casino Saturday night. They declared thnt ii was a most enthusi. ;i"!ic tribute, as hearty ns it av;is unanimous. Ab ti o'clock Mr. Blaine dined arith his family. BTABTUTO FOT. THE CITT AGAIN. A number of people gathered abont the rear piaaza of thc Oriental to see Mr. Hlaine and hm family depart, whit li they did at 7 :'_o, taking seata in the parlor car Woodruff. Avhieh had BCCB run no io the Int'.,' station hack of li;,- hotel. Ex -Sena? tor and Mrs. piata accompanied their guests aa far as the Manhattan Beach Hotel, wln-re the special ,-ar avds attached to llie ;:_.. train. Mr. Blaine stood on th,- platform te, bid good-bya to Mr. and Mr-, flatt before the tram got under way. At, that time another arrived, ani when th}- pas-M-ngers alighted Mr. Blaine av.is at om.* recoBgiaed. und a erosvd gathered in front of hun. Hui as it was Sunday, there wera nu demonatrationa other than th.* raising of bat-, and waving of handkerchiefs. Mr. Blaine bowed his ncknowhdgmeiits of tho iain ta tiona. Tin- trip to New-York was uneventful. It wrrtm dark when the irani reached Long Island City, an,I in the dimly lighted station lew peopk recog? nized Mr. Blaine .<s he walked through to tin ferry. It avus raining when thc New-York side ssas reached, aad as quickly as possible the party got int" th,* carnages whieh wn* AA.dting for them und were driven to the Twenty-thinl-st, entrance ol' th,- Fifth Av nne Hotel, going im? mediately to their ninnis. Mr. Blaine du] not eiine downstairs agata, retiring early so as to i,e thoroughly refreshed for the lourney to Boston to-day. Ait.r Mr. Blaine's return to the hotel Chairman Quay, of tin- National Committee, iien? eral Alger aii'l J. S. Clarkson paid him a brief visit. TO START FDR PO-sTON TniS tfOBBXEOi At ll o'clock this morning Mr. Blaine and hla family will start for Boston on thc New-York and Ncw-Havi-i! express tram, av Inch leaves hero ab that hour. They will be accompanied hy Dr. T. L Burden, of the Massa ohusctta Re? publican State Committee, and prohsbly bf Joseph Manley. Ihe train will stop for a few minutes at Stamford, Bridgeport, Norwalk. New-Havea. Sprmglh ld. Meriden, Worces? ter and South Franiiughani, but Mr. Blaine will not make anv apeechea At Boston there will bo it demonstration in his honor. On Tuesday ho will go on lo Augusta, where he will also get another great reception. --? SMALLPOX IN THE TRENTON PRISON. THF. EISCOVKRY CAfSF.S A I*ANIC AMONG THF. COX* VKTS. Trenton. N. J., Aug. 12 (Special!.-A panie prevallB In the State prison here owing la Hie breaking out ot iiinallpox on a convict named Thomas Kenny, front F.-s'-x county. Tho disease was discovered on him yostcroay. an-l he vi as at once Isolated from tbe other convicts by hoing placed In the old prison morgue, which has be-n convicted Into a pest house, lt la supposed th" disease vi as communicated to Kenny by a colored convict named Charles Platt, from Camden Couuty, whu Alas lodged In prison on July 24. Ila and Kenny worked In the tame shop and their cells were on the same Her. There ls no doubt whatever that Kenny has a genuine attack of the malady. In bis Isolated cell he ls at? tended hy two convicts who had the smallpox before they wero lodged In prison. Dr. Hutchinson, tha pil-oii physician, and Head Keeper linterson sra laking every precaution to prevent an epidemic. Ihe pri-oii ha* been thoroughly fumigated and mott of the convicts have heen vaccinated wllh virus which ike pins.-ian procured leeterdey lu Philadelphia, ivar- sn- aa pressed thai thc whole prison may ha Infected, and the oltii-eis and Inmates aie much teared. i-e.ii," ul tin- iii nhl watekflMa have a- Iel tu Ul ii*. Iles cl (lom dui). -m> a _M.s..F\<;/./f manara fkoh the amzosa. Oh Thursday, August 0, at about 3 :!W. p. m, ll. W. Carpenter, a saloon passenger on th? steamship Arlfona, tn charge of r>r Btchanls, was found to be missing. Search was made, but without avail Rc ii supposed to have Jumped overboard aad la kati beta OrowBc4 i