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"YOU LXIV.-NO. 340. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, ,1897.-C0PYIUGI1T, 18(17," ItY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. PIlIcTwbCENTS, tj jjlH
CITY CONVENTION SEPT. 28.
st.1t toitk couxtt bepvbzioax
zeabebb choose a date.
Mings and the Brat Expected, to A free to It
Tentative Dales for Other Conventions Dla,
trlrt Loader Pallia on Interesting- Qurx
(loot-Judge Wallace for the Rtate Ticket!
It has bcon decided practically that the Re
publican City Convention to nominate candi
date" for Mayor. Comptroller, and President of
the Council will bo hold on Tuesday, Sept, 28,
or five weeks beforo election day. That li the
dato which the Republican district leaders of
tbli county fixed on In cauous yentorday aa the
proper one. Of courao their action Is only a sug
gestion to the City Committee to rail the city
contention for that dato, for, as President
Qulg-g said yesterday, the dote must he flxed
formally and the convention railed by that
committee and ho would cortalnly consult first
with Jacob Worth of Brooklyn, If. C. Johnson of
Queens, and Hush McRoberta of Richmond,
the other members of tho com ml Hoc. Nonotho
lets. New York county haa'the controlling volco
I In tho City Committee, and It Is generally under
stood that tho Republican organisations In the
other counties will arransro tholr primaries and
minor conventions accordingly.
The fixing of tho convention date only nfow
days In advance of the last day for filing certifi
cates of nomination will not suit IhoCitlrcns'
Union statesmen and other statesmen who have
been clamoring fornn oarly Republican conven
tion. Neither will the dato suit Tammany's
leaders.
Every Assomblv district with tho exception of
tho Tvrciity-nir.th was roproscntcd at the cau
cus which was held at county headquarters yes
terday afternoon, and ovory leader voted in
favor of the dato. A date even Inter might havo
been recommended had It not born that It is tho
dtsiro o( the loaders to hoi d all tho county, bor
ough, and district conventions after tho city
nominations are made, as many nominations for
minor placos on the ticket will have to bo mada
with rctcrenco to the make-up of the city ticket.
particularly with a fusion of anti-Tammany or
ganizations. Tho dates for nil these minor convo nttons and
for tho primaries at which delegates to all of
them will bo chosen wcro also tentatively fixed
by the caucus. Tho organization has struck a
snag which makes late conventions a necessity.
Borough and council conventions are new
things and not mentioned in tho constitution of
the organization, which constitution specifically
provides what conventions may bo called. It will
be necessary to amend tho constitution to permit
the calling of borough and council conven
tions. Amending the constitution takes time.
It was determined yesterday to call n special
meeting of the County Committee for Monday,
Aug. It), at which the propoisod amendment may
be offered. It can bo voted on then at tho regu
lar meeting en Sept. 10. In theao circumstances
It was rccogulzod to bo impossible to order
primaries or call conventions until after tho
last-named date. After discussing the matter
thoroughly tho caucus decided to recommend
these dates:
Primaries, Monday, SopL 20 Delegates will
be olected to three seta of Assembly district
conventions; one to chooso delegates to the
City and County conventions, another to select
those who will attend tho Borough, Council, and
Judicial district conventions, and the third to
constitute a convention to nominate candidates
for Assomblymcn nnd Aldormen.
Friday. Sept. 24 Assembly district conven
tions to elect delegates to the City and County
i conventions.
( Tuesday, Bent. 28 City Convention.
I Thursday, Sept. 30 Assembly district convon-
tlona 10 elect borough, judicial, district, and
1 Council delegates.
! Saturday, Oct. 2 County Convention to notnl-
nato two candidates for Justice of the Supremo
, Court.' two for Justice of the City Court, and
.candidates for Sheriff, Register. County Clerk,
and District Attorney.
Monday, Oct. 4 Borough conventions, at
which candidates for President nnd for Coroners
will bo nominated. There are to be four candi
dates tor Coronor nominated in tho borough of
Manhattan and two In tbo Bronx.
Tuesday, Oct. 8 Council district conventions.
Tuesday. Oct. 8 Judicial district conventions
to nominate candidates for Civil Justlco In tho
Tenth district of tho borough of Manhattan and
In the two districts In tho borough of the Bronx.
Wednesday, Oct. O Assembly and Aldermanio
nominating conventions. A candidato for At
frrmnn will ho nominated In tbnt part of tbo
Twenty-fourth ward annexed in 1805. as well as
In each of the thirty-five Assembly districts.
Among other things which the proposed
amendment to the Constitution will provide Is
that the representation in Council and Borough
conventions shall be by Assembly districts.
If any reasons were needed for holding late
conventions other than tho constitutional neces
sity therefor, a Republican leader sold yester
day that It would be found in the fact that tho
candidate of the party for the only place on the
State ticket will not bo put In the field until tho
middle of September, and It haa never been the
custom In this county to name any candidates
for minor places until the Stato organization
has promulgated lis platform and put Its ticket
Id the Held. This custom would not be de
parted from this year, ho said.
Something happenod at tho caucus which In
dicated the temper of the district leaders on tho
subject of tho personality ot tho man who will
be the party candidate for Mayor. President
Qulgg polled the leaders on two propositions
which he presented. Ono of these was that the
candidate for Mayor must be a Republican se
lected by the Republican organization, and the
other in tho nature of a request to know If tho
leaders could gunranteo that the delegations to
tho City Convention would support the candi
date who might be selected.
Nearly all tho loaders mode speeches. All of
themwero with Mr. Qulgg on the proposition
that the candidate must do a Republican and
the first choice of the Republican organization.
Most of them deprecated any effort on tbo part
of outsiders to foist candidates on the party.
When it came to guaranteeing the delegations
from the Assembly districts there wcro some
protest.
The most vigorous wero made by "Diamond
Charloy " Murray and Jake Patterson, who said
very emphatically that they would not guaran
tee their delegations if thecandidatcshould hat
, pen to be William I Strong. Murray nnd Pat
terson nre the men who had a sad experience In
1805, when they attempted to direct Mayor
Strong's administration.
President Qulgg made a speech. In which be
warned the district leaders that they ought to
bo very particular in their choice of candidates
for tho Council, the Assembly and the Board of
Aldermen. He advised them to maka tbo
strongest selections possible for these places,
so aa to attract as many votes as
they could to the city and county
ticket. If this wero done even In strong Taniv
many districts, whero election for n Republican
Is out of tho question, it might be tho moans of
strengthening tho tlckot. Ito urged that the
best foot be put forward evorywhere, and that
no honorary or slipshod nominations be made.
He suggested that ho would select a
man as his assistant with whom the dis
trict loadors might consult on this subloct
of district candidates to carry out his plan.
The leaders objectod to this, saying thatthoy
would consult with Presldont Qulgg, but ther
did not care to deal with un assistant President.
Mr. Qulgg laughingly assented to this, saying
that the proxy idea was suggested to him merely
as a way to lighten his labors as tbo head of the
County Commlttco for part of the campaign.
Chairman Hackett of tho Ropubllcan Stato
Committee returned to his summer homo on the
St, Lawrenco yesterday afternoon, having
spent another evening with Senator Piatt nt
tho Oriental Hotel. Manhattan Boach. An
other guest at tho Oriental on Wodnes
day night who had n long talk with
Senator Piatt and Chairman JIackett was
Judge William J. Wallace of tho United States
Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Wallace has
been mentioned frequently as the possible nom
ineoof tho Republicans for Chief Judge of tho
Court of Appeals, and It was said yesterday that
he will In all probability be nominated by the
State Committee when It meets at the Fifth
AVcnUO Hotel nntt. month. Tho date of that
meeting hat. been agreed on and it is about tho
luiddlo of September.
Judgo Wallace Is the candidate of the Repub
licans of central New York for the place on tho
Court of Appeals bench to bo vactod by Chief
Judge Charlus Andrews. Ills homo Is in Syra
cuse, whiro Judge Andrews also resides. He
was born In that city in 1B30. Ho studied law
In Hamilton College. Ho was Mayor of
Hrraouse In 1873-74, and at tho expiration of
his terra was appointed United States District
Judgo for tho Northern District of New York.
In lBo'J! be was appointed United States Circuit
Judgo for the Second Circuit, comprising the
States of Now York, Vermont, and Connecticut,
In 1601 he was appointed to the Circuit Court
of Appeals, then created, a post which he has
since tilled.
U Died rrom Rating Ureeu Apples,
Oranok, N, J Aug. 8. George Hurfleld, an
H Orango hatter omployed in New York, ate a
H great many green apples on Tuesday, After he
got homo that night ho bocarao sick, Ho died
yosterday of cholera morbus,
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WASTED TO XIZZ Dtt. JE, E. HAZE.
An Insane TheeWgleal Undent Declares That
His Mission Is to Shed the Preacher Bleed.
Wakefield, R. I, Aug. 8, A roans' man
was arrested In this village as a tramp on
8aturday who, It Is now said, Is tho man who
has beon writing threatening letters to tho Ror.
Dr. Edward K. Hale. He has been ldontlued
as William Collier, e theological itudont from
Memphis, Tenn., who Imagines that ho has
been sent upon earth to redeem the world.
Deputy Bherlff Wilcox recolved word from the
prli oner's fathor yosterday explaining his son's
condition, and requesting tho authorities to
commit him to an asylum until proper arrange
ments can be mado for his removal homo.
Dr. Halo Is spending tho summer at his cot
tage about a mllo fromMatnnno Beach. For
sovoral weeks Collier has been sanding Ut
ters to Dr. Hale from Narragunsctt Pier, and
when one of those was returned unopened
last week ho wont down to Mntunuo in per
son. On Saturday ho was observed hanging
about tho neighborhood and acting so suspi
ciously that Miss Hale sent word to the authori
ties to havo him arrosted. Ho waa found hid
ing In tho woods by Policeman Northrup on
Sunday afternoon. After a desperate struggle.
In which tho ofllccr received a bad scalp wound,
tho roan was finally subdued and taken to the
Kingston Jail.
Since bis arrest Collier haa refused to any
much about himself. To-day, however, he be
enmo greatly agitated, ana said that ho had
conio hero to kill Dr. Halo.
"He has been teaching a fake religion," ho
cried. "Ho la nn impostorand I am going to
shod his blood. I urn tbo second Messiah, I
am Christ, who en mo Into tho world to shed
tho hlood of sinners even as Jesus Christ shod
his blood for lis."
At several Intervals during tho day Collier
would ravo In this manner and Immediately
after relapse into long periods of allcnco. In
his quiet moments ho talks Intelligently on
various subjects. Ha says that his father Is a
lawyer In Memphis and that his friends are
all wall-known people of that city. He cannot
bo induced to tell where bo hna been staying
during the Inst month.
At tho homo of Mrs. Steven Knowlos at the
Pier It was learned that ho remained there
throe daya in tho latter part of July. During
his stay there ho spent tho greater part of the
tlmo writing in his room. Ho had money nnd
good clothes, but when ho went away he bor
rowed an old suit and left his own clothes In
his room. Ho has beon seen at Matunuo at va
rious times and It Is presumed that ho was
awaiting an opportunity to see Dr. Hale.
o. n. v. bezmoxt to build.
He Will lirrct a. Town Ileaaa at Firth Avenna
and "eventy-oeventh Street.
Oliver II. P. Belmont has purchased through
his brokers. Smith & Stowart, the vacant lot on
the southeast corner of Fifth avenuo and Seven-ty-soventh
street from John II. Watson. Tho
price named is 8150,000. The lot fronts 27
feet 2 Inches on Fifth avenuo and 120 feet
on Seventy-seventh street. Mr. Stewart said
yesterday that Mr. Belmont Intended to build a
town house thero at once. The houso will be
modelled after the French stylo, with a front of
white stone. Mr. Belmont will consult his archi
tects in a few days, and dotermino definitely on
a plan for the now house. It was the Intention,
Mr. Stewart said, of Mr. and Mrs. Belmont to
go abroad after the Newport season, the latter
part of this month. Now. however, that the
negotiations for the purchase of the lot havo
been consummated. Mr. Stewart said that Mr.
Belmont would probably remain. Mrs. Belmont
will go across to visit her daughter, tho Duchess
of Marlborough, ne'e Vanderbllt. It Is probablo
that she will not remain during the winter, as
she Is especially Interested in the building of
the new town houso and her country houso at
Hempstead. The country houso is roofed In and
will bo ready for occupancy about Oct, 1. It Is
built on the site of the old Barnard property, on
which Jack Barnard, a son of ex-Judge Barnard,
spent a fortune. It Is surrounded with pio
tnresque grounds. Including golf links and trout
ponds, andMeadowbrook runa through the prop
erty. IthasnlwnranTvimrtejjBs'oneof'tho
finest propertltfe In the Meaejtiwbrook region.
When Mrs. Belmont' was Mrs. 'Alva E van
derbllt she rebuilt the fine residence on the
southwest corner of Madison avenue and Seventy-second
street, and spent $76,000 in remodel
ling and furnishing It She sold this house on
March 3 last to wniayard Cutting for $300,000.
Sir. Cutting has had the bouse enlarged and
nioro floor surface added to the ballroom.
xeit cure fob dbuxkexxesb.
Dr. Evelyn Bays lie Can Work Wonder with
tbe Cae of Iloroe Ulood.
Sax Fiianosco, Aug. 5. Dr. Frod W. D.
Evelyn, bead of St. Luke's Hospital In this city,
has just mode publio the results of fifteen years'
experiments, by which he claims to have found a
certain cure, by Inoculation of bona blood, for
drunkenness, as well as for the transmission of
hereditary taint of alcoholism. Dr. Evelyn be
gan his Investigations while a surgeon in the
British army in Zululand, and he selected a
horse aa a clean nnlmal with plenty of blood.
His cure Is on the samo lines as the vaccina
tion remedy, and he asserts that It not only
kills the craving for drink, but also relieves the
children of a drunkard from hereditary taint.
Tho substance which ho gains by Injecting alco
hol Into the blood of a horse he calls equlslne,
and he thus Introduces It into the human
system.
Tbe doctor Introduces alcohol Into the horse
and then draws off the blood Into a sterilized
vessel, where It Is mixed with chloral to Influ
ence the clot. After sottllng twenty-four hours
it is subjected to a freezing process and then
shaken for half an hour nnd decanted.
The result Is a slightly sticky, straw-colored
fluid, which he calls equlslne. What vaccine
baa been to smallpox, he says, equUlne will bo
to boredltory or acquired alcoholism, Kqulslno
Is prepared In small plaques roude by saturating
paper with fluids and. then baking them In a hot
air chamber. The skin of tbe arm or leg of tho
fiatlent la scarified and a plaquo applied, mols
enea with boiled water. Twelve hours later
the plaque Is again molstaned and applied and
worn for five days. In adult cases of alcoholism
a plaquo Is applied once a week for eight or nine
weoks. The doctor declares that he baa been
successful In all cases whero sedatives or nar
cotics were not used.
u. a. TEEAaunr jiobded of $ia.
A Searo Laberer In the Department Is Ar
rested and Confesses.
Washington, Aug. B. On Monday last tho
experts engaged In counting the money stored
In tho vaulta of tbo Treasury found that ten sil
ver dollars were missing from one of tho bags,
and that pieces of lead pipe had been inserted in
their place to make up for the loss in weight. Tho
socrot service division was notified. Suspicion
roll on Thomas Ma rl in, a negro laborer 00 years
old, who had been engaged to carry tbe heavy
pocks of money from the counters to tho place
of storage. To-day it was found that eight dol
lars bad been taken from one bag of silver and
ten dollars from anothor. Martin was arrested
and made a confession. Ho was committed to
jail this afternoon In default of bonds. Ho Is
fairly well to da. It is said that he has been em
ployed In flvo provlous counts of money made
necessary by a change In the oftlco of Treasurer
of the Unltud States. Treasury officials think a
recount will not be necessary to dotermino
whether Martin's thefts wero greater than ho
confoused. ....
A largo force of men havo boen at work count
ing coin and bullion for several weeks, and thoy
will not finish the count until somo time In
October. Tho commission representing the
Treasury Department and tho former Troasurer,
I). N. Morgau of Connecticut, Is responsible for
any losses during tho count. If Troasurer Rob
erta declines to accept the receipt of tho com
mission unless the thefts or Martin are fully in
vestigated, a. recount will bo necessary.
woirsx ricToitJoua.
Didn't Want the arhsol Principal's Salary Cat.
nud It Won't Be,
Mattbawan, Aug, S. A Hvoly contested
school election was held In Olenham, near this
village, yesterday, In which a largo number of
prominent women of tho village took aotlvo
part. At tho meeting of the Board of Educa
tion, held the evening before, a resolution was
passed to " cut " the salary of tbo principal of
tbe school, which wua to be voted on at the
school election. The resolution evidently did
not meet the approval of all tho inhabitants,
especially the women, as a largo number of them
turned out yesterday and voted at tho polls,
slile by side with their husbands and brothers,
sonioof them soliciting votos. Tho resolution was
defeated by a big majority, and tho principal's
salary remains tbe same as before tbe election.
The uomsn claim the victory, and are rejoicing
to-day,
MINERS' CAUSE PLEADED.
DEBB BATa JIM IB BEADT TO OO TO
THE OAZZOITB FOB IT.
Be Balls at Judges and Injnnctlena at aa
Open-Air meeting In rittaburg-4.000 Per
sons In Attendance, and the Meeting Or
derly Tke Present Condition or the BtriVr.
Prrrennno, Aug. B.-Ono of tho biggest labor
meetings evor held In Pittsburg occurred to
night on tho Allegheny wharf, where 4,000
persona gathered to hear tbe miners' strike
discussed by prominent labor leaders. Mayor
Ford's fear that there might bo trouble
waa proved unfounded. Polloemen said It
was an orderly crowd. Most of those present
were local worklngmen, though two delegations
of striking miners attended, M, J, Connahan,
Becretory of the Plumbers' National Union, pro
sided. . Patrick Dolan, miners' district Presi
dent, referred to the statement of operators be
foro tbo strike, that tho miners would starve.
"That was a month ago," said Dolan, "but,
thanks to our frlonds among tho general publio
and organized labor, wo are not yet starved.
Our fight is one for existence. Wo aro not an
tagonists to the public or to tho courts."
" The tlmo has conio," said M. P. Carrlck,
President of the Painters and Dacorators'
Union, " to test tho right of free speech and
publio assemblage guaranteed by tho Constitu
tion. These miners, many marching barefoot,
poorly clad, hungry, aro manifesting the spirit
of 1770. Thoy aro lighting ths battlo of hu
manity. Tho New York and Olevoland Qas
Coal Company Is responsible for tho hungry
condition of tbe wives of tnousands of miners
In Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois."
SlaryO. Jones, n gray-hatred agitator, mode
a hot speech.
" Wo7 11 take the mines and run them for our
selves, rather than starve" sho said.
" Anarchy 1" shouted a voice.
"No, she's right!" yellod another.
"If vou miners permit tho operators to win."
sho said, " there are enough ladles in tbe coun
try to lick you hU." ....
President M. M. Garland of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron Workers spoko hrlotly. and
was followed by Kugeno V. Debs.
"We come here as law-abiding cltlrcns," said
Debs, "but it tho courts persist in perverting
and twisting tho law in favor of corporations,
then I am not a law-abiding citizen. Now
Is the time to fight out tbo question
of human rights. If It must Iks fought out. In
West Virginia I havo hecn enjoined off tho face
of tho earth, and I see that Pennsylvania Judges
are following the examples set In V est Virginia.
In case of a contest I am perfectly willing to go
to Jail and evon to the gallows. I will continue
tho fight though tho stars may fall.
" The miners havo been orderly and peaceable
and they havo tho sympathy of tho public tho
press, and the pulpit. Tbo courts havo conio to
tbe aid of tbo operators and outside or the
Judges thero is no class that does not deslro to
see the minors win. It Is a pity that the Im
pression haa become prevalent that our courts
are In general swayed by tho desires of corpora
t!ons.'r . , ,. i
At tho close of tho meeting It was announced
that a newspaper had opened a subscription
list for the miners, and a business houso had
already contributed $100.
Striking miners and deputies met this morn
ing at Plum Creok. A delegation of strikers had
marched toward tho mine and wero confronted
by Samuel C. De Armltt and twenty deputy
sheriffs on tho Murraysvllle road.
De Armltt told them that the rood waa privato
property, and they turned back. Later thoy
learned that It was a public road, and returned.
Tbe deputies barred tho way, but tho strikers
pushed through, and marchod past the homes of
the Plum Creek miners. ....
The strikers and the Do Armltts still mako
conflicting assertions. Tho latter say tbnt tbe
force at Plum Creek la not materially depleted.
The minors' offlclals say that about two-thirds of
the men havo struck. A meeting of miners was
held at Mononghela to-day, the object bolnjr to
bring out the fow men still working. In tho dis
trict. Cameron Miller and Patrick Dolan ad
dreuodtb,emeeting. Debs, Mary O.'Jones. and
and others will address a meeting at Turtle
Creek to-morrow night.
Luxinqtom, Ky.. Aug. 5. The Central Labor
Council met in special session to-night and
passed tbe following resolution on the coal
miners' strlko:
"Jlttohtd. That tho Central Labor Councilor
Lexington. Ky., hereby condemns as arbitrary
and contrary to the principles ot American gov
ernment and American institutions the actions
ot tho courts of West Virginia and elsewhere In
denying to law-abiding citizens tbo right of frco
speech and lawful assemblage, and wo call upon
all liberty-loving citizens to Join us In disapprov
ing of any act on tho part of tho courts ot the
land that will deprive any citizen of such right."
MOISE 31 IS EBB OUT.
Gains Reported In Indiana Brewers Rend Pood
Instead or Beer.
TEItltK nAUTE, Ind., Aug. 5. Stato Secretary
Kennedy of the miners received tbe following
this afternoon from Stato Vice-President Llewel
lyn, who Is In charge ot the marching movement
on tho mines In the southern part or tho State.
where the men have continued at work:
"Hartwcll, Petersburg, Llttlos, Ayrshire, and
Jackson all out. Boonevlllo next."
This means that 400 miners camo out last
night and to-day from mines whero nover beforo
there was a strike. At Boonevllte. Evansvlllo,
and Newburg perhaps 200 men are at work, but
It Is expected Ifoonovllle will bo out tomorrow
and that Evansvlllo will join without being
visited by the crusaders.
National Secretary I'earce writes to Secretory
Kennedy that O, W. Webb, a former member of
tbo National Board, baa Bono to Kentucky to as
sist President Knight of Indiana In the effort to
?et tho 1,000 St. Bernard minora out. Suffering
rom hunger has begun In this State. Tho relief
funds are exhausted. Tbe local breweries and
agents of outside breweries are giving flour and
plain food products freely. Unlike their course
in all former strikes, they are not giving away
beer. Heretofore they have sent wagon loads
of beer to mining camps.
Ilunnlnr Short or Coal In Cleveland.
Cleveland, 0., Aug, 5. Cleveland manufac
turers are running on a short coal supply. Tho
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company, which Is In
operation, and the Union Rolling Mill, which
w 111 resume next week, will nlono use 000 tons a
day. It Is understood that several other large
manufacturers will begin using lame quantities
of coal. Tbe strike Is having on important bear
ing upon the resumption ot business.
OOZD DEJlOCBATIC TICKET IX OHIO,
Kotalnatlona to He .Made on Antl-silvrr nnd an
Antl-Dlngley Law PUtrorm,
Columbus, 0 Aug. 8. Tho gold Domocrats of
Ohio will place a full Stato ticket In the Held,
This action was decided upon at a meeting of
the State Central Committee held hereto-day,
When the commltteo mot here a month ngo
thero was quite a division of sentiment as to tho
course which should be pursued, many believing
that the party as an organization could bo the
most effective In affiliating with tho Republicans
and In supporting their State and legislative
tickets until such time as the Bryan Democrats
should return to thotruo Democratic faith. The
action of the committee to-day was unanimous
in deciding to place a ticket In nomination.
The several members of tbe committee bad
been In correspondence with each other since
the last meeting of the committee and had all
come to bo of the same opinion. They say they
cannot affiliate with tho Republicans directly
on acoount of the passage by Congress of a pro
tective tariff measure, which Is contrary to tho
Democratic doctrine, and that by nominating a
ticket ot their own upon a platform reaffirming
the Indianapolis platform and denouncing the
Dlugley tarm mil, tneir action win bo en
tirely consistent. It was decided to hold
tho convention in this city on Sept, 8
and 0. Tbe basis of representation will be one
delegate for every 1,000 vote oast for Cleveland
for President In the Stato In 1802, which will
?lve tho convention 404 delegates, It was left
o tbu Stato Executive Committee to flelect tho
convention officers. An effort will be made to
get John Q. Carlisle to address the convention.
Tent Blown Down on OOO People,
KiNOaTOKi Aug, 8. During a wind and rain
storm last evening a large tent In Marlborough,
under which the conference of clergymen known
as the Brotherhood of the Kingdom was being
held, was blown down, About 300 people were
present. Several women fainted and great ex
citement prevailed. Luckily no one was severely
hurt, though several persons fell and were
stepped upou.
Poland Water Cures Inflammation
of U kidneys. Circulars D l'ark place, N, Y. Adv.
FOUIi WEEKB IX A TRAlfOB.
glrange Case of l Prisoner In Broome Connty
Jail la Re a Victim or Hypnotism
BlKonAMTOir, Aug. 0. Oeorgo Seymour, a
prisoner at tho county Jail, was taken to tho
City Hospital to-day to recover from a sloop Into
which ho sank four weeks ago. His casels'one
of the most peculiar which has over come under
the observation ot tho local physicians. About
two months ago Mrs. Soymour cngagod a borso
and carrtugo at ono of tho local ltvorlos. Sho
did not return with tho rig, and detecttvos
traced hor to Ogdonsburg, whero sho was ar
rested with ber husband, who went nwny with
her. About a month after his arrest Seymour
began to show symptoms ot drowsiness, from
which It waa difficult to arouso him. Ho grow
worse and would sink into long sleeps, from
which ho was awakoned nftcr much difficulty.
About four weeks ngo ho sank Into what ap
peared to bo a trance stato, und soverul physi
cians woro called In to aeo him, but thoy could
not bring him to consciousness. Batteries w cro
tried without success, nnd to-tlay his case was
given up as hopeless and ho was removed to the
hospital.
Soymour was formorly a profcr.slonal hypnotic
subject. Ho travelled fortj-two weeks with a
hypnotist In Canndf, and local physicians bo
llcve that bis condition Is the result of repeated
subjections to hypnotic influence. At times he
was under bypnotlo Influence for eeerul days
at a time.
3IOUXT ZEFBOY COXQUEBEB.
Hew Rnftand follesjn Men Plant Our Flag on
Ito ftumnill.
LtaOAN, B. C, Aug. 6. A party of enthusi
astic New England college men, sound of wind
and limb, with ono from Now York und another
from Philadelphia, havo Juxt succeeded In
planting tho American flag upon tho summit of
Mount Lofroy, ono of tho hlghost nud most stub
born poaks of tho Canadian Rockies. It Is tho
first time that tbe mountain has been scaled,
unless by wandering trappers and Indians,
although several attempts havo been made.
The party consisted of Prof. Parker of Colum
bia, Prof, Thompson of tho University of Penn
sylvania, Profs. Fay nnd Mitchell of TuftB Col
lege, and Little of Bowdoln College, With them
was Mr. OeorgoH. Dixon, tho crack cllmhcrof
tho English Alplno Club.
Thoy wcro accompanied by espert guides from
Switzerland, and the cost of tho expedition whs
defrayed partly by the Appalachian Mountain
Club of Boston and partly by privato subscrip
tion. After maklrtg all needful observations
anil photographs tho party descendod without
mishap.
Mount Lefroy lies at tho head of tho valloy of
Lake Louise, about twenty miles from tho line
of tho Canadian Pacific whero It crosses the
divide. Its height, as measured by tho topo
graphic survey, la 11,200 feet, although tho
barometric readings of tho exploration party
make It several hundred feet higher.
LOOK VVT FOB 18'Mi CEXTS.
A Good Moot of Them Aro Counterfeit and
Worth II Cents n Pound.
Tho samo gang of counterfeiters that, as a
Boston despatch In The Sun yesterday told,
has been putting spurious conts Intori-culatlon
In the Hub.ippoars to havo been operating here.
R. C. Hnff, chief of the minor coin division of
tho Sub-Treasury, said yesterday that nnyrthcro
fromeno to two dollars In counterfeit cents aro
received there dally. Like thoso which the
Boston Sub-Treasury Is getting, most of them
bear tho dato,18SO. toiA,;riltho counterfottr
cents received represented a total of $5.70, In
May 812.83, in Juno $34.C0. and in July $32.45.
Tho Increase resulted about a month ago In a
report of the mnttcr to tho Secret Scrvico Bu
reau. Tho bad conts aro cxcollent Imitations. Com
pared with the genuine, there nro trifling differ
ences. Tho dlo Is not so good, they nre i"ry
slightly Bmallor nnd the color Is tomowhnt differ
ent, indicating more topper thnn In tho genuine.
The genuine are of a tironzo composition which
Includes JO per cent, copper unci tin andrlnc.
Tho bad contH represent a good profit tothHr
makers, for 110 of tbein.it Is estimated, can !k
turned out from a pound of copncrcoitlng about
llccnte. As fast na tho Sub-treasury receives
them they are cut Intwn and the mutilated frag
ments are returned tn the owner.
Largo amounts of centt oro turned In dally by
corporation nnd Indhiduals, who wish to ex
change them for iiiniie of a higher denomina
tion. A considerable proportion of tho bonus
centa. Chief Hair said j esterday, camo from tho
World otllce.
VAT S1AHVI( IX A TBEE.
Has Ileen Thero Sj early a Week nnd Won't
t'mur llnnn.
A block oat belonging to an Itnlian cobbler in
Broadway, near Murcy aenue, Williamsburg,
has boen on a high branch of a treo in Mercy
nvonue, near Division avenuo, slnco Friday.
Tho cat was chasing sparrows when a dog
startod In pursuit of her nnd sho ran up tho tree.
Nobody In the neighborhood know tho cat was
thero until Sunday. Then sho mado hor presence
known and somo boys mudo an unsuccessful
effort to reach hor. On Monday some boys, pro
vided with a long stick, again tried to reach her.
Sho refused to move, and then tho boys hauled
up a plnco of raw meat, but tho cat declined It.
Every day nftcr that an effort waa mado to got
her down. A long ladder waa secured j esterday
afternoon, but It didn't rcich high enough. A
ropo waa thrown over the branch the cat was
Ion nnd It una violently tshitken In tbo hope that
the cat would fall. ...
Hair a dozon boya illmbcd up tho tree last
evening as rnr as It waastro lor tnem to go and
tried lo break tho branch on which tbo cat Ib
starlng. It was of no aall. 1 hen Policemen
Ferguson and Hcgan nlnly tried to coax the cat
down. Sho has becomo emaciated, anil unions
she can bo gut down to day It is proposed to cut
off tho branch eho ia on.
.vjiir nir.K koov oabbex.
A ".iT ("roiTfl at the Opening nn the Fdura
llonnl Alliance llulldiiig IJi.t .tight.
Tho free roof garden on tho Educational Al
liance building, at East Broadwny and Jcfforson
streot, was openod to the public last night, Tho
entlro roof was used, nnd it wascrowded. Ah
early ns 0 o'clock tho people commenced to ar
rive. They formed n lino which extended from
the entrance of tho building on East Broadway
to tho corner of Jefferson street, nnd nwoy down
tho block to Henry street. Six policemen kept
tho lino In order, and only fifteen persons were
allowed in tho elevator at n tlmo. Upstairs a
band furnished music, and It was kept busy suic
plylng demands for popular songs.
Annie and Jooworo thero In great numbers
and the soda water fountain did a rushing busi
ness. Now nnd then, when tbo inuslclant re
sponded to the call and played a favorite air, tho
entlro crowd would sing the chorus. A gang ot
toughs Invaded tho place about half vast II, but
whon thoy saw tho peaceful air which provallod
they lied In disgust. At 10 o olock tho concert
concluded.
Tho garden will bo ppon every day from 7
A. M. to 10 P. M. with the exception of Frldaja
und Sundu) s.
SIOBOVi: VI.AX.H LOST.
Tliey Were Kent li llie Mayor tiy tho Dork
Heard Three Mouth Ago.
About three months ago tho Commissioners of
Charities sent to tho Dock Board u copy of plans
for tho now Morguo office to bo built at tho foot
of East Twenty-sixth street, with a request that
permission bo granted for lla erection. These
plans necessitated a slight chango In the plans
forgeneral dock Improvements, which had boen
prepared by tho Dock Board and ndoptcd by tbo
Sinking Fund Commission. They wore accord
ingly forwurded to Major Strong, Chairman of
tbo t'ommlstlon.
Tbo Charities Commissioners waited patiently
for n reply until yesterday, whon they called up
Secretary Torry of tho Dock Board, and wunted
to know what had been duno about tho request.
Mr. Terry got after Secretury Levy of the Sink
ing Fund Commission, and was told that the
plans had novor been received, Mr. Terry hunt
ed up the receipt and took them up to Mayor
Strong, who will have a search made for ths
plans.
Mr. Terry lost his eyeglasses on bis visit to
the Mayor. Ho has also lost this week a light
overcoat, an umbrella, and a ruby from uls
finger ring.
RICHES FOR THE FARMERS.
BEOBETABT WII.SOX BATS UIOltEB
T-BIOEB MEAN $000,000,000.
He la (Joins' Through the Bouth nt tho Personnl
Iletuest of President BtcKlnley to Study the
Situation There and necommend Vienna
or Improving Crops and Increasing: Trade.
Baltimoiik, Aug. B.-Tho Hon. James Wil
son, Secretary of Agriculture, in an Interview
to bo published to-morrow In tho Manufac
turers' Jlecord, referring to tho condition of
American farm Interests at present, says:
"Tho Increase during tho post year In tho
prico of farm products, wheat and other
cereals, vegetables, nnd cattlo for dairy uso
and slaughter, has amounted to hundreds
of millions of dollars, and may bo as great as
IfSOO.OOO.OOO, as haa boon roughly estimated.
Tho lncroaso In tho voluo nf tho wheat crop
alono is estimated nt from $70,000,000 to $100,
000,000 or moro ua compared with last year.
"Thero has been a general lncroaso all along
tho lino, nnd Just ns tho food of llvo stock has
Increased in value, so havo bocf, cattlo, shcop,
hogs, and other stock furnishing us our moat."
Socrotary Wilson says that nt tbo urgent re
quest ot President McKlulcy, ho will mako
oarly in tbo fall a trip through tho entire
South, und glvo u, thorough study to tho agri
cultural conditions of that region, with a view
to seeing If ho can offer any suggestions ns to
improvement In marko's or diversification ot
crops.
"Ono general need of tho Southwest," ho bayo,
"is a closer relation and a moro rapid comu.-wil-cation
with tho European markets, and with
this object In vlow, I havo already plat oil my
self in correspondence with several octan steam
ship companies to lnduco them to establish
lines direct between tbo ports of tho Gulf of
Mexico and thoo of Europe, tho steamships to
bo provided with refrigerators, bo that tho
frulta, vegetables, dairy products, nnd othor
perishable farm products can bo shipped ox'
pcdlttously to nil tho markets of Europe."
Mr. Wilson odds: "Tho fnrmcrs of this coun
try should bo just now tho happiest pcoplo In
tho world, becauso thoy nro tho most prosper
ous." Ho belloves that tho farm interests of tbo
South will share to tho fullcit in this now era
of prosperity.
Speaking of his Southern trip tho Secretary
sayB:
"I am sent by President McKinlcy, and I
shall go upon his urgent request. I nm
not going aa a high commissioner, or spe
cial ambassador, or special cnoy, or any
thing of that stle. I shall not. go In
a special car, viewing tho country from a
car window whllo travelling at tho rate
of forty or tlfty miles an hour. I shall
go as a plain American citizen. I want
facts, and facts only. I want to sec tho
former In his shirt sleeves, not the politician,
with his high-sounding and plnttslblo theories.
I can got nil of theso I want right hero In Wash
ington. " President McKinley wob ntu h Impressed by
his brief trip through a portion of tho South
during his Isit to the Nashville Exposition. Ho
has as much Interest, and he has told mo an him
self, in tho South aa In his own State of Ohio, and
is willing to do as much for Its development.
Bofora my return 1 shall again visit tho exposi
tion ot Nashville My other visit was far too
.briet to permit ns thorough Inspection and In
' vosttgatlon ot the South's resources as I should
likc.'r
In speaking of the general condition of agri
culture Mr. Wilson says:
"Our statistics show that tho wheat ncre
ago in 18UU was 3 i.til H.tUli. tbo yield
427,r84,310 bushels, and tho value if'flO,
OO'J.fiyii. Of this crop about 5 per cent,
remains. Tho average price was 72.0
cents per bushel, tho highest slnco 18111, when It
wan 83.1) cents per bushel. Already spot wheat
is selling nt nnnavame. and how much hlirhvr
It will go I do not know, '1 ho increase in price
nnd yield should amount to nt least 47.
000.000. If not 9100.O0O.IHH). Of course. I havo
no tlgtirrs bearing on the ielrt for 1807, nnd I
mako no predictions us to fluctuations in prlcoa.
"Wheat Is only one article. Take corn. Of
course, tho crop has not ot beenhanrsted. Tbo
prospects nre, howewr.for an abundant crop, and
aa its price is regulated to tome extent by that
of wheat, good prices should bo realized.
There has been u falling off In tbe ncro
ago of about l.OOO.IKK) as compared with
IbDU. Tho total number of nrres stand
ing Is 80,003,051. It Is impossible, with
no llgnres at hand. to estimato the
corn product nnd tho price. It is equally impos
sible, for thesame reasons, to estimato the nvor
ago prices and Increases In values, if any, nf
vegetables, hay, ilalrv products, poultry, .vc
All we know-Is that thero baa bcon a general In
crease In tho uvorago all along tho line.
"Just as tho food of livestock has Increased
In value, so havo beef cattle, sheep, hogs and
other stock furnishing us our meat, it does not
apply to draught or driving horses nnd mules.
Uho demand for them has fallen off becauso of
over-production In past years, tncrcuse of steam
and electric railways, and of blc clos."
,vnr TABirj? a boox to babitax.
tVam nf 9, OOO Operative Inrreaard lo Per
tent. Mill, to Hun on Pull Time.
So.Miiitviu.r, N. J., Aug. 5. There Is great re
joicing to-nlght among the '.',000 mill operatives
who constitute about two thirds of the popula
tion of tho little town of Rarltan. With the
passage of tho Wilson Tnrlff bill four eara ogo
tho wages ot all operatives In tho llnrltnnand
Somerset Woollen Mills wero reduced 10 per
cent. Kvor slnco tho operatives havo continued
to work at reduced wages and on short tlmo. In
honor ot tho new Tariff bill tho Rarltan and
Somerset Mills to-day posted notices Informing
the operatives that their wages would bo in
creased 10 per cent, and that tho mills would bo
run on full time.
D. It. Klnvon & Son, manufacturers of woollen
machinery at Rarltan, who havo experienced
under thu Wilson Turlft bill tho hardest times
known In their business of fifty J cars' standing,
celebrated the advent of tho new Tnrlff bill by
taking their umplovoes to Rockaway Beach for
an outing to duy,
BO UTJIEIIXBA ILBOA BB l'BOSV MO I7.S.
Inrrrnsed Iluslueas In Transportation Kelt on
All NIdea.
HiliMiNmiAM, Ala., Aug. r. Business with
tho vurlous railroads In tho South Is improving
smartly. There Is more tonnugobolng bundled
now than nt any tlmo this year, and the Indica
tions point to an increasing improvement. Somo
of the rullroads in tho Smith have given ordors
for now cars to avoid a famine, which would
certainly have resulted this full, Tho Elliott
Cur Company at Uadsdcu and tbe car works at
Aunlston havo orders for cars on band which
will run thorn for somo time. The improving
condition in the Industrial and agricultural
parts of tho South is causing tho Impruv cniont
In railroad business.
An official of tho Alabama Great Southern
Railroad, which extends from Chattanooga,
Tenn., to Morldlan, Miss., In passing through
Dlrmlnghnm to-day said that the business ilono
nn that road so far this month was double that
duno the samo time last year, Thero are no In
dications, bo stated, lo show that tbe present
conditions would not keep up. In tho cotton
district the crops will be large this season, nnd
In the mineral and Industrial regions the ship
ments w 111 nlso bo Inrgc. Other roads report in
crease in freight business, und, generally speak
ing, railroad business Is more nrplltable right
now In tho South than It has been in some time.
Et'rr.CT OF TBE FAI.Z IX BIZVEIt.
Mexican Merchants Adtauca Prices on Im
ported tiuuiW J to US Per Cent.
Mexico City, Mexico, Aug, 8, Tbo unpre
cedented fall In silver to-day In Now York and
London created quite a sensutiou among busi
ness men here, and for a tlmo paralyzod the
markets. The parlt) calls for 120 per cent., and
tho quotations on gold wero 130 nnd 132 per
CCAf'torward the markets were easier, and it
fell to 1U8 steady. Merchants have advanced
all prices on imported goods SO and S3 per cent,
-... 'Ki iiiissai'aMaiiaamiinsMM'r
ailth S.trEB- V A BOO,
He Jumped Into the Wnler Arter Her and
Brought llor to Shore.
If tho societies that glvo out llfc-favlngmod-nls
conferred there honors upon animals, Snxon,
tho big Nowfoundlnnd dog bo'.onglng to Harry
Stlnds or Pnssalo avenuo, West Arlington, N.
J., would como In tor ono. To his courage nnd
strength H-ycar-old Mary Anderson owos her
life. On Wcdnosdny tho child went to West
Arlington with her parents, who llvo In New
ark, for nn outing on tho Passaic Rlvcr. Saxon
waa lying on a float basking In tho mm, and
tho llttlo girl went out to make friends with
him. For n tlmo Bho patted tho big dog, and
then alio slnrtcd back lo tho shore, whero hor
parents wcro. Bho tripped nnd fell Into tho
rlvor. Mr. Anderson heard her scream, and
saw hor flouting rapidly down tho current.
Beforo ho could Btart for tho river tho big
dog, with n sharp bark, bad Jumped In nnd was
Bwlmmlng swiftly nftcr her. Soon catching up
with her, ho seized tho back or hor dress, nnd uho
threw her anna about his nock. Her weight
thus dragging on his head was n handicap, but
ho swnm brnvely and reached tho shore, ex
hausted. Mary was nono tho worto for her ad
venture, and Saxon, who hoon recovered rrom
his exhaustion, kept closo by her until alio was
taken awny on thu trolley car. Mr. Anderson
Bnys that ho will gavo a collar mado and en
graved for Hnxon In rommcmorntlon.
GOV. IIA11XES ACCUSED.
(Mid to Indorse Tor onire Only Those Men
II ho Bribe lllm.
PKltiiv, Oklahoma, Aug. 5.-OkIahoma Is bo
Ing treated toagroat official scandal Just now.
Chnrgcs hnvo been preferred against tbo now
Governor, C, M. Ilnrncs, to thneffoct that ho has
been Indorsing only such men for otllco ns would
divide tbo roes of their offices with him. C. H.
Ucdforil. candidato for United States Marshal,
has fllod these charges, and tho news hna pro
duced n sonantlon In political circles.
A bitter fight for tho marsbalshlp has gone on
for four months, and It has not yet ended. Mr.
Naglo (Dem.) resigned two months ngo, but
President McKinlcy has not yet appointed his
successor.
CAXADIAX BETAZIATIOS.
Americans Working- nn the .cw Ilnllrond Will
Ue Kent Arrosa the l.lne.
Toronto, Aug. 5. Canada has begun to take
measures to enforco tho Canadian Alien Labor
law against Americans. Commissioner Mc
Crcary was hero to-day In connection with tho
employment of American laborers to work on
the Crow's Nest Pass Railroad through tho
Rocky Mountains, nnd ho Informed the Cana
dian Pacific Rntlroad authorities that any Amer
enn laborers engaged for that work would be de
ported to their own country again.
Mr. M Creary has instructions trom tbo Cana
dian Government to strictly enforce tbo new law.
3IIIS. BOXELZI'S $300 UIAMOXltS.
She Pound SO-Crnt Paste Imitations In Her
Trunk Ihe Want. theBenl icmn.
Mrs. A. Bonelll, formerly of 1(12 West Fiftieth
street, this city, w ho now lives nt 393 Second
street, Brooklyn, offered a reward of 100 yes
terdav for tho return or her dlnmond earrings
that were taken trom her houso In this city in
April. Tho earrings were each ot two carats, and
woro valuod at 300. Mrs. Bonelll said last
night that the last tlmo she saw them wason
April 10, when she put them In a jewel case and
placed tbe case In n small trunk In her own
room. Whon sho moved to Brooklyn she left
tho small trunk In the New York bouse. At this
tlmo n Mrs. Knto Blum was occupying one ot
tho spare rooms there and cared for tho house
during Mrs. Bonelll's nbsenc:.
Mrs. Bonelll remembered that ono of her dia
monds waa loose and she decided to take it to
Tiffany's. This was on May 5, and when sho
opened the trunk and fished out tho jewel case
she discovered nt once that the stones had been
changed and paste diamonds worth not more
than 00 cents were inserted.
Tho New York police, Mrs. Bonelll said. In
formed her that tbe chancos of getting her dia
monds back were very bIIiii. and sho then deter
mined to advertise.
"A hundred dollars Is a good deal of money."
Bhe satdt"and I'm nnxious to get the diamonds
back. Nn questions will bo asked. It'sapocu
liar affair.
"I really do not suspect anybody." said Mrs.
Bonelll, ''but I do want the diamonds very
badly."
was miss suEi.nox vnoirxnn?
She Went Out Canoeing on Ijike Quluslgnmond
nud Im Missing.
WoitCESTr.n, Mass, Aug. 8. Miss Mabel Shel
don, 21 years old, daughter uf the late Valen
tino Sheldon, Is supposod to havo bcon drovv ned
In Lake Qulnslgamond somo tlmo yesterday, but
thero la a mystery nbout her disappearance.
She was an expert canoeist, nnd she hired a
capoo at Webb's boat houso about 0:30 o'clock
In tbe morning. As sho got Into thocanooBho
said to the boatman:
"It I'm draw noil to-day you'll come to my
funeral, won't you I"
About noon she was seen by Herbert Coats
floating around tho lake. She was reclining in
tho stern of tho ennuo reading a novel. Soon
after tl o'clock two men returned to tho bout
houso with tbo cunoe. which they said the) found
Moating lnaove. Miss Sheldon's hat was In
the canoe, but tho paddle was picked up about
tlfty feet nvvay from tho cratt.
The weight vvhlih was put Into tbe low of the
canoo to koep its nnso In the water Is nii"ing.
Tho canoo was found to be dry on the inside.
HE ESCAl'ED OX CUI'ICIIES.
Tramp Cole, Crippled by Bullet Wounds,
Piers from n Jrraey llospltnl,
TliESTOX, N. J Aug. 8. Ihreo weoks ngo
James Colo, a trnmp, resisted nrrcst for tres
passing on the Pcnns) lvnula Railroad In Wilbur
borough, Constable Fruwloy and Borough
Marshal Cook were after him when Colo drew a
knlfo nnd slabbed Frnwlcy. Mnrshal Cook fired
a bullet Into Cole's thigh nnd waa compelled to
put In a second bullet before Colo was bund
cuffed. Tho prisoner's Injuries required his re
moval tn St. Francis's Hospital.
The Sisters there were afraid of him, and as
tho count) authorities refused to guard Colo
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company sent De
tective Preston lo the hospital. Preston watched
Colo until three daya ago. Ibis morning Pole
was mlsBlng from his bed, which he had not left
slnco his reception at tho hospital. He stolon
suit of clothes and a pair of crutches In aid him
In his escape. 'Ilin two bullets are still in his
thigh and he will bo a crlpplo for life.
UBAl'PEB IX BEABT.r WIBEB.
I.lneiimn Dorrstro Tangled In n Loop, the
Current or Uhlrli Was n'JS suits.
Atlantic Citv, Aug. 8. Nicholas Dorestro,
22 venrs old,emplocd by tho llrlgantlnu 1 1 each
Electric Rullway, was stringing wires to-duy
whenn loop became wrapped about his body,
A current or 828 volts wus on, and the unfor
tunato man's right leg and arm were tangled
In tho wires and burned to tbe Umo.
The current wus lluall) turned off and Do
restro was brought to the hospital In this city.
His condition Is critical.
IXVIANH U'AXT TO FIOHT.
The Comanche and liluwas Aro Pulling on
Wnr Palul,
PEitllV, Oklahoma, Aug, 8, Horace Gibson, a
stockman Just In from thu Indlun reservation nt
Fort Sill, reports tbnt thu t'omanchei and
Klowns are putting on vrnr paint, nnd n general
uprising Is feared. It Is now unsufu for whites
to enter the reservation,
Thero aro between B.O00 and lO.OOO Indians
on tho reservation, They aro poorly armed,
there being but ono gun to a tcpou ot about
thirty persons.
hilrrrluour Hollar Morlh 10, VI Cents.
Bar silver fell In London) esterday from '.Mid.
an ounco toSBd., and hero from ft08 cents to
83 cents. Government assay bars were 85's
cents and tho value of tho silver in our dollar
was 43.S1 cents. This in the lowest yet,
t
TUU2EKILLKD;D0ZENHU11T l
if If isH
A XOBTHUE STEBX BA1I.BOAB EZK- H IWgaaH
l'ATOlt IX CHICAGO IWBXED. ' kI
spontaneous Combustion rrom Vraln Dart JC f'g
Caniea nn Kaploalott nnd Plre Destroys tho 11 B 'SvLmmi
Ilnlldlng-Thrm Firemen Hilled by Vailing a ;ii
Wnlls Flrrboat In Finnic on the Ttlver, m vtammfl
J ffaH
CliK'AOO, Aug, 8. Threo lives were lost and rf iMsnH
about a dozen firemen were moro or less Injured If i a
nt n tiro which followed an explosion In tiro j ' I? jHH
Northwestern elevator nt ((o'clock this evening. J' In ggacal
Tho doad nro John J, Coogan. Jacob F. Sclmr, jj H
Jacob Stratum, all plpumcn or Engine Company "i II M H
No. 3. It Is thought nt least one roan nnd possl- Jw f Jf
bly more wcro burled In the ruins. Tho Injured 'ISlilP igggi
aro Fire Chief Sncenlo, Assistant Chief Fira j j
Marshal William A. Mushnm; John McGnnn, ji J! 4 ji.H
12) ears old; Driver Conway of Engino Com- TJ jg tH
pany No. 27; Marshal I'etrlc, slightly Injured 1 R U,H
by bricks; Plpcman 1. (J. Bond, Engine No. 42; fH
Capt. AIc),EiigliioNii. 14; Christopher Blum, j p
ahlpplng clerk for Strc-vtor Iron Company; Pipe- IS g aH
man J. G, Coogan, Eugltiu No. 3; I'lpcmnn .lacub Jjj JM MH
Schnur, Engino No. 3; l'lpcmtu John Spiman, llxlggggggj
Engino No. 3. j j1 I i H
Tho elevator was sltuited at the Junction ot 'JAflU ggsaal
Grand avenuo und the Nurtbwestern Rullwnv ,l f J vp
tracks on tho west side of the north branch nf $ ' Slllsngggl
the river. It was a largo structure, and built of Is : 3'lgggi
Inflammablo material. 11 did nut lontaln a ''' IM linggggj
great deal of grain, but men had licen at wort; : , .sllgggggl
for a week or moro preparing ror thu ro dp' m-1 j 1 i Sggggggj
handling of wheat from the N'orlliwmt. The ' E Kglggggggl
explosion shook the entire northwester i "r: nt t, 'stBlMgagggl
the city anil part of thunorltt ilivianu 1. , j Y J Mh gggfl
nt Drat supposed tn have been one uf t.ie',,' - ; fiaii M
In tho huiialng, but this Is known to hu .1 IS BS ggggol
itnposslhlo, us tho boilers wero not In i 'It mW KgH
Tho theory advanced by Flro f'hloi Sneenl 10 :i ji M
that It was spontaneous combustion m k..i n jr US M
dust, which gathers In rlc-witora iiuiwhuhls (if Ifii gggfl
cxIicmclydatiKOIous Itnmmtvllulel follow In if I flH
tho explosion, flames burst iroui the rums, nn I m ibs H
whntwsB loft of tho building wua piu tin., t 'h gLfi ,flH
dcatro)od by tiro. An ularin was aent In and lit 6 HH
soon repeated, but not until .ill llto rcivl o if a flfl
within tho limits of tho possibility of mny 8 5hC5
response hod been called tor waa the cry tor Tj? SrlS flfl
more engines stopped. Etery pollcu uiubul.itica j I n$ flfl
In tbocliv wasBcnl for. a-'iij'n flfl
When tho nuvvBOt tho lire rem hod the heart ' : fl flfl
of tho city there was a groat rurhof busliuHs , jlW flfl
people to tho scene. A awilchiiig crcn on tho ' M
Northwestern Rntlroad was passing the elevator " ! g 'M flfl
at tho time, and it Is reported that u number ot 8 )fl HH
tho men were hurt by a falling wall. it . S-'A
Tho alarm of tire brought twenty engines an 1 j t SS? flfl
th lire tug Ynscmitc, which steamed up to tho i ? Oj flfl
bule of thu building. In a moment thu tug's , ' I V'ty flH
aides wcro binding und she put off. A tug took ' Sm flH
off tbo crew, und i stream nf water from n lira i, j'i flfl
engine un the shore cMlngulshcd tho blaze. Ka
As soon as tho flames or tho building were suf- ' P'filflH
llcicntiy under control n company of firemen .Jr.X4ggH
pushed through tbo stnoko. Whllo the tircmen It SfJ flB
wero working on the river side of the building .. iKtfp Vflgg
tho wall fell outward and carried with It three j jM:'-iflB
men. Tney were lost In tho water ot tho stream. I" HI'flHfll
Later their bodies wcro recovered and removed t 'ffl tHHI
to their homes. Allot tho dead firemen wcro Jfl tflfl
married and had families. 1 . iMMlflgg
A freight house of tho Northwestern Railroad 1 ' -JwflH
Company caught tire, and vvith forty or mors i tin jfcHH
cars wasdestroved, Tho elevator was owned by )s 1 tflflfl
tho railroad companv, and in n complete loss. , if , "ggflfl
It Is thought that tbo loss Is nearly $2a0,000. on . ,$ fpflflgg
which there Is insurance of less than half that ."l.lsmfgflHI
amount. .''gB flflgj
CBA3TPS vrir.z xot make au. iron. S''gflfl
Hoard Appointed to Devise Methods to lUtAb : IBHjB
llah an Armor Plant. ' j MUBfl
Wasiiinqtov, Aug. 5. Acting Socrotary ; m9
Roosovclt or tho Navy Department to-day ap- fNffifll
pointed a board ot officers to estimato tbe cost ' ftrijgfl
and dovlsa methods for carrying out tbe Intcn- ., "isiflflj
tlon or Congress to establish a Government --y; p Kfsflfll
plant for the rooanfactnre 'of armor plate. The' J LKflfll
appointment of the board was contingent on the J JHHflfljflfl
refusal of tho big shipbuilding concerns to un- 4T IflTvJfl
dcrtnko armor manufacture. Charles Cramp of i j- f TOJBHH
Philadelphia bad a conference with Acting Sec- bSjBQB
retary Roosevelt and Capt. O'Neill, tho Chief of ' f wwflj
Ordnance, to-day, and told them that his firm ! j! Ti'Bfll
could not go into tho armor business on a large 1 , Jijjjfli
scale, lie was willing, however, to undertake ' isiBfli
to supply a small quantity of diagonal armor, i i. B'&Sfll
which is usually built Into tho structure ot a ' "sjiigfli
ehlp. In order to prov ent delay in the completion t i'f- j ijfifll
of vessels now In course of construction. A fj ,,Mfl
Congress fixed $3C0 as the maximum price tor 4 "iusfl
armor, and Mr. Cramp said his firm might be fi elviifl
able to make tho platos at that figure. , 'ifiH
Tho Union Iron Works of San Francisco havo ' J ft ,j sfjl
already declined to go Into tbeurmnr Industry, h c.sjffl
and It is expected that the onl) other com em H
invited to supply the Government -the Newport IfB'J'fl
News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company 'I4-IHI
will likewise decline, sn that there is nothing . $ !it'';Sfl
for the Navv Department to do exicpt to direct J t'Hfli
the Armor Plant Board to proceed with its in- I 8 St 'llfl
quiry. Tho board will meet next Monday nt tho jj fi , Jjlfl
Navy Department to outline, n plan of pro- j 'lifl
cod lire. Its members ure: Commmlore J. A. f '1 'rfll
Howell, stationed nt League Island; Capt. A. H. I a 2 "Jfltfl
McCormlck, Norfolk Nat YardtChief Engineer I s ft rfiflfl
.1. II. l'erry, monitor .Monterey; Civil Knglnerr 1 B , JIB
A. li. Menocal. Brooklyn S'nvy Yard; Lloilt. F. i 5j!'fjggi
F. Fletcher, Now port torpedo station, and Lieut. 1 M t Slag
W. I. Chambers of the cruiser Minneapolis. Ro- fi iM
corder. ' tj ,M
J'BOF. F. BE F. ALLEY DE ID. 'Il'Sflj
Knits rrom Ills llloele In mi pnnteelle tllnek ! S 'HSjB
Venr Porloniimlh, V II. H JiwJH
PoiueMUL-Tii, N. II.. Aug. . Kre'cric Do H$lM
Forest Allen, professor or classical philology nt J wl'ifil
Harvard tnlviTltv, dlo 1 late last night In the 1 l
hospital here, lie was tiding on his bieyclo ''it Sif'fl
trom Cambridge lo visit Irs 1 rotlierlii-law, 1J pil
Charles M. LUKhtoti, who lues nn Miller nvo j Jj MU
lino. On the Lifayettv mill bo wua stricken 'iSWJngi
with npoplox) and fill from his wheel. Ijlng , er9
unconscious foT"cwr.il hours before being ills- J ; isfl
covered by a teamster. Ho was brought to tho t"fy Jqtl
Cnttiigo IIoMiltnl, but ho was pnst tiiedleal r.s- $lSltlfl
sistnuru. Ihe h"iit of tho da) hiought on tho Clcimsnfl
uttaik. 'ilWflgg
I'rof. Alb n wus one of tho best i.iur.wi .in 1 4flSflgl
oldest members in length of service ciftlui Har- 'intt f'flgl
vurd faciilt). Though nl 83 W'ur.solil, hn h id Mil ''fll
filled tho chair of clissliul phllnlo) for aovon- y. Jmls' !iWm
teen j ears, anil waa rccngnlroil as one of thu '-iVIlp JcS
foremost classic ill scholars in America. Though ''f,3 fl'M
only 30 old when callu.l to Harvard, he li.nl nl- jjlJ ljm
le uly filled ihalrs In othcrcillc-o faculties, nnd J IV M
attracted tho attention ot tho learned world by JiR, if.M
hla writings. Ho was Isirn In Ohcrlln, ()., in Jlf ft'm
lrllt. After graduating at Oucilin College 111 ' Jf JfiJi
1HIK1, ho vlsltoil Eiuopc und studied for f IB Mj'r
several i irs at thu rnlvoralty of Lei pale- In in '81
IHOtlhe becuinon profi'SMir at tho I'nlversity of ''($ j"'
Tennessee. Ho left that institution lo in i cot a ;m3 'k
profeasoiuhlp In tho I'nlvcrcdly of Cincinnati, Ja jg
und from thero waa called to a chair at ul". Ill sjv
After a brief atav at Yalo he accepted ihnpiutra- J'ja !
sorabip at Harvard, which ho laid up to tho , m
tlmo of bis death. 'T 2 c'ij
Prof. Allen's writings Included n roilsod cell- 0)5 KV
tlon of Hudloy's Greek (Iranituar, a work In ',W,
Greek versification in Inseilptions. published In jf St 4,i
lHtil.nnd it largo number of volumes of tho if I J?
ancient classics, which he edited. As an editor if Yfii
be hud a high reputation. His editions of the 'ti $110
classics w cro Ubod widely. g flj
Columbia I'nlirrsll) to llnvrn I'nil liniro Hub- V, t ' M
Klullim. ' j - 'jftl
Wasiiinoto.V, Aug. !. Chief Heavens of tha ij'flv
salary and allowance division of the Post Otllco ' j fl)f
Department has arranged for Iho establishment i S Jj J
of n sub station of tho Now York Post Otllco In ',h atj
Iho building of Columbia I'nlversity. Tho sub- -t) '
station will bo In charge ot Mr. Edmund A. Dar- h. J3
ling, superintendent of buildings and grounds ;!
for the university, and will bu oa mil for busl- i tl
iicsaonScpt. I. The station will furnish nil tho f
regular facilltleaof thu general Post Olllco, In- ' Hi-
eluding a money orderatnl registry department,
Tho mall fur thu collego will he brought to the ;'
sub-station by a carrier and distributed by the SS Tm-
clerk In chaig. Tho university will furnish tho "f m',:
quarters of tiio new station, ns well as the light t BjV'
nnd heat, frco of charge. Rtl
Killed III u Tornado nt Missouri Cltj, lM. ' V
Dailah, Tcx Aug. 8, -Tho report of "' 1
tornado's work at Missouri Clt), La on tho 'J'"1 Jj
Southern Piiclllu Railroad, was rocolvod In ij ' 'f
mcngrii form luto this Hftcnioon over the wire of i; yf
tho raring circuit In tho poolrooms. The town 1
Is a new one mid hub ulxiul lot) inhabitants. i M
Noarl) all tho Uulldlnics wero reported wrecked SI A Ir
and tiio houao of W. N. Sk.iddcn burned, Mrs. j.W ih
Skailileu waa badl) liurnnl. as wns also her sou J a ,J'
Viitor. The house of J. C, Bolton wus blown f. a;
down on thu famll) mil llolton waa killed. The 'it if'.
track of theHtorm vens a In apaisci) settlodseo i jf .',
tiniiubout fifty miles line k Iruiii the Gulf, All ( u,
sons of rumors are ullo.il about severe gules J Si;
along the cu.ut. , j j
The Ilatllrahlp Indlann iiill fur llalirax, : j'1 1 g
Wabiii.notoN, Aug.S. Tliolnttlesblp Indiana J a
has sailed from Newport for Halifax, where she 1 h j
will huvo hor hull cleaned in ono of tbe dry 3
dock oy, ued by the Uuliuh Uu cruiuouU -i "a
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