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lp ANOTHER SHOCK FOR CITS.
WALTER 11. atterrury formally
Kf REPUDIATES LOW'S VAXDIDACY.
K ' trailer or Ihe ItepHullran Force In a Great
j& llrookljn Stronghold, tin liertlnra to lis
v- labelled nllh Hie Taic or I lie ClU-Low Id
&' '. no Warned In Advance of Ihn Convention.
But ' I'n0 M"1''w camp In Brooklyn received
M-'1 another bad shock yosterd.iy,nnd Itprovod even
EVr: . inoro demoralizing lo the udvoculos ot tho
jff Citizens' Union cundldato thiui City Works
W(c Thoodoro D. Willis's prontineliinicnto on Thurs-
I day. Walter 11. Atterbury, the recognized leador
If of tho Itcmibllcan forces In tho Twenty-third
St ' ward which cast nearly 10,000 rotes for Mi
gi Klnloy uftora conferenco with Mr. Willis. Con-
P' grossinan Francis It. Wilson, Congressman
ft Don'ls M. Hurley. Tax Collector Applclon, and
5 other well-known Republican leadors. enmo out,
Sft In a formal stntoment, flatly repudiating Mr.
M Low aa a candldnto worthy of tho support ot
mi organized Itopubl leans. This Is Mr. Attcrbury'a
Vt statement:
IK "I had Intondcd to remain silent whllo in-
' atnUations hnvo been diligently circulated In
J Democratic papers that I Intondcd to mislead
Kjfc and betray my political frlonds In tho ward
(j-j which has complimented mo with honorary
L'i offices many times in tho past. Tho history
Mj of politics in tho Twenty-third ward during
Wf, the past threo years should glvo tho Ho to
k, suoh suspicions. I nm whoro I havo always
Kg been, with tho pcoplo of pur ward, and what
pi they want I want as lon'jc as I remain their
M. executive member and reprosont them In tho
r Gonoral Committee. During tho cast month
& or so overy ono has been crying, 'Low, Low,'
p, and I beeamo Infected with tho thought that
K no ono but Low should or could bo nominated.
iV At a mooting arrangod for by my eloso political
;t( friends, months ago, and which declared loudly
;V for Low, I kept silent, but ncqulescod In tho
V;' genoral sentltuont. Nevertheless, I felt In my
& heart then, and feel now, that Beth Low Is not a
Republican, but a f rco t radcr.
ij' "Some tlmo ago I was asked by a most dtstln-
ijj gulohed citizen of this city, and a man whom t
would gladly go out of luy way to serro. If I
f would lead a Soth Low movement. I declined
because I know my heart would not bo In tho
S'- -work. My frlonds will remember that I thought
V' consolidation n Klltlcal mistake, that Is,
j; oa ' far as tho interests of tho Republican
A party wcro conecrnod, and I publicly ualrt so.
i Now. wo aro fuco to faco with tho crisis on party
nffalrs, produced by uniting a Republican city
M of 1,000.000 pcoplo with a Democratic city of
2,000,000. This has given n small body of men
fi an opportunity to hold a club, as it were, over
8' thohcad ot tho Republican party, and say. in
effect. 'Nomlnato tho man we namo, or we will
f; dofcat your party.'
x "lias tho great party of Fremont, of Lincoln,
Eand or Illalno. tho party that has just been in
dorsed by tho pcoplo of this country by over-
m whelming majorities in most ot tho States, rorao
to such a pass that It Is to bo hold up, as it were.
'.,'i and. rondo to go down on Its knees I It may bo
,; thit tho nomination of 8-th Low Is tho nest
$ codrso to pursue. It mar bo thut there is only
M ono man in tho Republican party tit to noinl-
'& nate, it tuay bo that bis alleged friends will not
,' kill him off before tho meotlng of tho Itcpuhll-
'4 can Convention; but don't bully tho great Re-
" publican party.
:T "In tho bottom of my boart I think Mayor
id' Strong will make a moro popular candidate
'jj' after nomination than Hcth Low, and I obscrvo
,rj that Congressman Wilson thinks so. too. lean-
jf not foci that tho man who, jointly with a gentlc-
t man now deceased, defeated James O. illalno
i and the Republican party in 1884, and who ro-
aI. signed from tho Itopublican party in 1888 bc-
- cause ho could not support Benjamin Harrison,
& la going to bo a very strong candidate. How-
if ever, whatever tho pcoplo of tho Twenty-third
(!, ward want I am for, and alwayB will be."
Mr. Attcrbury's attitudo is regarded as ot
!j great signlflcance in political circles. Ho has
jt long been the undlsputod manager in the strong-
' est Republican district in the State, and. accord-
y ing to ft positive statement made by Congress-
y man Wilson, is President McKfnley's first
f choice for tho Hrooklyn Postmastershlp.
, It Is also understood that Congressman Ben-
-s nctt. Congressman Fisher, and Naval Officer
L Sharkey, who havo hitherto been Btrong ad
herents ot County Clerk Worth In all his fac
tional squabbles, havo notified him that ho
cannot any longer count on their support if ho
persists In his policy in regard to tho Mayoralty
candidate.
Mr. Willis had this to say In regard to his
tx anti-Low declaration:
E4 "I am backed up lu the attitudo I havo taken
E- br every Influential Stalwart Republican In
wf Brooklyn. I expect to bo criticised by Dcmo-
-J' crats and by somo Republicans who act with tho
If Uemocrata moro frequently than with tho Rc-
p publicans.
jtf Mayor Wurster contributed to tho discussion
t'. by giving Mayor Strong this send-off:
fi "Mayor Strong lias given Now York a splen-
; did administration. lie may havo made mls-
& takes, but all men do that, llo has tried to give
y. a good government, and has succeeded. Many of
-, those who voted for him would hesitate to put a
l& Tammany man in the chair of theOrcatcrNcw
'& York if ho were a candidate. Brooklyn is indebt-
g d to Mayor Strong for two things. He could
'ffl. have provonted us from getting $2,000,000 for
Irt new schools by vetoing tho bill. I went to him
jH and explained tho ncodB of tho city in that re-
spect and he approved tho bill. Another thing
'S ho did for Brooklyn was to help to pass tho f rco
jt bridge bill and to approve of it when It camo
tk before him. Mayor Strong has always stood for
.yj the right."
vi Tho recognized bosses of tho Citizens' Union
y movement are still on their vacation, and only
i Socrctary John C. Clark could bo found yestcr-
$ day to roplv to the sucgefltion of President
si Qulgg of tho Now York County Committee
ft and Messrs. Willis and Atterbury, the Hrook-
i lyn Republlrau loaders, that, a conferenco should
he bad by the Clls and tho Republicans relative
rt to tho nomination of a union ticket against
5 Tammany. If Mr. Clark Is to have his way In
the management of the affairs ot tho Union It
:i will go on and nomlnato Beth I-ow for Mavor In
;y. advance of tho Republican City Convention.
;' Ho-sald, among other things:
& "It is ontlrcly too lato to discuss tho pobsI-
i," blllty of conferences, or to discuss the question
;ii of whethor tho principloof municipal adminls-
;; tratlon Is Involved In national politics or af-
i,j fectcd by It.' Mr. Iiuterbaeh dcnounccii us,
'; and declared that tho Republican organization
1$ would havonothing to do with our movement.
tA This declaration of tho machine never has been
p'' withdrawn. Mr, Quigg, in fact, has carried out
kS the intention of that declaration, by fixing tho
'i datofor thclRenubllcan City Convontlon so lato
if,, that we have no choice under tbohiw except to
lb' nominate previous to it,"
i CUSTOM HOUSE PATHOXAGE.
Apolntnienta or Ilerr)raan And tVood Con-
i nrncd Special Deputy Nurve)orhlp Vacant.
Jf' Secretary Oago has confirmed the appoint-
$ ment.of Wilson llerryman as auditor in the Sur
veyor's Department ot tho Custom Houso to
S succeed Samuol M. Illatchforil, resigned, as
4 Well as that of Jeremiah M.Wood as cashier ot
fc" tho Custom House, to succeed Waller E. North
k'i rup of Madison county, also resigned. Auditor
J: Berryman was sworn in by Collector Iildwcll
! yesterday, und Cashlor Wood will go to work on
Monday.
Tho promotion ot Mr. llerryman in tho classl
lied serviro pormits the appointment of District
Leader Frank Kajmond lo till tho vueated
.1 Dcppty Collcctorsliip.
i : Tjho tilling of tho additional vacancies among
tho assistant upprulHcrshlps in expected
f shortly. There oro only four lo bo tilled.
f John QiMckcnbush tins been designated by
J Collector Bldwell to be acting Deputy Collector
f in charge of tho entry of murrlmndlso division,
1 which is tho division that .Mr. llcrrynmn Is
1 transferred from, (jiinckcnbusb, it is said, will
f hold tho pluco only until Raymond's reinstate-
ml ment.
Z It will ho noted that Mr. llerryman was not
appointed Special Deputy Surveyor, a placo
J wtUch Auditor lllatelifurd aUo held. This place
t Is uot In tho claHsllInd service, and will probably
I bo reserved for Silas C. Cro't lo till when ho Is
' appointed Surveyor lu October.
i United Stutcs Ajiprulser Wukenmn Is making
1' changes at the I'ublto Stores which utroct
;- the following otllelulB: First division, froo
t goods und personal ncts, Wanmuker sue-
J coeds Craven: second division, jowolry, llrowor
' Biicceeds DusentxTrv; third division, silks,
1 Sherwood surrcoda Strickland; fifth division
t fancy and dross goods, Carhart succeeds Morrl-
15 son; sixth division, wool, Skllluinn succeeds
t, Kclioenhof: tenth division, groceries. Wonlcr
' succeeds Fay,
I lt is rumored that Assistant Appraisers Kmll
f Roso, eiglitli division, sugar: Alexander Hamlll,
f. sevpnth division, drugs, and J. C. lllglln. ninth
I ! division, metals, will also soon be succeeded by
1 i now men. '
! VAL1.S OS I'Ol'Ul.IHTS TO ltAKhY.
j A'alloual Chairman ur Ihn Mlddle-or-lbe.Itond
!' 'Iwi lur uu Addrria.
M r iMLtAH, Tox., Aug. 13.-Mllton Park of Dallas.
I ! Chairman of tho Populist National Organization
i Committee, created at tho national conference on
U ' July 4, to-day Issued an uddress to tho 1'onullsts
I of tho United States. Hoduclares thatslucu tho
1 l"1 Presidential campaign tho Republican and
' ?.ra VjiU es havo boasted I bat the Popu.
I list party Is dead. Ho oppoa s to the I'oiiullsts
M to mako no alliance with DeniocrntHor IlitVulTll-
?' 'I.0 ,'?v "c? tU" liumedlaie orpa lii ton
l I fnit0.1"',1 ?lul" ,.n ovur)' V0""B Precruet ii the
JH United btutcs whore as many as t o I'onullV s
1R cfn bo found. HouslfHUtii.couiity.o?Sh0J
i ih,;lBlieB"i,nJ not ".' '""ony with lie action of
M Ul8k Nashylllo conference, to remove them ami
i Kolr'pUcSi;1 mlddl'-"-""-'d Popuffu'jn
itiLT. nam jpzAvonznr.
With Jndrn tt the ronaer Seaatr Cunn
with tha Brooklm leader.
SocTn JAMisronT, L. I., Aug- 13. Formor
Senator David 11. Hill of Albany and Judgo
Jacob Neil ot Brooklyn visited former Register
Hugh McLaughlin at thoUreat Poconlo Hotel
nt South Jumosport this afternoon.
After dinner Mr. Hill, Judgo Noti, and Mr.
McLaughlin went to tho prlvnto reception room
of Mr. McLaughlin, whero n conferenco of
mora than two hours' duration took place. Tho
visitors were talking earnestly to Mr. McLnugh
lln wh'on they doscendod tho stairs. Just before
tlmo for tho arrival of tho train for Now York
another earnest conversation between tbo throo
took placo In a secluded cornor of tho veranda.
Tho object of tho business, further than being
relative to tho approaching Greater Now York
campaign, is unknown here. Mr. McLaughlin
refuses to state tho objoet of tho conferenco. nml
tliliovenlngMr.11111 and ludgo Nou returned
to tbo city.
EvBonalor Hill Is busy arranging n concilia
tory policy for tho Democracy of tho Empire
Stnto In tho coming campaign. Tho sureess of
Sonatnr (lormsu In sidetracking the. Chlcngo
platform In Maryland has. It Is said by Mr. ,11 Ill's
friends, led him to beliovo that n similar
policy can bo successfully carried out In this
State, particularly as there Is to bo no Demo
crat to State Convention to handle. Mr. Hills
friends say that ho docs not enro how much
local organizations of tho party clamor for froo
silver, municipal ownership of f ranchlso and " no
Oovornnicnt hy injunction," so long as t bo Stato
Committoo Is not compelled to commit itsolf to
tboso doctrines. Ho has arranged with Tam
many, it was said vestcrday, for his representa
tives In tho Stato Commlttco tn stand by him.
and It Is understood that his visit to
Mr. McLaughlin was to nmko a similar
arrangement regarding tbo Kings county Stato
committeemen. Ha has been much disturbed,
It Is Bold, by tho attitude of ono of theso, Wnr
don Patrick Hayes, who has declared his Inten
tion of lighting for tho reaffirmation of the Chit-ago
platform by the Slato Committee when it
shall meet.
nJlTAX ADMITS THE CHARGE.
Says lie Did Advlss Workmen to Wear re
publican Uuttons.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 1J. Somo Interesting
correspondenco between ex-Co v. John. M.
Thayer and W. J. Bryan, growing out of tho
chargo mado last fall that Mr. Bryan In his
Bpeochcs had advised his supporters to wear
MclClnley badges and participate in Itopublican
parades with intent to dccelvo was given to
tho press to-day by tho ex-Governor.
Lato In Novombor Gen. Thayer wrote to Sir.
Bryan aBklng if tho chargo was truo. Ho re
ceived no reply, and somo months later ho re
peated tho Inquiry. Mr. Bryan replies, virtu
ally admitting that ho so advlsod voters, and
justifying his action, Mr. Bryan's letter follows:
" The lion. John 31. TAayer, Lincoln, .Vb.
"Mv Dkaii Sin: I am Just in receipt of your
favor of May '2'2, but havo not found your letter
of Nov. 21.
"In reply to your Inquiry would say that,
having had reason to bellcvo that various cor
porations wcro compelling their employees
to wear Republican badges and march
in Republican parades, I called their at
tention to the fact that the Australian
ballot was a socret ballot, and that they had a
right to vote for whom they pleased, rngardloss
of tho coercion attempted upon them.
At Lasalle, 111.. I referred lo tho fact
that ox-President Harrison and Mr. In
galls. President of tho Big Four sys
tem bad criticised my advice, and I used tho
languago following: 'Two distinguished men
havo called mo to account becauso of advlco
which I gave to railroad employees, lu
speaking of tho attempt of tho railroads
to coerce their employees. I said that in
theso hard times, when employment is so diffi
cult to find. I did not want tn advise laboring
men to do anything which would lose them their
employment, and added that they should wear
Republican badges If necessary, march In Ilc-
Sublican parades if they wcro commanded to
o so, and oven to contribute to tho Republican
campaign fund if that was required hy their
emplovers. but that thoy should voto accord
ing to their convictions on election day.
Mr. Ingalls, tho President of u railroad,
in a speech in Cincinnati, donounccd mo for
advising employees to dccelvo their em
ployers, and ex-President Harrison hn; charged
mo with teaching immorality in giving tbo
advlco which 1 have quoted. Now. I deslro
to justify my position. The right to voto ac
cording to one's conscience Is a Inw-givonTlght.
Coercion la a violation of law. and when I ad
vise employees to voto as they pleaso I am
taking' higher moral ground than tboso who
countenance coercion.'
"I think that tho above extract from tho La
Sallo Bpcoch answers your inqulrv. Yours
truly. W. J. Bhvan."
Oon. Thayer replied to this communication to
day. He denies that coercion was attempted
during tho campaign, and denounces Mr. Bryan
for practising what ho terms hypocrisy and
deceit.
FREE SIT.TER IEAI J.V KAXSAS.
The Pop Mate Committee Derldea to Shelve It
and Amo.I1 the Federal Court.
Topkka. Kan.. Aug. 13. Tho Populists of
Kansas havo decided that freo silver Is a dead
issuo, and the leaders of tbo party proposo to
make the abolition ot tho Federal courts tho
principal issuo ot tho next campaign, hoping
also to secure its adoption ns ono ot
the principal planks in tho platform of the next
nntional convention. Tho Populist Stato Com
mittco has decided to issue a call for a Na
tlonal Convention or conference of the lcadors
and committeemen from various States in tho
Union at an early date to consider this nuw
Hellenic, which was suggested by (!. C. Clemens
of Topeka. This means an entire reorganiza
tion of tho party on now lines.
Freo silver and Government ownership of rail
roads, Sub-'l reasury land and loan theories, nil
cardinal principles of the old-line Populists, are
to he abandoned, and tbo party elevated to tbo
position from which an attack upon tbo Federal
judiciary is to lie made. This proposed action
will causo a split In tho party at once.
Democracy chilis aro being organized and tho
Middlo-of-thc-ltoad faction is gaining now ac
cessions, consisting of men who opjwso tho
adoption of a single idea upon which to conduct
Stato or national campaigns.
Tho plan Is creating great opposition, hut tho
leaders assert tbclr only salvation is to bo found
In destroying the Federal courts. This Is a re
sult of tho fight between tho Stato administra
tion and Now York insurance companies.
RRTAX TAT.KS IX 3TOXTAXA.
A DIs Crowd to llenr Htm f.oes to Anaconda
aa Marcus llnlis .ueit.
Buttk. Mon., Aug. 13. William J. Bryan
nnd wlfo got a rousing reception at the West
Side track this afternoon.
When spoaklng hegnn there were between
UO.OOOand 115,000 persons assembled around tho
grand stand.
United States Senator Leo Mantlo presided at
tho meeting and introduced Mr. Bryan as tho
next President of tho United States.
Mr. Bryan spoko an hour nnd a halt chiefly on
tho silver question, tho absence of prosperity
nnd tbo humiliation to the country in sending n
commission to Europe to beg for recognition ot
tho principle of bimetallism.
Afterward Mr. Bryan and his family becamo
Ihe guests of Marcus Duly, und wcro taken to
Anaconda on a special train.
Bryan will visit Daly's famous Bitter Root
farm and then continue his tour of tho State-
ORPHIC TAMMAXY MAX.
Says the Wigwam's Candidate la on the Other
Side or the Oceuli Just ,ow.
Simultaneously with tho uppcarance of the
Sohmcr Mayoralty button comes the announce
ment that tho NowBdoalors and Stationers' Pro
tective ami Benevolent Association has for
mally Indorsed Sohmer's candidacy. A Tam
many leader said yesterday: "Tho Tammany
candidate for Mayor Is on the other side of tho
Atlantic Just now."
Whethor ho meant ox-Postmaster Dayton,
Richard t'roker, or Supreme Court Justice 'I ruax
bo would not say.
t'.I.VT GET OX THE BALLOT,
.allonnl Urmoeroia or Kentucky In a Fix
Hlmllar to That or the Populltts.
FltANKKOKT, Ky Aug. 13. Tho National Dem
ocrats In this Stato aro In a similar position to
tbo Populists in that they will bo forced to
petition to get on tbo olllclal ballot. Tho Na
tional Democratic Committee to-day mado a
formal request of Sccrc-turr of Stato Flnley. nnd
tho Secretary informed them that under tho
law they were not entitled to party standing.
The 5.000 votes east for Palmer nnd Ruckiicr
was not Ihe required 'J per rent, of the total vote
cast, necessary to secure u placo on tho bullot.
Aamrd h Klnit.louiilyNocUll.llc labor I'arl).
About S!00 members of the Socialistic Labor
party of Kings county met at tho Labor Lyceum,
I'll' Wllloughby nvenue. Williamsburg, last
night and nominated the following ticket:
Sheriff. Leo Schmltt; Register, Max Forker
.teVom"8ub.8:lwyn " l3r0W8i Count3r
"&V&uMiUfr... ri.iii?Slillr.fnlvi;v-'iB',rv"-'fi i -
VANISHED ONASMOOTHSEA
cojvrr islaxd's tale of the fate
OF THREE MEX.
David Dalton, Ml flnard, starts llwlm to
Hand llook-Tno Men In a Mfeooat Ar
company Illm They Don't Report Arrival,
no Alt the Islander Mourn Thrm as lost
All Coney Island was oxcltcd last night over
n report that Capt, David Dalton, ono of the llfo
guards on tho boach, had disappeared In tho
ocean In nn nttempt to bwIiu from Coney
Island to Sandy Hook. Ho started at 8
o'clock yestorday morning In an attempt to
mako a record for hlmsolf for tho dlstnnco and
had not boon heard from at Conoy Island up till
midnight. Ho may havo licon picked up by a
vessel or landed at Sandy Hook, but tho Coney
Islanders bcllovo ho Is drownod.
The beach was lined with natives and visitors
lost night nnd tho llfo guards were on patrol In
surf boats.
Tho lights on tho big iuiltatlon Forrls wheel
wore kept burning nil nigh t to guldo tho swimmer
In caso ho should bo still floating on theocoan or
had boon taken in tho boat hy tho two mon who
accompanied him, and who wcro lo pick: him up
In caso of exhaustion. Soarchllghts were flashed
over tho water from tho stccplechaso apparatus
and (ho old Iron pier In tho hopo of discovering
tho boat or tho swimmer.
Capt. Dalton Is 50 years old, nnd a sturdy man
in tho water. Ho has spent many years ns a
professional Bwlmmor and tencher, and has long
been employed ns a llfo guard at Ravcnhall's
bathing pavilion, which Is tho last ono on tho
boach toward Norton's Point.
Fred Peters of Now Uodford, Mass., nnd Walk
er Arnard of Boston aro also lifeguards at
Ravonhall's placo. Kx-Judgo Peter Ilavcnhall,
a brother of tho hotel proprietor, veri
fied tho story of Dalton's dlsappcaranco
last, night. Ho said that Dalton had.
been talking for somo tlmo of taking tho swim,
and had said ho wanted to mako n record for
tho distance. Dalton expected, so tho Judgo
said, that by floating out with tho ebb tldo for
six hours ho would bo carried out beyond Sandy
Hook, nnd when tho tldo changed ho could
como In with It, nnd, by exerting hlmsolf, mako
n landing nt tho Hook. Ho had arranged, so It
is said, to telegraph from Sandy Hook announc
ing his arrival there. Ho was ready at8 o clock
yesterday morning, and Potcrs and Arnard in a
sixteen-foot lifeboat mado ready to accompany
him. All threo wore bathing suits, and their
took no money. Thoy had a pnekngo of sand
wiches, two quarts of water, a flask of whiskey,
and a flask of gin in tho bont. Capt. Dalton
becamo impatient, so the story goes, and took
to tho water about ten minutes before Peters
nnd Arnard started. ,
Ho was swept out In n southeasterly direction
by tho swift ebb tide, so. ludgu Ilavcnhall says,
nnd before tho llfoboat started he was almost
out of sight of those on tho beach. Tho boat was
soon so far awny that tho w ateliers on the beach
could not sco it, so somo of them went up In tho
observatory to catch If possible a sight of tho
swimmer.
It was twenty minutes after tho start when
tho watcher got to Iho ton of the observatory,
and although Judgo Ravenhall says ho
had pair of powerful nmrino glasses,
ho could boo nolthcr boat nor swlninicr. There
were plenty of (lshlng smacks and yachts
In tho course the swlmmor and rowers took, and
of courso they may havo been picked up by ono
of theso craft. At ony rato, tho Conoy Islanders
said Dalton had not been heard ot up to 1
o'clock this morning.
Dalton is Bald at Coney Island to havo a long
record as a life saver and last night atorlos of
his heroism wero told by tho score. Ono of tho
stories told wus that ho was charged with
unprofessional conduct by another guard
last week. An elderly woman was Taught
in the undertow, tho narrator said, and Dalton
nnd tho llfo guard, who had that particular sec
tion of tho beach to look after, started for her
at tho samo time.
Dalton. the narrator sold, got there first and
saved tho woman. Tho other guard was much
chagrined and made somo remarks about Dal
ton keening on his own preserves, when ho is
said to have retorted:
" I would go to h 1 to save a life.
Hols said to have a wife and family in Eng
land, and both Peters and Arnard have families
down cast.
Somo conservative people at Coney Island
were saying last night that Dalton and his com
panions wero probably enjoying a laugh at tho
expense of tho anxious watchers.
riRGIXIA'S CAMPAIGX.
Congrecmman .lonro Considered tn the Fleld.to
Succeed Renator Martin.
RicmiONl), Va.. Aug. 13. As tho result of tho
contest in tho Roanoke Convention over tho
question of primaries for nominating Senators,
Congressman W. A. Jones Is now regarded as
tho logical successor ot Thomas S. Martin,
tho junior Senator from Virginia. Tho plan
only failed of adoption because of tho
weight of Senator Daniel's grcot influcnco
against it on tho ground that tlmo should
lo allowed to consider it. Daniel's ad
mirers admit that ho came out a poor
second in tho discussion with Jones, and by
questions propounded to Jones bv D.inlcl tho de
balelooka peculiar I urn. which actually placed
Senator Martin on trial before tho convention.
Jones prosecuting and Daniel defending, and
tho helpless victim nn unwilling witness of the
cause of his own discomfiture.
J. Hogo Tyler, tho nomineo for Governor, will
open his cnmpulgn here in September.
REACTIOX IX WHEAT.
Hears Take a Hand and Knock September
Down Two Ctnta nnd More.
Wheat prices broke on tho Produce Exchango
yesterday. Tho September future opened at
R!IL rents u bushel, against fill's cents, closing
price on Thursday, touched PO cents, nnd then
declined to SH cents, with tho closing a frac
tion steadier at 88 cents. Tho December future,
after opening at H8's cents and selling at $S
cents, weakened to 8(i-j cents, with tho final
quotation HHV. The bcurs had become aggres
sive. Representatives of foreign houses traded
on both sides of the markot, but chiefly on the
selling side.
Tholocnlmarkct.it was tho genoral opinion,
hud been bulled beyond tho export limit, so that
n reaction was due. A feature of thn steadier
closing was tho nows that at tho decline a fair
export business had been done. Tho export
I clearances of wheat from tbo six principal ports
of tho Atlantic seaboard for this week have
been l.V-13,700 bushels, und of flour 130.700 barrels.
Hidalgo la n Npanlah Nulijrct.
WAStllNOTON.Aug. 13. TheStato Department
yesterday cabled Consul-General Leo at Havana
for Information regarding tho arrest of Ramon
Hidalgo, a lawyer ot Clenfucgos, who had boen
nrrcstcd and confined iitcomunicado in
Cnb.inns fortrei-s. This was done In roply to tho
request of Don Santiago Ilarrneta of Now York,
a bnither-ln-lawof Hidalgo, who asserted that
tho latter was an American citizen, nnd regis
tered as such lu Havana and Clenfucgos. A
reply wns received to-day from Geii. Ixo stating
that Hidalgo, who was n Spanish subject, had
been confined In Cabanas prison, and hail sub
sequently been sent to tho Islo of Pines, which
Is u penal colony.
Practiced Medicine without Iteslstry.
Francis Medina Ferrer was arrested yestorday
and charged In tho Yorkvlllo Court with prac
tising medlclno at 'J 18 West Fifty-fourth street
without being a registered pbjsitian. Tho com
plaint wns lundn hy im agent of tho County Med
ical Society. Tho prisoner said ho was a Cuban,
and had graduated from a medical college In his
native Island, and did not know ho was violat
ing Iho law by practising medicine in this city.
Ho was held fortrlal in Special Sessions.
Con rlrt lloni'f ;or on Htrlke.
John Dorscy, whllo nt work with a batch of
fellow convicts from Ilia Crow Hill prison on the
East Sldo Lands lu Brooklyn, on Thursday, sud
denly went on strike und tried to sturt a dis
turbance. He was completing u six months'
term for robbery, nnd had only soven days to
serve. Ho will havo to spend them In solitary
cuutlnemcnt nnd on bread nml wator for bis insubordination.
Train Derailed u Wreckers.
GiiKKNViu.K, Tox., Aug. 13, Tho north-bound
Missouri, Kansas nnd Texas passenger train
wus dltchod early this morning by train wreck
ers. Fishplates had been removed from several
rails one milo south of Caddo Mills, and when
Ihe cngluu struck them tho rails spread, throw
ing all tbo coaches from the truck.
Ono man was killed mid tour wore injured,
Express Messenger W. II. Rnwllns ot Denlson,
Tex., having been crushed to death.
Honorably Dlai-hnrsed,
Al.UANY, Aug, 13, Certificates of full and
honorable discharge from Iho Stato military ser
vice havo been issued from tho Adjutant-General's
Department to Liwrenco J, Cardova, Cap
tain und Assistant Surgeon Fourteenth Regi
ment. Hrooklyn; Frederick N. Owen, First Lieu
tenant, und Henry F. Pcuke. Second Lieutenant,
both of tho Niuth Regiment, New York city.
Bowden Natural Utlila Water mlores the kidneys
to cental action, ltu y, jitd, near Broadway. A.av.
frTT Cejf. . 'Vntgii'',', la lli fiiii rt.Xtt. Jz'-irWjf.r ?.YVS-
JtlOT IX AX ILLIXOI8 XOrTJV.
Members r the Order of Madera Woodmsa la
an Barillas; Calllslon.
FOLTOlt, III, Aug. 13. This town was a, scene
of wild excitement to-night. Hock Island Wood
men, nothing daunted by February's bold but
unsuccessful attempt to steal tho books of Head
Clerk Hawcs In tho ofrtco of tho Modem Wood
men of America, mado another offort to-night.
They arrived horo nearly COO strong with n
special train of threo coaches, a baggsgo and
two box cars. Fulton was forewarned and ft
vigorous alarm ot Oro and call for holp brought
out tho volunteers of Fulton. Hundreds of
Woodmen and citizens ralllol to repel tho
lslandots.
Hoso was laid nnd when tho trolnarrlved over
tho C, B. nndQ. at 5:00 P. M. tho track was
torn up in front nnd at tho rear, to provont their
escape. Tho cutting of a lino of hoso by a Rock
Islander precipitated n bloody riot. Many shots
wore llrod. Clubs, rocks, nnd missiles of all
kinds were used and many nersons wero In
jured. Tho Rock Islanders secured a. few books before
thoy wero stoppod, but thoy are now ponncd In
tho train by armed deputies. Head Attorney
Johnson of tho Modern Woodmen, Engineer
Mitchell ot tho spoclal train, and a number of
others nro under arrest.
Tho Rock Island crowd say thoy havo a de
cision from tbo Court Justifying their action.
Tho end cannot bo foretold nt this time. It is
hoped thnt further bloodshed may bo avortoa.
Tho fact ot tho matter appears to bo that Rock
Islanders believed thoy could fight bolter with
tho head clerk's ofllco in their possession, and
decided to como hero and selzo it.
Another train load of Rock Islanders Is re
ported en routo hero, but if such 1b tho caso tho
train will bo held by tho rnllway company out
sldo tho city limits nt tho joint request of Sheriff
Fullorandonoor two of tbo Rock Island contingent.
KAXBAS HEATS THE KLOXDIKE.
All the Slate Transformed by tho Enormous
Crop or Wheat Tbla Vear.
OnEnUN, Kan. .Aug. 13. Grain is pouring into
nil tho towns of wostorn Kansas to-day In thou
sands and thousands of bushels. All over tho
wide prairies may bo scon wagon after wagon
rolling across tho plain toward tho railroad sta
tion. Golden is tho grain, and golden Is tho
return It is bringing tho farmers of Kansas this
year. Awockngo tho prlco was 50 cents; then
it wont to O'J cents, thon to 53, and it Is still
moving upward.
There is scarcoly a farmer in western Kansas
that put out wheat nt all who has less than
twenty acres. From that the acrcago will run
la 100, 'JOO, and '.MQ acres. Tho avcrago may bo
put at 'J5 bushels to tho acre. Tho man who has
'JO acres ot wheat will roallzo roughly $250 for
his crop. Tho man who bos -10 acres will re
cclvo $1,800 for his crop, or 12.50 an aero. And
then in addition to the wheat crop nearly nil
havo a good corn crop, not to montlon hay, cane,
millet, alfalfa, and tho minor crops, which are
looking well.
Men who havo been In debt foryonrs, and havo
been held down by rcpoatcd failures will this
year cloar their farms of debt, pay overy cent
they owo and placo a noat sum In tho bank for
next year, Moro mortgages will bo paid off In
Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska this year than
for many n season. A transformation seems
to havo taken place. Tho low-spirited, grum
bling farmer who saw his crops burn up year nf
ter year is now smiling, happy nnd prosperous
looking. Ho goes Into tho store and pays tho
bill he owes there with the remark, " I havo got
2.000 bushel of tho finest kind of wheat, and I
just brought In a couple of loads to-day and
thought I'd remember you." Within tho past
two or threo days Ibis very thing has occurred
under the eyes of Thk Sox correspondent,
Tho railroads aro beginning to feci tlio rush of
work of hauling tho Immense wheat crop of
KHiisasnnd Nebraska to market. With 40,000,
000 bushels of wheat In Kansas, tho same
amount in Nebraska, and 15,000,000 bushels In
Oklahoma, it will bring a largo amount of
traffic to tho various railroads. On Monday last
the receipts of cars or wheat at Kansas City
were 823. while ono year ago, the samo date, tbo
receipts wore 73 cars. One week ago Monday
tho receipts nt Kansas City wore 512 cars. On
July 3 040 cars wcro received nt Kansas Cits-.
Fifteen Inspectors worecniplojcd in tho Kansas
City railroad yards from 5 A. M. to sundown in
specting tbo grain. It is estimated thnt at
least 10.000 cars of whont will bo re
ceived at Kansas City during August.
The elevators oro beginning to bo
pushed to hold tbo grain. A shortage of
cars Is already reported, nnd as yet grain has
hardly begun to move, when the enormous
amount that will hnvotobc handled Is consid
ered. Cars everywhere along tbo lines are being
repaired, nnd all those that can he used nt all
will bo pressed Into service. Many- carpenters
nro busy getting theso cars In shape.
It Is quite posslblo that with wheat going up
liken rocket the farmers will begin to hold their
wheat for higher prices. Many in this section
havo not marketed a bushel. But most of tho
Hmaller farmers nro selling In order to have tho
burden of dobt lifted from their shoulders.
"Talk of the gold of tbo Klondike country,"
said ono farmer yesterday, "and then look at
tho gold of Kansas 1 Klondike Is not In It. ns tho
slang phrase puts It. There will bo at least 1)5,
OOO.OOO bushels of wheat In Kansas. Nebraska,
and Oklahoma. Figure il. At .10 cents that repre
sents more than $47,000,000. At 75 cents,
which Is about what It will sell for If It is held a
short time, tho wheat crop of this soctlon I havo
named will amount to $7 1,250,000! Don't that
bent Klondike nil hollow I I'm n Knnsas man,
nnd I'm hurrahing for Kansas, you bet!" And
thnt seems to bo tho sentiment of many others.
CHICAGO STUDEXTS IX LUCK.
Their Party orselenllflc Collrrlora SofrEirn
Saw thn Mrilco.
Tacoma, Wash.. Aug. 13 Scientific men hnvo
wasted a lot of unnecessary sympathy on tho
Field Columbian Museum's Alaska anthropologl
cal expedition. It was believed tho expedition
started to return by tho steamer Mexico that was
wrecked at Dixon's Pass, but such Is not tho
caso. Tho expedition has returned safe and
sound with tho greatest anthropological collec
tion ovor gathered on tho Pacific coast.
The members of tho expedition, D. A.
Dorscy, E. P. Allen, and James Deans, enmo
buck by tho steamer Islander, and wore very
much surprised to Und thnt tho scientific men
of tho country wore mourning ovor tho loss of
their season's collections.
Mr. Dorsey is assistant curator of tho now
Field Columbian Musoutu of Chicago, and ho
went north threo months ago to mako nn ox
haustivo collection for tlio department of nil
thropology. Messrs. Dean nnd Allen were his assistants,
nnd their specialty was tho llydnh ami Tslmo
slon races. Thev secured n rich collection of
Hydah relics. Tho result of their season's work
Is twenty-thrco cases of tioiics. photographs, and
relics, all of which havo been sent to Chlcngo.
The Field Museum expedition lost nn Instru
ments or notes nnd Mr. Dean has everything,
Iho Chicago party never saw tho steamer
Mexico and not until Mr. Dorsoy und
Mr. Allen arrived on Puget Sound to
day, on their wny to tho East, did they
loam that tho Columbian Collego professors
from Now York had Inst all their Instruments
and data aboard tho Mexico, and that the simi
larity of names caused tho error. The Now
1 ork College party also Is on tho Sound.
Wheelman Pierced bj a Shan.
Boston, Aug. 13. Charles Wallace, 10 years
old, was killed Instantly while riding a blcyclo
on Blue Hill nvenuo tonight. Ho collided with
a horse owned and driven by Owen Chapman,
tho shafts of tho buggv entering his sldo nnd
piercing his heart. Wallace was tho son of a
well-known business man of Dorchestor.
Surprised bj Lightning-.
Vom Ihe Kan$n$ CUv Ttmti.
Lightning struck J. II. Engloof Abilene on tho
shoulder tho othor night, and ran down his leg
and out through his boot. Ho was surprised for
a minute orso.
Where Vralrrday'a rirra Wrrr.
A. M. -1:50, 181 Eleventh avruue. Charlct Ilobea,
damage 3 1:30, 44 llradbunt aenue, Charles
Olaale r, damage 9100,
I SI. 35, 13SI Ilroadway, Imperial Hotel, dam
age tzO 2:50, 47 Canal street, I. Jacob, damage 80:
0jl6, U2 Drlaneey street, It. Adler, dumage 15 1 ails,
Xta Kecond Href t. II. Kline, damage .') 4:80. lfl
Mreutti avenue, Marcus Kurtiman, damage (tjt 0.
i',5,'"'"' dwmiira I50i Bjio.Ml Allrn street
'!-"? r,dsniago SHOO: h:io. 817 Hast Thlrly-elgbtb
ii.rKi,rrtUiPe ,.U0' Uiao- Hal Brosdwsy.' James
f;vS,h.,"l damage 4,000i U:u, till East
JtniV.U.niIi?Vo.',m,e 100i 10:08' ,B8 Vtlu,:e
SPARKS PROM THE TELEGRAPH,
ByTrUonlBle"',,lon " be held In
..!'.l.?rre7.aUniJn?k hM Org.nlzod. with a
capital of SZO.OOO, to conduct a Stats banking Dual
?,?T.lnl'roJi11'?.rnOT eonnty. The dlrtctora are
al!JIl?T.,,V,err,r ' . !., C. Cock..
mmmmmusaMmm
i.'ESii)ENT IN VERMONT.
fl ATXENtHi IHE AXXVAX, MUSTER
?F VERMOXT TROOPS.
Thirty Thouaond People at Camp Orout to
Tfsleeute Itlm-Vederal Inrautrjr and Cnv
afrT PaM In Itevlew with Ihe Slate Troapa
A Snlala or Twenlr-one Uona tired.
Camp Gov. Opout, CmtBTEit, Vt. Aug. 13.
Tho excellent work'of tho young men composing
the Vermont National Guard, which had
boon heralded in tho local press, aided
by tbo. announcement that Prcsldont Mc
Klnlcy and pn'rty wcro lo bo tho (juosts
of Oo".- Orout. drow an audlonco of fully thirty
thousand to camp to-day, it being tho last day
of tho annual muster of tho Vermont troops.
Tho weather was simply perfect, and everybody
seemed lo enjoy tho bracing atmosphere. At
1;30 tills afternoon den. Guy V. Honry, with
Troop C, United States Cavalry, from Fort
Ethan Allen, left' camp for Choster Dopotto
moot tho Presidential party and escort them
hither.
Tho Prosldont had remalnod over night nt
Proctor, the Ruost of Vermont's junior Bona-tor,-and
this afternoon had driven to Kutland,
whero ho was met by a committee, ot
citizens and driven rapidly through tho
principal streets to tha depot, where
the party entered tho special train of
palaco cars provided by President Clement of
tho ltutland Railroad, and camo at onco to Clics
tor depot, arriving hero at 2:30 this nftor
noon. Entorlng carriages tho party, consist
ing of President and Mrs. McKlnley, Vice
Prcsldont and Mrs, 1 lobar t, Secretary of
War and Mrs. Alger, Mr. nnd Mrs. Bailey,
son-in-law and daughter of Gen. Alger,
Miss Algor, Secretary to tho President J. A.
Porter, Congressmen Orout and Powers, ox
Gov. Woodbury, Senator Proctor, Col. F. 1.
Proctor, nnd Master Hobart, n young son ot tho
Vlco-I'rcsidont, drovo at onco to tho camp,
whoro they were met byn vast multitude of
people.
Two hundred votornns of tho war of Ihe Union
greetod the President on his arrival, led byex
Gov. Ormsuce of Brandon. Around tho review
ing stand were tho members of Gov. Grout's
statT, Btatlonod as a guard ot honor. Passing
throush tho lines of tho United Stntes cavalry
from Fort Ethan Allen nnd tho infnntrr from
Plnttsburg barracks, tho Presidential party was
led by Gov. Grout to tho reviewing stand.
With tho party were SonatorsJMorrlll nnd Proc
tor. Dr. W. Howard Wobb, with Mrs. McKln
ley. Mrs. Hobart, Mrs. Ilodlluld Proctor,
and others, occupied tbo carriages which were
placed on tho right. Tho President's arrival
wns announced by a snluto of twenty-one iguiis
from tho First Light Battery, whllo tho Third
Cavalry band played "11011 to tho Chief."
Tho First Brigade, Vermont National Guard,
then began tbo march past tbo reviewing stand,
followed by the United States cavalry and
Infantry. Tbo President was pleased nt tho
soldierly bearing of tho Vermont troops, nnd
spoke in terms of warmest praise of their
soldierly bearing. At tho close of tho review,
tho veterans, visiting officers and prominent
citizens, beaded by AdJU-Gcn. T. S. Pock of
Burlington, marched by tho President, followed
by 20,000 men, women and children.
At tho close of tho ceremonies in the field tho
President's party drove to Gov. Grout's quar
ters, whoro a reception was hold. They then
took carriages to tho train, escorted by
a troop of tho Third Cavalry, the battery firing
tho socond Presidential snluto. The President's
party returned by rail to Bluff Point to-night
instead ot via Burlington und thenco by boat,
ns was expected, owing to a brisk breeze on
Lake Champlaln.
Col. K. Smith. President of tho Central Ver
mont Railroad, camo from St, Albans to-day in
a spoclal train filled with prominent Vcrmontors
all anxious to pay tholr respects to tho Presi
dent and his distinguished party.
M'KIXLEY RETURXS FROM VERMOXT.
Received at Ills notel bj Gor. mack and Fire
New Tork Cnnsreaamen.
Bluff Poiht, N. Y., Aug. 13. President and
Mrs, McKlnley and their party returned to
Hotel Champlaln by special train from Chester.
VI., this ovonlng. Gov. Black and Congressmen
Footo of Port Henry, Fisher of Brooklyn, Odcll
of Nowhnrg. Ultauerof Olorcrsville, and Ward
of Port Chester were nt. tho hotel to receive him.
Shortly before 10 o'clock they wero o-corted
to his apartments, and wcro In conferenco with
him for somo time. Tho Governor and party
nro tho guests of Congressman W. T. Footo ot
I'ort Henry, end came to Hotel Champlaln on
the steamer Vermont this ovenlng. Thoy will
return to Port Henry to-morrow, where they
will rcmaltvfor about a wcok.
The President wns much fatigued after his
trip through Vermont nnd will not leave the
hotel to-morrow.
FIRES IX RAKERIES.
Why' There AreXot Morf orTbera TheDakera'
Law.
Tho number of fires In n year In this city doos
not vary greatly, but keens pace pretty Btcadlly
wlth tbo growth of population. Sinco 1891 tho
number of. drcs has never been less In a your
than 3,000 and never moro than 4,100. It
varies between tho two, nnd it may bo said, ap
proximately, that there nro 4,0o0 fires u year
here, though tho great majority ot them, ot
courso, aro very small and entail only trifling
damage.
Tho dancer from fire in bakeries would bo
considerable, ono might suppose, for not only nro
tho ovens constantly heated, but fuel la stored in
thobascmentB or cellars, nnd there Is much wood
work to Ignite. Notwithstanding this nnd not
withstanding tho menace of "fat which bolls
over," n frequent cause of Ignition where thcro
is much hent, fires in hnkcrles in Now York nro
few, anil tho dangers arising from them havo
been so much diminished that they now require
but Utile nttcntlon from firemen. Tho explana
tion 1b found in whnt Is cnllod the Bakers' law,
adopted hy tho Legislature in 18115. which pro
vides t bat basements, or other partsof tenement
houses, used ns bakeries, or for any business In
volving tho boiling of fat. shall have floors of
brick, concrete, coment, Rtonc, or other non
conibiistlblo material. No wood, sheathing,
wainscoting, or skirting shall bo allowed on the
walls, partitions, or ceilings; nnd tho ceilings,
whore there nro only wooden Joints, must do
covorcd with term cotta. two Inches thick,
fastened with clips nnd "dovetail-grooved or
channelled and plastered with first-class ce
ment." Tho doors must be of sheet, corrugated or plain
Iron; or of wood in two thicknesses, tbo joints
of each thickness tn ho nt right angles to tboso
nfthoothar nnd sheathed nil round, Including
tho odges, with tin. Tho Jambs must boof Iron
or wood sheathed with lln. When Iron columns
aro UBad for tho support of cither walls or floors,
they must bo cased with nt least two inches of
fireproof material and coment plaster. All
wooden girders and posts in bakeries must bo
coved with terra cotta, nnd tho bourns must bo
wire-lathed and cement plastered. All tbo
Interior woodwork in bakorlos must bo covered
with approved ilreproollng material, and no
dumbwaiters or communicating Bhaft is per
mitted In any room used ns a bakery, or in which
fat Is boiled. All bnkorlos must bo cut off from
other rooms, halhj, and stairways by fireproof
partitions, without any doors, windows, orotber
openings, mid bo constructed of either brick,
terra cotta. Iron studding, wire lathing, or ce
ment plastering, or two or more of them In com
bination. As may bo Inferred from the statement of nil
theso precautions, the dangor of a sorlous fire
communicating to other rooms or buildings from
bakeries In Now York Is very smnll, and the en
forcement of theso regulations devolves upon
the Flro Department, with tho co-operation of
I he Department of Buildings.
More dangerous thnn tiros In bakeries nro
those In stablest theso. If not quenchod nt onco,
entail usually largo losses, Tho precautions
against tires in stables, however, nro loss effec
tual than those against tires in bakeries.
Charge Against llrporler Murray Thrown Out
of Court,
Charles H. Murray, tho World reporter who
was arrested nt Coney Island on Monday
charged with blackmail hy Goorgo Jabours, pro
prietor ot a Turkish theatre, was discharged
yesterday in the Conoy Island Police Court by
Justice Nostrnnd,
.labours said Murray had domnndod $10 from
him to suppress a story. Murray said be earned
tho money working ns Jubours's press agent.
Judgo Nostrand dismissed tho complaint after
hoarlng only tho oridenco tor tho prosecution.
A PLEASING RESULT
Olhor Pcoplo May IIuvo tlio Hnino
Kxpvrloiit.'o iiH tint I-'olIowiiifr.
WHITE STOItK, N. Y.-"I was a Hiif
forcr with HcrofulotiH humor, nnd had a
very largo Horo under my clilu. It caused
mo much pain. I ulno fell, tired and de
spondent, but after tulilng a few bottlca of
Hood's SarBuparllla mynorcH wero lien led
and niy appetite, ciiinu buck, Tlio Hcrofula
Koreii havo never returned." --Mrs. C. N",
HOCICWJILL. llo sure to gut HooU'h.
Hnnd'fS Pills ;" purely yegeUble, care
11UUU.O ir..: fuiJjr prjpar, 20 fxDttt
ECONOMICAL AND SCIEN
TIFIC COOKING.
"The London Lancet" Is tho highest medical
author! ,y In Kngland, If not In tho world, and
its remarks on cooking by gas aro worth every
body's nttrntlon. It states tho simple fact when
It Bays that gas mtiBt be much, moro economical
than coal, becauso most of Iho heat ot coal
necessarily goes ub Iho clilmnoy, whoroas Iho
full off oct of ons Is used to cook tlio food. 1 hen,
as lo tho nature of tho cooking, It says! "Conse
quent on tho sharp boat and n plentiful supply
of nir around tho joint rooked, tho Juicos of tho
moat aro kont In, whllo tho excess of fat
is eliminated. This is tho ronBon why In
cooking with gns tho Joint Is Invariably
richer in irravy constituents." "Tho Lancet1'
adds that "gas Is equally applicable lo grilling,
cooking pastry, broad making, boiling, nnd most
othor cullnnry operations; moreover, our in
spection has sntlstled us that In gas cooking
stoves, ns lngnsho.it lug stoves, tho products of
combustion nro complete nnd that snioku or soot ,
Is never produced." Thoro Is nothing accidental
about tho growing uso of tho gas range. It tins
on Its sldo all tho arguments ot case, comfort,
economy, nnd, ns tho quotations from ' tho
Lancol" show, hns nlso tho highest scientific and
medical indorsement. Iitr.
KLOXDIKE MOSQUITOES.
A Miner's Vivid Description or Them nnd Oilier
Klondike Jlntlcra.
Sak FnANCisco, Aug. 13. Col. O.Y.Davis of
Spokano hns Just received a lcttor dntcd "Daw
son, June 1," from James Parkor, a veteran of
tho civil war, who served under him In tho
Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, which glvos nn
excellent Idea ot Klondlko nnd of tho sudden
changes from poverty to fortune. Parkor writes:
"Ono year ago last May I landed In tho Yukon
with only pi. I went to work at my trade nt $15
a day and bought my own chuck, tho somo ns
army rations, which cost mo $5 a day. Finally
I got the mining fever and wont to tha Klondike.
"Say, Colonol, my army marches wero
luxury compared with tho trip over tho
mountains, BlcoDlng stnndlng up to your
knees in water. I saw many poor fellows
sick, footsore, and hungry with nlmost
despair written on their faces, which reminded
mo of our nrmy life, but thoughts of tho future.
It successful, had a tendency to brnco mo up. I
helped bury five or bIx who became down
hearted with hardships nnd gnvo up.
" You remember our march from Pilot Knob
to Helena, Ark., when wo wcro out of rations
for fifteen days, had to sleep in swnmps, with
snakes nnd swamp flies pecking nt you.
It was nothing compared with tho lulu birds
you encounter hero. Why. thoy will stick
their bills clean through your leather mittens
nnd will pull your breeches oh", if they hnvo a
good chance. Woull havo to wear thick cover
ings on our fnecs and protect our bodies ns well
ns wo can.
"Awful cold. 1 havo seen It CO" nnd 70 below.
All you hnvo to do is to keep jour hands nnd
feet warm, and the rest of your body will take
enre of Itself. I did not havo a dollar when I
landed nt Klondike. I hnvo now in (-old dust
nnd nuggets $'J'.'.000. nnd have taken from ono
pan from $75 to $1'J0. I havo a claim that Is
good for much more.
"Now, old comrade, if you want to mako n
fortune, como. I will see you through tho
winter and put you on as good a clnlm as I have.
I know of locations which If you were hero you
could got big money out of. Do not dcluv.
"ItalBO money and como by tbo first steamer.
Como to Dyea and remain till ou hoar from
me. I will advise you lo come this fall so as to
bo In tho diggings early In the spring."
MEXICO ROASTS OP HER GOLD.
She Thinks She Can Hold l'i Ilpr Knd with
the llrat or Ihe Jen Field..
CiTr of Mexico. Aug. 13. If expressions of
opinion from gold-mlno operators in this repub
lic aro any criterion Mexico, too, is u Klondike.
A representative of tho American Mining Com
pany at Kl Oro snid to-day:
"When J. B. Haggln bought "out Iho largo
interest In the Frisblo mines at Kl Oro, on ac
count ot pending lawsuit, ho changed tha namo
to tho American Mining Company. It Is a close
corporation. Tho mine Is turning out oro In
abundance und exceptional rich at that. Tho
mills turn out about $30,000 a month In gold nnd
tho retreatmont by tho cynnido process yields -5
per cent, additional. There Is a twenty-five
stamp mill, but thn company is preparing to put
In a new mill for the treatment of ores by tho
cynnido process, which will probably bo tho big
gest mill In Mexico. It will treat low-grnde ores
also, and $11! ore will bo treated instead of the
prcsont avnrnjjo of $30 ore."
Dudley N. Norris of Glennacevi. in Durango,
wns next interviewed, llo is in charge of the
plant of thn Anita Mining Company of New
York, of which the President Is Joseph Mc
Donoughof San Francisco. Mr. Norris bus n
ten stamp on the priqicrty, which began to bu
operated on July 1. .Since then the shipments
in high grade ores, and concentrates have
amounted to $111,000. On July 17 there was
shipped $5,000 north of ore showing flvo ounces
of gold nnd twenty-two ounces of tllvcr. nnd on
Aug. 3 another exceptionally tlno shipment wus
made of concentrates from purchnsed ores, show
ing three ounces of gold and thirty-six ounces
of silver. At about tho samo time concentrates
from tho principal showed 0-j ounces of gold
and 141 ounces of silver.
Mr. Norris sajs thut tho Cuanacevl has big
promises of out lit in tbo way of gold, and all
tho stories ntxitit the Klondike and Peruvian
gold fields do not bother him In the least.
Gunnacevl is a good enough Klondlko for him.
Ha says Mexico has as much gold as can bo
tuken care of for many years to came.
A SHORT ROUTE TO THE KLOXDIKE.
Canada Talks or llrnehlng thn Cold fields In
sctrn llnja rrom Toronto.
Qt'EiiKC, Aug. 13. A novel schemo Is proposed
for an ull Canadian routo to tho Klondike
country to prevent the riches of thnt district
from finding tholr wny to American territory,
and to enable tho pcoplo of eastern Canada to
competo with tho Pacific coast for tho tradu of
tho Yukon mining region. Tho proposal Is
simply for a railway to Mooso Factory ot tho
foot of James Bay and a lino of steamboats
thenco to tho western end of Chesterfield Inlet,
n distance ot 1,300 miles. Tbo balance of tho
journey would bo mainly by tho Mnekon.lo and
Yukon rivers, nnd It is estimated that lu sum
mer it could all bo mado in beven days from
Toronto.
Tho late managing owner of a line of steamers
on tho great lakes has examined the reports ns
to tho wateruajs through Croat .Slave l.nko and
the Mackenzie and Yukon rivers, ami offers to
undertake to equip the routo with a new stylo
of steamers, which, while spacious and eeonoml-t-nl,
would tlovolop a sliced of twenty miles nn
hour In slnck water. A model of nn ico bout hns
been prepared for winter navigation.
Tho plan for reaching Hudson Bay Is tlio con
struction of a railway from Missannblo to
Moose Factory, to bo operated by electricity
furnished by thn water power of tbo Minni
Itlvor. Tho whole scheme is lielng raplilly got
into tnnglhle shnpo to bo submitted to tho Gov
ernments of Ontario und of the Dominion with
tho usual demands for public HUDsldles. The
I imposed routo to Hudson liny Is disputed by
(iiobct', which is desirous of soon rink- thn west
ern connection for itself, and having already
constructed a railway to 1-ako at. John, to
within 3(H) miles of James Bay, is ready, with a
certain amount of government aid, to extend It
to Mooso Factory byway of tho volloyof tho
Ashuamnuehouan Hirer. Kctwccn Hudson Bay
ann tho Yukon, tho only tdeco of railway that It
will bo neccssnry to construct Is some i!0O
miles between tho head nf Chcstorficld Inlot and
Great Slave Uike.
Fropoaert Mrinl-Wrckly .Mall to the Klondike.
Vabhinotov, Aug. 13. Tho Post Ofllco De
partment has proposed to tho postal authorities
of Canada that tho two Governments coOporuto
in tha transportation of tho malls tn tho Klon
dike region, so ns to giro n senil-wcekly scrvlco
nt Clrclo City nnd Dawson City, Instead of u
Boparato weekly sorvlco by each Government ns
at present. Nn reply has yot boon received from
tho Canadian Government.
I'nliurr aud Kulllinii Malt-bed,
"Pedlar" Palmer of Kngland and Davo
Hulllvim of BoBton wero matched last night tu
meet In u twenty-round bout, nt 11 11 pounds,
liefore tho National Sporting Club of Loudon, on
Oct. IB. for a purso ot $5,0110. "". ""
The urtlclos wcro signed by O, , T. Dunning for
tho National H.ortliig Club und by Frank. Moran
for Hull villi. Tho latter, accompanied by his
brother " Hplko," will sail fur Kngland in a few
days.
JOTTIXGS AROUT TOIC.V,
A roofer with a charcoal furnace net thn awning
over Ihe Broadway entrance of thu Iniwrlal llulii
anre yesterday afternoon. Porters put out the lire.
William Drown of OarreUou, Ktuteu Island, railed
yestrrdayatlhe Curourr'a omeo and reported that
hla yanlener, Patrick hogll.h, had ucvu missing im.()
laat Monday.
Alexander !att!iea!acrar. tho former Herniary
anil Trruaurrr or the Security Ixian und h.ivliiK t'uin
liauy of t. Calharluea, Canada, who la owummI nf
having fort"! ludorsenieuta upon two elm U of the
If'?. 'M"" of SI.UUIl, waited i xuuilliitloii l.forc
Uultrd 'Mstra Cornlnlolout-r oluoldt yveltrday and
w." h.e d.,'or ?,ra!L"ou' ."". wa " ' Ludlow
Street Jail pending lbs arrival from Waablortoq of
the warrant for hla extradition.
HKiJillisijiiiitii
MILLIONS FOR THE MINES. jl
A BRITISH SYXDICATE SEEKIXO 91
KLOXDIKE GOLD. mU
Prrparnllonalo (lend S.OOO Man Xorth Seattle R
Thronged with Invoallrnlora nnd Interiors A1H
Thousands Ntopped on the Const Chtenso IbbbbbI
students Are In I.ucki !Vw Worker. !lnt, Ssaaal
Skattm Wash., Aug. 13. Tho gold fields of fitaaW
the Klondlko hnvo attracted tho attention ot (aaft'l
tho big plungers ot Kngland, nnd thoy nro pro- Wj j
paring to scud 5,000 Englishmen Into tho North- h v
west Territory. A syndicate- composed of the WtA
strongest financiers In London and Now York aWifl
has Bont to Hcattlo a request for Information as rUaai
to tho facilities for outfitting and transporting aaaai
i 0,000 men lo tho Klondlko. Tho Information do- W
sired hy London pcoplo concerns tho cost of out-
fits nnd transportation nnd the time it will take
to reach tho gold fields. Tho Londoners want
nlso to know tbo best means of getting Into the
now district.
If tho reports brought down on tho steamer
Portland nro ns encouraging as oxpoctod, the
syndicate will send representatives horo nt once
to mako arrangements for outfitting and trans
porting men. At prcsont tho syndicate has here
n representative who Is ono ot the best known
mining engineers In tho country. Ho Is Investi
gating reports from tho Klondlko nnd ascertain
ing from interviews with thoso who havo boon
In Alaska nnd tboso who como down on steamers
from Dycn tho best means of getting Into tho
Yukon bnsln.
Representatives of EaBtcrn companies who
desire to develop now gold districts nnd are
equipped with millions of capital aro arriving
dally in Seattle, registering nttho hotels and
quietly prosecuting their Inquiries.
Although thcro nro disconsolate letters com
ing from Dycn nnd Sknguay, It is remarked that
but few disappointed men havo returned. Most
men prefer to bravo tho hardships ot the Klon
dlko Journoy rather than to faco the ridicule of
friends ut home. Anotbor notable fact Is that a
month has elapsed since tho Portland came with
her prcciuus freight, nnd since then neither
man, lottcr, nor Item of news has como hers
from tho Klondlko gold fields. Thorp and his
companions, who drovo tho first her.l ot cattlo
through from tidewater lo Clrclo City nnd
Dawson, expected to stnrt back from Dawson on
Juno 'M by the overland routo In tlmo to mako
another trip, but they have failed to arrive ami
tholr friends In Seattle aro unnblo to account for
Iho delay. Thoy were cxpoctcd to arrive hero
on Aug. 1. The mall contract overland is sup
posed to call for trips onco a month, but two
months have passed without service. A Now
Knglund imrty of twenty-two men has been out
fitting In Seattle for the last two days, having
engaged passage ou t he Humbolt, sailing on Sun
day morning. Thu men havo pooled interests
for two years, nnd nro provisioned for thnt
length of time. Thoy nppcnr to bo tlio best out
fitted of nil parties thnt havo mado ready In this
city. They arc men nf all professions and hnvo
but ono great, object in view Klondike gold.
Their hulling pluco is Haverhill, but they rep
resent n uumlK-ruf Now Kngland towns.
Tho superstition common tn all sailors pre
vented theenilingot thu I'topla this morning
for Alaska. So. by reason ot this being Friday,
her 250 passengers lire compelled to remain hern
till utter midnight. It was superstition that
caused predictions of misfortuno to tbo Mexico
becauso seagulls refused to follow In horwako
from tho harbor when she sailed on July IT).
ThoCnptuin of tho I'topla, In replying to tho
inquiry If thcro was nn apparent cessation In
tbo demand for transportation north, said: "On
thu contrary, it is increasing, and I expect it
will continue to lucre ise."
Among the iiHsai-ngers on tho Mexico when
she struck on West Devil's Hock in Dixon's en
trance wns n parly of scientific men from Co
lumbia College. All members of tho tuirty nre
from Now nrk. They nro: Prof. Gnry Cal
kins, J. U. McGregor, Frederick Paul Kcppcl,
K. 11. Wilson, Francis Lloyd, Bradney K. Grif
fith, and N. It. Harrington. This is their second
season on thn Pacific coast. Last summer thoy
mado Port Townscnd their headquarters, and
successfully prosecuted tholr study of the ma
rine Inhabitants of Puget Sound waters. Tbcy
enmo ngnln In Juno of this year, and four weeks
ngn went to Alaska In work near fSltkn, where
they had collected ninny ruro specimens, all of
which were lust, as well as their notes and instruments.
CAXADA AXD THE KLOXDIKE. 9
Reduction or the Annual Renewal Fee rrom V
, mtoo to i5. V
Ottawa. Aug. 13. The Cabinet Ministers at A
tho last Council meeting held this week .dls- i
cussed chiefly the all-absorbing topic ot the gold &
country administration. As has been announced. Hj
tho Minister of the Interior offered tho placo of JH
administrator of tho district to Mnjor Walsh, jjB
late of tho Northwest mounted police, an officer Wil
possessing valuable frontier experience. Major ffil
Wnlth having accepted tho place, tlio Council wj
passed nn order confirming tho appointment, Jlr
There were somo important changes In tha min- Wu
ing regulations to be dealt with. Protests havo mm
been pouring in ngalnst tho exorbitant royalty
imposed by tho now regulations, but It was de- H
tided, for tho present, to disregard all such pro-
tests, and await tho Gold Commissioner's re
port on its practicability. Tho change from 500
to 100 feet frontago in creek claims was con
firmed, nnd In view of this reduction it was also
decided to reduce tho annual rcnownl fco from
$iooto$ir.
Major Walsh will start for the Yukon in
nbuui threo weeks. The now regulations, as
amended, will bu sent up from ictoria to tho
Yukon at once, nnd with them will go tho ad
vance guard of tbo men who nro to carry the
law Into uffect. It Is oxpected that the tolo
gruph lino from tbo bend of tbo Lynn Canal to
tho Kloudlkocnn bo built before tho winter sets
in, and, in addition to tbo communication thus
established with thu interior, there will be
monthl) dog trains going through from tho Pa
cific coast. It Is staled upon good authority
that the Government la prepared to spend $250,
(KMI this year in tho development of tbo gold
country, thu population of which is anticipated
by next spring to exceed 'J0.0O0.
GOLD IX XEIT MEXICO.
Ore Aaaailns ai.uoo to thn Ton round on the
Puaxle Claim.
.Santa Fe, N. M Aug., 13. It was announced
from tho Cochiti mining camp to-day that
Thomas Benson had struck a lnrgo body of gold
ore in a tunnel on tho Puzzle claim that assays
$1,000 to tho ton.
In tho Cartwrigbt brothers' now discovery In
South Santa F5 county, a mllo run proves that
tho wholo breast of tho tunnel, 5 hy 1 feel,
carries gold, tho value of which varies from $10
to $70 to tho ton.
In tho Missouri claim. In tho Vollocltos dis
trict, ten miles nbovo OJo Callentc, eight feot of
gold copper ore, worth $10 to tho ion. has been
exposed nt a depth of thlrty-fourfcct.nnd several
inllos olt flvo feel of thoH.imo class of ore hns
been exposed after eighteen feet of sinking.
In tho KlUubothtoun iilnrurs, hero water Is
nlmost ns valuable us cbniupague, one firm is
paying $100 u day for its water supply and
washing out gold niiggolsut n big profit.
Coarsu plncurgoltl his also been found near
Silver City, wbeio, after carrying tho sand In a
sack over a mile, two miners got a return of $7
per day. In the Hlllshoru, near Faultier, Sierra
county, two miners havu taken out recently ns
much as $U0 per day, H
GO I.D XEAR OLE AX, X. Y.
ttuarta-llrarlng Itock Thnt an Aaaarrr Sars
Would VlrtU BI.OOO lp 81, SOU a Tun. IN
Ol.itAN. N. Y Aug. 13. Gold has been discov
ered within threo miles of Clean. Recently
George K, Phillips of this city, whllo hunting,
found somo very peculiar qtmrlz-bcarliig rork,
and sent specimens to different assayors. Yes
terday ho received a report that tho quarlz
Mould yield from $1,000 to $1,500 of gold to tho
Ion, Tho news leaked out. and now Phillips ',
chisel) watched day and night by would-bo pros
pectors. Uu dare not go lo his Klondlko or Ilia
Ills claim. If bu did, thousands would follow,
and claims all around would be staked nut ut
onco. Gold is nlso ,uid to havo becu found
in some sands near hero.
Morrla Count) UolU Hunters to Oranntce.
MciiililHTinvN, N. J Aug. 13. An organiza
tion known ns tho Kuicka Mining nnd Invest
ment Company of Morrlstown has been com
pleted hy Morris county men. Tho articles of
Incorporation were tiled Willi tho County Clerk
hero yesterday. Tha capital stock Is 100,000,
divided Into 100,000 shares ut $1 each. Thu
object Is tho exploration, location, and develop' !
incut of mining lands In Alaska and tha West
ern .Slates County Knglticer William K. King 1
is President. M, T. Welsh of New York city. Vn v
President; Miliar K. A. Moaylc. Treasurer, and
I'rod Schmidt, Wretury. Merrltt I). Linn, DP fi
ice lor Hoard of Chosen Freeholders; Uimoiil II,
liuurin, John K. rrniiell, W.T. Coghlaii.iiint IM
wiirdllowcllHrothoDlructors. Jertiiil.iliMiliiui'i (
und Iiwis Carey of Morris county, thu one nn
experienced miner and the other a ill il engi
neer, havo been engaged and will start for
Alaska noxt week In order to got into the liloo'
dike early next spring.
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