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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR HILL MM IT, But Congressman Flower Seems Slated to Oppose Collector Fassett. STATE ISSUES FOBGOTTEff In All This Year's Campaigns Be cause of tbo Proximity of 1892. MAGEB AXD QUAY IX CONFERENCE The rittsbnrc Leader Visits the Brigantine Cottage by the Sea. STATUS OP TIIE STATE LEAGUE FIGHT frroM a staff coiiREsrovDET.i Ev York, Sept. 13. With the holding of the Republican State convention and the nomination of Jlr. J. Sloat Fassett for Gov ernor the Xew York political caldron be gins to simmer. Owing to the real and sup posed importance of this State, as regards the national contest of "92, every step taken by New York politicians is scanned rather more closely and critically than the pro ceedings of political managers in other State of the Union. "Whether this solici tude is warranted by the circumstances will only be determined by future results. It is a fact, however, that quite a number of for eign politicians have been nround town re cently, and these seem to hare more inter est in the growth of New York local events than New York leaders ever betray in any thing outride of their own State. "This aIl-aborbing local interest among New York politicians," said Colonel Kice, a Democratic Hoosicr politician who has been haunting the Fifth Avenue Hotel for a fortnight, "is a curious feature in politics. New York Democrats and Republicans are alike in this respect. They place New York City first, New York State next and the rest of the country may hustle along in the rear as it pleases. This Fassett busi ness was very cleverly done. "We would call that clever even in Indiana, where every man is a politician and the political leaders of both sides are stiongly national and always figure on national effects. A CLEVER POLITICAL STROKE. "The managers, bv getting President Harrison to appoint Mr. Fassett Collector of the Port of New York, made good use of the Federal administration. Tney made him the administration man and the inter ests of Manager Piatt and President Harri son identical. "Whether this was done with the full knowledge of the President may or may not be true. The move was highly creditable to whoever designed it, though its full significance is probably not ap preciated very far away from this State. It greatly softened the rigid feeling of per sonal animosity against Mr. Piatt, and therefore tends to harmonize the discordant elements of the party. The kickers haven't a plank left within party lines to stand o n. "We would regard that good politics in Indiana." "There is the widest difference between Democratic management in New York and in Indiana," continued Colonel Rice. "In our State when a Democrat gets disgruntled and is disposed to kick over the traces we coddle him. AVe get around him and argue with him and plead with him and brace him up by every means we can devise. "We are apt to neglect everything else to keep such fellows in the ranks. In New York they kick him and let him go. They don't bother with him. Asa Democratic leader here told me the other day, they go on the principle that a wounded man is more demoralizing than a dead man, for it takes two or three sound men to look after a "wounded man, whereas the dead man lies where he fell. THE SEW YORK PLAN. "In politics they let the disgruntled man go for dead and pay no more attention to him, but tro on villi the fight. As both sides do the same thing there are large numbers of live men lying outside the breastworks all the time. When they find things go on all right without them they climb back again in the course of a short space of time. Now when a man rolls outside in Indiana he is a goner. His late comrades make it so hot for him that he turns in with the oppo sition and is usually more bitter than his newly found political friends. Nothing but apolitical revolution will ever get him back again." In a conversation another Democratic State committeeman, Senator H. D. Win ton, of New Jersey, said to me: "I believe the country would nominate Cleveland to morrow if :he convention should meet, re gardless of New York State. The people -won't trust Mil. The politicians, or a ma jority of them, are for Mil, but tne masses would force them to nominate Cleveland. If Campbell, of Ohio, wins I believe that he will be the man. The "West and South can control the convention. In that cape New Tork may be given the Vice Presidency to satisfy her. If Blaine is alive and well and is nominated, as he certainly will be ir he is well and wishes the nomination, lie will beat any Democrat we can put up. That is the way it looks now .' STATE ISSUES OBSCURED. Will State politics ever again bo sep arated from national issues?" inquired a Hoffman House Democrat the other even ing. He answered his own query: "I don't believe they ever will be. look at the cam paign now being conducted in Ohio. The entire platforms are on national questions, with which the State sovrrnments have no more to do than you and I will not a bit. Read the speeches. A State issue is scarcely alluded to. You'd think, if you didn't know all about it, that if llclvinlcy is elected he will prevent free coinage stop all fooling itu the tarilfand run the National Govern ment altogether In the interests of the Re publican party; and if Campbell is elected he will have Congress repeal tho McKinlcy act, jiass a free coinage bill and remodel the l'tdoral Government on strictly Democratic lines. 'The result of a State election proves nothing, and yet some people seem to think the whole national administration is being carried on tho back of their particular State. The recent Rochester platform in cludes the administrative powers of Russia. How the Czar will kick when he reads that leolution: There are the Pennsylvania platforms, too, bristling all the way through w ith declarations on national issues. You'd almost suppose tho narrlsburg legislature was likely to legislate on the coinage ques tion, lcmodcl the tariff, try and TASS A FOKCEBILL and do all the things usually delegated to the representatives of the people in Con gress assembled. Pennsylvania Is going to elect a Treasurer or something what is she solug to elect anyhow I Not Congressmen. No State is electing Congressmen, or any body else having the most remote connec tion with the administration of the Federal Government, Now this state of things is Just what prevents cither State or national issues from being fairly and Intelligently passed upon by the people. There is no more sense in running a State official on a national platform than there is in runnlnga President on a Srnto platform, because ono has nothing to do with the other. McKin Jey or Campbell might bo the best man Ohio could have for Chief Executive, without re gard to what is the best policy for Congress to pursue, nnd the people of any State ought to havo the right and opportunity to man age their own affairs independent of extra neous lsuo having no relation whatever to Stato government. "At present a State election indicntcs nothing decides nothing. It doesn't show that a majority of the people wanted a cer tain renn for Governor and a certain Stato policy. It .doesn't mean that a majority want Congress to do certain things or want a certain party policy of Federal adminis tration. It proves nothing. Tho peoplo get no chance to separate tho issues. Thoso w ho bank upon the results of a Stato elec tion are deceived nnd the voters themselves don't know anything about it when tho election is over." HILIi 13 STILL "WILLING. There is a decided feeling here that tho next Gubernatorial candidate 'will be the present Governor, David B. Hill. Something of this sort has been bruited accout in a desultory way for some time. Now, how ever, that tho Republicans have nominated as strong a man as Mr. Fassett, a good many are inclined to think Mr. Hill a political necessity. It is by no means to bo inferred that the Gubernatorial race just now would be distasteful to Hill. Quite the contrary. Mil is a man who believes in himself and in. his own destiny. It is not unnatural that ho should believo himself the only Democrat who can carry New York. While Sir. Hill is committed to Mr. Flower, the commitial would not prevent his candidacy at the last hour should his party turn toward him with any degree of unanimity. He is quite fully aware of tho prestigo of victory in this instance. For should ho make tho can vass and bo re-elected Governor it would be next to impossible to prevent his selection by his party to make the Presidental race later. Should ho lose tho Governorship he would still bo United States Senator and would probably yet hold a strong position for the goal of his ambition four years hence. 1 ho odds are greatly in his favor in a Guber natorial race this fall. Tho Democratic impression that if any Democrat can beat Fassett Hill can, would go far to excuse his defeat on the ground that nobody else could have been elected. He would be popularly regarded as a martyr who risked w illingly everything to save his party. It may safely be predicted that his li tends will i-clze upon this golden oppor tunity to urgo his name and that should should they do so wisely and earnestly that his understudy, Mr. Roswell P. Flowor, will retire into tho wings and let him play the star part in which he has alieadv repeatedly made a popular hit. This is" the latest phase of the situation and it is decidedly an interesting one. "I wonder what Mr. Andrew D. White thinks now," mused a Fifth Avenuo Hotel politician. "It Is hardly to be presumed that ho was in the Fassett deal and his personal relations with Mr. Piatt and his family wero such that tho suspicion of bad faith as con nected with that distinguished statesman's recent operations will scarcely tend to strengthen any possible belief in the purity of national politics. Dear me! It is sad, sad!" Mubeat. MAGEE TO MEET QUAY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDUCING KOB INSON TO WITHDRAW. That Is "What Eastern Political Prophets Say The League Presidency Fight Grows Interesting Hastings as a Com promise Candidate Is Now dooming Up. Philadelphia, Sept. 13. Special C L. Magee was in the cityto-day just long cnongh to meet nobody, and, leaving the Stratford early, he took a morning train lor Atlantic City. Congressman Dalzell met Collector Cooper late Saturday, and the League Club situation was discussed in all its details. Cooper, of course, told him that Jack Robinson was anywhere else but in it, nnd the talk drifted into the positive votes Dalzell could count upon in the east ern counties. Tho Scranton convention promises D. sur prise to both contestants for the Presidency. Dalzell partially admits this ip his fears -respecting the movement in Lawrence county, where the old time Young Men's Republican Club, of New Castle, has inaugurated a Gen eral Daniel Hastings campaign, bv sending its three delegates under positive instruc tions to vote for Hastings. Robinson feels reasonably secure over his cnanccs among the 212 regular clubs, and as he will sit in the convention as Vice President, ho has an advantage in assisting at the or ganization. The convention's first business proceedings will bo to hear the report of the Kecutlve Committee, the leading item of which rules out representation from the mushroom clubs. If there is a bitter turn the compromise candidate feature has its inning, and the Hall and harmony and Hast ings and harmoivy banuers will be hung out with the usual hurrah. Mr. Mngeo has Dalzell's interests in charge. It is stated that his trip to Atlantic City was to meet Senator Quay at the latter's Brignntine Reach cottage, where the Repub lican League contest was gone over at length, with a view to arranging a pro gramme that retires Robinson. General Hastings is expected in tho city to-morrow. Secretary- R. IL Lindsay, of the League, an earnest Dalzell worker, will also be in town to-morrow. It has been decided that tho Henry Hall boom At as not well set and is catching too few delegates to suit tho seek ers nfter harmony. NO COHBINATION TICKETS. Kansas Democrats Decidedly Opposed to Fusion with the Alliance. " Topeka, Sept, 13. Special In only 2 of tho 40 counties of theState in which nomina tions for county officers have been made this fall have tho Democrats and People's party fused. Last fall there was a combina tion ticket in 25 of these counties. Repub licans nnd Democrats have combined in six counties and in eight Judicial districts. A number of county nominating conventions wero held yesterday, in all of which the Democrats nominated straight tickets. In Sedgewick county, the third largest in ponu latlon in the State, the Alliance refused to combine with the Democrats, and iu Mar shall the Democrats, by an overwhelming vote, deteated the proposition to fuse. The Alliance leaders have refused to recognize tho Democrats in all of those counties em braced by tho judicial districts in which the Democrats have combined with the Repub licans. The Executive Committee of Republican Leagues has taken charge of the State cam paign, and the old Republican Central Com mittee has vacated Republican head quarters. It Is the policy of the league to make the fight to protect the credit of the State, and it will favor combinations with the Domoorats in all counties carried by the Alliance last fall. CHATOCEY BLACK'S VIEWS. Ho Is Confident That Pennsylvania Will Go Democratic This Year. "WAsniHGTOs, Sept. 13. 5eciaJ. Ex-Governor Chauncey F. Black, of Pennsylvania, who has been in "Washington lor the past two days, is in a very confident state of mind in regard to Pennsylvania politics. He professes to believe that the Republican ticket has not tho shadow of a chance, and that victory for the Democrats is already practically assured. As a reason for bis be lief he says: "The campaign with us will be fought out on State issues, and there is everything in the outlook to make us feel confident. The Republicans look with dismay upon the re cent troubles in Philadelphia. The two offices to be filled are thoso of State Treas urer and State Auditor, the men who have control of the flnnnccs. and the offices most affected bv the recent Keystone Bank wreck. This affair will be a prominent factor in Pennsylvania politics, and has proven to the people that a change is greatlv to be de sired, and, as many think, absolutely neces sary. I think I can safely predict the elec tion of the Democratic candidates to Tsoth or these places." EUROPE'S ULTIMATUM. A Final Demand on China and the Re ply Must Be Satisfactory. MEANTIME OUTRAGES CONTINUE. Organized Mobs Make War on the Erection of Telegraph Lines. A NEWSY BUDGET PEOM THE ORIENT Sax Francisco, Sept. 13. The British stcarqer China arrived early this morning from Hongkong and Yokohama, 12 days 11 hours and 55 minutes from the latter port. It was thought she would attempt to break the record made by the Vancouver line of steamships, but she did not do so. She brings advices from China to August 30. Sir John "Woliom, the British Minister, has protested strongly against the dilatory manner in which the Chinese Government dealt with the recent, riots, and has put three questions to the Government asking, first, why an edict on the subject of the riots was not dispatched through the empire by telegraph; second, why the "Wuhu magis trate, who tried to stop the riots, was de graded, while his superiors, who did noth ing, were not punished, and third, why the punishment of the guilty at "Wusuch was delayed. The Chinese Government sent the questions to His Excellency, Iii Hung Chang, to be answered. CHINA'S EVASIVE REPLY. Chang replied, first, it is not the custom of China to send edicts by wire; second, the magistrate was degraded for other reasons, and, third, the rioters had been punished, two being executed and the others other wise punished. Tho North China JVeu, commenting editori ally on tho answers, says the first is merely a subterfuge. The case was too serious to udmit of the delay caused by the use of mes sengers. As for the second reply, it was stated at tho time that the magistrate was degraded as a concession to the natives, who had denounced him for doing his duty in tho affair. The reply is a palpable evasion, and only shows that China cannot be de pended on by the foreign powers. As for the execution of two oulprits, this is unsatisfac tory as coming far short of the requirements of Chinese law in cases of mnrder among themselves. Murders of foreigners must not be punished more lightly than the murder of Chinese. Lord Salisbury added to his three ques tions a demand that Hunan, which is the hot-bed ol the anti-foreign sentiment inl China, be opened to trade, coupled with a t lii-eat that if China could not control her own people the loreign powers would tako the matter in hand. To this the Viceroy ro- filics that China is perfectly able to control lcr own people. The conclusion is that if able she must bo unwilling. THE POWERS SEND AN ULTIMATPSL The Sfewt adds: "Meanwhile tho powers do not intend to be satisfied with these re plies and with what has been done by .tho Chinese Government so far in tho way of punishment aSid reparation. They have sent China what is virtually an ultimatum, and will not tako any inadequate reply. England's action is understood to b backed by other powers, and it is thought force will be used it China is not concilatory." Twenty thousand peoplo assembled at Lung Chow, in the provinoe of Hunan, re cently to prevent workmen from putting up telegraph lines. Ten thousand poles were burned and the men driven over the boun dary. A society has been formed to keep the telegraph out, and a mob is still on the watch. Great apprehension is felt by the inhabitants of the border districts in H u pell. v At New Chang, "Dr. Greig, a missionary doctor, has been assassinatod by soldiers. The matter has been placed in the hands of Mr. Ayston, British Consul. It is thought this is a local affair, not connected with se cret societies. Reports from Foo Chow of the killing of three missionaries up tho country prove to be false. The German Roman Catholic Bishop of Ehanung has returned from Pekin to Tien Tsin. It is said Li Hung Chang told him the late riots were only forerunners of tho more sorlous tronble, and hinted that ho hoped the Bishop would be moderate in his de mands when he returned to Shan Tung. ITALY SEEMS TO HESITATE. The Italian corvette Voltumo has been under orders to leave for Italy, but was stopped and ordered to remain indefinitely by the Italian Minister at Peking, who fears trouble. Mr. Pethick, tho American Vice Consul at Tien'Tsin, has been made AssistantManager of the extension of the Tien Tsin railroad. Viceroy Chang Chih Tumg has recently opened the iron mines in Hupel, and claims that he can manufacture all the iron needed on tho road by next July. Li Hung Chang accepted an offer for a part, and has ordered 250,000 tons of foreign iron to use meanw hile. Gold mines havo been discovered in the Ching Chen district of Kuang Tung. Ad venturers flocked to them in crowds, and did much damage to graves and fields in digging. Finally the Magistrate prohibited wining theie and quiet is restored. There was a serious landslide in the bank of tho Yang Tse opposite Chian Kiang. The people, warned by premonitory tremblings, fled in their night clothes. Hardly had they escaped when a large tract of ground slid into tho river, canying about 150 houses and shops with it. No lives were lost. News has been received of the death, in Pnrsk, of W. Mactavlsh and J. M. Nelson, two well-known and wealthy mining men. Cholera is said to have been the cause of their death, but poisoning is suspectedl FIGHTING IN DUTCH BORNEO. There are serious troubles in Sin Tang, Dutch West Borneo, between the Dyaks and Malays. Three thousand Dyaks are in arms against the Malay Rajah over taxes. Fight ing has already taken place, several being killed on each side. The country is suffer ing from famine, which is believed to be tho root of the trouble. A numDer of soldiers have been sent to the disaffected district. The following advices are from Japan: On August 16 an Aniciican vessel, name un known as yet, was wrecked in KanNoWa Bay. She hud a crew of 17 and tho captain's wife. All but two wero drowned. A meeting of the committee appointed to make airnngements for Japan's exhibits at tho World's Fair at Chicago was held August 11. The lsst division of the Nippon Railway Company's road is opened, making a total length operated of 415 miles. Six hundred stonccntters went out on a strike in Tokio last weekagainst a reduction of wages. Their demands wero temporarily acceded to. The Bonin Islands have been visited by n severe storm, lasting 24 hours, doing great damage. The sugar cane crops, the princi pal product, were reduced 60 per cent by the storm. Many houses were blown down. By the recent floods in the To KuShima Prefecture, 354 houses wero destroyed nnd over COO people injured. Two persons were drowned and 31 vessels destroyed. TWO BAD C0L0BAD0 WRECKS. Twenty-Six. Passengers Injured in One and 15 in the Other. Denvxr, Sept. 13. A passenger train bound toward Denver on the Graymont division of the Union Pacific Hallway was wrecked this morning about 11 o'clock near Beaver Brook station, and 26 passengers were injured, Ave or whom will probably die. The train was late and running very rapidly. When rounding a sharp curve the express car left the track and rolled down a 15-foot embank ment. It was followed by the mail and two passengor coaches, one of which turned over twice before renohing the bottom. Tho train was loaded with passengers, many oC Twiu.u "civ jiuiuiiis ml x ymias re turning from their State Conven tion at Aspen. When the news reached Golden, CoL, a wiccking train was starting, when Robert Pruin, an employe of the road, attempted to boaid tho engine. In doing so his revolver fell from Ills hip pocket, the hammer striking a stone, and the weapon was discharged, tho ball taking effect in the man's neck, making a wound which will result fatally. It Is not known exactly what caused the wreck, but as the train was a narrow gauge and the coaches very top heavy it is thought that the train at-aa tinnntncr - ivntflli tni an ffitV- A passenger train on the Colorado Contral Railroad was wrecked at noon to-day. fif teen passengers were injured, but it is thought none fatally. It has been impossi ble to learn particulars yet. BERNHARDT'S SISTER. , THE WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE SUCH WAITING FOB THE ACTRESS. Sarah and Mrs. BeU WiH Meet Face toJTace on Wednesday The Story of Relation ship Ridiculed by the Noted French woman and Her Son. San Francisco, Sept 13. Special.' When Srrah Bernhardt stops at Fresno next "Wednesday, to give one night's perform ance, she is likely to meet a woman who claims to be her sister. The woman is Mrs. Estella Bell, of "White River, Fresno county, who recently declared, when she announced her relationship to the great ac tress, thatshe proposed seeing Sarah face to face if she had to walk from her ranch to Fresno City. Mrs. Bell declares she is Sarah's Bister and shows a bundle of letters that she says establishes the relationship. Recently in a talk she said Bernhardt's name was not Bernhardt at all, but Sarah King, from Rochester, N. Y. Around this she wove a story about Sarah's infatuation for the stage, her lovofor fine dresses and dainty bonnets and hor mysterious disap pearance from her home. Then came her discovery In a dressmaker's establishment at Davenport, la., and the subsequent es capade at Peru, IU. Of course thfs is pure fiction, but Bernhardt last night declared she would receivo tho woman kindly at Fresno and would try to undeceive her. Sarah was shown a photograph of Mrs. Bell and of hor rude cabin of two rooms on the ranch. Mrs. Bell is hard-featured, of middle ago, with a face tanned to the color of an Indian by exposure to the sun, nnd dresses in a coarse blouse dress. When Sarah saw tho photograph sho laughed heartily, and asked whether the woman was an Indian, she looked so black. The next picture of the ranch houso was inspected, and Maurice suggested there might be good hunting in so wild a country. Sarah said this was hor first sister exporienco. Usually peoplo who claim relationship wero uncle3, and she had been greatly pesterod on tho Continent by these cranks, whofollowedher from ono place to another. "What follv this is," she broke ont im patiently, "when my life is as well known to Parisians as tho Column of Vendome." Sarah left last night for Los Angeles. She will return by the way of this city and go East about the end of tho week. Her en gagement here was a success in every way, mote money being taken in than on her previous visit. HELD A MILLION TO COMPROMISE. The Abduction of Bailey and Albertson De velops a Bemarkable Story. San Fkahcisco, Sept. 13. Tho Examiner prints the following story concerning tho robbery of the Fidelity Trust Bank.at Tacoma by its Secretary, Ed-vard Albertson, August 2L It was horotoforo believed that Albert son lost some $9,000 only in speculation, and surprise was caused by the extra ordinary efforts made to capture him. It now appears he took $20,000 in cash and nearly 81,000,000 in securities. Early on the morning of August 24 a note was re ceived by Paul Schultze, a director of tho bank, from Albertson saying he had lost $10,000 of tho bank's money in speculation, and to force a compromise had taken $10,000 more in cash and $JOO,O0O in securities. He would meet him or one ot his representa tives in tho woods at a designated place and retnm tho securities if given a written agreement not to prosecute. Moreover, he had changed the combina tion to the vaults and it would take three days to open them without it. Meanwhile the bank's credit would suffer. A meeting of the directors was held, and it was agreed, to accept a compromise. A man was sent to the rendezvous with a signed agreement not to prosecute. Instead of Albertson, ho found ono Chandler, a Tacoma gambler, who was evidently an J accomplice, xne messenger gave limine agreement and received the securities and the combination to the vaults. The men separated and the messenger saw Albertson Join Chandler. The bank at once commenced extraordinary efforts to capture the thieves. J.H. Cahoon, Cashier of the Fidelity Bank and brother-in-law of Albertson, was ar rested by Detective Sullivan, who confined him in a hotel for several days, trying to force a confession. Tho story got out and Sullivan was forced to release the prisoner, who was then legally arrested lor com plicity. Last Thursday Sullivan and two guards boldly kidnaped R. B. Albertson, a second cousin of the absconder, and W. E. Bailey, who happened to be with him, in the streets of Seattle in broad daylight. The kidnapers wero followed and arrested and their prisoners freed. A RUNAWAY L0C0H0TTVB, It Dashes Into a Passenger Train at Fall Speed, bat no One Is Killed. New London, Sept. 13. Special. There -was a wild time on the track of the New London Northern Railroad last night, for at 7:30 o'clock a locomotive backed out of the yard house and set out on an excursion on its own hook. Up the Northern track it sped as if an imp presided at tho throttle, and a moment later the railroad telegraph flashed all along the line the message, "look out for a runaway engine. Clear the track. It is going north." A passenger train had Just left the way-station of Montville, half way between New London and Norwich, and was coming south on time. Evorybody in the railroad office waited helplessly for the catastrophe. Sweeping along north ward at SO miles an hour, the runaway engine had gone out of sight. The runaway met the passenger train about a quarter of a mile north of Water ford, and theie was a terrific collision. The tender of tho runaway was completely de molished, and fragments of it were strewn along the track for many rods. The loco motive itself was hurled back more than 500 feet. No one was killed, but Engineer Deoker, of the passenger engine, w as badly hurt, and the passengers were pitched from their seats and terribly frightened. ITALY WILL HOT EXHIBIT. The Government Cannot Tako an Official Part In the World's Fair. Washington, Sept. 13. Special. Marqnis Imperial!, Italian Charge d' Affairs at Wash ington, has informed Dr. 8. Verdi, President of the Italo-American Committee for the promotion of the Columbian Exhibition, that ttio Italian Ministry has acknowledged the receipt of the resolutions adopted at a meeting of Italo-Americans held in Wash ington on July 17, requesting the Italian Government to officially participate in said Exhibition, and that in answer the Italian Ministry says that, in pursuance of a princi ple adopted long ago, the Italian Govern ment declines to officially participate in any International exhibition, that for that rea son tbo Government declined the invitation to officially participate in the French Exhi bition in 13S9. 'i'he refusal to be officially represented at tho Columbian Exhibition should not bo in terpreted as an act of hostility toward the great enterprise or an effort to pieveut the Italians from exhibiting. On the contrary, tho Government will do nil in its power to assist such ot its citizens as desire to exhibit. IT WIXL BE A BIG CONVENTION. Tho Anti-Third Party Meeting toBe Largest Gathering of Farmers Ever Held, St. Louis, Sept. 13. "Tho prospect for a large attendance at the Antl-Sub-Treasury convention which meets in this city Tues day daily brightens," said Mr. Hall to day. "From the present outlook the con vention will not only be the largest gather ing of farmers ever held in thi3 country, but will contain a number of the brainiest men in the Un'on. "You will find them earnest, sincere men, devoid of demagoguery and moved solely by the patriotic Impulse to benefit the whole country by elevating and Improving the condition of the farming class, upon whom it can well be said, rests the hope and prosperity of the Government. They recog nlzo that tho Alliance is a great factor in this direction if it can be preserved and held true to the principles on which it was organized, but they also realize that its use fulness is at an end if it is to be made tho subservient tool of political schemers seek ing personal aggrandizement." Itf A SORET. PLIGHT. Many Destitute Russian Refugees Thrown on Canada's Hands. A PICTURE OP SQUALID MISERY. No Help From the Dominion, and the Hirsch Fund Exhausted. SMUGGLING THEM INTO THIS COUNTEI ISFZCTAL TELKQRAU TO TUB DISPATCn.l Montreal, Sept 13. One hundred and ten Russian refugees, who were brought over to this country a few days ago by the Dominion line steamship Oregon, are now lying in the Dominion immigration offices in this city, in a pitiable condition. The Dispatch correspondent visited the place to-night and a most wretched scene was witnessed. Men, women and children were huddled together promiscuously in one room. The refugees are a wretched looking lot. The men are dirty and lazy, and the women and children present pictures of most squalid misery. The party consists of about a dozen families of eight or nine each, and a great number are young children, from the infant in arms to 10 and 12 years of age. The men are a lazy lot, apparently unable to turn their hands to any work. They landed here without a cent, and the result is that they are without means of sustenance. The majority of the party are from Hun gary and were taken on board the Oregon at Liverpool, expecting to be assisted when they landed here. THE HIRSCH FUND SPENT. The Baron de Hirsch Institute, which has assisted several thousand refugees since the opening of navigation, found its funds ex haustedand were unable to render the party any assistance. The Dominion Government was appealed to, but has refused to do any thing for them. The Minister of Agricult ure has addressed the following order to the immigration offices here: In view of the importance of the subject, I immediately consulted the Minister in le lation to it, and he in his turn submitted the matter to his colleagues. The result is the decision that the Government will not incur any expenditure for tho care of these Russian Hebrews. They must therefore be cared for by their co-religionists in Mon treal. It is understood that tho Baron Hirsch Society has funds for that purposo, but, however this may be, the society must tako care of its co-religionists. Tho im migration act, as you are aware, does not allow the landing of pauper immigrants and they may be sent back at the expense of the ship. SENT FROM NEW YORK. "I may further say that we have informa tion that it is the intention to send numbers of them who havo been refused a landing at New York, to Canada, but if anything of this Sort is attempted the landing will be refused. It is therefore important that the steamship agents hero advise their Liverpool corres pondents of the fact. There is no desire to hinder any immigration wbatover on ac count of nationality or religion, only that the country cannot undertake to receive and provide for at the public expense people who cannot got their own living in this country. "Any attempt to do this will be'ruinous to tho cause of immigration itself. The ship ping interests are, therefore, really the samo as those of the Dominion. Within the limit of exception all immigrants are welcome, and the agents of the department will afford them all possible assistance." As a result of this decision, the Baron do Hirsvh Institute is in a quandary. The funds of the institnto haye been exhausted, and the result is that the refugees will havo cither to be shipped back to England or bo come a burden on IhVcity. APPEAL FOR FUNDS. In tho Hebrew synagogues yesterday an appeal was made to the members of the Hebrew community to subscribe funds for their assistance, and a mass meeting has been called to raise a subscription. A cable has been sent to Baron de Hirsch, asking for further assistance, but so far no answer has been received from him. The condition of the refugees in the meantime is most de plorable. For several days they have had very littlo to eat, but to-day some of the Hebrew residents managed to provide them with a scanty meal. Your correspondent was informed of a Tather startling fact, which demands tho in stant attention of the American authorities. Failing to procure assistance here, the He browauthoritiesare Bonding the refugees by small detachments into the United States by rail, and help to gradually get them off their hands in this way. Money is being pro vided them, and a number nave already been gotten out of the country. A SERIOUS QUESTION. The arrival of this class of Immigrants is becoming a serious question. One or two thousand havo already arrived this summer. A number of them have been surreptitiously packed off to tho States and the othera havo been sent to Western Canada. These refugees are not the first of the un fortunate people who have set foot in Can ada. About 13 years ago a number of He brews from Russia, not so -wholly destitute, however, as those who are the causo of the present trouble, landed in British Columbia and made their way to Winnipeg, in which city they became utterly destitute and had to be maintained for a time at the public expense. Most of them are now said to be driving n thrifty trade in the old clothes businsss in the towns of the Northwest. MB. AND UBS. CLEVELAND. They Will Return, to New York on Mr. Benedict's Taoht Oneida. Boston, Sept. 13. Information received from ex-Fresident Cleveland's cottage at Buzzard's Bay says that Mrs. Cleveland's family physioinn in New York has been in attendance upon her there in anticipation of the event which Is to occur about October L and that Mr. E. C. Benedict's steam yacht Oneida will reach the harbor on September 20 for the purpose of carrying Mrs. Cleveland to New York, the Madison avenue residence be ing now put in order. It will bo remembered that it was on tho Oneida that the ex-President made his visit to Newport last July. The Renedicts,whose summer home is at Greenwich, Conn., are among tho most intimate friends of Mr. Cleveland and his beautiful wife. COWBOYS GIVE IT "UP. The Postal Authorities Will Continue the Pursuit of Texas Train Bobbers. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 13. The pursuit of the five mon who recently robbed tne Southern Paciflo train at Samuel's siding has ended, so far as the citizens posse and State Rangers are concerned. All evidence in their possession has been turned over to the postal authorities, who will continue the attempts to effect a capture. The roboers were so hard pressed that thoy were forocd to abandon their horses and tako to the mountains on foot. They are now ensconsed in tho broken country south of Marathnn, Tex. As a cowboy with out his horse is like an ordinary man with out his legs, the end of the chase is not far off. Honduras' New President. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 13. The election has been completed. General Leibas secured a very large vote for President. His majority is estimated at three-fourths of the total amount, The .balloting was con ducted in a perfectly peaccablo manner throughout the Republic. There was no le striction of the freedom of the press or of the votors. General Leibas' inauguration will tako place in November. A French Town Scorched. Paws, Sept. 13. The town of Rochefort, in the department or tho Charente Inferleure, was visited by a great fire yesterday. Tho local theater ana a number of houses "were destroyed. WHAT TEE PEOPLE SEAMING SANTIAGO For the Fugitive Balmaceda Who Is Now Thought to Be There. MINISTER EGAN SOLID AT LAST. Scores a Triumph ly Being tlie First to Eecognize the Junta. ANOTHERBREAKBYTHE GERMAN EXTOT Valparaiso, Chile, Sept. 13. The police authorities are still prosecuting a vigorous search throughout Santiago for the fugitive ex-President Balmaceda. It is now the general belief that he is in hiding in some one of the monasteries. Several of these institutions have already been visited by the police, but so far no trace of Balmac eda has been discovered. In spite of this fact rumors gain ground that he has found protection under clerical wings. The German Minister to Chile has made a pnblic denial here of the recently cabled dispatch, in which the correspondent told how he had ordered the Admiral of the German 'war ship Leipsig to surrender political refugees, but the Admiral had de clined to do so, cabling the German Emperor for approval of his action, and how the Emperor bad cabled, back sustaining the Admiral. The correspondent reaffirms the truth of his statements nnd challenges proofs to the contrary. ANOrnER questionable act. The German Minister, by the way, might try to explain another extraordinary pro ceeding on his part. His recent conduct in permitting the removal of Balmaceda's Min ister of War Valasquez from the German Le gation to prison is generally condemned. President Jorge Montt himself, upon learn ing the particulars of this strange case, or dered that Senor Valasquez should be re turned to the legation and declared that his removal and imprisonment were a violation of the sanctity of tho legation. .Senor Montt's magnanimous conduct is in marked contrast to the action of the German Hns ter. Senor Ordonez, the Spanish Minister to this country, has tendored the thanks of himself, his country and the Spanish resi dents of Chile to Admiral Brown, of the United States flagship San Francisco, for his offers of protection to the Minister and his countrymen during the recent troubles. EQAN MAKES HIMSELF SOLID. The foreign Ministers are much chagrined at the promptitude displayed by Minister Egan in scoring a point in behalf of the United States in recognizing the Junta's authority ahead of any other nation. The ambulance service has tendered a tes timonial to Passed Assistant Surgeon John M. Edgar, of the United States steamship San Francisco; Assistant Surgeon Edward It. Stitt, of tho Baltimore, and the two Jun ior surgeons of the same vessels for their valuable aid in behalf of the injured in tho recont conflicts. The railroad connection between this city and Santiago has boen temporarily suspend ed. While a freight train last night was crossing one of the bridges the structure collapsed. The locomotiVe,tcnder and most of the freight cars wero thrown into the ra vine below. The engineer and fireman went down with the wreck. A relief party was organized in the hope of saving their lives. When it reached the wreckage the engineer nnd fireman were found pinned down under a mass of debris. After considerable trouble thoy wero taken out. It was found that they were alive, but were seriously injured. AN EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE. Two severo earthquake shocks occurred here this morning. Tho first was experi enced at 7:10 a. it. and created general alarm. It was of a few seconds' duration. Before tne people had recovered from their fright a second shock took place at 7:15 a m. It was feared that they were only the forerunners of more serious shocks, but happily none other occuned. Thero was no damage done to property and no one was injured. It is said that all of tho men known to have been actlvo supporters of Balmaceda, as well as those who were guilty of peculation, will lose their property by confiscation. KEYSTONE BANK AFFAIBS. The Citizens' Committee Must Fay the Cost of Further Investigation. Washikotow, Sept. 13. Acting Secretary Spalding has received the letter containing the resolutions adopted by the Citizens' Committee of Fifty, of Philadelphia, request ing Secretary Foster to do all in his power toward providing means for the continu ance of the Investigation into the affairs' of tho Keystone Bank by the Government ex perts. It is probable that if the Citizens' Commit tee raises money to pay for the continuation of Experts Faunce and Brown they will be allowed to continue their work, but the Sec retary of the Treasury cannot guarantee that any money thus expended will bo re fundedby Congress, although he might go to the extent of recommendlngtbnt a special appropriation for such refund be made. TENNESSEE LEGISLATION. The Penitentiary Labor Question TV111 Prob ably Be Left In Statu Quo. Nashville, Sept. 13. Tho present extra session of the Legislature will expire by lim itation next Saturday. Much important business has been transacted. The more im portant bills passed so far havo been one appropriating $25,000 a year for tho mainte nance of an efflcient military force for the purpose of aiding the civil authorities in up holding the law, and ono for a revision or the election law. 2A bill reapportioning the State in Sena torial and Representative districts has been WOULD LIKE TO SEE. perfected and passed in Democratic caucus, and a bill creating a Tf "entiary Commis sion and providing foe1 '''ling of a new penitentiary and pro;.. 9ls '""ids. has been adopted by the J I f.. ''dn ' the Houses and recommit I'lln 'J latter bill will be brougrt.- " next Tuosday, but it is the fe.- sion that the whole matter wilP p, -. ' WOf- statu quo until a new General Assenitj., i . n't... fn..n-n..-n-11 . nn.nnr.l CiCVlCU. xuc mkjwi uu, win uncuijvnciu ivi return iut.Luuit:Lj iu jiututuiD, uujiumi ing will be done toward the proposed inves tigation of the conduct or Labor Commis sioner Ford and Assistant Labor Commis sioner Alloman during the late Bricevillo troubles. A COLLISION IN A FOG. THE ARIZONA CKASIIES INTO A SAIL ING VESSEL. An American Barkentlhe Supposed to Be the Unknown Vessel No Trace of Either Craft or Crew Could Be Found After the Crash. QueenstOWN, Sept. 13. The Guion Line steamer Arizona, Captain Brooks, from New York September 5 for Liverpool, ar rived here to-day in a battered condition. Certain passengers report that at an early hour Sunday, September 6, while the vessel was in a fog but steaming rapidly, an un known sailing vessel, believed to be a large coasting schooner, struck, stem on, the Ari zona's port quarter. The passengers, who were In bed at tho time of the accident, were awakened by the shock of the collision, and all rushed on deck. It was seen that CO feet of the railing and a lifeboat bad been smashed; that the deck whs damaged and that several plates hud been bent. Owihgto these ominous evidences of a collision, it was at first belie ved that tho consequences of the accident were more serious than proved to be the case. The passengers were much alarmed and life-belts were prepared. The Arizona for a long time searched in vain for the unfortunate sailing vessel. A part of herbowspritlwasleft on the Arizona's deck. From wreckage seen it is feared she foundered. Ono pasonger makc3 the following state ment: "After passing Sandy Hook we en tered a haze, which Inter- became a dense fo-r. The fog-horn was kept blowing. About 11 r. it. a loud report, like the bursting of a boiler, startled the passengers, who rushed on deck. Tho -captain, who was on the bridge, had the engines reversed at full speed. He assured tho passengers that tho steamer was all right and ordered them be low. Afterward the ofilcers stated that a three-masted ship had struck the Arizona on the port side, almost amidships, and then disappeared. The fog steam whistles and foghorn keptnp their blasts long alter tho collision, but nothing was discovered. The sfcamer's pumps were started, but no water was found. So violent was the collision that passengers sleeping on the damaged side of the steamer were thrown from their berths. The Sailer Probably Safe. New York, Sept. 13. Special. Tho vessel with which the Arizona collided was doubt less tho lumber laden American barkentine JIathew Ualra, bound from Portland, Me., for Mayagncz, Porto Kico. Her buoyant cargo made her uneinkab'c, or she might have gone to the bottom with all hands. Sho was struck, so her skipper says, by an un known steamer about 300 miles enst of New York. This is about where the Arizona, which left this port Saturday morning, ought naturally to havo been at 11 o'clock on Saturday night. 'The barkentine filled immediately, but her cargo kept her afloat. Sho limped into Boston Septembers. HEB HUSBAND WANTED TO MABBY. The Reason Why Mrs. 'Williams, of New Tork, 'WVnt Over the Falls. Buffalo, Sept. 13. The body of the woman who committed suicide at Niagara Falls Thursday morning hns not yet been recov ered. No inquiries have been received regard ing hor and no one lias any idea who she is, other than that when she stopped at the Cataract House she registered as "Mrs. Will iams, Now York." To-day the correspondent learned that she had come from New York 'and was en route to Chicago over the Michi gan Central. Wednesday morning sho arriv ed in Buffalo on the Ceutral,nnd checklngher satchel at the depot she called on Dr. W. n. Slocer, of Niagara street, who treated her for Insomnia. That she is the same woman who went over the falls is proved by a patch of cotton noticed in the suicide's ears: the worann who visited Dr. Slocer had such a pleco of cotton on her ear. The woman told tho doctor that she lived in New York, and that her hnsband was in love with an heiress and wanted to marry her, and she said sho had left home to give him all the chance no wanted. She showed a letter which her husband had written her, and then dlsappenied. The doctor said that sho had plenty of money with her, but was apparently In deep trouble of some kind. She went to the Falls and stayed there 24 hours beforo the suicide. Hor mind was probably unbalanced by brooding over her troubles. A I0NQ LEASE OF LL?E. Peter Brady Drnnk Liquor and Chewed To bacco and Died at 101. Nxw York, Sept. 13. Special. Peter Brady, the oldest man in Jersey City, died Saturday night at his home. The record m the family Bible shows that he was born on May 15,1790,in the parish of Tydavert,County Monahan, Ireland. He came to this country in 1817 and settled in Jersey City. He en gaged in the produce business in New York and remained in it until 1861, when he re tired with a competence. Mr. Brady mar ried Catharine McCIosky before he left Ire land and they had one son. Mrs. Brady died betore her husband came to this country. Four grandchildren survive the old man. It was Brady's boast that he drank liquor and chewed tobacco all bis life and that they never harmed him. He shaved him self up to two months ago, when he becaino debilitated. Some years ago he was obliged to use spectacles to read with, but his sight was restored and he could read a pewspaper without artificial aid until the general breaking came. Mr. Brady did not appear to be more than 75 years old, and as he lay in the coffin his face presented a remark ably youthful appearance. Evidences of China's -Most Powerful Secret Society in Pittsburg. ABEANCIT OFTHETIAMI Said to Be Carrying on a Scheme to Drive Out a Countryman. YEE TANG CLAIMS PERSECUTION 13 Eeing- Brought to Bear on Him by the Owner of a Grant Street Place. SOMETHING ABOUT THE- GREAT LEAGUE The recent troubles among Pittsburg Chinamen have assumed a more serious phase. Starting with a police raid of a fan-tan game on Grant street and winding up with the preliminary conviction of a well-known Celestial on two serious charges, the controversy has revealed sonvj startling fjcts. Chief among these is the evidence that a flourishing branch of China's most powerful secret order exists right in the heart of Pittsburg. The words "Hoan Cheng, hok Beng," repeated in the vicinity of Grant Btreet and Second or Third avenues will more than prove this. A dozen or more Chinamen, almost con tinually lounging about the doors of their shops, will open their long eyes with aston ishment at the American who utters tho sentence, and with significant glances quickly retire behind their heaps of linen I VI V-UIIUtiVlO tlA IMtll IrfUKUU-T lUUUllli,Ja 'neworusare simple enougn, meaning '7A 'Drive out the Tartar and restore the 3 11--- 1! -ft -n i !. - L 1- .t ' f. ' 1.4 ,P 11UII A'Ut llll.lt I111IIU1V J 1.3 AAA tliO that they constitute the motto of tho great T'ian-Ti Hwey, or llnng League. Since under the inspiration of their magia words millions of yellow-skinned warriors have thrown aside their allegiance to sovereign and home to plunge all Eastern. Asia into riotous tumult it is little wonder that the followers of the league in Pitts burg should start at the sound. "Heaven and earth acconpled produced the sons of Hung in myriads leagued," says the catechism of the order. According to Frederick Boyle, who lias made the subject a study, this assumption as far as numbers go is not at all incorrect. The T'ian-Ti has existed since 1CW. Its members numbering millions arc bound by no law but the dic tates of one of the five Grand Leagues. BOUND BY AWFUL OATIIS. Its adherents are found in every hovel and palace in China. According to tho best authorities sub-lodges can be found in every part of the globe where half a hun dred Chinamen reside. A member is bound by his oath not to testify in a court of jus tice except under the direction of his superiors. This testimony is seldom the trnth. The Inspector General of Police for Singapore in a report says: "The T'ian-Ti is a standing danger to peace and good order. It is a combination to carry out private quarrels and to uphold the interests of its members in spite of law." The beheading of 3,000 members and the imprisonment of 10,000 more at Canton in 1817 failed to put a stop to the workings of the T'ian-Ti, and it flourished greater than ever. Manila and the Straits settlements were at one time entirely under the control of the society. A historian says that at times the streets of Singapore were held for months by mobs of the sons of Hung fighting to the death. The chiefs resided at Penang, and from there directed scores of murders and several civil wars. la Singapore alone there were G2,37G members. During later years the society has changed its tactics. Frequent mnrders attributed to it, both in its own country and in others, have ceased. The bloody work of the "highbinders" in San Francisco is a thing of the past. THEY nAVE ABANDONED MUKDEB. The leaders of the great order havo abandoned killing, and have adopted tho very seats of law and justice as tools to further their ends. Thoso who offend aro suddenly eonfronted with a false charge, generally of a serious crime. Tho case goes to court and the activo prosecutors havo 1,000 witnesses, if need be, to forge the prison chains on their victim. Tbo oath of tbo T'ian-Ti is paramount to all others, ana its members must obey. liecent circumstances have put the ex istence of a sub-lodge in Pittsburg almost beyond doubt. Yee Tang.now awaiting trial at court, intimates very strongly that he is the victim of such an organization. It is not to be supposed he would dare make the assertion positively in the face of such a nowerf ul combine. Yee Tanrr was re cently arrested and taken before Alderman McMasters for surety of the peace and false Sretense. The first suit was entered bv Yeo bin, whose place at No. 311 Grantstrcet haa been several times raided by the police. Ho accused Yee Tang of plotting to enter his store on a pretense of making a purchase and at the proper time killing him and making away with $10,000 in his safe. Yee Chin had Wee Chin there to testify that Yeo Tang had offered to let blm into the plot. According to his story several other wealthy Chinamen were to be killed and their monoy secured. Tho false pretense charge was brought by Chin Tang, who recently opened a store on Grant street. He said Yee Tang had induced him to give up $5 in order to have police pro tection. Yee Ting, Yee Yon and John Lee told similar stories, and Yee Tang was held for court trial on both charges. According to Yee Tang's "story the whole trouble originated over a polico raid on An gust 23, when a game of fan-tan was broken up at Yee Chin's place, No. 311 Grant street, and tho participant? were all locked up. On . September 3 the place was raided again. Yee Tang, who frequently comes to Central police station and is on friendly terms with numerous officers, was at once suspected of having given the police the "tip" about the gambling place. He evidently learned of this, for on tho Sunday following the last raid, while standing on City Half steps, ha said: YEE TANO'S GREAT REVELATION. "These people believe I sent the police to arrest them, which is not true. They aro now trying to get me out of the way. They have entered suit against me to have me im prisoned and will produce plenty of testi mony. But I will Deat them yet and show them up. I will sue them for conspiracy to drive mo out of town." Adavortwo after tho case was tried be fore Alderman McMasters Yeo Tang made the statement that John Lee had been paid $50 to testify against him. The latter denies the story, and retaliates rather derogalbry to Yee Tang's character. 9 While Yee Tang will not say positively that the T'ian-Ti is striving to get him out of its way, his language is very significant. He could not with safoty say more. HU statement that the charges were trumped up to drive him out of town tallies exactly with the most authentic accounts of the operations of the rian-TL The trial at court is expected to develop some startling- information. Yee Tang says he can prove the conspiracy, but ir he con bring to task the officers of the T'ian-Ti ho will have dono more than anyone before him. ' Bev. E. B. Doneboo has .taken a special interest in Yee Tang and does not believe him guilty of any such charges. Yee Tang 5ai&v ..fi-jiiiii. WSWW? i tfHni wuiSXKBBMnwIBlrWNr ' ' Jiff . i" HP r&firiBKtK!S!5F'VS3l'ZXSXi