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The Xew York Democratic
Convention Goes "Wild
Over That Name.
02JLY A BRIEF SESSION
Taken Up Mostly by a Long Speech
of the Temporary Chairman.
AGAINST TAMMANY DELEGATES
The New Tork and County Democracy
Present Vigorous Protests.
A COMPLIMEM' FOE
SENATOR GORMAN
Saeatooa, Sept. 15. The Democratic
State Conention assembled to-day, but its
f-essiou was very briet andouly preliminary
The convention hall was filled to its utmost,
and by 11:50 nearly all the delegates were
in their seats and an immense crowd was
t-till pouring in.
"When at noon the convention was called
to order, George Raines, of Roches
ter, was chosen Temporary Chairman
After thanking the committee for his nomi
nation, he said that rivalries for repre
sentation in local or State organizations are
expressions of opinion of value in guiding
party sentiment to the masterful issues in
the thoughts of the people, but the embit
tered words of taction are hateful to the
tru Democrat.
"It is the glory of our organization," he
continued, "that its contentions destroy
none ot the elements of its powerful sup
port in the affections and convictions of its
partialis." He said th: reaction of party
loyalty follows swiftly the sharpest con
troerj. He instanced the case of 1885,
when some Democrats were incensed at the
ollbnshe activity of Republican officials
holding places by the sufferance oi a Demo
cratic Federal administration; but in that
moment of unsteadiness a true Democratic
t-pirit spoke to his clansmen.
I AM A DEMOCRAT,
and summoned the life blood to its courses
of lo alty and pride from the clogged centers
oflimaj.
"The campaign which draws upon us is to
be fought upon the records of parties in
State administration. It will assure the
confidence of the neople in their actual
leadership. Wo are no longer left to
conjecture a? to the Republican leadership.
Plattism stalks in mid-day for popular view
and judgmei-t.
"The mot conspicuous plane in the Re
publican platforin is the precise acknowl-
dgement ot reciprocity in trade with foreign
people 'asadrantageoustoallourindustries.
The Temporary Chairman pointed with
pride to the growing commerce of the
country under reciprocity with our Ameri
can neighbors induced by the matchless
foresight of Secretarv Blaine.
"The foresight so commended dates from
I'ebruan, lsyo, and was very hateful to the
Republican Congress. It came too late to
Mop the moienient of the people in every
State to retire that Republican Congress.
The foresight of the people had been exer
cised nt a much earlier period, and been
kept active by the wilful refusal of Con
jrrcss to give such reduction of the tans' to
make it competitive, not prohibitory. It is
along the hues of State affairs that this con
test most be waged most keenly.
HIS KULOGT OF HIM..
The speaker dwelt at length on State mat
ters. Speaking of the list census, the
t-peaker said the State is by it robbed of its
equal right at the ballot box. He scored
the Republican Legilature for its failures
to do various things for the good of the
Mate and the people. He then eulogized
the administration of the executive office,
closing as follows
"In congratulating him (Hill) upon the
honorable fame he has achieved, I am well
aware I peak the sentiment of every mem
ber of tins contention. May the mantle of
succession in the high office of Governor fall
upon as brave and skillful a leader and as
true a Democrat as the Governor-Senator of
the Empire State "
I When Mr Raines referred to Governor
Hill and the Governor's utterance, "lam a
Democrat," the convention emitted the first
cheer, and it was a cheer of vigor and dura
tion. The speaker, during the course of
hi remarks, paid a graceful and hearty
tribute to Mr. Fassett's prh ate life and
domestic relations, and he was heartily ap
plauded by the entire body of the conven
tion. A BLST AT PLATTIbM.
The speaker then referred to a period of
1851, when the question arose whether the
interest on the "bonded debt created before
the war should continue to be paid in gold
or "thrice debased currencv," and contin
ued. "The people are weary of a dictator
of legislation not charged bv the people
Kith the omcf. Thej realize that Mr.
I'latt's whim has been the breath in the
notnls of Senator Fassett during his whole
carter Fa-sett's leadership has been en-
zorceu upon ins associates bv every ap
pliance of machine politics. He has held
by the throat the largest interests of the
htate. until the gae up a bribe of place or
subservience to the ambition of Piatt.
"Tne delays imposed upon the "World's
Fair legislation by the Fassett cabal in a
struggle to secure a partisan advantage in
patronage, resulted m the assembly in
Xew York of the most magnificent array of
worth and talent in its citizenship to utter
the indignation of Xew York. The hour
of that assembly was the signal for the sur
render bv Mr. Piatt of his Senatorial block
ade." A BRIFP ROUTINE SESSION.
The roll of the con cntion was then called
to allow the contesting delegations to pre
sent their papers. The .roll cad was finished
nt 1 r. M., id a recess of fie minutes was
?kn to nil delegates in Congressional
distne's- ths opportunity to confer and
heletttlci representatives on committees.
After recess Mr. Yoorhees protested, in
bohilf of the New York Democracy,
aiamst the Tammany delegations in every
Assembly district in New York. Mr. Jack
son also presented the protest of the County
Democracy.
Among the many resolutions introduced
and referred was one congratulating Arthur
1' (orman, of Baltimore, for his leadership
of the opposition to the "force bilL"
The URual committees were appointed and
the convention took a recess until 10 A. M.
to-raorrow.
M'KINLEY AT CARE0LLT0N.
home 5,000 People Gather to Listen to the
Major's Arguments.
Cakpoi.lto2, O., Sept 15. Special.
About 5,000 people heard Mjjor McKinley
and General Hanback at the fair grounds
lo-dav I.ar?e delegations were f oiii Can
ton, Malvern, Sherrodsville, Lctsille and
other surroundm;; towns. Major McKinley
discussed the tariff and silver questions.
FARMERS MEET AT GEEENSBUBG.
A Probability That the Alliance "Will In
come Candidates Already Named.
Gri ensjiurg, Sept 15. Special The
armal of delegates to the State Convention
of the Farmers' Alliance, which convenes
here to-morrow in McCausland Hall, has
.dyberun. Among me moro prominent
arrivals are Henry M. Butler, State Leo-
turer of the Knights of Labor, of Phila
delphia, and Editor Tucker, of the -Farmer'
Journal, of Erie. These are enthusiastic in
the cause and predict the nominatioh of a
strong State ticket.
Thcr sav, however, it is likely that the
candidates for Treasurer and Auditor Gen
eral will be selected from either tbe Re
publican or Democratic tickets, and that
they will receive the indorsement of the
convention. State Secretary Armbrust
said to-night that T. V. Powderlv -would
arrive Thursday morning and address the
convention on that day.
GAUGING THE' BATTLE.
QDAV ON A MTTXE POLITICAL
ItAJfD IX THE QUAKER CUT.
Elt-
Chlef Brown and Senator Flinn Fay Their
Kespccts to Ulm The Senator Says
Grcjrg nd Morrison Will Certainly Be
Elected This Fall.
Philadelphia, Sept. 15. -Serial.
Senator Quay was an unexpected city visitor
to-ctar, coming up from his Brigantine
Reach retreat on the noon train, and after
ward keeping close to his room in the Con
tinental He is here to meet a few of the
city leaders and gauge the course of events.
Mercantile Appraisers Hunter and House
man, along with Al Crawford, comprised an
interesting trinity of visitors. They stand
tinder $10,000 bail to answer at court to a
series of serious charges preferred by Dis
trict Attorney Graham, at the direct in
stance of City Treasurer "Wright, but they
do not appeafatall alarmed over the matter.
They so told Senator Quay.
"There is no doubt about the election in
Pennsylvania this vear." said the Senator.
"The Republican ticket is attractive and
the candidates are both popular. They
will be elected." This was the way Mr.
Quay dismissed any and all reference to
Gregg and Morrison. The Republican State
League contest gives no concern to the
Senator. It was said this evening that
Congressmen Robinson had had every as
surance from Mr. Quay that he had hit sup
port for President. During the afternoon
Mr. Quay had a short talk with Chairman
Watres whose conduct of the campaign was
highly commended.
Senator "William Flinn and Joseph O.
Brown, of Pittsburg, called on Mr. Quay
toward the sunset hour, but the object of
their visit is unknown. Mr. Brown said
that he would be a delegate sure to the Re
publican National Convention next year, and
that C. L. Magee would go alone in the same
capacity. "Of course we are Blaine advo
cates, said Mr. Brown, .senator .blinn ex
pects to be a delegate-at-large. Both gen
tlemen were in a big hurry to catch the
Columbia express west, and Cut matters
short to make it.
A BHEEKAK VICT0BY.
Another Legislative Nominee Captured by
the Senator.
WASHINGTON C. H., O., Sept. i5.
Special. F. G. Carpenter was nominated
to-day by the Republicans of the joint Fifth
and Sixth Senatorial Districts. The lines
were closely drawn between the Sherman
and Foraker factions, but the vote to nomi
nate Carpenter by acclamation stood 30 yeas
to 28 nays. This is a great victory for John
Sherman, as Carpenter is an uncompromis
ing Sherman man.
Colonel W. A. Taylor, the veteran news
paper man, who is keeping a close watch on
the Sherman-Foraker fight, said that up to
date the Republican legislative nominations
are about equally divided between Foraker
and Sherman, although Foraker's friends
claim he is leading. There are 32 Republic
an representatives and eight Senators yet
to nominate.
John Seitz, Peoples' party candidate for
Governor, and Mrs. Diggs, of Kansas, ad
dressed 2.000 people here to-day. They
claimed the Peoples' party will poll 100,000
votes in Ohio this fall. Republicans place
the Peoples' vote at 30,000 to 35,000.
KILLED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW.
A Strange Mystery Surrounding the Murder
of a Louisiana Man.
New Orleans, Sept 15. Special J.
"W. Hanley, of this-city, was killed at Clio,
La., Friday in a somewhat sensational man
ner. Hanley was an engineer on the Corsair
and married. He told his wife Thursday
evening that he had been suddenly called
away and had to go in a great hurry to
Biloxi, Miss., on important business. She
has not heard from him since, until to-day,
when Mr. Saddler, of Clio, arrived here with
her husband's watch and other property and
announced that Hanley had been killed by
his son-in-law, Sim Kemp, on Friday even
ing. The men met by appointment, he said,
six miles from Clio, where a fight had taken
place, and Kemp, who was armed with a
rifie, killed Hanley. Kemp buried the
body of the man he killed at his own ex
pense, acting as chief mourner, and sent
Hanlev's property to his wife.
Saddler refused to say anything more as
to what the trouble between the men was
abont, but "Mrs. Hanley, who is from Cin
cinnati, insists that jealousy is at the bot
tom of it Hanley was engineer of the
steamer Corona when she blew up and of the
John H. Hanna when she burned up and 40
lives were lost The Knights of Pythias, of
which he was a member, have undertaken
the investigation of the mystery.
A DEBATE ON PREDESTINATION.
Points in the Confession or Faith Discussed
by the Pittsburg Presbytery.
Moxojtgahel a City, Sept 15. Special.
The second day's proceedings of the Pitts
burg Presbytery were very interesting, in
volving, as they did, a protracted and warm
discussion regarding the revision of the
"Westminster Confession of Faith. The first
meeting of the Presbytery last night was
merely preliminary to the real work of the
sessions. Rev. R. S. Holmes, of the Shady
side Church, preached the opening sermon,
after which Rev. J. M. Mercer, of Sharon
Church, Allegheny county, was elected
Moderator, and" Rev. W. P. Thomas Tem
porary Clerk.
The debate to-day was devoted almost en
tirely to the report of the General Assem
bly on the revision of the Confession of
Faith. The most spirited portion of the
debate was on Section 5, Chapter 3, of the
proposed revision, which dealt with predes
tination. After some talk on this question.
Rev. Mr. Donehoo, of Pittsburg, moved
that the section be omitted entirely, as its
wording was weak and unsatisfactory but
the preponderance of argument and opinion
seemed to be against Rev. Mr. Donehoo's
motion, and it was defeated by an over
whelming vote. As a compromise the
whole matter was finally referred to a com
mittee of five, with instructions to report as
soon as possible.
The Dalton "Will Probated.
Aberdeen, S. D., Sept 15. Proceed
ing in the May L Dayton will case were
concluded before Judge Adams this after
noon, who, upon motion of General Huhn,
of Minneapolis, attorney for James C. Reed,
of New York, the proponent, dismissed the
objections ol contestant on the ground that
there was not sufficient evidence in support
of the same. The will of Mrs. Dayton was
admitted to prqbate. Lyman C. Dayton,
the contestant, immediately gave notice of
appeal to the Circuit Court
Halm Acquitted or Murder.
Hampton, Va., Sept. 15. There has
never been such interest manifested in a
case before .this court as in the Hains case.
Judge Goode to-day resumed his argument
for the defense. After a recess Senator
Toorhees addressed the jury, which closed
the arguments in the case. After 12 hours'
deliberation the jurv returned a verdict of
"Not guilty." Half an hour later Mr.
Hains joined his family at the Hygeia
Hotel, where he is rc-eiving the congratu
lations of his friends.
His Name Made a Football by Anti
Third Party -Alliance Men.
A WILD RESOLUTION OP CENSURE
Staved Off Until To-Day ly an Adjourn
ment of the Convention.
ONE OP THE 'STORMIEST OF MEETINGS
St. Loots, Sept. 15. The anti-Third party
and anti-Bub-Trcasury wing of 'the National
Farmers' Alliance met at 10:30 this morning.
No more than one-half of the number of
delegates expected made their appearance.
The convention was called to order by U. Sr
Hall, ex-President of the Missouri Alliance,
and a temporary organization was aftected
by the election of Mr. Hall as Temporary
Chairman and William H. Murray, of Cor
sicana, Texas, Temporary Secretary.
"While the Committee on Credentials were
consulting, Dick Dalton, the Democratic
aspirant to the Governorship of Missouri,
addressed the convention on the aims and
objects of the Alliance. He was opposed,
he said, to the Government land loan
scheme. The Fanners' Alliance should re
turn to its first principle that of protection
for farming interests, but not in a political
party.
The temporary organization was made
permanent, and a motion was made to ap
point a Committee on Resolutions and Pen
manent Organization, with instructions to
report a plan of organization and policy to
be pursued in the future.
THE FIRST rNTERESTINO POINT.
This motion brought about a long, and at
times animated, discussion. Some of the
delegates contended that a plan of perma
nent organization was out of the question
altogether. They were not here for the pur
poses of forming a new Alliance, as the dele
ates present were already members- Of the
rational organization. It was finally de
cided to appoint a committee to outline a l
plan of procedure. '
The afternoon session was about as lively
as any convention could be. During the
absence of the Committee on Platform, Dr.
W. Polk Yeamans, Of Boone county, Mo.,
was called on for an address. The doctor
took up the subject of the Government loan
and sub-Treasury schemes, and dissected
them to the evident satisfaction of the dele
gates, who applauded the good points with
out stint. Dr. Yeamans was loiiowea Dy
several other farmer orators, who were re
ceived with cheers.
About 3:30 the Committee on Resolutions
stalked into the hall with a "partial" report.
It is the same platform adopted by the
Fort Worth Convention, with a modifica
tion of the last resolution as follows:
A ROAST FOR MACUNE.
Resolved, That we denounce C. TV. Macune
and his coirupt methods, together with the
acts of his tools and henoUmen, as being a
disgrace to tbe order and a stench in the
nostrils of all honest men who know of their
corruption and villany.
This led to a heated debate. Delegate
Wade, .of Tennessee, immediately sprang to
his feet add moved that this clause be
stricken out, and he went on to give his
reasons for his motion. He said the con
vention had not been called to make per
sonal attacks upon any person or persons.
While he personally was confident, in fact,
knew, that Macune was one of the most
corrupt men in the country, he was not pre
pared to go on record in a convention which
was called in the interests of harmony to
attack one of the leaders of the Alliance.
"Therefore. Mr. Chairman." said he. "I
move that the section be stricken off it."
Immediately there were a dozen dele
gates on their feet yelling for recognition.
Dr. Yeaman, of Missouri, was finally'recog
nized, and he made a very conservative
speech, appealing to the better judgment of
the delegates, asking that they think twice
before accepting the resolution.
THE CHAIRMAN TAKES A II AND.
Chairman" Hall then called McClintock,
of Missouri, to the chair, and taking the
floor spoke against the motion to strike out
There was, he said, nothing personal in his
desire to have Macune arraigned for his
misdeeds. Every Alliance man knew that
he had opposed Macune from the first, and
he would fight him to the bitter end. He
was a tool of politicians and monopolies.
He had accepted bribes from them, and why
should the Alliance, which is trying to re
form the Government, have a corruptionist
at his head?
W. S. McAllister, of Mississippi, Chair
man of the committee, said that he had ,no
malice against Macune. Notwithstanding
the fact that he had knocked him off his
feel and had booted him, he bore him no ill
wilL But corruption must be routed. Ma
cune had done or was doing for the Alliance
what Warren Hastings had done for India.
"Macunism," he said, "is the fatal octopus
encircling with its slimy coils the escutcheon
4f the order, stifling its purity and destroy
ing its virtue."
THE MATTER STAYED OFF.
Wade, of Tennessee, got another whack
at the resolution, and then Murray, of
Texas, jumped upon a chair and into Macune
in tne most vigorous style, iie gave him
the worst drubbing imaginable, with the
possible exception ot Goodman of the same
State, who sailed into and scored him un
mercifully. Murray got to discussing State
affairs, however, and calls lor order took
him off his feet, but he defiantly arose and
moved to table the motion to strike out the
censuring clause. Then Wade, of Tennessee.
moved to amend his motion by stating that
"We denounce the Chairman of the Ocala
Convention and the editor of the National
Economist," etc
A motion was made to adopt the report of
the committee as presented, but this was
declared out of order, the motion before the
House being to amend the original resolu
tion. Several orators; in tho meantime,
were trying to get the floor and confusion
reigned supreme. Finally order was res
tored, and Murray, of Texas; moved the
previous question and the motion was de
feated. Yeas, 26; nays, 42.
A motion to adjourn here failed, and after
further considerable debate Wade's motion
to amend was defeated by a large majority.
The question then recurred on the adoption
of the committee's report, but a Miseourian
arose and made such an earnest plea for
postponement, and finally wound up by
moving to adjourn, that a dozen seconds
came from as many quarters of the hall, and
with the platform still before the conven
tion, adjournment until 9 o'clock to-morrow
was had.
The opinion prevails among the leaders of
the present movement that the platform as
presented, including the Macune resolution,
will be adopted to-morrow. .
HE STOLE STATE SCEIP.
The Stuff Wag Worthless and Intended to
Cover Up Other Stealings.
Little Rock, Akk. , Sept 15. The pre
liminary examination of J. L. Bay, the ex
pert accountant of ex-State Treasurer
Woodruff, who was arrested about a month
ago on a warrant sworn out by State Treas
urer Morrow, charging him with stealing
?100,000 in State scrip, was commenced to
day. Three witnesses were examined, the
most important being Governor Eagle and
State Treasurer Morrow. The latter testi
fied that the scrip was worthless and that
nay toot it irom one oi tne Boxes in the
treasury vault and placed it in another to
be counted as valuable assets, with the view
of offsetting to that extent Woodruff's, in
debtedness to the State. 'The scrip alleged
to have been taken by Bay were so mutilated
as to make it impossible to tell whether
it had been ever issued by a treasurer and
afterward cancelled or not
The Bulling Mystery Intensified.
St. Joseph," Mo.," Sept 15. Rev!
Mr.
Larake, charged vdih giving Louis Bulling,
the wife murderer, who was hanged t
Savannah! week ago, the revolver with
which he attempted to commit suicide just
before the hour set for the execution, was
acquitted at his preliminary trial to-day.
. THE TASTI OP BLOOD.
An Incident Showing How Tigers Become
Man-Eaters.
On May 13, in the village of Hebool, in
Ankola subdivision of the District of Sail'
ara, a large tiger was killed under the fol
lowing strange and tragic circumstances:
Shortly after sunset a woman of the culti
vating class was gathering fallen fruit under
a small clump of mango trees on the edge of
a rice field not more than 100 paces from her
dwelling. Suddenly from a shallow dry
ditch which ran close by the spot a tiger,
which had apparently stalked the woman
under its cover, sprang on her, seized her by
'the back of the neck and bore her to the
ground, says the Simet of India. Her
shrieks or agony brought out a
neighbor, whose house was not more
than 50 paces away, and who then
Baw the tiger standing on the kigh
irround above the ditch at some little
distance from the body of his victim. There
the animal seems to have remained nntil the
arrival of the patel and a Mohammedan
with a loaded gun. They had heard the
outcry of the first eye witness from where
they were sitting in the patel's house, not
less than a quarter of a mile distant
The .Mohammedan, with commendable
promptitude, coolness and pluck, succeeded
in stealing near enough to the tiger to kill
him with one shot An examination of the
corpse showed no other marks of injury save
those caused by the teeth of the tiger. He
had lingered neither to drink the blood nor
to taste the nesh. For some time past ne
had been freely slaughtering cattle in the
neighborhood, but had never attacked a
human being, and was apparently un
wounded and in good health.
Mar it not, then, be fairly surmised, asks
a correspondent, that in the uncertain light,
owing to the dark dress and stooping pos
ture of the unfortunate woman, the tiger
mistook her for a quadruped and was him
self for the moment taken aback and
alarmed at his own act? That he would
soon have recovered himself and returned
to his meal had he been undisturbed thero
can be no doubt.
WONDERS WROUGHT BY PRESSURE.
Timbers a Foot Square Beduced to Walk
ing Sticks in the Comstook Mines.
The enormous depth of the great Corn-
stock mines in Nevada and tho gigantic and
incomprehensible weight of the mass of
stones and earth resting upon the timbers
(which actually hold up the mountains that
hare literally been honeycombed by the
miners), have wrought wonders which puz
zle the deepest thinkers, says the St Louis
Hcpublican. For instance, queer polished
sticks, as smooth as dressed mahogany and
not thicker than your wrist, are often taken
out of deserted portions of the mines. They
are as hard and as heavy as iron, and a knife
Of the best material will not make a scratch
on them.
Do you have any idea what they are?
Drill cores, you think, but they are not
Originally they were solid oak timbers 12x
12 inches square. But why are 'they no
thicker than a walking stick upon removal
after having seen rears of service? The,
weight of the mountain bearing upon them
from all directions, perpendicularly as well
as laterally (for it is only in this way that
mines of enormous depth can be safely tim
bered) has wrought the wonders seen in the
polished stick. Sometimes these trans
formed timbers are found in small sections,
sometimes in long pieces, and are taken out
where caVe-ins have occurred and displaced
the workings. It is a well-known fact that
Eaper can be compressed until it will be so
ard that a diamond will hardly touch it,
but noJcnown mechanism of the present or
the past has suoh power to compress and
work marvels with wood.
BURNED UP THE CORPSE
A Dead Woman's Body Consumed While
Laid Out In the Coffin.
Rush City, Minn., Sept 15. A pecu
liarly sad and strange accident occurred at
the farmhouse of John Baumchent two
miles from this town, this morning. Jtfrs.
Baumchen died yesterday and was laid out
for burial inter coffin in the house. Mrs.
Potter, sister of the dead woman, put a
boiler on the stove partly filled with what
she supposed was water, but whichproved
to be kerosene. The oil soon exploded, set
ting fire to the house.
The body was badly burned before it
could be rescued and the three sons were
seriously scorched in rescuing it. Baumchen
was asleep and had to jump from an up
stairs window, wliile Miss Lizzie Stenger,
the nurse, was badly, injured by jumping
from the second story. The house was con
sumed with all its contents.
BESTING ON THEE ASMS.
Strikers and West Virginia Officers May
Come in Conflict To-Day.
Charleston, W. Va., Sept 15. Spec
ial The miners' strike at the Marmet coal
works, Raymond City, which began last
January, will probably reach its olimax to
morrow, when 30 negroes will go to work in
place of that many strikers. The latter de
clare that the negroes shall not go to work,
and trouble is expected. The company has
a guard of 60 special officers at tbe works.
who are to defend the negroes in case of an
outbreak. Strikers aregathering and being
reinforced by many friends, and a serious
trouble is expected there within 24 hours.
Eervthine is auiet to-dav. The strik
ing miners say they will appeal to Governor
Campbell, of Ohio, to withdraw the armed
men, who are members of the Ohio Na
tional Guard. The strikers held a meeting
to-day, and invited the colored miners to
meet with them, but the latter refused.
They did not go to work to-day, but will
to-morrow. t
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
Dlstlneulshed Military Men in Columbus
for the Beunlon There To-Day.
Columbus, Sept 15. The reunion of
the Army of the Cumberland will take
place to-morrow and Thursday. General
W. S. Rosecrans and party, consisting of
General Fullerton, of St. Louis; Colonel A.
G. Halney, ot Pittsburg, and Major
Walter Hudnell, of Washington, arrived
this afternoon. A large number of the
distinguished men who make up the society
are expected, including Generals Alger,
Kimball, Wood and Conger.
General Rosecrans received the Catholics
of Columbus at his hotel this evening. His
brother was the first Bishop of the Colum
bus diocese. The business meeting and wel
come exercises will be held to-morrow, to
De zoiiowea oy a symposium, in the even
ing, and the sessions will be concluded on
Thursday.
Catholic Knights Absconding Treasurer.
Nashville, Sept 15. The examination
of the books of Major J. g. 0'Brien',.of
Chattanooga, the embezzling Treasurer of
the Catholic Knights of America, develops
the fact that he is short 164,000, and possibly
$75,000. It is thought O'Brien is still in
tiding in the vicinity or Chattanooga.
Vera Ava In Charitable Hands.
Cincinnati, Sept 15. Miss Ava is
under the care of the Associated Charities.
The Probate Court refused to examine her
for larceny because she is a non-resident
Testing an Allen Land Law.
WAcp, Tex, Sept 15. The first case in
the State under the alien land law was filed
here to-day. It is a suit to escheat to the
State a valuable tract ' of land bonght by
Theodore .Mallinson, a foreigner. A test
case will be made of this.
GLAD HE GOT AWAY.
Nobody Seems to Regret the Escape
? , of Ex-President Balmaceda.
HE WILL NOT BE SURRENDERED,
is tho United States Is an Asylnm forJUl
' Political KcfuKees.
TH PART PIiAIED BT ADM1EAI BROWN
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Washington, Sept IB. The reported
escapo of Balmaceda from Valparaiso to the
the United States flagship San Francisco
through the connivance of Admiral Brown,
is viewed by the State and Navy Depart
ments with an indifference bordering on
satisfaction. It is believed that even the
Congressional Government is pleased with,
the escape and considers itself well rid of
the ex-President. Should it not be, Bal
maceda will still be permitted to remain
under the protection of the American flag
as he sees fit He certainly will not be
given up.
"Should he be surrendered," said Assist
ant Secretary Wharton this evening, "the
people of this country would rise en masse
to protest against it. It is our policy, and
has always been, to grant an asvlum to po-
imciu refugees. were ico situation in
Chile reversed, and the Congressionaltsts
sought our protection, we should give it to
them lust the same, it is what should have
been done in the Barrundia affair, and Min
ister Mizner's failure to protect him was the
reason for Mizner's recall."
Secretary Tracey declined to express an
opinion on Admiral Brown's act until the
receipt of official information.
"I never drtticlse my officers," he said,
and hastily added, "nor praise them, upon
newspaper reports. Not that the latter are
not trustworthy, but because it would be
improper upon anything but official inform
ation' At the Chilean Congressional legation
the news of Balmaeeda's escape was re
ceived With gratification. Mr. Foster, who
is in charge of the legation, said: "It is
fortunate for all concerned, especially for
Balmaceda. Had he been caught ha would
have been undoubtedly condemned by the
law, if he were not torn to pieces by an en
raged people, t am glad he escaped. Thero
will be no bitter feeling towards the United
States in consequence of Admiral Brown's
act We are glad to get rid of the cowardly
tyrant He will doubtless come to San
Francisco. The failure of Peru to help him
during the war makes his landing at Callao
impossible."
LAHGEVIIT TO BE WHITEWASHED.
Conservative Members of the Committee
Iteport for Bis Acquittal. ,,
Ottawa, Sept 15. Af to-day's1 meeting
of the Privileges and Elections Committee
the manager of the Dominion Type Com
pany gave evidence as to how Senecal
fleeced the company. Tbe majority and
minority reports of the sub-committee of
the Privileges and Elections Com
mittee were presented to the
pre-committee to-day. The former re
port, which was prepared by the conserv
ative members of the Bub-Committee, prac
tically acquits Sir Hector Langevin, late
Minister of Public Works, of the charges of
maladministration, but the officials of his
department are censured and the whole
system is condemned. McGreevy, the
"Boodling" contractor, and a member of
Parliament, it may be assumed, will be ex
pelled. The report prepared by the Liberal mem
bers of the sub-committees goes further and
400L0TS400
EVANS ESTATE PLAN,
McEEESPO'E
NO SALES MADE OR OPTIONS GIVEN PRIOR TO THAT DAY AND HOUR.
The best and most centrally located plan in the city. The prices fixed on these
lots are LOWER than in plans twice the distance from Pittsburg, where there
are no mills or factories in operation or never may be. McKeesport's mills em
ploy 10,000 men at present, and large additions are now being, made to many of
the works, and new ones are in contemplation.
Positively, there is no better opportunity for safe investment than purchasing
some of these lots. The prices are away down.
THE
Being only 10 per cent on day of sale; balance 10 per cent half yearly thereafter,
with interest at only 4 per cent yearly. N
Plans and map of McKeesport, showing the location of the property, and
FREE RAILROAD TICKETS can be' had by calling on or addressing
WILLIAM M. BELL, -agent,
94 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA.,
contends that all the charge hwe been sus
tained, taking the view that Sir Hector
'Should go.
D0O WHH A CATARACT.
An
Accidental Blow Relieve Whan the
Surgeons Had Failed.
The Epoch.
A lady friend of mine owns a skye ter
rier, now 8 years old, of wbioh she is very
fond. When the little fellow was about a
year old, a very savage cat jumped'at him
without the slightest provocation and
scratched his left eye, Irom the effects of
Which a cataract formed, and after two years
cau&ed blindness in that eye. From sympathy
a cataract fofnied gradually over the
other eye, ahd last summer he became to
tally blind. Borne years before the second
eye became affected, the owner took Teddie
(such is his name) to ah eye and- ear hos
pital of this city and had an operation per
formed on the eye whifth the cat had
scratched. One of the physicisns attached
to the hospital was the "operator, and he
Was surrounded by otner physicians, oy as
sistants and nurses, all of Whom were deeply
interested. The Owner held the dog in her
lap, cocaine was administered, and Teddie
did not move until a deep cut caused him to
give a little cry. The operation was a
failure; the cataract was so hard that the
instrument' slipped. It was like working
on a piece of marble. '
Later oh, the same doctor performed the
Operation painlessly on two different occa
sions on the same "eye, with no better suc
cess than the first time; but ho was willing
to try it again and out off the cataract en
tirely, but it would be necessary to chloro
form the boy, as the pain would otherwise
be too crcat. Teddie's mistress was at the
same time informed that he might die from
the effects of the anesthetic, and she would
not take the risk of losing her pet A few
mouths ago, however, she changed her
mind and determined to allow it to be
chloroformed, preparatory to the fourth
operation. The doctor, upon examining the
eye, told her that nature had done what
three operations had failed to do. Teddie
had evidently struck himself against some
thing which had loosened one of the corners
of the cataract, which now swings to and
from like a curtain, and enables him to see
enough to get around without hurting him
self. So the fourth operation was not found
necessary.
SAN FORD DOSSH'I WORRY.
The Senator Let III Letters Accumulate
lr He Doesn't Like to Read Them.
FhtlAaelphU Press.
Senator Stanford receives an enormous
mail. It is too bulky for him to give it all
his personal attention. It is opened by his
private secretary, John McCarthy, and only
the letters which concern him intimately
are referred to him. Last summer, when
Mr. Stanford was going abroad, he left word
that only his important mall was to be for
warded to him, and he made arrangements'
with his oierk to forward hts important let
ters under a peculiar cover, so that he
might be able to distinguish them from the
ether mail which might be sent to him.
To everyone who inquired the Senator's J
address it was given freely, but the bankers
in London, who attended to forwarding his
letters, quietly disposed of all whion did
not bear the private mark of his private
secretary. When the Senator returned
from his trip abroad Mr. McCarthy asked
him what he had done with his mail during
the summer. "There it is," said the Sena
tor pointing to six large mail bags. Mr.
McCarthy opened one of them. The letters
lay there intact. Mr. Sanford had not
touched one of them during his absence.
Tinkering the Kentucky Constitution.
Louisville, Sept 15. The Constitu
tional Convention to-day changed the section
regarding railroad commissioners so that
they will be elected by popular vote Instead
of appointed by the Governer.
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Retailers,
Will open their new Cloak and Suit Store Saturday morning,
September 19, at 9 o'clock, with the largest, most complete and
the most beautiful stock of Cloaks and Suits, in all the latest
Parisian styles and newest effects, that has ever been displayed
in this city.
:-: IMPORTANT TO THE LADIES ! :-:
The PARISIAN CLOAK AND SUIT CO. would respectfully beg
leave to state that their long experience in catering to the best trade in Neiv
York and, Chicago for the past thirty years in the Cloak and Suit Business
exclusively gives them a great advantage in their selections of Foreign and
Domestic Styles and Fabrics, uniting the highest grade of workmanship with
the finest materials and lowest prices.
THE PARISIAN PRINCIPLE is resolutely maintained of selling every
garment of a thoroughly reliable quality. And in extending a cordial invi
tation to all we can emphatically assert: Come and see the largest exclusive
Cloak and Suit House in the State, and second to none in America; come
and examine the largest line of all new garments, in the latest and best
Styles, from Paris, London and Berlin, at the very lowest prices.
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Cloaks and Suits
f eady-made garments.
made
'All garments fitted
men tailors.
As to our ability to do all we say, we refer you to our
goods and prices Saturday morning, September 19.
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