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THE FEETSBUBG DISPATCH. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11. 1832,
THE END ON FRIDAY.
Gladstone Notified That He
Will Be SumnMiied by
Victoria That.Day.
SALISBURY WILL BESIGN
And the Graud Old Man Will Be
Given the Reins of Government.
BLAKE, THE CANADIAN, SPEAKS.
France at Last Jnraps Upon Poor tittle
Dahomey TYith Eoth Feet.
QUITE AS EAETBQAKB IN CIEMAXT
London, Aug. 10. Mr. Gladstone to-day
received a communication from General Sir
Henrv F. Ponsonby, Private Secretary to
. the Queen, announcing that arrangements
are be'ngTnade for liis reception on Friday
at Osborne House, tlie Queen's residence on
the Isle of "Wight, whither Mr. Gladstone
will proceed in response to a summons from
Her Majesty. The object of the Queen in
summoning Mr. Gladstone to Osborne
House is to entrust to him the formation of
a new Government.
Lord Salisbury is expected at Osborne
House to-morrdw to tender the resignation
of the present Government upon the adop
tion by the House of Commons of the "no
confidence" amendment to the address in
reply to the Queen's speech.
Hon. Edward Blake, formerly Premier of
Ontario, who was elected in the recent cam
paign to represent South Longford in Par
liament, addressed a meeting of the Home
Buie Union of London to-night He spoke
in the tiame general manner as be did dur
ing the speech which he delivered at the
Eighty Club dinner, given in his honor
Thursday.
At, Eye to Fntnre rye-Elections.
He pointed out the necessity of continued
wort in order to capture all possible bye
eiections lor the home rule cause. Viewed
in the light of a curious tendency to equal
ity in popular opinion, he said, the Liberal
majority is a substantial one. Conserva
tive advocates of unity had analyzed and
cut the majority into sections, declaring
the majority had emenated from Ire
land, and therefore did not count. "Would
they have said that if the circumstances
had been reversed and Ireland had declared
against home rule?
The Liberals must be prepared for ex
aggerated accounts of Irish outrages in the
Tory papers. That was part of their game.
If the Protestants in the various parts of
Ireland were to combine he hoped they
would not thev could get what terms
the j liked from either side of the divided
majority. He recommended to them an al
together different policy, namely, to ban
ish tor ever from the arena all religions
questions and to join hands with the Cath
olics and discuss intelligible differences of
opinion instead of the character of their
creeds or the color of their hair
Democracy Put to the Test.
Doubtless there would be blunders and
friction in inaugurating the new regime in
Ireland bearings would get heated, pipes
burst and steam escape but that would
soon be overcome.
He did not idealize democracy. He be
lieves it is being put to the severest test as
to whether it would be able to use its new
power with wisdom, sell-restraint and dis
cernment, but he hopes it will be
equal to the task. The characteristics
ot the English nation are steadiness
in resolution and energy in action to ad
vance slowly and never to retreat There
fore, English reforms are durable and
blessed. Let them advance, and soon the
dawn now visible would blaze into the
perfect sunshine of the blessed day of
reconciliation for jovful and regenerated
Ireland, no longer the weakness, despair
and sham, but the strength, the pride and
the glory of the United Kingdom.
When Mr. Blake had concluded his ad
dress he n as greeted with long prolonged
cheers.
QUAKING IN GERMAN?.
VTlId Panics Caused br the Shocks In a
Number of .Large Cities.
Bebuk, Aug. 10. At 8:50 o'clock this
morning an earthquake was felt at Ems,
Coblenz and If ieder Lahnstein. The move
ment lasted for 10 seconds. At Keider
Lahnstein the shock was so severe that a
number of chimneys were thrown down and
the people were in great fear for their lives.
The school house at this place was deluged
and the scholars were panic stricken. Wild
rushes Here made for the doors and win
dows, and come of the smaller children
were hurt in the scramble to escape from
the building, which it was thought would
fall.
At Coblenz. when the people realized
that an earthquake was prevailing, they
precipitately lett their dwellings and made
their way to the open spaces. Many of the
people who are visiting the place lor their
health were taking their early morning bath
at the time of the shock. They hastily
threw about themselves scanty coverings
and left the bathing houses as quickly as
possible. By the time they reached the
streets, however, the movement had ceased.
So far no report of any serious damage has
been received.
THE DAHOMEY WAB BEGINS.
French GunDoats uombard Every Coast
Town nnd and an Expedition.
Pabis, Aug. 10. A dispatch from Ko
tonou states that the French forces began
hostilities against the Dahomeyans yester
day. Every point on the coast held by the
Dahomeyans, including Whydah, was bom
barded. Abomsy and Kalavy were aleo
bombarded.
The gnns of the fort at Kotonou aided
two dispatch boats to sweep the flat country
around Kotonou. The expedition inland
w ill start from Porto Jfovo.
Later advices from Kotonou are teat the
French soldiers are burning villages seven
miles in the interior. They found the
Dahomeyans lying in ambush for them, and
in the fight which ensued the French loss
was two killed and ten wounded. The
Dahomeyans suffered heavily, many of their
warriorshaving been left lying dead onthe
field ot battle.
TAHGIEB 15 GBEAT DANGER.
Moorish Troops Twice Defeated and Driven
to the Capital by Tribesman.
Tangier, Aug. 10. This evening 2,000
of the Sultan's troops made two attacks
upon the rebellious Angherite tribesmen,
and were each time driven back in great
disorder. Orders were finally given for the
troops to retreat, and the forces, in a badly
demoralized condition, made their way to
the camp at Tangier.
Considerable excitement prevails in the
city, as it is feared the tribesmen, in the
first flush of their victory, may attempt an
attack upon the city.
Quarrels Knock TJs Oat of a Cardinal.
Loxdoit, Aug. 10. The Pope's desire to
make an American Cardinal at the next con
Bistnry has ben frustrated by the di
vergence of the views of Archbishops Cor
rigan and Ireland. The Pope has resolved
to appoint the Very Rev. Charles John
Vaughn, Bishop ot Westminister, to the
cardinalate at the earliest opportunity.
90 EXCURSIONISTS DROWN.
FnrfherTartlculars of the Disaster Off the
Bleak Coast of Flnlnnd.
St. Pexebsburg, Aug. la The pleasure
steamer that was reported Monday as having
been run down outside of Helsingfors was
named the Ajax. She was a coaster and
left HeVsingfors on Sunday with 100 ex
cursionists on board. Her return was de
layed and she arrived ofl 'Helsingfors after
midnight When the narrowest part of the
channel was reached the Bteamer Buneberg
was met going out The Ajax tried to cross
the course -of the Buneberg, but the vessels
collided.
The excursionists, after the collision, ran
hither and thither, wlldlv shrieking for
help. All discipline was Tost and the crew
made a rush for the boats. But there was no
time to cast them loose, for in a minute
after she struck the Ajax sank and the
Buneberg went aground. Those on board
the Buneberg threw overboard life buoys,
boxes, chairs, in fact, anything that would
float and help to support the people strug
gling in the water. At the same time her
boats were towered away and pulled in the
dark, guided by the cries of the
drowning, and succeeded in saving a num
ber of the passengers and crew of the Ajax.
The first report of the accident stated that
45 persons were lost, but later reports show
that the numberwas much greater. Ninety
persons are reported to be missing and of
this number the bodies of 35 jbave been re
covered. LIKEBATED BY INGEHUIIY. .
A German Frlsoner V Ins Bis Freedom by
Inventing an Improved Cannon.
Beklik, Aug. 10. The invective genius
of an officer named Thomas, of the German
artillery, who in 1884 was sentenced at Halle
to 11 years' imprisonment for treason, has
stood him in good stead in having his sen
tence commuted, and will probably result
in a material improvement in his financial
condition. During his leisure moments in
prison Thomas devoted himself to the study
of artillery devices. He invented a process
which is a great improvement on the"
method now employed in the construction
of cannon.
He informed the prison authorities of his
invention, and they in turn notified the
Government Officers belonging to the ar
tillery branch-of the service were dispatched
to the prison, and to them Thomas revealed
the details of the invention. They at
once saw that the prisoner had made a most
valuable discovery, and communicated the
knowledge to the War Department. The
department recommended the release of
Thomas, and to-day the papers were re
ceived at the prison, giving the prisoner
his liberty.
Cholera's Kecord Yesterday.
St. Peteksbubg, Aug. 10. Advices
from Teheren, the capital of Persia, show
that the cholera is increasing in virulence
there. The deaths in the city now average
60 daily. An official report, just issued,
shows that on Sunday there were reported
from all the cholera infected districts of
Bussia 4,261 new cases of the disease. On
the same day 2,177 persons died of cholera.
A PASSPOBT QUITS HANDY.
So Thinks an East New York Hotel Propri
etor Who Is Detained In Germany.
New Toek, Aug. 10 Special Henry
C. Breden, proprietor of the Howard House
at East New York, is a native of Germany,
and two months ago he decided to Tisit his
old home. A host of friends went down
the bay to give him a fitting send-off, the
day he sailed. In his letters from Germany
Mr. Breden has spoken of the fine time he
was having. The one before the last said
that he would write but one more before
starting for home. The last letter came to
day, and in it was a request that his natur
alization papers be sent him at once, as he
was detained by the German Government,
and unless his papers could be produced he
would have to remain there under military
surveillance for two years.
The Howard House has been turned up
Bide down and inside out, but the naturali
zation papers cannot be found. The hunt is
still going on. Joseph H. Winters, as
sistant clerk ot the Court of Sessions in
Brooklyn, who issues passports, says that
he tried to induce Breden, who is an old
friend ot his, to take a passport and avoid
possible trouble, but the latter declined.
Mr. Breden was naturalized in this city in
1878.
TEE CANADIAN TOLLS.
Canal Rebate to Be Withdrawn, but No
Official Announcement Vet.
Tobonto, Aug. 10. The Mail, alluding
to the conflicting official and semi-official
reports on the subject of the intentions of
the Government with respect to the canal
tolls, says:
It will, no doubt, be found that the posi
tion la really this: 1 he Government has
discussed the subject in Council and has
practically decided to withdraw the re
bate, but has not rendered its decision to
the Governor General in official form, and
Is therefore, unable to announce it There
is a disposition to assail the ministers for
what is termed tbelr approaching back
down. This is not wise. The ministers may
be blamed for enterinc upon a policy in
respect of which adverse representations
nave oeen maoe irom me oilier side with
out first counting the cost and determining
upon the possibility of continuing it; but it
is a false 'national pride whloh insists that
they shall pursue a course which In tlie end
may lead to further difficulties. It the Gov
ernment intends, as It is believed it does, to
abolish therebate.lt ought to do so before
the American law placing an embarco upon
Canadian vessels at the Sault comes Into
force.
The Collls Train Bobbers.
Beedley, Cai. Aug. 10. Two men,
about sunset last night, saw a man in a cart
a mile east And north of Dinuba. Two men
on horseback joined him. The man in the
cart was very lame in the left leg. He said
to Ten Eyck that his horse was nearly
plaved out. The three men remained to
gether near the rail'oad until after dark.
They are thought? to be the Collis train rob
bers, but the direction they took has not
been ascertained.
Diamonds in California.
California mineralogists believe that
there is excellent chance of California be
ing a great diamond producing region at
some time. Melvin Atwood, one of the dis
coverers of the Comstock lode and a noted
mineralogist, believes that there is great
probability of finding in California one or
even more of the volcanic pipes con
taining diamonds like that at Kimberley,
Bultfontein, and other famous diamond dis
tricts. Postmaster Gllleland's Condition.
Postmaster Gilleland, of Allegheny, who
has been seriously ill for some time, but
who was said to be improving, was re
ported much worse last night
Very True.
The demand for Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is steadily
growing, from the fact that all who give it
a trial are pleased with the results and rec
ommend it to their neighbors. We feel
sure that the retrfedy cannot be recommended
too highly.
Wagley & Smead, Druggists,
wrhsu Newton, la.
IVople Coming Ilonn
Are now seeklnsr good rooms for the fait So
if you wish your vacant room occupied ad
vertise it at once in the Itoonis to Lctcent-a-word
advertising columns or Tbe Dis
patch.
patch. I
EIGHT MORE BALLOTS
And Still the Twenty-First District
Republicans Cannot
AGREE ON A SUCCESSOR TO HUFF.
Nebraska republicans Put Up a Candidate
Who Is Not a Citizen.
CROUNSE IS HOT TET BEAD! TO LET GO
ritOU A STATF COnnMPONDEKT.l
Punxsutawney, Aug. 10. At 8 o'clock
to-night the adjourned conference of the
Twenty-first Congressional district con
vened here, Tbe organization is the same.
W. D. Patterson, of Armstrong, is Chair
man, and J. O. Edelbute, of Jefferson, Sec
retary. Eight ballots were taken to-night,
and then an adjournment was ordered till
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clook.
Colonel Hun and W. C Bond were the
candidates receiving the highest number of
votes. Tbe some conferees are here that
attended the Kiskiminetas conference.
The four candidates are making a hard fight
for the nomination, but it is now the opin
ion that a selection can be made without
appealing to the State Committee. '
Since the deadlock at Saltsburg there
have been some changes in the situation
which cannot help bring about a satisfac
tory ending. The conference is likely to
last several days, but a break is then looked
for, and when it is once made the nomina
tion will follow shortly.
Captain James S. JNesbit, the Indiana
county candidate, has a goodly number of
Indiana's representative people with him.
They will battle to give the old Boldier a
call.
Hard Fights on Every Hand.
D. B. Heiner, of Armstrong, comes to
Punxsutawney unattended, save for his
three conferees. He is going to make a
hard fight, and claims that he should have
the office, as his county has not had a rep
resentative for 25 years or more. W. C.
Bond, the Jefferson man, is in reality at
home, and every one in the town is putting
in a good word for him.
Colonel Georee F. Huff, of Westmore
land, the district's present Congressman,
came to Punxsutawney with a band ot a
dozen or more lieutenants. They are West
moreland county's best men and will cer
tainly make their wishes felt The Colonel
wants the nomination, and his chances are
at least as good as any one in the field.
Tlie impression is that when the break is
made it will be toward Mr. Hufl. Indiana
and Jefferson counties are in the same Sena
torial'district, and this year they have a
State Senator to elect. The candidates are
Captain James Mitchell, of Jefferson, and
Hon. M. G. Watson, of Indiana. A month
or so ago the first co lfarence was held. It
proved a failure, and about two weeks ago
another was held, but it was less fruitful
than the first It caused more or less hard
feeling in the district.
left to Fiehi O-it the Battle.
The two candidates went to Philadelphia
last week, and asked the State Committee
to act That body refused and sent them
back home to fight it out At the present
time the third and in all probability the
last conference is being held in Brookville.
The conferees are balloting without coming
near a result It is understood that this
will be kept np until the Congressional
conference shows what it intends to do, as
some people think the one depends upon
the other.
It is said the State Committee is a trifle
the more friendly to Mr. Mitchell, and,
even though it refused to take a hand in the
matter, is quietly looking out for his inter
ests. It he receives the nomination, a
damper will be drawn on Mr. Bond's Con
gressional prospects. The county cannot
expect to get the two offices.
A SENATORIAL DEADLOCK,
DIcKean. Tioga and Potter Each Insists
Upon Its Own Candidate.
Bradford, Aug. 10. Special The
Senatorial conference held two sessions
here to-day, but failed to decide upon a
candidate. The three counties comprising
the Twenty-fifth Senatorial district have
each a candidate for the office. McKeau
county's choice is A. F. Bannon, of Brad
ford; Horace B. Packer is Tioga's candi
date, and W. J. Jones is the choice for Pot
ter county. The conferees from these coun
ties voted solidly for their own men, and
the deadlock is an interesting one.
The conference 'to-day met at 12 o'clock,
took one ballot and adjourned to meet at 2
r. m. There was no sign of a break in the'
afternoon, and tbe conference adjourned to
meet at Condorsport, Potter county, next
Tuesday.
A COMBINE IN LOUISIANA.
Republicans and farmers' Alliance fusion
In Congressional Districts.
New Orleans, Aug. Id The Crusades,
tbe local Bepublican organ, declares that
the Republicans here combine with the
People's party or Farmers' Alliance on
Congressmen, the understanding being that
the Bepublican party in North Louisiana is
to give the candidates which the Alliance
will put out in the Third and Fourth dis
tricts their note in return for the Alliance
support for the Bepublican candidates in
the Second and. Third districts in South
Louisiana.
The Republicans announce their inten
tion to make the fight in tbe latter two
districts on the sugar bounty issue, and
hope to secure two Congressmen. No com
bination is suggested on the electoral
ticket
A BAD BBEAK IN NEBBABKA.
The Bepnbllcan Nominee for Lieutenant
Governor Not a United States Citizen. '
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10. It has been
discovered that Bev. J. G. Tate, the Ee'
publican nominee for Lieutenant Governor,
is ineligible. Tate is an Englishman, and
he failed to take out his naturalization
papers nntil a year ago. Tbe constitution
requires that the Governor and'Lieutenant
Governor shall have been citizens of the
"United States two years prior to their
election. The State Central Committee
will be called upon to fill the vacancy.
Tate's case is similar to Governor Boyd's,
the difference being that Tate's father was
never naturalized and he was not a resident
of Nebraska when it was admitted into the
Union. '
Crounse Not Beady to Let Go.
Washington, Aug. 10. Assistant Sec
retary Crounse, Bepublican nominee for
Governor ot Nebraska, will visit that State
on the 20th instant, for the purpose of open
ing the camnaign. He will make several
speeches. He said to-day that he will not
formally relinquish his Federal office until
he has learned the wishes of the President
in that respect It is expected, however,
that he will arrange to have his resignation
take eSect about the 1st proximo.
Rhode Island TTohlbitlonUU Meet
Providence, E. L, Ang. 10. The Pro
hibitionists met in convention to-day at
Silver Springs. The National Prohibitory
platform was adopted. A resolution was
adopted, sanctioning 'the election of lady
delegates to conventions. Following the
State Convention district conventions were
held to nominate candidates for Congres.
The First district nominated Isaac S, Tur
ner, of Providence, and the Second district,
Edwin A. Lewis, of Westview.
A Socialist Candldnte Df cllnea.
Boston. Aug. 10.-John Orvis, whom
the Socialist Labor party of Massachusetts
nominated as its candidate for Governor
has sent a letter to the State Central Com
mittee of the party declining the honor.
His reasons' for declining are ill health and
the lack of nnity among the friends of
labor.
BTJBXS 10 HIS COLLEGIANS.
The Young Flttsbnrstr Issnes arfotlce Tell
"lng What Is Expected.
jJTew Tobk, Aug. 10. James F. Burke,
President of the College" r,eague of Bepub
lican Clubs, to-day issued ihe following ad
dress in behalf of the league.
The American Republican College League
has already manifested Its value to those
who compose It as the. regular Bepublican
party organization. It bas setved to enlist
In tne cause of Republicanism and good
government tbe most influential element of
American youth which, in time, must be
come the advance guard of our nation's
political thought and action. Tbe active
participation of college men In the affaire of
state cannot tan to gnuiiy everyone inter
ested In tbe purification of politics
nnd the elevation of the standard of
citizenship. It Is the highest duty or
every young American to investigate tbe
principles of the great parties of to-day and
ally himself with that party which he- be
lieves to be the -truest exponent of the
princiole of free government nnd whose
platform of principles be believes to be in
happiest harmony with the doctrines which
should guide a progressive and prosperous
people. Tbe Republican party, through the
College League, invites such investigation
and affords to the young men ot to-day an
opportunity of conducting such research
freely, intelligently and without bias.
That the organization may become as
permanent ana ns powerful as it should be,
we are exerting every effort to advance Its
growth during the present campaign. Pres
ident Clarkson has extended to the colle'ire
Republicans an invitation to participate In
the National Convention of the Republican
ixiatrue of the United States, at Buffalo, Sep
tember 1 and 2. A session of the convention
will be devoted to the Interests of college
men. Every young Republican now in col
lege or eligible tomembershlp In the College
League is earnestly urged to attend this
convention. Five thousand collegemen are
expected to be present
A BSD-HOT FIGHT IN KANSAS.
Justice Brewer Predicts a Close Conclu
sion on the National Tlekat.
Chicago, Aug. 10. Special Justice
David J. Brewer, of the United States
Supreme Court, with bis wife and daughter
arrived from Kansas, to-day. He says the
political situation in his State is compli
cated. The Democrats will combine with
the People's party to defeat the National
Republican ticket "If the combination
proves effectual and the party lines are closely
drawn," he said "then it will be a hard
fight The Bepublicang will give
special attention to the Legislature, as it is
this branch of the State Government they
fear will be taken from them. As the rural
counties with small population return
nearly as many members as do the counties
with large population, the Peoole's party
has an advantage over the Republicans.
"As the next Legislature will elect a
Senator to succeed Senator Perkins this
election is one of special importance. Ex
Senator Ingalls is not a candidate for the
place, but Senator Perkins is, and in case
the Legislature is Republican his chances
for election are excellent"
A HOB ON HTJBDEB BENT
Wants the Blood of a Returning Board
That Didn't Count Its Way.
Birmingham. Ala., Aug. 10. Special
Bockford, the county seat of Coosa county,
is in a condition of panic The county went
for Kolb at a recent election and the Kolb
ites claim to have caught the Jones Probate
Judge and Sheriff tampering with the boxes
after they hod been returned to the court
honse, by which their "majority was re
duced and probably some local result
changed. To-day 100 armed Kolb men
marched into the town and declared their
purpose to kill the Probate Judge, Sheriff
and Circuit Clerk, who constituted tbe re
turning board, and declaring'vengeance gen
erally on all Jones men.
The Sheriff summoned a posse and a riot
was prevented. The mob dispersed, but de
clared there purpose of returning Monday
prepared to execute their will. The in
habitants are in a panic-stricken condition.
Similar occurences are looked for in more
oounties than Coosa, where the returning
board threw out boxes and changed results.
Georgia Democrats Harmonious.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 10. The Dem
ocrats to-day renominated Governor W. J.
Northen for Governor by acclamation, amid
great demonstrations of applause. General
Philip Cook, Secretary of State, was also
renominated by acclamation, as were W. A.
Wright, Comptroller General, and B U.
Hardman for State Treasurer. There was a
contest for the Attorney Generalship, J. M.
Terrell, of Merryweather, defeating W. C.
Glenn, of Fulton, by a vote of 255 to 86. B.
T. Neabitt was renominated for
Commissioner of Agriculture, and electors
on the Cleveland ticket were selected.
Snmmer Dotes of Politics.
Captain W. T. Ellis, Democrat, was re
nominated for Congressman from the Second
Kentucky dlstriot.
Tbe Republican State Convention, of
Washington, met yesterday and effected a
temporary organization.
L. M. Mkiuunq, of Richmond, Ind., was re
nominated yesterday by the Democratic
Convention of tbe Mxth Indiana district.
The Republican Congressional Convention
of the Seventeenth Ohio district has nomi
nated A. H. Walkley, of Wayne county, for
Congress.
Cokstabls BoooEita, of the Nineteenth
ward, was last night severely beaten by
three unknown men. Ills bruises were
dressed at the Nineteenth ward police sta
tion. Ellek Harper, of Poplar alley, war com
mitted to Jail yesterday by Alderman Rich
ards for assaulting Lucy Hamilton with a
clothes prop. She will have a hearing to
morrow. II os. John Hancock, of Venango, was
nominated for Congress on the Democratic
ticket at a convention nt Warren, Pa.,
yesterday, as Hon. C. W. Stone's opponent
In the Twenty-seventh district
PoLicsXAir ScnxoTTEK, of Allegneny, last
evening caused the arrest of William Allo
part, Robert Savage and Richard Brannlgan,
who are accused of disorderly conduct on
Nunnery Hill last Saturday evening.
The Eighteenth Pennsylvania Congres
sional District Republican Comerence, after
62 ballots, ycsteiday, adjourned until this
morning.. Indications point to the nomina
tion of jdahon, or Franklin coun ty.
. General Jakes B. Weaver,' Peopfe's party
candidate for President, has arrived at San
Francisco. There was a mass meeting of the
People's party at Mechanics' Pavilion, and
General weaver was among the speakers.
Hon. Albert Dodge, of, Grand Baplds, was
unanimously nominated for Governor, Hon.
E. L. Brewer, of Owosso, for Lieutenant
Governor, and G. It Alalones, orLansing, for
Secretary of State, by tbe Prohibitionists of
Michigan, yesterday.
J. Nelsos Wmhob, editor of tbe Martins
burg, W. Va., Independent, was yesterday
nominated for Congress by the Republicans
of tbe Second West Virginia district Tno
district Is at present represented by William
L. Wilson, Democrat
The People's party State Convention of
Iowa meets at Des Moines to-day. The main
subjeat Is fusion. The People's party men in
favor of fusion generally usk the Democrats
to surrender the whole electoral tlckot to
them and tbe Democrats to run :i full State
ticket There Is not unanimity of sentiment
among Democrats on the question, but It Is
thought they will not ba averse to fusion 'on
a basis of the vote cast by "the two parties
last year. This would give tbe Democrats 13
electors and the People's party only 1.
CHEAP POFCXAB EXCURSION
Jo Conneant Lake, Via the P. & W. By.
Special train-will leave tbe P. & W. de
pot, Allegheny, at 8 o'clock a. v.. city time,
bunday, August 14, and run through to Con-
for passengers. Arrive 12 o'clock noon. Re-
nu uiav nuuuii, uuniiKvui uvraur stuu
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THE BUSINESS WORLD.
A Bad Showing of the Condition of
the Corn Crop This Month.
ONLY FOUR W0E8E YEARS NOTED.
C. P. Hnntlngton. and Others Building
railroad Across Honduras.
PIEES, FAILURES AND EAILWAT NEWS
AaiuctnroEAi, Department, Wash
ington, Aug. 10. Th crop returns of the
Department of Agriculture show a slight
improvement in the condition of corn, rais
ing the monthly average from 81.1 in July
to 82.5 in August Iifonly four years since
the initiation of crop reporting has there
been a lower August condition. In the
year of worst failure, 1881, it was 79, de
clining to 66 in October. In 1890 it was
7&3, declining to 70.6 in October. In
August, 1S86, it was 80.7, and in 1887 it was
80.5, declining later only in the latter
years.
In the later years a slight improvement
is indicated in the States north of the Ohio
river, and a greater advance in .the States
west of the Mississippi river, except Kan
sas and Nebraska. The condition is high
in nearly all the Southern States; nearly
the same as in July in .the breadth West of
the Mississippi; higher in the lower States
of the Atlantic coast and slightly lower
in Alabama and Mississippi. A small de
cline is seen in the Middle States, except'
X ew xorK, ana also in tne eastern states,
though in both of these divisions tbe aver
age is higher than in the-West-
The following averages of principal States
are given: New York, 90; Pennsylvania, 86;
Virginia, 90; Georgia. 97; Texas, 94; Ten
nessee, 92; Ohio, 81; Indians, 74; Illinois,
73; Iowa, 79; Missouri, 83; Kansas, 81; Ne
braska, 80. Most correspondents indicate a
present tendency to further improvement
The returns relating to spring wheat are
lower, declining during the months from a
general average of 90.9 to 87.3. The reduc
tion is from 90 to 86 in Wisconsin, 92 to 87
in Minnesota and 90 to 85 in North Dakota.
There has been a slight' advance in South
Dakota and Nebraska, with no change In
Iowa. In the mountain States the condition
is generally high. In Washington a decline
is reported Irom, 90 .to 78, as a result of
blighting heat, and 1 i Oregon from 91 to 76.
The condition of other crops averages as
follows: "Spring rye, 89.8, instead of 92.7 in
July; oats, 86.2, a fall of 1 point; barley,
91.1, instead ot 92; buckwheat, acreage 10L3,
condition 92.9; potatoes, 86.8, declining
from 90; tobacco, 88.8, a fall from 92.7; hay,
93.2.
I8IHBU8 CANALS KNOCKED OUT.
C. P. Hnntlngton and Others Building a
Connecting Railroad In Honduras,
New Yobk, Ang. 10. Collis P. Hnnt
lngton is to furnish a part of the capital for
the construction of a railroad in Honduras
to complete a line from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Mr. Huntington said yesterday:
"It is too early to talk much about the
project now. It is true I have gone in with
some others to build a road that will be
about 200 miles long, and will form the con
necting link between two roads already con
structed. I do not yet know between what
points the road will run, or what it will
cost, but it will take at least $2,000,000 or
3,000, 000 to build it The concession from
the Government has already been obtained.
It promises to be a profitable enterprise.
The grades will be easy and the lands val
uable, and there is need of a shorter route
across tbe Isthmus. , It looks as if the Nio
araguan canal would' not be built, and the
Panama canal is simply an illusion."
BICHKOHD XEBMINAL AFFAIES.
A Meeting for Their Consideration Called
for September 15 In Virginia.
New York, Aug. 10. A'meeting of the
Board of Directors of tho Bicbmond Ter
minal Company was held this afternoon.
President Sv. Y. Oakman presided. A res
olution was passed directing that a meeting
be called according to statute to be held
September 15 at Richmond, Va., to take
into consideration tbe affairs of the com
pany and for the purpose of electing a new
Board ot Directors and other business.
The officers and counsel of the company
were requested to preserve so far as possi
ble the existing status until the stockhold
ers' meeting September 15, so that no
change should alter present conditions.
Directly alter tbe Bichmond Terminal
meeting adjourned a meeting of the Bich
mond and Danville Bailroad was held.
A report was made of the general condi
tion ot,the road and its properties. The
report was decidedly encouraging.
NOW IT'S A JELLY TRUST.
A Preserve Combine With a Capital of 812,
000,000 Formed In Mew York.
New York, Aug. 10. About 15 of the
largest preserve jelly manufacturers of the
United States and Canada are said to have
formed a combination for the regulation of
prices and output All the manufacturers
agree to pool their respective businesses
into a huge concern, with headquarters in
this city.
It is understood that the capital stock.of
the new corporation will be $12,000-,OOQ.
Shares will be allotted to the various firms
and companies covering the amount of
money already invested.
BUSINESS BBEVITIES.
A Oasdt Trust is in process of formation
at Louisville.
Tae weather last week was favorable for
the growing crops in Michigan.
The salmon pack on tbe Columbia river
for tbe season Just closed amounts to 118,000
cases.
Crops in Manitoba and tbe Northwest
have matured rapidly during the past three
weeks.
The Star Brewing Company has been in
corporated in New York with a capital of
1400,000.
Ira f . Powers, furniture dealer at Port
land, Ore., has assigned. Assets, $128,000;
liabilities. $73,000.
The carriage and wagon makers, in na
tional convention at Columbus Tuesday
provided lor organizers In each State.
A rival to the Herring-Hall safe combine
has been arranged at Cincinnati. Tbe
Barnes Company, of Pittsburg, is Interested
in it.
The August report of the Government
Statistician shows a reduction in the condi
tion of cotton during July from 83.0 to 82.22.
Tills is the lowest nverage since August,
16i6.
The Structural Iron Setters' Protective
and Benevolent Union of the United States
was incorporated yesterday at Albany to
unite all employes in tbe structural iron
Industry.
Aw application was made inaBoston court
yesterday by certificate holders in tho
United Reserve Fund Association for a re
ceiver and an injunction. The corporation
Is an endowment order and was formerly
the United Endowment League. There fs
about $100,000 111 tho treasury.
At a meeting in Boston on Tuesday even
ing of ten members of tbe Committee of
Fllteen recently appointed to assist the
directors of the Fort Payne Coal and Iron
Company In carrying out the plan of reor
ganization, it was the -unanimous opinion
that the appointment of u receiver would
bo damaging to the corporation, and it was
decided to ngbt the proposition.
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
The grantto cattera' strike at Bran ford
quarries. In- Connecticut Is practically
ically
in 8$
enaeu, tne men Doing oolcatea.
The Southern lines held a meeting
Louis yesterday to revise rates for the sea
ton on cotton and general freight No
definite action was taken.
Chairxan Vnano, of the Transcontinental
Association, has called a general meeting of
the association for AngnstSI, at New York,
in lien of the previous call for Saratoga,
Aujtnst 29.
The Ohio River Railroad will soon have
an Independent entrance Into Hnntlngton,
W. Va. Its bridge over the Guyandotte,
three miles above, will be completed tbe
latter part of the week.
Ektoeted that tne Controller of Connecti
cut will comply with tbe request of tbe New
York and New England Railroad for the
registration of $3,000,000 of the new issue of
50-year S per cent gold bonds, amounting to
$25,OO0.X.
The meeting of tbe stockholders of tbe
Tennessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company,
held nt Tracy City, Tenn., Tnesday to ratify
the pnrchae of the Cahaba and Excelsior
Coal companies, was adjourned nntil Sep
tember 12 for want of a quorum.
Chairman Caldwell, of the Western Pas
senger Association, has been requested by
the Atchison Company to authorize on ex
cursion rate nothfgherthan $5 from Cblcazo
to Kansas City and return, on account of tho
Knights ofPythlas Encampment, beginning
August 23.
Railroad men in this city are greatly ex
ercised over the discharge of four orflve tele
graph operators by the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western Railroad. In Etmlra. N.
Y., and neighboring town. Themenallrgo
that it l on account of belonging to the
Brotherhood of Railway Telegrapher; nnd
the prospects point to a serious conflict
The officials are reticent.
The committees appointed by the"7 several
traffic associations to act Jointly in prepar
ing a schedule of passenger rates for the
World's Fair next yenr, held tbeir first con
ference (yesterday in Chicago. It resulted in
nothing more than an exchange of views of
the members present The roads traversing
tne more thickly settled portions of the
United States were generally inclined to
layor a higher excursion rate to Chicago in
1893 than those lines which traverse sparsely
settled territory, and in the end it was prac
tically conceded that it would be necessary
for each passenger assooiatlon to act inde
pendently. All the leading roads between
Chlcairo and tbe Atlantic Coin are opposed
to making a higher rate than a fare and one
third for theround trfb.
THE FIRE RECORD.
Lorln, Cat Six buildings. Mrs. L. D. Howe
burned to death.
Depere, Wis. The Merchant Flour Mill,
owned by John P. Dorsman. Loss, $31,000:
insurance, $15,030.
Lancaster The Lancaster Chemical
Works, together with tlAGOQ worth ol stock.
The building cost $15,000.
Thorapsonville, Conn. Twc-thlrds of tne
westfleld Plate Comrnny's factory ond
contents. Loss about $63,oco.
Two Rivers, Wis. The Two Rivers Manu
facturing Company's plant. Loss at least
$20,000. The building was struck by light
ning during a severe storm.
Suffolk, Va. Between '2 and 3 o'clock
yesterday morning a fire broke out at the
sawmill and dry kiln plant of the Taylor
Lumber Company, destroying all of the
buildings, dry kilns nnd machinery, to
gether with about 500 000 reot of lumber. The
Slant was valued at 123,000; insurance, $18,000.
o insurance on the lumber. Four cars on
the Atlantic and Danville Railroad, loaded
with lumber, were also burned. '
HOW TO OBT THE W0BM3.
An Ingenious Way Which Helps the Fish
erman Whenever In Need.
Koboby need work at digging worms for
bait unless he is fond of the exercise, for
they can be procured in almost any quan
tity with very little labor whenever they
are needed, says a fisherman in the St Louis
Qlobe-DemocraL
The process is simple. Take a strong
stick four or five feet long and sharp at one'
end, and go to some locality, such as the
back of a barn, where the worms are sure
to be plentiful. Drive the stick four or
fire inches into the ground with a hammer
or stone, and then begin to twist it with a
rotary motion. Every few minutes hit the
top a rap to drive the point further into the
ground and keep on twisting. In fire min
utes the worms will begin crawling out of
their holes, and all yon have to do is to
gather them up and put them in your can.
They hear tbe grinding and think it is a
mole after them, and know that only on the
surface are they safe. So they come out,
those nearest to the sound making their ap
pearance first with every evidence of haste
and trepidation.
Sometimes they come up for a distance of
10 or IS feet from the twirling stick, and in
places where they are plentiful as many as
100 can be literally scared out of the ground
in this manner. Borne people think a worm
has- no sense, and they may be right in gen
eral, but a worm knows that a mole is its
deadliest enemy and will come sauirminer to
the top of the ground any time it hears a-
moie coming in us direction.
H0BSES WITH SPECTACLES.
Their Principal Use Is to Ttaeh the Bona
Bgh Strpplng.
Pearson's Wekly.3
Although it may seem almost ludicrous
to think of horses wearing spectacles, it is
nevertheless a fact that they do sometimes
wear them. The business of one well-known
firm of opticians in London consists largely
in the manufacture of horse spectacle.
The object of the spectacles is to promote
high stepping. They are made of stiff
leather, entirely inclosing the eyes of the
horse, and-the glasses used are "deep con
cave, and large in size. The ground seems
to the horse to be labed, and he steps high,
thinking he is going up hill or has to step
over some obstacle.
This system of spectacle wearing" is
adopted while the horse is young, and its
effect on his step and action is said to be remarkable-
It has been discovered that the
cause of a horse's shying is, as a rule, short
sight, and it is now suggested that the
sight of all horses should be tested, like
that of children.
It is maintained by those who have made
a study of the subject that by a little arti
ficial assistance many valuable horses which
have become optically unfit for their work
can be restored to usefulness.
Thfi Sons of Veterans.
Helexa, Most., Aug. 10. At the Na
tional Encampment of the Sons of Veterans
to-day the only business transacted was the
adoption of a resolution retaining the titles
for officers used the past year. Au effort had
been made to change the regulations in this
respect to conform with what they were two
7ears ago.
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THE ELECTRIC STEED
Soon to Be Harnessed to Freight as
Well as Passenger Care at
CHICAGO BAILROAD TERMINALS.
Some Sncli Scheme Necessary to Hand's
"Torld's Fair Traffic.
A BROAD BELT LINE IJ SUGGESTED
New Yokk, Aug. 10. Frank J. Sprague,
the electrical engineer, President of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers,
has been instrusted by Henry Viliard, for
tbe North American Company, with the
solution of the terminal freight-yard prob
lem in Chicago. Within a space of one and
a half miles long by three-quarters of a
mile in width there are crowded from 75 to
100 miles of track.
About 1,300 switch engines are employed
there, some of them 24 hours per day, puff
ing their foulness into the air. It is esti
mated that from 80 to 90 per cent of all
freight that enters the Chicago yards ought
never to be there, being bound for points
further on, and it would not be there it
a practical way could be provided for dis
tributing it among the different railroads
outside the city limits.
Electric Motor IVtII lis B-comraended.
In applying himself to iU work, these
conditions are fully recognized by Mr.
Sprague. He is convinced that the most
feasible solution will be found.in a system
for interchangine freight by a six-track belt
road, which shall form a common zone of
transfer either by itself or in combina
sion with freight warehouses or storage
yards.
Electric traction will be recommended by
Sprague fur the work proposed. He has
satisfied himself that the only way in which
the current can be properly supplied in any
complicated system will be by an overhead
conductor, practically rigid in character,
following very nearly the center line of all
tracks and switches, with no movable over
head parts, and with return through the
rail. The locomotive would then be mov
ing between the two electric planes, the
lower being the guiding one.
"There are tnree problems," savs Mr.
Sprague, "requiring a solution in the ap
plication of electricity to propulsion on a
large scale under conditions existing at the
Chicago terminals. They are:
An Electric Locomotive to Re Devised.
"First Tbe development of an electric
locomotive of ample power which may be
as readily controlled as the steam locomo
tive, which shall be reliable in operation
and shall show a high economy. Such a
machine must have all the adjuncts which
are necessary for train movement Second
A system of conductors and methods of
supporting the same which can be relied
npon for am Die supply of current and abso
lute certainty of continuous contact at all
speeds on curves, switches, crossovers, and
the multitudinous combinations which ex
ist in yard tracks. Third A system of au
tomatic block signaling which, while effect
ive for steam traffic, will not be thrown out
of operation by the use ot tracks as con
ductors of electricity. This implies a change
in existing signal systems. .
"While this is a large problem," said Mr.
Sprague, "it may be approached hopefully.
The success of the General Electric Com
pany in equipping electric motors for the
Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad furnishes con
clusive demonstration of the practicability
of efforts in this line. At Chicago locomo
tives of 700-horse power will be needed.
There is no doubt that they can be made
and that electricity can do everything done
by steam, while removing entirely the
nuisance of smoke and cinders that must
attend the use of steam as a motor."
AH ELECTBIC WAGON IS CHICAGO.
The
Newly-Invented Vehlc'o Can Easily
Make Ten Miles an Bonr.
Chicago, Aug. 10. A novelty in the
form of a wagon, propelled by electricity,
was seen on the streets yesterday. Some
time ago President J. B. McDonald, of the
American Battery Company, purchased sev
eral patents from William Morrison, ef
Des Moines. Among other things was a
Eark wagon equipped with a small three
one power motor and a 24-cell storage bat
tery. Yesterday Mr. McDonald fitted the
wagon with new batteries and gave it a
trial. With five persons in the wagon,
it left the barn on Monroe street and
traveled by way of Winchester avenue to
Jackson boulevard, to Lasalle street to the
company's office at Monroe and Lasalle.
The run was made in 22 minutes, which was
considered satisfactory, considering that the
wagon was delayed at a bridge and that
frequent stops were made on account of the
Crowds in the streets downtown.
The 3culiarly propelled carriage at
tractedcitention all along its route. It is
calculated that the wagon can make ten
miles an hour easily with the present
motor.
A Contract I.nbor Declilon.
Washington, Aug. 10. The Treasury
Department has decided that a foreigner
who makes a contract in this country to
work here and then returns to his own
country cannot come back to the United
States for the purpose of fulfilling his con
tract without violating tbe provision of the
alien contract labor law.
Little Minnie Biyrnes.
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Ilaxues. 4 Antnran street
East SuDimrmlle, Mass.. send tills Ictteri
"Our little adopted
daughter, 17 months old,
wrlRhsM'i pounds and It
a very healthy, happy
child. She owes healtb to
lactated food. It agrees
with her In every respect,
keeping the bowels regu
lar. I can recommend It
J11XM- 11ATSES. lor Kce diuk lire H"tu
regular and being tne best food for bottle babies.
Baby Is the picture of health and knows nothing of
the diseases children u-snally sufTer from while
teething."'
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