FOTAJlffiffHED AUGUST 24, 1852. "WHEELING, WEST VA., SATUKDAY MOltNlNG, NOVEMBER 14,1885. VOLUME XXXIY.?NUMCEM 72. "
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Office t Ho*. 90 and S7 Fonrt??nUi Street.
Souk day we aball have the ofllcial returna
from Hamilton county. We moat
be patient.
At New Philadelphia, Ohio, a young
man fell and blfoff hie tongue?merely a
laptit lingtue. Yon don't cat2h the frirla
-I-l At k
uutug ui?w
Mr. Discuss ssys ho is opposed to any
tiriff whatsoever. Now that we recall, it
was Mr. Beecher who recommended bread
and water aa a sufficient diet for tbe workingman.
Thx Y. M. 0. A., though young in
Wheeling, ia doing a good work and showing
a capadiy for greater things. Its ani-,
J fersary meeting to-morrow night will be a
notable occasion. i
' ^ "Gith" discovers that is was Piatt who I
i ' suggested the resignation of Oonkiing and
himself froi^ (he United 8tatesSenate. If
) this is trnatha ''MsToo-" his been tacked
on the wrong man.
Mas. Walkup has "many liatterirg
offers" to go on the stage. Not became
she is known to have talent in that line,
bat because she was tried for poisoning
her husband and has been well advertised.
If there is overproduction in the United
States and protection is the cause of it, as
^ the free-traders say, what causes the same
Uo tn froA.trfl.rIo England 7 It ought to
be possible to answer so easy a question u
this. ______
Mahokk having had his hopes of reflection
blasted, Daniel and Barbour?'e fighting
each other for the succession as hard
as each whacked it into Mabone. This
little ram pus is already making things
lively in the Bourbon household.
A New York "masher," who tried it on
in St Louis, ran against a full-riggtd
brother. He will not be able to resume
his occupation for some time, though his
injuries ore not necessarily fatal. Suppose
we yoke the "masher" to the
Chinese? ,
Galvestom* is having more than her
share of this world's woee. She is fortunate,
however, that she found it possible
to limit the fire as she did. The lesson of
the calamity emphasizes once more the
unwisdom of building with highly ir flammable
materials.
At their "Municipal Chambers, the
filth day of the ninth moon of the
eleventh yearof the reign of the EmperOr
Kwong 8uey ", the Chinese merchants of
New York endorse the stand the President
lias taken on the Chinese question. Little
by little Mr. Cleveland ia gathering about
him the forces to capture the next national
convention.
Gkxkbal ^ukrioan, popularly believed
to hold that the only good Indian ia a
dead Indian, nrgea once more that the eolation
of the Indian problem lies in giving
to each- family a reasonable amount of
land,-the implements and atockto cultivate
it, and teachers to instruct them in
agriculture. For the laada taken he would
pay in live percent bonds, the interest on
which would be sufficient to maintain the
family while it was learning to be selfsupporting.
Whatever the dotails of the
plan may be, any enduring settlement of
the Indian queationmuatbe based on work.
The Indians must be settled and he must |
labor for his living. So long as he is a
wanderer, with no responsibilities, he will I
be a trouble-breeder.
IS CLKVJtL A>D A CUJ3I1NAL f
| BU Violation of Law la Ulvlof Blooey for
Political FarpoMi,
Niw Yor*, Nov. 13.?It has l>een claimed
that President Cleveland bita rendered
himself liable to fine and imprisonment in
banding $1,000 to Secretary l,amont to be
placed at the disposal of the New York
Democratic State Committee, it being a
violation of Section 14 oi the civil eervice
law, forbidding U. S. Government ollicers
giving mouey to other ollicers of the Government
for political purposes under penalty
cf fine and imprisonment. The following
is the opinion of the U. S. District
Attorney's office:
"If the President has committed such
'offense it must have befen in Washington. I
The arrest, if any, would take place there. |
If even Secretary Lamont did hand the
Democratic State Committee here $1,000,
that is no offense against the civil service!
law. lie did not give the money to any
officer or person in the service of the I
United Rates. So far as the law is con-1
cerned here, where the money was given
to the committee, it does not matter where
Secretary Lain on t got the money. 11 ia
not asserted that the President gave Secrecy
J .rtiuont the money in this district.
"What he .may have done in Washington
is for that district to attend to."
MI3Al>PUOI'KIA.T>D FUNDS.
The Suit Against I lie Oloba Ifurdwttr* Company?
Answer of Ilia Company.
C'hh auo, Nov. J3.?A few days ago the
Globe Hardware Company, of New York,
filed a bill In the United .States Ciicait
Court against Rodney M. Whipple and
others, charging that Whipplo had appropriated
largo assets of the company to
his own use and asking for an accounting
Yesterday the company entered its special
appearance, and stated, by A. is. Bradley,
it* attorney, that it never author aid the
suit; that Jatnes Lloyd, who signed the
bill as solicitor, was not ita lawyer, aud
had no authority to bring the suit. The
company, therefore, asked to have the
suit dismissed
Rodney M. Whipplo alao filed an aliidavit
stating that he is the Vice President,
Acting President, and General Manager
of the company, and has been Vice
President every ainco the company organized;
that Sparrow M. Niekeraon, who
signed t/ie bill as Vico President, ia not
such oillcer aud nevor hail authority to
bring the suit; that ho has conapired with
others to injiira the company as much as
oossihle ana defraud it out of 1^0,000, and
this in one of the tm-nriH employed by iiiui
for aurh purpoae. fluithaa been brought
agaiuat tnui by the compiuy, and thin ha*
intensified his bitter fueling. Whipple
wuappointed by Judge Blodgett receiver
of the company in February laat.
Mot III l>M?ru.
Pimuunau, Px,r Nor. 13.?Edward
?Cotfoy, who shot and killed Policeman
John Kvana, on the Fourth of laat Augnnt,
while rtriatiiJg arreat. waa convicted this
morning of murder in the flrat degree.
The trial wu watched with unusual in*
tert*t, and the verdict gives general a^tis*
iactijo.
SWEPT JY FIRE.
The Great Disaster that Has Befallen
the City of Galveston.
Over Forty Blocks Devested by a
Great Conflagration.
The Groat Distress and Suffering
Among the Homeless Poor.
Many rrincciy nesiaences 01 uie
Blch Leveled by the Flames.
A Terrible Blow to the Prosperity
of a Thriving Litt'e City.
Galtbton, Tex*, Nov. 13?At 1:40
o'clock this morning the most destiuctive
fire in the history of Galveston broke oat
ia a email foundry and repair shop on the
north side of Avenue A, known u the
8trand, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets. A fierce gale from the
north was .blowing and the flames spread
with lightning rapidity to both adjo.'n/n#
| buildings, one .Deing a grocery biorj ouu
the other a Lumble d weliing. Ia a twinkI
ling the long fiery tonguo had crcajed the I
streets, and two mom dwellings were in
I flamep, the inmate* barely escaping,
j At this moment thf fi'e department got
two streans going, but they were of no
[avail. The heat b.-came so intense that
the firemen had to abandon their poaiI
tioL-s, and the wiml rose and carried myriads
of sparks to the premises east of
Avenue A. A general alarm was* uuded,
I and in a half-hour two Mocks vera burn|
ing fiercely, and l?y 3 o'clock everyone
saw that a cs-j Migration was upon the
I city. The people f <r fquarws around on
| either side of .1m burning blocks became
panic stricken, and the piercing cries of
, the frightened *ouwn could bo heard
| above the dim of the tiro and mournful
wind.
At half-past 3 o'clock the fire hsd leapled
two bljcka dis'aut from its starting
! point, but in a perfectly straight line, being
confined to the blocks bounded by Sixteenth
and Seventeenth strcetm
tuk kllts fpkeadi.vo.
Al-out 4 o'clock tlie tire begau to spread
to the east and to the west of Sixteenth
and Seventeenth street*; the wind rose to
a gale, and pandemonium reigned. For a
time it seemed ai though the entire eastern
half of the citv waa doomed. The fire
spread rapidly to the southward, licking
up the blocks of elegant reaidences,
hastily abandoned by their inniatea. By
5 o'clock it had reached" Broadway, whiih
threads the center of the island, running
ea*t ar.d we*!. . . .
At 7 o'clock the wind gave signa of
dying aw??y and shortly it b'gan tonhilt,
then to decrease, until hv 8 o'clock nnty a
(air bm zi wrb Itlovinp. Hot by this time
the dre had eaten its way to Avenue C,
where at 9:30 o'clock it reumed to e xhaust
itself, and the firemen coming up checked
its further ravigfB at tbia point, or within
two blocks of the Gulf. The burned district
covers flf:y?two blocks, seven of
which are not swept entirely clean. It is
sixteen blocks in d??ptb, and average* a
width cf three blucks.
Seen from a house-top the pranking,
I burned din'r'cfc resemble^ a huge, black,
htlf-opened fan, lying across toe island
from the Bay nearly to the Gnlf. Tne
island at that point iy nineteen blocks, or
[one mile ard quarter wide. The lire
started en the north fide if Avenue A,
better known a/* the Slraud, which id one
block from the Hay, and is stopped within
two blocks ol the Gulf. ?> xitentb
street is nine block-j we?-t of the extreme
inhabitable end of the inland, the first
resident slreet being S.xth. Erom
Avenue A to Avenne D, the fire was
confined to Ktrip bonnde* on the es*t by
Seventeenth stre-t The buuaeat part of
the city begins ?t Twentieth street and
runs west ten bioiks.
OUTLINE OV THE riRE.
This outiiue locates the li e, which began
to pprttt 1 rapidly after it had patsed
Avenue D. By the time it had reached
Avenue J, or Broadway, it wa3 sweeping
|neatly tbr.'e blocks in width, from the
j w(st side of Seventeenth to tho east sido
of Fourteenth street. About three hundred
houacs were burned, which were occupied
by fully five hundred funi'ies.
Frcm Avenun A to Avenue E, for four
square*, the burned dwellings wi re occupied
almost entirely by the poorer claw,
and several families nero crowded into a
flinele house in thin strip.
From Avenue K, however, the burned
district include m the wealthiest and moat
fashionable portion c f ftle c ity. One hundred
elegantly furnished mansions are in
ruius. Many of these reticences had
beautiful tprdona attached and tho moneyed
loss dees not represent over half
their Tote.
All manner of estimates are to be heard
at this time. The City Awewor says the
taxable value of the dwelliugs burned is
?(J50,C(K). This makes the actual value of
tho property $1,60 J, 000 which kerbs pi
represents the lots in monov. rho ic.
eurance is eftlinated at JOCO.OOl), although
some inturancwuieu who have walked over
the district place tho Insurance at SfcGO,000.
80 far as c?iu l*e learned pol a single accident
occurred. The pwn? during the
progress of the lire was pimply frightful?
so tilled with misery ami terror that whoever
witne^d it must bfar its vivid impress
for a 1 fe-timn. The wird roso to
a ecrtamiug gale in liie vicinity of the
lire, and swept through tba lmrnin/ belt I
in terrific whirls, carrying millioiiS of live
cinders i.irfh up in the tir and raining
them down a mile distant over tho wooden
city and its panic-stricken inhabitants.
OilAHACTliK OK TIIK Ut'KNKD DJSTKICT.
The entire eiu>t end of the city tcaicely
. iliiiun h.J .k ,1 mlliniM. All \h
wood?Texas pico?and it burns with an
indescribable f ,ry. Five mlnntis after a
hcuw had caught it would he wrapped in
one mighty Main*. 'I he alley-wry* and
streets for ten Fquarts on ti: her side of thn
burning belt were filled with the blanched
faces of helpless men, wr>man and children,
who could do nothing in such a gale
but crouch down for shelter and watch tho
tlainis lick up the fruits of it lifetime.
Although the viotims number many of
the wealthiest resident* of the city, whose]
individual wealth run* up near tho mil- (
lious,) et the ur?*at majority of those burn- j
i-d out loan the better portions of the:r for-,
tunea or their littl? all. Htme families
H.'ivcd a good deal of furniture, others are
left without tho ciothea ou their hacks, so !
#?... ti... <i.? 1.1
CUIIUUrilb ?riu llirj lllllfc nilnot
reach them. 'I he Ion in poraonal nod
houaehold property cm never lie eeti mated
*nd In nut iiiclu?!*??l in the previous es*
tiinate.
The botela are filled with liomeletfl people,
and a eliix-na corn mitten is now at
work apportioning familea to room* and
preiniaea vacated (or their nee. Every
vehiclo in the city in st work carrying tho
Mtrean furniture, bedding and pictures to
secure placet*. '1 housamia of |>eo|de haunt
the hurried district, looking among the
smoking ruins for valuable keepiakcs or
jewelry, hoping to (lad fcomething left, hut
Ail to as black and barren u a desert, even
I
the hose wooden water tanks and ten
and sidewalks and telephone polea
burned to wbiteaahet.
Busiffiits susraNDtn.
Business is entirely appended. 1
calamity is bo great that men chol
with tears in speaking of it. Some bo
of sick people were horridly removed *
ring the the conflagration, and many i
men are reported prostrated by tho tei
ble excitement. A mee ting of citiseni
now in progress at the Cotton Exchai
to provide immediate relief for the poo
victims. Already the rich men of the c
ni) ti.A woli.t/.ifrt. ?ven those who be
lost their elegant mansions have determ
ed to look after and provide for the pr>
er people, and Galveston will probal
make no appeal to the outaido world.
Following close on the heels of a gr<
strike, which inflicted a moneyed loss
the buHineaa men of Galveston of fa
$4,000,000, this calamity is the climax
the woes and afflictions of this city. W:
the exception of half a dozen groct
stores and the iron and car repairing foe
dry, where the fire started, no places
bnsine?8 were destroyed. Insurance sgei
are now going over their policies, and if
hoped that by nightfall they will ha
completed the insurance list. Telegrai
of nympathv and offers of aid are alrea
pouring in from sister cities in Texas.
THE BUKNT DISTIU'CT.
One Hundred Acres Kurosd Oyer?O
ThonMind Person* Hom lf* .
Accurate charts of tho burnt district we
completed this ovening, showing that t
course of the fire wa& in a southeastei
direction. Beginning at the foot of S!
teenth street, on the fctranu, tho q
crossed Avenues 0, D and E. Here
! worked its way to the east half of the sat
I block on wliich stands the postoflice ai
j U. 8 District Court. The dames thro
ened the postoffica in the mostaggressi
I manner, sni the building was hasti
cleared of mail matter, and valuables we
placo in vaults. Fortunately tho flrim
spared tho government building ar
passed onward toward tho gulf. Avenue
I the fire fiend revelled in tl
stateliest mansions of tho city. Oae
the tlrat of these splendid houses to eu
cumb was that of Mrs. Magale, a $40,0
house. Then in succession the fire we.
to the residences of Julius Runge, of tl
house of Kiuftnan & Hunge, ai
Leon Blum, of Iron Blum Si C
Green Uutlitdd'e new mansion, K
George's SilJ.OOO residence, Thomas Ga
pan*, and three hundred of lesser vain
I'hwc nanus represent a lots of ?10,000
$~0,0C0 each, but all are insured. Tl
business portion of the city was not touc
ed, but in tho bnrnt district were twent
one groceries, saloons and small store
The chief of these are Cross Jc Creek, itr
cere; Werner, tinner, and John L. Hat
iner, lumber merchant. They lost ever
thing, as did other imall stores.
PfiJSOSKft* IS JAIL FRIGHTENED.
As the fire swept past the jiil, nflectii
its fearful glare and intense heat throuj
the grated windows, the forty prisone
became frant'c with fear. They set up
veil which was heard for a rqauro abo'
the awful roar of the fire. On top of tl
jail and court house were corps of siroi
men determined to savo the buildings, ai
with the aid of brick walls they succeede
The j*ll was on fire a dizjn times, but w
saved.
All the street cars wore hastily run o
of the Galveston city railway stables ai
they were abandoned to their fato, but,
if in mockery at the fright, the fire mo
tier spared tue habitation of the hutnb
mule, seeking richer fields. When ti
fire rtaited a gale was blowing at the ra
of thirty miles an hour. At 2 o'clock tl
signal observer ettimated the velocity
tho gale in the vicinity of the firu
sixty miles an hour, and this \
locity was maintained until ne
(i o'clock when the lire gave signs cf e
haustion and the c>clone vsojuin seem<
broken. The fire swirled through i
path as though it were a gigantic funni
and for two squares on either side tl
| heat was suffocating and the clout's
[cinders blinding. The fire departme
had become utterly helpless an t the w
I ter works pave poor assistance. The on
public buildinjz cot sumed waa the secoi
district school building, a frame structui
I K?5U Of O
| wuiuu n ma iibcuw; uu>? ? ? www. ??
jooo.
ONI THOUSAND FAMILIES nOMEf.E^fl.
i The total area of the burnt district is 01
hundred acres, and forty And a half bloc
were swept clean of everything combus
ble. Something over 400 houses we
burned and it is estimated by the reli
committee that ono thousand farnili
! wero rendered homeless, tho gre
mpjority of whom (especially the poor
ones) lest everything, As the firo start*
I in the poor district they had litt
lor no time in which to mo
furniture, while the wealthv movi
I valuable pictures and effects. Several
the tiuest houses, however, wero burni
without a single article baing saved, i
confident were the occupants that tl
fire would pass by them.
The meeting at the Cotton Kxchani
lliie afternoon was largely attended I
business men, who at once set about pr
viding for the homeleFs and suffering,
geueral re'ief committee of twentysevi
prominent incmt>erH whs organised wii
Col. W. h. Moody. President of theCotU
Ktchange. as Chairman. A Finance Cos
mittoeof livo, with CjI. Win. Sinclsire
Chairn.an, was named by tlie origin
committee. Beside* thcim coinmittc
there are sub-cornmittee* for thu vario
I sections of the burned district.
uokual contiuul'tions,
Contributions are pouring in from i
parts of thocity. At the CitVns' Mcetii
at the Cotton Exchange, $lfl,o00 were cu
scribed by business men. Among t!
largest subscribers are Ball, IIutchins
Co., baukers, $1,000; I'. J. Willis 4 0
I wholttialo druggists, $1,000; L. & II. Ului
Capt. James it. Kids, tho celebrate
engineer, telegraphs $1,000, from 8t. Ixni
Tho following telegram waa received
y o'clock to-night:
Nkw Yohk, Novombor llj.
lion. IUujf.r Fullon, Mayor Gahttioti:
I am jiiQt in receipt of dispatchcs w i
nn account of (ho terrible conlluurati)
that has visited your beautiful cit
I'leaso accept my sympathy
your rniHfortuno. 1 on!v hope tl
Iobs in over estimated. You may dr#
on me nt night for $0,000, to be used und
the diriction of a relief committee,
otherwise, at vour diferetion, to relie
tho needy. [Signed ] Jay (joci.i>.
A. A. Fowier, gem ral maunder ot ti
Boston Globe, telegraphs Mayor Fulton:
" What cam tho people of Boston do [
the sutlering and homeless in UalvenUi
I'leaso answer. We will colleet for pub
cation and do our best."
Ford's "Mikado" Company, row playi
here, gave a benefit to-night, which nett
(or tiie an Heron).
Tho Council met in special session t)
(iveninu and voted a donation of $16,0
for thu HtilfcrerH and appointed a cotnin
ti u of three Aldermen to a?rt with the oi
z-iin' committee in diatributinK tho fnn<
Thla makea $31 ,fi00 already donated by t
citixunaof (ialvraton, which together wi
ouUid* donations loots up $18,000 in o
day. Neatly everyone baa an tut inn
an to what the total loos of the great 11
footn np.
The beat potted citizens place thi 1(
at fully $2,000,000, while many othen i
tho wtimato u high u $^,500,000. J
ces Baroncp men have been bard at work a
are day and to-night completing a list of the
policies.
Bo mocb confusion and nncenalDt
0 bis prevai!e<i, tb*t the leak of locatin
. policiee was a difficult one.
ced
Th? Cfy cf Uftlvriton.
[Galveston is the principal city of Texaj
U and is situated at the northerti extremit
of Galveston island and at jtl?? mouth c
i is the bay of the same name, tho entraac
>ga I to which ifl by a narrow channel betweei
itv c'ly an^ '0U8 peninsula of Bolivai
lV0 The bay is an irregular indentation
in- branching oat into various arms, and re
or- ceiving Trinity au?l San Jacinto rivers ant
jly Buffalo bayou. The haibor of tho city L
the beat in the State, and has twelve fi>e
eat of water over the bur at low tide. Ther<
on are several shipbuilding and repairini
lly yard*, extensive wharves and large storeto
houses adjoining them. Nearly all thi
1th foreign trade of tfce fctate is tranaactei
try here. Tho principal business is ehippinj
in- cotton. A la-gi commerce is carried 01
of with Brazoria by means of a canal. Regu
its lar lines of steamers ?ly between Galves
; is ton and New York, Naw Orleans and ih?
;ve southwest towns of Tex is. Ihecityhai
ma several foundries. roach no shop?, cottor
dy presses, <S?. It has maty elegantstorei
and magnificent private rejidtneee. Thf
population is abjut the same as Whe&
?* WANTlttKl.?4 IILOOD.
,re Iho Oruitmn't Urgui Urtu* da tils L'xe
, cutluu of tbe JCwrt w?>tB?btl.
. Toboxto, Ont, Nov. 13.?Tho Settiind,
* I tt.n tuailirh iWoni.o mnur (>nmniaiitinir nn
x" the Kiel c?uo says: ''Shall theatrociou*
injustice be committed of permitting thifi
artful rebel to go free while his dupes and
^ tools, the unfortunate, untutored.ami miu^
led Indians arahanged for the participation
in acta which they regarded as praise.
worthy and heroic instead of criminal?
y The people of Canada will nqiiro unere
quivocal answers to these straightforward
?? questions if Kiel be reprieved, and the
''J only answer that can be truthfully given
41 in that the Frenchmen of Q lebec rule in
ie. the Dominion Parliament and have
01 vowed that not a hair of Bill's
91 head shall be harmed. Was it
w to this end, then, that our gallant
at volunteers sprang to arms and laid down
their lives at their country's call? 8hall
Frenchmen who sympathize with the
g* rebels be permitted to undo their work ?
t If so let it bo proclaimed that the rights
K" and liberties cf Britons in nn English
(e> colony harg only upan the breath of an
10 alien race. Bat English Canadians will
j,e not longer suITer the calling bondage, and
the dny may not be far distaut when the
y* call to arms will an*in resound throughout
* the Dominion. Then c ur soldiers, pa-fitifiu
hw the lmson oi tilt? L-aat. must cjm
D* piet" a work throughout the whole land
>'* only begun in tho North weak"
iup.l'd l.NaANinr.
]g The Beport cf tho Phyilolact?Some Think
.|j Him Itiuot.
rfl Wixmpio, Man , Nov. 13?It is stated
a that Dr. Lovell, one of the Kiel medical
pe commission, has said he believed Kiel was
J0 insane. Dr. Jukce, of Rogiua, claimed he
was sane, while the other member of the
id commission wai wavering. Lovell bed.
lieved be was inclined to think the
aa prisoner insane. Each physician has
made a separate report to the government,
ut so that Lovell is not certain which way
jj the third doctor has reported. He Bays
a3 that the prisoner is far from being iu the
u. poeaesaion of his senses. Tnere ia
,|e a strange light in his eves, which
|,o betokens insanity, or as Kiel'd lawyers
te put it during the trial, magalomaoia.
[je Lovtll says Kiel during the presence of
of the doctors carried on conversations which
at no just man could claim to emanate from
>t>- a sane individual. He says if the govc-rnar
m^nt bangs him the act could not fee interx
preted as more or leBS than hanging a lun*1
atic. It is understood that the doctor has
\n promised to make a strong representaai
tion at Ottawa on the question, as 1I19
(je prelate is anxious to eave the poor man'a
of life. As the day fixed for the execution
Qt approaches the excitement hero grows
a. intense. *
ty NEWS IN UKIKF.
Hi
p, Thedty of Jeffersonville, Iml.Jsindebt
V $373,000, and must borrow money to tpay
tho interest.
J. D. Palmer, mail agent between New
ne Orleans and Marshall, Texas, was arrested
jt9 yesterday for robbing the mails.
Lj. TYutlroony is being famished, throngh
Virginia newspapers, of heavy Democratic
ro frauds in that State at the late election.
Charles Gale, wanted at Richmond,Ind.,
cs on several criminal charjjes, has been
at brought back from KanscB by Sheriff Gorpr
mftD;(1
At a publlo fiftlo of Imported Holstein"|p
Fricsian cattle in Cincinnati, sixty-four
re animals were gold, the |?ric<* realized ag>d
negating %\'2 070.
of Hio import* of dry goods at New York
sd during the past week were valued at $1,no
2W.992, ami the amouut thrown on the
jo market at $1,220,033.
The Rochester A Pittsburgh Railroad
has been transferred to the Uulhtlo, UocheaW
tor Si Pittsburgh Railroad, the considera?T
tion being $10,800,000.
M m Minnie Bradford, of Rome, 111,
ft! tried to commit suicide with morphine lie11
tia? lIiu una iu.i 1.1lnu f.il In irn In It nirtv'
with a particular young man.'
no John Ilinc, who was convictod at
al Youngstown, Ohio, of incest, five years
tig ago,uud <scaped froui tho court room, was
ua arrested Weuncaduy at Munson, Ohio.
The iiiincrH in thu Akron and Maaaillon
(Ohio) mining districts have decided todeaU
inand a ten cunt advance, and to receive
part of their wage* on thu lat of every
nK month.
k" Tho new BaltimoroA Ohio Railroad has
lie been tracked from Baltimore to l'hiladel*
A nliia, with the exception of eight miles.
0 it is expected trains will he running by
'' January 1.
John H. Claycamp, a farmer of HatniN
,1(j ton county, Ind., wna swindled hy an
agent for a patent "feed grinder and
cooker," who induced him to execute a
note for $11)5tfo.
Hie Mexican uovrrainoubconiauiiiioKD
tbu construction of a canal from take Texcoco
to take Z-unpaoKo, after whicli the
th water is to piu h throoi;l? a tunnel Uve and
?n n half miles long. The estimated coat ia
y. $1,000,000.
,n The watn* of n'l employes of the Colr10
brookdale (Pa ) Iron Works worn roduced
IW ton perconU A number of iron ore mines
Hr are preparing to cloao ilown for the winter,
or and many men will bo thrown out of ora*
ve ployment.
i The stockholders of the Memphis A
' Gharleatnn railroad have decided to Ifsuo
additional at ck amountiagto two and a
quarter million dollars to pay off certain
i:' indebtodneaa and build the lino from
Stevenson, Ala. to Uhattanooga, a uls
tanco 01 loriy mnea.
ml General Sheridan, ?t>oaklng of 1?Ih plana
to divide the Indian lamia into aevoralty,
ill giving t<? each family 320 acres, ao the
UK) tribal relations mlaht 1>? deatmyed, says:
it. "If my recommendations had baen adoptti?
ed when I flrat made tbem, many thouin,
Bands of lives ami inillionaof dollars might
bii have been aavod."
th Tho buaineaa failure* occuring throughno
out tho country (hiring.the laat seven days
ite aa reported to It. 0. J>un& Co., nnmbei
Ire for tho United States 100 and for Oabada
or a total of L".'a, aa compared with
)Bi 170 laat week and 201 tho week prevloua.
tut The conalderabla increaao orenni In the
[a* Wcatern and Pacillo btatec and Canada,
8 THE GiY CAPITAL.
J THE PBOMEHADKIWOJf THE "AVi"
Kullvanth* 8mdii In Wa?b?oRt?in?'Th? Poll.
tlelMU and pfflcaS^ktr^-'M-ffwonisn 1
Simplicity"?W??t Vi*g1ol? Goulp. ]
^ Tlii UaiptHi V*rrjr Frcpery.
e
fytcial Cbrrtrponrienct of the InUUlcenerr.
Washington, 1). C., Nov. 12.?We are J
* hiving delightful fill weather licro at
' prrsent, and (ho season seems to have
i baeu made to the special order of not only r
s tho ladies, who are takiug advantage of it r
t t> parade a thousand varied rich, novel t
J and gorgeous styles of costumes, but alsoin ?
? accordance Kith the desires of the sporting o
) fraternity, who are jast now enjoying the P
i annual fall races at ivy City Park. While j
* the Avenue is so brilliant with iplendidly n
. arrayed feminine loveliness that any one P
. observing it from an elevation might {*
j far cy his eyes beheld a gaily dtcorated J
I fashion plate. Tho hotels and sporting l'
t resorts are thronged with horss facc!ers 11
i and t^e tvir-preatnt army of three who a
> are rfliicted with the betting mania. J
' I' As the time for the assembling of Con- "
grc>8 approaches, there ia also an unusual .
tr.flux of politicians, legislators and office- 11
seekers, all of whom are upon the scene *'
. thus eariy in order to secure front seats f*
r.x. ?t.;a o... I d
National circus. Tho members who lave ['
1 arrived are looking fresh and in general 1(1
good trim after a summer's rest from their ft
duties of (^ate.
POLITICIANS AND OFFICE SEEK EES. jj
The i>oliticians and their hangers-on
are busily discussing, over the proverbial m
Democratic beverage, the results of the ^
recent cyclones in Virginia and New York. ef
The office-seekers bear an anxious look, at
while they button-hold the leading states- of
men aad earnestly inquire "if this is h
really a Democratic administration, and, th
if so, why are they not refurmad into ol- t*
fie* forthwith 1" of
For reasons that are verv obvious, not
the lei s'< of which is that Washington is of
increasing in favor as a national winter ot
resort and social centre, the demands for th
accommodations at the hotels and board- Ti
ing houses is almost unprecedented. Al- wi
though fully tifteen hundred new resi- ta
dencea hare been erected in the city with- be
in the past year, the demand for houses C(
cannot be supplied, snd, in conuauence,
rents are advancing. Of course the tenants
protest against what seems to them
an outrage, but they are met with the gi
rejoinder mat "a dozen other families are
willing to take the house to-morrow at
tven a greater price. qJeffersomax
simplicity. ^
It is predicted that the coming winter ^
will be one of the gayest social seasons A,
ever experienced at the Capital, notwithstanding
tho "Jeflereonian Simplicity" we ^
were promised should prevail under this H(
administration. With the advent of the c{<
Democratic leaders cornts the Southern tb
aristicrat and his bluo-blooded family,
who, if not representing aa much wealth j
as the Northern aad Western irillionaires
of Republican days, beasts of an ancestry qc
from away back?just this side of the date .u
when his great grandfather's father purchased
his great-grandfather's mother
from a Uritieh importer for a ft- w hundred
pounds of tobacco. * He is more intolerant Q
aud aristccratic than tho Northerner or
Westerner, or even the plain tvery-day
Southerner who U not ashamed that be .u
earned by the sweat of hia brow the right ?
to live elegantly, or even sumptuously, if w
you please. Ti
The word pictures of the "Jbffersonlan ,,
Simplicity" which this Demncratic ad* ,
ministration was to eatablish in Washing- (
ton, were beautiful in the eyes of the aim- .J
pie Americans during the campaign, but ,
if he would satitty himself that the whole
picture was a piece of campaign bun*
comb*, let him spend this winter at tho
Capital and attempt to gain entrance into .
ihe society composed of F. F. V's unless
be, too, can boast of arintocratic :
lineage. Of course I do not wish
to be understood as representing this very
select upper-ten as a crushing social i
uionopolv. They are a circle within themselves.
friero is plenty of true American
i?m, also. 1 believe it is generally under- j
stood that the President belongs, socially,
to the last-named class, although it ia
clearly apparent tbat his admiuistration
will be noted m ire for ilu pre- p
valence r.f the aristocratic element than wj
for its absence. re
WEST VlKUINI A MATT Kill. j8
Among the West Virginia visitors of tie T1
past week were Colli ctor McGraw, who fa
was en route for Chorleston, Editor Tal- [JJ
bott, of Beverly, and Juliua Ctejar Holmes, hr
S. R. P. B.& G. U.S., whicb, being inter- th
preted, Dignifies, "Superintendent of Re
pairs of Public Buildings and Grounds of 8 1
the United States." Mr. Holmes' head- gfc
quarters are now in Charleston, W. Va. w!
It is said that he is making a wry efficient to
officer?one cf the boat. In fact, ever in th
the service. His duties take hitn to every so
State iu the Union, and his position, com- an
manding, as it does, a good salary, iH one to
?f tho important prises drawn by our i>tat<v to
lion. Dauiol B. Luc is was hero this ni
wwk. It ia said that his scalping knife is in
sheathed for the present and will not ho an
a^aiii drawn until tne meeting of the next p<
Legislature at Charleston, when he tx- lil
p?cts to be armed and armoied for the ap
I ray. wl
Judge G.I). Camden, of Clarktbiirg,
arrived at tho National yesterday.
I met that sterling young Republican,
James D. Butt, of Uarpcr's Ferry, to d*y. nc
1I?* in in this city upon legal bun new con- ,?
nested with a matter of some importauco .
to Wist Virginia poople. lt
A COMPLICATED CASK. r*'
In a conversation with Mr, Butt, who is j?
tho General Solicitor for Thomas II. 8av- ^
cry A Co., tho purchasers of the Govern- th
ment property at Harper's Ferry, I learned
the interesting history of this caso, which, jf
-?? II ?.?u uiitn Invnlvuu nul nnlu til
Hirmign lia IV inn; ouv.il, ..V. .
tho lu'.ure txistenco of tho Chesapeako Jt 1,1
Ohio canal, hut tliu interests of what ia to nK
one of tho leading iutiua'.rioa of our State.
It was in 171)3 that President Washing*
ton recommended to Congresa the nccea* K1
aity of building a National Armory, for 8l|
the manufacture of anus for the United .wl
States troops. Tho suggestion was acted "r
upon and the Harper's Ferry site waa cho- *f
sen by reason of its wonderfully superior ril
water power. Previous to that t'nio tho
States of Virginia and Maryland had been
in diapute over tho Potomac river, both
common wealths claiming it aa a part of in
their territory. However, tho matter waa yii
amicably adjusted by a compact, tho provisions
of which gave each Stato political '
jurisdiction to tho middle of tho river, "'J
When the Government works woro built |V
at Harper's Kerry in order to utilise all
the wator power of the great natural pond
above tho worka, a magnificent dam waa r:
built entirely across tho river at an ex- ^
ppiiw ol JIKI.OUU, cnangtng mo courao 01
thu I'otonno uom ila natural conrao
mill bringing Ik onllrely over to tho Vlr- tl|
glnla rltlc, tlmn making tho power to rnn
the machinery ol the wormy.
Kor miventy yixni allarward llio United ?l
Statue controlled the water* ol the I'oto- ct
mac at Harper'a Kerry, and upon the lianla
ol their aluolulo right apont more thao '
hall a million ilollara. in Improving tho M
plant. Having thua uaed and controlled tl
the walora ol the river at that point, even 81
I to till* extent ol diverting tho channel to d
Uie Virginia aide, lor Udrtj-flv* year*, it ti
period of fifteen years longer than the!
common law conBrmed the right of proscription,
the question arises, who coald
give the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (Tom-,
pony the ripht to make snch use of the
water of the opposite or Maryland side, ss
mifcht, in any manner, diminish the full
use of all the power of the river at that
point bv the United States or their grantfee
? When the Chesapeake & Ohio csnal
vob built the company tapped the pond
it narper 8 rerry, merauy tupuijiugiueir
anal with water for thirty inilen, and dowiving
the Government property of more
han a thousand horse power of water.
savkry's claim.
In 18S4, Mr. Savory and bis company
lurchased from tlio Government the Arnory
property and the water power enire,
as held by tho Uuitcd State*. The I
nteution cf the company 1b to pnt up two
f the largest wood-pulp and six extensive
aper mills in the United States, which ,
rill give employment to 500 or 600 men.
'bey will have use for all the power, and 1
lust necessarily, therefore, refuse any ]
art of it to the canal. On the other j
andthe.canal company claims itsright to
le entire no .ver, and contests tho right of
le West Virginia company to use any cf 1
, The simple question involved in the t
ise is the title to the water power, and 7
hether the United States ever had a
ght to its exclusive use.
Mr. Butt stated to your correspondent
lat he holds that the United States had *
a absolute right to the use of all the water J
?wer that the river was capable of pro- J
ucing at that point, and that any omer *
ghta were subordinate thereto, both as a 8
gal proposition and upon the grounds of (
ablic policy in providing a means for a *
ational Armory at which arms and muitions
of war conld be manufactured far ?
ie defense of the whole nation. JJ
M r. Savery purchased of the Govern- *>
ent this property for the sum of $25,000. c
e haa paid upon the purchase $18,000,
:d haa commenced preparations for the Jj
ection of the extensive mills mentioned "
>ove. He has also spent a large amouut *
money in improvements on the river, ^
rerv dollar of which baa been spent in "
ie State. I am informed that all the mH- a
rial, labor j ?fcc., ueed in the work will be ?J
West Virginia production. 11
The resuli ol the coutest over the title 0
the property will bo of great interest to 0
tr pecple. The Harper's Ferry xat-n say
ere can be no comproaiiae with them. JJ
3e Oical Company say if the other side "
ins thecaaa it will break them up. Cer- ?
in it is that one of th* two enterprned ie ,J
lund to go under. It is for the Supreme "
>urt of the United State* to say which. a:
o a. d. P
??? a
WKIGUkie *T' tiLl.NG'6 CASK. d
til Settles Ktforiu Gere a Severe Twilling ei
Oat of sli ?pe.
Wabuinotok, D. C., Nov. 13.?The U
vil Service Commission has let down the
.re in the Staling case in a way to disurage
friends of civil service reform, o
Iter three days' constant wavering be een
true reform methods and their de e
of making it possible for Collector ^
sdden to appoint Staling, they have de- n
led on the latter course. Just how far tc
e President's evident wish that Sterling (Ji
cu'd be put in the way to succeed, and w
cretary Manning's efforts in that line
fiaenced tho Commission, it is hard to "
y, but they had much to do with it. The ?'
>mmias!on has ordered the entire list of J8
irtv who passed the examination to be Jjj
rtifled to Collector Hedden. J
Thin puts it upon the latter to select, 5
it gives Sterling, who was twenty-fourth, Jj
tqual showing with the firat. They 11
il lmvo the grace to have the seven
Idler* put at the head cf tho list, with "
e evident desire that Hidden mav ee- JJ
it one of them, but they shirk all the
sponsibility, and left it with him.
lough the rules cm be interpreted to "
low them thin privilege, yet it is plainly ,
violation of their spirit, and was never D'
sorted to until tho desire to help Ster- J"
ig caused the Commission to go to a ^
agth n? ver reached before. Ontdoprendent
thus established the Commission
akes the civil service examination not *
mpetitive, but eimply qualifying, and j*
aves tho whole matter of election to the ~
pointing officer. If the rules are to be *
retched to that extant, it is regardod as ?
irticularly unfortunate that the first caae y
lould be made with tho purpose of help- ?
g a man like Sterling. ,
Tl'is act will undoubtedly be used to in- 0
re the new Commission, and it is but
irtoeay in jislicu to the new Democratic *
embers that Dorman B. Eaton was the "
io who has been the chief in tho whole
raugement to thus aid Sterling. The 111
emocratic members naturally say that 81
ith Mr. Eaton's a*s?<ntthey ft-It that (he el
form element ought to ba satisfied, ss ho r(
f upposed to particularly represent it .w
lis action points decisively toward the ^
i*t brought out hitherto in theae dis- yj
itches tliV, tb* plan 1a Ufinjf considered
certify all who paw laminations, thus
tuikiogdown Uncompetitive trial,though w
e particalar feature* of this prasent.cwe .
ay eo arouso the public that no further lc
bj>s may bo attempted at present. rc
The only raun who now decides who l|(
iall he Weigher is Collector Hodden. r*
bo llrst appointed Sterling. It is hard m
gen how he c*n do it again, as under oj
e plain provisions of the law the SHven 2:
Idiers aro ontitb d to absolute preference,
id if not appointed Uodden will be liable
prosecution. Yet if it whs not proposed A
-I ..... Ut?,i:.in tint irl.nl.* Hat Wrtnlil
iver bo certified, a proceeding euspiciouB
Itself. The Commission is exceedingly
ixiotis about tlie criticism which it ex- P1
ids, but the Democratic members aro ai
toly to feel it less than Mr. Katon, who u
ipeare to have actod strangely in the . j
tioie matter.
1c
Illg;!1 k' (iitllkDlt;. B]
Washington Nov, 13.?Tho papers con- p
cted with appointments in the Treasury },
jpartment must be tough reading when 8j
is necessary to issue an order transfer- k
Dg the ladies from that to other divic- it
iih, and debarring tho female sex from a'
ther employment thorein. The refson ?(
signed is that tho papers with which ,r
at olllco baa to ileal are not of Bueh 11
laraoter that ladies tjhnuld ba compelled ?
lietan sn<l read tho same. It is stated w
at in almoBt every eontest for an oflice
o dillerent candidates make charts 'l
;ainat their opponents containing lan- A
lag.? which is until for publication, and
counts of tramactinns ami i scapatlfs are
von that lliggius has1 not tho heart to
bruit for the perusal cf a lady employe ['
linn It la neMWuy to recota ?nu "
1c( tho mii.c, nnd to liii mllnntry la >
tribtitad the isaue ol tlm order tranuler- J
?H them to toother diviaion. ?
Not MiioU Oa?h.
Wahiiisoto*, I). 0, Nov. 13.?The j try
the caae til K .v. Dr. Hicka, npiritual ?daer
ol tlio nMitaaiii tiulteaii, auainat tho "
iniino Star company, for $Jti?.(IOO dam*
,.H (or alleged libel iu tho pulilic?liori of vl
itatemeut that lliuka linil iie|<otiat?l to' bi
a transfer ol Unttean'a Imnra to a ine.ll- g.
I uiun'iim lor $1,000, rendered a verdlet ,
day lor the plalntitf ol ouo ccnt data- jj
c.
Mull Uava "Out I T??." J(
Wabhinoto*, Nov. 13.?It la not often ^
latao amall an appointment aalhatol |(
:oper of tho Sonata rrataurant mates a A
ir in tho world, but j nt at preaont it 1)0- ai
tmoa a matter of mora than ordinary tinjrtance.
Senator Fryo, of Maine, u
lairtnan of tho Oommltteo on ltaltief n
io Kunato, baa the appointment of tho 01
I'nalu reatauranteur, and he bai joit c
Mknated a jwntlainau from Maine. It b
sot tho Iwt tliM thf gentleman comei h
! from that Yankee State np in the northeastern
corner cf the Union which causes
the rumpus, but it ha* been developed
that he in a believer in prohibition of the
liquor train and those * ho have been
patronising the restaurant now want to
know what they are to do when they want
"cold tea," a beverage that ia very popular
and is growing more and more so around
tho Capitol. It Is quite a long walkover
to the House restaurant, even if it is
u^der toe same roof ; in fact it is almost
nearer to step outside and patroniz i one of
the "two for five" institutions just beyond
tho Capitol grounds. One result of the
new oitler of things will bo thnt liaaksand
convenient lockers in committee rooms
will become more popalar in the future.
QUEbTIgX OFVKBAC1TY
Finited ia th? T?l?pbou? OiHi l??f -r? f?*er#l*ry
Lftuar.
Wasdixotox, Nov. 13.?The hearing in
.he Bell Telephone case was returned beore
Secretary Lamar, at the Interior Dajartmcnt,
this morning. Mr. Young put
naffiJavits by Professors Walte and PadIcck,
embodying result of experiments
nth the Raiss telephone, and a mass of
estimony in the shape of tbe patents and
ecords of the patents of Edison, Hughes
nd others was also submitted.
Tbe pfR iavit of President Goodwin, of
he Globe company was also submitted,
ie testified that Meucci, owing to his exrerne
poverty, was oppressed by the Bell
Company in a suit bruught ctrainst him,
nd tiiatthe Bell Company had endeavord
to purchase the claims and pateuts of
ieucci.
If _ C ? AM. ..M
?r. ownux, iu icjii; w wiw, w?u iud
tell Company, upon invitation,sent a reptentative
to ?eo Meucci, but tbat he and
iafiiinds, Globi Company people, delined
to fhow him anything.
Mr. Beckwitb, reprinting the Globe
iompauy, offered to put in a counter aiil
avit from five gentlemen to the effect
bat no snch invitations had been ex?nded
by the Globe Company, and that
rhen the B?ll Company'a represontallve
ailed opon President Goodwin and hie asrcia'ef.
and spoke of millions of money, 1
ae G obo Company's peonle had taken
ut their watchts and gave him 20 mm- '
Us to leave.
At noon a recera was taken' until 2 p. m.
) afford Mr. F. L. Png??, an expert, on bealf
of the Bell Co., an opportunity to ex- .
mine the petitioners' model, the repro- ,
urtion of the Keirs instruments, which
jey claim will transmit articulate speech, <
nd which on the other hand, the Hell i
euj-jtj cihiiii, iisvn uet-u uiutuucu nuu
lade a t-p-jaking telephone by the iotro- <
uctioD oi additional improvements made i
nee the date of the Ball invention; or, in I
ther wordp, that the improvements and
lodificatious have given me R.'iss iostrulents
a voice.
1
BUAKHMKVS 8 I HIKE
Q the liliuctt Ccntrkl Mrttlnl After a Dig j
Freight llluckade.
Chicago, Nov. 13 ?There it) no chaogo (
i tho strike oMbe brakemen of the Illi- i
ois Central railroad. Tbe freight condoc
irs joined the striking brakemen yeater- ;
ay and as a conwqneuce no trains have
een ible toleavo the yards. Tbe side
acks are filled with card for which no
:ews can be obtained, and their number '
being rapidly swelled by those coming i
i, the crews deserting immediately on ]
leir arrival in the city. The strikers i
rft demanded an increase of wages from
15 per month to $51 per month. Then
ley changcd and asked for 1 \ cents per .
ule, wit h allowance for Sunday an?i owr- :
me. Neither demand has been granted,
id the strikers sav they have made all
te advances they intend to make and
tat any new move must originate with .
te officiate of the company.
After 1 o'clock the freight train manned .
y the Assistant Superintendent and other j
Seers of the road, and consisting of thir- i
' seven cars loaded with freight for ,
>uthern points was started from thn i
irda. It had not proceeded far when it '
as boarded by a number of strikers who ,
tok complete possession of it and run it j
i a side track about a mile from the yards,
second train was started ou* about 2
clock p. m , but got no furthpr than For'-third
otreeti when it was side-tracked
y the strikers, as was the first one. As 1
r as known no violence was n??*d. At 3 clock
p. m , Superintendent Bcck tele- (
aphed to the Chief of the Ilyde Park
d1 ice to send a detail of men to move the
aino. 1
A committee from tho striking brake- i
len of the Illinois Central road had a i
itisfactory conference with Superintend- t
' T?rf...u avanlnn on/I llm aitilran 1
:turned t) work. It is not known upon
hat basis the differences had been ad18ted.
but apparently the company
ieldtd.
Mlnrrn.Htlll Idle.
Pimnunati, Pa., Nov 13.?The eleventh
cek of the strike of the G,000 coal miners
i tlio Monongahela Valley closes to-mor>w,
and yet there are no visible or roible
aijins of a settlement Correct uews
yarding the situation is hard to obtain.
I tbe reports Bent out by ino minere ana
aerators are very conflicting. A boat
!5 men are said to be at work to-day.
A COWAIUHjY thick.
n Attempt to lllow U|? tli?* If onto of nn Al>
It-Krd HlntkMhwp Nitilor.
Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 13.?An Enquirer
>ecial from Irouton, Ohio, saye: A coirrdly
attempt wasmtde I*at night to blow
p tho house in which Andrew Cr.ry rcdop,
tho fasts of which it re about as fuliwh:
Andrew Cary, who is a blackloi-p,
was married a few weeks ago to a
retty rural damsel, and they went to
oueekeepiug in n cottaire on Eighth
reet. Young Cary is employed at tho 1
ielloy Nail Works as a nailer. Tho feel- *
ig between tl e striking nailers and the '
lleged binck-Bbc(?p is very bitter, and has 1
iveral times mmo very near cans- \
;g trouble. Some one about mid- c
Iglit last night placed a noma c
lied, it is Biippored, with powder in thf t
iadow near where tho newly wedded r
juplo were quietly Bleeping, attachod a fc
iHe to it, and, touching it o!T, skipped out.
torrible cxplcalon followed, ahattering
re window glass and awakening Peoplo
ir Bovrral Mjuarcs di?tant. Luckily tho B
largo of powder not large enough to ,,
ave the desired effect, and no ono waa
urt, and tho building. only hlichtly dam- *
:#>d. There is no clow an to tho p?rpe- '
atora of tho outran, hut it i* pnduhle [
lat Bonu thing will ho dono to bring the \
ould-bo awaiutius t > justice. t
i
IJIatnv In IKHK. v
Nrw Yoiik, Nov. 13.?There has been
maiderablo talk in the newapapeia t-inco
10 defeat of Davenport and Carr c f a re- (
ival of tho feeling that Mr. Blaine must .
b tho National loader in 1888. Mr. j
teplien B. Klkina has been quoted aa say- fl
ig that no one eleo hut Mr. Blaine could t!
ad the U'publican forces in the next c
ontcat. In rt ply to inquiries ou thosub* j
ict by a correspondent to-night, Mr. a
"I know of thcao nimnr?. but 1 pay
ttle attention to tlieui. Frlenda ol mine
lid frlendu o( Mr. il!?lne hue repeatedly
till tliHt chcumiUnon woro (orminn
rlilch would lead to tllll n null. 1 have '
Id no attention to tliom. 1SSS it > long i
aya olT, and what may o^cur lietweeu t
o* ami then no one can node rtake to i
ay. It I? loollah to talk ol what may ?!- i
nr at guch n remote period, and thla haa '
oen my repoatad atatement to all who i
jive apoken W me on the luhjecU" I
TWO WARS ON HAND.
?-?
DHITISH OKDERKD TO ADVANCE
By tho Vlcaroy of IndU-l Vlsaroni Cam*
patga to bo laaagvratod-lirlUati Ad-*
drouto tho Baraooo-SatrU DoeUr^a
War Afminst Bulgaria-A Sklrml.h.
vALiiTT*, ttov. ii^oru x/uuerin,
Viceroy of India, has ordered General
Prendergaat, commander of the Burmah
expeditionary force, to invade Hurmah
forthwith and proceed with all liaato to
capture Mandalay. The British forcea
will now crosa tho frontier immediately.
litcent dispatches from Rangoon state
that tlie inhabitant* of dlatricte in Britiah
Burmah where no large garrisons are
maintained, are greatly alarmed over reports
that King Theebaw haa subsidised
15,000 Dacoitea to cross the frontier and
begin plundering and mnrdering at the
first note of war. The Dacoites are robbers
who work in large gangp, and are
noted for their bold exploits. Having
neither baggage nor a commissariat, these
Kanila ttavul ?>||K m?rt*alAna inftA/t and If
uwiua uniti niui iuiu >Liuuas|'uvu| ?"< ? v
will be bard for tho British troops to catch
them.
Tha BrIUati rioclanyrilon.
Rangoon, Nov. 13?Tho British authorities
hare issued a proclamation to
the n tivcs of Burmab, acsuring them
that none will be molested iu trading, ro- .
ligous and other privilrg's, and all
native, civil and military officers will bo
protected as long as thiy remain
loyal, but punished if tliey maltreat
Englishmen. District (Ulcers are
ordered to dlarf card orders from Mandalay,
oh Theebaw will never be King again.
General Pendergnat has arrived at Theyetmayo.
HarvlM Uvolarvi War,
Sofia, Nov. 13.~In a frontier skirmish
atJTein to-day, eight Servians and one
Bulgarian were killed. Servia has declared
war ugaiust Bulgaria.
Kxpallad Oairniu Americana.
Berlin, Nov. 13.?The five GermanAmericans
whose expulsion from tho
island of Fahr was recently ordered by
the German Government, wero expelled
under a law of 1841, which bos been revised
and which does not allow foreigners
:o settle or even to reside temporarily at a
place unieai the local authorities permit
him.
B Itlah Soldiara Aiaaoltrd.
Livebick, Nov. 13.?A party of soldiers
belonging to the R.fles regiment, while
walking in the streets to-night, here, having
been given permission to leave the
t>arrarkft, was attacked and stoned by a
:rowd of roughs. The coldiers bolted and
made their way back to the barrack*,
rhe mob was dispersed by the police.
Picket* paraded-the streets to preserve
jrder.
Charges Agatnst Crook's Sconl*
Demi.no, N. M , Nov. 13.?The people o?
:hi? section, especially the ranchmen, aro
ndignant at General Crook on account of
lis declaration that there are no hostile
Indiana in the Territory, and that the peoplo
are secure Mat y of them go so far
is to say the Geueral will not be s* care
if he comes this way before the bitterness
iroused by the recent mausacre has died.
)ut. Information has reached here that
tome of the very scouts that Crook has
employed in the futile campaigns were f
imong the band of red devils who lrst
*eek murdered J. K. Yater and his wifo.
Mrs. Yater was outrasod before being
Dutehered. Her entrails were c ut out
jelore ehe died. Tho family came from
iedalia, Mo., and was much, respected.
fhe same band burned John Shey's house
luring his adaence. They wounded
Shay's little son, but bo escaped In the
iruah,
M.
Villi CIobo Ibtlr Slum.
ir.? rt. v? tn
mififlAAi'uus, wiiin.) i'ur. i<i.? ma neeting
between the Minneapolis Millem
\Mociation and the St. Paul Railway
jfficials which was held with closed doors
without result to the millers. They
irgped for a reduction in the flour and
rheat rate to Chicago, which was adranced
November 1, bnt the railway men
itated that the rate of 17J cents per 100
>oundfl during the winter was lowenough,
md that as the railway commissioners
impelled them to reduce their local rai*?s
hey had to have something more on
hrouch rates. The millers state that beore
December every mill would be closed
f the Northweatern lines continued the
17$ cent rate, and the Eaatern trunk lines
wtvanced to 26 cents on November 23, ea
hey would operate their mills at an actual
osa if they paid these rates.
The UmiI Allv*.
Cincinnati, Nov. 13.?M. A. Maguiro,
>f this city, who was reported-drowned at
Joultervillo, Tenn., on a fishing ixcurlion
and whose home and business place
aero had crspe on their doors, has tele*
p-aphed to his brother that the report was
intrue and the crape has been joyfully
aken down. He was cafgixud with a
sotopanion and a colored boy. and the re*
>ort of his drowning nuy have arisen
rom the fact that in his efforts to cave .
he colored boy he ^reached the shore a
lalf mile below the point where the fell
nto the water.
corn TDi?t iiMU|n<.
Toledo, Nov. 13 ? Mike SchesciakoBki,
i Pole, was sorioualy shot last night by
3eorge Reed, while stealing com from
ieed's field, near Forcat Cemetery. Reed
lad arretted the thief anil warned him ho
vould shoot liiin If he attempted to
ycapo. When near Reed's housr, Schcsiflkuski
broke away and started to run,
rhen Reed fired two shots, with the above
e*ult. Reed is held to await tho revolt of '
'eheschskuski's injuries. * ?T -J '
The Alc?nm 1> n-tcr.
Owes Sound, Out., Nov. 13?The
teamor Arthabafca arrived here to-day,
taving on board the bodies of KI ward
Voatand A. K. Emenion, victims of the
Ugoma disaster. The BteHinvr'd ellicers
ej?ort nothing farther than has already
>ecn published. An active ft-arch is still
n-ing made in the Ltighborhood <>t the
t reck in the hope that more of the bodies
rill be recovered.
llulltll.-g Vntla In.
DsrKOiT, Mien, Nov. 12.?The JournnVt
Jrand Ripidi special says: Tho Grand
lipids Furniture Company's factory fell
n this morning, killing Henry Kpping
:nd aetiously injuring three others. A
i< fective timber caused the tall. At 0:30
'clock this morning the men were lookng
at the debris when the building fell
igaln with the result stated.
Tvtlrt BI?u In Peril.
Pkxvkr, Col., Nov. 13.?A Silver Cliff
peclal to the AV?vt says: An explosion of
i box of giant powder in tho boiler
oorn of tho Domingo mine at 7 o'clock
his evening, sot tiro to the buildings
tnu in ion iiuiiuire mu uuurc ? nut imuru
in<l holding works burnud to the ground.
1'Iih mine tltnlwn *ro ou lira *nJ twelve
nun who an at work on * lower level are
u great peril,