I Wk( min'cltttd" BBI 1;sTaTsiTlSHED AUGUST 24, 1852. WHEELING, W. TA., MONDAY MOllNING. OCTOBER 8, 1888. VOLUME XXXVII-NUMBEIt 39. " __ ... ., ..y:,.... ,,,I,.. I Disaster. i fatal railroad collision iii, tin' Baltimore A: Ohio ItiiilI roinl fc'ii-f of Vnrtinsbiir/f. I Tho Postal Clerks and a Drakeniaii arc Instantly Killed, - ...inniT mn wiiinrn AND SfcVfcKftL AM lHUUniiU, Tlio ,st. Louis Express Kims into u Freight, with Prighfiil ltesults. \ Caiisi'il by the (Jross Carelessness on (lie I'urt ol Somebody. \Wfn.v<;TO.v, I), Oct. 7.-?The Cincinnati and St. Louis express which left the Baltimore iV Ohio Station in this city at 10:40 lout night, collided with an East ! bonn?l freight train from Marti nsburg, 11 IV. Va., near Dickerson, killing three men and injuring six others. |!v almost a miracle tlie passengers all escaped uninjured. A mile west of 1 Dickerson station the road makes a sharp ' turn and then goes down a steep grade ' in a deep cut, the bank being twenty feet ] or more above the level of the traeks. , Around this curve the train dashed < jut before midnight and began its do- ' si-ent,gathering momentum each second. j The freight train which had orders to , remain on a switch at Tuscarara, one | wile beyond, until the express passed, 1 Juila/ew binutes inefore left the switch ' ati'I was toiling up grade. Suddenly < ?)ior.> wnsnfliinh of humlliL'hts and the ? trainiui-n on the two engines wero up. ' palled at the coining disaster, which j they immediately saw coultl not ho avoided. Tho two engines were almost 1 upju f.i-li other, and tho engineers saw 1 that nothing could he done and that it ' was useless to apply the brakes.^ "Jiniij', hovs,' shouted Engineer J. F. Welch, of the freight train, as he * tepramr from hi? cab to tho side of tho truck, hut his fireman, J. II. VirtH, had < no time to get from his place at the fur- '< aaco, and (ieorgo Uidenbaugh, a brake- 1 man, who was also on the engine, was < go paralyzed with fear that lie was un- f ablo i * tho engineer's admonition. I J. W. C. Hand, fireman of the passenger 1 train, jumped and escaped uninjured. * In an instant the two engines came to- 1 p-tlierwith such velocity that theystood 1 locked together on the track and formed < ;j haso which was piled in con- 1 fusion a pyramid tweutv feet biuli. con- ' sihting of three wrecked freight care, { two express cars, tho mail car and bag- ' .'l.'car. These care acted as a buffer * ' lor the possengar coaches attached to 1 tin* western bound express, and though * the jiitfsc'iijjcra were 1 violently til hows' fouwalll) they all escaped uninjured. The pas- ' Heifers immediately sot to work to ex- ' trii atetho trainmen from the debris, and I a wrecking train-arriving a few hours 1 later assisted in the work. At 5 o'clock ( this afternoon the track was not yet free y. from debris although all tlio men had been gotten out. the victims. i The killed are: i William II. Wiley, h postal clerk, of \ tiraftou, \\\ Va. John Casey, postal clerk, of Wash- | ifltfoii, D. C. ( Gcoimn Kidsxuauoh, brakemnn, of , Berlin, Md. j The i n j tired are: [ Knuixurr Josui'ii Jkffehiks, of tho j ixuress train. _ t J. 11. Viuts, fireman of the freight. } Thomas Landon, conductor of tho ox- j press train. ? n ?..i ..i i. . v'uuok, ]*usuu i htk, I.. W. (iomioN, express messenger. _ X. Jackson', postal clerk, of Fairmont, W. Vs. Tt.c bodies of the killed were brought t<> litis city ami those of Wiloyand KidciilmuRh were subsequently shipped to their late homes. 11 is not thought that any of the wounded are badly injured vxmvt Virts, who was much bruised, ami Kngineer J cileries, who was severeJv scalded about the head and neck and uiav die. JelFeries was found in his cab luilomonth the wreck, and strange to My, would have escaped uninjured but /ut the supposition in that it i? another b? nk?;li whisky's Hhrine. Tho tramp J a'1 around tho neighl>orbood tor some lime and tbut day was drunk. Mr. Richtcr had also been drinking and it is supposed that the farmer may havegone to sleep while smoking and the fire thus originated. VISITING THE HATFIELD,'1. A Newnpnpcr Uojiortur fay* a Vlult t? Devil Alice"?Wlmt lie Saiv uud How He wm Entnrtalueri. Charleston*, W. Va., Oct. (>.?Clarence Moore, \ylio accompanied F. C. Crawford, of the New York World, on his trip to Logan and Pike counties, reports that they were hospitably enter* I taincd by Ance and Cap. Hatiield at their home fifteen miles from Logan C. I II., and counted fifteen Winchester I rifles in the room while they were eating dinner. The Iiatfields at present are| acting entirely on the defensive, saying that they expect to stay at home and attend to their own affairs, only asking to be let alone. They announce a determination not to be taken, however, aud as they are never found unarmed an attempt to arrest them would be a very dangerous proceeding. They take their Winchesters with them to the corn Held, when thov go to work, leaning them against a fodder shock while they cut up the corn, with navy revolvers Btrappcd around their waists. Frank Phillips, one of the leaders of tho McCoy faction, has sent word to tho llattields "to kill every d?d detective" they can find and that he will do the same on tho Kentucky side; and there is hut little Joubt that this advice will be followed whenever an opportunity oilers. The I bitfields are NOTED FOR TllEIlt HOSPITALITY ind never let a stranger pass by without taking him in and giving him the best they have, and this, of coarse, lion gained them many friends. "Kentucky Bill," rtiiose real name is John L. Napier, originally of Wayne county, but who obtained fiis soubriquet during his life in Colorado, has been having some quite interesting experiences lately, lit one time concealing himself in a hollow log for several hours in order to give his pursuers the slip. He is connected with x Louisville detective agency and is at present laid up with a wound in the inkle* made by a Winchester bullet, rho Circuit Court of Logan has disjhargsd Kirk McCoy from custody, and t is understood that the indictment igainst Dave Strattou will be nollied. Hi ere is no prospect of an outbreak at present, but in case any further arrests ire attempted interesting news may be looked for. Mr. Crawford in his letter to the New fork World, thus describes Ance Hatield: Ance, although a man of fifty years )f age, has not a gray line in the brown )f his thick hair, mustache and beard, lie has a pair of gray eyes set under the leepest of bushy eyebrows. His nose is inch an enormous hook as to suggest he lines of a Turkish ci in a tar. He ivorea black hat, faded by long exposure ;o the weather, pulled downoveradeepy lined forehead, lie piloted us to his lonsc, and showed us in with marked courtesy and "ease. As we entered the liouse I noticed two or three able-bodied nen, armed with Winchester rifles, paroling. As I entered the house, which s a log house of only two rooms, I was ihown to a seat in front of the lireilace, in which wood embers were unoulderiug. In this room there .vere four beds. On the beds were \ FOUMIDAUI.B AllIIAY OF WINCHESTERS. It looked like a small armory. In the iilack back-ground there was a sleeping igure on the bed. As we entered this igure sprang up to the floor, reached )ver, ami grabbed a Winchester. This ,vas the notorious Cap Hatlield, the pooriouft son of Ance, a man who- is ihurged with having tho most vicious X'in per, tho most cruel propensities in the whole Hatfield tribe. Cap Hatfield s directly charged by tho county with liaving committed several murders. He 8 known to be quarrelsome and vindictive. At the time of my talk Anco llatield took the seat to tho left of the tiro, Captain Hatfield taking tho seat to my ight, and then the children swarmed in rotn all directions. There was a little oddler of two, and a girl of four and a lero of six. This youngster sat and lisened to tho talcs of war told by his ather, and eyed the rows of Winchesters ying in tho back-ground with a hungry ook. Ance Hatfield is a JOVIAL OLD PIRATE. Captain Hatfield is simply a bad young nan withont a single redeeming point. Ie iias a slight frame, surmounted by a ound bullet head. His hair is dark, ong, and is combed down in 11 wavy ine directly crossing his forehead anil iver his eyes. His right eye is a watery jlue; bis other has been distigured by ;ho explosion of a percussion cap, so :hat it gives the appearance of being ivall-eyed, liko a horse. His nose is a Jiick pug, his tace is round partially TOVUrCU WIMI UU uilivcjlt, HUU oiu uu; joard. A slight mustache conceals his ;ourso mouth. Tho whole expression of tiia /:ico is very heavy. His chin conjtnutly drops upon his breast, and he jtares off into vacancy like a person disposed to melancholia. To all of my inquiries concerning tho crimes alleged to have beeu committed by tho Hatfield srowd ho had a way of shirking qfteslions that came close homo, when I talked with him bo spoke in a dialect. ONE 11UXDKKDpIoi'LE 1XJUKKD. i\ Floor Foil* Precipitating n Crowd to tli? CJ round?X Sad Ending of a Cornerstone Laying. Rkadino, Pa., Oct. 0.?Over one hundred people injured is tho record of an Rccldent which took place this afternoon during tho ceremonies attending the laying of tno corner stone of the new St. Mary's Polish Catholic church in this city." Probably seven thousand people gathered at the si to of of the church this afternoon to witness the ceremonies. Aboutone thousand of them were crowded on a temporary (loor laid on tho joists and walls of the edifice, which had been carried up one story. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, personally conducted tho ceremonies. After tho corner stone had been laid Father Libichi, pastor of tho congregation, aroso to speak, and had scarcely commenced his remarks wheu the newly constructed walls gave way and one-fourth of tho ffoor fell with i an awful crash, precipitating 200 people to tho ground, n distance of from fifteen to eighteen feet. Men, women | and children wero thrown into a confused mass with joists, brick, stone and mortar on top them. The excitement was intense, but willing hauds at once com* menccd the work of extricating the unfortunates, many of whom had to bo carried out autl placed in neighboring bouses, where tlieirinjuries were Attended ID and they were theu removed to their homes or the hospital. It was fallv two hours before the wounded were all pared '?r. It is said that several children are still missing. Yellow Krver llulletln. Jacksonville Fla., Oct. 7.?Edwin Martin, editor of tho Time* Union, died this raoruing. Dr. Mitchell reports na follows: New cases, 33; deaths, 9 (all white). Total new cases to date (cor? rected, 8,151? deaths, 291. The weather is clear and cool ami with a very few exceptions tho sick aro doing well. HABBISOI AT HOME.. j , How He is Regarded Among , Those who Know Him Best. ] I AN HONOR TO HIS COUNTRY. ! I vvpressions ()f I lie PukIoi* oi' II in g Church?"A Consist cut Christ hi ti n Gentleman"?IIIk Private Life ( in Above Reproach. c a Special Corrffpondaict of the JiiUUigmcrr. c Indianapolis, Oct. <5.?In General s Harrison's case, theold adage, "A prophet J is not without honor save in his own ? country," does not apply, for tho General is honored most where lie has lived J longest and is known best. If one could c drop down into this pleasant city with- ti out knowing or having known anything 1' of it, he would lind out first that it is J the home of General Harrison. Later ^ he might discover that it is Indianapolis, ? the Capital of Indiana. o There are doubtless some Democrats, {? here, but apparently not many, for the j, sentiment of the people is that of loyalty \ to their honored townsman. Here in Indianapolis it seems to be the custom Q of the people to express their political preferences by lithographic portraits of their candidates liunjr in the front windows of their homes. You will see these s< portraits in the luxurious residences of rc wealthy citizens, in the homes of the U middle classes and in the poorest tene* f1 ments?scarcely a house is without one ?' or more?and they nearly all present the P familiar features of General Harrison. " Once in a long while one comes across a nl lonesome looking portrait of President j*1 Cleveland, and I have noticed a single picture of Clinton 15. Fisk. J; I have talked with many Republicans, ? and a few Democrats here. The former p are enthusiastic regarding their eandi- J* date and the latter have nothing to say tl against him. Whatever opposition he may have hero will he opposition to the . Republican party anil not disfavor of its J'1 standard bearer. liven the partisan }n Democratic papers have nothing to say 12 against the integrity of General llarri? son, and tbev can say nothing here * against liis efficiency. TJieir stock in trade is con lined pretty much to false statements concerning the tariff and dia- tl: tribes against Mr. Blaine. Any slander- w ouh reports which, may ho invented eoncerning General Harrison must have hi their origin a considerable distance from tf: his home, to obtain oven temporary eon- hj sideratiou. When such reach here they hi are perforated and collapse at once. h< clerical inteuest. jj One noteworthy feature of tho cam- i\{ paign here is the interest many of the pi prominent clergymen of tho city are taking in it; not that tlicjr aro introdu- P! cing politics into the pulpit?hut iti their writiugs and conversation they are doing . good service for the man who, to them, is an almost ideal Christum gentleman, ami whose influence at Washington they ' feel would he for tho best interests of n" the moral sentiments of the nation. JJ Yesterday afternoon I met the Rev. . M. L. Haines, pastor of the First I'resby- :* terian Church, of which General Ilarrieon is a member. It was not very long until we were talkingabout the General, Jr for his name, sooner or later, seems to ? find a place in every conversation here. . "I have known General Harrison ever j since I came to Indianapolis," said Mr. Haines, "and he is a man whom it is a , Sleasuro and a satisfaction to know. Ife , a member of my church; and there is ' no other member more earnest, sincere and consistent, and no one more efUcieut. < Ho is an honor to the congregation. . There are few members of the First " Presbyterian Church who have been ? connected with it for so long a time as ' General Harrison, lie and Mrs. Harri- " son identified themselves with this h. church immediately after their arrival bore?thirty-four years ago. They . brought church letters with them front ' the Presbyterian Church at Oxford, ' Ohio, with" which General Harrison had united while a student at Minuia Uni vereiiy. wnen nu csuuu uviu uchuiui Harrison was only twenty-two years old; two years later?at the ago of twentyfour?he was elected to the olllco of deacon, and four years after that, was made an elder. For Home time before the war T' he was Superintendent of tho Sunday School, mid, after his return to tho army, was /or several years?until his election is to tho United StatesSenate?tho teacher p( of tho Bible class for men. lie was very tli successful in this last work, drawing to co the class a largo number of young men, if active in business and professional life, or Among the olikers and members of the te churches of different denominations in Si this city, I meet not a few who speak m with enthusiasm of tho instruction and ti< tho inspiration to a truo life which they received while members of this class. se REA80SS roll HVCCBS8. j\l There wero soveral reasons for his suecess with this Biblo class?in tho first ni placo he was faithful to it?as he is to all cc his duties. Amidst all tho press of pro- [e fessional and political engagements, he bl managed ho as to foe very rarely absent, Jr and during one of his political campaigns tr when ho was sneaking six dajs in tho week, Uo insisted mm jus unpoHumeuiB - bo so arranged that lie could get back to Indianapolis Saturday evening, and thus 'r bo enabled to meet his class on Sunday to morning, as usual. Then again, he J* studied carefully and thoroughly the questions involved in the Scriptural subjecta considered, and was always read v. c' One of tiio me libera of his class lately a.( said to me: "General Harrison always lj had a clear conception of the truth in ? his mind, and hu had that truth also in ? his heart." His faithfulness and earn- d estness impressed and encouraged like traits in thoso who wero under his in- 8t struct ion. His firm convictions of the ** truth strengthened the convictions of thoso who listened to him. "lieis us faithful, also, in the regular- u ity upon his attendance of the Sunday and mid-week services of his church, and in the loyal and thorough way in which he meets tho responsibilities rest- jB injj upon him as an ollicerof the church. 0f llo has surprised us again and again by 0 %-- 1... I...a m.i w% nnnil In < mo wity in wiiiuu ???? w v fulfill bo many* engagements of tins ^ kind during periods when his business 0) affairs would seem to demand his con- t| stant and undivided attention. During al all tho excitement of tho weeks pre- S| eeding tho convention, ho missed none ji of tho church services while he was in |? the city. On the Sunday previous to ? his nomination, when the excitement \y was running so high in Chicago, he was in his pew as usual, and the next 0 morning, when I went into his office, ij only an hour bofore the result of the tj eighth ballot was announced, Mr. Miller, jj his partner?also an oflicer in the r church?said to ine; o A QUIET SUNDAY. " ' 'Well, Mr. JIaines, we had a rest and ^ n real Sunday yesterday, We did not ie- v ueivo a single telegram yesterday?yes, I * believe a messenger boy did bring up a r telegram about duskyet that Sunday n wa? tbe day so many of the politicians wero working so industrious to form combinations in the interests of their favorite candidates, and one would have 1 supposed that the wires between India- < napolis and the headquarters of the In* i liana delegation in Chicago would have l>eeu kept hot with messages; but Gen. Harrison is not an underhanded manipulator or wire-puller. "The nomination, instead of exciting >r inflating him, seemed to rest upon lim us a solemn responsibility. lie has ihowu since that time a seriousness in liscussing the duties of the National Executive office that reminds one .of Mr. Lincoln's conduct under similar cir:u instances. "The Hev. B. Fay Mills, of New Jersey, who was hero last spring conducting , series of Union Evangelical services, in which halfa dozen different religious lenominations joined), and who hud the ipportunity of meeting General Ilurrinn. and of studvinir him. wrote me an nthuaiaatic letter recently in which lie aid: *1 believe tho nomination of a uan of his pure character will do more or the elevation of our politics than lias ny other recent event.' "From my first acquaintance with icncral Harrison I have admired him. le impressed me from tho first as a man f well balanced mind and clear convicions, who would give any argument rought before liimnfuir hearing, but! /ho would not allow anything to swerve1 lim from the strict line of duty. There } about General Harrison an utter abuneeof pretense or affectation. He Is pen anu straightforward, both in Ionuage and iu action. He is not a man a speak or act for more elfeet. What e says and does is from conviction. ] Vith him a promise is sacred. His res' means yes, and his 'no' means no. I [o is not dictatorial to others, and will llow no one to dictate to Ijim. ,, OPEN TO VOSViCTlOS. He is, however, al ways amenable to rea>n, and should lie "ever lind himself - 1- !- ?L- I lw> 11HUIKUU, or mini; wruugi nu ?uuiu */v uick to acknowledge and make repnraon at any sacritice to himself. Ilia life i this city lias been conspicuous for its robitv aud stainless integrity. He bas foil a constant Christian gentleman, I ways inspired by a high moral purpose, ad ruled by a conscience strong and iuirmed. He is not a man to make a pilule of bis religion; be rclixes to me merson's saying: 'The less a man nows or thinks about his virtues, the etter we like him.' He lacks entirely le self-consciousness that haunts so tany of our prominent men. "General Harrison has been generous i bis benevolence, and has taken great itorest in tbe various charitable organations in this city. His popularity nong Koman Catholics, Hebrews and rotestants alike, attest the breadth and numwH ?i ma Bviupam^. "From all you have told mo, I infer lat you believe General Harrison ould make a moat excellent President." "I certainly do, judging from his past re, which is what gives us tho key to 10 real nature of the man. 1 feel that 2 would be an honor to tho olliee, to is political party and to the country. I dieve his administration would be wise id just. I know, from unquestioned ithority, that he received the noininajn absolutely unpledged, beyond the omiso that if elected, ho would conict the administration on Republican ineiples. That ho would do this, can > depended upon. "I have only recently returned from a lort vacation in New York .State, and I as impressed with the idea that in the ist General Harrison's intellectual ami recutita abilities were not always ?p eciated at their true value. Ho" is by ) means a man of merely mediocre atinments. Ho stands as" the acknowlIged head of the bar of Indiana, and io masterly way in which he has manled the great cases committed to him, nn'D Jn I lit ?1 moll llf lllYlIlfl mill danced powers. lie luis a bead, I lould judjge, at least three sizes too rge to tit him to wear his grandfather's tellertual hat.', The remarkable series speeches lie has delivered day after ly to visiting thousands since his noiui* ition hears witness to this. "Mrs. Harrison has been an earnest ilper o! her husband in religious and mritable work. For some years she as the teacher of an infant elass in the inday School,and shealwavuhas taken i active part in the missionary and soal work of the ladies of the church, le is prominent in the management of 10 Indianapolis Orphan Asylum and her public benevolences. She would ;ert a healthful influence upon Wnsligton society and would grace her potion as Mistress of the White House ith all the mvoir (aire and refinement hich the exalted station demands." c. 31. K. TliOt'HMi AT CHICAGO. ie X'ollce haven Scrap wltliSlrlklngStroet unr (iiciu Ciucaoo, Oct. 5.?Mayor Roche to-day sued a proclamation* requesting the joplo of the city not tocongregato in e streets. The Mayor says that the llectlon of crowds should bo avoided the authorities are to maintain good der. The announcement that an atmpt would he made to run the North do cars to-morrow morning with new en is the occasion for the proclamaon; The number of police massed will l>e veral hundred, the Harrison station one sending 100 men. The first coliion between tho police and tho striks occurred about midnight at the Lnrbec street barns. Capt. iJohaick and a impany of his men brought sixen imported laborers to the irn in the guise of Mooney id Roland special policemen and were ying to get them undercover without trading attention when a few of the rikers began to call out "scabs." This ifuriated the Captain, and, springing oui his baggy, he called on the officers i clear the street. The men were slow jout obeying tho order. In ct they belmvcd as if they ould rather that somebody else would ear the street. The captain, who had Ivanced to within u few feet of thoposion occupied by tho strikers, observed to hesitation, and turning upon the neof blue-coats, he shouted, "Cowart!*, isperso this- mob." Tho officers, eviuntly nettled, went at the little knot of rikers and scattered it in every dircc ' COMMENTS AUDIT BAKItV. In R?*lffnntloQ from tlio K. of L. lixecu(lvo Hoard Cauaea Talk?Emphatic I.ongUORC. PiTTSBURon. Pa., Oct. 7.?In commentijc on tlio resignation of Thomas Barry, [ the General Executive Board Knights [ Labor, Homer L. |McGaw, ex-Master forkmon of District Assembly No. lid to-night that he did not befieve the rder will die w ithin a year, but says le membership has fallen oil* consider[jly within tlio past two years. The >y system adopted at Richmond iu the iterest of the Administration, lie says, i correctly criticised and he knew of men who have been made intoxicated y theso spies for a purpose." Ex-Master Workman Joseph L. Evans, f D. A. 3, was more emphatic in his inguage concerning Barry's resi^onion. He said Tom Barry's sickness iss impaired his mind and he does lot know what he is talking about. Tho rder will not go to pieces in a year and tot in n thousand years, lie is ight in one instance, however, 'ho clerks in the general ofllce vho were favorable to Barry, were I>ottod and discharged. Men who did tot bulong to tho order were taken in ind afterward made Knights of Jf Union, took tincture of aconite last light and died within two hours. BEFORE THE BATTLE. The Political Horizon as Seen by Observers at the Capital. SOLEMN TRUTHS FOR GROVER. Governor Cray Calls llie President's I Attention to Cold Facts About Indiana?Sew York all Right. A Cheering Ontlook, Philadelphia, Pa.,Oct. 7.?The Prm publishes the following from Washington: Ordinarily but little that is useful in indicating the political drift of the country can he had here, hut the fact that Congress remains in session gives the | present year some advantages. Congress men have been going out into different States and then coming back here with views of the situation, some of which are valuable, but a good many are not. Take cbemall in all, however, they furnish about as reliable an estimate of the situation as can bo had outside the unfathomable minds of those who hold tho reins of management at the New York headquarters. No Democrats own that Mr. J Cleveland is to be defeated, and nobody : expects them to. There i?, however, a 1 i decided dill'ereaca in their way of stating | things and that which tho Republicans j [ have. Republicans wlio have recently 1 informed themselves regarding some of j the doubtful .States are decided in the 1 opinion that Harrison will be elected, 1 and that by the vote of every Northern State, with" possibly a singlo exception. They express this "feeling earnestly be- . cause it is a conviction with them. On the other hand, every Democratic claim 1 1 have heard is qualified. If this or that nan not nappeneu, or 11 hub or mat i should happen, it is told you, there i would be no doubt of Cleveland's elcc- I tion. That the party is weighted and far t from being in the good spirits displayed 1 by the Republicans need not be told to t anyone who has given any attention to i the drift of the campaign. i govkunob a it at ok Indiana. ! It is not necessary to rely upon gen- ( cral facta for an opinion of this kind. '] During the week something has been 1 known of the condition of tho President's mind on this matter of so much G great personal concern to him. lie has received much information that is dis- 1 couraging about Indiana. There has N been a disposition on the part of the . Democrats to look upon that State as ' pretty securely anchored on the Demo- 1 cralic aide, but they are now beginning | to understand otherwise, and those who J know most about it?men from Indi- 1 ana?have been giving the President 1 some cold truths. Among these is Gov- f ernor Gray, who sought the nomination 1 for Vice President and didn't get it. 1 Governor Gray exhibits no feeling over c his disappointment, and has been on the 1 stump in ludiaua, but when ho culled at the White House this week he told the President that, while they were go- 1 ing to make the best fight they could, and hoped for tho best, it was more than likely ttiut if tho Democrats succeeded I with their national ticket it would be j without the vote of 1 ndinna. , Governor Gray repeated this view 1 substantially* in such confidential con- S ferenccs as ho hud here'with fellow c Democrats, and in some cases lie elaboratetl his masons, which embodied two points: the tariff attitude of tho Demo- c eratie party, which is unpopular in both [ the /arming and manufacturing sections 1 of the State, and the fact that a citizen c' of Iudiana heads the Republican ticket, j The Governor was much more guarded 1 in his expressions to casual friends, and * not even to strangers did he once claim J the State as certain to go Democratic. 1 THE WESTERN MOONBEAMS.. [ The President has been fed so long on the unsubstantial gush of pickinson, I Vilas, Scott ami that kind of moonbeam 1 bilkers, Unit Grav's cold sense rather j staggered him. lie hns kept up pretty well with some features of the campaign, hut it has been difficult for him to get the truth from some of those around him. Don Dickinson hns been sending from Michigan the most dashing stories of how that State is going, and Vilas has never ceased to hold before the President's view the possibility of Wisconsin and Minnesota. Even Scott has talked so much about the way in which the Republican majority in Pennsylvania is going to be reduced, that it would not hesurprsing to hear him claiming the State out jjiid out before election. Some of these things have deceived the President and some have not. lie has not been without the ability to see that the tide was going ngainst him. Ho still holds the view, however, that two or three of the Northwestern States?and his mind js quite as much upon Illinois as any other?may Hop from the Republican column. There are few Democrats who have any pntience with that hope. They call attention to the fact that Western "Democrats, except those in tho Cabinet, do not hold out any hope froiuthat section, and that all the talk is in the Kasv. Even Michigan, which the Hepublicans were very much afraid of six Weeks ago, is no longer regarded by 1 well-balanced Democrat*) as promising, c TWO SOUTHERN* STATES. 1 On the other band the Democrats aro 1 getting quite slinky about West Virginia. J Private opinion of the situation there ] expressed by ex-Senator Camden, a < Democrat, have circulated and do not t inspire the party. Camden knows the t State pretty thoroughly, and he is re- t ported to havo said in good set language that he did not see how the Democrats could expect to carry It this year. Large accessions to the manufacturing aud t lumber industries have about revolutionized the sentiment there, and it is ] not believed that the old way-back Dttn- t ocrats can any longer out-vote the new blood which is building up the State by * the development of its resources. All ! the Republican encouragement about : West Virginia comes from the Demo- . crats who know sometbiug about the situation there. The Democrats are willing to confess that they would be afraid of Virginia, also, were it not for the fact that Gen- 1 eral Mahoue is immersed in a quarrel 1 with the colored people, the effect of < which no one can foretell. It would f not be very surprising if it Should re- , suit in a large body of colored votes go- j ingtothe Democratic ticket. AH this , was avoidable, but as it has not been \ avoided, the Republicans are no longer , considering Virginia, although two , months age it promised good fighting ground. LOOKING TO THE EAST. ' The result of the week's observations ' over the whole field haa been to per- , suade the Democrats that they had bet- , tor not rely upon Indiana too much, i The more careful ones are now leaving it out of their calculations, and while i while Chairman Brice in New York is entertaining the public with talk about ho Wwit thnun who flfniro closelv and more upnn facts do not shut their eyes to tlio (act that the Democratic hope centers upon New York, Now Jersey anil Connecticut. Cleveland may ourry all of them and still lose if the Iieputlicans carry Indiana and West Virginia. But Senator llawley nays that Connect^ BllUIIUUU WUIUU CU111U 111 Uiiw OIJUJ'U u another here that give a fair view of th field. Democrats who are not blinde* by partisan interest have recognize* that the drift was agftinstCleveland frou the start, and it is now confessed tha none of the several efforts to check i linvo had all the desired effect. The de clared hope of the Democrats was to"ed ucate" the people to their way of think ing about tho tariff and they still hopt thev have done something in this liue If they have it has not been made ap parent to Kepublican members whe have recently been through their districts. Instead of finding converts to the Democrats, they claim to know of 11 considerable number of Democrats wh'c have changed on the tariff issue. It if not an unusual thing to lind n Ite'juhliL*an from a country district who can name from three to a dozen of them in luuiuai. uvery lun usuii> iu urn umhh\, Party work in tho heat of the closing lays*of the canvas may change souie of them back again, but it is claimed that inch changes at* may thus occur will be but little felt in the midst of the large aumbers that will stay Hopped. THURMAN A DI8AIT0IXTMEKT. Another feature of the Democratic jarapaign has proved not only a disappointment, but a positive drawback. Chat is Judge Thurman and his camhlacy. Tho incident of his physical failire in New York is a small matter compared with tho general feeling. Nothing xpected in his nomination has been ealized. He was wanted togo upon the itump and stir up the old-time Dcmo:rat8, who have heverbeen veryenthusiistic over Cleveland. His speeches have jeen the most astounding failures, and t is felt to bo extremely hazardous to exhibit him .again before the country. Phere is n good deal of criticism of the 'resident, M ho is personally responsible or the nomination of Thurman, and it is icen by everybody now tiiat tne choice if Governor Gray, of Indiana, would lave given some strength to the ticket vhere it is greatly needed. Two weeks ajjo there was considerable nside discussion about getting Thurnan ofT the ticket and Giuy on. It had nany advocates, and the talk was paricularly prevalent in Indiana, where he necessity for some action was best inderstood. But it was Agreed that the ihange could not be made without dong quite as much harm as good. I do lot know whether Judge Thurnian's ipinion on the subject could be taken or lot. GOOD KKPL'lUiICAX m\s. rho Now York DomormlN Fighting lincli Olbrr. New York, Oct. 7.?The Democrats of Jew York City are fighting again. That s good news for the Republicans. The s'ew York members of the Cabinet, Secretaries Whitney anil Faircbild, Colinel Brice, ex-Senator Barn um and Senior Gorman all came to New York and onsulted for two days and two lights. They told Tammany to >e good and take Hewitt if * they ouldn't get anything better. Tarniiany wouldn't. They wanted the counv Democracy to accept somebody else nan Hewitt*, and the county Democracy vouldn't. The National Committee abored and prayed and swore, with the esult that Tammany nominated Sheriff 5rant and the county Democracy intoned the Citizens nomination of Iewitt. They will put up separate icketa throughout, and go to clawing mt each other's political eyes, in reguar Democratic fashion. PAST EXPERIENCES. * In 1880 the Democrats clawed each ither to pieces and elected Garlield. In 884 Grant ran against Grace, and the Democrat majority was pulled down to 13,000, though the Democratic vote for Mayor amounted to 140,000 more than the iepublican vote. There were ndiUcrenco 100,000 votes between the local Demosratic majority and the national majorty. If .the same thing is goi/ig to hap)en this fall, Cleveland may as well hefin packing up now preparatory to leting another tenant in the White House. A Mayor, a Governor and a President vould be a great victory for the local Republicans. They have it in their >ower to elect all three. Sagacity and lerscverance win uu u. j iiu i'u? x uik itepublicaus liavu it in their power to sleet Harrison, and tliev could stand the osh of every other doubtful State. The Democratic iimnagersare alarmed it the size of the workingmen's ?lefeeion. They are just beginning td And >ut how largo it is. ?J?ui> Mrnn* HiihIiii'kn. New York, Oct. 0.?Chairman Quay >i the Republican National Committee jffers a reward of $-V3,000 /or information ending to the conviction of persons vioating the registration,Inw in New York :ity. Tho money is' deposited in the iarfield National Bank and certified by .'resident A. C. Cheny. Two thousand lollars will be given for the first convicion, $l,00() for the second, $">00 for tho bird and S250foreach conviction thereifter, until the whole sum is exhausted. A Hitcli in tho AmtngrineiitH. St. Louis, Oct. 7.?There is a hitch in he arrangements for tho world's chainlionship series between the St. Louis Drowns and the New York Giants. Boson declines to permit the use ot its ;rounds for less than 'Jo per cent of the eceipts, and President Von Der Ahe mnounees that the Hub will be left out ind the game played in either Cincinrnti, Brooklyn or Philadelphia. Queer Journalist*. New York, Oct. 7.?At a meeting of .ho Central Labor Union to-day the Horace Greeley Lodge of Journalists iflercd a resolution that Congram be isked to place immigrants und others mablo to procure work, at husbandry. It will be discussed next Sunday. A notion was carried to co-operate with :he Socialists and Anarchists in commemorating the execution of tho Chicago Anarchists November 11. Mr. Dillon on tue Land Qumtion. Loxiwis*. Oct. 7.?Mr. John Dillon line written a letter on the Irish land question in which ho says: Recent even I* add new courage to thocvictors and rack renters, who last spring were utterly beaten, but who now seemed to ho in* spired with new unpen. Du. Bull's Cough Syrup takes tlx lead of aU congli preparations on ow ihelvea.?Carpenter & Palmeter, Jiuncs town, N. Y. Gesti.emes'h cork nolo ihoes keep tin feet .000. Then there came change. Republicanism went out an Democracy came in, and what was tl: result? In 1887, or the last year froi which we have ollicial statistics, thei was expended for the benefit of tl school children of this State almost twit as much as any Republican adtninistn tion ever litid out. $402,000 wi thus laid out." The Intelligence does not disputo the figures for 1807 an 1S70. There is at hand no oflicial repoi for 1887. The last published reports o tins subject will bo found on page G< Auditor's report for 1885 and 1880, shov ing that there was apportioned to tli several counties for school purposes fc the year 1885, $104,524 30, and lor 188< $207,727 0(f. The amount apportions pur capita in ISO" and 1870 is undoub cdljr greater than in 1885 and 1880, t the population has increased at leai lifty per cent. The Republicans built school house from the organization of the State o nay, from 1805, when they got the scliO( system in operation, to September 31 1870, to the value of $1,057,473 04; fc ten years under Democratic rule, froi 1870 to 1880, to the value of $013,000 0The Judge says: "In the last year < Republican rule there was expended fc all purposes in this State $557,000. I 1887 there was laid out for all purpose over $1,087,000. But you ask me lio was the Democratic party able to i3 this? Did it lay heavier taxes? Not or cent." Economy, honesty and intell gent business methods, Judgo Flemin states, enabled the Democratic* party t not only expend so much more mono; but nlso to reduce the taxes. The Judy failed to state that a Democratic Const tutional Convention increased the nun her of officers in every department < the State government and increase the salaries of many of them. To prevent a deficiency in tlib Trea ury a Democratic Legislature ordered re-valuation of real estate in 1874 an 1882 and increased the valuation $22 423,242 30 from $95,300,808 02 in 1871 t $117,044,110 32. 110 ^ot his figures mixed in regard 1 reduction of the rate of taxation, f( precisely the opposite of what he said the fact. At the organization of West Virgini the rate of taxation then existing in tli old State was forty cents 011 each Sl( valuation of taxable property for Stal purposes. This was continued one yei by the Legislature of the new State. J the second term of the Legislature tl rate was reduced to thirty cents f< .Stato purposes?Chapter SM, Acts of 180 Chapter 100, Act* of 1808, the rote wi iit:aiu reduced from thirty cents totwei ty cents on each $100 for State purpose In 1883?Chapter 5-1, page 81?the ra! was increased to twenty-five cents, whei it now remains. Both the reductioi were made by Republicans. The ii crease was made by a Legislature ove whelmiugly Democratic. This increase of valuation and also i the rate of taxation did not produce tl. necessary revenues to meet the extrav gaut expenditures caused by a Deim cratic constitutional convention increa ing the number and pay ofollicersi the State. .So the Democratic State E: ecutivc, in violation of the constitutioi issued btnto bonds to ttie amount < $137,oil 48 and invested in the Irrcduc bio School Fund; and also borrow*! from this soma fund on temporary Ion the huui of $49,000. See annual repo 1885-0, page 01. l Judge Fleming did not refer to tl iinpeaehment of a Democratic Audit< and a Democratic State Treasure Neither did he have anything to say o the unsavory subject of mismnnageuiei of the Insane Asylum, which has b come a stench in the nostrils of decei ufen of nil parties. No scandals ui witten in the history of West Virgin under Republican control. the speeches at the It INK. Flouting Mnkr* a Wcnli S|>?erh at l'roriucoH mi Unfavorable Iui|ir?anlo Si'iialur Kennu'M Effort* to "Slake tl Wnmo Appear tlio Hotter KonMiit.'' The Democratic meeting at tho Can tol rink Saturday night, addressed I Judge A. B. Fleming, Democratic cai didato for Governor, und U. S. Senat< John 12. Kenna, was tho largest politic gathering so far this campaign under tl aUBpicCB of any party. Tho rink wi al)out as full as it could bo without di comfort, probably 2,500 people heir present. Of course a large portion < tho audieneo was composed of ltcpubl cans attracted by curiosity. Tho Young Men's Democratic Clu with* Mayer's brass band ahead, and members in line, of whom at least: were pohtollico employes, the Fifth wai club with 24 members and a drum cor] 1 and the Kenna club with 10 men and drum corps, turned out and escorted tl , speakers in a carriage from their hot to tho rink. Tho display was crcditahl ; and lots of pyrotechnics were burnc Tho streets were well filled with peopl but there waa a notable lack of enth fiiasin along the line. When the speakers and escort rcachi 5 the rink a large audience was nlren< r assembled, and there was a show of u thnsiasm a* the party entered the ha Mr. A. G. Had lick, President of t ^ Central Democratic club, called t ' meeting to order, and named Hon. A. Hw-cency aa chairman. Mr. Sweeney i [Continued on Fourth Page.] A rOFULAR CONDUCTOR i On the Halliinore & Ohio TraiulVrrtfd Awnjr From Wlieollni;. The many friends of Copt. Bob Moore, the populariV:0. conductor, who for several years past has been on the "Daisy J.imited" run between here and Chicago, will regret to learn that he has LK had his run changed and in the future will not run into Wheeling, at his own request, which of was kindly granted by General Manager Peahody, controlling all the H. & O. divisions west of the Ohio. C'apt. Moore has been transferred to the Columbus and Cincinnati Midland, a stretch of 11(1 miles, over which the 11. & O. runs its Cincinnati and .St. Louis trains from here, nk The recent death of Capt. Moore s motli2ii er has left his father, Capt. J. W. Moore, nte all alone at his home in Columbus, . and it is in order that he may be near lor his father that Captain Moore lina been os changed at his own request. On his ho new run lie will be in Columbus daily. ,i? There wasuntnn nflinnl on thnnhfenpAifJ. . vision thatdidnotregretlosingtbispopular conductor, and he bears from them lot letters of testimonial and regard of the tc. very highest order, and any time within n,r six months he can have his old place " back. All who know him here will wish L" him the very best of luck. ig. Miirithnll County Meuting-t, at Notwithstanding the raiu and the mud lie over 300 Republicans and a sprinkling in of Democrats assembled at Uoudy's, li- Saturday afternoon, and raised a Harrin son and Morton pole 138 feet high. The tv raising was directed by Wilbert Kemple n, and Isaac Rogers, and was skillfully acn eompHahed. Somo old timers wero presr ent who voted for William Ilenry Harle rison, among them Joseph E. MeCombs u- and Joseph Turner. H." S. White was p- made chairman of the meeting and C. it B. Hart spokn on the tariff question, d The Kepublicans of Roseby's Rock ,*e raised a line pole on Saturday, and wero addressed by fc>. It. iiancn. lhoro was a !?r good turnout for a rainy day. is ~ An impromptu meeting at Moundsid ville on Saturday night tilled tho Court b- House. Mr. 1-fart had been out to m Goudy's, ami tho Moundsvillo Republia cans arranged to have him address their id club. It was Boon seen that the cltfb le room would bo too small and the Court in J louse was opened. Mr. Mart illustrated re his talk with familiar objects, lie conio lined himself to the tariff question ami :e spoke with telling effect. fc>om<3 of the ?- Democrats present expressed themselves is pleased with the clear and non-partisan :u presentation of the great issue of tho d uay. The meeting was one of the most rt sausinciory ever neiu in luounusvine. n U "The Silver Ajjo" To-night, r- This evening the talented young actor, ie Mr. Edwin F. Mayo, supported by a >r good company, will commenco a three 0, nights' engagement at the Grand Opera d Houbo in his own drama, entitled "The t- .Silver Age." This is the only company ia now traveling that uses 1,C00 gallons of 3t water in a tank on the stage, introducing the wonderful whirlpool scene of real ;s water, a house struck by lightning, and r a genuine Deadwood coach drawn by )1 two horses. Mr. Mayo purchased the }f old "lied Dog couch" out Wesi cspec>r ially for this thrilling drama. The sale 11 of tickets is now on at the McLure House n till nn 4 In. Iinnuil nr/mliupu tn >f bo crowded, those desiring a good Heat jr should secure it-at onco. 11 * ? ,g At tuo Operu Hon*? tbl* Kvonlttg. w Speaking of tho Rising & Hamilton lo Opera Company, which appears at the 10 Opera House this evening, the PJiiladeli phia New* says: Tho Rising & Hainilig ton Opera Company lust evening pro;o duced Offenbach's sparkling operetta, y, "The Rose of Auvergne," in a manner to that delighted an audience which was i- quite large for a rainy night. J'rof. Milj. ler's feats in magic and diablerie nston)f ishcdall present. He is certainly tho J peer of any wizard ever seen here, and many of his tricks were original. a COXDEXSED TELEGRAMS. l! The Pike county guano factory at Troy, o Ala.,'burned Saturday morning. Tho troops of the Ameer of Afghanislo tan have defeated the forces ot Ishak >r Kahn at Tashkurgan. 18 Rev. C. 0. Brown, of Dubuque,charges Rev. II. E. Mott, of the same city, with Ia plagiarism, in using portions of sermons 10 delivered by Rev. I)r. TaImage. \V. II. Moaely, tho Cherokee oil kii.g, who eloped a year ago with a pretty US ! t year-old girl, is at Slielbyville, 111., very low from consumption. His young wifo )r is with him. 4, Palmer.& Miloy, winfc merchants and is importers at 112ll Broadway, New York a- Cify,lhave made a general assignment 8. for the creditors tc i^imon M. Saunders with preferences aggregating $1,220. re William Endloy, an Englishman who is claims to represent a New York land l- company, arrived in Birmingham, Ala., r- Friday night from Walker county, and claims that he was robbed during tho n day of $4,000 by highwaymen. 10 The Secretary of the Treasury Saturll* day afternoon accepted tho following bonds: Four cent, registered, $1,301,800 s" at 120; 1 per cent coupons, $20,000 at n 12!); 4j per cents, registered, $::0,(K)0 at s" 108; $415,000 at 108J; 4 J per cent, count pons, $20,000 at 108J. i-J There is great excitement at Winfield, ,J Kan., over tho discovery of a secret n military order of Anarchists known as rl the "National Order of Videttcs" exists in Cowley and Summer counties. The ie discovery was made by a detective eniployed for that purpose, who was )r Li/lot,.,! fntn tl... amW ui Prof. William Johnson, of Lehigh it University, founder of the Stewart e- School at Garden City, L. I., and author it of several text booksjn use at Harvard r? University, has been chosen Principal ia of the Boys' IHgh School, of Philadelphia, at a salary of $4,000 a year, nn advance of S1,:!00 over that previously paid. ,u The annual session of the Evangelical Association of America is being held at Dayton, with one delegate present from each conference throughout the United j. States and Canada. There are also present the three bishops?Ksher, Dubs and 0' Bowman, the Missionary Secretary, Rev. a* Yost, the Treasurer, and Kev. Mr. hauer, )r agent of the publishing house in Cleveai land. Samuel Untermyer, attorney for the 10 Brewers' Association, of New York City, as lias returned from Knglnnd, where ho a- had been negotiating with English capitalists for the establishment of a joint ? brewery in New York with the view of exporting American beer to England. ii- Mr. uniermyer nays mat no was emtnently successful, and the exportation h will soon begin. A discovery has just been made which may afleet the eligibility of two randi12 dates for Congress in Iowa. Hon. J. II. Preston, of Cedar Rapids, Democratic Pa candidate for Congress in the Fifth diea trict, is at present serving as District Judge, and Judge Reed, the Republican e' candidate for Congress in the St nth dis?? trict, is a member of the State Supremo Court. They are both ineligible under ?? the Constitution. u" It has been given out that George R . Illfinplifird'H ri-uifriintinn nu (Minir-mitti n 5? the Central Traffic Association was if. voluntary, notwithstanding that tho posiJj" tion is a congenial one and worth $18,000 j * a year. Yesterday a Chicago paper , ? stated that facta have come to the surfaco which indicate that Mr. BlanchartVs re. eignation wan forced, and that it was L?il mainly duo to the hostility of President King of tho Krie.