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ShclUKfcling JtvtcUi^cnccT ESTABLISHED AUGUST 24. 1852. WHEELING. W. YA.. MONDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1895. YOLUME XLIV-NUMUBR 49. GARFIELD'S LOYALTY To Sherman Unquestioned by Tbosa Who Know tha Facta. THE CLOSEST PERSONAL FRIENDS or Both Man Think That the Senators Crlilolamt of tha Martyr I'realdant'a Atlitnilo In tha Contention uf 1880 Aro t'nJuu-lMlior JoaepU Metlill, ot Chicago, Iterlewa tho Iliatorr ot tha Caae-Mr. A. W. Camp. b?U Vlndlcatea OarOold'a Memory, Chicago, Oct CO.?In aniver to the question: "What do you ttnnlc ot uenural Sherman's book in a general and specific way?" lion. Joseph Mcdiil, editor of the iribune, laid: "1 could answer tho question more satisfactorily if 1 had read the whole volume, but ai far as I have discovered its content*. I regard it as a very inter* estiu^ contribution to the political lit* erature of party politics aniT ooraonal lucidenti in regard to high and leading politicians of the la?t forty years of .American history. The boo'ic is very much such a book as 1 should Jook Cor iroru u< auwior, who u uoiou ior uia plainness of criticittn and hitsharpuaaa , ot prejudice, liis suspicion of other , men's motives aro calculated to caute Jam otion to do injustice to Uis coatemporaries anil opponent#. j "Ihe portion o( hit book which will invite the severest criticism u that relatiruto the course of General Uartieid in the convention whose proceeding woundup with Uii own nomination f-.r President whiio ho was leadm* the Mrcesfor Sherman. I thintc that Mr. Sherman's insinuations or muueudoei upon Garfield are very unjust, and, according to my informitioa ami boiiof, very wide of the truth. '*1 apeak from a pretty clo?o perionai acquaintance witii ???noral (iarlield, commencing ai far back as lSVi it ttioal! be remembered ttiat Mr. .-nortuan did oot havo tlto united suppor; of the delegate* from ins own state. Nino of the forty-four of the Ohio delegate* voted (or DIaino on thirty-five ot the thirty-six Dallota caat before a nomination was made, and extending over live day*. Mr. Siierman had ihirty-fcur vote J throughout to Uie thirty-tilth ballot, and my recollection is that uae vole waa ateadfast y caat f ir Edmuuda, of Vermont. Tnis d.vision of his own forces very seriously weakened hii chances for the nomination all trio way through the contest. General Garileld nae<i every possible effort 10 induce ttio Blaine men of the Ohio delegation after casting a few bal:ots to tupitort Sherman, but all li s persuasion was in vain. "On the evening of the last dsv'i bahotmjr but me iinal ur:u 1 heard a ruruor that tne Wisconsin delegation, r which had b*eu supporting lllatne na<l '' Washhurne for so:ue thirty- ballots, in- a tended lo make a bleat lo < ia?iielu o? 11 i!j?i next morning. '1 uat niglil 1 sou^lit " him out at his hotel to inquire viint tic ? Knew about tins parnoe*. lit mid ho ^ knew no more than I ?IiJ, but tuat he I totally disavowed ail responsibility for 1 it. That it would not b* done with hit coaieut, and that it would be a.*ainii iii* protest. That it would be construed j us an set of bad faith against Suermtn. 'a hat he came to the convention to advocate Mr. Sherman's claims in irood faith that ha i:ad worked for him all in 1 his power and hopfd vet lo see hid f nomination take placo. ( "l'he vole at mat tune stoo l Wl for Grant, '2'o lor Blaine, W to ICO for Sherman aud the rest scattering among vari- 0 out candidate*. I said to Garlit*id in ' reply, 'it mutt Oo manifest to the c (riomlauf Mr. .SIiRrui.ni that it is not 1 poeciblefor hnn to receive the nomlna* * tion after tire dart or bal!otiii? And not * increaaini! ins atron^th in anv direction. 1 n iiy nouM it not 1>? beit for tho dels* 1 (ration to nmte tol:diy uo i !^ne? 1 * i.'tmk it woahi reeatt in l>U nctilniuon " i( you give him the forty-four Oluo n * ){ ?*?Mut would zct enough from r inter atnu>t nppoee J to a third term to ' ecuro hi* nomination/ ' ' mt. Garflold replied with irnnn harpuflM and (eehnc that although ho ' loved Jauie* G. Blaine n? w?!l ai any 2 other public mmi in tho Uuiiod St aha, :.e could not convent to aor rcch proportion. lie intended lo nick to Slierman to the end of tho *tru.tffIo. 1 left \ lnm and he did *tick to Shorn.in tiotil i the convention, by a ?Doniniicou* mow i .. iit (h>t nnrt tl.iv. ir.-iVit lalin 41),) v l?c? <?n the tfiirtv*?ixtl> ballot and amiiiit tremendoue cheering ho n.1.1 doclafe I tiio nominee wlnlo ho wai ?tnndiii;r up waving liio arm* and latinir a?.! n?t wt)At vts beinir i!on?. Tho contention wouM not iiaten. ,\*o man who wui l?ro?ent could balievo that it w*a* n theatrical performance rchcaraed for that occasion, 'ihat it nna a r? al.genu* ir<? and apontaneona action on the uari of nearly all who cast their vntei for liirn ?? evident to evory intelligent ob ?;r7or. "'I h* absolute fact 11 that General 'urtield ed tho force i against llie iliir<l ' rm with no much ability and poirer '.'i?t he made a deep impression on tho *iio ? convention and tho crowd of ctators and reader* of tin proceed* mira. They discovered that hit wra* a man of first-flata ahihty and evidently l?o?*eaaed of talent requisite to mako a ifood I'rondent bitn?*lf. VVIien ho placed hhermari in nomination ho pro* nouneed tho itroiiir??it oniony on tho Ohio utatAimnn that he evor reeelvod tir> to that time or alnco. Aa road in <i typo it wai tho moat eloquent and ; 'Werfully eulogistic ancoch made by anv oilier man ill behalf of any other "di'late, not evon exciptlnR that jjroat effort of Jtoecoo C'onklin# ill behalf of <?en?ral (?rant. Iloforo(vtfueral (iarllold ' I li'mliad, and irhoii be waa winding if? )iie peroration, voice* wnr? lioaM i'i the '?.*!lorv shouting MVIiy fiotliom ?te ?#arl)el(l.' lie had carriod away Q'HnilOi njr mi wio'|iinn? m numi"! > ,. . 'I cqiini? tliPHi man w*r* Inflnnncod bv two otlior ffNML iDMcMon ho li#?l 4'l? (??? ? Nsrnintl tli<? unit nilo ami ' " oilier n.'ninst tlm oxptilnion ?( Mr. 1 ft'upbell. It inny lio mid withnMo* In'* truth tint Ills ?loqti?ut Hfi/nmnnt? . k'.i v?? linn t im nomliittui, ai/nlntt It I? ' mi n.nrurM pMMflt, <il i? it lit:??rly . r nn?l flfu'tlly finj'Hi for Joint Mlior ' Whom 1:1 work I ? j linfl nu I j put forth fOcli n! rt?i, to cut ' i 'i'"mIqu* on lilt inoumfv by limlimi in tint h? wilt tintrui In Iih loftiluMftlp '<f Urn lirniniM forr.? v |)i;M(M! mii: \ WAV r??i in'# ?rn '< nt <l*Hrrnl lr?r- I fit M'? < HUM*. | ' i. * ttf, o, Oct. -) ? Mm Mnj'i fur 11i'.fn i rt lit'irini.y IimIAV MV?I I lir. Hiirrman n>u?ln in high t??rr?i? I it Ilia poraonality and eloquence of liartiold, bat laye Us km a rata lacking in will power and changed Mi opiniou uuily. Thin li * faithful picture, exironed in to ran of roiorva. Mr. Sher- I u>n might have gnu* further and only etlected the riawi of conteiuporaneoua tepnhlican politician) who had u?ioMotion witb tba martyr I'reaident I ind laid that while tiarfiald waa ' i good atumpsr and qualified o act in a legialatlra body j mder direction and restraint, 10 wat until lor leadership. Tito statenent in thit new chaptor in political jiiiory thai Garfield, in making up tin abinot, wat guided by J a rues G. Maine n hit reaolvo not to rotaia Sherman as ecrotary of the treasury, it another ijtnificant reminder. It was theoplnon o( many experienced and thou*nfiil ueu that Blaine would run the (iartleld idmiiiiatrailon. The assa<sin'a bullet :ut ort a stormy administration in all probability. Wheu ao distinguish* k1 astatesman as John fcherman akes these matters up it is airly within t)ie province o( cur* ent journalism to sav that hsd iartleld survived his position as Prest* lent of the United States would have >oon almost pitiable uulees hit friends lad ri?en and brought aa irresistible iresture to bear to oust Blaine from the abinet. Garfield wa? always takon are of by hit friends in ooliiict. lie ras looked npon a? a valuable factor in >arty work, whose intellect and elo* luence should not bu allowed to go to raste, but lie was in scarcely any state i leader. A WISST VIIUHMA VIEW. 1 r. X. W. Caiitpboil, L'nalrmin of the Watt Virginia l>?leg*tmn la tu? Cuur?u> (Inii u> 1hh0, uivm lit* lui|irv?*loD. \f r V \V 1 !?innln?ll r.hAirmtn of thn Vest Virginia delegation iu tho Keptib* icAn national convention of 1SS0, wai ,n intimate tricni of General < iartioM .nd aaw a good deal of him through the one convention. Mr. Campbell want intler instructions to oupport Mr. iiaiue, wbicn he did iovally, working m l v>?tinir for the Maine atnloimau inti! there wm no longer hope for nim ind until the iliaino men wore relieved ?v tite xilsine delegation. Mr. Cainp* jell had a kindly Ioeliog lor Senator iicriu.in end looked with interest tiyon lie Sherman movement A?ked by au n;KLI.KiX.scKU rooorter what lie thought >t Genera! Garfield'* attitude in the onvention, ho repliod: "I had at no time any knowledge of KIT intll UUillj; IU ?llu? Mint Umuno rn? anything ion thau loval to Senator therman. At one ?ta:o of the proceed* nj?i, when iteeeaied that the cotiven* ion was turning to hiin. I spoke of the uatter to General Gartield. He replied :?Mt sail honorable obligations must be liflchurged. It wa* evident that the onveniion would not nominate Grant, Maine or Sherman. General Gartield ran ju?t the kind or man to be regard* I with favor at such a time. There r.ii a good deal of tlie heroic about iim. lie ha l won hie Hpuri at a soldier nd had laken hiirit rank ai a states* nan, lie drew men to him. When he aw that Sherman c ml 1 not poiaibly be tounaated and that hia own time had ome, 1 cannot *aeo that there waa bad uth in permitting the convention to lavo He way," Till-; IMIIWA A SUCCESS, 'lie ltatttA?hlp .'la Itftimrknble Speed On II?r Trial Trip. Plf!LADIL!'if!A,Ocl,20.?Th?battlMhip ndiana, which left D.jitona: 11 o'clock Vidar nfcUt. arrived at her dock at ,'rarup'a yard at 5 o'clock this afterloon. On the trip around tho members if the ktoverninent trial board made a ix and one-half houra' teat of tliu ooal onauraptlon, the roaulta of which will te worstfj out an 1 aubmitted to the ecrotary of the navy. Kdwin t>. Cramp, rlio had charts o( the trip. ?aid the ndiana averaged thirteen knota an lour from Uoaton to Delaware breakraier, a distance of 414 knota. Tliia ia I moat ?*qual la the time made by rtmors under ordinary draught, and ia emarkahiy fast traveling wiirn the fact s^on<?i(iere<i thai the Indiana la bull; ur fiiriitinsf. not for a[>eod. La it nitfht tho amp encountered a evero sale, but weathered it boautially. TELEGRAPHIC 3RJKF3. The national conference of ihe Unitar- 1 an church will convouo in Waahiugtou, ). C., to-day. JCocheator, N. V., arm path izert with j ,'uba'a can e will hold a bit! public ( uectiu^ in that interoit. O.ie hundred small lioihei were turned in New Orleam voaterday ana v \-i persona reutieroJ hoinoleji. Lot* ' : w.coo. j tiro in the (imul Union liotol at j snicagoyetterday caueeu a panicainonjf j, no Ktn?<i *ii.l there worn ?uv?ral iiAr* ow tf<CA|ies. Uamaico alight. I Snow storms arn reported from Kris, , iiulTalu, Ciuroland and ioledo. i I'hera are tun inunoii in J'.rie. lho i torra ia phenomena! there, til it it r utreiy local. I luo hi licationi to-day are that tkm > nineri' striko will not ainnunt to much t ii lho Clearfield and ileoch Creek coal c . ifitiim, whatovar it amount* to ill ad* < oining counties 'J Delegates to lho national W, (\ T. t'. 1 invention ut lSaltui)?iro occupied the rarious pulpits in the city yesterday. Ur*. K. U Wloromon, of Ulurago, ilo- 1 iverad tin* annual soriuon iit tho after* 1 iuoii. ' Tlio Loudon TimoV Pari* corrmpon* lent iflvn: "Tho government will pay in annual subsidy of iL'.OOJ pound* to , no cahlo coini'iiiiy wlndi h to Inv a j i?n direct CAOIft iroiu rr?m 10 >ow ( i'ork 10 maintain the existing cnblp, nnd onxtond it to llin Anlllloi." j Tlio loinon rop In tho Palermo 'III. , riot thl? year m mi oxcomliutfly law >no, nt Unit iwico ii? Inr^i* n? Uat yanr'* < rou, according to a report bjr lioltol , itiitoi ('omul Haymow1 to tha Unto ?!? ( >*rt. Uwiiik < > th? ilroiiirlit nml imtfll flNMlU, bowtlfor, tlio fruit crup i? not tt M goad <|iinllty, Senator T??llnr ?:iyn tlio nilvor ISopuh* lOAItt In tlio WflUld not atfroe to k fit* roor^Niilr.iiion ??f tho ?on?to by tlio j Itopublleana whtfit Oantmm rMOitviiiN i xoopt upon con*llti?>n< timi 11>? v bo *! | ownil to liil tlin vftfmtirv' oil tlio IIoamco j SOfVllltltltlt 64II ltd by (He r<*tiri?iii'iiii wi lonntor Mol'lionon, IVnporntlom lor tri** rutlniT of & iriitiii'ii' i ii (iliuroll lioll iiavo boon irolnu ill I ?r ? #ni w??l<< at (lm Jliiokoy0 boll f./iindry hi Ciui'lutiitL I'll - boll nIII bo rtf>f til Nit tlio fitmoit? I ;i lull I.nil Ml ' Moiitroui, iin11 wnl ho tilm I1r4.nl nwinir I Inic boll iii tlio world, It ii to awiuit in I tt, i'mncei li tyalo* clnarcii. i A NEW WITNESS i la th? Durrani Oaao Will Glva Sonnational Testimony. HfHflTfl BOOIBLflGK SAYS HE KNOWS Currant tml King Were In llto Habit of Taking UlrU In lho Church?A Itevolatinn 'lhat May Shook Hoiuo l'artnu Who llavo lluroioforo Nevor Dreamed o( What Won Going On, No Mora Handwriting Bxporu Will Ho Introduced. San Francisco, Oct. 'JO.?The protection in the trisl of W. II. T. Durrani ias found a witness who will testify that everything was not right in Dm&n* 1*1 church prior to the murder of tilanche Lamontaml Minnie Williams. Ibis witness is a colored boot-black lamed ttudd Wilson. When to-night ie was served with a tubpuena be told lis story to Detective Seymour. "I know King and Durrant 10 well bat they talked freely with me." seid ie. "At first 1 was surprised that such religious young men should be carrying in in such a fashion, but after a while 1 concluded tbey were about the same as ither young men. I learnml from those ;wo boys themselves lhat they wore *king girls to thochurcii evory night. [ often hoard them toll of the fun they tad there, and of itiodiderer.t girls wbo iccompanied tliom. I know of five girls who used to go to the cnurch at night srith these boys. The people in ttie usssion would be very much surprised f they knew who the girls were. Thev ill belong to rospectabie families, and ;ho worst of it ail is tnat thoir parents sever dreamed that such things were wing on." r?. - i..., . vutiikv niiuiuoi KJIIIV1 iiui <uct-iuu<i lot to introduce any export* on handirrittnz in rebuttal. Tho defenie did lot go into thia milter ai deeply ai w;u ixuoctei, >o thero id no real need of oll.?win?' up the handwriting exhibit* m behalf o: the people. Ueudea, there ao little handwriting on the wrapper ind newipaper which oncloiwd Blanche :junont'a rinjf that it would be very liflicult to prove by ex Deri testimony hat it had been written bv any particu* ar individual. The aubject of hand* iritinu will he left limply for argument jefore tiie jury. The defense will not koep witneai >nihan lonz on the atand to-morrow. I lii? witneta did nut fuliili ex pacta* 100. Durrant and uia attorney thought je would go on the aland exhibiting a itriking resemblance (u the defendant, md tealify that lie ofiered to sell a cliio liatnond ring to pawnbroker Oppetileiui at about the time the latter aaya Jurrant viaited tils place with Blanche ,araout'a rinsr. 1-enihan aurpriaed the leleoae by testifyinz that he never wore 1 womutch* >n l?n Ufc; ao i thai lit? riair toUppenhanrTa place was aftor tilanche Lamont'a ring had hean renrued to the dead girl's aunt. Tne dofine will close as aoon aa the kttorneya are through with l^enihan, ind ttien the rebuttal, for which the prosecution ia amply prepared, will jegin. J. S. Duiiigan, it ia understood, will be the first witnoaa called, ile will j* a?kod regarding his visit with Dr. G. K. Graham to the jail where Durrant vaa contined, and about Durrani'* repeat for a prirate conreriation with iraham. Then will come Graham himelf. and studnnta Glazer, Dukea and Dodge. Miai Carrie Cunningham will ilose the rebuttal evidence. It ia underatood that the defonae will ho prosecution's evidence as given in 0 ebuttal, as Durrani's attorneys are inxioui to close tho case. It n poasU >le that tho argument* will bo reached ?jr the end of the woek. 'i'hero aro ' till Home doubts as to whethor or not Utoruoy Deuprey will bo able to inako in arirmuont to the jory. Ho has hopes limsoif, bat his physician 11 not so lure. At all oventt the attorney has ho evldenco at his hotne and 11 propar* eg himself for a groat effort. "FUZ" Il ls "WIIKBbV* rite Anstrnlmn 'Ink** Anotimr runny Hr?nU? .Inlinn Is About ;n CoKrue Citimri, Tax as, Oci. 20.? Inked what lie thought of Stuart's ultinaturn. Bob Filiilminosn replied: "i'lie Florida athletic club and tho >itiz<*ns of Hot .Springs aro vory anxious 0 get mo thero for tlio express purposo if drawing the crowd tnorc to sou tho iaht. and I am just goinjr to fool tho tiomlv dnffori br not cointr to Hot until I ideate. 1 " imt bnsino't it it of their* whero 1 train? Title place suit* mo all right, in<l hero I am aoing to remain until klartin Julian not; lion tun to lonve,which te will do at the proper time. Ho in jow in Hoi Sprlnga ami fully authorized o act lor mo, and I havo wired iJnn jtuart to that effect. 1 aluo told hiin hat I would be ready to fulfill my port if the contract on October .'II, nnd if ho lon't liko that lm can ro lo the devil, t hat in about nil I havo to aay about tue ' lo-called ultimatum." Hot Sritrsos Auk., Oct 20.?In roiponne to an interrogation l?v a reprotentative ol thu Amiociatod 1'ren tolay a< to hia intention*, Martin Julian, |{ob Fittfimtnona' backer, asiidi "I will not a;r-'o to tho reviled irticloa, nor will I convent to having lie conteit postponed. I wi'I havo hiUdrnmona hero roadv to (itfht on )ctohnr 31, ami if the other man dona tot meet him wo will claim t he forfeit. If the town initkei other arrnngomenti *e will meet tliein,' Julian it to meet tho Florida Athletic Slab In conference to-morrow morning it II o'lork when the mattera will <.l.?Ulu ,?,> f,.r it liitil i,.M full Ihiw . in I 1 J Ijtfflnl ta lh? btfUQfil* r. llrMTtMoTOtf, W. Va , Oi*t 20.?Dick J Milium. a inidillu Jti'l niAif* mcolfo'l >. jrnbdbly fatal injuria lau ovaning. Ilo < all ilomi nii tunvaor tlmfi, lili rltfiit i nir wai brnknu Ami 111 wm Internally I njurod. t llnttMr n|in|?? i liMml. i tyffe-J IHlonlrPi in thi ' UuNTiNtrritw, W. V\, Oct JO,?The lltjr'if of tlili rity hit rtlilil (IIAtltftr* i ito<l it ?! * niofi. Iln or jori* I nil bur* tor liopi <o k?<ip doi*l to*(Uf ami horn (ir?i nilftjr rough facsi in ooniu* I |il?ncf. f . THE AWFUL STORM rhAt Sw?pl tli* 42ittf uf California !>*? Irujrail, i'arl nlly, ilia Capitol of tilimloa. Many I.lvw* \>?r? l.o?t. SAS Faaicwoo, Oct. 20.?Tbe etory of ho torrible storm thai recently iwept he Ciulf of California, ha* ouly been ?iuted tit in tho measru diipatchee thai lavo been received from Mexici. The lrit word picture of tho gaSo in iti air ul entirety la drawn by Lactam > anleluis, master of thaeteauisiiii) tVillt* unite, who has just arrived from the esion devastated by tho cyclone. It ia to* apparent that tlm whirling wind norm will jjn down in htsoiry aa oneof ho most fearfully destructive over mown. The difficulty in Rollins newa from die wiud*aH opt and wjter-ruiuod couniry liae seemed as strange aa the atorin Half. Tlio cycloue pawoil nvar a country remote from conuoctinu line* of railroad, and far away frciui reliable nuani of communication. The telegraph wirea were alf prostrated and uany of thetu will ramaiu down for vaelca to come. At liuayinaa little or lothioK about the storm loomed to be tnown. letter! received from pomta within the utrickeu area were iricom)Iote, full of doubts, uninteresting and nosiiy written iu Spanish, aud poorly rritteu at that. These reaiona mentioned and others is potent will account for the fact that he world wilt tirat learn of the partial Instruction of the capital of the state of iinaloa throat) Captain Van ilelmea, learly three weeks aftor the cyclone. Jther detail* nearly na Important as he?e have remained for him to deenbo. The fury of the storm waa not aostfoltat I~ipa/, ai had been suptosed. but at the interiorplateautowuot >uliacaii. The atorrn burst in the nouutains back of this important . ? ... .-/..I own nail ilia nakrra nm kcu ? *>? rreck. iiaiwetoi twenty-tire and thirty taople wore drowned outright and many alters were injured iu the racing Hood hat ruined through tflhcsty. Culician it an historic city. In it aro he auto buildinzi of binaloo. Baeic of t are soma of the richoit silver miues ha world has known. It ia a town of ully Jl.OODpeoplo. Too Culiacian riror una through it. When tho atorui struck he rid^eof huh mountain! back of the ity, there was such a downpour of rain, hat in sn incredibly shore time the anyona waro full of water pent up by tin very quickness with which it fell, kfter tlio climax and the fury of the louionts was reached, this water occluded from cauvoa to vailoy and alley to plateau with llerceness uevur tofore knewn that part of 3Iexica. TUR lUCUAKk lUbK imoLTII Intof th? SAVirei1, Jlu?t l'roloag??l and General In Mnnf Yinr*. Wasiiimqto.v, D. C., Oct. 20.?Reports ?..div<ut ilia wM.itriMr hiiTeau indicnIm bat the present drouth ti one of the evorest. most prolong unci general ;ao*n in the United Mates sincc the he bureau's organization. Theroaro a tiir places which show an exception to e?tR)n o^uIoTooift'rV.^u a loss oor haps n the northwest and far w??st, does there ppear to have been a soaking rain for he past two month# or more. Where here has been exceptional precipita* ion it has been confined to small areas. a some parti of the country the drouth wan in the latter p.irt of July, bat in cost of the factions it did not become nsrkedly pronounced nntil in August. The entire Atlantic coast with few ex* eptiona, such aa Charleston, f>. G\, and lugusta, (ia., shows a deficiency below tio normal rainfall since tlio drat of lugust, amounting in some instances 0 almost half ot tnc average precipita* ion. Tho Ohio and Mi?*is?ippi Tatleys eport similar conditions, as docs a part 1 tho I'acitic coait. The ?re.it lako rouion upon tho whole tas fare l better than other sections of ho country east of tho Mississippi. In oine parts of tho Kocky mountain re:ion, ns in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah .net Nevada, thero have been oxcessivo n i i f n 11 iliirin? thia norioJ. and olonir ho l'acitlc const from Olympia to Sun rancisco thoro woro v6od raini in iontomber, as thoro have been in places linco then in that section. Farther nit, Fort Scott, Ark., ladianapolii, Ind., iikI ?St. Paul, Mian,, are :lio centres of liatrictv whor* the drouth was broken n Nepterabor. Thoro haru boon good ains also in parts of Iowa, Nebraska, Uivsoari nn<J Kama?. The uroatost comolainti come from iVost Virginia, Kentucky and Western 'cnnsylvania. Fortunately in tnoit tarts of tho country tho drouth did not el in until nfior tho princip.il crops rero inaturod, consequently tho effort Ian no; boon so dliaitrous ns it would tavo bojn if it ha 1 no^un earlier. In Jonie nlacos it has had a alight olloct on lie planting of winter wheat, and comliointi co.no froin many quarter* of the nconvonionco o( aectirin.; water for do* neatic ami stock purpura. many ?unll trnamv, stock ponilt, aprinsa and wn|!a taring become dry. Pastures have loon injured in many atatoi. It is niao icticoabio that tliore has been an in* rease in typhoid fevor over tho normal n many of tho ^ectioua where the Irouth is aoverc. The official tlaurea for the entire ountry cororln^ tho poriod from larch I to October 14, eliow a do* loioncy. At Kaslnort, Maine, inoro han n third ol tho normal; at Now lavmi, Conn., almoat a tnird; Aibauv, i. Y? inoro thnn a fourth ; llnrriabnr'c, - ? I.I 'it ilaitnl ii li iii iboiit a fourth; NVaihlnatoii, about a Iflh; Norfolk, Va., alinou a aixlh; iViliniii^tun, N. C,, batwueu a fifth ami i fourth; Jacksonville, Kli., almost u ourtli; Virkuhur/, Milt*, abfjiit twonvonihi; (Jalvojlon, lux**, about twoIftln; Knox viile,Toun., olmoitn fourth; ytuiivllle, Ivy., inoro limn a lourth; ntllanapolit, I ml., mom than n liinl; Cincinnati. O., morn thtin wo-lUthi, wlili nil ?ut tlio 4iiio rat* at jolumbm, I'AmoMburjf, l'iitibureh, ,'lovoUml, Tolotfo, Distrait ami In much if tilft lnko roitidii. I In? fol11rif nil in 10 uppor MiaiiMinpl valley mi l llorkjr ilouiitniii Ml.tlM wau Inn inarko I. Tim '((lot which allow an oxcmiivo rainfall or (Iio niitiro <M4oii ura: l.'oluinbla, Wlatiia, Aukuiuami Savannah, la.; I'l'inauoln, Flu.; I'.irt smith au<l ,iltlo llock, Ark.; Kuniai CUjr, Mo.; 'iprr?\ h. I).; st. Vlni'iint, n. I?. MiIim Ml*. MnnU; ChiynniiQ, \Wv, U.?iiv?h iri'l 1'iwbK (I'll.; Al'llrt i??. Km.; A?lO' in, Or*. j Kurekii and It" I .Mull, Unl. H \ V * I IN * I Hit 11 .It V, In*. Ilr'illrr ItftnlfirM I Mill Hie I * ??l t ?t II * \II?k**<I III Hi? I.Hilar l? Not (l#Hi|liit?. C<>i.i,<tni'?, (Xi Oct* 2).?Il#ir* 0 W. Inoffrr, Km HifUblican nantinM (or preoMitnlivu In lUrko county, iu? night iisued * lengthy statement ia regard to the letter ia whicfc he ofletei to vote for any ooe whom the Doruocratic etute comniitleo might name for United States ?.inalor if ho were given $1,500 to use in his election, Ilo admits the aignature ia genuine, but claim* the body of the lottHr ia a forgery, lie aaya ha ia the victim ol a onsniracy hatched by a lliblu acent named Fuller in whom he placed unlimited confidence. THIS MEANS TROUBLE. t Will II. kiifxrliarf If Wrt A mil* the Monro* Uootrlue to; the VenesueUu (jutillun, Lonoo.v, Oct. 21.?The Standard (Conservative) hat an editorial tbii morning on the Venezuelan queation in which it aays: The Venezuelan ultimatum ia unlikely to lead to prolonged or doubtful complications. If audi an aggresaion as the Uruan flair it to ho ignore 1 we might aa well abandon liritiah Guiana. We shall be 1 surprised if the responsible diplomat* i of the United States persist in main* taining that the Monroe doctrine has ' any bearing ou the present case. 1 he Chronicle aays: The United State* ia determined to bring about an easy sot'.lemont of the dispute. No . answer to Mr. Bayard's dispatch to l/>rd .Salisbury has yet been received at 1 the embassy. Oil, Willi T1IKY? The Hpanlah Intami lu Whip Va When They <>*t Thruuch With Cube. City of Mr.iico, Oct. 20.?Itaca Latins, a Spanish daily paper here, the organ of tho resident Spaniards, declares that when Spain has completed the subjugation of Cuba, sbo will toad the ?ixt!i division of , the Spanish nary to bombard New York, thnt In^i'ii'itlng ? war with a nati'n of barbarian?, who. although numerical!/ ?Ujiur.<u to tha Spaniards, aro really contomptjblo b'ustoring dwarf*. ripain rauii rely or) her Spanish pride to teach the Yankees n le^on. The organs of tiie Hpani^h colony hero are exceedingly bitter against the American people and war is a common threat. CU1SAN HKBGLLIOK. Inturgont* lllaw U(* Uridsii and Kan; S|i;iaiiU Guides. II was a, Oct. '.U?Lieut. Col. Bath, with 150 infantry and fifteen mounted troops, fought the insurgents at Carmita plantation. The insurgents fled, but the cavalry overlook them at tian Vicente, killing three and wounding fire of them. 1 he bridgo at Marrero, province of Santa Clara, has been partially blown tin with ilrnamita bv tha insurgents. At tiuinia, in the district of Trinidad, thd inanrgenta have hanged three men who formerly acted m guides in the last war. The rvclonic disturbances mentioped in orevious dispatches to ttao Anociated I'reaa begins to bo felt in the louthern diatricta of the islands, and there it an indication of a storm centre approaching Havana and Matansas. EMPKItim WILLIAM And lit* Rmpran lUturn to Pottadmn?A Hmior That K?tllf? Coinni?nf. Berlin, Oct. 20.?Emperor William and Empress Augusta have returned to Potsdain from their trip to Woerth and to Strassburfc, in the imperial province. Emperor William has presontel a life* , sizod bust of himself to Prince Ilerr* inann Ernst Von Hohenlohe-Laniren* i burg, the atatthalter of the imperial province, in memory of hii visit to i Stranburg. Ho also sent comnlimen- I tarv congratulationa to Prime Lititpold, of Ihvaria, in reply to tho latter'a to!eeram cineratulating him upon his visit i to :;tra?bnrg. As has been cablcd to tilt* Associated Press, the fact that not a single member of the Itavarian royal hou?*j were invited to the fetes in Woerth naa caused some comment iu Germany in view of the fact that the 1 late Emperor Frederick had command* ed tbo troops duriug tho war. RUSSIA'* ULTIMATUM Will b? Dcllvarod it il?? lior?aa Demand It Ignored. Yokohama, OsL 2i).?Nowanaper ad* 1 vices recoivel from >ui say mat me Koroau government ontlrmi tho news of the queoa'a death. It is roportoil that the Russian minister has proteitod < ;r*ainit tha raaladminiatriition of atato aflairs in Korea by tho Tal*\Yon*Kun, tho father of tho km,', n i l ha< do* ] ma tided that tho kin; should idrainia* i ter nllniri. It ii Inlievod that if the 1 protoat ia ignored, an altiimturn will . follow. < The Nichiihimbun inow<p:inor) sava i thnt the Japanese minister, Miura, and i other ofttciaU of the Japanese location < am indicated as tho principal foinontera I of tlio disturbance, the Japanese aol- i dura having acted on Miniater Miura'a orders againat the views of the Japanese :iIvisera to tho Korean government, who declared that Minister Minn's ac* lion woQld I fad to ??uiotis international < complications. Orders have been given I that over forty Japanese residents of ' So nil aliould be deported. A 'l'okio journal, the Asitki, lava thnt i I .1., ?ii;_ I Minilior .iii'iru u tu in" unimiioiK ci.ih arn roturnina to Japan under mi oicort of gendarme*. llio foreiitu run- i reienfntivoi at .Seoul nro nlAtoil to have (lntnnuJoii proportion (or their inipoo* i live le/Atiom. All nl them agree in ilenoiini'inir the Japan?M? nt the tuurdorora o( tin* qiteon. " I'll" llltl* " I'll t| I M ( OIK Throe iltttlor', thro* Unlit And ono good producer la tho record of tho Dilot pool In the pan two day a, and il ii not In he won.hire I at Hint outliu*iAim Ii on the wane in thM part of tlio field, RAVI "U. N, W." Coniomtlvn open rtt ?rn nro Inclined to the opinion tliRt the Oellt iioot will not prove the money in.tlcor Hut it wiii allowing lor n month Alio. Il i l the territory not been rut tip 1 hi miii ill lomm, no Hint tho operating tixpetitne tsmtld have lieeu kepi wlttiui reAaofiahle itotindi, u would linvn lieen n llloe intMtmntii for n fee operator!, hut under Hie exllttili? condition* the territory lini been drilled to death, ai it were, end, having nnlr a few feat of tier Atrenk. epntdy drama*# ol the pool wai Inevitable. A RAVING MANIAC Doflo3 tha Chicago Polio a for Hours With a Rifle. A WELL KNOWN PIG 1RQ1I DEALER GooeSuililouly Iutano anil Terrorise* tUe ArUtocratlc Portion of Chioagob It Take* Seventeen Honrs to l<*oroo IIiin to Surrender?During That Time lie Fires 110 Shnu at Peoplo on the Streets and learn Ills Iloom to 1'iccea. Chicago, Oct. 20.?Armed with a Winchester rilia and a revolver, a madruao defied ttie police for hours today at No. Woodlaod Park, ooe of tho moit aristocratic rosidonce diitricti of tho city* Barricaded aod locked in a iecotid?story room, commanding a corn* ploto vievr of tho park, tho laoatio ipliotered ia doors and tore holes in the plaster of the room with bullets from bis rifls, while he shouted detiance to the police aod others attracted to too icene. The insane mm was G. S. Merwin, of tho firm of Iiozers, Bro.vu k Company, piziron dealers. After seventeon hours of effort, the police, by strategy, surpriied and overcame thu madman. Although he had fired 140 shots from his revolvor and rilte, Merwin injured no ooe, but a UUUIUOI ut H1 ???? ? ?MAlter every other attempt to capture the insane man before ho should kill some one, or injure himself, had failed, mlohur was burued in the furnace. All the refiners wore closed excepting the ono in the room occupied by Merwin. In aa hour aft?r the sulphur fire was started, Merwin, partly overcome by the fumes, laid down on bis bad and was secured with but feeblo resistance. %Tbe aristocratic circle of Woodland Park was greatly excited in the morning when it became kuowu thnt Merwin had suddenly gone mad, driven his wife in terror from their home and was roaming through the house, armed with a revolver and a rifle. Woodland 1'ark is lined with elegant residences occupied by families of wealth and culture, and tho park grounds serve m a beautiful lawn for All who live within the enclosure. Mr. Merwin Saturday afternoon attended a concert at tho Auditorium. Mrs. Merwin was ill and did not go. When Mr. Merwin returned home early in the evening he complained of a pain in his head. As the evening wore on hia fteadacne grew worse, no appueu auch remedies as were at band, but they did not relieve him, and in the middle of the night bo suddenly spring irorn tbe bed, and, seizing hia rule, chased bis wife to the kitchen. Throwing up a window, the terrified woman leaped to tbe ground, ten feet balow, and ran to the residence of Abratn Baldwin, where she waa cared for. The police wore notiued and three men were ?ent to tbe Merwin residence. Aa thoy tried to enter through a rear window aeveral ihota were fired at them, while the insane man yelled at them, calling them burglara and saying ho would kill tbe drat man coming up the stairs. Friends of Morwin were sent for and tried to reason with him, but it was useless. He fired shots at tho neighboring house, breaking window* and causing the inmates to take refugo in the rear rooms. One or two bicyclists passing btr were fired at, bnt Merwin's nim was bad and thoy escaped with a bad t>care. The police obtained chloroform and, iquirted it into the room with a syringe* through the key-hole, but Merwin was ihrewd and threw up the window*, thereby neutralizing it. Finally nt about 4 o'clock this afternoon sulphur was procured and placed in the furnace, as stated above, and Merwin having closed tho windows again, ho was soon overcome. ine OIliorfciiimtu mnu v..v^*vu MM takon to the Detention hospital. Mcrwin in thirty-five yein old. He rams to Chicasn five years ai:o (rom N'enr Haven, Conn., whoro lie was reared. Three years ago while in the iron ranee in the Tennosjee mountains, .Merwin was kicked in the uoad by ? horse, and to the conwjuent brain injury his present condition is ascribed, llo *A* married a year and a half aco to i protninont yonnjr lady of New Haven, Conn., and i? a member of tho Union Leaguo and other prominent club*. TilK MINK MlUAUOX Vert I'mettled ? A'-xtei/ Krcnrdin; (lis KiUttt of lliv Prupniitd strike. Dit1h)I4. Pa., Oct. 'JO.?Great anxiety prevails to-ni*ht in tho bituminous coal ration on account of the strilco sitna (ion. Labor leanorj urn noi curiam that tlio ?.riko will ho general and if it 4 not it will ho usi'leaa for tho portion >f iho mine* to remain idlo. DuBoia mil Keynolihville minors have been idle (or months. Iloeeh Troo and Coal Jreen tnon decided yeiterday to ?aa* pend, bat the whole nlfmr hanua upon [he decision of the Kochcater A I'ittabnrgii coal ami iron company at Piiniiutewney, aud tho Ilorwrnd? Whito minora in tho llontxdAlo region. At ii mooting to*dav tho former doubled to work pending tho action o( the Inttor. Pfltton, Cambria conntr, minora held a mooting thin afternoon and do* elded tocontinuo work, whilo nt Hinting". Barn?iboro end Spangler tho minora docidod to strike. If tho Bor* wrnd*White minor* quit work the itriUo will ho general throughout tun Boeclt fronk, llnuitdale, I'tmxiutnwnoy ind Dttllolfl field*; ii they ciutinut work it ia til* opinion 11? it tho ntrike that hn< been called will be a faiiuro at the beirlnniuir. MIcmiMlilp Arroili. Movllle Ityoflloiiia New York, liiiiihamptoii KuhU. Now York. IUIUni itoreaii, ?il??gow. Itmtoti?Jirlraula l.lwpoot. II t lal ! _ M?w iorn-1* * ? '" ? '? ? - . ''lUui- U Totimlue, '<??* York. Wftftlltor l ur?i"H? f??r lo*(lAf. fWm* Vlflti'i ' fair. wtrmftt ?Ot|!>|W. Ml"'. I . A. II ' ir I**!' ' "? I V ' r *}' ,, it ! < ? 1 1 warini'i fl) win 1" litt TK??ri n?t? i:i MtruMT. fitftWWl '?* ? ' ;iW? c<Jfnw Murk*! dii't I " >rlo*' 1 ri" | ^ "am. ... ; ?' M |J nt n ' *,4lr?l MHV. in ,'r " S ? "i ' y1 ' . ** " U *, i...* 4* WrtlUrr n.r