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A VISIT TO KANSAS CITY.
the president ays a corner
stone FOR THE Y. M. C. A.
A Tribute Paid to the Organization for
Its Good Work in the Nation The
Visitors Driven About the City-A
{Speech of Welcome and Reply at the
Government Building.
Kansas City, Oct. 111.—The demonstra
tion in Kansas City in honor of the Presi
dent of the United States is a tumultuous
and noisy proceeding, but is attended with
no more disorder than seems to be inevit
able wherever the President appears. The
imposition has called in a great number of
strangers but the advent of the President
Pas hardly left standing room in town.
■‘You must excuse appearances,” said a lady
to Mrs. Cleveland. “We have onlv just
moved in and have not got settled yet.”
The expression was better understood as the
visitors were escorted through the streets
in carriages this morning, with many
beautiful, even palatial residences, and
with signs of the enormous commerce
■whi'-h centres here. Observable on every
hand, there were everywhere evidences of
immaturity. The streets in many places
were torn up and building operations
seemed almost everywhere in progress. The
President’s conductors pointed out the chief
features with pride. "We do not boast of
the residences w e have built,” they said, “so
much as of the business we have started,
which is going to build our residences here
after.”
AN ENJOYABLE RIDE.
The ride was a well-managed and thor
oughly enjoyable affair. Only carriages
enough to carry the visitors and the escort
committee of eleven gentlemen were provid
ed. They were preceded and followed by a
-mall, but sufficient troop of cavalry. The
Marshal of the procession, Col. Milton
Moore, accompanied by about twenty depu
ties, headed the line. The party set out
from the hotel at 9:30 o’clock, amid the
cheers of a multitude, and made its way
rapidly through the western portion of the
town without stopping until it reached the
highest point hi the city. From this point
the bluff fell away precipitously
to the lower town, (iOO feet below.
Immediately beneath stretched five or
six square miles of railroad
yards, and as the President’s carriage made
its appearance on the brow of the hill, every
locomotive of all the fifteen railroads can
i reing here ojiened its throat and screamed.
The concert was led by a rusty looking
monster, whose tones, by some manipula
tion of the performing artist were exactly
like the howling of a family of coyotes, only
multiplied to car splitting dimensions. The
President's attention was called to the great
area lying beyond the railroads, cov
ered by mammoth packing houses
and establishments for the sale
of agricultural implements. A
pause was made at the exposition build
ing, but tne President did not alight. From
this point the jiarty proceeded to the site of
the projected Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation building, on the northwest corner of
Northwest and Locust streets, of which the
President laid the corner-stone. This cere
mony was preceded by the singing of hymns,
a brief address, and prayer by Bishop
Hendrix.
CLEVELAND’S GOOD WORDS.
The President remarks on the occasion
were as follows:
In the busy activity of our daily life we are
icl to neglect the instrumentalities which are
quietly, but effectually, doing most important
service in moulding our national cliarac
ter. Among these, and challenging hut little
notice, compared with their valuable results,
are the Young Men's Christian Associations
scattered throughout our country. All will
admit tjje supreme importance of that honesty
and fixed principle, which rests upon Christian
motives and purposes, and all will acknowledge
the sad and increasing temptations which
beset our young men, and lure them
to tbeir lies' ruction. To save these young
men, oftentimes deprived of the restraints of
home, from degradation and ruin, and to fit
them tor usefulness and honor, these associa
tions have entered the field of Christian effort,
and are pushing their noble work. When it is
■ 'nsidered that the -objects of their efforts are
t" be active men for good or evil in the next
generation, mere worldly prudence dictates that
i hese associations should he aided and encour
aged. Their increase and flourishing condition
reflect ihe highest honor n|*on the good
men who have devoted themselves to this work
and demonstrate (hat the American people are
t ot, entirely lacking in appreciation of its value.
T went.v years ago but one of these associations
ow ned a building and that was valued at only
yii.OOh. To-day more than 100 such buildings,
valued al more than $5,000,000, beautify
different cities of our land and beckon
mir young men to lives of usefulness.
I am especially pleased to be able to
participate to-day in laying the corner-stone
of another of these edifices, in this active and
r owing city, and I trust the encouragement
given the Young Men’s Christian Association
located here may tie commensurate with its
assured usefulness, and in keeping with the gen
erosity and intelligence which characterize the
people of Kansas City.
PICKPOCKETS AT WORK.
W hile the ceremonies wore in progress, a
corps of pickpockets, which has followed
the President s party throughout its tour,
industriously plied their art. One of these
gentry, a florid, well-built, though rather
heavy man, was discovered by his victim in
the act, just too late, however to preveut
the robbery. Loud cries of “Catch that
man" interrupted the impressive proceed
ings for a second. A man was seen to rush
irem the crowd, fall ofl' a stone wall, knock
over one or two women, and rush for free
dom with three or four jiolicemen after
him. When the brief proceedings were
ended, the President and his party went to
th*ir hotel, where nn hour was given to
lunch,
Umut 1:110 o’clock E. 11. Allen, President
“• the Boavd of Trade and Chairman of
Reception Committee. ex-Cougressman Van
Horn, Congressman Warner, \V. H. Miller,
•Secretary of the Board of Trade, and a
committee of about a dozen ladies and gen
i lemon called upon the President and con
ducipd him and Mrs. Cleveland to their car
riage. They were then escorted through
ihe more tflickiv built business streets of
'•|# city and brought up at the rear
the government building, whore they
arrived about 3 o’clock. Alighting they
"'ere escorted through the post office and
"■it, upon the front portico of the building,
" non. a stand and awning had been erected.
1' ally 5,000 people were congregated about
•his point, roofs, windows, telegraph poles
hd radiating streets, as far as they were
visited. I sung packed with humanity.
WELCOMED BV THF MAYOR.
" hen the band had finished the strains of
“Hail to the Chief,” Air. Allen advanced to
•be rail and introduced to the President
Mayor H. ('. Kittnpf, who made a formal
speech '•! welcome to the President. It was
a model of beauty, as follows:
•k. Puehiw.nt: On lielialf of the citizens of
[his city it. js my pleasant duty to hid you a
hearty w elcome to the metropolis of the Mi*-
►' uri Valley. We arc happy to receive ami en
tertain our President, although elected by one
nominal party, hut when elected he Is President
'*• "ii* whole people. This assemblage of people
has come here not (inly to show its respect for
President of a nation of over fifty uulllonsof
people, hut. for the man also. We ill do all we
1 an to render your visit pleasant, and hope that
sc will suc-eeil in our landAltlo efforts. 1 again
•’id yon hearty welcome to the City of Kansas,
t he President spoke e- follows in reply :
t had long settled upon a visit to St. Louis,
• hen I found that It. would not do *1 all to go
there without also seeing this wonderful city on
Missouri's western border. One of your enter
prising eitizensanxious that I should not reach
here in ignorance of your achievements, has
sent me a newspaper exhibiting the progress of
the city during the first six months of the pres
ent year. Three months have passed since this
record was made up. and he wrote'me that he
thought if 1 added 50 per cent, to the figures
which it contained, I would strike
a proper estimate of your con
dition to-day. While this show - the deepest
faith and confidence in what you can do, I am
inclined to think, front something 1 haverecent
ly seen published, that the rule thus laid down
is none too liberal. The truth of the statements
made in this newspaper report isclinched by the
compiler when he says, as a beginning, "the
tact is that it is impossible to lie about Kansas
City," and when the splendid delegal ion of your
business men called on nte and, itt the kindest
and most cordial way, invited me to
lie your guest one of them was
introduced as a dealer in real estate,
who, it was declared, if I came here would
sell me a city lot before I left, and this reminds
me of a friend who made a trip to the Pacific
coast, and as he came back, found his way to
Kan-as City and bought a lot.. He went imme
diately home, and when he arrived there he
found that his lot had been sold for enough in
advance of its c st to pay the entire expenses of
his trip across the continent. Of course there is
no limit to what a community can do living in
such a place as this, and actuated by the spirit
which these incidents manifest. Thus we find
the value of real estate transfered for
the first six months of the year
1880, to be something over siff,ooo,ooo,
while for the first six months of the present
year the amount is more than $62,500,000.
All transfers of real estate are not indicative of
actual substantial city prosjierity. The mere
tiassing of land front owner to owner at en
hanced prices may be symptoms of speculation,
which really creates no new value, and adds
nothing to the municipal wealth or progress.
But when buildings are put up by the purchas
ers of this land, and tenants are round to
occupy them for trade or for residence, it
is a pretty sure sign that the business of
the city is increasing as well as its population.
Kansas City stands the test of this rule, for dur
ing the six months ending June JO. 1881, the in
crease in the number of building permits issued
and the value of the buildings they covered kept
paoe with the value of the land transferred. I
must not be expected to go further into details
of things which show your progress, it is suf
ficient to state that it is apparent in the activity
of every branch of your diverse business, as
well ns In public improvements, completed and
under way, and which are made necessary by
your phenomenal growth In the statements I
have seen of your city, mention is made of
Ktern investments here and of their import
ance to yen. The richness of the country about,
you and its enhanced productiveness is also
stated as an important factor of your greatness
and your railroad facilities, placing you
in communication with your fel
low countrymen in every direction,
you must admit are indispensable
to your development. Tam reminded by these
suggestions hmv dependent, after all, com
munities, no leas than individuals, are on not
only the gifts of providence, but upon each
other. 1 never could appreciate any just cause
for jealousy on the part of the West toward
the East. It capita! lias accumulated iutbe
East the newer region of the West perhaps
needs it for its building up. If you have prod
ucts to sell, it surely is no cause
of offense if you find a market for
them in the East. These conditions
should make friends, not jealous and suspicious
enemies. Roth sections are working, though
perhaps in different lines, to make our common
country great and wealthy. Remember, too,
that you are fast becoming lost to that vast
country beyond you upon which so much of
vour future prosperity must depend. When I
leave you I shsll go on my way of travel to visit
our fellow citizens in the South. I
shall bear to the older cities the im
pression made by my observations of the new,
fresh and astounding growth of those of the
West, i shall see there a seelion of country
whc\e prosperity is necessary to your pros
perity. I shall not find the people heedless of
our lotion’s growth and welfare, hut 1 shall
find tuere as well as here, a determined, cheer
ful American pride of country, stimulation *to
activity and enterprise and leading not less
there than here to natural greatness and glory.
The West and South, and every section are
hand-in-hand in this sublime work and no dis
cord or partisan hate and rancor should lie
allowed to interrupt the progress of t heir steady
tread.
RECEIVING THE PEOPLE.
At the conclusion of the President’s re
marks the people were given an opportunity
to greet him aurl his wife. They passed
rapidly through the gang-way four abreast,
and there was little or no handshaking
done. Even at this rate the reception con
tinued till 5 o'clock, and there were still a
number in line who were left disappointed.
The jiarty returned to the (.'nates House at
the conclusion of the public reception for
dinner.
25,000 PASS IN TWO MOORS.
One of the jiarty who has seen all the re
ceptions since the President left Washing
ton, says that the reception at the Ouston
House this afternoon was the most success
ful of them all in point of numbers. Over
25,000 people paid their respects in less than
two hours. This evening at 0 o’clock Presi
dent and Nlrs. Cleveland were entertained at
dinner by Hon. 11. E. Allen, repre
senting the reception committee. Among
the other guests wore Postmaster General
and Mrs. Vilas, Dr. Bryant and Col.
Lament, of the President’s jiarty; Dr. Mor
risiiii Muuford and wife, Gen. A. McCook
and Dr. .1. D. Linpineott, of the University
of Kansas. Several other jirominent gentle
men and their wives were invited, but the
impossibility of getting trausjiortatiou in
the present crowded condition of the city
kept them away. The festivities dosed to
night with the pageant of the priests of
Pallas and their subsequent ball. Great
preparation' had been made for t hose
features, and popular expectations were
fully realized in the splendor of the parade.
The limgnitlcent character of the enter
tainment, together with the long line of
march, caused a slight delay in the start of
the procession, but the myriads of sight
seers waited patiently all along the
route, and rewarded the participants
by hearty cheers as each display
came in sight. There were twenty
floats in line, and as they passed under bril
liant arches of gas jets they made a gorge
ous scene.
AT THE BALL.
The march was delayed somewhat by
minor accidents, but it w:is all over at fi
o’clock, and by midnight, the large ball
built for the Priests of Pallas ball was filled
with a gay assemblage. Seven thousand
invitations had been issuer!, and al
though not near all were accepted, the
hall was crowded with dancers and
tho festivities continued until a late hour
The President concluded that it would he
best for himself and his fellow-excursionists
to avoid the danger which might attend a
trip through the densely crowded street, to
the junction where the reviewing stand had
been erected fer him, and for that reason,
as ivell as an economy of time, he remained
at tin- hotel and with Mrs. Cleveland wit
nessed the parade from the
balcony. Shortly before 10 o'clock the
Presidential jiarty quietly proceeded to car
riages and wore rapidly driven to the sta
tion at Twentieth street and Broadway, in
order to avoid the crush at t he Union Dejvit.
The train thud boon (lulled out from the
depot to the station, and bv 11 o'clock the
party were on their way to Memphis, via
the Kansas City, Fort Scotland Gulf and
Kansas City, (Springfield and Memphis rail
roads. A "stop will probably tie made at
Springfield, Mo., when the train reaches
t here, about 5 o’clock in the tnofning. Tho
President, expressed the pleasure his visit to
Kansas City had given him, and his regret
that his engagements prevented a longer
slav. The jiarty left in good health
and spirits, hut quite latigued with the day’s
excitement mid sight-seeing. Mrs. Cleve
land is held in warm remembrance by the
patients at the City Hospital, who
were the beneficiaries of h thoughtful
act, of kindness on her jjart during
iter sojourn in Kansas (,’ltv. The
SAVANNAH, HA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1887.
flowers which tilled the President's ear on
its arrival in this city, and all those which
she received in this city, and these together
made a large wagon load, were by Mrs.
Cleveland’s direction sent to the hospital for
the benefit of the inmates, who returned
their grateful thanks to the lady who re
membered them.
* BURNED IN EKPIGY.
Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 13.— The ex
citement occasioned by the appearance in
the Minneapolis Tribune, on the morning
after President Cleveland’s visit, of an ed
itorial containing severe strictures on the
administration, and the manner of conduct
ing the present “tour for votes,’’ culmi
nated to-night. when A. J. Blethen, pro
prietor of the Tribune, was burned in efllgy
by a crowd of roughs. The exceptions
taken to the editorial were based principally
on the language used with reference to
Mrs. Cleveland, and which was as follows:
“And it is extremely hard to respect either
member of this family now touring for
votes. Mrs. Cleveland is a handsome, ma
ture woman, apparently several years older
than she is said to be. At least, she was old
enough to have exercised her own
free choice in marrying Grover Cleveland.
It is inconceivable that, she should have
married him except to obtain the position
of mistress of tho White House. Such a
marriage would never have been thought of
but for astonishing political accidents,
which, in the course of two or three years,
brought Mr. Cleveland out of the obscurity,
which is his proper element, to the highest
position in the nation. It is hard to have
respect for a woman who would sell herself
to so gross and repulsive a man as Grover
Cleveland, and one with a private record so
malodorous for the bauble of brief social
ascendency. She is now an object
of curiosity and remark for gaping
crowds, and her photographs are
sold almost, if not quite, as freely as Mrs.
Langtry’s. Such is her reward. Jf she can
secure re-election for Grover, she will have
four years more of the gratification which
the highest social prominence gives, and of
the delight of further newspaper notoriety.
After that she will simply have to put up
with being the wife of as insignificant and
obscure a man as an ex-President could
possibly lie. tine cannot help a pang of
sympathy for her, but she has chosen her
lot deliberately.'’
The mob was led by Mayor A. A. Ames.
After burning the efllgy the crowd proceed
ed to the Tribune, building and made a
further demonstration, but was dually dis
posed by police. Mr. Blethen regards the
affair as a joko on Mayor Ames and the
crowd, as important business kept him
away from the Tribune office on Tuesday
night, and he knew nothing what' .or of
the article till it appeared Wednesday
morning.
QUESTIONS OF FINANCE.
A Number of Resolutions Introduced
by the Bankers.
Pittsburg, Oct. 13.—Injt he Bankers' Con
vention to-day the following resolutions
were offered and referred to the Executive
Council. By Judge Ewing, of Pennsylvania:
Ke wired. Thai we favor ranidextinguishment
of the public, debt. ami t lien-fore recommend
the continued purchase by the Secretory of tho
Treasury -of outstanding government' bunds.
We consider a reduction of revenues wholly un
necessary, inexpedient and unwise. Let, the
surplus be promptly and constantly applied to
the liquidation of the debt and the action of
the Treasury of buying bonds lie further regu
lated, systematized and controlled by additional
legislation.
By W. P. St. John, of New York:
Kettoloed, That the existence of national
banks is not detiendent upon a national debt.
A resolution offered by Mr. Taylor, of
Boston, in support of t he propositions made
by Mr. Knox, recommending the passage
of 4 per cents into 2> . per cents, caused a
spirited discussion—about the only one dur
ing the season. It was finally tallied.
The report of the Committee on Silver,
which had been offered earlier in the session
and withdrawn, was again presented. The
committee said: “The Bankers’ Association
has always taken thegroimd that both silver
and gold are required as the money of the
world, but that an international agreement
only, on the part of a majority of tho chief
commercial nations of the world, can prac
tically settle the question of the relative
value of gold and silver when coined.
Though several infernal tonal confer
ences have heretofore been held,
no conclusion has as vet Iteen
reached ” The rejiort refers to the action
taken by foreign [lowers, and concludes
with a recommendation that the coinage of
silver dollars by tho United .States, uuder
the act of Congress of Febuaryj |K7H t be
suspended until tho points at issue in the
silver question be settled by international
agreement. The report as presented was
adopted, and the convention adjourned
finally.
LABOR INTERESTS.
Cigar Makers Not to Work Longer
Than Eight Hours.
Minneapolis, Oct. 13.--In the Knights
of Labor convention to-da v the eight hour
question in the cigar trade was brought up.
The sentiment of the convention was that,
eight hours is the rule of the International
Cigar Makers Union, and that it would not
be right for the members of the Knights of
Labor employed in the trade to work longer
hours, ana give a back set to good work
hi this direction already accomplished,
it was decided not to issue a
label to those who work longer hours.
After the afternoon session the Press Com
mittee reported that there was nothing to
divulge to the public. The delegate' are
very quiet about the afternoon proceedings,
mid nothing authoritative has been stated.
It is stated that the convention yesterday
afternoon voted to continue the
Isiycott on the New York •Sun.
Tlie matter came up in the sha|ie
of n resolution from District A'emblv No.
34, of New Y ork cit) , the mendiershiri of
which is composed of jirinters and other
employes of newsjiaper offices, asking that
the boycott instituted some time ago at a
conference of thirteen or fourteen dist rict
assemblies against the Sun l>e declared null
and void. After a lively debate the resolu
tion was tabled.
Minister Manning's Funeral.
New York. Oct. 13. -The widow of the
late Minister Manning arrived at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel at 7 o'clock this morning, and
being v ery much fatigued retired gt. once to
her room. Congressman King, of
ana. will assist Mrs. Manning m arranging
the details of her husband's funeral, which
will probably take ffiace to-morrow from
one of the hotel parlors.
Citizen Train to be Squelched
Chicago, Oct. 13. —The Mayor this morn
ing directed the police department, to sunt
niarily suppress George Francis Train, and
to not jiarmit him to speak again. If he
makes any further demonstration he will be
taken to the lookup, and kept, there until h
can be legally adjudged insane, and com
mitted to a lunatic asylum.
A Discrepancy of $ 150,000.
Stafford Springs, Conn., Oct. 13. —As
the investigation into the affairs of the
Stafford S uri rigs National Bank proceeds
the crookedness of its cashier grows. The
loss to the bank in various ways aggregates
$150,000 to-day, and may be larger tomor
row .
BOULANGER IN A CORNER
GEN. FERRON ASKS IF HE MADE
CERTAIN UTTERANCES.
A Reply That He Did Use the Language
Attributed to Him An Alleged As
sertion by Gen. Boulanger That the
Caffarel Inquiry Was Part of a Plot
Against Himself.
Paris, Oct. 13. —Tlie council of generals
which was appointed for the purpose of
trying Gen. Caffarel on the charges preferred
against him of selling civil decorations, has
pronounced the accused guilty of habitual
dishonorable conduct.
It was decided by the council to place
Gen. Caffarel on the retired list of the army,
and he will be deprived of his decoration of
the legion of Honor. His pension granted
for thirty-nine years’ service in the army,
will bo reduced from B,ooof. to 4,000f.
The decree for the execution of the de
cision will be submitted by Gen. Ferron,
Minister of War, to President Urevy for his
signature.
KOUALNGER CALLED TO TIME
Gen. Ferron telegraphed to Geu. Boulan
ger, at Montlucon, ordering hint to return
Forthwith to Clermont Ferrand, his head
quarters, and asking if the words attributed
to him by the newspapers in connection
with the Caffarel affair, were correctly re
ported. The newspapers alleged that Gen.
Boulanger informed a reporter that he never
doubted but that the prosecution of Gen.
Caffarel was aimed at himself. He stated
that he desired a most minute in
quiry into his conduct, and said
that, if lie had been Minister of War
and Gen. Caffarel had avowed his guilt to
him he would have offered hint a revolver
with which to blow out his brains. Gen.
Boulanger, in reply to Perron's telegram,
said, “I have returned to Clermont Fer
rand. lam unable to procure the news
papers mentioned. Send them to me.”
Gen. Ferron again sent a telegram to Gen.
Boulanger demanding a categorical reply to
the charges against him.
lai Ftcjntbliqur Franco iw urges the gov
ernment to apply rigorous military regula
tions to Gen. Boulanger if it is true that he
accused Gen. Ferron of plotting against
him.
l.a Felil Journal raises the question
whether Gen. Boulanger ouglit not to be
prosecuted.
It is rumored that the cabinet to day
discussed the question of whether Gen.
Boulanger shall not be removed from bis
command for statements mado by him to
reporters attacking the government.
BOULANGER ADMITS IT.
Gen. Boulanger has telegraphed to Gen.
Ferron that he did use language attributed
to him in the newspapers. At the request
of M. Wilson, a magistrate to-day ques
tioned Mme. Katizzi, Mine. Limouzin and
Baron Kreitinaier. and all admitted that the
accusations against M. Wilson were false,
and were made in the hope that the affair
would be bushed up. M. Wilson is Pres
ident Grevy's son-in-law.
BOULANGER ARRESTED.
London, Oct. 14, 3 a. m.— The Standard's
correspondent at Paris announces the arrest
of Gen. Boulanger.
GLADSTONE’S LEAFLET.
Bright Takes a Rap at It—Chamber
lain Still in Ulster.
London, Get. 13.—John Bright has writ
ten a letter denouncing the leaflet by Mr.
Gladstone, headed “Remember Mitchells
town” and signed “\V. E. Gladstone.” Mr,
Bright says the leaflet shows the depth of
degradation to which the Liberal party has
been rapidly forced by the alliance with the
jilotters and leaders of the rebellion in Ire
land. Mr. Gladstone's followers are ready
to adopt, any cry or charge he makes to ex
cite the passions of ignorant men against
the government he wants to supjllant, and
which he is passionately laboring to succeed.
chamberlain’s stumping tour.
Enthusiastic crowds greeted Mr. Cham
berlain at C’olarain and Rallaymea. In a
speech at Ballaymea, Mr. Chamberlain .-.aid
his progress had confirmed his impression
that the jienple were loyal and contented,
and that they would resist to the utmost
any attempt to sever the connection be
tween Ireland and Great Britain. Great
resjionslbility. the speaker declared, rested
eu the men of Ulster. Not only their own
interests, but that of the loyal minority in
the rest of Ireland were at stake. The
issue was not whether the majority
were entitled to change th eonstitul ion,
but whether the loyal minority were to tun e
a voice in the matter. If the jieople of
Ulster were rrsolv-d not to submit their
property and their Ities m the national
league, and were convinced that, the v pal
ate treatment of Ulster must be made (he
cardinal condition of any settlement reliev
ing Ireland from her prc'Pjit connection
with Great Britain, it would be difficult to
dispute such a concensus of opinion. It
would be imjiossible for those who claimed
greater lilierty for themselves to logically
demand that an odious servitude be on
jioseii ujion others. If Ulster were resolute
there whs no power in the kingdom to com
jiel her submission to the rule of the league.
CHAMBERLAIN AT BELFAST.
Belfast, Oct. 13. —Mr. (hamhoHain ad
dressed an audience of 5,1 * K) peranus here
this evening. He said he would appeal to
them, as hard-headed, practical men, to
consider how their interest would l.e served
by the surrender of the protection of the
imperial Parliament for the rule off I’Brien,
Tanner and Sexton. IGroausand laughter.)
Those gentlemen, he said, were not very
clear ns to wiiat they would substi
tute for tho [iieseni- government.
Fancy picture' had l>*>en drawn of tlie
results which would follow the proposed
change. There would lie no rents, no evic
tion', no police. | Laughter.] There would
be no law breaking- a circumstance easy
to understand, because there would bo no
law. jLaughter.j Great industries were to
arise magically, the soil would be. ome more
fertile and farmers would obtain better
prices for their products. Ho was
not more skeptical than other men
but he regarded with besitat ion such a fancy
jiicture. The fact was that Ireland was
poor. A majority of her imputation de
pended on agriculture for a living. In close
juxtaposition to Ireland was the br.-i eu
tomer in the world. Ha, it not suicidal to
w eaken the bonds uniting Great, Britain and
Ireland! Was it w i.-e to risk losing the most
profitable jiar*. of Ireland’s trade ‘ He knew
that he should tie told that reparation was
not the question, but lie was perfectly cer
tain that the creel ion of a practically inde
pendent Parliament at Dublin would bo fol
lowed within a few years, [>erhu[is, or a few
months by atisolute independence and sep
aration. Ireland wanted capital to develop
her resources and enable tier industrious for
mer* to dispose of their produce favorably.
England had capital enough and to spare,
and if the country were peaceable and set
tied she would pour her money into Ireland.
But capitalists would not send money to Ire
land while persons who claimed the right of
government were doing their utmost to
sbowthat law* were onb made to 1m broken,
and that no contract was sacred. Agitation
was destroying Irish credit, thereby injur
ing every inti " (• of I t *er
SIX COLUMNS OF REPORTS.
Dublin, Oct. 13. — Fnitrrl Ireland, Wil
liam O’Brien’s pafier, to-day publishes six
columns of reports of various national
league meetings, ami obset ves; “This is how
coercion terrorizes Irishmen.”
The Insjiecteir General of Constables has
issued an order susjiendiiig the execution of
tho Coroner’s warrants for the arrest of
Inspector Binwnrigg and othcix, against
whom a verdict of murder was rendered at
Mitchcllstow n yesterday, {lendingan appeal
to quash tlie finding of tho jury.
Germany’s Crown Prince.
London, Oct. 14, 3a. m . Tho Ciu'on trie's
correspondent at Berlin says lie has learned
from an unimpeachable authority that tho
condition of the German Crown Prince is
precarious, and that Dr. McKenzie’s treat
ment, has failed. 'Hie correspondent says
that the Prince became so weak at Tolbaeh
that he could travel only by easy stages,
and that he positively refuses to submit, to
any further Tijieration, although the origi
nal symptoms have reajipearea.
A Bogus Priest Sentenced.
Montreal, Que., Oct. 13.- A man named
Damnso lies Sorenso Detcasou, who called
himself a priest, was sentenced at the last
session of the Court of Queen’s Bench to
twenty-three months in prison and to
twenty lashes for having committed
an indecent assault on a young girl.
Spain Will Indemnify.
Madrid, Oct. IS.—The Sjianish govern
ment, being convinced that the revolt of
the natives of Ponape was the result of re
ligious jiersecution, has ordered that only
those convicted of murdering Spaniards be
punished, and that the indemnity de
manded by America be paid.
Spain's New Navy.
Madrid, Oct. 13. —The Queen Regent has
signed a decree authorizing the construction
of six ironclads of 7,000 tons each, which
shall be capable of attaining a speed of
from ten to twenty miles an hour; und also
four large and sixty small torpedo boats.
Mexico's Presidential Bill.
City of Mexico, Oct. 13. —The bill per
mitting re election to the Presidency, after
having jiassed the Senate, was to-day ap
proved by the majority of the House of
1 ieputies.
A Cyclone at Havana.
Havana, Oct. 13. —A cyclone swept over
the southwest portion of this city to-day,
moving in a westerly direction, it is rain
ing heavily throughout the island.
Jenny Lind Dying.
London, Oct. 13. —Jenny Lind Gold
schmidt is rejxirted to be dying.
Miss Mulock Dead.
London, Oct. 13.—Mrs. Craik (Miss
Mulock) is dead.
TELESCOPED AT A DEPOT.
A Train-Dispatcher’s Blunder Costs a
Woman Her Life.
Kansas City, Oct. 13.—An accommoda
tion train on the Missouri Pacific railroad,
consisting of four passenger coaches, left
Independence, Mo., this morning, crowded
with jiassengers for Kansas City. Near
Rock Creek Station the accommodation
was telescoped in the rear by the Wichita
express, consisting of eighteen coaches, all
heavily loaded.
A lady standing on the platform of the
station was struck in the abdomen and
killed by the debris.
t irouit Clerk H. H. Nelson was badly
injured.
Matt Chatman, baggage master of the
accommodation, suffered a broken leg and
other injuries.
Edward Milton, an employe of Sloman
H. Reed, of Independence, was also se
riously hurt.
A large number of passengers on both
trains injured themselves in trying to break
through windows.
The accident was caused by the failure of
tho train dispatcher to notify tlm conduc
tor of the express that, the accommodation
had preceded him. Most of the jiassengers
on both trains were coming to see President
Cleveland.
GIVEN UP A8 LOST.
A Schooner and a Yacht Go Down
With Nineteen Souls.
Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 13. The
schooner Thomas I* Tarr that, sailed from
here Aug. 10 with a crew of fourteen men
on a fishing voyage is given up for lost,
with all on board. She was last, seen at
anchor Sept. 3, the day of the disastrous
hurricane on the banks, and has neither
been seen nor heard from since.
A YACHT ALSO WENT DOWN.
St. Paul. Minn., Oct. 13.- Tlieyacht Net
tie, which left Jarvis Island, lake Superior,
j for Port Arthur last Thursday, was im
| doubtedly lost in the storm which followed.
Tho rudder of the Nettie was found near
I Mutton Island. She had a crew of six: Mr.
Murray, of Ijondoii, Eng.: Mr. McLamon,
of Port Arthur; Mr. Fox and son, of Fort
j William, and two sailors.
Southern Mexico’s Hurricane.
St. Louis, Oct. 13.- A siiecial from Na
gales, Ari., says: “Alp attempts to get
news from the storm on the southern coast
to-day have been fut ile. Thas,t|>js>sitlon is,
however, that the cities of Mazatlan and
San Klois have been partially, if not wjiolly,
destroyed by a hurricane and tidal wave.
It is said that. 1 ho banks of i he bay at Guay •
mas are crowded with |>eople waiting lid
ings from the swept-away cities and schoon
ers on the Gulf. The storm and tidal waves
were the most severe ever known.”
Clergymenfaa Contract Labor.
New York, Oct. 13. — United States Dis
trict Attorney Walker decided to-day to
tiring suit against the Wardens of Holy
Trinity Church for bringing Rev. E. Warren
to tl.is country under contract for hi* ser
vices contrary to the I Hited States contract
labor law. tie stated in a letter to-day
that though singing, lecturing and acting
were excepted under the law, jireachiug
was not so excejited. Tho United States
will pay the exjiensi of the suit.
B. & O. Stocks Tumble.
Baltimore, Md. . Oct. 13.— There was
more activity to-day in Baltimore and Ohio
railroad shares than for some time [last.
Two hundred and twenty-four shares in
small blocks, changed hands. ItOjjened at
100 and sold down to 104, but recovered to
US liefore the close of the first session.
Between the calls there was a saie of ten
shares at K12j..... There are no new develop
ments as to matters connected with th
road.
Louisiana Mansions Burned.
New Orleans, La., Oct. 13.—The resi
dence of Mrs. J. R. Gordpn, on Verona
plantation, together with its contents, wax
burned last night. The loss is .48,000.
The residence of Mr. Blackburn, on Rhel
burne plantation, on 1-ake Providence, to
gether with its contents, was a!n burned
last night. The loss is SIO,OOO,
Five car loads of cotton, consisting of I Iff
halo', were burned t.o-fiav at Morten. T.a
KOUTS CRASH.
The Railroad Evidently Trying to Con
ceal the Truth.
Chicago, Oct. 15. —Special dispatches to
the Chicago papers this morning as to the
extent of the < 'hicago and Atlantic horror
confirm the Associated Press report direct
from Kout the day of the disaster. The
Inter-Oeen a has a signiticant interview with
Hr. T. (t. McClure, of Boone flrove, who,
with I)r. McKee, of Kout, was active in
aiding the sufferers at. (.he wreck. "Those
remains which were recovered,' 1 said Dr.
McKee, “are of persons who were sitting on
seats near windows and fell outwards when
the charred framework fell to pieces, hut
those who were sitting inside and whose re.
mains fell between the rails were burned to
powder anil not a vestige of them, except u
few pieces of hone, could V>e found.
INTENSE HEAT.
“The heat between those rails was sufficient
to have destroyed all the remains. When the
charred mass cooled it would go to powder
by the embers falling on it, and nothing
would ever he known of them. 1 was told
by one of the wreckers that he saw a little
heap of bones, and this was corroborated by
the statements of others, and, doubtless,
that, was all that remained of those who fell
lietwoen the tracks, for when the heat is
sufficient to make t ie rails underneath red
hot and to warp and bend them into every
conceivable shape, it is almost as intense as
a crematory. l)r. McClure states the num
ber burned to death was at. least sixteen or
eighteen. Of the wounded he speaks defi
nitely, and his total is even higher than the
press estimate.”
A HEROIC WOMAN.
Dr. McClure says: At Miller’s Hotel in
Kout after the accident there were seven
ladies and ten men, making seventeen in
all. He got the name and address of the
lady mentioned in the press report as hav
ing done most heroic work at the wreck in
helping others to escape. It is Mrs. John
Wensinger of Carry, Wyandotte county
Ohio. •
.1. W. Frederick who lives at Kout, and
failed to get aboard the train at, Hammond,
said he knew there were over
fifty passengers aboard the train when
it, left Hammond. The Daihj .Veins has a
special from Wabash saying le*w Thorn, a
well-known traveling man, interviewed the
ixirter of the year Pullman car on the train
wrecked at Kout. The porter stated that
the tickets in the possession of the conductor
showed that, nineteen passengers were miss
ing The porter himself counted fifteen
bodies all burned to a crisp.
COAL MINERS STRIKE.
They Refuse to Slave Longer for Star
vation Wages.
Chicago, Oct. 13. —A Vincennes (lud.)
special says: “Twenty-five hundred to 3,000
miners are out on a strike in Southern In
diana and a coal famine is upon us. Ten
thousand 111(11011, or more are out in the
Davis county coal mines, and they propose
to stay out, and will not listen to any com
promise. The companies are equally stub
born, and the fight, promises to boa long
and hitter one. The Miners’ Federation
sends out a manifesto to-day to the effect
that they will stand out for an advance In
wages; that the companies have pursued
systematic persecution, and that wages have
been forced below living rates, ‘We are
now going to force them up.’ Owing to the
former low prices paid for work, the men
are in poor condition to stand the fight. If
they ate successful a long step will have
be 11 taken in the direction of an advance of
•V. per ton for all the mines in the federa
tion district 011 Nov. I. They have good
coal, good shipping facilities, and the cost
of production here is small compared w ith
other mining districts. Mining is from 45c.
to fiOc. per ton and a day’s labor from 90c.
to $1 per day, and the men are paid in most
part out of the companies’ stores. ‘We ap
peal to all miners, all over Indiana, to come
to (he rescue and help on the fight,’ The
manifesto is signed by President Fisher of
the federation. The flat, has gone out all
along the, line, and the order is to stay out
and refuse to work.”
AUGUSTA ANNALS.
Launching of a Bteamer A Police
Officer's Heroic Plunge.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 18. —The Augusta
Steamboat Company launched their boat
to day, which is to ply between Augusta
and Savannah. The ceremony was wit
nessed by I<X) people. Some adventer
ous persons jumped aboard and took
the slide, which was graceful and devoid of
accident. The steamer is 140 by 40 feet, anti
will draw, loaded with 1,300 bales of cotton,
only three and one-half feet of water. Thus
the Savannah will he navigable to her at all
times,
John Jones (colored) drove a cow into
town from Nelson's nursery to-day and sold
it on the street. The animal was not hia,
and he is now in jail.
Judge t\’. F. F.ve inspected the county
convict camp and the roads, bridges, poor
house, etc., to-day. and pronounced every
thing in excellent condition. •
A tight occurred on the incoming Central
railroad train this evening in which a negro
was ls>,iten terribly. Deputy Sheriff Zeone,
'of Burke county, who had a prisoner in
charge lit a cigar in the. second-class coach
and was angrily asked bv a negro passenger
named Perkins why lie did not smoke in the
first, class coach. The question started the
difficulty. Perkins may die.
Kay Cone, a white child, aged ti years,
fell into the canal this afternoon, and was
rescued in ,i dying condition by Poli,-email
Parnell. The officer's act, considering the
terrible swiftness of the water, wa< one of
heroism. He plunged fearlessly into the
surging torrent and pulled the baby out.
Ohio’s Insane Asylum Fire.
Cr.EVILASn, Oct. 13. —One more body
has been recovered from the ruins of the
chapel and laundry of the insane asylum,
which burned last night, making seven
known to be dead. The injured inmates are
doing as well as can he expected, and all
may recover. Three of the escaped patients
were captured this morning, and only two
are now unaccounted for.
$33,000 in a Barrel of Ashes.
St. Louis, Oct. 13. —The money taken
from the Pacific Express Company by Mes
senger John Owen has all lieen recovered.
It was found yesterday concealed in h bar
rel of ashes in the rear of the messenger's
residents- in this city. The amount found
was $33,000. Owens directed the men to
where the money was hid.
A Cotton Gin Burned.
CovtNiiTON. Ga., Oct. 13.—About 4
o'clock yesterday evening R. C. Cook, who
lives five miles north of town, lost his gin
house by fire, together with eight bales of
seed cotton and 1,000 bushels of cotton seed.
The tire is supposed to have originated from
a match in the cotton. The loss is about
S3OO, with no insurance.
Tennessee’s Anti-Prohibition Majority.
Nahhv tu.i;, Oct. 18.— The last two coun
ties .-eat in their official returns to-day on
Ihe elction on the prohibition amendment
fy-pt. :Jtt. The official majority against the
amendment is 27 r,0:;
1 PRICE £lO A TEAR i
i 5 CEXTB A COPY. (
ONE DEATH AT PALATKA.
THE DECEASED ONE OF THS
REFUGEES FROM TAMPA.
Jacksonville Quarantines Against, that
Place Both by Rail and River -Dr.
Hamilton Not In Doubt as to the
Disease’s Identity-Six New Case*
and Two Deaths at Tampa.
Jacksonville. Fla.. Oct. 13.—The
Health Board held a meeting this noon, all
the members being present. Several re
ports wore made, showing the effectiveues*
of the quarantine regulation. Dr. Neal
Mitchell reported that it had come to bis
notice that one prominent, Jacksonville citi
zen had passed the guard between here and
St. Augustine. If a repetition occurred he
should remove the guard. Dr. King Wyily
telegraphed asking if lie would be permitted
to come to Jacksonville to confer with the
board. After considerable discussion it was
moved that he lie allowed to coma
here after fifteen days from the date of his
last exposure at, Tampa. (Subsequently it
was resolved that, one or more member* of
the hoard meet him at Sanford, or soma
other designated point, and have a confer
ence with him. The physician on the board
said there was no danger in h is coming here,
as, being a good physician himself. Dr.
Wyily took all needful precautions, but in
deference to public opinion they preferred
to meet, him outside.
A special to the Timex- T'niun from Tampa
says there have been six new cases to day
and two deaths. Dr. Porter and nurse*
from Key West, have arrived.
A DEATH AT PALATKA.
Stratton, sprinter, six daysfroni Tampa,
died at Palatka at 11.30 o’clock this fore
noon of yellow fever, with black vomit.
Another refugee named Kelsodied at Inter
laeben. Two others are sick at Palatka, hut
the nature of their illness is not known yet.
The people there are panic-stricken and for
ty started on the evening north-hound tram
for this county and points in Georgia. The
health authorities here met the train ah
Orange Park and compelled the Palatka
refugees to go back. Not even those holding
through tickets were allowed to coma
through the limits of Duval county. Quaran
tine was established tonight by Rt. Augus
tine, Sanford, Oealß, le-esburg, Gainesvilla
and Hawthorne against Palatka. Tele
grams were sent, to the steamer coming
down to-night not to take on passenger*
north of Amor. The Health Board here
has been in seasion all the evening, and In
tend doing everything possible to localize
the disease. There is no fear of refugee*
going north, as all avenues are too strictly
guarded. At Palatka all the furniture and
bedding in Stratton’s room were burned, a*
■w as also his belongings. The premises w ere
disinfected and the house is now closelv
guarded. Much feeling is felt here, as all
think I’alatka's carelessness caused the out
break.
At, the night session of the Board of
Health it, was suggested that, a fine of f.W)
he made on railroads bringing in refugee*
against the orders of the Foard It will b*
decided upon to-morrow, as will alao tha
propriety of calling upon the government
for aid in stamping out the disease. y
(U’ITKRAN .NOT GOING.
Washington, Oct. 13.—Dr. Joseph Y.
Porter, president of the Board of Health at
Key West, Fla., who is also an army sur
geon, having gone to Tampa to investigate
the epidemic, the order to Passed Assistant
Burgeon Guiteras to go to Tanipa has been
revoked.
Ht’RGEOV GENERAL HAMILTON’S ARTICLE.
Philadelphia, Oct. 13.*—In a special
article written for the Medical News Of thi*
week on the fever epidemic at Tanipa, Fla ,
Dr. John B- Hamilton, Surgeon General of
the United State* Marine Hospital Servici,
says;
The fatal progress of the disease tells its own
story, and prevents adhesion 10 the theory the*
the disease Is dengue and not yellow fever. V'W
I he a rival of the progress of the disease and the
prevention of its spread the experience of the
last deeade has conclusively established the
utility of measure* o( "isolation and (tegrega
tion" In connection with those public measure*
always needful in times of epidemic, unmetv:
municipal cleanliness, careful quarantine and
special hospitals.
FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS.
Standard Time Being- Adopted Mots
Generally.
Jacksonvii.le, Fla., Oct. 13.—A. 8.
Chalker, Green Cove Springs merchant.,
has assigned to \V. S. Weigh tman. Mr.
( halker was the owner of the tteamer
Twilight.
Maj. Burbridge this morning informed
the police that standard time hereafter
would be used in city affairs. This it a
move that ail the business men of Jackson
ville desire to see carried out fully. The
County Commissioners are to be petitioned
also to have county business regulated by
the same standard.
The Mayor guve orders this morning to
the police"to close up the saloons to which
licenses were refused. They have beea
kept open in hopes that their petitions would
Ik- reconsidered. This move of the Mayor's
will place them on their defense, and inter
esting developments are expedited.
W. K. Behring, the post office stamp clerk
who was so free with his pistol yesterday
because a negro talked back to him, has
been suspended by the Assistant Postmaster
pending the return of Postmaster Clark.
Many innocent jierson* were imperilled.
The hall, after passing through the open
front door, whizzed dose to Dr. Babcock,
and several parties farther up the street had
narrow escapee.
Isaac Middleton, a of this city, who
went, to Koy West a few weeks ago, died
there this week from the effects of a scor
pion's bite.
The Hub-Tropical is booming in fine style.
The main building is two-thirds completed,
and will be ready for the reception of ex
hibits by Dec. 1. The grounds
for planting tropical plant and shrubs
will tie ready in ton days and the
work begun. The counties throughout tbe
State are organizing to send exhibit*, and
the prospects are that the exposition
will tie a success. Col. Forbes, secretary
of the assri'iation, goes to Gaines
ville in the morning to address the county
organization of Aiaohua in the evening.
Altogether the projectors of the enterprise
are well satis tied with the response and en
couragement given, although they say they
could use more money very comfortably.
Jacksonville end Duval will do their share,
and the directors ask that the other section*
interested try and secure more stock.
A Wedding at Jesvup.
Jemi p, Ga., Oct. 13.—Rev. T. W Ellis
and Miss Florence Grady were married at
the Methodist church last night. Presiding
Elder Anthony officiating. The happy
couple left for Atlanta, where they will
spend a few days.
Mr Crihsokrkak—Youpleythe piano a great
deal; do you not?' 1
Mis* Fussandfeather— Yes: I play at home a
good deal. lo drive dull care away.
“I you’re successful, are nt you’'
‘ Well, i understand you drive everything
else away. I dou't suppose dull care would
u-nl. to s**v eifclie,-.' V entire** .ias