The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, October 27, 1890, Image 1
( THE morning news. I ‘ f.TABLISHID 1880. ISCOaFOOATXD 1888. V j J. 11. EBTILL, President. J A big fire at mobile. over h&le a million in losses ON THE WATER FRONT. The Devastated District Bounded by tbe Water, Royal, Beauregard and gt. Louis Streets—Tbe Direction of tbe Wind All That Saved the City From Destruction. Mobile. Ala., Oct 26, 9 p. m.—Mobile red severely by fire to-day. The build ing* consumed being a shingle mill, three cotton compresaes, five cotton warehouses, with 5,630 bales of cotton, the Gulf City oil mill. Mobile ice factory, three steamboats, elevin loaded and five empty freight cars, two ooal aud wood yards, a freight depot with a small amount of freight and six wharves. The fire was aided by a strong northwest wind, but had it been a point or two nearer north pretty much ail of the town would have gone. The loss is {650,000, with about #325,000 insurance. WHERE IT STARTED. The fire started in Stewart & Butts’ spin dle mill, just beyond the city limits on the north, and destroyed that large establish ment. Sparks fell in many warehouses within a radius of naif a mile to the south, snd many tires broke out simultaneously; tbe first noticed being among cotton on the Mobile and Birmingham railroad wharf. This was at once tumbled off into the slip, ind. though scorched, was saved. Almost at the same time the Goodman and Mau ter’s warehouses were seen to be on fire. IN THE COTTON QUARTER. All the northern part of the town is taken up with property devoted to the handling and storing of cotton, whole blocks being oc cupied by warehouses, one-story brick build ups with dead wails on all sidee except two, which are pierced with a single gate. All were covered with slate, but have court yards in the center, the shed 6 being open to the court. Fire once introduced, spread with marvelous rapidity from bale to bale. CARRIED BV SPARKS. There was a rain of sparks from the shingle mill fire and this accounts for the breaking out of the fire in several ware houses at once. Dense smoko was blown steadily down tbe streets and in the faces of tbe firemen who tried to fight the fire in front. Very little could be done therefore, to stop tbe progress of the flames and it was not until the opon space,quarter of a block, was met at the foot of Ht. Anthony street that any success was met with. ITS SOUTHWARD PROGRESS STOPPED. There the southward progress of the fire was stopped, after sweeping away five blocks along the river front, except one building, the Mobile and Birmingham pas senger Spot. The warehouses on the west side of Commerce street were burned from Beuregard to State streets, four blocks, except the Okolona warehouse. The warehouses on Water street, both sides between Lipscom . and Adams and partly on both sides between Adams and Congress streets were burned, as were also the warehouses on the northeast corner of Magnolia and Congress streets. THE WHARVES ON FIRE. All the whai f property, which is owned by private parties, along the river front from Lips omb to State streets was burned, and a small portion of one of the wharves belonging to the city at the foot of St. Louis street. Lying in the slips were four steam boats. Tnree of these, the Ruth, Mary Etizabetn and Jewel, were burned. Two (f these were out of commission and were of little value. The Ruth was worth ffSU.OJU. Several coal and wood yards on the wharves were destroyed and sundry freight. A TRAIN IN DANGER. There was a passenger train in Commerce street when the fire broke out, and a train of freight, all belonging to the Mobile aud Birmingham Railway Company. All were saved except five empty freight cars. Eleven cars of corn belonging to the Mobile and Ohio railroad on the adjacent tract, were burned. THE LOSSES. Ihe principal losses are distributed as follows: Stewart & Butts, shingle mill, #17,000; dry kiln saved. Cooley’s compress and warehouse, owned t . , To ' vnseud of New York, *70,000. lavlors compress aud warehouse, owned by John T. Taylor of New York, #25,000. -Merchants press aud warehouse, owned by U. U. Thames and others, #30,000. Brown’s warehouses, owned by Bestorr & Barker; Goodman’s, owned bv Barker & D)vy; the Selam warehouse, owned by E. 51. iownsendof New York; the Truwitt warehouse, owned by John T. Taylor; the Emanuel warehouse, owned by the Emanuel estate. Ail valued at $50,000. 5,630 BALES or COTTON GONE. K n?°, waraho “* contained altogether 5,630 bales of cotton, all of which were de- Btroyed They were valued at #281,500, but were fully insured. t „ m Le aud Birmingham railroad’s l f 1! "j rar F depot was burned, entailing a los of about #4,000 in freight. 8 pif„ tXt , ou . Commerce street was the Gulf value of'ft! 8 ! wbich wero destroyed. The iot ,b ” building and machinery was fUjloOO* aU<l ° f the BtOCk ° f 86ed in tbe shed vhtmlLrS 9 the Mobile Phosphate and " ni al -Manufacturing Company's fa©- ■>*’ at th ® corner of Bt. Anthony and v mmerce streets, the last to burn, and *40,000. Ira-*•) rl 1 ! 0W Pino Lumber Company’s loss , x-,000 on lumber. rood' 1 °’ Doanell loßt *B,OOO °n coal and Th, 10 lost #3,500 in the same. ■a,, mss l y the Mobile and Birmingham a !i*ay on freight cars is #2,500. to 088 the Mobile and Ohio railroad f im- ? nd their contents is #B.OOO. .Im,, 81 ' 1 ;- 0 ' the cotton insurance there is Sr , i° '.OOO on the other pr iperty. The fe "*°ut at T3;30 o’clock and was un e' control at 4 o’clock. Blaine at Chicago. 28 18 K , ia Pon ’ B Quest and Will Re main With Him Three Days. ' I . I, Ao °, Oct. 26.—Secretary Blaine is ier/th 6t b ' B SOn ln th* s city. He arrived o tv, u morain 3 in a special oar attached i 6 1 e, msy!vania train. The party oon of Secretary Blaine, Mrs. Blaine, and William Walter t ainister to Germany. From the ions RfeP-f* was driven direct to Em- B,.ed r Qas J O / 110 -. Emmons Blaine, when lid- “\jv E f r n to bi ® father’s programme, rif e Rru f la her is only here to visit my nd there in Inr * elf f° r a little rest o pohUn.i no hccpamme.” He said that seretar l J B P eech would be mado b F the !h 'cag 0 r bu U t' I \vH hIS A throe day “’ Btft y in odd ’i,i at vv eduesday en route eas. he id. rfcSa the people of South Bend, W re 8 * 1 Time on a p afety. '-day LA -- Oot 26.-R. G. Betts rls ~ '*®. tw aty-five and fifty mile Uts a safety wheel. Twenty-five dll se-onrf VerS M L“. 1 h,,ur - 32 minutes end 4G dsf mi '° S 3 h ° U ‘ 9 ’ Hje JWofmng AN ALDERMAN SHOT DEAD. A Tough Gambler Pulled tbe Trig ger in a Saloon. Chicago, 111., Oct. 26.—Alderman Wil liam P. Whelan was shot and mortally wounded early this morning by George H. Hathaway, a gambler, in Mat Hogan's sa loon at No. 336 State street, a rendezvous for the shooting element. Alderman Whe lan, John McGinnis, an officer of the health department, ana Hogan were sitting at a table when Hathaway came. AN ILL-FATED INVITATION. Whelan, who was under the influence of liquor, called him aud asked him to have a drink. At first he hesitated, but finally sat down aud tak ing a long range Colt’s revolver from his pocket, began twirling it around under the noses of the others. The alderman told him to put up bis gun and act like a gentleman, and added that unless he did so, he would make him. WHELAN SHOT. At this Hathaway jumped up just as Whelan mado a grab for the weaDou and pointing it straight at him: “Well. you if you want it, take It.” He then pulled the trigger. The ball took effect in Whelan’s left side, immediately over the groin, passed through the abdomen, shattered the spine and catne out at the back. The alderman threw up his hands, and fell upon the floor, saying “I am bored clean through and am done for.” After the shooting Hathaway walked calmly away, but was arrested later in tbe day. Whelan died at 2:55 o’clock in the afternoon. A STEAL STAND PIPE BREAKS A Heavy Destruction of Property at Temple by the Flood. St. Louis, Oct. 26,— A dispatch from Temple. Tex., says: “Two hundred and eighty thousand gallons of water confined in a steel stand pipe broke loose from its confines about 3 o’clock Friday morning and flooded tbe town. Immense sheets of boiler steel, hundreds of nieces of scaffoldings, houses, barns, fences and all the debris of the surrounding neighborhood went floating and crashing in ail directions. The people of the town were awakened aud stood in frightened groups about the town watching tbe de st ruction of their homes and property. CRUSHED LIKE AN EGG-SHELL. “The house of O. T. Higdon was crushed like an egg-shell and afterwards took fire from an overturned lamp and was burned. Mr. Rigdon was seriously burned and his recovery is doubtful. “Tb* accident is unaccountable. No flaws were apparent in any of the broken pieces of pipe, and the workman ship shows it to be first-class. The founda tion is still there, solid and unharmed except in one place, whore a gash two feet long was cut through the bottom and a couple of rocks were washed away.” A CKAZi' FLMALS’d FREAK. She Leaped From a Train and Wan dered Like a Wild Woman. Wheeling, W. Va„ Oct. 26.—Mrs. Brannan of St. Louis, a demented woman who jumped from a train at Clarksville, Oct. 9, and ran to the hills, leaving seven small children in the car, was accidentally found to-day. She was hiding in a fodder shock within three-quarters of a mile of town. A negro lookiag for a stray colt heard groans from the shock aud tore it down, discovering the woman completely helpless from injuries she had received in her flight. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. She had been without food or water for seventeen days and exposed to the drench ing rains and cold weather. She was taken in charge by the authorities, and her friends notified by telegraph. She is still under the delusion that someone is following her to murder her and begs her rescuers not to inform her St. Louis relatives of her where abouts. Her children are safe in charge of relatives near Pnlladelphia. Physicians say that Mrs. Brannan may recover if properly cared for, FRIENDS OF EDUCATION. The Anniversary of the Freedman’s Aid Society. Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 26.—The twenty fourth anniversary of tho Freedman’s Aid and Southern Educational Society is being celebrated in this city, and has brought together many of the most eminent clergy men in the Methodist Episcopal church, among them Bishop John H. Vincent, Bishop Foss of Philadelphia, Bishop Ninde of Topeka, Kan.; Rev. Dr. Buckley aud others. At the opening session Rev. Dr. Hartzall, corresponding secretary, sub mitted some interesting figures. Since its organization in 1886 the society has ex pended over #2,800,000 in establishing and maintaining institutions of Christian education in the south among the white and colored people. Last year there was maintained 40 sohools, 815 touchers, and 8,336 students. The income for the year was #266,684, an increase of #40,000 over any preceding year. There were more than 2,000 students in tbe various in dustrial schools last year and 125 christiau physicians have been graduated from the Nashville medical school. HIGH WATER IN THE HUDSON. Heavy Losses of Brick in the Yards Along Its Banks. Rondout, N. Y., Oct. 26.—The Hudson to-day showed the highest tide in forty years. The briokvards suffered enormously. Millions of brick were lost. The yards between Roseton and Albany are submerged, and green brick awaiting burning were thrown down by the flood. It is estimated that 4,600,000 brick have been lost in the Kingston distr et. The fires were put out in kilns in process of burning, green kilns thrown down and brick underneath the sheds washed away. The ceme t sheds suffered greatly. The Newark Lime and Cement Company’s sheds are submerged with twelve inches of water. A much higher tide is expected to night. REED AT ROCKFORD. Four Thousand People Listen to His Defense of His Party. Rockford, 111., Oct. 2d—Speaker Reed’s audience here yesterday afternoon, numbered fully 4,000 people. He spoke forty minutes. Last night the celebrated presiding officer of the House of Represents? tives addressed an immense crowd at Mo line. A large portion of his audience came from Davenport,, across the Mississippi river, to hear Speaker Reed uphold the McKinley bill aud his course as speaker of tbe House. ; Fast Walking. San Francisco, Oct. 26.—At the Olym pic Club gam s yesterday G. D. Byrd walked an exhibition half mile in 2 minutes aud 54% second-, beating tho world’s record of 3 minutes and 2 2-5 seconds. SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1890. VARN’S FOES USE FIRE HIS TURPENTINE STILL AND A NEGRO'S CABIN BURNED. His Commissary Riddled with Bullets While His Agent wae Inside Asleep— The Mob 160 Strong- -They Threat ened to Return Last Night to Murder and Burn. Waycross, Ga., Oct. 26.—T,ast night 150 men, armed with Winchester rifles, wont to Varu and fired the turpentine still of L. B. Yarn, destroying about #I,OOO worth of property. They also riddled his commis sary with bullets. Inside the commissary the clerk was sleeping. He says the balls flew uncomfortably close to bis body, as he lay upon the bed in an ague of fright. The house of Roo Knight, some distance in the woods, is also said to have been burned. The party said they intended to return to-night and finish their work of destruction. Mr. Yarn has #4,tWO or #5,000 worth of property in and near Varn. He says his life has been threatened and he has been forced to aban don bis property and leave it to the mercy of those who are disposed to destroy it. GOV. GORDON NOTIFIED. Upon tho information reaching here of his 1 ss and the threats against his life, he wired Gov. Gordon for protection to his property, aud has wired Postmaster General W anamaker that he has to abandon tho pcstoflice at Varn in consequence of lawless acts and violent threats against his life. Gov. Gordon has wired Sheriff Hendersou of Ware county to hold the militia in readiness to proceed to Varn if the citizens oaunot pre serve order and protect life and property. No one could furnish any names, but it is conceded that the party who deoredated last night numbered 150 at least. It is not known where the party came from or where they went. Sheriff Henderson will go to the scene of the trouble with a posse of citizens to investigate the trouble. THE GOVERNOR NOTIFIED. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 26.—The governor is in possession of news of a fresh ontbreak in Ware county. L. B. Varn, the white man who was reported as the leader of the blacks in last W ednesday’s trouble, telegraphs that everything he has in Varn, in Ware county, is at the mercy of a lawless mob, who burned hU turpentine still last night, and threaten to return to-night and com plete the destruction of several thousand dollars worth of property and murder him and his hands. “The authorities,” Mr. Varn adds, “are powerless and I appeal to you for immediate protection.” THE SHERIFF S INSTRUCTIONS. On receiving the dispatch about noon the governor telegraphed Sheriff Henderson at Waycross for an account of the situa tion. The sheriff replied corroborating Mr. Varn’s statement eonoerning the burning of the still and the threats to destr ,y the bal ance of his property aad murder the owner and his employes. The officer further confessed his inability to deal with the mob and asked for instructions. Tbe following dispatoh was then forwarded by tbe gover nor: “Notify the military company at Waycross to hold itself ready for ac tion if necessary, but do not call on it if the civil nnthonties can preserve order. Keep me advised.” AN ISLAND OF ICE. The Steamer Maine Diacovere a Dan gerous Obstruction Philadelphia, Pa., Oot. 26.—Capt. Boequet of the British steamship Maine, which arrived here to-day from Swansen, reported that on Oct. 20 in latitude 45.03 aud longtitude 48.20 he passed an island of ice 2,600 feet long and 450 feet high. Close around the vicinity of this obstruction were hundreds of detached piece*, rendering navigation in the. locality extremely dan gerous during a fog or at night. During the last few days of the passage a series of heavy gales aud high seas were experi enced, but tbe ship sustained no damage. AMATEUR ATHLETICS. Owens’ Record for 100 Yards Ac cepted by the Union. Philadelphia, Oet. 26. —The board of managers of the Amateur Athletic Union met in this city last night, the session last ing until 3 o’clock this morning. It was decided to accept Owens’ reoord of 9 4-5 seconds for 100 yards made at Washington. The question of accepting the record of 9% seconds for the same distance was post poned for future consideration. AH glove contests under the aus pices of the Amateur Athletic Union will hereafter, be of four rounds duration instead of six as at present. Other unimportant business was transacted. CHAMPIONS AT CHEBS. Tschlgorin Makes His Ninth Move After Forty-eight Hourß’ Study. New York, Oct. 26.—M. Tschigorin sent in his ninth move in “the Evans game" and his tenth move of “the two knights" de fense to-night. They were at once for warded to M. Steinitz, who, it is expected, will forward the Tschigorin moves, together with his replies, to-morrow morning. M. Tschigorin took forty-eight hours’ considera tion for bis moves. Impressed by the South. Washington, Oct. 26.—The English and German iron and steel men spent to-day visiting places of interest near tbe c ty. Those who visited the south were greatly impressed by tbe immense wealth in the mines of the south and tbe apparent ease with which iron ore can be mined there as contrasted with similar work in England. Recruits for the Mafia. New Orleans, Oct. 26.—The steamship Elysia, from Palermo with 1,038 Italians on board, arrived this morni. g at the wharf of the Northeastern railroad, aud the immi grants all came ashore, tbe inspectors having found their papers correct. A detachment of police was on the scene to preserve order. An Al.lance Cigar Factory. Tallahassee, Fla., Oct, 26.—Articles of incorporation of tbe Largo Alliance Cigar Manufacturing Company were filed with the secretary of state yesterday. This com pany will establish a factory at Largo. Hillsborough county, and has a capita) stoca of #1,500. The Btock is divided into shares of #lO each. The incorporators are W. A. Belcher, president; P. S. Dame, sec retary and treasurer; Daniel McMullen, N. N, Friend and E. L. Stovell. Call at Apalachicola Apalachicola, Fla, Oct. 26.—Senator Call addressed a large audience at Ballou’s opera house W ednesday night. He planted himself on the side of the people as against railroad monopoly and landed nobility. John G. Huge returned Saturday with his accomplished bride, nee Mies Fannie Femes Fuller of Boston. The happy couple were showered with congratulations. VON MOLTKR’B BIRTHDAY. All Germany Unltaln Doing Honor to the Veteran. Berlin, Oct. 26.—The celebration of the nlntieth anniversary birth of Count von|Moltke was continued to-day. At 9 o’clock this morning tbe oount wae sere naded by tbe Teachers’ Choral Society, and he received the congratulations of his rela tives; at 9:30 o’clock he rece.ved army officers, officials and members of the gen eral staff, who came in procession. At 11 ;30 o’clock, in the preeeuo- of the emperor, the guards and cuirassier*, with their colors, paraded before the offices of the general staff, where Count vou Moltke is residing. BAREHEADED ON THK BALCONY. The veteran stood bare-headed on the balcony. The colors were afterward taken to his room. Then all the German and for eign genera 8, including Chancellor von Cuprivi, Gen. Kutussow of Husain, and the Austrian deputation bearing an autograph letter from Emperor Francis Joseph assem bled in the great hall where they were f rented by tbe emperor. Count von ioltke led by Count W' al lersee now en tered, followed by the staff officers aud there was a general offering of congratula tions to the old general. MUNICIPAL TESTIMONIALS. In tbe afternoon tbe municipal council, beaded by Burgomaster Uorckmbeck, pre sented the municipal testimonial and 50,030 marks as a gift in Count von Moltke’s name to the alms bouses established by tbe late Emperor William. In thanking them the oount described this as tbe most valua ble of his gifts. Deputations from the municipal counoils of Muuiob, Breslau, Koenigs be; g, Chemnitz and Moinel presented addresses conferring upon Count Moltke the freedom of their respective cities. Dresden and Madgeburg presented illum inated addresses. Cologne sent a splended Said marshals baton artistically wrought iu gold in the style of old Cologne. Mecklenburg presented a sum of money subscribad for the purchase of the bouse in which Count van Moltke was born,at Par chim, and a portfolio of views. The Czar, King of Sweden, sultan. Prince Bismarck and Prince of Wales, tele graped their congratulations. A BANQUET AT POTSDAM. In the evening the oount went to Potsdam by the imperial train and was greeted on bis arrival by an enthusiastic crowd. A banquet was givea in the Hall of Shells in honor of tbe veteran. The King of Saxony sat at the count's right and on his left sat Empress Augusta Vlotoria. Emperor William sat opposite the count. There was a large number of guests. Beside tbe members of the royal family, ministers and generals, there were present four nephews of tbe count. The emperor touched the counts gloss aud drank to hit pros erity, Tho count returned to Berlin at 9:15 o’clock to-night on a special train. Count von Moltke Ijes sent a personal note to a private soldier thanking htm for verses which he had sent, and saying that the array in which privates are able to write such verses must be well ordered. CELEBRATED IN NEW YORK. New York, Oot. 26.—There was a bril liant gathering of Ge mans at Amberg’s theater to-night to attend a special pro gramme given in honor of Gen. von Moltke’s 9oth birthday. The theater was crowded. A series of tableaus representing scene# in the great general’s life were pre sented and there was an elaborate musical programme. THE EMPEROR’S CONGRATULATIONS. In presenting the field marshal’s baton the emperor, referring to tho count’s deeds of glory and renown, said he was proud to be in such company and to offer the con gratulations of himself and the army. As a young man, he wrb unable to add to the laurels already encircling the aged warrior’s brow. but he begged him to accept tbe baton as a me mento of tnis occasion. The empoxor then called upon the assembled company for cheers, and their “knobs” fairly made tbe building tremble. The emperor then ad vanoed and kissed Count von Moltke three times on both cheeks. Bmpress Frederick visited tbe old count Saturday and paesunted her congratulations. The veteran evinced the greatest pteasurs at the visit Queen Victoria telegraphed her congratulation from Balmoral. The King of Belgium also sent a congratulatory telegram. The Grand Duchess of Ilad-n presented to the Count the Emperor William’s historic note book, which he used until his death. The Count feels in no way fatigued as yet A CIRCUS IN THE SOUP. The Bandmaster Scoops ln Some Cash and Departs). Atlanta, Ga., Oct 26.—The Washburn & Arlington circus came to grief in this city Friday night, the show having been attached tor aalarie3 due the performers. Traveling with the concern was a negro band under Bandmaster Dan Chaveis, who is now badly wanted by Edward Johnson, B. D, Morse and Joseph Campbell, bia assistant horn blowers. Some lit tle money seems to have been in the oircus treasury when the show collapsed, and part of tbe creditors were settled with by tue management. The band compromised their elaitn for #93, and Chavers received the m >ney, but instead of dividing it with tbe other members he took the first train for the north with the whole sum in bis pocket, leaving bis associate) without a dollar. To-night they appealed to the police, but being unable to guarantee the expense, no steps have been taken for the swindler's arrest. TBOMA&VILLE TOPICS, Advantages of the New Railroad Route to the City. Thomasville, Ga., Oct. 26.—The ad vantages of the* Alabama Midland railroad to Thomasville aro beginning to lie felt. Among other things it will be known as tbe Thotr.atville route. Tiokets to Thomasville will be put on sala at every point of any consequence throughout the great west, where thousands of dollare w ill be spent annually advertising tbe route. Thom asvilie has spent a good large sum Of money in advertising and is still making outlays for that but toe Thomasville route will give ThomasviUo more free advertis ing every year than it has had throughout its whole history. Ttiomne superior court adjourned over from Fridav to Monday of next week. The city is filling up daily ith new faces. They are coming from widely scattered points, north, east and west. Ihe weather is perfect. Trade it better, Real estate is looking up. Ttmps’i Piremamc Tournament. Orlando, Fla., Oct. 26.—Two teams of firemen started to Tampa to-day to take part in the tournament. Ttieeup is held here, having been won last year by a department team. Four of lat year’s winners will run with Merchants’ No. 2, this year, and three with Rescue No. L A Grand Duke Dying. St. Petersburg, Oct. 26.—The Grand Duke CoflstauUue is dying. AN OUTRAGE IN TURKEY. AN AMERICAN ARRESTED ON A FALSE CHARGE. He Was Dragged From Hie Bed at Midnight and Carried to Prison Without Being Allowed to Drees— Minister Hlrech Securea Hie Release and Demands Satisfaction. Constantinople, Oct. 26.—Trouble has arisen between Mr. Hirsch, the American minister, and the porte over the arrest of an American subject on suspicion of being implicated in tbe Armenian revolutionary plots. The accused is a graduate of Bowdoin College. He came to Turkey during the administration of President Hayes to found an American college, but the project fell through and ho has since remalmvl here. His arrest was effected in the night time at his residence, and in spite of his protest that he w as an American and his production of a passport, he was hurried to the Teros kier prison without being allowed to dress. MINISTER HIRSCH NOTIFIED. In the morning he was aliowmi to com municate with the American consul and was soon released on condition that he should appear and stnnd trial. Minister Hirsch sent an energetic protest to the foreign minister against the viola tion of the right of domioile of an American citizen and demanded satisfaction and punishment of the official who ordered the arrest. Ho further ile clirel that be would refuse to produoe the ac msed unless satisfaction was granted and until informed of the nature of the charge against him. THE CHARGE. A statement was then sent to Minister Hirsch that the accused had engraved a seal for tbe secret Armenian committee. Proof was produced that the man had no knowledge of the art of engraving, and that he had recently been acting as agent for an American firm engaged in the manufacture of a photograph appar atus. The government then expressed its regrets. Minister Hirsoh, however, still maintains bis demand for satisfaction. a tariff zdllverein. England's Refusal to Join It Would Make the Boheme Futile. Paris, Oot. 26.—M. de Louclo, a member of the budget committee and editor of the Steel#, in au interview on tho report tnat Germany, Austria and Italy are preparing a zollverein against America, said Franca could only join such a aollvereln in the event of Great Britain joining it. As tide is highly improbable, l.he scheme will be futile. Without England’s aseent any zollverein against America, according to an expression of Prince Bismarck when sounded a year ago on such an eventuality, must necessarily become a continental blockade. Even if (Spain joined the zollverein France must act in accord with England. The scheme iu Franoe re ceives the support of only a few ultra-pro tectioniste, while tbe separation of France and Englaud from the coni Inent will gratify the French free trade party. PASTORAL OF THE HIERARCHY. The Letter Read ln the Catholic Churchee Throughout Ireland. Dublin, Oct. 26.—The pastoral letter adopted at tbe autumnal meeting of the Roman Catholic hierarchy was read to-day in the Catholic churches throughout Irelaud. The letter protests against the attempts to minimize the extent of the potato crop failure, as ouch a course was a disastrous one pursued during former famines. It appeals to the government for timely assistance to palliate what trustworthy reports show to be real wide spread danger. The letter contains a re iteration of the paoal prohibition of “the plan ot campaign’’ and boycotting, and directs the people to have nothing whatever to do with politics, and concludes by ex pressing sympathy with tha evicted tenants, and hopes that parliament may succeed in adopting measures to reinstate the evicted tenants and preventing further evictions. LONDON’S MURDER MYSTERY. The Corpse cf tbe Dead Woman’s Infant Found Beside a Road. London, Oot. 26.—The dead body of Mrs. Hobb’s child was found to-day in a clump of fursee bushes in a field adjacent to a road in the neighborhood of South Hampstead, about a miie distant from the place where its mother’s body was found Friday night. There are no external marks of violence on the body, aud it is believed that the child met death by smothering. When found the infant’s clothing was saturated with rain. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. The Cause of the Recent Hitch in Their Negotiations. Paris, Oct. 26,—The Steele publishes an interview with tbs Portuguese minister, in which that official says thit the hitch in the negotiations between England and Portu gal regarding African territory, was due to new proposals being made by Portugal. He said he i.elisvsd Lord Salisbury might con sent to modify the commercial clausea in the convention between the two countries, but not the territorial clauses. Canada’s New Cardinal. Kingston, Ont., Oct. 26.—Archbishop Cleary wn- to-day invested with the pal lium, Cardinal Taschereau of Quebec c in ducting the ceremony. The services were very imposing. Ei ;ht bishops aud over 100 priests were in attendance. Switzerland's Election. Berne, Oct. 36.—Tbe elections to-day have not changed the party strength in the national council. Tbe national plebiscite shows a large majority in favor of state in surance against accident and illness. Scotland’s New Solicitor General. London, Oct. 26.—Sir Charles Pearson has been appointed solicitor general of Boot land. know in England. London, Oct 26.—There whs a slight fall of snow througnuut England to-day. ATLANTA’S EXPOSITION. This is Drummer's Day and To-mor row Alliance Day. Atlanta, Ga., Oot. 26.—^To-morrow is Drummers’ day at tbe exposition. Among the special features of the programme are races between Georgia colts and a half-mile dash between Ketcbum’s trotting dog and an Indian afoot. Tues lay, the first Alliance day, there will bs a cavalry tonrnament, an exhibition drill by tbe zouaves and a repe tition of the race between tbe dog and pony. On this day, aiso, tbe gun club contest will be inaugurated. DANCED WITH FIRE BlhOW THEM , Comedians Avert a Panic ln a New ark theater. Newark, Oct 25.—The dangers to which people are at times exposed without know ing anything about them until they are past was never more rlearly demonstrated than ln VValdman’s theater last night. The house on this occasion was well filled and the spectators sat for fully fifteen minutes applauding the funny afterpieos which con cludes the performance, while at tbe samo time firemen were at work directly under them and also under the stage battling with flames which had boeu started by an elec tric wire. The fire waa first discovered in the upper part of the building, which is used as a central station fir the fire alarm system. Patrolman Richard Lewis at once stati, ned a man at each door of the theater with or ders to allow no one to go in or give an alarm, as a panic would have followed. Tho chemical engine company adjoining the theater was quietly summoned aud as quietly went to work on tbe fire and soon had it subdued. Juntas the firemen were congratulating themselves another blaze wae discovered under the auditorium floor and stage. As it was burning fiercely. Chief Astley at once sent out an alarm from station 24 and toon tlie engines began to roll uu ln front of tho theater, while tbe ptal of the big tower bell, a block away, apprised the audienoa for the first time there was a fire somewhere in the neighbor hood. A fow of those in the thea ter left, out of curiosity, but the rest of tlie audience remained iu their seats and laughed at the antics of the comedians on tho stage, woo wero the only ones who knew anything of the state of affairs below. Their coolness averted a panic, for had they ■hown any inclination to leave the stage the audience would have become suspicious and a rush would have followed. As it was, the audience knew nothing of the danger until they left the theater and saw the flrerneu taking up the hose. The Are in the upper part of the building ruined the entire fire alarm system. A MEDICAL "MR. HYDR.” Berliner* Mob an Unfeeling Physician Who Ran Over a Woman. Berlin, Oct. 25.-A* Dr. Sonenberg, professor of surgery in the university, was being driven down to the Uuterdoa Linden, his coachman rau over a woman. Instead of stopping to luqatre as to the extent of her injuries, or to offer his professional eeryicoe, the processor ordered his man to drive os rapidly away from the scene as possible, iu order to avoid roo ignition and prosecution. Tho physician was, however, not quick onough, as the avenue was crowded and the accident had been witnessed by a large number of passers-by. The horses wero caught and the door of the carriage forced open by the howling mob. The professor was dragged out and badly beaten. The police had the greatest difficulty in conduct ing him to the station house while still alive, his clothes being torn to shreds, and his body covered with bruises, The unfortunate victim ot his coachman’* carelessness was taken to the hospital, both legs being fractured and amputation nuty be necessary in one case. ARTIKTS OBJECT. Averse to Their e xhibit Being Grouped With Music and the Drama. New York, Oct. 26.—The committee on art of the world’* f*ir met at tho Gilsey house Friday. Commissioners Breslin, Palmer and Els worth wero appointed a sub-committee to confer with the director general to formulate rules and regulations. A resolution w*s passed protesting against the grouping of art, music and th* drama uuder one bureau. The sub-committee ap pointed yesterday wns instructed to confer with the artist* and art collectors of the oountry, and reporc at the next meeting of the juint committee lo be hold in Chicago on Nov. 16 It was reported that Mr. Huntington, tlie president of the National Aoaderay of De sign, and Mr. Ward, the sculnter, had in terested themselves iu tbe work of the com mittee, which had sent out a circular ask ing for the co operation and assistance of artists and art collectors. TWO ELOP4D PR >M ONE FAMILY A Matron Pursues Her Runaway Hus band and Her Ron's Wife. Rochester, N. Y. Oot 26.—Mrs. Eugene Dautereville of Astoria, L. L, has been in this city several days to obtain evidence for use in a suit for divoroe against her hus band. She went home to-night. Mrs. Dautereville is 45 years old and comely. She alleges that her husband, who la only 28 years old, ran away from home a few days ago with her son’s wife, Mamie Gard ner. Gardner was Mrs. Dautereville’s name before she married the alleged fugitive hus band. Tbe pursuing wife’s visit to this place was due to the fact that the missine Eugene bought tickets from New York to Rochester Tuesday night. She failed, however, to find any trace of the elopers her*. DEATH OF A NONAGENARIAN. Never Called In a Doctor, or Drank Liquor, or Ohewed Tobacco. Philadelphia, Oct 26.—John Mullen, a nonagenarian, was buried Saturday, from his lata home. Mullen was a native of County Derry, Ireland, aid came to this country at the age of 38 years. He has been a widower twelve years. He was the father of six children, all of whom he sur vived except two. His grandchildren number seventeen, and he ha 1 ten great grandchildren. Mr. Mullen enjoyed re markably good health, never having called in a doctor until about three weeks ago. He never drank spirits nor chewed tobacco, and to tbe last he enjoyed the whole of his faculties. COTTON RUINED BY RAIN. A Discouraging Mtuatlon on tbe Plan tations of Newton. Covington, Ga., Oct. 26.—Farmers say they will never be able to gather their cot ton crop if this weather continues as it has for the past three weeks. There were only two days in six to pick cotton. There are fields of eotton here from which there has not been a lock gathered. Tbe exc ssive rains have damaged it in value from 10 to 15 per oent, and there is fully 1 percent that has fallen out aud rotted on the ground. Ten convicts escai ed from the camp of W. B. Lee, twelve miles west of this piece, Wednesday night (all colored). None have been recaptured up to this writing. Mr. Lee has gone out with hi* bloodhound* and will perhaps capture some of them. A Disagreement ln a Murder Trial. Orlando, Fla., Oct 26—The jury at Kisaimrnes injthe c se against Tom Bass for killing B .rt Johns disagreed. They had been out nineteen hours. Bass was released on #6,000 bail 1 DAILY,*IO A TEAR. ) •{ 5 CENTS A OOPY. > I WEEKLY, #123 A YEAR, f TALMAGE OX HIS TOUR. HIS RIDE FROM JORDAN TO THR DEAD BE A. His Text Taken From a Psalm-“Ha Toucheth the h ills and They smoke." The Wickedness of Pompeii Vol canlc Action Reeponslble for tha Nature of the Country at tbe Dead Sea. Brooklyn, Oct. 26—Dr. Talmage preached the fifth sermon of the series on his tour in the Holy Laud, in the Academy of Music, in this city this morning. This evening at the Christian Herald service In the Academy of Music, Now York, the eer mon was repeated liefore an audience which filled the vast luilding iu every part. Dr. Talmage announced as his text Psalms otv, 32: “He toucheth the hill* aud they smoke” He said: David, tho poet, here pictures a volcano and what Church’s Cotopaxi does on paint er’s canvas, this author dives iu words. You soe a lull calm aid still and for ages im movable, but the Lord out of the heavens puts bis finger on the top of it and from ie rise thick vapors intershot with fire. “He toucheth the hills ami they smoke.” God ie the only being who can manage a volcano arid again and again has be em ployed voicanlo action. Tbe ploturee on the walls of Pompeii, the exhumed Italian city, as we saw them last November, dem onstrate that the city was not fit to live. In the first ceutury that citv, engirdled with palaces, euiparadised with gardens, piilated into architectural exqundteneas, was at Ike foot of n mountain up the sides of which it ran with vineyards and villas of merchant priucee, and all that marble, and bronze, aud imperial baths, and arboriculture, and rainbowed fountains, auil a coliseum at the dedication of which nine thousand (.easts had been slain, aud a supernal landscape m which the shore gave roses to (he sua and tlie see gave crys tals to the shore; yea, all that beauty, and pomp, sud wealth could give was there to lie seen or heard. But the bod moi ale of the city had shocked the world. In the year of 79, on the 4th of Angus , a black column rose abovo ttie adjoining mountains and spread out, Pliuy says, os he saw it, like a greet pine tree, wider and wider, until it began to ram upon the oity, first thin usbes and tbsn pumice etoue, aud sulphurous futnee scooped, and streams of mud ponreil through the streets till few people ecaid and the olty was buried, aud some of tbe inhabitants eighteen hundred veers after were found embalmed in tho sooriat of that awful doom. The Lord called upon volcanic force* to obliterate that profligate city. He touched tbe bills ami they smoked. Nothing but volcanic action cau explain what 1 Khali show you at tli* Dead Sua upon whicli 1 looked last December, aud ot w hose water* I took a bitter aud stinging taste. Concerning all that region there lias been a controversy enough to fill libraries. bolouoo saying one thing, revelation saying another thing. But admit volcanic action divinely employed and both testimonies are oue and the same. Geology, oheuiistry, geography, oe rouorny, ichthyology, ornithology aud zoology are ©jiuiug one by oue to confirm the scriptures. Two leaves of one book are revelation and creation ami the penmanship is by the sains divine baud. Our horseback ride will not he so steep to-day and you can stay ou without clinging to the pommel nf the saddle, hut the scenes amid which we rid* shall, if possible, bt more thrilling and tty tbe time the horses snuff the sulphurous atmosphere of luske Asphalt!tes, or tbe Deed .Sea, we will he ready to dismount aud read from our Bible about what was done that day by the Lord when he touched tbe hills and they smoked. Take a detour and pas* along by tbs rooky fortress of Masada where occurred some thing more wonderful In the way of deeper otion than you liave ever hsaril of, unless you liave hoard of that, ilerod built a palace amid these heaps of black and awful rooks which look like u tumbled midnight. A great band of robbers, about one thou sand including their families, afterward held the fortress. When tbe Roman army stormed that steep aud the bandits could no longer hold the place, their chieftain, Eleazar, made a powerful speech wbioh per suaded them to die before they were capt ured. Firs- the men kiss -d their ■ amities a loving anil tearful good-by aud tlieu put a dagger into their hearts aud the women and ihe children were slain. Tben ten men wore chosen by lot to slay all the other men, and wioh man lay down by the dead wife and children and waited for these execu* tionsrs to do their work. This done, one man of the teu killed ihe other nine. Then the survivor sooimitted suicide. Two women and live children had hid themselves, and after all was over, came forth to toil of the nine hundred aud sixty slaughtered. Great and rugged natural soenery makes the most tremendous natures for good or evil. Great statesmen and great robbers, great orators, and great butchers, were neurly all born or rested among mountain precipioea Strong nature* are hardly ever born upon the plain. IVDen me.i have any thing greatly good or greatly evil to do they come down off tho rocks i’ass on from under tbe shadow of Ma sada, tbe scene of concentrated diabolism, and come along where tbe salt crystals crackle uuder tho horses’ hoofs You are near the most God-forsaken region of all the earth. You to whom the word lake has heretofore suggested those bewitchment* of beauty. Lucerne or Cayuga, some great pearl sat by a loving God in the bosom of the luxuriant val.ey, change all your ideas about a lake, and see this sheet ot water which tb* Bible calls the Suit tea, or Sea of the Plain, and Josephus calls Lake Aspiialtites. Tbe muleteers will take care of tbe horses while we got down to the brink and dip up tbe liquid mixture in the palm of the hand. Th waters are a commingling of brimstone and pitch, and have six times larger per centage of salt than those of the Atlantic ocean, the ocean having four per cent, of salt, and this lake twenty-six aud a quarter percent. Lake Slr-i-kol of I .dia is the highest lake in the world. This lake, on tbe banks of which we kneel, is the lowest lake. It empties into no sea, among other things, for tne simple reason that water cannot run up-hill It swallows up the river Jordan, aud makes no response of thanks, and never reports what it doe* with the twenty million cubic feet of water annually received from that eacred river. It takes the tree branches and logs floated into it by the Jordan and pitches them on the banks of bitumen to dec iy there. Th# hot springs near its banks by tbe name of Caliirhoe, where King Herod came to Dathe off his illnesses, no sooner pour into this sea than thsv are poisoned. Not a flsh sc tie swims it. Notan insect walks it. It hate* life, and if you attempt to swim there it lifts you by an unnatural buoyancy to the surface, as much as to say, “Wi want no life here, but death is our preference-death.” Those who attempt to wade into this lake, aud submerge themselves, come out almost maddened, as with the sting of a hundred wasps and hornets, and with lips and eyelids swollen with the strange ablution. The sparkle of its waters is not like the sparkle of beauty on other lakes, but a metallic luster like unto tbe flash of a sword that would thrust, you. The gazelles and tbe ibexes that iivd