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I TKB MORNING SEWj, i
J EsTABLISaXIi IWI. Incorporated 108, >
] J, U. KSTILL. President. |
ON A SEA OF CORPSES.
A VIVID WORD PICIUBB OF THE
BABNEQAT DISASTER.
Ibe Second Mate of the Sunken
Schooner Tells the Tale—The Ap
proach of the Vessels and the Crash.
The Hush of Death and Then Horror
Follows Horror for Hours That
Seemed Tears.
New York, Nov. I.—The pilot boat
Charles H. Marshall, anchored off Tomp
kinsvilie, L. L, at 1 o’clock this morning,
having on board five sailors of the Spanish
ship Vizcaya, and the second mate of the
Cornelias Hargraves. The pilot boat picked
them up five miles south of the scene of the
di-aster at 7 o’o'ock yesterday morning.
Mate Walker, who is an intelligent young
yankee, gave to a reporter, who boarded
the Marshal) in the morning, a graphic
ani detailed account of the d.saster. He
said: “I had jost finished supper and come
on deck, ft fe .v minutes before 7 o’clock,
Thursday evening. I saw the Vizcaya about
five miles off. Her green lights shone on the
port side. I did not feel the least bit
uneasv. Onr lights were burning and must
have been pi duly visible to those on board
the Spaniard. We were sailing at the rate
of about eight knots an hour, and ueared
the Spa ish ship rapidly. I turned the
flare-light to sho,v him that a sading vessel
was near, but he held on bis way, and I be
gan to think we might strike him, or he us,
if one of us did not alter our course. Capt.
Alien and First Mate Henrv P. Herrau
were below, and I was in charge of tiie
deck.
CALLED THE CAPTAIN.
"Finally I called the captain. When he
came on decs he looked at t e cloud of can
vason ihe Sp uii'b a eain hip, and then at
our saps, all of which were set. ‘We can
clear him, 1 guess,’ be said, a id we held on
our way. 1 watched toe two ve sels draw
ing nearer, and fl tally ventured: ‘I tnink
we will strike them.’ ’Yes, by we will,
Hard a-port, hard a-port,’ he shouted, but it
too lite. Like a race horse our
vessel dsrted forward. We struck
the Viscaya amidships, and I hope
to God I in ay never be a witness to another
sncb a scene. The H irgrave* tore a great
big hole in the Spa liard’s side. I saw one
b nvsprit sweep alo g her deck and a man
m gold buttons aud peaked cap, waom I
look to be the captai , was knocked off the
bridge.
THE HUSH OP DEATH.
“Then the vessels swung slowly abouftjun
til almost side by side, and for the fraction
of a second there was the solemn huso of
death. Then a chorus of agoniz
ing human cries burst for b;
men and women darted hither and thither
od the big steamsuip’s decks, and st.ou I
beard the sound of their feet as they
jumped down on our decks. Tuey taougho
that wi h us they would find safe y, but
alas, our ship was as sorely wounded as
their own. A moment alter the cra-h I
caught a glimpse of Capt. Allen’s f ice as he
stood immovable under the light of the
binnacle lamp. Hi* face was w .ite even to
the lips. Then, ns be heard the panic
stricken people dropping on our dec*
he shouted to me: ‘Walker,
keep them back. Let’s save
our own crew first.’ To the huntsmen, ‘To
the boats.’ Ho him el,, with a broad ax,
cut away the faste dngs of the Img b >at
and jumped in. The first mate and thr te
of on ■ ere v followed him. Meantime, I
was righting a gang of Spaniards who were
bent on getting to our boats. Suddenly I
looked around and saw that Capt. Aden had
shoved off with his four companions. The
boat would ea ily have carried s.xteen.
LEFT TO HIS FATE.
| “I jumped into the rigging and shouted?
‘Captain, you are not g< ii.g io desert your
second mate, are you? for God’s sake come
back.’ He shouted son: jting in reply, what
it was I don’t know, out i saw him waving
his hand in farwell, and knew the coward
had ma le off, leaving the rest of his orew
to perish mise ably. Tnere were te i of us
t'joj 16 Hargraves, ail told. For a moment
X did not kuo -v what to do. Isa-v my com
rades mounting the rigg.ng with a cro.vd
of Spaniards at tbeir heels. If :lt the
schooner sinking, and fearing she would be
submerged, masts and all, I grabbed a big
gang piauk ad jumped overboa and with it.
I went under water, and when I arose to
the surface again men weie jumping ■ ff the
schooner into the water all around. Fi
nally I counted thirteen of the Vizcaya’s
men clinging to the gangplank with me.
One was a gentle-faced Spanish lad about
lo years old. The sea was quiet and calm,
hut there vas a heavy, long swell. We
were all sitting astride of the gangplank.
EIGHT GO TO THE BOTTOM.
Suddenly an extra heavy sea turned our
frail craft bottom up, and we all went over
with it. Down into the water I went, feel-
Ingarms and legs kicking all about me.
vv . en 1 go to the surface again I climbed
back on the piauk and then, one by 0.. e.
others came back, unt 1 I cou ited seven. A
minute later another big wave washed us
ail over again. When X got back to the
gang -piank there were only five of us all
’a u 6 was the Handsome Spanish
rX ‘ could speak a little Eaglisb, and
be had great nerve. ‘Our chances are
mighty thin,’ he said tome.
tin, l acquiesced, and he continued. ‘Every
vine the old gangplank turns over I grow
lt r *V ul wedker - I don’t think X can
last,.miicb longer. 7
, I gues* we have all got to go,’ I
, n ‘'b> ‘but let us h rid on as long as we
au. VV hen we go under nold your breath.
swa lo J v salt water.’
w,u ~don’t know how long I can live, but I
, * ve a ’ long as I c in,’ the p ior lad re
smiling sweetly. A few minutes
a ter his head fell forward on the board.
A LAST CHOKING SOB.
hefnVJr 6 ' 1 tr ! , work my va Y up to him, but
ph , re 1c md reach him he gave a great
King sob and roiled over into the deep.
i° sm k like lead. There were
four of us left. I c mid see that the
th „ .? OU L and not liSt lo ‘ B- They were in
their n r an B in g to the g ing plank with
oiimi lanr9 and a rms, too exhauste lto
tn k a ‘ftraddle of it. Their heads lay on
eni or, and °'>ly for the convulsive tight
fivar -iT their arms when the sea was ed
th ß „ taeln , I would have thought that
o U 7 " era dead. One by
a .,i , t,3 ey slipped quietly off
o’cl l rOW r? ad . * was ' e ft alone fiefore 9
and vn Ihe m °on arose about that time,
of ,„;° u can bt imagine the terrible feeling
tne C r ? n j despair that took possession of
tirtio n* to - battle with myself all the
awsv rotu giving up and sliding
tensenMi° oternit T' On all sides of me iu
*os 'j“ le " rfcl ß nt *d- Where at first there
ers for heln es th Ch ° rU3 ° f screaa,s and P ra >-
-, e was now nothing but
, and I felt that my mind was going.
‘‘l thi o. , A L,QHT AHKAD
sudden. • 1 *onldhve gone crazv but I
and to t^e *‘Bht at Harnegat flashing,
““WI began to
OcoasifiT n my . ha “ d f in the direction of it.
in theV-o’d deß , d would slip by me
%ht of t d ,r ater ’ fac ?. up ‘ ln the orilliant
'arm i„ t tn 6lno ?V M y lower limbs were
in* X *fh K a J® r but “y bo,l y frees
thin I o„W JIi ncl - Ever >’ now and
X would D6 washed overboard, Behind
Iflfre Jlorning ffeto£.
me I could see the tail mast* of the sunken
sbipe, with a few dark forms clinging to
the spars. I paddled and paddled away
and finally realized 1 bat I was drifting out
to s-a, and not making one inch toward
Barnegat.
FATE SEEMED AGAINST HIM.
"Twioe I saw an ocean steamer, but they
were miles away. Nevertheless I screamed
again and again at them for help. Then I
saw some sailing vessels, but they, alsj,
were too far off to hear my feeble cries.
The night passed stowly, and I gavs
up all hope. About 4 o’clock in the
miming I beard a fee .la cry to
my i igbt, and saw the gut erlug eyes and
bi-whiskered face of a Spaniard in the
water. He had a raft of spars a little bet
ter tnau mine and I swam over to him.
He c >uld speak no English, and I could
speak no kipanisb, but we shook hands in
the water there, ad felt t .at we would die
’ogetber. Hi had been washed off his raft.
I helped him on to it again and then climbed
on myself.
FIFTY-NINE LIVES LOST.
It is now certain that twenty-seven
lives were saved from the wrecked
steamer Vizcaya. Word was received
from Delaware Breakwa'er this morn
ing that eight persons saved are now
there. A tug was seat this morning to
ta idy Hook for trie seven survivers taken
off by the Marshall and now aboard that
vessel.
THE FIRST MATE’S VERSION.
Philadelphia, Nov. I.—First Mate
Henry Perring of the 111-fated schooner
Cornelius Hargraves and six of her crew,
together with six of the cre .v of the schoon
er’s victim, the Spanish steamer Vizcaya,
arrived here at 5:30 o'clock this evening
from Lewes, Del. Capt. John J. Allen,
master of the Corneiios Hargraves, and
Harvey Allen, the schooner’s cook, remained
aboard the 8a all L. Davis, the vessel that
picked the shipwrecked men up, and they
will not arrive here t.ll to-morrow. Mate
Perring was interviewed upon toe subject
of the disaster, and he tells substantially
the same story as Mate Walker up to the ' irne
of taking to the boats. Mate Perrin { says
nothing to impute cowardice or
abandonment on the part of
Capt. Allan, and says he
(Perring) hi.naelf suggested to the captain
that it nsi time to tase to the boats, os he
felt the schooner sinking under him. At
this time he bad lost sight of Mate Walker,
who h id been orde ed to keep the Spaniards
back from taking possession of tue boat.
Mate Perring relates this incident: “Among
the Spaniards w.,0 jumped aboard the
schooner from the steamer I saw a man,
whom I have si.ice learned by the papers
was the purser, clasping two bags of gold
in his hands tnd begging our sailors to save
him and the money. T ey tld him to
throw it overboirJ.b.t he ref used‘and went
down with the bags in bis hands.^
85BN FROM SHORE.
Point Pleasant, N. J., Nov. I.—The
spars of the wrecked steamer Vizcaya can
be plainly s u en from shore. The steamer
lies directly i. the line of ocean travel and
is a danger >us obstruction to navigation.
She lie > about ten uiiies from shore. The
schooner, aohougi full of water, still
fl >ats and during the night drifted a con
siderable distance to the eastward.
the ill-fated schooner.
Fall River, Mass., Nov. I.—The
schooner Cornelius Hargraves, whicn col
li led with the i-ioirner Vizcaya off Bar
negat, is owned here. Bne is a four-master
of 1,400 to-. 8, cost 865,000, and was launched
et Camden, Me., in September, 1889. She
lost her anchor as she was putting off Cam
den harbor on her first trip and was delayed
in consequence. On her first voyage she
struck a 11 >ating wreck off toe Jersey coast
and was damaged 86,000. On the bac i trip
she lost a porti n of her rigging in a gale,
and later got stuck in the mud in the Som
erset coal dorks on this trip. She was blown
out to sea before she oargoed in Phi a lo phia.
Bhe hal just won out her losses when the
disaster occurred.
Ditßl OF XHE NATION.
The Total Outstanding Obligations
$1,548,621,600.
Washington, Nov, L—The debt state
ment issued to-day is as follows: Decrease
of the public debt during October,
$3,668,012 73; total interest bearing debt
outstandi g, $631,283,390; total debt of all
kinds, $1,548,621,6 fO 93, in which is included
certificate: and notes offset by the cash In
tiie treasury amou ting to $506,185,043;
total cash in the treasury, $631,316,480 83;
debt less all available credits, $861,305,-
12015; gold certificates outstanding,
$174,0a6,6ii9; silver certificates, $6,93J,000;
treasury notes of 1890 (for the purchase of
silver) $13.9(9,000; legal tenders outstand
ing, $346,681,014
POET ROYAL’S DRY DOCK.
The Elds for Its Construction Opened
at the Treasury Department.
Washington, Nov. I.—Bids were opened
to-day at the treasury department for the
construction of a timber dry dock at the
naval station at Port Royal, S. C. The bds
were: Justin McCarthy of Washington,
$418,915; R. G. Packard of New York,
$491,000; J. E. Samps n & Cos. of New
York, $497,539; Carlos J. Stockbland of
Chariest m, 8. C., $326,000. The award will
be made upon recommendation of the naval
board, which will examine the bids and tbe
responsibility of tbe bidders.
The department also invited proposals for
building a floating dock at tbe same stati n,
but no prop sals were received, and read
vertisemeut will be necessary.
NICK3.L, FO t IH3 NAVY.
A Supply for Experimental Purposes
Obtained by the Department.
Washington, Nov. 1. —The navy depart
ment has aria ged to acquire a supply of
nickel for experimental use. The terms
upon which the metal w ill be delivered are
not made public, nor is the quantity stated.
It will, however, be sufficient to meet the
demands of the department f r experi
ments. and it is said at tbe department that
no further purchase will be made for at
least a year.
Harrison’s Trip Home to Vote.
Washington, Nov. 1. —President Harri
son and Attorney General Miller will leave
here Monday morning at 10 o'clock over the
Pennsylvania railroad for Indianapolis,
where they expect to arrive at 10 o’clock
Tuesday morning. They will cast their
voles at a convenient time during toe day,
and the President will leave for Washing
ton in the evening. The Attorney General
expects to remain several days.
WATTb’ MURDERER CAUGHT.
He Has No Reason to Give In Justifi
cation of His Crime.
Middlesboro, Kt., Nov. I.—A man
named Garrett was arrested in Southern
Tennessee yesterday and wp.a brought to
this city last night, as it was believed be
was the man who on Wednesday shot Nor
ris Watts. A preliminary hearing was bad
before the city judge, at which the man
finally acknowledged the charge, and stated
that he had no reason to give in justification
of his crime. Garrett 13 08 years old. and is
a wood chopper living in Tennessee. Threats
of lynching are numerous.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1890—TWELVE PAGES.
THROWN FROM A BRIDGE
TWO GIRLS DA6HBD DOWN 65 FBBT
BY A COMPANION.
One of ttfe Children Killed Outright,
but the Other Lives to Tell the Story.
The h-urdereaa Subsequently At
tempts suicide—Thought to Have
Been Craay.
Bcfeaix), N. Y., Nov. I.—One of the
most terrible murders every known in the
history of Erie county was committed at
Akron, twenty-tour miles east of this city,
last night. A young woman named Sarah
McMullen, aged 19, formerly living in Buf
falo, but lately residi g with Mrs. Patrick
Brown in Akron, enticed Delia Brown,
aged 6 years, and Nellie May Connors, aged
10, on to the Akron Cement Works narrow
gauge railroad bridge, a bight of sixty-five
feet, over Murlr creek.
thrown into the prkcipic*.
All of a suddan she pushed Delia Brown
over the 3ide of the bridge and then grabbed
Nellie May Connors and burled her into tbe
precipice below. Ne lie was instautlv killed,
but ftrtUi ately little Delia Brown live* to
tell the tale. Her arms and legs are broken,
a..d, al hough terribly bruise i, it is thougut
sue will recover. Last night cit.zeus of Akron
seirchod for tbe missing girls, aid found
them at about 2 o’clock this morni ig.
For several hours little Delia had laid on
the stones at the side of the creet unable to
move. Hhe said to Constable Burns that
Sa’ ah had hard work in pushing Nelie
Connors over the bridge, aud came very
near falling over herself.
MOVEMENTS OP THE MURDERESS.
After committing the act Sarah McMullen
returned to Delia Brown’s bouse, and said
to Mrs. Brown: “I am going away,per
haps you will not see me again.” At the
same time she extended her ha and. Mrs.
brown thought she was fooling, when Sarah
again spoke up, “Well, if you won’t shake
bards with me all right," and went out.
Her actl <ns excited the curioelty of the
family.
SAVED PROM SUICIDE.
Para* started for the bndg i over the
mill dam at Akron, whioh is about ten feet
high, and arriving at tuo place, stepped
between the iron braces and jumped into
the water, whioh is several feet and ep.
Simon Brown saw her aad ran to the spot
and rescued her from drowning. Noreasou
is assigned for the terrible deed, an I it is
believed that the woman was temporarily
crazy. Bne is in custody but will not ta.k.
OINOINNATI’S NSW BOARD.
An Entry Into the Office Made by
Kicking Open the Door.
Cincinnati, Nov. I.—The new board of
city affairs went to their office a li tie earlier
than tbe usual time for meeting this morn
ing. They Were accompanied by the mayor.
The office was locked and only
the clerks were within. To the request
cf the ma>or to open the door a
refusal was given. The mayor directed an
officer to force an entrance. 7h ee kicks
from a policeman’s brogan opened the door.
An inner and Kir, also locked, was opened by
sending a man through the transom. The
board then elected anew clerk and dis
charged an assistant who refused to
give up the book of minutes. President
Reeme in of the old board came iu late and
began to raise obj actions to the action of
the board, but wueu Mayor Mosby told him
he had no right to inte fere with tbe busi
ness he 1 ft the room. Tbe other members
of the old board acquiesced. ‘
WAITING FOR A NOW MB SSI AH.
Sioux Indians Looking for an Earth
Wave to Pass Over the World.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. L—A special to
the Pioneer Press from Pierre, 8. D., says:
“A big band of Sioux Indians is camping
up Bad river about three miles and pre
paring for a big Indian dance and
powwow for tvnight and to-morrow.
An emissary from Standing R >ck is
among the u, having called them together
for the purpose of instructing them on the
coming of tbeir new Messiah. The Indians
are ntuen excited, and expect in a few days
that a huge wave of earth thirty feet deep
is to pass over the country which will
smother all tbe bad Indians and whites.
Scout Allison, an old government scout,
and one of Buffalo Bill’s band, is taking a
great part ia exciting the Indians.”
THRIFTY THOMAaVILLK
Increase of the Wholesale Business—
Peraonal PointA
Thomasville, Ga., Nov. L—The whole
sale grocery business of Tbomasvillo is
assuming important propnitlons. The e
are two firms here, each doing a consider
able amount annually. One firm of two
young meii began some years ago as mer
chandise brokers aud m an un< stentatious
way have gradually worked t emselveslnto
a very respec.able jobbing businssi. These
two firms are plainly on the road to a large
trade and prosperity. The jooblng
facilities of Thomasville must in
crease constantly. Tbe adjoining terri
tory is filling with a prosperous and thrifty
people, and this territory is not su scrib and
to by large cities, but is inviting to just
such business wants as Thomasville can
meet.
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Mrs. C. T. Stewart has returned from a
visit to .Savannah.
Miss Rboda Parramore of Quincy, Fla.,
is visiting the family of S. C. Cassells.
“Brotner” Matterson, the tepublican can
didate for congress, is infthe city every fa w
days trying to nurse into life his sickly
‘‘boom.”
Miss Nellie Alexander has been visiting
in Albany.
Mark Hush is home again from a trip to
the west.
J. H. Jenkins has returned home again.
Dan Andrews, eon of Dr. J. D. Andrews,
and an engineer on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railroad, died this morning at
bis father’s home, after a lingering illue-s.
Every train brings winter visitors now.
There are more of the n in the city than
ever before at this season of the year.
Close of tbe Gala Week.
Charleston, 8. C., Nov. I.—Charleston’s
gala week closed to-night with t ie desnuc
tion of Poinpeil. Fully 10.0J0 visitors have
left the city on to-day's trains for home, and
the hauling capaci ies of the railroads were
taxed to the utmost to carry them. During
the week nearly 25,0u0 people came into the
city by railroad and steamer. Tbe festival
has been the most successful In a business
point of view ever held in this city. The
total outlay by the committee waa less than
#5,000, most of the street decorations having
been done by the business men and owners
of houses.
Departure of tbe Count.
New York. Nov. L— The Count de
Paris and his suite sailed for Liverpool to
day on tbe Cunard steamer Bervia. Tbe
com e went on hoard the reamer last night
and ail through the evening held an infor
mal reception of those who called to bid
him farewell
THB COTTON MOVEMENT.
Statement of Pecretary Hoxter of the
New Orleans Exchange.
New Orleans, Nov. I.—The October
crop statement, issued to-day by Secretary
Uexter, of tbe New Orleans Cotton Ex-,
ebauge, shows the largest movement of cot
ton duriug auy single month in the history }
of the trade, tbe total number of bales
brught into sight during the thirty-one j
days haring reached 1,731,893, a<amff
1,631.219 in Oct> ber, 1889, an increase of
100,484. Statistics of trade prior to the
current year show that on only
three occasions have the monthly move
ments reached os high as l.fiuo.OOO bales.
These were in October ad November. 1889,
and in December, 1657. The movement
from Sept. 1 to Oct. 8! includes the total
rec’iiit- at all United B ates delivery ports
of 2,084,003 against 1,884,053 last year and
1,468,284 in 1888. The net overland move
ment by railroads, across the Mississippi,
Ohio and Pot m m rivers, 1G4.813, against
127,390 last year and 178,077 the year Oef re
last. The southern null tak
ings, exclusive of tbe quantity con
sumed at southern outports. i<
9.1,840, aga ust 100,596 last year, and 90,984
the year bef re,and the interior town stocks,
in excess of those held at tbe commence
ment of th j season, are 234,671 bales, against
168,169 last year and 217,603 year before
last. he* make the total amount of t e
cotton crop brought into nig-it during
September and October 2 583,327, ngai st
2,300,307 last year aad 1,939,94.' year before
last, ail excess during this year of 283,12.)
biles over the corresponding two months
of 1889, and 843,880 ahead of the same
pe lod in 1888. Northern spinners
took during October 811,156 bales, against
223,298 last year, incre sni’ that total for
the two months to 445,633. bales, against
333,609 Inst year, and 461,860, year before.
This makes the average weskly takings for
the season 51,132 bales against 38,283 last
year and 63,000 the year before. Foreign ex
ports for the two mouths have bsen 1,241,-
576, snowing an excess over the heavy ship
ments of last season of 85,154, a-id over tbe
same period year before last of 474,4 )7 gain.
The foreign exports during October
compared with last October, have
X>teu 31,849. Stocks at the sea
board ami twenty-nine leading southern
interior market* at the close of October
were 756,466, against 165,030 the same date
last year, and 811,739 the year bef >re. In
cluding port and interior stocks left over
from the previous season and the number of
bales of tue current crop brought into
sight duriug the two months, t be supply hns
bn 2,655,1 Al, against 2,363.670 bales last
year, and 2,135,730 the year before. U|> to
this date last year 31 48 per cent, of the
crop b and beeii uiarke e i, and for September
ana October of 1888 the percentage
of crop brought into sight was
27.96. With ail this large movement to
market, showing an excess to date of 283,-
120 over last season, and 643,383
over season before last, the supply
bos moved off so i apiijiy to foreign and and i
mestic omsuraers that the stocks at the
close of October are hut 91,456 biles larger
t ian at this time last />„r and 44,719 ahead
of this data in 1888.
OOV. HILL AT NSW HAVBN.
He Wants Party Lines Maintained ln
Local Rloctions.
New Haven, Nov. L—Gov. David B.
Hill closed the democratic campaign in this
stale in a speech in this city to-night. He
spoke specially of the importance of tbe
municipal and county elections. He said:
"The duty of the hour is vindication of
democratic principles. This is no time for
‘deals’ or ‘bargains’ with tbe common enemy,
when the very existence of our party is at
stake. The republicans have everything t >
gain and nothing to lose by combinations
with any democratic faction. A united
front of ail the friends of the true and gon
uiue democracy against the opposition is
earnestly demanded everywhere, whether
in state, c mnty or munioipal elections. Put
no democrat on guard whose democracy is
not above suspicion. Those who encourage
faotioi.al eontists f-bould go to the rear in
times ' f public pei il, like these, when tbe
integrity of the republic is assailed.
the modern doctrine repudiated.
‘‘l repudiate the modern doctrine sought
so di.igentiy to be i,iculca;ed in some quar
ters by well-meaning but unwise aud mis
guided friends, that, it makee no dttference
to the success of the democratic principles
iu the state and nation what may be the
ou come of local or municipal elections, or
the political complexion of a candidate.
This is a very serious mistake. I believe in
an honest hut vigorous partisanship, and 1
cannot approve the suggestion that
our municipal governments shou and
be conducted without regard to
political conditions. Democratic cities
and counties should have democratic offi
cials and none others. Their influence will
tend to the ap ead of our principles. Much
polivical gooj or evil can be accomplished
by local officials, and the newly di covered
doctrine t-iat th> resnoulJ he a non-partis .n
administration of local or municipal affairs
should not be accented unless we are pre
pared practically to disband the local polit
ical organizations and rely upon the courtesy
of onr opponents to s cure a poll tical victory.
The times are ripe for an advance of the
democratic column al ng tbe whole line.
The g vernor o.osed his remark* by ask
ing the democrats to vote toe party ticket
for Luzo i B. Morris for governor, and for
the ro-election of Mr. Wilicox to congress.
IN TRUE VIRGINIA STYLB.
A Lawyer and an iditor Fir* Bullets
Into Kaoil other.
Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. I,—An affair
occurred in Clarksburg to-day which may
result iu the death of two of the
leading rnen of tbe si ate. W. F. Richards,
editor of tho Clarksburg Telegram, pub
lished in his paper this week severe reflec
tions un the character of Hon. John Basil,
one of the most prominent lawyers of the
state, chief cou .sel of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, and a leading
democratic politician.
SHOT ON SIGHT.
To-day, Edward Basil, son of Ron. John
Basil, met Mr. Richards and
snot him, seriously wounding him. Mr.
Rlcha ds returned the Are, dangerously
wounding Mr. B'.s L Mr. Basil mar die.
Mr. Riohards is chairman of the republican
county committee. Tae shooting is the re
sult of an old pers nal feud. This Is the
third time Editor Richardj has been anot
on account of a too free use of his pen.
CHILLICOTHB A SEA OF FIR3.
The Business Portion of the City
Reduced to Ashes.
Peoria, 111., Nov. 1. —The business por
tion of tbe town of Chillioothe was almost
entirely destroyed by fire lart night. Tbe
fire originated in Hancock’s livery stable,
and spread rapidly in all directions. Tbe
mayor of the city appealed to other citiee
for help, and in reepo sea special train with
fire engines was dispatched to the scene, but
as there were no mean* of unloading tbe
machines they could not be utilized. The
telegraph and telephone offices wore burned
and all communication was cu. off. The
loss will not fall short of SOOO,OOO, on which
there is only partial insure .ce.
AUST&O-GF.RMAN DUTIES.
THB GERMAN COMMISSION GOM
PLBTBS ITS WORK.
T* an Extension |
FpOR RENT, dwelling l’>B Jnnes street, four
doors west of Whitaker. Po session Nov 1.
U. II KEMBHART, 1:8 H yan street.
IjViK RX.NT, store No. 14544 t'ongress street.
Apply to MEIN HARD PROS, i 00.
Berlin,’Nov. on ’tiiw
tanff question, presided over by Herr Von
Boetticlier, minister of tbe interior, has
concluded its consideration of the proposed
Austro-Oerman customs union. The report
of tbe commiieiou lias not yet been pub
lished, pending the progress of
negotiations with Austria, but its con
clusions are known to disfavor both
an extenstv o revision of the customs and
oombiued action in the way of reprisal) for
the American and French tariff*. The new
French tariff is a heavier blow by far than
the McKinley iaw against tbe Austro-Hun
garian export trade, for, while the French
measure does not affect Germany, exporta
tion from Austria to France is almost de
stroyed by the new tariff. Wool, sheep,
oorn, flour, fresh and sslt meat aud leer
are chiefly nffrcteil, the increa-.e in the
dutlas being practically prohibitive.
AN INTERNATIONAL CUDGEL
Austrian unwspapeis declare that the
French government is drafting a bill
directly aimed at trustratiug all atteinp-s
toward closer commercial relations between
Germany and Austria. Herr von Hootti
cner’s commissiondoubt'.iwii had an influence
upon the French tariff, and otuer in
fluences are at work. Protests, chiefly
from the agricultural in teres. have
been pouring into the cnuncelleno
against a zollverein with Austria. A letter
from Count Ni ntierg Hu run, a conserva
tive member of the Uuteruaus, embodying
the sentiments of his party was made pub
lic to-day. The writer warns the govern
ment against sacrificing for political con
siderations any of the esientiai eoonundo
in ereet of Uermauy, and in couolusion eaye
that an intimate commercial neaty with
Austria, instead of cementing wmld ulti
mately injure the political alliance with
ttiat country. Thus thinks Count Hlrrum,
whose letter is lnterpre ed as a party pro
test against a reduction of the corn duties.
manufacturers willing.
The delegates from Bavaria, Baden,
Hesse, Darmstadt and Wurlemberg, who
are assisting Herr v m Boit.icher, approve
modlllcation of tbe German tariffs on Au<-
trian corn and cattle in exchange for ad
vantages to German manufacturers. This
Is a* far as Chancellor von
Caprivi now dare go in framing
proposals for submission to Austria. The
government does not come lie r Austria’s
wishis so far as joint reprisals for the Mc-
Kinley tariff are concerned. An official
inquiry I aviug shown conclusively that
such action was an impossibility, the
Cologne Gazelle, commenting upon tils
situation, declare* that ihe idea of a tiriff
war against America is entirely visionary,
and that the difficuX ie* in realizing suon a
project are insur nountablo.
CENTRISTS AND SOCIALISTS.
The centrist*, who were recently inc'lned
to aco pt the assist mw of the 8 iciailits iu
demanding that the government assent to a
re:urn of the Jesuits, have opened aa un
compromisii g war upon the social! .ts. Herr
Wiidihcrst, at a conference at Col gnu with
the leader* of ti e Rome Catholics, decided
to enthely disassociate the ceutrist policy
from that of the socialist* and to begin an
active ar against the Socialist party
throughout the c untry. Mceti g*of Cath
olics lo Baden, W urtemberg and Bavaria
al endy mark the fever of the agitatiou.
Although tbs congress at Halle ended tho
religioui question from the socialist pro
gramme, the uut i-rehgt' us c arncter or ■>-
ciaiuun as openly avowed by the speakers.
Since the congress at Cologne the m ca
-1 at • o.omission as ad vee 1 toe party to ab
stain from taking pa t iu Catholic re
unions having pretended aims at social re
form. It distrust* tbe clerical zal for the
progress of democracy. '1 he centrist lead
ers, in view of the radical hostility of the
socialists, have resolved to treat them as ir
reconcilable adversaries. Herr Sc iorle uer-
O.st, a leading centrist, is cireul -ting an
ap> eal to the people to combine agal a. the
spread of doctrines aiming at the subversion
of Christianity, the destruction of family,
the suDprestd m of property rights and tuo
overthrow of monarchy.
AN EDITOR TO BE PROSECUTED.
Empe or Will atn has ordered that Horr
Pozwaldt, editor of the Potadamer
Zextung, be prosecuted for publishing the
remarks make by tbe emperor in proposing
a toast to tbe Duke ot Connaught at a
dinner given by the Ztetben Hussars, of
whioh regiment the duke is honorary
ooloneL The criticisms of tbe Freach
press, which are daily submitted to the
emperor, drew atte ition to tho duke’s
presence at a banquet held to celebrate tbe
anniversary of the fail of Metz as well as
the dinner of the Hussars, at which
tbe emperor called the duko
an able German officer, worthy to
lead tbe Hussars in tbe presence
of an er.etny. Kre cb papers as-e l whether
the fumre commander-in-chief of the
British army ought thus to identify hinuelf
with tbe (Jenna' y artny. M. W aldington,
the French a nbassidor to England, a c <rd
i. g to report, told L id Baii-bJty that the
Duke of Connaught’s presence at the Metz
anniversary, coupled with the terms of tbe
kaiser’s toast, was offensive to the French
government. The kaiser disavows the ac
curacy of the report of his toast, and will
pweeute Herr Poll waldt for its publica
tion.
BISMARCK AON MOLTKB.
A communication which appears In the
oftici il press signed oy Dr. Lucaners,
chief of the emperor’s civil cabinet,
denying that toe kaiser to dc any -tap what
ever, direct or undirect, to induce Prince
Bismarck to ome to tbe Count von
sioltke fetes, suggests no lessening of tho
imperial a ilraus, The b.ire >u of toe Ober
haus sent an invitation to Prinoe Bismarck
as a member of the body,
but the ex-chancellor told his
friend* that, while be w. uld respond to an
invitation from the kaiser, he could not
mingle with t e Imperial ci cle unless be
was made welcome. An article in the
Hamburger Nachrichten, clearly the
prince s own, refers to tueexultant howling
of hi* enemies, and declares that their
calumnies will be regarded with c intern pt
by all right feeling p opie. Tho writer al-.o
asserts that future historian* will estimate
the abusive press of 1891 at its true value.
A NOLO-PORTUGUESE DIFFERENCES.
The North German Gazette denies tbe
rumor that the more friendly attitude of
the British government toward Portugal is
due to German interference. The German
government has not ventured to express
any opinion to the British g ivernms.it
through its ambassador in Condon, though
it hails with satisfaction a settlement of the
dispute.
The Duke of Nassau goes to Luxemberg on
Monday to open the Chamber of Deputies.
The duke was adve ee to reassutning the
functions of government until he was
a-sured that tbe condition of tbe King of
Holland was hopeless.
Despite hU denial, Coant Kalnoky U ex*
pected to join Prune Minister Ciispi and
Chancellor too Capri vi at Milan on Not. 7.
Geu. I'owm, chief of staff of the Italian
arm v, will an a many Hi g nor CrLspl and
give Chance tor Ton (laprivi a statement of
tbe condition of tbe Italian army. Nlgnor
tCrispi will come to Berlin after tbe Italian
•lection.
Au trlan official papers ignore tbe visit
f tbe Austrian empress to Uoiua sue re
isl.icd lucre two days, staring at the Hotel
tussle under the name of Mrs. Morris, and
.ccompamed by a single attendant. Hue
bad a long audience with tbe pope, and
(pent the rest of tbe time in sight seeing,
a curb for consumption.
Dr. Koch will read a report on his cure
for oonsiiinp'i in at the B-riin academy of
inn licinest the December meeting. Prof.
Leyden, who is In tne confidence of Dr.
Koch, considers tbe latter's discovery of
rhe bighsst value to humanity. Dig Nation
says that it is a chemical substance which
Is injected into the body, and that It even
checks cate i of advanced tuberculosis.
Thi cnruwiu passed the day at Vienna
on bis way to Trieste.
yitAMoa’a tariff bill.
A Clause Giving the President Power
to Retaliate.
Paris, Nov. I. —The new French tariff
bill, which is now before the Chambnr of
Deputies contains one striking feature,
which has heretofore escaped much notice.
This is a clause which gives to the president
and bis cabinet full power to retaliate t > as
great an extent a. they chooee upon article*
exported to France by a y country which
discriminate! ngam-t French products, or
in any way erects birru 'i against Prenob
trade. Thu clause is obviously modeled to
meet tbe Amo. lean meat Inspection Mil,
and L lute .tied as u French answer to that
measure.
HOSTILITY OF THE PHKBS.
The general tone of the Freriod press con
tinues hostile to the adoption of i otallatoiy
measures against the Baited S ates because
of tle latter country’s tariff legislation.
Instead of speaking in favo -of retaliation
the papers urge that mutual emoaesions be
made by Frauce and the United Mutes.
They seem to imagine that it the French
government makes considerable concessions
it may gam a reduction of American duties
on silk an<i woolen goods
The Journal des Dr bat n say* that Sir
Charles Tupper aid Hecqr Falere will he
charged by the government of Canada to
negotiate a apodal treaty of Commerce with
France.
BISMAHOK AS A BRUWEB.
Hu Will Erect the t u'.ldl :g and Bent It
fur Fllty i ears
Berlin, Nov. I.— Prince Bismarck has
mad i a rangements to start a brewery at
Freirieri. hsrube. Several Hamburg cai i
talista are interested in tbe co icern, which
will have a capital of 000,000 in area. Tne
financiers will run the bro-ery for fifty
years, paying rout to Prince ~Bl*inarc.
1 ho ex-o ancellor reserve! for hi* uelrs ihe
right to buy the concern after fifty years.
It is ox, ec ed that toe house will do a large
export trade.
BABTTELOTU DEATH.
Herbert Ward ray* That He Was
Literally Starved to Death.
London, Nov. 1. —Herbert Ward In a
lectui e here last night on his experience lu
Africa with Mr. Stanley said that Jameson
literally died of starvation and privation.
Both J meson and himself had to live uu
moldy biscuit and rice full of maggots,
while stores of luxu iee Mere reserved for
the advance column. Maj. Bart.elot, in
de riving himself end his associates of
these luxuries might have bean quixotic,
but he certainly did bis duty.
Italy and Our Tariff!
HOME, Nov. 1. —The consul general, who,
tbe Italia state*, sunt a memorandum to
the chamber of cotnmeroe for the purp >se
of correcting th* erroneous comments of
the European press on the effects of tbe
McKinley lull, was not the cousul general
of Italy in the United Mtates, but the
American consul general here.
A Holiday in London.
London, Nov. 1.-iTbl* was the semi
annual settling day at ihe Bank of England,
and consequently a holiday on the stock ex
change.
LAID OUT BY WILL WALLAOB.
Two Looimotlve Firemen Fatally
Wounded at Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Nor. I.— Will Wallace,
tbe noted Harris oounty outlaw and des
perado, ended his obapter of crime and
outrageous lawlessness to-night by fatally
wounding Fra k Huckabeo und Coon Nar
amettr, both firemen and hard-working
men of the Central railroad. It is bard to
get definite particulars of the tragedy, as
both of tbe wounded meu’s families refuse
to give aiy information. The Nicws cor
respondent visited tbe bouses of the wound
ed men late to-.ight and found that the
troubleoriginated over a depute relative
to a promotion In railroad matters. Nara
mourl aised a chair to ttllace,and ns
he did it ho was interrupt 'd hy HuckabeH,
whereupon Wallace cut Naramour li the
stomach, completely disemboweling him.
W allace t in shot Huckab-e several times
in the breast and stomach. Wallace has
been arrested and has given a statement,
wherein be tries to show hi* lan esnee by
saving that he was not tba aggre sor.
Huckabei and Narainourare both members
of the Br tberhoodof Locomoive Firemen,
grid stand veil In the cornu.uuity and with
tueir emp.oyvrs.
A BRAKH M -N KILLED.
Hia Foot Hipped, and He Fell Be
tween the Oars.
Atlanta, Ga., Not. I.—Robert L. Hil
brem, a brakeman, was killed just before
daylight this morning in tbe freight yards
of tbe Western and Atlantic railroad. While
the tralu on which he worked was being
made up, be was turning a brake on a ft it
car. Suddenly he leaned over to give tbe
engineer a signal to move on, when his foot
slipped and be fell headlong between the
cars. One leg was crushed 'ff at tbe knee,
and one at the ankle. He died some time
later.
Fast Trotting at Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 3.— At the
closing races at the S'ate fair to-day Belle
Archer, a 8-year-old belonging to May
Overton of Nashville, trotted a mile in
2:22%, which is tbe fastest time made this
yea by any 3-year-ol tin tbe United States.
Hal Pointer paced against time for a purse
of f3SU, making a mile in 2:18%. Tbe fair
closed to-day after a two weeks’ success.
Ravished and Murdered.
Columbia, 8. C., Nov. I.—The body oPa
16-year-old and uignter of G. Westley
Hornsby, a white farmer living seve i miles
north of Columbia, was found in a field this
afternoon bearing signs of a terrible strug
gle. The young lady is supposed to have
Iraen ravished and then murdered. Her
throat was cut from ear to ear.
I DAILY, $lO A YEVR. I
7 SCENTS ADOPT. }
I WEEKLY. sl* A YEAR.
BLAINE TO THE QUAKERS
HU TRIES TO PhOP DELAMATES?
UP ON THB TARIFF,
He Pays Hta Defeat Would be a Pro*
dlglous Gain to th* Cauee of Frsa
Trade—Tbe Tariff issue Represented
ae at tbe Back of tbe Attaoks os
Delamater's Character.
Philadelphia. Nov. L Secretary
Blaine arrived here from Washington ok
1:03 o’clock til i afternoon. An enthusiast to
crowd cheered him a* be stepped from the
Pennsylvania railroad station, and ha re
ceived a great ovatiou later in tbe afternoon
as be appeared on tbe stags of the Academy
of Muio to address tbe republican mass
meeting. The spacious building wax
crowded to the doors, and hundreds
were unable to gain ad nisilotL
Mr. Blame was accompanied by several
members of hi* family and Postmaster Gen
eral Wansmaker. After his spa -cb at the
Academy of Music be went to the Union
League, where be held a reception from 4
until 6 o’clock. Secretary Blame began bis
speech a* follows:
Ladiks and Ointlknsn: -Thanking you, firs*
of ail, for an old-Liabiound hearty. Pen. ayhsaia
wslooms, for wblo.i on this occasion, as ou
many oth r*. I am your debtor, I snail price 4
to the duty in bend. Thli I* not aa ordinary
occasion, or i would not be here.
SWITCHINO RACK on the tariff.
Mr. Blaine then spoke of the political
campaign in the state and oontiuusd aa
follows :
The congress of the United States has lately
passed anew tariff bid Do you suppose mat
the great free trade papers lu New York and
elsi'wuere throughout toe world care to follow
up Senator Deluinater on personal eh r;e# it
ti ay did not have some great purpose beyond.
If they can elect Uov, Pattiso > and detest Sen
ator Dolamatar, it la a produious vain to th*
cause of IV-e trade, and it It a prodigious lon
to; the cause of protect! n. Pe, n-vlvatna
is not oily the Keysione state of the United
States, but even la a greater s-nse sue is tne
keystone of the cause of proteo.lon. If sne
fulls back now. when tbe lartfi is on it*severest
trial, tbe free trader* see. or thing they *e-. so
easy road to the presidency in IHSW. Pen. syl
vnina. with the surrounding six slates that
border upon her. etc fettle ihe presidency I
sent to remind you. especially you rep Liliana
wuo honestly differ from ihu great body of
your party, that every one of trees i;t iat
S resent Is in democratic hands -Ohio, Indiana,
ow Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and West
Virginia.
tub rrHcooiht of 1899.
The deolslvs point of the struggle of Ifil* may
lie In Pennsylvania and lu those stairs, anil how
any true friend of tne ItepuOhcan tarty, low
an/ honest bei ever In the doctrine of protec
tion cau put to tne bazzsr I too strong post ion
of Pennsylvania at tms oihUcal time I fall te
discover. I Impute motive! to no man, aid yd
I must remind every man he I* mo ally re.-pon*
sible for the pMu insults of b s actions I|
Pennsylvania under a prourt tan at thU
time be drifted from her life alle
giance to the doctr.ue of protection and
shall elect a genii -man of wno.n i „n iw noth
ing Politically, • scent that he I* ranked wlih
1 1* fre tra lei s. If they oan to day e act a* gov
ernor if Pennsylvania as arde t a f ne trader
a* Pr (idem t .lavelau i hi i.self there miy b-no
bai n la (idea I ilia. osn uai ...a •• uu nl, I
speak strongly on this qu lo i. I spaik
(irontly because Ido not warn to s-e thiswit#
misled by ihe free traders In New York. Eve*
the b Ind osn see t ar the free traders of New
York c ry. with their po-erf.n orgn a ai-r lead
log the va i for the de ‘ Ocr.itio candid*, elnti Is
siate, ami ■ gainst tie republican i-and.date.
Tne source and Inspiration of the i* mocratia
canvas* In PrnnsyivAnia cone* i.jn thai
source. Airuli ng blow, If they succeed, u
upon Penuaylvan a.
hidino th* rssrs.
The Issue Itself is cone a e 1 under this moun
tain of abuse of the republics i cnrihdatc f r
gov. ruor. lu object I* plain. It is for Penn
sylvania non to show that the reeult* of this
campaign shall not be enjoyed by t e enomi a
of protect on. We have had some lit tie experi
ence of lata with the democrat! in ongreii.
Theren undoubtedly In tbe republican rank*
some difference * to thi charoctir of th*
new tariff bill. Let us lie 'rank.
Tbrre'wa* a difference, hut of t le U.’.0J0.0 0 or
83.000,000 of people that now Inhabit the
United State*, every man oann >■ have nls say
in making up the tar.ff. T at duty wa* re
mitted to the Congress of ibn United Mates.
T e bill which was final y pameil was the reMill
of a Comoro nl-e, and cams w.th confidence in
plead before the pe .pie of Pea svivaida, and
esiwcis ly before t!ie peop.e of Philadelphia,
not lo differ on details.
COUFOOMISB OV TH* FOBKFATHIRS.
It was In this great city that a compromise
gave u* the declararl n of Inte.iend-nce. If
was in this city that aco promise gave us ths
constitution of ihe United 8 ate*, and
If three great men who controlled tho
greatest bLtoilc events could comproml a on
an issu • pertaining to th * very founds.io i of
the go.eriunrnt, cannot we republi ans, even if
we differ on thed-ttin of an TANARUS" or aheciowlng
of a “T” in a line or aeotion, can we nut fore r 8
our differences, and, as one man. su port tue
measure that our representative* have vnacteL
[Cheer*.] I have a Lttie personal grievance
myself—but not against Uu repu Item*.
[Merriment aid applause.] During the com
aiders lon of that tariff law discussion grew un
on tbe question of attaching to the bill or incur*
poratlng with It a principle of recii roc tai
trade. [Cheer*.J As I bare said
bet ore e’sewhere, tor the. little part 1 took in
that, for the first four or five weeks I woe the
most popular republican with the democrats In
this oouniry. [Laughter ] They thought I wtu
trying to divide t e Republican party on the
do Urine of protection, an 11 was soon patted cn
tue back and encouraged by tne Democratic
party. [Continued laughter.] Weil, I could
stand that sort of thing while 1 was laboring, os
others were laboring mure earnently than my
self, to bring the Republican party together,
and. dually, as one man. we tncor
f .orated the doctrine of reciprocity
n the tariff"*—hill. Just as soon
as the democrats found that that bad been dons
t iey did no want any reciprocity at all. Tory
soi l In effesr, “Reciprocity is an excel enk
inea ure if It will divide tbe protectionists is
two, but If you go to incorporate it Into ihe re
pub lean platform and make itpaitof your
political system ws do n t want any of it, and,
besides tnst, it Is unc ns liutional.” [taught, r.j
Ne rly every democratic senator who spoke
sought to prove that reciprocity Incorporated
in the tariff bill was uncons. ItuUonal
Mr. Hlaiue closed with a brie eulogy of Presi
dent Harrtion’* administration.
Postmaster General Wanamaker followed
Mr. Blaine In a fnw words of o tnplime it to
Secretary Blaine, indorsing his praisa of
President Harrison, and closed by an
nouncing that be bad come home to vote*
GORDON bTANDS BY THB PARTY.
The Voter* of the D strict Asked to
Support Livingston.
Atlanta, Ga„ Nov. I.—There wa* •
second meeting at the county ooort house
to-night in the interest of CoL Livingston
as the congressional nominee. Speeches
were made, and a paper read from Gov,
Gordon, strongly urging voters to stand by
tbe democratic nominee. Some anxiety
exists as to tbe result of tbe election, but
though CoL Haight wi.l undoubtedly gel
some democratic votes there seems to be no
cause for alarm.
Stanley’* Advance Sale.
New York, Nov. L —The salo of seats
for the Mtanley lecture at the Metropolitan
Opera House ou Nov. 11, for the benefit of
tbe Convalescent Home of Summit, N. J..
occurred this afternoon. The sum realized
for the lecture is SIO,OOO.
Original Package Bouses Closing.
Topeka, Kan., Nov. L—Original oack
age houses are closing here to-day. Only
one rem ltd open at noon. Judge Cald
well’s decision u received with joy by tbe
prohibitionist*.
