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( the MORNING NEWS, I
- Established 1860. Incorporated 1888
I J. H. ESTILL. President. 1
RUSSELL TOLEAD THE RACE.
Ibe Bay State Democrats Name Their
Ticket.
Ex-Gov. William E. Russell Receives a
Great Ovation and Hade Permanent
Chairman of the Convention—John E.
Russell the Gubernatorial Nominee.
Charles E. Stratton for Lieutenant
Governor—The Platform a Ringing De
nunciation of the Republican Policy.
Boston, Mass., Oct. B.—The democratic
state convention was held in Music hall
to-day for the nomination of candidates
for governor and state officers. Eleven
o'clock was the hour named for the open
ing, and during the previous half hour
the hall resounded with martial strains
of a brass band, stationed in the rear bal
cony. There was no apportionment of
seats and the delegates sat wherever it
pleased them, regardless of county lines.
The decorations were confined to the
platform, which was hung with the na
tional colors, and on the wall was a large
picture of President Cleveland, while upon
one side were the state arms, and upon
the other the seal of the city.
It was not until 11:30 o'clock that the
convention was called to order by Hon.
John W. Corcoran, chairman of the dem
ocratic state committee. The floor and
lower balcony were filled with a scatter
ing attendance in the upper galleries,
while the platform space was occupied
by members of the state committee and
prominent democrats.
Nathaniel G. Robinson, the secretary,
read the call, and Messrs. Corcoran and
Robinson were made the temporary of
ficers of the convention.
The usual committees were then ap
pointed.
The committee on credentials reported
the presence of 1,850 delegates from 300
towns, and 30 cities.
The committee on permanent organiza
tion made a report naming Ex-Gov. Wil
liam E. Russell as chairman, and Daniel
E. Buckle of Northeaston and Nathaniel
G. Robinson of Boston as secretaries.
The governor was introduced by Judge
Corcoran, briefly, but happily, and Mr.
Russell received an old time democratic
welcome. He then proceeded to tho de
livery of his address, whtah was fre
quently applauded.
After the platform had been read and
accepted, nominations were declared in or
der, and George Fred Williams nominated
the Hon. John E. Russell of Leicester
f<V governor.
The nomination was|*eroniloa*i*>y Hon.
John J. Donovan of Dowell, and Mr. Rus
sell was then unanimously nominated by
acclamation,
John C. Crosby of Pittsfield placed in
nomination for Ueutenat governor, Charles
E. Stratton of Boston, and moved that
be be nominated by acclamation, which
was done.
On motion of Hon. Jones W. McDonald
of Marlboro, a committee was appointed
to wait upon the candidate for governotxfl
and Mr. Russell sooh appeared. He rel
ceived a glorious greeting, the convention
rising en masse, and cheering and clap
ping their hands in wild delight.
Mr. Russell’s speech was applauded vo
ciferously from start to finish, and at its
close there were cheers upon cheers.
A. B. Bruce of Lawrence then announc
ed the following names as having been
agreed upon as nominees for the other
offices on the state ticket, and they were
severally nominated by acclamation:
ior Secretary of the Commonwealth—
Charles A. DeCourrey of Lawrence.
For Treasurer and Receiver General—
James S. Grlnnell of Greenfield.
For Attorney General—Henry F. Hurl
burt of Lynn.
For Auditor—Alfred C. Whitney of Bos
ton.
The platform follows:
Tha democrats of Massachusetts, in
convention assembled, renew their al
legiance to the time-honored principles of
Jeffersonlon democracy; and they reiter
ate their loyalty to tho President and
other party leaders who have so cour
ageously battled for the people against
the errors and iniquities of the last re
publican administration.
We congratulate the country on the re
peal of an odious and tyrannical election
law; on the repeal of a measure of silver
Inflation which was the direct cause of
the financial panic, from the consequences
of which we are now happily recovering;
for the repeal of the McKinley tariff;
on the abolition of bounties; on the firm,
dignified and conservative conduct of our
foreign affairs; on the vigorous and timely
measures taken to repress attacks on
the rights and property of the federal
government; on the reform of abuses In
the pension system; on a reduction of
many millions in the appropriations of
congress, and on the economies and im
provements in the various administrative
branches of the government.
We have for years advocated a thorough
reform in the tariff. The House, or Wil
son bill, was an honest efTort to carry out
the democratic policy. Its defeat Is much
to be regretted. We hold those demo
cratic senators who. by their Inaction or
resistance, prevented Its passage, to be
traitors to their party; and we demand
their retirement from party leadership.
We also demand that United States
senators be elected by direct vote of the
People.
We recognize, however, that the new
tariff is, in spite of Imperfections, a great
improvement In almost every schedule
over tho monstrous act of spoliation
known as the McKinley tariff, and w
ball Its passage as the beginning of the
end of an unconstitutional system of
duties for protection only. We believe
It to be the Immediate duty of the Dem
ocratic party to place every commodity
which can fairly be described as raw
material upon the free list; to abolish all
duties which tend to create and maintain
monopolies and trusts, and to reduce all
duties which are still prohibitory In effect.
We hold that the currency troubles
which during the last twenty-five years
have brought Industrial distress on this
country arc evils for which the Republi
can party Is directly responsible. In 1870
a republican President, with the assist
ance of a republican congress, packed
the United States supreme court to re
verse the decision that the making of
greenbacks A legal tender waa unconsti
tutional, and Ihua opened the way for
unlimited Inflation. One of the results of
the false Ideas thus Inculcated was the
Rland-Alllson act of 1878, which com
pelled the purchase of sliver bullion to
tho amount of 12,000,000 a month. The
•vll done by this law was greatly In-
She iUoririna
creased In 1890. when, in pursuance of a
recommendation of a republican Secre
tary of tho Treasury, a republican con
gress passed and a republican president
signed the Sherman act, compelling the
purchase of silver bullion to the amount
of 4,500,000 ounces per month.
These various measures have all been
m direct violation of the constitutional
functions of the government, according
to the historic principles of the Dem
ocratic party. On the other hand, the
only financial measure during this
generation for which as tho party in
power the Democratic party is resppn
slble has been the repeal of the Sherman
act as the first step toward a healthier
financial condition.
We reaffirm our allegiance to the great
financial principles which guided Jeffer
son, Jackson and Secretary Walker, that
the sole function of the government in
monetary matters is to provide a stan
dard of value and to coin metallic money,
every dollar of which shall be of equal
intrinsic value, that nothing but this
coined money shall be a legal tender,
and that the government shall not carry
on a banking business.
Wo demand that the untaxed notes of
state and national banks shall be the only
paper money, and that the government
shall, with the development of a bank
ing system adaquate to the demands of
trade, retire as rapidly as possible all Its
legal tender paper money.
W e approve the principle of the Income
tax as a return to correct theories of tax
ation.
The scope of the national civil service
system should be extended as fast as the
civil service commission deems practi
cable, to the end that all federal positions
to which the merit system of appointment
is applicable may be placed by law upon a
strictly non-political basts. The admin
istration should now formulate and rec
ommend some plan by which the post
offices may be brought within the merit
.system, and the continued tenure of
faithful officials be secured.
We are not only opposed in the ab
stract to any "distinction of birth or re
ligious creed in the rights af American
citizenship,” but to any organization
which aims to Introduce any such dis
tinction into politics; and we hold up to
public condemnation any party which,
like the Republican party in this and
other states, accepts an alliance with
such an organization and permits it to
(Control the party caucuses and conven
tions.
The present method of elections of
members of legislative bodies does not
secure to a minority the representation
which fairly belongs to It. We, there
fore, recommend to the attention of the
legislature a system of proportionate
representatives to the end that the sev
eral political parties may be represented
in legislative assemblies by neither more
nor less than the number of members
to which their voting strength Justly en
titles them. Some system or machine to
make the process of voting quicker and
the counting more accurate also
be adopted.
Upon the foregoing declaration of po
litical and economic principles we com
mend the candidates whom we have this
day put In nomination to the suffrages of
the people.
AN OVATION TO WILSON.
The Congressman Given a Royal Wel
come on Hie Return Heme.
Charleston, Jefferson County, W. Va.,
Oct. B.—Hon. William L. Wilson arrived
khere this afternoon at 2 o'clock from
'Washington. He was mot at Harper’s
Ferry by a special train crowded with
enthusiastic Second district democrats,
who escorted him to his native town. In
Mr. Wilson’s party wore Hon. Robert W.
Hunter of Virginia, Charles S. Hamlin,
assistant secretary of the treasury, Hon.
R. T. Garton of Winchester, Va., Hon.
John T. McGraw, chairman of the dem
ocratic congressional committee, ex-Con
gressman B. F. Myers of Harrisburg, Pa.,
and Hon. Fred J. Nelson of Frederick
City, Md. A great mass meeting was
crowded at the court house Immediately
after the arrival of the special bearing Mr.
Wilson’s party, Chairman McGraw call
ing the meeting to order and Introducing
Mr. Wilson.
Mr. Wilson said the battle for tariff
reform and industrial freedom had been
a wonderful and inspiring contest. Its
earnest views, its enthusiasm, Its patriot
ic and almost heroic ardor, its persist
ence, all make it one of the great poular
uprisings of history.
"In view of ail this we can’t believe
that the results already accomplished, the
ground already won, is all that is to
come from this grand effort of the people.
They are but a promise and guaranty
of a final and lasting success
measuring up to magnitude and
earnestness of popular movement.
The issue of to-day is between those who
wish to hold on to what we have gained,
and so push upward to complete victory,
and those who wish to undo what we
have gained and to return to the system
which the people have essayed to over
throw.”
MIDDLESBORO’S PRIMARY.
Judge Jones Dissolves the Injunction
Against the Republican Primary.
Middlesboro, Ky., Oct. B.—Upon motion
of John D. who obtained the In
junction agafnst the republican primary
elertion. Judge Jones dissolved It.
Colson holds the certificate of nomina
tion signed by nine members of the dis
trict committee, five members refusing to
sign. Colson’s friends are Jubilant, and
claim that dissolving the Injunction
makes him the legal nominee. Adams
and White will remain in the race.
BRECKINRIDGE FOR SENATOR.
The Congressman's Friends Pushing
Him for the Position.
Cincinnati, 0., Oct. B.—The Tlmes-Star's
Lexington, Ky., special says the friends
of Congressman Breckinridge are bring
ing him out for senator. Secretary Car
lisle, Senator Blackburn, Gov. Brown,
Gen. Buckner and Henry Watterson are
among the other names mentioned. The
friends of Mr. Owens are insisting on
Senator Blackburn taking the stump Im
mediately In the Ashland district for Mr.
Owens.
HE NEVER WILL BE MISSED.
A Michigan Democrat Deasrts and
Jolna the Republicans.
Mlddlesvllle, Mich., Oct. B.—M. F. Jor
dan, after declining the nomination for
lieutenant governor and resigning the
chairmanship of the Barry county dem
ocratic commute, has renounced his alle
giance to tho Democratic party and
unites with tho Republican party, declar
ing that he has "lost all hope and con
fidence In the Democratic party and Its
ability to legislate In the Interest of a
people like ours.”
SAVANNAH. GA„ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1), 1)4.
STARVATION IN A STRIKE.
The Fall River Operatives Ready to
Return to Work.
The Mill Men Consider a Proposition to
Reopen the Mills at the Reduced
Wages for Sixty Days and Increase
Wages After That Period If Business
Warrants—The New Bedford Opera
tives Accept a Reduction of 5 Per Cent.
Fall River, Mas., Oct. B.—The eighth
week of the strike is on. The city Is still
orderly and the charity of all who can
give is being tested freely. The letter
carriers have contributed 2,500 loaves of
bread to the poor, and the United Friends
Social club gave away 500 dinners this
afernoon and evening. Free soup distri
butions are going on and more than 2,000
persons are being fed daily in this way.
To-night Secretaries Ross of New Bed
ford and Howard of this city left for New
York to meet Samuel Gompers and ar
range for regular support for members
of the National Mule Spinners Associa
tion. The executive committee of the
weavers will meet to-morrow morning to
arrange for the distribution of $4,000
among the 3,000 members.
This morning several manufacturers
met at the association rooms and talked
over the situation at some length. It
Is not definitely stated that any agree
ment was arrived at, but It was given out
by one manufacturer that he and others
will not continue In a stand-fight that
moans starving to anyone. He is willing
to start his mill Just as soon us the other
manufacturers release him from tho
agreement that binds him and them.
From his satement it is inferred that all
the manufacturers are not agreed upon
a continuation of the fight policy, and
that overtures toward a settlement are
not wholly ended. He also stated that
something of importance would soon hap
pen, and from this statement It U in
ferred that the manufacturers are about
to make some sort of an offer to the spin
ners.
Fall (River, Mass., Oct. B.—ll p.
tn. There has been a flurry
Browers row since early this
forenoon when it became known
.that the mill-men, who held the
key to the present situation, wore engaged
In dilscussion. The excitement was in
creased about 2 o’clock when it was noised
about that Secretary Howard of the Spin
nrs Union was engagpd in an earnest
talk with Hon. Frank S. Stevens, one of
tho most Influential stockholders in the
local mills. It was soon generally re
ported that Mayor Coughlin had written
a letter to Secretary Rounsevtlle of the
Manufacturers Association, calling atten
tion to the destitution of the city, and
aklng tha members of the association to
endeavor to open the mills on some terms,
and offer opportunities for work to the
idel operatives. Then the manufacturers
got together in the association roome and
held a long conference. A group of mill
men said that the meeting had consid
ered the proposition that the operatives
return to work for-stxty days under tho
reduced schedule. The old schedule to be
restored later, if business conditions war
ranted. The men who were in consulta
tion said that they were not empowered
to make any direct proposition to the op
eratives, and, therefore, they did not care
to make a statement.
It seems to be generally accepted that
the weavers will take any form of com
promise without question, inasmuch as
their funds are rapidly growing less and
there is much destitution among those
not directly affiliated with the union.
The manufacturers made several state
ments to-night, tending to throw new
light on their side of the situation.
With the exception of the already re
corded sales of 800,000 pieces at Advanced
prices, very few sales have been made
by three-fourths of the manufacturers tn
the past seven weeks. The sales that
have been made take no account of the
invisible supply of goods stored here,
which goes to show how little demand
there is among large consumers, for
fabrics purchased many months ago. Of
400 cases, in one sale, only fifty have been
shipped in five weeks. There are several
agents who have sold only 10,000 pieces of
possible production of 00,000 pieces. In
consequence of these facts, the manufac
turers argued that It Is useless to start
the mills with nd chance of selling the
production.
Speculation Is at fever heat to-night,ow
ing to the action taken by the New Bed
ford operatives in accepting a 5 per cent,
reduction in wages. This aceptance places
the Fall River spinners In a bad light,
since they have been asked for a full re
storation of wages as soon as the mar
ket was cleaned out of goods. It will put
the manufacturers here into a disturbed
frame of mind and will upset all tne plans
agreed upon at (this afternoon's con
ference. No one can now toll what may
happen. It would surprise no one now if
the Fall River manufacturers took the
bit In their teeth, raised wages 10 per
cent, opened their gates and compelled
the New Bedford mills to do the same
To-night the city government made an
appropriation of $5,000 to help out the
paupers' account, which has been largely
drawn upon by the strikers.
NEW BEDFORD'S STRIKE OVER.
The Spinner* to Go to Work at a Reduc
tion of 13 Per Cent.
New Bedford, Muss., Oct. B.—The big
gest atrlke that New Bedford ever had
Is practically ended. The strike has
lasted eight weeks, *nd during that time
much more suffering has been endured
by the Idle operatives than will ever l>e
known. The mills will start their ma
chinery on Thursday morning and the op
erative* will enter In a happy frame of
mind. The committee appointed by the
spinners on Friday last to-day met the
mill treasurers. The conference began
ut 3 o'clock and lasted until 6:30. When
the spinners’ representatives came from
the meeting the following woe handed
the press representative by President Ro
wan of the Bplnncrs Union:
"The spinners, In conference with the
mill treasurers, mutually agreed that the
spinners of this city go back to work on
a reduction of IS per cent. In wages, with
the understanding that whatever final
settlement Is made In Fall River shall
diptherta In town. A child of Mr. Mont-
Pardoned by tha President.
Washington, Oct. B.—The President has
pardoned Peter Green, convicted In South
Carolina of huving counterfeit money in
his possession and sentenced In June,
1883, to six years imprisonment at hard
labor, and SIUO fine. The ground for the
pardon, which was once before denied,
is the bad health of the convict, who Is
In the last stages of consumption
WHITNEY URGES HARMONY.
The Present no Time for Quarreling In
the Ranks.
New Y'ork, Oot. B.—The state demo
cratic committee is to-night sending out
a letter written by Ex-Secretary Wil
liam C. Whitney, dated at Roelyn, L. I.
The letter Is addressed to Mr. Hinckley,
the state chairman. Mr. Whitney explains
why he did not accept either the chair
manship or a membership on the state
committee, stating that it was jjpt from
Indisposition to assist tn the campaign,
but from reasons purely privates He re
minds Mr. Hinckley that he, two yeurs
ago, refused a similar position on the na
tional committee for precisely the samo
reasons. He adds that he desired to re
main In the ranks. Mr. Whitney said that
if he ever felt Inclined to break away from
any rule which he had made for himself,
It was during the present campaign. He
thought that never before in the history
of tho party had there been a time
when democrats should sink party dif
ferences and stand together for the com
mon good as like tho present ocrusion.
Mr. Whitney said that he might criti
cise In detail th’e manner in which tho
party had during the past year performed
the trusts given to its keeping, but the
present was not tho lime for discussion
of differences. It was a time, he thought,
for an attack upon the common enemy.
Now York state he believed to be the piv
otal state, and defeat here woufd moan
discouragment for tho democrats and
encouragement for tho republicans
throughout the entire country.
Mr. Whitney said that he would not ut
tempt to disguise the fact that there Is a
great deal of disaffection In the party
ranks. He said that many considered
the state organization management nar
row and arbitrary. He did not propose to
quarrel with any one for manifesting this
feeling, but he wished to remind ail that
the policy of the republican leaders had
been even more dictatorial. Had they
shown a disposition to meet tha Indepen
dent voters of the state and city of New
Y'ork half way, they could appeal to tho
people on a non-partisan basis. In
stead of doing this they have Insisted
that the Tammany Hall machine shall be
succeded by a republican machine, This
Is not the conduct of men who place the
general welfare above the greed of pub
lic blunder.”
Mr. Whitney then cited tho work of the
constitutional convention as another il
lustration of the extreme partisanship of
the Republican party. To those who
were disposed to fear the dominance of
Senator Hill In national politics Mr. Whit
ney said:
“Neither Gov. Hill, nor anyone else
would be able to secure two-thirds of tne
votes in the next national convention un
less he stands clearly for the Intellec
tual and moral Issues of the party, or has
pre-eminent qualifications for the per
formance of his duty to both people and
party. As to Gov. Hill, whatever may
be the Individual, opinion of him, the fact
is that through no efforts of his own he Is
the standard-bearer of the Democratic
party In the contest which our opponents
have Insisted upon making a test of
party strength and party loyalty.”
The conferenee committee of the New
Y’ork state democracy met this afternoon
lit Cooper Union. Ex-Mayor Gruce drop
ped into the meeting for a few moments.
About fifty-four out of the sixty-eight
members of the conferenee committee
were presnt. It was intended that Mr.
Grace should preside at the meeting.
He announced, however, just before the
meeting began, that It was impossible
for him to preside. Before he left tho
meoting he talked with a member of the
committee.
"Don't take any stock,” Mr. Grace Is
reported to have said, “In the rumor
that I am negotiating a deal with Tam
many hall. We are going to have a ticket
of our own and stand up and bo counted
anyway."
The only business the committee did
was to discuss the report of the com
mittee appointed on election laws. The
conference committee was then adjourned
until to-morrow afternoon.
After the meeting Col. Robert Monroe
said that there would be a full ticket prob
ably reported at to-morrow’s session.
"We will make our final preparations,”
said he. "at to-morrow’s meeting and have
everything in readiness for our conven
tion.”
Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. B.—By a vote of
47 to 7 to-night the untl-democrats de
cided In favor of a third state ticket The
meeting was calle<| to order by Edward
M. Bheppard. Thomas M. Hhearmun
was elected chairman and he offered the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the delegation declare
In favor of the Immediate nomination of
a third state ticket and that a committee
be appointed by the chair who are hereby
authorized, in consultation with demo
crats from other parts of the state, to
put such a ticket In nomination.
The resolution was adopted by the above
vote, after nearly two hours’ debate. The
committee, when appointed to-morrow,
will be Instructed to confer with other
delegates from the state, who meet here
to-morrow.
NEBRASKA BOLTERS.
The Secretary of State Dismiss** Their
Remonstrance.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. B.~The ticket put
up by the bolters at the late democratic
state convention Is left without standing,
so far as Secretary of State Allen Is eon
rerned. he to-day having dismissed the
remonstrance relative to the consider
ation of the "regular" ticket filed a few
days ago. BecrMary Allen also gsve out
that when he made up the official ballot
the names of the populist candidates
Indorsed by the democrats would go on
the ticket twice as being the nominees
of both parties. The decision will be ap
pealed to the courts at once.
GOULD SYSTEM EMPLOYES.
Tho Order* of the Railroader* to Form
a Federation.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. B.—A meeting Is
being held here of the chairmen of the
Joint protective boards for the Gould sys
tem of the Order of Railway Telegraphers,
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Order
of, Railroad Conductors, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. The object of the
meeting is the formation of a railway fed
eration for the Gould system. The meet
ing will continue probably for throe or
four days.
Making Good O'Brien'* Default.
Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. B.~Thoma
McDermott, attorney for the C’athollo
Knights of America, to-day deposited in
the First National Bank, a check for SIC.-
876.88. paid by the Fidelity and Casuallty
Company of New York, to settle a Judg
ment rendered against them as bonds
men In defaulting Treasurer M. J.
O'Brien’s case.
SHENC TAOTAI A BIG SKIN,
He Turns In Rifles at Four Times
Their Cost.
The Weapons Discarded by the German
Army and Bought for Two Taels
Each-He Also Bought Large Quan
tities of Worthless Cartridge*—Ue
bellion Breaks Out at Jehol.
London, Oct. B.—A dispatch to the Cen
tral News from Shanghai says: *'Re
bellion hus broken out In Jehol, the seat
of the celebrated imperial palace, 120
miles from Pekin."
A dispatch from Tlen-Tln reports that
Shcng Taotal of that city Is In disgrace.
It appears that the Sheng had bought
from Germany 300,000 discarded rifles, for
which he paid two taels each and charged
the government nine taels, lie ulso
bought a large quantity of cartridges,
which wore found to be utterly useless.
LI Hung Chang discovered the fraud and
suminonod the Shcng to him. In the Inter
view that followed LI Hung Chang Is
said to have slapped the Sheng’s face. The
Sheng later made application for leave of
absence on the plea that he was 111, and
leave was granted.
A dispatch from Che Foo to tho Pall-
Mall Gazette this afternoon says that tho
British ami Russian ministers. N. R.
Connor and Count Cassini, started for
Pekin yesterday. Tha object of their
visit to the capital Is not known. The
dispatch adds that all tho women and
children belonging to foreigners have
left Pekin for places of safety.
The Vienna correspondent of the Dally
News telegraphs; "The palace In Pekin
Is guarded by Mongolians, because the
Chinese are no longer trusted. There are
dally fights between the Chinese and
Mongolians. The latter are greatly
hated.”
Berlin, Oct. B.—The St. Petersburg cor
respondent of the Koelnlsche Zeltung says
that Russia has sent a strong force to her
Asiatio frontier to prevent further In
roads of Chinese marauders. The force
consist* of five battalions of Stberlun
riflemen and two squadrons of cavalry.
A dispatch from Che-Foo to the Pal!
Mall Gazette says thut seven Japanese
warships were sighted off YVei-Hat-Wel,
steaming westward.
The Globe publishes a dispatch from
Tien Tain saying that the steamer Wen
Chow, which has Just arrived there, re
ports that about 10 miles south of Chc-
Foo, she met the Japanese squadron. The
Japanese flagship hailed the Wen Chow
and questioned her captain concerning
the whereabouts of the Chinese southern
squadron.
Copenhagen. Oct. B.—A dispatch from
St. Petersburg received here says that the
Russian government has lodged a strong
protest agnlnst the recent violation of the
Russian frontier by a body of the Chi
nese army, who killed two men who were
working on a wreck and pillaged the
house of two Russian settlors. Russia Is
said to have declared that this breach of
international law demands the payment
of a substantial Indemnity.
Paris, Oct. B.—lt Is scmi-offlclally stated
that the dispatch of French warships to
China Is by virtue of an International
agreement to which Great Britain, Rus
sia, Germany and France have already
adhered.
ANARCHIST PLOT IN ITALY.
An Infernal Machine Found at Milan’s
Police Barracks.
Milan, Oct. B.—There has been a re
newal of anarchistic activity here. An
infernal machine with a lighted fuse has
been found upon the windowsill of the po
lice barracks. The fuse was extin
guished before an explosion occurred.
Several arrests have been made as a re
sult of the police Inquiry into the out
rage.
According to the Chlsclotte, the po
lice have discovered an anarchistic plot
extending over the whole of Italy, organ
ized by Albani, the notorious anarchist.
RUSSIA'S OZAR WORSE.
Prayers for His Recovery Ordered In
the Regimental Churches.
Breslau, Oct. B,—The Schlcsslche Zel
tung publishes a dispatch from St. Pet
ersburg which says that a sudden change
for the worse has taken place In the con
dition of the czar. The dispatch adds
that the minister of war has ordered
prayers for the preservation of the life
of the czar to be offered up In all the gar
rison and regiment churches. This or
der Is said to be due to a tolegram re
ceived direct from Llvadia, stating that
the czar's illness has taken a disquieting
turn.
SPAIN’S MINISTRY SHAKY.
The Miniiter of the Coionle* Resign*
and Other* to Follow.
Madrid, Oct. B.— The minister of the
colonies resigned bis office this evening,
and several of his colleagues are expected
to retire within a week. It Is assumed
that the minister’s resignation Is due to
the trouble In Cuba and Porto Rico, not
ably In the latter, where the autonomist
movement is very strong.
TOBACCO FACTORY IN FLAMES.
Throe Thousand Persons Thrown Out of
Work by the Fire.
Warsaw, Oct. B.—Chereechersky’s to
bacco factory at Grodno, the largest es
tablishment of Its kind In Southern Rus
sia, has been burned to the ground. Tho
tiro is said to have been of Incendiary
origin. The loss Is very great, and 2,000
person* have been thrown out of employ
ment.
Senor Oastellar at Rome.
Rome, Oct. B.—Senor Emilio Castellar,
the eminent Spanish statesman, has ar
rived here and has obtained the promise
of an audience with the pope. His holi
ness Is reported to have said to Marquis
de (Jommeltas. who arranged for the audi
ence, that he greatly admired Oasteliar's
oratory and agreed with some of his
opinions.
Wale*' Tin Plate Maker*.
London, Oct. B.—The Exchange Tele
graph Company says that In order to
got back the British tin rlate makers
who went to Airterca the Welshman
manufacturers, In addition to guarantee
ing them work, promise to pay their fares
home.
FIENDS SAW A TRESTLE.
A Train Crashes Through It and tho
Fireman Killed.
Rhinelander, Wls., Oct. B.—Nothing but
unaccountable good luck prevented the
worst passenger wreck of the year on
the Soo Line last night. The Boston-Mln
neapolts limited west, which leaves here
at 1:40 o’clock, went through a trestle be
tween Heaftordt. Junction and Bradly.
The stringer and piles had bepn sawed
after the enst bound limited passed the
place an hour nnd forty minutes before.
Tho rails were left with no support and
tho engine crashed through.
The train was going 35 miles nn hour
nnd instead of dropping into the open
ing. the engine struck the solid track be
yond mid turnqd clean over down tho em
bankment.
Tho engineer, James Dutch of Minne
apolis, was thrown twenty feet ahead.
He sustained a broken leg, bad cuts on the
head, and a badly bruised body. Ho will
recover. Ho was taken to his home.
Charles Cotterhlll, the fireman, was
pinned under tho henvy engine, which whs
terribly smashed. Ho was Instantly killed.
Ho leaves a wfto und two children at
Minneapolis.
The baggage cur and sleopcr left the
track, but none of the occupants were
badly hurt.
Tho trestle Is somo twenty foot high.
REFUSED TO MAKE A SEARCH.
Tho Sheriff of Greenville County
Threatened With Removal.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. B.—Tolegrams
from Constable Workman to Gov. Tillman
Indicate that they had a somewhat lively
time of it up in Greenville to-day. During tho
morning Gov. Tillman received a tologram
from the constable saying that he had
stopped and seized a trunk which contained
some export beer. Tho trunk, ho stated,
came from the residence of H. C. Marks,
and believing that there was other liquor
In the house of Mr. Marks, Constable
Workman bad sworn out a search wnrrunt
before the local trial Justice aud glvon it to
tho sheriff to execute. Constable Work
man telegraphed that tho sheriff had de
clined to make the search. Uin tbiß in
formation Gov. Tilltnnu telegraphed to the
sheriff that he should make the search,
and that If he did not that he would report
tho case to the legislature and have him re
moved from office. It is said that Mr.
Marks’ house is suspected of being a kind
of ro|M,sltory for liquor for his son-in-law,
Mr. Edel. Whether this is true or not the
investigation will show.
IRONB KNOCKED SENSELESS.
The Mother of Hl* Alleged Victim Deals
the Blow.
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. B.—A few days
ago Martin Irons, the noted leader of the
railroad strike In 188(1, was arrested on a
charge of attempted rape on a 7-year-old
child. Last Saturday Irons was released
on ball, but the enraged mother-of the al
leged victim, Mrs. Antonia Estrada, took
the law, to u degree, into her own hands.
Yesterday morning she came up behind
Irons with a heavy club and dealt him a
blow that knocked him senseless. Inter
ference prevented more serious Injury.
BLOWN UP BY POWDER.
Father and Son Killed and Mother and
Daughter Dying.
Ironwood. Mich.. Oct. B.—John Ravelle,
a farmer near this city, together with his
family of five, were blown, up by an ex
plosion of giant powder to-day. Ravelle
and a 5-year-okl son were killed outright,
the bodies being mangled In a frightful
manner. Mrs. Ravelle and a 6-year-old
daughter will undoubtedly die. The oth
ers were not dangerously hurt. Ravelle
was thawing out giant powder In the oven
of a stove, preparing It for blasting
stumps.
HOME RULE CAUSE DYING.
John Redmond Predicts th* Creation of
a New United Party.
Dublin, Oct. B.—A largely attended Par
nelllte meoting was held in the rotunda
here to-day. John Redmond, member of
tho House of Commons for Waterford,
presided. He said that the home rule
cause was dying fpom apathy. The ma
jority of tho Irish parliamentary party—
the Parpellttes—were doing their utmost
to force dissolution of parliament ut tho
next session. He predicted that anew
united party would be created, with Par
nclllte principles, powerful enough to
force home rule to tho front again.
GERMANY’S ANTI-SEMITICS,
The Several Group* to Combine In a
New Party.
Berlin, Oct. B.—The several ant!-Bemltlc
groups of the empire have decided through
their delegates In conference at Etsen
baeh to combine under the name of the
German Social Reform Party. The ex
treme tendencies of the conference were
shown by the heartiness with which it
received ex-Rector Ah I wardt, tho most un
scrupulous and blatant Jew baiter In
Germany.
A CASHIER SENT TO PRISON.
He la Sentenced to Serve Five Years for
False Entries.
Springfield, Mo.. Oct. B.—Judge Phillips
to-day sentenced A. B. Crawford, the ex
eashler of the wrecked American National
Bank, to five years In the Missouri pen
itentiary, after expressing sympathy for
the prisoner. The sentence was on the
seventh count alone—false entry. He
was convicted on five counts, but the
other four were Ignored. He will probably
bo taken to Jefferson City to-night,
A DUEL WITH AXES.
One Man Has Both Arms Cut Off and
Die*- The Other Dying.
Henderson, Ky., Oct. Br—Two fartrera
named Raymond Martin and Robert Rye,
ut Hcbardsvlllc, Ky., fourteen miles from
here quarreled to-day übout a womun.
Marlin got two axes, handing one to Rye
ami proposing a duel. They fought un
til Rye had both arms severed and fell
dead. Marlin received horrible gashes
about the head and breast, and Is dying.
Won’t Recognize the Jewish Religion.
Hilda Peeth, Oct. I. -The house of mag
nates to-day rejected by a vote of 109 to
103, the government bill providing for
legal recognition of the Jewish religion.
Bcotoh Miners Resume Work.
Edinburg. Oct. B.—lt Is reported that
4,500 of the Scotch miners who were
among the strikers have resumed work
und thut tho strike Is dying out
j DAILY. $lO A YEAR, I
Y 5 CENTS A CCPY. I
I WEEKLY, a TIMES A WEEK. II A YEAR l
BLOWING HARD IS FLORIDA.
Pensacola Cut Off From Telegraphic
Communication.
Tho Wind Blowing 04 Miles an Hour
There at Noon Just Before the Wire*
Want Down—Tallahassee Apprehen
elvo of a Heavy Blow—The Storm Ex
pected to Pass North of Jacksonville*
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. B.—The cyelon*
reported raging In tho gulf neur Galves
ton, Texas, lust night, has reached Flor
ida. It struck Pensacola this morning.
At noon tho wind at Pensacola was re
ported to bo blowing nt a velocity of 86
miles an hour. Shortly nftcr that th*
wires went down between this place and
Pensa-ola and it is impossfblo to loarU
whether any has been done.
The storm Booms to bo traveling In a
northeasterly direction from Pensacola.
Tallahassee reported early In tho ntght
that there wore Indications of a heavy
galo und that much apprehension waa
folt.
At Jacksonville to-night tho barometer
hus fallen to 29.50, and the wind ha*
reached a velocity of 86 miles an hour. It
is thought, however, that the storm will
pass north of Jacksonville,
Nothing can be learned as to tho dam
age done by the cyclone until communi
cation Is re-established with Pensacola*
as that placo seems to have been In tho
storm’s center.
Moss Point, Miss., Oct. B.—A hurrlcano
of terrific force struck tills section early
last night and bus been ruglng furiously;
over since. Great damage lias been done
to shipping, and a number of vessels are
ashore.
Ocean Springs, Miss., Oct. B.—News ha*
been received here that about 1,000 feet of
the Louisville and Nashville track was
washed out between West Pascagoula
ami Scranton. A force of laborers have
gone to repair the dutnage. The storm
continues unabated.
Charleston, S. C., Oct. B.—lntermittent
hard rains have fallen here to-night, but
there 1b very little wind so far.
HOKE SMITH ON THE ELECTION.
Hi* View* in Line With Those Already
Printed in tho News.
Washington, Oct. B—Secretary Hoke
Smith, who has Just returned from Geor
gia. speaking to-day of the recent Geor
gia election said: "The stnte ticket has
been elected by between 30,u(t(! and 85.-
(KKi majority. It Is manifestly unfair to
compare this election with the state elec
tion lu 1892, when Gov. Northen received
a majority of 68,000. Then the republican
state convention refused to Indorse the
populist candidates and failed to put out
any candidates of their own. The colored
teachers convention Indorsed Gov. North
en. Gov, Northen, therefore, was not op
posed by the republicans but on the con
trary. wus supported by* the majority of
them. In tho presidential election of 18M,
licith (he republicans and the populists
had tickets tn the Held, and the demo
cratic mujorlty was 83,000, only 5.000 more
than the majority in the recent election.
This year the republican convention In
dorsed the populists, and the republi
can!! voted almost solidly for their ticket.
It Is but fair that the comparison should
lie mude with the democratic majorltv in
the presidential election. This shows u
difference of only 5,000 votes, and I be
lieve that this will be accounted for by
the light vote polled. It Is an Interesting
fact that the state committee did not
spend $2,000 in the entire campaign. It Is
noticeable, too, that no reduction of ma
jorities took place in the districts where
tho light whs conducted In line with the
platform defending a sound currency.”
TO STAND BY HILL,
The New York Democratic Club In
dorses the State Ticket.
New York, Oct. 8,-Tho Democratlo
Club of this city to-night, under tho aus
pices of tho Democratic Club, ratified tho
nominations of David B. Hill for gov
ernor, Daniel M. Lockwood for lieutenant
governor and Judge Charles F. Brown
for Judge of tho court of appeals. Tho
meeting was held In Cooper Union, and
was addressed by John Boyd Thatcher
of Albany, Senator J. W. Daniel of Vir
ginia and ex-Judge John IS. Fitzgerald of
Boston. c
Chairman John Fox of the Democratic
Club called the meeting to order, and
Secretary Nycr read tho following resolu
tion:
Resolved, That the Democratic Club of
New York In mass meeting assembled In
Cooper Union, approve the platform of
the Democratic party adopted In state
convention at Saratoga, Sept. 26, 1894, and
Indorse for state officers to be tilled in tho
Indorse for state offices to be filled in th*
party.
Fast Time on Freight.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. B.—The fastest time
ever made on freight between Chicago
and Raleigh has just been accomplished
by the Southern Railway Company, bring
ing a cur load of meat from Chicago for
delivery In Raleigh in four days. Tht*
fust time was made by a regular schedule
freight train.
A Sugar Roflnery to Shut Down.
Brooklyn, N. Y„ Oct. 8,-The Molien
haucr ugar refinery, employing 1,800 men,
will shut down to-day for an indefinite
time. Tho Mollenhuitcr people say that
a singular feature of the market Is the
fact that they have sold syrups and mo
lasses ahead, but there Is absolutely no
market for refined sugar.
A Scare at Eastman.
Eastman, Oa„ Oct. 8,-The people her*
arc much alarmed over two cases of
diphtheria In town. A child of Mr. Mont>-
ford’n died yesterday with It, and another
now has It.
Homo mothers are leaving for other
parts to protect their little ones.
A Sovere Storm at Albany.
Albany. Uu„ Oct. 8.-A terrific wind and
rain storm, which has prevailed all day
partaking of the nature of nn equinoctial
storm, Is sweeping over this section at
this hour, and doing thousands of dollar*
damage to the cotton crop.
The Steel Rail Fool.
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. B.—A member of th*
Carnegie company states authoritatively
that the steil rail pool, which expire* by
agreement on Dec. 5, will not be dis
solved. nor will there be a* reduction in
tho prices of tho product.