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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1885.-TWELVE PAGES.
GREAT FIRE AT GALVESTON.
about sixty blocks ok dwell
ings DESTROYED,
And a Money Lou Reaching Into the Mill-
lone Indicted—The Firemen IlafHed
by a Strong Gale—Thousand*
ol Feople Homeless,
Gai.vekton, November 13.—A destructive
fire is now raging in the eastern part of the
city, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
street. The fire broke oat at 1:40 in a
small foundry on tho north side of Strand
Ktreet, near the corner of Sixteenth. The
dames spread rapidly under a strong north
wind, and the prospects at this time are that
Galveston will suffer a great loss. Six
dwelling houses have already been destroy
ed, and immense clouds of sparks are being
carried four and five squares over the roofs of
wooden houses. The entire fire department
are on tho ground, but they seem paralyzed
and unable to fight the llames because of
the fierce wind and Buflicating smoke.
Galveston, November 13.—About 4
-o'clock the fire began to spread to the cost
and to the west of Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets. The wind rtise to a gale and
pandemonium reigned. For a time it
seemed as though the entire eastern half of
the city was doomed. The lire spread
rapidly to tho southward, licking up blocks
of elegant residences, hastily abandoned by
their inmates. By 5 o’clock it had reached
Broadway, which threads the centre of the
island, running east and west. At 7 o'clock
the wind gave signs of dying away, and
shortly it began to shift, then to decrease,
until by 8 o'clock only n fair breeze was
blowing. But by this time the lire hnd
eaten its way to Avenue O, where, at 9.30
o'clock, it seemed to exhaust itself. Tho
firemen coming up checked its further
ravages nt this point, or within two blocks
of tho Gull
The burned district covers fifty-two
blocks, seven of which are not swept en
tirely clean. It is sixteen blocks in depth
and averages a width of three blocks. From
Miouse top the smoking burned district re
liables a bugh black half-open fan lying
across tho island Iron the bay nearly to the
Gulf. The island .at that point is nineteen
blocks, or ono and a quarter miles, ’.vide.
The fire started on North Side Avenue, bet
ter known ns the Strand, which is ono
block from the bay, and it stopped within
three blocks of the Gulf. Sixteenth street
is nine blocks west of the extreme inhahatia-
ble end of tho island, the first resident
street being Sixth. From Avenue A to
Avenue D the fire was confined to a. strip
bonnded on the cast by Sixteenth street
and on tho west by Seventeenth street
The business portion begins at Twentieth
street and runs west ten squares. This
outline located the fire, which began to
spread rapidly after it had passed Avcnno
D. By the time it had reached Broad-
wav it was sweeping nearly three
blocks in width. From the west side
of Seventeenth street to tho east side of
Fourteenth about 300 houses wero burned,
occupied by fully 500 families. From Ave
nue A to Avenuo E, for four squares, tho
the burned dwellings were occupied almost
entirely by the poorer classes and several
families wero crowdod in a single house.
In this strip from Avenno E, howover, the
burned district includes tho wealthiest and
most fashionable portion of tho city. Ono
hundred .elegantly furnished residences are
in ruins. Many of these residences had
beautiful gardens attached, and the mon-
eyed loss does not represent one-halt of
fheir value. All manner of ruins are to be
seen. The city swessors say the taxable
value of the dwellings burned is $650,000.
This makes the actual value of the property
$1,500,000, which perhaps represents the
loss in money. The insurance is estimated
at $600,000, although some inauranoe men
who have walked over the district ploco the
insurance nt $400,000.
So far as can bo lcoraod not s single ac
cident occurred, notwithstanding the fear
ful panic that prevailed. Tho scene dur-
• tag'the progress of the fire wss simply
frightful, and so filled with misery and ter
ror that whoever witnessed it must beer its
vivid impress for a life time. The wind
rose to a screaming gale in tho vicinity of
the fire, and swept through the burning
belt in terrific awirls. carrying millions of
live cinders high up in the sir and raining
them down a mile distant over the wooden
city and its panic-stricken inhabitants.
The entire east end of the city scarce,
ly contains a dozan brick dwell-
inns All Is wood—Texas pine—
ami it bums with tadescnbablo
fury. Five minutes after s house caught it
would be wrapped up in one mighty flame
and the centre of tho burning pile gave out
a white beat while the tlamea on tho edges
were frightfully spitting high and far on
^The alters and streets for ten streets on
either side the burning belt were filled with
panic-stricken women and children and
„„.n who could do nothing in snch a
Louis; Kinman Ic Co., of Houston, Tex.,,
send $500. The following telegram was
received to-night:
New Yobs, November 11—Hon. fi. L. Fulton,
Ms) or of Galveston-. I am Just la receipt of dis
patches with an account of tho terrible conflagra
tion that baa visited your beautiful city. Pleaae
accept my deep aympatby in your mlafortune. I
only hope the loea is over-estimated. You may
draw on me at sight for $5,000 to be feed under the
direction or the relief committee or otborwiao at
your discretion to relieve the needy.
[Signed] Jay Oould.
Ford’s "Mikado" Company, now plaj ing
hero, gave a benefit to-nigh t which netted
$500 "for ftlie sufferers. The city council
met in special session this even
ing and voted $15,000 and appointed a
committee of four aldermen to act with
the citizens' committee in distributing
the funds. This mskeB $31,500 already do
nated by citizens of Galveston, wbieb, with
outqide donations, Bhows a total of,$38,000
in one day. Nearly everyone bos nn esti
mate as to wbnt the total loss by the great fire
has been. Tho best posted citizens estimate
the loss at full *2,000,000, while many who
claim to have figured closely put the esti
mate on high ns $2,500,000. The following
is a lini ot the companies hnving the largest
risks on property in the burned district:
1'■ rn A cunoiotinfi rtf T.nm1(in OIIO' Ult.V
FREE TRADE RESOLUTIONS.
PLATFORM ADOPTED BY THE CHI
CAGO CONFERENCE.
The Injury Alleged to Have Item Done
American Industry and Commerce by
the Protective Tariff—Independ
ent Candidates I'rged
Fire Association of London, $126,000; City
of London Fire Insurance Company, $47,-
000; New Orleans Insurance Company, $54,-
000; Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society,
$38,000; Lancashire Insurance Company
of London, $20,000; Sun Fire
Office of London, $7,500; South
ern Insurance Company, of New Or
leans, $5,000; St. Paul Fire Insurance Com,
pony, $13,000; Trana-Atlantie, Hamburg,
$22,300; North German Hambnrg Compa
ny, $10,700; Scottish Union and National,
Edinburgh, $27,000; Connecticut, $20,400;
Lion Insurance Company, London, $19,-
300; Insurance Company of North America,
New York Underwriters’ Agency, $35,
000; London and Lancashire, $10,
000; Royal London Company, $15,000;
Imperial, London, $16,500; Commercial
Union Assurance, $15,000; Phoenix, Brook
lyn, $24,766; Queen, Liverpool, $16,300
Crescent, New Orleans, $13,912
Girard, Philadelphia, $13,475; Mer
chants, Newark, N. J., $27,615;
Ilamburg-Bremen, $22,850; American Fire
Insurance Company, $8,500; New Orleans
Fire Insurance Company, $5,050; Liverpool,
London and Globe, $15,550; Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, $9,950; Hibernia, New Or
leans, $5,450; Constitution, New York, $63,-
825; German-Americnn, Now York, $15,650;
Factors and Traders, New Orleans, $11,500;
Western, Toronto, $32,800; Fire Assurance,
Philadelphia, $25,000.
Two city agencies were nnablo to give a
list of their insurance, blit they together
estimated their policies at $90,000, making
a grand total of nearly $1,000,000.
A HORRIBLE CRIME IN VIRGINIA.
A Young School Girl llrntally Murdered by
a Negro.
Norfolk, Va„ November 14.—Alice, the
fonrtcen-year-old daughter of Charles D.
Powell, a well-to-do farmor in Prince Ann
county, residing about two miles from the
village of JKemperville, went to school as
usual at that place yesterday morning.
When she did not return at the proper
timo her father and brother became uneasy
and started out to look for her.
Being unsuccessful in the search, and
darkness having come on, they were
thoroughly alarmed and a party was organ
ized in Kemperville to mako a thorough
search of nil tne ground between tho two
points. The search resulted about 11
o’clock in finding tho body of the girl in
thicket about twenty yards fiom the road,
lifslesg, licr throat cut and her head nearly
severed from her body. An examination of
the body allowed thnt she had also received
three stab wounds, bnt it waa not positively
proven that abe boil been outraged,
although it was generally believed that
murder hod been resorted to to conceal that
atrocious crime. Tho remains were taken
to her father's house, and a party started
out to search for her slayer, Powell hnd
had in his employ a negro man named
Cherry, about 18 yenrs old, coal black, who
was driven from the premises a few days
ago because of a difficulty with one of
PoweU'a sons, lie is believed to be the
murderer, end was caught this morning.
The excitement in tho neighborhood is in
tense, and if tho crimo is proven on him
hia time on earth will bo very short. Tho
belief is that outrage was intended, but
that becoming frigbtenod by the sound of
approaching voices he mnnlrred the girl
and fled.
SUICIDE AT COLUMBIA.
Chicago, November 12.—At this morn
ing's session of the free trade conference,
the committee on resolutions was appointed
and ordered to report this afternoon. The
following papers were read: "Pauper labor
of Europe,” by Thomas G. Shearman, of
Brooklyn, N. l\; "Does a high tariff on
wool benefit wool growers?" by Rowland
Hazard, of Rhode Island; “Agricultural ma
chinery and the tariff," by II. B. Slater, of
Ohio; “The tariff and ship building," by
Wm. G. GibbonB, of Delaware; “Tho
tariff, manufacturers and people," by J. B.
Sargent, of Connecticut, and “The tariff
and its relation to the boot and shoe in
dustry,” by James Means, of Massacbussets,
Joseph Quincy, of Massacbussets, read a
translation of nn article recently published
in La Union, a Chilian paper, published in
Valparaiso, in which freo trade between the
United States and South America was dis
cussed.
Chicago, November 12.—At the afternoon
session of the free tradere’ convention, oa
the report of the committee ou nominations
being adopted, the following named gentle
men, among others, were elected officers for
the ensuing year: President, David A.
Wells; vice-presidents, Thomas Holland of
New York, B. A. Foreman of Louisiana,
F. W. Dawson of South Carolina, W. M.
Singerly of Pennsylvania, Henry YVutter-
son of Kentucky, K. T. Stevens of New
Jersey, W. E. Jenkins of Texas and William
11. Gibbons of Delaware. On the national
committee ore: W. R. YVhittaker of Louis
iana, J. J. Dargan of South Carolina, Jos.
D. Hancock of Pennsylvania. The secre
tary is It. R. Bowker, of New York, and the
treasurer George F. Peabody. The execu
tive committee is composed of T. G. Shear
man of New York, Josiak Quincey of Mas
sachusetts, A W. Thomas of Connecticut,
11. B. B. 8 abler of New York, William
Busionlee of Michigan, A. A. Healy of
New York, W. W. Wilmer of Iowa, E.
II. Phelps Illinois, M. D. Harter of
Ohio and W. G. Peckham of New Jersey.
The ’following , resolutions were then
adapted;
That tho chairman of tho executive commit
tee be ckaiiraan of the national committee;
that members of the committee from the
various States be chairmen for the various
committees, and that they be vested with
authority to call State conventions and form
State organizations; that the executive com
mittee be authorized to complete the na
tional committeo by appointing members
fur States not included in the report?
The report of the committee on resolu
tions was* subjected to much discussion.
Only minor amendments, however, were
made. It was adopted, as follows:
woollen goods, but bad the effect of cheap-
^jjjig home prodnets to an extent that was
dritinw wool-growers possessed of every ad-
vantage oZ location and facilities for trans
portation t° abandon the pursuit as un-
profitable.-
When Mr, Well* hod finished, Mr. Beech-
er was greeted with loud and continued ap
plause. He began by referring to the oft.
2 noted conceits of manufacturers that they
lone were in a position to understand the
intricacies of tho tori# question. Mr.
Beecher declared that he was in favor of no
tariff at all. Thought the best policy to fol
low was to place a direct tariff upon the peo-
FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
THE SERVIAN ARMY ACROSS THE
FRONTIER.
We submit to the people of the United Ststei that
the continuance of a war tariff with duties sverog-
IlnslZperceDton over 1,400 articles of dem^H
consumption, and a much higher spec-ifio duty on
mat-rial, has prolonged tho evils of war in tlmoa of
profound peace, and baa been the principal cause
of the commercial and Indnatrlal depreealon of re
cent rears. By forcing labor and capital from I
naturally profitable lines of bospteesalid by adding
to the coat of production, it has decreased the com
mon productive capacity of labor and capital,
and thereby reduced both the wages of labor
and the profile of capital; baa provoked an antagon
ism between labor and capital against which our
great natural resources and onr free Institutions
■should have protected ns; baa Impaired onr power
to compete with other manufacturing natlona In the
mitins of the world, and so obstructed national
|an.l development, ithaa destroyed many i
e innate selfishness of the people,born of
their ignorance, would inako the operation
of such a policy impossible until the ar
rival of the niillenium.
The speaker then referred to tho history
of liberty, from liberty of thought to liberty
of speech and action. Liberty of thought
in relation to commerce boa led to a liberty
of speech in favor of the removal of obsta
cles in the way of its progress and action
that would eventually succeed. Mr. Beecher
said that protection was jugglery of the
devil; that if politicians were statesmen
protection would die n nntural death ill
spite of the devil, but politicians were not
statesmen—they were "votemongera."
The speaker said that when Seward was
Secretary of State and rang his little bell
and ordered -people about, it was said that
such was a necessity of wnr. The speaker
thought so at the time, but ho had come to
believe thnt no country was less fitted to
assume arbitrary power than this. This
country, ho said, was not o paternal govern
ment, and, he added, “a paternal govern
ment is p.n infernal government."
Mr Beecher spoke in most uncomplimen
tary terms of tho custom houses, and said
he believed from personal observation thnt
if there was snch n thing ns n profano oath
it could invariably be found in the courts
and custom houses. Quoting the
secretary of a national lnbor organization,
Mr. Beecher said there were now in this
country a million biborers unemployed.
After referring to tho rivalry among cnpitnl-
sts in developing and reaping profits in
newly-discovered industries which resulted
in inevitable over-production and the ulti
mate effect of throwing laborers again ont
of work, Mr. Beecher remarked that there
was no tariff on men, and wondered if tho
protectionists wore thinking of bettering
the situation by placing n tariff on imported
pauper labor. This was intensely Mousing
to the audience, and its suppressed laugh
ter increased to a roar when the speaker
remarked that this country was a
large exporter “of religion." This country
sent a million of dollars to heathen coun
tries to instil principles of Christianity into
the minds of unbelievers, while the article
went a-begging at home. This country
was liberal in exporting religion for
the benefit of the heathen, but
when these benefited individuals came to
this countrv to be nearer to the fountain
head of suc’h teaching they were met with
Btaves and curses and only allowed to re
main at the peril of their fives.
The speaker’s closing words were a tribute
to liberty,that hadfoundedthegovernment,
that had freed the slaves, and which would
remove overy bar to Its commercial grand
eur.
RIEL’S EXECUTION.
strong tnen who oould do nothing
ualo but crouch down for shelter from the
piercing norther and watch the flames lick
up the fruits of their labor. Although the
sufferers number many of the wealthiest
residents, such as Julius Rnng, Leon Blum,
and a score of others, yet a great majority
of thoso burned out lose the greater por
tion of their fortune* or their little alL
Some families saved * .
furniture. Others are left only
tho clothes on their backs, w confident
were they that tho fire would not reach
them. The loss in personal apparel and
household property can never be eitimated
and is not included in the P r « Tioa, *‘ t |f
mate. The hotels are crowded wi hhome-
leos Dconle. and a citizens' committee is
now at°work apportioning families to rooms
and premises vacated for their use. Lvery
dray and other vehicle In the city, is at
work carrying strewn furniture, bedding
and pictures to secure P 1 ****-,
ftsaw&Wiiasrs
i5“S: as? &
telephone poles are burned to ashes.
Business is entirely suspended. The
j. „ meat that men choke with
teara^iospealrinifnf it- B°n>« f? rBof “« k
Ijeonle werehurriedly removed during the
LniliiL-rution, and ninny women prostrated
|cCge to“^^toU^ for
the* poorer viltim*. Already tho net men
SSSKSSMTi
no P^ of busies were
3K3y peunng in from sister cities in
cornusrrioKs roroixo.
.MtTdS"
[•riCtAL TSUOBAW.l
Columbia, 8. C., November 13,—Early
yesterday morning, just as the freigh ttrain
hail left the depot for Greenville and was
crossing l’loiu street, the engineer discov
ered a man rapidly appronchiug the track,
as if to cross, when bo blew the signal for
brakes ou and endeavored to stop the train.
Before this could be douo, tho man had
reached tho track, just in front of the en
gine, and either fell or threw him
self on the track. Tho train
Hissed over him, severing his
lead and mutilating his body iu a fearful
manner. He was decently clad and is re
ported to have spent tho night in the neigh
borhood at some one of the many negro
houses. On his pewon was found a paper,
which is a draft in pencil, evidently written
in a practiced clerical fc?nd, of a power of
attorney from Elizabeth Wager to O. F.
Martin, to act for her in the matter of a
certain interest which she has in tho estate
of one William Susscr, lately deceased, in
Henry county, Ga. It is written
on part of a sheet of legal cap
paper, apparently not very long
since. From the testimony of a man with
whom he had traveled several months, it was
ascertained at the inqnest that the name of
the unfortunate man was O. F. Martin, and
that he has a form between Atlanta and
Macon, Ga. He was a man of family, and
is believed to be well off. No cause can be
assigned for the desperate act The family
of the deceased have been communicated
with to the disposition of the remains.
prttgreee and development, u dm aeairojeu many
branch** of \>u*lnc»», sod tuukspt our pen**"
•□gaging in oilier brioche* or business which
would days given increased employ
ment to the Isboror, by preventing
us buying from nations willing to buy from us,
and by provoking retaliation. In a like spirit, in
stead of promoting friendly reciprocity, it has
obstructed the consumption of our agricultural and
manufactured products by other countries, and has
driven our commerce from the seas. l)y impairing
our domestic power to buy. It has prevented the
fall development of onr inter-state commerce and
reduced the legitimate profits of traffic, and has
driven Into bankruptcy a large number
of our transportation companies and
made domestic traffic more costly. Through the
influence of Its lobbies It has enthroned Jobbing
and corruption in our legislative hall*, and has
impeded reform of the civil service. In she-*
ing by force the earnings of one class of me
* another clear, U ta opposed to
•pirit of American liberty at
constitution. It has Imposed
Industrial slavery; It has prevented the natural pro-
gieee of wealth among the farming cheese. de
creased wages and their purchasing power and
lengthened the enforced idleness of workmen; re
stricted our manufacturer* from their natural mar
kets and demoralised the general business of the
country.
Wlills holding, accordingly, that Uim In old or
private Internet or for any purpose other f
roautromeute of Iho government ar, an-Ai
uuj oat and unwise, and that .very protective fea
ture must at the earliest paaalbla data be eradicated
from our revenue e/etepi, ere lUTtt* all
who oppose lb. abuses of the present tariff to join
ue In promoting Immediate steps of practical tariff
reform, which we believe will lucre*** wages dl-
mintah the freuoenry of etrtkee, develop builueae
and rasters our tag to the ease. We therefore urge
upon Contras for action at the enaulng session—
1, That under no pretense ebnll any countenance
whatever be given to any attempt to lucre*** pro-
tectivc duties.
% That articles which an at the foundation of
gram Industrie, should In the telenets
of tabor and commerce be freed
from doty. whether they be crude
materials, a* lumber, salt coal «r wood, etc., or
putty manufactured, as chemicals, dye stuff*, pig
Iron, tinplate, wood pulp. etc.
,. That on the products from each articles duties
should at least bo correspondingly reduced, so that
real or nominal, to manufacturers.
the protection, real or nominal, t
.ball not be Increased. end that
have the Immediate benefit of the reduction.
W. urge that aU steps in tariff reform ehould
simplify Urn. pcewnt complicated clamlfication.
and should do away wUh mlael du
ties. replacing them by ed MJorm rates
Uutead of by .p^-ific duties which are
must burdenaoma to low priced goods consumed by
the gnat body of people. • We demand fine ships
and tee aboliUon of onr restrictive navigation
laws, which together with the tariff have driven our
Bag from the rose, end we oppose bountto. and
subridle. on shipping. We urg. revenue re-
formerato vote only for each Coogra-temd
as openly
Tho French-Cnnnillan Frees on tho Govern
ment's Decision.
Toronto, Ont., November 14.—The Mail
to-day boa the following speclul from Win
nipeg,' <lute(l the 13th: A special measen-
;;cr pissed Fort Arthur this afternoon on his
way to Regina, bearing tho governor-ge--
end's warrant for the execution of Riel
llegina on Monday next. He will reach
Winnipeg to-morrow morning and llegiun
on Sunday morning. All preparation* lor
the execution hare been completed.
Montreal, November 14.—Rumors are
current here to-dav that Mr. Chaplean,
sheriff of Regina, will resign and discharge
hi* deputy rather than nut the warrant for
Riel's execution into force. It is stated
that another petition has been sent to Bir
John Macdonald by the Montreal Conser
vatives, advising him that the execution of
Riel will seriously effect the con
federation. Tho French nowspapera
express regret generally at the action of the
government in finally deciding to hang
Riel La Presae publishes a letter ana
affirms its suggestion, that Monday follow
ing Riel's execution tie observed as a day of
mourning and service* be held in all
the churches. The Post says that upon the
receipt of tho information of Riel's execu
tion flags should bo hoisted st half mast
and kept flying throughout the day. No
riot or serious trouble is apprehended on
Monday.
RACE HATRED IN CANADA.
A Rabid Orange Paper on the Proposition
to Reprieve lllel.
Tobokto, November 13.—The Sentinel,
tho leading Orange paper, commenting on
the Riel case, says; “Shall the atrocious
injustice be committed of permitting this
artful rebel to go free, while his dupe* and
tools, unfortunate, untutored and misled
individuals, are hanged for participation in
acts which they regard *s praiseworthy
and heroic instead of criminal? The people
of C'nnada will require unequivocal answers
to these straight-forward questions. If
Riel be reprieved the only answer that can
ho truthfully given is that the Frenchmen
of Quebec role in the Dominion Parliunent
and have vowed that not * hair of Riel's
head shall be harmed. Ami was it to this
end that our gallant volunteer* sprang to
arm* and laid down their tivee at thetr
country'* call? Shall the French, who sym
pathize with Riel, be permitted to undo
their work? If *o, let it lie proclaimed, that
the rights and liberties of Briton* in an
English colony hang only upon the breath
Hattie Exported To-day—^Gladstone's
Speech Having a Happy Effect on
His Party—Possibility of an
Alllanoe with Parnell.
London, November 14 —A dispatch from
Belgrade says it is officially announced that
the Bulgarian* having attacked the Servians
at Veasino, King Milan accents the act as a
declaration of war. Pence tnerefore ended
at 6 o'clock this morning. King Milan has
assumed command of the Servian army and
active preparations will be begun at once.
Lateb.—The Servian army has com
menced moving forward, and an advnnco
on Sofia is anticipated. The troops display
much enthusiasm.
Beloradx, November 14. —The Servian
army is marching in three divissions on
Sofia. Gen. Harvntovich commands the
left wing, Gen. Leshyuia the right and
King Milan tho center. The whole force ia
expected to concentrate at Sofia on Novem
ber 22d. The roads ore covered with snow,
retarding the progrexa of the army.
Despatches from the front state thnt a
sharp fight has occurred between the sd-
vanco guards of the Servian and the Bul
garian armies on the road between Trm and
and Bloamn. The Bulgarians retired.
London, November 14.—The declaration
of war by Servia against Bulgaria caused n
depression in the London stock market.
English railway securities and European
bonds fell 2 por cent
Sofia, Novembor 14.—The following has
just been issued by the government: “The
Servians having Invaded Bulgaria to-dny
near Tsaribrad before doclariug war, Bul
garia has decided to support the national
cause by all means at her disposal.” En-
tense excitement prevails. Active prepara
tion are being mode to defend the city. A
number of heavy gnus are being mounted
in available positions commanding the dif
ferent roods lending to the city.
Belgrade, November 14.—The Soryinn
division n arching from Pirot iu the direc
tion of Sofia will probably have the first de
cisive battle of the war early to-morrow,
when they are expected to reach a difficult
and rocky gorge of the Dragoman Pass,
where a number of Bulgarian battalions have
been coucontrated and where a stand may
be made.
Philipopolis, November 14.—Great ex
citement and enthusiasm prevails here.
Troops nre being hurried forward to the
defense of Sofia, and the wnr fever, which
had recently died out, ia again at the high
est pitch. _
Belgrade. November 14.—Tho Servians
crossed tho Bulgarian frontier at 1 o'clock
to-day in three divisions at Tsaribrad, Klis-
sora and Bregona. They met with no re
sistance in crossing. Sharp fighting occur
red at Tm on the Vcnsina road, aud at Kus-
tendil. Many were killed and wounded on
both sides. The Bulgarians retreated at all
point*. Tho whole Servian army is now on
Bulgarian territory.
Sofia, Novembor 14.—Tho Servians com
menced operations by n vigorous attack on
the Bulgarian position nt Blevskednl. The
Servians, descending from the heights of
Dostchein and Kladcvoutz, occupied the
Bulgarian villages of Melatawtzi, Zlene,
.1 tl.A 'Pen diainoi 'I'linV
Gnnl and Zvoutzi, in the Trn district. They
met with no opposition, No seriAus action
has yet occurred.
Bulgarian troops have loft for tho frontier,
while others nre advancing by forced
marches from Eastern Roumelia. The Ser
vian* have made no hostile move in the
direction of Widdln. Prince Alexander haa
telegraphed to the Sultan asking his inten
tions in regard to the maintenance ot the
integrity of the Ottoman Empire.
Vlasxina, November 14.—A skirmish has
taken place near here between the Bulgari
an Servian troops. Eleven men wore killed
and twenty wounded. Tha Bulgarians have
retired from Trn, Tsaribrad, Kiisswua and
Bregova.
London, Novembor 14.—There was qnite
a panic on the Stock Exchange at one pe
riod during the day, bnt the market closed
better, although prominent foreign securi
ties were materially lower t* compared
with Friday's figures. On the Paris Itourse
there was a serious relapse and the market
closed at the lowest price* ot the day. In
Berlin the stock market was weak. Rus
sian and Austrian securities dropped 1 per
nt.
Berlin, November 14.—The North Ger
man Gazette say* that the tact that ServU
ha* declared war against Bulgaria will not
alter the pryspect* of the Balkan confer
ence.
sooner. Tho probabilities are that Mr. Glad
stone will yet succeed in making the Iris
n tioa tho ronin ono before election day.
i now, many politicians affoct to seo hi*
Edinburgh Irish speech overtopping hi* dis
establishment address. The importance of
its effect on the Home Rule party is very
marked. Leadingl’ernellitcs already mani
fest indications of a desire to come to terms
with tho "grand old man." Several of Par
nell's organs openly ndroeate such an alli
ance. The Dublin Freeman's Journal to
day says that Gladstone bos yet ample timo
before the election to meet Parnell's reason
able demands. Tho cx-Premicr, the Journal
contends, can, before be conclude* bis Mid
lothian compaign, so place his party on tho
Irish question that on alliance with the Par-
ncllitcs will bo a matter of course. All
the paper asks is that Gladstone shall bo
sincere like Parnell, who, the Journal says,
is always in earnest, and “it would bo well
for Gladstone to be earnest also." Tho
United Ireland, Parnell’s own organ, in
sist* that the homo rule question is recog
nized by all first class statesmen of Eng
land as the leading issue of the hour in
British politics, ami says thst from which
ever party the settlement comes the settle
ment will probably bo a mere wrangle over
details. This latter utterauce must
be considered important. It was inspired
by the great Xriah leader, and waa probably
meant to convey to the league the informa
tion that the Irish party managers uolonger
consider themielvcs obliged to look to tho
Conservative party for the accomplishment
of their ends, hut have suc
ceeded in reaching a position in
which their chnnces for a godd deal
elsewhere are sufficient to warrant
at least a declaration of independence. It
would be quite natural for tho Pamollitea
to prefer a bargain with Gladstone to one
with Salisbury. The Liberal leader bos
some claims on Irish gratitude, and has a
following largely disposed towards making
concessions. Lord Salisbury has neither.
The defection of the Irish vote in Parlia
ment threw tho Liberals from power. They
are trying hard to get back. They hava
been attempting this without Irish help,
anil havo obtained but indifferent pros
pect*. With the Irish help, the Liberals
would possess an absolute certainty of
restoration. Parnell would lose nothing
but gain everything. He could afford
to trust to Liberal promises
with more confidence than he
could to any the Tories might make. Tho
Tory leaders could not guarantee that their
party would permit them to fulfill their
pledges, whereas Gladstone could guarantee
that his party would keep his promises. Be
sides, if Gladstone himself should prove re
calcitrant, Parnell would be in better shape
than ever to again overthrow his ally, for it
can at preMut hardly be doubted that Par
nell will have a far larger and more effective
tialanca of power in the coming Parliament
than he has In the present.
It is currently rumored in London
thnt tho Queen intends to insist on
the appointment of Prince Henry of
Battenberg, Princes* Beatrice's yonng Ger
man husband, to tbe soft berth of com
mander of tho royal yacht Alberta. This
is cansing much grumbling among naval
officers, who regam the Qiioea's threatened
action as a blow at merit in tho navy.
Tho marriage of tho Infanta Eulalia, of
Spain, to tho son of the Due de Montpen-
sier, is fixed for tbe Uth of Fobruary noxt.
i'ho friends of Stond, tho imprisoned edi
tor of the Fall Mall Oaxotte, are already
making arrangements to hold a great nablio
demonstration in his honor on the • uay of
his lilf ration from juiL
Al?”— 1 Milner, LiberalParliamentaTj can
didate lor Harrow, Middlesex, and ados*
icrsonal friend of Messrs. Motley and
Joschen, is at present acting in Stead's
place as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, to
whoso column* he ha* boen a contributor
for several years. It is regarded as proba-
bla that Milner will be appointed perma
nently to tbe editorship, and it is said that
Mr. Stead, when he is free, will start
a new newspaper, whioh will bo
conducted a* an organ of the social party
movement started in conseqnenco of tho
A Physician'* Terrible MUtahc,
Zanesville, O., November 14.—A terri
ble mistake was made by a physician a
couple of day* ago in Warsaw, Belmont
county, thi* State. A young woman was
suffering with un eye affection. An opera
tion was decided upon and the patient put
under the influence of cMonform, when
one of the eye* wo* successfully removed.
When the patient recovered consciousness,
it was found thst the good eye had been re
moved. The physician n* *o overcome
that he fled the house. Suit will be catered
at once against him for malpractice,
The H*IIIHE*r Case.
Cbableston, 8. C., November 13.-Inthe
.nroof Dr. A. N. Bellinger, charged with
the murder of Btephney W. B. Bil*j\col-
ored, the jury failed to agree, eleven being
for acquittal and one for manslaughter.
The ItornlBE Dress.
It is mid that s Uij's Bteadte* to rodsty.ran
-lo. £ tetermtord by her dross st the brosMs*
h* ^ ^TsK^ rortasw tort
_ __ Urlff for
and to’t*k# steps' to neatest* Inde
pendent rondldstee when *U party candidate* op.
poee tariff reform, pceparto* for that step by diffus-
tnii sound economic literature sad pe°tootin* of-
cshlsatton. especially In doss Con*nastonal dis-
tried.
A minority report wn» submitted by Mr.
Hnrpolo, of Ksnsoa, demanding “an imme
diate reduction of all protective tariffs to n
purely revenue basis.'
Chicago, November 11—The announce
ment thnt Henry Ward Beecher would
speak at the evening’s session of the na
tional free trade conference attracted nn au
dience thnt packed Central Music Hull toll*
fullest capacity. Prevtoua to Mr. Beecher*
appearance, however, David A. Well*, pres
ident of the Free Trade League, delivered
a lengthy addresa, in which the audience
w*s enlightened a* to the benefit* accruing
from free trade, and the general disadvan
tages of protection. Mr. Wells’* strongest
arenment in fsvor of free trade wa* nn illus
tration taken from fsets rout
ing to the woolen manufacturing
of on alien race. Bnt English Canadian*
will not longer suffer the gulling bondage,
and the day may not be fur distant when a
call to arms will again resound throughout
tbe Domiuion, and then our soldiers, profit
ing by the lesson* of tbe past, must com
plete a work throughout the whole land
only begun in the Northwest.”
A New Railroad I'rqjeeted
Charleston, 8. C., November 13.—A
company was organized at Ninety-Six to-
dty to build a narrow-gauge railroad from
Greenville to Johnston s, Edgefield county,
with the intention of ultimately extending
the linn to Charleston or some other (mint
on the South Atlantic coast Enough money
ha* been subscribed to grade tbe line. CoL
H. P. Hammett, of Greenville, was elected
president
Cholera In France.
Panin, November 13.—Many death* from
cholera are reported at Brest and Parade*.
The other prisoner* say, however, that
Jones escaped yesterday morning, but they
el»im ignorance a* to now ha '(neaped, ami
deny that they in any way assisted him.
parte of
XVsSl of thro, dlssssro gertter to
STi&hsda irodyraroteRr-Wsros*
"Faioftt* PraseripOo*. Frtro ndaro* to ea* **
Isr. By dragriste.
industry. Wool fibre, he raid, wan o,
iufihite degrees of fineness, and the require
mente of the growth were special condition*
of climate and noil for almost every grade,
so that the manufacture, in order to
accede to demands ot changing fashion,
wu obliged to draw upon nearly all conn-
trie* for new material necraranr m tne
manufacture of a wide range of fabvuffi» ot
which those possible to be made from
borne grown wool were a very small per
centage. The protective tariff on material
Imposed not only an in errand price on all
Jackson's Captor,-.
Cuattaxoooa, Tennemiex, November 13.
—The post-office inspector* in this city
have effected tbs capture ol Will R- Jack-
son, tbe defaulting assistant postmaster of
Americas, On. lie wm captured at Lo* An
geles, Cal.
Mahone Going to the Northwest.
Hr. Paul, Mine., November 13.—A Fargo
special to the Pionaer-Prera says Senator
Mahon*, of Virginia, is to locate perma
nently in the Red river valley.
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS REVIEWED.
Interest in tho Unlgarlan War-Gl»d«tone'a
Great Campaign In Scotland—
Other Topics.
London, November 14.—The declaration I
of war by King Milan against Bulgaria and
the actual beginning of hostilities engage
the undivided attention ot the people to
night. The extraordinary Liberal cam-
.poign which i* being made in Scotland by
llr. Gladstone is comparatively ignored for
the moment, and it is yet next to impossi
ble to get any reliable news from Bulgaria,
owing to the expulai.-n of moot of the pres*I
Icorreapondcnt* and the difficulty otbera
have of getting their diipatehes forwardedl
to the telegraph offices. Despite adverse
criticisms made by the editors of the
great Loudon dailies on Mr. Glad--
stone’* treatment of the disestsblishmeutl
issue, it cannot he denied that ho has suc-l
ceeded in largely satisfying the churchmen
of England that the church is not threat
ened with an immediate attack, nor that ho
ha* pretty well convinced tho Scotch Tories
that for them tho issue is a separate one
and within their own control. As time
elapses the issue becomes daily more clear,!
and the result is becoming apparently ad-
VBQtapMUN to the Liberal cause. The
ex-l’remier'e great *l>eech ha* stopped
Ithe fttmapede from tho Liberal I
party, which wm taking to the Tory
side thousands of men who hail begun
to deem It their duty to go that way to safe
the Church of England, and it will un
doubtedly bring buck to the Liberal ranks
a large portion olthc deserters, whose fears
on this score hail already driven them
swny. By his admission to tne Scotch that so I
far as they were concerned he was willing
to bring the question of disestsblieliment to
an issue whenever they desired it, it is
thought Mr. Gladstone has really strength
ened his following in Scotland.
The Scotch have for several yean
demanded the extension to them ot
the privilege* accorded Ireland iu religious j
and land attaint, and perhaps a majority of
those English liberals who still insist on
the maintainance of the union of the state
and ehurrh in England have long been will
ing that Scotland should for herself have
perfect freedom iu the matter. Some per
sona contend that by refusing to pledge
himself to disestablishment in England
II r. Gladstone has lost strength with the
Itaitical*. bnt this can hnnllv be true, for
the Radicals thoroughly appreci
ate the fact that they are not
yet in a majority in the Liberal
party. They desire the party'a success, and
are intelligently willing to bide their time,
which they firmly believe S!
Parliament succeeding the next one, if not
movement started in conaequenco
Poll Moll Gazette’s revelations and now car
ried on with great vigor by a number of or-
ganization* throughout England under tho
patronage of the Methodist churclr.
TUB BOUMKI.1AN REVOLUTION.
A private letter from St. Petersburg at
tributes Russia's fierce opposition to tho
! iresent independent Rounielian revolution
»this delay encountered by the Czar in
bringing one about in his own interest.
This letter states that General Gourko won
instructed last summer to go to
Bulgaria, take command of the troops
there, and after assuming the administra
tion of the affair* of the province to pro
claim the Grand Duke Vladimir governor
of United Bulgaria. Prince Alexander,
suspecting this design, investigates! the
matter, satisfying himself of Russia's in-
tenf en, joined the revolutionists, and when
ho hod them firmly espoused to his in
terests headed the revolution, and so de
feated the Czar's intrigue.
BlSNAACa's EXPULSION or POLES.
The excitement inUcrmany over Bismarck's
continued enforcement of nis edict of exile
of Russian poles from Prussia continue* un
abated. Great relief committees have been
sent to assist tho unfortunate exiles at
Leonborg, Posen and Cracow. The relief
committee at the Utter e ty reports that
2,000 Poles in one Prussian settlement
were tecenUy ordered to settle up their af
fairs there and quit Prussia without delay.
A majority of these are Roman Catholics,
and many of them have resided in Prussia
so long that they have forgotten their na
tive language. They havo all been com
pelled to sell their property in
huto, aud spccuUtora, In favor
of local officials, have token
snch advantage of the situation that very
little of the property thus forced upon tho
market has brought more than one-fourth
of its value. To make mattera worse, Rus
sia has issued an order prohibiting the
entry of these exiles in the Czar’s domain,
unifies they can prove they were born there.
In consequence of thU there at present
encamped on the frontier no lew than
1,500 exiles, penniless, homeless, and most
miserable, without the right to move
toward and with imprisonment at
hard labor staring them in the face
if they dare return. The Cracow relief
committee denounara the expulsions oa in
human and unUwl uL It quotes from tho
great German authorities Settler and BlunU-
chili to show that the edict of expuUion was
issued by the German chancellor in vioUtion
ot the German constitution of 1871, which
lodged with the Uund«rath alone and not
with the crown the right to banish aliens
from the empire.
Innumerable stories of cruelty inflicted
upon tens of thousands of unolT-uding
Polia under the edict of expulsion are pro
ducing in Germany a wide-spread feeling of
bitter feeling against Bismarck.
BEXOIUM AND SILT E0.
Dispatches from Brussel* aver that Bel
gium nra sent compromise proposals to the
Paris monetary conference, offering to un
applied to iter in the event only of her re
nouncing tho union, and further proposing
to withdraw a portion of her silver from
circulation if France agrees to adopt tha
single gold standard.
The Ann Arbor student* have just or-
ill come in the , tiered a WQ of dumb-bell*. Ah fo.r bindm,
y three pound*. —l’hiliulelphi* Cell.