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| CIRCULATION I STEADILY INCREASING. VOL. I. CZAR OF RUSSIA DEAD Passing of Alexander 111 at Lava dia, Surrounded by His Family. PLOT TO MURDER THE CZAROWIKH. Death Cam® M 3 O'clock Thursday After noon _ Nicholas Succeeds to the J-. Throne—The New Sovereign. Funeral I’reparatlons. LivADIA. November 3. —The Czar died st 2:lft o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was fully conscious, When he felt that his last, hour was approaching he asked for extreme unetion. This was admin istered by Father Iran, who afterward conversed with the dying man for some time. The fzar next asked that his family should gather around him. and spoke with each member separately, but at* the greatest length with the Czarina. He then gave all his blessing. Finally he bade ail farewell. Little by little he grew weaker. His voice at last became hardly audible, his eyes closed slowly and he eeased breathing. ■■ ALEXANDER. CZAR OF RUSSIA. Preparing for the Funeral. The body will he embalmed and ex posed in the palace chapel for a day or two. According to the tentative arrange ments made the body will be conveyed aboard the imperial yacht “Polar Star” to Odessa. It will be escorted by the whole Black Sea fleet, which has orders to assemble at once oft' Yalta. From Odessa the body will be taken on a spe cial train to St. Petersburg and will be. placed in the cathedral of Saint Peter and Paul. The final ceremonies will he held probably in about two weeks. . ■ It is understood that Czar Nicholas II will be proclaimed today. State 'mourning is expected to begin tomorrow TJfe of Alexander Ilf, Alexander 'III, Emperor of all the Russias, who succeeded to the throne on the murder of his father by Nihilist conspirators on March 13, 1881, was (1 born March 10. 1845. For some time 1 liner his elevation to the throne he seldom appeared in public, but lived in the closest retirement at Catchina, be ing in constant dread z of the machina tions of the secret societies of,socialists. His coronation took place at Moscow, May 27, 1883. He married, in 1806. Mary Feodorovinu (formerly Mary So phia Frederica Dagmar) daughter of Christian IN, King of Denmark, and sister of the I’rincfe’ss of Wales and the King of Greece. The principal concern of the Czar was to put down nihilism, to develop the military power of Rus sia. to organize her Asiatic and Cau casian provinces, and to keep a steady eye on Constantinople. From the beginning of his reign peri odical attempts -upon his life were made by the nihilists. Twice officers in his own army fried to-’shoot him. The Czar was deeply religious. He was under the influence of such bigots as Pobodonoszeff, attorney general of Ihe Holy Synod and his group, and persecuted the Jews, Catholics and Ger man Lutherans in Russia .without ces sation or mercy. The Czar left fiveghildren. the crown prince Nicholas, 27 years of age, the grand duke George, now ill in the south of Russia, the grand dukesses Xenia and Olga, and the grand duke Michael, a boy in his teens. A Plot to Kill the Czarowitcli. London, November 2. to a recent dispatch received from St. Petersburg a conspiracy against the life of the Czarowitch has been discovered there. It is added that, for several days past, the police have been actively engaged in arresting nihilists. Among those arrested are several students. The police have also obtained possession of incriminating documents. Praylnc for the Czar's Salvation. St. Petersburg, November 2.—The churches in Moscow and St. Petersburg were thronged yesterday afternoon amt last night with men and women pray ing fob the Czar's soul. The streets are unusually full today and everybody seems to be depressed. Near the churches many groups of weeping wo men have been gathered since day break. The crowds are quiet and mournful. Cleveland Will Send Condolence. W ashington. November 2. —Cable ad vices from the United States legation, at St. Peterburg reached the state. d< partment last evening announcing the death of the < ’sar. The official an nouncement will ire sent without delay by a message from the president con veying to the Czarina expressions of the nation's condolence, with other official recognition of the sad event. France Mourns the Death. , Paris, November 2. —President Casi mir-Perier sent messages of condolence to St. Petersburg and Livadia. All the ministers inscribed their names in the callers' book at the Russian embassy. Flags on all government buildings are at half mast and many of the buildings are draped with mourning. WLeu Death set in. Vienna, November 2.—A dispatch from Livadia says that at noon the ac tion of the Czar's heart began to enfee ble rapidly. About half past one un consciousness supervened, and the ac- , tion of the heart became imtermittent and scarcely perceptible until Ils pulsa tion? ceased altogether. The , Daily Press NEW SENSATION IN INDIANA. Raid in Tolittrsl Circles that .Harrison is Winning Gresham's Friends. Washington, November 2.—A curi ous story is circulating among Indiana democrats. It has not escaped publie notice that Ex-President Harrison, in a recent tour through Indiana, selected a route which lay in great part through those counties in which, when he was a republican. Secretary Gresham had his greatest strength. The report which reached the state department was that it was the boast of the friends of Benjamin Harrison that he had en tirely won over to his support those re publican leaders who have hitherto op posed him and have been friendly with Judge Gresham, notably those republi can leaders who were active in the movement to present the name of Judge Gresham to the republican national convention which was held in Chicago as a candidate in opposition to Benja min Harrison. This information it is said to have been exceedingly distaste ful to Secretary Gresham. There has been within a few days a conference at the state department between Sec retary Gresham and Colonel Richard Bright, the seargeant-at-arms of the senate, in which the democratic situa tion in Indiana was under considera tion. The understanding among the Indiana democrats who have heard of this is that it is very possible that Sec retary Gresham may decide to make one or two speeches in Indiana before the close of the campaign. CAPTAIN DREYFUS TO BE SHOT. For Supplying the Italian Government With Information. Paris, November 2.—A special cabi net council was held yesterday to con sider the case of Captain Albert Drey fus, who is now under arrest and confined in the military prison on a charge of high treason in having sold information in regard to the plans of the frontier fortifications to agents of the Italian government, and having also divulged the plans of mobilizing the French army in the event of war. It is the general opinion that Captain Dreyfus will be shot after the formality of a court martial has been gone through with. It is also charged that he has sold to the German agents in formation similar to that supplied to the Italian government; and further that he has given to Austria and Ger many the names of all the French offi cers who have lately been sent abroad on secret missions. VEINS OF COAL IN THE STREET. Contractor, Grading Shady Lane. Pitts burg, Strike Coal Blohly. Pittsburg, Pa., November 2. —Booth & Flinn, city contractors, who are grad ing Shady Lane, in East End, have struck a five-foot vein of excellent steam coal in the. street, and have taken out hundreds of bushels in the course of the work. The firm is using the coal at its establishments in the city. On the same street they have struck a vein of blue rock, and have taken it out to the value of thousands of dollars. The vein is supposed to dip off into 'Sehenly Park and a movement has been started to throw this open to the poor the coming winter. Men out of work are to mine the coal for them selves and other purposes. THE STREET CAfFhELD UP. Pazscngcr Cobbed of a Diamond Pin—.On, of the Highwaymen Caught. Chicago, 'November 2.—Four men held up a street ear on Paulina street last evening and robbed Mr. George Hobble, of a large diamond pin. The men were frightened away before they had a chance to molest any one else in the car. One of the robbers has been arrested and gives the name of Thomas Brady. The three men who escaped have the diamond and their identity is unknown. SENATOR VOORHEES SPEAKS. Hi, Address a History of the Tariff Legis lation of the Last Congress. Evansville, ln<l., November 2. — Sen ator Voorhees spoke here last night. His speech-.vas a histoJy of thetariff legislation of the last congress, lie said the democratic party went into power with distinct pledges and had carried them out. If any one was to blame it was the voters, as they went to the polls with their eyes open. OPEN ALL WINTER AND SUMMER The Receivers of Lookout Inn Given Such Authority by the Court. Chattanooga. Tqjin., November 2. — The Lookout Inn. the big hotel on Lookout mountain will be open all the winter and summer. The receivers were given such authority by the court yesterday it being shown that the ho tels business entails no loss. M. S. Gibson, of Portland, Maine, has been made manager. Increasing Cloudiness: Rain,. Was in xc ton. No vein ber 2.—Forecast! For Georgia, increasing cloudiness, rain in the interior, slightly warmer, southeast winds, cooler Saturday. For Alabama, rain, warmer followed Satur day night by cooler, high, south, shift ing to west winds. For Tennessee, rain, warmer in extreme eastern, cool er in central and Western portions, east winds. Th, Statement (jjnfiriii.il, Sidney, N. S. W. November 2. — Lloyd’s agent here confirms the’ state ment that one hundred and eleven pas sengers and twenty-three of the crew of the Union ship Warapara were drowned in the wreck of that vessel on the coast of New Zealand. I'ranklin Murphy a senatorial Candidate. New York, November 2.—Franklin Murphy, a wealthy varnish manufac turer. the chairman of the republican state committee of New Jersey has de cided to become a candidate for United States senator against Senator Sewell. Cotton Clone, at a steady Rise. New York. November 2.—The Sun’s cotton review says : Cotton declined 1 to 2 points, but recovered this and ad vanced 4 to 5 points, closing steady a t l « rise of :< to 4 points. The sales were j 90,000 halva ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1891 BRAVERY INSPIRES TRUST. Sixteen l-aboreri, Beating Their Way in a Freight Car, Held I p by Bandits. Clinton, la.. November 2.—Some thing new in the line of hold-up took place at East Clinton last night. Six teen men, some of them tramps and others who had been at work saving their moqey and beating their way home, were in a box ear. There was a rap for admission and those inside sup posing some one wanted shelter opened the door. Outside were four masked men armed with pistols and dark lan terns. Two of the men entered the car and ordered the occupants to hold up their hands. Then they were ordered to stand in line and while one of them held the gun his companion went through the outfit. About S4OO in watches and money was obtained. SENSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT. The Second Vice-President of the Pullman Company the Defendant. Chicago, November 2.—Mrs. Thomas H. Wickes, wife of the second vice president of the Pullman palace car company, filed a bill for divorce yester day, alleging cruelty. Mrs. Wickes’ bill says that, she was married to the defendant in St. Louis in 1871, and that, during their married life Mr. Wickes lias repeatedly heat fen. struck and kicked her, and at the same time using abusive language. She tells the court that she has not lived with her hus band since July, 1893, anil says that Mr. Wickes has a large amount of per sonal property. No answer to the bill has been filed by the defendant, churchmenTn session. Annual Meeting of the General Committee of Church Extension. Ph ii. A delph I a , November 2.—Bishops and prominent churchmen of the Methodist Episcopal church from all parts of the United States assembled here yesterday at the annual meeting of the general committee cf the church extension. The duty of the convention is to map out the work of the board of church for the ensuing year; to fix the amount to be asked from each confer ence.and to authorize the amount that may be expended within the boun dary of each conference during the year. It has authority to formulate rules for the government of the board. DR. SAMUEL ROGERS DEAD. One of the Leading Methodists of the South Passes Away, Baltimore, November 2. —Samuel Rogers. I). D., one of the best known ministers of the M. E. Church (South) died at his home In this city yesterday Mr. Rogers was seventy years old and entered the Methodist ministry a half century ago. The civil war carried him into the southern branch of the church, and for many years he was presiding elder of the Baltimore dis trict. For the past few years Mr. Bog ers was assistant editor of the Rich mond*. Advocate, having charge of the Baltimore office of that publication. WOULD BRIBE ATTORNEY GOFF. Offered SIO,OOO u« a Fee If He Would Not Call a Certain Witness. New Yorli. November 2. -The even ing Post says that it has indubitable evidence that during the course of the present investigation Mr. Goff was waited on by a person who offered him FIO,OOO as a fee for examining the title to real estatewhich was worth less titan $5,000. on condition that he (Goff) would not call as a witness a certain captain of police, mentioning the name of said captain. Mr. Goff declined the offer and called the name of that captain the next day. TAKES HISOWNLIFE. Gallus Mueller, Chief Clerk of the Juliet, 111., Prison Suicide,. Joliet, 111., November 2. Gallus Mueller, chief clerk of the Joliet prison, committed suicide yesterday. He was known all over the. country and intro duced the Bertillon system into the United States. He was highly educated and spoke a dozen or more languages. The cause of the suicide is unknown HISTORIC FAT WOMEN. Celebrities Who Were More or I .ess Dis posed to Embonpoint. From ancient, medieval and modern history tka following facts about fat women are gleaned: Agrippina, Nero's mother, was fat. Cleopatra, the ser pent of the Nile, as Marc Antony called her, was small and fat. Laura, Petrarch’s muse, was fat, fair, with blonde hair. The Marie Fiaminetta whom Boccaccio loved intensely was a brunette and fat. Elizabeth, 1 lie virgin queen, was tall and fat. with thick red hair. Marguerite of Navarre was fat. All Rubens’ women, except his wife, were fat. All Titian's women, except the Madonna, were fat. l atherinc of Russia was tall and fat; Louisa Stroz zi. for whom Alexandre di Medici died, was rather stout. Josephine Bcau- Harnais. the indolent Creole, afterward empress of the French, was fat, and perfumed; Mme. Roland also. The un fortunate Marie Antoinette was tall of stature, majestic and fat; Mme. de Staci. small, dark and fat, with a small viper's head. George Sand had a beautiful head, but was fat and small. Heine said of her: “The build of her body has the ap]>earance of being a lit tle too fat, or at least a little too short; the head alone bears the cachet of the ideal.” Queen Isabella of Spain is fat; Queen Victoria the same: Queen Margherita of Italy is certainly going on the sam<‘ way, and most of the great singers have lieen noted fortheir embonpoint. A prisoner in India recently, on be ing released, revenged himself on the assistant commhsioncr who had sen tenced him by cutting off one-half of his mustache while lit was sleeping out of doors on a hot night, it was then found that there was no way of punishing him under the jwua! code, for, while cutting the hair of a native is punishable as dishonoring the [>er son, there is no such provision for Englishmen, and the Ixxlily harm‘done was too blight Is he considered an SHE WEDDED ONLY TO DIF.. A Bride Passe, Anar Suddenly Alter Her Marriage. Lawrence. Mass.. November 2. —The residence of Charles J. Bagge, which on Wednesday night was the scene of a wedding feast, was changed to a house of mourning before the dawn, by the death of the bride. Agness Maria Char lotte Bagge. At 7 o'clock the ceremony uniting her in marriage to Charles Johnson, of Roxbury, was performed by the Rev. W. A. Keese, pastor of Trinity church, and shortly after 12 o'clock death came to part the eouple. It had been arranged that the ceremony should take place beneath a floral arch in the parlor, but as the appointed hour approached, the bride, who hail been ailing for some time previous, was so weak that the marital rites were per formed in her own room. She died in a few minutes afterward. , A DEATHBED CONFESSION. Mysterious Disappearance of a Hors, Thief Explained. Columbus, Ind., Novenber 2.—Dr. Orpheus Hains, eighty-four years old, is dead in his home at White Sulphur Springs. He was the last of the three men who were charged with the custo dy of Martin Reeves, a horse thief, who was arrested early in the sixties and was sent to Leavenworth. His captors started with him. and upon their re turn reported that the prisoner had es caped. Although this was doubted, no inquiries were made, as no one eared. A few days before his death Dr. Haines confessed that the thief was shot and his body buried in the woods. SUICIDE’S LAST REQUEST. By I.el ter He Asks HI, Son Never to Get Married. Palmyra, N. Y., November 2.—Dr. Stephen T. Delamater, who committed suicide last night, married the wid ow of Thomas W. Hicks, soon after the sudden death of the latter and of the latter's son. The doctor attended Mr. Hicks in his last illness, anil the son is said to have opposed the doctor's pro proposed speedy marriage with Mrs. Hicks. Mrs. Hicks has considerable property and her second husband is said to have vainly tried to get posses sion of it. In one of the letters left by the suicide he asked his son Stephen T. Delamater, of Syracuse, never to marry. ONE MAN THEY CAN'T HANG, Eicaped the Gallows Because It Would Pull 111, Head Off. Pittsburg, November 2.—The death sentence of Janies Newton Hill, the murderer, in whose throat there is a hole the size of a dollar, was commuted yesterday to li'e imprisonment. Phy sicians said it would be impossible to hang him, as the rope would catch in tiie hole and pull the head off. Hill was convicted of murdering Anna Itoesler in Allegheny part nearly two years ago. The hole in his throat was pre sumably made by himself with a knife after he had killed the woman. The wound never healed up. UNITED STATES WAR SHIPS. The Situation nf the American Cruisers In Japanese and Chinese Waters. Washington, November 2.—The Uni ted States steamer Petral sailed from Nagasaki yesterday for Chee Foo leav ing no American warship in Japanese waters. The Baltimore and Charles ton, tho two largest cruisers of the American squadron, are at Chemulpo, the Monocacy is at Tien-Tsin and the Concord at. Shanghai. Chee Foo, the destination of the Petral is on the Shan tung promontory, a short distance from the great Chinese arsenal at Wei-hai- Wei. THREE MEN’S FATAL FALL. Fell From the Seventh Story of a Building In St. Lout,. St. Louis, Novemljer 2.—Two men were almost instantly killed and one man fatally injured by falling from the seventh story of a building in course of erection at Twelth and Locust streets, at 2 o'clock .yesterday afternoon. The myu were standing on a scaffolding when a plank spread and allowed them to fall to tiie pavement, a distance of over one hundred feet. HAD TWO WIVES TOO MANY. The Arrest of x Bigamist at Hartford, Connecticut. Haiitfohd. Conn.. November 2.—A. M. Holmes was arrested yesterday by Deputy Sheriff O'Connell on tiie charge of bigamy. He is wanted at Syracuse. N. Y.. where he Is said to have three wives. He came to Hartford last sum mer and has been keeping a boarding house here. Public Keceptlons Delayed. Washington. November 2. The re turn of President Cleveland from Gray Gables has not been followed by the "resumption of the tri-weekly public re ception at the White House, and it is now stated that they will not begin again until December. Gresham at Home to V ote. Washington. November 2.- Secre tary Gresham left Washington yester dayafternoon for * hicago to vote. NEWS ITEMS BY WIRE. It is claimed that the 8500,000 issue of 4 per cent bonds by l.ouisville. (Ky.) sinking fund commissions is illegal. More name- of the Wyoming land grabbers bring the total of acres up to 871,325. Postmaster and Town Treasurer C’l ley. of Bradford, N. if., has disappear ed. leavinga deticieuey in his accounts. .The Reformed church, of Tappan, N. Y.. yesterday morning celebrated the two hundredth anniversary of its or ganization. 'I. Emile Zo.a arrived in Rome yes terday morning, and was received by journalists. It is intended to give him a Itanqmd. The English Court of Queen’s Bench has ordered the London couuty council to show- cause why they shall not grant a rehearing in the ease of the Empire Music hall. Tiie order I, returnable uu 7, CHURCH AS ACLOAK FOR CRIME Young Banker. Sunday School Teacher and Christian Leader, a Defaulter. Huntington. W. Ya.. November 2. It was announced last night that Chas. Wilkinson, the recognized social leader, Sunday school superintendent and pres ident of the Y. M. C. A., is a defaulter. He has been assistant cashier of the First National bank for 5 years, having entered the bank when leaving college. A week ago he resigned, ostensibly to take a better position in Cincinnati and a warrant was issued for his arrest, charging him with stealingßlo.ooo He was to have been married to a daugh ter of the cashier. His friends are try to make up the deficiency to keep him out of jail but are not meeting with much success. What he did with the money is not known. He did not drink to excess and never was known to gamble. ENGAGE IN PITCHEcTb ATTLE. Prominent Citizen, of Springfield, Mo., Fight a Fatal Duel. Spring field, Mo., November 2. There was a pitched battle yesterday between Thomas N. Appleby and his son on one side and Joseph Walton on the other, the outgrowth of mi old scandal. Walton is dying at Ihe hospital. Walton was separated from his wife by Appleby, who left his own wife and married Mrs. Walton and then left her. Walton has been threatening to kill Appleby, and yesterday planted him self safely behind it tree and opened fire. Appleby and his son were expect ing the attack ami replied witli shot guns, finally fatally wounding Walton. THE PASSENGER RATE WAR. A Complete Deuiorallnitlou of Hate, !• AU Point, the He,nit. Memphis, Tenn., November 2.—The passenger rate war between the rail roads has led to a cut-throat tight be tween the ticket si-alpers. 'Two firms withdrew from the ticket brokers asso ciation yesterday anil started slashing rates on their own hook. 'The result is a complete demoralization of rates to all points. Last night tickets to St. Louis were tpioted at 84 mid Chicago 89 and tiie. indieations tire that they will go lower. A meeting of the pas senger agents has been called for next tyeek to make an effort to end the war. AN AMERICAN AIR. A Gcrtuau Band Leader’, Idea of the Proper Thing. TA good story was told by a Boston man who was in Antwerp while the preparations were in progress for tiie exposition. Representatives of all na tions were there preparing exhibits from their respective countries. In the evening, says tiie Washington Star, all the visitors were in the habit of gnth ■ cring in a large hall on the grounds to listen to tho band play. Out of com pliment to the visitors tho national airs of tho different countries were played, and received an ovation from the group of that nationality in the hall. The night tliat our Boston friend uftended tho bund performance this playing of national airs was on tho programme. All were played, but not it thing that could be twisted into an air for tiie bird of freedom. A delega tion of tiie Americans went up to the leader and told him tliat they felt slighted that their country hud not, been recognized. Witli profuse apol ogies the leader said it was clearly an oversight, and promised to give them the American air nt once. He distrib uted the music, anti, waving his baton, tiie band broke loose, not with any fa miliar patriotic air, but “The Mun That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo." Amazement among tiie Americans final ly gave away to visions of “Old Hoss” Hoey and his song, and when the band finished tiie tumultuous applause from the American delegation elicited an encore. A Flaliy Story. ~ I’ycitg Yang, a city in Corea, was founded three thousand and sixteen years ago. It is known ns the well-less city. Within its walls is not a single well, and all tiie water of the city is curried up by watermen from the river which washes its southern wall. Tra dition sliows that this lias always been so, for it is Mtid that when a Chinese general besieged it two thousand years ago, believing that lie could compel its inhabitants to capitulate by cutting off their water supply, he was led to give up the attempt because tiie soldiers on the walls took fish scales and went through the motions of the baths, and the scales, glittering in the sun, looked in the eyes of the astonished besiegers to be drops of water. Ml,ery slmre.l. Tile Parisian beggar is generally a person of wit. One of the fraternity met otic evening, at eight o'clock, a gentleman who was on his way to a dinner party. “Have pity, monsieur, and give me a sou,” said the beggar, “for I have had no dinner to-day!” “Get out!" exclaimed the gentleman. “I've had no dinner, either!" “Too bad!” answered the beggar. “Make it two sous, then, and we'll dine together!" A city-bred, tenement-bred young ster took his first excursion into tiie country with a “fresh-air” party, says the New York Tribune. It happened to be at the time of tiie full moon. Night after night tiie little fellow went out after supper and sat upona stone behind the farmhouse, and watched the won drous orb as it rose behind the trees. Then his week expired, and he went back to his tenement district. A year ! passed, and as it liappened the fresh air fund sent the same susceptible boy to the same farmhouse. Supper was eaten, and he slipped out behind the house ami made straight for the stone in tiie back yard. But where was the I moon? lie looked and looked, till finally, not in the east, but in the west, he discoTcred a sllin silver crescent. The disappointment was too much for him. and he returned to the house, weeping. “Oh, it isn't the same fel ler!" lie said, “it isn't the same feller we hud last year!" THE DISPUTE PROVES FATAL. Fletehcr Crow Kill, Hl, Step Brother Near Troy. Alabama. Montgomery. Ala.. November 2. Yesterday near Troy. Fleteher Crow and Billie Paul, step brothers, fifteen anti eightee.n years oltl respectively were engaged in cutting cane, when a dispute arose between them. The trouble continued and finally Crow shot and killed Paul, The mother of the young Paul has been ill for some time and it is thought the trouble will kill her. Th, I’eniiayltanla Kallroati Stock,. New YoffK, November 2.—lt is stated that the usual 2'j percent half-yearly dividend on Pentasylvania railroad stocks will tie declared today. A direc tor says that he believes that the divi dend has been earned, but even if it has not it will be paid, the money be ing taken from the surplus fund if necessary. He docs not believe the surplus will have to be drawn upon. Burglar, feeeurs Little Booty. Utica. N. Y., November 2.—The West Winfield bank at West Winfield, Herkimer county, was entered by bur glars last night. The outer door of tiie safe was blown open but the inside safe containing the money and other securi ties was not opened. The loss is less than 81,000. Fourteen of Ih« Gang Arretted. Knoxville, Tenn., November 2. — Tiie sheriff of Seal county has arrested fourteen members of the white cap band who took part in tiie battle in which three men were killed last week. To Say Goob-By, to th, Emperor, Rkiii.ix. November 2.-‘-Ex-l’hancellor von Caprivi went to Potsdam yesterday to say good-bye to the Emperor. Gin Hou,,, Dealroyetl by Fir,. Green vn,l.k. Miss.,i November 2. Two gin houses were destroyed by fire in Washington county late last night. Tliat of Dr. J. A. Shackleford, near Holmes station witli thirty bales»>f cot ton. and that of John T. Curry, near l.eesburg, with over one hundred bales of cotton. ' I.oulalaun Sugar Hou,, Burna. Bunkie, La., November:.’.— The Lein ster sugar house is burning, it be longs to G. W. Sentell, jr., of Now Or leans. They had only been grinding a few days. There is a large crop on the plantation this year. Loss $'.'5,909. Five Boy, DaiiKernmily Wounded. Kansas City, Mo.. November 2. — Twenty boys, celebrating Hallo'een, halted in front of Mr. Haywood's home in independence, at midnight, Hay wood raised a window and fired both barrels of a shot gun into tiie crowd. Five boys were dangerously wounded. Itiixlan FrontierStatlonsnAttacked, Si.i anuiiai, Noveipliey 2,, -Small Ihml les of Chinese have attacked Mwenai Russian frontier stations and in one ease seized a quantity of arms and am munition. in another case, tiie Chinese were repulsed witli a loss of sixty men. Blown Into Atuin,, Miskegee, I. T., Novemlier I.—-At Tulsa. I. T., Indian chief Perryinan's son in a spirit of bravado shot into a keg >f powder uud was blown into atoms. POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE. Editor Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, li;»s purchased "Chat wold," a Bur Harbor villa, for 895,090. Dii. James R. Cooke, a successful Boston physician, is perhaps tho only man in the country who, though Wind from infancy, took up the study of medicine and excelled in its practice. Bismarck lias fought iu twenty duels and has been wounded once. And even that was through an accident, his ad versary's sword flying from its handle and cutting his face, Gen. Booth, of tho Salvation Army, has six children engaged in tho great work he lias in hand, and they are clever, sensible, eloquent amt earnest enough to <lo credit to his training. HOBBES AND GEOMETRY. How 110 Iftippeneil to Fall In fx>v« with It—Went to Oxford. Hobbes got his Latin and Greek nt Malmesbury from a young scholar named Richard Lntymer, newly come from the university (doubtless meaning Oxford), and, as was then common, he acquired by exclusive uttdntion to those languages a facility in them which now seems not only precocious lint, almost monstrous, says the National Review. “It is not to lie forgotten,” says Aubrey, “that before lie went to the university he had turned Euripidis Medea out of Greek into Latin iambiques, whicli he presented to We need not regret that this performance is not pre served. for H.ibbes, though ready enough in handling both Greek and Latin, does not appear to have been a tine or accurate scholar. Hobbes was not yet fifteen when he went to Oxford. He did not care much for logic, yet lie learned it and thought himself a good disputant. There is no reason to think he learned anything else at Oxford save a strong dislike of academic institutions and methods. He turned from the official studies to amuse himself with geography and voyages. As U> mathematics, there was no official recognition of tlieui at all while llobbe* was at the university. So there is nothing improbable in the statement that Hobbes had never opened a copy of Euclid until lie was near middle age. The story is best told in Aubrey's own words: "He was forty years oltl before he looked on geometry, which happened accidentally, being in a gentleman's | library, ‘Euclid's Elements' lay open . and it was the 47th Prob.. Lib. 1. So I he reads the proposition. BBy '.'says I lie: ‘this is imposaibie.’ So he reads the ' demonstration of it, which referred I him back to another, which he also read, *et sic deinceps,' that at Jast he was demonstratively convinced of that truth. This made him in love with geometry.” SPLXNDID ADVERIiSING MEDIUM. [ NO. 108. FOR A PURE BALLOT Gov Flower Issues s Proclamation Regarding Election Laws. SEW YORK'S ELECTION MUST BE FAIR Kltrtlon Officers are Called Upon to Sas That the I.aw, are Strictly Enr»rca4 and the Right ot Honest Fraa chile Sacredly Guarded. HoRNKi.LSVIi.LK. N. Y., November 3. —Governor Flower yesterday issued A proclamation regarding the enforce ment of election laws. He sent a copy of it to Albany with directions to have it. printed in pouter form, and to have copies of it sent to tne sheriff of every county, who must post one in each polling place. The proclamation says: On Tuesday next, November 0, the people of this state will exercise the privilege of citizenship and determine by their votes what men and political principles shall, during the time fixed by the constitution, control the admin istration of the state government and. represent New York in the federal con«' gress. Au Honest Mallul FucatlaL. It is essential to our liberties and to the fair name of our state that thia e**i piTssion of ' popular judgment should be absolutely untrammeled and honest. Wheu the constitutional office is se cured by corruption or intimidation and government policy is determined by the bribery of voters elections be come a farce and representative gov ernments a sham. Au honest ballot anil a fair count are of more importance to the people ofi this state than any political issues rais ed in this campaign by any party. I call upon the people of this state to seal that the election next Tuesday shall be an honestone. Recent executive en actments liave imposed almost every possible safeguard around the sanctity of the ballot. The various enuetinents spoken of are then given, and the proclamation concludes: Tiie honor of our state and our love for American institutions de mand that every citizen should obey all of these laws and look to their rigid enforcement. Flection OlHcers' Duties Outlined. As thd people's chief magistrate, charged by tiie constitution to take care that tiie laws are faithfully exe cuted I ''all upon all election officers, all district attorneys, all sheriffs and all peace officers to see that the laws ate strictly enforced to the end that good order may prevail at the polls end the right of honest franchise be sacred ly guarded, and 1 give warning to all sheriffs and district attorneys, that all failures on their part to'discharge their full duties respectively In the ynforoi uivtil vs the laws Uud m of offences against the 1 aws, Shall be considered sufficient cause for their re moval from office, ■' i FROM THE EFFECTS OF HAZING. Kilwlu Gott, Jr., Student at the Marjlaud Agrleulttiral College Dangerously 111. Hvattnvh.LK, Md., November 2.- Edwin Gott, jr., son of the secretary of state is dangerously ill from tiie effects of hazing, and a number of the students at the Maryland state agricultural epl- • lege arc very much yul'i’ietl .over his condition. One evening l«st "Week the students organized a moot’ court, tried and convicted Gott of a heinous crime, and proceeded to execute the sentence of hanging. A rope was placed around hia chest, thrown over a transom and the victim was hauled up and left hang ing some hours. Gott was very mucn {Tightened but offered no resistance. JI e appeared at breakfast on the fol kwing morning apparently uninjured but later iu the day became violently ill. POLITICAL SENSATION SPRUNG. Private Deterllve Stillwell Brings Sult Against Hix Thousand Men. SAN FliAN'i'tsuo, November 2.—The biggest political sensation of the cam paign was sprung here yesterday after noon. C. J. Stillwell, a private detec tive. brought suit against Registrar Evans and six thousand voters, who, lie charges, are illegally on the roll*. Every one of the six thousand men ac cused are mentioned by name. It i« alleged that they have no legal resi lience and the complainant demands tiiat their names be stricken from tha registrar. The local courts refuse to lake action, Stillwell declares that he will secure warrantsand arrest the ac cused men as they appear at the polls # to vote, providing all the warrants can not be served before election day. ' n c oumiunlty of Wives. in Ashantce no man is ever allowed to see one of the king's wives, and should he happen, through accident, to get a glimpse of one of the “sacred creatures” lie is forthwith puttodeath. The law of that country allows the king to -.avc three thousand three hun dred and thirty-three “helpmeets" and no more. These wives all lira on two long streets in the city of Coomuaie, the Ashantec capital, the quarters occupied by them being locally known by a won' signifying “heaven.” Cotton from Wood. An artificial cotton, said to be rnueh cheaper than the natural, is reported from France. It is made from the wood of the pine, Apruce or larch,which is detibrated and then disintegrated and bleached with a hot solution of bi sulphide of soda and chloride of lime. The resulting pure cellulose is treated with chloride of zinc, castor oil and gelatine, and the paste is passed through a perforated plate. This gives a thread, which is woven into* pre sentable fabric. Electric Suiutroke. It is now claimed that there is such a thing as electric sunstroke. The work ers around electrical furnaces in whieh metal aluminum is produced suffet from them. The intense light cause) painful congestions, whieh cannot 1» wholly prevented by wearing deep-col wed glasses.