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Show INpEX; TOiTHl? PAPER. BALFOUB I H . First page. Summaries LEADER. IS-TH- and Telegraph. cecon - Third nsre, gae;ri uepaiiroent. news or :hbtrs. Correspondence. ....... h Tutsre. haiwnai. Fifth page. Church Services, ; I. O. O. F. pa. jMints.f hnnd. Notices.-Fi;th - , i He f nd; Nelghbor- - City j news coroejs troni WRAN3LING OVER OUR HOG IN FRANCE. re- -, airjhe mining atteuaca yes- - Booth ' Appoints His Daughter , to to Succeed Him in Command of the nPODle from thisScity Salvation; Army Italy Opens Her celebrate the for- ll P.yso.i Gates to Ir. ' Hog The Chilean I ttlement. of ...first anniversary Election Belgium Will Be Neutral. rirW.imine ofthe I. 04 O. F.'- corner ne a grand win " .tonelayinispribtd: : 1 : J' '- T' '! i rair. I rday. MTintlc " -- 1 was attended by . I - " : - - TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Loxdox. Oct. 13 It ,; is officially announced that Balfour bas been appointed First Irord of tbe Treasury. Jp is reported that lialfour will retain his as Chief Secretary for Ireland! position . Fair note, World's The distress io Ruks'a- Irltflaltet. Lincoln 4 " be";nptral. Belriam s.zedtheirl up roug. U injured atj several BrsaMenderf-baisiis.- to-d- ay . J I HKGARDED j tire, i ; v mrtisbh Tafoniany. Horrible jrouthfuljfiepravtty. pied while visiting bis misjress. to Mr! Ho?. Italy opeits her in! Louisiana politics. The iottcr'y ges ; AlII.ca forjeir asks delation. abnormal An tihj at Queeostown. . Ka arrested. hammer. the ?irorjdijnder Historic Ten2edierlirdlhers chastisement. rom-frlgAn Naples premier dies f in negnfs-feareVirginia. rprislnghf eiecfiori Chilean The passesjolT quietly. v icauer. , pnservaiive Bulfoar appoifite Feiaale prisoner?! indulge n a free Sght. Wnolnts Ms daughter to succeed Crooked Chicago Officials d 1 : "1 f.iosti'&Is J border. I . swarfaing over the Mexican iiutie Inmate BALKOCE EARNED HIS PROMOTION. The Pope'! Rooquuu-- j and Dal1 iateir.per4te utterances , kleiins tljemselTes orer : e; losinsSt-pjalz- "j The dispute In; Fanoe OTer J i of Aniertesni porjf-j- j the admission pre'dcher disco rered A former to be a 3ef. ; bors-tn- Itnmisrtion j,'Timissioner to report on Basiaa tarjbarisns. j TheED3lih domniisMoner Reports favor- iblr on tLe TYorJd's Fdir. r Ecclesiastical precated Jdmiiati"oh by,Irish-AinejrScaa- ii Ireland de- s. TIIp I LQTXEjl Y--IflUIiES. A Split in therTDerikocilatJC LonsiinalXiiliely. Party in DiS- , New OttLtAVS, Oct. IS!, fTRIBtTXK The rafaclica Chronicl Scries.! San Pch ad- -' remocratic Stated Central 1 Committee turned here laU night, aftr an exciting seloti ot ive idiys. I The pontest in the" committee as, jatftiosL entirely orer the an;extension of the lottery faetibn nAmhftnr .Ki.n V.f itliA avr.-(fcMw JlttArtr lillBl " M' " J And t.bft other opposing The lottery factlonse- ' cared control of bp committee and fixed the date of the'Statei contention) to suit them selves. December; lfitb. j An effort was maae to settle thtj Question j It advance of the fvifini '. wjular election py a primaryjon December 1st, the understanding beitts that if the lottery got a majority jai thi4 primary the ! Democratic party was to indole it and support it at the poais. ifi lhe tate election. The two faction, jhoweipeiy wpie unable to come to ternis andjthe ffght wOl now be car--; rr:ed into tbej Democratic State; Convention. The chaDce ar In favorjofr jki split in the . lorty ranks pa issue. te! Ii'A'CIvEDiNUVJB. THEV 1 T u Haggin and paly j KIck;inff Thera-selv1 pTej-Losng- es Stl'BIaize. f Kiw ToriL Ofi I8.i-Wh- ei the wonder "of '.wore away at Eeed's darinj? Requisition Ss. Blaize, pothj DaIyj arid laggln bad Tbeyhadi Calculated Ai havinRL the hattie to themselves, arid founfl that neither io it. To-d-ahowever, a local paper re-rre- ts. niake an? offer to lieed. that IIatrsin'-i- Mys anj it is said jtSat it wll be SC5.000 aov the purchase pride. Da4y had taken ad the ftirelik, before Reed went yestertlay tioVnInj; he ws approached representatibf thef Mohtaua miner.To him, howeverJihe Ttnoesseean gave litlUehope. H4 mayigive'Jess toi llagin. He n4e sacrifices to purchase the horse and i:i probably; retafu him. I time by t-- ; i bed . vt,,.. UIHOrm WUET i L , -- I limnnd illiulmitHai VTammaw OllGEPa.,Oct.' t8.fTRIBC5B "patch-S- aii FraiicLsco Chronicle Serieil e ordinal fite pr old Valley Forge, which the name to'this' own atd to this historic te that revolutionary campaigh ground the pla' f amou-j- . has jjust been sold er?to John pun ti transferred aoraeea fifty-oc- e f acres; and. aa the sale perewptory. t went for the low price m1U per acr. ties !along j Valley Forge and It was lri jihe near neighborhood of general Ceor2e Washington's ibeadquarter the mamorible winter df 1777-7- 8. The rse was first established In 1757, was tb BriStish In 1777 knd rebuilt in Here iron was forged for the Imple-5Bwar sed by jWashihgton and the 5e The-trac- f fc ca de-i,Jret- .br of CcBtincntU . - . v. I a calamity, j Mllon sccrcs thd f both' fact wns.1 f The Times sayss OnIy the dullest malignity can pretend that Balfour has not earned his promotion. Is is absurd to talk of nepotism. The Marquis of Salisbury had o more power to lift his nephew unless the party desired It, than Gladstone could make either .of his sons Chancellor of the Ex, chequer." THE ARGENTINE SITUATION. falls heir to Politicians Decline, Which is a Bad tor the Country. - Omen Rome would be in removal Jfrom t ss.cuo.ooo; - AS A GAMBLER'S THROW. The CAroufrfe.-.tblmorning thinks Salisbury would have ; preferred another Parliamentary leader to Balfour, but he was obliged to accede to the wishes of his party, unless Hartihgton had consented to convert the coalition to a union. Balfour Is not likely topermanent be as docile to the ruling of the triumvfrate Salisbury. Hartlng-- " ton and Chamberlainas' was Smith. The appointment may be regarded ' as a gambler's throw in tbe hope that the new leader will have a beneficial effect on certain elections. -- ht army, dedication pf the Deaconess Home. TARisctoK"Cjct 18. The Lucy Webb 'r uotne and oreisn Missionaries was her1 yesterday kfteynoon In the sto audiencel large and r"6"8 there being trsenjt some of the bishops of the Methodist Church Jknowa aiissideof fthe Water land some of the ri;"ntdiTines the otfier side. Dr. chairman of iheibuhdibg committee, brief! address states what bad 1e a tbe f Improvements, and tc.T c:- - r!f,the Uome Mrs lBust of Cin-fi- nTer thet rPresehtaivo of the Wo-ri- ttt n's "0,e MIssionaryi Society. Tbe work ,e is; alonal in cjharacter and greeted under the auspices of the .Wo- -' nieM M. E. tiurnb slanaryjSofclety of the New York, Oct. 18. A Buenoi Ayresspec ill to the Herald recalls the fact of Mitres resolve not to allow his name to be used In the coming campaign. "Hardly had his follow, ers and opponents quieted down from the excitement the announcement caused when yesterday thespeople were further stirred by a manifest from Boca also announcing his retirement from politics. Ue likewise claims patriotic reasons as Influencing him in .the resolution. Coming so soon after Mitre's resignation, Boca's manifesto has caused a profound sensation. Shortly after Koca's announcement, the Government was nonplussed by the resignation from office of Ministers Costa and Cassallido. Their action. It would, seem, is to be followed by a further withdrawal from the Cabinet. Of course, their direction of the administration basmdded to tbe excitement attendant upon General . Boca's;" manif esto. "ji Itutuor asserts that the Argentine Kipuhllc is already en- terlng upon another period of rebellion. ! Tbe tc mper of tbe popqlaee is eucb that a riot may break forth at any moment. Tbe Government Js well aware of the dangers that beset it, and has taken measures to avert a possible outbreak and to stamp out revo--1 utioh at the fl rst signs i t shows. Wi th tb is point la view all the city garrisons are being concentrated at the Palermo Park-sGreat activity evident on the part of the President; In 'this emergency.' The Senate has increased the feeling of unrest by holding a secret session. a The scenes enacted in-at its meetings are reported to have been teresting and exciting In the extreme. The money market has been Influenced by the spirit of rebellion and the gold premium has advanced greatly. it had Yesterday reached 360, PROTECTION, IN FRANCE. : dis-wish- ! . : situ--atio- - - I ? - rn o . : to-da- " 5, well-kno- s f , m. .. ..1 g " .i YQUIiG : DEED. DELIQO'S J The Chilean Election, i Santiago. Oct. 18. The general election occnrred throughout CniIeto-da:- y (Sundaty)j. So far as known there' were no disorders! j ; Electors were chosen who will iseect a President next month. There! Is no irtdl cation yet as to who will be elected,; aa n6 candidates have yet been announced.! The Clerical party say they have secured a rna-- 1 of Deputies, and ithe! jority in Senate .will probably, be controlled by the) Liberals. The exact result will, not;! be known for several days. There; was a street f parade of troops y. to-d- ay the;-Hous- to-da- In a Gain Without !a KoreirJ loxdox. Oct i 18. i . - , 1 7 . i - - to-d- ay antl-protectlon- lst - Bel-glu- m. . , ' ed, i nHl rr, 1 two-thir- ds 1 six-da- ay you T'ir ta t- -J edacity ' A Volcano in the Sea.' Rome, Oct. 18. The earthquake shocks ' tcr of ills Employer. at of stones of ejects masses - great-weight- . M The Swiss Plebiscite. -- if J j has 'reaBerxe, Oct' 18. The soned In the adoption of tbe new; tariff and the State bank. . J - , A Well of Inflammable; Water. CrabOschard, Oct. 18; Ky. t , . i fTRtBtrsB Dispatch San Francisco Chronicle Series. On tbe land of a farmer five miles east of Rook, near the village of Lum Sulphur; is a well which is a great wonder to those who g have visited it ; It is known as;"The,Burn-inWell," a name appropriately g I vjpn, for its waters, though clear, limpid; and drinkable, are as Inflammable as naphtha,' The well is about fifteen feet deep,!extendlng through a stratum of slate rock. It contains a wooden pump stock, and the water, as it comes op cold and sparkling from the odor about tt. It depths of the well, has no has a mineral taste, and is exceedingly drink; yet, a dipper full, of it pleasantIntocontact with a flame will take coming fire, blazing up like gunpowder. An Analysis failed to reveal the reason' for" the in flammable properties of the water, which has been used by the family living near by for years. ; Boomers Squatting on the Strip, i Arkansas Citv. Kan.. Oct. Dispatch San Francisco C7ironicl Scries.setBeports are coming into the city that ' tlers are making another raid upon the Cherokee- strip and parties arriving here from Oklahoma after crossing the outlet say there is a settlement along the banks of the Black Bear In the strip south of this city. A few settlers are quietly entering the and squatting on claims. An promised landbeen given the raiders by a impetus has speech that Senator P. B. Plumb made hers, lie said that the Cherokee strip- would be opened for settlement before next !Iay.'; : - ( i Bcy - - FAIR NOTES. Live Stock Chief Appointed-Ov- er a Hundred Workmen Strike. It Proves a Fruiif:! TI;c::d KUSSIA. ':.ti- - . al ; THE , d weak-minde- d, the-ground- ! Irish-America- ns . 'Irish-Americ- to-nig- an ht to-da- y - j s i AN, ALLIANCE FORGER. He Issues a Circular Letter Asking For Donations. Sheffield. Ala., Oct. 15. Tribune DisW San Francisco CJirnntcle Series. 1 postmaster at Haley ville, is orfor National Citizens' Industrial the ganizer a member of the Farmers' Alliance, member of tbe National Press Association, and" formerly editor of the Haley-vill- e View. A short time ago Davidson was arrested, charged with defrauding the Gov- -' ernment . out of 3503 as postmaster. The Farmers' Alliance expelled Davidson, branding him as a dishonest man. He then went into the Alliance lodge between sessions, se- patch U. Davidson, Alll-ancc- .'a 1 " . - -- . . -- poor-hous- - her-righ- a . ht - . to-da- y, . i . free-for-a- - av -- - 1 Kev. B. J. Adams, an Episcopal minister. was one of the principal speakers and was accorded a warm reception. ; V DR. HALL RESIGNS. He, Was tho Defender of Professor Briggs in the Seminary. New York, Oct 18. Dr. John Hall has resigned from the directorate of the Union Theological Seminary. lie has been troubled greatly on account of the Briggs matter and bis resignation was 'expected by nESFCL'SIILE .: Myriads The Made Scrnplngs. Bar!:, Leaves, Moss and Cattle Excrement. Hunger-Loa- f of Millyard 4 to-da- y, IS GOVERNMENT For the Famine, and It Shows Little Real Sympathy for the Starving ! cured the seal, and under thestamp thereof, Issued a circular letter ta the different Alliances, calling upon them to rally. to his aid. and send him enough money-t- a pay the amount due the Government and denouncing bis prosecution as a conspiracy to injure A BELATED FORTUNE. the Alliance. To this circular letter be apbis address, . and requested that An Inmate of the Butte. Poor house pended, be sent to him. To the contributions money letter is signed the name of James Gladding Falls Heir to $8,000,000. requesting that the letter be treated Chicago, Oct. 18. A special dispatch Clegg, as secret. The name of B. S. a fraternal A. .Mrs. Anna from Butte, .Mont., says: of the Winston County Conley, president Dodge, an inmate of the poorhouse of this Alliance, Is also signed to tbe letter, and is city and 80 years of age, received notice by Mr. Conley denounced as a forgery. yesterday that she is heir to an estate FATE FOLLOWED HIM. worth $8,000,080 in England. Tbe . 6tory which time her at dates 'back two centuries, great grandfather oo- her mother's side A Former Horsethief Becomes a Periowned a vast estate near 'London. His oldpatetic Preacher. est son removed.? to ; America, settling and Blue Earth CiTT..Minn., Oct 18. Trib-tn- f marrying in Virginia..., , Two children, Wile were born of the marriage, Dispatch San Francisco Chronicle liam and Annie, the latter the mother of Mrs. Dodge. The Series. Arthur E. Cline is missing. Mr. son and his wife died and the two children Cline has been engaged lately as a Metho-ni- st moved to Kentucky. Both married, the preacher, going from hamlet to hamlet son dying without issue and the daughter and receiving $5 from the farmers for each Both died marrying Wiiliam Coleman. sermon Mrs. preached. The farmers were carried Dodge forty years ago, leaving and a sister. They moved to Misaway by his taking address, and there is no souri,! where Mrs. Dodge's husband died knowing how his Intimacy with them would Five years ago have ended but for the: arrival of a new twenty years ago. an article appeared in an English paper tell- Methodist elder. This gentleman was sent ing of the estate and tbe lost heirs and the on to Sla new flock, and met and recognized fact that the estate was in the hands of the Cline as a man who bad been convicted for public ad minister. Mrs Dodge became horse stealing in Indiana, he being at that convinced that il was her family whose time on the jury. It also transpired that history was related. She laid tbe case be- Cline bad left , town . a defaulter to the fore a relative named Boss recently of Church Publishing House. . Cline has left a Minneapolis and be went to London to Inwife and children. vestigate the matter. He returned an encouraging letter, but sines then nothing has Died From Fright. been beard from him. and it is not known rTRiBtrwR DiAlliance, O.. Oct. 18 where he is. Then, It is said, she placed Francisco Chronicle Series. J the matter in tbe hands of her nephew Wil- spatchSan Galente Medesto. an Austrian, escaped from liam T. Coleman, a wealty canning manuKeech last night while being taken Officer facturer of San Francisco. Meanwhile she came to Butte to visit her daughter, Mrs. to tbe lockup for disorderly conduct. Tbe ofshots at the Austrian while Charles Bagsdale. She was taken sick and ficer fired twoAfter ' running a few squares pursuit the accommodations not being good at the in threw up his hands and Medesto e. .suddenly was removed to the miner's cabin she fell forward upon the sidewalk. In five She has now received letters conminutes he was dead. - The coroner found to. the estate and fort firming the man bad died from sudden heart that a warded letters, documents, family Bible, failure. He had started to .run from, the . etc, to prove her claim. officer and on hearing the pistol shots be beOver the Mexican Border; came so terrified that be n actually dropped Swarming - New Orleans. Oct. 18. The TimoDemo-eraV- e dead from fright. San Antonio, Tex., special says: "The Uprising of Negroes Feared. Influx of Chinamen into Texas by way of 18. There is Cliftos Forge. Va., Oct the Mexican border continues. Not a day here over excitement considerable two one or are not arrested by passes that consein of a rumored negroes, Some are aware uprising marshals. that they deputy are breaking the law. Others have been quence of last night's lynching, and Mayor deceived by Mexican immmigration agents Bowles has telegraphed Governor McKinney town is in arms and think that they have a perfect right to to send troops. The entire are posted bn every outsklrt A enter ; the United States. It is the latter and pickets men are on the way here from class which are caught The others are very squadron of W. Vu. , There has been no disuccessful In evading the officers. During Iionceverte, an outbreak, but the greatof evidence rect were men fifteen on week arrested the past the- Texas side of the Bio Grande. The est excitement prevails. number which escaped the deputies cannot be estimated. All jailed will be sent to Wrong. Avenged Her Brother's . 18. PTribune Disl China via San Francisco." Caledonia, Wis., Oct Chronicle Series. patch San "Francisco A Sequel to a Failure. a Sanders, woman, Sarah young comely, Oet .18. It is stated to- horsewhipped Fred Anderson beTrektos, N.. J., to Comas the a Star Rubber sequel night bad chastised her little brother. he cause pany failure that Jonathan Steward, who Anderson was seated in a buggy, and after has been a wholesale grocer here for half a he was struck several times the horse startcentury, and who was an endorser on much ed in a run, but the girl kept pace with the of tbe rubber company's paper, will be sued borse for half a block, and whipped Anderby the bank for certain notes, and will asson unmercifully. sign, Tbe amount of his obligations is not He is 82 years of age and it is known. A Female FreQ Fight. feared that he will be left In straitened cirOct 18. It is just learned Pittsburg, cumstances.' . ' ll tbe fight occurred among that a the Ciearmont work-bou- se at female prisoners a . To Railroad Make Obey. ' night. Two women in the Topeka, Oct. 18. Governor Humphrey laundryThursday had a quarrel which department has addressed a letter to the Attorney-Genera- l, an riot. Tbe prisoners in resulted incipient Informing him that the Governor is fought each other and tbe male officers had informed that tbe Missouri, to be summoned after tbo females bad uiiofilclally Kansas & Texas Hallway has not yot obeyed damaged each, other's faces and the order to remove it3 headquarters from severely During the night two of the worst clothing. Sedalia, Mo., to Kansas, in accordance with of them escaped and have not been caukt. the Kansas law, and directs the Attorney-Genera- l, if tbe information is correct, lo He Had Killed His Friend, r,commeuce immediate proceedings' to revoke the railway company's charter. Washington, Oct. 18.NedThornton. Haine, who killed his friend, Ilannegan. at Mass on Board a French. Ship. Fort Monroe, has left Washington and the New York, Oct. 18. Archbishop Corrigan United States probably forever. His deon board tbe flagcelebrated mass kept a secret and it is stated parture was that be is now on the ocean, bound for- South ship Norade," of the North Atlantic squadron of the French navy, at the request of America. . Admiral Deuercrvllle. The crow of four Cowhlded by a Womnn. hundred men were grouped about tho Imon the upper deck and the Houston, Tex., Oct. 18 (Tribune Disprovised altar marine guard of fifty men knelt and prepatch San Francisco C7ironfe: Series.! sented arms when tbe best was elevated. John Gauaou, bead usher at the opera The scene throughout was an impressive house, was cowhlded on tbe street this afone. ternoon by Urs. Hoffman, whose dausLter to-d- TilE 'DISTKSS Chicago, Oct. 18. The Board of Control of the National World's Fair 'Commission last night confirmed the nomination by INTIMATE WITH HER Director-GenerKE HAD BEEN Davis of Mr. F. W. Cottrel of Detroit. Mich., .for Chief of the Department of Live Stock, and tho nomination now goes to tbe Local Directory. Mr. Cottrell is And She 'Was About to Become a strongly Indorsed by President 'Palmer' of the Commission and other prominent MichiMother An Uprising of Negroes gan persons, and also by the National; Live Feared in Virginia on Account of Stock Association. ' a joint meeting of the Board of Control Lynching Crooked Chicago Off- nndAtExecutive Committee of tho Directory icials Arrested Scared to Death. everything passed Smoothly. The proposed reduction of expenses In the Department of Publicity and Promotion was referred to tbe Chicago Directory, with power to cut down expenses if thought necessary. Milwaukee, Oct. 18. A horrible story ot theOne hundred and . twenty men employed came to light youthful depravity tbe Omaha contractors on the electricby when Albert Kohls. a sixteen-year-ol- d boy ity, building of thelWoild's Fair quit work In the employ of a farmer named Kodatz. last evening because of trouble over a favorite foreman. William Irvine. They asresiding near here, confessed to the murder sert one of the firm of contractors came bl his employer's fifteen-year-oldaughter here that last week and discharged thirty-tw- o Annie. He had been intimate , with tbe men without consulting Irving, and gave as and she was a reason that the men were "too old." Irvgirl, who' was about to become a mother. Not relishing ing protested and yesterday received notice this turn of affairs, be killed her October that he would be superseded by another 7th and secreted the body. On the day of man and might remain in a subordinate poHe declined. The tbe murder be first put into tho soup which sition at less wages. that he was reduced because he the family was to have for dinner a large men assert enforced all the State laws regardquantity of paris green. Mr. Kodatz ate strictly and tbe hours rof labor. He was wages ing taken first and. beiug the soup violently ill, the foreman it is said, only at once prevented the . others from who insisted on a at it.-- , weekly payday, so was mach of There partaking of the it acted that poison as an emetic, aud Kodatz soon got well. ECCLESIASTICAL DOMINATION That afternoon Annie disappeared and when the officers came to investigate the poison- In Irish Affairs Deprecated by ing she could not be found. They came to at Chicago. the conclusion that she had placed the poiOct. 18. At the 'Parnell meChicago, son in the soup and then fled. All efforts to morial of citizens find her proved unavailing. meeting resolutions ivere adopted .Last riight Farmer Kodatz, investigating of Chicago the cause of a terrible stench' in the barn, declaring that a final settlement of the found the unfortunate girl's body under the question must be based ori Irish constable floor, covered with, manure. The boy Irish trol of all Irish affairs, legislative ' and adwas Kohls at once apprehended and and urging tbe choice of a ministrative, confessed that after the failure of the poiwould remove: the fears- on the soning scheme he went ouUtb repair a hole leaderof who the Protestants, It is declared that In the barn floor. Annie went with bim part religious differences should no longer be a and while she was holding a board for him cause of separating the Irish people politito saw he crushed her skull with a hammer The resolution concluded: "We recally. He hole. in and placed the body then the recent-effortthe of ' the Irish hierarcovered it with manure and nailed down the gard to ecclesiastical domination floor. ,He does not appear to realize the chythe establish affairs of Ireland as the most daniq enormity of his crime. gerous obstruction! to Irish" to-nig- tbe Island of Pantellaria and vicinity, continue. A volcano has arizen in the bed of tbe sea off the coast of Pantellaria which i ho bad refused to aduit to the lonin floor of the theater. Gannon, mistakenly supposing the girl's character was bad, had told her to tako a seat in the gallery, notwithstanding her ticket called for one in the parquet. WORLD'S Ce Murders the Wca , ay to the City; wn r ; R03IE WITHOUT THE POPE. His Removal Would Be" a Calamity s V! i ' f . j -- The North German Com"Eider," 18. Lloyd steamship When Senate paptain Bauer, Oct, Paris, tbej New York October lOthJfori Bremen; remittee begins the debate on the proposition from ports that on the 15th inst-- i inf latitude 49 to remove tbe prohibition on American; degrees north, longitude 34 'west, she spnke pork the ultra protectionist members will the Dutoh steamer "Edam,";CaptaIn Brnnsi left Rotterdam SOctober 3i.d for attempt to secure an adverse report on the man. which York. The latter had lost her icrew scheme. Neither Ferry 1 nor Tirad, who are New was and sailing before a terrible gale. 5 both members of this Important committee, are very sanguine that the proposal can be Overtaken In an EtillHourU carried. Milland, another member of the Paris.al Oct. 18. The sudden 'death of In Acollas pf Jtiie French Press repre- ppector-Genereommittee, told an Associated ' ' has caused a sensation, f While to-dhe that sentative thought the bill Home Office a. woman with whom; he wa.4 ur would ultimately prevail In spite of the visiting intimate he took fan of properly tendencies of tbo ultra protectionists. The a drug as a stimulant and theoverdose, wai effeet recent quarrel of Ferry with the committee fatal. He was married and tbe revelation has not tended to smooth the way to a rehis death under such circumstances wa: the admission of moval of the decree against 4 a painful ' surprise to his friends. to but quite I 2 ; .... r of American pork. lys ' lielnsch, Yesterday the contrary. : An Abnormal Tide. j ' taken by the' position supporting' Oct. 18. Since 3 o'clock comQceknstown, - called in tbe reactionists tbe Kerry, and wind;. jha$ mittee- "a collection of little fools,", thus this afternoon a heavy rain; an accompanied by abnormally prevailed, to the bitterness increased dispute. adding Is flooded feud custom house Tbe tide. bigh MinisAmerican tbe Keid, To All local traffic if mr.ny crafts swamped. ter. Ferry said that if the Senate allows suspended. Across steamers the' channel, course tbe the Influenced be by" itself to storm the of the unpreoej-severity report on pursuing, the dented. committee seems bent . f will be compro'"" "" " protectionist cause itself must i , j be either There mised 'gravely. Belgium Will Be NetttraL f ' moderate protection or none at all. J ules Oct. 18. GauboU Paris pubtisbrs tospeech Simon made an with interviewan of Leopold King ExFrench the of committee day before a He denied theie that Indignantly porters' Union, after which that body was any secret treaty wlth Germany, .;Belr the that resolution a demanding adopted neutrality would be strictly observed;, Senate Insist upon the free admission- - Into gian In the event of a conflict between said. he France of raw materials and food stuffs. ' ; i j France and Germany. U4 -- ; ; 'fn C f2n' 1 . Increasing . Bitterness of the'. Dis-pute Over American Pork. Londox, Oct 18. Tribunk 'Dispatch &an Francisco Chronicle Series.! A Borne dispatch says that an extreme sensation has been caused in that city; by the declaration of the Pope to the foreign powers that be does not feel secure in Borne. Although a large majority of the Koreans are devotedly loyal to the one Italy, yet the substantial reclasses would view as a 'calamity themost which is the moval of the Papacy, the trade and comprofitable patron for Vatican and variThe merce of the city." ous church connections, which would inevin any direction itably accompany tbe Pope six he might go, expend, it is estimated,businilllioa lire yearly "among the various Irreness bouses of Eome. This is entirely total expended by lay spective of the vast drawn by the fact The visitors ' ecclesiastical and Transportatidn "JVolres. Rome is the headquarters of the church. that amount varies anexpended by these Tbe TuvT T1 TnFrancisco Chronicle: Series. resident an says but experienced nually, pc?Sc was partially saccess-- t; tal tl less than year can it amount towhat Vs ;terdayslrueetng if the Transcon- - that In no is paid ASSOCiatifln In twenty million lire, includingthe wealthier and statuary by i UZ Its (hi,. - u H . n tim t j .. , for paintings iu suosiuy, class of tourists. acincpiau er toads aPAln t latjlh Vnrfhorn or aLK)a ' of wiat It i BOOTH'S SUCCESSOR. wa. taxed JLa;8t new! it by the arrangement ."' ,ar 'rotn ?:i3,000 ui f 40.000. Tbe Ho Appoint His Daughter to Com- ( dlvido tbe '2ff,0(J9 extra be- mand the Salvation Army. UB, V!" - tosDOX, Oct. I?. rTRmrxE Dispatch-S- an Tranclsco Chronicle Series. General X '5,sDay';Kicycle Contest, 0H' tnidafter Booth lias began to provide for the future isShortly to-dy Jan started a .mn;en P';J 'wuie1 : Madison of the Salvation Array. , lie has Square Garden, his daughter. Mareebal Booth, to :reeeive varying nominated him ,,r ;..' r!"al "leadersf the'en'-i-fla command of the relisiious succeed ' to re-l- i. 's T V gate ral so fcilas is tho tnl$.imom' doing he passes over Lieutea-ant-Generecord hosts. In exnaturally The Brapiweli. whosome 7:1 TCct l'es will be awarded. No day. be used, fThe track;. is pected to succeed Boutn 10 the 01 lie. his reasons very briefly. ,1 to Srst nlla was General gives and ths first hoar, Wood, tbs -- Wo arc tho trst rulers." be says. "If showa on several rttfi rd - ' fUMMKV OF LOCAL lEVENTS. Good Salisbury's lepiiew, Earned His Promotion. Allhocgh f Men cjxth paSP. Commercial A ! 5 JdicationiTlntiaFixcursioii critical occasions by Queen - Victoria, you LINCOLN AS A SPIRITUALIST. will agree with me that she acted while her advisers were seeklnir how. to act, . I am A Medium Relates Her Experience arraoginz that the work of saving human With the President. souls may go on after my death. All the title deeds will be transferred to my daugh-f Whits Piaists, - N. Y., Oct. 18. A book ? ter's name." ; entitled, "Abraham Lincoln as a'Splritual-ist,- " of by Mrs. Nettie Colburn-MaynaCHICAGO'S ALLi RIGHT. declarations some this city, makes startling The English World's Fair Commis- regarding Mr. Lincoln's.' belief In supernatural communications. She stales that sioner Reports Favorably ' ; in the latter .part of 18G2, when she was a Lojfoosr, Oct. 18 Tbo Times publishes in a interview with Sir Henry V00d. the English young girl and had some reputation as bewas and in sho medium, Washington Commissioner to 'the World's Fair at came acquainted with Mrs. Lincoln and a Chicago, who has just returned jiome, fir number of other prominent persons who atHeriry. confesses that he has quite changed his opinion that New York is the best city tended her seances; Mrs. Lincoln Induced for the proposed exhibition. The citizens the President to attend one of her seances, of Chicago are justly proud of their city. and on that occasion he was warned by the Ue quite believes that their private munifiunconscious medium not to postpone the cence would supply any lack of funds neces- issuance of the emancipation proclamation. sary to make the exhibition a thorough sucThose present were surprised, asking cess. It is certain that English exhibitors li if t Lincoln will meet with every possible facility. amy pressure bad been brought to bear to secure a deferment of the proclaAN INFAMOUS PLATFORM "f mation. ne replied that there had been pressure of the strongest kind, but was Of Perpetual Hostility Erected Over much impressed by the incident, aud shortly after he issued the proclamation. 't . ParnelVs Grave. Mrs. 'Lincoln obtained a clerkship for IiOXDOx, Oct. 18. John Dillon, In a speech Miss Col burn, and tla latter remained in at Dungarvoiv explained that She and his Washington, frequently giving sennces. The Llucoln was again prescolleagues were absent from the Parnell following February through her funeral in order to prevent unseemly dis- ent at a seance, and the aspirit precarious-conditiotold that the jcompany order. He charged that bl$ .opponents had of things prevailed in hired men whom they plied; with Idrioks vto THE AEMV AT THE FROST, publicly call him a murderer. Heklenbunepd its usefulness. Tbe Presidentn. those who are making on the fresh sjrave..of threatening You 'seem to understand the Parnell a platform of the infamous i cospel said: Can you point out the remedy?" of perpetual hostility and National dissent ' The spirit advised him to personally go to sion. He hoped that bitter attacks upon Parrtell's memory, such as has been printed the front with his family; going among the : Inquiring into their grievances, by the Irish Catholic whichlwere &ncatbotc, soldiers, he was tbe father and showing them,"' that unchristian and a disgrace jto Irish" journali of his people. ism, would not be repeated; Thd latter, reLincoln said that he would do as advised mark created a sensation. il ' Ft-- and soon did so with "good results. At the seance Lincoln, H. D. Somer, Consrressman A Notable Work to Re lt61sstied from Maine, Colonel S. P. Kane of PhiladelBerlin,-.Oct- . 18 fTKiBUSB pispatcb-r-Sa- n and others sat upon a piano, which Francisco Cluonielt Series.i An ant phia their weight, was moved rtouncement of the highest interest to statist notwithstanding v the spirits. by ticians throughout the world comes froni" When asked what be thought of the affair tbe little city of Goth a. It is to the effect; Lincoln was rettcient. but stated freely that that the famous publishingt house of "Justiif he had not supposed that the things comPerXhes, widely known for its 'Wlmanacujde municated by the spirits were known to Gotba" aud its numerous geographical but himself. pbf anyTbeonenext lications, has this year resumed ithe ipublli time the: medium met Lincolne. cation of the Bevo3lkerung der BrdeL Thhjr was on tbe day of the battle of Cbancellors-vill- ' notable work was Urst issued inil821 undef was. and President The the editorship of Dr. Ernest BeWn, now del at the suggestion of Mrs. very.anxious Lincoln Miss Col-buceased,t and Dr. Hermann Wagner; now pi-was invited and received word from fessor'-oin the University of geography land. It was to the effect that the Goettingen.- - A new edition wajs published spirit Union forces were holding their own. ' Next about every two years until! the proparatloii this was confirmed by official advices. of the eighth was well under way Tbeii day In tbe winter of 'C3-- 4 at a seance the Br. Bebni died and Professor Wagner? abiin TERRIBLE OF THE FREEDMEX CONDITION doned the task, feeling unable 1 to p alonQ was a communication made of the subject carry it to completion. Tbiis the? valuable in which the President was urged to apwork has for the past nine years been;nir lowed to lapse. It is now resumed with DrJ point a committee to investigate the queswhich he sooa did. Sickles was presWagner's name' on the title pane as chief tion, , at the seanee... editor, and with that of Dr. Siipan i as hisl entMrs. Ml Mayeard states that during the associate. if f winter: there were held many private seances, at which the President and wife were Italian Gates Opened jto Sir. Hojj, New York, Oct. 18 President; Louis Con4 the only visitors, but that as she was untencin of tbe Italian Chamber of 'Coniii)efc0E conscious at the, time of the spirit communia cablegram frqni the IuilH cation and neither of the auditors ever told received y fan Minister at Kome statlngUhat :it ijaoj her wb.tt occurred she can give no informabeen unammoi sly decided to t abolish; the! tion regarding that. decree against American pork, and ai proe . .During tho winter of 1864-- Charles Colamation to that effect will be Issued byithef lchester and Charles Foster, two mediums, held a seance for Lincoln, and Italian uovernmant. through them, as well us her. Llucoln was KO OFFICIAI. IXFORMATfOJf. i warned of bis approaching fate. He did not 18. The Stjtte'Depart Oct Washington, admit j however, that he placed reliance on . a. .. a mens uas nui yet receiveuian j in these "brophecles. fonuation regarding tbe reported removal The writer of the book, who is now the 0,1 the prohibition on American ork by jbh wife of William Porter . JIaynard, and Italian Government The negotiations nave; besides these also gives many .interesting "reminiscences ofJLracoln, In general, which toward that end. she bad many opportunities of observing. .'. Peterburo, Oct St. 18 Tribune Dis- patch San Francisco Cnronfel Series. The great famine in Ireland was a scourge upon part of a people of five or six millions. The.present famine in Russia is starvation for five or six times five or six millions. These figures give some idea of the magnitude of the calamity. Tbe Government officials' report, not on rough estimate, but after careful investigation, that more than thirty-tw- o million people in European Rus sia are at this moment in danger of actual starvation a danger that can; be averted' only by extraneous aid. It is as though half the people in the United States were destitute, having not a week's food on baud and not a dollar to procure it with. Such a situation v is without comparable precenoent ; In modern history. Tbat it is not only pos sible, but Is an actual fact, suggests some extraordinary considerations regarding the social and industrial economy ot the empire and the responsibilities of a "paternal Is an anomaly, and It seems' inexcusable: that such a famine should come to such a country and it is only to be accounted for by some reason outside Of the ordinary process as of nature. r The only available food for some millions of people Is now what is called "hunger bread." The only Ingredient of this that bears any relation to proper food consists of mill sweepings and mill-yar- d The latter is simply the ' upper scrapings. layer of ground surrounding the mill. It contains, of course, a certain percentage of flour and grain that has been trampled into the soil, but which has become almost entirely rot- -, ten. The gov-ernmen- f'It REMAINDER OF THE HUNGER LOAF 1 is made up of bark of trees, moss and leaves and roots of various weeds. Even for this vile stuff the starving people have to pay more than the usual price of whole some bread.. How wholesome the hanger loaf is may be Imagined from the fact that farmers will not feed mill sweeplngs-r-lt- s -- best ingredient to their cattle, because, as they say. It causes spasms and bloatlnir and fatal diseases, and does not' even temtbe craings of hunger. porarily satisfy And yet that' Is tbe only food that is being put into millions of human stomachs. Dri Hall's relationship to the Inthan this. In many places this "hunstitution has been of 1 long: standing and Worse ger food" is made eutlrely without a trace great value.T He is not only pastor of the of grain. Its component parts being bark, richest Presbyterian Church in America, but .la a preacher of ; great intellectual chopped straw, pig weed and 'powdered, expower. H is 1 fame abroad is greater than crement of cattle. This is the only food of that of almost any other American preacher. millions. There is much talk about the For years his presence in the: board of di- BENEVOLENT EFFORTS OF THE' GOVERNMENT rectors baa been a shield to DrJ Briggs. Had tbe nobility. Various wealthy people, it not been for his assurance that the pro- and Governors and others, . have provincial fessor's instructions were not dangerous, on their,- tables bread" "hunger placed action would have been begun in the Pres- every day. That is to have loaves say, they bytery against Briggs years ago. of coarse black bread; made of ground peas, bark, etc., ostentatiously displayed on platA CROOKED STOREKEEPER. ters of fine china, and while they are eating choicest white bread they look curiously Gross Frauds Alleged :in the Pur- the at the loathsome black mass and say "That's chase Of Coal and Provisions. the stuff peasants have to eat." Army officers here have slopped drinking champagne, 18. ''A. storeOct. Cells, Chicago, and a great flourish of trumpets is made keeper of the Cook County Insane Asylum,-wa- s over tho fact. But they have merely substiarrested last night; for 'malfeasance in tuted other wines, equally costly. In fact, office in making false and "fraudulent entries in his official record sL ' lie is said to be there Is in St. Petersburg society, LITTLE INDICATION OF REAL 'SYMPATHY1 one of the alleged gang which has been systematically fobbing! the ton nt y W unknown with the starving myriads of the provinces; sums of money. Gross frauds in the pur- It is true that the Government Is giving milchases of coal, provisions; etc., are alleged. lions of roubles to relieve the distress. It is An Investigation is: also being made of the also unhappily true that gross scandals have poorhouse affairs, j already arisen concerning the' distribution of thw fund, sevcrnl rasps nf whnlsnlA fraud having occurred. In a month, or six WilljBring Suit;fo'r Libel. Sax Antonio., Tex., Oct 18 Tribune weeks at the most, it is calculated that tbe wretched resources of "hunger food" even Dispatch San Francisco C7wonicla Series. The board of directors of the Aransas Har- will be exhausted, and tlte : famine will reach its culmination. Tbe case is nnspeak- -, bor Improvement Company, pf which Rusbold a meeting ably terrible now. What sell B. Harrison is it will be then thei members present defies imagination. , ' here Among were A. J- - Holmes, sergeant-iat-arm- s of the National House of Representatives of WashRUSSIAN BARBARISM. ' LIMatlock' of Fort Worth. Tex., ington, A. T. B. Wboler and of Austin, jTex. The action of certain Dr. Kempst er Will Report on tho Treatment of tho Jews. nswspapers in publishing attacks on the company was discussed, and;resulted in the London, Oct 18. Tribune Dispatch. attorney of j the company being instructed San Franciso Cftrontcle Series. J America to bring suits for alleged libel In heavy will have a startling story ot Russian baramounts against the New lYork .H'orld. St. Louis Republic and other newspapers. The barism presented' to it in a few weeks, when Dr. Walter Kempstcr, the last of the Govcompany decided to goon with; tbe improvement work and also to collect all payments ernment Immigration Commissioners, arf outstanding from purchasers of lots. rives with his report, on which lie is now at 'I j iii work here in London. Dr. Kempster, who ' An Organization for; Plunder. on Wednesday, has the very highest sails 18. New York. Oct. (Tribune Dispatch of the Jewish population, particuSan Francisco Chronicle Series. opinion George William Curtis haf come out in a strong larly those forming colonies, and is boiling letter against Tammany II all. which" is in over with indignation and horror at tho control of the Democratic State campaign. inhuman treatment they are receiving from the Russians. Information Is sent to me He says: !"Tammany Hall has shown its suin tbe State; convention of by underground railway from Moscow that preme Influence its party; - and now alms at control of the Count Koffsky. the Cossack Chief of Police, whose brutalities in evicting the poor Jews State government and the State representation in the next Democratic National Con- of Moscow last March shocked the whole world, has for eight weeks been confined to vention. Whatever may be bur party symby delirium tremens. He is also pathies, the success pf such an effort would his house under a cloud of another character, being be a common national disgrace." He characterizes Tammany as fan organization for implicated with ouo of his subordinates, Lentolfscky, in forgeries " amounting to plunder and without politics." 200.000 roubles. - - . j ! '''Si . . to-da- yj , - : ' i : - - German Bark Ashore. . Ferxandina. Fla.i Oct 18i ; . The German Limited Train. - The- following definition of a llmit'e'd bark vSoledeo Gloria," from Kingston, Jamaica, bound for St j Thomas, is ashore .and train, given by an official of a big road, is going to pieces. Last Friday Isho anchored clear, plain and will be of interest to thouoff Fernandina bar and asked for a tug, sands: First It is limited as to its time.' of her crew had died of Second It is limited as to the number of saying that three fever and two more were sick. She had only cars and weight of train. Third It is limfive men 1 fit for duty. Saturday the tug ited as to the class of cars. Fourth It is went out. but she was ashore, j The surviv- limited as to the number and class of pasing members of the crew are at a house on sengers permitted transportation thereon, Talbot island, and are being watched until this last limit being adopted so that every the nature of their malady is learned. passenger may have ample accommodation and not bo crowded or interfered with by Boat Race. other passengers. The fact that an addiThe Peferson-"Dutch- " San Francisco. Oct. 18. The boat race tional fare is charged on a limited train, of three miles with a turn, between 'Dutch" and, further, that nothing but first-claand Peterson, was won by f the latter in tickets are' accepted for passage, tends to twenty one minutes.' ''Dutch" lost twenty limit the class of travel which is carried. seconds In: the middle of the race by a misPittsburg Post. take in turning the wrong stake-boa- t. ' Horseshoe Luck. Several Injured at a Fire. Brown "Old Cobwigger is remarkably PlTTsBuna, Oct.' 18. The Phiiilps. glasssuperstitious for a man of his Intelligence. ware house was slightly damaged by fire to- I saw him pick up an old horseshoe the night. During the fire a temporary bridge other day." Merritt "Yes. He nailed It over that fell, carrying with it a score or more of men, women and children.! Several were injured, $:U00 vase in his library." Brown "Did it bring him good luck?" but noue seriously. Merritt "It fell down and broke the A Triumphant Grammarian. vase." Harper's Bazar. The following incident occurred In a Med ford school: A class in "(grammar was Thev Shouldn't Throw. A woman who threw vitriol at a man in reciting, and one of the younger boys was asked to compare "sick." the other day got some of It ou He began .thoughtfully! '"Sick," paused Brooklyn her own beauty aud euifercd dreadfully. while hi brain strugsled with the problem, Ladies cannot be too careful in these indulthen finished triumphantly, "tick, worse, gences. Judge. dead." llaipcr'e Bazar. ; ! . ss -- i - . ? : i i - i Walked With His Dog. The Cossack "Lieutenant, Backmontoff has walked from Vludlvostock to St. Petersburg in thirteen months and has since started off for Paris, lie Is accocipanisd by a stuall gray dos. I A Careless Engagement. Polly So you aro really and truly gasod. How did it eoiue about? Patsy Well, papa said ho dlZn't mamma said she didn't care. Jack didn't care, and I'm sura F d'ia't c r- - . ,.j |