Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1890 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1890.

BLAINE'S CAUTION TO VOTERS

Republicans Warned Not lo flo Led Astray by tho Organs of Free Trade. Final Appeal to Pennsylvanians to Unite at tiie Folia in Defense of Protection and Cast Their Ballots in Favor of America. Hypocrisy of Democrats and Their Everlasting Cry of Unconstitutionality. Another Tribute to the President and His Efficient Administration Short Address by Postmaster-General Wanamaker. Philadelphia. Nov. 1. Secretary Maine arrived here from Washington at 1 o'clock this afternoon. An enthusiastic crowd cheered him as he stepped from the Pennsylvania "station, and he received a great ovation later in the afternoon as he appeared on the stage of the Academy of Mu6io to address the Republican mass-meeting.. The spacions building was crowded to the doors and hundred were unable to gain admission. Mr. Blaine was accompanied by several members of his family and Postmaster-general Wanamaker. After his speech at the Academy of Music he went to the Union League, where he held a reception Xrom 4 until C. Mr. Blaine, began his speech as follows: "Ladies and Gentlemen Thanking you, first of all for an old-fashioned, hearty, Pennsylvania welcome, for which on this occasion, as on many others, I am your debtor, I shall proceed to the duty in hand. This is not an ordinary occasion, or I would not be here." Mr. limine then spoke of the political campaign in this State, and continued aa follows: "The Congress of the United States has lately passed a new tarili bilL Doyoa suppose that the great free-trade papers in New York and elewhere throughout the Union would care to follow up Mr. Delamater on uersonal charges if they did not have some great purpose beyond? If they r-an elect Mr. Pattison and defeat Mr. Deiamater it is a prodigious gain to the cause of free trade, and it is a prodigious loss to the cause of protection. Pennsylvania is not only the .Key-stone state ox the union, out even in a greater sense, sba is the key-stone of the cause of protection. If she falls back now, when the tarili is in its severest trial, tbe free-traders sen or think they see an easy road to the presidency in 192. . Pennsylvania, with the surroundinrr Stat th six StAtft that horder nnon her, can settle the presidency. I want to remind you. especially you Republicans who honestly dill'er from tho great body of your party, tht every one of those States at present is. in Democratic handsOhio, Indiana"? New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia. The decisive point of the struggle in 1802 may lie in Pennsylvania and in those States, and how any true friend of tho Republican party, ho v any honest believer in the doctrine of protection can put to hazard the strong position of Pennsylvania at this critical time, I fail to- discover. 1 impute motives to no man. and yet I must remind every man that he is: morally responsible for the plain results of his actions. If Pennsylvania, under a pretext, can at this time bedrifted from her life-long allegiance to the doctrine of protection, and shall elect a gentleman of whom 1 know nothing politically, except that he is ranked with the free-traders if they can to-day elect as Governor of Pennsylvania as ardent a freetrader as President Cleveland himself, there may be no balm in Qilead that can heal that wound. ISSUF.3 CONCEALED UNDER ABUSE. ' "I speak strongly on this question. I speak strongly because l ao not want to sco this State misled by the free-traders of Now York city. Even the blind can see that the free-traders of New York city, with their powerful organs, aro leading the van for the Democratic candidate in this State and against the Republican candidate. The source and inspiration of the Democratic canvass in Pennsvlvania comes tfrorn that city. The crushing blow, if they succeed, is npon Pennsylvania. Tho issue itself is concealed under this mountain of abuse of the Republican candidate for Governor. Its object is plain. It is for Pennsylvania now to show that the results of this campaign shall not be enjoyed by the enemies of protection. V have had some little experience of late with the Democrats in CongTess. .There is undoubtedly in Republican ranks some difference as to the character of the new tariff bilL Let us be frank. There was a difference, but of the sixty-two or Dl-A w AAA V V UJiiAiUUO VA VViU bAAt V AA w ' inhabit tho United States every man cannot have his say in making up a tariff bill. That duty was remitted to the Congress of th9 United States. Tho bill .which was finally passed was tho result of compromise, and I come with confidence to plead before the people of Pennsylvania, and especially before the people of Philadelphia, not to differ on details. It was in this Seat city that compromise gave us the eclaration of Independence. It was in t 1 X. C . ll M. 1 mis greub city inab compromise fave us the Constitution of the Jnited States. And if those great men who controlled those great historic events could compromise on issues pertaining to the very foundation of the oven if we diner on the dotting of an i, or crossing of a t, in a line or a section can ,i : ii l wo liut ivicgu our uiuoruuccs, uuu us uuo man support the measure that our Representatives have enacted! Cheers. "I have a little personal grievance myself, but not against Republicans. I Merriment and applause. During the consideration of that tariff law a discussion grew -upon the question of attaching to the bill or incorporating with it a principle of reciprocal trade. Cheers. As I have said before, elsewhere, lor the little part I took in that, for the first four or live weeks I was the most popular Republican with the Democratic party in this country. Laughter. They thought 1 was trying to divide the Republican party On the doctrine of protection, and I was soon patted on tho back and encouraged by the Democratic party. Continued laughter. Well, I could stand that sort of thing while I was laboring, as others were laboring more earnestly than myself, to bring the Republican party together, and finally, as one man, we incorporated the doctrines of reciprocity in the tarili bill. Just as soon as the Democrats found that that had been done they did not want any reciprocity at all. They said, in effect, "reciprocity is an excellent measure if it will divide the protectionists in two, but if you go to incorporateitintothe Republican platf orm and make it a part of the political system, wo do not want any of it, and. bosides. it is unconstitutional.' (Laughter. Nearly every Democratic Senator who spoke sought to prove that reciprocity incorporated in the tariff bill was unconstitutional. TIIK CKY OF UNCONSTITUTIONALITY. "Did you ezer stop to reilect, my friends, what this country would have been to-day if we had bem balked by the cr3' of unconstitutionality every time that it was made by the Democrats. We should not have been able to defend the Union when it was assaulted: we should not have been able to issue greenbacks for its support: wo should not have been able to organize a national bank; wo should not have been able to improve a river that did not have salt water in it; we nhould not have been able to improve a harbor in tho interior States; we should not havo been able to give freedom to a hlave, and as the next point, we ebould not bo able to secure reciprocity iu our international trade. . By every attempt, gentlemen, serious aud sober, individual and associated, in every form in which political action can bo taken, the Democratic party expects to wound and have cotue to raise my voice in Pennsylvania to ask the 'Mother of Protection' to cvo that heroff springshall not be strangled.

If my voice can have any intlnence with a binitlo man among those who are dissenting from the regular organization. 1 appeal to him not to think that it will bo all well next year.

"It has been said to me within the last . ft .. a a . tl mouth very irequently, 'Don t neaisturuea about it; this light of ours is merely local, and next year we will all be back.' My friends, faction is the offspring of discontent; faction leads to defeat aud defeat leads to mutual hostility and disorganization. If this light is continued, with a disastrous end, it will bo a long time, I fear, before you will sro tho Republican part j of Pennsylvania come forth in its original strength aud its invincible power. Now is tho time to stand forth. It is in the power of every Republican in the State to join with the great throng on behUf of tho issue of protection, upon which Pennsylvania, as I have said before, is tho leading Stato in tho Union. "1 do not mean to imply at all, gentlemen, that the result of the election for Congress whether we loe or whether we gain it will in any great degree affect the Republican party. I believe that from the presidency of Andrew Jackson, with one exception, down to the time of Abraham Lincoln Icheersl let me repeat that name, for I like to hear it cheered (continued cheering.l I go back further, from the time of John 12nincy Adams to Abraham Lincoln, with one exception, every administration lost its second Congress. So 1 have not come here to raise a wail or to sound any alarm upon the possibility of the loss of tho House of Representatives. I hope we shall not lose it, I believe there is a good chance that we shall not: but that is easily recovered. It is one of the natural reactions that come between the two presidential elections four years apart, and, as I have said, has been so frequent that it creates no disturbance on the one side and no elation on , the other. I am not speakins of that. What I deplore is a popular vote in Pennsylvania that shall encourage New Jersy in her Democracy: that shall lead the dissenting branches of the Democratic party in New York to close up and make their strength felt; thatch all cripple Ohio in her effort to throw off Democratic power in the executive and gerrymandering power in the district; that shall throw back Delaware in her Republican progress; that shall make Maryland a hopeless instead of a hopeful State, and that shall take from us the power to establish the Republican - standard in the new and advancing State of West Virginia. Every one of those considerations confront you in the vote that a Republican casts in Pennsylvania on Tuesday next. It is not a question of scandal, or abuse, or detraction it is none of these; those are merely tho' masks that hide the free-trade face behind them. ' "It is not generally considered in tho best taste for a member of an administration to eulogize the President under whom he serves, but in Pennsylvania whero, you will excuse me for saying, 1 always ieel at home you will pardon me for saying that tho administration of President Harrison Icheersf, so far as that eminent man controls it. has been a modest administration, a working administration, a conscientious administration, an efficient administration. The country has been peaceful, industrious, prosperous. It has gone forward in a quiet career such as a republican government should always exhibit. I ask you, iu casting , your ballots 'on Tuesday next, to remember that you can sustain the administration of an able, conscientious and independent President, or yon can set a seal of doubt upon it; you can do much to perpetuate Republican administration, or you can do much to destroy it. It is in your hands. I have coino here, not with the purpose of eulogizing the administration, but to bear my testimony and give you a warning that as Pennsylvania votes on nextTuesday, the Nation votes two years hence." MR. AVANAMAKER'S REMARKS. At the conclusion of Mr. Blaine's speech there were cries for Mr. Wanamaker from all parts of thq house, and the Postmastergeneral, npon walking to the front of the stage, was greeted with prolonged applause. Mr. Wanamaker thanked those present" for giving both Mr. Blaine and himself such a welcome reception. T am sure,? said he, "that Mr. Blaine, although they charge him with being a monopolist, has a yery large place in our hearts, for the crowd nnon the outside of the Academy is every bit as large, ' if not larger, than the one on the inside. The man must be stone dead "who would not appreciate the welcome which has been bestowed upon Secretary Blaine. I know it has been said that this was only to be a pleasure excursion; that Mr. Blaine would not repeat" on the issues of the day. Was there any uncertainty about his words! Cries of 'Not any.' No; that is true. There was not a single uncertainty about what he said, and I already feel the victory which is sure to come to the Republican party in Pennsylvania on Tues-" dey next. No man in the country deserves more praise than does James G. Blaine. You can always tind the right way if you find Mr. Blaine, and so to-day, when you heard his words, I could hear you say: Til vote as James G. Blaine votes.' "It has been said and is still being said that wages in this country are not keeping Sace with protection. This is not true. either is it true that all the wages will or can be raised at one time. There are other things that are far more important. Plenty of work is what is wanted, and no stoppage of the mills." - Mr. Wanamaker indorsed what Mr. Blaine had uttered in reference to President Harrison's administration, saying T have watched close every step during these last two years, and I never ' saw any set of men more devoted to the interest ot any cause than the chiefs surrounding the President." Mr. Wanamaker closed with the declaration that he had "come home to vote," which produced much applause. STRYCHNINE OR TETANUS? TryingtoFind Out by Expert Testimony Which Killed Mrs. Pettit J)r. Peters on the Stand. Special to tbe Indianapolis JournaL Crawfordsville, Ind., Nov. 1. Dr. Peters was again on the stand in the Pettit murder case, being cross-examined. In his analysis he used the decomposed walls of the stomach. He found dark iluid blood in the heart, as is usual in strychnine poisoning. Soreness of the stomach is not a sign of strychnine, but acute soreness is of tetanus. Malaria does not result in tetanic convulsions, but extreme colds could. Tetanus may result from the extraction of . a tooth. Mrs. Pettit had had some teeth extracted before her illness. Patient calls for help in both tetanic and strychnine convulsions when they feel it coming on, and tetanus would last for days, while strychniue would bo only for hours. If chloroform was given constantly in tetanic convulsions it would cause relaxation between them. From his testimony it could be seen that Mrs, Pettit might have had convulsions resulting from strychnine or from tetanus. The .witness also said that there was no strychniue in the fluids taken from the body, and that he did not make a test for arsenite of ' soda. The effect of strychnine is not the same on frogs as with human beings. In the latter a dose is fatal in six hours after given, if at all, and elimination will not come about in that time, and witness didn't know that chloroform would have any effect to bring about tho latter. The fact that oil was given on Wednesday, then followed by breakfast and a quinine capsule, and all this by convulsions, ending in death, is not sufficient evidence to ha.se an opinion that strychniue had been given in the oil; yet a lull btomach might have retarded the effects of tho poison. Strychnine would make tea bitter, of which Mrs. Pettit complained. Dr. Peters would not agree with Clement Bartholoinow.who says 1 hat "in early stages of tetanic convulsions there is complete relaxation," as was tho case with Mrs. Pettit. Never heard of overwork or malarial depression causing tetauic convulsions, but these :: net strychnine convulsions have similar intervals. Charcoal is tho best to give for a remedy, because it takes up tho strychnine and quickly removes it. The witness did not know the effect of the medicines given, tho foods and embalming lluids upou the body of Mrs. Pettit. Only a small amount of strychnine could be absorbed through the skin, and not enough to cause said ellects. The basis of tho opinion of the witness as to strychnine poisoning is taken from the sworn testimony about the case during tho four days precdirg death, which could not have been caused by any medicine givmi by the doctor. The. u that Dr. Peters gave for not . , -.

having any one to assist him in making a chemical analysis was because "he could not swear that the results secured were correct," and that he did not violate tho law of chemistry in making it alone. On re-direct examination he claims that if complete relaxation followed the giying of chloroform on Tuesday, it indicated strychnine poisoning, and if it was tetanus convulsions it would have made tho patient unconscious. Vegetable ptomaines would be destroyed ' in the aualvsis, and sulphuric acid would color 1 the stomach and contents. He thought that the fact that Mrs. Pettit had been suffering from malaria previous to her illness, would not affect tho opinions of the witness that Mn. Pettit died from strychnine poisoning. On a re-cross-examination he said that he did not know it if malaria is a predisposing causo of tetanus.. Dr. . Peters was then excused. Several physicians of this city are to be placed upon the aland, and it is expected that when their testimony is boiled down that the same question will still be asked what killed Mrs. Pettit!

; KICK FROM BROTHERHOOD PLAYERS. Unless They Are Consulted in the Proposed Consolidation They Will Form Another League. New York, Nov. l. If tho feeling that the players entertain at present does not subside in a day or two there is likely to be trouble over the consolidation scheme now being worked by the capitalists. All the players here yesterday are unanimous in their denunciation of the capitalists. They intimate that if they are not consulted about some of the doings toward a settlement another block may be placed under the wheels and consolidation receive another set-back. They say that nothing can be done without their services, and if the capitalists on both sides do form a coalition the players may be found missing, as they are likely to get new backers. John M. Ward, the acknowledged leader of the Brotherhood, said yesterday: "All this talk about consolidation is a myth. It is being given out to deceive the public. There has been no consolidation in general. The New . York clubs, however, have undoubtedly come together. The only Players League backers to weaken are the New York people. But I don't know as that will affect the Players' League.. Mr. Taleott's interest may be bought out. If that is done, I see no reason why the Players' League will uot go another season. I tell you it is not right for some of our backers to go on and hold secret meetings. But I am of the opinion that if tbe dissatisfied ones have their losses made good they will sell out." There is no question that some of the players do not intend to submit so easily as . has been imagined. Whether their efforts will be of any avail cannot be said. At any rate the players hereabouts are strongly of the opinion that a meeting of the Brotherhood should be called and some course of action mapped out. They say the League repudiated the committee of tho Players' League because there were players on it; the capitalists had no business to go the next day and drum up the National League capitalists and hold a meeting. It is their desire to find out what all these actions mean. Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION. Topics Discussed at Richmond YesterdayState Committee Report Adopted.'' Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ' .Richmond, Ind., Nov. L The Young Mens' Christian Association State Convention opened this morning at 9 o'clock. "International and State Work" was ably discussed by C. J. Hicks, one of the three International College secretaries; J. W. Han-, sell, secretary of the Western Secretarial Institute of Lake Geneva; A. G. Shepard, of Richmond; L. C. Whitcomb, of South Bend; Haffie, of Evansville; Jones, of New Albany; Dunning, of Indiananolis, - and others. The report of the committee on the State committee report was made by L. C. Whitcomb. The report recommended that an office Stato secretary should be ein-1 ployed. It also embraced a budget amounting to $4,S00. The report was adopted. Tbe topic of "The State Work" was presented by George S. Fisher in a heart-searching manner, and the audience was greatly moved. , .The programme this afternoon was a Bible reading by H. P. Williams, from 2 to 3 o'clock, at which hour the following were considered: Week of prayer; the boys' department; extension work, home and foreign; theyoung man's era, and the Wet tern Secretarial Institute, after which came the closing business. A stereopticon exhibition of the homes which other cities have provided for their Y. M. C. A. was made at the Grand Opera-house this evening, with the hope that it would inspire the right spirit in that direction here, but no effort "was made to raise money to that end. Monday's programme is: Consecration service, meetings in churches and special service for college men, at Earlham College, in the morning; gospel meetings in the afternoon and addresses in churches, and a farewell meeting in the evening. m WILL MOVE TO INDIANA. Armour and Other Chicago Packers to Establish a Large City in Lake County. Chicago, Nov. L The details of an immense deal in real estate by the great packing firms of Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Morris & Co. are made, publie this morning. They have purchased 3.G00 acres of land at the southern end of Lake Michigan, in Lake county, Indiana, and will remove their immense plants to that point, where they will establish a vast manufacturing center. The business of these three firms alone amounts to about $150,. 000,000 per annum, and it is estimated that they, with others in tbe same and similar lines of business who will be drawn there, will, within the next live years, gather at that point a population of 150,000 souls. The Calumet river runs through the heart of the tract and will furnish vast dockage facilities in direct connection with Lake Michigan, which is one of the special advantages sought by the projectors of the enterprise, while at the same time the railroad facilities are perfect. The new town will have its own water supply at greatly reduced rates, and the plants will be relieved of the heavy burden of city taxation. In addition to these advantages, it is said that natural gas will be brought into the new town, whose use as fuel will further cheapen the operating plants. Dramatic Incident In a Court-Room. Nevada, Mo., Nov. 1. A highly dramatic court scene was witnessed here yesterday afternoon, in the Probate Court room. Habeas corpus proceedings had been instituted by Mrs. Delia Jeffries for the possession of her two-year-old baby boy, who wa held by a hired nurse for a 8100 board bill due. The mother had placed the child in the nurse'shands to be cared for at a stipulated price per week. She failed to Fay the amount agreed. Meanwhile Mrs. larvey. the nurse, became so attached to the child that 6he refused to surrender it. The evidence was damaging to the mother's character, and Judge Gray decided that she was not a lit custodian for the child, which he ordered to be left in Mrs. Harvey's possession. The mother appeared to beutterly broken-hearted by the decision of the court, aud gave voice to her pnef in loud shrieks. She was with difficulty removed from the court-room. Illinois Mining Troubles. Springfield, 111.. Nov. l. All miners in the Springfield subdistrict left their work to-day and held meetings in the courthouse, where speeches were made by John B. Rea, of Ohio, president of the United Mine-workers of America, and others. A conference was held to-night between Mr. Rea and Secretary Howells, of the United Mine-workers of America, for the miners on ono hand and the coal operators on tho other. Mr. Rea made a demand for an increase in the price of mining iu the Springfield district from 5(i to cents. Tho operators did not give any answer then, and later a" inajoritj of the operators held a meeting, but arrived at no conclusion. It is probable that about one-fourth of the operators will pay the advance and the remainder will refuse, and their men will remain out.

FENIANS MAY BE PARDONED

Unconditional Discharges to Bo Granted Zealous but 3Iisgnided Irishmen. Social and Political Condition of the Emerald Isle as Viewed by Secretary Balfour After a Tour of the Congested Districts. Efforts of Germany, Austria and France to Revise Their Respective Tariflfe, German Centrists at War with Socialists An Afghanistan Shah Who Is Plotting Against England Editor in Trouble. IRELAND AND ITS PEOPLE. I Fenians May Be Pardoned by the Qneen Balfour's Views on Needs of the Island. Copynprht. 1850, by the Fnited Press.! London, Nov. 1. It is stated this evening, on the authority of a leading ministerialist, that on the first day of the coming session of Parliament Queen Victoria, upon the recommendation of Lord Salisbury, will, as an act of grace, grant a conditional discharge to all the men undergoing life, sentences for participation in the earlier Fenian movements. ' Mr. Balfour has inoro than once expressed the opinion that these misguided men were angels compared with Nationalist members of Parliament, especially such members as Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon. In is claimed by Tories that such a dispensation of royal prerogative would be intensely popular in Ireland. Liberals claim that since the Davitt revelations regarding the manner in which these unfortunate enthusiasts were duped by British government officials and men in their employ, it can . ouly be considered as a simple act of -justice, though somewhat tardy in execution. The unexpected character of the proposal to pardon these alleged Fenians is peculiarly significant just now when regarded in connection with the very strong and circumstantial rumors of a dissolution at Easter. Mr. Balfour returned to Dublin last night. To a correspondent who questioned him regarding his western tour, he replied in substance: VMy reception has been friendly, in some instances I may say cordial, but no better than I anticipated from wbatl knew and believed of the Irish people, whose character, I am sure, is far from being fairly represented by the men whom Mr. Parnell has selected to represent them, aud but a comparatively small portion of whom, I believe, are in sympathy with the moonlighters, theboycotters,themutilators,the village tyrants and village ruffians, and all the miscellaneous cohort of criminals whose operations have brought, so much misery upon this part of tbe United Kingdom. I have carefully and cloeely inquired into the failure of the potato crop, and visited the districts where that failure was said to be most evident, and I am fully convinced that the resources of local relief, supplemented by kovernment aid, and by the opportunities for industry, which it proposes and is taking steps to provide, will be ample to deal with the emergency and prevent any serious Buttering." In reply to a question as to the political condition of Ireland MrBalfour answered: "Although I went about freely enough and unguarded I did not have the fortune to meet with even an uncivil demonstration, and the information given me, as well as my personal observation, left no doubt in. my mind that the land-purchase bill will be accepted by a vast majority of the peasantry as a remedy for the conditions of which they now complain so far as legislation cau ellect a remedy. 1 was everywhere told that the people were looking anxiously for the passago of the bill, and that sovere disappointment is felt that it has not yet become a law". I bolieve that to-day, if tbe incubus of the- terrbYtnsplred by the plan-of-cam-paign' conspirators was removed, the people would be brighter and happier, and that Ireland would never again, submit to the rule of a faction whose criminal work is being done by men who ought to be sent to the gallows, the prison or the convict's cell." ' f - ' TIIE PEOPLE TIRED OF AGITATION. ''That the mass of the Irish people are weary of agitation, of boycotting and of the graver forms of crime which have characterized tho past, ten years, I have," added Mr. Balfour, ''no doubt whatever. Even if the government should fail in its duty, ought it not to endeavor to break the chain of tyranny which binds communities like that of Tipperarv, and against which men like Bishop O'Dwyer and Canon Hogarty are manfully struggling. Whatever the Parnellites may say, tho issue is not one of politics, but of law of laws that apply to England, Ireland and Scotland, and that will be enforced in Ireland as they are enforced and obeyed in Great Britain as long as I hold tbe post of Chief Secretary." r - Asked for an expression as to the flight of Dillon and O'Brien Mr. Balfour said: "I have never accused either of them of personal cowardice, and Mr. Dillon especially has tbe courage to avow his intentions and purposes aud face the consequences. The explanation of their course is very simple. The conspiracy is in sore straits for money and they" expect ;to get it m America." In regard to' the Eccles election Mr. Balfour said that it did not turn on the Irish, question, but on the eight-hour and temperance issues. "So far an the condition of Ireland is concened,, continued Mr. Balfour, "it is far better to-day than when we received it from the Gladstone government. Boycotting, then prevalent throughout the south and west, is now confined to a few districts, and its victims, then numbered by thousands, may, now be counted by scores, and this has been accomplished without the weapon of summary imprisonment 'which Mr. Gladstone's administration so freely used. Crime has decreased in a marked degree and so has the number of persons imprisoned in connection with the criminal conspiracy against law and order." In regard to tbe Davitt charges Mr. Balfour said briefly: 'They do not in any way concern me. I have not read the stories, but 1 understand that substantially they make certain accusations against Mr. Gladstone's government. I. presume that if such is the case Mr. Gladstone and his associates will take such steps as they may deem necessary and proper. ; For me to ofi'er any would bo decidedly improper." ' "Perhaps the mostsatisfactors' feature of my journey," Mr. Balfour concluded, "has been tho willingness of tho people everywhere to oiler ral and practical suggestions as to tho improvement of the condition of Ireland. In this respect the people present a notable contrast to their representatives in the House of Commons. I have never been able to extract from the latter an opinion which any responsible Minister would think worthy considering with regard to those questions of the social and material welfare of their constituents, which ought to be, and which are. talked of outside the domain of party politics. If there is a question not connected with politics it is tbe question of light railways, yet the Honse of Commons had to sit up until long after sunrise to pass a bill which had for its solo ohject the hurrying up of those railway measures on which I partly rely to meet such distress as may occur in the winter." TAKIFF AGITATION. Germany and Austria Trying to Form a Customt Union No Ketaliatton. (Copyright. 1MJ0, by the New York Associated Press. Beklin, Nov., 1. The commission on the taritt question, presided over by HerrVon B(utticher, Minister of the Interior, has concluded its consideration of the proposed Austro-German customs union." The report of the commission has not been published, pending tbe progress of negotiations with Austria, but its conclusions are known to disfavor both an extensive revision of the customs and combined action in the way of reprisals for. the American and French tarills. The new French taritt', is a heavier blow, by far than tho McKinley- law against the I Austro-Hungarian export trade, for while

tho French measure does net affect Germany, exportation from Austria to' Franco is almost destroyed by tho new taritt'. Wood, sheep, corn. Hour, fresh and 6alt meat and beer are chiefly affect od. the in-, crease in the duties being praotcally prohibitive. Tho Austrian newspars declare that the French government, in drafting the bill, directly aimed at frustrating all attempts toward closer commercial relations between Germany and Austria. Herr Von Bo?tticher's commission, doubtless, had an influence upon the French tariff and other influences are at work. Protests, chiefly from the agricultural interests, have been pouring into the Chancellorie against a zollverein with Austria. A letter from Count Nimberg Stirnm. a Conservative member of the Unterhaus, embodying tbe sentiments of his party, was made public to-day. The writer warns tbe government against sacrificing for political considerations any of the essential economic interests of Germauy, and, in conclusion, says that an intimate commercial treaty with Austria, instead of cementing, would ultimately injure tho political alliance with that country. Thus thinks Count Stirum, whose letter is interpreted as a party protest against a reduction of the corn duties. The delegates from Bavaria, Baden, HesseDarmstadt and Wnrtemberg, who are assisting Herr Von Bcetticher, approve of a modification of the German tariffs on Austrian corn and cattle in exchange for advantages to German manufacturers. This is as far as Chancellor Von Caprivi now dare go in framing proposals for submission to Austria. The government does not come near Austria's wishes so far as joint reprisals lor the McKinley tariff are concerned, an official inquiry having shown conclusively that such action was an impossibility. The Cologne Gazette comments upon the situation, declares that the idea of a tariff war against America is entirely visionary, and that the difficulties in realizing such a project are insurmountable. France Opposed to Retaliation. , Paris, Nov. l.-The new French tariff bill, which is now before the Chamber of Deputies, contains one striking: fcatnre which has heretofore escaped much notice. This is a clause which gives to the President and . ' the Cabinet full power to retaliate to a great extent as they chooee upon articles exported to France by any country which discriminates against French products or in . any way erects barriers against French trade. This clause is obviously modeled to meet the American meat-inspection bill and is intended as the French answer to that measure. Tho general tone of the French press continues hostile to the adoption of retaliatory measures against tho United States because of the latter country's tariff legislation. Instead of speaking . in favor of xetaliation, the papers urge that mutual concessions be made by France and tho United States. They seem to imagine that if the French government makes considerable concessions it may gain a reduction of the American duties on silks and woolen goods. CENTRISTS AND SOCIALISTS.

The Former Will Make War on , the Latter on Account of Religious Differences. CopyrlKh 1890, by the New York Associated Press. Berlin, Nov. 1. The Centrists who were recently inclined to accept the assistance of the Socialists in demanding that the government assent to the return of the Jesuits, have opened an uncompromising war upon tho Socialists. Dr. Windthorst, in a conference at Cologne with the leaders of the Rhine Catholics, decided to entirely dissociate the Centrist policy from that of the Socialists, and to begin an active war against the Socialist party throughout tbe country. Meetings of Catholics in Baden, Wurtemberg and Bavaria already mark the fervor of the agitation. Although the congress at Halle elided the religious question, from the Socialist programme, the anti-religious character of socialism was openly avowed by the speakers. Since the congress at Cologne the Socialist committee has advised the party to abstain from taking part in Catholic reunions having pretended aims at social reforms. It distrusts the clerical zeal for the progress of democracy. The Centrist leaders, in view of the radical hostility of the Socialists, have resolved to treat them as irreconcilable adversaries. Herr Scborlemer-Alst, a leading Centrist, is circulating an appeal to the people to combine against the spread of doctrines aiming at the subversion of Christianity, tho destruction of the family, the suppression of property rights and the overthrow of the monarchy. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Saaid-Jel&l-Ud-Din Trying: to Make Trouble for England In Afghanistan. CCopyrig&t, 1890, by the United Press.. London, Nov. 1. An uneasy feeling prevails in the British Foreign Office owing to the action of the Ameer of Bokhara in ordering the Russian language to be taught in the higher schools of his dominions, and the news from Cabul received this afternoon to the effect that the mysterious Shah Daudet, who, it is stated, was preaching a jehad against Russians and English impartially, is' none other than the very notorious Saaid-Jelal-Ud-Din. and that theSaaid has never disguised the opinion he . holds , of the greatness and benevolence of holy Russia and the despotism of England. The Saaid has undoubtedly returned to central Asia. He has been at Yarkund and Herat, and is about to visit Cabul. Despatches have been sent by Lord Lansdowne, the Viceroy of India, to Abdurrahman, the Ameer of Afghanistan, requesting the latter not to allow this unauthorized fanatic to further preach his jehad, and not to leave the Saaid to his own devices, or in other words, to imprison him before he can further embitter the popular feeling in Afghanistan against England. , An Editor Causes an International Row. Berlin, Nov. 1. Emperor William has ordered that Herr Pfalsewaldt, editor of the Potsdamer Zeitung, be prosecuted for publishing the remark made by the Emperor in proposing a toast to the Duke of Connaught at a dinner given by the Ziethen Hussars, of which regiment the Duke is honorary colonel. The criticisms on the French press, which are daily submitted to the Emperor, drew attention to the Duke's presence at a banquet held to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of Metz, as well as the dinner of the Hussars, at which the Emperor called the Duke an able German officer, worthy to lead the Hussars in the presence of the enemy. Tho Freneh papers asked whether the future commander-in-chief of tht British army ought thus to identify himself with the German , army. M. Waddingtou, the French embassador to England, according to report, told Lord Salisbury that the Duke of Connaught's presence at the Metz anniversary, coupled with tho terms of the Kaiser's toast, was an ofl'ense to the French government. The Kaiser disavows the accuracy of tho report of his toast aud will prosecute Pfalsewaldt for its publication. Dr. Koch's Cure for Consumption. Bkrlin. Nov. 1. Dr. Koch will read a report on his cure for consumption at the Berlin Academy of Medicine, at the December meeting. Professor Leiden, who is in the confidence of Dr. Koch, considers the latter's discovery of the highest value to humanity. Die Nation says that it is a chemical substance which is injected into the body, and that it even checks cases of advanced tuberculosis. It is stated that a special institute will bo erected, at the cost of the government, for Dr. Koch's experiments with his announced cure for consumption, the establishment being conducted on the same general plan as the Pasteur institute. Deed of a French Maniac. Paris, Nov. l.A mauiac confined in the asylum at Limoges stabbed to death two of the warders there to-day, and then jumped from a window, crashing through the glass roof of the court-yard. He was badly injured, and was captured without difficulty. . Stanley Upheld by Jepson. , London, Nov. 1. Jepson's book, which came out. yesterday, takes a Stanley view of the character of Emin. The writer gives an interesting account of the , event at Wadelai. He says that Emin was deeply attached to his little

daughter which he had had by his deceased Abyssinian wife. -The book contains ths statement that Emin possessed a store-of ivory of the value of UlCO.OCO, but that ho had abandoned the collecting of ivory thrco years before his departure because he knonr it would nover be of use to him.

Sister Rose Gertrude Now a GoTerness. San FirANcisco, Nov. 1. The steamtr Australia brings the intelligence that Sister Rose Gertrude, the pretty young Englishwoman who created a great sensation by attempting to spend her life among the lepers of Molokai, one of the Sandwich islands, is now a governess In the family of John Eng, superintendent of tho Inter island Steam Navisation Company, at Honolulu. There is said to have been no truth in tho statement that sheivas engaged to Dr. Lutz. about whom aud Sibter Roso there was so much talk. Says Jameson Died of Starvation. London, Nov. 2. Herbert Ward, in a lecture here last night on hisexperiencesin ' Africa with the Stanle3' expedition, said that Jameson literally died of starvation and privation. Both Jameson and himself had to live on moldy bnscuits and rice full of maggots, while stores of luxuries were reserved for the advance column.- Major Barttclot, added Ward, in depriving himself and his associates of these luxuries, might havo been quixotic, but he certainly did Ahis duty.Bismarck Will Establish a Brewery. Berlin, Nov. 1. Together with several Hamburg financiers. Prince Bismarck will establish a brewery at Friedrichsruhe. The capital of the company will be 000,000 marks. The capitalists referred to will own the brewery, paying rent to Prince Bismarck, who reserves the right for his heirs to purchase the plant and business at the expiration of fifty years. It is calculated that the concern will have a large export trade. Cable Notes. The Council General of theDepartment of Seine-Inferieure, at Rouen, has refused its assent to a' scheme to render the Seine , navigable for sea-going vessels to Paris. The daughter of the late Frederick W. Stevens, of New York, ana Mrs. Stevens, now Duchess De Diuo, will be married next week to a sou of General Gallifet. The ceremony will take place , at the Duko De Dino's chateau at Montmbrenci, France. ' King Charleaof Portugal paid a visit yesterday to Captain Schley, on board tho cruiser Baltimore, now at Lisbon. His Majesty wore the uniform of a Portuguese admiral. The officers of the Baltimore conducted the King over the vessel, which was closely examined by his Majesty. The Austrian official papers ignore tho visit of the Austrian Empress to Rome. She remained there two days, staving at the Hotel Russie, under the name of Mrs. Norris, and accompanied by a single attendant. She had a-long audience with the Pope, aud spent . the. rest of the time in sight-seeing.. . . Tbe German Emperor has done a graceful act in presenting to the first child born in Heligoland since' the cession of tbe island to Germany a gold cup as a souvenir of the fact that he, for it is a male, had the Kaiser for a god-father. The child is the only living native of the island subject to military oervice, as all the inhabitants at the time of tbe treaty were expressly exempted. The Emperor of Germany has sent his thanks to the Sultan for the latter's tribute to Von Moltke on the veteran's ninetieth anniversary. The Sultan, remembering that Moltke, while only a captain in the Turkish service, had been chiefly instrumental in winning the oattle of 'Nisbe in the Syrian campaign against Mehemet Ali, in 18o9, invited all the survivors of the battle to dine last Sunday at the imperial palace, in honor of tbe occasion. RETURNED THE F1KE. Republican Editor Defends Himself and Seriously Woands a Democratic Politician. Wheeling, W. Va., Norl l. News has just reached here of an affair that occurred in Clarksburg to-day, which may result in the death of two of -the leading men in the State. W. F. Richards, editor of the Clarksburg Telegram, published in his paper this week a seVere roll ec Lion on the character of the Hon. John Basil, one of the most prominent lawyers of the State, chief counsel of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and a leading Democratic politician. To-day Basil met Richards, and shot and seriously wounded him. Richards returned tho fire, dangerously wounding Basil. Mr. Basil may die. Richards is chairman of the Republican county committee. The shooting is the result of an old personal fend. This is the third time Editor Richards has been shot. Englishmen Invest in Iron-Mills. Youngstown, O., Nov. 1. The announcement was made to-day that the leading iron-manufacturing concerns in the Mahoning valley had been sold to an English syndicate. Some time ago options were secured by a broker on the Warren rollingmill, Girard rolling-mill, Youngstown rolling-mill, Lowellville furnace, Youngstown steel-works, the Andrews iron-works and tho Mahoning Valley iron-works. Today a letter was received, saying tbe syndicate had accepted the propositions. -The sale includes an estimated transfer of four million dollars' worth of property. It is said that tho proceeds will be invested in Youngstown in a mammoth steel plant and other industries. , An Underground Mine Exhibit. CniCAGO, Nov. 1. The first of tho great displays at the world's fair to be definitely decided upon was determined this after noon. It is the big underground mining exhibit proposed by Col. E. F. Browne, of Colorado. At a meeting of the world's fair board of directors this afternoon the proposals of Colonel Browne, which had already been indorsed by the national commission, were formally approved. A palace 500 feet under the surface of tbe ground, with drifts filled with ore and representing each of tbe great mines of the country in place is what the directors voted to approve. This extraordinary exhibit is to be located on tho lake tront. and will bo constructed by a separate corporation composed principally of well-known mining men. " " Another Speedy Cruiser. Philadelphia, Nov. 1. The cruiser Newark returned from her trial trinto-daj, and reached her dock at Cramp's ship-yard this afternoon. Chief Engineer A. II. Abel, U. S. N., who observed closely the working of tho Newark on her trip, paid to-night that experiments made with horse-power indications showed that the engines greatly exceeded the contract requirement of horse-power, lie said that the vessel attained a speed of twenty knots an hour aud over, and that as a ship she was fully equal to the Baltimoro and Philadelphia. The Cramps will probably at once notify the Secretary of the Treasury that tho Newark is ready for her official trial. Ouefr Relief of Sionx Indians. Pierre. S. D., Nov. l.A big ' band of Sioux Indians aro camping on. Bad river about three miles from here I and are proparing for a big Indian dance and powwow to-morrow. An emissary from Standing Rock is among them, . having called them together for the purpose of instructing them ou the coming of their new Messiah. Tho Indians are very much excited and expect in a few days that a huge .wave of earth thirty feet deep is to pass over the country, which will smother all bad Indians and whites. Allison, an old government scout and one of Buffalo Bill's hand, is taking a part in exciting the Indians. Resumption of a Great Industry. Reading. Pa., Nov. l.The tires of the monster blast furnace of the Robesonia Iron Company, at Robesonia, this county, were lighted this forenoon after an idleness of nearly three months. This is ono of the largest furnaces in Pennsylvuuia. American Horse Show, Chicago, Nov. l.A fashionable audience numbering over seven thousand people witnessed the opening of tho American horse show to-night at tho exposition building. In tho monster arena there was a continuous display of fancy driving, jumping contests and similarexcitiug performances, while in the stalls visitors bpent hours intpectiugy.Vsrvrimt'UTof vrizo horse flesh.

chiefly big draft horses and royally brtd trotters. One of the, most entertaining features of th9 evening was a contest for gentlemen's privato turnouts, tandems and four-in-hands with owners driving. TEliKGRAPlHC BREVITIES The increased express rates went into effect yesterday. TheMississippi constitutional convention adjourned sine die yesterday. The original-pacKnge-hoosM in Kansas are closing. Judge Caldwell's decision is received with joy by the Prohibitionists. Conductor I'd Mullen, a well-known Louisville Nashville railroad employe, was run over and killed at Ashville, Tenn., Thursday. Mrs. Hettie Green, of New York, has lost her suit to set aside the sale of certain land to tho Graat locomotive-works, in tho town of Cicero, near Chicago. Al Reeve, on trial at Nashville, Tenn., for the minder of Father Asnfield. of St. Peter's Church, on the morning of Feb. 11, 1880, has beL acquitted of the charge, , Americus D. Missimer, of Pottstown, Pa., a conductor, ii charged by the coroner with causing the death of two persons in a railway accident at Pottstown last Saturday. A wood-chopper named Garrett has confessed to niurdtringN orris Watts, a wealthy young Englishman. The crime was committed in southern Tennessee last Wednes. da3. Charles Parker, a Chicago saloon-keeper.-sold his place Friday night for 2,000, the amount being paid him iu cash. During tbe evening some ono relieved him of the roll of bills. Tbe body of detective James E. Murphy, of Columbus, O.. was found on Friday near Ogdeu, U. T. Murphy mysteriously disappeared at Ogdeu Oct. 17, while en route to San Francisco. It is supposed ho was murdered. John F. Gowey, of Olympia, recently appointed United States consul to Tokio, Japan, has sent his resignation to the President. Consul Gowey resigns on account of ill health. Edward C. Spooner, the heroic fireman of New Bedford, Mass., who was badly burned iu an ineffectual attempt to save the lite of Mrs. Win. I Cobb, Oct. 11, died yesterday of his injuries. The Comte de Paris and suite sailed from New York for Liverpool yesterday on the steamer Servia, The Comte went on board the steamer Friday night, and ull through tho evening held an informal reception. Frauk Mason shot and killed Charles and Matthew Vann, his brothers-in-law, at Westport, Cal., Friday, and fled to tbe woods. Other shots were heard leading tc a belief that tho murderer had- committed suicide. Ho is believed to be insane. At 1 o'clock yesterday morning Thomas Churchill, aged eighty-five, living south of Schuylersville, N. V., was shot and killed by one of three men who aro now under arrest. The murder was the result of a general fight, in which an iunocent man was killed. The writ of mandamus applied for to compel the criminal sheriff to permit reporters and detectives to 6ee and confer with a prisoner now confined in the parieh prison at New Orleans, as an accessory to the murder of Chief of Police Hennessey, has been refused. T Two young men, Wallace and Ed Ray, aged respectively twenty-five and twentyone years, were instantly killed by an engine near Delano, CaL, Friday night. They were riding a railway velocipede and the night being dark did not notice a rapidly advancing engine. It is reported that Indian Agcr.t Wright, at the Rosebud (S. D.) agency, has been suspended as a result of tho investigation relative to the Indian census at that agency. Tho census recently taken by special agents from Washington shows a great falling off' as compared with Wright's census. The body of a sixteen-year-old daughter of G. Westley Hornsby, a white farmer, living Feven miles north of Columbia. S. C. was found in a field, yesterday, bearing1 signs of a terrible struggle. Tho young lady is supposed to have been assaulted and murdered. Her throat was cut from ear to ear. t James Corbett, of San Francisco, hai issued a challenge to Frank Slavin, of Australia. Corbett, in an interview, stated that he objected to Slaving reflections on American, pugilists, and will meet Slavin. before any club ottering a suitable purse. Corbett said that he would also wager 5,000 on the outside. Arthur Welles, a sixteen-year-old boy residing at Chicago, was fatally shot by his companion, William Whib, about the same age, Friday. Tbe boys had been playing with a shotgun, and Welles was trying to wrench tho weapon from his companion's grasp wheu it was discharged, the load entering Welies's breast The sale of seats for Stanley's lecture at the Metropolitan Opera-house, New York, on Nov. 11, for the benefit of the Convalescent Homo of Summit, N. J., occurred yesterday. The bidding wasof the liveliest kind, $150 being the price paid for the first choice of boxes. Tho sum received thus far for the charity is about $10,000, Ruth Davenport, the English actress reported to be lost, is in Chicago, attending rehearals with the company of which she is a member. She was sick a faw days in. New York and this delaj coupled with a failure to notify the manager of her whereabouts, gave rise to the fear that something alarming had befallen hen Henry Hoflmeister was arrested in Chicago, last night, charged,with being a fugitive from justice. He was captured at Marinette, Wis., about aix weeks ago, and imprisoned on an accusation of stage-robbery, but broke jail before he could be brought up to be tried. The stace-robbery was a daring one, but netted the perpetrator only 00. Commander-in-chief Veazey haa called a meeting of the executive committee of the national council of administration, G.A.R., at Detroit, on the 7th day of November. Tbe next national encampment is to b held in that city, and this meeting of tho executive board is called at that place for tho purpose, among other things, of making preliminary preparations for the great uuion. Fell au Easy Victim 8pecis.l to the Indianapolis JournaL Mlncie, Ind., Nov. L Yesterday a welldressed gentleman, apparently thirtyeight or forty years old, appeared at the home of Aaron B. Leakey, a prosperous farmer living five miles south of the city. He represented that he was a sou of Mr. Leakey's uncle, and claimed that his fathej had died, leaving an immense estate, the administrator of which lived at Dayton, O. Ho told Mr. Leakey that he had not been neglected by his kindhearted old uncle and that his thare of the estate would amount to Srt.C.fc). All he wanted was a written statement that he was Aaron Leakey and an order on the administrator for the above amount signed, aud he would get him the money. Mr. Leakey at once signed tho papers, and the man left. Leakey told his wifo about the proceedings, and she told him at once be had been swindled. He came to this city this morning and tried to talk to tne probate judge at Dayton by telephone, asking him if there was such an estate to be settled up as the stranger bad represented, lie could get no satisfaction and left, shsk. ing his 'head' sorrowfully, conudent the papers will be fouud to be notes. Republican Ballots Molen. New York. Nov. 1. Sixty thousand ballots in the approaching election and the property of the Republican county committee, were stolen in this city to-day. The ballots were transferred to tbe American District Telegraph Company for distribution, and when they were stolen were on a wagon belomring to the company, which was also made oil' with. Tho ihelt elmoat created a panic iu tolitieal circles here. The chief of tho detective bureau has succeeded in locating tho horse and wagon at Fort Hamilton, where the ballots were recovered intact. Suicide of a Switch and Trog Inventor. Chicago, Nov. 1. Josiah Gray, aged sixty-seven, a Iccaloflicialof the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne Ar Chicago, railroad, handed himself to-day. He laid the first rail on the Fort Wayne line. He was the inventor of the patent frog and switch chiefly used by steam railroads, and of the tdreet-car switch that is thrown by the weight of tho horse. Gray was iu very moderate circumstances, and is said probably to Jiae committed suicide because of his apparent inability to cope with corporations that were gratuitously uiug his patent.

Furniture at Win. L. Elder's.