The News and Ote-ver VOL. XXXIX. NO. 70 TOflE HJMBffIEST ©OBB©(U)IUfcTD®K] ®IF AKIY KMTBfI ©AMO-DIM IMOOf. HEARD BY THOUSANDS P tEH. CLEVELAND’SSPEECH AT TIIK ATLANTA EXPO. MTION. HE CO'iGR&TULKTES THE SOUTH Says That Although the Expositiou is Chiefly Illustrative of Southern En terprise, Southern Imlnstiy and Southern Recuperation, it Repre sents the Triumphs of American Skill a d Industry and no Section Can Monopolize It. Atlanta, Ga., CL:t. 23. —N0 brighter or balmier suu ever shone over this par ticular portion of the Sou.hlacd than that which dawned this morning on Presi dential day at the Cotton States and In teroa ional Exposition. The thousands of visitors landed in the city yesterday early swelled the throngs on the streets to immense proportions and locomotion soon became a difficult matter, lu ac cordance with the carefully laid plans of the exposition management, the exer cises of the day were all concentrated within the exposition grounds, into which the visitors and a large proportion of the city emptied themselves during the mor ling The Presidential party spent the morning quietly at the Aragon, where they remained until 11 o'clock, when they were diiven rapidly to the Exposi tion grounds, without any parade what ever. Inside the gates the military was already gathered. Oapta.n F. F. Burke, of the Gate City Guard, ac r ed as marshal. He had in line the Fifth Regiment of United States Regulars, commanded by Col. W. L. Kellogg; the Fourth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Col. 0. A. Nash; the Virgiuia Military Institute cadets, commanded by Col. D. Price; the First Company of the Gov ernor's Foot Guards, of Connecticut, oommanded by Major E. Henry Hjd»; the Second c >mpany of the Governor’s foot guard of Connecticut, commanded by Major B. E Brown ; Grimes battery, of Richmond, and the Asheville, N. C., light infantry. The troops paraded around the board walk within the fair enclosure and were reviewed by the President from a stand in front of the government building. As er the review the President deliv ered an address. He was introduced by president Collier, of the exposition com pany, who referred to him as the man who had been entrusted with the duty of wiping out sectional issues and line?. Mr. Collier said: “To an assembly composed of Ameri can citizens an introduction of the most illustrious of living Americans is impos sible, save as a mark of courtesy and an expression of the regard in which he is held by his feliow countrymen. Still it may be possible on this occasion to sig nify in some degree our profound grati fication at the presence of the chief exec utive of the nation. The demonstrations he has already witnessed prove better than could any mere words the sincerity and the warmth. He, of all men in this country, should be best able to recog nize the voice of the people, for unto him it has been shown in more emphatic terms than to any man of our genera tion. But we must convey to him an assurance of the admiration and esteem of the people of the Southern States and especially of Atlanta. “The South has received from him a recognition as a constituent element of this union to which it had for many been a stranger, when he was chosen and commissioned to erase the dark line of sectionalism from the map of the un ion. The administration of which he stne head, not only gave its aid and euderse ment to the dearest enterprise this city has projected, but has established here for the inspection of the world, the most comprehensive and instructive display of our Federal resources that ever ennobled any exposition. No intelligent citizen can visit this display without experi encing a quickening of his patriotism, as well as an extension of his general knowledge. “We rejoice also to day in the rrflec tion that no other nation in the years that have passed since the foundation of this government has had in its highest of fice such an unbroken array of men, who, for devotion to their country, for :aith ful performance of duty, and for taese virtues which adorn the citiz :n as vol as the executive, have been worthy of comparison from Washington to Cleve land.” President Cleveland’s appearance rded by the nil cnonthat the work they have done t-mphasiz *s, in th sight of the world, the immense rc sourcis and indomitable t mft of the people of the United States. “It seems to me the thought maybe suggested as not inappropriate to this occasion, that what we see about us is an outgrowth of another exposition ic augu ated on American soil more than a century ago when a now nation was ex hibited to the civilized world, guaranteed and protected by a constitution which was ordained andestabl shed by the peo ple of the United States, v.ith the de clared purpose of promoting their gen eral welfare and securing the bes sings of liberty to themselves and their posterity. Tae success which has at tended this exposition of products and manufactures is uot altogether due to the quality of the soil or character of the people in am of the contributing States, but it rests largely upou the fact that these States are membe rs of a beneficent ly governed nation, whose natural re sources and advantages everywhere have beeu developed and improved by tbe in fluence of tree institutions, and whose people have been stimulated and encour aged by the blessi- gs of personal liberty. “A contemplation of the benefits vouchsafed to us by our government easi y reminds us of the imp rtance of a hearty and united co operation in their support and protection. We should lovingly watch and guard it, not. only be cause we are recipients of its precious gifrs but for it’s own sake, a_.d because ic has been put, in our hands in sacred keeping, to prove to the world that man can be trusted with self government. “We shall wain in the path of patri otic duty, remembering that our free in stitutions were established to promote the general welfare. Wes rive for those things wnieh benefit all our people and each of us is eouteut to receive from a common fund his share of the prosperity thus contributed. We shaH miss our duly and forfeit our heritage if, in a narrow selfishness, heedless of general welfare, we struggle to wrest from the government private advantages which can only be g lined at tbe expense of our fellow country men. “I hope I may therefore be permitted, in conclusion, to suggest, as a most im portant le.- sou taught by this occasion, tbe absolute necessity to our national health and welfare, and consequently to our individual ha piness as citizans, of a careful discrimination in our support of politics and in our advocacv of » oliticai doctrines between those which prompt the promotion of the public welfare and those which simp y seem to serve selfish or sectional interests. “If we are to enjoy the blessings our government was framed to fairly and justly bestow, we shall secure them in due time by cultivating a spirit of broad American brotherhood and insisting upon such conduct as will, within the spirit of the golden rule, promote the general welfare.” The President was greeted by an ova tion which lasted fer several minutes. Hats were thrown into theair and bound less enthusiasm was manifested. Hi? speech, though short, consumed considerable time in delivery because of the frequent interruptions of applause. At its conclusion, Mr. Cleveland held an informal reception. A line was formed along the front of the stand and a squad of police kept it open. President Cleveland took a position on one of the steps and began shaking hands with the people who pressed up to him. For five minutes he grasped hands at the rate of one huudred and three per minute. Then the number per minute gradually lowered until he was shaking hands at the rate of one every second. In fifteen minutes the Presi dent’s face was covered with perspira tion and he was evidently tiring. For thirty-three minutes he continued to shake hands with the throng and to sDeak a pleasant word to many. * He finally said he was fatigued, and the line was closed. The carriages for the party were driven to the stand, arid all were tak'm to tbe Piedmont club, where a cold luncheon with champagne was served to the company of three hun dred people. After luncheon, the Presi dent began a tour of the grounds, visit ing the Government building, the Main building, the Negro building, and in spected the Exposition throughout. The series of courtesies extended to the Presidentia’ party was concluded to night with a reception at the Capitol City Club, which put itself on retoid <• 8 the mo;t elaborate social function under taken in the South. The chief executive reached the club accompanied by the cabinet and the ladies of the cabi net, between 9 and 10 o’clock, and spent an hour or more receiving the 1,000 people present. M*j. Livingston Mims, president of the club, did tne honors of the occasion. After the reception, the President and his party boarded their special train and left for Washington. l)r. Talinage Installed. Washington, Oct 23.—1 n the pres ence of a gathering that filled the edifice Rev. T De Witt Talmage was to night installed as co pastor of the First Pres byterian church of this city, to which ho had recently been called. An Alabama Lynching. Vinegar Bend, Ala . Oct. 23. —Jack Henderson, farm laborer, v.ho attempted to outrage the wife of h.s employer, James Allen, war-foond bar ging to a tree today. Tie corpse was riddled with bullets. RALEIGH. N. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24. 1895. PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD FORMALLY OPENED V ESTER* DAY FOR TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS. DR. DANIELS ELECTED IVIODERATOR Interesting Addresses by Secretaries Ilazer and Craig - * Recommendation From the Directors ot the Union Theological Seminary Concerning its Removal to Richmond Adopted hy a Vote of 110 to 3—Other Overtures Read and Referred. Special to the News and Observer. Fayetteville, N. C., Oct. 23. The Synod of North Carolina was opened thi-> morning with prayer by the moderator, Rev. W. li. McLelland. In the absence of the stated clerk Rev. J. Alston Ramsey was directed to act as stated clerk. Rev. Eugene Daniel, D. !>., of Ral eigh, was elected moderator and Rev. P. R. Law was chosen temp rary clerk Tne minutes ot yesterday's sessiou were read and approved. Rev. J N. Craig, D. D., of the Synod, of Memphis, J. K. Hazer, D. D.,*ofthe Synod, of Alabama; J. M. Wicker, of the Synod of Pennsylvania; J. B. Morton, of the Synod of Florida; T. F. Boozer, of the synod of South Carolina, were invited to sit in Synod as corresponding members, and Rev. J. W. Hughes, of the Protes tant Episcopal Church as a v.siting brother, and they were introduced by the members. Recommendation from the directors of the Union Theological Seminary concern ing its removal to Richmond was read and its consideration made the first order of the afternoon. Hearing the rtport of ihe committee on churcnes and Christum education was made the fi st order ot the day to-morrow morning. It was resolved to hear addresses by Secretaries Hazer and Craig in the in terest of the cause they represent, Dr. Hazer on publication, Dr. Craig on gen eral assemblies and home missions. A collection was taken up at tire close of Rev. Dr. Craig’s address for home mission work in Florida which amounted to $45.76, and the thanks of tne Synod were returned to Dr. Craig for his address, and the recommen dations contained in it Wi_re referred to the home mission committee. Ibe thanks of the Synod were returned to Dr. Hazer for his address. The standing committees of the Synod were then announced. The minutes of the last meeting, havmg beeu printed, were approved without reading. An overture from Albemarle Presby tery in regard to Peace Institute, and one from Mecklenburg Presbytery about printing the minutes, and one from Orange Presbytery with reference to education, were read and referred to the committee on bills and overtures. The report of the trustees of Union Theological Seminary was read and re ferred to the committee on Union Theolog iceal Seminary. The excuses for absence from the last meeting were referred to the committee on leave ot absence. The committe on devotional exercise made a partial report which was received and adopted. Toe Synod then receded from business until 3 p. m. At the afternoon session a notice of appeal by F. L. Summers, from Orange Presbytery, was read ai.d referred to the judicial committee. The order of the day, the consideration of the report by the directors of the Union Theological seminary, concerning the removal ot the seminary, was taken up and the following action was taken : “Resolved, The Synod of Vir ginia concurring, that the de cison of the board of trus tees with regard to the removal of Union Theological Seminary lie approved and their overture, be answered in the affirmative.” The Beard of Trustees of Union Theo logical Seminary overrules the Synod to remove the seminary to Richmond, Va. The Synod adopted the ovenure by a vote of 110 to 3. The Synod adjourned until to-night. MURDERED NEAR TARBORO. A Water-tank Keeper Killed and Rob bed by a Negro Boy. Special to the News and Observer. Tarbqbo, N. 0., Oct. 23 Charles Neville, a respectable white man, keeper of the water-tank near Tar boro, was foully murdered this morning by an unknown person. Neville had just been paid off, and as he was entering the engine house was shot, the bullet passing through his head He was found at 12 o’clock. The railway aulhorities at once sent for three bloodhounds fr m the State farm They, with their keeper, arrived this afternoon and are in hot pursuit. The keeper says he will catch the murderer before morning. It was a dastardly affair, and the whole commu nity is very much excited. Later —Tbe murderer has been cap tured. He was a negro boy that lived in town. He had the dead man’s money, watch and knife in his possession. Carlisle (loos Home to Register. Washington, D. C., Oct. 23 —Secre tary Carlisle will leave here Sunday for Covington, Ky , to register, and will re main there only long enough to put his name on the list, returning to Washing ton Monday evening. He will again visit Covington on November sth for the purpose of easting his vote for Hardin and the entire Democratic ticket. W EDDED AT HIGH NOON. MnrriHife of Mr. ’I him, 11. Buttle unit Ml»- Sully Dortch llyman. Special to the News me! Observer. Henderson N C , Oct. 23. At the Chi rch of the Holy Innocents to day at high noon, Rev. J E Ingle, the lector officiating, Mr. Thos. Hall Battle, es Rocky Mount, and Miss Sally Dortch Hyman, of Winston, were united in holy matrimony. Long before the hour named for the ceremony the church was filled to overflowing with the many friends of the popular young people. Promptly at 12 o’clock the strains of tbe beautiful wedding march from the deep-toned organ, rendered by Miss Daisy Stepheus, with violn obligato by Mr. Edward S ephens, announced the approach of the bridal party in the fol lowing order: Ushers: Messrs. A. C. Z lllicoffer, J. R YouDg, J D. Rose and N. B. Strause Attendants: Miss Della Speight, of Taiboro, with Mr. J. Hi 1 Parham; Miss Leila Tucker, with Mr. J. H. Sherrod, of Rocky Mount; Miss Annie Robards, with Mr. Lucius Bassett, of Rocky Mount; Miss Pattie Lou Jones, with Mr. II L llyman, of WiU'tor, brother of the bride; Miss Jeunie Lamb, of Williamston with Mr. Juiian Ingle, Jr,; Mits Edna O’Neil, with Mr. L. B Gregory, of Rocky Mount. Miss Marie Conrad, of Winston, was maid of honor, and little Miss Olivia L imb, niece of the bride, second maid of honor. Miss Hyman, attired in a becoming going away gown, entered leaning upon the arm ot her brother in-law, Mr. G 0. Lamb and was met at the chancel by the groom with his best man, Mr. J. H. Ruffin, of Rrcky Mount. Then by the beautiful services of the Episcopal Church, the happj couple were made mau and wife. Seldom have two young people united their fcrlunes under happier auspices. The bride is the only daughter of Mrs. Mary H. Hyman, of Winston, and wherever known is admired for her many graces of mind and person. Mr. Battle is a son of Dr. K. P. Battle, professor of Historical Science at the .State University. He is president of the Rocky Mount cotton mills, president of the Back of Rocky Mount, and a leading member of the bar of that place. The couple were the recipients of many handsome and costly mementoes of the occasion. Among the guests present were Dr. K. P. Battlr, cf Chapel Hill, father of the groom; Drs. Kemp and Herbert Battle, of Raleigh, his brothers, and Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Muse, of Rocky Mount. OLl> COUNTIES ROOD ENOUGH. The Constitutional Convention Dis misses the Matter. Columbia, S. C., Oct. 23 —The Con stitutional Convention to-day dismissed the new county matter and decided that the old counties should not be reduced below 500 square m ; les area, and that new counties should not have over 400 miles area. Both the new and old coun ties are to have taxable property to the amouut of $2,000,000. To night the convention was enlivened by a hot war of words between Senator Tillman and Mr. Frank B. Gary, a dele gate from Abbeville, during which the lie was passed and it was expected that the two men would come to blows imme diately after adjournment which took place at midnight. Senator Tillman is a firm advocate of forming new counties, while Mr. Gary is not. Senator Tillman has been taunt ing Mr. Gary with forming unholy alliances, politically, to defeat new counties, though he never said exactly what they were. After the Convention both gentlemen met, and mutual explanations were made. Mr. Gary misinterpreted some remarks Tillman made yesterday, and that led him to call the Senator to task with the wordy war as the outcome. Mr. Gary is a cousin of Governor Evans, who was quite active in briugh g about a reconciliation. OLNEY WILL NOT RESIGN. Relations Between Him amt the Presi dent are Most Cordial. Washington, Oct. 23 The published intimation that Secretary Oluoy intends to resign because he has not been sup pTried by the President in his foreign policy is emphatically discredi ed here, and persons close to the Sec-etary insist that the relations between him and the President are of the most cordial and in timate nature, aud have been such since Mr Olney assumed the administration of the State Department His visit to Boston is said to have been required by pressing private business, and he was enabltd to plead an excuse for his absence from the Atlanta party, on the grourd that he would be expected to accompany a number of dii lomafg from Washington to Atlanta later on, to be present there on diplomatic day. THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. II Is Called to Meet in Washington City on December 10. New York, Oct. 23.—Senator Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, Chairman of the Republican National Committee to night issued the following call. “The Republican National Committee is hereby called to meet at the Arlington Hotel, Washington D 0., at 2 o’clock p. m., December 10, 1895, to designate a tim- aud Diace for the meeting of the National Convention in 1896, and to transact such other business as may do mand consideration. (Signed) “Thus. H. Carter, “J. 11. Manley, Chairman,” Secretary.” THE BIG FIGHT IS OFF PRIZE FIGHT LNW SUSTAINED BY THE SUPREME COURT. CORBETT AGAIN UNDER ARREST Judge Leathcrnmn Criticised tor his Decision iu tne Habeas Corpus Case --The 'upreine Court Says There wan No Ground tor his Ruling—Fitzsim mons’ Manager Says he Wants to Fight Corbett and is W illing to Meet His Privately in Dallas. Little Rock, Ark, Oct. S3—The Supreme Court to day rendered its decis icn in the Corbett case. Judge Lett er mau’s decision was reversed and the prize fight law sustained. Corbett was remauded to the custody of ihe sheriff of Garland county. Chief Justice Buun in delivering the opinion severely critic zed Chancellor Leathermau, sayiug he had no authority for his action in tne habeas corpus ease. W illing to Fight in Private. Hot Springs, Ark , Oct 23 —Martin Julian, manager for Fitzsimmons, was seen immediately after the news of the Supreme Court’s adverse decision reached this city : “Now that we are barred out of Ar kansas by the decision of the Supreme Court, Fitzsimmons is prepared to ac cept Mr. Brady’s offer made in Dallas, that we fight in private. We will go anywhere on earth in order to to get a fight out of Corbett on Novem er 1. We intend to hold tbe Florida Athletic Club to the terms of its contract and for failure to pull off the fight This goes. Fitzsimmons wants to Cor bett for the side wager of SIO,OOO. Any place will suit us. We will go to London and fight Corbett for the 3,000 pound purse offer by the Mirror of Life. O >r bett has repeatedly stated that he would tight Fitzsimmons in a room, in a balloon or in a barrel, and we are per fectly willing to meet him under any of these conditions. ” THE TESTIMONY NOW ALL IN. And Arguments In the Durraut Ca§e W ill Begin To-day. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 23.— After a bitter legal struggle, lasting three months, the testimony iu the trial of Theodore Durrant is ail in, and to morrow the arguments will begin. When court ad journed this afternoon District Attorney Barnes announced that he would not for mally close the case for the people, but he would undoubtedly do so the first thing to morrow. Mr. Barnes notified the attorneys for the defense that he would have but one more witness, whose examination would last but a few min utes. The case would have ended in a pyro technic display of sensation to day if the testimony that was introduced had not been printed so often before that it was /amiliar to everybody. Miss Carrie Cun ningham, a newspaper reporter who visit ed Dirrant at the prison frequently, testified that Durrant told her he saw Blanche Lamont on the second floor of the belfry where sho was murdered, while engaged in fixing a sun burner. Miss Cunningham said, he told her, he heard a suspicious noise in the belfry which attracted his attention. He crept aloDg the ceiling of the church until he came to the belfry casing, where he looked through a crack and saw Miss Lamont. Miss Cunningham’s testimony was ob tained only after agre.it number of ob jections made by the defence h* d been argued and ruled upon. An effort was also made to secure statements from the witness with regard to an alleged con session by Durraut, but the court sus tained an objection to the question. She said she promised Durraut she would not publish anything he told her, and kept her word. Only two witnesses besides Miss Cun ningham were examined to-day. Both were physicians. Their testimony was important from the fact that it showed that Durrant did not have the appear ance of one who had been partly asphyxiated when he met Organist King in the church on the afternoon of April 3. Ki g testified th t Durrant was pale and trembling when he saw him. When on the stand, the prisoner corroborated King’s testimony. Doctors May and Rusenstein, who were examined, testified that the first effect of gas was to flush the face and lips and inflame the eyes. Durrant, ac cording to his own statement, had not had the symptom-. Physicians also tes tified that a man who for five minutes had been subjected to fumes of escaping gas from twenty four jets would be in sensible. __ Wrecked by a Herd ot Cattle. East Radford, Va., Oct 23 A fast through freight on the Norfolk and Western Railroad was wrecked by a herd of cattle three miles west of Meadows at 3 o’clock this afternoon, Engineer O’Neill. Fireman Lindatnood, front brakeman Ed. Houston, all of Bristol, Tenn., were instantly killed. Conduc tor Lewis Moore and two other brake men were seriously injured. Jupau W ill Evacuate Corea. Washington, D. C., Oct. 23.—The Japanese legation has received no dis patches, confirmatory or otherwise, of the repo ts from St. Petersburg lhat Japan had decided to evacuate Corea and give her entire energies to the sub jugation of Formosa. The legation officials view the report with some dis trust. PRICE FIVE CENTS. “LIBERTY AND FREEDOM EVENLY BESTOW ED.** Mormon KLVrx Have the Bight to Breach, Nuyx Solicitor |*on. But Citizen* Al*o Have the Right to Re spectfully Protcul. Solicitor Pou arrived in the city yes terday, on business count ered with the court. A reporter soon found him. and interviewed him regarding his probable action in connection with the protest presented the other day by the four Mormon elders to Governor Carr. Mr. Pou said he had only read ti e >-ccount contained in the News and Observer of Tuesday; that he had so tar teceived no communication either from the Governor or from Judge Coble. From the state ment contained in the paper he said he presumed tbe matter would be re ferred to him. The solicitor said further that unless the Mormon brethre could show that a conspiracy has been formed to force them to leave the community, he could not see how the signers of the protest could be prosecuted. “In this great country of ours,” said the Solicitor, “liberty and ir.:edora are evenly bestowed, like the rain and the dew. As long as the Mormon elders obey the law they are entitled to preach their doctrine, but at the same time any number of citizens may respectfully pro testagainst such preaching and may even go so far as to request the brethren to quit the commuuity aud bestow the blessings of their doctrine upon some other community and y» t not violate the law. I have read the paper presented to the Govern* r and I fail to perceive auy threat therein and 1 note that it is signed by several well known gentlemen, some of them ministers of the gospel, who would perhaps be as far from violating the law as the Mormon brethren, even. 1 feel that so far as the State is concerned there is nothing to be done at present. If there shall be any conspiracy formed, or any injury done the Mormon brethren, 1 promise them that so far as lies in me, they shall have the same protection as any citizen of the county of Wake.” Mr. Pou thinks the Mormons are un duly sensitive and suggests thrtSt. Paul would have hardly taken fright at so slight provocation. “Since that protest was written,” he said, “two of the Mormons, Eider Cirter and Elder Smith, have struck my town, Smitbfield, and they appear to have been well ted and well eared for in Wake county, from which they had just come. There have been gentle hints at Smith fiidd that these elders might find more attractive fields of labor e sewhere, but the citizens of Johnston have not yet gone so far as to make a formal request to them to leave the county.” TIIE CROW NS BESTOWED. ” The Queen ot Love and the Maids ot Honor Receive the Trophies of tie h nights. Shortly after eleven last night the leader of the German at the Capital Club rapped for silerce and Major S. F, Telfair announced the order of tbe evening apropos of the Coronation Cere mony. The successful Kuights gathered about Mr. Ed. Chambers Smith, the orator, who delivered a chaste aud exquisite lit tle speech of presentation, tracing the origin of Knightly offerings to thechosen fair ones of tbe days of chivalry and valor. At the conclusion of his remarks, he presented the crowns to the successful knights, who in turn placed them upen the brows of those whose modest acceptance of them was an honor additional to those already won. Most enthusiastic applause followed upou each bestowal. The german which fol lowed was participated in by nearly a hundred couples, and was one of the most brilliant ever given iu the State. Th i Alliance Executive Committee Meets to Fix a Mite tor the Shoe Fac tory. Yesterday morning the executive com mi>tee of the State Farmers’ Alliance met in this city. All three of the mem bers, A. L. Hileman, of Cabarrus, chair man; J. M. Mewborne, of Lenoir, and N. O. English, of Randolph, were present, and later in the day, Dr Cyrus Thomp son, preddent of t_e Alliance, met with fc le committee. The object of this meeting is to fix upon a location for the A1 iance shoe factory, which, since the Cary affair, has not had a fixed habitation. Seventeen different towns ask that the factory be located in tfceir borders. Some of these offer to raise part of the stock, and Thomasville offers to donate a factory building to the Alliance. Until evening the committee considered propositions. They decided not to fix the site for the factory until they had visited a number of the most available places and seen “the lay of the land.” At 8:30 o’clock this morning the com mittee meets again. The l*ope is Growing Weaker. Lausanne, Switzerland, Oct. 23.—The Gazette De Lausanne says that although it >s not true that the Pope is dying, it is learned that his strength has rapidly declined during the last few months. His entourage is of the opinion that ho will not survive the winter, and it is added that all his vitality seems to bo centered in his brain. The International Association, csti mat s the production of sugar for 1895- 96 in Germany, Austria, France, Bel gium, Holland and Russia, at 3,680,023 tons, a falling off of 854,000 tons from the total of the previous year.