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TBtiEGBAPHlO 8UMMA.Y
The Southern railway freight depot .at
Asheville is burned. All the contents and
records, together with eight cars are turned.
The Virginia.authorities make demand,
unier requisition papers, for Morganfield.
It will be several weeks before he can be
removed from the hospital. The Question
is, yrho will pay for guarding him in the
meantime- -Several persons are bjirned to
death in a fire in Sattle. WashJ -New
York city has a $150,000 fire The second
Japanese army lands near Port Arjthur -
, AUj the men caught in the Pewabiic mine
haye been rescued, with no injury to any
of them-i The Japanese gain another vic
tory The Fall River weavers vote to stay
out Capt. Howgate withdraws his pleas
of not guilty and demurs to the indictments
for
embezzlement and forgery against the
Goternment -The express pouch disclosed
byl Searcey cqntained hardly anything of
valpe. It is intimated that a third person,
who was arrested at Charlotte, was in with
the robbers -Two passenger trains have a
heaid-on collision on the Seaboard Air Line
at Henderson. No one is killed The
Georgia House of Representatives refuses to
take up a free and unlimited silver coinage
resolution At 8 o'clock fifteen 'boarders
had been taken from the building burned
in Seattle. Some of the scenes confronting
thej searchers were most heartrending r
oecretary xierDert naa mucnxrouoie lpuit
ing four positions in the navy by reason of
some officers in the line of appointment
no wanting them and a number anxious to
haye certain ones Lord Salisbury's plan
is to have a House of Lords, partly heredi
tary and partly elective with a greater in
fusion of new life into the existing House of
Lords The last game of foot ball between
.the nayal academy..' and the West Point
cadets came near causins: a duel between a
retired rear admiral and a brigader general.
There will ' be no game this year The
condition of the Czar will not prevent the
usual-winter festivities at Sandringham, un
less"! ne dies in the meantime Arrange
ments are being made to receive the Czar at
Corfu Queen Victoria is pained at the
newspaper comments about the marriage of
.the Princess. Alix The Jewish Chronicle
says, the Czar is seeking xelief at the place
fronk which he ' has driven so many Jews
Mrs. Bishop, a missionary at Moukden,
cives a verv graphic description of the
crude equipment' of the Chinese army
Phccnix, Ala., suffers a destructive fire-
Governor-elect Atkinson, of Georgia!, is in-
aueurated-r Sheriff Kennedv says there
will? be no' difficulty in the way of getting
Morantield back "to Virginia. Cjincinnati
police will guard him until November 10th
A man is arrested in Charlotte, N. C.
whoj while drunk, said that he had taken
part in the Aquia Creek robbery -A de
structive fire occurs on the wliarves of
Pensacola The fire chief is thought to be
fataliv . wounded. Manv vessels! were in
danger, but were towed to places of safety.
One ;sailor was killed -Harvard defeats
Cornell in a hotly contested game of foot
ball- Vice President Stevenson jopens the
- campaign j at Troy, N. V -There is no
change in the political situation in New
York c'ty.. Loth factions of the Democratic
party are as determined as ever- At
o'clock last night the Czar was pronounced
a little better.
DEPOSIT VAULTS ROBBED.
A4 MVsterious Affair in the Omaha
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; ; National Bank.
I Baltimore Sum
Omha, Neb., Oct.!2G. The fact was made
public this afternoon that the safety deposit
vault section of the Omaha National bank
had been robbed, and in so dexterously a
manner that no clue to the manner in which
the work was done is obtainable. Large
sums bf money have-been taken from boxes
in the yault,an"d the exact amount of the
losses 'cannot "be known until all have been
examined.
Thexliscovery was made more than two
weeks agoi and every precaution j has been
taken by the bank officials to keep the mat
ter a close secret. .
. The i principal loser is William Gladish.
Last March he placed in his boat 52,700 in
gold. SOn October . 5th he discovered that
v about $1,200 of the amount was missing. He
atoned notified President Millard, of the
bank, and the investigation commenced. So
far, however, all efforts to discover the man
' ner in which the money was lost have
.. failed j f - . . !
The Vaults are under the management of
a ladyf who is in every way fitted for the re
sponsiblity of the position she holds. No
shadow of suspicion exists that the losses
have Occurred through her knowledge or
connivance. : The safety vaults are modeled
after the latest system in the country, and
. the private boxes are surrounded With every
safeguard. iTheulessee has a password, and
no twp individuals can have the same pass-
- word.'! -, I , -: -"- : : -
The bank 1 officials or detectives offer no
explanation other than to declare it is not
due tb the carelessness of the pank em
j ployesi All deposits are guaranteed by the
.. ' bank. i j
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A Ilalf-Witteti Nerros Crime.
i (Ricamoal DispatcS.) j .
Ejti'psviLLE, N. C, Oct. 2G.-A half-witted
nerfo, j who was employed as a waiter in a
rjrstaurant here, was sent to the home of a
ghlylrespected and aged white lady of this
place this morning, on an errand ' Finding
"5 her in the house alone, he suddenly seized
1 and attempted to assault her. Though quite
' feeble land overpowered, she screamed re
peatedly, and the negro abandoned his
purpose, and fled. An alarm was given at
once, and within an hour the negro was
captured by the police as he was making
for the woods- He was quietly given a pre
liminary trial, and before the crime was
generally known the prisoner was being
. conveyed under guard to the county jail at
Wentworth, where he was safely caged.
There is little excitement over the matter,
" and no f ar of an attempt to defeat the law.
Senator M. W. Ransom addressed an unu
f suallvii large audience at the opera house
o-nig)4t,snd was received with great enthu
siasm.! ;;.;...
VEXED QUESTIONS
FOR THE SECRETARY- OF TEE
NAVY TO SETTLE.
Four Important Vacancies to te
Filled Unusual Difficulties in
, Such Caseg-Capt. Howgate De
murs to His Indictments
Tesfs of the Carnegie
Plate for Cruisers
i Postponel.
"Wasuixctox, Oct. 27. Capt. Henry W.
Howgate was in the criminal court of the
District of Columbia to-day and through
Attorney "VVorthington withdrew his plea of
not guilty J to all the indictments entered
against him in October 1881, and entered a
demurrer to each and all of them. There
are seven jindictments for embezzlement
and four for forgery. To the embezzlement
indictments the demurrers were to the ef
fect that the facts averred in the indictment
constitute 1 no offense under the laws in
force in the District of Columbia prior to
the filing Qf the indictment; that they do
not state any offense of which the court has
jurisdiction and are too general and uncer
tain in thpir allegations. The forgery in
dictment demurrers were of much the same
purport want : of definiteness being al
leged, j
Secretary: Herbert spenfr-an hour with the
President this morning endeavoring to set
tle a problem which has worried the naval
authorities for several months, and which
must be settled promptly. Four important
commands :are to oe nuea superintendents
of the naval academy and naval observa
tory, the commander-in-chief of the South
Atlantic station, and the commandant of
the New York navy yard, the latter be
coming vacant November 10th by the retire
ment ox Aamira' wnerarai. uramariiv
At i-s. -a
tnese aetaus wouia not cause so mucn con
cern, but at present they involve: most of
the higher ofhceis of the nayy. and numer
ous changes are likely to result. Admiral
Walker, it is - understood, is not anxious to
accept either of the four duties, yet his de
sires seriously complicate the problem. If he
could be assigned to the nayal academy it
would, be simplified, but he wishes to succeed
Admiral Greer as chairman of the, light
house board next i?ebuary. Commodore
Self ridge has been slated, against his will,
terthe command of the South Atlantic
which would leave the presidency of the in
spection board temporarily for Admiral
Walker. Commodore Sicord. now command
ing the Portsmouth Navy Yard, expects to
tvai- 4-V fvT r ny "Wvl noim irmi1 n ntrol
academy, i tJapt. J . v. I'hillips, who com
manded the cruiser New York in. Brazil,
wants the naval observatory, and Commo
dore Norton, Capt. Buhce, Capt. McNair,
and a number of prominent officers are can
didates for the places. Secretary Herbert
said this morning that he had not yet decided
upon any of the details.
The ballistic test of l-inch Carnegie
Haryeyized armor has been postponed until
the middle of November, until all of the
thirteen plates of the remaining barbette of
the battleship Oregon have been treated
with the hardening process. One of these
barbettes has already been accepted and
-iihe naval ordnance officers had intended to
select a plate typical of the last lot and test
. it this week, but it has now been decided to
wait until all the plates are hardened and
then select the one which appears weakest.
Eight of these plates haye already been
completed by the Carnegie company and
the other five are now going through the
process of haryeyizing. The plate will be
attacked with the 12-inch rifle.
Secretary Herbert has ordered the cruiser
Sah Francisco to relieve the Chicago as flagr
ship of the European squadron and instruc
tions have been sent to the New York navy
yard where the ship is receiving changes, to
expedite the work and prepare the ship for
a three year's cruise in foreign waters.. The
orders were a great surprise to the nayy, as
it was expected the Chicago would remain
abroad another year, but the Secretary de-1
cided that she had better be put out of com
mission, . pending .the construction of her
new machinery. Although the San Fran
cisco's rpnaifs have been proceeding very
leisui ely for the jlast three month?, it is proba
ble thai tne remaining work on her will be
rapidly dispatched, experience showing that
a vessel under orders for the Mediterranean
station can invariably be completed in one
tenth the time that would be consumed if
she were intended for less desirable duty on
some other station. . '
Inauguration of Governor Atkinson.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 27. Hon. .TV. Y. At
kinson was inaugurated Governon of Geor
gia to-day at noon in the hall of the House
of Representative. Long before noon the
House galleries began to fill up with an
eager, pushing crowd. Two hundred seats
in the centre of the gallery were reserved
for the students of the Georgia Normal
school for girls. This school was established
bv an act of the Legislature which was
passed through the efforts of Mr. Atkinson.
The Speaker's stand was beautifully dec
orated with flowers. The floral tribute that
attracted most attention was sent by the
girls of the Normal school.
Mr. Atkinson began his inaugural ad
dress by saying that he could not refrain
from returning his thanks to the young
ladies. He appreciated more than the crown
of Ciezer the magnificent outpouring of the
people of Georgia to his inaugural. "I enter
into my duties with a sincere purpose to dis
charge every obligation incurred." He as
sumed the duties of the high office of Gover
nor at an important period in the history of
the State. "Let us Jay aside, and forget all
bitterness that may have been engendered in
the recent political contests.'' Mr. Atkin
son appealed for harmony and said all must
share alite the triumphs and disasters that
are met with.
A Destructive Fire.
CoLt'MBtrs, Ga., Oct. 27. A destructive fire
occurred this afternoon at' 3 o'clock at
Phccnix, Ala., immediately opposite this
city, entailing a loss of 'oyer $10,000. The
fire originated from a defective flue in a
building occupied as the postoffice, and the
flames spread very rapidly. Citizens rushed
to the scene and succeeded in removing most
of the property in the postoffice, although it
is feared that some of the mails were de
stroyed. ;
Columbus was called upon for assistance
and sent an engine and hook and ladder
truck. The fire communicated to adjoining
buildings, and in less than half an hour six
dwellings and stores were entirely destroyed.
At night the fire was under control and no
fresh danger is apprehended.. The insurance
is small and most of the property a total
loss, which will be severely felt. Phoenix
city has a population of about 6.000, com
posed mainly of operatives who work in the
cotton factories in Columbus. I
THE CHINESE ARMy.
A Description of its Condition by a
Missionary at Moukden No
Modern Fire Arms No
Commissary-No Am
bulance Corps.
Lojtdox, Oct. 27. To-day's advices, de
tailing the rout of the Chinese near 'the
Yalu river, .with little fighting, have been
expected. Mrs. Bishop, a missionary at
Moukden, says that on September f 2nd she
had seen the Chinese regiments on their
way to the front, and there was not a single
gun of modern make among them, their
firearms consisting lentirely " of antique
muzzle-loaders and match locks. Many of
the soldiers, she adds, were without even
these, their only weapons of offence being
spears and bows and arrows. During the
stay of the force at Moukden it was in
creased by the enlistment of the able
boddied coolies, .
This army set off, after three weeks, of
drilling. As the army marched out many
of the soldiers said they were going out to
be shot. Executions for desertion' from the
Chinese army have been . frequent, as many
as fourteen men having been beheaded in a
single day. The supplies of the Chinese
army, according to Mrs. Bishop, are not
sufficient for a much smaller force than the
tens of thousands now on the march, and
the troops rely for subsistence upon what
ever they are able to seize from the resi
dents of the country through which they
pass. The army is absolutely without any
medical supplites and is attended by no
ambulance corps, it being the custom of the
Chinese to strip all who may be wounded
in battle and leave them on the field.
Admiralty experts estimate that the addi
tions made to the' Chinese navy have more
than doubled its effective force. Vice Ad
miral Freemantle, .in command of the
British fleet in Chinese waters, whose term
of service on that station will shortly ex
pire, will remain at his post. This fact is
taken as a plain indication that the squad
ron is intended for other and greater woTk
than the mere protection of British subjects
in China.
High rates continue to be paid on marine
risks. Nine guineas per cent, was paid on
the cargo of the steamer Guhamanseing
from Hong Kong for Shanghai, with war
material. The underwriters' terms yester
day were 2J per cent., but to-day they were
disposed to retire altogether from the con
sideration of such risks. In view of the de
feat of the Chinese army the issue ot the
proposed loan on Tuesday is doubtful.
Tne Harvard Cornell Game.
New York, Oct. 27. Harvard defeated
, 1 :
Cornell at Manhattan field this afternoon1
by the score of 22 to 12. There were 8,000 '
people present and the weather was perfect.
The field, considering the heavy rains of the:
past three days, was in excellent condition,!
although in some places it was a trifle slip-j
pery and soggy. The. betting was chiefly
based on these points: That Harvard would
score more points than Princeton did last
Saturday, and that Cornell would not score.!
But the men from Ithaca scored just the.
same, much to the consternation of the
Harvard contingent and delight of their
own followers. It took the Cambridge men
eleven minutes to score their first touch
down in the first half, but only three!
minutes later Cornell also made one on a
blocked punt, the ball being carried over
the line without any resistance. During
the remainder of this half Harvard played
very fast foot ball and rolled up 22 points.'
But with the beginning of the second half
came a change that . surprised everyone oh.
the field. Harvard's attack became lament
ably weak, her defence poor, and her line
blocking most ineffective. Cornell, on thej
other hand, played with magnificent judg-j
ment and kept the leather almost continu
ously in Harvard's territory. Harvard
played a rushing game, while Cornell re
sorted to kicking whenever the chance was
offered. j
Oh the whole, Harvard's showing com-i
pared yery favorably with that of Prince
ton against the same team, but her eleven
showed either lack of condition in the ; sec
ond half , or the men were "playing 'pos
sum" as several Yale and Pennsylvania
players were watching them from the side
lines. Too much praise cannot be given to
the Cornell players. Every one of them
played as if his life depended upon the re
sult of the battle, and no such thing as
quitting was noticeable. j
Arrested as an an Accomplice of ;
V Searcey. , ;
Charlotte, N. C. Oct. 27. A man giving
his name as Jackson, otherwise Texas Dick,
strayed into police headquarters Wednes
day,. a drunken condition. He asked for
a paper containing details of the Aquia
fh-aoV Vinld.nn nd wa fTieTOirnnn Tvnk nnrloT
lock and key.1 He confided to a cell mate
1 1 i t . . . , i u i .
mac ne was an a quia precis, ruuoer wnu was
on his way to New Orleans .where the other
robbers were to meet him and divide up on
November 1st. He had no money with
him. He says he held uplthe engineer
while three others robbed the express car.He
is a crank on the subject of train robbing,
whether he took part in theQuantico rob
bery or not. He had in his pockets clip
pings from newspapers containing accounts
of nearly every robbery committed in the
United States for the past ten years, also a
Southern Pacific switch key and a skeleton
key said to fit locks of express or passenger
coaches. After sobering up and being in
formedsthat he had given away his part in
the holup he expressed indifference, but
Certain of Morgan fie Id's Idenity
Richmond, Ya., Oct. 27. Sheriff Kennedy,
of Stafford county, who went to Cincinnati
with Governor O'Ferrall's requisition for
Morganfield, the Aquia Creek train robber
suspect, passed through the city this after
noon en route for home. He reported to the
Governor that the police authorities of Cin
cinnati would cuard Morganfield until No
vember ICth and after that the State of Vir
ginia would have to employ men to guard
him. This the State will do. ' i
Sheriff Kennedy is absolutely certain that
Morganfield is the man who entered the car.
He says that although the prisoner will have
to undergo some sort of a preliminary ex
aminationjbefore a police justice in Ohio,
there will be no trouble in the Virginia
authorities getting hold of him and taking
him to Stafford.
Naval Store Marfcete.
Savannah, Ga.,Oct. 27. The Turpentine
market opened at 25i to 26c for regulars,
with sales of 666 casks. The market closed
firm at 25 Jc with sales of 467 casks. Jle-;
ceipts were 951 casks.
The rosin market opened unchanged jhd
closed firm with declines on F and G. A: i- es
were 1,000 barrels; receipts, 3,184. si
Charleston s. C, Oct. 27. Turpewitae
was firm at 26c; receipts were 32 casks.,
Kosm, good strained, was hrm at 1M105:
XCVCiHM V tit -IV UiUiCUi
FOOT BALL GAMES
SUBJECT OP DISCUSSION
BEFORE THE CABINET.
The Commander in Chief of the
! Army Expresses His Opinion of
1 J the Game Orders From the
jf War and Navy Departments
, An Army and a Nary -
: Officer Near to
I I '."".'. Duel Oter it.
! Washington, Oct. 27. The Secretaries of
War and the Navy are deaf to all appeals
that have recently been made to secure a
foot ball game between the nayal and mili
tary academy teams on Thanksgiving day,
and, it is understood the policy adopted as a
result of last year's game to prevent the two
branches of service from meeting again on
the gridiron, will be rigidly enforced. On
t&at occasion bitter animosity was aroused,
almost culminating in a duel between an
'old retired rear admiral and a brigadier gen
geral who were among the spectators. Bad
blood was engendered to such an extent that
in army and navy club circles rival factions
;were formed. Secretaries Lamont and Her-;
bert, therefore, determined that they would j
ribt take the responsibility of reviving the
rivalry. j
jThe pressure brought to bear for a game
this year has led to making public the offi
cial reasons of the departments for stopping
the practice. After considering for several
rionths the troubles growing out of last
vear'ss'ame. Col. Ernest.lthe superintendent
of the military academy, made a full report
on me suDject to tne war uepartment, ask
ing for specific instructions in the matter.
(Gen. Schofield, commanding the army,
Eade the following endorsement on the re
port in transmitting it to the Secretary of
j "The game of foot ball as recently played
requires some essential modifications. This
Ijbelieve is the concurrent public sentiment
on the subject. The required modification
will be difficult to enforce, for the reason
that the objectionable features are those
Which contribute most to success in a con
tested game. They are those features which
are most dangerous to life and limb, and
may be said to most resemble military ope
rations. They are more or less objection
able on that account. While it is un
doubtedly true that experience in
actual war is the best possible
training, modern civilization does not per
mit the making of war simplv for the pur
pose of training an army. For like reasons,
the practice in peace of those operations
which most resemble war must be con
demned, notwithstanding the fact that they
are manifestly beneficial as military train
ing. s "The reports of the superintendent show
that the casualties in the play of foot ball at
West Point are much greater than they
ought to be. and the same may also be said
in respect to riding, although expert horse
manship being indispensable in a large part
of the military service, it must be acquired,
although at much risk.
'SThere is little need of foot ball at West
Point simply as a means of physical train
ing, and as such it is open to the Objection
that it is far from universal. Probably the
young men who most need such training do
not get it, but only those, who, being al
ready endowed with splendid physical de
velopment, are capable, by additional train-
: mg, ui Huuuessiui cuuipeuuon wiun me Desc
i Of any other selected class.
I "But the game is exceedingly useful as an
! entertaininy, exhiiiratmg, absorbing, out-of
I door sport, m which all can participate,
either directly or indirectly, and in which
, mey obtain absolute aiversion from
academic and military restraint. For this
reason, in my judgment, the game should
be encouraged but v. controlled by the
academic authorities, so that its rules
saouia De auiy moained ana promptly en
forced by authority. Occasional yisits of
teams from 'Other I institutions are. in mv
judgment, not objectionable; but the annual
visit of the team from West Point to any
other institution is open, in my opinion
insurmountable objection."
to
; Almost identical orders were issued Feb
ruary '23rd last by Secretary Lamont and
Secretary Herbert, after the subject had
been brought before therCabinet and Presi
dent Cleveland had approved the solution
of the difficulty.
Secretary Lamont's order was as follows:
"The game of football will be permitted
at the United States military academy under
such regulations as may now or hereafter
be prescribed by the superintendent. He
may permit ' the teams from other institu
tions to visit West Point and play there with
the academy's team, but the team of cadets
is prohibited from engaging in matches
i elsewhere."
The Son's Cotton Review.
New York, Oct. 27. The Sun's cotton re
view says: Cotton declined 5, to 6 points
then recovered most of this, then reacted
and closed steady at a decline of 4 to 6 points.-
Liverpool declined 1 32d, on the spot, 2i to 3
points on near months, and 1$ to 3 points on
the distant months, closing easy with spot
sales of 10,000 bales. Port receipts were es
timated at 46, 160 bales, against 53,411 this day
tast week and o2,0to last year. Warmer
weather was predicted for most parts of the
cotton belt. Threatening weather was mdi
cated for Arkansas, but a higher tempera
ture to-morrow, intimated receipts at the
ports during the coming week go as high as
400,000. The decline in Liverpool, the liberal
crop movement and the local and Liverpool
selling caused the depression here to-day.
The Virginia Synod Adjonrns.
Danville, Va., Oct. 27.- After, going
through with the general routine of busi
ness such as reports of the various commit
tees, the 107th annual session of the syncd
adjourned at noon to-day. All the pulpits
of the various churches in this city and
Neapolis will be occupied by Presbyterian
ministers to-morrow morning and night.
Highest of all-in Leavening Power, Latest U. S. Gvnr.v Report
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
On the Wharves at Pensacola Ves
sels Rescned by Tncs The Chief
of the Fire Department &rl
onsly Injured by an Ex
plosion. Pensacola, Fla., Oct 27. Fire to-day de
stroyed the coal chutes belonging to the Ex
port Coal company an immense warehouse
belonging to the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, and .considerable valuable prop
erty situated on the Louisville and Nash
ville coal docks. The fife caught in the
warehouse from sparksf rom the hoisting
engine, which was at work discharging a
cargo of kainit from1, the .Norwegian ibark
Amity. It had been burning some time be
fore an alarm was sent out, and the flames
were furiously licking up the wharf and
buildings when the fire department reached
the scene. 1
A fleet of tugs lessened the danger, to the
shipping by hauling the vessels out in the
bay. While an elevated track was burning
a gang of men up on it tried to saw the tim
bers to stop the flames from coming down
the wharf. Three hundred yards of the
trestle fell, the timbers breaking a short dis
tance from 'where the men were at work and
they barely escaped going down with it. The
Tyitlioin'lln n X I, 1 1 ,1 41
iwuwuuc auu xiasuymc unucu uic nnic-
house and coal chutes and several smaller
buildings which were destroyed. About one
half of the dock was burned with twenty-
three cars, some laden with coal and others
empty.
lhe warehouse contained 500 tons of salt
whichJs a total lossi The Norwegian bark
Elirse, which was lying at the dock had most
of her rigging burned and was only saved
by being towed out into the stream. , The
Norwegian bark Aniity was also considera
bly damaged by fire.
At 11 o'cIock while the hremen were
working on the warehouse several barrels
of oil exploded, seriously, if not fatally, in
juring Chief Baker and another fireman
named Wm. linston. A sailor on the Nor
wegian bark Elirse was killed and another
badly injured by being strucfc by a topmast
which was so badly burned that it. fell,
knocking them overboard. The fire is now
under control The los3 is estimated at
from $100,000 to $125,000.
THE PACIFIC CABLF.
England Snds Commissioners to
Washington to Plead for Privi
leges in Hawaii.
Baljtimoie Herald.l
San Feaxcisco, Cala., Oct. 26. Sanford
Fleming, commissioner, from the Canadian
Government to Hawaii, in the interest of the
proposed Canadian-Australian cable, arrived
here on the steamer Alameda to-day. In
an interview he spoke freely of his mission
to the Pacific Islands, whither he was ac
companied by W. H. Mercer, of the colonial
office in London.
Mr. Fleming declared that there was noth-j
ine secret about their mission, lhe uoy
ernments of Canada and Australia, he said,!
have resolved to lay a Pacific cable. There
are a number of islands in possession of
Great Britain, between Australia and Can-
ada, across which the cable might be
stretched.. With stations at these pointsv
there would be no absolute necessity j for
landing the cable on islands which are not
British.
However, the projectors of the enterprise
appreciate the business considerations which
make it essential that any Pacific cable!
shall touch all islands of Samoa and Hawaii
Samoa, it is proposed to reach by a short
branch from Fiji, and it would be possible
to connect Hawaii by a branch from the
nearest mid-ocean station at Fanning;
Island, a British possession which is over!
800 miies distant from Honolulu.
By the terms of Hawau's treaty ot reci
procity with the United States, Hawaii is
lorbidden to grant any other power any
lease or lien upon any portion of the ten i-
tory. It is quite understood that the first
step of the Hawaiian Government will be
to appeal to Washington for assent to grant
the privileges. No difficulty is anticipated.
It is understood that Messrs. Fleming and
Mercer will proceed to Washington to urge
their cause:
Mr. Stevenson Speaks at Troy
Troy, N. Y., Oct. 27. Adlai E. Stevenson.
Vice President of the United States, spoke
to-night at Band's opera house on the issues
of the campaign. The opera house Iwas
packed and all the seats on the stage were
occupied by representative Democrats.
United States Senator Murphy occupied a
prominent seat. It was the first Democratic
rally of any importance and may be said tp
have opened the campaign in Troy. Charles
E. Patterson of Troy, presided. j
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The Japanese Victory. j
Washington, Oct. 27. The following; des
patch was received at the Japanese Legation
to-night from Hiroshima: The advance
column of our first army began to cross the
Yalu October 24th and next day after a
fighting of over three hours won a victory at
Hohosan near Lin Len Chong, the opposing
army consisting of 3,500 being utterly routed
and scattered. Marshal Yamagata is at
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The Czar's Condition. J
St. PETKESBUEG.Oct. 27. A bulletin issued
at 7 o'clock this evening from Liyadia jsays:
"The Czar ate well during the day. The
action of his heart i3 rather better, j The
c-idema has not increased. His spirits are
better than they were yesterday.'.? j
The bulletin bears the usual signatures of
the physicians in ; attendance upon his
Majesty.
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Another Japanese "Victory, j
: Yokohama. Oct. 27. The Japanese have
gained a decisive victory at Klureniover
16,000 Chinese. The enemy fled towards
Antung. The Japanese captured a quantity
of booty, thirty guns and 300 tents, as well
as a quantity of provisions. The Chinese
lost 200 killed, a number wounded and
many taken prisoners. j
ELECTIVE PEERS.
THE PROPOSED REFORMS JTT
LORD SALISBURY ,
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The House of Lords to Contain Hem.
hers Elected hy the People Cheeky
, on the Peers Veto Power .
Canards About Princess
I Alix's MarriagwTh
. Czar and the
. i. Jews.
Loxdox, Oct. 1 27. Lord Salisbury will
speak in Edinburgh on Monday in reply to
the address which Lord Rosebery is to de-
liver at Bradford this evening. A forecast
of Lord Salisbury's speech as accepted at the
Carlton club, credits the ex-Prime Minister
with the purpose of appearing in the role of
& reformer of the House of Lords, not on the
drastic principle of limiting the legislature
powers of the hereditary branch of Parlia"
ment, but by providing'fqr a House of Peers,
a part of the members of which shall be
elected by the people, the remainder hold
ing their seats by right of birth. The Tories
have become convinced that the time has
come when
the
Upper House must be
''ended or
mended' and they hope focibe
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creation of a second chamber, in the make
up of which the Conservative element shall
still predominate.
Another scheme of Lord Salisbury's.
which he advances as an alternative to the
principle of a House of Peers partly elective
and partly hereditary, provides for a greater
infusion of life into the existing
House of Lords, with - the ' proviso
that whenever a bill which has been passed ,
by the House of Commons shall have been
twice rejected by the Peers, the .measure
shall be referred to the country at lanre. The
plans of Lord Salisbury, so , far as they are
known, indicate that the abridgment of the
powers of the House of Lords will be given '
a place in the forefront of the election pro
gramme.
Mr. leelis, member of Jfarhament for
Merienashire, the Government whip, gave a
glimpse of the official" bills to be considered
at the coming session of Parliament in the
address to his constituents. He said that be
sides the measure for. the reform of the
House of Lords, there would be introduced
a bill for the disestablishment of the Church
in Wales, the Irish Land Acts Amendment
bill, the one man vote proposal, the Factory
bill, and other labor and social measures.
The split1 among the Irish Unionists over
the Land bill is decisive. The Unionists of
Ulster are breaking to pieces and the land
lord party are fighting the farmers. This
rupture, it i3 believed, will enable the
Nationalists to secure five of the seats for
Ulster at the next general election.
The. tenor of the court advices from Yalta
is supposed to lead to the belief that the
arrangements i for the winter entertain
ments at Sandringham' will be continued.
The report that the invitations to a series of
house parties, which is to begin next week
and extend until after Christinas, had been
canceled is entirely without foundation. No
arrangements already made will be changed
unless the death of the Czar shall become
an event to be looked for in a very short
time. !
Queen Victoria receives a daily despatch
frotn the Czar's aide de camp, giving the
latest news regarding His Majesty's condi-
tion.' The Princess of Wales also receives a
daily despatch from the Czarina, who ex
presses herself as sansruine that the Czar
will be able to start for Corfu in about
fortnight. M. Beckendorff, llussia's court,
chamberlain, who is now at the Villa Mon
repos, in Corfu, has received instructions to
complete all. preparations there for the re
ception of his i Majesty by November Gtht.
and then to proceed to Lavidia for the Czar.
The Queen has been very much pained by
seeing the canards published in the newspa
. pers to the effect that Princess Alix had been
forced into renouncing her faith", and pro
fessing that of: the Greek Church and also
into the marriasre with the Czarewiteh.
Contrary to this, everything is harmonious
and the mutual affection exhibited by the
Czarewiteh and the Princess shows that
their union will be a love match. The state
ment that Princess Alix has been obliged
to be baptized Or to anathematize the faith
in which she was brought up is absolutely
untrue, j i
Among the comments upon the condition
of the Czar is a notable one by the Jevriult
Chronicle, which says the Czar seeks relief
from disease at a spot from which he has
driven away the Jews, who were accus
tomed to seek the restoration of their health
after haying been confined inNorthern towns.
The Jews made Yalta and maintained it
until driven out and financially ruined by
the peasants who boarded them. As re
cently as last month a new ukase, though
generally, as yet unknown, was signed by
the" Czar, further abridging the rhrhts of
the Jewish farmers. The article concludes: 1
-jiav tne growtn ot mercy be stimulated
and the Czar's mind be softened by his suf
ferings."' ' j
No Chance in the Political Situation.?
New York, Oct. 27. The situation in
State politics j at present ' is practically un-j
changed from that of the opening of the.
fight, both forces working with as grim a'
vigor as ever characterized a State cam
paign.. , . j '' " - j ' .'
I The fact that to day was the last or the,
week probably had some influence in cans-'
ing the general quietude at the various'
political headquarters. ; The most im-j
portant of the day's incidents wasf
Col. Strong's receptions of the district
leaders of the German-American Reform
union at headquarters in the SurtevantJ
house late to pight. It3 special significance!
lay in his speech to the German reformers.
Admitting their contention that the existing!
excise law i3 antiquated and illiberal, he
promised to exert his influence in favor of ' ;
more liberal , legislation if he should bef
elected mayor. Active soppciiers of CoLj
Strong regard these expressions as likely ta
have a powerful effect in securing to him,
the votes of the Germans of all factions who
are not regularly allied with Tammany '
nan. '
Senator Hill's Canvass.
Watertowk, N. Y., iOct. 27. Senator
David B. Hill arrived here this evening and
was accorded a warm reception. At &
o'clock he was escorted to the city opera!
nouse, wmcn long -oeiore mat nour was
crowded to the doors with over 2,000 people-
lie was met witn a penect outourst or en-
ure at the cordiality of his reception, pro-
ceeded to nicus3 the tanil ouestvon. j
Senator Hill and party left to-night for
Albany. ''
Beslts, Oct- 27. It is officially announced
that the resignation of Count Botho Zu
Eulen burg, president bf the Prussian Coun
cil of Ministers, has been accepted. . 1
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