Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1889-11-16

              --""' J VOL. L. NO. 274. COLUMBUS. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16. 18S9 TWELVE PA&ES. Established isii. UP HIS HEART WAS TRUE General Grosyenor Talks of the Story That He and Others Did Sot Support Foraker. The Vexed Question of Violating: Alien Contract Labor Law About to ts Settled. r General Schofleld's Eemedy for Desertions from the Army. "WximxaTOjr, Not. 15. Special. General Grosvenor has a long interview in tonight's Star, in -which he vigorously denies the charges that he and other Ohio Republican congressmen did not give Governor Foraker a loyal support. General Gros-venor cites the vote in his own congressional district and the governor's vote in Cincinnati and Columbus as proof of his assertions. He says if the Democrats attempt to redistrict Major McKinley or any other prominent Republican out of congress, he will be elected governor and Campbell's presidential hopes forever blasted.. General Scnofield on Army Desertions and Other Matters. Washhtgios, Not. 15. The annual report of Major General Schofield, commanding the army, to th.; secretary of war was made pnblio today, vie pays especial attention to the desertion question. He says : "The causes of discontent which lead to desertion from the army are numerous. They have been sought for diligently for years, and many of them have been removed. Some of them are probably beyond the reach of any remedy. One of them is the naturally discontented disposition of the men who are led by that feeling alone to seek change from the monotony of breadwinning, in any civil pursuit, by entering the supposed $es arduous service of the United States. 'When such men find that soldiers no less than civilians must work, their feelingsof discontent return, and they resort to the only means by which they can make another change. These men rarely desert when engaged in an active canipalen, however great the hardships and privation or severe the discipline may : be. It is the ordinary labor and routine of military duties which inspire them with discontent. These causes of desertion can not be removed. The troops can not be kept constantly in active military campaign, nor can they be exempted from the monotony of routine duties and labor. The government can not employ hired laborers to do tbe work which the troops have time ' to do for themselves. lt would seem that some kind of probationary system might be devised by which the unfit element among recruits could be eliminated without resort to the crime of desertion. It does not seem necessary that men be required in time of peace to bind themselves absolutely to serve five years. A sufficient remedy may perhaps be found in the case of all worthy men who find, after a few months' trial, that they have mistaken their calling by a more liberal exercise of the power to discharge soldiers upon their own ap-- jrtjt.iaia tusra ha3 ever heretofore prevailed. Great care in the recruiting service, to prevent the enlistment of men of bad character and habits, may be found practicable. Measures having these ends in view have already been instituted. Also greater care in thetreatment of recruits by officers and non-commissioned officers. The records of desertion from different organizations leave no room for doubt of the fact that the character of the commanding officer has much to do with the extent oi this evil. In some few instances, it appears that captains are in-the habit of leaving the care and discioline of their men to the first sergeant and other non-commissioned officers without that constant supervision and control which the captain should exercise. In all such cases, the captain should be promptly removed from the command which he so seriously neglects. After alt possible has been done to remove reasonable excuses for desertion, it still remains true that the means now provided for the arrest and punishment of deserters are wholly inadequate. Only one in five is ever captured. This is not sufficient to deter men from committing crime. The remedy is to authorize civil officers to arrest deserters and increase the reward so as to compensate them for their service. There is no need to increase the penalty for desertion, but to make some penalty at least probable, which it is not now." General Schofield recommends that the present five regiments of artillery be organized into seven regiments, the organization to remain the same, except that there shall be but one first lieutenant to a battery. He also recommends that the enlisted strength of the army be increased to 30.000, which would supply the force necessary for the proposed reorganization of the artillery and the infantry, as well as giving more margin for recruits under instructions. He wants the infantry regiment to consist of three battalions, aggregating twelve companies, as iu the cavalry. He suggests that hereafter promotions, from tbe grade of second lieutenants to that of colonel in the cases of all officers who nre not now above the lowest grade should be made according to seniority of commission in the arm of the service to which the officer belongs and not as now, in part, by regiments. He further suggests that hereafter officers be commissioned in the arm of the service to which they belong, and not in particular regiments, so that they may be assigned to regiments and transferred from one to another by the president as the interests of the service may require. He recommends that the pay of non-commissioned officers of infantry, cavalry and artillery be made the some as that now established for like grades in the engineers. Referring to the work of the board of ordnance and fortifications, he says: "The plans of the engineer department provide the inland defenses necessary for the security of the great maritime ports of the country. In a very few cases these land defenses will need to be supplemented by floating batteries or powerful harbor defense vessels, because the necessary foundations for guns do not exist on solid ground. Submarine mines and movable torpedoes will also play an important though secondary part in the general plans lor defense. Provision should be made for the necessary garrisons at tbe principal seaports. A table is given showing tbe necessities of this Cork. The war garrisons of our sea coast defenses would be about 85,000 artillerymen and 1305 guns of modern construction. "It is now practicable to station a small part of the infantry of the country at some of tbe most important strategic points in the Eastern states," aaya the general, and he recommends the establishment of one j-egiment at Piattsburg. N. Y., and asks for an appropriation for barracks. Improvements in Alilitia. Washisgtox, Nov. 15. Captain D. M. Taylor, ordnance department, who has been in charge of the appropriation for the purpose of providing arms, etc., and camp equipage for the national militia, iu his annual report to the secretary oi war, slates that the total requisitions for tiie year nearly equal the amount of the appropriation, and with the cost of transportation added the full amount of the appropriation was probably exhausted. A plea is made for an increase of the appropriation. It was :f200,0u) iu and has only been doubled once since for providing lor the needs of nearly ten times as many people as then. Captain Taylor recommends that it be increased from $400,000 to $1,000,000 annually. The work of uniforming the militia in the United States uniform still goes on, the opposition to it dying out. The centennial parade in New York, April 30. had. it is thought, a most beneficial tendency in the direction ot uniform. A gratifying beginning has been made in the equipment of light batteries. The states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Nebraska and West Virginia have not made the returns required by law and Captain Taylor recommends that after January 1, 1890, no issues of stores.be made to any states which has not rendered tue returns required by law, and that the governors of tbe state be so informed. The value of stores issued to various states and territories daring the year is shown by the following table : Alabama J12.627. California ?7275, Colorado $L'716, Illinois $22,574. Indiana $11,-474, Iowa fa9fW, Kansas $9754, Kentucky J5349, Louisianaf3012, Michigan $13,-853. Minnesota J6055, Mississippi $8117, Missouri $13.J54, Nebraska $1341, Nevada $4!J53. New York $25,743, Ohio $15,661, Oregon $2776, Pennsylvania $26,425, Tennessee $14,018, Texas $11,680. West Vireinia $5385, Wisconsin $7081, Dakota $4153, Idaho $3075, Montana $2700, New Mexico $5248. Washington $5160, Wyoming $3602. The total for all the states and territories is $361,876. The Bailroad in a, Snarl About Bates. Washisgtoit, Not. 15. The inter-state commerce commission was today engaged in the hearing of 'the complaint of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Kail-way Co. v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railway Co. The complaint alleges, under date of July 5 last, that defendant has put into effect "party rates," whereby parties of ten or more persons traveling together on one ticket, are transported over its lines at 2 cents per mile par capita, which, it is charged, is less than the regular rate for a single person, which is about 3 cents per mile. Petitioner insists that this practice of the Baltimore and Ohio diverts traffio from the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis road which is greatly damaged by loss of revenue thereby. Defendant in answer contends that the making ot these rates was in no way a violation of the inter-state commerce act; that they are an accommodation to the public and necessary to the business of theatrical and other amusement companies.Mr. G. K. Lord, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio company, was the first witness and was examined at great length concerning the practice of the company with relation to the points at issue. The other witnesses were Messrs. Fdward E. Bice and Henry C. Jarrett, theatrical managers. Mr. Jarrett gave it as his opinion that the exaction of full rates would be to partially paralyze and stop the business of more than two-thirds of the traveling companies. Mr. Rica in his testimony stated that last year he had 240 people on the road and the difference in the transportation charges between that year and preceding years was $30,000. The result of tbe charging of lull rates, he said, would be that first-class attractions would not be able to travel over tbe country. The smaller companies, he said, composed of but few people, might be able to continue, but not so with tbe larger ones. He said that at a meeting of the theatrical managers in New York last May, four-iiftbs of them said it would be impossible, to keep their companies on tbe road in future if full rates were charged, and they only continued in business because they hoped to obtain early relief. Companies are being constantly withdrawn from the road on account of the heavy railroad charges. Counsel for complainant then submitted the case in a short argument and the other counsel will submit printed briefs. Military Men at Our Colleges. Washihgtos, Xov.- 15,-iFora longtime there has been dissatisfaction with the relations existing between officers detailed to give military instruction in certain colleges, under the act of congress authonz- ing such detail, and the authorities of the colleges. There is no uniformity in the treatment of officers by the faculties. In some cases the latter are even required to give up military instruction altogether and devote themselves to other duties. In order to settle the difficulty a board of officers with Major Sanger at the head was appointed to examine into tbe situation and recommend an order which should exactly define what under tbe terms of the act of congress the duties of the military instructors should be. This report was made, and in accordance with tbe recommendation of the board an order was prepared. The board, of course, took the military viaw of the situation. Before promulgating the order copies of it were sent to the presidents of the various colleges interested, with a request that their views be furnished the department. Pursuant to this request, a committee representing the colleges was appointed to present their side of the case to the secretary of war. That committee consists of George W. Atherton, State college, Center county. Pa. ; I). L. Mclnnis, Colleee citation, Tex. ; H. E. Alvord. Agricultural college, Maryland ; E. M. Turner, Morgantown, W. Va. Tbey called upon Secretary Proctor today and had a long conference with him and Adjutant General Kelton.' Their views were presented at some length and as a result of the conference anorder will be issued by the War department defining the duties of military officers detailed at institutions of learning somewhat more liberal in its constructions of those duties than that made by the Sanger board. Of Importance to Pension Attorneys. Washikgtoit, Nov. 15. Some time ago the attention of Secretary Noble was directed to tbe fact that some attorneys practicing before the pension bureau were using a form of fee agreement which materially differed from tiie form prescribed by the office: Tbe regular form has the law of 18&4 relative to attorneys' fees printed on the back with the following in large type at the top of the page: "Notice to claimants This contract is permissible under the law, but not compulsory," referring to the fact that the law fixed the fee to be received by an attorney in a pension case at $10, with the authority to charge not more than $25 under certain circumstances. The disapproved form, which does not have the law printed on the back, was adopted by a number of attorneys, mainly, it is believed, to save printing. Secretary Noble, however, decided that this modified form should no longer be received, but as this form had been sent out by the attorneys to their clients and were being executed he decided to give due notice. Under date of October 25. 1839, an order was issued which advised attorneys that no form of fee agreement other than the one prescribed would be recognized which was executed and filed after November 13, 1889. Some of the attorneys have protested to the commissioner against this order, alleging that it was calculated to delay cases already near completion. Commissioner Kaom, however, today oe-cided that "all agreements not in the form prescribed by this office and executed after November 18, 1889, and forwarded to this office, will not be accepted as formal, but will be returned for correction. The cases now pending and on file in the office, which have the prescribed agreement will not, of course, be affected. - Kecomniendations for West Point. Washikgtok, Nov. 15. Colcnel John M. Wilson, superintendent of West Point and the Military ocademv, has reported to the adjutant general of the operations of the post and the academy for the year ended August 31, 1889. There were at the end of the year stationed at the post eight professors, fifty commissioned officers, including one surgeon, one assistant surseon, one swordmaster and one teacher of music. During the year there had been sixteen changes of officers. 32 cadets resigned, 33 were discharge!, 1 died and 49 gradutated ; 93 were admitted, making the total number enrolled September 1, 1889. 291. Of these one is from fcwitzerland and one from Central America. Colonel Wilson strongly recommends that appointments to endetsbips be confined to the Jane examination, as appointments during the summer recess re-suit m a very large per eent. of failures. It is also urged that the number of tbe band at West Point be increased front twenty-four to forty, and in any event that the wages of tbe musicians be raised so that first-class talent may be employed. Colonel Wilson recommended that the positions of masterof sword and teacher of music (now neither officers nor enlisted men) carry with them the rank, pay, allowances and privileges of Becond lieutenants in the United States army, and that they be appointed, as are the professors in the institution, by the president of the United States. An appropriation is recommended of $24,000 for the erection of quarters for the enlisted men at the post, many of them old soldiers grown gray in the service of the country. The Alien Contract Labor Law Violated. Washington, Nov, 15. As a result of several conferences of Attorney General Miller, Secretary WTindom and Solicitor Hepburn in regard to the case of the twenty-five English glassblowers employed at the establishment of Chambers, McK.ee fc Co. of Jeannette, Pa., the first named today referred all the papers in the case to United States District Attorney Lyons at Pittsburg, with instructions to proceed against the firm named and those officers of the local assembly of glass-blowers who were instrumental in bringing the English laborers to thi country , provided he is satisfied that suits can be maintained against them under the provisions of tbe alien contract-labor law. The question as to tbe return of tbe imported laborers, it is understood, will not be acted upon until after the legal questions involved in the civil suits shall have been determined. Solicitor Hepburn has given an opinion to the secretary of the treasury that the law was violated in this case and that the department has ample authority to send the imported glass-blowers back to England. Army Orders. Washisgtoh, Nov. 15. Tbe secretary of w ar has ordered Second Lieutenant Fielder M. M. Beall to inspect the signal office at Toledo, and Second Lieutenant Hubert Watkins, from Cincinnati, to inspect the offices at Columbus, Parkersburg, Pittsburg, Erie, Cleveland, Sandusky, Indianapolis, Springfield and Cairo as soon as possible, and Chattanooga, Knoxville, Lexington and Louisville. First Lieutenant Charles A. Williams, Twenty-first infantry, is directed to repair to the Columbus Barracks and report to tbe commanding officer for duty at that depot. He will also report his arrival by letter to the superintendent of the recruiting service at New Yo.rk City. Ohio Pensions. Washington, Nov. 15. Special. The following pensions were awarded Ohio applicants today: Original invalid Frank Clements. Harrison; Hiram Bates, Clarksviile; Peter Lutz, Cincinnati; George W. Sponkle, Wilmot: David NTor-ris.Wolf; Hiram Miller. Irontoa; Samuel Kleets, Bradner: James R. Vansickle, Chalfant: Jack-eon Valters, Kemonsburgr; John Kockel, Cincinnati; Isaac B.Shively. Grand Rapine; Andrew Outt, Junction; John Koss, Millerspuiu John E. Colegrove, Glenford: John Pease, Aoiolia; Timothy Titus, Morrow; David E. Hecey, East Rochester: Polly C. Kennedy, Wapakoneta; Charles Dartmund. Columbus; David Dennis, Grand Kapids; Wesley Williams, Jackson; Charles R. Bripgs, IspencerviUe; Henry R. Newkirk, Fayetteviile. Increase Amos Smith, Basil: Nicholas Johnson. Wilson; George Beck, Manchester: Samuel L. Smith, Havana; James A. Baker. Cincinnati: John W. McCuily. National Military home; Sidney J. Afobrey, Republic; Jacob Bibler, Zanesviile (navy); James A. Nesbitt, Lynx; William E. Goodpaster, Morrow; Irederick. Baltz, Cincinnati; Krnest Kreig, Cincinnati; Robert J. Herendou. Bloom Centre: Jacob Fuller, Cleveland; Marcus L. Jones, Middleport; John; Wolf, Logan; Henry W'awroth, Pleasant Hill; George Joachim, Pomcroy;. Thomas Hurler, Cft-metr William M. Snively, Selig; James Thallery, Crown City. Original widows, etc. Catherine, widow of Louis Stelzer, Zanesviile: barah Catharine, widow of Andrew Cameron. Harmar; Esther A., widow of Jacob Bryant. Blauehesrer; Elizabeth, mother of Nathan Gioley, New Holland: minors of Samuel McGrew, Carroltou and Wooster. An Excursion to Annapolis. Washington, Nov. 15. The secretary of state will give an excursion to Annapolis tomorrow, in honor of the delegates to the Pan-American congress and to the international maritime conference. The cabinet, excepting tbe postmaster general and the secretary of war, and a few invited guests will also attend. There will probably be 150 people on the train, which will leave this city at 10 a. m., and returning, leave Annapolis at 3 p. m. Luncheon will be served at the Naval academy. Personal Mention. Washington, Nov. 15. Mrs. Harrison gave a special reception this afternoon to Miss Juch, the opera artist, who was accompanied by her mother and Mr. C. E. Locke. Russell B. Harrison arrived in Washington today. He will remain now a day or two only, but will return next week for a stay of some length. Bond Sales. Washington, Nov. 15. Today's bond offerings were as follows: Registered 4s. $82,350 at 127; registered 4s, $52,000 at 105, $5000 at 105. All the offers were accepted. AIRY, FAIRY LILLIAN. She Did Not Elope With Walter Sanford In Fact She Has Had Enough of lhat Business. New Yobk, Nov. 15. An evening paper prints this : A dispatch from Chicago last night stated that Lillian Russell, the prima donna of the Casino Brigands company, had eloped with Walter Sanford, a well-known and wealthy New Yorker. It is true that Miss Russell left Chicago last night for New York, but otherwise the statement is false. When it was decided late in the summer to send a company on the road, an agreement wns made with Miss Russell whereby she had permission to leave the company two or three nights before the conclusion of a lengthy engagement in any city and proceed to the next "stand" in order to recuperate her voice prior to beginning the new engagement. This is all there is to the case "in point. Yesterday she telegraphed Mr. Aronson that she would start lor New York on the 5 o'clock limited. Tbe company opens at Philadelphia on Monday night, and Miss Russell's trip East is solely for tbe purpose of resting herself for Monday night's performance. While in this city she will visit her daughter, who is in a convent at Fort Lee, and whom she has not seen in two months. "So far as Miss- Russell is concerned," said an attache of the Casino this morning, "she has had enough of elopements. Her experience with Teddie Solomon ieft an impression that will never be effaced. It was a valuable experience and she has profited by it." JOE M11U11TON AGAIN. Solid Chunks of Gold Found in Montgomery County, N. C. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 15. The Carolina Watchman, published at Salisbury, has sent a mining expert to Montgomery county to investigate rumors of an important gold find there, and he reports that all the statements about fabulous wealth having been discovered there are true. The find is said to be the richest in tbe state. Three parallel veins were found about half an inch in thickness and only a few feet apart. The ore pans out a large per cent, of pure gold. The Watchman's representative ascertained that a bushel of solid gold had already been taken out of the deposit. The place is owned by three Sanders brothers; two of them have been living in Texas but have started for Salisbury in response to a telegram. Great excitement is re- )orted in the neigh borhood and people are eaving their work to search for gold. It is stated that a man in two hours' work got out SOOu pennyweights of pure gold and ws then compelled by the owners to leave off work. THE FARMERS SPEAK. They Demand That Farm Products be Protected, as Well as Favored , Manufactures, . And That Tariff on Wool Imported for Carpets Should he as High as , That for Coats. Hon. "William Lawrence of Ohio Does Some Missionary Work. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 15. The national farmers' congress adjourned today and tbe delegates left on a special train this evening for New Orleans. The day was devoted almost entirely to the considera tion of resolutions, tbe election of officers, etc The new officers are: President, R. P. Kolb of Alabama; vice president, A. W". Smith, Kansas; secretary, E. F. Clayton, Iowa, and treasurer, Wiiliatn Lawrence, Ohio. Vice presidents were elected from each state. The congress decided to bold its next meeting iu Iowa, the place to be hereafter designated. A petition of the national floral congress, held at Athens, Ala., relative to tbe selection of a national flower, was presented. A resolution by Mr. Paborof Colorado that the chair appoint a committee of one from each state to suggest a means of selecting a national flower, tbe committee to report at the next meeting, was adopted.. The resolution to remove the tax on tobacco came up on an adverse report of the committee and the report of the committee was concurred in. The resolution declaring that tbe government does not need the money raised by internal revenue taxation and that this congress favors the repeal of the internal revenue laws, and that taxes raised from whisky and tobacco be relegated to the different states to relieve them of local taxation, was taken up and the adverse report was concurred in. A resolution was ottered by Mr. Paborot Colorado, asking congress to selectChicago as the best point for tbe location of the world's fair in 1892. Mr. Kelly of Kansas offered an amendment striking out Chicago and inserting instead St. Louis. Lost. The question coming up on locating the fair in Chicago, the vote taken by states stood : 261 yeas, 63 nays. A resolution favoring government aid to steamship lines to build up trade between this country and Central and South America, came up and an adverse report was adopted. The resolution favoring unlimited coinage of silver met with an adverse report and was indefinitely postponed. The following was introduced by Sir. Dresser of Illinois, and unanimously adopted : " Resolved, by the farmers' congress. That it favors a comprehensive scheme for the improvement of the Mississippi river and1 the building -of a sbip-caiiai across the State of Illinois, connecting the Missisaipl river and Lake Michigan ; and it is recom mended that the l.'dited States congress make a liberal appropriation therefor. On motion ot Jir. . layton non. jerry Rusk, secretary of agriculture, and Hon. J. R. Dodge, statistician of the Department of Agriculture, were wiaainiously elected honorary members. v'T f. '!- Tbe president appointed Jfie ffiiloexg-committee to prepare rules for the government of the congress: ". Messrs. McKetzie of Kentucky, Work of "Indiana, TTawreice of Ohio, Corputof Georgia and Clayton of Iowa. ' - i The following is the text of the resdu-tions relating to the tariff adopted by 4ie congress. They were prepared by Hn. William E. Lawrence of Ohio, who urged their passage as reported favorably frm the committee: Resolved, That while congress maintains the policy of a protective tariff we demand that all farm products shall be as fully pio-tected as tbe most favored of tbe manufacturing industries. Resolved, That while, as now, a protective tariff is maintained which substantially protects importations of foreign carpsts and many other articles of manufactured goods, we demand that the duties on mutton, sheep and wool of all kinds shall be so increased as to equally prohibit the importation of mutton, sheep aid wool of every kind which can. under protection, be sufficiently produced at fairly remunerative prices in the United States to supply all American wants, including the better class of carpet wools, especially carpets, as luxuries are entitled to less favor than farm and ranch products. That the tariff on wool imported to mate carpets should at least be as high as that imported to make coats. That if protection to this extent is denied we will call upon the farmers of the United States to assert their power at the ballot-box and otherwise to right the wrong and injustice of discrimination against them. Wool and mutton-producing industries will be so seriously crippled that they will be, in a large measure destroyed and the farmers will no longer have any interest in protection for the manufacturers of woolen goods, but will insist that they shall hare no larger measures of protection than is accorded to the wool industry, including any kind of wool. That the farmers of the United States are not called upon to support tbe nomination of any man for president, senator, or representative in congress who will not to his utmost ability aid in carrying ont the objects of the foregoing resolutions. Resolved, That we favor commercial treaties which will discriminate in favor ot tbe nations which accept silver as legal-tender money, as well as gold and against those which have demonetized silverr The following was presented as a minority report: Resolved, by the farmers' congress of 1889, That we demand of our senators and representatives in congress from our re-' spective states that they shall use their best efforts to reduce the tariff to a strictly revenue basis, and that when practicable it shall be lilted entirely and placed upon tbe luxuries. The following was offered as a substitute for the whole matter : Resolved, That the farmers' congress recommends to congress tbe enactment of such just tariff laws as will secure an equal distribution of public burdens and provide sufficient revenue for the government. A vote by states was then taken on Mr. McKenzie's substitute and it was lost. The minority report was also defeated. The vote then recurred to the original resolutions, and after considerable discussion a division was agreed upon so as to take a separate vote on the resolutions. The majority tariff resolution was adopted as follows: For the resolution as reported bv the committee Colorado 5, Florida 2, Illinois 28, Idaho 2, Indiana 10, Iowa 15, Kansas 11, Kentucky 7, Maine 11, Michigan 15, Ohio 24, Pennsylvania 23. Missouri 1. Rhode Island 6 100. Nays Alabama 12. Florida 5, Georgia 15. Indiana 7. Kentucky 7, Texas 14, Missouri 18, Noith Carolina 1189. The silver resolution was then carried unanimously. A It ACE fKOSECl'IlOX. The Work of Southern Hoodlums Against the Jews. New Orleans, Nov. 15. The Picayune's Lake Providence special says: Mr. Louis Hornthall of Vicksburg came up the road from Tom pkin's Bend and reached Providence about Doon today. He reports that about 1 a. m. today the Alsatia store was shot into about fifty or moae times and placarded: "No Jews after January 1: a Delhi warning of fire and lead will make von leave." The Bernard & Bloch store at Goodrich's Landing was also shot into. There be J ga i at Goodrich telegraph office in each of these stores, your r corresDondentapplied to the wires. Colonel -c. nr. constant at Atdorn, superintendent of our lines, answered that be knew nothing more than Mr. Horntbal had told him as be passed up in Ibe morning. Athorn is within five miles of Asatia, where the midnight shooting took place. Mr. Gua Bernard, of tbe firm of Bernard & Bloch, at Goodrich's, responded after repeated calls and said that about twenty shots were fired into his dwelling near midnight, one of them nasaini. nearly over the L bed where his family lay. There were fifty- ure empty rule shells touna on the levee till morning in front of their store. The ojerator at the Alsatia store was repeat-ecly called, but did not answer. We have att heard of any personal injury or the destruction of any property further than the eSsct of the Winchester rifie balls on the balding and the' things inside that they cane in contact with. Our people denounce tbe midnight outrage in un measure! terms, and prompt steps will be takin to ferret out tbe wrong-doers. A CHICAGO SENSATION. fiemlii-Cu of Smal pox Hundreds of HyV' People Exposed to It. Chicago, Nov. 15. One of the biggest ifDsations over a case of smallpox that has occurred in. Chicago for years developed at the health office this afternoon when a fleshy yountr man with a pimply face came in and announced that he had the sniall- pox. Health Commissioner Wickersbam sasrri tr vaccinated, out me announcement "sent the otlier occupants out of the tffiee, flying outside helter-skelter. The young man was at once taken into tie, vault by Dr. Wickersbam and Dr. Montgomery and examined. Their de-"Cteion was that it was a genuine case of amaUpox. and the patient was kept in the vault. The ambulance was ordered to convey the man to the smallpox hospital. ;I)r.-Wickersbam issued an order that every officer, of the health department should at once be vaccinated, and tbe work was taken in hand by Dr. Montgomery., i Tbe story of the case is of unusual interest. ; 'lhe patient is Oscar Beck, a bartender, who has" been working regularly in Will-lam Hesjenier's saloon, 227 Clark street, in (the very heart of the city, l ast Wednesday be "felt ill and Thursday a fever appear-'ed. He continued work, however, until Thursday night. Then the rash on his face appeared and began to develop rapidly. Today he went into the office of Dr. N". B. Davis, jr., and as there were a crest many other patients ahead of hiin. as . was compelled to sit there two hours before seeing the doctor, thus exposing all the patients. Young Dr. Xavis suspected that it was smallpox, and called in Dr. Davis, sr., who confirmed his opinion. The Dm. Davis, so Mr. Beck says, told him to go to the health office for a f .irtber diagnosis and did not take the precaution of detaiuine the man in the office and sending for one of the City's medical inspeetors. " When Beck left be was puzzled whether to go to the health office and be conveyed to the pest-bouse, or run the risk of escaping that, unpleasant prospect. For nearly twohours he roamed around the streets and then concluded that lie had belter do as he had been told. Opinion differs as to whether the patient was at a stage of the disease where he must have infected the hundreds of people who passed and repassed him on tue crowded streets. "fi THE LOUISIANA STYLE. Tro Negroes to be Hanged for Robbing n fild Wm. - " f---'-r' New Orleans, Nov. 15. The Picayune's Beauregard,Miss., special says: About a week' ago an old man- was waylaid abd robbed by two negroes the Stanford brothers. They escaped, but were arrested iu New Orleans and returned to Hazlehurst for trial. Two hundred men from here, augmented by citizens from Claiborne and some hundred from Hinds, will take the Stanford brothers and another negro from the Hazlehurst jail tonight, and hang them. News from reliable sources states the people will assemble at Gallatin, a village four miles west of Hazlehurst, and at midnight will go in a body and demand the prisoners, and the refusal of the officers will result in a jail-breaking and hanging. Kvery detail is arranged and douutless trouble will arise should the sheriff otler resistance to the crowd. . Runners have been out all day since it was learned th negroes had been brought from Jackson to Hazlehurst to undergo preliminary examination which was waived. This aggravated the people and the failure and delays of the law in such cases as presented has aroused the community for the safety of its people and they will be executed. PROPOSED WORLD'S CONGRESS. Chicago, as Usual, Takes Affair. a Hand In the Chicago, Nov. 15. The committee on the proposed world's congress, to be held wherever the world's exposition is located, decided this afternoon to correspond with prominent men in the various lines of thought, and to facilitate this work the following assignments were agreed upon : Bishop t allows, to communicate with the leading educators of the country; W.J. Onahan, municipal and other governmental authorities throughout tbe United States; Walter Thomas Mills, American authors and editors; J. J. Mitchell, economists and financiers; Dr. Barrows, eminent theologians; Julius Rosenthal, eminent men in literature and science in Europe, especially in Germany; John A. Enander, eminent aien in literature and science in Scandinavian countries. ACROSS THE CONTINENT, A New Fast Mail Train Pnt on tbe Union Pacific. Chicago, Nov. 15. The fast mail service overland from Chicago to the Pacific coast was inaugurated at 3 o'clock this morning over the Burlington road. It is expected to diminish the time between Chicago and Portland, Ore., -nearly one-third. General Superintendent Bell and other postoffice officials were aboard the first train and will go to the end ol the route to observe the workings of the new plan. 'This is one of tbe biggest things that the postal service of the country has ever Been," said Postmaster Sexton. "When it gets down to smooth running order the benefits attaching will be incalculable in the matter of Western mails." TROUBLE 1 OK TTLEK. A Machine Agent Leaves 6400 Short Id His Accounts. Syracuse. N. Y., Nov. 15. Orrin W. Tyler, formerly a farmer at Marcellus, this county, but more recently a traveling agent for Auitman, Miller & Co., the Buckeye mower and reaper manufacturers at Akron, O.. whose headquarters in this state are at Rochester, disaopeared about three weeks ago, and now the discovery is made that he is about $400 short in bis accounts. It has also been learned that be mortgaged all his personal property for every dollar that he could secure. Then he came to this city and bought on credit a fine suit of clothes and other things and drove away to parts unknown. He took with him a young woman from Camillas, His wife and live children are left destffute. Mrs. Foster on Her Travels. Cincinnati, Nov. 15. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster of Iowa, who is at tbe head of the bolting faction from that state at the Chicago convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, was a guest of the Burnet house today, and left for Nashville ton i cut. THE TWO FORGERIES Make Two Great Political Stories Whose Deep 1'lots None Seem to Understand. Halstead and livers Both Seem Determined to Get Ont from Under the Loads And are Letting the Chips Fall Wherever They Will. it is seldom that there is more excitement and talk after an election than before it, but such is the case this year. It is caused by two things Halstead's story of the forgery and Allen O. Mt-ers's resignation from the Enquirer and reading the riot act. There ia more or less mystery about both movements,. The State Journal has given the story of the forgery and reproduces the follow ing from tiie Commercial Gazette on the Myers movement as a matter of news, as the tolly-sheet forgeries have kept up a line of agitation between Cincinnati and Columbus politicians for the past four years: Alien O. Myers has really cut himself loose. He has not as yet gone so far as to particularize, but his last talk deals in more than generalities. Allen is a genius. Every one in Ohio knows him, nor is his fame confined to his state. While erratic at times, and probably indiscreet, A. leu has never been "any man's d d fool," and those who know him will say so. He has thrown off the yoke and is now talking for himself. Of course his resignation from the Enquirer leaves him without employ-merit, but Mr. Myers will not lack for funds for some time, as it is known that he won heavily on the recent election as a backer of Campbell. Then he has an offer of a half interest in a weekly pictorial paper of this city, which is named after an animal noted for throwing the harpoon. It is plain that Mr. Myers does not want John K. McLean to go to the United Stules senate, and it is equally plain thut he does not want any man to sit in that chamber of dignity whose candidacy is looked upon with favor by Mr. McLean. Churley Baker, our own Adonis, the Apollo Beividere of the Democratic arena, glides oil' to Washington, has a consultation with John R. McLean and comes back with the announcement that he is a candidate for Henry B. Payne's shoes. Simultaneous with this announcement comes the one that John R. McLean is not a candidate in any sense. This arrangement was too much for Allen 0. Myers, and tbe wormwood was added to tiie gall when Lewis G. Bernnrd had a hand in the deal. A thing of beauty aid not, to Allen, appear as a joy forever, and he straightway declared himself against Baker. Allen met Baker on the street only yesterday and said to him: "You're a nice one to he a candidate for United States senator. You coulun't announce yourself until you went to Washington and saw John li. McLean and obtained his perm.s-sion to run," Baker smiled aud passed ou. - Tbe- Ctn.Si;rcial"jatCt''f yesterday printed the interesting things of Mr. Myers's speech at tbe Young Men's Democratic club reception to Governor-elect Caiupbeii the evening previous. Mr. Myers's effort was a remarkable one, and is given in full below. Among other things Allen said was that "Tt is now the duty of the Democratic party to keep Lew Bernard and such people in tbe background." Then yesterday came the announcement that Mr. Myers had voluntarily severed his connection with the Enquirer, and later in the day the report went out that Allen O. Myers had been discharged from tbe En-qu r r I y Lewis G. Bernard. Having felt tiiat be had taken the initiatory step toward complete reformation Mr. Myers walked on 'change with a lijiht step and a lighter heart and began to converse with his fellow-citizens. To a Commercial Gazette man he said: "John McLean has been hying in a palace while I have been in jail. Now I propose that some one else shall go to jail while I try living in the palace." "Is it a fact," he was asked, '"that Lew Bernard discharged you from the Enquirer this morning?" "Lew Bernard discharged me? If the little whelp dared to speak to me I'd break his d d head." During the afternoon a Commercial Gazette reporter stepped in George Ellis's Vine street resort and found sitting there Allen O. Myers, Lewis U. Bernard, Colonel M. L. Hawkins, who, it is said, will be Governor Campbell's adjutant general, and Howarc Saxby, the editor of the Harpoon Thrower. The ghost had evidently been walking, for the man with tbe big white apron and borax shirt stud was kept busy. Mr. Bernard was kidnaped, and once alone in a small room with him the reporter told Mr. Bernard that he would kili mm if be did not unbosom himself. Mr. Bernard, having a great deal to live for just now, tapped himself, and in reply to a question as to the why and wherefore of Mr. Myers's resignation, he said: "I do not know anything about it. It is all news to me. So far as I am concerned I have bad nothing in tbe world to do with it. It is an entirely new subject to me. If it has been done it did not emanate through me." "What do you know of tbe senatorial fight. Mr. Bernard?" "I know that Mr. McLean is not a candidate for tbe senate under any circumstances. He will not have it. If Charley Baker can get the solid Hamilton county delegation at his back be can make it." "Will Mr. Baker have the delegation from here for him as a unit?" "Well, you know what home pride is. McMahon will make a strong candidate. He has the three votes in his own district, two representatives aud a senator, and that is a good starter." Then Allen O. Myers was called to one side. "I hear you have resigned from the Enquirer, Allen," was saiu to him. "Yes, today." "I saw a copy of your dispatch. What do you mean by 'Enough is enough?' " "Simply this," said Mr. Myers. "I am a newspaper man, and am proud of my profession. But I am getting tired of going to a kindergarten. I am tired of the gang that is around the Enquirer office. It, uaed to be a newspaper, but it is not any more. I have been getting a good salary on the Enquirer, and have not been permitted to write anything. Iam just in tbe prime of life, and every time I go to draw my salary I feel ashamed of myself, for I look upon it as go much blackmail so much hnsh money that is paid to me. I have suffered from these associations more than the people know. 1 have been blamed for all kinds of deviltry that 1 bad no part in. All through this campaign I have been hounded and hammered as one of the gang. I don' t belong, and never have belonged, to any gang or clique in tbe Democratic party, and as (an honest man, which is ttie only title I am ambitious of wearing, I am getting tired of being placed in these asso-tions, and while I remained on the Enquirer I was not permitted to explain or affirm or denv anything. My hands have been tied, and I have been a deaf and dumb man. But now I propose to cut loose and be a man, and have something to say and it iff the devil for us all. and may God have mercy on the last one. I bare got no money and can not make a United States senator, but I am going to see that some people who have money can not make hint, f will make it so warm that they will wish they bad had nothing to do with it before they get through." Mr. Mvers knew what he was talking et supply ars. THE SPEECH. Foil Report of Myeu's Remarkable Utterances at Campbell's Reception. The following is a verbatim report of the highly sensational speech made by Allen O. Myers at the Young Men's Democratic club on Wednesday nigbt. which threw the Democratic politicians into a flutter and demoralized the fellows who have been hanging on the ragged edges of prelcrment in that party for several years back : "Gentlemex You have elected a governor. It is a Democratic triumph at which we all rejoice. (Cheers and cries of Hear, hear.'j Governor Campbell ia a pure, noble, 'sweet' and determined man. No one can ride bun. A voice, 'How about your camel ?' Yes, but I can't ride this Campbell. What's more, John McLean can't ride him. Sensation in the Iront rows. Nor can the guny ride him cheers aud applause and tiie qucition is can or will the gang ride the legislature? Will you send a millionaire to the United States senate? Cries of 'No, no.' If you do, the name of the Democratic party is 'Dennis.' Applause and laughter. ) "If you elect John K. McLean, Cal Brice or J. H. Thomas to the United States sennte, or any other millionaire, 1 will be a rebel next year. Sensation. 1 am a child of the people, and 1 don't propose to pros-titue my manhood and my honor by allowing tiie United States seuatorship to be put up at auction. iCheers and cries of "Good, good. 'I And I serve notice upon you now that it is to be put up at auction, or rather for sale." Attempts were here ninde to get tbe chairman to cad Myers down, and this being futile one individual remarked, "God Almighty alone cau make Alien O.Myers dry up."J "Who are the bidders? John R. McLean, Cal Brice and J. H. Thomas. Sensation. Sumo one may say it is strange that I should speak oi llc'Lean. It is true that I am in the employ of Mel-can. but I don't wear McLean 's collar e.xi Ismatmns of amazement, or nobody else's collar. (Cbeers.J McLean can't have it. and he shall not have it. Expressions of wonder-inenf.i Cal Brice cuu not and shall not have it. Applause. Will you send to the United States senate a railroad wrecker and a Wall street thief? Cries of '.No, IHi.'l ' When you do send a man to the United States senate I beg of you, I implore yon, to send a poor man, a man of the people. Cheers. "The issue is here boodle sgaiust brains. Cheers. I have worked for the Democratic parly for seventeen years. I have never asked any favors. A voice "No, you have not.' I And yet, because of the methods by which a certain millionaire sought to itain his seat in the United States seunts, I was made the victim and today am called 'a tally-sheet forger.' But the men who should be in the penitentiary of Ohio are men high in public and party councils, who inspired lhat crime. (Sensation in the club. And 1 want to any lhat no man can, point to a single act in tbe life of Allen O. Myers that is dishonest or criminal, and the prosecution that he has endured Las been not so much t e prosecution of the courts as the persecution of people who tried to make nun the target of their infamy. Applause and Cries of "That's so.') "Politicians may put up at auction public office. They may sell and buy the United States seimlorship. They may bribe conventions and legislatures; but there's one thing that can't be bought that is public sentiment. Loud applause. "We are today under the odium, the contempt, the ignominy under which the Demotirattc party ha reared ince tbe alert- tion of II. B. Payne, and never again in Ohio will public sentiment consent to the sale of this high office. Sensation and applause. j And if the legislature elects a millionaire to tbe United States senate, I. Allen O. Myers, will lead the rebellion and split the Democratic party in twain. Are you with me? Voices of 'Yes,' 'Yes.' I I iliankyou. You can't debauch tbe people. I am a child of the people, and believe in the people. Politicians can' prositute public sentiment. 'That's so; that's correct.') "I see here tw candidates on the old Labor ticket. That calls to my mind an important element in this campaign. The Labor party, as you know, cast 17.000 votes two years ago. That vote has come to us. In my precinct they had a plurality of 5fj two years ago. This year Mr. Campbell had a plurality of 110. It was not the saloon vote that elected Mr. Campbell, It was the Labor vote tbe vote of the thinking, industrious people of the state. Cheers. That vote came to us not only on tbe question of 'home rule,' but on the auestion of 'tariff reform' and on the question of honesty in public office. 1 believe in tbe honesty of that vote, and if you insult that honesty you lose tbe respect of tbat vote and the Democracy is doomed for ten years to come. Cheers aud applause."You must also do away with gangs I mean particularly the Lew Benard gang. SensatioD. I see some of them bene now. Itia tbat gang tbat destroyed the Democratic party in Hamilton county for four years. You must have new blood. You must respect the intelligence, the respectability and the conscience of the people. For tbe people alone should rule, and the machine politicians should die. Cheers and cries of 'Yes, yes.' "I have suffered long enough from publio identification with this gang, more newspaper and partisan talk than facts, and tonight 1 read the riot act. The name of Allen O. Myers has too long been slandered by this unjust association, lam not one of the gang, never was. and never will be a member of any political gang. And tbe time has come tonight to raise tbe standard of rebellion, and 1 am glad the hour and the opportunity are here. Cheers and enthusiastic applause. "Do you not know that the people of this state think, reason and reflect? Youcan't tben expect the Democratic party, or any other political party, to retain power if you resume the old practices of fraud and corruption, and again degrade the manhood and honesty of tbe people, Applause. 1 tell you that we at least 1 will not submit to it. Cheers and thunders of applause. "In the name of your fathers, your mothers whom you love so well; in the name of all that is holy and pure, in the name of your wives aud children, in the name of my own wife and children, too, I beg of you, I implore you to listen to the public sentiment of the country. Ap-plause. Don't allow the scheming politicians of the state to degrade again the fair name of Ohio. Cries of "We will Dot.' Bear in mind, always, that public sentiment is the only political god, that any party that defies tbat god is doomed to public contempt and everlasting death, Cheers and applause. "Are you with me? A score of voices, "Yes. yes.' Then I thank you. Good night' Long-continued applause. The speech was the sensation of the evening. Campbell, McMahon, Baker and Jordan had spoken, and their speeches were received with applause. But when they finished they left the speakers' stand without any further demonstration. However, at the contusion of Ailen O. Myers's remarkable speech the audience rushed to him with an instinctive impulse and shook him by the hand, one by one, overwhelming Lint with congratulations. Inter-State Average. St. Lovis, Nov. 15. The Sporting News this week publishes the official batting and fielding averages of the Inter-stale plavers lor the season just closed. Hints Ijiroque, Klopf, Newman, McCauley and Phillips are put down as the six leading batsmen of that organization. York catcher. Bingham pitcher, Ailen short stop, McCauley first, Herr second, Nulton third, Heinz-nian left, Mayer center and Brimblecom right, lead in their respective positions. .left Davis Debilitated.' New Oki.iass. Nov. 15. Mr. Jefferson Davis is a passenger on the steamer Leathers. She passed Bayou Sara at o p. m.. and will arrive here about noon tomorrow. He is only suffering from general debility, ' about yesterday. He may y few morsels of choice particula ARE HARD TO SI0UXT W hy the president Does Xot Prcre the Sioux Ilescrvatioii Opeu to Settlement. Two Coisflietinfir Statutes Compel the Executive to Wait Until Cou-grcss Opens. The Commission, llrtsy rrerarinff Its Report. Chicaco. Nov. 15. There was a meeting today at army headquarters of tbe Sioux commission appointed by the president to treat with the Sioux Indians for the opening of their reservation in order to prepare their final report. Relerring to the charge of unnecessary delay in the opening of the Sioux reservation which have of late been frequently made, Major Roberts,aide-de-camp to General Crooks, stated that the delay was entirely unavoidable, and tlint ow nig to the coiursdictoiy phraseology of the two acts of Congress punscd at the Inst session it would be necessary 1-T Congress to act on the report of the Moux commission before the innl could be opened lo settlement. 'I'll act. chap. JO). Public Lawsof the Fiftieth congress, second session, which is the act to which the Sioux commission obtained the assent of ttie Indians, authorizes the opening of the reservation by proclamation by" the president, upon satistaclory evidence being presented to him that tbe act has been accepted by tbe Indians; but a subsequent act. chapter 412, also provides fur the appointment of three commissioners, "for the purpose of entering into ueeotiations or agreements with the Sioux Indians," for secession of their reservation, etc., and that the agreement made shall be submitted to the firs session of the i'lfty-tirst tongreas for ratification. Under this latier act, the expenses of the commission were paid. General Crook, in answering the charges winch have been made against him in various forms, that the delay in openinit tbe reservrtioti was due to the tact that promises winch he had made to the Indians to induce Uicm to cede the territory had not been iuvTiiled, said : "In regard to promises made to Indians. I may say that neither I nor any member of the commission made any promise, such as the redress of grievances and the like, that were not amply able to carry out, and which will not be carried out to the letter. There were some small grievances which we could not, from their nsture. pledge ourselves personally or olllcially to have redressed; but upon our promise to represent these in as favorable a light as possible at Washington, the chiefs expressed themselves as perfectly satisfied. Obviously, the delay complained of is not accountable lor any such puerile hypothesis. The Indians distinctly understood that there was no certainty of such complaints reccivingattention. They signed the ceding documents with that lull knowledge and understanding. Their acceptance of the positions of the printed bill was without reservation or condition of any kind. I have in my possession copies of the addresses made to the Indians aqd of tbe chiefs' replies, and these can be mad public at any time should ilecom necca- sarv." " ' V - ' - -. . The commission will continue in session at armv headquarters fur several days, en gaged in drawing up its report. This report will not be made public until after it has passed through the usual departmental routine, which will occupy from one to mo weeks. IT WAS TEItY CLEVEIL A Scheme to Defraud New State Ont of Public Land. Si. Paci.. Mikk., Nov. 15. V Pioneer Pres special from Bismarck, N. D.. says: The point was informally raised by F. M. Dudley of the leeal department of the Northern Pacific railway in the United States land office that the pre-emption law had been repealed by the act of congress providing for tbe admission of the new states. Section 17 of that act distinctly says that the act is "hereby repealed as to th states provided for by this act." It looks as if it was Intended to repeal tbe eighth section ol tbe act of 1H41 as to the donation of 600,000 acres of publio land to new states ior public . improvements, but the text includes not only the repeal of that section, but tbe whole law. There is no room left for legal construction and it is possible that some enemy of the pre-emption law drew that part of the admission act with the full meaning and fore of his words in mind. This point has not been raised before. The land department has not had its attention called to it vet, but it is certain the commissioner will be called upon for n opinion, and if hi opinion is advrrse the question will be carried into tbe courts. This is the most interesting bit of public-land legislation in recent years, and is altogether a remarkably neat way of getting rid of a law that some people think ha outlived its usefulness. LIKE HISSING STEAM. It-eIection of an Incompetent Auditor Make Democrats Uncomfortably Marin. Coshocton, O., Nov. 15. Special. It i asserted on good authority that Auditor Joseph Hurrah's overdrawing amount to about fSOO, wbich is about twice th amount reported by th commissioners. Tbe commissioners have ordered that th auditor' orders to himself shall not b paid until the salary due him equals the amountof his present overdrawing. It is thought that this will require about four month' time. Burrcll was recently re-elected on th Democratic ticket by a reduced majority. A prominent Democrat, who is in position to know, today gav your correspondent to understand tlint Burrell would be removed from otllce before his present term expires. Others intimate that lie will be allowed lo serve out his present term, which expire in September, liO, and that he will be unable to give bond for the second term, in which event tbe vacancy will be tilled by an appointment by tbe commissioners. The Democrats are making all manner of excuses for re-electing a man of such flagrant incompetency, and arc trying to suppress the facts concerning the miserable state of affairs. 1 hey Decline to Talk. Chicaoo, Nov. 15. A reporter for the Journal visited representatives of numerous iron and steel companies in this city and questioned them in regard to the nwire Trust named the 1 tdcral Steel company, as reported in a Nca York dis. 1 a eh to the Associated Press today. Many oi them admitted that they had been approached in regard to becoming parties in interest, but no admissions as to their acceptance oi the proposition could be secured. It is asserted that the great Illinois Steel company is not iu the deal. It I a- Ural Declared to be Falw, Finpi.av. O., Nov. 15. ecinl. Th story of a big oil deal ret orted by the Associated Press from hern last night, to the effect that .I. CMcKinncy of '1 itusville. 1'., and New York and Philadelphia capitalists had secured IM.UUO acres of territory, and that tbe company would erect rehneiirs and operate as an indeiendnt concern, th land being situated near Pttidlay and vicinity, is pronounced by Mr. John Poe and the others alleged lo be in the scbeui aa being without touadaUou, i o