Evening Gazette

              William K DnSHMtt Ml JD7 OovlC rnM Tfcair aad the Lattar I* a Vllltoa Dalian Klchar on n in® :l •!.. r\ * J -C* . L'lTTSTON. PA, SA j *. ZZm* DA*. OCTOBER 3. 1885. . wu tha torok wkl«b klndlod Into a flub* tho excited fadtaaaot Mro*i in the raar of Uu hall. pjrcliaae for hbn. Ha cUlm tuat the ba- I s^x.'srEBwEwsas un ities, and was- Wd that tbe sec an Lies lm-i boeu sold or hypothecated, and the money other wise disposed of. Ha therefor* charge* that they have ass(gqfcd uCi , diipoaed of their property with latest to detraud him and their other creditors. Mr. Muroami is a member of the Arm of W. E. Connote & Co., of which Jay Gould is also a partnar. i aPPEALINGTOTHECODE GREECE AN&SRftVlAi1 A tfMprut.tf MM ».»;' ♦# » «OME INTERESTING TESTlMON* THEY ARE THE DISTURBING Ctjr MENT8 TO EUROPEAN HARMONY. ( ifr- ,M ii.i,■'... »im-D * ' •Ik IkwuMd TN^TCNM* tba DwihIm ud Katar Koamalla. '' A Hmt Tim* tar Dipteiaau. EX-CONORESSMAN 8MITH ANXIOU8 TO t. o.t ma oi Hta Houtk rUH|flluU .. . , • - ikt hj&ELoi I ho 8outn Uw cam before KxamineF Weiss, the Irioa of Capt. Green wlu oouite*l»«k|t production of Hie rooelpt front JTOkSiI Morgan for the Bedford ani Biifailll *y Irani* Railroad company, teatitlol that the first time kfi waaunteci to qn the (abject hm about three yeart ago, Vtiea. fc» *" called upon 'by Twurohtyajd tiarm l, an 1 after toot oonyuwatjlow jraw—d to look at * contract If thjy aubm.ttoJ ait- He mid that last year hi a** Mr. VatuUr- Hrnmlfm *obewD and to uU nt §-srs.  » nfWiaAi SJSKfKmm- ■ -|W,1 H ifrdilWl I w°u ( iswsajMwa rored byotb«, totfeMta, and It fed ttrroufrC In Jue last 4 Harpant Morgan yfaiteJ eoMitkm* wWrt bo mentioned and wWcb *z Thompeon It WM a«reed that the vSndeAilt «%3£xz£U'%s&!gtf anume the jlhyment Mat intarut on the aOKMint of My lnrestel in the eonitruction of the Soutti VMMjftMnln " -i-f nYi rgfiHil Thompeon, Om!%if«e and «ai ■amSSg^grSk PM 11 nliim »■# timi'ipi and 00 the onderiMMing that the Rtt d^eti^rhey'rig^Zi^Nywflt Creek road abould ha aarfgnsd C19 tip fhej( IWunykXBk raajk hfriMU M su&tv&wS^^ which it oromed, «d mid thaf Beeoh Ckaak gs?i£ gaytags wgs another SENTENCED. Fi«H* A DUEL WITH WISE. "Yob art * liar I" shouted mom one. "ThWe k no coward i» thia haH who will dare to com* upon the stage with mar cried Mr. Wiaeinretw*. "Why don't you my that to Ftp Mo- Cartyf wm 1m WlaiiHoa of another man in the crowd.' BytMattum the seen* was oae of wild eat disorder and Mr. Win thought it bait to oaaae speaking. The lights on the war* axtlnral* ka-i. and Mr. Wtae escaped through a rear antmnoa awl under the osoort of two polio* bwq wa• taken as far as the corner of Pitt and Puka streets, where ha said that he did not need their protection any longer. He disappeared and ww not seen any mora Mr. TJw to th. Auull M the. MD. titer#—WIm lUfUM tm Ao- A Mount of Oct a — Something approaching small panic was caued in Wall atraet by tha Banouaoeruent. shortly before uoon, thai the fetnof William Binth had 'iMM, having baea in builaass far more than » quarter of a ■et&iitv. They were prominently identified with the bear movement, and have been oo the short side of tha market for .more than va^ct£iits^sisss: tjta bfokffa Vied with each other in their .aagarneai to sell, and for a short time there soon current talk that other bear 'operators were in taap natsr, aad shortly before the closing hour it was announced that Hanry X Smith, probably the largest bear operaaitss'KI Lowdob,©ot ° T--trtiil innilliiiMriMi powiar makas wrcaaeealMMfc ua !nr irua- wswsarsu: ritory or mMxr revision of tha mu'CK th* B&IS prprofcrt Um DMlouqr o( Orim M lp gl»e reaultecj In obliterating the party lines Matt previously e*UUd in Greek politic! paitlug body of the people in s&A?vr r^'ipsa by its motto; It beliaras la Hfi «srlv« establishment of • great gstt—tc state. Its leaders now find themsel rew sudleuly in the ascendant and tbey are Using alt P»w*r» to push forward the war . nrfpantiiotw. Both the military and naval forces are being put oo a war footing as rapidly as possible, Ail furloughs have been revoked, large addition* have Was made to the foroe Of workman at the naval stations and the military preparations at the arsenals and oMtpk of instruction are active ted inoee- From wall informed sonMM R is learned that Ilonrv N. Smith's liabilities are between 11.750,000 a id (3,003,000. 4f this $1,250,000 is due Heith & Oo, for carry lag hD« linas of short stock* Heath & CS are known to owe Ave prominent operators W,S30,'00»r *200,000 on the stock exchange a»l Sautter & Co. $360,000. The liabilities of tbe t#o firms are between $8,500,000 and. $4,000,000, bat •#h4t the assets consist tit no on«i can be found to say. AVahhinutoi*, Oct &.—i. Ambler flimttto, th) attorney and ez-oongreaiman, who wot ou the train to Alexandria by Joun 3. Wi e, Republican candidate for romCr of Virginia, has challenge! Wise, Ur. fiamsburg, of Maryland, a friend of Satitb'g, is to oall upon Wise to learn who will act a* his second, that the preliminaries for the figfct may be arrange.! at onoe. brnitli ia •boa Republican, but ia oppoeaJ to Mahone's method ip that Mate, and has ■aid man? thnu that he would not support Wise in this qampaig n, 1b sffaUixr o# the affair to your oorretf Mr. Smith said: 'Bad be come to me I should have considered that I was doin-i a iWtjr to my God, my country and myseif by atfeking a knife into his throat. That was aay intention at the time, and 1 Intimated as much to Mr. Wife. His friends came to me at the conclusion of the meeting and said that ffhe would make any apology I detired; but I told them be could only do to through the prjsa, tharefer ncinowledgng tbe truth , of my denunciation. Iam letermined to hare satisfaction f»rtUh foul nd 1 hav aire ad rat to liim a Hculty with Later—MiTWise biu DuUiclr Anno*DC* that he will not accept * challenge for h. duel, so there M Terr Httfc left to b* done under the coda. - ; *, .■■C created quibf in tbe Boston Stoqk exchaage, awMfaliugs were in confttsTan under purchasea of stocks "under PITTSBURG'S HORROR. the rule." two Death'* Already mm4 D*nnl Mm Ki|mM to iolla». BUILDING UP!"A NAVY. PrrrsBUBO, Oct. 8.—At the Solar Iron "Works sorrow wu depicted co the countenances of the hundreds that pressed around ™7&rg^*i£uT£; tor* a large number of men were encaged in obliterating as quickly a* possible all traces of the catastrophe. The night torn had just oeaeed Work, and were in the act CSf leaving, when* without warning, the ernd fif the laud liruflj blew out, spreading oonsteruation everywhere, Tboasaads at iiffl bundles of iron, hs»r/ tools and pieft» ml machinery were hurled In every direct too, followed instantly by a deluge of stiftfeg sta»m. Lights were a Unguis bed, and tike apexes among the ISO ternor*ricken employee i? their frantic •Sorts to eecue H» be fca&r imagined than described. The dead w to this writingarei • ' John Cato, a boy, W years of H% JtrffP was scalded from head to foot and hie toad was spilt open by being struck with • hrict- The bey John Mo wry, ■ horribly •calded and bruised, died at the West Funn hospital about 8 4 dock. Andrew 8tine camict poasihty live. His skin Is completely b lied from head to foot and ha also In hied the s«y|dtng steam. In this condition he started on a run for,heUm, was mat by his father, into whose anna he fell and , fainted. , Mb death to momentarily expected.The Kind of Bt»w mended by the Boon). days that "Hen" Smith was liable to drop hi* load at any tima and when Heath & Co. suspended Bmfvfta doing ditto waC looked upon as i* foregone conclusion, timith'j liabilities are heavy, but how heavy cannot be said ft this time. Henry If. Smith has' bean prominent in Wall street affairs for yaara. He was forrnsrly a favorite of W. ffVanderbilt, aad W"S istimitely connected younger Vanlerbilts in Aa boll deals of 1881. whereby the youthful millionaires lost so heavily. The elder Venderbilt paid several million dollars to settle their loses, and in the opinion of many bie "has now achieved a revenge for which he has bean awaiting an opportunity aver since, because of Smith's allege 1 betrayal of the young men's internet*. this view is strengthened by the fact that the stocks of which Smith was short ware largely those controlled by Mr. Vandarbilt, wba has caused them to be steadit? ' bulled for some time past After the boll operations of 1881 Smith joined forces with the two great bears, Woeriahofflsr and Caffemack, and this trio of operators were for a time probably the moat suooessful trader? that Will street has seaa hi years. Just before the transfer of West Shore to (He Varnlerbflt interest was consummated, Woeriaheffer and Cammack covered their short cositracts and got on tM bail aide of the mar ket, but Smith could not ha persuaded that the turn in the tide had beea reached. He oontinuel bearish, rapidly chipping out his money uatnlsswsis forced to succumb. "1|ssa*d: "The faUure of Heath tc Co. *si teainly due to my operations in the mfrlft I supposed they ware strong usibufh to carry me through. I am now placed where I cannot pay what I owo for the present. I have been short of the mar- Mat' believing the advance to be unwarranted."Washington, Oct 8.—The report of the apeciai board appointed to examine tkc plans, mD dfU and detifiu been «ow, au- _ n . ..ready not. liar the additional nQnnKlWl i» demand that we settle the dl' Hied by the act «f oongrwa of weapons, allowing him to C•' iast, IwM made public at the t»om a penknife to a doubli fegg?- Mr. Rantfw* will Me •j two cruimM of not leas than 8,08# M* JpoUtan hotel, *h.i 1 *- .e than 5,000 torn displacement •"» determination i» the mat. tnouj™^u!oh'^h«1 from him, and be oaThardly a Mint of two «tgfct-inoh and eight r.pM«ttwi.n n oochloadlng rilled canton, and Wb*o Mr. Smith uid thii he larv battery of four flfty-neven ™««. •«D Mnartifcglmt • - ■ ~ ■ "• of Wia»'«tUt in his mouth, bu submitted boon any tiling Wjrelod shotCe him at the xpeot to learn er. If here* require I .rom turn. Coal affront Aid making ias la thfi — er tbe insult —,.•» iu His mouth, f it is Dald hat ha fc cooler now and haC premised Ida riuntU that Jho will lat the matter rest until M meets Wise And that he will personally !h*tDtis» him. jperbaps Mr. Smith was safe n challenging Mr, Wuj, tor lie must have leoaUed that Ia th» last statu .campaign Wise made a public record by refusing to Ighta duel. Ha was «hatWng»d by Capt Page McCarty, the survivor of £he oeiearatei UcCarty-Mordecai dual. Wise •rote a latter refuting this eballovge in which he said that the oaodiUoas wers pot squal—McCarty was a single man and a noted dead shot, while Wise pictured hup •elf as tho head of a family composed of a wife and two children dependent upon him. He aaw no retson for putting his Ufe and thair happineM upon tba risk of an encounter. Mr. wise is a Yorj hot headel man. He fa m the neighborhood of 4» years ol aaa. He b *or , stoat and quit* muscular. Mr. Smith, who pracMaes bet* but Makes Virginia his home, is a tali, thin. Kf»ira man in p D4% Ha is not a jar *° strong a man puystcaily a* Wise. Ha friends claim that the Republican candidate for governor hai no right to strike fa m union he was willing to abide by the code in settling the insult afterward. The quarrel really is the result of a feui between the Wise tmmiiy on one sida, the Lewis,, Botts and Smltfa families oo the other." Tbest three families are related by marriage. In the Vlrgipip (Campaign of two years ago, Kmith with George ftJBfa, aconsip Of the JUwblliAa. quarrel .vary nearly resulted in a duaL Smith, tebw peaoMt of what took plaoc ss:»sd£sja5«3j» quarreL He took the train t«go to Alexandria to attend the meeting. Jn passing through tha car all me Wlaa — latter tailed out to bin. "Jtow are jutu .John AmlDlerrf" Ha replied, "How are yo* John /" Wd thou sat down near him. They entagei in friendly cbnrpraatlon, but during • this talk Wise disputed a statement of Smith'*. The lie was pawed and then the blow was struck. Smith says on this, '"Wise .struck ins a foni blew, and I w*« entirely unpruparel for anything of the kind. I had no idiaof a difficulty with John Wise." sels authC March 3 navy de| For U nor mC inf. H U evident that Greece maam to assert herself, and she may provj to be one Of the most troubleeome fabtorj that the powers will have to deal with in settling the Balkan difficulty. ' The Constantinople representatives of the .powers are urging the ports to re-eaforoe Its frontiers on the north and we it eo as to frpm derelopla* latomrtou* warfare. The flew Turkish cabinet officials are willing sffmghta strengthen the frontier defenses of t$e empire, but they And themialva* almost pjvsrJoeH in the faea of largedemaada and vei-y insufficient means. coating. than $1, twin sci •iguteon Would con* *ix-incl) 1 the secxx MM. rapid-firing HotclikUd cannon, foul thirty- seven MM revolving Hobchklaj, one thirty-seven MM. low-power Hotchkiss and two 'abort Gatling*. Tbu second vessel of thin sice should bs precisely similar, and subject to the suns condition D in all respects as the preceding, ax.ept thic the main battery should con As t of twelve six-inch guns, mounted on the open djcft on central pivot carriages. For the heavily armei gunboat of about LflflO tons displacement, costing exclusive at armament not more than $520,003, the board recommend a steel twin screw vessel ot sixteen knots. The mala battery should consist of six si t-inch breochloading rifled guns, mounted on central pivot carriages, with segmental steel shields two inches thick and the second lattery of two fifty-seven MM. and -" twU forty-seven MM. high power single shot, rapidfiring Hotchkiss cannon; twp thirtyseven MM. rsvolvlng Hotchkiss, one Hotchkiss boat gun and oas short Gatling Kun. For the light gunboat of about 800 tons displacement, costing exclusive of armament not mors than $875,000, the board recommend the coos traction of a single screw composite gun vessel ot twelve knots. The main battery should consist of four sii-inch breechloading high power rifled guns, and the secondary battery of is. w-t&ggrs; thirty-seven MM. revolving Hotchkiss cannon, one HoCehkiss boat gun and one short fl ■ M t li "Suing gun. TbCi greatest intereet now attache i to the attztnde of Busaia w) Aw*tria in the preseuteWsis. it is stated that M. de Giers, the Russian foreign minister, realises that hoa- Ulity to Prince Alexander is $ mistake, and Jbat he strongly but vainly urged the mar to receive the Bulgarian reprecentatfree who recently sought an audience at JVediksborg. Many oontrad ictory rumors am received from Vienna as to the position at Austria, and then to a reviyal of the report of eerioua dissensions m the Austrian oab- Pftok Good and Joe Goets are lying tat an precarious e—dlttom it to now feared 4Ut fire others have inhaled the %at, but them to no good rsaaon for believiwMMt this report to trua. The British foreign offim to tot a state at .ti1od"y* Lord Salisbury has had iniquent and pro* longed intsrvtows with Count Xuenstst, M. bassadore respectively at Sanaamr, Franca and Turkey. This fact increases the belief that the cosioert of action between the, powers, which ean alone prevent a to as yet unarranged. The arrival of Lord Randolph Churchill in Dublin was a surprise to the Farneilitee. Hie Wsit to dm to a requeet from Lord 6altobury. Hie premier is anxious to obtain SPORTIN# flEWS. Smw Took, ,Oct &—Tba first raw at Blfcii ton Bepcta w«« * aelling !»*»• far j»- TAVipldii, over thn»|)uirt(ri of a Btwi* P- flint, BaitUai ■sooocj, Aureole ttJnt- Tt»e, 1:18X. Mntnali J*ld $87.00. The Mooqd mo* wm • MUing pvN of • alle and ft furloa*. Delilah flnt, Lfcar teamO, Bob Cook third. Tina, 1:58V Mutual* paid C W, The third r»' f Smith U a man of fashion and a generous pmrirn at Mm turf. He paid $40,000 tar MMwaWKddf before she made her beat iMUi He ww a special partner iq the bretftr firm of C J Hudson St Ca, whose I » about 9100,000. Mr. Hudson MMM* taMmw. that the house M1n no way ■MbrMMttfin .C4|ft~SMMh waa, during the war, confer partner of Ik* old Arm of Smith. Qould & Warlta, the second partner being Jay Gould. It has been said that SmMVs financial daring and energy were chiefly inntrumartnl la bringing tta*: house safely of tha famous gold eor- W' ,Since Mt qaasieotiun with Gould was 'wfipdi oswMh hju carried on his bold operation! independently aa a rule, though often associated with Woerlshoffer and Ounmaek. His frequent raids upon the jaaatai eft Mmee wMsn Mr. Ooofcfwas tater-oCae4 in sustaining prices are said to Bare ♦wd tor hiMtte enmity of bis former partner, and. Mm story goes that Gould promptly to help Heath & Co, by granting tifcMit JMl extension of tine in which ixj deliver certain stocks of which they wm short on Smith's account Mr. Gould's t*TV*'e brokers immediately called on IyathftOoL for prompt delivery of the «tjMks, and the latter firm thereupon an-, udanej.1 their suspensio . Mr. Smith also o*ef Sautter St Ca, who failed Thursday, «bojt #280,000. Heath St Ca were carrying about 100,000ahawse of-abort stock for him, consisting chiefly,'aa near as can now of Mew Tork Central, Lake tt.iore. Si Paul, Lackawanna, Omaha pref.rrod, Jersey Central, Delaware and Hud•on. Westwy Uniou, and "Union Pacific. Aboht 50,000 shares were settled privately auditaiMfcttngbt in under the rules. It is cflfcpted that ou final settlement Heath dfc (X will not ow* the »treat mora than A member of a\*CA£ineat howe  street said: "Heath St Ca did a neat piece of business in announcing their Inability to tt*et their obligations The notice sent prices o«, and' they were atDle to buy in large aa fewer fignrei than they could I Uvulae have dona They probiUy lessened their liabilities *800,000 in this w*y. and their indebtedness on the street will probacy not amount to ovaj 1100,000. They hold two seats in the exchange, worth ow *20,000 each." Heath Sc Ca have chiefly done a. legitimate commission business, not speculating on their own account to any extent. They have a branch at Loodoo, managed by a partner, Thomas B. Vtri*, but entirely independent of the New York houaa Tbey had a branch in Paris Dat one time, but it was closed up'some time ■HCtt Their assignment is without preferences a«sd thev stated that they could not yet£ttrs an exact account of their loesei, as the schedules wars not made up. r-mlth's assignee is James R, Cuming, of V tuderpoel. Green St Cuming, who were the br k r*a lawyers. Thoy are ptaferred creators tor their legal services. A. B. McCau em, the assignee of Heath & Ca. is the cashier of the firm. He says he will make no statement of the firm's affairs for several days. The report that they lose SOOou their own account M probably J exaggerated. Their amounts were •t the Fourth National bank, and tilt, a led to rumors affecting that institution. Mr. O. D. Baldwin, Its president, iitposas of this import by announcing that the bank bald amide security for any loans so Baath St Ca it is a matter of gossip" unoog the brokers at the Windsor hotel Gould made 91,000,000 by heavy jurcbaass at the Ipw figures immediately oilowing the announcement of the failures. *ftar JWf P.fc.M UOul. taattmoay itami Mart MrJ«o*» Uirkh fsjss/i&Ss ss& arsvs *EK»i mM*tT«Wt*a*D"Za( to IhmMMMI issjais.'srsrAjKr* I —afk-- _| with hmnr ' •* •** I"**" •WluT W trait" J nd' ~ Tmw tii H»wrt urtt Jtfendanta would out it abort fiilllll —i the testimony showed an oatrwraoui state ot dUn, Mid the court—ah old wif«, dishonored, children scattered «o their rwlsf.ki—Mp wm not known to thamaalree, and wiret quarreling and being dhroroed. To datta ttiat aoch covenants a* these we»# ptttwtk or dlrine was mockery. Such false prata ise* and alaina, aa that disbouor came from divine cominanJ, were blasphemy. The Judge said he wou*l impoae tbe full penalty fifths law on Brain—dx months' imprisonment and |800 fine. — race WM ft* _ _ IkiMl raoa was • rtMpltoh— mr tki Inll -—«-» r—* " •— Mtrhltl D«! Iplassss tbair poata by (h* nativ* oantinr«nt The A Letter froas the PresMea*. Butvalo, Oct t—At the last meeting erf honorary member and a notification sent to him. The following reply has been received by the secretary. Dear Sir—1 have jost received q( my election ee ah honor ary member of the 'Twenty-first Regiment Veteran association," I desire to returf my thanks to the board of dD* honor thus conferred. I remember well'toe tzsrdJtsi?t&sar -ss% Clbvblajtd, Oct I.—Only about; 1.060 people went to witness the FfaaJ las-Wilkes performauoj. The track was vet illpper?, aid PhaUas' lone, irregular strides wsre gainful to witaeas as be slipped and | struggled againit the short, quick gait of I hie adrersary. It waa a walk-away for Wllkei, who won easily in three straight heats in 9:17*. 220% ad 9:1#V, That* is •tune on this track gt&Q SWtf 4W- day the regiment left tbe city of Buffalo for the front—tbe leave taking, tbe prayer*, and tbe tear * it occasioned. I remember, too, tbe return of tbe survivors and the EMfflfms*' i|?*3 this regkbent honored by its service should be proud of ite achievements; and it should not be difficult to accomplish the erection of a monument in token of a grateful appreciation of patriotic- devotion. I a hall be glad to assist such an undertaking. Yours very truly, Gbotxr Clkvxulmd. arTj control from Qto point of ittaek. The Ddljr Taleyrapfc ha* information that 0,000 Rouiaa wUtm wcmiUj orowd tha Daaaba into Bulgaria, and nuM Roomaaia by special Railway trains undar the cover of night A gen Hainan who vu on board tJbe train and who witnnaed the light «»$,. "The oar wis very much crowded. I nuppua vwon,jr or twentjr-flYa men war* standing in the alila, unable to get aoalK Mr. Wi» got a seat, and a colored man kindly aur roudored hia to me. I was on Om %Maib ■ids at the aisl) and one further fron h*n Wiaa Mr. Smith and a friend or twC Larfe quantities of Bulgarian note* of the denomination of elarafc Uij*3) hare been reoeiTed at Rustchuk frosp Petersburg. CurciKNATi, Oct. 3. —There Was an iacnu«l attendanc3 at Chastar park . The track was muddy and rery hoary. First race (anfinished), 2:15 pacers, was won by Jawett. Time, 3:17, 9:10, 2:19*. 9:20, 9:80, 9:91%. Trottlaff fta CissiustL The tJnloB Paelfc His* Troubles Uoeeher oa FoUWaal HIbHU. passed a!ong, a-lid hi . DV i*» exchange* gi-ojtiufji Wiia got altar Hmith about i statement of hi* to tba effect that ex-Ban a tor Lewis and hid son—Smiths father-in law und Irother-in-law—were aOflMMbig Lea Wile declared that not Irtta, gaywith the uoIm of tho riS5&flr *5^pr» vented me from hearing everything dis tine ly. As noon as Smitu utters 1 the h' Omaha, Oct a —Information was reoeive 1 here to the effect that the 500 white minora in the Union Pacific oomp in/'« ooal minesat Carbon, W. T., and the D00 minora at Louisville, CoL, Juvl struck, and would remain out until all Chteaiqen are dismissed from the service of tlu oompany. Ihere are an Chinnspea a* either of the mines. Manager Calloway has ordered the mCnaa. at both places to be dosed for the winter. He says he cm get plenty C* boal at other Nkw Yorjc, Oct. I— The Brooklyn Imiependeut RepuUliAn oommittee of one hundred have adopted resolutions warmly approving President Cleveland's administration and reoommaaling tbe Republican state ticket- Bev. Henry Ward Beecber made a speech upholding every man's duty to be perfectly independent in politios. Ha was a Democrat a-i far ai President Cleveland was concerned, but a Republican as far as the present candidates of that party In this state were conoerned. Tbe Mugwump-. were in a position analogous to that of tbe War Democrats twenty-five years ago, who forsook their party in ordsr to support a greater principle that was higher than party. Afterward the} returned to their party lines. A man should use party, tot allow himself to be used by them. Tom Rodgers won the second race, 9:88 class trot Time, «:88Df, 2:88, 2:31*. *j«r At Washingtoa—Hatiopal, 10; Lfuisrille, 4 •  m MMSHk iwHtitm cC liiirt n. N*w You, Oct 8.— Bz-Mwmx,ju«a&i »u questioned by the Gibbe C-Ctamitte« abobt the parakMH of armory litat by am*, armory board, of which be w»* » mambo.v Be said he believed that all the pureba*e» had baas tYt by tbe armory Inn i •atly, altar full and fain investigation of the Utuyty itself and dealing with I **D■!* biy** **owmn ot ttepropKt* and thair Mbn. Ha saw nothing improper ia rsliM transaction. and eipreaiel tbe opinion that the prices paid Joe tfc*. armory sites ware not exorbitant. Up da ■lad that the armory board relied upon the* report! of (Jen. Shaier, aud said that thi purchase waa made only after loll investigation by the armory board tad the commiiaioners of tj., sinking fuad. A run mm a Train. St. JohD, IT R, OA «L— About 1:90 m., as the express trainfrotn Qashac to St John was approaching OtHIB station, the car immediately teak Are. The coach was lUled with paningini almost ail anaaaaail children. Par a few ariantes aansas of the wilde ttoonfnaion reigned. Weaaeu acraaased anl fainted and wore trampled Din, and even ihe male passengers lost thsir heads. A woman named MMst, ef Amherst, sustained fatal injuries by theetove (ailing da her, and an infant received « frightful gash in the bead, fram which ft cannot recover. All of the passengers ware injured more or less. Medical assistance was sent out froni Moncton. * main in the employ of the ootnpaay so loag aa there is anr attempt at buildoaing. Toe strikes are influenced, it Is supposed; bv the Eights of Labor of Denver. These miners bad aooaaisef ooaaplaiat, so far as is known tkak ■' ngiSikMPMaanA r^t Hire, 6XCopi f i ok uie orw1 Chinese «t Hoc* SpsSagS'-and some other' •hall r»- —s or intimated that it was a lie, Wiso struck him," ♦ "Dill you gje anybody except Wise assault Smith?" "1 eua't say that I dill," Ml Uto reply. "There was an immediate rush and j«m toward the men, and some burly follow, who . warned to be engaged ■ with aftir til a latter had boon struck, fell aa the seat and Jammed me in. Mow, whether' he waD asCaulll.ik Smith or simply endeav-t orinz to prevent any further -troublsi 1 could hot tea The re was Meg % crowd thut I could not see distinctly what was coins; on. If any colored man struck Mr. Smith 1 did not see it, though it might have occurred." pstnta oMha Una. Ma Alabama CM art. Literally Scared to Death. Bochhtib, N. Y., Oat. 1-William Kd the main corridor uftha county jail km a* noon. There wiI a flgbt In progress among tome oC Um priaonors a* the Hum. Milk floor and Immediately expired. The man was of a nervous temperament, and it la supposed he waa literally soared *0 death. Washington, Oct. 8,—Arrangement! are being made by the court of Alabama claims to resame work with a will UpWwrdtfof sixty cases are said to be docketed for Mooday next, and it is understood to be the intention of the court to dispoee of as much business as possible before its expiration in December next. Tbe present alleged illegal force may have to be stMagthansd in order to push tbe mass of work which has been prepared to completion. Shoald oongmi lie C1 if posed to continue the existence of the court, there trill undoubtedly be a lapse of a month or so before a law **tF*rg provision for its continuance An be passed. . |u J I CHIm rtrc .« ES5^e«r»« bunt oat otw the entire MUng riknt Instantaneously. Tb« femele help awl the many guaete eeoaped only in their night clothea, leaving iwylhlni alee to tha EssgBSSSi In tha oompoaing room continued to Mk typa. At (it tha Ira was oooplflaly » man houaa and furniture ii 111, 000. Tha toil will probably exceed C30,000. It ia expect® 1 itapa will ha taken to rebuild without delay. . w M Mr. Wise, immediately after striking Mr. Smith, was seised by some of the latter** l r.owls and prevented from following up the attack. By this tin* the train l|ad reaobe Hlliniiijria, and the excited crowd proceeded down Main street to Armory hall, where the masting waa announced to lllht pfawi. ,1'"' Whoa Mr. Wtse commeno»J yH"r at At wory hall Mr. Smith waa in the room atal Mr. Wisj evidently dfci aa* see h**«L thjpw being about 860 persons present. Mr. WisVa* firot bogau to talk about the campaign. and read from a memorandum a statement to the effect that while Gen. Lee was :i cadet at Wast Point he was fortyfiftli out of a clam of fortuight, and had 10U itemerits opposite his.mania. Ha had hardly spoken ten minutes, however, before the aulianco here me noisy aad disorderly, and one of Mr. Wise's sentence* was interrupt;! by a clamor from the rear of the LaC. N*w Yoax, Oct & -—An ofocial of Um Erio says that there Was ao angry discusC si jo at the .frank lis* meeting upon any point, and the Baltimore aad Ohio people, who were expected to be somewhat belligerent. were anxioas for a settlement, and the good feeling was genaraL Th D presidents passed iron-dad resolutions on rates, aad all pleig id thsinselrei not to cut freight* and alio orderei the restoration of the pools. Borne of the trunk line railway offie-als state that the meet important result* of t'je meeting wis that the emigrant tusineai of all the roads will hereafter ha managed by a committee, and the passenger a ;ents arj expect*! to advance the first clasi fare* to Chicago to S9Q. The FabWe Pays far Harmony. CONDENSED' NEW& • The Monster book wfl be rsQp*astl ctt Oct. in, ta"Portland, Ma?, for killin, Lydia A. Snow, fc 1864 ■ -i iW Failures lie* the Week. New York, Oct i—The hnsiasss failures in the Unite 1 States and Canada, as reported to R a. lDun * On.. of the mercantile agjncy, lor the past seven days aggregated lt*t, as compared with 186 the week before, and 178 for the week previous to tbe laat The new minister to OpafolirtB be appointed early MX* week. Ex-Governor Beynolds, of Mtaoori, bthoaghttob* the man. Mr. Levi P. Morton baa aad* a formal offer of a |dot of ground for park parpom* to the city author!tiss at Newport. The plot oomprises about UM aeras, and is rained at •00,00a WASHINGTON NOTES. Hccretacy Whitney has left Washington for N3» York, and will be abeent four or five days. Judge L. D. Thoman, civil sm»lu» «o» mlmloaer. iloritarail in Baa Jraactaoo Tfcursdayalght befow Ghril Bervtae Befarm aa- Wort" '' "** The Special Mail kntaa ' Wunmiw, Oct &—The poatoMoe department ha» made urufawek tot a weekly report of the operation* of the new ipecial delivery aervloe during thi* month, with- a view to ahowtag whether a* not die plan will baa aueceaa. Alter October the reporta will be made monthly, bat the baaia of taMneee will be deferj 1| I m at Haw York, Philadelphia, Uoitqn. Chuaigo, 8t Louie and other Urn »tnm«-c!al eentera, directing that ih«rebe M MMeatorf dalnratn tor wanting kjmIi leUverr latter*Ina poatnuuter general, aanto everything peeattae done to popular* ■a tha meaeore. !!■■*» WU1 MM Farakar. CoLuvjta, Oct. 8,—Chairman Busbnell, of th*' statu Be publican committal, addre wed a letter to Chairman Powell, accept in» tho challenge of Governor Uoadly to debit) with Judgp Forakr. At a Jpint meeting of the chairmen it Daedecided that there should be two debates. The date* wotj fixed tor Opt 8aai 10, and th* ptooe* Toledo and Cincinniti, respectively. Th* bat* at Toledo, aad Judge Foraker that M Cincinnati* HH 6peratioa» not only «n«U1nad the th8 l«r*uTr of c»rt^n market, bo; ramlted in • thorp advauoe. to UtTTbeSn by biT# obtained iu the orootion of buildik th» Una to b«ntUrP#°tk Virst Auiitor Chanowlth tea fMUoMd ~ expenditures altered .JO flth flnwuwi* «lC*n -ulding* at Wood's EMI, «t he may disavow ♦fceee expend It ure* "OlTad. "What did you strike J. Ambler Smith fjrT heaviest va eel every hsfo ship yard, ha* settbd the had t* shore h*r to prevent accident v Walter 0. " Smith for fouad dead ia a Ami on his fathsr's fans, in gpsnesrport, **' wjaD -V™**^ aaphaw of the late K. Psahiae Smith, a for■Mr minister to^tpaa. ''Beaton," —14 Mr. Win, "he wu raaki»» * blackguard of klmeelf, u you are doing now." •owarJ," shouted Mr, Mtsl fc. 1". Wu* paid no MtJutkiu to the remark, bat went an (peaking. He dtocua.-d the Blair Ull, daoouased Virginians, and dually aaeertel that the Democratic fflciaU foreland, JU, baa baaa fawpector aad ortkradfe Aaatin for daty a* tha Portland aod ompletea tha oron narTioa on toa