CK ON HILL. !Y SEVERE IN HIS INCIATION. ice Letter to Ex-Major ■cee Hill ■■ the Choeen > of the Moat Corrupt id Political Orpanlxntlon Diacrsced Humanity— Not a Candidate for ■rljr Denounced* ct 20.—Wheeler H. was nominated 'by and for the supreme land confirmation by vritten a letter to ex potesting against any igo the state Demoo Ilill. Among other kham says: i a state Democrat who tultifies himself. In [honest man can sup ae one of the mysteries re. My first objection that he is the chosen of the most corrupt political organization bgraced humanity. I pan who for high char st capacity has no su Stato, who would have nocrats the best pos of success in this by a Tammany ppon the leaders for and was rejected, fht have elected him. not have relied upon liny purposes. In de ty seized Hill. If then, osed to Tammany hall, pessity oppose Mr. Hill, fether in this fight, and *e in their methods as Ivins. Mr. Hill caused vention of 1893 to be tie when it could not, that it should not repre r. I say that was a dis |political trick, and of so l character that the Dem Istate rose up in indig Vgainst it, and the na tion nominated for pres against whom by such iwu state had been car be such fools now as to iry keystone of the arch lity and corruption? if you wish, Mr. Grace, ou give up your Jest support of men who in ther matters are actu rinciples, and hope to moral results. It is epublican machine is the Democratic, and >nly Hobson’s choice. [Still, Mr. Morton is an Ight man, and above re s never been charged nto any deal for vicious ■er stole an election re t that a man who had be put on the bench |st court. On the other fpresesents the very worst 'organization in our social l life, and was himself a in the political larceny ear the people most em ondemned.” RULER VERY LOW. •Ihiis Expect Death to Come [at Any Moment. tSBURG, Oct. 30.—Dispatches ire from Livadia to;day an (t the condition of the czar very much for the worse rday and is non desperate lerial family is desbribed irmed at the present con sick man. The physicians the czarina to prepare st at any moment, ^dispatch from Livadia says tar last evening suffered lden spasm of the heart, jpelled him to lie down. >n became so critical that >r, Father Yanischew, was imoned. >rted this afternoon that an lict will ba published Mon jsting the regency to the General Count Vorontzoff [ide-de-camp of the emperor Bter of the imperial house; iiebonostzeff, the procurator jf the holy synod; Actual |uncillor Witt, minister of ictual Privy Councillor Dur lister of the interior, and [Vannavski, minister of war. rincess Alix is said to have |or Livadia at the earnest re members of the imperial Ind it is reported that, if the [a 1th should permit, she would ;d to the czarowitch in pri after her arrival. Imous Pere Ivan of Cronstadt, »e known as Holy John of It, who is universally revered ' Russian people and who is tiled to the bedside of por Igerously ill to pray for their f. has started for Livadia to the recovery of the czar. In constant prayers are being |d the people betray every of grief. Sticbnej'e Dnfhtar Divorced. ngeles, CaL, Oct 20.— Dr. A. tman has secured a divorce » wife, Katherine S. Shiftman, custody of his two children, ife is the daughter of A. B. y of St. Paul, Dresident of the > Great Western road and one Wealthiest men in Minnesota. Iffman was one of the leading Ls of St Paul and was promt* p an amateur oarsman. j v. PULLMAN STOCKHOLDERS. The Regular Annual Meeting—A Twa ■ Hollar Dividend Declared. * Chicago, Oct SO —The annual meet ing of the stockholders of the Pull man Palace Car company was held yesterday, over *35,000,000 of the capital stock being represented. The following directors were re-eleeted: George M. Pullman, Marshal Field, J. W. Doane, Norman Williams and O. 8. Sprague of Chicago; C. Huriburt of New York and Henry K. Reed of Bos ton. The usual quarterly dividend of 03 per snare was aeciarea lor tne net earnings and will be paid November 15 to the stockholders of record at the close of business November 1. The directors and the officers of the company absolutely refused to dis cuss the meeting further than to say that no actioh-looking to any change in the officers or the policy of the company was contemplated. It is known, however, that the meeting dis cussed earnestly the chances of leg islation adverse to the interests of the company, which, it is feared, that some of the legislatures of the various states may take in the near future. No action was taken toward offsetting such possible legislation, or to fight against it when it cornea . The annual statement of the com pany for the fiscal year ending July 31, shows a total revenue of $0,505,007, and expenditures of $7,274,050, leav ing a surplus for the year of $2,320, 110. Of the disbursements $2,880,000 was paid in dividends on the capital stock. The statement shows that no profit was made by the operation of the works at Pullman during the last year, as the revenue is made up of three items: Earnings of cars, $8,761, 034; patents, $0,380, and “rentals, dividends, interest, etc., including loss on the manufacturing depart ment, $820,740,” The total assets are set down as $02.043,003.. The number of passen gers carried during the year were 5,282,323, and the number of miles run was 197,408,503. During tho pre vious year 5,673,129 passengers were carried and 200,473,790 miles were run. The year just ended shows a decrease of about 7 per cent in the number of passengers carried and of about 4 per cent in the number of miles run. The value of the manu factured product of the car works for the year was $4,347,317, and of other industries, including rentals, $548,014, making a total of $4,925,331, against $13,414,708 for the previous year. The wages paid amounted to $4,908,548, against $7,751,644 for the preceding year. The report of Mr. Pullman to the di rectors takes up at some length the question of the strike, but he makes in the published statement no comment not made at the time of his public utterances during the strike. The number of men now employed at the works is 2,640, and the scale of wages is the same as that existing at the time of the strike. Mr. Pullman states that “by increased atten tion to their work the mechanics have under the scale of piece work prices increased their daily average earnings from 32.03 last April to $2.16 in the last half of September.” JAPS DRIVEN AWAY. Their Attempt to Surprise the Chinese Falls. Condon, Oot. 3 0.—A dispatch from Shanghai says that the Japanese at the Yalu river tried to surprise the Chinese under cover of darkness but failed and retired after desultory fighting at long range. The Chinese claim that they inflicted losses on the Japanese advance guard. Hiboschima, Japan, Oct 19.—Parlia ment opened here yesterday and the speech from the throne was delivered by the mikado in person. He said that he had decided to convene an ex traordinary session and had given di rections to his ministers to submit for the deliberation of the diet a bill pro viding for increased expenditures of the army and navy. He declared that he was greatly pained that China should have forgotten her duties in regard to the maintenance of peace in the East in conjunction with Japan. ‘‘She having brought about the pres ent state of affai-s, however,” he proceeded, “and hostilities having been commenced we will not stop until we have attained our objects. In conclusion his majesty expressed the hope that all his subjects in the empire would co-operate with the government in order to promote the restoration of peace by means of a great triumph for the Japanese army. The president of the diet, M. Kuso moto, replying to the speech, thanked his majesty for advancing with the imperial standard and for personally taking charge, of the war, saying that the victories were the natural results of this action. He added: “Your majesty might have considered that China was the enemy of civilization, and we obey the imperial desire to destroy its barbarous obstinacy.” The bills introduced include one calling for a special accountancy of the extraordinary war expenses, one empowering the government to bor row money in order to defray the ex penses of the war, the maximum amount to be borrowed being placed at 100,000,000 yen, and one for an extraordinary budget providing for the expenditure for war of a total of 150,000,000 yen, of which sum 20.000,000 yen will be defrayed by the surplus, the rest to be provided tor by the war loan. An Editor Arrested for Boodllng. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct 19.—A war rant for the arrest of J. C. Kelly, ed itor of the Sioux City Tribune and revenue collector for the Northern district of Iowa, wan sworn out yes terday by County Supervisor Waiter Strange, charging him with “stuffing” printing bills. Believe He Is n Train Bobber. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct 2a—Charles Morganfield was found with a broken leg on a freight ear here yesterday and taken to a hospital. Detectives 1 were notified, and $150 was found in ' his hat several hundred dollars in his | vest and a large sum in a belt about: his waist The police believe that he I was one of the Virginia train robbers. ! He could not give any satisfactory I explanation of his whereabouts on the night of the robbery. j ar* 147 Indian reservations in the i United States. A BOMB FOB BLAKE. ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE IRISH NATIONALIST. Paata Created at Hie Meeting—While Addretelng a Large Andleaee la New York a Dynamiter Attempt* to Explode a Nltro Glycerine Bomb Wrapped Up In an Old Bnrnlng Umbrella—How the Danger Wa* Averted. Attempt tn Vie Dynamite. New York, OoL 10.—Duriog the re eeptipn by the Irish National Federa tion to Edward Blake, M. P., at the Lenox lycenm last night while Mr. Blake stood on the platform deliver ing one of his most impressive speech es, a short, stoutly built, frowsily dressed, bent old man, with the hair, mustache, hook nose and stooping shoulders peculiar to the popu lar conception of an Anarchist, walked swiftly around the back of the front tier of boxes until he reached the last one nearest the plat form and to the left of the prosce nium arch. In his band he carried an old, bulky, green gingham umbrella, which he seemed to hold with pecu liar tenderness. Outside the box he stopped, hesitated a moment and then entering, took a chair in a corner nearest the stage. On the other side of the box were a couple said to be Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thompson. The old man left in a minute. A minute or two later a sharp cry from the women in the box resound ing through the house startled every one from their seats and stopped the speaker. In the same moment there leaped out a gush of flame and smoke, and then followod tbo cry of “fire” and the simultaneous movement of BOO persons to the door. Patrolman Lillie rushed into the box and put the tire out. Then the stentorian voice of Mr. Blake rang through the big building calling on his audience to keep their seats. “The fire .is out, come back!’’ cried ho. As Lillie stooped to pick up the burning framo of the umbrella, he saw lying among the fragments of the gingham a small, stout tube, or bottle. He picked it up and then felt sure that ho was handling a nicely finished bomb. The tube was about eight inches long and about two in circumference. It was capped with a covering of gelatine. The tube was filled with a white liquid, which the police think is nitric acid. Attached to the gelatine had been a piece of fuse half burned away. The police say that tho old man had lighted the fuse in some way while lie was in the box or just on entering, but the flame had caught the gingham before it could reach the gelatine. Those in charge of the meeting tried to hush up the affair, though Joseph Harrington at first admitted that the bomb was one of tho typical uitro-glycerine variety. HIS CASE HOPELESS. No Hope That the Cnt of Russia Can Becover. London, Oct. 19.—That the czar of Russia is almost beyond hope, and that liis physicians believo that his death is a question of but a few days, was made evident to-day, when it was announced from St. Petersburg1 that his majesty was in such a critical con dition that his distinguished physi cians in attendance upon him had given up the idea of having him moved to Corfu from Yalta in the Crimea, where he now is. The czar's condition, it was declared, had changed in the past twenty-four hours very perceptibly for the worse, the symptoms of general debility and wcaknes of the heart being more pro nounced. These reports caused a sensation here, especially in vi^w of the pre vious reports which have led the peo ple to believe that he was in no im mediate danger. It is now concluded that there is little doubt that the czar is in a more dangerous state than the most alarming reports have hitherto stated. The Grand Dukes Sergius and Paul, brothers of the czar, started trom St. Petersburg for Lividia to day. An official dispatch indicating the sudden gravity of the czar’s condition was sent to Darmstadt yesterday, and a reply was received today saying that the grand duke of Hesse-Darm stadt and tie grand duchess Sergius, his sister, had started for St Peters burg. The news from Lividia has caused consternation in St Petersburg, and there is a general feeling that the snd may bo expected any da MORE SOLDIERS NEEDED. That Is the Opinion General Howard Advances In His Annual Report. Washington, Oct 19.—The annual report of Major General 0. 0. How ard, commanding the department of the East has been made public. Gen eral Howard,in speaking of the move ments of his troops necessitated by the late strike, says that, fortunately his apprehensions of serious obstruc ts) commerce of the East and South were not realized. But should diffi culties arise simultaneously the ne cessity for regular troops, and more of them than bis department now af fords, be says, is apparent. General Howard's report recommends an in crease of the army to at least double the size of tlio present force. In his judgment it will be the best possible method of preserving peace until the many vexatious questions, which are now troubling the country, are put at rest by a solution satisfactory to the people of the nation. IfKYemajar and Saarlaa Arraigned. Washixqtox, Oct. 10.—Henry O. flavemeyer and John E. Searlcs, president and secretory of the Ameri can reflners company, were arraigned to-day before Judge Cole of the dis trict supreme court, on indictments charging that they refused to answer questions before the senate sugar in vestigating committee. It iwas ar ranged by District Attorney Bierney and Nathaniel Wilson, who appears for Messrs. Haremeyer and Searles, that all long forms should be dis pensed with. NEW YORK COMPLICATIONS. Ha Frafnai Mad* Toward Harmony oa tho Congressional Komlnntlon*. Nxw Yobs, Oat 10. —No progress has yet been made toward harmonic* lng the Democratic factions In the congressional districts in this city, urgently recommended by the chair* man of the congressional campaign oommittce, Senator Faulkner of West Virginia. In eight of the nine districts exclusively within tho city of Mew York there are opposition Dem ocratic candidates Tammany was drat in the Held and for one reason or another “turned down" about half of the present delegation. In the Thirteenth district John De Witt Warner was elbowed out of the nom ination by the transfer thither of Amos J. Cummings from the Eleventh. E. J. Dunnhy, who had contum aciously defied Tammany was retired. The redoubtable Timotliy J. Campbell was deemed to have nad his full share of honor and dignity and the nomination in his district was given to Henry C. Minor, the theatrical manager. Ilourke Cockran was shelved, as it is alleged, by the ex press direction of Mr. Croker, to make place for Georgo U. McClellan, the young president of the board of aider men and son of the general of tho same name. Every member of the delegation, with one exception, who voted for the Wilson bill was passed over by Tammany. Ex-Mayor Grace, who represents the state Democracy, demanded an equitable division of tho nominations between his organization and Tam many and specifically the restora tion of Cockran and Warner but has obtained no assurance that his claim will ba allowed. Scarcely one of the city districts, all of which ore now represented by Democrats, will be safe for either Tammany or the state Democratic candidate should both remain in the contest. Tho appearance of Senator Hill's name at the head of both the Tam many and State Democratic tickets may also complicate matters. Nathan Strauss, Tammany nominee for mayor, claims that he should have the exclusive benefit of whatever pres tige there may be upon the regular state ticket. Senator Hill has de clined to refuse the use of his name to the state Democracy, which is sup porting Strong, a Republican, for mayor, and Strauss and his friends are in consequence much disaffected toward the senator. COLORADO WOMEN ACTIVE. Tbo Feminine Vote Nest Month Certain to Be l arge. Washington, Oct 10.—Letters re ceived from Colorado indicate that the women who will have their first vote on a general state election No vember 6 are evincing an interest in politics which had not been supposed probable when the right of suffrage was conferred. All accounts represent that the women are taking quite as much in terest in the campaign as the men, and the indications are believed to be that the total vote of the state will almost equal the state adult popula tion. All these features are due largely to the bitter feeling which exists between the Republican and Populist parties. The Republicans predominate in the cities, while the Populists have their greatest strength in the mining districts. As there are proportionately more women in the cities than in the mining camps, the Republicans expect to gain the most from the female votei KANSAS CATTLE. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board Acts on Various Matters. Topeka, Kan., Oct. 19.—The state live stock sanitary commission lias di rected the county attorney of Coffey couny to prosecuto O'Donnell & Son of Gridley for selling diseased cattle. This firm shipped to Kansas City a car load oft cattle which were bought by J. A. Gillispie & Co., and sent to a ranch in Russell county. Eight head died in transit and the remainder were quarantined. The commission reteased from quarantine forty head of cattle be longing to William Sunter of Chase county, and ordered thirty head of calves brought from the Indian terri tory by George C. Mosier of Arkansas City to be quarantined. The commission left fo* Strong City, in Chase county, to-day, where it will consider petitions' praying for the release of 90,000 head of cattle now in quarantine. PULLMAN NOT TO BB OUSTED. The Opposition to the Mtcntt'i Con trol Falls to Materialise CniCAOO, Oct 19.—The stockholders of the Pullman palace car company met in annual session here late this afternoon. It was apparent from the interviews with those present that George M. Pullman and his friends would remain in control for another year, as it was generally believed that there would be no show for the opposition to the present manage ment which is said to exist among some of the stockholders. The annual report of the company was said to be vague as to the effect, of the great strike, but the report was not made public until after the adjournment of the meeting. Handled 880,000,000 In One Day. Washington, OcL 19. — William Barnes, a clerk in the treasurer's of* flee for thirty-five years, died yester day.Mr. Barnes has handled in his life time probably more money than any other man in the world. The great est amount handled by him in any one day is stated at 860.000.00a Survivors of Indian Wars. Washington, Oct 19—Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the interior de partment has decided that section 4718 of the revised statutes relative to the payment of accrued pensions, is applicable to pensioners under the act of July 37, 1893, granting pensions to the survivors of certain Indian wara It is also held that the section authorizes the widow of the deceased soldier to prosecute his pending elaim under that act and receive the ac crued pension to the date of the sol dier’s death. This action reverses the decision of the commissioner of pen sion*, made la May, 1893. DEMOCRACY AT BAY. PILCHINQ THE PEOPLE FOB THE SUGAR TRUST. The Molt Scandalous Flee* of Legisla tion that Bm K«er Dlifmcd the Holla of Onr National Legislator®— *- Soma Tariff Talk. Taking the comparative rate* of duty on auger aa aupplied by the treasury department, we find that they compare aa followa under the McKinley and Gorman tariff bllla: Qaulity. McKinley. Gorman. Raw. Free. 40 per cent. Refined, with export b'ty. 8-fic per lb. 40 p. o. plua l£o. Before going further we will re duce theao apeclfic ratea to a uniform ad valorem baste, aa aupplied by the treasury department, for a more ready understanding of the faets. Thus: Quality. McKinley. Gorman. Refined. Kc per lb. 40 per cent. andltcporlb. plual-lOoperlb. Raw. Refined. Free. 40 per cent. 18.86 p.c.ad.val. 48.81 p. c. ad. val. Kenned, with export b’ty. 18.12 p.o.ad.val. 48.0T p. o. ad. val. The MeKlnley tariff gave free raw Huger, a protection of % cent per pound or 12. 96 per cent ad valorem upon refined augar, and a protection of 3-5 cent per pound or iO. 13 per cent ad valorem upon refined augar that came from countries which paid an export bounty in excess of that paid on augar of a lower grade The Gorman tariff places a tax of 40 per cent ad valorem upon all raw sugar. It taxes refined. sugar to the extent of 40 per cent and cent, or a total of 43.31 per cent as compared with 13.8(1 per cent under the McKinley tariff. It taxes refined sugar, upon which an export bounty is paid, to the extent of 46.07 per cent ad valorem as compared with 1(1.13 per cent under the McKinley tariff. Thus the Gorman tariff is 80.3S per cent sd valorem more than tiio Mc Kinley tariff upon refined sugar com ing from countries that pay an export bounty. Let us see what this increased demo cratic taxation, upon the breakfast table means. The treasury department estimate of the consumption of sugar in the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1804, is 4,343,300,500 pounds among a population of 68,750,000, ora total consumption of 03 pounds for every man, woman and child in the country. The average price of all grades of raw sugar is 2% cents per pound, making a total oost of 9110,438,361 for Trust! “Here's to Democracy.' all the raw sugar we consume. For more easy computation we will call it $120,000,000. Under the McKinley tariff there was no duty upon, this raw sugar, which passed into the refiners' hands at its cost of production plus freight and in surance. Under the Gorman tariff all of this raw sugar is taxed 40 per cent making an additional cost of $48,000, 000 to the people of the United States, or-7-16 cents per pound per person, or 44 cents a year more for the 53 pounds that each person consumes This would be the situation if the raw sugar passed into direct consumption without being handled by the re finers. But the refiners do handle it, so we must ascertain what that means Taking all markets in the country into consideration, the average price of all grades of sugar sold has been five cents per pound to the consumer. This was with a protection of \4 cent per pound, or 12.86 per cent ad valo rem to the refiner under the McKin ley tariff, there being no duty on raw sugar. The German tariff puts the duty on refined sugar at 43.21 pe>' cent ad valorem, or 30.35 per cent more than the McKinley tariff. This additional i,v per cent upon the McKinley price of five, cents per pound for refined sugar to the consumers is an addi tional tax of IK cents per pound of refined sugar to each person,or a total increased cost of 95 cents a year for every man, woman and child in the country. Instead of paying 5 cents per pound for refined sugar the price will here after average 0M cents for the whole country. Instead of each person paying $3.15. each year for the 63 pounds of sugar that he consumes, he will pay 84.10 per annum. Instead of a family of fire persons spending $15.75 a year for their sugar, the same quantity of the same grade will cost them $30.50, a direct increased tax of $4.75 per fam ily. | iThe total cost of all the l.343,200, OOO pounds of sugar consumed in the country every year, at the McKinley price of 5 cents per pound for refined auger, was $217,160,450 Under the Gorman tariff at 6% eenta per pound It will cost the American people $382, >$$,583, an increaae of $65. .83,135 os '.m ■ thi dlreot result of Democratic tin. tlon upon t be table. American breakfast / ' Except for That I (Although not altogether what we could wieb, it is, la the main, a very good bill.— Democratic Paper). -M ■ K? tt baa tome faults, we must confess, It will All the country with distress; It will close the shop and stop the mill, But, excepting that. It’s a very good bill. * . ;yi|! ■ i i* It will give our rlobest 'markets o’er To goods that come from a foreign shore' It will kill our trade with Cuba; still, Excepting that, It’s a very good bill. It will slaughter all the farmer’s sheep; It will make his wheat and barley cheap; It will work the cattle business 111; But, excepting that, It's a very good bUL It will,lead the Import trade new asst While It bids home factories take a rest; In short, It Is all that's bad; but still. Excepting that, It's a very good bill. —Nemo, In Indianapolis Journal, Miss Democrat Feeds Her Hogs, SOUP HOUSE RATION8. They Agree with Dyspeptic* Whit I'rom lee to Bllclt to Democracy. A few days ago I met one of my old democratla acquaintances, and, after passing the time of day, I said, •‘Well, Brother Howard, are you still as good a democrat as ever?" "Ob, yes," said Mr. Howard, “I am stronger In the faith than ever I was." "What’s the party done recently," I asked, "to strengthen this faith of yours that was always so strong?" • "Well," said Brother Howard, "you know that 1 used to be dyspeptic. I suffered from dyspepsia for a long time, and this soup house administra tion has been the making of me. It has cured me completely. I had to go on short rations, because I had not money enough to buy as good meals as I used to have, and it was short ra tions that I have been needing all tho time, and I did not know It" "Ha, ha. ha," laughed L “Yes. sir, you may laugh," said Howard, "but I am thoroughly con vinced that this term of democratla administration will cure me and root every symptom of dyspepsia out of my system. That’s the only reason that I now have foe being a democrat” B. Tbimkbx. Browning, ,Ky._' Lott. A healthy boy, blooming and fair, Stolen by demagogues, they claim. Was nursed and fed with special cars; Protection was his Christian name. His friends are sad—his cheerful smiles Mode all his neighbors happy; Some think he's gone to British Isles, Allured by Oobdeu taffy. The mlsslog lad—Prosperity— His friends and parents mourn; We tear lest our posterity May ne'er.see him return. Poor Grover—don’t disturb him— Burdened with a nation's shame; Sense and reason would .not ourb him, He has earn’d a wrecker’s fame. . -J. B. editor American Economist: Now that the- “tariff reform bill'’ haa passed! we are told that the bonded ware houses hare been filled by foreign-, manufacturers and alien merchants,.. ,1 with a sprinkling of American import* era. These poods, now to be thrust. * upon the- markets of the country, must be sold before our own people can hare a chance to make and sell any to proride a means of support;. ;£| Why did congress perpetuate the free* trade-Walker-bonded warehouse sys tem of 1840? Republican congresses, should long ago hare abolished this system, or confined its operation to- ; citizens of the United States Bow can we denounce free trade for de* stroying our manufactures while we permit bonded warehouses to do it? The next time American sentiment - prerails in the admlnistratlpn of our Gorman Enjoys HIs.VeaL. government let an nd be made to bonded warehousing for a greater time than thirty days for American, merchants Mil W. Bates, 326 Center street, Chicago, I1L Sept. 24. m Tire Views. [ Western Farmer—The corn crop is ruined. Why, sir, the hot winds josh burnt it right up Western Real Estate Man—The great and glorious west is the plaoe to lire. Why, sir. this summer we just feasted on hot roast wo out to the fields V '* Wv;! ?J.s: