THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. , TUESDAY MOKNtSTG , OCTOBER 27 , 189G. SINGLE OOPY FIVE CENTS. TURKEY ON VERGE OF WAR Bnltan Realizes tlio Importance of the Atti tude of the Powers. SINGLE SPARK MAY START THE FLAML Alulnl Ilnnilil In Artnliir : flic Mofilcm HOH ( * fur iv I'MIIill .StrtiRKlc to Hold III * IMnce on , Uuronc'M Soil. ( Copyright , 1854 , by the Associated Press. ) CONSTANTINOPLE , Oct. 25. ( Via Sofia , Bulgaria , Oct. 2C. ) The report that trouble of a serious nature Is brewing hero has sir often been sent out that any fresh announce ment to that effect Is looked upon as having little or no foundation In fact. But In spite of this It Is but right to state once more that everything points to further and very serious trouble preparing on all sides throughout the Turkish empire. The ball was set rolling on Wednesday lost when the sultan signed two Iradcs which wcro Issued the next day , levying a poll'tax of five plasters per head on all Mussulmans and Increasing the taxes on eheop , public works and education from 1 to 2J4 per cent , the funds so raised to bo devoted 13 military purposes. This caused the representatives of the powers to send a collective note to the Porto couched In the strongest language , calling attention to the danger that the armIng - Ing of the Mussulmans was certain to create and pointing out generally the critical situ ation ot affairs lu the Turkish empire. But large purchases of arms have already been i made and the danger Increases hourly. The J Porto today sent a reply to the collective note of the ambassadors. As usual , how ever. It was an evasive answer , and In substance - stance simply stated that the money de rived from the additional taxes was only Intended to complete the armament of the mimtnhfuz , or landstrum , the third and last t class of the Turkish army reserves , and to strengthen the armament ot the other land 1 forces of the sultan , which consist of the nlzan , or regular army , and Its active re serve , the rcdlf , or landwchr , and the mus- tahfuz , already referred. Conscripts In Tur key servo six years In the nlzara , four with the colors and two In the reserve ; then they servo eight years In the rcdlf , four In the first class and four In the second. They then complete their twenty yearn' service by serving six years In the muhtafuz. SULTAN SCENTS DANGER. The action of the Turkish government In completing the armament of the mustahfuz Indicates that the emperor Is facing a situa tion which may necessitate calling forth nil the military forces at his disposal , and It also Indicates that tlio situation Is the grav est since the RusBO-Turklsh war. Under thcso circumstances It Is but natural that considerable uneasiness prevails. Of course , thcro is always In view the probability at least that the sultan by these movements Is simply seeking to detract attention of his subjects from the actual state of affairs brought about by tbo maladministration , and that seeing that the powers are really In earnest , and that an understanding between Russia , Franco and Great Britain means action , he Is by these armaments practically threatening a wholesale massacre ot the Christians and announcing that Turkey will resist to the utmost any attempt at armed coercion. yv iiicrr Is ono feature" or the "crisla aj5flatefennM'p | 5S y.sSCAWirt. > | . It ' * Js about'nif baattaCit canTibsalbly" 'boflPAH negotiations upon the part of the Turkish government for n temporary loan have failed , nnd the condition of the treasury Is ono of litter helplessness. On top of this the price of bread has risen 40 per cent and bids fair to rise still higher , as the price of wheat goes up. This has decidedly aggraI vatcd the prevailing distress , and Its consc1 qticnt discontent. The police continue mak ing arrests , and It is understood that many more bombs have been found. In Armenia the greatest apprehension exists. The echoes of the recent massacres In the city of Egln are Just reaching here , In spite of the efforts made by the Porto to suppress anything but the official news. The Armenian representatives say that 2 000 Arnienlfens wcro killed at Egln , so far ns known , that no Turks wcro killed , that nearly 1,000 houses were burned , leaving only ISO standing for the Christian people ; and that the women and children were huddled together In the school house and some of the remaining buildings , bereaved , destitute and hungry to such on extent that even the gov ernor general telegraphed that they wcro In need of food. , . , . The olllclal account of the affair Is that the Armenians remained In the church on Sunday and Monday so long as to exclto suspicion nnd the government representa tives sent officials to Investigate. These officials are said to have found that the Ar menians gathered In the church , had placed a rope nround the neck of the Armenian patriarch and wcro dragging him nround the church and shouting : "Why did you not allow us to make n disturbance before ? " The Turkish officials further claim that the shot fired on Tuesday , September 14 , which precipitated the massacre was fired by Katsab Manvogl , a prominent Armenian , nnd that the Armenians Issued from their church armed with rifles and with bombs tearing the name of their de posed patriarch , Izmlrllan , and marched to tlio upper part of the town , whore they mot the soldiers who were returning from driv ing the Kurds , and that the Armenians thereupon fired upon the soldiers and killed several of them. This , the Turks say , led to reprisals. WAITING FOR THE WINTER. Whichever version of the massacre at Ggln is true , there Is no doubt that the effect of the slaughter , plundering and burnIng - Ing Is very serious. It Is claimed In certain quarters that when the heavy snows are on the ground and the escape of the unfortu nate Armenians Is almost Impossible , when the telegraph lines are down and the roads Impassable , thu Turlt will resume his butch ering with the knowledge that the news will not reach Europe or America until the mussacrcs are practically things of the past to bo denied and eventually condoned by lapse of time. The reports from Egln also say that a number of Christians have been murdered tn adjacent villages since the mas sacres In the city. Thn events of the past year have seriously | weakened the authority of the Turkish gov ernment over Its Mohammedan subjects. Very little confidence can bo placed In the eoldlors and gendarmes , as the latter have received no pay for many months , and tboro Is no Immediate prospect of their get ting any. Whllo Mgr. Bartelomcos , tbo locum tcnens of the Armenian patriarchate , was entering his carriage today four men made an attempt to assassinate him ; but they wcro solrcd by the prelate's escort. Ono of the would bo assassins Is said to bo un Armenian and'lt Is explained that Mgr. Bar- tclomoos ls unpopular with a section ot the Armenians , owing , U Is added , to his heb rcrylencQ to the palace Authorities. bpp Mgr. Bartelomcos waa formerly archbishop of Brusa nnd wan chosen locum tcuens of the Armenian patriarch , Matthew Izmlrllan , .when the latter resigned early In August last. Barlelomeos was the Turkish government candidate for the patriarchate nt the election In December. 1894 ; but ho only obtained onA few votes on account of his Mohammedan sympathies , nnd when ho was made locum i teueni and was received In audience by the ' oultan , ho made Rn address of the most ser vile description , which aroused the ludlgnn- tlon of the Aimcnlans nnd provoked the con tempt of the Turks themselves. BOSTON , Oct. 26. Advices from Kharput , Eastern Turkey , received In Boston , con firm dispatches lo the Associated press In regard to the extent and barbarity of the recent manacro at Egln. These advice * State that many of tbo dead were left tn the streets for days , ns food for IIio doi us and largo nuuibori wcr thrown Into tha | Euphrates , The bodies were seen floating down the river four and five miles below the city. In some cases , whole families were obliterated. Exact statistics , of courr.c , cannot bo given now , but It Is feared 2,000 U nn underestimate. All the testi mony at hand concurs In showing that the massacra was official , and that It was wholly without reason. CSAl'NT I-'A ilINH STAMCS IN INDIA. Fiitc of the .Hprlnir llnrvrwt Ilciicnilcd oil Hnlii 'XVIilcli FnlltMl. ( Copyright , 1SK , by the A oclateJ Prc . ) LONDON , Oct. 20. The wheat market and the prospects ot a fall In India still at tracts much attention hero and elsewhere , although eomo of the most Inflentlal news papers do not share In the feeling of alarm which prevails In some quarters. The Bombay Gazette of September 10 said : "Tho leading exporter has Informed his clients In England that the crop ot cotton will not exceed BO or CO per cent on an average. In southern India the outlook Is moro hopeful. The supply of fodder Is ample and If the worst comes there Is no fear of n recurrence of the horrors of 187C , owing to the Improved railway com munications. "Native astrologers , basing their theories on the traditional observations ot the heavens , state that If It rains within five days a famine will bo averted , but that later rains will not nvnll. "Whllo a number of deaths have occurred tn Bunkdclkhand , It cannot bo stated that a famlno is actually prevailing , as the stocks are not yet exhausted , the difficulty being to compel dealers to sell. But a pathetic convoy of itnrvlng children which the bishop of Nagpur has brought from Jubbiilpur proves that the resources of that district are perilously near exhaustion. For a mouth past wheat and flour have been selling In-the bazaars and howrah of Cal cutta at 3 cnnas per ser and rice nt % to % rupees per niaiind , rates not dreamed of since the last famine. " The Lucknow Hindustani said : "The question now Is whether the famine will last only four months or n year. The autumn crop Is sure of almost entire failure. No amount of rain can eavc It , and the. fate ef the spring harvest depends upon rainfall by October 7. " The Calcutta Englishman also published a letter referring to the wheat shipped from California , In which the writer said : "Tho Imports should not be left to private enter prises , which , stimulated by purely com mercial motives , can not bo expected to be Influenced by philanthropists , and therefore there Is not likely to provide the needy with cheap wheat. Even If the Importers are satisfied with n moderate profit It Is probable that the wheat will bo purchased by a few wealthy natives , who will not scruple to keep the price at famine rates. " The writer cf the letter then proposed that the government should undertake to provide wheat by buying In the cheapest market , after consulting London , Odessa , America and Australia , and then distribute It through European agents to the needy provinces. The Mark Lane Express today says that the rise In the prlco of wheat la warranted by the situation , adding : "It Is not speculative. On the contrary a speculative tear raid Is on foot. Tbo Engilsh crop , which certainly docs not exceed 7.250.000 quarters , Is stated to be 9,000,000 , and there are other signs that outside Influence Is directed to accomplish a reaction. " Continuing , the Mnrk Lane Express urges English farmers not to rush to the wheat market , but to send , between now and Christmas , the same quantities as sent dur ing November and December , 1895 , stating that the American and Russian farmers arc strong holders , owing to both crops being smaller than In 189C. , RIS.ENOT . B oven * " 'If * " she wished"to do so. and India and Australia do not possess i the corn to soli. The only two farmers having more wheat thin In 1S95 are the Englishman and the Frenchman. The latter can place all his wheat In Franco at a fair price , and the Englishman cannot feed I his countrymen for six months ; but If ho 1 presses the wheat market when foreign wheat Is scarce. It will keep prices down. California I wheat will bo arriving freely In February 1 and Argentine wheat III March and i April. " The Mark Lane Express further expresses the belief that the advance In the prlco of wheat Is duo entirely to the shortage In America and HusMa , and adds : "The ad vance from tbo lowest point In August to the best point during the past week in Eng lish ! wheat la SB , Argentine , 8s to Ss Cd , whllo Callfornlan Is perhaps the strongest in point ot holding for with a million quar ters In passage , It fetches 3Gs , an advance of 10s. " In conclusion , the Mark Lane Express says : "Tho situation generally Is healthy. A rlso was bound to come , only wo have obtained In October what we could scarcely have anticipated before May. "Flour Is from Os to 7s dearer. American Is very firmly held and Is not shipped In largo quantities , despite the Important advance. " At the Baltic today wheat opened quiet and was offered at 3d to Cd decline , The market was steady , but Inactive. No sales wcro reported. The business In wheat In Mark Lane was very quiet , and It was quoted generally at 2s lower on the weather. * At the Baltic business In wheat closed dull at generally Cd below Saturday's prices. Two cargoes of California wheat were sold for the United Kingdom. ITAI/V'S IJIPFICUI.TY IN IIItA7.II' . More ItlodnR llvinnml for Not lie Prt'HHfd. ROME , Oct. 26. An official telegram re ceived here from Rio do Janeiro says that a large armed band In the Interior of the prov ince of Bahla , who , several years ago , de feated a largo detachment of troops , Is again actlvo and has pillaged n number ot farms , several of them belonging to Italians. The Brazilian troops pursued the band and killed several of Its members and dispersed the others. Italy has demands for daaago pcnd Ing against the Brazilian government for outrages upon Italian citizens , but tbo Ital Ian commissioner sent ta Brazil to negotiate a settlement of the dllficulty has expressed the opinion that bin government will confine Itself to a demand for denial of hostile intent on tbo part of Brazil toward Italians. run.vcn isurrous SNUFF THOUIIM : . Will I'urnilt No Interference In tlic Cnliuii AVar. PARIS , Oct. 28. The Gaulola today nl- ludlng to the rumors which are still circu lating to the effect that the United States will Interfere In the affairs ot Cuba , pro tests against the Interference ot any nation In the Internal affairs of Spain , and says : "Europe Is especially Interested not to al low Cuba to fall under the domination of the United States. " SodullHt CARMAUX , France , Oct. 20. The socialist deputies who opened the now co-operative glas factory ot Albl yesterday , which hag BEl been undertaken by the former strlkcra of l the Garmaux Glass works , had a bad recep tion when they arrived hero , owing to the fact that the Curmuux men are displeased at the opening of the rival Albl factory. Crowds gathered and hissed and threatened the deputies upon their arrival and be municipal bands played tha Carmngnole , lie police finally seized the.band's . musical In- itrumenlfl to p'ut an end to the disturbance , llclulnii Ilrench of I'roiulNC Bull. BRUSSELS. Oct. 20. The suit for J10.000 damages for breach of promise to marry , brought by Miss Yuu Hocke of this city tyT against Major Lothnlro , tbo Uolgluu olllcer , twice acquitted of the charge of murdering the Brltlih trader , Stokes , by hanging him In the Congo free slate , opened bore today , It wan shown In evidence In the early part of the proceedings that Major Lothalre film- ply nuked to have his wedding postponed > , onltiR to tlio condition of hli health , when MUs Van Jlecko and family announced that ( lie mairlago WAS broken oK , [ DOLLAR WHEAT IS IN SIGHT Advance in the Oereal is Based on a Solid ENGLAND MUST NOW DE A HEAVY BUYER StoclfM Arc I.otv nnil the Situation in Ono of UrKeiicr , AVIillc America HolilH ( he Key to the .Market. ( Copyright , 1SD6. by Press Publishing Company. ) LONDON , Oct. 20. ( Now York World Ci- blegram Special Telegram. ) The wheat market today was firmer than It was Sat urday. A feeling Is beginning to assert Itself that the upward movement Is based on a surer foundation than the Produce ex change bears In London last week succeeded In making It appear. A representative of the World had a conversation today with Mr. Rush , editor of the Bccrbohros Trade List , the standard authority on the market. Mr. Rush , who had Just left the Corn exchange - change , whore ho had ascertained 1ho views of all the leading men In the trade , said : "This rise , almost for the first tlmo on record , originated here , not In America. This shows that It could have had nothing to do with any manipulation of' the American markets for political or other purposes. Its cause Is that , hfter acvoril years of abun dance , the people now recognize that this year Is ono of ordinary supply. Owing to the previous abundance everybody held aloof from buying and the stocks ran down. Besides , the Australian crop Is pretty cer tain to bo a failure , nnd there Is the ex traordinary fact that India has become for the nonce , though to a small extent , nn Importer. These things caused the recent advance In prices. The trade always goes to extremes 1o start with. A reaction that has occurred was to bo expected , but the cause of the advance remains. "Tho men of the most experience In the London market bellovo wheat Is going to rule at 35 shillings ( JS.7C ) a quarter ( or right bushels ) at least , becJiuso It Is now realized In addition to the other reasons I have given that It Is not possible to produce wheat In Europe cheaper. WHY ARGENTINE DOBS NOT COUNT. "Argentine docs not count In the calcula tion , because her crop cannot be reckoned on until the end of November. It Is now promising , but a week of bad weather might epoll It altogether. If the Argentine crop falls there will bo excitement in the trade. If it Is a fairly abundant crop It will pre vent much excitement. It cannot at the best supply moro than 5,000,003 quarters , which Is n bagatelle In the general move ments of the world's wheat. Besides , the difference In gold premium means a loss of from G to 10 shillings a quarter against the Argentine farmer. "Tho continental markets follow us hero and until the present occasion wo have followed America. For the first time In years America now holds tlio key to the situation. Every bushel of wheat America can spare will bo wanted In Europe. Al least 20,000,000 quarters (1CO.OOO.OOO ( bushels ) will bo wanted before the season Is over. "If America could hold back the wheat for a month It would go up 10 shillings ( $2.50) ) a. quarter. But I suppose the Amer ican banks do not consider wheat a com modity on which It U afo to Klvo l ri accommodation , so that the American trade "Tho Russian shortage Is uncertain , but It Is now assumed hero that It will be 10nOO.- 000 quarters. Wo look forward on the wt Mete to an active time , with considerable fluctUk tlons for the moment trade becomes brisk the speculators will rush In and Influence the market. " DALLARD SMITH. IMUSONI211S TIIKATH1) I.llvU HOfiS. Denver MIHI'H rjxiirrlnicr of Sliiinlxli CriiuMy 111 Culm. DENVER , Oct. 2C. Charles Lochto of this city , who Joined the Cuban army last spring and was token prisoner by the Spaniards , and after thrco weeks Imprisonment In Moro castle wan released through the intercession of Consul General Lee , has Just arrived here. "Tho sentiment among the Cubans , " said he , "Is that Cuba will bo free within four or five months. It Is estimated by well Informed olllccrs of the Cuban army that the Spaniards have lost 35.000 men since the war opened. The atrocities practiced by the Spaniards , who are exasperated beyond endurance by the persistence 'of the Cubans , would hardly bo credited. I have seen T/jmcn nnd girls outraged , and I saw an American citizen , Dan Erb , formerly a fire man on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Leadvlllo , shot down In cold blood by a Spanish officer. Erb was taken prisoner at the same tlmo as myself. We were held as prisoners on the sldo of the railroad true * awaiting the train to carry us to Havana. A Spanish officer entered Into conversation with Erb. who exclaimed defiantly that ho was an American citizen and expected to bu J treated like a man. The cfilccr drew a olx- shooter nnd killed Erb on tbo spot. "While I was confined In the castle I witnessed many startling scones. Every morning the prisoners arc obliged to go to the sea shore and batho. They are sent out In gangs of twenty men under heavy guard. I noticed that some never returned. The missing men were eaten by sharks. Hun dreds , and perhaps thousands , of prisoners have been disposed of through the agency of sharks , "Tho doors of the inclosuros surrounding the castle are left open , as If to Invite es cape , but no man who has made the at tempt has been heard of again. These who attempt to leave are shot down like rats. "In the castle I was fed on tortillas and water. The tortillas have evidently been doctored , for they wcro unlike anything 1 ever tasted. The water was salt and brought on dysentery. In a room eight by ten feet in size , twelve prisoners wcro packed like sandwiches. At night wo were obliged to sleep In tiers , the upper tier reaching to the celling. Of course there was no ventilation end everybody In the room was sick. According to the best es timate I could got , there are over 3,000 men confined in the castle under the conditions I have ntrr.cd. " 3Vi-w Huiiorx fur 1,1 Ilmitf CluiiiK. PEKING , Oct. 20" . Ll Hung Chang has been appointed minister of foreign affairs. Simultaneously with his appointment as minister of foreign affairs , an imperial edict oreera Ll Hung Chang to bo punished for presuming to enter the precincts of the ruined summer palace whllo visiting the dowager empress , Drowiivil lu u Ileiivy CuIc. COLOMBIA , Ceylon , Oct. 26. A number of passengers and the crew of the British steamer Talff , which piles between here Island of Mauritius and Bombay . . were . landed here today. They" report that the steamer foundered during a heavy gale on September 24 , and that twenty-seven natives wcro drowned. Drill IK of u Day. . PAIUS , Oct. 26. M. Challcmcl-Lacour , re cently president of the French ecnato and formerly ambassador of France lu London and minister for foreign affairs , Is dead. WAHOO. Nub. , Oct. 26. ( Special. ) Frank Huutley , 22 years of age , , a eon of Captain Lymaii Huntlcy of the Iowa legislature , died at the residence of L. O. Shirk In this city this morning of peritonitis. Mr. Huntley came to thlu place from Charlton , la. , where his parents live , Wednesday evening , having ridden across tlio country on his wheel. Ho Is a relative o' Mrs. L. 0 , Shirk and was ; making a vlilt with the family. Ho was taken sick within a day or two aftar ilia' arrival. The remains will b $ tfkeu to Char- Itou for Interment. ' ' TVXAX AHHIVnS IX XE\V YOUIC. " .No. 1" Dcclnrm to n Importer tltnt HP In n IlpfoKtrr of AfinrchUm. NEW YOIUC , Oct. 26. Patrick Tynan , the alleged No. 1 , who wa iWeatly released from a French prison at Boulognc-sur-Mer , despite the efforts of the English authorities to have htm extradited to England , arrived hero this evening on board the North Ger man Lloyd steamer Saale. 6A number of newspaper representative met him after boarding the steamer from o < rcvenuo cutter , opposite quarantineTynan traveled under his own name. Ho looked to bo fully fif teen years younger than when he w s last seen In this city. Ho hidjshavcd off his board and whiskers , which wcro no conspic uous In photographs tnkcji when ho was a member of the Mlddlcsck Volunteer regi ment. Ho was met at Hho pier by Mro. Tynan , hh six daughters nad his two sons. Tynan was extremely retjfent and told the newspaper reporters whp met him that statements made by htm' ' after his release from the prison In Boulogne had been dis torted to such en extcntf.as to bo almost untrue In every respect. ITd a representa tive of the Asoclatcd prtvu , ho said : "I cannot say anything with reference to my business In Europe. It was of a legitimate character , an-1 I am glad to ray my mission was stjtrcvrcful. I don't know yet why I was utijcSted. I presume the English government .VdotcU to get me Into Its clutches by acy means. I was trcatwl with every courlijy by the French government , the subpreffct-pf the dcpart- rccnt of alals celled on iqi when ho learned I had been arrested , anf'told'mo he had Instructions that nnythm that could bo done to alleviate my SJ , > lUlon chould be- dene. The prison ofllslatsf 'rorr tnc K ° v crnor ofjtlio jail ( low : , .treated mo most courteously , but , of ronrrt , I had to obey tbo prison rules with rHrtl to the hours of confinement and excise. I got my meals from the prison ra"njcn. "Tho American tnlnlferjlfient the United States vlco consul at Iloulcgno to ECO me and his assistant , Mr. l'y\x \ ! did all he could to have mo released. ATtibassador. IJustls had an Interview witty H3 ; Hanotnux , the French minister of lorqfgn affairs , who called * o see mo In my "prison cell several times. Mr. Eustls * ctforlSShad , I believe , a very great deal to do wltjfjtiy release. "I knew for some tlm fbeforo I was ar rested that I was watchtljby nrltlsh spies , but did not cxpoct my { arrest when my room was broken Into. Itnrau awakened by the landlord , who had tfcd Kngllsh detec tives and a crowd of Kiifibarmcs with htm , and ono of the dctcctlvei- the moment 1 nwoko had a revolver IC lmy forehead. 1 simply got up , dressed ttycclf and wont < o prison with my captui. ' . I knew It was no use to say any thing. ttT.ho UrltUh gov ernment was determined ft. net mo on Urlt- Ich soil If It could do u ! ; , _ and my friends told mo every effort wan mndc to Induce tbo French government to hand mo over to Eng land's tender merclcf. Tim French govern ment refused to do eo nilrt.l am hero again a free man. " 8r "What do you think woild fccvo happened you If you hod been extradited from France to England ? " asked the reporter. "What do you thlnkjr' Tynan retorted , "Why , everybody knovoj ; i would have been cither executed ocIltnprtEoncd for life. The English Kovernm < Trit never hesitates to manufacture cvlJoutB when an Irish man's life Is to bo H.ii'HJced. Why , ono of the charges made ngatWll me that I was connected with the Hrttfl * Park business was disposed of thlrt fj years ago by the French government , -l-'jiitlio English gov ernment tries to takc CKclinrgo up again , " "Da yc-u .believe lir ftt. p < ? Jlcy of dyna- mltn ? " Tynan wall * -iicutiio nic it vdiisfp LJiStrUy after wo left Cherbourg ; iiir'7)lB ' * 5o- you know whom'wovf \ \ op.bMrd ? * fl "Aid I'flld no'tf-i ( and ho replied : "Why" . Tpnan , the famouo dynamiter. ' " "I felt a llttto shocked , but told him I was Tynan. He did not cat any moro din ner and looked ncaslck. Tlio next day ! met him and told blnj-Jbo only dynamiter I had ever met was Zftllnskl , who was n most charming fellow , and who was the in ventor of the dynamite gun which was so generally admired and ox'olled by the War departments of all the European nations. " "Now , " continued Tynnn. "I wish to say I am a detcstcr of .anarchism and cannot believe the freedom ot Ireland can be achieved by anarchistic methods. AH the statements made as to oy desire to have the czar of Russia blown up arc villainous and Infamous. "As to all the 'stories' published about me , I ca nonly say they are Scotland Yard fakes , got up for the purpose of Injuring me. I think their object has failed , " JIBX Aim itcrru UKSPKKATK. Utterance * of nn Aiinrililntnliirc Ccnorlll In South SIOUX FALLS. S. D.j Oct. 20. ( Special Telegram. ) The Bryan irien are getting des perate and their public utterances are as- toundlng the people. Senator Pcttlgrew In a recent speech declared : "I would rather bo singing the Marseillaise tonight than making pepole laugh , " and again. "If our principles cannot bo settled by the ballot they must be settled by bloodshed. " Today the popullet state committee had painted two transparencies , one ot theM road : "The time will como when the bank- ers of New York and Boston will be hung like the horse thieves of Texas. " The other read : "Give us Liberty or give us Death. " The endorsement of such radical cries has shocked the people Immensely and thcro Is a considerable movement away from Bryan. The Bryan men are losing heart on * ao re sult in the state. The republicans have for a wcok or two been trylijg to get even bets on the state. They secured a few small ones. Saturday ono McKlnloylto deposited $1000 with Colonel Fred Snyder , after vainly bluffIng - Ing the Bryan leaders. 'So much was their failure to niret It weakening their cause here that today C. . A. .lowett and half a dozen leaders made up a purse and covered it. Colonel Snyder at ouco offered to double the bet , but they refused. Even bets on McKlnley carrying the state are going beg ging here , though several thousand dollars is offered. Srnnlor Allen Tnlfcii in BEATRICE , Oct. 26. ( Special Telegram. ) Another dismal failure mny bo charged up to the democratic populate in an attempt Pto to get up a political demonstration In Qago county. Senator Allen \\t-s extensively acl- vcrtlscd to speak In this city today and fn striking contrast to the 3,000 or 4,000 farm ers , who. It was confidently stated , would be In attendance , lees than. 90 all told gathered at tbo Auditorium to JUten to the nenator's familiar story about the 'English ' as controlllnR the money ot tlio United a ; the downtrodden condition of the Nebraska farmers , etc. The senator 6Jdle to a ch smaller crowd this , cvcnlc'g at the at headquarters. Samuel Ilinakor , 'republican ' candidate for county attorney , addrfr.s d < a magnificent audience at the Auditorium , despite he presence la the city of lue ed citizen. HctlMriitlnii lit Oltiiinwn. OTTUMWA , la. , Oct. 20. ( Special Tele gram. ) In thrco out of four days' rcglstra- tlon in this city thcro was 3,762 votero re gistered , 720 moro than tbo total of the local veto last year. With the fourth day com : pleted there will bo a gain of over 1,000 over last year. .llolli. IJUDA PEST. Oct. 2C.-T11Q second same of the chess match between TwhlKorln and Charausclc resulted In n win for the former , after twenty-nine moves. The Russian opened the game with u two knights de fense , being selected by the second pluycr. Present score : Tsehlgorn. | 2 ; Charousek , 0. ' 1'ivo Nc yi Tiiiiilrni DECATUU , III. , Oct. 20. Two tandem un- paced records wore liroltcm here today inby I/ou K. Rogers and J. Frank Furies. They ' mndo a third of a mile in 0S5 : 2-6. the former record brlnir 0:37 : , Ttioy made n half mllit In 0:572-6. : The rcrordui 0674-5. Olllclal referee and timers were pruzcnt , BIG GRAIN ELEVATORS BURNCl Over a Million Bushels of Wheat and Corn Consumed by rinmes. FIVE FIREMEN HAVE A NARROW ESCAPE Fire Slnr < n lu it Diumcroux 1'nrt of ClilcnRo nnil Ynlunlilc I'roncr- tlcH Arc In DiniKi'r for About nil Hour. CHICAGO , Oct. 26. The two huge grain elevators belonging to the Chicago & Paclflc Elevator company were destroyed by flro this afternoon , together with their contents. A number of smaller buildings were burned as well and the total loss will bo $1,000,000. The Insurance will cover three-quarters of the amount. It was a dangerous locality for a fire. Directly to the north Is the Armour elevator , the largest In the world , stocked up to the roof with grain. To the northeast Is the Immense malting house ot Halo & Curtis , whllo close at hand are the docks of the Crescent company with thou sands of tons of bituminous coal. The numer ous lumber yards In the vicinity added to the danger. Thousands of people gathered to witness the spectacle afforded by over 1,000,000 bushels of grain ablaze. At ono stngo they saw a cataract of burning wheat falling from 100 feet In the alr.The blaze started about neon. By 1 p. m. the flro had been mastered. U had by this time spread to several small frame buildings used as weighing offices and these were soon destroyed. The heat from the burning elevators was terrific and finally compelled the abandonment of four lines of hose which had been run Into the boiler room of elevator A. Five firemen of company 33 nearly lost their lives whllo fighting the flames from the roof of the office , n small brick build ing In close proximity to ono of the ele vators. Notwithstanding the roof had caught flro and was burning beneath them they stuck nt their post , until suddenly thereof roof fell from beneath them. Two of the men wcro close enough to the edge of the wall to grab It nnd were left dangling there as the roof fell In. The other three went down , but held to the hose and wcro res cued with great difficulty. The Pacific elevator was composed of three separate buildings , each six stories In height. Elevator A wns the first to go and then elevator B caught fire. Burning tim bers wcro carried by the high .wind nnd for a tlmo It waa thought that many build ings In the vicinity were doomed , and heavy lines ot freight cars standing on the track wcro removed as fast as possible. Loss In this direction was slight. The malting house of Halo & Curtis Is the nearest building of any size to the burned elevators and for a lime was In Imminent danger of destruction. Several times It caught fire , but by hard work the building was saved from serious damage. I1. G. Perry'the superintendent of the Pacific Elevator company , said thcro were 1,100,000 bushels of wheat stored In elevators A and II. He estimated the loss to be at Icist $1,600,000. Shortly after the flro broke out the south wall of the elevator cave way and thousands of bushels of wheat fell Into the river. Directly to the west of thoclo- yalora are Iho yards of the S. F. Crane HarJ- Jvtiou Lumber company a.nd several times * smaH""blazcR were discovered among 1ho piles'of lumber , but as' fast as they were "discovered .Itoy ' wer ? rxtlnRuUh.od. „ .Tho greatest danger experienced by lhu i1rcmctf was the flying debris. The burning buildings wcro covered with corrugated Iron and large sections of this heated to wnlto heat fell ns they were loosened from their fastenings by the flre. It was with the greatest dlffl- culty that the flremcn kept dodging these falling sections of Iron. Most of the grain was the property of the Pacific Elevator company. The Insurance Is said to bo about $750,000. The loss on wheat tn the elevators Is approximated nt $861,000. On the corn the loss will bo about $35,000. Before clsvator B was tn flames Captain Quirk of engine No. 14 with twelve men was ordered Into the building with leads of hose to play upon the other elevator. When the flames caught elevator B the fire men wcro caught upon the top floor and could not escape. Their cries attracted the attention of Fire Chief Swcnle , who ordered Lieutenant Wcndt nnd truck company No. 10 to climb the flro escape and cut a hole through the roof In order that the men might como out that way. Wcndt managed to do the work after a. hard struggle with the smoke and flro and one by ono the thir teen men clambered up to and down the flro escape. Quirk was the last man down and when ho left the roof It was ablaze In many places. John Morton , a plpcn-.an , was badly cut whllo forcing an entrance Into ono of the buildings. Potcr Rowe wns Injured In a like manner and Captain Michael Sullivan of engine company No.14 wns badly hurt by a falling piece of sheet Iron. The origin of the flre Is a mystery. OKFICnitS OK XOUTI1I5HX PACIFIC. Xcwly JRIcclert Itonril of Dlrcctorx MectH for I'uriioho of DrKimlzittloii. NEW YORK , Oct. 2G. At the first meeting of the newly elected board of directors of the Northwestern Pacific Railway company held hero today for the purpose of organiza tion , the following officers . , were elected. Chairman of the board of directors , Edward D. Adams , New York ; president , Edwin W. Winter , St. 'Paul , vlco president. George C. Gorham , Washington. D. C. ; comptroller , John Scott , St. Paul ; secretary. Charles F. Coaney Now York ; assistant secretary , GcorgcII. Earle. St. Paul ; treasurcr.-Albcrt E ' Little ' New S'ork ; assistant tiensurer , C. A' Clark , St. Paul. The Board of Directors elected at the recent meeting of tbo stock holders is composed as follows : Edward D. Adams , C. II. Coster. Charlemagne Tower , Jr. ; Robert M. Gajlaway. Eben II. Thomas , Robert Bocon , D. Willis James , Edwin W. Winter , Francis Lynde Stetson , Samuel Spencer. Dumont Clarke , Brayton Ives , James Stlllman , Walter G. Oakman. OoliI FlooliH TlilM Way. NEW YORK , Oct. 26. The Bank of British North America bos deposited at the subtrcasury $350,000 In gold for examina tion. Thcro has been deposited at the assay office $370,000 in gold from Europe and $200.000 from Cuba. WASHINGTON , Oct. 26. Tbo treasury to day lost $411,600 In gold coin and $18,105 In bars , which leaves the true amount of the gold reserve $119,502,423. niTlileiulH for u National Ilnnlc. WASHINGTON , Oct. 26. The comptroller of the currency has declared dividends is favor of the creditors of insolvent national a.a. banks as follows : Ten per cent , the Na tional bank of Jefferson , Tex. ; 10 per cent , the Ninth National bank of Dallas , Tex. ; 10 per cent , the Baker City National bank of Baker City , Ore. ; 20 per cent , the First National bank of Redflcld , S. D. Acoc'iilN ( lit I'lnee. MILWAUKEE , Oct. 26. C. U Wellington Bu ton , general traffic manager of the Wisconsin uo sin Central lines , resigned his position today od day , to accept a place on1 the board of ad ministration of the new western freight organization , to bo known as the Western Traffic association. Trvo KllliMl by nn PITTSBURG , Oct. 26. Two men wcro killed and the mixing department ot the Acme Dynamite works near Hulllln , ! ' . , demolished about 8 o'clock this morning. The mon ore named Stoffcl and Andrews. The conclusion shattered windows und shook houses for a inllo around. I IMIOTKST AGAIXST KROriniOAVlXO. . CKlEonn of CovltiRtoii CoHJjiiit Out- rime on Mpcrptury ( W JJMC. COVINOTON , Ky. , Oct. sferd Fel lows' hall was crowded torflfcrE by men exclusively , without dlstlnctlrtll jFr > nrty , to express Indignation at the Kip1- offered Secretary Carlisle tn that Jiagon last Thursday night. The chalrnfBHoscn was Hon. Harvey Myers , ono of iMgricclors of the democratic W. J. Bryan rW * . reP Ken tucky. In his speech on taV. , the chair , Mr. Myers Mid that Secretary Ji n 0. Car lisle , of all men , could afford to let that outrage to him go unnoticed. The city of Covlngton , of all cities , could not let It pass without a thunder of disapproval that would make any future attempt < to suppress free speech Impossible In the city of Cov lngton. Ho continued : "Some say that Secretary Carlisle should not have attempted to return to Covlngton to apeak , knowing ns ho did the state of feeling against him , but God forbid that the day shall ever como In this country whun any man may not be free to address the public on any subject. " ( Uproarious cheers. ) Mr. C. B. Slmral presented a eerlca of resolutions. In doing BO ho said that owing to promises from the mayor and police that the offenders shall be ferreted out and prosecuted , the resolutions omitted n con demnation of officials as at first Intended. Yet four days had elapsed since the outrage and not a single arrest hail been made. Mayor Ublt'cck ' arose and said that John Fagln , charged with throwing a cigar at Mr. Carlisle , was before court today and his case was pending. Ho said ho had ap pealed to the council to offer a reward for the men that threw the eggs. Ho said ( ho police would make arrests If they could flnd the perpetrators. George II. Thorpe , who polled a big vote for congress as Carlisle's competitor ten years ago , arose and said : "Tho mayor scorns to bo after the egg throwers. Ho does not recognize the rowdyism of the gang of disturbers In the hall , or of the great crowd that followed Mr. Carlisle with Insults on the street , with ten policemen marching besldo them. Mr. J. D. Hcarno of Covlngton said if the police did not know some of that crowd of disturbers they were not fit for the busi ness. Ex-Llcutcnant Governor J. Bryan made a fiery speech denouncing the outrage as has- tils to the system of popular government. Mr. Thcdore Kallam offered a mibstltutc which Included a denouncement of the Inter ruptions to W. J. Bryan at Yale and else where. They wcro unanimously voted down. The regular resolutions unanimously adopted condemn the outrage on Mr. Carlisle in unmeasured terms , disclaim the responsi bility of Covlngton for that conduct and call upon the city government to detect and punish the perpetrators. There waS" not a single no against the resolutions. Mayor Rhlnrck waa severely handled In an Inter change of words by a citizen in the audi ence , who charged htm and his police with coming short of their duty. OWENSBORO , Ky. , Oct. 26. Secretary Carlisle's party arrived here from Louisville last night over the Louisville , St. Louis & Texas road. Ho was met at the depot by a delegation nt fifty persons , national dem ocrats and republicans , and escorted to the Rudd house. He held an Informal reception this morning from 9 till 11 , wijl In that time received a largo number of visitors. There were small delegations lu the city from aiV joining counties. At 2 p. m. ho was escorted from the hotel to tlieSnm Jones tabernacle by several prominent citizens and a brass band. The audlcnco which greeted , him numbered about 2,000 persons , nearly half of them women. Mr. Carlisle was treated most courteously and at no tlmo was thcro the slightest disorder , excepting at ono tlmo , jwbon.a policeman had to. bo called to quell who had become a-mUo nouK'"Hs"raiMrcM ! lasted about an hour and by the gold stand ard people was well received. Mr. Carlisle dwelt at some length on the point that he had not changed his financial views since 1892. The silver people wcru an anxious that Mr. Carlisle should have noth ing hut the most courteous treatment whllo In the city as wcro his most ardent ad mirers , and several silver men wore sworn In ns special policemen to protect him from Indignities should any bo offered. Chair man Jones of the national democratic com mittee telegraphed to silver loaders hereto to use every means to sec that ho was not Insulted In any manner whatever and the state democratic committee made the same request. _ HOIIAIIT SPHAICS IX NU\V JHIISUV. Shown How ProMiorMy Hnn In tht1'iiHt Uiitlrr Cnli ! Sdniiliird. CAMDEN , N. J. , Oct. 26. Garrctt A. Hobart , the republican candidate for vlco president , made what was practically his first political speech of the campaign to night al the Temple theater. In this city , be fore an audience that filled the place to overflowing. The mealing marked the commencement of a campaign throughout the state , In which Mr. Hobart will speak. Previous to the theater meeting , the can didate was given a reception at the Camden - den republican club , where , for two hours. a steady line of people shook hands with him and Governor Grlggs , the latter as sisting him In receiving. After this , Mr. Hobart was the guest of United States Sen ator Scwcll at dinner. Long before the hour of meeting the theater was crowded to the doors and upon Mr. Hobart's cn- trance he was given an enthusiastic wel come. Samuel Ballley , ono of Camden's manufacturers , presided at the meeting. Mr. Hobart , upon being Introduced , ex tended hla heartfelt thanks for the recep tion tendered him , and said In part : In the year of Ib52 we were in the zenith of our prosperity. No man -was Idle who wanted to work and millions of money were upcnt In labor. Wuges had cone up In ten years 40 per cent. Notwithstanding nil these thlnsH , during the administration of President Harrlhon , yet the suite of Now Jer.ney gave a majority for the repub lican party less thiin In the eighty years preceding. Wo wore then under the Bold stundiird , ns now , but confidence began to be lost ; men who owned mills could not operate tlicm and millions of persons were out of work. Then came the Wilson bill , and when It passed It was felt In every household In New Jersey. Kvcry democrat nnil every republican now knows something must bo done. The republican party stands Just where It stood in 1S92 , 1888 and 1881. It proposcH to keep the mlllH open and the men at work. Another landmark In our history has been reached. Another milestone fn our journey. Wo thought wo wcro to fight It out on the old linen , the tariff ; Instead , wo are to decide whether our money Is to bo debased , our currency debauched. I will not characterize this IIH n democratic Innovation ; you know it Is not. After referring to some statistics , Mr. Ho bart closed by quoting from his letter of ac ceptance and from the remarks of Hon. Bourku Cochran that this Is a campaign n.In which "American Intelligence and American patriotism must assert themselves , " Governor Grlggs also spoke. Tomorrow night Mr. Hobart speaks In Jersey City. CIIIKF SAIU1UXT IS FOIL 31'KI.VLUV. V.p Io ml IT of IioenmoUvo Firemen Op- JHIHCN it Ilciii i-HntL-il Currcm-y. CLEVELAND , 0. . Oct. 26. General Su perintendent J. C. Mccrchcad of the Chicago & Erlo railway , has received a letter from' 15 , P. fiargcnt , chief of. the locomotive fire- nu.'U's brotherhood , In which Sargent says ho stands today "pronounced for sound money and against a depreciated currency. " Ho says : " 1 want to say to you very em phatically that I shall vote for William Me- Klnley. " Holeonih H < ildn 1'orlli nt Geneva , GENEVA , Nob. , Oct. 26.-Spccal.-Gov- ( ! ) crnor Ilolcoinb addressed a crowd of perhaps COO persons Friday. In the evening the gov ernor ipoke In Ward's opera house. When ho commenced lils speech the house was only halt filled uud no ono was found to raise a cheer for him. Flllinoro county U euro Jor McKlnley , MONDAY BUSY DAY AT CANTON Delegations Flock in Litrga Numbers iq Pletlgo Their Support. RAILROAD EMPLOYES FOR SOUND MONEY Mnjor MclClnlcy r.lnliorntcn on 111 * Id m of Similarity of Intercut * llco . tTveeit Mimtrr mill AVorkiiiim III TlilM ClIllllHllKII. CANTON , Oct. 26. The largest -crowds In Canton have been confined most generally , to Saturday. Today , however , wns a sur prise , oven to the much surprised Can- tontaiiB. Organized delegations came from Massachusetts , Now Jersey , Pennsylvania , Ohio nnd Illinois. The day was fair nnd the processions ot unusual brilliancy. The New , Jersey FrellnghuyBcn Lancers set the style and the day throughout was distinguished , by the most handsome paraphernalia ot parade yet witnessed. The Evlo railway employes delegates were numbered by thou sands. After Major McKlnley returned from attending the funeral of his late friend , W. J. Miller , the parndcrs began their marches. They stood In walling on North Market street In double line from the McKlnloy , homo to the court house , n half "mile straight away. They gathered nnd packed nnd swayed about the house , so that speaking from the porch to bo heard by so vast a crowd was Impossible. The temporary re viewing platform used on Saturday Is not allowed to stand after the day Is over. Thcro was , therefore , no place to speak from but the porch. Tables had to bo carried from the house to Improvise a rostrum , so that the people jammed solid across the streets and crowded upon the lawns of neighboring homes might hear. The women as well as the men In , the railway delegation each carried nn American flag. These wcro waved vigorously. Torpedo cannons were exploded , rockets fired and tin horns wcro blown , whllo drums added to the enthusiasm of the scene. Nearly all of the Introductory speeches referred to tha coercion charge of Mr. Bryan and Chairman Jones. Several spokesmen challenged the proof for a slnglo case of coercion. Major McKlnley again re ferred to the charge of forcing employes , siylng : "There are some people who teem to think that the best way to get on In this world Is to bo against ono another , and thcro Is a natural antagonism between these who employ labor nnd these \\lio are em ployed. They nro disturbed whenever they discover that the employer of labor anil labor Itself nro on good terms , and when ever that occurs they commence crying co ercion. It Is co-operation , the one working with the other for the public good and for their advnntngcs severally. " This nnd similar sentences wcro received with tmmijtuoua applause , cheering and waving of flags. RAILWAY MEN FIRST. This Is the last wcok of the campaign nnil tl opened with six delegations scheduled to visit Major McKlnley from an many states , nnd this number has been much exceeded. It was about Jl o'clock when the first ar rived and thcro has since bean a continuous stream of people to the McKlnloy homo. The first to greet McKlnley came from In diana and wns composed of the Kallroaa Men's Gold Standard club of Seymour. North Vernon nnd Washington. Ind. The party , came In n special train of six coaches , which , had been on the way since S o clock yesterday - day afternoon. The men for the most part . ? employee . . _ , , . ot , . _ , _ the Baltimore & Ohio BpoUc wan wjiu-O.-T.- Montcoiricry of Sej'inour/ Mrv/McKlnloy.ij , , made the chief speech ot the day In repiy. Ho said : There nre some people who " the best way to get uiiythlnB IH to Do URnlUHt nnother mid U nt tliero Is n natural nntiiKonlsm between these who employ labor nnd those who are employ d , . They nre disturbed whenever they d la- cover that tlio employer of labor nnd the labor Itself ure on good terms and when ever Hint occurs they commence cryliiff coercion. It l not coercion ; It Is cooperation tion , tlio one working wltli the oilier for the nubile Kood and for their advantage ! We do not want It. this coun try untaKonlsm between capital and labor ; hey otiKht to l.o . close touetlicr nil the time The one cannot Kct on without Ui6 other , nnd Instead of their being enemies they ought nlvmys to bo friends. InHtciuJ of discouraging sympathy between thorn , which we all ought always to advance , there iiro those who would create antip athy between them ; for example , between , railroad managers and those who nre em ployed by the railroad , rsow. 1 dp not be lieve In nny Htieh doctrine inypelf. I bc- llcvo In the common brotherhood of man. I believe that labor gets on beat when cap ital KPts on beat , nnd that capital pctH on best when labor IH paid the most. Instead of being u natural imtuHonlsm there la n. natural alliance between them and tlio people ple who uro forever seeking to create nn- tiiKonlsms between these who employ labor nnd these who are employed nro the neoplo who never give any employment to Inhor at nil. Now , what wo want In this country -and I am iiddresslng the Sound Money , club of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad alone-la Ilrnt , confidence ; confi dence In each other ; confidence In the credit of the country ; confidence In the future ; confidence In our money ; coiifidcnco that If we Invest our money today , wo will et something out of It lit the end 01 o year. If wo have not nny confidence o that kind , no ono will feel llko Investing money , and If money Is not Invested thcro IH no employment for labor. Then , Ipo. BH your spokesman hits well said , wo want n. tariff that will raise enough money to keep this government out of debt. Wo do not want nny moro debts or deficiencies either In the treasury or among the people. Wo must pay nn wo will BO. Wo want a tariff that will enable us to pay our bills und wo want that tariff BO adjusted us to encourage Amcrlcnn protection and uphold and sustain the dignity and Inde pendence of American lauor. HEST OF EVERYTJIJNO. Now. whnt we want to do , not us par tisans , but us patrlolH , is to sUuul for that policy that In best for ourselves , our homes , our wives , nnd our children , ns wull as our state und country , and tlion we want to tench n rovercnco for publla law nnd to stand firmly for tcsnqullllty ns against violence1. Wo want to Htund by the grout Incorruptible judiciary of the country , which In our bulwark of safety In every , hour of trouble and peril. Wo do not want any dlxhoncst dollars. I Ilka tha name of your dub "Bound money. " Wo do not want anything unsound In this gov ernment. Wo want a dollar that Is as good HH Kold , ns your spokesman has mild , and jUHt as good In the hands of the poor us In the handH of the rich. The flr t tnlxslon that a poor , depreciated , debased dollar performs Is to tlnd Its way into the bundn of Homo poor man who cannot afford to lese It. This IHIH been the errand of poor dollars over since the government licfrarf. The poor dollars always eventually land In the pockets of the poor people , for'where thu breaker ' " " 'L comes , the poor man loses It. The mun of capital keeps his linger upon the financial pulse. Ho known when money IH coliit ; down and when it la going down he parts with It. While the Indlanans were bulriff enter * talncd a large delegation from the Cleve land , Loraln & Wheeling lullroad shops and docks at Loraln and from along thu line waited in the street at the foot of the hill. This party was Introduced by L. 0. Kddy , M locomotive engineer , as being staunch uup- porters of the republican party In the present campaign , representing all branches of railroad work. Whllo the Ohio railroad men wcro being addressed , thu shouts and ch-cm and bands of the Now Jersey delegations wcro hoard approaching the houio. The Ohloans crossed the street to the lawns on the opposite ulda to make room for the now arrivals and review - view the magnificent parade , ta which Major McKlnley bowed bli acknowledgment from a table m the front yard. The consplcuoutf feature of the New Jersey delegation waa the splendidly uniformed and drilled march- club , the Frollngliuyacn escort of Now Jer sey. The streets were well fllli'd with speci tater * ns this crowd passed and cheer aftol cheer wui given to the club. John II , ty