New York Times, The (Newspaper) - October 14, 1896, New York, New York Two Parts 12 Pages 't 2W v r A I Pages OCTOBER 14, m BY THE NEW-YORK TIMES PRICE THREE THE NEWS for GENERALLY BY fairly decidedly 31-% s Re Paso U Court IV ge 0. Page 5. HoM Arrivals and Out-of-Town 0. Business Page G. Marine Page 1J. of Page 1-. Sporting Page 3 Mr. Crawford of St. who dis- charge I free-silver has the SILVER AT LOWEST POINT CHEAPER NOW THAN AT ANY TIME IN THE PAST THREE went tlie Weather a and other of I If a Page 11. L. V. Democratic candidate for nor of Is threatened with The declares that ho lias made no election in tho cate of Police Commissioner Andrews Page 11. Tho 3 Hillary Convention will meet in Brooklyn Page U. The condition of the coal trade indicates that there lie no priced In the Page V. Attorney Hancock defines two uf voting a Mr. an 1 Castle of San Francisco In ta r of on a Mr. Is a San Francisco anil the imputation of the couple at home is 1'riion. composed ho their and ilc i led to cut the rates to cents a transatlantic Europe bumped the Jersey boat Central anil scaring the ferry passengers Page y. Corp. Havern of the Twelfth has been fined by a il mi charges of ID and disobedience of 01 from K rs a u nurse have resigned Hospital because iu of man in the U ond and U. and Fitch had a dispute the Gas sion Uie of iron for electric The memorial at v. in bt dedicated Friday in the Supreme appointed lawyers receivers ThoaP are first instances of the sort that occurred in Stale courts here S From the Minnesota crowds which Mr. Brian there came nearly as many lor as lor j wore destroyed by main's lire of Hall deny that Gov. is lo New-York to make a political M The storm of rain and wind that has pre- in for several days has lo Page The of the Court of de- cision In the of accused of in- is that anybody may to the of and not only who aie more Page S. Sir Harcourt has resigned the of leader of the English Liberal as successor to Lord and nls intention of retiring from Page o. Major made speeches chiefly devoted to the Page 2. C. Secretary of the Tax was secretly married In tember to Miss Page 8. The price of bar sliver yesterday dropped to cents an the lowest figure It has reached in three Belief In the defeat of Bryan Is generally to be the Wheat reached Its highest point In the present Wheat took another jump In the Chicago pit A conference of Roman Catholic It Is will be held to-day at Arch- bishop residence to consider the m of Archdiocese of to bo the new Statistics of exports in and nine months with of breadstuff mineral and increases over for the same periods Page 7. The Court of Appeals has decided that John and Arthur Mayhew must die In the electric Page 7. Prince Imperial Minister of Ways Is In the of prominent railroad and other business It Is reported a combination has been by which Secretary Carlisle is to Senator Passengers on the steamship Old many perilous hours during the The ruthler chain broko Bausch was formally notified yesterday of hm for Coroner on the Tammany 8. The acquittal of a number of saloon era Jersey tried for selling liquor on Sun IMS discouraged the ami a number ot may be Page 11. Ian appeared In Carnegie Music Hall last and gave his first public reading in Page 8. Steamships arriving in port on both of the report having sighted the American liner proceeding on her at reduced Page 5. The Populist Committee Issued an which Is regarded aa a rebuke lo Tom Watson arul a request that he get olf the National The National Democrats have placed in nomination a for Congress In each of the thirty-four districts of with one Page Potter consecrate the chapel of the new St. Luke's Hospital Saturday morning 3. Gen. New Oct. 13-Oen. Edward S. Bragg of Wisconsin was to-day appointed by General Harmon special to the States District At- torney for Eastern District of will be to aid the District xi prosecuting the the the Company of to re- cover a large of about the of there has been for some time a Gen. Bragg was of the commission under a Congressional en- made an investigation of the facts of this on behalf of the GUI Bragg was a prominent for the nomination for President before the Democratic tion at The White Metal Can Now Be Bought for Sixty-four and One-half Cents an This Rate a Silver Dollar's Actual Worth Is Only 49.88 the Price of Silver Decreases Wheat Beaches Its Highest Coincident with another Increase In the price of wheat of 1% cents per com- bar silver declined yesterday to cents an the lowest figure touched In three With pure bar silver at WMi cents and ounce the actual value of a silver silver at cents an the actual dollar Is only The advance in wheat in the Produce Ex- change was attended by more activity and speculative Interest than has characterized ihe grain market here for the past few The Produce Exchange quotation for De- cember wheat at Monday's closing was 75% cents a The opening price tlay was and the exciting throughout the day was entirely within a small fraction of that The wheat pit was filled to overflowing with brokers at the and after a few utes of lively trading the price receded to Subsequently it and ly rose to the highest figure yet reached In the present Reports by cable from Liverpool and vate dispatches from Chicago were both favorable to a strong and rising grain and corn and oats moved up in pathy with In Liverpool wheat and corn were each higher yesterday ing than on the day and in Chicago an advance of 1 cent a bushel on wheat was reported very early in the The fact that the heavy foreign demand for American wheat shows no signs of ishing naturally gives Impetus to the ward movement In prices here and in it also prompts a great deal of buying for storage In this as some of the big operators look for considerably higher prices a few weeks At the close of the market yesterday wheat was firm at asked for December and corn was 32% bid for the same There has been but little demand for silver certificates In the speculative ket Trading In bullion been fairly and exports ot ver are stimulated by the cheapness in Bullion dealers In this city say that the lowest figures have not been either with listed certificates or commercial bar Zimmerman the Wall Street bullion arc selling calls on both gold and The gold calls are for amounts of and upward at and arc good until Dec. 31. The silver calls are for Hated bullion In lots of ounces or at 70 cents per and are also good until Dec. 31. THE CHICAGO 1V11EAT Took Another Jump In the Fit Yesterday Oct. 13.-The wheat market started with a Jump of about 1% cents per much to the disgust of many of the who had sold their long wheat The sudden advance was principally because of the strength with which the Liverpool market had A matter which was reported and which excited very little local may possibly have had more Influence upon speculative sentiment In England than It had That refers to the estimate of bushels reduction in the visible ply of the United Kingdom last withstanding the recent shipments from this side and from other ducing The range of prices In different parts of pit at the same moment at the ing was a wide December sold at from 70% to 70% very sparingly at the but heavily at from 70% to 70% The closing price yesterday was The figures given marked most the entire range of the the only exception being a dip to cents as the culminating point of a gradual which set in after the opening but that was lowed by a second rise to 70% cents before 12 The price of December had merous fluctuations between 70% cents and and finally rested at cents and 70% or rise for tho Gold to Arrive More than In gold Is due to arrive here from Europe within the next six Engagements have already been made at the Bank of England for about which has not yet been so that by the latter part of next week fully will have been added to the raising the grand total to about Schall Co. expect one or two large consignments to-day or The demand for currency from the West and South has diminished greatly this The transfers day amounted to only Oct. In the the Bank of England to-day was for shipment United Friendly Scuffle Ends In FORT S. Oct. friendly scuffle between two soldiers of the United States artillery last night resulted in tho death of Michael one years of who enlisted from Jersey City June 11. He and Thomas Hyland flud in the gallery of the which is about 25 feet from the An Iron railing runs around It. They struggled against the and both went falling to tho stone walk of the head struck against the fracturing his He died In about an fell on top of Hosiery Company N. Oct. The Norfolk and Hosiery which suspended Indefinitely a. month ago as it was said by the of the uncertainty of the political resumed operations this Excise Special Agent Excise Lyman has received the resignation of J. J. N. Byrnes of New-York City as a special agent under the Raines PERILOUS HOURS AT The Old Dominion In a. Great The General Telia How to m Rodder Chain Oct. 13.-Passengerg on the Old Dominion of the Old Dominion Line arrived In this city Just before noon having been sent by rail over the Chesapeake ana Ohio Railroad from port They tell a story of rough experience on the Three hours after leaving York Saturday afternoon a stiff northeast wind arose that soon developed Into a ful and the crew and passengers un- til had troubles such as they never wish to go through One of the W. M. editor of The Carbondale told the following The passengers behaved though badly until about midnight when the rudder chain leaving the boat without guiding power for Of that Capt. Blakeman would not have given 10 cents for all the lives on the boat at that after a terrible experience In the wind and overlapping the der was the passengers took some new but an hour when the chain broke every the truth be gave up One passenger tried to borrow a er with which to shoot and an- other offered all his property to any one who would guarantee safety to Lathrop said Capt. Blakeman de- clared It was his worst experience In life on the one found It to believe that he waa pot Also Oct. 13.-The Old minion Iron steamship which left here for New-York at o'clock met the hurricane of that night and Sunday and had to put back to this port when oft Atlantic owing to a shortage of She arrived here about 2 o'clock this Her officers report that at times vessel almost laid on her so rough was the For many hours tho ship was able to make only four knots per and when off Atlantic N. the supply of coal grew so low that the Captain determined to run before the wind back to this port. Some of the perishable cargo but all In the hold of tho vessel was The Jamestown carried a good many whom were extremely Many of the passengers left for New-York by rail this POLITICAL DUEL Free-Silver Statesmen of Kentucky Exchange Warm Oct. D. roll of Henry County and C. J. Bronston of defeated candidate for the District nation for are on tho point of fighting a The trouble is said to have grown out of Mr. Carroll's to ston had no chance of Words passed tho two arid Carroll told Bronston unless he apologized he would have to answer to him Bronston has not and It Is be- that correspondence has been Ing between the two men since tho the contents of which would be sensa- tional In the extreme If made DEPENDS ON THE A That Will Never Occur If Bryan In Oct. Grace Dawes of La Grange County Is the ed of W. E. a Milwaukee traveling The couple had determined to marry Oct. 20, but In attestation of their political both being the ive bride and bridegroom have agreed In writing that If is elected they will seal their courtship in vows of wedlock Nov. 4, but if defeated the engagement Is to be Tho contract certifies that neither Is ever to marry if Bryan Is TITO Outlaws FORT Oct. 13.-In a fight between a posse headed by Marshal Heck Thomas and the Green gang of at I. last two of the outlaws were killed and the others The dead men arc Jim Green and his and they were members of one of the worst gangs of desperadoes In Indian The Greens have been actively on the road for three and their ness and skill In robberies gave rise to the belief that they were In many affairs charged to the Cook Last night Green and his gang rode Into forty miles west of Fort for the purpose of robbing the but encountered Heck Thomas and and a fight which proved most to Thomas Is the man who ran to Candidate Threatened ST. Oct. Treasurer Lon V. the Democratic nee for Is threatened with He has Just returned from a three In the and left yesterday for his in Jefferson His eyes are and his physician de- clares It absolutely necessary that he re- main in a darkened room for at least ten His left eye In such condition that It Is feared the sight cannot be Yields to Oar Oct. Dominion Government has decided to proclaim the last Thursday In the 20th, this as Thanksgiving throughout Canada formerly appointed Thanksgiving Day earlier In the and tho ground on which the change Is made Is that the United States generally designates the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Raised the Wages of Their Oct. bury Glass Company of and the Hazel Glass Company of are reported as having voluntarily advanced the wages their who are non- union 10 per cent. The action of these companies la causing since other glass manufacturers arc demanding claiming to compete with Dlark an Official Oct. General Hancock been In receipt of numerous letters of Inquiry relating to the method of voting a or split ticket under the election law adopted at the last session of the State In an opinion ten to-day Attorney General examination of the law makes it parent that In order to vote a straight ticket a mark is to be made In the cle at the head of the party A split ticket may be voted in either of two by omitting cross mark In the circle and making a cross mark In voting space before the name of each candidate for whom the elector desires to on whatever ticket the name may BV making a cross mark In the circle above the name of the party some of whose candidates he desires to vote and also making cross marks before the name or names of any candidate In other party columns for whom the elector wishes to counted In which caso hts vote must be for every candidate under the cle except the candidates before whose names the elector has made his cross mark In other party Tho candidate or candidates so marked In other party columns must be deemed the choice of the elector and his vote counted PRINCE IN The the ot Lending Railroad nnd Michael Imperial Minister of Ways and Com- both by rail and of the Russian Is In the guest prominent railroad and business He arrived at 11 A. M. to-day after an unparalleled voyage from St. via and San consisting of Lieut. Chevalier of the rial and six other Russian accompanies Major J. G. World's Commissioner of is the American chaperon of the traveled from St. burg on the Russian To permit passage of his 100 miles of was temporarily laid on the Ice. At o'clock this morning the party ar- rived fit It was met by President B. F. Chief Engineer Isham Treasurer Melville and other members of the Canal Drainage Fair Architect D. H. President Stone of the telephone and CHICAGO'S BIG J f It Promises to be the Ever Made In that Oct. the evidence in black and white the poll books is the citizens of Chicago will pile up thle largest registration of In the history of Presidential For at least two hours after the polling were at 8 o'clock this Ing the judges and clerks of registration were unable to catch a breaching Every sign favored the tho registration this would be at least higher than that of 1892. It Is mated that voters had registered be- fore 10 A. M. Secretory after careful places the poll at the close of the tion next Tuesday evening as high as 000. THE GREAT BARRINGTON Thirty GREAT Oct. The here lost night was under control about 4 o'clock this Thirty business places were wiped out and sixteen families were rendered The total loss will reach on buildings and The fire started again at o'clock night near the Surnner but was quickly under i Alaska Miners Sell Their Oct. hundred and fifty persons came in on the from Sunday and with them In placer The largest amount was held JU whi had over Many had several dollars and very few had less than six A. Harrington of Circle City had nearly Up to noon local banks and other purchasers had bought something like of Two of the returned prospectors are Sisters of the Good They came down with thei rest of tho and handed over their dust nnd took the They did toll how they got the but some of tho miners probably donated It. Two other women were This Is the first largo party of miners to come down after tho season's Jails That Need Oct. State Prison Com- mission at a meeting to-day received a showing that the Westchester tyl Jail at White Plains did not have ficient accommodations for and in some Instances four times as many prisoners ae could properly be taken care of were crowded Into the Another re- port showed that thero was defective age in the Richmond County tions were adopted directing that these causes ot complaint be She node on a Borrowed N. Oct. 13.-' suit of Angelina Odell against the York Central and Hudson River Railroad for In the Supreme Court was because Miss was using a borrowed pass when She borrowed a family ticket May 10, and started to alight from the train at As she was going down tho car the train started and sho was thrown to tho and her hip was Takes His ST. Oct. twelve clerks who discharged by Crawford Co. Saturday because they favored tho free coinage of silver were to-day to re- turn to their places without and with full Several accepted the in- In a. published Mr. Crawford his hasty action In dis- TO DIVIDE THIS DIOCESE IT IS WILL BE AN In Which Event Bishop Late Hector of the Washington Uni- Will Probably Be Created of It Is Will Take Place About the Successor to Bishop I It la reported that a meeting will bo held to-day at the residence ol Archbishop Cor- at which Cardinal Bishop and many other dignitaries will be to consider the question of dividing the Archdiocese of Tho question of the Diocese of Buffalo Into an archdiocese has been con- for u as the present which lg In charge of Archbishop Cor- Is too large for convenient Archbishop whose province em- braces all of New-York Slate and Newark and Trenton bag long found his work too and has already had to ask for an Bishop Farley acting In that Should the Diocese of Buffalo be made Into an the Dioceses of and Syracuse would probably be It la said that the Right Rev. John J. Keane would bo pointed Archbishop to preside over the new It will be remembered that the Pope offered to make him Titular Arch- bishop when he was removed from the Rectorship of the Washington but he refused that Such a division could not be well made without tho con- sent of Archbishop He Is said to be In favor of In case it should be his province would be the Dioceses of Long and Archbishop also Is said to favor the which Cardinal Father secretary to Archbishop was seen last He refused to confirm or deny the report a meeting will take place BISHOP KEANE'S i to be Considered by of the Catholic Oct. ment by Cardinal Gibbons that the Di- rectors of the Catholic University at their meeting In this city on the 21st inst. will consider at length the question of a cessor to Bishop Keane as rector of the Catholic University of the United States Is understood to a contest for the As previously stated In these dis- the choice for to the Pope will devolve upon or of the aided by tlie thirteen Archbishops of the all of whom are of the but only five of whom are specifically In the list of and There la one vacancy on the Board of sioned by the death of Bishop Martin ty of St. It 13 probable this will be filled before the In case a priest rather than a Bishop la likely to be chosen to fill It. The university exists under a charter granted by which limits the Di- rectors and Trustees to When a few years ago it was desired to add the thirteen Archbishops to the legal ad- vice was and It was concluded this would not be entirely aa the whole constitution would need to go again through Accordingly It was determined simply to make the Archbishops an sory i They will probably meet prior to the ting of the Directors and pass a tion of advice as to filling the vacancy at the This gives Cardinal bons the five Archbishops in the Di- rectory a vote twice In the In filling the place of Bishop a rule laid down by the Directors themselves will probably be This Is that a vacancy shall be by a man of the same rank as that of the previous There were originally three priests on the and The raising of two of these to bishoprics left only one priest on the The other two places may be treated as and that would necessitate the election of two more one to fill Bishop Marty's tho other to fill the next vacancy that J Father Thomas Lee of St. Matthew's the leading Catholic church of the who Is the only clerical Director now said I consider it quite un- likely that Bishop Keane will be It seems to would cally be saying to the Pope that he had acted and that we know ter than he what should be done I should not to make such a It would argue a confused under- standing of Pope Leo's authority as the head of the Church and his special pre- In control of the Papal No man can question my entire friendliness to Bishop I regret that this matter became public It That was the sole cause of the sition in which he had been wise he could have retired with I know he has wished for at least a. year past to get relief from the heavy strain of his duties as Except for the premature announcement made he would quietly tendered his resignation at the opening of the and would have taken a position of rest with honor and without particular attention from the The discussion now general in newspapers Is to be Its so far as I can must hei to In- jure Bishop All of us desire to avoid that I am Commercial N. Oct. 13.-Tho Stono Opera House presented a lively scene this morning with Us flying flags and ing the occasion tho an- convention of tho Commercial Home Association of The called to order at 10 o'clock this morning by Mayor George K Green oi this who Is the President of the The report of Secretary L. M. showed Jan encouraging Increase in membership and that the financial of the order ard In a flourishing The reports of William M. manager of tho Home and G. F. Chairman of the Board of were also GIVEN UP BY HER J. Stewart to be owners and agents of the Thomas J. bound from Weehawken to this have given the vessel up for with all her The Stewart left New-York on Sept. 8, and since passing Sandy Hook that same fore- noon nothing has been heard from The vessel was loaded with over 1.-400 tons of and she was very deep In water when she left port. The tion Is that she was caught In the cane of Sept. 8 and 9 and that her cargo shifted and she The Stewart was commanded by L. C. Blake of and her first mate was Joseph Con- ners of North Me. The cook's name was Charles W. Gray of Me. The second mate and crew wero mostly men and their are not There was also on board the vessel Philip B. a young man belonging In who was and un A KENTUCKY Blackburn by Secretary Oct. 13.-Tlicre Is high authority for saying that Secretary lisle is likely to succeed Joe In the Senate and that a deal to that effect has been arranged between the money Democrats of that State and the Republican The deal is understood to be that In re- turn for Democratic votes for and Gov. Bradley will call a session of the Legislature to elect a and the by rangemont will be Senator Blackburn Is said to he broken down In nnd ills re- election Is among the in any Secretary Carlisle will begin his ing tour of the State In a few SCAFFOLD WAS Two Steel Plates Rested on nnd It Killing One N. Oct. man was killed and two injured In an at Standard Oil Works on Constable Hook this They were at work on a fold around a new and a plate of steel weighing 700 pounds was hoisted to This was to be riveted to the While the plato rested on the scaffold a second one waa sent up and was placed on tho The scaffold throwing tho men to the a distance of 30 Paul thirty-two years who lived at 107 Avenue waa caught ono of the plates and so badly in- that he died in a short Charles Sif of SO Avenue E and Stephen were slightly CHOIR BOYS ON A SHARP REBUKE TO WATSON Glen Cove Church to Reduce Their GLEiN Oct. boy choir singers of St. Paul's Episcopal Church have Inaugurated a strike because their wages have been In the movement tho boys have the sympathy of the older bers of the and there will probably be no in the church until the strike Is During the when the city people came the boys were re- quired to rehearse three evenings a They were given per month and free In- Last Sunday their salaries were reduced to 50 cents per Silver In Oct. mints of the United States In September coined from silver bullion on purchased under the act of July 14, standard silver containing ounces of pure the cost of which was giving a or of to the which sum has been de- posited in the on Kail Oct. ing notice was posted to-day In the can Waltham Watch On and after Oct. anil until further the factory will run hours a The factory has been running on half time all It employs THE The indications for to-day are fair preceded by The Weal is to the and It Is now central to the southeast of Northerly Kales con- on the southern The barometer has fallen In nnd lo tho north of Montana and It lias fallen slowly on ttiv Atlantic coast south of and In the lake region It has risen slightly Hie Central and Lower Mississippi and thence to the Rocky The temperature remained about except In tlie It Is Haln continues in and In tlie northern portions of Middle Atlantic States Showers Arc also reported from the Upper Ohio lower lake und Western The weather was clear last night generally throughout the central valleys and upper lake The Indications are that weather pre- vail from the lake southward to the Quit and followed hy Is Indicated for and the Middle At- record of temperature for tlie hours ended at taken from THE YonK thermometer nnd from Ihe of the Weather Is ns 3 A. 0 A. 4 1'. U P. 0 P. 12 P. 40 4G JO 47 4S 41) tO 40 4'J TUB thermometer Is G feet above street that of the Weather Bureau la 2s5 feet the Average temperatures yesterday 03 Printing House Square Weather 47 date date for twenty jearg 57 Complete Weather Pago Col- umn THE POPULIST EXECUTIVE COM- UPBRAIDS Issues a Statement in Which It Urges a Union of Silver Forces Against for Fusion in All the States So that the nge Men May Present a Solid Front Against the Minions of Greed and Win Next Oct. 13.-From 10 o'clock morning until nearly midnight the Populist Executive Committee was In The outcome of tho is a statement to Hie People's Party a rebuke to Watson and all who causing In the Thu statement To the Party of United Your National the hope that the patriotic action uf the Party National in Ine of COSH of issues m would Uo met liy an un- di lo u on the part of Democratic Hut all the friends of silver could present front Ihe of ono and being time lJUt cl which bo Two The first of these was lo run a straight Bryan and ticket in which on account ut i of the Democratic Parly lo t thN et would have effected tho same In tills that would h the nomination of a straight Populist ticket at St. election of Kinley and of the gold Tho open to your com- was consistent with the of contention In nominating Mr Uryan uas to do everything In its to unite voters uf the country McKinley and to the and ins if in. Party had put the cause pai we not have d This could be accomplished only by ar- ranging for a division ul the vole In every State M cut my so many Electors for Bryan and and con- ceding so many lo Urjan and At the opening of the seemed tho wisest course for and U Is clearer to-day than It was tlie only and if our votes to be caM and made for the relief of an and outraged Following this line of committee has arranged In of and will uo all In Us power to hiake the same ments In all of the 1'roplf'H 1'urty By perfecting ai end every opponent of ihe ard loyal to Electoral tlie Party not only secure In the College for and tunes aa many voles as we could possibly secured by making a straight but we will the defeat of McKinley and the gold winch thouM now be the greatest of every citizen who believes In tlie principles of true this arrangement we can unite a large majority of voters on our Joint Electoral The only hope of the power and trusts is to divide and conquer The publican managers and their Democratic realize and arc- putting forth effort to accomplish Democrats for Some of the uf the revenue stripe who are not jet u caned from ihe of but ore for and arc nominally supporters of Mr. while In under- handed way trying to accomplish Ins are against joint Electoral falling In they to scratch the People's Party and already a few 1 leaders arc the rank and Hie of our party strike back bv refusing to t the Democratic Electors on the Joint Electoral This Is a trap set by ihe who are a few honest men fallen Into It. reports to-day the only ones that buoy up of the Republican the crats and the Populists who are en- leagued arc doing just what the gold Appeal to Every we appeal lo who may have been bv en or false pleas of pretended loyally to People's Party Into refusing to support such Joint Electoral jo stop consider the results of such conduct refuse lo bo Influenced misguided or corrupt The revulsion of the against thete boodle men the last ten days has so united them that Is J. H. GEORGE F. JOHN M. C. HAN C. F. T AY J A Although no names arc it Is generally understood that the is aimed it There is nothing said about Watson's Is regarded a sub for a request for to out of the A Oct. T. President of the of Is The of the bank arc said to be in I accounts at the In: all His personal ai c to bo considerably and attachments have been In favor of borne of the ib ot a of guardian for number of minor Is no clue to his
