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The Scene of the Disaster.

Ischia is an island of Italy in the Mediter-
ranean, at the north entrance of the Bay OF
Naples; area twenty-six square miles, popu-
lation about 25,0OO Its coasts are steep and
rocky; near its center is the volcano of Epo-
meo, $500 feet above the sea; its last erup-
ton was in 1881 There are also twelve
smaller vol canoes The intervening valleys
are ofextraordinary fertility. producing corn,
wine and fruits in abundance Its warm
baths, the most celebrated of which are
those of Casamicciola and Locco, are much
frequented, and with its salubrious climate
and luxuriant vegetation make it favorite
resort in every season of the year. The chief
town. Ischia, has about $500 inhabitants,
and is the seat of Catholic bishop. Its cas-
tile, picturesque structure, stands on high
isolated rock OF volcanic tufa and ashes which
rises out of the sea opposite the Island of
Vivara, and is connected with the main land
by mole. 1t was built by Alphonso l., of
Aragon, in the twelfth century.
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A REVOLUTIONARY SCHEME.
Sensational Story About Alleged Plans
Prominent Capitalists


Prominent Capitalists
Washington Sunday Herald.
On last Wednesday meeting was held at
a stockholders office on Broed street, New
York, that may revolutionize Mexico At it
were some of the largest mine-owners in
Mexico, two capitalists, two gentlemen who
made some figure in the late war. a leading
Texas journalist, and other persons The
scheme proposed and discussed was this:
When Congress gets fairly under way next
winter the Americans in Chihuahua are TO
pronounce in favor of dissolving the rela-
tions between that State and Mexico estab
lish a local State government, and send
delegation to Washington TO ask TO be ad.
mitted to the federal Union An estimate
was made of the probable expense
of establishing this new governm ent by
gentleman present, and the capitalists said
the sum named could be had easily upon the
condition that the United States assumed the
debt of the new State, as was done when
Texas came into the Union One of the mill
tary men present said 1000 good men, well
armed and drilled, would hold the country,
and he would agree to raise $500 The
speaker was general officer OF high reputa-
ton during the late war was badly wounded,
and is now on the retired list OF the United
States army for disability. The other was a
Con federate general not so well known as
his colleague, but graduate Of West Point,
and served in the mounted rifles
before the war. He now lives in Mexico He
agreed with the other officer as to the force
required and added that two-thirds OF the
Mexicans of position and education favored
annexation to the United States and only
the ignorant, lower classes would oppose it.
The journalist, who was Confederate regi-
mental commander, said Texas would furnish
all the force needed and be glad to do it, and
that public sentiment in that State was over.
whelm:ugly in favor of annexing the whole
of Mexico, if necessary, at which there was
much applause. After some discussion the
meeting adjourned, to meet soon again The
gentlemen in this scheme are well known.
One of the capitalists used to live in San
Francisco and was noted while there for op-
erations requiring nerve and pluck
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Killed While Landing from the Steamship
at Port Elizabeth, on Sunday.
LONDON, July 30-Intelligence is just re-
ceived here that James Carey, the informer
in the Phoenix Park murder cases, was shot
dead yesterday, on the steamship Melrose,
while she was between Capetown and Port
Elizabeth. The deed was committed by a
fellow-passenger named O'Donnell.
O'Donnell took passage here by the steam
ship Kinfaun's Castle, which left Dartmouth
on the 9th for Capetown where she trans
ferred her passengers who were destined to
Port Elizabeth, Natal, and other coast ports
to the steamship Melrose. The report of the
shooting of Carey caused intense excitement
in the West End of London, and in the
House of Commons.
Later advices about the killing of James
Carey show that he was shot while landing
from the Melrose at Port Elizabeth. ODon-
nell, his slayer, is in custody. The govern
ment had taken special and expensive meas
ures to protect Carey.
1t appears that O'Donnell followed Carey
from London. Both men sailed in the
steamer Kinfaun's Castle.
The Daily Telegraph says the government
have little doubt that Carey was followed
from Dublin. They believe that the FenicAs
had taken the most elaborate, measpeS 10
prevent his escape. According to tie lA'eSV
| accounts, the murder occurred at ca O"rey
was not killed outright but dled shortiy
afterward. O'Donnell surre7dered hlihsell
| quietly. He was placed in -rons ana handed
over to the police when t-e Melrose arrived
| at Port Elizabeth. -.
Carey was travelilg under the nam name 90 OF
Power His family SeIE From mr Madeira % he wrote
a letter to the authorities in which he de-
scrbed the voyage, and said he had shared
IN conversetion in which the Invincibl es
and the miscreant Carey were especially de-
nounced. He said he intended to forget Ire
/ land
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The Catastrophe Not Caused by an Earth
quake, but the Result of s Sub
sidence of the Ground.
The Number of Lost Now Said To Be
Not Less Than Four Thousand.
Carey. the Irish Informer, Shot Dead on
Steamers Deck-FaiIure of the At
tempt to Embarrass Gladstone.
THE IsCHIA CATASTROPHE.
The Great Loss of Life Confirmed-Ehorts to
Relieve the Distress.

Relieve the Distress.
NAPLES, July 3O.-Professor Palmieri, di-
rector of the meteorological observatory on
Mount Vesuvius, states that the disaster on
the island of Ischia, on Saturday night, was
not due to an earthquake but to sub
sidence of the ground.
The scenes here occasioned by the accident
are heartrending. The hospitals are crowded
with wounded survivors and the dead
houses filled with the bodies of victims The
bodies of several Neapolitan ladies have been
recovered from the ruins. Five houses re-
main standing at Casamicoiola. Cries for
help can be heard coming from the ruins.
Sappers are hard at work endeavo1ing to
island filled with dead bodies are arriving
here constantly.
There are many women and children
among the victims OF the earthquake. Fifty
wooden huts will be built Immediately for
the accommodation of survivors. The
municipal authorities of Naples are
sending relief to the island and
doing all in their power to
alleviate the distress of the people. Most of
the corpses recovered are so discolored by
dirt that even after they have been washed
the features are unrecognizabe All mem
bers of the police force at Casamcciola were
killed. A boat has arrived at Naples con-
tanning the bodies of twenty-four infants. A
few persons were taken from the ruins alive
last evening. Eight hundred more troops
went to the scene of the disaster last night.
OF the foreigners staying at Casamicciola
only those were saved vino were at the thea
ter on Saturday night The survivors state
that they were obliged to pass Saturday night
in absolute darkness, without daring to move
even to assist those calling for help beneath
the ruins. There is now little hope that the
latter are still alive, According to the latest
estimates, 5000 persons perished on the
island. Three soldiers searching for victims
were fatally injured to-day. Subscriptions
have been opened throughout Italy for the
relief of the distressed.
Survivors say that thirty-seven persons
were entombed in room in the hotel Piccola
Sentinella. Count Sergardi, after three hours
of exhausting labor, rescued eleven persons,
but failed to accomplish the principal OBJ
ject of his efforts the saving OF his sister.
The play at the theater on Saturday night
was burlesque, which opened with scene e
representing an earthquake.
MIDNIGHT Two thousand soldiers digging
in the ruins saved 1000 lives up to midday
on Sunday and exhumed TWEEN ty-four per-
sons alive on Monday.
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WHEN
BUSINESS FIRMS FAILING.
Assignment of the Largest Tanning
Firm in the World.
THE TANNERY FAILURE.
Liabilities Estimated at Three and a Ha
Million Dollars.

Liabilities Estimated at Three and Half
Million Dollars.
BosTox, July 30.-The Journal says F.
Shaw & Bros, the largest tanners in the
world, made an assignment to-day to F. A,
Wyman. The total liabilities cannot be
given, but the total assets are given at So
900, 600. They were creditors to Charles w.
Copeland & Co. to the amount of 5000 900.
The liabilities are stated by authority of
the counsel of the firm to be So 500, 000;
nominal assets So, O00, 900. The assets include
tanneries in northern Maine, New York
State, New Brunswick and Quebec and
100000 acres of land in Maine. There
were from 10000 TO $4,000 people employed
by the concern. The immediate cause of the
failure was the suspension of Copeland &
So, who owe Shaw Bros p $4oo, oo0
The failure can be traced to the sus-
pension of the Pacific Bank. The
Shaw Bros, at the time the bank collapsed,
held a number of shoe and leather firms
above water. They have been carrying these
firms ever since the Pacific Bank failure, and
the firms will probably be heard from within
a few days The creditors of Shaw & Co. are
chiefly Maine, Boston and New York banks,
and some of the largest hide and leather
houses OF this city. The tanneries of the firm
will be kept running to work up the stock,
which is six months behind on orders.
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OTHER FAILURES.
Copeland s. Co., with Half a Dozen Branch
Houses, Closes Up.

BosToN, July 30.-The Journal states that
Charles A. Copeland Co., shoe manufactur-
ers, have indefinitely suspended. Their Tia
bilites amount to $75O,0OO, which, the firm
says. it has sufficient assets to cover. The
firm has several New York connections, and
some of the liabilities are in that city. The
failure is said to be due to the sudden pres
sure of several large obligations, and the firm
in justice to its creditors, decided to suspend
operations until an understanding can be ar
rived at
The Journal says Stedman & Co., shoe deal
ers, of New York, have suspended in connec-
ton with Copeland & Co., of which house
they are brarch. 1t is also announced here
that w. n. Taller & Co., shoe dealers, of Bal
timore, have suspended in connection with
the Copeland failure, and that Hoffheimer e.
Son, of Norfolk, Va, are in trouble from the
same cause.
The principal factory of Copeland & Co. at
Natick was attached tonight by Field, Beule-
ward & Field, whose claim is for $25 000 and
shut down indefinitely. The shop EN- ploys
100 hands, and turns out !, 200 pairs of boots
and brogans daily. The payroll is So 900.
The help will be paid to Friday night -
The Herald places the liabilities of ,6DO-
land at 81 800 900, of which The
900 is contingent indebtedness paper
contingent Indebtedness is. ted at banks, |
which the firm had disskers of the PAPERS |
but the firm regards the-id so expects that
as financi ally soundet but little if any of
1t will be obliged totedness, with the excep- |
the contingent 100000 which is owed by |
ton of abe tade. The firms Indebtedness |
houseSor OF banks an banking firms. The |
is iphopes u arrange matters and continue |
fr;ass within a short time.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Complaints that They Are Not Practical,
and Are In Violation of the Law.

Complaints that They Are Not Practical,
and Are In Violation of the Law.
Special to Pittsburg Dispatch
Some complaint has been made by those
who have passed through recent civil-service
examinations that the examination is vo-
ation of the ciyi-scrvlce law, in that they
are of an impractical character The law
says that the examinations shall be of a prac-
tical character bearing upon the duties
of the position for which the person exam
ined is an applicant Quite the COM
trary to this requirement, the examina-
ton has been strongly theoretical.
and requiring collegiate education or the
experience of a schoolmaster to successfully
pass. Mr. james r. Young, one OF the board
of examiners for the departmental service,
said in regard 20 these complaints that Sin
his opinion they were we'll founded. He had
talked the matter over with the fellow
members of the board, and the system will
probably be changed so as to more nearly
comply with the law" Mr. Young saws.
also he would put more stress upon correct
spelling and fair handwriting and such COM
moner requirements, and require in these
particulars higher degree OF perfection than
in any OF the questions which have been
merely asked to ascertain mental develop
ment. In this connection it is stated that
those who have successfully passed the diff
ferent examining boards throughout the
country for departmental service in Wash
ington will be graded with those who have
been examined for such service in this citv,
Their papers will all be examined here, and
the average struck all around. So that no
matter what part of the country the appli-
cant was examined in, he will stand the same
chance as those examined in Washington
city. The examination of these papers is
now in progress at the rooms of the evils
service board
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Previous Disasters.

Since the earliest records no century has
elsarnsea IN %hich severe earthquakes have
not occurred in this part of ltaty. V:c.;:! V::s:!
ascribes a knowledge of the danger from
earthquakes in some of these islands to his
wanderers from Troy, which indicates a COM
mon belief in his day that the stories of these
disasters in the earliest times had spread as
far as Asia Minor. In the great earthquake
OF 1888 in Calabria, 100000 lives were lost
IL was felt in great part of Europe. The
origin of the shock was spot under the
center of Calabria The disturbance passed
under the soa and destroyed the
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The NeHvs in Duhlin.

DUBLIN, July 30.-A large crowd gathered
tonight in front of James Carey's late resi-
dence cheering loudly because the informer
had been killed. The Dublin authorities
believe O'Donnell is man who
was implicated, three years ago,
in the attempt to blow up the Mansion
House in London, and who escaped with
Coleman to New York. The governme't
selected Africa as the safest place for Caey.
1t is doubtful whether he knew his de'llna-
ton before sailing. 1t was not revPIIed TO
the police who took him from IHblin to
London.
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The Feeling in New york.

New York, July 3O.-The -eeilhg IN IRISH
circles in this city aroused oy the report OF
the shooting of Carey, as one OF profound
hope that it is true. me report is not given
full credence and te fact that such cir
cumstantial accent OF the arrival and
Identification osCarey in Montreal had just
preceded the announcement that he had
been sbot causes a great many to
be do,otful which is true The
story the shooting, however, seems
to cr.w in favor, as it is argued that
CARY would never venture to go to Canada,
lille he would be likely to seek safety in
more distant Africa. Every Irishman spoken
to expressed the opinion that Carey richly
deserved death, and that if not yet killed, it
IS only question of time when he will be.
Leading Irish Nationalists say they
know nothing about the matter besides
what they have read in the papers, and that
they are ignorant whether any organized eff
fort was made in Ireland and England to fol-
ow Carey for the purpose OF killing him.
Several say it is not unlikely Carey
was closely watched and followed despite the
efforts OF the police, and that his do ON was
certain.
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Failure of Chicago Shoe House.

CHICAGO, July 25.-Jeseph Pratt of the Jo-
seph Pratt Company, wholesale boots and
shoes of this city, has assigned. No schedule
has been fled. The liabilities are estimated
at $4,000 to Si99 900. Assets estimated al
F2Vuu' SeH,"no. lie operates .cs :. "a .t.c
Michigan City, Ind, and with convict labor.
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Gable Notes.

An analysis has been made of the water of
the Nile which shows that it is infected with
putrid matter to above the cataracts.
The Bremen Senate has issued an order to
all captains of vessels arriving from Amer
lea with picked pork as part of their cargo
to notify the customs authorities of the
quantity they have on board, under pain of
800 marks fine for neglect to do SO.
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The Cholera Death List.

CAIRO, July 31,-There were $50 deaths
from cholera here on Sunday, and 443 at
twenty other places between Mnzeh and the
Mediterranean. The government is consid-
ering project for the partial burning OF
other dangerous quarters like Bulaka.
Father Patrick acting Catholic chaplain to
the British force stationed here, has died of
cholera.
says there will probably be heavy death re-
turns from Alexandria shortly, when secre-
cy is no longer possible.
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,ne Failure in New York.

.Nvw 7oRy, July 30.-The failure of Chas.
w coJelaid & Co., shoe manufacturers, Of
postol, 0es not seem to have affected the
ahoe or Gather trade in this city to any seri-
ous esnt. The only failure reported is
.hot oStedman & Co. The firm is composed
W. W hh Stedman and his father-in-law,
os or N Copeland. 1t was a branch of the
GnnSf SGhas w. Copeland & Co. 1t is
leal that the business was transferred sew
erydays ago to L. d G. Wise, to be sold for
tnr heneht
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Four Thousand Losti

LONDON, July SO-It is stated as certain
that 1000 persons perished on the island OF
Ischia on Saturday night. Several men and
women were rescued from the ruins on Mon
day morning, and many more might have
been saved if a larger force OF rescuers h
been available earlier. Many persGf WY
were heard groaning during IL 81 "eio
dead before they could b 0''i
ried to places of safet-
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The Turlish.American Treatv.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 30-Wyndham, Brit
ish charge d'affaires, and General Wallace,
American minister, maintain their opposi-
ton to the proposed patent law. The Turk
ish government offered General Wallace to
appoint an Ottoman delegate to revise the
tariff, but has declined to prolong the treaty
OF commerce with the United States
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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.


LONDON, July 3O,-The Standard corre-
spondent at Hong Kong says the success of
the recent sortie OF the French in Tonquin
was due to the fact that half the garrison
was secretly conveyed in junks and took the
enemy in the rear by surprise. The Chin ese
still persist in maintaining the prohibition
OF expectation OF cattle for the French
forces. The French squadron will shortly
make demonstration on the Chinese coast
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The Red Flag in Geneva.

GENEVA, July 30.-Ata meeting of Socialis t
workmen, violent speeches were made sum-
moning the state to provide employment for
workmen, The assembly afterward pro-
ceeded to the town hall, but the officials re-
fused to receive the deputation, whereupon
the leader of the procession unfured a red
flag. He and several others were arrested.
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oorpses in Three Villages.

I o. 7y 3U-Koman newspapers ap-
No%F To-day, with mourning borders. Many
petite people injured in Ischia will
be cripples for life. The dead at Forte num-
Der 800. at Laccoameno 500, at Fontana
Serrara 200 Twenty-four children perisbed
in the Misericordia asylum. The King and
Queen of Italy have subscribed 100, 900 lire
and the Pope $4,000 lire for the relief of the
su ufferers ~
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Settlement Proposed.

PORTLAND Me-, July 3o,-At meeting of
the creditors of the Stanton Steam Mill Com
pany, the liabilities were stated to be 800 600;
assets $55,o00 The creditors voted to accept
20 per cent, payable in notes two, four and
six months, with good indorsers with in
terest and the remaining % per cent, in
notes OF the company running one and two
years.
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CoNFEDERATE BONDS.

The English Plan for COeroina Payment
from the Southern States.
Washington Special.
The New York Herald has cable dispatch
from its London correspondent processing to
give the solution of the recent speculation
over the water in Confederate bonds. 1t is
alleged that syndicate has been formed ip
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An Enslishman's Story of How Carey Was
Struggled Through New York.

new 10TH special.
l saw by the actions of some of the we'll
known Irish Nationalists during the latter
part of the week, that something more than
usual had happened. Reynolds, OF New
Haven, was in town, several visits were made
to Dewey in his island prison, even the usual
GOODNESS that existed between the dynamite
and the open war and agitation sections
seemed to have been forgot for the time. The
hurried consultations and earnest whispers
soon after the news reached the prominent
men gave me to understand, when | learned
what the cause of the agitation was, that they
had some hopes that Carey might yet be
within their reach, but it was all I'D when
news OF Careys safe arrival came to the Brit
ish office in Broadway and by them was
given to the press.
TOO - bad" said a fiery son of the
Emerald Isle, as he brought his fist down on
the bar with the force of trip-hammer, after
gulplng down an extra measure of copn
juice; Il would give ten years of my life to
have known that he had passed through this
country"
'Who?" asked your correspondent
That - scoundrel, Carey" said nv *,
cited friend, before he was aware that he was
giving out u secret.
~ OhCe ludl Ine bnBllSn dutnOr-
tiles had played some sharp game | strolled
down to the lower end of Broadway, where
the British headquarters are located, and
watched for certain attache whom knew
could give me some information. did not
have to wait long. When he came saw he
was big with some unusual Importance. In
fact, he could hardly retain himself, for as il
turned out. this little game of getting Carey
OIL without his falling into the hands of the
IRISH avengers is regarded as quite a feat by
the British officials here
so you managed to send Carey safely