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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-13
EDUCATIONAL.

NEW RAPID PHoNoGRAPHY AND
IN typewriting and complete business
course taught at Park Institute, 2O4 North
ave., Allegheny. New term opens Septem-
Der ]. Evening sessions September 9S Cat
alogues and journal to any address free,
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-13
WEST PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
On AND AFTER MAY 25th, 1891.

From FEDERAL STREET STATION. Allegheny
City:
For Springdale, weekdays, 6.2o SIS, $50, 1o.4o
HOO A. M, Us, 419, 500 sos, $50 $40, 1890
and IL. 40P. M. Sundays, II. S and 9. 80 P. NJ.
For Butler weekdays, 655, $50, 10. 40 A. NJ, BIS
and sos r. M
For FreepOrt, weekdays, SIS, $50, 1910 A. M,
3.15, 4.19, 500, $40, 1890 and 11.40 P. NJ. Sum-
days, IL. IS and $50 P. NJ.
For Apollo, weekdays, 10.4 A. M, and 800 P: NJ.
For Blairsvile weekdays, 6.55 A. NJ, 3lo and TO-
p. 49,
N9-The Excelsior Baggage Express Company will
dences. Time Cards And full information can be
obtained at the Ticket Oficcs-No. ITO Fifth Ave.
nue., corner Fourth Avenue and Try Street, and
Union Station. j. r. WOOD,
CHAS. F. PUGH, Gen'l Pass'r Agent
General Manager.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-13

A LLEGHENY VALLEY RAILROAD-ON
"A and after Sunday. June S 1881, trains will
leave and arrive at Union station, Pittsburg east
ern standard time: Buffalo express leaves at SGD
q. m. S;i5 p. M (arriving t Buffalo At 5:45 p. m;
and 7:20 a. arrives at 7:l0 m, 6:25 p. m. OIL
City and Dubois express-Leaves S:5Oa. M, 1880 p
m: arrives Loo. 6:25, 1000 p; m. East Brady
Leaves at 6:j5 Kittanning-LeayeS sos q.
M, ass $3.50 p. m. arrives s:55 16o0 m., 5:55 p
IN. Braeburn-Leaves Asp. 8:15 2. m; arrives s:O5
a. m, 7:40 p. IN, Valley Camp-Leaves 10:l n. m,
1905 2:2 IL 80 p. m arrives $40 a. 1880 2:5
4:41 p: m. Hulton1Leaves $500, $50 P M: arrives
1875 II 20 D. IN. Forty-third Street-Arrives 1885,
$50 p. III. Sunday trnfns-Bufalo express-Leaves
SEQ a. m, S:45 p. M; arrives $40 q m, s;S p m
Emlenton-Leaves 9:05 4. arrives g;15 p m.
Kittanning- 12:4O p. m: arrives 1915 p. m
BBraaeburn-Leaves $50 p. m; arrives a;l9 @ p IN m
man sleeping car on night trains between Pittsburg
and Buffalo Ticket Offices No 10 pn Eth avenue
Superintendent JAMES P. ANDERSON, Gen.
eral Ticket Agent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
A SCORE KILLED.
Horrifying Accident at the Big Ana.
conda Mine.

Horritying Accident at the Big Ana
conda Mine.
Tho worst mining accident of the year
took place at the Anaconda mine, Butte City,
Montana, a few mornings ago, whom nine
teen miners were killed on q cage coming
The cage had Just come up full Of miners
leayinr work, and nineteen others started to
descend in 1t. The rope had been unwound
but q couple of times from the slowly re
yolving windlass when there was a sudden
snap and a cry Of horror rose from the shaft
In which the cage had but a moment before
disappeared. The rope had broken and thu
cage, with its nineteen inmates, was precip\
tated to the bottom Of the mine.
It was some little time before any assist
ance could be sent them. The shaft down
which they had plunged to death was use
less, and other ways Of getting at the place
where they had fallen were roundabout.
Fortunately there was some help for the
dead and dying men In the mine itself. A
nnmber of miners were at the bottom of the
shaft waiting for the cage to take them out.
Admist them, narrowly missing some, the
r broke, and before their eyes were the
.mangled bodies Of the companions whom
they were awaiting. 1850,
or the nineteen who made the fearful ride,
seventeen were dead, their forms crushed
out Of all semblance to those OF human
beings while the two who were yet breath
ing had no hopes Of recovery.
The Anaconda mine is the biggest In Mon.
tana. It employs 400 men and was reopened.
after a long closing. October %.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Massachusetts.

The Democrats carried Massachusetts, re-
e!ecting Governor Russell by about 1000 plu-
ralitv. There were three State tickets in
the field in addition to the two leading ones,
namely, the Prohibition, headed by Charles
E. Kimball; the Peoples, headed by Henry
VIM, and the Socialistic- Labor, headed by
q. ". Robinson. The people ballotted for
eight Executive Councillors and a full Legis-
lature, and voted also on VIC amend
ments to the Constitution. A dispatch
SAYS: Up to II o'clock the returns from
the country towns show an average
gain OF fifteen for Allen. Governor Rus
sell appears to be holding his own in the cities.
On this basis his plurality Of 9O53 a year ago
will be reduced to between 7UO and SoN.
The returns are coming in much slower
thar last year, IN account OF the new law
regulating the counting. The Republicans
will probably hold the other State offices
Governor Russell ran fully 1000 votes
ahead OF his ticket. The Republicans have
carried the Senate and House. The present
returns give the Republicans twenty-four
and the Democrats sixteen in the Senate.
There are sure to be two contests for seats
which are now given to Republicans, and II
the Democrats win the standing will be Re
publicans -. Democrats IS. The Rspubl,
cans nave made gains in the House, and Will
have a majority Of about 81.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
On the Head of the Capitol's Liberty.

II am the only man who ever stood
erect on the top Of the head ofthe statue
of liberty on the dome of the capitol at
washington" said Captain Charles o.
Thomas, of Washington, at the Leland.
In proof Of his assertion Captain Thomas
exhibits a faded photograph OF the
massive dome surrounded by scaftoldingl
ND to the base of the statue, on the head
Of which stands a man, the Captain him.
self.
81 superintendent the placing of tho
statue in position" said Captain Thorn
as, sand 1 have a certificate to that
effect signed by President Lincoln.
When the workmen began to remove the
scafolding I climed to the head OF the
statue and stood there. I had with me
a hammer and steel letter dyes and on
the front of the Liberty cap I cut the
names of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas
Hugh Walters, the architect OF the dome,,
B. B. French, the then Commissioners Of
Public Buildings, and lastly my own
When I decended to the base OF the
statue I cut my " name, birthplace
and the date on Liberty's big toe. LIDO
not think any one has read these In
scriptions since" and the old gentleman
chuckled over the recollection of his
p~erilous adventure. Captain Thomas
said the proposition to gild the statue as
recently made was absurd. The statue
is of bronze aud has turned black, but to
gid it would give the capitol the APP
pearance of a cheap and gsudy structure
and destroy the beauty of the whole
building. Chicago Post.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Ohio.

A telegram from Cleveland, Ohio, states.
The returns at midnight showed the election
of William Mckinley for Governor by a ma
iority estimated at anywhere from Is. 900 to
5000. The new ballot law, applied for the
6rst time operated satisfactorily. but the re-
turns are obtained less promptly than under
the old and we'll Understood method. In
Cuyahoga County Mckinley fell off. The
indications from the country precincts in four
counties show gains for Mckinley in the
country. and a majority, on the
basis Of the gains, Of Is, 900 to 18, 900. The
new ballot law worked very satisfactorily.
McKinley's election by $1,000. The returns
from about one tenth of the State, outside
Hamilton County, show a net gain for Nc
Kinley of 1923, with Hamilton County not
less than 1000 Republican. Tnis would
give Mckinley over $1,000 plurality.
The returns show that the Republicans
rave carried both branches Of the Leg, a.
ture by good working inajorities. The
Peoples party has cut no figure in the State
fight. Chairman Neal. Of the Democratic
Executive COMMITTEES, comedies the election
lature. Ths Republicans will have about
thirty-six majority on joint ballot in the
Ohio Legislature. The Senate will stand:
Republicans, eighteen; Democrats, thirteen.
The Democrats are claiming the Governor,
but the Republicans are still confident. that
the country townships will help them out.
The rest of the Republican ticket, it IS be-
lieved, is elected, as Wheeler is running he.
hind his ticket. The Republicans claim the
Legislature. Governor Boies's majority will
be about 5000, with the rest Of the ticket
very close behind him. Later returns leave
the Legislature very close. n Lower
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Mongolian Detectives.

A. Freuchman naturally thinks the
Partisan detectives the best. The Eng
lish swear by the shrewdness Of Scotland
Yard men, and Americans, Of course,, ~
the New York detectives. After three
years. residence in China I do not think
either of the three bodies are entitled to
the credit given them. The Chinese
beat them all. They are at one time thef
most expert thieves and at another the
most skilled detectives in the world says
a returned missionary.
A Chinaman can steal your watch
while you are looking at it, and he can
catch the man who stole it, if it hapat.
pened to be some other than himself,
when a French detective could not.
have seen evidences of detectlve ability
among the Chinese which would startls
even lola. It is impossible for an evil
doer to long elude the Chinese detec-;
tives. They scent d crime and follow g
to the last before civilized detectives
would know of it. In a country OF 50
many people, who all look alike, this q
remarkable. I heard of n case whichs
will serve to illustrate their shrewdness.s
A family in Tonquin was murdered
and there was no apparent clue 20 the
murderer. The entire detective corps OF
three provinces were placed upon tho.
case, aud in three weeks the murderer.
non other than the chief Of the secret
police, who handled the case for the
murderer-was arrested and beheadeds
Think of that. The Chinese detective
force is a secret body, and the best or
aanized in the world. They have an eye
upon every man, woman and child, for
eign or native, in China, and Tradition
watch over each other.
Informers are encouraged, and ceilu-
sion is impossible: The head OF the
Chinese police is not known, but there
Is one, and a very active one, too.
have heard that the present. head was
once an ambassador to a European coun-
try, but really do not believe that any
one knows who he is. There ara SAID TO
be over 600, 600 men under him and nus
assistants, who control the various aus
tricts.-New York Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
A WeishtJ Family.

Mr.. Valentine Hechler, Jr., told Nd
some weeks ago that he and his i've
brothers and sisters had . family reunion
recently, and after dinner they wsntto
the scales TO compare weights. The ag
ereqate of the six brothers and sisters
was over 1870 pounds, or something
over an average of 1875 pounds for eachl
member Of the family. Mr.. Hechler g
that time said he would challenge any
other family Of the same number to pro-
,duce like figures in avoirdupois, and u
seemed to me that they undoubtedly had
a clean sweep over the hesyy-weighf
championship of Virginia, If not Of the
South.
But, after all, truth is stranger than
fiction, and yesterday I had occasion to
drop around to see the best and most
klnd-hearted of fellows, George Mount
castle, or "Baby" Mountcastle, as he
was known when he went South with
the Howizers and Lee Camp veterans last
February. Now, everybody knows that
Mr.. Mo untcastle is, by no means, q Inv!
ing frailty, and though he is most Ger.
tainly and Enthusiastically fat, few would
guess either his right weight or height
correctly. At present he stands six feet
one and one half inches, and tips the
scales at an eve 400 pounds. Tas
is certainly a tremendous weight,
aud when I converse with the genial
Confederate veteran aud see how he er-
joys life I sometimes half suspect that
200 pounds of this figure is pure, un-
adulterated jolity. But 1t is what Mr.
Mounteastle told me of the rest of his
family that surprised me, aud win,
doubt not, astound Mr.. v. Hechler,S ii.
He said that his father used to weigh
265 pounds, while his mother frequently
went over 800. The following figures
however, will place the Mountcastles I'M
the lead on weights, and at this time q
verify believe that no one will be tablei1
to surpass them. Mr.. George Mount
castle tips the scales, as I have said, at
400; Nj. John R. Mountcastle at $50 or
more; Mr.. A. L. Mountcastle at 327s
MIR. William A. Mountcastle ut 1885,
while Mrs. Annie E. Broaddus and Mrs.
N. A. Motley, the two sisters of our
worthy citizens, weigh 225 aud T44 res
spectively.. This makes tho combined
weight of the family 1851 pounds, and
the average weight Of each member q
fraction over 2S0.-Riehmond (Ta.5 Da-
p0tch.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Won MOltke's Motto.

When, one day in 1870 Count Won
Moltke was told in his office that hos
t;lities between France and Germany
were inevitable, he quietly touched an
electric button, and taking a speaking
tube in his hand, spoke into it one word'
ssMobilc!" That one word set lu motion
a million of men perfectly equipped and
armed. An hour later, the great stra-
tegist was taking MS usual stroll, when a
dipionatist came up to him, and shaking
him hurricdIy by the hand, muttered
something about not trespassing on his
time at such Il crisis. He was about to
withdraw, when Moltke said, n his
ouictest manner: 81 have really nothing
to do" 1t was the simple truth. All
preparations had been made years ago IN
nc cordance with his tavorlte motto: ITO
be ready is everything" Here is an IL
lustration of how VIC should prepare at
once for death, which we know to be IN
eyitable, so that when we actually do
face it we may have really nothing to
do,"-Neu York O6serusr.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Dahoue-'s' State Carriage.

The King of Dahomey has had a mag
nifcent carriage built in Germany, the
popularity of which is that it is not in
tended to be drawn by horses, but by
slaves. Sixteen slaves will be harnessed
to silver cross bars fastened to three
shafts. The coachnan's box is orna-
mented with figures of sharks, ostrich
eggs and palm trees. The interior Is
richly padded with blue silk. The
frame is painted dark blue and red, and
is p~rofusely enriched with silver. The
royal arms orc blazoned on the doors.
They consist Of sharks on a blue field,
and ostrich eggs surrounded BY snakes
and elephants teeth; crest, a palm tree
proper.-Mew Orleans Picayuae.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25

was estimated at 30. 24s. New York City
alone failed to ulhl the hopes Of the most
enthusiastic Democrats, its majority fall
ing far below that given for Gov
ernor Hill in 1888. New York City gave
Flower 1920 plurality over Fassett.
The Democrats in New York City elected
their Assemolymen in twenty districts. In
the Seventh Assembly District Alfred r.
Conkling, Republican, is elected; Fred. s:
Gibbs, Of the same political faith, is defeated
in the Thirteenth District, and James l..
Wells, Republican, IN the Twenty-fourth:
Senator Roesch, Tammany, is reelected
in the Seventh District The Assembly will
lie close. The Republicans win
chester, Duchess Wayne and Delaware
Counties; the Democrats in Jefferson and
Steuben-one in each county. For Congress
Bourke Cochran is elected in the Tenth
District to succeed the late Francis B. Spin
ola. Joseph J. Little to succeed Ros-
well P. Flower in the Twelfth.
Alfred C. Chaplin is elected to succeed David
A. Body in the Second District, all Demo-
Gratis. Nehemiah NJ. Curtis, Republican,
succeeds Congressman Russell in the Twenty
second District, comprising the counties
Of Jefferson and st. Lawrence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
LATER NEWS.

FREEHoLDEas MULLEN and McGinnes, Of
the County Board, were struck by a fast
Pennsylvania train while driving across the
Market street crossing, in Newark, n. j..
The carriage was smashed to flinders. Null
len was hurled a distance of thirty feet and
instantly killed. and McGinnes had a leg
taken off. He was removed to the hospital,
where he died that night.
DESTRUCTIVE forest fires ragged in the
Connecticut woods; extending from Wilton
to New Canaan. Several hundred acres
have been burned over, doing a great
amount Of damage. An extensive forest
fire burned for two days in East Concord,
Conn, doing much damage.
THE failure of the Maverick Bank has
caused a run on the Five Cents Savings
Bank of Boston. Mass.
CAPTAIN ARTHUR R. YATES, United
States Navy, died of heart disease at the
Portsmouth IN. H. Navy Yard. Captain
Yates was conmandant of the Portsmouth
yard, where he had been stationed a little
more than q year.
WILLIAM Cox and his son of Wapella,
ILL.,, attempted to deepen an old well. Both
were overcome by gas and died.
SIX persons, including the captain, were
drowned when the British ship ~Strathblanc.
from Honolulu, ven ashore twenty-five
miles north OF Astoria Oregon.
Ex-Governor ALBERT S. MARKS, Of
Nashville, Tenn, died a few days ago. He
was born in Davies County, KY, on Octo-
Der 16, 1884,.
THE Republicans won a sweeping mcni-
cipal victory in Chicago, III.
A STATEMENT prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that there was a net in
crease in circulation during October OF s33,-
$40, 125, and a net increase Of SO, 1872, 4O3 III
the money and bullion in the Treasury dur:
ing the same period.
NOTICES of intention to contest The right
to the seats of six members-elect to the House
If Representatives in the Fifty-second Con-
gress nave been filed with the clerk of the
House.
ADvIcEs from Yokohama, Japan, say
that by the violent storm of September
flfty-two lives were lost and thirty-seven
hundred houses damaged. Seven hundred
and eighty vessels were sunk. Great dam.
age was done to crops. The loss to property
is estimated at 81, 900, 900.
A DISPATCH from Rio Janerio, the capital
Of Brazil, brings news of what seems to he
little less than another revolution. Congress.
has been dissolved and martial law has been
proclaimed at Rio Janeiro and throughout
the provinces. The dispatch also announces
that a dictatorship has been established in
pro1iI 1884,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
e. NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

MORE than half the business portion OF
Clinton, Hunterdon County, n. j., was
burned. In all nineteen buildings were de.
stroyed and fourteen families were made
homeless. The total loss will reach 100000.
NICHOLAS P. ApoLLoN1o, City Registratar
Of Boston, Mass, since 1854, died a few days
ago, aged ssventy-ave.
THE Grand Jury at Philadelphia, Penn,
found three bills Of indictment against the
i've suspended mercantile appraisers of that
city.
The British steamer Smeaton Tower,
rom Mayaguez, brought to the Port of New
York the two survivors Of the Swedish
park Mora, which was wrecked on tho
island of Mona on August %. The captain
and the remainder Of the crew, nu mberlng
seven, went down with the wreck.
b. A. P. CARTER, Min ster from Hawaiian
Islands to Washington, died OF heart disease
at the Everett House 10 New York City.
He was born in Honolulu on August z, 1887,
Of American parents.
CHIEF OF POLICE DAGwELI, OF Utica N.
Y, called Special City Judge Gafney from
the bench, and assaulted him, blackening his
eye and inficting other injuries. The knowl-
edge that the Judge was to serve papers on
Dagwell for criminal assault is said to have
caused the attack.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Washington.

PEDRO MONT, representative at Washing.
ton, Of the Junta de Govierno of Chill, called
on Secretary Blaine with a despatch from
his Government assuring him that an investi.
cation was being made Of the outrage in
Valparaiso. The impression created by is
terms were ~unfavorable. Commodore Walker
of the White Squadron held a long consulta.
ton with the President, Secretary Tracy
and Secretary Blaine.
The Government has ordered q geological
survey of the State Of Washington, in order
to definitely ascertain its mineral resources.
:. ENERAL KELToN has made
his annual report to the Secretary OF War.
Speaking of the growth Of military colleges,
be says the average number of students
over fifteen yearsof age attending the sew.
eral universities and colleges named was
Is, III, or 1000 more than reported In the
previous year.
A DISPATCH was received in Washington
showing the brutal treatment OF the Balti.
more's sailors at Valparaiso by the Gillian
police.
A TRIAL Of armor plates was made at
Indian Head, the site Of the navy proving
grounds, about twenty-five miles below
Washington, on the Potomac River. Plain
nickel steel is still ahead; but all the plates
showed that they could stand at least
as much pounding as could the best that are
made abroad.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
M'KINLEY.

The Senate will be =: ateen Democrats
and teen R.pu olicans. the Assembly
was estimated to be sixty-6ve Democrats and
sixty three Republicans. The New York dele
CATION will consist o. twenty Tammany
men. one County Democrat and
three Republicans. The Kings County
delegation will be composed OF
nine Democrats and three Republicans.
Brooklyn e.ects Boody Mayor by about S.s
COO majority. Mayor Chaplin was elected to
Congress to succeed Mr.. Body, who
resigned to become the Demo-
cratic candidate tor Mayor Of Brooklyn.
Among the defeated Republican Senators is
Commodore P. Vedder, who for several
terms has represented the district formed by
Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties. His
victorious competitor is James L. Edward,
the head OF the Farmers Alliance in New
York State.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-25
Foreign.

AUSTRALIA is suffering from an epidemic
Of influenza.
A FRENCH medical officer and eight of the
native soldiers forming his escort were mas
sscred by native bandits in Madagascar.
THE French Senate has agreed to the re-
moval of the prohibition upon the importa-
ton of American salt pork. It has also
voted in favor of the imposition Of a duty OF
IS upon that article Of food.
SANDRINGHAM HALL, near London, Eng
land, a residence or the Prince of Wales, was
partially destroyed by fire.
-FOUR boys, between twelve and fifteen
wears old, were drowned at Midland,
Canada, through the upsetting of a sail boat
in a squall.
SMALLPOX seems to be epidemic in Que.
bee, Canada. Clergymen read q pastoral
urging everybody to be v~accinated.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPS gave a
dinner in Berlin to a number OF German no.
liabilities an their wives, Including DR..
Miguel, Minister Of Finance, aud Dr.. Boet-
ticSer. Secretary Of the Interior. The ban.
Duet included bacon and corn bread from
America. All the German guests united in
praise Of the corn bread.