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T he Y oungstown N ew s . Vol. VI. Y O U N G S T O W N , N. Y., F R I D A Y , N O V E M B E R 19, 1886. No. 39. CARLISLE ON TIIETARIFF Bragg, Hon. Jum ra It. Doolittle and other* PER H A P S AN O T H E R STRIKE. C h ica g o , Nov. 18. - T h e fourth annual l»an qu©t o f tim Iroquoi* elub was given in the iiiMin dining room of the Palm er bouse last evening. Coven* wero laid for 250 pnoplo and the tables were graced by tlm preeonce of as hia- Olid notable a gathering as haa ever occurred in the history of tlie famoue dem o cratic club. I be dining hail won decorated W|;h flags and a t tlw? n o rth end was a plat form with a table for tlie M|**akera, back of which was sus|M‘iiilt‘d the emblem of the d u b —a tom ahawk ©utwinud with a iloral scrolL Hiuail tables were used and ooch wu© trim m e d with siiiiiax nnd ornam ented witii baskets of flowers. Tiie m enu eomprtoed n great variety ol delicious viands and wines and the Isinquet was served lu the well-known elegant inam ier of tlm Palm er house. There wer© m a n y prom inent guests from various parts of tlu* country, including statesm en, law y ers, arm y officers and merchant**, and the after dinner iqjuuchra were of uhumju&I brilliancy and effect 'Ihe first h»ast was “A m e rican industries their grow th and pros- jmrity cannot Is* prom »tod hy unnecessary o r unequal taxation.” This was nsqonded to by the Hon. J o h n G. Carlisle, who spoke as follows. “A lthough the toast just read assert© a self evident truth, wo cannot afford to ignore tho fact tliat even in tula age of philosophical s)MM-ulation and practical knowledge, there are men in the f ront ranks of literature |x>l»- ti's and busines©, wbo seriously contend that the governm e n t cun make its citizen* rich and pros|M>rous by taxing them. If these gentlem en should attem p t to con vince the public th a t tiie farm e r could lie made m o re prosperous hy im reusing tlio tax on his land, or that the nianufutt- urer could be l**iietliL«d by compelling him to I my a high r a te of taxation on Lis m a c h inery or his income, tim a I ©in dily of their po*ilioiis would lm so apiM icut as to excite universal ridicule. And yet su Ii pro)Ms*iiions would lie no more al«»urd or uiireasonublu than the assertion th a t tho prueperity of the |*ople gcnerujly can lie increased by iinjHisiiig taxes on their food, their cloth ing, their building m aterials, their means of trans|M jrtution, ami tho ioois and implement* used in tlmir indiihtrius. 'Dixon do not c reate w e a lth—limy destroy. AU taxation, w h ether il Ut dire* t or indirect, and uo m a tter how it m ay Is? ilisguiswl o r i • w iiat nmn- nur its puM ieiit In* en furred, is ulti m ately a charge upon labor, while its im m ediate and invariable effect is to w ithdraw the full a m o u n t of tlm exaction from the productive industries of tin* jx<oplo. W laui it is iMpiitsbly ini|sise«l for public pur I ( w s only and its proceed* a r e honestly iiwhI lu defraying the nectwsary uxpcimra and luratiugs the ju s t uhdgation* of the gov ernm e n t all ure equally beimlited aiul lio one liaa a right to com pluiu; but whoti a tax is ini|>oNtsl u|xm one part of tlm people nnd one class of iudus- ti ira simply for the pui|MMe o f increasiug tho profits o f a n o ther |Mii t of the people, or all ot h er class of industries or w hen a tax is so laid th a t its neo n m r y effect is to increase the profits ill some industries at the ©X|mmis() of n: Ik re equally m eritorious, the impolicy a n d injustice of tlie proceeding are too obvious to require comment. Horne h a v e pivapensl in spits of the high tariff system, but the aggregate nccumulu tion of savings in all brauchea of hidustry Is uiidoubt* dly much less than It would have been under a more equal revenue system and a more litoral comm ercial policy. A few have I mhoiim - ? very rich, b u t m a n y have become very poor, and th# gulf L'twecn luxury and pcuury I* g row ing wider day by day. This iii .n a tural condition could n o t exiNt in a y o u ng and rapidly developing country like ours if th© regulation* affecting the creation and d a t tribution of wealth were just nnd equal. We m ight to Is* exem p t from the •octal nnd |x>Utl<al discus©** wliirh al- Uict tlm crowded nations of the old world and we will lie exem p t from them when we tax all alike. Living in ante a country and surrounded by tlm m a r vellous achievem ents of the most wonderful half c e n tury in tim an n n k o f the hum a n race, il the |n«iplc continue unpruaperou* nnd dis- contented, if w r a ith continue© to accum u late rapidly in Ihe hand*? of the i«lle few while hunger and uaked&MM iiicToane in the very homes of iudu»try, and if inverted capital remain* uneasy a n d insecure uud labor dissatisfied, it will Im a burning disgrace to the statesm anship of the age, n n d u terrible weight of roftpoiurihility w ill rest u)sai those who reject all inensunw of relief snd d in g to the worst feature*of tbe system under which there evil* have originated and Attained their present pro)H»rtioiut. B u t, gentlem en, oo m a tter who m a y deeart or who may falter, the great fight for reform w ill go ou. 'l'his c o u n try do** n o t todoug to iither tim niono)M>lixt« o r the (xmimunisU, a n d the people will save it frem to th . Bo- Iwwen the tw o tliere stands a great nnd pow erful body of enlightened coiumt- vai t and |>atrintic citizens, who re- *!«•. „ equally the rights o t capital ■nd labor, who obey the laws and pm**rv© the public peace a n d w ho, in spit«* of all com bination* and cnnspirackw, will ultim a te ly aee that the true principle* o f justice and e q u a lity prevail in the legislation of Um country. Even to prevent the continuance of long existing and constantly increasing avil* they wilt not ru*h from one extrem e U» a n other, b u t will procrad carefully, deliberately and rractutely to c o rrect inequalities, rem ove unneteraary burdens, and o|»en the paths th a t lewd to penra and proapwrity. \V h ile ( n v trade ts im p racticable, industrial aiul com m ercial euionct|iaUon can ami will he accomplished hy wise and m o d erate m easures uf reform , w ithout iuterftring w ith any privat* enterpi tw* or injuring any public inte rest To this some of us at least are pUslged, not only by tbo traditions and dec larations of the (sditii'Al party to which we Udong. but by a aero* of j « n m n al and official du ly which cannot Im disregarded w ithout betraying the conttdenre repw ed m us by the people. W hether in public o r iu private life 1 sliall s tand by that pledge a u d to tli* extant ot m y abilituw contribute to tbe e a rly and complete irium p h of revenue reform .” O ther toasts were ixwponded to by Henator Beck, Gomniuaioncr Hpark, Congrew iuan M<»«a Ci*t* a V e rdict of 9Mi,.V4V. HIS SPEEC H AT T H E BANQUET OF T H E IH O Q U O ia A llrlilia n t A ffair af th e fire a t I>anto- c r a l l e € lab of C;hlc a g o — T h e Newly- Kle< ted C o n g ressm a n from K e n tu c k y M skt-i a N o table Mpeecli. BomTOH, Nov. 18.—A rgum e n t was coutin- u«-*l in the Wilson M e n case yratenlay aud alter it* conclusMu th* judge c h arged the Jury briefly and tliey retired. A fter being out for some tune they returned a verdict of for Moon. There were tw o w-)>urate claims iu the case, Wilson claim ing oub on an alleged contract w ith Much and Moeu claim ing $7o,frX) o r m ore on an al.egeii con tr a i l with Wiison. Tlie fxamael for Wilaon g a v e notice th a t h« would mov* foi a new trial. BIG FIRE IN BUFFALO I’le r t e '* lt© frIgerator W o r k s o n T rlm a Htreet T«»tttlly Il«str«»yed — T h e F ir e ltu p ld ly H p rcada an d T h r e a ten s to Cover u I.arge T e r r i to r y , E n ta ilin g * H eavy Lom, B u k f a l o , N ov . 18.— A b o u t half |>ast 2 o’clock this m o rning flrw was discovered in the six-story building of George M. 1 ieroe, nuuiufocturer of bird cage* and refriger ators, corner of H anover and Prim e i tr e s t i , this city. Whon tlie fire was discov ered it had already m ade great headway. A briait east wind blowing a t the t line w a s somewhat counteracted by a rain which Itegan to fall toon after. Despite the effort* of the flj o d e p a rtm e n t the building was from the first doomed. The wind changed to the wiwt and south west a n d the ilames cruised H anover street and thri-aU-neii to sweep up tliat s treet to the Terrace and Main. The firemen wero driven out ol H anover >#Yoot hy the heat, and tbis gave tbe lire full sweep to Mam. It is thought th a t $500,000 will not cover the loss. The origin of th© fire is a m y stery. The building itself was w o rth $ 40 , 000 . A t 3:22 the four wails fell in ; a dozen firemen at work near one corner narrow ly es-ajMi.l be- | ing buried under ih • fulling walls. L a t e r —W hen tbe wails fell hi there wore a num b er of firemen w o rking from tbe top of the shod on Un* west s:d> of tlu* Pierce build Ing, between th a t nud the .E tn a building, now (x’cupiixl by the Delaware, Ltrkuw u m m A W estern railroad. Tho follow mg men , were injured: | W illiam Low house, foi-einan of Engine 1; ; Jam e s Dempsey, assistant forem a n ; W illiam Brown, Louis Hchrnwl -r, pi|»emen, all of En gine 1, and Jutnes Mahoney of H<M>k and L ul- d e r 2 . Brown's l*i; wok broken and bis head split open; the oth rs were m ore or less bruiaod, none futally. The the crossed H anover strtxd into Sidney Hhe|turd 6 c C'o.’» kanlw a.t? store, totally de stroying tin* r e a r of this building. The build ing a d joining P ierre’s on the north D occu pied by Iju itz Bro.i., soap m anufacturer*. Bel wren the tw o stiucturu* was a fin* |»ns»f wall, whi li for a tim e proved an effectual la r r i e r , although n blaze crept iu around the corner. It i* iin)x>«sible to place any estim u te on the loss o r on the insurance, but it is c e rtain It w ill j rove one of the most dcsiructivu fire* Buffalo Im* seen lor m any yuai a MERELY AN INFORM A L TALK. ftvlsronteut K e lgns S u p r tu i* A m o n g th s C h icago S trik e r * —\% In*I Ilarry Kay*. Few of th e Men T a k e n (lack. C h icago , N ov . 18.—A b out IOU union men w e ^ taken Imm k at tlie st<* k vards yesterday and a m a jority of tiie knights taken liack have signeil the contract. fl Ik* cob tra c t was preaeutesi hy all tlu* p u k- r» yesterday m o rn ing. Hwift aiul M orris were tiie ouly houses hitherto refusing com pliance with the con tract as a prerequisite for ro-employ ment. M any wbo refused to sign and quit subse quently obtained traveliug cards from their SMMtoUkl with a view to seeking work riwv where. C raig A Co.'* house, which *lart«I up on the e ight-hour and 10 jier c e n t reduc tion during the strike, resumed tin* 10 *h»mr full pay plan yostefnlay room in ' Th© meu who refuas to sign quote M r B a rry as de^ iiouncing tho routra<*tt and saying tfiat “the men hero will alwoluteWy ref uae to sign the object ionablo agreeiiUMit. ” A rm o u r only had room for a b o u t fifty more ami M orris only took on tw o ex tr a men. Fowler hs>k back 100 of the old men. The coiujMtrutively sm all increase in tlie men put to work again is said U j be owing to a scarcity of hogs. The First regim e n t reeeivad t»rdeni yuste*r«iay to r e turn to tb* city at noon. The brigade staff will h /r t a f ter m ake ita head quarters a t tho Pullm an building in tlie city, the c a v a lry aud Beoond regim e n t rem ain mg at the yards for the present A t a mooting of the Cattle Blltch'ts* Asso ciation, held Tuos«iay evening, resolutions were uiianiiiiouxiy adopted denouncing the action of the )MickcrN and pledging tbe mem- hors o f the assembly not to u gn the contract proffered by tin? j o king houses. Mr. B a rry said: “The packers <hmk they liave the m en by the throats, and propose to tighten their grip a little. They lutvo exacted their |s»imd of flesh a n d now nxjuire a pound of gold.” He claim ed thnt the men would act as a unit regarding the c o n trai l exacting a money for feit, aud if a new strike occurred it would not m ean disobedience to Pow- dcrly’s recent order: “T h a t contract,” said Barry, “is an infam o u s piece of business. The men are virtually u**ke<l to contribute te) $250,OUO to the jxicken* to lie used in tiieir btuiue**. I he could st-irt a first class cx>-o|M*rative | ackiug house with th a t sum. If the packers d o not recede from their present position 1 am inclined to Ijelisve D istrict 57 will order a new strike, us it hits a perfect r ig h t to do. In case of such a strike the d istrict would get no sup)s>rt from the general order, but would rrewive aid from the local ttabcinhlicu uh over the c o u n try.” TAKES IT ALL HACK. th« P r o m in e n t lin lK lits of L a b o r TUIL < <> iii I» uiii « m 1 A iii * r«-lit sis. CHK'AOO, Nov. 18.—W hen Mr. t ’arlton, of he K n ights of L a b o r executive Ini.ird, walked up the steps lending to tlu* county jail ill thu com pany of B u rry and K idding aud asked to he shown tha londeiiimxl unarehiHta, a crowd of c u rious persons follovvtMl him , as it was Iwlieved th a t tha visit of sueh lending tneilibers o f the k uighls of la b o r was of more than ordinary im p o rtance. Jailer Folse •-h,(u teri the delegates into tlie law y er’s cage and then aunt a deputy l o inforni the con dem ned t h a t some visitors hn«l call d to see them. They filed d own the iron stairw a y and in a short tim e were fats? to fare w*lh tiie cullers. Mulisequeiitly a inaa»ive iron door was sw u n g open iui l into the corridor step{>ed Messrs. Schilling, C a rlton mid Barry. Mr. Schilling introduced hi* friend* to tho condem ned, uud then a talk followed. “Well, Uie U>y» liave gone l«ack to work. I s****.” Fielden ivm n rke 1 to K n ight of lAibor B a rry. said tlx* h itter; “the strike at the stockyards is **tti«*d.\ T h a t was the only allusion made to the labor question, so the guards reported, and then a conversation of a genernl nature fol lowed Mr. C a rlton s'atesl himself o n a table and said very little. Lingg and Kngel said nothing a t all, and, to the surprise of tin* jail attaches, ih » refeivnoe w h a tever was ma-te to |M)iitnx Mr. B a rry sjx»ke of th* dull tim es prevksdiiig in M ichigan, where ho lived, and inquiixsl of Pai'son* whether his long confine m ent was wiMu ing ou him. Spies, Nesbe and l ’aiism s biugliod nt this, and Fii*Uh*n |stinted to hi* own brtMul nhoukieix aud develojjm ent of braw n in |*roof of the virtue of a jail regimen. i he visit lash'd about three quarter* of an hour. Several ltHmger* were iu the jail w|»*ii tin* delegation arrived, aud iu some m a n n e r the intelligciuv hkiii spread tliat a (ouiiuittee from tis* Knight*? of I mi I sm - were holding a conference with tin* anarchist* aud on a suts- ject no has* iiiqxirtuut tlrnn the safety of their necks. All sorts of rum o rs prevailed. One was to the effect tliat tbe visitors bore a cam- luum i'itiou of mmim ' kind o r othiT to w inch they w anted utfixed tlie xigiuvture* of tin* con demned men. A n o ther Luul it that tins docu* iikMit was a |»*tition of which copies wer* to U* sent to «very assem bly of the Kuight* of I^iU ir iu the Unite*! State* and Canada wak ing for contrilHiLiona of imakey for Uk* U*neflt of the arum hist*. Mr. B a rry was subno* quentiy a>k«xl w h a t was Uie nature of tiie vv*? evsrion. “M erely an inform al Cdk; t a t 's a f f ” K s lh e r m R tr s n e # F i M i i d i N g . D v m o r r , Nov. 18.-- A large alilio n of th* G rand Rapid* Telegram -H erald was sup* prese* d Tueadav at the n-quest of Polio* H u p erintendent Perry oecau*» of a colum n article therein, charging P » rry wiUi rereiv- ing tribu te from tbe gam b ling am i sporting fratern ity and guaranteeing them im m u n ity from tnole*tnti<m. E v e ry paper but tw o or ihrvv wa* destroyed. An investigation will pix>U»biy b* o rdered. Tb* a ffair rauseit quit* a wuaaUon. «muv •uiuiuu«« *tu>u In tlw peukious activity of pditica against whk h my w arning wan di rected. I hoped, however, that by a careful ooushlrration of the spirit, as well as the lan guage of sueh w arning, tie we in good faith in tending ta n s p ? t it m ight b* in doubt ss ta ito m eaning, and would themselves apply it to conditions a n d circum stances which it was impowible f<»r me ta specify. I did not in tend to reiktam n th* m ak mg of a polite *al speech by s ftsicral official ta bui tu-ighlioni and friends, nor a t anv tim e or plare where it was m erely in<*idt*uteii-~if the s|s*ech itaolf • w os decent and fair B u t I do not think th a t h u b an official can enter as a businem, a {Mjfitleal <aui|M&ign a n d consenting to a long list of engagem ents to ald r e a s political m eet- ing* widely wq<arated a n d of d a ily n cuntsoce, fii] su- b engagem ents w ithout n gle* tiqg his I d u ty If h* hold*an office worth having, nor w ithout takuig w ith him in tlk* canvawi his official power a n d influence. Therefore, tins ouur«e is I'ondcmned. T he nunilier of »|j©och©s th a t can be pro|*crly 111 a le c'oniiot he sp»*eiflt*l, nor tho tim e, tik* place where or tho circuinstancxw iu whk'h tliey are p r o p - r ; nor ran their charac ter he prescribed. B u t a correct line of con d u c t can lie determ ined on w ltbout difficulty. 1 lielievo in tlie light of a desire to follow tlie spirit of tb* adm o n ition given by divorcing the conduct of a citizen from tlie use of offi cial influence in pfiitical canqN&igna. ill ust r a t ing a t ail tiuutt the tru th th a t official duty l» )Miramount ta partisan w rvice, m a intaining the dignity of oftW holding, avouling any pretense of control over tla* poiiUcai action of o thers by reason of official |>:a<v, and Uacb- ing the k**ou to the p*opl« tiiat public pwi- tions a re not bestowed or beld uu 'er a pledge of a c tive partisan aorvioc. A printexl list taken from a ncws|>?i)>er and subm itted to mo contained engngeiui-nts ta 8 |M-ak. m ade by your consent, daily for quite a long period, und not uufnqucntJy twice a 4 a y , 111 diifereut p u t* of the state* of Mis souri, and J was led to ladiev* tliat on many of the days specified a court a t which you had dutire to p e rform was 111 wwsion. This » « m ed to nu; to present a «*a as o l flagrant, defiant neglect of official duty and propriety, and even w ith the uxplanution given your coun* a p p a i s to be thoughth* 8 M and a t lc.ist subject ta criticism . But th* statem e n t in your letter showing that you did n o t perm it <am im lgu engage m ents to interfere with tho |Mirforumno* of your official duty, your s**.nfactnry discharge of such duty during your term and a kielief ;n the tru th of your allegation, th a t you hontwtly suppw ed you m ight p i o p rly do all th it wa> actually done, lias iuduced n*o te> reacuul Hu order hUhjn n dnig you from office a n d to relu- ktate you in tlie ttiino. Yours very truly, Giu.jvt.ii C lev e l an d . PRINCE OF MIXCiRELIA. Th E SU S P E N D E D A T T O R N E Y , M. E. B E N T O N , REINSTATED. T h e i orri-Bpoiiilenr© —. C leveland D id n 't C o n d e m n Foi It I c a l S p e e c h iu a k ln a by a Fed«-rul <HIIcImI, If t b e S p e e c h in Decent ■ n d F u li—Soiito IntercMtliiK Iti-ttdlnt;. W a s h i n g t o n , Nov. 18. The president h is rcin.staU'd Msbccuom J!, li« n ton as UniUsl Stuti'H attorney for tlu* western d i s t r i - t of Missouri, who was recently su q s i d ed for active parlici|M ttion in j»oliti -a. The •«- s)M>ndence iu the case in its full tex t L* a s fol lows: N eosho , M o ., N ov . 10, 188fl. To the Hon. A. 11. G a rland, A ttorney-G e n eral, W ashington, D. C.S S ir —Y our lette r of the 1 st ln«t. w ith en- closures apprising me o f tli.* basis of m y bits pension from tho office of attorney of the U n ited S tates for the wratvrn district of Mia- souri was received. I desire to m ake a plain statem e n t of facts in relation to the list of u p poiutm eut* to nuik© c a m p a ign sp*echco. The UuiUsl State* d.stri *t court for tha eastern division of m y district convened 011 tlie Oth d a y of fek p tem ber. 1 had beeu there w ith my assistant for several days prior to that date, prep irin g the cases for trial. T he district busiiu-iM (except a few plena o f guilty) w s tinislus 1 wn the 24th of Boptoniher, aiul on tlie following day the court adjourned. Ou the night of the 2oth 1 qxike a t Jefferson (Tty. 1 then went to K a n s a s City and Mr. Hush, tny assistant, and 1 p iv p u v d oursolv** for the O ctober term of the court for the western district. Meanwhile 1 hod, at the eaniest solicitation of Messrs. Dis kcrili, CtuveiM and others, can lidau*s for congrws, and the dem o c ratic state central com niittee, with tho kiiowlmlge of Senator* Co kroll and Vest, ugns 1 to inukc som e c n m p u g n spss'hiw. Alte r mo u rrungiug them as to luue, as not te> interfere w ith my otliciol bttdnets, 1 Bkve the list to Mr. I). H. Shields, chairm an, and this list w a s published, tho date* U*gmuing Sept. 27. a t 7 p. ni. at A u rora. Thu Ap| stint incuts were mode on each side of my district so th a t 1 could reach Kiui©im City oik-e in e m h week, whi h 1 tlii to look after routine businew of tlie office. My u.©Ltant, Mr. W illiam Husii, wus in the office ail Uie tim e tluit 1 was aw ay. Two of my uppoiut- nu-ntk w ere made—W obb (Tty aud Sanxtxide (conveniently n e a r to Joplin), where 1 ap |M-ureil in tw o cuses on the I th (lay of October before Clark Q u a y e roft, United S tates com missioner. i filled my engagemcnte* to S a tu r day, OcL 1ft, a t Seneca. M onday, Oct. 18, district c o u r t for the w estern division began its term ; every indictm ent and inform ation was prepared lu consequence of this the grand ju r y was disimhood a t m sai of the tiiird day. I hud thought tha; 1 would get through tlie buMiusw of this siiort term in uiie week. I ha .1 tw o e n gagem ent* to s p ok during th a t week—one a t St. Joseph, I did not till, the other a t Kansas City, I did fill at night after tiie adjourn m ent of court. ” A fter c iting further instanees of this kind, and referring to his su* *xv©ful record, Mr. Benton rays that if m aking political siieecbes is the ( t w of his sus)ienAi<Ni, he has no de fense, b u t if it is interred tliat he has ia © glected h;s d u ties, he is not guilty. The* p resident replied as follows, under date of Nov. 1(1; Hon M. K Benton: lh*or Sir—Y o u r letter of the 10th in s t , ad iln wed to U»e attorney g*ner I, has been sub m itted to m e and ra n fully considered. Its frank ton* a n d all 1 know of your ch a racter convince* me tliat the tru th is therein related touching the m a tters which led to your suspension fr»*m office. W h en I named the w arning to ofUcelk ld«rs to w hit h you refer s s an “ord e r ” 1 expected to bn much harsiMxi by all m a n n e r of loom* and frivolous taira, originating iu und ire o r dLraj p fintm e n t, and a deb b e rate draign u the j a i r tc f )>o.ilitml enemies to a n n o y a n d nn* irra-s. conoenung tb* uftulguno* by appointee* qnuur the prsa- A tnericttiis I.«»»t ‘Z to.uoo l l a r r e l s *»t Flali. O t t a w a , Nov. 18.— The Dominion govern* incut have employed agent* to visit Glouc.a- ; ter no I o ther A m erican iLhiug p>i ts to aster- tain the probable 1 a s Am * ricau llsher*.-.ou have sustained tins year by bring kept out of Canadian w a tera R a fxxti nKvdvol fioiu th*«M* ageuU plara tlie total I* «m this year iu both Canadian and Am erican w a ter j a t 2-id,- UUOban t bi. It is expected lital the whole o the reports wifi bo in this week, show ing th exteut of lo-s iu A m erican o u i Ciuiadiau w aters separately. T H E INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. T b e ir A n n u ttl N r i-lln g In I I lea — S ums A iiieiiiliiients to t h e C u m ! 11 nI Ion. U t i c a , N ov . 18.— / t the a n n u a l m eeting of the International Is*n rue, held here yosteM - day, t lie following were the repruseiitativi*: Ham ilton, MeHMra Crooks and S troud; S y ra cuse, Miller a n d Cam p b ell; Roc*hester, Soule a n i Cleveland; Utica, Divider and Green m a n ; Toronto, Cox and M a cPhorsou; liuf- fttlo, Franklin a n d C u s h m a n ; Oswego, Monet*; Hingiuuutoifc l'hel]iM a n 1 f'a r te r The i o m inittee to whoin were referred the applirations for m em b .,iahipn*|Mirted in favor of adm itting conditionally N ew ark, Jersey C ity, Scranton, l 'a , and London, Ont. Several Hmc-ndmeiiU to the constitution were adopted. The guarantee was m ade $75 instead of $50 with a privilege of is ie (bird <.f the receipts except un holiday's, when the com p eting club* will Klmn* tlw* reivipts. ()ne halt its in inv um p ires us (here ure dtdm will Is* ap)s»int<sl, also three nv.di nt uuipires to fill a vacancy in case one o ' tin* regulars fulls to upjHiu. 'liu* giuum itee fund was increased from $250 to $ 5 d 0 . E rnuk G illiert o f Buffalo was elected presidcuL \V. R Miller of H u t cum vlce-presideiit aud C. D. W h ite of Utica secretary. The Jersey C ity, N ew ark, Scran ton and Wftlkes* B a rr ? representative* were giv«n u l*eui ing and a im a * was takeu until evening. A t the evening session Naw a r k and Jersey C ity were adm itted to m em b ership in consid eration that ia< h club j<iy into U ih leogu ? a bonus of $500 by Ja n u a r y 1. ITm) salary of th*? secretary was fixed nt $500, on increase of $100. A com m ittee was up)mi..ted to attend the m eeting of th© na tional a r b itration eom u iittre to secure if pos pibie belter protection against tlie iuruuds by league and ashociatioti m anagers on international players. The next meeting will he bel>l iu Rochrater mi the third Tuesday in March. Action oti playing rules and tiie 1* 1 1 ta U* used Was d* ferred un til th a t m eeting Th* m a tter of Connor* of last sea*Hi's Buffalo m. who has signed con tracts to play in .Rochester and Toronto, was referred. Tin* playing seai»>n will extend frum April 30 to (Jet. 1. Adjourned. H mm -I in IUM* In C h icago. C h icag o , Nov. 18.—Among those p n r » n t a t the ui«> ting of the N utioual l e a g u e at tiie TrenuNit house yesterday were President Rogers and A1. Bom h of Philadelphia. Man ager Dave Rowe a n d Prreidutil Hein of K a n sas C ity; Pre*i«ient K u o m b erg, Secretory Munson an 1 Iw rettor Ruweli of St. Louis, M anager V\ aUc ms and Director Stearns of D etroit, M anager Gaffney of W a shington. President 8 ‘jdeii of Boston and Pre*udent Hpakimg and Hecretary Brown of Chicago. Tli* early room ing talk was tm iflned to the scheme o f Preoulent S»<d n of Boston to have each «»f the league clubs g ive a guaranty of a definite a m o u n t to > isiting clubs and the eon tinned rum o rs tliat au effort wtsuki be made ta f r e se out either St. Louis or K a n —■* City suhsiiiute Pittsburg. Ih e Suden preposition w o favrir^rf hy Um paying ritiew— Boston. N s w -Y a A , Phtiadei p h u aud Chicago—while it is optx*»«t Ly tit. Louis, h ansa* t 'i t y and D v trutl, with Wash* tngtun open t a conviction. h w id sr t Spalding. wfi<*n apiirxsn hod o o the Irecje-out question, o»ntenteii him arif w ith lookiug pie.— n t.. n i sniffing iy arts w t r e i : “I hardly U.iuk uuy ifijusthe wffl be done to aav of itariD * * .* T H E C Z A R S CH O ICE FOR BULGARIAN TH R O N E . T H E Itussla A pproves K a u ib a r e 's Fullt jr—Hn«- ■opliltt* to (i«l t h e K u lg a r lan A p p o in t m e n t* ** T h e N«m I a n ttld u te and III* K©« •urd—n t l i e r F o reign >»(«•«. L ondon , Nov. 18 Th© BciTm o rrehjx*n*L ont of tiie Daily TVk*gr a |4i ray*: According to a teU g ram from St. P e ters burg, which spi»*trM tu the Cologne G a r tt**. a kind of council o f w a r wras held there on Sat urday ta diMi-UNS the f u ture m ilitary organisa tion of Bulgaria. ITie ariioti of U©n Kaul- bani wax fqmketi of w ith great a|iprevol. but a direct Huftxian m iittnry o»*©upatioti of Bul- guiin was •'onMdereit uiitu^'eHNory. It U n p l*<sed in niibutry circle* of St> Petersburg that a* mm in a> the prince (*f M ingrelia ffiall have been dcflniU*ly ©Um ted Gen. CantAoer- u rn© w ill he again ap|x>inte d Hulgarum war uiinbiter, and tliat all trie Itim ianofltoars who form erly lietl |mm 1 « hi Bulgaria w ith tin* e x ception of tiioae who allowed qmcinl synqtatiiy for Alexander w ill be reiiustatal. The Vienna carre*|tomlent telegraphs: In form ation reaciien me from Sofia th a t there is little prospect of the qinstion conrerititig the choira of a prinrt) nearing a prom p t or falls factory solution. At S a turday's sitting of tiie snhranjo a deputation of thn** m cmls'nt was elected which is to pnm w 1 to th** d (T* r- ent Eun>p 4 *an courl* and aodeavor t a a p 'e r - tain which cuiuiidale stands the best chance of finding favor w iih th in. They will inset with no eu'xm rageineut anyw h ere, om the choice of a new prince defieuds m u ch umre u|*»n RuNHia than u |. m j i i the o t h e r powers who ai*e resolved n<»t to take any b itiatfvc in th- iimthrr. A ccording to my inform a n t the BulgnriaiiM will ly ivfuN© t o lie gov ern ff by such a m ere puppet of the czar as tlie prinra of M ingrefi’t. lf a m o re acospt able caiidi-lata u not put for w a n t it I m preb able that a republic will l«* proclaim ed under Uie presidency of a trium v ir a te consi-'t.ng of ti*e inciulien* of th«i pres**nt rt-goiicy. Of (xturee this solution will I k * objo©t«<d to by UuNMin, who will thou most likely solicit th© consent of the |towers b» toni|Nirary occu|si- tion for the pur|»o«* of n.*storiiig order. I f i l m Is klrf Nicholas of M ingrelia is a prince who lias never reigned nor t**en more than an obscure henchm an of the caar. He was Gu n on Jhii. 4, 1H47, a n d on April 2ft, 1874, was m a rried to Marie, daughter of th a t conspicuous Russian general nnd uiinixt r Count Adl(*rb*rg. lit* is a colonel in th * Ru*t*ian arm y aiid on aid decam p to Un? czar. Ills hens ti tary title of “prince” come* from his ancestors having held n ( liieftainship over some of Um wild triiMwnf the ( 'nu' Hsus, nn*l is Ncarcsdy to It© < onq,iired v lib simihu' titles even in Uie uiost inffgnifb nnt Gi ruinii state*. M ingrelia form s n portion of ancient ( olchi*. R is in Asia, bordering on ( livasHia s a d Uie Black w*a, and is a part of tho lieutenancy of Uie Caucasus, of whte h the G rand Duke Mi< tuud u r a trap It hoi* an a/ca of 2 ,fttKi square miles. mostly m o u n tainous, the low laieis Is*ing fertile but sw am p y and infested with the most m a lignant fevers. There it an iron mine, and it is Mil 1 tliat gold has !<et*n found there, but (lie |*x pic do little Imsldiw i a is* to r n and rice enough for food and to- hacco, and l«ad wine enough to supply their npjKtitew. There are practirally no reads or otbe- im p rovem ents, hi©I the whole country has a savage, unforbki ling a*i*?et. Th* In habitant* Dumber mIjouL 240,UK), a n d are of the mo»t deliused tyy ■ of Gixirgians, Is iug physically, m entally nnd m o rally Ui© lowest of th* Caucasian triU v . T liey Is long iwnn inally to the Greek (hurcb. Mingrelia was taken in conquest by R u ^ ia in 1 h i 4 , Put th© “piinca” win* allow o l to retain his place as ( hief, under a Lu«sian overs er, until I8ft7, when he was a ltogether turned out and oou- koied therefor w ith a Ism n ty of $750,0G0. 1 lie l*i luro uf \\ at©? and W o r k in g m e n . I>)NtMlN, Nov. 18. Tli© prince of Wales ie< ogtnnw th© g row ing |s»wer of th© working ua n, and tnkcM jNdtts now ami then to mak© himself iiupular among them. A s|y«’iaJ d««pti tatiou of Uk* London T rad** Council pro- nedw l to S a n d iinghatu to pnw rnt th * prims*, its exe? u tive pr«*sid< nt of tlm Colonial and In- clan Exhibition, with un nddriws and resolu tion of thanks p a v e l hy a large delegate io<©ting of tlie ntclro)x>litan workingim n to his royal highiM*t«s lor Laving initiated aiel M irroffull)’ d i r c r t e i t he sriieine of t h rapiid- mtsKioii to the wxhiLitiori f i r tlu? ar.iaan cLissoi of London. On n n iv in g at tbe Wcd- vortcu station tho j aily* was tixm 'yod m Us* pi I net*’?? c a rriagra to th© I huinh end then enter tained at I uim -I mkhi . The m»*inlior* of Ui« deputation w ere afterw a rd received in lit* I sill 11 x >iu b y th© priiioe a n d pr*«K*nt©d to th© prim sis? and h©r daughteiw, th** lYim^-ae-s bju im , V ictoria ami Maud, who werr*at- tended hy the la*lies ami gentlem en of lh© bouw hold, in reply to Uio aldrexsUt© pri» < e ■aid: “During t)w> thirteen w,».kx Uiat Uie p u l farilitie* were ii* program m o re ttian 2,500,* UUU a rtisans' (*©rtiflrates wore distrftsiteii, and 812,241 aduito am i 2-V5J'sio chii.tren living within U»© m etropolitan radiiM vkltad U m * ex hibition 1 think 1 ni u y fairly mM ta Uu«?o figures th<«© of aixiut l.’ia.ouu adults am i 2ft,- 000 children which re|c>*sntit aAJmiiwiom m cumujctMHi with the w o rkingm an's clubs w hi* li w e r e established at my r« qutwt in Uk* different j a i l s of the tountry in th* aariy 1 a r t of th© year. * thus hav* a total of 1 , 282,010 working p ople, or m ure than </ne- llttb ot th* wltok) mi in tier who liav« ©nten«i th© e x h tbdn m. am i who ba Vo derived, as 1 sincerely hope and Iwheve. useful instruction together wiUi i s t ona* roiaxatm n amt aniUMe nuMit from ;V owns large e t e U s in C o u n ty G a lw a y , and is •xtreuKdy uu|«»|>ular w ith his u muiU, w t e have just w.rucg U r * rewl. r d t h U w ia theii p w r n t rent*, the M A* quit of Hllgo s ar- rang* ne nt w Ui hut te u snm is tak< u os a stroug ir.dk'. ttnhi of n p i d t hange Ut the re- la i ton* betw evn tom lL'dL aud im a n ts m lira I mm L C e tlln * H e a d ) for I k e M m -U IU I s b ) i n * 'S , Nov l y - T h a jmiiiv are jTrqar* Uig Ui t q e w ith the * iah»l* m l i * event of iroutd© au ising ihnnigh th* latter** c a rrytng out their p: esx’Ut u i i a i t s t i of hoi.ling prvAvra x. n s hii I ■ lii.u© iu eUn* In T« Ala g a i qnaiw oil s u u lay A I . m e r i t V tm ttn* o f r i r . l l l . i n . N ew Y o u * Nov IK T b e N sw Y o r* crwd* L.»r* of Um* R<shc*UMr D o tiihug (*«Hiqai«y have re»fivr.l a r t r i n l a r railing ujxhi iheiu to attend a pwwer*l tm v ting uf credit* *»•* t-rixi held iii I'ow ers’s J a t lb> hratar, am i state ing th a t th* oHiqiauy w unable to inast ite m a turing obligation*•** a m o u n t of Ut© failure of U k * Dully Mad W hisky Coiit|nuiy. R i» tv|X irhd in tra«lc cIk uiais Uiat the im iebuit net© o f th- I>uffy coiiqouiy to the Ro» le t t e r D iddling Com p any wiU « i o w l $ft»i,uu W a lter B Duffy, Uo* |inwklant of the lte> elk star DLUlliug (Xwnjany, was tlie pi im q a l owner of tin* Duffy Molt Whisky ComjMiiy, ami endorsx-d the UtterY |Nqs»i Tile Ibxdtratet D u tilling Com p any did a large busim ra, and was alw ays regardud as a pnifltatde c*umvru It lias |mid 10 |s r edit, y iarly divklends sitae it w o iu<ui-j.or a t e I tu A p ril, 1882, the (mid u; caplteff l e i i q f .xsi.oitti It was Uie m h o s s n of tlie L.u-iikws '»f WalUtr B. Ihiffy, wIkjowikK nearly all of tin* cnuiLtl sUx*k. Th© !(©|»ort o f I'olsoiilitg t unflru i«4 C h icago , N ov . I n Tlie statem e n t Ui u an u*te n ipt hud U*eti n.ade to ^a>Imuii Dhlilp u r luour wax col tiriiMxl l y (hat gnnUeman yes* terday m«>iiiUig. lie reiusoi, however, ts taik aixtul Ua* m a tter. DR. M 'CO S H PACIFIED. lie A c c e p ts Dr. Ilu l m r a 'i I >|datiatloi«s Al»out tli© K e ferfiir* to I 'r l nr«t«nt. N e w - Y o r k , Nov. ih . Tb* Hav. Dr. Me Cosh, presidout of Pri&enlM Collega, has writU‘ii tie* following l©ttar Iii regant to tlw explanation m ade hy Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes m to two lines o f Um* |nnnii the “A u to c r a t ” read a t H a rvard, w lm h Dr. Mrt -aJj thought related to tils ooU©>^*: CoLLh.K o r N Kw-jK\Krv ( I MlK( ETON, Nov. 15, lHHft ( 1 hnnteti to exprosi my aeiH'ptamv* of th* explanation given hy Dr. Ilolmes Uiat only two lines of hts jxxiu r«*iate* to lYuioeUsi. A A 1 h eard him romi, wiUmut lie* ; um tuatte.u now in hi*i p rinted }HH*tn, 1 um lrretam l Uiat U»© fodowtug four ltiKw referred tu IVivmrtiMi: 0 «r I ‘rC.caton’sram ls th© far r.*ftecUons st©sl. ht-r« int. hi) blxMiii? sis 111 ©1 lt|( UO > heel Nay, u > tin- hill a H o t «*:«i b i.« » wore r-anul. East u* I. H . x h ul gtM tie ot niue Unir© rouml But I k * now expluiii* tliat U m * tw o last of th©**.* Iim*s relate t a U k * ere©d of Atklovsr. I m u it, tlunefuro, Isav* Uu-m with tliaf UMftitu UcML 1 hav* bL*n» to n know texlgn Um* fai o rs *J»«*w n by H a rvard culUg© tu in© per©*nahy in tho m utter of a degnso, and crajld ©\|sN*t n< tiling fiartiicr. Bui tli© Im t r e m a m s iliat on the »x* off on of a n inqxirtant sim i\« i rary tte* gcsxt will shown to o i h f him itut ions all atiout us wan withhold from 1 ’nm v to o , whi< h 1 was in- v ital to represeiiL 1 a< know ledge Uiat H a rvard hail a right U>. kx-xtow its hoi;*r» w I m iv it rluwt, hut s u r rounded ax 1 am by a U»fy of im fn m ir* c a r rying on original research and printing their r>**ulu for the public in l o t f f and p et'iudkais, 1 thought It strange thut no notice was takeu of our college. 1 still f»*ri that 1 hml th©mm© right to give expression to iuy fMditigs ot in* dig n ation ns H a rvard had to withhold th© lettjgiiilteai she gave ta oh. 1 w t h tli© |Hil»lic to im d eixtaud th a t Has .« the first c(»minuiii» a tjon I have w n t to Um» pnsw on thU xuf»j« t. Jam * * &J< < <mii C H R IST BEFORE PILATE ” ll i e F i r s t I'n h l t r \ Isw «>f M i m isi-ap s G r e a t I'slu l l n g . K e w Yomk, Nov. 1 8 - -A first view o t M m ikaray’* painting “C h rist liefore iTtote” was affonk*d yraterday nfte-rtuMai t»t a num* Ixx of privih ged | s * imoum w ho b ad n i v i v ^ t ti». viuite'iis to th« takx rnai k* on Tw«>nty-third • t r « 4 Th© c a n v a s U tw e n ty f *©4 wt<|* hy twtdveaiKi o»u half f rat high am i ©mliracsa sksHit forty characters, M ©t of Ukws are crowded into Um* loft o f Ua© p teiure ami cisn |ss«© th© }xqiuUus*. Th© figure of standing in rot** uf whttn, his ium is Isnnol t geUier In front. Nil* th© c e n tral foreground rik! f m s tn a l of L i s t s who occupt©* U»© judgm ent seat <m tto* right. Tli© g rouping uf th<« v arious * iiaractere is ©ffectlv*. Tbis painting, avow edly M u n k a rayb n.a»* te*rpk**i. undoubtelly la as a whole, Its max- < epti<*n and ©xocutteai, a »uhhuK*> < r « l > « of Hf tutte genius. Mcnkoc v Is realistk*. ami slthough Im* lias etidaftvored to p o r tray vim* and hum an Ul his idrel ( *hri«t, Uils Is th* iai* suprenM* stn-inpt in wbh*h hto n.aste-r laivi seams m d ta toxv© I n n In fullest syni I a thy wlU* th© vary soul of tftafihaDou. Th* power divin©, however. iiH v n isto tn i t o m an, is l?y no turam w a n ting, and lmlM«l th© In* w ard I'oiKK'iuusfMMS of th u omnipotctMv a p pears to bo th* oesd tfnpremiv© i I jsrsiirriatic uf M u n k arey’s G i f i d , Iw t th© t*©ntreI figure s f a r t from ito surroundings doss not aran h i rai lofsctonly pareuenfy that rout r o t Ung ate / tribute- of k»v* divin©, whte h n.eiu Ui* hum a n b r a n and cuustitutes lh* vitsd faro* af C h ristianity ( • i r u i s i t j ' s **tau«llag A r m y . B e r l i n . Nov 18.—Tli© im (jot tal w a r budg*1 for 1887-8* m a intains th© arm y on a n rifoe- tiv« norm a l p>suv footing o l 4-^,274 men, A credit x>f 7 ,(MMi,UUO m a rks to sik© ! on find count fur fortifh attuci* on th© fnaiU e r, whi h are required to iiM©*t n*w nKdtosis of ultra s Th© coritfSMiy s tarted in Berlin ta n s u p te - w ith the p n a r n n i t jre t a i u-h.*gtaph imun upoly lias t ollxpsod l»w©r rate* wer© < !iarg\d aisi bran tw* were d o r b a d in the leading rauters, but the }Rihik* fattod tu najAMid The offh*tal prew congratulate: ito? state adcmnistratoun upiai It* trium p h . T e n a n ts l'n r v h » * i » | 1 torir H o ld lag*. Di PUN, Nov. 18 — Mcot of Jto* (©fouits un tto* ©states of tho Maiquto o f HiQo, t • u n ty Mayo, have purchased th©tr h«ikJiugt Iro n the uiorquoL A© he is (xxuin am i Leu* pee ■UiupUve to th* L a d of CiasdTcmrtto. wffq • l a y t l ' s l‘»uS |K rtt). N e w - Y o r * , ( h i 1 “ - <h» ( l e t 23 Vr*M m% Sakr ik ti o! Hay ti < ►mpWdal h u Arvt tm n of *©vr?i yoare. The oorasuai wa* nsnnH M i* rxtad by p ^ s t l t r fsU«, and I 'r v k k a l Hsto* m o u i* i i © l a n a l l f M M , lo w t»teb t o ©fprnisnr* b k i p p r t c i a f a l of th r •lofVWa tt shown by bis re-«toikin for a oud term lie says th* na-km o l <t *JU kw bran uwj»n»md, and pmg* m s h t s l«*n m ade hy the { a r t r s o t In foil of th© V rem h *M4 crvaUxI m IHA, hy tto ««tfab» Itohiixrat 'if a uat tonal ta n k , by rigid mtm* om y , by tto* w itlidraw a i f r m * im iiatoon of rj.OUU.UUOof the pap< r lucawy, try the n.am ti naneii u t the naUunal rnHailte money a t par, by c u terine Vita tto* p sA al union. I»y th fwrrgardxatkm of t t o arm y , tha navy, ami ito* j a d a i a r y . the e d i t B d k n g f o i u»*w ©tomto, t t o m u r ' F i t r i i l of relhrvm* • u lture. t t o nxiftt gvneral diffm tao of kaosri* • t o , lh© iarrm m of ag r icu ltu ral prrstm ia, tto t i u k a l h w t l l f H i t ' f dilU n m c m w ith foreign pow ers, a tei Um in * t ' w o f fra*»Uttef »f internal an d ©xtemaol cummontraLcgi, i l ■r