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The Exeter Advocate, 1891-12-10, Page 6THE !PREMIER'S SHEN, Salisbury Speaks Before a Great Meet- ing of Birmingham Tories. GLADSTONE'S POLIOY DENOUNCED. He Predicts an Orange Rebellion. Should Home Rule be Carried, A Birmingham cable says : Masonic Hall was crowded last evening. Lord Salis- bury and party were received with great enthusiasm on entering the hall. After thanking the audience for the warm recep- tion accorded him, Lord Salisbury pro- ceeded to deliver an address ou the political topic of the day. "Home Rule in the hands of the Gladstonians " said. Lord Salisbury, "appeals to me like anaety mediCine in capsules of gelatine for the electors. While I cannot admit that it is our duty to ignore the gigantic issue before us, I am also anxious to disclaim any in- tention to abstain from English and Scotch legislation because we are threatened by Irish agitation. I am in favor of rating ground landlords, provided the reform be executed with fairness and not made the oc- casion for gratifying °lase antipathy. Mn Morley's complaint about land BOb being tilled is rather exacting. The non tillage is idue to the withdrawal of the protection un- der which the land formerly grew wheat. That is the price you pay for the ad- vantages of free trade. Nowhere in the world will you find wheat grown without protection. In this, the 52n1 degree of latitude, it is absurd to imagine it possible to correct the defect without abandoning the great policy to which we are all attached. The one man, one vote' idea really means the overhauling of the repre- sentation system. It is a perfectly judicious system to adopt at reasonable intervals, but there is no need that every Parliament ahould be occupied with it. Admitting the common interest in these matters, I cannot ignore the fact that the general election will turn upon the question of union, and it is as a Unionist party that we appeal to your suffrages. (Cheers.) I am not going to emulate the Gladstonian policy of try - ng to pass a Home Rule bill on the sly. I am not going to pretend that I am deeply impressed with the import- ance of English and Scotch legislation. I sun not going to blind myself to the fact that union with Ireland is the great question that should surrnnon the whole strength of the electorate to our side. (Applause.) I am bound not to ignore the enormous merit of our dissident allies. It lies with you to determine whether we maintain unimpaired the union that has been so so beneficial to the empire. lf I read aright the political history of the past two years the great towns will support us on the question of Home Rule. If the rural districts take the opposite view it is not on the question of Home Rule, but some local matter. In the improbable event that Mr. Gladstone will be victorious we shall fight it at every step in the House of Commons, and with the certainty that the battle will not be fruitless because the Liberals would be bound to please two different sections of supporters. TEX HOUSE OP LORDS. Supposing the bill passed—well, beyond -that I speak nervously, because I observe my mentioning the House of Lords disturbs Mr Gladstone's temper. I do not doubt that the Lords will not attempt to resist the opinion of their country clearly expressed, but when Mr. Gladstone appeals to the example of Lord Grey, I think he forgets the exact history of the case, and forgets that Lord Grey did not sk ulk behin studied. ambiguities. When Mr. Gladstone is able to produce a Home Rule bill to the 'electors, and bring a decisive majority in favor of the bill, and nothing but the bill, I do not think he will have much trouble with the House of Lords ; but while he tries to steal the unwilling assent of the electors by concealing the real provisions of his bill, the House of Lords will be justified ininsistina that the decision of the country shall be exact in its provisions. He cannot menace the House of Lords without a revolution, and he cannot have his revolutionon limited PRIESTS AND BLACKTHORNS. Turning to Ireland, Lord Salisbury said -that in that country two great influences were prominent, blackthorns and priests. (Laughter.) Nothing in modern history equalled the influence of Archbishop Croke and Archbishop Walsh in the recent history of Ireland. They had turned the whole of the vast organization which seemed to em- barrass and baffle the English Government clear away from the man whose hand had swayed it with the ease with which a man could turn a boat by leading the rudder. AN ORANGE REBELLION. After remarking that he believed the Ir lsh Archbishops were defying the Pope, Lord Salisbury proceeded to dilate upon the results of giving every institution in Ireland into their hands, and said : "it will be only by rebellion that the Irish Protestants -will defy such power. I do not dispute Mr. Gladstone's opinion that they are powerful enough to overbear tyra,nnay. It -will be a terrible resort, and will cause unnumbered scenes of cruelty and massacre, and a revival of the terrible religious wars, from which Ireland has already too much suffered. We shall be bound to interfere to recon- quer the country, and the long, dreary roll of seven centuries will recommence. Mr. Morley talks of the Irish spectre stalk- ing in Parliament and taking the majority by the throat. He may be assured, if he has his way, that the spectre will be as lively as ever, only his garments will be orange and not green. Mr. Gladstone de- manded that if we would not recognize the instice of his claim, we at least should recognize that ie was inevitable. With the greatest respect I fling the adjective back into his face. The inevitable is on our side, not on his. Nailing the Platform Down. Resolutions were unanimously adopted .pledging the conference to resist the proposal to disestablish the Church Of Wales. The following was also passed : "That having regard to the extraordinary disproportion in the representation of England, Scotland, Waleg and Ireland in the Imperial Parlia- ment, it is most desirable that steps be taken to redress these irregularities." Viscount Fielding offered) and the Con- ference adopted, the following resolution : That this Conference is.of the opinion that when the question of representation of the people is re -opened by Parliament serious nonsideration should be given to the clairns of women to be admitted to the franchise "glen otherwise entitled by ownership or occupation." Mr. II. S. Neal offered the following reso- lutioti That in the opinion of this con- ference, the attitude of the Conservative party towards bona fick labor candidates should be one of sympathy and encourage - This reSolutiOn did not exactly meet the views of /steno of the delegates, and after some debate the word " uniouist" 'was serted before "labor," and an f.,0 amended was adopted. The fellowing resolutieun were also adopted: EyMr, Ernest Spereer : "That con- sidering the geeat importance of the labor question, it is desirable that a Labor Depart- ment :shall be fermed by the Government, to be presided over by a Minister of the Crown to be termed the Labor Minister." By Mr. J. J. Harris,. Secretary, to the Trade Congress Commettee " That this coriference desires to express its thanks to Lord Salisbury's Ministry for appointing so large a number of workingmen as factory inspectors, but at the same time hopes that the Government may see its way to appeint women inspectors for employments in which their own sex are engaged." Sir Albert Rollitt, 51. P. for the South Division of Islington, member of the Con- servative Council, submitted the following : " That the conference regards with the utmost satisfaction the improved social and industrial condition of Ireland under the present Government, and cordially endorses the intention of the Ministers to introduce next session bills for the extension of Local Government and also for the promotion of technical education in that part of the United Kingdom." This motion as lost. LORD LYTTON DEAD. The Great Poet and Novelist Dies of Heart Failure. A London cable says: Lord Lytton, British Ambassador to France, died here to -day. Lord Lytton had long been suffering from inflammation of the bladder. few moments before his death he was suddenly seized with an attack of heart weakness and called to his valet for some medicine. While preparing the medicine the valet heard a cough, and, turning round, saw his - master suddenly expire. The Earl of Lytton was born onNovernber 18th, 1831, and was educated first at Har- row under private tutors and afterwards at Bonne, where he devoted himself especially to the study of modern languages. He was appointed attache at Washington when under 18 years of age. Three years after- wards he was transferred to Florence, and in 1854 was removed to Paris. Atter the peace of 1856 he was for years attache at the Hague. He afterwards served in the same diplomatic capacity in St. Petersburg, Constantinople and Vienna. He was secretary of the legation at Copenhagen and at Athens, secretary of the embassy at Vienna and Paris, and held several other diplomatic positions. On his father's death in 1873 he succeeded to the title as the second Baron Lytton, and in 1874 he was appointed ambassador at Lisbon. One year afterward he was ap- pointed Viceroy of India by Mr. Disraeli. During his viceroyalty occurred the Afghan war. His resignation was tendered and accepted at the same time that the Earl of Beaconsfield resigned the Premiership. In 1880 he was created Earl of Lytton and Viscount Knebworth. In 1887 he was appointed ambassador to Paris in succession of the late Lord Lyons. The Earl of Lytton Was married in 1864 to Edith, the second daughter of the Hon. Edward Villiers and niece of the Earl of Clarendon. Under the assumed name of "Owen Meredith" he has published several volumes of prose and verse, the chief of which are "Clytemnestraand Other Poems," "Lucile," " Tannhauser, or the Battle of the Bards," "The King of Ainasis," "Fables in Song," and " Glenaveril." He also published, with prefatory memoir, the speeches and political writings of his father, Edward Lord Lytton, and "The Life, Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton.' A YOUNG SHOPLIFTER. A 15 -Year -0l1 Girl Caumd be Punished Under Illinois Law. A Galena, Ill.' despatch says: The at- tempt to commitKate Steel, a girl of 15 years, who had been indicted for larceny by the grand jury, brought the prosecuting at- torney of this county face to face with an alleged oversight in the law, which resulted in the dismissal of the defendant. The statutes of Illinois make provision for the punishment of male malefactors over 10 years of age, but prescribe no punishment for females less than 16 years of age, the implication being that individuals of that class are incapable of crime. When Kal e Steele's case came up the attorney for the defence had affidavits to prove that the de- fendant was not 16, and the prosecution nolle pressed the case. The lawyers here have debated the matter, and they think that to guard against shoplifters the stat- utes should be amended. DEATH -DEALING LANDSLIDE. Twelve Men Instantly Killed And Several Others Injured. A Tacoma, Wash., despatch says: A terrible accident occurred this forenoon near Canyon station, on Green river, some 70 riffles east of Tacoma, caused by a landslide on the Northern Pacific track. On Monday and yesterday 60 workmen were sent to the locality of the disaster to repair the recent washouts on the road, and while thus employed at the base of a high bluff extend- ing from the river, several thousand yards of bluff suddenly tumbled on those beneath, killing twelve outright, carrying 200 yards of railroad track and two men into the river and burying several others, some of whom it is thought may be rescued alive. Relief trains have been sent from both sides of the disaster, and were at last report working hard to rescue the buried men. A Election Bet That Cost a Life. A Waynesburg, Pa., despatch says: John Dougherty, an oil -well driller; died on Wed- desday night from pneuornnia. Mr. Dougherty was a Democrat, and he made a bet with a Republican that Campbell would defeat McKinley for Governor of Ohio. The loser was to climb to the top of an oil der- rick, 72 feet high, and remain there from 6 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening. Dougherty mounted the derrick last Saturday morning, and, although the ram poured down all day, he did not flinch. When he came down at night he was cramped and weak. On the followinn day violent pneumonia, brought on by the exposure, set in, and his death resulted. Drove Ilis Wife to Suicide. A Scranton, Pa., despatch says The wife of Henry Graves killed herself last night with a dose of poison. The couple moved here from Elmira'N. Y., but Graves, through dissipated habits, made life unbear- able for the woman. She threatened to tiomrnit suicide repeatedly, and When Graves came home drunk late last night she at once swallowed some poison and fell at his feet. Graves, alarmed; left the house, but before help could be obtained by neighbors who heard the woman's groans she was dead. Charlotte, the new Queen of Wurtemberf hi a handsome young woman of spirituello expression, still under thirty and fond of gayety. She is likely to brighten and enliven the dull life of the Wurtemberg THE CHINESE REBELS. The Goyernment Adopting Stringen Measures to Repress Them. THE TALE OF SI.AUGIITER. A PARIS cable says : A despatch from Pekin confirms the statement that well. armed bands have devastated a whole dis- trict in the northern part of Chicle, and that they have pillage(' and burned the Belgian mission, stations, In addition to the destruction of the mission stations at Tayou and Sanchin there were over 100 converted natives massacred by the bloodthirsty bands. The station of Gehol was packed and burned. The natives had hitherto been quiet, and there was no sign, in that district that a revolt was meditated. The local authorities had not taken steps to suppress the outbreak, and when the natives rose they met with no materiel opposition, for the officials were practically helpless. It may be stated that the local Governor, in his report of the occurrences to the Pekin Government, does not place the blame upon the natives of the province, but attaches the responsibly for the crimes to bands of Mongolian relabels, who, he says, made a raidthrough the dis- trict. Whatever the truth may be, the general Government has taken steps to pre- vent any further outrages on foreigners or native Christians in the district. Under orders from Pekin, all the troops available were immediately, upon the receipt of in- formation regarding the trouble, despatched to the scene of the disturbance. Advices have been received from China to the effect that the Government has decreed that the printing and publishing of anti -foreign placards is a capital offence, and has ordered those already convicted of this offence to be beheaded forthwith and without waiting for formal Imperial auth- ority. It was hoped that these stern meas- ures would have a deterrent effect and con- vince the powers that the Government is in earnest, as under ordinary circumstances a period of two months would elapse before the executions. The outbreak in the North, officially de- scribed as a raid of Mongolian robbers, proves to be an insurrectionary movement of serious dimensions. Despatches received. at Tien Tsin to -day state that in Mongolia and some northern districts nearer the capital the revolutionary feeling is spread- ing rapidly, and the number of rebels is becoming alarming. An insurgent force, consisting of several squadrons o?Mongolian cavalry, besides infantry, is reported to be advancing on Pekin where the utmost alarm prevails. The population of a large area, actuated partly by inclination and partly by fear of the rebel soldiery, has joined the movement, together with several mandarins. Imperial troops have started to meet the rebels. The entire Christian population of Kinehow was massacred with the Belgian priests. LORD ABERDEEN'S OPINION. , He Says That Michael D- avitt is Ireland's Most Capable Leader. A Boston despatch says : The Earl of Aberdeen, who has been traveling in this country for some time, is now in this city, accompanied by his wife, the Countess of Aberdeen, and her daughter, Lady Marjorie Gordon, all of Scotland. In an interview to -day the Earl says, re- ferring to the Irish question : "I cannot imagine a better man to take the lead in reconciliation than:Michael Davitt. He has earned respect, because of his zeal, his high-mindedness and his un- swerving integrity. He recognized, though not without sorrow, that Parnell was no longer possible as a leader, but now that Parnell's death has made that no longer a question to be decided he would be in an especial sense the man to act as mediator. Not being a member of the Parliamentary party he is not an active participant in the quarrel on either side. He has friends in both, and I think he would be pre-eminently the man to heal the dissension and put an end to the strife. "I am of opinion, however, that matters have not been at all as serious as they were represented to be on this side of the water; that, in fact, these differences have been ex- aggerated, that the worst is now over, and that union in the Irish ranks is only a ques- tion of a very short time." AN AWFUL TRAGEDY. A Merchant Convicted of an Unnatural Crime Suicides tir Court. A London cable says : A fearful tragedy occurred yesterday at the Newcastle assizes. A man named Baker, who has heretofore held a respectable position in society, was convicted of an unnatural crime. The prisoner had shown great agitation during the trial, and when the verdict of guilty was announced he seemed utterly downcast. Mr. Justice Lawrence, who presided, sen- tenced the prisoner to ten years' penal ser- vitude. The prisoner's relatives were in the court room, and they, too, manifested deep emotion, which seemed to have an ad- ditionally depressing effect on Baker. As the latter was leaving the dock in charge of the warders he waved a farewell to his relatives, quickly drew a bottle from his pocket, and, swallowing a dose of poison, almost instantly fell unconscious into the arms of one of the warders. Medical aid was instantly summoned, but it was too late. Baker died almost instantly, before he could be carried from the court room. The greatest excitement reigned in the court room'and the judge ordered proceed- ings to be stopped for a time to give time for the sensation to subside. The jury which convicted Baker were witnesses of his suicide, and some of the dead man's relatives did not hesitate to denounce the jury as having convicted him wrongfully, and thereby driven him to his desperate deed. A DOUBLE LIFE. Suicide of an " Eminen- t Religious Phil- anthropist" Leads to a Revelation. • A London cable says: The business men of this city were shocked when they learned of the death of Mr. G. B. Taylor, a noted merchant, who shot himself in his office. It appears that he had suffered severe business losses through the perfidy of a trusted relative, and this had preyed on his mind. Mr. Taylor was the son-in-law of a prominent solicitor of Blackburn, Mr. Whalley, of anti -Popery fame, with whom he had business relations of a confidential nature. Whalley had the reputation during his lifetime of being an eminent re- ligious philanthropist. His death a short time ago, however, revealed the fact that under the guise of a Christian worker he had been leading a life of protracted swind- ling, and that many persons had been made the victims of his tidies. Mr. Taylor was among the many persons plundered by Whalley. He had intrusted to the care of the solicitor large sums of money, the mis- appropriation of which led to his failure and Subsequent suicide, ' john G. Whitter will be 84 years old on Deceniber 1/ THE 'EXPRESS COMPANIES, The Grand ,Trunk To Do Its Own Ex- press Buisness, WHAT THE ONTARIO COMPANY 'WANTS; An Ottawa despatch says ; The Railway Committee of the Privy Council met yester- clay morning and took up the dispute be- tween the Ontario Express and Transporta- tion Co, and the Grand Trunk Railway. The former appealing aggiest alleged din - crimination on the part of the railway company. The case has attracted consid- erable attention in railway circles. it is regarded ao a test of the power of railways to do as they please with express traffic. Mr. Mackeuzie -Rowell presided, and there were also present Sir John Thompson, Sir Adolphe Caron and Mr. Fraule Smith. Mr. John S. Hall, Q. C., M. P. P., who appeared on behalf of the Express Company, explained that the object of the application was to secure an order to compel the Grand Trunk Railway to give the Ontario Express Conipany the same rights and privileges as those given to the Canadian Express Com- pany. He reviewed the litigation that had been carried on and produced copies of the original agreement between the Grand Trunk Railway and Canadian Express Company, of the recent agreement between them; and of an agreement which the Ontario Company had tendered to the Grand Trunk Railway, Sir John Thompson held that the com- mittee could not interfere with any agree- ment between companies. All it could do was to compel the Grand Trunk Railway to give the Ontario Company the same rights and powers as the Canadian Company. Mr. John Bell replied on behalf of the Grand Trunk Railway. It was, he said, true that there had been a contractbetween his company and the Canadian Express Co., but it had lapsed many years ago, and the business had been since carried on from day to day and without renewal. The railway company became dissatisfied with this arrangement, and determined to take over the express business themselves. Mr. Bell produced a copy of a letter written some years since by Mr. Chadwick (the new man- ager of the Ontario Express Company) to the Grand Trunk people, suggesting that the railway company could make more money by taking over the express business. The sum of 012,000, to which the Ontario Company objected as excessive, was the exact sum paid by the Canadian Company to the Grand Trunk Railway in the previ- ous year, and the agreement was a bona., fide one. He contended that the Ontario Company bad not the proper status of in- corporation, and that of its capital of $500,- 000 only 10 per cent. was paid up. After further discussion it was decided to post- pone the case until Wednesday next, when witnesses will be heard. FATHER AND CHILDREN DEAD, And the Mother Suspected of rOlS011illg Tili`111 to Get Insurance. A Louisville, Ky., despatch says : The extermination of an entire family save one member by poison is a case that has been discovered here. One year ago, Thomas Austin, his wite and five children lived at 1,006 Eleventh street. One by one the children died, until one remained. The father and remaining child are now reported to be dying. In each case the symptoms have been exactly the same. A slight fever, accompanied by vomiting and severe pains in the stomach, was the first indication. Then the patient grew rapidly worse and in a day or two death would ensue. In each case the regular physician gave typhoid fever as the cause of death. Each child which died had been insured, and the money was paid by the insurance company immediately after death. The amount of the insurance on each ranged from $200 to $500. The policies were taken out in a weekly payment company. The neighbors began to talk, and finally the attending physician called in a well-known doctor, D. T. Smith. Dr. Smith made a diagnosis and concluded that the cause of the illness of the father was arsenical poisoning. Dr. Smith told a reporter that the case looks very suspicious. He said : "My diagnosis of the symptoms displayed by the 'child does not favor typhoid fever. It most certainly looks as if arsenic had been admin- istered to the child, and from what I have been able to learn the same symptoms were displayed by all the children." The coroner will be asked te have the remains of the Austin children exhumed and an analysis of the stomachs)made. Dr. Smith is firmly convinced that arsenic has been iftied in every cast • The fact that Austin'nould live so log after poison had been administered may be explained by the fact that the quantity given was not suffi- cient tO'cause immYdiate death. The mother rlive and well. The insur- ance policies w re all made out in her name. She refuses to talk. A BRIDE ELOPES. Site Leaves Her Husband Twenty -Four Hours After Marriage. A Martinsville, Ind., despatch says: The little city of Odon was thrown into a flurry the other night when it becan.e known that a bride of but twenty-four hours had eloped with a former admher. On Saturday after- noon Miss Anna Harman and Ella Borders, both of Odon, went to Washington, where they mot Adam Ingalls and a Mr. Arthur, of Wort'. ington, to whom they were married, respectivs ly. All returned to Odon in the evening. The following evening Mr. Horders gave an informal supper in honor of the newly married couples, to which a host of friends of all parties were invited. Among those invited was Bert Lowry, a highly respected young man of Odon, who was a former admirer of Miss Harman. He was seen to have a brief conversation with her just before the guests were ushered into the dining room. While all were seated at the festal board Mrs. Ingalls suddenly excused herself, saying to her husband that she was sick, but would return in a moment. Little was thought of the matter until some minutes had passed, and the groom began to grow apprehensive that he might be needed. He and others went to inquire into her con- dition, but she was nowhere to be found. The entireeparty began diligent search, but to no purl:Rase. Finally it became known that she had departed with young Lowry in a vehicle secured at a livery stable. She had in her possession all her husband's ready means, and it is said that Lowry had replenished his pocketbook by borrowing all the money' he could from his friends. The irate groom, accompanied by William Neerierner, a brother-in-law of the woman, and many others, were urged on bythe girl's father and gave chase, but the night was blackness: itself and the runaways easily gave their pursuers the slip. Nothing has since been heard Of them. An infant at birth usually weighs one - twentieth of the maximum weight t ought to attain in middle life. Depositor—Is the teller in'? Manager— No, he has gone away, Depoeitor—Ah gene for a rest, / presume'? Manager (sadly) N�; I fancy iba tO avoid arrest. ..op corm Mr. Gladstone's Trenchant Reply to Lord Salisbury. LIBERALS READY FOR BATTLE. Home Rule, Unionists and Capital and Labor Dealt With. A London cable says ; Mr. Gladstone was on Saturday a participant in the exer- cises attending the formal opening 01 11 recreation hall at Port Sunlight, near Birk- enhead, the headquarters of Sunlight soap. He was . one of the speechmakers appointed for the occasion. He said the newspapers were teeming with reports of political addresses, but, however, much as he desired not to speak, it was impossible that he ehould remain altogether silent, because such silence might be miscon- strued. The ambiguities of the position of the so-called Liberal -Unionists were now lifted. The last shred of their pretext of Liberalism had been removed by Lord Hartington's frankness. This left the battle to be manfully and good-immoredly, he hoped, fought out between Liberals and Tories, and now that the field was cleared for action he might say that the Liberals had no reason to shrink from the fight. Referring to Mr. Salisbury, Mr. Gladstone said, while affecting sympathetic considera- tion of the Newcastle programme, he had tried to swamp the "one man, one vote" question in the larger question of women's suffrage. He 'condemned parish councils altogether—that was his sympathetic con- sideration of the programme. Then he cited the tendency of a nation to centralize as an argument against granting Home Rule to Ireland. He said the unity of Spain was 400 years old. Lord Salisbury might just as well have cited the union of the seven kingdoms of England with the Heptarchy. In regard to France, continued Mr. Gladstone, every wise man thought that country was over -centralized. Lord Salisbury bad better ground in the ease of Italy, but the Liberals did not dart ask for Ireland what every State in the German Empire now enjoyed. Mr. Gladstone de- clared that Lord Salisbury seemed ignorant of what was going on in the British Empire. When he was a young man all the colonies were governed in Downing street. Since then all the colonies had been given local autonomies infinitely more than Ireland had asked for, yet their hearts beat warmly in unison with the mother country. Lord Salis- bury had called home rule capsuled medi- cine. Doubtless he was an authority on physic, as he had to take several basty dosesinreeent years—like that of the South Melton election; but he (the speaker) could not persuade them (the Conservaives) of what they knew was contrary to the facts. Possibly Lord Salisbury is too busy in the Foreign Office to pay attention to the affairs of this country. The two reasons for placing Home Rule in the van of the Liberal policy was in justice to Ireland and the necessity for clearing the road for self legislation. Having no hope in the present, Lord Salis- bury had occupied himself by predicting what would happen when a Home Rule Bill was passed. He had talked of coming massacres and cruelty in Ireland. Did such predictions proceed from the brain of the Premier or did he hear them in bedlam? They were certainly much worthier of the latter than the former. He we's like a silly nursemaid, who, when unable to pacify an infant by rational means, tried to frighten it by stories of hobgoblins. (Laughter and cheers.) Let the people dismiss such imaginations. They were engaged in the cause of justice. They must be patient till Lord Salisbury gave, them an opportunity of deciding the ques- tion, then they would see such bubbles blown into the air and the reign of justice and good sense would be restored in the politics of the country. Speaking later, Mr. Gladstone dealt at length with the labor question. He said idle wealth was far worse than heavy labor. The laborer had a legitimate place in God's creation, but no place had been appointed for the idle wealthy man. To his (Mr. Gladstone's) mind there was no cause for alarm as to the future of Workingmen. He did not believe that there would be a permanent fight between capital and labor. because he believed in the good sense and good feeling of both parties. The problem coulcl be solved not by magic or mathe- matics but by a sound, civil, secular and Christian feeling and respect for mutual rights. Only within a few years had the labor party become strong. The system of profit-sharing was most attractive as an adjustment, but then came the question of how it was to be adopted in those years in which there was a loss instead of profit. In any case it was most important to give the laborer the same interest in production, as the capitalist. To this end he looked with confidence in view of the good disposition displayed on each side. Doubtless strikes helped the workers' cause, but he thought all would agree that they were only adapted to what he might call a rude state of indus- try. It was to be hoped that the workmen were now in a better position than to be- come compelled to have recourse to such watseful methods. In an eloquent peroration Mr. Gladstone appealed to employers to give the workers, besides an increase of wages and a decrease of hours, a sense of common feeling with their employers, to establish a brotherhood of man and man, to look to heart and con- science as well as appetite and ambition for a solution of these difficulties—above all to look to the Providence that shapes our end, and recollected the sacred words, "Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity." THE RAZOR IN CIIVECH A Colored Minister Dutchered in the Pulpit by a Drunken Tough. A Wilmington, Del., despatch says : The Rev; Samuel Ambrdse, of Newcastle, was murderously assaulted in a colored Metho- dist church at Delevvare City, on Friday night, by George Porter, jun., a drunken negro, who entered the church and walked up to the pulpit whereAmbrose was preach- ing. He drew a keen -edged razor from his pocket and made a lunge at the colored divine, inflicting a terrible wound over the heart that will prove fatal. Ambrose fell prostrate upon the platform, and during the excitement his assailant escaped. The affair has ectileed great excitement among the colored people. A posse of men are in pur- suit of Porter. After the tottery Men. A New Orleans despatch says : President Conrad, Secretary Horner and eight em- ployees of the Louisiana State Lottery Co. appeared before United States Commissioner Wright to day to answer an itdietment found against them at San Antonio, Tex., upon a charge of violating the anti.lottery postal law. They gave bail hi the sum of $1,000 each to appear at the next term of the United States Court in San Antonio. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.. Escaping Gas Wrecks the Market Otarter" in Blackburn. TWENTY PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED. A Manchester cable Says : A terrible ac- cident has eceurred at Blackburn. A mys- topic:us explosion oecarred there to -day, and three shops were blown to atoms. The- streete in the vicinity of the explosion: were full of people when, without a moment's warnieg, the earth shook, there, was a trerneudous report, and the air was. filled with flying bricks timbers broken glass, and all inanner of debris. The: houses destroyed were in the Blackburn, market, one of the most frequented parts of the town, and the scene which followed Wa indescribable. The people Were wild with • fear, and ran in terror from the market place. Many of those who ran away had been struck by ilyiug debris, and vvith blood: flowing from their wounds they added to , the terror of the people. The police hastened to, the ecene and searched the thins for the dead. It is feared at least twenty persons have been killed.. The number of injured is not known,. but must be large, As yet no reason is known for the diaster. Before the police could', make a thorough search for the dead, the ruins, which had caught fire, were a mass of - flames. This rendered approach impossible. The dead will doubtless be burned beyond' recognition. Six persons received serious injuries in the explosion. Later estimates. place the loss of life at ten. The explosion was caused by au escape of. gas M the cellar of a shop unaer the Crown: Hotel. The establishment was blown up, and the report of the eeplosion was heard all over the town. It was not the market, but only a cheap goods bazaar that was, wrecked. The loss of life and property is , less serious than was at first reported. The work of extricating the victims pro- ceeds slowly. So far five persons have been, . recovered more or less in -lured, and one woman has been taken out dead. Much-, delay arose from the difficulty encountered in cutting the gas main, it beieg found: necessary to excavate the street in order to accomplish the cuttiug. A BAD PITCH -IN. An Engine Crashes Into a Passenger Car With Fatal Results. A Toledo despatch says : The Lake Shore was the scene of a serious run-in accident last evening on the Bo ton and Chicago special going east, which left Chi - cage at 10.30 a. m. On the edge of the city the road runs under the Miami and Erie Canal. The tunnel is some eixy-seven feet long. Some hundred yards east of the e tunnel is a target. The Lake Shore trainr passed through the tunnel, but not getting the signal at the target to come ahead put. on brakes and slacked up. The south -- bound express on the Flint & Pere Mar- quette road, which goes over the Lake Shore- . tracks to the Union depot, came through, the tunnel immediately after the Lake Shore train, and plunged into the rear coach. The Lake Shore train was vestibuled, but an ordinary coach for the accommoda- tion of way passengers was attached to the rear, and it was that one that suffered. The F. & P. M. engine ploughed itsway through the coach until the pilot was, more - than midway. The seats andefloors were: torn up and the unfortueate passengers, bruised and maimed, were also badly scalded by escaping steam front the beckon. pipes. The crash is described by those who heard it as terrific, and was followed by screams / of agony from the wounded. The time of arrival of theF. & P. M. train is 4.53 ; that of the Lake Shore train 4.55, thus giving: but two minutes between them. The former train seems to have been a couple of minutes behind time. From the list of casualties so far reported it appears that one woman and her infant were killed in- stantly, that some three or four received." injuries which will probably result fatally, and that some 18 persons were more or less - severely hurt. DOWN ON HOME RULE. Balfour Swears Ireland Will Never Have, a Parmement. A Glasgow cable says: Mr. Balfour was the first speaker at a Conservative meeting held here to -day. He declared very posi— tively that Ireland would never attain her desire to have a Parliament sit in Dublin. The differences which separate the Conser- vative and Liberal parties are more profound at the present time, he declared, than they have been before in the memory of two gen- erations of British statesmen. Before the last five years the Unionists had had to, fight for principles which heretofore had been supposed to be under the guardian- ship of both parties. The Unionists would ever be found on the side of order and loyalty. They wouldfdeal with crime promptly and effectively. They - believed that society was founded on certain principles of law and morality, and that if ' in obedience to political inducements they relaxed their hold on these principles, they would do the country the most profound in- jury. Mr. Balfour said that whatever the success of the Government's policy in Ire- land, it, at any event, had been a 'sincere - policy. The first duty of the Government was to see that the laws were obeyed; and by wise administration and a lavish expen- diture of money to endeavor to increase the happiness of the people in every part of Her Majesty's dominions. In conclusion Mr. Balfour declared that no matter what the future might bring forth, it , would never. bring Horne Rule to Ireland. THE ItENZINE EXPLODED And Two Deaths from Burning are tft R A New York despatch says : Minnie Hoffman and her 2-year.old son Willie were, - probably fatally burned last, night in her ' husband's paintshop. In measuring some benzine for a customer, Mrs. Hoffman stood close to a lighted gas -jet and the vapor ignited. An explosion followed, and the woman was thrown violently back, her clothing all afire. Burning benezine ran in every direction, and soon the store wag a , seething furnace. Willie, two years old, stood at his mother's side. She picked him up and ran from the etore. A fireman pur- sued and overtook the flame -wrapped mother and child, and, throwing a coat about them, extinguished the flames. They were removed to Bellevue hospital in a critical condition. Mrs. Roffman has eince died, and the boy is not expected to live till morning. The cheapest rate of postage in Europe is that ef France. The fine home which Mrs. Chandler, widow of the Michigan Senator, has busit in Washington will be one of the show ' places of the capital. It has cost $150,000 • exclusive of the decorations. There are 10,000 children in Chicago un. able to attend school becauee of ineufficient clothing Mrs. Harriet Venetia is the Chicago woman chosen to write the:, peent:forethe fain