' FORTY-THIRD YEAR. A Wave of Bloodshed Sweeping With a Resistless Rush Over England. THE POLICE POWERLESS. An Epidemic of Burglary Also Wor rying the Detectives. MATTERS AKD MEN IN EUROPE. liord KackTille'a Explanation Printed It Fall Very Flnt The Toiles Exnlt Be ennee the Tarncll Fund in America is Growing Less Edward Harrlnjtton Sub jected to the Indignity of Having Ilia Luxuriant Mnstncfae Shaved Off The Queen ol Beleinm and Her Dnughtcr Embark in Business as Publishers of nn Aristocratic Magazine teleamcr Stew ards' Fees Denounced as Too Extor tionate. Harder is the fashionable thing just now in England. The success of the White chapel fiend in eluding detection has spurred many imitators on to emulate his awful crimes. As the police and detectives seem unable to obtain any clew to the per petrators, it is suggested that younc Britons be trained to tell the truth, so that when they do murder they may go straightway and tell of it. Tories are exulting because the Parnell fund in America is growing smaller. Sackville's defense admittedly weak. The Belgian Queen and her daugh ter go into business as publishers of a mag azine. BY CABLE TO Till: DISPATCH. London, January 12. It is sad to have to say so, but murder in its most unattrac tive shape is becoming positively fashionable on this island. Stories of wanton butchery come from every part of England to help the sale of the dull London papers and to increase the growing panic The British maiden is fairly hysterical, the matron is chronically faint, the steady Briton pain fully worried in his mind, while the citizen with tendencies not toward law-abiding gives daily evidence of the spirit of emula tion which fires him. That pat and favorite phrase of Toryism, "crime-ridden Ireland," it may be incident-' ally mentioned, is not quite as popular as it was, for Ireland, unlike England and Scotland, has yet to furnish an instance of a desire to outdo the Whitechapel fiend. The "Whitechapel murderer's exploits were promptly and universally credited to some foreigner, an American preferred, on the ground that the slaughter of defenseless women was incompatible with the noble in stincts of Englishmen; but this characteris tically British theory has been damaged by the readiness which the English mind has shown to imitate the "Whitechapel methods, and the American with the low-hat theory is being gradually abandoned. None Genuine Unless So Marked. A review of the list of crimes apparently founded on the "Whitechapel series would be useless. Though very imperfect imita tions, these crimes all recall those of "White chapel, through the unvarying success dis played by the murderers in keeping clear of the simple-minded English detectives. The man who strangled the woman at Poplar is still at liberty to plan improvements on his presumably first attempt So is the cow ardly brute who killed and mutilated the little boy at Havant, and the murderer who killed another boy, 7 years old, at Bradford, under such horrible circumstances, and a lot more. One murderer the police have got and they are very happy over it, though it is hard to tell why, for this murderer was only a weak-minded, self-styled artist, and gave himself up to the authorities volunta rily. This man brutally murdered his sweetheart, Emily Joy, and could give no better reason tor it than that a sudden im pulse came over him. He is not insane, and Miss Joy had given him nothing to complain of. To prove his original good faith, the young murderer, whose name is Jenkins, but who calls himself E. S. "Wheatcroft, M. R. S., produces a lengthy agreement, part of which runs as follows: A Crank in Every Line of It. Ebcnezer Samuel Wheatcroft, M. R. S. A., etc., December 1SSS: Miss Emily Joy I, the undersigned, asrree to marry Emily Joy at any time she may state. and I can farther state that X have a standing income besides my small capital, which amounts in cash to 500.10, and that I will swear I will never Rive said Mis Joy any reason to complain of any unhappiness. I will also state that since I have been with the said Miss Joy I have never been in company with any younc lady, and that I have never in my life wronged any young lady, and that 1 was never married daring my past life, and I agree to make said young lady happy all her life. All I have said I will swear to on oath. Ebenezeb Samuel Wheatcbokt, M. R. & A.. Artist This illustrates how useless a contract sometimes is. Another captured murderer is a Scotch peddler named Mackenzie, who relied on his wife not to accuse him, and took no pains to conceal his whereabouts. The poor woman, bearing in mind, perhaps, the habit which judges over here have of treating brutality to a wife as a very trifling offense, was several days in the hospital before she said that her husband had attempted upon ier the devilish "Whitechapel atrocities, which he had read about, and that it was only when frightened by the neighbors that he besan kicking and beating her to make it appear that nothing unusual was happening. Not Believed Cntll Dead. The hospital authorities, who had been treating the poor creature simply as in need of rest and freedom from kicks, had barely time to verily the truth of her statement be fore she died. It was found that she had suffered the most shocking mutilation. The good old theory that murder will out has suffered in reputation through the im munity of the "Whitechapel murderer, and now that all his humble imitators go free, the murder-will-out idea is abandoned, and the popular verdict has changed the saying to "murder will out, providing the murderer goes ,and tells the police about it." A great many believe that the crcat number of murr ders is largely due to the abolition of the j O- theory that a murderer is always discovered sooner or later, and that England is now suffering irom the development of all the murderous instincts which have been lying dormant through fear of the gallows. To add to the general disquiet, there is also a panic about burglars. These gentry have lately got into a bad way of shooting as well as robbing their clients, and these burglars have also been going scot free. Everybody is alarmed and busy increasing the alarm of his neighbors. A Great Ware of Bloodshed. The entire press, with singular unanimity, announces that a wave of bloodshed is pass ing over us. The Daily Ketcs, grown hys terical, says "the trap is always falling or ready to fall. No wonder Mr. Berry walks the streets with a swagger. He is the busiest of our public fun ctionaries. A strike of the hangman would paralyze our administra tive machine." Every one, of course, accuses everyone else of making things worse by sensational talk and loathsome details. The British father turns up numerously, as he always does, with a demand through the Times that every one shall be flogged, especially burglars, and that would deter them, and the police probably think, though they do not say, first catch your burglar. The only sound remedy would appear to be to culti vate truthfulness in the British child, so that when he grows np and murders, his early training will prompt him to go and tell the police about it An unhappy man is C. Shuckfath Dixon, who keeps a public house in "Whitechapel road, and is now passing through bank ruptcy because the "Whitechapel fiend frightened away his clients, consisting of "Whitechapel wretched women and their acquaintances. His place got a bad name because the murderer was supposed to have picked up one of his victims there. OUGHT TO SWELL 0UE PEIDE. An Amerlcnn Prima Donna Specially Favored by the British Koynlty. fBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 12. Mr. Blaine and Mr. Depew shed glory on their respective towns by knowing the Prince of "Wales, and now Geraldine TJlmar, the attractive young woman who does the high notes at the Savoy, has done as much and more for her town of Boston. Miss TJlmar saw the Pnnce and raised Blaine and Depew con siderably by seeing all the Prince's family, wife, boys and daughters. She saw them all Sunday evening and part of Monday morning at Lady Bandolph Churchill's dinner party and was favorably impressed The Prince's womenfolk, it seems, are very nice, and not above learning new points about singing negro songs, of which they arc fond. The Princess has a foreign accent which is pleasing, and takes a childish interest in finding out about things that happen on the stage. The daughters are jolly, and the oldest boy is not dull, as he is ordinarily described. The tact that an American should have been the first comic opera prima donna ever invited to join the quiet royal party and help royalty to sing negro songs of a Sunday night has filled many English comic opera breasts with rage. It should swell our national pride in propor tion. MUST HAVE HER CIGAEETTE. A Well-Known Englishwoman Whose Nerves Need Tobacco Smoke. BT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH. London, January 12. A society sheet accuses the Comtesse de Paris of smoking a short clay pipe, and not in private either, but as she drives about. This is probably one of the tales for which society sheets are famous. Cigarette smoking by women, however, is becoming more common every day in England, where it used to be con sidered an awful crime, and only yesterday I heard a certain well-known woman mourning because she had been over two weeks at a house where she could not smoke cigarettes after dinner without exciting comment, and had been troubled by her nerves in consequence. A YICT1M OF OPPRESSION. Edward Harrington's Jailers Shave Off His Luxuriant Mustache. IBY CABLE TO TIIE DISPATCH. London, January 12. Poor Edward Harrington has been the victim of oppres sion, both serious and ludicrous, because he refused to promise not to report any more speeches. He was sentenced to six months' hard labor, a brutal piece of tyranny, and then, to vent their spite, the authorities not only had his head shaved, but had him held by the warders while his mustache, the luxuriant growth of years, was taken off. This last outrage Harrington proposes to resent The law provides for cutting off the hair and beard, but Harrington declares his mustache is not his beard, and he means to prosecute the authorities for an assault WHY THE TOEIES LAUGH. They Rejoice to See the Slow Growth of the Parnell Fond In America. IBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 12. Irishmen in America ought to know that the Tories are exulting over the slow growth of the Parnell defense fund in America, and upon this the Tory papers base the assertion that the de cent Irish in the States see through the col lecting game by now and are tired of it. It is to be hoped that Irishmen in America will soon cause Parnell's andGladstone's enemies to give up the pleasing delusion that Irishmen at home are in the future to be leit without substantial encouragement from across the Atlantic DETERMINED TO GET THEIE MAN. A Wisconsin Officer Sails for England to Identify a Prisoner. London, January 12. The police au thorities to-day informed the magistrate at the Bow Street Court that an officer named Sangeroud sailed from New York to-day lor the purpose of identifying Johann Kuhne, who was arrested December 29, on board the steamer Lord Gough, from Philadelphia, on her arrival at Queenstown, charged with the murder at Primrose, "Wis., of William Christen, and who was arraigned yesterday on an extradition warrant Sheriff Estiss. of Dane county, Wisconsin, is conferring with the officials of Scotland Yard. NOT MUCH OF A PRODIGY. A Four-Year-Old Piano Flayer Who Can Play Only Chopin. TBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, January 12. Another juvenile prodigy has just made his debut at St Petersburg, but he hardly comes up to the average demanded of prodigies nowadays, He is already 4 years ot age and plays only Chopin, beside which his lather has to work the pedals for him, on account of the short ness of his legs. His name, which will keep him from being very well known, is Baoul Cocznlski. Waiting; Till TJnrrison Is Seated. London, January 12. The rumor that the Government will appoint a successor to Lord Sackville as Minister to the United States after the inauguration of President Harrison is confirmed. SACKVILLE'S DEFENSE. He Falterlnely Says He Thought He Was Doing What He'd a Right to Do His Government Not Censuring Him Generally Written an Ass. IBY CABLE TO THX DISPATCH. London, January 12. A parliamentary paper is issued to-day, publishing as much as is thoupht advisable of the correspondence relating to the Sackville matter. The inter esting fact is that Sackville, doubtless be cause of his respectable relations, isn't in the least censured by his Government a fact which makes little difference, since his country so unanimously pronounced him an ass. In his letter, Sackville defends him self in a weak kind of a way, as having thought his letter a private one, and as having done what he had a right to do. He also accused Mr. Bayard of unfairness, and declares that he did not at tempt to do away with the effect of bis letter, through the channel which gave it publica tion, namely, the press, as he knew that to contradict what newspaper reporters said would only get him into a disagreeable and unseemly controversy. Mr. Phelps figures in the light' of a peacemaker, expressing grief and sorrow all around, dilating at rather unnecessary length upoD the Irish vote and the struggle for its possession, and practically excusing Mr. Cleveland to Lord Salisbury on the ground that he had todo so to keep the Irishmen from abandoning bim, and so forth. The iunny thing is that both Sackville and Salisbury, instead of realizing that one is a fool and the other at best a tool's de fender, are inclined to take a high and mighty tone, half pugnacious and naif of injured innocence. Lord Salisbury de clines to accept the principle that the ac ceptance or retention of a Minister was a question solely to be determined by the Gov ernment to'which he was credited, either with or without the assignment of reason, and in support of his opinion quotes Lord Palmerston on the occasion of Sir Henry Bulwer's sudden dismissal from Madrid in 1848. The Foreign Office displays unusual en terprise by publishing a lac simile of the New York Tribune's iront page which con tained a reproduction ot Sackville's written exhibition of himself. AN AEISTOCEATIC TEXTURE. The Belgian Queen and Her Daughter Pnblishing a Magazine. BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 12. Maria Henrietta, Queen of the Belgians, has gone in for editing, like Miss Cleveland and other dis tinguished women before her. She and her youngest daughter, Clementine, have just started a magazine of an inoffensive type, which is called La Jeune Fille. The idea is to keep young girh up in household matters. The Queen writes about the way to keep house, and theater criticisms, while her daughter, who signs herself Marthe D'Orey, does art and literature. Carmen Sylva, which is the nom de plume of the Queen of Boumania, has been engaged on the staff to write a poem for every number, and it is expected that Stephanie, the Crown Princess of Austria, will do the pictures. If the Archduchess Maria Valoya comes into the scheme, as is probable, this paper will be an altogether aristocratic affair. Their cnance of journalistic success, how ever, would have been very much better had they started a society paper and each engaged to write all they knew about her husband and his friends, the King of the Belgians and the Crown Prince of Austria being among the most notorious types of European royalty. FAITH IN THIETES' CANDLES Leads Four Russian Peasants to Commit a Useless Murder. rBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 12. A curiously un pleasant peasant superstition has just been revealed at a trial in Southern Bussia, which ended in the conviction of tour peasants for the murder of a girl 11 years old. The superstition recalls that about the thieves and the candle narrated in connec tion with the Whitechapel murders. These peasants, it seems, were believers in the superstition that candles made of human fat rendered the bearers invisible. To ob tain these articles they first attempted to murder a boy in the forest, next tried to kill an old peasant, thirdly a Bussian clergy man, and being disturbed on all three occa sions, at last succeeded in murdering Sukeria Cherkaschiua. With the fat from the child's body they made candles, and with their help attempted to commit robbery. The light of the candles betrayed them, which seems a singularly just happening, and on being arrested they confessed everything. The evidence in court showed the belief in the thieves' candles superstition to be very widespread in Bussia. ETICTED WITH TEOUBLE. Boiling Water, Pitchforks and the Knlfo Used by Irish Tenants. Bublin, January 12. A party of officers engaged in evicting a tenant named John Heany from his holding on the estate of Lord Lurgan, at Lurgan, County Armagh, to-day, met with a vigorous resistance, the inmates of the house assailing them with boiling water and pitchforks. A bailiff was stabbed and Lord Lurgan 's agent and a policeman were seriously injured. The riot act was read, when a number of arrests were made. Heany is a prominent member of the National League. Father Marriman, a priest of Castle Connell, County Limerick, has received three summonses to appear in court to an swer charges of inciting tenants to commit outrages. Mr. Daly, proprietor of the Connaught leiegrapn, nas receivea tnree summonses under the crimes act, for pub lishing articles calculated to incite the peo ple to commit crime. NO WASP BEAUTY NEED APPLY. A Prlzo of 200 to be Awarded to a Modern Venus of Dlilo. fBY CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH.'' London, January 12. A man who makes soap and advertises very largely is organiz ing a beauty show lor next June. The ad vertisement promises to be successful, and there is one grand feature which will recom mend itself to sensible folk, namely, no wasp-like beauty need apply, and a good old-fashioned Venus-of-Milt shape will not prevent the modern Venus from getting 200, the first prize. Boyal Academicians will select 30 beauties to compete, and the public will ballot for the best of them all. BTEAMEE STEWAEDS UNDEE FIRE. A Crnsade Against Their Extortion Breaks Ont In the Newspapers. TOY CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH.! London, January 12. A crusade has broken out in the newspapers against fees paid to the stewards on the trans-Atlantic ships. Excited correspondents are very nu merous who tell how much they had to p3V for having things brought kto them in their cabin, and for having their wires looked after when they were ill. The companies are accused of underpay ing or not paying the stewards and so prac tically pocket the 10-shilling pieces extorted from their passengers. PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, T01AKETHEMWH0LE' Liquor Men Insist That the State Shall Eeimbnrse Them IF PEOHIBITJM IS TO PREVAIL. A Strong Effort to Continue the Soldiers Orphans' Schools. A YEET LONG SESSION EXPECTED.4 Department Employes Would like the rriTileges cf the State Library. , There is not much interest being taken at Harrisbnrg in the prohibition questionl There appears to be a movement on foot among the liquor dealers of the.State to in; sist that if prohibition becomes a law they shall be reimbursed by the State for the damage to their property and business. It is believed that the prohibition amendment will be submitted to the people with that understanding. FKOM A STAFF CORBESrONDENT.J Habbisbubg, January 12. Prohibition is not an exciting topic in and about the Capitol of the Commonwealth. Tha consti tutional amendment is hardly discussed by the legislators, and obtains more promi nence in the judicious hands of the corre spondents th.n the mouths of the Pennsyl vania lawmakers give it. It is a foregone conclusion that the pres ent Legislature will send the amendment to the sovereign people in the same form the last Legislature left it. The Republican party is pledged to this course, and the Ee publican leaders do not need to use a glass of any description to find their majority when it is wanted. Consequently ligugr dealers, distillers and brewers who hafb money to spend to fight prohibition will make no mistake in saving it to use later on where it will do the most good. The Republican members of the Legisla ture are by no meaus a unit in their advo cacy of prohibition, but the general feeling among them is that they are in honor bound to give the voters a chance to express thdr opinion on' the subject, and it is with the voters the liquor people must deal. The missionary work will probably begin imme diately nn the report of the constitutional amendment to the House for action, and tbe iorm it will take will probably be a demand for compensation for the property destroyed, should the people mako the measure a part of the State s organic law. It is not thought the Legislature is any more likely to give such a pledge this ses sion than it was the .previous one, but the voters will be given t understand that such compensation is demanded and expected and that should the amendment succeed at the polls the Legislature on which will de volve the duty of passing the laws necessary to make it effective will also be required to appropriate money to make good the losses of the liquor men. Such is the drift of the talk as drawn out by pointed questions put to some oi the old er members, not all of whom expect, a ma jority at the polls for a measure whose prin cipal ntility is thought by many of them to be in the line of clipping what the Brooks high license left of the wings of the Pro'.i- Dition party in tne ncystone fjtate. ?& S0LDIEES 0EPHANS SCHOOLS. Captain Billingsley Will See to it That Titer Are Continued. EFHOM A STAFF COMtESPONDENT.l Haebisbueg, January 12. The old soldier has already been made to under stand that patriotism is by no means dead in the Pennsylvania Legislature, and fresh evidence on the subject will be given him before tbe session ends. Captain Billingsley, of "Washington, is one wearer of the Grand Army buttons who thinks it too late in tbe day to close the soldiers orphans' schools of the State against the children of the veterans, and he is prepared to give substantial backing to his views. There are yet children to be educated whose fathers were as faithful to their country in its hour of peril as were the fathers of children who reflect honor on the State that saved them trom the alms bouses, and Captain Billingsley wants all to be treated alike. He thinks the number of schools can be reduced, the industrial features extended, and the schools continued lor some time yet as a credit to the great State that has led the Union in substantial tokens of gratitude to the old boys in blue. KAUFFMAN'S IDEA To Have an Early Report on Appropriation! Meeting With Favor. FBOMA STAFF COEBESPONDEKT. Haebisbueg, January 12. Representa tive Kauffman, of Lancaster, seems to have placed an idea before the Legislature that threatens to become popular. Members re maining here to-day expressed the opinion that something should be done to prevent the rushing throngh of appropriation meas ures, good, bad and indifferent, at the end of a session on the strength of the simple assertion that to endeavor to amend them so late is to kill them. A member of the Appropriation Commit tee expressed himself in lavorof some action in line with Mr. Kauffman's suggestion, his principal objection to which is the early date fixed for the report. Much of the talk heard to-day on the sub jectas to the effect that the idea of bring ing ttie appropriations more under the con trol of the House is a good one in the light of history. But if someone else had brought it up it wouia nave given greater pleasure. WANT SOMETHING TO EEAD. The Employes of the State Department De sire Access to the State Library. FBOM A STAFF COKBESPONDENT. HAEBISBUEG, January 12. Tbe em ployes of the various departments have been laboring along under a grievance that has become so heavy that they "have de termined to rid themselves of it if possible. The rules coverning the State Library pro vide that only the heads of departments and members ot the Legislature may take books therefrom, and so strictly does the Librarian adhere to the law, as laid down for his guidance, that it is said even the Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth couldn't have his order for books honored on a recent occasion when the Secretary was absent. To-day a petition was circulated in the departments and was generally signed by officers and employes. It asks the Legis lature to relax the rules and give the clerks a show for reading matter out of office hours. 0N'T ADJ0UEN UNTIL JUNE. A Long Session of tho Legislature Confi dently Predicted. IFBOM A STAFF COBBESPOKDENT. Haebisbueg, January 12. Senator Ru tan and ex-Speaker Graham agree that the session of the Legislature is quite likely to last until June. The spring elections and the inauguration of President Harrison will cause two adjournments of a week JAJSTUARY 13, 1889. each, and with these before them the mem bers are not apt to feel like making haste. These views are born of long years of ex perience with legislation and legislators. . WAEY FE0H1BITI0NISTS Will Take nothing- for Granted, Bat Will Watch nndWalt. tSPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. 3 Haebisbueg, January 12. The Pro hibitionists are everywhere getting ready to make a systematic, persistent and united effort to pass the amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors. It is almost universally conceded that the Legislature will stand by its action of two years ago and provide for the sub mission of the amendment to the people, bat some of the more cautious cold water advocates will not take anything for granted, and propose to have representatives sent here to watcu the progress of the amend ment so that no calamity befalls it. The formation of a State League of Pro hibition Clubs is one of the main agencies that will be employed to make the prohibi tory amendment a part of the Constitution. On Tuesday afternoon next Dauphin, Ches ter, Lancaster and other counties will be represented by Prohibitionists at a meeting to be held at Lancaster. The object of the conference is to lay the ground-work for a State League of Prohibition Clubs. On the 22d of February a convention of all kinds of temperance organizations will be held here for the purpose of making systematic preparation to win a majority of votes for the amendment. STOLE A BKICK HOUSE. A Kentucky Woman Robbed In a Queer Manner Her Loss tho Neighbors' Gain She's Glad That the Lot Was Not Taken Too. tSPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Louisville, Ky., January 12. Ahighly peculiar robbery was reported to the police to-day. Mrs. Jane Boss, a wealthy widow, who resides in Jefferson county, some dis tance from this city, is the complainant. She owns, or did own, a two-story brick building on Fifteenth street, between Kentucky and Prentice, This is that portion of the village known as "California," and is a very quiet suburb, inhabited mainly by working peo ple. The house had eight rooms, a nice stable and other outbuildings, and was valued by Mrs. Boss at about 52,500. A tenant moved out oi it one year ago, leaving it in fairly good repair, and, as the owner demanded a stiff rent, there has been no one living in it since. This did not trouble Mrs. Boss much, and. as she does not need money, it happened that she was never in terested in her property enough to pay it a yisit until yesterday. There are boys in the neighborhood, and these began a work of destruction by break ing the windows with stones. Then some body tore down and carried away the front fence. Perhaps other people concluded after this that the house was a stray one, for they tore down the stable and other out buildings. The shutters, doors, windows, floors, etc., next disappeared. "California" does not have many brick pavements, and an idea struck some of the people that these pavements were good things. This was why large loads of bricks began to leave the house, and in a short time all the neighbors had paved yards and sidewalks. The walls crumbled away and fell in, and in a short time scarcely a semblance of the house remained, however, and possibly few of those who were appropriating a few bricks at a time had any idea that they were committing a theft The owner came in yesterday io tee how her property was get ting along. After she had recovered from the shock she made inquiries of some of the neighbors, and learned what had become of her house. She knew she could make nothing by a prosecution, and took her loss coolly. Across the street is a sand pit. As she turned to leave she remarked: "Well, I'm glad my property wasn't over there, or they would have stolen the lot too." A BUCKEYE EPIDEMIC. Scarlot Fever, Diphtheria and Smallpox Raging in Small Towns. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH Columbus, January 12. Scarlet fever and diphtheria of the most malignant type are raging in many parts of Ohio. At New Holland these diseases are declared epi demic and the public schools have closed. At New Washington, Crawford county, in addition to these terrible scourges, smallpox is raging, there having been six cases and two deaths in une family alone. Often the little sufferers die before complaining much about sore throat. In other cases the disease, diphtheria, which appears to be the most fatal of the three, is accompanied with a high fever, utter prostration and delirium, sometimes for a week before death. Physicians differ as to the large number of cases now, but all agree that poor drainage and uncleanliness have a great deal to do with scourge. A REMARKABLE AUE0EA. Rochester Observers Witness a Phcnorae nnlly Beautiful Sight. Rochestee, N. T., January .12. A re markable aurora was observed here this evening at 7 o'clock. It consisted of a vast circle of white light, its center near the zenith and the circumference passing over tbe moon. Streamers reached up to it from the north. The diameter of the circle was about 75 degrees. At 7:45 a similar circle of shorter diameter lormed. It also passed across the moon. As the moon rose still higher another circle of still smaller dimensions, still pass ing over the moon center removing at zenith. The approach of the moon toward zenith seemed to regulate the size of the circle. The semi-diameter of the circle was on each occasion the distance from the zenith to the KEELY AGAIN IN C0UET. Tho Inventor's Attorney Arraigns the Con duct of a Judge. Philadelphia, January 12. The Su preme Court this afternoon heard argument in the habeas corpus proceedings by which John W. Keely, the inventor, iwas re leased from the county prison last Novem ber, after having been committed by Judge Finletter for alleged contempt of court in not obeying the order to exhibit and ex plain his motor to experts appointed by the Court at the request of counsel for Bennett O. Wilson, plaintiff in an injunction suit against Keely. Wayne MacVeagh, the counsel for Keely, in his argument to-day criticized Judge Finletter's judicial conduct in the case with most unsparing severity. Upon conclusion of the argument the matter was held under advisement. AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEAES. An Ohio Conplc With Eight Children to be Divorced. ISPEClAIi TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Akbon, O., January 12. A sensational divorce case filed to-day is that of Clara McAlpine against Zebulon McAlpine, tbe defendant being one of the largest land owners in Medina county, and the plaintiff a resident of Akron since separation from her husband. Charges of cruelty are nu merous. At one time the defendant, the petition says, seized a butcher kuife and was about to cut plaintiff's throat. At other times he threatened to shoot her. Ther have been married 25 years, and have eight children. J WEAVER'S A WIMEE. He Wore Out All Opposition, and Will Be Quietly Permitted TO CALL UP THE OKLAHOMA BILL. Republicans Confident of an Extra Session Being Called. A PINK AND WHITE DlNNEE PAETY. Dalzell's Christmas Girt to Veterans Causes Irouole at tbe Treasnrj. General Weaver's obstruction methods have succeeded, and an arrangement has been effected whereby the Oklahoma bill will be called up under a suspension of the rules. There is considerable talkof an extra session, which is confidently predicted. There are a number of claimants for the $14,000,000 Private Dalzell presented to the old soldiers as a Christmas gift. tSFECIAI. TELEGBAM TO THE DISFATCIM Washington, January 12. After a siege of ten days, during which the galleries have been emptied of visitors, and the floor of the House nothing but an nnceasing round of dilatory motions and roll calls, fili bustering has ceased and the business of the House began to proceed in the old way, with a look of serious purpose in it that it has not had previously this session. General Weaver has subsided. Thongh he defeated the most wily attempts of the Speaker and others yesterday to throw him off his guard and get the start of bim with other business, he cunningly met all the assaults and main tained his ground. THE HOUSE SUBPEISED. Everybody expected that the same tactics would exhaust the session of to-day and everybody was surprised, when after the reading of the journal, the obstinate Iowan sat silent in his seat. There was no demon stration when it was found that the famous deadlock was at an end, except a few hu morous remarks in undertones, from such perennial jokers as Tom Beed, and -the Speaker in a very commonplace manner be gan to clear his desk of a mass of matter that had accumulated dnring the deadlock. It isgenerally understood that this very pleas ing change in theconductof theHouseisdue to the fact that the persons against whom Mr. Weaver particularly directed his obstructive tactics, surrendered to him almost uncondi tionally, and that he has an understanding that the Oklahoma bill will be called up and treated fairly as soon as possible, under sus pension of the rules. MADE A COMPROMISE. The exact character of the arrangement is only known to the three or four parties to it, but whatever it is, it is perfectly satisfactory to Mr. Weaver. It is possible that some one of the opponents of the bill may filibuster against it when the attempt is made to get it up, and. therefore, it is probabletbat be fore that time the appropriation, river and harbor, and other important and indispensa ble bills will be got out of the way. Aside from these measures there will be very little legislation this session. The Re publicans are quite indifferent about the enactment of any laws on the side of the House which are absolutely necessaryas it is nearly certain that there, will be an early extra session. Very few of the members of that party oppose the extra session, and the information that come from Indianapolis on the subject indicates pretty clearly that President Harrison has made up his mind to call an extra session as soon as practica ble after his inauguration. PINK AND WHITE. Senator and Mrs. Stanford Give an Elaborate Dinner Party. SPECIAL TELIOBASI TO THE DI8PATCH. Washington, January 12. Senator and Mrs. Stan ford gave a magnificent dinner party last evening, the guests of honor be ing Secretary and Mrs. Whitney. The pre vailing colors of the table decorations were "pink and white, and the center piece of roses and lilies of the valley was flanked with high pots of roses in silver brocade bags tied with heavy cord. The candelabra held pink tapers with pink shades, and the corsage bouquets for the ladies were La France roses, tied with pink satin ribbons. The boutonniers were Parma violets and lilies of the valley, and the cloth was strewn with clove pinks. The place cards for the men were prettily inscribed parchments, and those for the ladies had California flowers painted in water colors upon rough-edged cardboard. Other guests were Postmaster General and Mrs. Dickinson, Senator and Mrs. Palmer, Justice and Mrs. Field, Justice Lamar, Senator and Mrs. Manderson and Secretary Bayard. DALZELL'S CHEISTMAS GIFT Being Eagerly Sought by Numbers of Old and Needy Soldiers. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO Till DISPATCH.! Washington, January 12. Among the myriad of letters received at the Treasury Department in regard to the Christmas gift of Private Dalzell was one received to-day from a soldier in Decatur, 111,, in which the writer states he understands that Private Dalzell has deposited $14,000,000 in the Treasury for the benefit of old soldiers, and he urges that the authorities of the Treasury remit to him his share as soon as possible, as he is much in need of it. If Dalzell makes his deposit of that amount the Treasury clerks will be set to work at once to calculate the pro rata share of each applicant and remit, but as yet no word of the deposit has been receivea at the department. CONTEADICTS THE PEIHA DONNA. Minister Yon Tnver bays Dl Mnrka Was Assisted by the Austrian Consul. SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO TBE DISPATCR.l Washington, January 12. Cheva lier Schmit Von Taver, the Austrian Minister, said to-day in regard to the alle gation of Madame Ilena di Murska, the prima donna, that the Austrian representa tives in this country had absolutely refused to assist her. "There is very little truth in the state ment. I was in Europe all last summer and I know of po appeal that has been made to our office in this city. I am acquainted with her case, however, and know personally that she received quite a sum of money from the Austrian representative in New York City." Harrison la Ilenrjr Clay's Carriage. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI8PATCH.1 Washington, D. C.,January 12. "The Father of Protection," as Henry Clay was called, was presented by his admirers with a carriage in 1833, during the excitement of the tariff. , This carriage is still in existence in Louisville, and has been prepared for use. A suggestion has been made to Chair man Britton, of the, Inauguration Commit tee, that it might be made a feature of the inauguration paiade, and will be used by the President-elect. Iron for PIttsbnrg'a New Fostofflee. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TBE DISPATCH. 1 Washington, D. O., January 12. It is anticipated at the office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury that within about a week or ten days invitations will be adver tised for proposals to construct the iron work of the new Government building in Pittsburg. -The Seavy has arrived at Balti more with a cargo of stone, and another vessel is on her way to the quarries to take in a cargo, as navigation is still open. COUNTY SEAT WAK. Two Men Killed and Many Injured by Deputy Sheriffs Officers Will bo Lynched if Not Kescned Tho State Troops Ordered to the Scene. SPECIAL TELXOBAlt TO TILE DISPATCH.1 Wichita, Kan., January 12. General Murray Meyers received a dispatch this morning from Governor Martin, informing him of a county seat war in Gay county be tween the towns ot Ingalls and Cimarron, and ordering him to proceed at once to the scene of trouble and restore order. Com panies A and H, of the State Guard, were ordered to be in readiness to move, and Gen eral Meyers, with the members of his staff, left at 5 o'clock, intending to take Company F, of Lamed, with him. Only the most meager reports could be ob tained, but late to-night a private dispatch was received which confirmed the wildest rumors. There has been trouble for a year over the election of the county "officers of Gray county. At the last election all the Ingalls men had been elected and commis sioned except Surveyor and Clerk. The commissioners refused to cauvass the vote until ordered to do so last Monday by the Supreme Court. In pursuance of this order three Deputy Sheriffs went to Cimarron to place N. F. Watson in charge of the office of Clerk, and also to take the records of the county to Ingalls. While thus engaged they were fired on by a mob of 300 Cimarron men and a bloody fight followed. The shots were returned with a vengeance, and when the firing ceased it was found that J. W. English, and J. Bliss, two prominent citizens of Cimar ron, were killed, and quite a nnmber wounded. George W. Bolds, a Deputy Sheriff, was shot in the leg, and Lemuel Breeks and C. Rothfelter, two other depu ties, received flesh wounds in the arm and head. The mob, infuriated by the death of English, charged upon the brick building in which were Watson and the deputies, and at last reports had them hemmed in and brisk firing was in progress between the two parties. Only the arrival ot soldiers can save the deputies from destruction. WOULDN'T DRINK UP HIS SALARY. A Fashionable. Chamnasne Boomer Saed for Not Spending; Money Freely. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. New Toek, January 12. Schreck & Co., wholesale liquor dealers of 37 Beaver street, have brought suit to -recover from Alfred Claggett $200 paid to him to boom a new champagne of which the complainants are the American agents. They say he did, not spend money as he agreed to. In the latter part of August Mr. Claggett came unsolicited, they say, to the office and offered to crack up their champagne among his "fashionable acquaintances" for a consideration. He told them that he used a large quantity of champagne daily, and found the expense a great burden. If ihey would pay his champagne bills he pro posed, so the lawyers said, to confine his purchases solely to their brand, and praise it in the fashionable circles in which he moved. When asked what these circles were he mentioned most of the big clubs, and among many personal names those of Jordan L. Mott, Mrs. Langtrv, the Vander bilts. Jay Gould and Mrs. Frank Leslie. Schreck & Co. investigated and found that Mr. Claggett's social connections were really likely to be advantageous to dealers in champagne. Thereupon they verbally contracted to pay him 550 a week, all of which, their lawyers say, was to be spent by him in purchasing the firm's brand of wine. He drew his salary regularly, but failed to spend any great amount of it for the firm's wine. Claggett's explanation is that few of the high-toned restaurants and bars which he patronizad had the wine for sale. EUNNING FK0M LYNCHING. The Colored Murderer of a Woman and Her Boy Obliged to Flee. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TBE DISPATUB.J Birmingham, Ala., January 12. A double murder was committed at about noon to-day at Praat's mines, six miles from this city, and if the murderer is caught it is doubtful if even Sheriff Smith and his posse will be able to prevent a lynching. Mrs. J. S. Eellan, wife of a machinist, and her 9-year-old son were murdered by a young ne gro whose name has not yet been learned Mrs. Kellan and her boy went out in the woods, a short distance from the house, to look for a milch cow. Meeting a negro man, they asked him if he bad seen anything of the animal. He replied that he had. and said: "Come with me and I will show you where the cow is." He led the way a short dis tance, going further into the dense woods. Then suddenly turning he struck Mrs. Eellan on the head with a large stick which he carried. She fell senseless to the groun. The boy started on a run toward home, screaming for help. He had gone only about 100 feet when the negro overtook him. With one blow with his stick he crushed in the boy's skull, killing him instantly. The boy's screams had been heard, however, and at the sight of a white man approaching the negro fled. As quickly as possible the bloodhounds kept at the mines for trailing escaped con victs were brought out and a party started on the trail of the negro. REPUBLICANS AHEAD. The Situation In West Virginia Seems Favorable to GofK SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Chaeleston, W. Va., January 12. At present the Republicans seem to have the best of the situation. The. Supreme Court to-day quashed the motion for a writ of pro hibition to restrain Judge Guthrie from going on with his mandamus proceedings against the Secretary Of State, and also de cided that Judge Campbell had no right to interfere with the Secretary of State in the discharge of his duties, unless some other heretofore unthought-of action is taken be fore the courts. The full returns will be laid before the Legislature in joint session, and it is presumable that the Republicans will promptly organize the Senate on Monday afternoon. This being the case Goff will have the majority on the face of the returns, and Judge Fleming's only hope will be in contest before the Legislature on the ground of illegal votes being cast. THE WHITE CAP LUNACY. It Has Attacked the Weak minded Id Suf folk County, New York. , SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. New Yobk, January 12. The White Cap mania has attacked several little towns in Suffolk county. In Flushing this notice has been served upon all members of a social club which meets between 1 and,5 o'clock every Friday morning: Headquarters WniTB Caps, I Flushing Division, No. 82. Special Order. Dear Sir Yon are hereby requested to re main at home with your family evenings, and stop visiting hotels, drinking whisky, and neg lecting your business, or take tbe lash. White Caps. ETVE GENTS MAFNE IS THE MAN. At letfVis What a Birr Mega- tio'u-, general Harrison. J VIRGINIA 1k HER DEMANDS And Baj3 the Appo?" Would Terrify Southern 1. .ocrats. &L& HISEECOED POINTED TO WITH PEIDE. Confederates Bale in tho Sonth, asi llihons b On ,' cl ue Honored. A large Virginia delegation visits the President-elect, and presents the claims of General Mahone to a seat in the Cabinet. Tbe ex-Senator is described in glowing terms as the savior of the Southern Repub licans. His political record is said to be without a parallel fn the country. General Harrison promises to carefully consider the matter. Indianapolis, January 12. This was Virginia day with the President-elect, his principal visitors being the large delegation of prominent Republicans from the ten Con gressional districts of Virginia, who came to urge the appointment ot General William Mahone to a place in the Cabinet. The delegation comprised the following gentle men: Judge Edmund Waddell, Jr., W. S. Lurly, H. De B. Clay, Asa Rogers, J. H. Stubbs, O. D. Foster. A. H. Lindsey, J. S. Smith, T. B. Taylor, J. S. Bethel, R. B. Berkeley, J. P. Proffit, D. H. Pannell, Hon. P. H. McCannell, J. S. Newman, B. T. Brayley, S. M. Meckle, D. A. Windsor. A. M. Dickinson, S. Brown Allen, and Hon. W. E. Craig. Tbey came as a delegation appointed by tbe Republican Committee of Virginia at its last meeting, on December 13, to convey to President-elect Harrison certain resolu tions aiiopted at that meeting in the inter est of the appointment of General Mahone. They also brought a memorial signed by the Republican members-elect of the Virginia Legislature to the same efiVct. The delega- tion organized this morning by electing Judee Edmund Waddell, Jr., of Richmond, as Chairman, and the selection of W. F. Craig, of Staunton, to present the resolu tions of the State Committee with an ap propriate speech to the President-elect, and Dr. J. B. Webb, one of the members of the Legislature from Rockingham county, to present the memorial from the Legislature. THE UNANIMOUS DESIRE. They were a fine looking body of men. It was 2 o'clock when they reached the Har rison residence, where the General received them in the back parlor. Judge Waddell introduced the membersand Colonel Craig presented the resolution. In his address to the President-elect Mr. Craig said they came by authority and appointment of the Republican party of Virginia, and for the best interest of that party, and not as advo cates of the personal claims of any man. That they asked the appointment of Gen eral Mahone to the Cabinet because that was the almost unanimous desire of the) party in Virginia, and because it would in sure Republican success, thereby invigorat ing the Republicans and striking tenor to their opponents. That if there was a Cabinet office given to the Southern States, Virginia should have it by reason of her past .prominent place in, the Union and of her present position as the' foremost State in the South. That all" efforts to break the solid South had tailed, and in fact, the Republican organization in Virginia was abandoned till in 1879, "Wil liam Mahone led the liberal movement, whereby over 50,000 ex-Confederates and their sons united with the faithful band of Eepublicans still existing, and for the first and only time' since the war broke the solid South lor four years, restoring free suffrage to the people of Virginia, abolishing the whipping post law, restoring the free school system,1 and more than doubling its efficiency", sup porting the charitable institutions of thu, State and taking from the jails the lunatics,', placing them in other institutions, building an asylum for the colored insane, and a collegiate institution for the colored youths, and increasing the Republican representa-J tion in Congress from two to six members. and electing two United States Senators. HIS SENATE EECOED. Colonel Craig urged that when, in 1881, the momentous responsibility was placed upon General Mahone in the Senate, he had the courage, in spite of Democratic anathemas, to save that body to the Re publican party of the nation. That Gen eral Mahone was the only prominent man South who dared lead such a movement; that now he has a party at his back eager and. confident of success, and that his record is without a parallel politically in the United States, where, in so short a time, he was followed from one party to another by 75,000 men. Such leadership alone, said the speaker, can break the solid South. That as in the North, the sentiment of the Federal sol diery controls political opinion, so does the sentiment of the ex-Confederate soldiery control it in the South, and what the South needs is a Mahone in every Southern State. As to the opposition against General Ma hone in Virginia, it practically amounted to nothing. That since the last National convention recognized the regular Republi can organization of the State, the most prominent leaders of the opposition submit ted thereto, and were now working in ac cord with the present organization. That the remnant left only exists by rea son of the prominence given them by the Democratic preu, and by tbe shadow of en couragement given them by some Northern Republicans who do not understand the sit uation in Virginia. Colonel Craig con cluded with a statement that at least 99 out of every 100 Republicans in old Virginia wanted to see General Mahone in the next Cabinet. CONSIDERATE, BUT SILENT. Dr. Webb then presented tbe memorial of the Republican members-elect of the Vir ginia Legislature. His remarks covered much the same ground as Colonel Craig's. General Harrison was an attentive listener to all that was said, and, after cordially welcoming the visitors ti his home and ex pressing his pleasure at meeting them, he, briefly stated, in substance, that the matte present should receive his careful consid eration. It cannot be learned from any of the visitors that the President-elect dropped -a single word of any significance as bearing1 upon the object of their visit. Captain Asa Rogers, Colonel De Clay and Messrs. Lnrty and McCaulI also made brief but earnest talks for General Mahone. Lurty is a cousin of Stonewall Jackson, and was in the Confederate army from the first month ot the war until its close. He was among the first Confederates to come over to the Republican party. The Vir ginians expressed themselves as greatly pleased with their visit, and especially their cordial reception by General Harrison. They left lor home by the evening train.1 THE CHEEKY YANKEES. ' A Score of American Fishing; Schooners In-1 side of the Limit. Halifax, January 12. A Shelburne dispatch says it is reported that a couple of dozen of American fishing vessels have been trawl fishing within a mile of McNutt' Island light, and inside the limit for over a week, and are there yet Local fishermen complain that this trawl-v lng win destroy tne snore fishing next- spring unless sioppea at once. djJlU&UAr '.Ji.,'StM.feLi-l'. jit:, ,A&&Bki iiUHL'tl-Miki Ma?. .Mi . i.cl&LM:.-.ftv, .-aftisvi