SPHYNX AND SHEIK Witness a Game of Baseball Played by Americans on the Sandv Desert A VERY DECIDED NOVELTY. Fearful Predictions Made by a Ger man Medico-Soothsayer. THE WAR-MAKER ONCE MORE AT WORK. Disrespect for .nnd Illaloynlty to tbc Qnrcn Sadly tprendlnjtTlip Young Kaiser En joying: Himself While Mourning I.nnncy Stealing Monarchy's Doom An Orielnnl Beamy Show to Open at Kicc Decoleito Drowses Must bo Worn nt the Queen's Drawing Hoom One Excused.NoExcuse for Others The Qoeen Adopts n. New nnd More Effective Economical Policy A Martyr to Cunrity as Needed by Moloj lini Islanders. Something new under the sun J The Ephysx witnesses a game of American base ball. Fire innings were played yesterday, not SOO yards from the base of that impene trable monument of ages, beside vhich the most important spectator was a Bedouin Sheik, -with his retinue. The Spalding party has had to forego a trip to the Holy Land and will play next, on the 24th, in Borne. The other cable news this morning is gossipy and readable. JBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.3 Caiko, .February 9. Copyrighted. The great American game was played to day for the first time on the burning plains of Egypt, under the gaze of the same 40 centuries which looked down upon Napo leon. The result was a triumph, in an ar tistic sense at least. The Spalding party arrived at Suez Thursday, debarked from the Salier and came directly to Cairo, where they arrived in the evening, It was impossible to arrange for a game yesterday, but this morning at 10 o'clock the whole party drew np in front of the Hotel d'Orient, the Chicagos mounted on donkeys, the Americans on camels, the ladies in carriages, and in this order started through the town, led by "Ward and Alison, the former from his high perch for once overtopping his rival. A detour brought the line to the house of the American Con sul General, Mr. Card well, who, in response to three cheers, addressed the party and re Viewed the parade. The Natives Paralyzed. The cavalcade then proceeded directly over the bridge Kasielnil and along the Nile to the Tillage of Ghiieh, through a double line of shouting and wondering natives, who were quite unable to make the affair out. At Ghizeh. it was found neces sary to answer the demands of the Americas for an exchange of the camels for the don keys of the Chicagos. Thus we finished the trip through a beautiful shaded avenue leading up to the pyramids, arriving at 2 o'clock. The party went at once to the Sphynx, the front of which monument was photographed, with the plavers scattered over the ancient dame's features in picturesque confusion. Three hundred yards north of the Sphvnx lies an open space in the desert, of sufficient size, and here the bases were hastily laid and game immediately called. Mr. Spald ing was the umpire. The place was a most picturesque one, fairly into the shadow of the great pyramid of Cheops, and with the other two in sight. Around about were half a dozen Bedouin villages, each on its oasis Shaded With Tall Palms. Prom these the natives flocked to the number of several hundred to see the game. Their exclamations as they squatted on the sand and observed the various maneuvers were most comical. They, a few English tourists, and our party were the only spec tators, save one. The most important per son present was Bedouin Sheik, who with his retinue surveyed the novel scene from a jigntfied distance. As a matter of course, Hcaly the Egyptian wonder, pitched. In the second inning, when he was hit by a pitched ball, the Sphynx, who witnessed the entire game, was observed to weep. She recovered her equanimity, however, when Healy recov ered his wind. The fielders and base run ners would have required the feet of camels to have made records on the sliding sands, but they played to win, and made quite a creditable show. Tener and Anson was thfe Chicago battery, and Healy and Earle the All-American. The score was: Chicagos 2 0 10 38 All-Americans 0 7 10 19 Considering the circumstances, the clubs did some.wonderful fielding. Again Under the Camera. After the game the party was again photo graphed at the foot of the pyramid of Cheops. Ward, Fogarty, Manning and Carroll afterward mounted the structure to the very top. The view was greatly ob structed by a dense mist almost obscuring the sun. The European agent, Sir. Parry, having arranged for a game at Home the 24th, it has been found necessary to abandon the trip to the Holy Land, greatly to the regret of all. It is expected now that we will leave Cairo on Monday, going to I&malia, and thence by canal to Port Said, where we take a German steamer for Brindisi. In the meantime an effort is being made to give a game before the Khedive. Everyone is in the best of health. A party of 30 American student tourists arrived last night and will go np the Nile next week. Among them were J.M. Buck Icy, of the Christian Advocate, New York, and Dr. Bancroft, or Phillips Academy, Exeter. David Dudley Field went up the Nile yesterday, accompanied by Mr. Scripps, of the Detroit ifetcs and several other papers. Tlio Very .Latest Syndicate. mv CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, February 9. The latest thing ' in syndicates is formed by a number of artists, who have combined for the purpose of buying up French plays and adapting . them to the English stage. A PEABFUL FUTUBE Foretold by n German Soothsayer He Talks of Coming Cycle of Vol canoes and Earthquakes, with Awful Incidental Storms Bonlnnccr'slProsramme. IBT CABLE TO TUE DISPATCH. London, February 9. A writer in a Paris newspaper has discovered that the name Boulanger does not, as is eenerally supposed, mean "baker," but has a more heroic derivation from two Greek words, meaning "will" and "messenger," from which the writer evolves the proposition that General Boulanger is the messenger of the will of the people. A more unpleasant person is one Dr. Schleider, of Berlin, who claims to have foretold, in 1887, the deaths of Emperors "William and Frederick. He has just published a ghastly horoscope of the present year. There is, of course, to be a sanguinary war, and the life of the present German Emperor is to be endangered, both in the months of April and May; but, like most prophets, he endeavors to make a mar gin for himself bv stating that the danger will be by a fall from his horse, an apoplec tic seizure or a wound. According to Schleider, trouble should have already occurred in France, and if he be not a false prophet it will not be longbe fore the United States declare war against Germany over the Samoan difficulty. These predictions are published prominently in the English newspapers, and have aroused the envy of the British soothsayer, who writes to-day that a volcanic cycle is due this year and another one next year. These are to be followed, in 1893. by an earth quake cycle, with a few cycles of storms thrown in by way of variety. General Boulanger has been having a quiet time in the South of France, but is once more in Paris. His house is crowded from morning till evening by all sorts and conditions of men, and the signs just now point to a movement in the Chamber in his favor. Political placemen appear to have finally satisfied themselves that Boulanger is a rising sun, and they are getting ready to worship it, Boulanger has obligingly confided his programme to an enterprising newspaper correspondent. It amounts, in brief, to a Boulangerized version of the American Constitution, with a ten-year Presidental term and a few variations thrown in to suit French tastes. TREASON IN THE AIR, Disrespect for the Queen Spreading In All Directions. PUT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, February 9. Witness was re cently borne in the columns of The DiS rATCH to the sad want of loyalty toward the Queen displayed by the writers of the Christmas pantomimes, which are still running at many of the London theaters. The contagion seems to have spread in all directions. At Padstow, a little town in Cornwall, the inhabitants, or some of them, recently laid the foundation stone of an obelisk to commemorate Her Majesty's jubi lee. On Thursday morning it was discov ered that the stone had been shifted from its position and the cavity beneath it robbed of a bottle full of jubilee coins, which had been deposited there for the information of after ages A man from New South "Wales, England's most flourishing colonv, writes to the Lon don newspapers, which have the temerity to publish his disloyal effusion, stating that when an Englishman arrives in the colony the first thing that strikes him is the terrible disloyalty to the British throne. The writer thinks this is quite natural, and adds to the measure of his offending by formulating a proposition -that there is no reason why-a lady who dwells in a palace 14,000 miles away should have any right to rule over grown-up men. TIC'S VIGOROUS ECONOMY. Ilrr Mnjcsty Now Proposes to Cnt Her Per sonal Expenses a Little. TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, February 9. Young Price Al bert "Victor has just made the discovery that he hasn't enough pocket money, and his father summoned his council, which met on Thursday to consider this distressing inti mation, and devise means for increasing the Prince of "Wales' income, in order to enable him to give his son a few more thousand yearly. The plan which found the most favor was to increase the rents of the tenants on the estates of the Duchy of Cornwall, but no decision was reached. The Prince and his councillors probably hope that the grav ity of the crisis will compel the Queen to hasten the scheme she is understood to have in hand for the benefit of Albert Victor and some others of her numerous grandchil dren. It is undeniable that her Majesty is still vigorously economizing, and the latest sug gestion is to reduce the number of the women of the bed chamber. There are at present eight of these mysterious individ ual Each one receives '$1,500 salary and certain perquisites forattending to the royal bed chamber 48 days in the year, and all of them are of the bluest blood of England's aristocracy. A GOOD TIME WHILE MOURNING. The Young German Emperor Finds Plenty to Amuse Him. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, February 9. The German Em peror is still crowding a good deal ot enjoy ment into his period of mourning. This week he gave an audience to the envoy from the Sultan of Morocco, who brought a mis cellaneous assortment of presents, consist ing of Arab horses, gold and velvet cloths, rich carpets and rifles. The Empress re ceived silk dresses, silk girdles and em broidered shoes, and the little Crown Prince was made proud and happy with a couple of ponies, a saber inlaid with gold, much taller than himself, and a gorgeous belt, Th e young Kaiser received the envoy seated on his throne and wearing all his imperial finery. Pretty speeches wereexchanged and the "envoy went away happy and decorated. The rest of the Emperor s time this week has been occupied with the details of Cap tain "Wissman's expedition to East Africa. The Kaiser himself has deigned to design the uniforms, and is as proud of them as a fashionable tailor of a well-dressed client. The officers will wear jackets and trousers of blue navy and serge, with badges and facings of the German colors. A MARTYR TO CHARITY. Heroic Father Damlen Slowly Dying of Leprosy at Molokal Islnnd. 1ST CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, February 9. There seems to be little doubt that poor Father Damien, the heroic priest who has voluntarily thrown In his lot with the lepers of Molokai Island, to which they are banished by the Hawaiian Government, is slowly dying of leprosy. Private letters recently received by his friends in London state that he appeared to be slightly better, owing to the application of the latest remedies known to science, but the improvement can be only transitory, and the news of his end may come at any mo ment. Worth Setting n. Net For. rnr cable to the dispatch. London, February 9. The greatest mat rimonial prize of the coming season will be Lord Ashton, who has just'attained his ma jority. He is said to be good-looking, has an income of between 30,000 and 40,000 a year, and has just had turned over to him his late father's personal estate, amounting to about 1,000,000. DECOLF.TTE DRESSES MOST HE WORN. An Insinuation That Will Canse Tjow-Neek . Gowns to be Cat Lower. IBT CABLE TO Till DISPATCH. London, February 9. The London news papers afforded funny reading this week. One unauthorized scribe announced that the Queen had been graciously pleased to enact that ladies appearing at the drawing rooms might in future wear low dress or high dress at their pleasure. The "news papers let loose upon the country a flood of fulsome editorials eulogizing Her Majesty's kindness of brain, and holding her up as a pattern to all other monarchs. The mature matrons and dignified dowagers who have constantly to attend state functions blessed the change, and even the fair debutmtcs set down for presentation at the drawing room to be held on the 26th instant ex pressed their gratification at the prospect of being permitted to guard their charms against the wintry blasts. The doctors alone abstained from joining in the general jubi lation. Alas, the scribe was imperfectly Inform ed, as well as unauthorized. Decollete costumes are still to be the rule and high necked frocks the exception. Exemptions will only be made upon a lormal applica tion to the Lord High Chamberlain, and upon the ground of advancing age, ill health or infirmity. High-necked dresses will henceforth provoke rude speculations as to ace or health, and are therefore irre trievably doomed. A few ancient dames past the age even of make-believe may defy the scorners, but more than this cannot be hoped for. Someof thenewspapers famed for detecting in everything that happens in these islands the hand of Joseph Chamberlain, announce that Mrs. Chamberlain has certain blem ishes on her neck and shoulders, and that a hint of this sad state of things having been conveyed to the Queen, an edict went forth by which the lady will be able to wear a dress which will hide her imperfections. The right honorable mugwump is without doubt in great favor just now, both at court and in society, but it is notorious that the influence of every politician in the country, with the whole ministry thrown in, would not suffice to move Que'en "Victoria to abate one jot of the rigid court etiquette in these matters. The Queen personally is supreme, and means to keep so. THE WAR-MAKER AT WORK. He Mngnlflcs a Trifling Incident Into Belli cose Proportions. TBT CABL TO THE DISPATCII. London, February 9. After a prolonged period of rest the manufacturer of war scan's is once more lifting his voice. Another Franco-German frontier incident has arisen. The Germans refused to allow a French army surgeon to visit his dying mother, and thereby outraged one of the most cherished sentiments of Frenchmen. The French colonels have been addressing manifestos to their men, and the German newspapers have been warning the Frenchmen to be careful, lest they get themselves into trouble. There is no personal reason to suppose that this incident will end more seriously than the dozens that have gone before it, but, meanwhile, it holds the field and gives the bellicose journalists a much-desired subject for warlike editorials. As is customary, the occurrence has brought fourth a batch of prophets whose predictions make some simple folks uneasy. AN ORIGINAL BEAUTY SHOW. Each Entry to Dnnce With All Comers Every Evening for Ilonrs. IBT CABLE TO TnK DISPATCH. London, February 9. A beauty show is to be opened at Nice, on the 16th of March, and it is likely to attract everybody who can get there. The beauties are to parade in the Municipal Casino every evening, and are expected to dance with all comers until the small hours of the morning. Among the regulations is one which vis itors will do well to bear in mind. Every body must be in evening dress, and all the ladies who do not wear a domino will be re garded as competitors. DROPPED OUT OP SIGHT. SIgnor Mazzncnto Mysteriously Disappears From the Blmlc World. fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.J London, February 9. The artistic world is troubled over the disappearanccof Signor Mazzucato, to whom was intrusted the Italian version of "Wagner's "Meister singer," which is to be produced in London the coming season. Strenuous efforts have been made to dis cover his whereabouts, but without success, He is supposed to have retired to some se questered spot, where he will be free from worry and allowed to complete his task in peace. A CRASH BOUND TO COME. All Sorts of Ventures BelngBoomcd by Joint Stock Companies. tBV CABLE TO THE DISrATCU.l London, February 9. A joint-stock-company boom is just now flourishing with phenomenal luxuriance, and all sorts of ventures, good, bad and indifferent, are being taken np by the public with ludicrous avidity. The aggregate capital of the new companies registered averages 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 weekly, and the promoters are waxing fat, A crash is bound to come, and cool-headed observers declare that it is not far off. MONARCHY'S DOOM SEALED. Closo Intermarringo la Royal Families Cnuslng an Increase of Lunacy. TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1 London, February 9. One of the finan cial journals has made the alarming discov ery that monarchy in Europe is in danger of dying out, owing to the increase of luna cy in the royal families. 'This paper says more than 20 princes and princesses have been under medical treat ment for mental disease, and the number displays a tendency to rapid increase. The trouble is attributed to close intermarriage. KESNA'S IIOPES STILL HIGH, Notwithstanding the Fact That He Lost One More Vote. rSFECXAL TELECBAU TO THE DI8PATCH.1 Chakleston, W. Va., February 9. Two ballots were taken to-day for a United States Senator with no election and no change save that Delegate Ford, of .Raleigh county, who heretofore has been voting for Kenna, left him and cast his vote for George E. Price. Henna's opponents hail his ac cession with delight, but for some reason the Kenna people arc mysteriously san guine. A Democratic Senator, who is a strong Kenna man, said an election would be secured Monday, or not later than Tues day. When asked if Republican aid was antici pated he emphatically said no, but threw out intimations that the aid would come from a source not expected. "When asked if it related in any manner to Dorr, he became as dumb as an oyster. The Union Labor men,Carr, Horr and Kirk, still vote for men within the ranks ot their party; their vote being cast to-day in each ballot for George W. Hayes. HUNGER OR HYSTERIA General Warner Makes Some Start ling Disclosures About A SDPPKESSED OFFICIAL BEPQRT On the Terrible Abuses Existing in the Management of THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS' SCHOOLS Borne Physicians ittribnte the Epidemic to a Lack cf Will Power. General "Wagner, formerly inspector of the soldiers orphans' schools of the State, makes some startling disclosures in regard to their management. He asserts that his last official report was suppressed by promi nent officials. He has now sent copies of the report to all the State legislators. His description of the McAllisterville school, and the condition of the inmntes is simply terrible. He says the children were not properly fed, but several physicians say the trouble at the school is an epidemic of hysteria, but fail to state what caused it. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCR.. Philadelphia, February 9. The pe culiar malady prevalent among the boys of the McAllisterville Soldiers Orphans' School was this morning brought to the at tention of General Louis "Wagner, who was at one time an Inspector of the Soldiers orphans' Schools of Pennsylvania. "I don't know the cause of the trouble," he said, "but possibly a want of proper care in the management of the boys may have something to do with it. The McAllister ville school is unquestionably one of the very worst of the soldiers orphans' schools in the State. All of the schools in which ex-State Senator George "W. "Wright is in terested have been badly managed. Every department was stinted in the interest of the most rigid economy. The result was that the children were improperly fed and poorly clothed." ROOM TOR BEFORM. Some years ago General "Wagner visited the school and made a report to Governor Puttison. This is a summary of his inspec tion: The laundry arrangements, boys' dormitory and lavatory are very unsatisfactory. The closets are in had condition. There are no bath tubs or night gowns, and the boys" cloth ing is in bad condition. The boys are not clean, remains of sore eyes are visible, coughs are manifest, and the institution is overcrowded. This exposure stirred up the management and caused it to introduce some reforms. As a result, when General "Wagner again vis ited McAllisterville on January 10 and 11, 1887, he found some things greatly im proved. He, however, discovtred that ''all the dormitories were without heat, a serious difficulty, no doubt causing suffering from cold, and in the boys' dormitories, In the old building, producing a condition of tem perature, by reason of closed windows, al- -most nauseating." "The boys' laboratory And -playrooms," he added, "continue bad as heretofore." This report, which also included numer ous criticisms on the general management of the soldiers orphans' schools in the State, was never published, having been suppressed, it is said, by Superintendent Higbee. A SUPPEESSED REPORT. General "Wngner is, however, determined that it shall enjoy the light of publicity, and to that end has sent a copy to each member of the Senate and the House of the Legislature, accompanied by au explana tory communication. In this he reminds the General Assembly of the joint resolu tion of thanks which it adopted in 1887 in recognition of his services as inspector of the soldiers orphans' schools, a position which he filled until called away by his appointment as Director of Public "Works of Philadelphia. "My final report as inspector," continues 'General "Wagner in his communication "was presented in April, 1887, but was never pub lished, having been suppressed by the Superintendent of those schools. In view of the fact that the subject of the care of the soldiers' orphans is engaging yonrattention, and that efforts are being made to continue them beyond the time now fixed bylaw, and as my report may contain certain informa tion useful in consideration of this subject, I have the honor to forward a copy of the report with the request that it be referred to the committee having charge of the sub ject." The McAllisterville school contains abont 130 boys and 90 girls. Dr. Horatio G. "Wood, of the University of Pennsylvania, thinks that the hoys are troubled with hysteria. HTSIEEIA OB HUNGER. . "One child," he adds, "imitates the nervous movements of the other uncon sciously. It is like a person yawning in a crowded room, when every other person yawns. A person need not yawn if will power is asserted, and by the exercise of sufficient will power these children can stop their strange actions. "When an outbreak of hysteria occurred in an Episcopal Church home a few years ago, a few of its children were sent to the University Hospital. They constantly imitated each other, but they were cured in a simple way. "Food was kept from one child until she was hungry. She was then given all she wanted to eat. Then with the others looking on sufficient ether was given to the girl until she was made very sick and vomited. They were then given to understand that if they didn't 6top their;mimeiic actions they would be treated like the sick girl, and the treat ment would be repeated every day until they were cured. The girls were soon cured." Dr. Thomas G. Morton coincided with these views. "The published accounts," said Dr. Charles K. Mills, 'tare not sufficiently ex act to enable one to say positively as to the character of the outbreak in the school at McAllisterville, but it seems in all prob ability that the trouble is one of the forms of epidemic hysterics or hysterical insani ty. Such disorders are well known to those who have studied nervous diseases. Such outbreaks have not been very common in this country, but they have occurred and in recent years." SANK WITH EIGET MEN. The Ocean Brig Florence, Laden With Iron, Given np as Lost. New York, February 9. The New York agents of the brig Florence, which left this port on 'November 15, bound for Galveston, w h a cargo of iron, have received word from that port that she has been given up as lost fh the great gale of November 29 and 30, The brig was' in command of Captain Atkins, of Milton, Del., and had a crew ot eight men. MBS CfflJECH'S-CliAEGES. F Second Day of I ho Celebrated Colnrabns Divorce Trial Colonel Chnrch Was Cruel in Carrying the Smaller Valise From the Train. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.V Columbus, O., February 9. Interest in the Church divorce case continued to-day, and the courtroom was crowded by specta tors, a large per cent of jvhom were ladies. MrsJ John Joyce, the mother of the plain tiff, was on the stand, and. her cross-exami nation continued. It was developed by the cross-examination that Mr. Church spent about 52,200 a year for the support tf his family, while he was supposed to be receiv ing only about that much salary. One of the principal features developed by Mrs. Joyce's testimony was the im pecunious condition of Mr. Church at the time he married her daughter. After the marriage they had learned that he had come tothemburdenedwith debts rather than hav ing anything with which to Support a wife. She said her daughter had been obliged to economize during the early part of her mar red life in order to pay for the engagement ring and other presents made to her by her husband; that they (the Joyces) were ashamed and mortified to find out, after parading before their neighbors with an ele gant wedding, that Colonel Church did not own the clothes on his back. He had bor rowed $500 from one place and 5300 from another, which was used in providing an elaborate reception and supper after the wedding. Annie Mooney, who was a nurse in the Chnrch family, was the next witness, and testified to the intimacief existing between Colonel Church and Teresa Schirtzinger, during Mrs. Church's absence at Atlantic City. This was offered in support of the story told by Mrs. Church to her people, and" which was related by Mrs. Joyce on the stand. Miss Frances Joyce, sister of the plaintiff, was the next, witness, and testified to what she considered acts of cruelty practiced by Colonel Church toward his wife at their home, as well as on a trip Fast and through the Northwest, on both of which occasions the witness accompanied them. These all-ged cruel acts were harsh and unbecom ing language; compelling her to carry a large satchel from the train while he car ried a small one, and his failure to secure a physician one day when she had a fainting spell. The cross-examination of Miss Joyce will be resumed Monday morning. THAT SAMOAN BATTLE. An Impartial Account of the Affray From One Who Was There The Ger man Party Commenced the Fir ing Looking to Amerlcn. San Fbancisco, February 9. A Ha waiian paper, which has been received here contains an account of the recent battle be tween the Germans and natives at Samoa, written ' by Hiram Kaumialli, a native Hawaiian, whi is located in Apia, and who witnessed the battle. The Lower States natives were prepared for the attack, as they had heard that -the Germans had formed a Elan to capture King Mataafa and carry im off. When the German boats tp proached the shore, the'natives hailed them, but the only answer they received was the cracking of shots from the revolver of a chief from Savoy named Sua Washit, and immediately the battle beean. Firing commenced at 6 o'clock in the morning and continued until 'J. Then the bodies of the dead and wounded were seen scattered about on the shore. On Mataafa's side 7 were killed and 31 wounded during the principal battle. After this fight Ger man spy glasses were directed on shore and 8 Samoans were seen around a fire. A shell was immediately fired among these people and when it burst it killed 7, making a total loss to the natives of 14. On the German side, 21 were killed, and among these 6 had their heads cut off and their bodies buried separately. The num ber of the wounded was 43. Tamasese did not come out, the path on which he was ex pected being obstructed. The Germans set fire to Samoan houses. The letter, which is written under date of January 1, continues: It is now said that the German war ships are going to Tutuila, where the United States coaling station is located, to shell the houses, and that when that is done they are going over to Savoy to burn it. American war power is very strong, and if the British was like it this war in Samoa would soon cease. Mataafa has sent ICO soldiers to keep the peace on lands owned by the Germans to prevent mischief by natives in taking bread, fruits, cocoanuts. etc The principal occupation of Tutuila people now is building forts. WILL A'OT GO BACK AM MORE. Mr. Fhelps Says He is Home From England for Good and All. New Yobk, February 9. Minister Phelps received a reporter at the Bucking ham Hotel this evening. He said he was glad to get back, and would go to "Wash ington in a week or fen days. When asked if he had come here to resign, he replied: No; 1 came on a leave of absence, and ex pect to resign only on the coming in of the new administration. Do you expect to go back to England again? Not officially. But what if President Harrison should reap point you? Oh, that is Inconceivable. Mr. Phelps begged to be excused from speaking about the Sackville-West affair and the-Samoan imbroglio, or of expressing any personal opinion of the .English people. He said he had been courteously treated in all his official transactions with England and appreciated the hospitality extended him. What is your opinion on the Parnell-JVmes commission; In reply he drew a long breath and said: I had intended to listen to the proceedings'in the cape, but I was too busy at the tiraotlio inquiry began. In my mind tlicro is not near as much interest manifested in the case abroad as there is here. In fact it is not much talked of there. What will be the outcome in the matter? The general opinion prevailing is that the Court will be led by the evidence. Have you declined the Presidency of Colum bia College? I have neyer been offered it. THE TKDE LIGHTS. ' A New Iteligions Sect Which Believes In Three Henvens. Charleston, February 9. Some excite ment has been caused in the middle comities of the State by the advent of a new religious secti whose apostles have started out on a crusade. Apostle Jenkins explains the new creed as follows: They believe in three heavens and three hells. Life on earth is both heaven No. 1 and hell No. 1. Then there is a hell and a heaven where people, or rather their souls, stay between death and judgment, and then a permanent heaven and hell. Their views as to creation, as set forth by Mr. Jenkins, is rather novel. He cited the first chapter of St. John to prove that Jesus Christ was present at the creation. He said that Jesus and God were the only two beings who could create something from nothing. The devil came from space, which was never created, nor had it a beginning. The beginning of creation was for the bene fit of God's offspring. The souls of men, which were not created by hinf, had em bryonic existence in God. Apostle Jenkins is from North Carolina. His sect is known as "The True Lights." He says there are abont 200 True Lights in this State and a few in North Carolina and Georgia. HIS NAME IS DENNIS. Civil Service Commissioner Edgerton Fired by Cleveland for CURSING CIVIL. SERVICE REFORM, And to Make Boom for the President's Particular Friend, HUGHS. THOMPSOiV.OFSOUTHCAROLINA. Edfferton Bays He Will Fieht CltMlind Till Hides Freezes Oier. President Cleveland has summarily bounced Civil Service Commissioner Edger ton and nominated Hngh S. Thompson for the position. Judge Edgerton refused to re sign. He is full of fight, calls Cleveland the Prince of Mugwumps, and makes some very naughty threats. The nominee at present holds a position, a Government clerkship, and has some relatives he would like to assist to official positions. Edgerton asserts that Thompson's nomination will not be confirmed. rsrECIAL TILIQEAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! Washington, February 9. Civil Service Commissioner Edgcrton's name is Dennis. Nearly ever since his appoint ment he has been cursing civil service re form. He has done this openly and boldly, and yet Until these last days of the admin istration of Mr. Cleveland no word of re proof has ever come to him from the White House, until yesterday, when he was per emptorily asked to resign. HeVefused, and to-day he was removed. Judge Edgerton is nearly 70 years old, but he is straight as an arrow, active, keen, aggressive. No more familiar form is seen in the rotunda of.Willard's than that of Judge Edgerton, with his white hair, his antique plug hat set jauntily on one side, always puffing away at a fine imported cigar and showing up the iniquity and humbug of civil service reform to any who will listen to him. He has constantly made it hot for Commissioners Lyman and Ober ly in the councils of the Commission, and his opposition to the system which he was appointed to further and support was the cause of the desire of "Bishop" Oberly to leave the Commission, and of his transfer to the Indian office. HE DESPISED THE PRESIDENT. Since the elections Edgerton "has permit ted Lyman, the Republican of the Commis sion, to conduct the office; has been almost constantly absent, and yet has refused to re sign simply because he despised the Presi dent and did not wish to give him the op portunity to appoint a Democrat to succeed him. The law provides that the commis sion shall be composed of two members of the dominant and one of the minority party. If Judge Edgerton had been allowed to hold his office until the 4th of March, his place would have been filled by the new President. As the matter stands, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Hugh S. Thompson, of South Carolina, a fast friend of the Presi dent, appointed to succeed Edgerton, will probably be permitted to remain under President Harrison as the Democrat of the commission. He is handsome and popular and he is probably as sincere in his devo tion to civil service reform as any other Democrat who would be selected. Certainly he will not fight the idea tooth and nail, as Edgerton has been doing. He was the au thor of the resolution adopted by the State Convention of South Carolina in 18S5, com mending the course of the President in re gard to civil service reform, but that was a mere matter of form, as all conventions at the tjme were adopting laudatory resolu tions of Cleveland. THE SALARY AN OBJECT. Mr. Thompson is not a rich man, and he is said to be indolent. The salary of a Civil Service Commissioner is only 53,000 a rar, but even this is an object to the Lath Carolinian, and the place is the more ac ceptable as he has members of his family in good positions under the Government, and if he be allowed to remain himself he can probably prevent their heads from rolling in the basket. He had not been in his place in the Treasury Department a month until he asked for the appointment of his son to a iat position. This was refused by the Sec retary because it would not look well, and the young man was placed in the Pension Office. Here he was rapidly promoted from a small salary to one of the be3t paid posi tions in the office, over the heads of old soldiers who had seen long service in the bureau. But it is alleged that Mr. Thomp son is a stanch and true civil service re former after he gets outside the circle of his own relations. As for Judge Edgerton, his vote is for war. He is almost as vigorous in his choice of words as "Bishop" Oberly, and he declares he will "fight Cleveland, the prince of Mugwumps, till hades freezes over, and then fight him on the ice." Popularly speaking, the appoinment of Thompson is looked on more as a scheme to provide a place lor a particular friend of the President and of Secretary Fairchild than to advance the principle of civil ser vice reform. nE wouldn't besion. Judge Edgerton was at the Capitol this atternoon. He says that he liau received no intimation from the President of an in tention to remove him from the office until yesterday, when he called at the White House. The President then requested him to resign his office in order that it might be filled by Mr. Thompson. The President said that there was little hope of securing the place for Mr. Thompson as long as -there was no suitable vacancy on the commission. Mr. Edgerton, however, promptly de clined to resign, holding that his resigna tion would not be politic, creditable to him self or calculated to help any other person, intimating that Mr. Thompson could not be confi'med if nominated. Of course the President might exercise his prerogative if he saw fit. The President did see fit, and when Edgerton reached his office this morning he found the following letter awaiting him: Executive Mansion, Washington, February 9. Hon. A. P. Edgertou: Sear Sir You are hereby removed from the office of United States Civil 8ervice Com missioner. Giiover Cleveland. A STRAIGHT-OUT DEMOCRAT. "When the news was communicated to the remaining Commissioner, Mr. Lyman, that officer was surprised and lound himself in a predicament, as he was by no means satisfied that he had authority single-handed to dis charge the formal duties of the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Edgerton says that he cannot recall any differences with the Presi dent during his "term of office except those growing out of what be ascribes as "the fact that the President is the first mugwump in the land, while I am a straight-out Demo crat." He intends to write a letter to the President in a day or two acknowledging the receipt of his notice of removal, and perhaps adding-an expression of his opinion upon the President's course in the matter. The President to-day sent 'the following nomination to the Senate: Hugh S. Thompson, of South Carolina, to be United States Civil Service Commis sioner in place of Alfred P. Edgerton, removed. WANT IT EEPMLED. Manufacturers Object to the Law Prohibit ing Them From Insuring In Their Own Mutual Insurance Companies. fSFXCLir. TELiQRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Philadelphia, February 9. A meet ing looking to the repeal of, or amending of, the act passed by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in 1887, prohibiting the man ufacturers from insuring in their own mutual companies, was held to-day at Mayor Fitler's office. At the request of His Honor some of the leading manufac turers of Philadelphia, together with the local members of the Legislature attended. The Mayor presided, and stated in sub stance that the act of 1887 discriminated in. a most unjust manuer against the manufact urers of Pennsylvania by preventing them under penalty of fine and imprisonment from insuring their factories or mills in any companies other than those incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania. He claimed that the manufacturers, who were formerly compelled to pay 4 per cent for in surance, can now insure for 1 per cent, and with less risk of loss. He added: The mutual companies are not new; thev have been in existence for years, and until 18S7 bad been exempt from all restriction. The ace passed in that year, however, prevents us from insuring fn them until we have exhausted all the ordinary companies incorporated under the State law. This we regard as an nnjnst and unwise discrimination. We onght to be allowed to go where wo can do best, where1 we can eet thelowest ratesand the ercatest protection. The act of 18S7 creates a monopoly among the in surance companies operating under the laws of the State. This should not be. If this law is permitted to stand I will have to pay yearly for insurance on my factory property from 515,000 to $20,000 a year more than I am now paying. Is that right? I say no. The manu facturer ought to be protected. Pennsylvania can't afford to discriminate in a matter so im portant. John H. Converse, of the Baldwin Loco motive Works, spoke of the superiority of the mutual plan ot insurance over the ordi nary system, stating among other things that while it formerly cost the Baldwin Locomotive Works 512,000 a year to insure its property, it now costs them but 2,000. This, too, with better safeguards from fire. Other manufacturers spoke in a similar strain. The members of the Philadelphia delega tion listened attentively and wilj caucus at Harrisburg on Wednesday to frame a meas ure of relief for the manufacturers. Sena tor Grady stated that the obnoxious law was the result of a misunderstanding. The Leg islature did not properly understand it be cause it was rushed through during the closing days of the session. He appreciated the injustice it worked, and was willing to do all he could to remedy the delect. Others said the same. TEE ELEIIORIf STEIKE 0VEK. Coal Miner Will Iterant to Worn at the Old Prices. rSFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCIT.l CnABLESTON, W. Va., February 9.-The strike which has been on in the Elkhorn mining region of Mercer and McDowell counties, of this State, for nearly a month-, has been declared off. A special from Bramwell says: "The miners of Bluestone had a meeting on the eve of the 8th, and they unanimously decided to go to work at the price heretofore paid, 75c, and 92 cubic feet as a basis of the cars, which the opera tors of Bluestone and Elkhorn agreed on at their meeting January 17. Over 1,000 of the men will turn in to-day. Elkhorn and Flipping have been working for several days. The leaders of the strike will be very much disappointed at the result of the meeting, as some of the principal agitators of the strike bad the best work in the mines, such as driving entries, etc., but from this on other -woric will be given them not so profitable. The miners who stood by the operators during tne strise win nave preference of the best work. the SULLIYAN AND MOOKE INDICTED. The Indianapolis Grand Jnry Finds Trno Bill Against Them. Indianapolis, February 9. She county grand jury this afternoon returned 12 in dictments, two of which are withheld from Wihe public. That one indictment was re turned against John E. Sullivan for forgery and embezzlement there are ample grounds upon which to raise a be lief, and this received something of a con firmation when Sheriff King entered into a secret conversation with Detective E. O. Hobbs. There is equally as much reason to be lieve that Moore was also indicted for forgery, as the grand jury has had a great deal of evidence upon that subject sub mitted to it. THE E. OF L. GAINING. Secretary Hayes Slates That the Order is Growlaff Rapidly. Philadelphia, February 9. Despite the many obstacles to the growth of the Knights of Labor recently encountered, it is claimed that the order will shortly reach its old membership figure of 300,000. Gener al Secretary John W. Hayes stated yester day that the January reports already re ceived showed a gain of 9,000 memBers throughout the country, and that those not vet sent in wonld place the total gain at about 25,000. He also stated that Philadel phia would probably gain abont 20 as semblies within six weeks, counting old as semblies to be reorganized and those to come in as new. BURIED AIJTE. A Maryland Sinn Raised From the Grave, bnt Finally Dies. Onancock, Md., February 9. J. T. Fletcher, of Jenkins Bridge, was almost buried alive on Sunday. The funeral service had been held,' the coffin interred, and the grave nearly bricked, when some one beard a groan issue from the coffin. The coffin was at once disinterred, and Mr. Fletcher examined. His blood was found to be circulating, and his heart beating. He was at once carried to his home, and put in bed. He rapidly improved, but never re gained consciousness. On Tuesday, the 5th instant, he died, and was again buried. It is not known what was his disease. A NEWSPAPER NEMESIS Unearths Receivers of Stolen Good on tho Chlcngo I'olico Force. Chicago, February 9. Reporters for the Times to-day discovered that James Cun ningham, the janitor of the East Chicago Avenne police station, Captain Schaack's command, was condncting a fence for stolen goods. Cunningham had a partner in the person of John Payne, an employe of the Pullman Palace Car "Company Most of the stolen goods belonged to the Pnllman Company and included the most expensive carpets and hangings. TILDEN'S MEMORY TOASTED.. Henry Watterson Strongly Enlocizca the 'Dead Democratic Chiefinin. Hew Yobk, February 9. This being the anniversary of Samuel J. Tilden's birth, the occasion was marked to-night by the Har lem Democratic Club with a memorial ban quet, at which Mr. Henry Watterson, de livered an address of commemoration. The address was very eulogistic throughout, and referred in strong language to the events at tending the election ot 1876. IT I?4BD TO TELL l Wiethe JSv -fe constitutional rco- hibiti. S prevail, Says THEG0TERIS , NSYLYASIA. If It Carries the t Department Will Enh it. C00PEE WILL KEEP HIS HANDS OFF. Differing Opinions on the the Foil Iroposeil Tax. Abolition of 'A A staff correspondent of The Dispatch has secured a very interesting interview with Governor Beaver on the Constitutional amendment question. The Governor thinks the passage of the amendment doubtful. He bases his opinion on his knowledge of the feeling in the eastern end of the State. He recommends that the Third Party Prohibi tionists do not push themselves too far in the van. Both he and Senator Cooper state that the question will be kept clear of party politics. TFROM A STAFr COBKZSFO'TDEST.J Harkisbdkg, February 9. The ap proaches to the gubernatorial presence are careiully guarded from the intrusions of mere curiosity seekers and those who only come to annoy. One goes np a winding stair to a passageway; then to the right, through another and longer passage and into the general office of the Executive depart ments. A doorway opens from this into the office of the stalwart an'd handsome private secretary, George Pearson, and the favored one may go through it and into the Execu tive presence. There is a shorter and more direct route to the Govern or, but few there be that find it and enter therein. The Governor talks freely of the prohibi tion amendment question, and does not hesi tate to say he has not yet made ud hi? mind whether he will, vote for it or not. His statement to this effect to your corresponde nt is not the first time he has thus gone one record. But that the Governor is a temper ance man goes without saying, and when he votes atBellefonte.it will not be a difficult matter to guess the character of the vote. THE OUTCOME DOUBTFUL. "What do the think the outcome of the special election will be?" asked your cor respondent. "It is very hard to tell," responded the Governor. "I find sentiment much more mixed, especially in the East, than I had supposed it to be. Even friends of the measure are doubtlul about the enforcement of it are not certain that it will cure the evil." "But we have many prohibitory laws, Governor, that are enforced in a greater or less degree?" "We have, indeed. The prohibition against murder, while it does not absolute- ly prevenfthe crime, has a very healthy re straining influence. If the amendment be carried, and the friends of temperance and prohibition set out in a determined manner to have it enforced, there is little doubt of the result in half of the State. In deed, I believe that in. two-thirds of the State a prohibitory law would be well en forced. "What will be the attitude of the execu tive branch of the government in the event that the prohibitory amendment passes?" "We will honestly and conscientiously bend every energy to the enforcement ot the . law so far as it lies within our sphere of action. There will be no failure on my part to enforce the law." "You spoke of sentiment being more mixed than you had expected to find it among those vou consider the friends of prohibition. Have you observed anything that indicates a break on the other side?" A SUEPEISED GOVERNOR. "I was somewhat surprised while in Phil adelphia," replied the Governor, "to hear from Colonel McClure that in the strongly Democratic county of York there is a pro nounced feeling in favor of the prohibitory amendment. York is one of those steody, industrious, conservative communities that take up with these new ideas slowly, but they grasp them the more strongly when they do take hold of them. Colonel Mc Clure's statement was a great surprise to me, because I have noticed no great agita tion about the license rcourts of York. Where there has been much agitation and the CourU have in consequence reduced the number of license one may reasonably ex pect a victory for the Prohibition amend ment. "Will the party machinery be used in any way. Governor, in the coming cam paign?" "No, it will not, and I don't think it ought to be, for that would make the ques tion a political one. I find, too, that the prohibition amendment will be endangered it the third party prohibitionists try to take I the lead in pushing it. There is no objec- I tion whatever to their taking part in the campaign. Indeed, all temperance people J ought to unite on the question, but if the li third party attempts to lead in the work it ," will do much more harm than good. COOPER WILL TAKE NO PART. Senator Thomas V. Cooper was asked, abont the continued reports that he would ?, lead the liquor men's fight in the special fl campaign. "I will lead nothing," decidedly re snonded the Senator from Delaware. "I will take no part in the campaign what--f ever. "Will the party machinery be used in any way?" "Certainly not. It wouldn't be proper." George vbn Bonnhorst, Chairman of the Beimblican County Committee of Alle gheny: was an interested listener to the poll i tax debate in the lionse on Wednesday. . "What do you thiuk of iU abolition?" hec "I don'"t like it." he replied. "What1- ought to be done is to make stricter laws for J its collection. If a man doesn t thins enough about voting to pay his tax, he oughtn't to be allowed to vote. The abolition of the poll tax will help the Democrats mora than it will the Republicans." THE TOLIi TAX BURDEN. "In Harrisburg," said Editor McAlarney;, of the Telegraph, "there are at least 700 or 800 voters whose taxes have to be paid for them every year. I have often gone down into my pocket 'to pay taxes for men who ' have a great.deal more money to pay taxes ' with than I have. Then there is a -large section of our colored population that must be looked-out for every year." State Senator Gobin is mentioned by friends as a possibility lor the Gubernatorial ' nomination, but the close run he had for his Senatorial seat last tail will handicap him' some. Mayor Fitler, of Philadelphia, whci labors under the disadvantage of having considered himself a candidate for President at tHe Chicago convention, but who carries with him all the prestige ol having given, Philadelphia a pure administration, is also reported to be in the race lor the Governor-! ship. It was stated not long ago that he' was a candidate for United States Senator! and it is not unlikely that he may be readl to accept either place should he be calleij on. SuirsoN. I Died, Rntbrr Than Lire In Canada. J St. Lodis, February 9. It is rumorecj here to-night that Henry Dieckman, the absconding member of the Board of Trade; committed suicide at Windsor, Canada, to- uay.
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