H k UUULin: T 'Vilff w&b?- - 'DOUBLE SOMBER. ; ,-'E (pu I'OETY-POUBTH ZEAR. i GRANDER THAI EVER h Is Gladstone in the Eyes of f . the Average British J- Votefv Since 1 THE KENNINGTON ELECTION Cheers Instead of Jeers Everywhere Greet the Mention of His Name. A HEAD ABLE BATCH OF FOREIGN GOSSIP Queen Victoria Showing Unmistakable Signs of AppronchlngAAe ARIowDealt at Bad Lords Servia's Qneea Wonts to Go Back, bht the Regents Won't Have It So An American Actor Shows tbe Brlt Uh Bow to Pot on Shakespearean Plars Snlta for Daapes Already Being Pre pared by Irishmen Agnlnst tbe liondon Times Chnrchlll and Chamberlain Never Speak as They Pass By. A wonderful change has come over the spirit of the average British voter's dream. The collapse of the Times' charges, followed by the surprising result of the election in Kennington, caused it. Gladstone is now as big a man as grows on the other side of the ocean. Cheers greet every mention of his name, where the loyal Briton was wont to hiss and groan. Churchill and Chamber lain don't speak as they pass by. Their American wives caused the coldness. Things are at sizes and sevens in Servia. Richard Mansfield, the American actor, scored a wonderful triumph last evening, in London, appearing as Richard IIL IBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, March 16. Copyright I called early this morning on Mr. Gladstone, - in James street, to ask him about the notable and signal success of the Liberals in the Kennington election. The health of the great Liberal leader is fully restored, not & vestige of his recent cold remains, and he has the spirits of a schoolboy. He wrote the following opinion for publication for TnE PlTTSBUBG DISPATCH: -It is impossible to weigh precisely the separate effect of tbe Kennington election, bnt it is one of a series which are doing and will effectually and speedily do their work. Gladstone. ' I sent a telegram to Mr. Laboucherc, a short time after this, and received the following characteristic answer: The victory at Kennington will confirm the Tories in putting off a general election, and the Liberal Unionists will stand by them closer than ever. Possibly they will next year try a mild local Government bill, bat we must make , itriarjiiattMtic no settlement. LlBOCCITERE. Gladstone Honrly Growing Store Popalar. The name of Gladstone grows more popu lar hourly. Nowhere is the change more obviously shown than in the theaters and music halls. The mention of the great Lib eral leader's name but a short time ago elicited an outburst of hoots, hisses and jeers, but so strong has been the effect of the Parncll vindication and the consequent in creasing tide of Liberal sympathy that cheers follow the name of Gladstone now as the day follows the night. The change in sentiment is very great, and it must be grateful to the Grand Old Man. Formerly his daily walks were re plete with unpleasant incidents. An elderly and gentlemanly looking man stepped np to him once, and, after touching his hat, grew very red and whispered something in Mr. Gladstone's ear. Mr. Gladstone pursued the even tenor of his way with placid serenity. Merely a Matter of Opinion. The stranger stood staring atter him with his i&ce still flushed. He was asked what he had said. "I told him," said the man, ''that I took great satisfaction in.remarking that he was a old scoundrel." These things may not have been entertain ing and amusing to Mr. Gladstone, but if they annoyed him much he has the satisfac tion of knowing that the reward has come. His daily walk through St. James' Park partakes now of the nature of an ovation, and it grows more and more noisy and ex ultant . The Kennington election is the most seri ous reverse sustained by the Tory-Unionist Government since it came into power, over two years ago, and its moral and material effects upon the constituencies cannot be ' overrated. Tbe Extent of the Victory. One of the outposts of Toryism's greatest and almost impregnable stronghold has been carried by storm, and the victors set no bounds to the triumphs which shall follow. Tbe Government and theirUies were abso lutely stupefied when the great news reached the House of Commons, late last night. The Tory members fled in deep and silent dis gust to their clubs anywhere, in fact, be yond the sound of the jubilating Liberals, and the Ministers rushed to their private rooms, there to hide their mortification from the gloating Gladstonians, and to take counsel with each other in their sore dis tress. At tbe National Liberal Club, long since happily pursed of its Unionist dress, there were high jinks far into the morning, and there is credible evidence in support of the rumor that the English and Irish mem bers drank deeply, danced merrily and wound up with singing"God Save Ireland," a 'patriotic ditty that was once penal in the green Isle, and still unlawful, according to the rnling of some of Balfour's sapient removable magistrates. Ireland's Friends Brace Up. The victory has nerved the friends of Ire land to harder work, and has aroused a feel ing of enthusiastic confidence in an arly and complete triumph tlnequaled by any previous success. A few of the Tory Unionist organs nave been making the most comical efforts to explain away the victory, but, for the majority of them, its complete ness has been overpowering, and nothing has been left for them save to admit thai the cause of the Union has suffered a very seri . ous blow. A conscientious calculator who has sat in the reporters' gallery of the House of Com- sons for 25 years, and has closely watched the political career of Lord Randolph Churchill since its commencement, has ar- t.t " v-Wf flfcaissswawaHHIHHI j&jsBIWsHPrw v. . . l a 6."; r-'yg'K.JMtM . ? , . v,sMsk2yV,'w-'- - r. . rived at the conclusion that, bis verratic lordship, has 'just three followers in the House, to wit: Mr. Curron, Mr. Jennings, formerly of New York, and MrTHanbury, and ,t hat the noble Lord has reached a point at which he can avoid political extinction only-byjoining the Liberal .party. A Bad Effect en tbe Hair. Lord Eandolph has been nagging the Government this week with much lithesome industry, but with little effect. The Tories have taken lolanirhing at his .criticisms in- i stead of receiving them seriously, and his lordship, in consequence, is growing restive. A jump one way or the other seems an im minent probability. Like ex-King Milan, the trouble has affected his hair. His head has lost its old-time trimness, and his locks are beginning to thin. His long mustache is becoming quite stubby byconstant biting, and has lost a hair for every adjective slung at its owner from the Ministerial benches. Whenever Eandolph is angry or per turbed he always rugs at his mustache, and of late the consequences of this curious habit have been so disastrous to his appear ance as a manand a husband as to occasion, according to current report in, society, avast amount of domestic discussion. Never Expected to Pass. John O'Connor's bill providing for more lenient treatment of political prisoners was regarded almost as hopeless from the be ginning. It was brought forward partly to give Parliamentary expression to the great national protest against the ill-treatment of the Irish members, and partly to show to what lengths the Liberal-Unionists would go in their support of the Government. The results were highly satisfactory. The Gov ernment majority, which two years ago aver aged HO.iras reduced to 66,the smallest in a critical division that has been obtained in this Parliament. More significant than this, however, is, the fact that only 39 Liberal-Unionists plucked up sufficient courage to vote with the Government. Among them was Joseph Chamberlain, who only "a fortnight ago publicly declared himself in favor of the very reforms proposed in the present bill. Not All Lost to Shame. It is pleasant to note that two Liberal Unionists, unlike their leaders, were not lost to all sense of shame. Mr. Kenrick voted straight against the Government, and Mr. Powell Williams paired in favor of the bUl. Still more satisfactory were the signs of weakening shown by the Govern ment. Balfour, who, through all this fierce fighting and endless bickerings over the prison ill-treatment of the Irish leaders, has resolutely declined to admit that his present system was otherwise than perfect, agreed to appoint a committee to inquire whether that perfection could not be improved. Nothing may result from the investigations of this committee, but its appointment clear ly proves that if he is impervious to argu ment, Balfour is in some slight degree amenable to public opinion. MAKSFIELD SCOEES A SUCCESS. An American Actor Shows tbe English How to Play Richard III. TBY CABLZ TO THE DISPATCH.! London, March 16. Bichard Mans field's production of "Eiehard IIL" to night, at the Globe Theater, drew a distin guished audience. BaronessBurdett-Coutts, Lady Freake, Miss Walpole, Mrs. Horton, Lady Monckton, Lady Hardy,Bd and Ya(es and'many other notable people-were present A great deal of -money and months of preparation haveserved to make the production of "Bichard IIL" a remark able one, even in a city where great specta cles and elaborate Shakespearean revivals are common. Every detail has been the subject of careful and minute study, and the scenery and costumes are superb. It ranks with the productions of Mr. Irving. Mr. Mansfield has marred his personal popularity in London as he did in New York, by a number , of quarrels, and the success he won was entirely .on his merits. Some of the original Mansfield company are in the cast, including D. H. Harkins, Joseph Eranko and Miss Beatrice Cameron. The element of surprise in the perform ance was unquestionably Mansfield himself. It would not be fair to sav that his Richard has been influenced by his Baron Chevral, but it is plain that he has pursued the same line of character1 building in this last as in the former conception. He has made it a distinct character creation. His Bichard has a set, saturnine and crafty face, with the fixed pallor, red-lidded eyes, and dyspeptic mouth of a confirmed invalid, and he has invested the character with certain manner isms as strongly marked as those of Booth's Bichdieu, Irvine's Louis XL, or the late John McCullough's Yirginius. Mansfield did much more than was ex pected of him, and his force in the more violent-and tragic scenes was effective to a remarkable degree. His voice has gained in power, his reading was intelligent though by no means conventional, and be deserved in the fullest measure the applause and cheers that he received after every act SEEYIA AT SIXES ANDSEYN8. The Queen Wants to Get Back, bnt the Regents Won't Have It. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, March 16. The attempt to raise a scare in Eastern Europe may be very largely discounted. The Standard correspondent who sends the news is a very old offender in this 'respect Austria may possibly be moving troops toward the Servian frontier, bnt in all probability it is only to protect her own territory. Austria can' hardly desire? to provoke a war with Eussia at this juncture, and Bismarck would assuredly use the whole of his great influence to prevent it, but a force of Austria-Hungarian troops on the Servian frontier may act as a restralng in fluence upon those within, whose delight it would be to. "raise en outbreak in the so-called kingdom. 'Everything, in deed, in Servia, points to this' little place becoming a hotbed, of intrigue, and remaining so for a lone time to come. 'The Queen wants to get back and the young King wants his mother, but the regents are not 'disposed to put up with this charming lady, who, whatever her social qualifications may be, has a certain love of intrigue and a pervad ing predilection or turmoil whioh might bring trouble upon the country. Things in Servia are going to be at sixes and sevens. Tbe poor pesantry are spirit less, but tbe agitators are at work upon them, and a little flare-up may be expected any day. But a spit-fire blaze in Servia does not mean a great European conflagra tion, by any means. MILAN LARKY AM) GAT. Be Acts Ufee a Prisoner Who lias Jast Been Released. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, March 16. They say in Bel grade that King Milan acts like a prisoner who has been released from a long term be hind the iron bars. Apparently the agony that he felt over the loss of his halr.has abated, or else the hair has grown more tenacious, for tbe King is larky and gay. He has thrown, all responsibility to the tour winds of heaven, and leaves his juvenile successor and bis amiable wife to solve the European problem and combat the opposing influences of Austria and Bussitt. GLADSTONE'S GAIN. . Tbe Grand Old Man Profits by a Falling Oat. of Chamberlain and Chnrchlll Two American Wires Cause a. Cool- . ' ness Between Friends. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.l LONDON, March 16. The winter carni val which, by the way, was not a carnival, and did not in any way suggest winter, aside from the allegorical representation of Niagara flowing up hill at an angle of about 90 degrees has revealed the great and stirring international fact that, the Ameri can wives of two famous British; statesmen are taciturn and dumb when they pass by. A few days ago it was observed that cool ness had sprung up between Lord Eandolph Churchill and Mr. Joseph Chamberlain in the House. Chamberlain was passing down an aisle of the House, when he suddenly came face to face with Churchill. Cham berlain turned a large, friendly and butterv smile upon the man whom he supposed was his friend, but his cordiality was checked by a fierce, direct and insular British stare. Affronts of this kind have, not always ar? fected Chamberlain's exterior, as hard ex perience has inured him to them, but for some reason or other he returned the stare with one several degrees harder, and for several hours the small talk of the House hinged upon the exciting event Since that time their relations have constantly grown more strained. N It has transpired at last that the trouble is due to the jealousy of the wives of the two statesmen. Both of them were asked to lend their aid to the winter carnival, and, both acquiesced eagerly, with the solitary proviso that the other one should be shut out As women of all sorts and conditions were trooping in, it was obviously difficult for the managers to draw the line at either Mrs. Chamberlain or Lady Eandolph Churchill, and the point was passed over with some awkwardness. The great fact of the quarrel, however, was not suppressed. The dazzling and effulgent smile of Cham berlain, which had received such a sudden and brutal check from Churchill, went gun ning for an object, so to speak, for some time without success, and then lighted on Mr. Gladstone. It would probably take an event of even more stirring consequence than that of Chamberlain's smile to dis turb Mr. Gladstone. At all events, the effect hasn't yet been observed, but Cham berlain is smiling on the Liberal leader, shaking hands with him, and wagging at him in a fashion that has set all the gossips agog. A BLOW AT BAD LORDS. It Is Intimated That They Shouldn't be Al lowed to Tote for Coercion. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, March 16. Lord Carnarvan's bill, which has just been introduced into the House of Lords, aims to prevent disre putable peers from sitting in the House of Lords. The Lords are beginning to reor ganize, and it is the general Impression that they will have a fertile field for work. The new bill is aimed at such disreputable 'speci mens of mankind and the British peerage as Lord Ailesbury, who by his untiring efforts has managed to reach a point where he can be warned off any race course in England as a blackleg and sharper, but is still empow ered to vote for coercion. in Iteland. Ailesbury, himself; by the way, with his music hall wife, Dolly Tester, is imparting a lurid light to a constantly Increasing por tion of the continent -The efforts of this distinguished pair are meeting with more than national success. They begin a new cycle daily, and wind up at sunrise help lessly drunk and proud of the fact. , Viscount Mandeville, the heir to the Duke of Manchester, who is in the bank ruptcy court this week for obtaining money by false pretenses, would not be disquali fied. The fa'ct was brought out this week that Mandeville, when his father dies, will be the owner "of 12,000 acres in Armagh, 14,000 acres in Huntingtonshire, and 1,000 in Cambridgeshire, but he has already in curred liabilities to the amount of 5600,000, of which the bankruptcy court can't rid him. His unsecured creditors will be lucky if they get sixpence on the pound. YICTOEIA'S DECLINING YEARS. Age Causing Her Britannic Majesty to Act in a Peevish Mnnner. BT CABLE TO THE DISFATCH.2 London, March 16. Queens grow old as well as commoners.. There is no other reason but .advancing age for the dissatis faction which Queen Victoria has shown at her quarters at Biarritz. Everything was done to make her stay comfortable and pleasant, but Her Majesty has already de clined to stay out the full time. She means to make a hurried visit to Queen Christina, at San Sebastian, and editorially the hearts of the two great nations have already started to beat as one. Owing to the difference of the railroad gauges, Victoria will hve to change car riages at Iron, the frontier 'depot, and a special report announces from Biarritz, with deep and heartfelt emotion, that the change will compel Her Britannic Majesty to walk a distance of 30 yards. Such a stupendous effort seems to loyal Britons to be too great a price .to pay for a two hours' stay in San Sebastian, bnt it is all that the programme will allow. . Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales has as sumed the cares of state, including a recep tion to the baseball team and the customary drive from Marlboro House to St. James' Palace in the big gilded coach which is the object of such maligpaht envy to the Lard "Mayor's footman. Prince Albert Victor sat' beside his distinguished father when they drove to the palace yesterday. He looked as though he had somehow slipped out of one of the dude's chairs at Delmonlco's and got into uniform under false pretense. I A"LL ETES TtfRNED ON PAEIS. The Ontlook In the European Financial World Anything bnt Good. tBT CABLE rp THE DISPATCH. 1 London, March 16. The outlook in the financial world at the present moment, is anything but good. All eyes are turned on Paris, and at present it 'is difficult to say how and where the situation will end. At "any rate, we shall not see the full effects of the downfall of the copper shares and the crisis in the Comptoir d'Escompte until the monthly liquidation in Paris is well over. The latest news is to the effect that the Bus sian loan, which was to have been floated next week, has been indefinitely postponed. This shows at once how ugly the financial position really is, as full arrangements had been -made to bring out the loan. London stocks seem to be more demoral ized than for a long time past, and it is gen erally believed that the market is being manipulated to suit the New York bear party. The short interest is enormous, and any attempt to cover would send prices up rapidly. , Taking Time by tfae Forelock. ) IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, March 16. Without waiting for the Judges' report on the Parnell charges, Mr. George Lewis is preparing cases for some of the Irish members against tbe Times for libel. It is said that John Dillon's-trill be one of. the first .cases hmntrhfc. "V - -V fWEH PITTSSTJRG, -StJtSTDAY, ALE QTJIETAT SA10A. The 'German, Official?. Have. Suddenly Become Peaceful, Bnt the AMERICANS ARE STILL ON GUARD. Mataafa. is Strongly Entrenched, While the Tamaseso Army-Has itMOSI CEASED, TO .BE A FACTOR, Complete ma Authentic News by Steamer Freni tab Island, Group. The steamer jiealandla has arrived at San , Francisco from Samoa with full information' or the situation there up to March 2. At' that date there had been no further warlike, demonstrations. The German Consul has apparently received specific instructions from Bismarck. Both Americans and En-? glish, however, are on the watch for ble trouble. The natives are still in COPTEIQHTED, ISS9, BT TIIK WESTERN A ATEO PRESS. Afia, Samja, Peb Steamship Zea landiA, at San Peancisco, March 16. During the past month the German author ities, both consular and naval, have main tained a state of inactivity. This condition of affairs dates back to the arrival of the steamer Wainui, with dispatches for the German Consul, on January 23, and is no doubt the result of the orders then re-. ceived. The declaration of a state of war in the Samoan Islands seems to have become a dead letter, while the military occupation, oi Apia, whioh the declaration of martial law would seem to have implied, hasvno ex istence save the maintenance of a strong guard at the German Consulate. AMERICANS ON OtTABD. A guard is still kept at the American and English consulates, in view of the facts that there has been no official retraction of these declarations, and of numerous pro clamations with which the town was flooded; and consequently no settlement of the mat ter at issue. The German Consul has made repeated overtures to Mataafa looking to-! ward the adjustment of the quarrel and the conclusion of terms of peace, but the terms proposed always embodied a strong German interest in. the future administration of af fairs which Mataafa declares he will, under no circumstances, consent to. Negotiations have therefore been of no avail, and German officials occupy the un enviable position of men who have deeply compromised themselves without seeing their way clear to retreat consistent with the preservation of their dignity. Mataafa, in the midst of his warriors, retss secure In his entrenched camp and awaits the arrival of Admiral Kimberly, having full faith in the support of the United States.. His picket lines extend down the coast for a dis-s tance of five miles, close espionage being I maintained on the road leading from Apia to amy ana.ijutumnl. . DESEBXINO TAMASESE. j- Tsmasese, with his forces now reduceoVby deserters to abontfleo warriors, still occupier the. large fort at Lutumui. A-great number of his former." aAereaU have, joined the standard of llataafa) or, grown weary of war, have returned, to their own districts. There has been no collision between the op posing forces for a long time. On February 8 a small detached party of Malietoa men, which was reconnoitering in the vicinity of the fort, fell in with a forag ing party of the "enemy, and succeeded in killing one of Tamasese's greatest leaders and stanchest supporters, one Solo Futi, ruler iroin Matauta, in Savay. On February 2, H, M. S. "Calliope," Cstptain'HL J. Kane, arrived from New Zealand to relieve the Eoyal, the latter sailed for Auckland on the 4th inst This change has been a source of untold satis faction to the English residents in Samoa, as well as to their consular representative. The censure showered upon Captain Hand, of the Eoyal, by the colonial press simply voiced the indignant feeling, of his country men in Samoa,, whose interests he looked after in a dilatory and lukewarm manner, and whose property he announced himself without authority to protect NOT MUCH HAEMONT. . There can be no doubt that the cordial feelings and unity of purpose which charac terized the relations between his predeces sor, Commander Pell, of the Wizard, and Her Majesty's Consul, had no existence in the case of Captain Hand. Early in the month Captain Fritze made known the fact that the consular courts the American and English were consid ered "by him as open for the hearing of causes, despite his proclamation of martial law, reserving to himself, however, the ad ministration of the police under the regula tions of January 18, 1888. Thus acknowledg ing the ability of these courts to perform their civil functions, undisturbed virtually abrogates the necessity for the establish ment, of martial law and gives rather a farcial aspect to that arbitrary act on the part of the German commander. Another fact proving that Germany recognizes their original stand to be untena ble is found in the reissue of the Samoan Times, the English newspaper which was suspended by the German Consul as a dangerous organ. The editor felt the pulse of the press censor on February 4, by ihe publication of a single sheet ''extra, and on the 9th the regular sheet again appeared. X CASE OF BACK DOWN. The revival of the suppressed paper has called for no comment from Dr. Knappe, the German Consul, which evinced a far calmer frame of mind than that displayed in his dictatoral actions ot three weeks ago. On February 5 the steamer Lebeck left this port tor Sydney, carrjing with her Herr Brandis, the ex-German artillery officer and Premier of Tamasese, who has for so long a time been the bone of conten tion in Samba and who has done much to precipitate the present crisis. It is rumored he has been ordered home to explain his conduct in the Samoan affairs to the Gov ernment at Berlin. On February 12 the German man-of-war Eber, which had been sent to Auckland, os tensibly to communicate with Berlin, re turned to this port. Her arrival and dis patches which she undoubtedly brought (the tenor of which is unknown), have in no wise changed the condition of affairs. ' 81X1,1, BOUBTPTn,. Whether -the German Government will endeavor to maintain the position taken "by its officials here or whether it has issued in structions to concur in such ultimate set tlement as Admiral Kimberly may propose, is'a-mere matter of conjecture. It is known that early in the present month that the United States ships Trenton and Vandalia had been ordered to Samoa,, and had sailed in obedience to their instructions. The Vandalia arrived on the evening of 'February-SB.' The arrival of the flagship Trenton was anxiously awaited, as it was hoped that Admiral, Kimberly's instruc tions will empower him to speedily termi nate tbev uncertainty as to the outcome of the present struggle. Mataafa is firm in his belief of ultimately receiving the support of the' United States Governmentand'haS -reit MA&OH 17, ,1889.. erated h determination 'to do nothing upti), the Admiralta arrival.. annreciatini? the; fact that'fn treating with Germany'he musf be seconded by. the patron' -whose ' rmwetj'cAit justice. r ' , . Tamasese's forces, weakened Mr desertion,, sink "into' a-secoridary factor and jndeedvhas almost entirely.disappeared from thV scene; On thfc fnrmnnn n Keb'rnarv lS-'dnflnif a. ' lieavy n'orth'westly gale the American"barfc- anil.. l-tA,!..,t. fla....!.. TA,n 'T 0ir MHU UUUSL1&UMOU, UBJJM1U .T.CbOl Uf v.wn- ley, dragged her anchors and struck on the western edge of the inner reef in Apia har bor. At, ,the first blow the. rudder was driven into her cable and her stern .crushed, in so th'at'she began to fill immediately, and. soon turned, 'ever on her beam ends; and sunk besidovthe reef. . . , A. boats.had been dispatched, front the United States man-of-war Nipslo in response, to a signalf. distress, and it succeeded ,in landing the crew in safety. Shewas owned, by Nicholas Bichard, OfSan 'Francisco, and was freighted with' a general' cargo' for Apia.. She,wts built in Philadelphia and' was originally avsteamr, being rehnilt in' SanJFrancisco in 1873. Jhe wre.ck and contents were'puiQiased at, auction by H.. K. Moore of Apia. The schooners Mataula, owned- pyJBuge & Co., and '.Tamasese were also' wrecked, the former haying been driven well. 'upon the western reef and the latter upon the -beach. Eeports from other' points on the island bring information of similar disasters - to small craft The Captain and crew of the Constitution were; brought to. San .Francisco bythaZealandia. ONE- SEBIOTJ3 jCHAHQE. The American and Englishmen, still ac, case the, German officials of intercepting, their matlmatter and, reading the coptenta for the information of their Government The schooner .which met the steamship Ala meda 'at Tutuila and took'on' board, the' mails Tor Apia,' was Wet by the German! corvette Olga when midway betweed Tutuila and Apia, and took all the official and prjyatp mail matter, directing the schooner1 to 'return to Tutuila. and met , the Zealandla with mail Intended for the United States. AH'the mail matter taken by. the Alame da., for Apia, therefore,, was first taken on wjifdthe'German man-of-war before being ttefied over, to the postoffice in Apia. As tH'American'mdil steamers do not touch at Apia, American, mall matter must pass throughGerman hands before Teaching the Samoan capital. It is thought that, here after ona American man-of-war" will meet the mail steamer 'at Tutuila. . ,. A BIG AMERICAN BLUFF, One Yankee Skipper Who' Threatened to -2 Fire on the Germans. San Fbancisco; March 16. The Chron iiU has thiB account of- the, arrival of' the American barkenting Constitution at Apia ouf February '2; which was after ward wrecked in Apia Harbor: The Constitution took "her cargo to Apia. 'and on her 'arrival at that port a searching pa'rtyifrdm the German corvette Olga; under charge of a Lieutenant, rowed to the Constitution and demanded her pipers, and announced their intention of searching the vessel for the contraband material, announcing that martial law had been declared by Germany. t'On the date of this occurrence the Ameri can man-of-war Nlpsic had gone to Tnlnila and there was no American-Vessel at Apia. Captain Calley only had eight men dn board, but informed the Germans that the Cpnstitution- 'was an American ship, and that if they attempted to board his vessel they would- he fired upon. The Germans after a little further parleying withdrew.' When the .Constitution drifted on the reef JUWtUM 7X tuVhlUWlU aUU UK VICW WCCO MMnofl.hvthjw AffV-kWa .,( 4TiA.T4n. AtWA ."s!tv5ieh.roMi .one -iks-ay-atil.- tiatf. The crew of the Olga, which was close Dy, tendered no assistance. THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE. Germany Confident That It Will Result In a Peaceful Settlement. Beelin, March 16. The Samoan confer ence is not expected to present formidable difficulties. Slight doubts are expressed as to the attitude ot America, but the German Government will do its utmost to prevent friction, at the same time maintaining Ger many's full right to deal with the Samoan rebels. Confidence is felt here that the peaceful disposition of aU'three powers will render an agreement easy. Prince Bis marck is in jio wav inclined, in the present -state of European affairs, to be drawn into colonial disputes, xne. rotsische zettung says: It is to be regretted that the irritation beyond tbe ocean has reached its present extent and bitterness, and that it is in a large degree owing to the fault of German officials- But it lies beyond reasonable expectation that the conference will lead to any other conviction than that there has been a great deal of un necessary heat imported into tbe dispute. A CITI FALLING THilOUGlT. A Eerions Cave-In of a Coat Mine nt ., Kcrnnton. ISFECIAL TSLEOBAH TO TBE niSFATCR.1 Scbanton, March 16. Eight chambers in two of the thickest veins in the Central mine of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Eailroad Company, in the, western part of the city, collapsed this rAorning, and the crush of roof and "workine" of .pillars are still going on. The convulsion is under Washburn street and Hyde Park avenue, and buildings on those thoroughfares are being badly dam aged. The Washburn Street Presbyterian Church has thus far suffered the greatest injury of any buildings in the neighbor hood. The' north wall of the church has been badly shaken, and the frescoing of the edifice has been greatly damaged. The Eev. W. I. Steam's house, adjoining, has also suffered much. The cement floor in the cellar is cracked and none'of the doors can be closed, owing to the building having been thrown out of plumb. It is hoped that the settling of the mine will soon cease, otherwise much greater damage is feared. WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN. Too Much Lerfslntlon IHIubt bo Hurtful to Certain Interests. tSriCTAL TILEGBAlt TO THE DIsrATCH.l Habbisbubo, March 16. There is a well authenticated report that the calling ot a joint Eepublican caucus, to put the Andrews resolution to adjourn on the 22th of April through the Senate is contem plated, and that the soldiers' orphan school syndicate is quietly .working in that direc tion for the purpose of preventing, if possi ble, the passage of legislation hurtful to its financial interests. Tbe action of the latter may cause the programme to be changed, as Senator Delamater is understood to be op posed to allowing the syndicate any further opportunities to add to its profits. HI8 DUNG CONFESSION. Katie Jones Did Not Cause the Sqnibb Factory Explosion. tSTECIAL TELEOBAK TO THE DISPATCH. WrxKESBABBE, March 16. George S. Eees, the foreman ot the squib factory at Plymouth, which exploded recently, killing a number of girls, made a confession before dying that it was he, not Eatie Jones, who caused the explosion. He was smoking a pipe in the basement when a spark flew into the powder keg. TheCoroner's jury returned a verdict that Katie Jones caused the accident by throw log a squib in the stove. ' " - . .--. .1 J- . fB9HBI)EBrTHEeMP r ; ' i ' V Prince 'Bismarck and ,florrie '6f His Associates. Bellflyed to' lie On I 1 ' i r ' ' Z THE EYE OP OPEN flbSTILiTiES. Wiridthorst dbje'cts.to the Large and In " . .creaalnff Expenditure DEMANDED .FOR MILITARY PURPOSES. I&iperrcW'niaA'Declares'Be Is Heartily, la FjT0i;ef Peace. Dissension is Tife between Chancellor Bis marck and a portion of his ministerial col leagues. The financial policy ii the main point of -difference. The Socialistic party continues to-prosecute. its .agitation and op position to. the Government Emperor William says he is In favor of peace. No official d'eclaratiod conoeraihg'the Servian troubles has' been made. , COTTBIGHT, 1889, BT NEW TOOK, ASSOCUXXD PBESS.J Beblin, March'16. In .a'ddltion' 'to the new income tax,' vhich Is said to be the' sub ject of .dissension between Prince. Bismarck and bis colleagues,. Minister Von Gesslen disagrees with the". Chancellor bh theojies tiop of. the Stategranting financial support to the clergy. The -subject of discord be tween Minister Von Scholeze and Prince Bismarck is the currency question. The former advocates a geld currency, while the latter favors bimetalism. An in cident which occurred .at the' last meeting of the Provincial Council of Danzio auld in dicate a slieht difference between the Chan cellor and Minister Von Euttkamer. Mem bers of the Council reproached the brother of the latter for the wholesale expulsion of Poles which he had ordered. BISMABCC THE BOSS. Minister Von Puttkamer, in defending his brother, said that He deplored the con sequences of the expulsion on' economic grounds, but that 'be was overruled by Prince Bismarck, who considered political ihterests'of greater importance; The Tags blatte remarks, that in view of the incident peoplewillnot.be disposed to place much confidence in ministerial declarations. The Eeichstag has been occupied . with the disoussion, of the annual Government report on the. application 'of the Socialist laws. -The debate has been confined to pro tests from the. Social Democrats. Herr Schrader, a Progressist, expressed surprise that the Government made no reply and an nounced that his party would continue to oppose exceptional laws. -Herr Meyer said that the National Liberals had entered into no formal engagement a3 to. future Socialist legislation. - 4 AN E-PKNSr-EABMY. At Friday's sitting Dr. Windthorst com plained of the continual demands for money for military purposes. The estimates were finally referred to"a "committee of 21, not withstanding Herr Eichter's emphatic dec laration that the House ought first to deter mine, thersums to be granted. This deolsion was brought about.by-BarOn Von.Maltzahnj Secretary i,6tata.fes the Imperial Treai committecThe estimates are certain -to be voted. In receiving the Central Committee of the United grades Guilds to-day Emperor William declared that the sole object of his European tour had been to maintain peace, the only means by which trade could pros per. He believed he had insured this re sult for years to come. The official newspapers carefully abstain from comment' on Servian- affairs. It is re ported that the Governme'nt intends to re call'Count von Bray from Belgrade, his in timacy with'Hilan making him unwelcome to the present Radical Government of Ser via. Austria will also be obliged to recall Dr. Hengelmuller for the same reason. THE' BTJSSIAN IDEA. Advices from St. Petersburg are that the Czar has advised ex-Queen Natalie not to return to Servia; but to arrange for period ical visits from her son at Odessa. , The Cologne Gazette comments upon the marked friendliness of the reception accorded to Prince Nicholar of Hassan in royal circles during his visit to Berlin as a favorable sign of the good relations between the house of Nassau and the Berlin court Emperor William has accepted an invita tion to dine with Sir Edward Malet, who re turned to-day, at the English Embassy at the end of next week. The Prince of Wales is expected in Berlin at Easter. He will pass a day at Darmstadt en route. The Paris crisis and Servian affairs had a depressing effect upon the Berlin bourse throughout the week. Only an abundance of cheap money prevented a stampede. The few investors having an interest in copper affairs appear to have withdrawn in good time, but the heavy sales by Paris specula tors depressed prices, except in the case of Bussian securities. THE HONORS WERE EYEN." A Sample of the Scenes That Amnse the French Lawmakers. Pabis, March'16. There was an exciting scene in the Chamber of Deputies to-day. M. Laguerre, one of the Patriotic League, made a speech attacking M. Constans, the Minister of the Interior, whom he accused of having engaged in doubtful transactions while actine as President of a financial con cern in Lyons, in 1882. and ended by calling him a fraudulent Minister. Tbe speech created a tumult in the Chamber, and the Speaker formally cen sured M. Laguerre for his utterances. M. Constans made an indignant denial, of the charges, and retorted upon M. Laguerre by saying that nobody quite knew where that gentleman's fortune came from. The mat ter was then dropped. A Battle Near Barn. Caibo, March 16. A messenger who has arrived at Wady Haifa reports that a battle between the followers of Senoussiandthe Mahdlsts has taken place at Sinan, to the southwest of Bara.and that the former were victorious. Both sides suffered heavy losses. Among the killed were two Mahdist chiefs. BonIang-ers Boodle Must be Stopped. Pabis, March 16. The Socier asserts that tbe Government has warned certain wealthy foreigners residing in France, who are known to have assisted General Bonlan ger in a financial way, that they will be ex pelled the country unless they stop supply Ing him with funds. DOWN A PRECIPICE. Horrible Fate- of a Mother and Her Utile Child. Kansas City, March 16. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Clara Hunter, aged 6. was playlnjr In an empty wagon on Pendleton Heights, when in some manner the wagon was started and went oyer the bluff. Her mother heard the child scream and went to her assistance, but her dress caught in the wheel and the wagon rolled down the preci pice 35 feet, dragging, the mother and child. The girl was Instantly killed, and the mother was so badly Injured that she la not expected to live through the night " r"" .-- t- -r; To.Wh.ns th Asp!la,0c'pto 9, cC ru Tunis Their Eyes-nlje. WJ!I.t'T: i- !da.tlr:ne.a r-tr i th: , i Ne Mss4sitray. Hon. . (SPXCUJ. a.0AJ?0 Tax ; p A7CB.1 WAaHXNGTONvMareh 16V-Ei si jAwkt iat Postmaster General Jades 8. Cktk'on, had more callers.' to-day, than ;Prsi4efit; Harrison :er. . Postmaster' General Waaa makex.haiL. This was due is a measure to, the :faet .that.the President refused to, ae any visitors :and Mr.'Wanamalter went, to Philadelphisr to prepatehis.osnal Sunday; talkito his Bible class. 3ut had neither of. these gentlemen, been away, their;reeeptioni conld.not iave been "larger than Mr. Claxk- on.Vfor his office; was literally crowded to the doors. Nearly all of the people who shook the new-HirstAssistant's'hand were Bleu tnveC the wild arid woolly West, who, 'while tfcey extended their congratulations, whlapereeV something about the. application's whils her wouia una on nie. in connrmauon .ot too, report that Mr. plarkson is to. have lull oc troi of all matters in' his denartment.iad- rpehdeht df the Postmaster Generalitia saiu mat aa oruer nas t aireaay aeeu. jiuui mally made transferring- the'authority oyer all appointments in. the railway mailserv ice from the office of the Second Assistant. Postmaster General to the First Assistant, It is really a nominal authority, but it has been something of' a bone of contention for yeaW- , , " The First Assistant' Postmaster General is the real appointing' power of the Post-' office Department and countersigns'all com missions. During the incumbency of Post master General Vilas the duty of counter signing appointments in the railway mail service, as given'to 'the. Second Assistant Postmaster 'General, of. whose office' the'mall' service is a subordinate branch. No power ia giveh'the Second Assistant to ake ap pointments, and his -.signature is merely a routine duty. Still it has .been thought, best fo give such power as may exist ui the matter to the new Pint Assistant THE RUSH 18 OYER. Enthusiastic Prospectors Disgusted With tho Southern California. Gold fields.!. (SFZCIAI. XELXaXAX TOTHX DISrATCHJ - San Fbancisco, March'16. The excite inent in Southern California over' the gold fields is cooling off rapidlyT Only'peopli attracted from other parts of the State.ha,ve rushed to the scene. This ruth has been mainly from the southern part of the State and Arizona.- Hundreds of those 'who started offheadlong, expecting to be able to lie on the grounds and let $50 nuggets walk into their pockets, are now-coming "back, and their woful stories and disgusted faces have caused many who were ready to start for the mines to sell off their outfits for any thing they could get. Many of those re turning did n6t 'even get .as far' as the dig gings, and turned back when within a few miles of the camp, discouraged by the re ports of those already on their wayback. Advices from San Diego indicate that, notwithstanding tbe backward rush that has begun, there is still a steady but quiet movement toward the mines. An old Com stocker, who has 'been to the diggings, re turned to Los Angeles with this story. 'He prospected for ten- days- and found nothing to justify a longer stay. He says the re ports about spurious finds are true. . WHITE OAK, IK NEW 3ERSEI. t They' Are CorT&jhii? Alleieii"SvIU Wkh on Unsparing- Hand. Be cVEDtBE, N." Si, March 16, White Caps ill Upper Warren county recently visited a prominent local politician named Young, at Allamuchy, and made him promise to make amends for not leading a life in conformity to the golden rule. At Tranquility they called on H. C, Lemons, a well-known resident, and leading him to tbashop of Mr. Bunyon, they stripped him and with brush, soap and hot water gave bim a thorough washing, not being at all particular about breaking the skin. The victim shrieked, and groaned under their treatment, but to -no purpose. When through they dressed him in a new suit of clothes and Sent him home, warning him to keep clean, under penalty of a second scrub bing. Afarmerwhowasalleged to have been caught in the aot of watering his milk, was visited and cautioned against repeating the offense. A LEGISLATOR IN TROUBLE. He Is Charged With Obtaining Goods on False Pretenses. ISrZCIAL TELEQEAH TO THE DISPATCB.1 Patebson, N. J.f March 16. Charles T. Woodward, Republic member of As sembly from Passaic county, was arrested to-day on a capias charged with obtaining goods under false pretenses. The complain ants are. E. C. Williams & Co., wholesale grocers of Hew York, whose claim amounts 1o ?85i 10 for groceries furnished Wood ward for his store in Paterson. - It is alleged that Woodward gave a check In payment, alleging that he had. a balance in the Second National Bank, bufnhe check was protested; then Woodward gave a bill of sale to his brother, Samuel Woodward, so that Williams & Co. could not levy on the'goods. Mr. Woodward gave security to appear in answer to the allegation. He denies that he made any false representations, and claims that, it was an ordinary business credit, which he is unable to pay in con sequence of non-collections. HIS RELEASE DEMANDED. Secretary Btnine Cnbles toRussIaon Behalf of KempInskL ISrECUL TELEGRAM TO TBE DISPATCH. 1 Bbidoepobt, March 16. Attorney J. B. Klein, of this city, had an interview with Secretary of State Blaine to-day and pre sented the case of Hermann Kempinski, the Bridgeport citizen who has been cast into prison at Eowen, Eussia, while on a visit to nis native place. Kempinski, al though armed with passports and creden tials of citizenship, has been banished to Siberia, and unless liberated by the de mands of Secretary Blaine will be trans ported on May 1. Senator Piatt and-a number of lawyers at Washington tell Klein that he has the strongest document to prove Kempinslci's case, and they could not offer any further suggestions. Mr. Blaine cabled to-day to the authorities at Eowen demanding the prisoner's release, and a reply is expected within 24 hours. ARKANSAS TRAVELERS. The Colored People Emigrating En Masse From North Carolina. (SPECIAL TELEOBAX TO TBE DISPATCH.! Ealbioh, March 16. The negro' exodus from this State is resolving itself into an or ganized movement, and now has the appear ance of developing into, regular systematic colonization. All the colored preachers here are moving in. the matter, ana are ad vising the negroes to colonize la Arkansas. Mass meetings are held nightly, at 'which negro orators urge negroes to leave the State, and preachers are preaching it from the pulpits. A circular was issued here to-day signed by ten negro preachers of this place of all denominations, calling a meeting of negroes to organize the "North Carolina Emigration Association," with the ultimate colonization of all negroes In the State of Arkansas as its toojeci. 5 miWM PAGES, :.:: -?. it . ytVi .... - j -wtoA ' y i -'ETFEl -'GENTS .tit1 Yesj-le-fitV- Family1 Ttspf the fiHtire Wmte louse; yE BEDEOOISLAEB ' "' AusehoMofNiae Peofle "ska Just 1I. BotTaW-iio'uioV '. ARTHUR'S BOO'J: BEC0M$ 'A Jtof&lft ' ' ' ' - . . , it . while Mrs. Clerelsad's Boudoir Has BeeaJCafe- a Bt, . t"eyMrMcBa,. .- -. - . To accomodate six grown' people 'and three' babies in a house with only five bedrooms) Is the puzzle which 'Mrs. Houskeeper..Haj.' rkenjiad first to solve 1a her "pTyte, House?, life. .It was done, ingeniously. ThafEiesi-i deat'l house" lsnot exactly- only the :Prei dent'a Eonse; a-nd' during -the JHirisonf regime the many, friends of the; bectipant. will find the latchstring. always .ready to L their, bands. . . t rSPECTAL TELEGRAM. TO T-tDISPATCBJ Washington, tarch 16, Jliss. ' Eoset' Elizabeth Cleveland' was wonttokjoX the "President's, house.? So say we. all..: filar it never be any other man's, pbuser But, in fact, a very small part 6f the. White. House is the President's house,ioriome of", his family, whether it be a large or small family. The living roomsjf. heWnito jlouse are five bedrooms, and a hallj into, which they open on the secoqd floor,' anion, the first floor a dining, room, a hall,, into! which it opens, and a private stairway. j The Bed, Blue and Grten, rooms, though,, included in the private part of tha'raaijiionv are state" parlors or drawing rooms, and' they are .always .open .and used at both Sublic.and private receptions. Hore tijan lis, they are almost dally shown to' small parties of.strangers'who', aV visitors, 'havo , uu uwicr ujfjuj tuuifrjr u. otciu nm uuu- somestrooms in tie "President's house." The Bed room only ha3 been "and is som&-' thing' of a, private p'arlof for-Preildeats families. But it niust be 'always'Iil Mate array, and cannot ie numbered with' the living rooms, nor even regarded as a family1 sitting room. . ' ' " MTJCBT OCCtrPIED AT PBESENTl ' The very small part of the White House! that can really be used by lhe family ofthej President is ' now very much occupied. President Harrison's family is at present one of six grown persons and three babies. It wouldn't be rated a large household out of the "President's house," though "it iis larger than the families of many of his'pre decessors. The President and his wife 'have' settled in the bedrooms on the north side,' sunny, bright rooms in winter, and by far the coolest iu summer, as all Washington, rooms having the southern exposure area They were the President's rooms for many years, but later became the spare rooms, when President Arthur transferred the President's rooms across the hall to the north side of the mansion. Now, -while ths south rooms have simply resumed their old honors, a tremendous change has come over the late President's rooms. President Arthur's beautiful room that he fitted up for his own in blue and garnet shades of plush, is '' NO LONGEB SILENT AND STATELY,! It is full of stir and life, the very lively life of the McKee babies, who have turned it into a nursery, and, with two nurses, are) in undisputed possession. Benny Harrison McKee, 2 years old yesterday, and his baby sister, 6 months old, are very nfuch at horns in the room that was. during two adminis trations, the President's room. 'Mrs.-Cleve-land's boudoir, a smaller room, and com municating, is Mrs. McKee's bedroom. Mr. and Mrs. Eussell Harrison occupy Alan Arthur's room, and their baby, ljf years old, with the nurse, occupies Nellie. Arthur's room. They are communicating rooms, and complete the suit on the north side of the White House. ' There are a couple of dressing rooms hav ing bedroom possibilities on a pinch, but the spare bedroom at present is a pleasant fiction rather than a veritable guest cham ber. It does not follow, however, that there are to be no White House guests during the next four years. The Harrison hospitality is large if the President's house is not. THE LATCHSTBING ETEB OUT. Mrs. Harrison is an accomplished house wife, and a woman not to be cramped by her surroundings. She will always have ths latchstring on the outside of the door, and her friends are sure of seeing a good deal of her and the White House while she is its mis tress. Mrs. Berland, wife of Captain Berland, of the army, and Miss Lina McKee, of Indiana apolis, are this week's guests of the Presi dent's family,receiving with Mrs, Harrison at the3to4aftcrnoonhour.No formal receptions' have been given. The 3 to 4 o'clock hours nearly every day have given visitors tha pleasure oi meeting the new ladies of the: White House informally, and making their acquaintance as it would not be possible to do at regular receptions. Etiquette exacts but little in the way of social entertainments immediately follow ing the inauguration. The. mistress of the; White House may, if she chooses, give oneN Saturday reception to the public, and then have quite her own life with her friends un til the season opens with the new year levee. THE PBESn ENT'S PTJXIES. The President is expected to give one evening official reception and one public reception and a dinner to his Cabinet within a month or so after his inauguration. After that he may do as much or little ashe de-t sires until the new year opens for him also.. It is beginning to dawn upon official cir cles that there are two very pretty young women established in the White House, ths President's daughter and his son's wife. Mrs. McKee is attractive and a clever talker. She possesses to a marked degree the charm of naturalness, a charm that, above all other charms, Mrs; Cleveland also possessed. Mrs. Eussell Harrison is already remarked as tbe one upon whom MrsCIeve-' land's mantle of youthful gracv and beauty, has fallen. Mrs. Fred Grant was regarded as ths most beautiful daughter-in-law of a Presi dent when she went to the White House, a bride, in General Grant's second term. Mrs. Grant and-young Mrs. Harrison are totally opposite types of beauty in coloring.. Mrs. Grant is the purest type of brunette, and young Mrs. Harrison is tbe purest type ot blonde, but they are alike in the slender, wellrounded figure and the beautiful poll of the head. A WEST VIRGINIA HAN Said to Have Bees Chosen fer ComstssAsaey ef Internal Kevenue. rsrXCIAI. TELIGEAJC TO THE DISPATCH.! Wheeling, March 16. W. J. "Vf", Cowden, Chairman of the Eepublican Stats Executive Committee, arrived home from Washington to-day. He said the nomina tion of John W. Mason, of Graf ton to. b Commission ot Internal Bevena. vies Joseph P.Hiller, xefgwd, wJU, be eVta the Berate to-day. - - . V S "'-A. 1sVV. s 1 va- i , i 1