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Copyright 'The movements of royal personages in Eu rope this week have been greatly hampered by unfeeling and disrespectful weather. Austria and Hungary are underneath three feet of snow, and the drifts have blocked railroads and highways. In Vienna 5,000 laborers, constantly at work, have managed to keep the more important thoroughfares reasonably clear, but the price of food has risen 20 to 30 per cent The Empress Elizabeth knew all about this, bat for some inscrutable reason she suddenly expressed a wish to take atrip from her castle at Miramar to Vienna on Thursday. Nothing could have been more inconsiderate or less opportune, but her wish was law, and the civil and military .authorities took prompt measures to obey. THE TRAIN GOES THBOUQH. The line from Miramar to Vienna was blocked, and every station was crowded with shivering, half-starving, snowed-up passengers. Seven thousand soldiers and railway men were, however, set to work, and in six hours had cleared a single line suf ficiently to allow of the passare of the Im perial train. It proceeded very slowly, and the officials in charge were in constant dread of an accident. As the train passed through the various stations, people groaned and hooted the Em press, presumably out of sheer envy at not being able to travel themselves. No at tempt was made to keep the line open, and 'the Empress alone benefited by the concen- ririfted energy of 7,000 men. OETEP 07 THE XarPBESS. , It is rumored that the Empress had been' suddenly filled with an uncontrollable de sire to pray by the coffin of her deceased son. She has not yet recovered from the shock produced by Rudolph's terrible death, and her mental and physical condition is snch as to'inspire anxiety. It is even as serted that she hates the sight of human be ings, hides herself whenever strangers or friends approach, and prays for death. The dead Prince's widow was on the way to Vienna, but could not get beyond Luxen burg, where she is still snowed up. Kaiser "Wilhelm has not allowed frost and snow to interfere with the great task he has set himself of making himself popular with all classes. On Wednesday he visited Dressan, and dined with the Duke of An halt, surprising the royal and princely com .pany by his historical learning and the 'dexterous manner in which he utilized it v In proposing the health of the Duke, fhe Kaiser remarked: THE KAISEK'S SPEECH. There is hardly any princely family In Ger many which has been so long connected with our house fcnd our Fatherland as that of this country. Brave scions of Ascanians ruled in Bradenburg before ourhouse, and made that country solid and strong? My ancestors utilized this foundation, and were able to build higher .upon it. The old relations, however, did sot cease. The house of Ascanians has given added proofs of Its old prowess in arms, and has rendered the Prussian army the greatest service. Many a Prussian field marshal lies buried in the church here, and we must all look up with th greatest gratitude and most ardent venera tion to the man who was the teacher of the Prussian army under my great ancestor, Fred erick the Great to whom, in a lanre measure. we owe it that the kingdom has become what it is. DEVOTION TO THE IQNEBS. Next day the Kaiser went to Darmstadt and told the Hessians how much he loved them. Notwithstanding these courtly Junc tions, His Majesty has found time to give serious attention to the. universal discontent among the coal miner, especially in the JSheuish and Westphalian districts. He bas received, and is said to have been much moved by, a petition signed by 20, 000 men engaged in the State mines in the Saar district. The document is important, as affording another proof of the hold the young Em peror is steadily obtaining upon the affec tions of his hnmbler subjects. The Social ists tried to prevent the signing and sending of the petition, but completely failed. That the unfortunate miners hate no revolution ary taint and that their demands are mod- It erale may be judged by the folio wing ex tract from their petition: THEIB TEST LAST HOPE. Tour Majesty is just. You are our last hope, for yon are just. We do not wish to say that we are always and in everything right, but we have made no claims wantonly, without being certain that they were just We would not trouble Tour Majesty with our petition, but affairs cannot go on any longer as they are. There is great distress, which increases dally, and alio . discontent Your Majesty will be told that politics and re ligion have much to do with it but this Is not true. We have nothing to do with political party matters, and have no relig ious disputes in our union. If your Majesty' thinks a court of arbitration should examine and decide everything then we are in favor of a court of arbitration, with yourself as Chair man. We want peace, so that the work may go on quietly again, and that men out of work need foot tpend tbelr.Christinas In misery. WILL 'SEE FOB HIMSELF. The Emperor feels that he cannot inter- fere directly and personally between private j employers and their men, but he considers that the State mines are on a different foot ing. He has therefore Called for prompt information, and it is not impossible' that he may visit the. districts and note for him self the present state of affairs. This being pre-eminently the beer eating season, the practical mind of Queen Vic toria has been occupied with cattle shows and auction sales. At the Birmingham show the Queen took the first prize of 100 guineas with a shorthorn bred upon her own farm, near "Windsor, and also gained eight other prizes. One of her Hereford steers weighed 1,960 pounds, and another beauti ful shorthorn steer scaled 2,403 pounds. To-day took place the annual sale of fat stock belonging to Her Majesty. There was a large attendance of buyers, from all parts of the country, and excellent prices were realized. The Queen takes great de light in this annual -auction, always inspects the stock previous to the sale, and gives the people who attend a good old-fashioned En glish luncbeon.with plenty of roast beef and strong beer. The Czar has recovered from his influenza, and is again thinking of paying a visit to Constantinople, much to the Saltan's dis comfort THE GIFT OF GALL. An Oceanlo Poker Ploying Sharp Unmaked He Is Blade by One of Ills Victims to Disgorge He Then Dines With a Fleeced Man. nrr cablx to tbx dispatch.: IiONDON, December 7. The City of Paris reached Liverpool last Wednesday, her pas senger list bearing the name of Hon. S. Las celles, who informed his admiring fellow passengers he was the youngest son of the Earl of Harewood. Lascelles was a magnificent creature. He had the biggest plaids, the highest collar, the most Anglican accent, and the best stateroom on board. No American who had ever seen a lord play could fail to realizethat Lascelles was the real article, and bis grandeur was such tuat Vice, Admiral Sir Michael Culme Seymour and J. B. Partello, United States Consul to Dusseldorf, felt that they were not "in it" at all, in spite of their official station. The honorable Sidney sat at Captain "Watkins' table; he presided at the custo mary benefit performance for the seamen's hospitals; he drank champagne at four meals, played poker regardless of expense, and went broke. It was Pot In the benevo lent nature of John D. Elwell, of Brook lyn, who came over on the City of Paris, to witness unmoved the embarrassment of a member of Britain's proud peerage, and he paid the noble lord's poker debt and steward's bills, sums amounting to 90, taking Lascelles' check on the Lon don and Westminster Bank as collateral. "When Elwell presented this check for pay ment he was told that no Lascelles had an account there, and a telegram to the Earl of Harwood, at Leeds, brought the Information that he had no son answering the descrip tion of honorable Sidney. Elwell philosophically charged his 90 to profit and loss. On Thursday night however, he was enjoying supper at the Continental Hotel with Felix Murphy, a young New York lawyer, when the Hon. Sidney- Lascelles, clothed in purple and fine linen, came in and sat down at an ad jacent table. Elwell hurriedly told the story to Murphy, who at once posted a po-, liceman outside the door: Then the two came down upon the British aristocrat Lascelles,' seeing no chance of escape, began to weep, ana said there was a hor rible mistake somewhere, which nobody doubted. Then, before the wondering nests ia the supper Cxave uplthelBr&SgLllJSINSS TICS HEALTH, money he hadin hisspceMaenTTirTW K -, mark neon it a gold watch and chain and his diamond sleevebuttons He now begged for enough money to pay his cab fare home. and Murphy gave him 1 shilling and 6 pence. The most astounding impudence of all was that he then sat down and. ate sup- Eer with Murphy and Elwell, Lascelles as a week to redeem, his. jewelry,. which amounts in value to just- about 90, for which the Elwell check wits' drawn. J3PM0ISQ TaXBKIIIBH. An American Land Company Reaping a Meat Utile Harvest. BT CABLX TO TBX DISTATCK.1 London, December 7. Is ere have been numerous anxious inquiries this week at the Consulate of the United States concerning an institution calling itself the "California Land Company," and giving its address as 227 Main street Cincinnati, O. This con cern has been advertising largely in Lon don and provincial papers, offering free 20,000 acres of land, "divided into California fruit tracts of ,"10, 20 and '40 acres each,and selected residence pr bnsiness lots." The advertisement goes on to say: The object in making this extraordinary offer is to secure 'diversified interests and ownership throughout be different countries of Europe, in lands ow&efl and controlled by the above named compaay. When this Is ac complished, the company will open branch of fices in various European cities, and offer its large remaining properties for sale at a uni form price of 5 per acre for California fruit tracts, and 8 per plot for residence or business Iota. Persons who have answered this adver tisement have been informed from Cincin nati that the tract of land has been selected for them, and that payment of 10 shillings was necessary for the legal expenses of exe cuting warranty deeds. The return for the' 10 shillings is extremely indefinite, and a gorgeous piece of parchment upon which there must be at least 9s 6d profit to the vender. Vice Consul Johnson thinks that, judging from the number of inquiries by persons interested, the California Land Company is doing a lucrative business in England. FBAK0E 70 TAX F0EEIQNEES. A BUI Proposed to Greatly Decrease the Republic' Revenue 1ST CABLX TO TBX DISPATCH. London, December 7. Serious times are beginning for foreigners in France. A bill will probably be passed by the present Chamber, which promises to subject ajl foreigners to a capitation tax of 24 francs per annum, and to impose upon all French employers of foreign labor a further tax of CO francs per annum for every loreign workman, they may employ. According to the.national officially recorded list the num ber of foreign residents, in France is at present over 1,300,000, but it asserts that this figure is very much under the mark, and that in reality the foreigners number 2,000,000, a majority of them being artisans, workmen,andlaborer8,aconsiderable number of whom, working at lower wages, take the bread out of the mouths of the.native work ing population. For instance, it alleges that out of 180,000 foreigners, only 16.735 have independent incomes or live on wages as domestic servants in foreign families, and it concludes that the remaining 163,000 are so many parasites living on .salaries which by right belong to the natives. Already the prefects are instructed to warn, by means of posters, all young men ixrn in France of foreign parents, that they must present themselves forthwith, at the military bureau of their respective Mayor alties, to prove their parentage. If they fail to do so they will be liable to a period of imprisonment ranging from one month to one year. Mr. Jeffreys Gets Oat a Book. BT CABU TO TBI DISPATCH. LOBDOV. December 7. Mn Jeffreys, who has bees la Paris to investigate Chicago as a site for tie' "World's Fa&'iBlSSC.'hashad' the result of his observations published in a Samphlet to the number of 1,600, which he as sent to members of Congress, Senators and other distinguished persons. NOT QUITEATBAGEDY. An Excltlag Scene at the Circus, Not an the Bills Forottangh's Scheme to Get EagHeh' Capital on Bis Side. tBTCASLXTO TBI DISPATCH. , London, December 7. Adam Forepaugh. is attempting to turn Barnum & Bailey's success to his own account Secretary Tracy's partner, Lawyer Hudson, is in Lon don, with power of attorney to float the Forepaugh show for 300,000, Forepaugh agreeing to take half of the shares, manage the show himself for five years, and guar antee an annual profit of 40,000. The Barnum show goes merrily on, with daily and nightly crowds in attendance. Aside from the tragedy in the menagerie last Tuesday, there have been other inci dents to keep Barnum's name before the public. This afternoon, for instance, the Princess Beatrice and the Duchess of Al bany came to the show, to see if what the Prince of Wales told them about it had been exaggerated; and it is almost definitely decided that the royalest old royalty of them all, Victoria, B L et al, herself will shortly buy a ticket not quite a tbagedt. Last night 10,000 Britons witnessed what might have been a fearful tragedy at Olympia. During the performance of the "Fall ol Borne," while .Nero and his court were gazinglangnidly upon thechariot races, one of the four-horse chariots in advance of the others, going at full speed around the short turn of the course, .tipped over and threw' the driver right under the following horses. Eight horses went ever him with out touching him, and the chariot wheels grazed his toga, but he was uninjured. His lour horses, meanwhile, bolted straight for the seats at the lower end of the track, which were packed from the boxes, only three feet from the ground, up to the eaves of the roof. A CET Or HOKBOB. It seemed as if the flying horses were go ing to plunge right into the audiecce, and a cry of horror rose, while so sudden and im minent was the peril that not a man or woman in the low boxes, moved to get out of the way. Not three feet from the audience the horses'swerved clear about, the axle of the chariot touching the boxes, and made straight for Borne, where" BOO ofKiralfy's gorgeous chorus stood in a glittering pha lanx about the imperial palace, surrounding the tyrant The horses were upon them in a moment. . Nero jumped through the side of a house, half a dozen dead Christians who had been taking an anxious interest in the proceedings from their mortuary litters were at ence'restored to life and superhuman energy, the army dropped its banners and spears, the maids of honor threw down their wreaths, the dancing girls their tambour ines, and all fled in twenty different direc tions just as, with a tremendous crash, the four horses and chariot bolted into Nero's banqueting chamber and through the wall behind, out of sight NOBODY HUET. By a miracle nobody was hurt, and five minutes after the catastrophe the same charioteer drove the four runaways about the ring amid thunderous applause. Mr. Balfour, the Irish Chief Secretary, has been at Olympia again this week, and had a slight misunderstanding with .the, management The two detectives who con tinually shadow him wantqd to get into the show for nothing, on the ground of their official character. The management was nn-. able to see things in this light and' Bal four's guardians had to pay. lie Alio" Stakes 56 Preaentatton Speeches or One Banquet. I BT CABLX TO THE DISPATCH. 1 LONDOir, December 7. A company of the Second. volunteers, of the Queen's Own Boyal West Kent Begiment, had the honor of the presence of Consul General John C. New at their annual dinner and prize dis tribution in Greenwich, Wednesday even ing. General New made 66 presentation speeches, and responded to a toast It should be noted for camnaien nurnoses that he likewise drank the Queen's health. KEED UP TO HIS IES In His Work of Selecting Committees and' Their Chairmen. TEOM A. STAJT COKEESrONDEST.l Washington, December 7. Speaker Beed has made good progress with the for mation of his committees dnring the few days' recess, bnt an immense lot of work re mains to be done before the announcement is made. It is probable the membership of the Committee on Elections will be announ ced earlynextweek,thatthat importantcom mitteernay get to work at once sifting the evidence in contests and weeding out Demo crats who hold pertificates, who are voting on every question, and who will sit as judges and jurors in their own cases when they come before the House for final deci sion. Nothing has occurred to indicate a selection of the Chairmen of important rtimlt1Aca ttliA 4ltan tliat- ivlititli linn Immh predicted. The difficulty of- finding Chair men is light compared with that of constitu ting the remainder of the committees. Old members have to be fixed in places that please them, and nefw ones cannot be hustled pell mell into any position that might suit with the Speaker. Democrats must be given careful and courteous attention in the composition of the minority. Mr. Beed is receiving able assistance from those who were most conspieions in his sup port such as Bayne, Lodge, Farquhar, Bel den and others, and while the completed list will not be announced for some time, it is probable that no long recess will be taken, and that considerable work will be done previous to the holidays. HAEEISOX AT MS OLD HOME. A Iilttle Speech nl Richmond the Only Incident ofthe Trip. Ikdiakapolis, Ind., December 7, Tne Presidents! visitors to the opening of the Chicago Auditorium arrived here at noon to-day. The trip from Pittsburg was without special incident except that at Bicbmond the President stepped to the platform and spoke a few words to the people who had assembled at the station. There was no demonstration. The Presi dent was driven to the residence of Mr. McKee, where he remained all afternoon and evening. Mr. Clarkson and wife are stopping at a hotel, where they received a few callers this evening. Bnt a few callers were received at the McKee residence, among them Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson. Tomorrow the Presi dent and party will attend church -in the morning and will leave at midnight for Chi cago. CONTKACTISG F0R M0EE GUM& The Belgian Government Has Ordered 160,660 New Repeating Rifles. BsBxnr, December 7. Twelve Belgian Officers attached to the .War Department recently arrived in Vienna. Their visit was kept a secret, and the manufacturers of the Wannlicher repeaters were allowed to make a contract with them to supply 100,000 small-bore guns, the 'arms to be de livered in. installments, aud the whole con tract to be finished in March, 1891, winch Is a good step into the iature, when we remem ber tie energy which Buss-la is how showing in providing her sy.witfe a ew and im proves I0BAMS TURN NOW He Strikes Back at Bis Assailants With HiS Usual Vigor, and WELCOMES AHI SUIT JFOELIBEL. His First Statement Concerning tha'Be publlcan Leaders. BHEEMAH'S YJ3BI EMPHATIC OPIHIOH. He Does Bet' Bee Bow Any Person Could Believe the Contract Genuine. - Governor Foraker has made a statement to The Dispatch concerning the charges implied by Attorney T. O. Campbell. He pronounces them as maliciously false in spirit, and denounces the threat of a libel suit, as unmitigated impudence. For the first time he publicly refers to the connec tion of Sherman, Butterworth and McKin ley with the forged document Mr. Sher man also has a very decided opinion npon the subject, rSFECtili TSLEQEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1 ColtjmSus, December 7. Governor Foraker's attention was to-night called to the interview with Attorney T. O. Camp bell, in which that gentleman implied some sensational charges, and -he was asked to make a statement concerning them. He thereupon dictated the following to The Dispatch: I have read the article to which you have called' my attention, published in to-day's Pittsburg Dispatch, in which' It is charged by Mr. T. C. Campbell, of New York, as he is therein reported,. that in the statement I made I withheld telegrams of importance that were "sent by me to Mr. Wood, and, that on that ac count material facts were not disclosed in my statement This whole statement of Mr. Campbell is, in spirit at' least unqualifiedly false. THE MISSING TELEOBA3IS. There were two telegrams that I sent of which I have no copy, one that I sent from the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, aud another, which I suppose from a letter I have from Wood,I must have sent to him from Columbus on the 9th of September. But I called attention to both of 1 these telegrams in my statement, and in neither 'one of them can there be a wora or a thought inconsistent with the statement I made, or a, single word that can, by any honest interpreta tion, reflect upon me in the slightest. Moreover, as soon as Wood was arrested, I wrote to Judge Harmon, giving him a fetter of authority to' the Western Union Telegraph Company, to deliver to him all telegrams that passed from me to Wood or from Wood to me, and placed at Judge Harmon's disposal every scrap of information I have in regard to the matter. There is nothing whatever in connec tion with the whole case from beginning to end that I have at any time withheld from the pub lic from any consideration for myself. U1TMITIOATED IMPUDENCE. The talk of Sir. Campbell about prosecuting me for libel is simply a piece of unmitigated impudence, whieh he is' at liberty to put into execution, so far as X am concerned, whenever it suits his convenience to do so. There Is only one other statement that Mr. Campbell is reported to have made that 1 deem it worth while to notice, and that is bis state ment that Wood went to Washington after the forged paper;, at my request. Mr. Wood did. -not go to -Washington at my request. or any other place, but as his letter to' me clearly shows, he went there uuen his own motion, I,did not know he Intended to go to Washington, until be wrote me that he was going and asked me to send him a letter of introduction iefther .President at the. bbltt "'I never gave him any direction, whatever, In the matter, from the flrsftothe last. So far as his statement goes; that I was making an effort to get bold of the paper long before Campbell was nominated, that is true, but at the time when I first heard of it in June, and long before that, it was generally believed throughout the State that Mr. Campbell would be nominated and my endeavor to get the paper was In anticipation of that event. ,A DIBECT DENIAL. But Mr. Campbell, in giving this informa tion, is only restating what I stated from the outset Mr. Campbell does not, however, call attention to the fact that the time when I was first told of this paper, and undertook to get hold of it was more than two months prior to the time when the paper was forged. His statement that I was trying to get hold of it for the purpose of injuring Sherman, Butterworth and McKInleyis in the line with the other statements of his Interview. I never bad any such purpose at any time.and this is tne first time I have ever publicly men tioned the name of either of these gentlemen in connection with the matter. So far as their names are' concerned and my knowledge of their supposed connection with the ballot box business, there is nothing whatever for me to even desire to withhold from the public, and Mr. Campbell and everybody else can have the full benefit of all I know on that point when ever it becomes proper to disclose it. JOHN SHEBMAN TALKS. The Document a Rnok Forgery, and He Does Not See How Anyone Conld Ever Alive Believed It Gen uine McKlnley Silent. fFEOM A ETAPF COERE8rONDSXX.1 Washington, December 7. The mem bers of the House of Bepresentatives whose names appeared with that of Governor-elect Campbell, of Ohio, on the alleged contract prepared by B. G. Wood, now under arrest in Cincinnati for his actions in the recent ballot box scandal, are determined that so far as they are concerned there shall be no doubt in the mind of the public as to who was in the wrong in that matter. They do not propose to rest under any imputation themselves, and they are anxious th3t the whole transaction shall be shown up in its true colors and the guilty Sarties pnnished. For these reasons tbey ave determined to institute a Congressional investigation into the affair and have it thoroughly ventilated before a House com mittee. The interview published in The Dis patch this morning from Lawyer T. C. Campbell, the counsel for the ballot box company, containing the fresh charges against Foraker, has made quite a sensation here. An effort was made this evening to secure from the three men supposed to be the most interested in the matter an expres sion of opinion as id this charge that For aker was desirous of knifing them. Con gressman Butterworth waB dining out, and could not be seen. Bepresentative McKln ley was caught just as he was proceeding in the capacity of a gue'st to the gridiron din ner. "I have nol read Mr. Campbell's inter view." said he, "but you must understand thatthlsisa subject upon which I do not care to talk, xou must' please excuse me from discussing it" Senator Sherman was no less unwilling to talk about the affairs, "This whole matter will be brought be- fore a Congressional, investigating commit tee," said he, "and it will be silted to the bottom. It is a very painful subjeet to me, and I do not care to comment upon any one's motives or actions while there is an opportunity of having all the inside facts laid before the public. In fact the only interest I'have in the subject now is to have the facts in the case passed upon by the publio whose criticisms are always just I have no comments to make on Mr. T. O. Campbell nor'on his remarks in the interview "you show me. He is only a lawyer defending hfs client I see that he says Wood did not commit a forgery. I don't know what else it could be called. The names were -net only forged to a pieeo of paper Galling for lsrgeBBaaaof money, bnt they ..were lorged tefa.eotet.,.-Tht wsj in itself illegal, .um u a M U old as the Government itself which ex pressly prohibits any member' of Congress 'from entering into any contract with the Government Any member of Congress signing his name to such a piece of paper as ;that would be not only-dishonest but a fool. And jt is for that reason that I cannot im- Jtglne' how ftnvhnilv iflanAtno nt ihft face of .the document could for a' moment have .believed m its genuineness.'1 No, you must excuse me from commenting on the .matter arall."" LiaHTNEB. ANOTHER FIGHT The, Ballot Bex Boslness May Keep an Ap. ( pobMsseat From Being Confirmed Senator Sherman Angry at ", an Old' Friend. .rsrxciAL TzxxoBAx to thb dispatch, i CnrciNNATTT, Deoember 7. The Ti'me 'Sfarj the evening Bepublican organ here, in an extra edition, which creates genuine sen sation, says: ' There is war at Washington- It is- over the confirmation of the appointment of Amor Smith asSurveyor of the Port and the astound Ingpart ot the matter is that Senator SheT ma'n, who has been regarded as the first and foremost supporter ot the ex-Mayor, now figures as his opponent The primary trouble -between Senator Sherman and Mr. Smith pew out of the. ballot-box forgery, and this has led tn a crnnArfil nvit1o!tt1nTi nf the wav Jn which the offlea herA hits been ran. It is 'now claimed that Amor Smith was the mys terious messenger who carried tne torgea con tract to Mr. Halstead. It was on the ,4th of September that Mr. Halstead .first saw the forged document On or about that time a conference was held between Governor For aker. Amor Smith and Mr. Halstead. The forged ballot box contract was under dis cusslon. ' A week or two latter Sherman was In the city. Among his callers was Mr. Smith. Did the Surveyor of the Port, who owed his official position to the kindness of the Senator, imme diately tell him of the ballot box forgery which Mr. Halstead had on icef Bid he tell him of the expense of that document and ask how to proceed I Did he do as the years of friendship between himself and Mr. Sherman would seem to have dictated that he should do? No, he did not do as 'he might have been ex pected to do. On the contrary, he kept quiet. Thlsls why Senator Sherman has soured, so to speak, on Amor Smith. Unless he can satis factorily explain to Senator Sherman there is apt to be a remarkably lively time In Washing ton during the next few weeks. YEX STEANGE EXPERIENCE. A Dressed Cigar Keeps' a Witness Array From the Grand J nrr. SPECIAL TZLXOBJUC TO THB DISPATCH. Lima, O., December 7. Hudson J. Call, prominent resident of Bluffton, this county, leading Mason and formerly connected with the passenger department of the Lake Brie and Western Bailroad, has just had a strange experience in Toledo. He was found on the street in that city, wan dering aimlessly around and not seeming to realize what he was doing. He was ar rested and locked up by the Sheriff, who thought' he was suffering from dementia, and his friends were telegraphed to come and care for him. The next morning 'Mr. -Call felt all Tight appearing mentally sound as ever. He thinks he was dragged by a prepared cigar. He was summoned as a witness before the United States grand jury, and left home Wednesday to go to Toledo' Tis the Lake Brie and Western road. - He met a gentleman on the train who made- himself agreeable, and after chatting a little while the stranger offered him a cigar. He took it, and after lighting and smoking it for some little time, noticed it bad a peculiar taste, and spoke Of it. to the stranger, but continued smoking until the cigar was three-fourths burned) when he threw it, away. Mr. Call says this is ail he remembers, till he awoke Thursday morn-iufpW'jai;xte- faksthVigarwas' drugged and given bim with the purpose to prevent him from testifying in the case be fore the grand jury. TWENTT-FlYE TBAES TOGETHER Quarter Centennial Anniversary of a News paper' Owner and Editor. SPECIAL TZLZOBAX TO THB DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia, December 7. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the ownership of the Publio Ledger by Mr. George W. Childs, and also the twenty-fifth anniver sary ' of its directorship by, Mr. William Y. McKean as editor-in-chief, was pleasantly commemorated this afternoon in a reception tendered Mr. McKean by the editors, reporters and other employes of the Xedyer. The recep tion was held in the Academy of Fine Arts. The two guests who Attracted the most at-, tention were Mr. George W. Childs and his almost inseparable com panion, Mr. Anthony J- Drexel. They took their places in the line, arm in arm, tende.red their congratulations to Mr. Mc Kean, and presented him with a handsome vase of silver, lined with gold, elaborately ornamented aud bearing the inscription: 1864-16&-December3. For 25 years William V. McKean has been Editor-in-Chief of the jPubUe Ledger, and bas done his Important and responsible work for the publio and' for the newspaper with conscience and common sense, nonest purpose ana ciean nanus. The occasion was further celebrated to night byabanqaet given by the Ledger employes at Boisser's cafe: Mr. Childs himself received many congratulatory tele grams from other cities. QUICKER THAN FEEST0 CHAJlGE. A Deposit Box Containing 813,000 Spirited Away In n Flash. Wh,mingtOn, Del., December 7. While John O. Patterson was standing at the Delaware Bank counter this morning clipping coupons from bonds which he kept on deposit there, an unknown man seized Mr. Patterson's deposit box, containing about $13,000, mostly negotiable, and ran out and away. No one in the bank saw the theft committed. Mr. Patterson bad just cutoff two coupons and' presented them at the cashier's desk, leaving his box on another desk. While he was thus engaged, the box was spirited away and nothing more is known than that it was there one minute and was gone the next TWO lOUXG BROTHERS QUARREL, And One of Them Empties Both Barrels of n Gnn Into the Other. rSPBCIAL TILZOBAM TO THB DISPATCH.1 Huntington, W. Va., "December 7. Joe Templeton, aged 13 years, was shot and killed by his brother Jeff at Union yester day. The boys were boxing and knocking 6ff hats, and a boy named Smith struck Jeff in the mouth. This enraged him, -as he was suffering from a sore tooth. While brooding over the blow a boy named Stowasser came up with a shotgun. Jeff Templeton grabbed the gun, and aim ing at Joe. discharged both barrels in his face. The boy lived three hours, but never' spoke. , EMIN PASDA SOMEWHAT BETTER. Thero Are Now Strong Hopes That He Will ETentaally Recover. Beblin, December 7, The latest news from Bmin Pasha is that there are'rtrong hopes of his recovery. The brain is, now known to be uninjured, and the fever is re duced. In response to an inquiry from the Emperor, Major Wissmann yesterday- ca bled: "Einin Pasha is much better, but, he must for the present remain at Bagamovo. He charges me to tell Your Majesty that the Emperor's congratulations are the best reward for all his work, and he begs leave IW SXMSM 111 kBffi W tUHUH BISHOP TUIGG DEAD. Tie Chief Prelate of Pittsburg's B. 0. Dioceso Snccnmbs at Last. PAETICDLARS OP HIS LAST HOUES. Bora Febrnarj" 19, 1820, and Goaseeated Karch 19, 1875. BISHOP PHELAN TIKES THB EEINS. He Elates That Matters Will Etmaln as- at Present ' in tie Diocese. Bt Bev. John Tuigg, Bishop of Pitts burg, died at Altoona yesterday, fnll of years and honors. His life is instructively skeiched. Bishop Phelan, who becomes tho local head of the church, -will not dis turb existing arrangements. The Et Bev. John Tuigg, Catholic Bishop of Pittsburg, died in Altoona, shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The deceased prelate has been ill for a long time, he laving been prostrated by an at tack of heart disease in 1883, when his life was despaired o He rallied, however, but was afterward twice stricken with paralysis, These-attacts' shattered his naturally strong constitution, but -he still continued to administer the affairs of the diocese with the assistance of Coadjutor Bishop Phelan. His death has 27ie Dececued Prelate. been expected .several times dnring the last six years, and once, at least, it was' reported that he was dead. THE ENS APPEOACHED. ' On Thursday last he took a congestive chill, and his physieian gave np all hope of recovery; Friday he received the last sac raments, which were administered by his Secretary, Fatier O'Eeilly. Bishop Tuigg retained consciousness until an hour,berore his death, and passed away elm1yt?stfanpeacefulry. The-funeral will itaketiraceon Wednesday, the 11th. and the I Ttni -nrSII Tva' ittitovoA in Rf -TTi fl '!. tery, Altoona. A large number of distin guished prelates vrill be in attendance. BishopPhelan, who succeeds the deceased, was seen by a Dispatch reporter last night, and in talking over the occurrence said: "Bishop. Turges' death will not cause any material change in the management of .the diocese. 1,'of course, am now Bishop of Pitts burg, and, so' far, know of nothing that would cause anyxbange. It is too early yet to dis cuss such matters, and we will knolr more In the future." , "Will youmovetoFltttburgnowthatyouare Bishop?" was asked. "No: that is, I have not contemplated such a move, but I cannot say for certain. There will be no necessity for such action on my part just yet" UNITEBSALLY MOUBNED. Bishop Tuigg's death is a great blow to. tne Viatnoiic unurca m mis yiciuuy, uuw it is in Altoona that its effects, will be more strongly felt as it was in that city that the deceased made his influence more percepti ble. He was 'universally esteemed, be ing kind to the poor and lending aid, to all who were deserving. A mas of' strong convictions, he followed the lines laid down for himself, working always for the greatest good for the greatest number. He was liberal minded in his policy, and had many friends among those who differed witn mm in religious uenei. The deceased was born In County Cork, Ireland, February 19,1820. His divinity studies began at All Hallowmas Missionary uoiiege, AUDim, ana were completes, at oi. Michael's Seminary, Pittsburg. He was ordained priest by Bishop O'Connor on May 14, 1850, and stationed at the Cathedral as assistant While there he acted as secre tary to the-Bishops.. In the beginning of 1853 he was assigned the duty of organising St Bridget's congregation and the building of a church. STATIONED AT ALTOONA. When the new church was well under way he was assigned to the most important mission of Altoona in July of the same year. He was the first Catholic priest in Altoona. By bulls dated January 16, 1876, he was elevated to the bishopric, and was consecrated on March 10 by Archbishop Wood, ot Philadelphia. His successor, Bishop Phelcn, was ap pointed titular Bishop of Cibyra and 'co adjutor Bishop of Pittsburg on August "2. 1885. BishopPhelan will now drop the title of Bishop of Cibyra and will hereafter be known as titular Bishop of Pittsburg. The following Information was conveyed by a telegram from Altoona last night: The Bight Bv. John Tulgg. Bishop of Pitts burg diocese, died shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon of paralysis. Bishop Tulgg was bom In County Cork, Ireland, February 19, 1820. His divinity studies began at the mission ary college of All Hallows, Druraeondra, and were completed at Bt. Michael's" Seminary, Pittsburg.be was ordained May 14,1850, and while assistant at the Cathedral founded the parish of St Bridget and began to erect the church, bnt in 18S3 be was assigned to the Im portant mission of Altoona, of which he was the first resident pastor. EXTENSIONS 07 HIS PIELD. He acquired a pastorate residence, a ceme tery and enlarged the church. Avery fine school building was the next work, and in the hands of the Sisters fit Charity bas grown rapidly and is one of the best institutions of the kind In the city. Bev Tuigg had charge of several dependent missions, and having been appointed vicar of the eastern part of the diocese in 1869, he aoan reanlred other priests to aid him. He then commenced a sew church, which was' dedicated lo id io. Having been appointed to the See of Pitts burg. In the following year he was conse crated on the 19th day ot Match, 1878, by the Most Rev. James T. Wood, Archbishop of Philadelphia, The dio cese committed to his care was no.sHght harden, but, on the resignation of Bishop Domenec, the administration of Allegheny waa alto confided to him. The arduous duties proved too trying even for his vigorous consti tution. T TaVa 1CCY t, . a . f n . A Y. nn attack of heart disease and his life was de spaired of, but he rallied, ind, though twice siaee stricken with paralysis recovered eaf Setently to administer the dloosse under 'bis 'ears For ' the past, six ' years be was as invalid hi the parsonaae la this city and onset tt SalM the iUeM w to the i ia ifft time Of his death. Hevral tlm past Six years he was at tnn nolnt - n- rm.-j .... I . -..;. .f - ju luurauj iw ne toot a cniu uu,: - he received all the nmmjiiti of the which were administered by his BecreS Father O'Relllr. of Ht John's Ohnreh. of t city, His death was calm and oeacof aland maintained consciousness until an honrbefon MM U.4IU. HOUBNED BT ALL CLASSES. In the death of Bishop Tulgg. Altoona has lost a most'exetllent dtisen. He was a pro gressive man and did considerable to build up and make Altoona a substantial tows. He was universally esteemed by all classes, and was kind to the poor. His death is a bard blow to many of our citizens. Hqwasa manor firm convictions and one who, when he believed he was In the right went forward in the line which ha had marked tor himself, believing that the greatest good for the greatest number would be the result of his actloa; and In this he was rarely, it ever, found wrong in bis opinions. The funeral will proba bly take place on Tuesday or. Wednesday next, and the remains will be buried in St John's Cemetery this city. BOM PEDBO'S BES0L7E. He Will Not Take the Money Offered Him by the Brazilian Republic His Future PlantNotEotlrely Decided Upon. Lisbon, December 7. The steamer Ala goss, with ex-Emperor Dom Pedro of Bra zil and party on board, and flying the' old Brazilian flag, arrived in the Tagus at 1015 o'clock this morning. The captain of the Alagoas had received instructions to do everything in his power to meet1 the wishes of Dom Pedro and make him and his family comfortable. When the Alagoas Iras off the Island of Fernando de Noromha, Dom Pedro dispatched a carrier pigeon with a message containingfthejlmper iaf family's farewell to Brazil. On Monday, December 2, the ex-Emperor's birthday, a dinner was given on board the steamer in honor of the occasion. The Countess d'Eo, Dom Pedro's daughter, gave a toast to her father. In reply, Dom Pedro toasted Brazil. Many inquiries have been made of Dom Pedro touching his future and; his attitude toward the Government of Brazil. In answer to all these, he confines himself to tha declaration that, if summoned to return to-Brazil, he will go. He alludes to some of the prime movers in the revolution with respect, to others with ditdain. None of these men were in direct communication with him, bnt all that passed between them was through intermediaries. It is known that they are all unimportant men, and that they organized a military con spiracy which was carried to its conclu sion with the most perfect secrecy. All Spanish and Portuguese revolutions are worked by military conspiracies. This con spiracy was a complete surprise to every one. There had been on the part of the1 Government some suspicion of fidelity ot the Twenty-second Infsntry Begiment, which had therefore been ordered to Para, and which did not take part in the pronnn ciamento. It was only onboard the Alagoas that the Emperor heard of the. decree continuing his civil list He declares that he will not accept either the list or the donation ot money offered him by the Provisional Gov ernment THE CABE WAS SETTLED. A Smart Attorney Speedily Convinces the Northern Pacific Railroad. Ohicaoo, December 7. The Northern Pacific Bailway Company to-day settled for 511,000 a suit for 20,000 brought by Madam Nelson, the Australian '.equestrienne. The claim was on account of bodily injuries in a railroad accident near Gold Creek, Montana.- The companyihadaapoSacetLjita in tention or fightlngi. "the s4Hr2jerepon Mme. Nelson's attorney, Edmund "Firth-, maun, quietly sent to the .scene of the disaster and secured the tie which had. al lowed the rails to spread, The tie was, shipped to his office in Chicago. It was found to be so rotten that it would scarcely hold together, and the spikes for holding the rails in place had literally fallen out Calling lor tne lawyers lor tne defense. Mr. Furtbmann in their presence carelessly kicked a. square foot or so out of the timber, a. willingness to settle was ma result and the case was dismissed from court, TUB PALL OP A BUILMHG Crushes Three Men Who Receive Injuries That Are Probably Fatal. rSFECIAL TXLIOBAH TO TBI EI8rATCH.t Salem, 0.t December 7. Herbert Mc Cracken, contractor, Phil Brickey, carpen ter and G. M. Haines, carpenter, were terri bly mangled by the falling of the new street car building here, this morning, about 10 o'clock. The entire structure collapsed, and the men were taken out of the ruins in sensible, and bleeding at the nose, mouth aud ears. All arer injured internally, and it is thought fatally. They were married men and have families in Salem. THB DISPATCH DIEECT0ET. Features of This Mammoth, Twenty-Pago Triple Issue. Good morning I The Dispatch Is just as full of good things as usual, and as you would sooner read its contents than a long self laudatory comment we will at once proceed to business and tell you where to find the more important features. In the first part you witt find all the news of the day, from almost every country in the world and from every State in the Union, written in a bright breezy style. The second and third parts are devoted to arti cles more literary in character, the most im portant being as follows: - r Part H. Page 9. Long-Bange Gossip WAUts The Beautiful Snow.............. ....7. S. BaSSXTt There She Blow L. Q. Sahtobd Tbe'Pastor's Clgar.BT 23 EiasxNT Clxeotukt Page 10. Gotham's Grab Bag CLARA Belli An' African Colony Gxoaas TV. Williams Barstogss By Mall M. G. Business Cards. Page It. Some SUent Voices J AXIS C Pusirr Paying the Indians.. ..'....; Bxdkbd Wants, To Lets, Ifor Sales, etc. Pages. Where Beanty Belgns. King Up the Cnrtala. The Boys, 6f Sixty-One. Saber and Musket. Pictures and Painters. Basinets Cards. Paget!, Password and Grip. Pedagogue and Pupil. financial Intelligence. Business Cards- Fag til. A Yoyage to the Bun Claiki A. Obb Every Day Science...: srxr Wbitxk East Versus West Bchbalo Bnsiness Cards. Page li. Get YenrToboesan ....Wilt. I. Poso Don't Throw Stones Geobo Honors Hope Glenn's Btory. Hop Glxsn Business Cards. Page IS. Late News In Brief; Amusement Announcements. Business CarUs. Part IH. Pages. i .. A Cluster of Bods.... ....... ... .MM. GBtTJTDT. in. Why Doa't Ha Marryr.. -...KsavPsixx LxsLra ErrantmtheBocUes.JUSZCrB.MCCABTaT.M.P. Page It. Sunday Thoughts... Jack's Life Afloat., Page 13. TheSnow Queen.... A NlbUIrt Session., A Noble Profession, , A CLEBOTHAX .W. Class: Bussxll .Xkkist H. hxctbicus 1VAIC SHXaSOTT ..BXSStX BUAMBLX K. 8. CBADBOUHN Cards, TBerireftlaeSpblnx. Pate it. ( la the 8ay Boat-......!.. ......... ........M.SI. TVE OENTS-. iwlTHE PUKE TOO HIGH. : , -3 Caldwell Admits That Prince glrat Was Bather Mercenary. . ?DIDH'f WANT AIE flEE MOHET,' As About'$500,0OO Would. Paj-His DelV and $60,000 a lear ' MIGHT PAI THB BUTCHER A5D BAIHN lowers His figure. ' "T i Miss Gwendoline Caldwell has been in , terviewed in Paris by a. Dispatch eorre- ' spondent, on the subject of her broken en gagement with Prince Mnrat She says her lawyers induced her to tell the Prince his! financial demands for his title in exchanger for her wealth and companionship were too steep- She would marry him to-morrow if his demands were less unreasonable. CBT CABLI TO THB DISPATCH.! - PAbis, December 7. Copyright Com tradictory and exaggerated reports are still circulated with regard to the rupture of tha engagement of marriage between Miss Gwendoline Caldwell and Prince Mnrat The lady was recently waited npon by TnB Dispatch correspondent, and was asked to grant him an interview on the subject Mia Caldwell referred him to her attorneys whom she authorized to furnish him with all necessary information, saying that what ever they might say might be considered as! coming direct from herself. In an informal conversation, Miss Cald well spoke freely and frankly of her rela tions with Prince Mnrat, aud of the causa of his action with regard to their engage ment ONLT POSTPONED. In the first place, the Prince has not broken oft the engagement The wedding; is only indefinitely postponed, and thaS In consequence of the counsel acting for us in the matter being unable to agree as to the amount of my Income which the Prince should have absolute) control of. The story of my offering him $10, 000 as an annuity is one of the most monstrous absurdities I bare ever read. I knew nothing of such an offer until I read it In the papers... The truth of the matter is, I have never of fered Prince Mnrat one son, either condition ally or unconditionally. I simply referred him, to my legal advisers, when the question of my estate was broached, and I was much sur prised, to say nothing of my feelings being awfully crushed as would be those of any young girl in a similar situation when tha Prince informed me, in a very curt manner, that our wedding must be postponed until my attorneys saw fit to agrees with his counsel re garding the amount of my income ha was to control. HEB LAWTEE WOULDN'T CONSENT. I consulted my lawyers, and learned that the)' demands of the Prince were so unreasonable) that they were forced by prudential considera tions to decline to accede to them. I asked them haw much of my income the Prince) wanted' for our living purposes, and they said two-thirds, and that I couldn't afford. I remonstrated with the Pnnce, but to no pur. pose. He argued that my income was large, and that In accordance with our social position, a large sum would be required. I toldi bim so far as I was concerned I was perfectly willing that he should hava his way, but that T was bound to be governed is my financial affairs by those having them ia charge. He seemed to think I had more taUn enca in the matter than I really possessed, and blamed m e for th e unhappy state of affairs. TanraVtf tr- liim thafcT ritallv Invnd Mm ftniTi efraeaO?islred to: have the ceremony tako1. tm i piace. a: rata my attorney mat a was per.j . r fectly willing that ther Pnnce should be favorer . ably considered in his demands; bnt thyin-i-v silted that such acquiescence would be im. '. prudent and beside, complications would surely arise therefrom that would render our lives anything bnt happy. I concluded they knew best, and permitted their judg ment to stand. Seeing this, the Prince simply oaue me gooauy, saying at the same time tna whenever my attorneys should deem It proper to acceae to nis demands, be would luinunis marriage contract. With these words nalef& me, and I have not seen him since. SHE LOVES HXt YET. In the course of (he conversation, Mis) ;. Caldwell avowed, with much feeling, that ' if the Prince would be more rea , sonable she' would forgive him. At-, the request of Miss Caldwell, tho writer called upon Mr. Cachard, who has charge of her financial affairs in Europe, and who conducted those of Prince Hatzfeldt before his marriage. In answer to the question as to the cause of the trouble' between Miss Caldwell and Prince Murat, Mr. Cachard said: The real cause of the non-fulfillment of tha engagement was tne disagreement between our firm and the legal representatives of Prince) Murat as to how much be should have of tha lady's income under his absolute control. There . was no specified sum offered by us. Prince Murat's counsel simply . made an unreasonable demand, which wo deemea unwise to grant The Prince was u- compromising and we were firm; hence tho ' Postponing of the wedding; and thus the mat. ter still stands. There bas been no attempt at) a reconciliation, so far as the financial settle. ' ment is concerned, and I do not think there Is likely to be. unless the Prince should bring his, demands within the bounds of reason. HEB I4.W3 KNEW BEST. Miss Caldwell was anxious to have the mat ter settled, and was inclined to give way to' tha Prince, but being a woman of good Judgment,-. she, in spite of her strong affection for nun,. was ruled by the advice of her counsel, and permitted the Prince to break the engagements when he declared he conld not marryfi ner unless his demands were acceeo 10.1 As for the story of the offer of $10,000. tho;; oniy lounuaaon ior tnatis pern-pi oa unuj n conversation between counsel, one of whom ' Jokingly remarked that he thought thePrlnco ought to be satisfied with, that amount. This was wholly outside the case, and Miss CaldwpU, neTarinthnrlzfd or knew of SUCha-TO-OS-i tlon until it was published In the papers. Howv tney got it is a mystery. . , id Mr. Cachard was asked: ""What is that amount of Miss Caldwell's income?" "About 8100.000." r "How much of this did Prince Marai want?" ' -IS "There was no soecifio sum mentioned." "But there must have been a proposltioaj to Inspire a rejection." suggested the writer "The fas-Is," replied the lawyer. " Prince wanted to control the greater'par Miss Caldwell's income, and we could agree to it" THE PBXNCB'S BTOBX. In the absence of Prince Murat from tM city, bis representatives were seen, f sail without hesitation gave their sideofl story, '..bey were asked 11 there was as prospect of a reconciliation, andreplie "The Prince has not authorized us to 1 any comp'romiie in his demands." "What was his demand?" "Why, a bagatelle of about J60,0O0J year for necessary expenses, ana a as: consideration aside from that which d not amount to much.' "What was that consideration?" "It was a mere matter of a small adv to meet a few obligations which had to settled before the marria.e. and wbiclw' to have been returned as soon as the Print could get control of his estates." "Has the Prince manv debts?" X7h wy. tWiflVtin .) WAf-ff-M-l aim from all bis obligations and place hi Tt AAnlanl k 9 ! mnnf ftf nMnarfv"'. ".5i."uA " " --. w. .VF-.... 'Was that the amount tnernncewn to borrow from Miss Caldwell?" - "WelL not exactly. You see,thePriiS wished to meet s. certain obligation. would release a certain amount nowJi bond. This would plaeehim in siposiliestej make his bride a, present as bo desired t'i The Priase. only asked for the ceatralvf e! . a ... LI- - a iu-ensi S-BOuat 01 Brassy om and his tilt to Ufa up to their s-S- I lag M IF-' ,; afci; fi T;