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GRIP ANDJTS CURE,
An Expert Medical Opinion on
the Present Epidemic.
SYMPTOMS OF THE PLAGUE.
Prof. Da Costa's Experience With It,
and His Treatment.
KO EXPLANATION OP ITS CAUSE.
Prof. Da Costa, who is recognized by the
medical profession as the most eminent
writer on diagnosis in the country, has de
voted his attention to the grip. The result
ot his observations and experience in its
cure is given herewith.
16FF.CIAI. TELEGBAJI TO TH BJBrATCn.I
Philadelphia, January 17. The
Medical Ifevss ot to-morrow will contain an
exhaustive article on "La Grippe," from
the pen of Prof. J. M. DaCosta, of Jeffer
son Medical College, from which the follow
ing extracts are taken:
This widespread malady, which nas committed
f ucn havoc on the continent of Europe, and
which has proven itself here, in the last month,
so destructive to comfort and so perilous in its
secondary consequences, is of uncertain origin.
It comes; It goes. It comes withoat warning;
It disappears, leaving behind it sporadic cases,
but speedily loses all trace of its epidemic form.
In the majority of instances the fever is moder
ate and lasts about three or four days. The
fever is at its height in from 21 to 33 hours;
then it slowly subsides and the temperature
may go below normal. In one case, it passed to
BG and there was profuse sweating,
something like a crisis taking place.
During the period of highest tem
perature lasting 36 and possibly 48 hours, there
is only the ordinary variation of about one de
cree between the morning and evening temper
atures. There is really a slight continued
fever, and not a fever with remissions and ex
acerbations as in malarial fever. As a rule,
the temperature does not exceed 103; but, by
way of variety, I have in this epidemic en
countered a few cases in which the tempera
ture at the outset unexpectedly shot tip to 105
and the next day went down to about 1U0, and
then the case ran the ordinary course, termi
nating lnSrecorery. In two of these cases
bloody sputum of pure blood was at first ex
pectorated. CATARRHAL SYMPTOMS.
Another peculiarity about the disease is the
occurrence ot catarrhal symptoms in the eyes
and nose with cough, which is frequently
laryngeal rather than bronchial. These ca
tarrhal symptoms are, however, often absent.
Some of the worst cases that I have seen have
had no catarrhal symptoms whatever in the
eyes, throat, or anywhere else. When the
catarrhal symptoms are present they are moro
apt to involve the eyes, nose, throat and larynx
than the bronchial tubes, although a fair pro
portion of cases have catarrhal bronchial rales.
ana some nave even congestion oi ine lungs.
as illustrated by the cases before you. In a
few instances epistaxis comes on, and with the
occurrence of high fever and debility you
are irresistibly made to think of beginning
typhoid.
One of the most singular features of the pres
ent epidemic is the prevalence of the nervous
symptoms. As I have stated, I have passed
through other epidemics of catarrhal fever, but
this one seems to be stamped by the promi
nence of the nervous symptoms. These are
shown by the violent headache, the severe pain
all over the body, the pain in the spine, travel
ing downward, and also by what I have seen in
quite a number of cases, hyperesthesia or gen
eral sensitiveness of the surface. This is some
thing more than what might be attributed to
the efforts of coughing. Then, too. in some of
the cases, there is delirium, not simply the de
lirium of inanition, as occurred in one of the
cases before you, but a delirium with violent
headache, this delirium sometimes taking
strange forms.
SWOBE AT HEB DOCTOR.
In one case, that of a most refined lady, who
when well wonld hardly recognize an oath,
when she became delirious from an attack of
influenza, swore at her doctor every time he en
tered the room. I have been told of instances
in which patients have lost their minds from
the. violence of the headache and the delirium.
Besides the delirium, there are in some cases
convulsions.
About a week ago, I was called by Dr. Rosen
thal to see a young man who, while in perfect
Health, was seized -n ith violent headache, se
vere pain in the back, pain in the limbs, slight
catarrhal symptoms, considerable conception
of the lungs, but no pneumonia. Almost from
the onset he had spasms in the arms. Tho
spasms were most marked in the left arm, al
though the right was also affected. He was
very restless, and. slightly delirious, but not
markedly so. His temperature, almost from
the beginning, was 97. I found him with pu
pils somen bat dilated and head slightly rigid,
and the presence of cerebrospinal lever at
once suggested itself; but further investiga
tion showed that this was not the case. There
was no eruption: the spasms were limited to
the arms; there was congestion of the lungs;
and. above all. there was no fever, the temper
ature remaining about 97. The only thing
that gave any relief from the spasms was chlo
ral. Notwithstanding the laci that atropine
and opium ere used hypodermically this pa
tient gradually sank under the violence of the
disease.
A MASKED CASE.
I knew of one case in which paralysis of the
lower extremities has followed influenza. It is
slowly yielding; and the patient will recover.
This case had a marked history of a preceding
attack of influeneza. I know of several others
in which convulsions occurred. The kind of
cases I have just mentioned have probably
given rise to the idea with some that cerebro
spinal fever and influenza are the same disease.
The prostrating influence of the malady on the
nervous system is also shown by the fact that
patients of ten stagger on getting out ot bed.
A prominent lawyer whom I recently attended,
thinking that, as he was compelled to
remain in the house, it would be a good
time to get up his work, sent for
his papers, but a few minutes' attempt
cured him of this idea and he was glad to lie
down. This debility remains for a long time
and is often associated with considerable
sweating. The pains often remain, and do not
necessarily pass away on the subsidence of the
rather short fever. .In some cases profuse and
persistent sweating is also very common during
convalescence, and the patient looks anasmic
and miserable. I have seen the Knee-jerk ab
sent at the height of the malady, but in the
majority it is preserved. Cramps in Doth
calves and shoulders, as well as in the chest
muscles, have been reported to me by a physi
cian as happening after the febrile stage had
passed.
ONLY SO-CALLED PNEUMONIA.
The main compllcatiolsbf ordinary catarrhal
fever Is, as you know, pneumonia, or what is
called pneumonlx Looking over the records of
boards of health of different cities, it will be
found that the deaths from pneumonia have
nearly doubled. What is called pneumonia
must therefore be set down as one of the chief
complications. Younoti 8 that I say "what is
called pneumonia." A great many of these
cases arc simply heavily congested long" with
great debility, the lnngs seeming to collapse
There does not seem to be a true process of
pneumonic exudation.
Let me call attention to another peculiarity
that I have noticed in a large number of in
stances. A great mauy persons when seized
and otten during the height of the attack, com
plain of violent pain in the left side, but 1 have
not found any friction sounds, save in one In
stance, and this may have been accidental
There is want of expansion of the loner part of
the lunc, usually on the left side, associated
with this violent and persistent pain, which
makes the patient think that he has pneu
monia or some other grave condition of the
lung. Wc know nothing of the cause of this
disease. It is epidemie, and I think myself that
it is feebly contagious. It would be an admira
ble thing if some of our overfilled Treasury
could flow into the channels of science, and
that a commission be appointed to investigate
this disease bacteriologically and chemically.
Wc accept the mlcrobic nature of its origin, but
it lias not been proven.
INCREASED MOBTALITY.
The prognosis is favorable, but the general
mortality is Increased by the epidemic This is
because persons previously diseased are car
ried off. For instance, in these two cases with
feeble heart, if any unusual exertion were
made the patients would probably die. If an
elderly person with fatty heart contracts this
disease, for it is no respector of age, he would
be in imminent danger. We call this heart
failure, but these hearts arc diseased and en
feebled still more by the malady, in the two
cases before you, I think from the previous
condition of the patients and their ace that
there was no feeble heart prior to tSe present
illness.
I hare mentioned relapse. I have seen few
uisunct examples of this. One was that of a
iaav wno had her nrst attack In
the countrr.
ana i
1 came to town to break It up.
She was well
for two weeks when she was attacked the sec
ond time. Another case was that of a gentle
man who was suddenly seized with the relapse
while in church, two weeks after the first at
tack. In a third case pneumonia occurred in
the relapse. The longest interval I have known
two weeks, the shortest Ave days. To prevent
relapse, great care is necessary in not going
back to work too soon, and not exposing one's
self to wet and cold, and with this there should
be a judicious use of tonics, and even of stimu
lants. Now, a few words in conclusion with refer
ence to the treatment The treatment must,
of course, be the ordinary treatment of
catarrhal affections. For the relaxed and irri
tated throat I have found nothing so service
able as it gargle of salicylate of sodium, glycerin
and water.
TEEATMENT OP CATABBH.
For the nasal catarrh, which at times is very
unpleasant, I have found that a 2 per cent solu
tion of cocaine does the most good. The bron
chial catarrh, according to the exact seat and
the number of rales. A good deal ot the
paroxysmal cough is laryngeal, and you
will find that small doses of opium at
night, or bromide and opium, or what
I have emplnred in a nnmber of cases,
broken doses of 'Dover's powder, will give good
results. One-fourth of a grain of codeine, re
peated according to the circumstances of the
case, is often useful; It allays the cough, in
duces sleep, and does not cause much sweating.
Let me say here, that while perhaps the routine
practice of using diaphoretics in these cases is
useful, vet such drugs must be used with judg
ment. In some cases there is a great tendency
to sweating, and you do not want to increase it,
as it rather adds to the debility. The diaphor
etic mnst be adapted to the individual case, not
employed too actively, and not at all where
sweating is a nromlnent symptom.
The debility must be borne in mind, and it is
good practice to give sulphate of clnchonidine
or quinine, 10 or 12 grains daily. Nourishment
should be kept up, and the action of the bowels
looked after. The patient should not be over
purged, for, in somo instances, diarrhoea is as
sociated with the malady.
For the headache and the pains in the bones
I have found two remedies of especial advan
tage. One is antipyrin in five-grain doses, with
a grain or two of quinine to prevent depres
sion, repeated every two or three hours until
the headache is relieved; the other phenacetln
in five-grain doses. In one instance where these
two drugs failed to relieve the headache I
found gelsemium to answer.
DURING CONVALESCENCE.
The general strength and the circulation
must be looked after, and especially during
convalescence the patient must receive nutri
tious food, alcohol, small doses of strychnine,
and, later, iron.
I shall not speak of the treatment of the com
plication pneumonia, bat let me point out, in
concluding these remarks, that you should
keep your patients ror along time on tonics
which may prevent relapse, and, indeed, it may
be a question whether it would not be advisa
ble when the disease makes its appearance in a
household to place the whole family on the use
of tonics, such as cincbonldine or quinine, as a
preventive. Mv experience is that while this
will not ward off the disease, it renders the at
tack less severe.
TANNERITES TO GO.
A Cronde Commenced by the Corporal's
Successor Against &e-Kated Office
tHoldera A New Yorker'
Notice to Quit.
"Washington, January 17. General
Bauni, the Commissioner of Pensions, has
sent a letter to Secretary Noble requesting
the removal from office of Henry A. Phil
lips, of New Xork, the Chief of the middle
division in the Pension Bureau, on the
ground that the efficiency of the bureau
would be promoted thereby. Mr. Phillips'
pension was re-rated and increased on April
23 last, during Corporal Tanner's adminis
tration. For this reason Secretary Noble,
some weeks later, requested him to resign.
This, however, he declined to do, and no
further action has since been taken in the
case until to-day, owing, it is said, to the
pressure which was brought to bear on Mr.
'Phillips' behalf by members of Congress and
others in high official positions.
It was represented by Mr. Phillips'
friends that he was not guilty of any un
lawful act in connection with his re-rating,
and, further, that he was a gallant soldier
during the War of the Bebellion, and re
ceived several wounds from which he is still
a constant sunerer. it was also represented
that he was not in the Government service
at the time his pension was re-rated, he hav
ing been appointed -to his "present position
nearly a month afterward.
It is believed that Mr. Phillips' dismissal
will be soon followed by others whose pen
sions were re-rated, and that several who are
regarded as less guilty will be reduced in
rank and pay.
CARS STOPPED BY A LUNATIC
Who Wanted the Passengers to Alight and
Die for Gold.
fSrZCIAt, TXLXQIIAM TO TITS DISrATCH. I
New York, January 17. Conductor
Edward B. Busscll rnns train No. 5 on the
New York, Ontario and Western road, be
tween Norwich andMiddletown. On Thurs
day night his train had just pulled out of
Walton when the whistle sounded and the
train came to a sudden stop. Conductor
Bussell hurried to the rear door of the last
car, aud there beheld an object that made
his hair rise. The door of the rear coach,
which was occupied by a few sleepy pas
sengers, was wide open, and jnstinside stood
a being with outstretched arms, disheveled
hair, wild eyes, aud clothed in naught save
a portion of its underclothing. Bnssell saw
that he had a maniac on board.
The lnnatic aimed a blow at the conduc
tor, who evaded it Then the fellow com
manded him to hold the train so they might
dig 'or gold, which he said was buried there
alongside the track. Bnssell humored his
unwelcome passenger until they reached
Sidney, where the man was put off after a
severe struggle. The man proved to be
iranK Aivora, ot bianej, wno had un
dressed himself in the Walton depot and
flagged the train.
AN AFRICAN BISHOP WILLING
That the Morgan Colonization Bill Should
be Fasted by Congress.
Louisville, January 17. H. M. Tur
ner, D. D., LL.D., of Atlanta, Ga., Bishop
of the A. M. E. Church, arrived here to-day
end was asked what he thought of the bill
before Congress which proposes to give na
tional aid to such colored people as might
desire to return to Africa or elsewhere, and
replied by saying:
God grant that the bill may pass. The white
people brought us here against our wilL Now
they ought to provide lor us to leave if we
desire. Beside, we must work out our own
destiny anyhow, and If a portion of us think we
can do it better elsewhere let the nation help
us to try it. If the bill meant compulsory
expatriation I would fight it to the death, but
as 'it is voluntary upon the part of the negro,
let it pass as soon as possible. The negro at
best is but a Bcullion here, and he can be no
less iu Africa. I am tired of negro problems,
ijncli laws, mob rule and a continual fuss, and
,W,000 of other negroes are tired of it. We
want peace at somo period of our existence,
and if e cannot have It here where wo were
born and reared, let .that portion of us who
choose to try another section of the world have
a little help. This nation owes the negro $40.
000,000,000 anyway, so give us a little to emi
grate upon.
WARDING OFF A FAMINE.
The Chantanqun Company Decides to Make
Artificial Ice.
The Chautauqua Ice Company has de
cided to go into the manufacture o! ice on a
large scale, and it is stated will order imme
diately the necessary machinery for that
purpose; the cost of the machines will reach
about SG0.00O. This move has been under
consideration and advisement for some time,
and has formed the principal subject of dis
cussion at the later meetings of the com
pany. In view of the probable, in fact al
most assured, failure of the ice crop this
season, the determination of the company to
manufacture is a cause for general congratu
lation, as this will probably be the only re
liable source of public supply.
The extensive scale upon which the plant
will be worked justifies the hope that low
rates will be fixed.
UBS. PARTINGTON and Ike complete their
voyage. The Eood old lady meetsNeptnne.
and Isaac almost poisons a lot of the pastencers.
The Sukday Dispatch; 20 pages, jiT
SIGNIFICANT VICTORY.
Continued from First Page.
ing, Superintendent Luffberry, himself a
union blower, stepped up to Chew and said:
"Brother Chew, don't you think it would
be best for yon to give up your class, under
present circumstances?"
"If the Lord so wills," replied Chew.
"I think it would be better and, while I'm
about it, I will leave the school and the
church too."
Chew's house was bombarded with bricks
one night, and he now exhibits the dented
doors and broken window sash as evidences
of his martyrdom.
"I expect to keep right on serving the
Lord," he says, "whether the strike lasts or
not,"
The bombardment of houses and such acts
are ascribed by the blowers to mischivous
boys. The men say they will have naught
to do with any such acts, as they will lessen
their chances of securing a victory.
CTJPID AND A PATHETIC CASE.
Even Cupid is coming in for his share of
the general gloom that pervades most of the
towns. Marriages have been few the past
fall and winter, and social occasions where
the mischievous youngster generally gets in
his fine work have been almost entirely
abandoned. Good, solid, old-fashioned court
ing still continues; bnt in many cases it is
u the limited plan, made necessary by the
rigid economy in lights and fuel. Even this
fond dream of youth has been toppled by
tne wide divergence between a "scan ana
union lovers, for no sane girl whose father
and brothers are on strike would for a mo
ment tolerate the attentions of a ".-cab."
One of the most pathetic incidents of the
strike, perhaps, had its culmination in the
death of Annie Lawrence, the rosy-cheeked
young daughter of John Lawrence, a strik
ing blower ot Williamstown, only a few
days ago. For nearly two years Edward
Fithian, a young blower from Clayton, had
been paying his attentions to her, driving
over from his home at least twice a week, no
matter what the weather was like. Their
wedding day was set for January 10 in the
Williamstown M. E. Church, and all
preparations had been completed. Young
Fithian had held out with his fellows all
through the strike, having had quite a snug
sum saved for the great occasion of his lite.
When Moore Brothers started one of their
factories, early last week, Fithian was
among the few strikers who returned to
work, feeling the necessity of it in view of
coming events.
DEATH FOB HIS BRIDE.
He drove over to the house of his intended
the next night, withont athought of danger.
Instead of the usual bright and cheery wel
come Annie's father met the young blower
with a stern rebuff.
"So you're 'scabbing,' eh?" he exclaimed.
"I had to work," replied Fithian.
"Well, no 'scab' can enter my house.
Ton can drive back where yon came from.
No; you can't see Annie. I've broken up
all this. Here's' what you've! given her.
Don't come here again."
Pleadings and entreaties were intile, and
Fithian drove sadly back to Clayton.
Three day's later Annie's death was an
nounced. She was sick when Edward called
that night, and her grief hastened the end.
The differences are carried into the pnblic
schools, where the teachers have been com
pelled to so seat the pupils as to separate the
"scabs" from the "union" children. On
the street there are petty fights between boys,
and even the little girls find excuses for
leaving the company of "nasty scab girls."
Business is dead in Bridgeton, Salem,
Clayton, Williamstown, Glassboro, Wood
bury and the smaller glass towns, and the
etlect is felt for miles around, .banners,
who depend largely for a market for their
products in these centers of population, can
not dispose oi their crops. Money is scarce,
and matters are assuming a desperate shape.
Many believe that a crisis is rapidly ap
proaching, in which one side or the other
must have a signal victory.
TO SETTLE THE STRIKE.
A New Move by Western Bottle Manufac
turers Tbey May Close Down Their
Factories -An Attempt to Force a Set
tlement Prices Are Advanced.
The flint and green bottle manufacturers
of this city have taken up the fight against
the blowers in the East. They have called
a general meeting to consider the advisa
bility oi closing down the Western factories.
This is a new move on the part of the manu
facturers, and will be a surprise to, the blow
ers. A meeting of the bottle manufacturers of
Pittsburg and the West was held yesterday
at the Hotel Anderson. Ninety per cent of
the total capacity of the West was repre
sented at the meeting. In view of the gen
eral advance in the price of raw materials,
it was decided to advance the price ot bot
tles. The advance is about 10 per cent.
After considering other matters pertain
ing to the trade, the strike of the Eastern
blowers came up. After considerable dis
cussion it was decided to pass a resolution
of sympathy for the manufacturers. In the
resolution they state that they will give the
Eastern employers financial and other sup
port They decided to call a general meet
ing of all the Western men for January 30,
in this city. If the strike is not ended by
that time they will close down their fac
tories. A number of the manufacturers present
at yesterday's meeting were opposed to
shutting down their plants. The majority
argued that a matter of principle was at
stake.and if the Eastern manufacturers were
beaten, it would be but a short time until
their employes would try the same thing on
them by striking. If they shut down now,
the blowers here will be thrown out of work.
This will have a certain influence toward
the resumption of work in the East.
The strike in the East has been going on
for four months. Business in the small New
Jersey towns where the glass houses are
standing idle, is practically suspended. A
few houses are working with non-union men,
but the great majority are still idle. The
strike is the most stubborn contest ever
known in the glass business. The strikers
are receiving financial aid from every glass
organization in the country. The American
Flint Glass Workers' Union in this city
sends them $500 every week.
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING.
A Vnllse Containing 89,000 Worth of Jew
elry Cnnses Some Trouble.
New Yoek, January 17. Captain Bitty,
of the steamer Saratoga of Ward's Line,
which arrived here on "Wednesday from
Havana, was arrested at his home in Har
lem to-day on a charge of smuggling. He
had a gripsack containing $5,000 worth of
jewelry, on which no duty had been paid.
He says a passenger requested him to take
care of the grip for him without telling him
what were its contents.
Subsequently this passenger, Isaac Lomm,
a native or Amsterdam, Holland, was ar
rested in the office of a broker, with whom
he was arranging to have the jewelry sent
to Holland. He denied that he had any in
tention of smuggling. Both men were
taken before Commissioner Shields and held
in $2,600 bail each for examination to-morrow.
SNOW WINS, THIS WINTER.
Enough Snbstnnco in a Decree to Go a Long
Way Toward a Thaw.
rsrxci.ii. txlxobjlx to the dispatch.!
Boston, January 17. The celebrated
Snow-Alley case has reached the last ditch,
and the plaintiff is on top. The Supreme
Court decrees that Hon. John B.
Alley must pay to Chester Snow the
sum of $64,573 which the jury declared
was due him. The action was brought to
recover damages for the conversion of 150
bonds of the Postal Telegraph Company,
whioh were assigned by plaintiff to defend
ant under a written contract, by which
plaintiff and another had agreed to make
such assignment when the bond should be
delivered under a certain contract made be
tween Snow and the Postal Telegraph Company,
FIRST IN TSE HELD
Details of the-Eecognition of the New
Brazilian GoYernment
BY THE 'ARGENTINE BEPUBLIC.
The Event Hade the Occasion for a National
Celebration.
ENTIRE FAITH IN THE EEVOLUIION.
A Fan-American Delegate Who Misrepresented His
Country's Wishes.
The Minister from the Argentine Bepub
lic to this country has received the
formal recognition of the new Brazilian
Government made by his country. The
document is a very strong one, and sets a
day for the celebration of the revolution.
New Yokk, January 17. The Argen
tine Bepublic has formally recognized the
newly-established Republic of Brazil in
spite of the utterances of Senbor Lafayette
Bodrignes Pereira. This gentleman was
Emperor Dom Pedro's Prime Minister, and
also delegate to the Pan-American Congress.
Senhor Pereira is said to be in bad repute
at. present by reason of his actions and ut
terances upon recent occasions at 'Wash
ington. When the news' of the fall of the Brazil
ian monarchy came, Pareira started for that
country at once. He was glad enough, how
ever, to get away from there, it is said, and
is now in Paris.
THEIR PEOMPT ACTION.
Consul General A. J. Calvo, of the Ar
gentine Bepublic, in New York, received a
circular from his Government, which was
sent to all the representatives of La Platta
at tho respective capitals of Europe and
America. The circular reads:
Buenos Atbes, December3. 18S9.
The President of the Republic and the Cabi
net in session.
Act I To celebrate In due form the advent
of the Bepublic of the United States of Brazil,
fixing for that celebration the 8th day of De
cember. Act II The national flag shall be dis
played over all tho public buildings, fortresses
and on all vessels of this nation.
Act III All the men-of-war at home or in
foreign ports shall display the national nag,
and accord the highest honors to the new Re
public allowable.
Act IV The Mayor of this city is requested
to Illuminate the streets, squares and monu
ments, and to promote among the people the
display of flags and Illuminations on priyato
buildings.
GENERAL REJOICING.
Act V The Secretary of State will visit tho
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extra
ordinary of Brazil and present to him the good
wishes of the Argentine Republic for the hap
piness and prosperty of his country in the new
political life.
Act VX These decisions will be especially
communicated to His Excellency, the Min
ister of Brazil, and transmitted by telegraph to
the Argentine Minister at Rio Janeiro.
Act VII-All the Governors of the prov
inces and Territories of this Republic will be
requested to associate themselves with these
festivities.
Act VIII A copv of this decree will be sent
to the. Secretary of the Interior and the Secre
taries of War and Marine for the enforcement
of the same.
By the act of Juarez Celman, President of
the Republic
"This decree," said Consul General
Calvo, "which is the best recognition given
the new Bepublic of Brazil by any country
or republic or monarchy in the world, was
passed as soon as practicable after the
change of Government had taken place."
THE BEPUBLIC ALL EIGHT.
"I think," continued Seuor Calvo, "there
is not the least doubt but what the new
Republican Government will hold its own,
and as soon as it can properly organize
itself will grow rapidly in favor. But we
do not like to be misrepresented as to our
position toward it by such men as La
fayette Pereira, hence 1 hasten to make
pnblic these documents."
Senor Calvo further spoke of Pereira as
follows: "The indignation of the Argentine
people, with that ot Brazilian Bepublicans,
is justly raised against Pereira for what he
said in the papers in Washington regarding
the leading men of the new Brazilian Gov
ernment right after the late proclamation of
the Bepublic."
"In 1870," continued the Consul General,
"Pereira was (as is well known) one of the
Republican leaders in Brazil, and he signed
the famous Republican manifesto which
was issued at that time, and defended bis
opinions and actions in the Republican press
for years. Then he turned Monarchist to
more quickly advance himself.
A STBONQ AEBAIGNMENT.
"He is a turn-coat." vehemently ex
claimed Senor Calvo, "ready to join any
issue that promises to further his own ends.
Pereira is now in Paris, in the
consomme, 40 to speak, as his pros
pects under a Brazilian monarchy are
gone forever and bis actions in Washing
ton a few weeks ago have effectually shut
him out from the Republican party. There
fore he is out in the cold."
Senor Calvo concludes with these scath
ing words: "He misrepresented the feelings
of the Argentine people toward the Brazil
ian Bepublic, as this official decree which I
have read shows. It was formally issued on
December 3, in recognition of the new Bra
zilian Bepublic, and became law upon being
signed by the President and his Cabinet."
LACONIC ORDERS IX BRAZIL,
When Asked for Instructions the Minister
of War Is Terse Enough.
18PECIAL TEUCOBAH TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Yoek, January 17. One of Charles
B. Flint's correspondents at Bio Janeiro,
describing the revolt among the troops on
December 15, says that when the trouble
broke ont the news was telephoned to the
Minister of War, with a request for instruc
tions. The laconic order came back over
the wire, "Shoot them down," and it was
done.
To-day's news by cable from Brazil was
favorable. Foreign exchange further ad
vanced to 26Jjf. Exchange shows a
tendency to improve after every large ship
ment from the country, and the financial
barometer is now higher than at any time
since the overthrow of the monarchy.
DKITEN FROM THEIR HOMES.
Hundreds of Indiana Families Fleeing to
Escape a Flood.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE BISPATCnO
Evansville, Ind., January 17. The
river at this point passed the danger line on
the gauge at 8 o'clock this evening, and is
still rising at the rate of half an inch
an hour, -tne water is rapidly spreading
over the bottom lauds and those who have
not already been driven iroin their homes
by the rising waters are removiug their
families and stock. A great amount of corn
has been destroyed, and farmers haviuggrain
in danger of being washed awav are at work
with laborers placing it above the high
water mark of 1884. The prospects now are
that the water will reach a much greater
height than at any time since the flood of
that year.
The officers of the steamer Bine. "Wing,
from Calhoun, which arrived here last night,
report the river rising two inches an hour.
Hundreds of lamilies have been driven from
their homes, and many of them are living
in churches and school houses:
An Offlcrr's Charge.
James Phillips was charged before Alder
man Bichard with aggravated assault and
battery. "The charge -was piferred by
Special Officer John H. Scott. It was
alleged that Phillips hit his opponent on
the head' with a board. Ball in $500 was
furnished for hearing on Monday.
THE CUT DIRM
Given to the Wife of a Cnnndli a Cabinet
Minister by Lady Stanley No Season
Assigned for the Cold
Shoulder.
ISPKCIAI, TELEOBAV TO TUX mSyATCIM
Ottawa, January 17. A sensation was
caused in the lobbies of the House ot Com
mons, to-night, by the definite! announce
ment of the Free Press that the (cold shoul
der had been given Mrs. George! Foster,
wife of the Minister of Finance, by
Lady Stanley, at Government House, and
that in the future, as in the past, Mrs.
Foster will be excluded from seleciisociety
at the Dominion Capital. Undei- the head
ing "Mrs. Foster Boycotted,"! the Free
Press makes the tallowing statement:
The name of Mrs. George E. Foster, wife of
the Minister of Finance, was omitted from
the list of ladies invited to the I reception
which lady Stanley intended holding last
night for the wires and daughters of the gen
tlemen who attended the State dinner. When
the list of Invitations was published and Mrs.
Foster's name was not there, though her hus
band's was. It was supposed that anerror had
been made. To-day, when asked whether it
was true that Mrs. Foster bad been
ignored by Lady Stanley, Captain Col
ville, Lord Stanley's Military Secretary, said:
"It Is quite correct." "Can you assign
any reason for ltf" "No, She was not in
vited, that is all." And so the mattr stands.
All the other members of the Cabinet and
prlTy counselors were Invited, bus Mr. Foster
was invited alone. This Is said to be the
outcome of a systematic social boy
cott to which Mrs. Foster has been subjected.
It Is stated that the wires of twq cabinet min
isters called upon Mrs. Foster shortly after her
marriage, and that tbey were severely repri
manded for so doing:.
It is said to-night that Foster has inti
mated his intention to resign from the Cab
inet at the close of the session. Several of
the leading members of Parliament who
support the Government say that it will be
impossible for Sir John Macdonald to retain
him.
A TUNKEL UKDER THE STRAITS.
Senator McMillan's Seeme.to Boom Michi
gan's Timber Trade.
SPECIAL TELIQKAM TO TBS DISPJL.TCB.I
Washington, January 17. Senator Mc
Millan, of Michigan, has introduced a joint
resolution instructing the Secretary of War
to cause an examination t6 be made into the
practicability and expense of tunnel
ing or bridging the Strata of Mack
inac. The subject of providing
some means of crossing this great channel
has been talked of tor several years by the
managers of the various railroads that
reach that upper peninsula by cross
ing the Straits of Mackinac on ferry
boats, and it is1 probable that
the persons now interested in having
the preliminary work commence are the
owners of these railroads. The most north
erly town in the lower peninsula of Michi
gan, at the Straitsot Mackinac, is Mackinaw
City. Opposite are the flourishing towns of
Mackinac (known jas Mackinac Island),
which is a military) post, and St. Ignace, a
prosperous and growing timber town.
From Mackinaw City to St Ignace, ac
cording to the route now traversed by ferry
boats, is eight miles. Should a bridge
or tunnel be constructed, it would be
located at a place where the terminal
points would be about four miles apart.
The tunnel project is more popular with the
parties interested than the bridge plan, and
the success of the work tunneling the St.
Clair river between Port Huron, Mich.,
and Sarnia, in Canada, gives the proposi
tion for a tunnel at Mackinac quite a boom.
SELLING PAINTED DIAMONDS.
The Scheme of n Handsome Young Woman
to Make n Fortune.
Chicago, January 17. Lena Edwards,
alias L. E. Griffiths, the handsome young
woman who is accused of making
a fortune in Memphis, Tenn..
by selling "painted" diamonds, was
before Judge Clifford this morning.
Miss Edwards was arrested in this city in
December by the Central police. She gave
bail and has since remained in the city.
Now she conies forward with a petition for
discharge. The Memphis officials are on
hand to oppose the petition and to take the
prisoner to the Southern city, where an in
dictment has been returned against her.
A delay of ten days was asked, but the
Court set Monday for the hearing. Miss
Edwards renewed her bonds to appear in
court when wanted. The officers say the
painted diamond racket is a dangerous
practice. "Take a yellow stone worth 5100,"
said they, "and dip it in a certain solution
aud it becomes a perfectly clear white stone,
apparently worth five times its real value.
It would fool the best jeweler. The scheme
is being worked to a considerable extent in
the South."
A NEW LAND OP PR0MI8E.
The Negroes Are Going to Try and Take
Possession of Oklahoma.
St. Louis, January 17. Letters received
by W. L. Eagleson, business manager of
the Oklahoma Immigration Society in
Kansas, from points in North Carolina, say
that a large number of negroes of that
State are going through in wagons this
winter to the new Territory, Mr. Eagleson
says there are 22,000 negroes in Oklahoma,
and that by spring there will be at least
CO, 000. He claims they ought to have that
country, and says President Lincoln and
the Bepublican party promised to give it to
them. He adds:
"We are determined to take it anyhow, and
we will make it one of the grandest States in
the Union. 1 favor Colonel Morgan's scheme
to purchase the Cherokee strip and other
lands in the Indian Territory, exclusively for
negro settloment. Give us the Blair bill, the
Indian Territory and Senator Butler's 5,000,000
and we shall be content. Oklahoma. In my
judgment, is the land of promise for the race
and migration the panacea for every ill now
affecting the negroes of the South.
TIRED OF BEING BLACKMAILED.
An Ex-Dell Boy Arrested for Ingratitude to
a Millionaire.
rSPECIAI. TZLEOItAM TO TITS DI8rATC7I.l
Kansas City, January 17. Arthur 0.'
Gotham, alias Blake, alias A. C.
Williams, the yonng man who has
figured throughout the country as the
supposed adopted son of Arthur C.
Gorham, the Boston millionaire, was
taken to Kinsley, Kan., to-day to answer a
charge of blackmail. The charge grew out
of some threatening letters recently written
to Gorham by Blake. The letters were
written in this city, and were recived by
Gorham in Kinsley, which he has made his
home for some time past. Gorham bad
already spent a good deal ot money on
Blake, and decided to have nothing further
to do with him. Tbelhreat made by Blake
influenced him in this decision.
A special grand jury to investigate the
case will be impaneled at Kinsley to-morrow.
Blake was a bellboy at the Centropo
lis, several years ago, when Gorham picked
him up. He lavished money on him, and it
was generally understood thathe had adopted
him.
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
A Direct Charge to That Effect Against the
Toledo Clairvoyant.
Toledo, O., January 17. The First
National Bank obtained new warrants
against Madam De Vere, the notorious
clairvoyant, charging forgery ot a
note for $3,500. Her bail was
increased to $2,000, and she is still behind
the bars, unable to find it It transpires
that this bank is out some $13,000 on three
notes aggregating that sum, which are all
believed to be forgeries.
The woman De Vere is now known to
have recetved at least $20,000 by her
transactions in notes supposed to be
forgeries in the past year, in which
transactions Lamb is alleged to have
figured. Bichard Brown, of Youngsiown,
will be on hand at the preliminary examina
tion, next Tuesday, and will swear his
signatures to the notes are forged.
FEEE FROM POLITICS.
The State flon-Partisan W. C. T. V.
Launches Its Bark Smoothly.
MRS. H. C. CAMPBELL PRESIDENT.
She
Accepts the Honor Dignifiedly,
Under Op'en Protest.
bat
THE BOCIETX A8 TKT 18 HaMELESS,
Bat is Expected to be Christened at CieTclasd Sext
Week.
t
The organization of the State non
partisan W. C. T. TJ. was completed yester
day. Officers were elected and bylaws and
constitution were adopted. A Philadelphia
branch was taken into the new fold, and
applications for several others were filed.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBI DISPATCTM
Philadelphia, January 17. The
Women's Christian Temperance Alliance,
which had been in session for the past two
days at the hall of the American Sunday
School Union, adjourned this afternoon,
after drawing up its- by-laws and constitu
tion aud electing officers. Alter the de
votional exercises by Mrs. A. M. Miller, of
Philadelphia, messages of greetings were
read from the non-partisan W. C. T. TJ. of
Cleveland and the non-partisans ofAris-took,-Me.
An interested looker-on at the proceed
ings of to-day's meeting was Supreme Judge
H. W. Williams, of Tioga, his wife being
a delegate, as were also the wives of Con
gressman Marriott Brosius, of Lancaster
county, and Judge Harry White, of Indiana
county.
Mrs. Campbell introduced the Women's
Evangelical Temperance Association, of
Philadelphia, who had come over to the
Alliance. Mrs. Miller, the President, and
Mrs. Ellis, the Secretary of that body, made
short addresses.
FOBCED UPON HEB.
The first order of business was the nomi
nation and election of officers. The Presi
dent appointed the following tellers: Mrs.
Joseph D. Weeks, Mm. J. J. Price, Mrs.
C. B. James, Mrs. M. M. Hulings, and
Mrs. H. S. Ellis. Considerable discussion
arose as to whether the nominations should
be by formal or informal ballot. The con
stitution called for the latter method, but it
was argued that at present the former would
be better. Several motions in iavor of the
formal ballot were lost, and slips were
passed around for the informal nominations.
For President, 61 votes were cast, Mrs. H.
C. Campbell receiving 47, Mrs. Judge White
11, and Mrs. Bichard Darlington 1. Mrs.
Ellen M. Watson moved that the informal
ballot be made the formal, and Mrs. Camp
bell elected. The latter thereupon declined,
stating that she conld not fulfil the respon
sibilities, attached to the office as she be
longed to nine other organizations, but
being pressed upon by a number of those
present, she finally accepted the position.
On taking the chair she made a brief
address.
OTHEB OFFICEBS ELECTED.
Mrs. Judge White was elected Vice Presi
dent, receiving 40, Mrs. Bichard Darling
ton 14, Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks 2 and Mrs.
Ellen Watson 10. For Becording Secre
tary Miss M. S. Shepard received 47, Mrs.
Joseph D. Weeks 14 and Miss J. G. Short
age 1. Mrs. Ellen M. Watson, who was
for 14 years Corresponding Secretary of
the Women's Christian Temperance Union
in this State, was elected to a similar posi
tion in the new organization, receiving 68
votes, Mrs. Joseph D. Weeks 1, Mrs. Bich
ard Darlington 1, Miss Bemington 1 and
Miss J. C. Shortledge 1. For Treasurer
Mrs. Lizzie Phillips received 30 votes, Miss
Mary Mcllvaine 24.
The badge of the new organization is to
be a white and blue ribbon. A communica
tion was received from the Chester Connty
Christian Temperance League, requesting
the convention to consider the name
Christian Temperance League as suitable
for the new organization. Mrs. Campbell
suggested that it would be better to leave
the name unsettled until after the Cleveland
Convention, which is to be held next week.
The meeting then adjourned until 2 o'clock.
0?HE FINAL SESSION.
The afternoon session opened with the
usual devotional exercises, after which a
number of telegrams and greetings were
read. The election of superintendents was
then in order., Mrs. Bichard Darlington, of
Chester county, was elected superintendent
of evangelicaj work; Mrs. James, of Lehigh
county, of juvenile and Sabbath work; Mrs.
McDowell, ofl Berks county, literature and
press work; Mrs. Joseph Weeks, of Alle
gheny, scientific temperance instruction;
Mrs. Caroline Boney, of Philadelphia, tem
perance work among mothers; Mrs. W. H.
Palmer, of Luzerne county, legal and legis
lative work; ,Mrs. Hulings, of Venango
county, temperance work among railroad
employes, soldiers and sailors; Miss S. S.
Robinson, of Chester county, work among
foreigners'; Mrs. Judge Williams, of Tioga
county, temperance social meetings; Mrs.
Showalter, of Butler county, temperance
wors. at state anu county lairs.
The election was followed by the report of
tlie Committee on Resolutions: The White
Ribbon Paper was adopted as the official
organ of the new society. A committee
from the first branch of the Young Women's
Christian Temperance Union of this city
presented af resolution of greeting, and ex
pressed a desire to join the new organiza
tion. J
The Women's Temperance League of
Tioga was received, as also a society of 35
ladies from Lehigh county. At the close of
the meeting, Mrs. Campbell made a short
address. jj
A SINGULAR CHDRCH FIGHT.
Yonng Members Opposed to Their Elders on
I a Question of Pevri.
rsrxciAn teleobam to the dispatch. 1
Essex, Mass., January 17. A singular
contest is going on between the young people
and the aged members of the North Con-,
gregational Church of this town. Last sum
mer the church, which is an old structure,
was thoroughly renovated inside, and paint
and fresco gave it a modern appearance.
The churih is provided, however, with the
old-style high box pews, which are mortised
into the vrail on one side and into the floor
so firml j as to be a part and parcel
of the whole superstructure, rather
,than a movable portion of it The
young p Eople wanted the modern circular
pews, se they raised $1,000 which they
offered t ie Parish uotuinittee for that pur
pose. I ut that committee, consisting of old
people, said: "No, youog 'uns, these p'ews
were go d enough for our fathers, are good
enough lor us, and will have to be good
enough for you. Take away your filthy
lucre; don't tempt us."
Littles (did they realize the effect of their
cruel neglect ot the lambs of the fold, for
the very next day one, then another gave up
soprano
choir resigned, and the leading tenor joined
the rebellious crowd. As a result, choir
singing last Sunday had to be dispensed
with. ("The war still goes on, and every day
the lovers of the "old pews" are compelled
to recieive tender lines requesting them to
discontinue taxing others for tbe "backyard,
fence In the newly frescoed church," The
end is not yet.
Tbe HcKeesport Flaht.
Messrs. Stone and Thompson, of McKees
port, (propose to remain in Washington until
the postoffice appointment is made. Mr. Bay
thinks' he will make it aext week.
A BABOFB BAD FIX.
The Son of a Member of the Eelehitnc
Arrested for Jnmplng: HIa Board
BUI A Terr Bare Contortionist
for a Nobleman.
fSFECIAI. TZZ.XQKAK TO THE DISPATOB.J
New Yobk, January 17. Baron Jocelin
C. Scheliha, whose father is said to be a
member of the German Reichstag, spent last
night at the Thirtieth street station
house. He was arrested early in
the evening at the White Elephant
billiard room, where he was playing
pool, in an overcoat with an astrachan col
lar. An officer of the Jefferson Market
Court squad who made the arrest had a
warrant issued some days ago, upon the ap
plication of Eimer F. Mackusick, proprie
tor of the Madison Square Hotel, at Twenty
fifth street and Broadway.
Mr. Mackusick charged that the Baron
owed five weeks' board for himself and his
wife. He says that some months ago the
Baron married a pretty girl, against the
wishes of her parents, and after the wedding
trip came back to town with bis bride and
put up at the hotel. The Baron was a
teacher in the Berlitz School of Languages
in the hotel building.
The Baron is 6 feet high and can go
through contortion acts, spreading his legs
apart until he attains a sitting posture on
the floor. He also, it is alleged by Mr.
Mackusick. amused guests at the hotel bv
kicking hats out of the hands of the tallest
He paid his first week's board, but kent
putting off the proprietor after that. He
left the hotel at the end of six weeks, leav
ing his trunk. Mr. Mackusick says there
was nothing in it of any value.
The Baron and his wife have been living
lately at 61 West Thirty-third street. The
Baroness told the police that her husband's
embarrassment was the result of accident,
and that she believed that she could get
the money to clear off his indebtedness. The
police were informed that the Baron had
been playing the races pretty extensively,
and had lost considerable money. He him
self, denies all intention of swindling any
body, and says that everything will be satis
factorily arranged.
RECIPROCITY PRO AND CON.
Sir John Macdonald Tells Wby Protection
Won't Admit of It.
Ottawa, Ont., January 17. During the
Parliamentary debate this afternoon on the
address in reply to the speech from
the throne, Ruins H. Pope, member for
Compton, denounced those who favored
annexation with the United States, and re
ferred to the Atlantic and Behring Sea
question at great length. Canadian fisher
men, he said, if need be, conld defend Can
ada's fisheries.
Hon. Mr. Lanrier, leader ot the Opposi
tion, criticized adversely the policy of the
Government in regard to its delay in urging
the British Government to hasten the set
tlement of international disputes. He
contrasted Lord Salisbury's apathy with the
prompt action of the British Government in
regard to the Mason-Slidell affair. Mr.
Laurier came out strongly in favor of
closer trade relations with the United
States.
Sir John McDonald, in reply, said that
the disputes would soon be settled on a basis
consistent with national dignity. He favored
closer trade relations with the United States.
but this was out of the question at present,
owing to the protective policy of the Har
rison administration. Sir John said that
protection was destined to be the policy of
Canada for many years to come.
THE LAKE ERIE'S IRON.
Special Officer Cook Rons Down a Gana; of
AMesrd Thieves.
There has been a systematic robbery of
cars containing iron on the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie Road on the Southside for some
time. The plan adopted by the thieves was
to throw the iron off the cars at night, and
gather it up in skiff in the morning. A
few days ago Special Officer Cook was in
structed to stop the plundering.
Yesterday Joseph Mountjoy and Hugh
Haunach were arrested at South Twenty
second street, after having hauled away a
quantity of iron in a one horse wagon.
Mountjoy admitted to Officer Cook that he
had known of the thievery going on, but he
denied having taken part in it. The men
took about 600 pounds of iron away yester
day, but the place where it was sold is
known, and it will be recovered.
A charge of larceny was made against
both defendants, and tbey will have a hear
ing before Magistrate Brokaw to-day.
FALLING INTO LINE.
Only Four of the Pnblic Depositories Oat In
. the Cold.
Washington. January 17. All but
four of the 138 public depositories have
complied with SecretaryWindom's call for
a portion of the Government funds held by
them. The delinquents are located in
distant parts ol the country, and it -is
believed, will be heard from in a few days,
so that it is not at all likely that the depart
ment will be called upon in any case to
force a compliance with its demands.
The total amount of bonds surrendered to
date in liquidation of deposits is $7,078,500,
being more than twice the amount required
by a strict compliance with the call. All
the number of banks which will be
discontinued as depositories is 85, and of
these 30 have already surrendered their en
tire deposits and gone out of the system.
Another call will be issued in a few days,
as soon as the delinquents have been heard
from.
NOT FOOD FOR THE FISHES.
A Man Supposed to Have Drowned Over 30
Years Abo Snprlses Bis Wife.
ISFXCIAt. TXLIQBAX TO TBI PI8FATCH.1
Ottawa, January 17. In 1857 a packet
boat, the William and Mary, running be
tween Liverpool and the St. Lawrence, had
among her Canadian-bound passengers a
Mr. Parker, a seafaring man, his young wife
and two children, booked for Montreal. A
short time after the vessel left the Mersey,
and while nightfall was setting iu, Parker
tumbled into the sea, was swept astern and
given up as lost.
Mrs. Parker did not wear the weeds very
long, for in a short time she again became a
bride. The second marriage was a happy
one, but it was disturbed tbe other day by
the 3udden appearance of Parker. He 'was
snatched from the deep by the crew of a
Portuguese merchantman bound to South
America. It remains to be seen how the
case will be settled.
TO END THE DEADLOCK.
Tbe Democrats In tbe Iowa Legislature
Offer to Compromise.
Des Moines, Ia., January 17. The
Democrats this afternoon made a proposi
tion to the Bepublicans looking to
ward a settlement ot the deadlock. It
provided that the present officers,
who are Bepublicans, be made regular tem
porary officers; that in the permanent organ
ization the Democrats be given the Speaker,
the Bepublicans the Chief Clerk, and
tbe remainder of the offices
be divided; that the Democrats
be given tbe Chairman of tbe Committee on
Judiciary, the suppression of intemperance,
appropriations aud railroads.
The Bepublican caucus will act npon it in
the morning, but no hopes are entertained
for its acceptance.
Movements of Steamships.
Steamship. Arrived at from.
Wyoming New York Urerpoot.
Celtic Qnsenstowo New York.
NOTiBcotU Qnssoitown Bsltlmors.
Homan tendon Bottou.
Idand London .New Tart.
Veendam llotteruam New York.
PITRTTr R0AD8, ancient and modern, de
x VliLtlX) scribed in to-morrow's mammotn
edition of THB SUNDAY DISPATCH by um
bale a
KICKING AT THE LAW.
A Congressman Who Objects Serin
onsly to the Provisions of
THE ISTEE-STATE COMMERCE ACT,
He Sees More Flaws in It Than He Can Fin4
Good to Balance Them.
E0UGH 05 CHICAGO PACKING HOTJSES,'
And Corapctllloa in Us Carrjinz Baiiness Interfere!
Witt.
Congressman Morse, of Massachusetts,'
doesn't like the Inter-State commerce law.
It is not built to suit him, and he is certain'
that It is of no advantage to the largest beef
packing concern in Chicago.
Washington, January 17. Bepresent-'
ative Elijah A. Morse, of Massachusetts,
addressed the House Committee off Com
merce to-day, in advocacy of his two bills,
one for the entire repeal of the inter-Stater
Commerce law, and the other for the repeal
of the long and short haul and anti-pooling;
sections. He asserted that the law had, ta
a large extent, stopped railroad develop
ment and building; and it had been esti
mated, by good authorities, that the lair
had caused a shrinkage of more than $200,
000,000 in the value of railroad property in,
this country, without any compensating ad
vantage to the people.
The old custom of high rates to competing
points and then nominal rates for long
hauls, the speaker said, had resulted in an' '
interchange ot commodities and products
throughout the United States to the common,
advantage of the whole country. Under
the operations of the inter-State law this!
condition of things is reversed.
A. NECESSABX EXCHANGE.
The people of New 'England, said Mr.
Morse, who have water power and natural
facilities for manufacturing, and ha7e ex
changed their products with States possess
ing agricultural advantages, must now plow
a rocky, sterile soil deeper, with a view to
increasing their own food supply, on which
freight is increased. The manufacturer
must locate nearer the cotton fields, the iron
or coal mines ana his principal market, izt
consequence oi largely increased freight.
If the law has righted any wrongs, said
Mr. Morse, it has created vastly greater
ones by interference with competition m the
carrying business. He denounced the pro
vision giving the Commissioners discre
tionary power to suspend the operations of
the long and short haul clause, and de
manded that if the law was to continue in
force it should be made applicable to Cana
dian roads, which were now, by low rates oa
long hauls, securing millions of dollars
worth of business that belonged to Ameri
can roads. Moreover, the law was favor
able to trusts, aud tended to give all the)
railroad business to tbe trunk line monopo-,
lies, to the injury of local roads.
DOESN'T BELIEVE IT.
The statement in tbe annual report of tue
Inter-State Commerce Commission that the)
tendency of freight rates had been down
ward, Mr. Morse declared was absolutely
and unqualifiedly false, as applied to the)
whole country. He read a published state
ment ot the largest beef packing company
of Chicago, showing that their charges for
transportation of freight had been increased
(950,000 since the inter-State commerce law
went into effect. The present rate, the)
statement of the beef packing companies
showed, was 14 per cent greater than the)
average published rate for the six years pre
ceding the passage of the inter-State com
merce law. The freight rates.not only upon
the meat products of Chicago, but upon
nearly every other product, had been in
creased by the working of the inter-Stata
commerce law.
There are, Mr. Morse said, perhaps a few
articles, such as furniture, that have by
some means secured a very low classifica
tion from the roads upon which the freight
may be lower than formerly, but on tha
great mass of merchandise shipped over tha
country the freight rates have been much
higher than prior to the passage of the inter
State commerce law, and the name of tha
law should be changed, if it is to continue,'
to "A law to prevent the interchange of
commodities at low freight and to protect
the trunk line monopolies."
GREATEST LIVING ARTISTS.
Sarasate and D'Albtrt Arrive oa the
IJmited for tbe Concerts.
An arrival somewhat oat of the ordinary
was that of the Sarasate-D'Albert Concert
Combination on the limited last evening.
The members were as follows: Pablo
Sarasate and his agent, Otto Goldschmidt;
Eugen D'AIbert and wife and his agent, O.
Wolff: Mile. Marx and Mr. M. B. Bice,
Mr. Henry Abbey's manager.
The party proceeded to the Seventh Ave
nue Hotel, where tbe newspapermen of tha
city met the two celebrities whose magical
music has so potent an influence on tho
American mind and dollar. Senor Sarasate)
is compactly built, with iron-gray mustache)
and a mane of hair which is said to be very
effective when the music ripples from tha
gyrations of his bow through the instru
mentality of the $1,000 Stradivarius upon
which he will play to-night.
D'AIbert is an oddity all over. Hid
tangled hair falls over his shoulders and
Teutonizes an already distinctly German
appearance. He wore a jager, a woolen
suit looking like brown jeans. The coat
was buttoned in blouse fashion. His trousers
were short, and a pair of high heeled boota
gave him a peculiar appearance. D'AIbert .
never wears an overcoat, and seldom wears
gloves. In a sleeper he always has tha
window opened to its fullest extent
Neither of the artists is a linguist, but it
was curious that the first question each
asked was whether Pittsburg had a m osier
school.
Special Redaction Sale of Fine Alaska Seal
skin Garments.
Our entire stock-marked down. Unheard
of prices moving this great stock. Complete)
lines, finest and best, perfect for fit and wear. .
Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores. :
Eably spring scaris lor 50 cents.
Will Peice, 47 Sixth si
"Every patron of Kaufmanns' cloak ot
overcoat department will be allowed. a re--"
duction of 25 per cgnt from the marked
price of the garment. xThis oiler h' for to
day only.
B. it B.
Boys' overcoats at half price to-day.
Boggs & BrHT
Eably spring scarfs for 50 cents.
Will Pbice, 47 Sixth st.
Men's New 50c and 25c Nrekwear.
100 dozens, best value ever shown.
' Jos. Hobne & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Ginghams.' ginghamsl, ginghams! Bert
makes and styles of Scotch aud Trench
zephvr ginghams, 25c aud 30s a yard.
ttssu Huous &"Hacke.
Eably springscarfs for 0 cents.
Will Pbice, 47 Sixth si
Natural wool underwear, at James H,
Aiken & Co.', 100 Fifth ave.
Eably spring scarfs for SO cents.
Will Pbice, 47 Sixth si.'
fAYfYYI 0F tbs Colorado; the expedition.
vumuiiu mat is surveying a rauroaa to mmy
Gulf ot California. The Sunday Dispatcjcj
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