- F0RTY-1TFTH TEAE. TheFerocionsTreatment of an Alleged Dynamiter. SHORTENING A SENTENCE By Ending the Existence of the Most Unhappy Prisoner. IRISHMEN DEMAND AN INQOIBY. All Parties Are Chimin;: theParnell Eeport as a Yictory. fOETUGUESE PATRIOTISM PLATED OUT The House of Commons will be asked to investigate the charge that Dynamiter John Daly has been poisoned and cruelly treated in prison. He is now serving a life sentence. The report of the Parnell Commission is still the subject of furious discussion. Queen Victoria's supply of Indian shawls for (red ding presents has been exhausted. Bou langer had a hand in the Orleanist plot. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.: London, February 15. Copyright It is understood the attention ol the House of Commons will be called at an early date to the extraordinary treatment to which Dyna miter John Daly has been subjected in Chatham convict prison. Daly was arrested in Birmingham, and dynamite bombs and other explosives, lor the possession of which he could give no satisfactory acconnt, hav ing been found in his house, he was tried under Sir "William Harcourt's act passed during the panic produced by the first of the series of London dynamite explosions, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. TO SHORTEN THE TEEM. That was more than three years ago, and during the period that has elapsed it is al leged that the prison officials have been do ing their best to shorten the term of John Daly's imprisonment. Humors of gross ill treatment have from time to time reached the outside world, but only this week have they been Droved well-founded. Daly's sister, taking advantage of the statutory privilege which has been more than once denied the unhappy man, visited him in prison the other day and found him in a dreadful condition. His feet were blistered, his frame emaciated and his spirit almost broken. Daly himself was confident that he had not long to live and casually mentioned that he was suffering from the effects of poison. THE rOISONING ADMITTED. The indignant sister interviewed the prison doctor, who admitted the poisoning, and blandly explained that it was due to an unfortunate mistake, his assistant having on three occasions administered a solution of belladonna under the belief that it was the prisoner's medicine. Altogether there is a clear case for an independent inquiry, which, if directed to all the Irish political prisoners now in British jails, would, it is believed, elicit some revelations not un worthy cf Bussia. JJIf we may judge from theteditorial views expressed in the great newspapers of the United Kingdom and Ireland the report of the Parnell Commission is a masterpiece of diplomacy. Newspapers of all shades of political opinion profess to be entirely satis fied with its findings, proving their own cases from points in their favor and entirely ignoring what is said against them. TAKE YOUE CHOICE. The Times itself still believes the report will be accepted by the public as entirely confirming its assertions. The Standard says it entirely convicts Parnell and his associates of all the public ever believed against them, while the -Areus declares the innocence of the defendants to be absolutely vindicated. The Pall Mall Gazette asserts it a glorious victory and the Star says it is clearly a verdict of not guilty for Parnell and his fellows. The Manchester Examiner says the report warrants til the charges brought against the Nationalists, while the JlanchesterCuardtan congratulates the Irish leaders on escaping scathless. The Liverpool Courier says all right thinking men ought to be driven away from Parnell's shady connections, while tbe Liverpool Post holds that the Timet' case has completely broken down, and the Liv erpool Mercury says Parnell comes ont without a stain. SLIGHTLY DITFEBENT. The York Herald says the report is a com plete veralct of guilty, while the Newcastle Leader says it is practically an acquittal. The Birmingham Gazette says the charges are proved up to the hilt, while the Bristol Mercury says Parnell's glory is more brill iantly and clearly proved than ever. The Edinburgh Scotsman says Mr. Parnell can not be coazratulated on the result, while the Scottish Leader says he has supremely tri umphed. The freeman's Journal, of Dublin, says it is an absolutely crushing judgment against the Times, while the Dnblin Ex press says the moral weisht of the verdict against the defendants is undeniable. And so on throughout the length and breadth of the land. Every paper is perfectly satisfied with the report, and argues conclusions ar rived at Iromits on particular point of view. THE NEXT GENERAL ELECTION. The Government are so relieved at retain ing their seat for Partick that they areshow ing quite a bold front to their opponents. The diminished majority of 600 is of such small moment that they take no notice of it. Thus, in the House of Commons, they are answering questions with an assurance which can only come of the conviction that they undoubtedly represent the feelings of the British people, a little error of which they will be amply convinced when the next general election comes along. AT PEACE WITH THE WORLD. Prince Henry Sncccedo la Pacifying Bis Royal Mother-In-Law, Queen Victoria. rBT CABLE TO TBI DISPATCH.l London, February 15. Prince Henry of Battenberg, after three months compulsory absence on the continent, has made his peace with his wife and mother-in-law, and has returned to the British court. During his rustication he grew a beautiful besrd, and has brought it home with him. The fortunes of Prince Henrv's brother, Alex ander of Bulgaria, now known as Count Hartenan, are looking up. He has been very graciously received by the Austrian Emperor, given command of a regiment, and promised the rank of general within a year. He also once more proved himelf a good fellow by obtaining the Emperor's promise to intercede with the Bulgarian Government lor the life of Major Panitza, his stanchest and bravest friend while in Bulgaria, who has got into trouble over a plot against Prince Ferdinand. EELIG OJTPAST AGES. The Ridlcnlona Ceremony Which Marki the Creation of a Peer Even Royalty Appear In a Decidedly Ludic rous Costume. IBT CABLE TO THB DISFATCH.1 London, February 15 The Duke of Fife, who was given a dukedom on bis marriage with the Prince of "Wales' daughter, took his seat in the House of Lords Thursday evening upon his promotion. The ceremony, the origin of which, as a dime novel would say, is lost in the mists of antiquity, was irresistibly funny. The Lord Chancellor, sitting on the woolsack, was informed of what was coming. He forthwith clapped upon the top of his enormous wig a little cocked hat. Then a gorgeous procession entered. It was preceded by a mysterions official known as Black Boa, clothed in robes of blue and gold, wearing his orders and carrying a gold-tipped ebony staff. Black Bod was followed by the garter-king-at-arms, clad in wondronsly gorgeous raiment, and close upon his heels walked a being who looked like an overdressed old lady, but proved to be the hereditary Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, in dncal robes, carrying a wh.te wand. The rear was brought up by the Duke of Fife with his sponsors, the Prince of "Wales and the Duke of Westminster, wearing scarlet robes with queer looking bars of ermine. These strange figures walked in single file to the woolsack, and Fife, having pre sented his patent and signed the roll, the Prince and two dukes formed in line and proceeded solemnly to bow to the Lord Chancellor three times. Fife, however, was so nervous that he kept on bobbing his head until tbe Prince interfered. As the Lord Chancellor has to bob to everyone who bobs to him, the little cocked hat was in im minent peril of tumbling off. The St. Vitus dance was, however, completed without that awful disaster, and the House resumed busi ness with a feeling that tbe British Consti tution had been vindicated. BOULAJiGEE IS THE SCHEME. Evidence ol a Plot In the Demonstration of the Duke ofOrleani. 1ST CABLE TO THE DISPATCH London, February 15. The young Duke of Orleans has received the sentence pre dicted here last week, and is demeaning himsel.' with a manliness which could scarcely have been expected from his years. His friends are acting less sensibly, and their reckless zeal may make it necessary to keep the lad in prison much longer than kind-hearted President Carnot would desire. There are abundant reasons to justify the belief that the Duke's action was deliber ately resolved upon with a view to advance the Orleanist cause, and to creato a suspicion that Boulanger also was not ignorant of what was about to happen. A big bale of photos and lithographs representing the Duke in soldier's uniform, holding a French flag, was seized on the Belgian frontier Tnesdajr night Tbe pictures came from England and they could not have been prepared under a week or two. Men known to be la the confidence of Boyalist leaders -in Londc-a and Paris have been visiting Jersey. Humors of the Duke's arrival in Paris were in circulation in Lisbon, where his mother is living with her daughter, the Queen ol Portugal, long before he had reached the capital, but after he had crossed the French frontier. And lastly, there is no adequate reason whv the Comte de Paris should have undertaken his voyage to South America, except to avoid suspicion and make the Duke's action ap pear absolutely spontaneous. PORTUGUESE PATE10TISM Not Quito So Nollceabto Now ai a "Few Day Preiiounly. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. LONDO. , February 15. There are signs that the Portnguese are getting tired of playing at patriotism, and their perception of the ridiculous, which seemed entirely to have disappeared, has been to some extent quickened by the discovery that while they bave been paying more for goods formerly avowedly supplied from England, but now supposed to come from America and other friendly countries, unscrupulous native traders have been growing rich by placing Portuguese labels on the same articles, and pocketing the enhanced and unhallowed profits. The information as to Lord Salisbury's ac tion in regard to ill-treatment of British subjects which The Dispatch was enabled to publish exclusively last week has since been fully confirmed. His lordship, in a tone more of sorrow than anger, told tbe Lisbon Government that while he was fully aware of the difficulties of their position, it was really time for them to put a stop to the nnti-Englisb demonstrations and to curb as far as possible the virnlence of the news papers. Premier Pimantel then plucked up courage enough to prohibit street mani festations and had 140 noisy patriots arrested and placed aboard men-of-war out of harm's way. GERMAN ACTORS BARRED. They Will No Looser be Allowed to Appear In Cuulan Theaters. HIT CABLE TO THE PISPATCIt. , Paeis, February 15. Theory of Bussia for tbe Bussians is growing louder, and un der its influence the process of Russianizing the southern provinces is steadily going on, involving the expnlsion of various classes of German inhabitants and the suppression of German manners, customs and speech among those who are permitted to remain. This unfriendly course does not tend .to improve tne relations between Germany and Bussia. Armed peace is forced to arm the move, and tbe situation becomes acute. This being the state of affairs, action has just been taken at St Petersburg which can only be compared to throwing a fire brand into a powder magazine. Iris officially an nounced to-d3y that tbe Czar has issued a decree forbidding the employment of Ger man actors in the theaters. Tbe decree is to go into effect on May 1, 1890, and managers will be obliged to annul all contracts with German actors upon whom the best theaters depend, and the artists themselves are vir tually excluded from Bussian soil. Fierce resentment is sure to be aroused by this un wise.and inhospitable act A MILITARY EXHIBITION. London to Have a (show Something Like tbe Ancient Tonrnnment. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, February 15. London is going to have a great military exhibition at Chelsea barracks this summer, under the special patronage of the Prince of Wales, and a particular feature is to be a display of American ambulance companies. There are to be on exhibition relics of all great wars in which England was concerned, with every kind of arms and ammunition and all ancient and modern engines of war. Tbere are also to be military- ionsts and (tournaments and martial music afternoons ann PT-..'-- PEDRO FOR PRESIDEKT. It la Very Probable That He Will Return to Brazil In That Capacity The Re public Now an Assured Fact. IBT CABLE TO THE PISrATCH.l Paeis, February 15. Brazil still occu pies the attention of European politicians. The experiment of a republic is closely watched by both skeptics and sympathizers. A close friend of Dom Pedro has received a letter from Brazil stating that the move ment there to place the ex-Emperor in nom ination for the Presidency of the Bepnblio is strengthening and spreading. The Em peror has been informed of the intention of his friends, and they await his consent to the use of his name. The Emperor has al erady expressed his willingness to return to Brazil in any capacity, pnblic or private, it being his supreme desire to be allowed to die among his people. He has declared, however, that he will not sanction action in his behalf likely to lead to violence of any kind. "If the people want me," he says, "let them call for me of their own free will and indicate their will in a manner which will admit of no mistake." To ascertain the feeling in this city with regard to a restoration of monarchy in Bra zil, several distinguished exiles were ap proached and asked for an expression of their views. Senhor Soares de Souza, late President of the Brazilian Senate, and chief of the conservative party, says he accepts the situation, and believes the"present form of government irreversable. The Eepublic has come to stay. The change has been brought in such way that it is impossible for the nation to go backward. Senbor Antonio De Soraiva, the states man Dom Pedro commissioned to organize the Cabinet in which General De Fonseca had a place, said: "The Bepublic is an ac complished fact Nothing remains for us to do but to submit to the change and do all we can to maintain order and liberty. An attempt to restore the monarchy would be unwise and unfortunate. In the actual con dition of affairs tbere is but one road to fol low. We should do nothing to embarrass the new regime. Order and peace are as sured, and it would be folly to disturb the present condition of things." Senhor Soraiva returns to Brazil, where he will use his influence to restrain the ultra friends of Dom Pedro from following a reactionary policy. K0 MOEB INDIAN SHAWLS. Queen Victoria Obliged to Chnnge the Style nf Wedding Presents. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCU.t London, February 15. Queen Victoria about a dozen years ago received from an Indian potentate a present of a big parcel of shawls whicn she has since used with char acteristia economy as wedding present to aristocratic brides to whom she was bonnd to give something. The Queen's Indian shawls have long been by-words in fashionable so ciety. They were beautiful and costly, but the knowledge of how cheaply the Queen had become possessed of tbem somehow de prived them of the value which otherwise should have attached to the royal gifts. Prospective brides now hear with delight that the shawl supply, apparently inex haustible, has at length given out, and the other day the Queen presented Miss Fitzroy on her marriage day with a diamond pend ant containing a piece of Her Majesty's hair, a Brussels lace veil and a portrait of the royal giver, in oils. BAENUM COMING HOME. The Greatest on Earth Has Completed Ita Encasement in England. fBT CABLE TO THZ "DISPATCH. London, February 15. The great moral show concluded its English engagement to night, after success and beyond tbe most sangnine anticipations of the original Bar num and the only Bailey. Fully 100,000 people have been turned away from the doors this week, and for the last three or four weeks the crowd for the evening per formances had begun to gather at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, so that when the afternoon performance was over the entrance had been blockaded, and those in the building have been compelled to make their exit through the Olympian stables. Last night the Princess of Wales, with Princesses Victoria and Maud, Prince George of Wales and Prince Christian of Denmark visited the show, and Barnnm chatted affably with them in the royal box. AROUSING SPANISH LOYALTY By Telling Pretty Stories of the Doings of the Infant King. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, February 15. Boyalist news papers at Madrid, by way of counteracting the Bepnblican demonstrations which have been taking place this week, have been tell ing pretty stories about the little king's growing intelligence and beauty. Among the anecdotes is one to the effect that one day as he was passing an oil painting of the late King Alfonso, the little fellow stopped and after gazing earnestly for a while at the pic ture called loudly for ladders so that he might reach his papa and kiss him. LEARNING NOT AN OBJECT. The Plea In the Qneen'a Speech for l'rce Ed ucation Omitted. fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, Febrnary 16. Free education did not figure in the Queen's speech after all. Mr. Ashmead Bartlett, a member of the Government, confirms that which has been stated in this column, that great diffi culties were raised inside and outside tbe Cabinet, and it was found impossible to pre pare in time a scheme that would satisfy all critics. SUSAN B. ANTHONY IS SEVENTY. The AnnlTeriary of the Noted Adrocato of Woman SnflTrnce Celebrated. rSPECIALTELEQKAM TO THED1SPATCH.I Washington, February 15. When abont 200 guests sat down to the banquet this evening in hoior of Miss Susan B. An thony's 70th birthday, the Biggs House dining-room was a splendid scene, long to be remembered. The American flag was all about, mingled with tropical foliage and flowers. Tbe tables formed a semicircle, in front of one long table placed on a raised platform. At this long table sat Miss An thony, the honored guest, and the toasters and speech makers. It was a notable gathering of 'women world wide in fame and distinguished men'. Fromamong a great number of letters these few were chosen and read: From John G. Whittier, Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Senator Hoar.Senator Sherman, Senator Manderson, Speaker Beed; Louisa Thomas, Lucv Stone, Frances E. Willard, Bev. Bush Shippen and Mrs. Taylor Henderson. TOWN SITE SETfLEES VACATE. TJosnecessfnl Effort to Purchase Land Prom the Noblo Red Sinn. Chamberlain, 8. D., February 15. The settlers on the town site have, at the re quest of GeneraY Armstrong, removed their buildings from what has been found to be Indian land, at lower Brule. Tbe removal was done quietly. A number of boomers have approached several of tbe Indians holding the land in question for the purpose of purchasing, but the efforts terminated un successfully. The new arrivals are sow settling out on t,. .-riirii fut as thev nrTive. LiTERAixr nr a box. A Peculiar Incident Which May De cide a Congressional Contest. THE FAIR MAY BE ABANDONED. Growing Opposition to the Proposed Cele bration in 1892. H0EE SODTHEEN EEPUBLICAN KICKERS The Party in "Virginia, White and Black, Against lie Administration. A Eepresentatlve from Arkansas, whose seat is contested, has made a discovery which may keep him from being bounced. He will show that the evidence against him was manufactured in a very peculiar man ner. The World's Fair question will prob ably be settled this week. Many members are now opposed to celebrating at all. CFItOlI A STAIT COBBESPOXBEXT.I "Washington, Februar 15. The Be publican majority in the House has decided not to take up any of the contested election cases for a week, so Mr. Pendleton, of West Virginia, will be allowed to draw seven or eight more days' pay before he is turned out to make room tor Mr. Atkinson. The week after next will, however, see tbe Bepublican majority increased materially by the seating of Messrs. Mndd, of Maryland, Feather stone, of Arkansas, and Atkinson, of West Virginia. The Featherstone-Cate case may develop some interesting debate. Mr. Cate, the" Democratio sitting member, has recently come into possession of some information, with the necessary proof, which may, per haps, create some diversion in his favor. Among the many things filed with tbe Elec tion Committee as evidence by Mr. Feather stone, the contestant, in support of his case, is a ballot box accompanied by a statement to the effect that it was used in the election which resulted, according to the Governor of Arkansas, in the choice of Mr. Cate. The box is one of the "funny" kind. Over the slot in the top through which the ballots are inserted, can be fitted, at will, a cover, by means of which the bal lots are diverted in their downward course and are carefully deposited on the outside of the box. Mr. Featherstone alleges that this is tbe reason Mr. Cate secured on the face of the returns more votes than he did. Now Mr. Cate comes forward with the statement that not only were such boxes not used in the election in bis district, but that this particular box was, for several days preceding the election and on the actual day of the election, reposing quietly on one of the shelves in the rooms of the Bepnbli can National League In this city; that there are marks on the box which prove its iden tity, and that he can prove that it was taken straight from the headquarters of the league to the room of the House Committee on Elections. This statement he proposes to have made on the floor of the House, and it may prove very useful to his case. LlGHTNEB. AK0THERPE0TEST. Virginia Republican Kicking- Became of the Division or the Spoils Tbe Anil Mahone Contingent Not Re ceiving Recognition. rFBOH A STATT COBBESrOXSEXT.l Washington, February 15. Virginia BepubHcan5-likeitblTorth Carolina 'neT groes, out regardless oi coior, are ma&ing a tremendous kick against the administra tion. "The respectable element of the Be publican party in Virginia," said an influ ential Bepublican from that State to-dav, "is dead set against tbe President; es pecially is this so of theBepublicans in Rich mond, where, in spite ot their petitions and protests, the President commissioned Otis H. Bussell as postmaster on tbe recom mendation of Mahone. Bussell was a hold over Bepnblican during a portion of Cleve land's administration. He was appointed Collector of Customs by Arthur and held the position until removed for a shortage of $800 in his accounts. Secretary FairchiU sent Messrs. Jewell and Tichenor, two special agents of the Treasury Department, to investigate Bussell's management of the office, and on their report Bussell -was removed. The shortage, however, was made good, and Bussell was thereby permitted to go free. "When his name was sent to the Senate to be postmaster at Bichmond a del egation of leading Republicans from that city called on the President and informed him of the charges that had been preferred against Bussell. The' President said he would look into the matter, but he never did so. "A Bepublican from Bichmond by tbe name of Hinds, I believe, had an interview with tbe President on the subject, and tbe President said that if the party in Virginia had given a loyal support to Mahone that gentleman would now be Governor, and he did not think the Republicans of Virginia ought to complain after they had failed, to stand by the administration. Mr. Hinds replied that tbe respectable Republicans of Virginia would not suffer the administra tion to drive Mahone down their throats, and that while they had heads on their bodies they would act and think for them selves. It was an animated interview," concluded the Virginian, "and I think the President has not heard tbe last of that ap pointment." PEEHAPS NO PAIR AT ALL. Tho Prospect for the Celebration of 1892 Worse Than Erer. fFItOM A STAFF COEBESPONPE'IT.J Washington, February lb. There is every reason to expect that the World's Fair question may be settled next week. On Tuesday, unless something unforeseen occurs to prevent it, the debate will begin upon the bills reported from the special com mittee having the matter in charge, one being the Washington bill and the other ap plicable to either New York, Chicago or St. Louis. It is proposed to limit the debate to four days, one for each city, and then take a vote upon the question of site on next Fri day. On account of the conflicting claims of tbe rival cities it is difficult to arrive at any conclusion as to what will the result. There is a large number of members who do not believe there should be any fair at all. This sentiment has undoubtedly been grow ing recently, and it is believed to be quite probable that tbe scheme will eventually be abandoned, or rather resolve itself into a simple celebration here at "Washington in connection with the erection of a Columbus memorial. A NEW P0ST0FFICE FIGHT. The CoonrlUvlllo Position Is Now Claiming; Congressman Ray's Attention. trnoM a STArr cohhespoxdeht. Washinotoe, February 15. Congress man Bay, having settled two or three of his postoffice fights, has now taekled a 'new one. Tbe term of the present incumbent of the ConnellsvillePostoffice expires during March and already there are three applicants for the place. Mr. Bay took one of them, Mr. J. B. Kurtz, to the Postoffire Department to-day, and introduced him to the Post master General, to wbom he stated his caso and requested favorable consideration of the papers he had on file. The other two applicants are Mr, Dushane and Mrs. Beid. Mr. Bay has, however, not ye maue any recommenaations in tue iuc, and will not da so .for some time, DEHQCBAT8 IN COUNCIL. Cbnuncey Black's Club will Assist In Elect Ins tbe Next Congress. "Washington, February 16. The Ex ecutive Committee of the National Associa tion of Democratio Clubs met at the Ebbitt House this afternoon. Chauncey F. Black presided. There were present Boswell P. Flower, New York; E. G. Monroe, New York; Lawrence Fardner, District of Co lumbia; H. W. Bush, Maryland; H. N. Ollinson, Massachusetts; A. T. Ankeny, Minnesota; George H. Lambert, New Jer sey, and B. F. Schley, Wisconsin. Encouraging reports were received from all sections of tbe country and a resolution was adopted to co-operate with the Demo cratic Congressional Committee in its work in the coming campaign. After a general discussion of Democratic prospects the committee adjourned to meet at the Ebbitt House, March 1 next. BASGOBJIAS BOOZE. Maine' Prohibition Law n Perfect Force in . That City The Grand Jury Refuses to Return Indictments on Pasltlvo Evidence. :EFSCtAL TELEOHAM TO THE DISPATCH.) Bangor, Me., February 15. The radi cal temperance element of this town repre sented in the recent saloon raids by what is known as the Committee of Seven, received a great setback on Wednesday, when it was learned that the grand jury had failed to re port a single indictment against the liquor dealers, many of whom had carried search and seizure cases to the Supreme Judicial Court on appeal. ThereVas plenty of evi dence to convict the whole lot, but the grand jury voted unanimously to throw out all liquor cases, and hence the despondency that pervades the Prohibitionist camp. All the searching has been in vain, and although beer and ale on draught are rather difficult to obtain, every bar in the city is running wide open and peddling out "hard stuff at the nsnal lively rate. Much, of the liquor sold ot late is "hard" stuff for a fact, and since the recent crusade began there has been a lamentable falling off in quality and also an increase in the price of whisky when sold in small quantities, such as a pint or quart. In all the saloons the bar fixtures remain as usual, but very few mixed drinks are served, and if anyone wants beer he must take it out of a bottle. Plain whisky is the great down-east drink, and this beverage is flowing as merrily as thongh the Prohibi tionists and their Committee of Seven had never been heard of. There is a bottle or two stowed away in some handy place, or else a pitsherful of rye is kept upon the bar, all ready lor spilling in case a search or seizure are attempted. Wholesalers can liquor around town to their customers, the kegs and jugs being concealed by a bit of canvas or a horse blanket thrown jauntily over them. This piece of torn-foolery is gone through with in obedience to a police regulation. The Government and Council have not yet ap pointed the two new constables for Bangor, as requested by the Prohibitionists, and after all the noise, Bangor is as wet a town as ever. PEESECDTED BY EELATITES. A Blembcr of a Philadelphia Family Re leased From an Insane Asylara. San Francisco, February 15. James McKeen Arnold of Philadelphia, was re leased from the Napa Insane Asylum this morning, on writ of habeas corpus, and taken before Jndge Van Beynegom, of tho Superior Court, who ordered his discharge on tbe.ground that there was no proofof insan ity. The superintendent of the Napa Asylum testified that Arnold had developed no signs of insanity. Arnold is a young man who created a scene on the Union Pa cific train, near Pendleton, Ore., on Decem ber 3, and was arrested by tbe Sheriff there on a telegraphic request of the railway con ductor. When arrested he had a revolver and a knife in his hands, but did not use them. Arnold is a member of a well-known Philadelphia family, and contends that he has been persecuted by Eastern relatives, who had tried to Incarcerate him in an in sane asylnm; that he was on his way East, and, having been notified that he was to be arrested on his arrival in the East, pro voked the scene in tbe car to compel the production of evidence in open conrt, which, he claims, is the law of Oregon. CAENEGIE HAS NOT BOUGHT IT. The Hopkins University Still Holds Its Bal timore nnd Ohio Stocks. ISPEC1AL TELEQBAX TO THS DISVATCB1. Baltimore, February 15. The reported sale of the Johns-Hopkins University hold ings in tbe Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad is authoritatively denied by the trustees ot the university, who say no offer has been made by Mr. Carnegie, nor is there any likelihood of their receiving such a proposition. The University con trols only 15,000 shares, the city of Balti more 32,500 and tbe Garretts have the re mainder. So that, even if Mr Carnegie obtained the holdings of the University of the city, the last of which will publicly be disposed of in the near future, he would not have sufficient to exercise a controlling in fluence. Jndge Dobbin, the President of the Uni versity, said this evening he had not heard of an offer to buy." He would be very glad to "hear, for the sake of the University, that such a transaction had been made, and the fnnds invested in property that was less in fluenced by .a speculative market. Never theless he hoped thatin time the stock would reach a paying basis. DITOECE BY LEGISLATDEE. A Wealthy New York Woman Mores to Jlelnvrnro for That Purpose. 1 SPECIAL TELEOBAK TO THE DISPATCH.1 "Wilmington, Del., February 15. Mrs. Burke Roche, a beautiful and wealthy New Yorker, has taken up a residence in Wil mington for the purpose of securing a dom icile here to make herself eligible for di vorce at tbe next session of the Legislature. She is probably inspired by tbe success of Mrs. Cornelia Van Auken, who was di vorced by the last General Assmbly. Mrs. Roche came down here early in the fall and lives in a pretty little home in a quiet part of the city. Her lawyer will apply to the Legislature next winter for a dissolution of the marriage bonds. Mrs.Boche is the daughter of Frank Work, the wealthy New Yorker, has reigned as one of the beauties of McAllister's "Four Hundred." Her husband is the brother of Lord Fermoy, an Irish peer, and himself of noble lineage. Her application will probably be based upon the ground of willful desertion for a period of three years and neglect to provide her with the neces saries ot life. Call Issued for Mass Meeting. New Yobk, February 15. Cornelius N. Bliss, Elihu Boot, John Claflin, James W. Tappin and other solid New Yorkers to night issued a call for a mass meeting of New York citizens, regardless of party, on Monday night, at Cooper Union, to protest against the- destruction of the fair project by politicians. Chauncey Depew, "Warner Miller and others will speak. ' The Widow of a Union General is Swindled Oat of Her Fortune. A YERI INGENIOUS INVENTOR Succeeds in Persuading Her to Belinphh All Ret Cash. SHE NOW BEINGS A SDIT FOE FBAUD, Frodncln; Bereral Hundred Lore fetters to Establish Ber Claims. In 1883 the widow of General Eickell, of Massachusetts, married Joseph Sbackelton, an inventor. She now disco-urs that the ceremony was fraudulent. In the meantime her supposed husband has obtained posses sion of her little fortune. She claims $50, 000 damages. 1BPECIAL TELEOBA1I TO TOE DISPATCU.t New Yobk, February 15, The com plaint in an action for fraud brought by Mrs. Emiline Bickell-Shackeltou against Joseph Shackleton, in the Superior Court, was served upon the defendant's attorney, Seward Baker, in this city to-day. Damages are laid at $50,000. The defendant is a well-known resident of Bound Brook, N. J., and the plaintiff, until within a few months, supposed herself to be his wife. She avers that he deceived her by a bogus marriage and swindled her out of most of the real estate left her by her first husband, General Eickell, commandant of a Massa chusetts brigade in the Civil "War. AN UNFORTUNATE MEETING. "When, in 1883, Mrs. Kictell met Shack leton she says she was worth $15,000, and now she is practically penniless. Mrs. BTckell owned and conducted the leading hotel of Haverhill, Mass. Shackleton had business with several New England manufacturers, as he was an inventor, and he boarded at Mrs. Bickell's hotel. He talked glowingly of his successful inven tions, and, before he left Haverhill, Mrs. Bickell had become Mrs. Shackleton, a man she supposed to be a magistrate per forming the ceremony at Lawrence. After a residence of several years at Bound Brook and other places, the couple last summer separated. Mrs. Bickell has made affidavits alleging that Shackle ton has deceived several other women, one a wealthy resident of Bshway, N. J. The plaintiff says Shackleton, in pressing his suit, showed ber that he was an in ventor with bright prospects. After she married him he was content to live off her money and earnings until he had exhausted all, and then be deserted her. LOTS OF LOVE LETTERS. She comes of a good New England fam ily, and she states very positively that throughout the seven years that she lived with him she never had the slightest reason to suppose that he had been married before. Now she is penniless because of having permitted him to sqnander her little fortune. She has preserved a few hun dred letters he wrote her, and many of them are most tender epistles, in which the lady is addressed as "My dearly beloved," or "My sweet pet." Most of them are requests for money, Shackleton, who is a large, fine-appearing man of 55 years, denies that he ever married the woman who is now sning him, and offers to prove that she knew he had a wife living, and that therefore! he has prac ticed nopfjraud, - NO LAWLESSNESS THESE. Everything; Quiet nnd Orderly on the Stonx Reservation. Pieebe, S. D February 15. A mis taken idea seems to have got abroad regard ing the condition of affairs at this place. There is no lawleisness or violence. Every thing so far has been orderly and in good temper. There has not been a shoot ing affray and the troops are not here for tbe purpose of obstructing settlement on the reservation. They are here simply and exclusively for the purpose of protecting the Indians in their rights, where they have taken .lands in severalty, as is guaranteed by the Sioux bill. Be ports of a contrary nature are gaining considerable publicity, and are likely, as in tended, to confuse and discourage persons contemplating settling west of the Missouri river. Several of the land officials have ar rived, and it is expected that everything will be in a condition to receive filings by the last of next week. IN DESTITUTE CIECDMSTANCES. Farmers In Btevens County, Kan., la Want of Doth Food nnd Clothing. Topeka. Kan., February 15. T. B. Shirley, of Stevens county, Kan., is here asking for aid for the people of that county. He says that owing to the poorness of the orops in that count, which were small in spite of the abundance in most parts of the State, and owing to the newness and pov erty of the county, the people.there are in very needy circumstances. They are in want of both food and clothing. Mr. Shirley bears credentials from the County Commissioners of Stevens county and the Board of Trade of Hugoton, with their testimony, to the state of affairs which ho represents. THE DOCTOE SDEPE1SED. A Tooth Falls Down a Woman's Tbrpnt nnd Cbokes Her to Death. Dubuque, February 15. Mrs. William T. Bradley, the wife of a wealthy citizen, died suddenly at 5 o'clock this evening. While out calling this afternoon she stum bled ana in the fall broke her arm. A surgeon was sent for, and, before proceed ing to set the arm, he administered chloro form. While at work upon the arm he discov ered that she was sinking lapidly, and soon died without recovering consciousness. It is stated by the physician that an artificial tooth.eof which he was unaware, fell down her throat and strangled her. HIS ONE OBJECT. Governor Campbell nnd His Party Organ ize n Powerful Land Company. Atlanta, Febrnary 15. It has leaked out that tbe one object of the visit here of Governor Campbell and his party and John H. Inman and party was the formation of a powerful land company. Governor Camp bell is President, with such men as John H. Inman, John C. Calhoun and others as Directors Tire capital stock of the company will be $1,000,000. Its purpose is the pnrchase of Southern lands and their settlement with people from the North and West. SHIPPING IE0N TO PITTSBDEG. A Fleet of Barnes to Start From Alabama tor This City. ISrSCIAL TZLXORAK TO TBE PISPATCIt. 1 Sheffield, Ala., February 15. On Tuesday the first fleet of barges, loaded with 5,000 tons of Sheffield iron, will depart for Pittsburg. An invitation has been sent out inviting press representatives and prominent people to be present to celebrate the event Inspector Byrnes Details the Career of the Convict Who Wanted to Reform He Has Mads the Samo Plea Before. ISPICTJX TSLXOEA1I TO THE DISPATCH. New Yobk, February 15. The eloquent and pathetic appeal made by the thief who was arraigned before Judge Martine on Fri day "t tbe name of George "Wilson, and w) 'A ' State's prison for five years, crw0$Aft.O,Aj ,ce headquarters to-day. When JJHOr f a . Tead in The Dis- rOlf " r 4ti force was more or less involved in the accu sation, he began an investigation. Later in the dav he was ready to talk on this subject. "It "is not true," he said, "that Jack Sheppard (one of Wilson's aliases) or any other convict was ever prevented bv my men from leading an honest life. Shep pard's real name is Mehaney, but he has a score of aliases, including that of Wilson. He is best known, though, as Jack Shep pard, on account of his numerous escapes from prison. He was confined here at police headquarters once many years ago before my time, and got away. The cells were then where the museum is now, on the main floor opposite my office. One morning when the door man brought him his breakfast Shep pard strnck him upon the head with a weapon "he had kept concealed about his person, and ran out through the door. "Tne falsity of much of this.talk by ex convicts to tne effect that the police wouldn't let them return to an honest fife is shown in Sbeppard's career. I am and always have been ready to help a penitent ex-convict on the road to reform, but I insist upon his showing his desire in something else than words. Sheppard is a born rascal. On February 19, 1887, he was arrested here for having committed a barglaryin Boston. He was taken back to that city and was con victed on April 25, before Judge Dewey. When he was arraigned for sentence he made a very Strong appeal, jnst like that he made yesterday, and Judge Dewey let him off with the lightest sentence that the law would allow. BATHEE AN ANCIENT CLAIM. Ohio Sain tbe Federal Government for Hot Bnlldlna; a Bond. rsrzciAi. nuozut to hi dispatch.! COLUMBUS, February 15. On Monday morning Attorney General Watson will go to Washington on business of financial im portance to Ohio. This State now has a suit pending in the United States courts against the general Government to recover the sum of $400,000. The ground for the suit, from such meager information as can be obtained, existed prior to 1812, the time of admission of Ohio as a State. During tbe Territorial day Congress authorized- a compact by which certain lands were to be exempt from taxa tion, and upon the payment of a certain sum of money by the Territorial Govern ment, the Federal Government agreed to build what is known as the Federal road from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi. The road was started atCnmberland, Md., and brought west over the Allegheny Moun tains, passing through Ohio by way of St. Clairsville, Columbus and "Springfield. The road was completed as far west as some part of Illinois and abandoned. Now the claim is made that by reason of the failure on the part of the National Government to complete the road in accordance with the agreement the State has a right to recover the amount named, and for this purpose suit was entered several months ago. The At torney General will examine the records thoroughly, that a correct understanding may be arrived at. HAEEIAGE HOT A PAILDEB. Mrs. Belva Lackwood Expresses a Decided Opinion Upon tbe Sobjeet. ISrXCIAI. TELZORAM TO TUB DISPATCH. I Hanovee, N. H., February 15. Mrs. Belva Lockwood lectured to-night before a large audience consisting mostly of Dart mouth students. She took for her subject, "Is Marriage a Failure," and brought for ward many strong arguments to show that it was not. "Marriage," she affirmed, "was as old as the world, and the abolition or the marriage customs of a country would seem to be to a well-ordered society what an archy is to law a going backward, or a returning to first principles." If James Buchanan nad had a wife with half the backbone of Abigail Adams or Lucy "Webb Hayes, he would have squelched the rebellion in its incipiency. Mrs. Lockwood denounced polygamy, but gave the Mormons credit for taking care of many a woman who would otherwise have been helpless old maids. She introdnced many bright sayings and witticisms into her lecture, and held the close attention of her audience to the end. CONTENTS OP THE DISPATCH. A Classification That Will Aid Discrimi nation Headers. To-day's Issue of The Dispatch consists of 20 pages, cleanly printed and conveniently ar ranged. The first part is devoted to the news of the world yesterday and last night. In tbe cable news will be found a fuller acconnt than any yet published of the horrors of Siberian prisons, as well as a graphic picture of the terrible treatment to which Irish convicts are subjected in England. The Dispatch's corps of reporters hare gleaned tbe choice goings-on in tbe two cities, while tbe brightest of correspondents have sent In all important happenings in America and Europe. Especial efforts bave been made to seenre tbe very best cable service. Parts II. and HI. are as follows: Partn. Page I. Candidates for Governor H. H. C. Beatrice H. ItiDzn Hagoabo Page 10. Tho Game of Hacqnet ANON Ladles and the World's Fair.. Miss QbumdY. Jb. lloy Thief Catchers .. K. S. Page 11. Lite News In Brief. To Let Column. Want Column. For Sale Column. Beat Estate Matters. Page 13. The Society World. . The Grand Army. Tbe Drama. becret Societies. Business Cards. Page 13. Every Day Science. Local Markets. Markets by Telegraph. Business Cards. Page If. Amateur .Soldiery A STUFOSrtm Clara Belle's Chat CLARA Dellb Law for Ball roaas litfiiBALO Business Cards. Page is. Mulc or tbe Body S Animals on the Stage John Pact. Bocock Biding the Canon's Baplds Tramp The Gospel Abroad Kit. GEOnQE IlOPOlS Page is. Messages by Wire An Interview The Dakota Lottery Bessie Bramble Allegheny Courts Amusement Notices. Pnrt III. Page S. The Vice President's Mansion, i'EAXKG. CABFEXTXB Kentucky Stories Bolati Odd Hallucinations ARLO BATES Come Forth ..Elizabeth sicabt uelpb Page IS. Ike and His Mother B. F. Sbtllabib Folsons of Savages Kpwaup Wakefield The Florida .Negro LonXADooXB Page 13. The Enchanted i'rincess FAT8IE A Visit to Fanama FANNIE B. Waed Sunday Tnonghts .....A Clerotma Tbe Fireside Sphinx K. B. CHadbourn Page 30. Woman's World .Various Writers Methods of Beauty BHtatrr lusx Ye Colonial Tavern ..F. T. E. Pretty Imaginings....... Beixax patch that "ftbAj"0J Lyman and Hanly, had been J? Sff-2 Wilson with hounding him, and that q r. jtire detective One "Woman Flogged to Death in a Sioerian Dungeon. A NUMBEE OF NIHILISTS Snicide in Preference to Submitting to a Similar Fate. DETAILS 0P A DASTABDLX DEED The first vague rumors of horrors in the Siberian political prisons are more than con firmed. One exile, a woman, was literally flogged to death. Others took poison to avoid similar treatment Some of the stories are almost beyond belief. COTOtlGnT, 1890, BTTirBWrWYOBXASSOCTATXnp PRESS.! London, February 15. Provided with a cable dispatch of introduction from George Eennan, the celebrated Siberian traveler, the London agent of the Associated Press called to-day on Sergins Stepniak, the well known writer npon Russian political and social conditions. Mr. Stepniak was asked whether he could give any information in regard to the outrage in tbe political prison at Kara in East Siberia, rumors about which had recently reached the public press by way of the Bussian colony in Paris. WOBSE AND MOKE OF IT. Mr. Stepniak replied that the reports al ready published gave only a hint of the terrible trag edy enacted at Kara. Perfectly trustworthy information, he said, had been received in cipher letters that have succeeded. In getting through to Paris and London, from exiles in Eastern Siberia. These let ters, which are nothing but meager scraps of paper, tell the story of the recent horror only in its main outlines. But one who knows about Siberian prison life does not need a circumstantial recital to understand the cruelty of discipline and the agony of suffering of which this horror was the culmination. The fnll details of the dreadful story cannot be long now in reaching th "Western world, coming so soon after the publicity given to the Yakutsk atrocity. Mr. Stepniak thinks it can hardly fail to deepen the sense of hor ror already felt by the civilized world at Bussia's treatment of political offenders. FLOGGED TO DEATH. The facts so far received are as follows: Madam Sigida did not commit suicide, as the earliest reports stated. She died from the effect of the cruel flogging to which she was subjected. The flogging took place on "Wednesday, the 6th of November. It was continued till under the brutal blows the unhappy victim lost consciousness and lay as one dead. The poor woman never revived from the terrible shock, but continued to grow weaker and weaker nntil Friday, when death came to her relief. The news of her shocking official murder produced widespread dis may and anguish amonp; her fellow-prisoners, and three of them, unable longer to bear their wretched fate, committed snicide by taking poison. How they obtained the poison is not known, but probably they had long had it in their possession and were keeping it as a last resort. NAMES OF THE SUICIDES. The names of the women were Marie Kalnzhnaya, Marya Paoloona Karalefslcaya and Nadezbda Smirnitskaya, and these facts are learned in regard to tbem: Marie Ka lnzhnaya was arrested in 1884, being then a girl of IS, our a charge of disloyalty. Her father was a merchant at Odessa. During her imprisonment every means was tried in vain to extort from her a confession, incrim inating her friends. Colonel Katanski, a gendarme officer, brought to her a skillfully forged statement, purporting to be the confession of her fellow-conspirators, and promising immunity it she also confessed. Marie fell into the trap, confessed and her confession was used against her friends, who were sentenced to penal servitude. "When she learned they had made no con fession, but had been convicted on her tes timony alone, she procured a revolver, and. on the 21st of August, called upon Colonel Katanski and fired at him, wonnding him slightly in one ear. For this attempted as sassination she was condemned by court martial at Odessa on the 10th of September, 1884, and sentenced to 20 years' penal servi tude. DRIVES' TO INSANITY. Maraga Paoloona Karalefskaya was s younz married lady, about 33 years of age, daughter of a well known landed proprietor in the south of Bussia, Paul Toroutsof, and sister of Basil Yoruntsof, one of the best known political economists n Bussia. She joined a secret circle, which was surprised and captured by the police in February, 1879, and sentenced to 13 years penal servi tude, with exile to Siberia for life and de privation of all civil rights. Her husband, thongh not present, was sent by adminis trative process a thousand miles from the mines to which she was sent The separation drove her insane, and she was put in a straight-jacket In 1831 she was allowed to join her husband in hope of restoring her reason. She recovered, but a new Governor separated them again, and she was returned to the Kara mines. Madezhda Smirnitskaya was 33 years old, and a student in a woman's college. She was sentenced to the Kara mines for IS years with penal servitude. DEATH EATHEB THAN THE LASH. Another exile named Bobokov committed suicide rather than submit to the cruel hu miliation and snfierinzof a flogging. Bobo kov was a university student and took part in some public demonstration of tbestudents which was displeasing to the authorities. He was thereupon ordered to make his resi dence at Pinga, a small village in the Prov ince of Archangel, the northernmost part of Bussia. From there he attempted to make his escape, and for tbi3 heinous offense he was exiled to the mines of Eastern Siberia. The flogging of Madam Sigida occurred under orders issued by Lieutenant General Baron Koroff, the Governor General of the Province of the Amonr, in which the Kara prison is situated. These orders directed tbat tbe secret edict of March, 1883, signed by Galkfhs-Vraski, Director General of the prisons for the Empire, should be unflinch ingly enforced. This edict was to the effect that political convicts should be treated by prison officials in precisely the same man ner as criminals condemned for common law offenses. PBISON DISCIPLINE. Political prisoners were thus made 1 labia to flogging for breaches of prison discipline. In what particular way Madam Sigida had transgressed tbe prison rules is not clearly explained. Bnt flogging a sensitive and, cultured woman to death for any lack of conformity to prison regulations, Mr. Step, niak thought, wonld impress the "Western world with horror. The political prisoners at Kara, Mr. Stepniak said, had in some way learned that the political exiles imprisoned at Sag- Continued on Eighth Page. 1 i
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