.' 3T: 10 W. ? w ptilfltom TRIPLE NUMBER "" . . m D -a - & DtsiKtttn TWENTY PAGES. b . .. - i i i FORTT-ITFTH TEAR. ALL AFTER AFRICA, The European Powers Striving for Slices of the Dark Continent. RUM KEGS AND RAILWAYS vmil be Used to Civilize the Dusky Denizens of the Interior. STANDIKS BY LORD SALISBURY. Tories Think He Has Bested Elaine in the Bearing Sea Dispute, DUKLO EOT L1EELT TO GET A BITOECB The work of colonizing Africa is being rapidly pushed, the various European coun tries combining business and benevolence. Long railways are to be constructed through 'the very heart of the continent. In the meantime there are startling complaints of the ravages of rum among the blacks. The Tories assert that Salisbury's Behring Sea policy is just light An English company is arranging to take advantage of the American subsidy bill. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1 London, July 26. Copyrighted. To judge from the annual report of the Ger man Colonial Company, Germans are be ginning to lose interest in African colonial enterprises. Few new members are joining the company. Seventeen hundred old mem bers have left the company, and the income is steadily decreasing. On the other hand, the British East Af rica Company is hopeful, enthusiastic and progressive. Its first annual meeting was .held to-day, and the proceedings through out breathed philanthropy. The speakers disclaimed the idea of being actuated by filthy lucre, rather hinting indeed that they desired solely to benefit their black brethren. A DIVIDEND IN HEAVEN. The stockholders, remarked Director George Mackenzie, had received no return for their money, and more capital would soon be required, but had they not already had a substantial dividend in the shape of the redemption and absolute freedom of lour thousand slaves? It subsequently transpired that the cus toms revenue, which had been ceded to the company 'by the Sultan of Zanzibar for a yearly payment of 556,000, was increasing at a tremendous rate, and amounted in the first five months of .he present year to V96,- 000, proving that philanthropists can strike a good bargain, and that benevolence, aid business are not necessarily incompatible. "Within a year the company hope to have a fleet of small steamers trading on the Vic toria Nyanza, and there was every hope the Government would help to build a great railway from the coast to the great lake. The hope probably rests upon the founda tion of an official promise as the Marquis of Lome, the Queen's son-in-law, is one of the British East Africa Company. ONE TEMPTATION REFUSED. This company, by the way, has recently shown unselfish philanthropy in refusing the temptation of making a big revenue out of the liquor traffic. Bum, gin and, in fact, all intoxicants, are tabooed throughout its territories. Mr. Obafunso Davies and Mr. Ben B. 01umuyiwa,two converted colored gentle men who live at Abbeokuta on the west coast of Africa, and actually rnn a Young Men's Christian Association there, would like to apply the British Company's system in that part of the Dark Continent. They have addressed a quaint, pitiful letter to the Aborigines Society in London praying England to rescue theirpeople from the de vastating demon drink. "The whole land," they said, "is almost deluged with rum and gin. Oar people are actually dying. They drink too freely and indiscriminately. There is no more order. Anarchy rules supreme. Kings and rulers abuse their offices. Subjects are disloyal. Parents and children no more recognize their relative duties to each other, and, most deplorable of all, infants are nursed with the most poisonous drink." AFTER MORE TERRITORY. England is still negotiating with France with regard to Zanzibar, and there is good ground for believing that M. Bibnt has ob tained very important concessions from Lord Salisbury by way of compensation for British ascendency in the East But it is certain France will not be allowed to found a great Northwestern empire in Africa, as desired, unless she is prepared to abandon some of her pretensions in Newfoundland andiEeypt From Home comes a story that England and Itnly re arranging for a jnintcampaign in October, with the object of reconquering the Sondan. STANDING BY SALISBTJBY. The Tories Think Tllnt ITc Has Got Ahead uf the American E.tgle. TBT CAULS TO TUB DISPATCH. London, July 26. The correspondence between Mr. Blaine and Lord Salisbury respecting the Behring Sea fishery dispute has atuined an unusual amount of atten tion herc.aad there is undoubtedly a general feeling that the Premier is justified in the attitude which he has taken. Among the Tories there is a disposition to, exalt Lord Salisbury at the expense of. all his predecessors in the foreign office, and.-d" compare ms seizure 01 the American Eagle by the beak with iir. Gladstone's so-called pngillaniraous surrender to that same pug nacious bird upon the occasion of the Ala- ,, bama awt.rd. ? .j K- -WATCHING THE BOUNTY BILL. r - &-?' r :EBtJb Cacltnl to Ink. Aarnntage ol the ftnmn blr Bill. IBT CASH TO THE DISPATCIt.1 LONDON, July 26. Great interest is felt ia London in the ship-building bounty bill now pending in Congress. The arrange ments are being concluded here for floating a great English company with a capital.it ,Is said 01 -tw.uw.uw, to timid steamers in America on the Delaware, and tate advan- tageof the proposed bounties as soon as the i iTiUjoecbmes a law. A PECULIAR POSITION. TORIES SURRENDER A PREROGATIVE OF THE CROWN. Gladttono Opposes the Proposition Because It Increases the Power of the Bonse of liords A Few Radicals Voted With the Government. tBT CABLE TO THE DISFATCB.1 London, July 26. An extraordinary scene was witnessed in the division lobbies of the House of Commons last night when the second reading of the.Anglo-German agreement bill was carried by 209 to 61 votes. On the previous evening Mr. Glad stone, in one ot the most brilliant speeches which he has delivered this session, had proved that by obtaining a ratification of a treaty by the bill the Government had vio lated one of the most ancient and cherished prerogatives of the Crown. The uniform and unbroken practice had been in all cases of treaties to invite the assent of Parliament after they were made, and if the House of Commons withheld Its consent the ministry was turned out. He declined to be a party to the constitution of such a precedent, and wonld therefore take no further part in the proceedings. Glad stone's arguments were unanswerable and the Government was covered with confusion. Poor Mr. Smith for once displayed the positive quality of rage, and had the audacity to more the closure, although the question had been debated only a few hours. 'J. he Speaker sharply declined to gag the House, and the debate was adjourned amid the uproarious mirth and enthusiasm of the opposition. Many good Liberals were sorely perturbed in mind at the spectacle of their chief posine as the champion of a royal prerogative, and finally compromised matters by absenting themselves Irom the division. But several sturdy Eadicals, "Bradlaugh among them, actually voted with the Government lor the bill on the eround that they were prepared at all times heartily to suDport any measure calculated to restrict the privileges of the Crown. Mr. Gladstone has since Privately explained that he was thinking more of the House of Lords than of the Crown. If treat ies are to be ratified by bill the absolute con trol over the Executive in these matters heretofore enjoyed by the Commons will be shared by the Lords. He thinks the Upper House already enjoys too much power, and he will certainly never lend his help to increase it, even at the expense of the Crown. AMERICAN METHODISTS Welcomed With Great Enthusiasm by Their Breihrenln Enclaiid. tBT CABLE TO THE DBtpATCH.. London, July 26. The Methodist Church is now in annual conference at the. Bristol. The feature of this year's gather ing so far has been the extraordinary dis play ot interest in the church in America, and the enthusiasm with which American ministers have been welcomed by their British brethren. The Kev. Dr. Little, of Syracuse, was quite taken aback by the warmth of his reception on Thursday, and the representatives of the Epis copal Church of America were deeply touched by the fraternal kindness extended to them. Unfortunately the pro ceedings have not been uniformly edifying and the visitors had to listen to heated de bates arising out of serious charges against Wesleyau missionaries in India, and out of an attempt to fix the stigma of heresy upon a brilliant young minister,.who had pub lished some pamphlets said to contain heterodox views. The Congregational Union of "Wales, which has also been insession, devoted the greater part of to-day's sitting to a debate in which the enlightened clergy condemned football, dancing and cricket as leading to gambling, immoralities, drunkenness, and denounced theaters as synagogues of Satan. FBENCH "WHEAT A FAD-TOE. A Loss of S100,000.000 Cansed In That Country by the Weather. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. LONDON, July 26. A dispatch to the Daily JVetes from Paris to-day says: Northwesterly winds, laden with rain, con tinue. Dismal accounts are given of the state of crops everywhere in France except to east of the Rhone. According to official reports recorded ten days ago at the .Ministry of Ag riculture, at least three-fourths of grain crops of the great wheat-growing plain of Le Beauge were then ruined, and it is to be feared that a larjre proportion of the remainder has been spoiled, since the crops are so Leaten to the earth and so rotten as to look like manure over which a roller has Deen passed. Losses from the weather in that part of France are roughly estimated at 20,000,000. Corn factors are dis counting anticipated scarcity, and bread has risen. French financiers say to-day that France will have to import most of her wheat for home consumption this winter, a fact which will be un ortnnate for the party in the Chamber of Deputies which carried the law to protect French wheat growers from foreign competition. ANOTHER DOCK STEIKE, In Which Both Mdea Claim to Have Scored a Victory. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, July 26. The London dockers have again struck this week, the ground of complaint being that the unionist officials .were not allowed to see whether each man had a union ticket before he entered the dock gates. The strike lasted only one day, when the men's leaders announced that the masters should give way, while the masters solemnly declared they had made no conces sions whatsoever. The only certain thing this morning is that the men are at work, and that all men working are union men. The nnion swear they have won another great victory and the dock directors do not care about acknowl edging it. THE SILVEB SITUATION. Figures In London Continue Firm. Notwith standing Depressing; Influences. JBT CABLE TO THE DIBPATCH.I London, July 26. Indian exchange and rupee paper continue firm in London in spite of a declining market forsilver in New York and the poorallotment of Council bills here last Wednesday. This firmness is the more remarkable in view of the tact that there have been very large sales to realize profits. One house is reported to have sold nearly 100 lacs oi rupees, a lac being the value of 10,000 pounds sterling. The principal buy ers Iihvc been the, Indian banks, which have remitted rupee paper to India instead ot council draits. w HEALTH OF TEE POPE. He Eats Less Than Usual and Is Living Upon Strong Broth. rBT CABLE TO THE DIBPATCH.I London, July 26. Signor DeCesare writes from Borne that the Pope, although growa.very thin, is in good health, consid ering his 81 years. In walking he bends forward and leans on a stick. He eats less than usual and keeps up his strength by means of strong broth. AMUSING TEE ENGLISH. Wilson Barrett Tells it Tou.h Railroad try for Their Brn fit. . IBT CABLE TO TOZ DIBPATCH.I London, July 26. "Wilson Birrett, who arrived on Thursday on the City of New York, tells a thrilling story to (the Daily Chronicle. He says that en the pth of the j present month he was on board a train bound for'Leadville when, by some means or other, it broke in two on a steep down grade, which doesn't, change for scores of miles. The engineer dared not stop as a collision and loss of life would have been the inevitable result so he ran a race for life with the rear end of his train. No one knows how fast the train ran, but Mr. Barrett says it is a fact that although it was three hours behind time when the ac cident ocurred, it got in to Leadville sta tion three hours before it was expected, and he was on the stage at the appointed time. BOTH TO BLAME. YOUNG OUNLO IS NOT LIKELY TO SECURE A DIVORCE. His Father Is at the Bottom of the Present Snlt The Sprig of Nobility Not Sup plied With n S orpins of Brains No Direct Evldencr. TBT CABLE TO THK DISPATCH.! London, July 26. The Dunlo divorce case, which is one of the most absorbing topics of conversation and contemplation in London drawing rooms, clubs, barrooms and streets, throws a side light upon polite and bohemian society that it is not without in terest to the student of cotemporary history. Its most remarkable feature is perhaps that no one can well have sympathy for either the lord or his lady. The present Lady Dunlo, previously Belle Bilton, is one of two sisters, daughters of a highly respecta ble Sergeant of Artillery,formerly stationed at Woolwich. They inherit tainted blood as well as beanty from their mother. They graduated to the'Lomlon music halls, where theysoon became great favorites with the aristocratic yonth of Britain, as well as upon the boards at supper parties and the gaieties of midnight Belle Bilton met Lord Dunlo at the Corinthian Club. At the time, in May of last year, he was a beardless boy of 20, just out of college and possessed of even less than the average amount of brains allotted to the present gen eration of England's hereditary nobility. He is the only son of Richard Somerset Le-Poer-Trench, fourth Earl of Clancarty and Marquis of Heysden. and will probably succeed to bis father's title and seat in the House of Lords very soon, for the Earl is in very bad health. Clancarty's own charac ter is not of the highest moral tone. He admitted upon the witness stand that he sent his son abroad a few days a'ter his marriage to Belle Bilton, leaving her with out money or means of support, in order that necessity might drive her back to her former mode ot life and make it easy for Dunlo to procure a divorce upon his return. At present it does not look as if Dunlo would get his divorce, since not a single witness can swear to having actually wit nessed any act of criminality on Lady Dunlo's part since her marriage. As I have said, it is hard to sympathize with either. Belle Bilton undoubtedly did her best to decoy young Dunlo into marriage, and she only desires to retain the relationship in order that she need not relinquish the title, which is useful in her business, either as music hall singer or anything else. Dunlo deserves no sympathy because he entered into the marriage contract with his eyes wide open, and because, if he got a divorce, he might be inflicted upon a respectable girl afterward. He has proved himself an unprincipled young ruffian, and deserves to suffer foriis sins. HELP FOB THE WOBKING 0IRT.S. John Barns, ih Socialistic Leddor.Now Worklneln Their JJcfaalr. IBT C-ilITO TnVDtSPjlTCH.- London, July 26. John Burns and Miss Clementina Black are still devoting all their time and energy to improving the posi tional poor girls employed in London fac tories. They have commenced with those working in the confectionery trade, and have already succeeded in removing many harassing restrictions upon the employes of several firms. The modus operandi is to select one factory where the suffering of the girls is certain to enlist pnblic sympathy. A formal demand is made for redress of grievapces, and if this is refused a strike is ordered, and the harrowing tale loses noth ing by being told iu the sympathetic news papers. The girls picket the works, sitting knitting, usually on small stools on the side walk, while the sympathetic policeman on the beat exchanges ponderous banter for light chaff. Invariably the forces are too much for the employer and he gives in. A BLOW AT TUiT HUNTING. The Connt of Pnpponhelm Likely to Lose Bis Tanntrd Hereditary Rlshti. tBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.. BERLIN, July 26. If a Pappeuheim, be longing to the formerly sovereign family, which retained the privilege to intermarry with royalty, marries a civilian, he loses his right to a seat in the Bavarian House of Lords, to suc ceed to the estates, and his children are not allowed to bear the title of Ex cellency. The Prince Begent was asked to ennoble Miss Wheeler, thereby saving her husband's rights, but he refused, because he recognized on one side a mercenary motive, and on the other a title hunter. The Prince said he would not enconrage title-hunting American pork barons. If aristocracy stoops so low as to marry for money, it must lose caste. CONTESTING EUROPEANS. Mohammedan missionaries Are Now Pre. paring to Visit England and America. BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT. London. July 26. A Calcutta telegram says that Mohammedan preachers in India have aroused themselves to unusual ac tivity of 'late, and are making many con verts among Europeans. T e converts from Christianity to Islam are not men of position, but the incident is both striking and novel. The dispatch also reports that a Moham medan preacher is preparing to visit En giand and America on a missionary tour, aving become emboldened by the acces sions to the told of Islam. Both ta Make no American Tour. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, July 26. It is now understood that the Comte de Paris and his son will visit the United States about the middle of September making a tour of about five weeks. BUBLED IN THE SAME COFFIN. A Jealous Buckeye Farmer Shoots Bis Wife and Then Himself. Cleveland, July 26. Near Zanesfield, last night, Albert D. Parmenter, a young farmer, shot his wife in the back and then blew out his own brains with a shotgun. Mrs. Parmenter lived lour hours alter the shooting. Parmenter was jealous of his wife, who was verv pretty and but 22 years old. To day both bodies were buried in the same coffin. ' HAIL IN WAGON LOADS. Canada Visited by a Severe Storm Which Ruined the Crops. Embeo, Ontaeio, July 26. One of the worst hail storms ever known here visited this section last evening, doing a tremend ous amount oi damage to crops, great fields of oats being literally stripped and other grains suffering in like manner. The storm lasted only a few minutes, but so terrible was the downfall of the hail that it could bv scooped up in wagon loads. PITTSBURG, STINDAY. JULY 27, 1890. PIQUE TOO POWERFUL For the Eeciprocity Scheme to Suc ceed Daring This Session. PREPARING A POLITICAL POOL Of the Other Presidental ispirants to Work Against Blaine. THE SCHEME COMES IIP IN THE SENATE. Froeress of Lbs Tariff Debate la the Upper Branch of Csnjress. Blaine's reciprocity scheme is not likely to be adopted by Congress immediately. His friends assert that a combination has been formed against the Maine man. Mitchell introduced a resolution for mutual trade re lations with the other American States in the Senate yesterday. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I Washington, -July 26. The second letter from Secretary Blaine to Senator Frye, on the question of reciprocity, was the subject of much gossip at the Capitol to-day, and everybody wondered what would be the outcome of the disagreement on the tariff in the ranks ot the Bepublican leaders. It was not difficult to discover that Mr. Blaine has not a great deal of sympathy among leading members of Congress, but just why the lack of sympathy is what causes probably more gossip than the ques ton at issue. There is no lack of sympathy with the reciprocity scheme in itself. There is no lack of enthusiasm in regard to taking all possible steps to secure the South American trade. That is shown by the treatment of the subsidy bills. For these reasons it ap pears to some of the lookers-on, that the treatment of the reciprocity scheme is rather a matter of personal or political rivalry than of any objection there is to the scheme. THE MAINE MAN SNUBBED. A gentleman who is very close to Mr. Blaine said to the correspondent of THE Dispatch this afternoon: "Mr. Blaine has been snubbed by the Ways and Means Com mittee of the House, by the Finance Com mittee of the Senate, and makes a narrow escape of having been snubbed by the Presi dent himself. His whole soul has been wrapped up in promoting closer commercial and political relations with the South American Republics, but in the matter of international trade he believes that any con cession made to them should be met with a counter-concession from the United States. Even to our best friends he does not believe we should give something for nothing But Mr. Blaine has been too prominent in this and other matters to suit other prospective candidates tor the Presidency. When he came into the Cabinet he was looked on as a man who was out of politics. His promi nence in National affairs, his unimpaired popularity, and, just now, the masterly manner in which he has handled the diplo matic correspondence between this and the British Government have marked him as a dangerous man to other aspirants lor the Presidental nomination in 1892, and so there, is agcaeral -combine-to turn him down. McKiuley, Beed, Sherman, Hiscock, and their respective clacquers are all in the pool, and the President is playing a very timid game in the same direction. They may drive Mr. Blaine from the Cabinet, but I don't think so. In this correspondence with Senator Frye he merely wishes to place his eminently sensible views before the country, and he has now accomplished his purpose." EECIPEOCITT IN THE SENATE. In the Senate to-day ,Mr. Mitchell offered a concurrent resolution, wnicn was re ferred to the Committee on Finance, stating that the United States wonid hail with ap probation any reciprocal arrangement, by treaty or otherwise, between the Govern ment of the United States and the govern ments of all or any of the South American or Central American States, whereby there shall be admitted to the ports of such na tions free from all national, provincial, municipal or other tariffs or taxes, the products of the Uoited States, including flour, cornmeal and other breadstuff, dressed meats, hide, fruits, vegetables cotton seed oil, rice and other provisions, all articles of food, lumber, furniture, and all other articles of wood, agricultural imple ments aud machinery, structural steel and iron aud steel rails, locomotives, railwav cars and supplies, street cars, refined petroleum and such other products of the United States as may be agreed upon, but declaring that it is not the sense of the United States that, in any such treaty or reciprocal arrangement, the articles of foreign wool or hide, in any form, should be admitted free into this country. WOOL TO BE BECEIVED. And it declares that, in any treaty or re ciprocal arrangement that may be entered into looking to the opening of such foreign ports to me prouuets named, it is not the sense of the United States that the articles of wool or hides produced in any of those countries shall be admitted free of duty into the ports o the United States, and it re quests the President of the United States to omit in any such treaty or reciprocal ar rangement with any such nation, with a list of products of such countries to be admitted into the ports of the United States, the arti cle of wool in any of its forms, and also hides. The Senate then resumed consideration of the tariff bill, and was addressed by Mr. Morgan. He said that the pending bill bore more heavily on the laboring classes than on the capitalist class or any other class. Mr. Morgan went on to criticise the bill in detail and to show how hard it would bear on the negroes of the South, and said thai from a care'ul calculation he had made, the negroes of Alabama paid in tariff duties 56 30 per capita every year; while not one in a hundred of them paid any State tax. If he were the author of such a lsw as the pending bill he would feel ashamed to look a negro in the face. A PLAGUE ON BOTH. Mr. Colquitt addressed the Senate. The pending bill was the outcome of a war of all the discordant elements and of different occupations in society, urged on by cupid ity, cunning and reciprocal plunder. He was as" much opposed to the House bill as he was to the Senate bill, and would say: "A plague on both your hou.es." Mr. Colquitt went cm to discuss the pro visions of both bills in reference to agricul tural products, in order to show the futility of the proposed duties on farm prodnce, so far as any benefits to the farmers were con cerned. American farmers were becoming conscious of their wrongs. From all parts of the land they were coming together. They were joining hands in organization and co-operation. They demanded that their rights be re spected and that justice be done. They in sisted upon their right to the profits of their own industry, and thev declared that they would no longer bear most of the burdens ol society and government. From his heart he wished them success, and bade them God speed. A TIN PLATE AMENDMENT. Mr. Spoonergave notice of an amendment which he would offer to the tariff bill, pro viding tha on and alter October 1, 1891, tin plates, thinner than No. 28 wire gauge, shall be admitted free ofduty,' unless the I quantity of tin plates of such gauges pro duced in the United States during the pre ceding fiscal year shall equal the amount of such tin plates imported during such fiscal year. , Mr. Test obtained the floor, but not de siring to speak lo.day, the tariff bill went over till Monday. CHARGES AGAINST RAUM. REPRESENTATIVE BECOMES MORE He Produces Notes Signed by the Ini tials of the Pension Commissioner Seasons Given by the Committee on Rnles tor Agreeing to the Investigation. Washington, July 26. In its report upon the resolution providing for an inves tigation of the administration of the Pen sion Bureau the Committee on Bules say that the delay in reporting the resolution was occasioned by the absence oi its author, Mr. Cooper, of Indiana, whose statement was necessary before .action could be had. Upon his return, Mr.- Cooper appeared before the-1' coniniittee and presented a copy of a letter of George F. Lemon to Commissioner Baum, with an indorsement, "Deputy Commissioner -Lincoln; Plense examine and report your views. G. B . E." Also a copy of a letter to Lincoln to Baum indorsed: "Approved, G. B, B." Mr. Cooper stated to the com mittee that after this letter Baum negoti ated in banks in Washington a loan off25, 000, upon which George E. Lemon became the surety, and that at the time Bauni was insolvent and no prudent man would be come his security for a like sum of money. Mr.'Cooper claimed that the rulings made in compliance with this request were unjust and unfair to practitioners others than Lemon, and asserted that the bureau had been engaged for a long time almost exclu sively in the consideration and advance ment of Lemon's cases. Mr. Cooper also called the attention ot 'the committee to the charge relative to the refrigerator company. The report continues: The committee had no testimony except that of Mr. Cooper and copies of documents pro duced by him, and they called no other wit nesses because Mr. Cooper declined to give the names ot persons who, he said, had personal knowledge of the transactions charged, al though requested to do so. He assumed, as a representative, the charges made against the Commissioner, and assured the committee that he wonld furnish lull and satisfactory proof to establish them before any committee which they shall establish to conduct the Investiga tion. The committee deem it proper to state that nearly all of the essential statements of Mr. Cooper are hearsay and his conclusions conjectural. They do not know whether tbey are true or raise: bnt whether true or false, yonr committee believe that an investigation shonld be had to the end that truth may be ascertained. QUAY AT TEE CAPITAL. He Regards the Situation In Pennsylvania , as Entirely S ilNfnctory. tVHOM A STAJT COBKESPOITDEST.I Washington. July 26. Senator Quay again made his appearance in the Senate Clianiber to-day, and was warmly greeted by his fellow Senators. In the Senate he presented the resolutions passed by the Pennsylvania Fish Commissioners against the transfer of the United States Fish Com mission to the Agricultural Department To many inquiring iriends he said that the political situation in Pennsylvania was entirely satisfactory, and that there was no doubt 'of the election of Delamater by a large majority. Original Package Bill In Conference. Washington, July 26. The Senate to day refused to concur in the amendments to the original package bill, and conferees were appointed by both Houses. A Recount of the Rival Cllles. Washington, July 26. The Secretary of the Interior has ordered a recount of the population of the cities of St Paul and Minneapolis. CONSUMPTIVES CURED BY THE EXCESSIVE USE OF WATER AND OVEREATING. The New Theory for the Relief of the Drend Disease Consumptive Should Drink Twelve Pints of Water Per Day A Novel Treatment. Chicago, July 26. The announcement that Dr. W. H. Burt would explain a new theory in the cure ot consumption, caused a large attendance at to-night's meeting of the Chicago Medical Society at the Grand Pa cific. Hotel. Dr. Burt's paper was masterly in his exhaustive treatment of the disease. He did not disappoint his audience in the absolute novelty of his theory. Eight months ago, when reading of the wonderlul change brought about in the obesity of Prince Bismarck through the re fraining from the use of water and carbo hydrates, it occurred to him that an opposite treatment ought to result in the cure of all wasting diseases. His experiments since have justified him in the statement that ex cessive eating and the excessive use of water will cure 0 per cent of all' consumptive cases in tneir nrst ana second stages. He explained at length the tonic in fluence and power in building up tissue pos sessed by water, which forms three-fourths of the human body, and stated that even in health six pints a day were necessary to meet the water waste and in disease 12 pints, charged with carbolic acid. The doctor claimed it would give the very life to the system and tissues demanded in con sumption. He pronounced the basteria theory, so popular oi late, as pure nonsense. In detail bis treatment consisted of the free use of water every hour in the day, nine hours sleep, regular and not exhaustive outdoor exercise in, if possible, the sea or monutain air. Above all he took the drink ing of water as a basis. TEE OLD SOLDIERS KICKING Because They Do Not Get Sufficient Rec ognition From the Government. rSPECIAL TELIOnAM TO TnE DISPATCn.3 Habbisbubo, July 26. A meeting of old soldiers was held here to-night to pro test against the ignoring of survivors ot the war in Government appointments, and to consider the advisability of placing in nomi nation a ticket composed of soldiers. The inspiration of the meeting was the meager recognition given to soldiers in selecting census enumera'tors. Captain J. W. Weese presided. A resolution was adopted declar ing the nomination of a distinctive soldiers' ticket inexpedient and requesting the appointment of an advisory committee by the Chair to consider the subject of the com plaints of old soldiers and to call a meeting at which the committee's work shall be pre sented. The committee was appointed, with Cap tain Meese, who is a candidate lor post master in this city, as Chairman. PB0MINENT MAN GONE. Death of Clayton French, the Well-Known , Fbllndelpbln Drag AInn. Philadelphia, July 26. Clayton French, senior member aud founder of the extensive wholesale drug firm of French, Bichards & Co.,"of this city, died of paral ysis at his country residence,- near Logans town, Pa., aged '70 "years. He possessed a a tortuue estimated at $3,000,000. ,, J BIOTANDBEYOLDIIOH The Government of the Argentine Eepnblic Wiped Ont in Blood. PLIGHT OP PEESIDEHT CEL5IAN, While Many of His Officers Are in Hands of the Bold Eelels. the A PINAKCIAL PANIC CAUSES THE BOW. The Soldiers Else in a Body and Sweep Erery thimr Before Them. South America was yesterday the scene of another bloody revolution. The army at Buenos Ayfes rebelled, and, after a short but sanguinary struggle, overthrew the Government President Celman escaped in a ship to save his life. Financial troubles were the original cause ot the difficulty. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCI1.I Buenos Atees, "VTA Pabis, July 26. This cnunrry, evidently determined not to be outdone by Brazil or the Central Ameri can States, to-day became the scene oi a bloody revolution. The Tenth Begiment, headed by its offi cers, revolted this morning, and the out break has become general. The rebels are in complete possession of their cantonments, the resistance of the Government proving futile. Desperate fighting has been going on all day, and many have been killed on both sides. Senor Garcia, Minister of Finance, is held a prisoner by the revolutionists. The revolutionists have liberated General Manuel J. Campos, who was awaiting trial as a conspirator, and who has now placed himself at the head of the revolutionary party. cause op the outbbeak. The revolution is due, iu part, to the state into which finances of the Argen tine Bepublic have fallen. The finan cial troubles were brought before the world about July 1, when the London Times pub lished a dispatch from Buenos Ayres an nouncing that the National Bank had sus pended payment of the quarterly dividend that had previously passed the annual meeting of the Board of Directors. English capitalists are the chief creditors of the Bepublic, and the immediate effect of this announcement was a big drop in the shares of the Argentine National Bank and iu the "cedulas," which arn the Bepublic's promises to pay. It was at once announced that what the Directors of the bank had really done was to postpone the declaration of the quarterly dividend until October for pru dential reasons, and there was some recovery in Argentine securities. The national debt amounts to $336,341, 442, while the provinces and the city of Buenos Ayres owe respectively $213,682,252 and $24,044,752. On this aggregate in debtedness of $575,068,446, an immense tribute cf gold has annually been paid, chiefly to England. BEACHED A CBISIS. The interest charge on the national debt amounted to $16,024,532. With a decline in imports, the duties upon which are the Gov ernment's chief source of income, it has re quired more thanjone-fonrth the annual rev enues to meet the interest charge. The revolutionists are now reported to have completely triumphed. The Governor of Buenos Ayres is seriously wounded. President Celman has just embarked from the Catalinas Mole, taking refuge on board of a foreign ship. The Governor of Cor dova, brother of the President, has also escaped. The Bevolutionary party has issued a manifesto signed by Alejandro M. Alem, A. Del Valle. M. De Maria, M. Goyena. Juan Jose Bomero and Lucio "V. Lopez. The new government already seems to be established. ABMS SEIZED ON THE COLHIA. The Gnntemnlnn Government Claims to Have Routed the Kalvadorans. San Francisco, July 26. Domingo Estranda, Consul General for Guatemala in this city, received the following telegram to day from the Guatemalan Minister in the City of Mexico dated July 25: Guatemala accepts war, provoked by Sal vador. The Salvadoran army was routed on the 23d. The arms on the steamer Colima were seized with the consent of the agent of the company and of the American Minister by virtue or an article of contract with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, which reads: This company binds itself not to permit troops or munitions of war to be carried on board of its steamers from any of the ports of call to ports of or adjacent to Gnatemala, if there is reason to believe these materials be used against Guatemala, or If war or pillage Is intended. Senor Estrada thinks hostilities will be of short duration owing to the heavy costs, which neither country is able to bear, and the fact that this is the rainy season in that latitnde, which would make it impassable for armies on account of the swollen rivers and bad roads. 'ALL TELEOBAPH LINES CUT. The Flag of the Army of the Insurgents Raised on Gaatemnlnn Soil. Citt op Mexico, July 26. It is stated here that the Guatemalan authorities have cut the land telegraph lines, so that no news can be sent from that quarter. It is' reported that there is considerable dissatis faction in the Guatemalan ranks. The Salvndornns are advancing and a de cisive battle is expected. General Barrundia is on Guatemalan soil and is raising an army of insurgents. GOING TO THE WAB. Tonng Men Taking Passage From New Tork for Ceutral Amerlcn. Ne'W Yoke, July 26. Berth room on the first ship to sail direct for a Central American port since the outbreak of the war between San Salvador and Gnatemala was at a premium to-day. The reason for this was that there is a considerable number of people who are very anxious to get away to the Central American battle ground. What they want to do when they reach Porto Bico the applicants for passage on the Venezia know better that anyone else. Most of those who besieged the booking office to-day were young men, and it is more than possible that recruits lor the Guate malan or Salvadorian forces will be inr nished from among those on the passenger list. The ship will sail to-morrow, and, barring accidents, will reach San Jose, Porto Bico, next Thursday, and, as that port is said by Spanish-Americans.in this city to be a re cruiting place for the armies of both Salva dor and Guatemala, the voyagers who are in quest of-adventure will be able to enlist with either. ' RIOT IN A RESTAURANT. THE THrRTEENTH REGIMENT PARTICI PATE IN A DISGRACEFUL FIGHT. One of the Soldiers Arrested at Reading for Then His Release Demanded by His Comrades Pitched Ba'e Between Railroad Employes an , "OP. rSFKClAL TELEGRAM TO p OO- - Beading, -Pa., Ja?-"lr)f0 O jq ing Bailroad depot in this city for abo minutes to-day. A regular riot took place)" and but for cool heads there would have been bloodshed. The affair was caused by memberspf the Thirteenth Begiment who passed through here from Mt Gretna to their homes in Scranton, Wilkesbarre and other points. When they stopped at the depot here they made a rush for the restaur ant A week agoFhiladelphiasoldiers had stolen a number of articles in the place, and to-day one of the officers of the regiment was detected in carrying off a castor. John Kern, the proprietor, remonstrated with him, but without effect. Special Officer Wartman attempted to arrest the man when he resisted. The officer used his billy on the man's face with terrible ef fect Over 100 excited and angry soldiers came to their comrade's rescue, while a num ber of railroad officials attempted to protect the officer. The whole regiment became a howling mob, the clerks fighting for their lives. Some of the officials were severely kicked, and bedlam was let loose. This continued for 15 minutes, the soldiers sur rounded the office where the prisoner was confined and pointing their muskets at Officer Wartman they demanded the fellow should be released, or they would shoot and tear down the building. The officer refused to surrender and drawing his revolver pre pared to defend himself as best he conld. Finally, upon the persuasion of Mr. Kerns, proprietor of the restaurant ond Dispatcher BertoIIett, he let the man go, and the company quickly boarded their train and moved out of town. Many war rants will be issued on Mondav. BULLETS IN THELE HEADS. One ot the Most Remarkable Cnies of At trmpiert suicide Reported. Los Angeles, Cai, July 26. Two biothers, Lonis and Philip Andeget, natives of France, arrived in this city yesterday from Kewhall and were taken to the county hospital. Louis had three bullets in his head and Philip had one. The wounds are the result of a remarkable attempt at double suicide. Philip is in no danger, but Louis has small chances of recovery. The brothers were found on the ground under a tree iu Little Can yon, near Newhall, on Thursday night both wounded and apparently dying. They went to Kewhall a few months' ago and took up a quarter section of land. A few days ago a fire broke out in the brush on their place, and they started another fire in order to save their house from being de stroyed by the first one. Instead of doing this, both fires spread rapidly and extended to the adjoining property. Seeing this, the brothers became greatly alarmed, as they be lieved they would be arrested and impris oned for a long term of years. They accordingly determined to save themselves from this disgrace by committing suicide. They went to the spot where thev were afterward found. Philip took the pistol first, placed the muzzle to his ear and fired. Ho fell over on the ground, and Louis thinking his brother was dead, then fired three bullets into his own head. Thev lay from Wednesday morning until they were discovered Thursday night Both men are well educated and say they have served in the French army. AN mPOBTANT DECISION. Catholic Schools Admitted to the State University System in Neir Tork. TgrZCIAL T-XIOBAM TO THS DtSPATCH.1 New York, July 26. The Board of Ee gents of the State University has decided to issue charters to fire Catholic institutions which have applied for membership to the institution. The law re quires that academies, in order to become members of the State system of education and to share in the distribution of the academic fund of $100,000 annually, must hold a certain amonnt of prop el ty and have a library and cer tain apparatus. The decision of the Board of Begents admitting Boman Cath olic academies is of a good deal of im portance. A committee of the regents con sidered the matter of the application of St John's Boman Catholic Academy of Syra cuse. St John's Church and the Boman Catho lic Bishop of that see finally agreed to issue to the Board of Trustees ot that school an absolute lease of the property for 50 years. The committee ot the board reported that the lease perfectly met all the legal condi tions and requirements and the charter as thereupon issued. The application' of five other Boman Catholic schools in various parts of the State for charters was subjected to the same procedure. In time all of such schools in this State will become members ol" the State University by the operation of this system. TEE DISPATCH DIBECTOBY. Contents of the Iasae Classified for the Readers' Convenience. The issne of The Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages, made up in three parts. The first is the news pare The others are made up as follows: PART II. Page 9. From a Car Window. .JAMES NEWT03T BASKITT Food Adulteration L. T. JEKUT3IAX .tiding In the Air Eli Pzekins Stand Fast. Cral-Boyston William -Slack Page 10. England's Tallest Spire B. G. jonxB Pure Drlntlne Water. Shiexct Dabe Advice to Youne Men Bobebt J. Bdbdette rage 11. To England on TX0 Tee couxtbt Pabson The Want Column. To Let Column For Sale Column. Page 13. The Summer Resorts. Gossip About Art Fresh Theatrlc-l Talk. B-.iness Cards PagelS. Doinci or Society. Local Trade News .Markets by 'telegraph. Badness Cards Page U. Rowing In England PsntoLE Baseball Talk Chables J. Folet Every Day Science The Grand Army The Secret Societies. irageli. How to Speculate HexbtClzws Making Cocaine Fannie B. Ward The Sonbrette's Story CHARLES T. MceraY Happiness BESSIE Bbamble Page IS. Widow! of Heroes Miss GBUitDT, J a Taking In Royalty JoiIXD. 1'EJNOLE John Barleycorn's Menagerie DIDIMUS Part III. Page IT. A Mountain oriron... John Dennis, Jr Fnn In a Loudon Hotel j. p. b With a Sliver Cordr. MABKjf. UBISWOLP Embalmed Alive ...From the French Page IS. Gossip of Gotham Clara Belle His Dofcged Dawg A Pictorial Sketch Census Lessons James C. FdrdT Puzzles E.R. CHADBOUBN Page 13. Story of tho storks Fatsu Fresh Dog Stories..... FBAjnc,G. Cabpester St Matthew's Gospel Riv. Geobqe Hodges A Log Cabin R. w. BHOrPELL. page 30. Wraps at the Sea Shore Meo The Despised Porker... El LICE Sebexa Plastic and Enamel....: C. IU Clijtord A Rainy Day Batat L. T. Peaxe , FIVE CENTS. WITHOUTAWARNING A Wild Western Cyclone Swoops Down Upon Two New England Towns. V0(, i ;y persons killed. Many Thought That the End of the World Bad Surely Arrived. A L0XG LIST OP THE IKJUEED. Any Knmberof llarvelons Escapes Eeporled by Lucky Ones. PROGRESS OP THE W0EK OP RESCUE For almost the first time in its history, New England was visited by a cyclone yes terday. Twenty persons were killed and hundreds injured. The panic occasioned by the sudden visitation was very great, soma believing that the end of the world was at hand. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Lawrence, Mass., July 26. Massa chusetts experienced to-day all the horrors of the cyclone, and a long list of dead and wounded and scores of wrecked buildings at South Lawrence and North Andover bear witness of the awful strength of the whirl wind. The devastation has been complete. For a distance of a mile there is a well defined pathway about 500 feet wide, ia which nothing remains of a prosperous sec tion of this manufacturing city but wrecked buildings and streets piled high with debris. There was no warning of the cyclone's visit The rain was falling in torrents and everybody was glad that the prolonged drought was over. The wind was higher than usual, but nobody dreamed that the awful visitations of Western States, which, have been read about, would be repeated in the old Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A SUDDEN CRaSH. Suddenly there came a sound of crashing timbers and houses began to topple over in all directions. Some mighty ferce that could not be seen lifted roofs from houses, twisted the frames into kindling wood and hnrled the fragments into the street or against other buildings. With a mighty roar the destructive agent swept through the city, and those who were in its pathway had no time to escape. Some were picked up like straws and dashed to death. Others survived the awful onslanght and felt ns though they had been through hades itself. It was all over in a few moments. And then those who bad been spared were eye-witnesses to some of the most terrible scenes of death and anguish. The work of cyclones in the West never made much impression on New England people, because they were so re mote from this .locality, but to-day they had a realistic sense of what the wind can do. the work: of resctje. To-night rescuing parties are searching among the remains of what had once been sheltering homes, for bodies of the luckless inmates. Just how many have been killed cannot be stated, but it is teared that about 20 people lost their lives. Twelve bodies were recovered before nightfall, and more are believed to be beneath the timbers of some buildings. The number of wounded is large. The hospitals are filled and halls have been turned into temporary hospitals. There are scores who are cut and bruised, but who are able to attend to their own injuries. The physicians have cared for about 50. That the list oi dead is no larger seems almost a miracle. There are many whose lives were saved by a hairshreatb, and it is these people who can best tell the story of the storm's fury. This was this same city that on January. 10. 1860, witnessed the awful slaughter of mill operatives when the Pemberton mill collapsed. At that time 114 were killed outright and 441 were injured. THE SECOND VISITATION. To-day's calamity is the second wholesale visitation ot death in this locality. So far as can be learned from witness's, the cyclone made its first attack this morning at 9.15 o'clock. Those who were looking- toward the west saw a big, brassy looking clond over the hills, leaping along at a fearful speed. In the center the cloud was jet black, then came a ring of smoky brass color, and outside of all was a fringe of dull gray that spread out and wrapped the whole sky in a fog like shade, making the day dark. It first struck the surface of the ground ia the vicinity of the Lawrence Cricket Clnb's field, and tore along with fearfnl havoc through the picturesque little valley lying between it and the hill at the foot of New ton. street. The house of Thomas Evans, the Daly family and of James Lyons, in this valiev, were ground into kindling wood. The very first victim of the oatastrophe was Mrs. James Lyons, who fled into her house at the first signal of the coming storm. Her bouse ell to pieces the moment the wind struck, and she was crushed and mangled under the falling ruins. The storm course was then along Salem and Springfield streets to North Andover, sweeping down everything on the left hand side of the roadway. A PECULIAR FEATURE. What seemed peculiar about the cyclone was the fact that some of the oldest and most rotten houses stood the gale well while new blocks ot brick and wood fell in masses ol rnins. About one house in five failed to stand the shock, and now lies a heap of rubbish. Those which still stand have all lost shutters, chimneys or windows. Though the cyclone showed some par tiality, uo building in its path was ne glected. Some of the wrecked houses were set on fire, but the rain prevented any serious spread ol the flames. South and north from the elevation at the foot of New ton street presented scenes of general des truction. Great trees broken off at the roots, others torn clean from the earth and a thousand massive limbs heavy with loliaga were strewn in all directions. Every house along both sides of Newton street suffered more or less. Most of these are new buildings, chiefly cottages, built of wood and occupied by an industrious class. The absence of the greater number of the mill hands from their homes accounts for thocomparatively small loss of life. As the stormed crossed Broadway at the junc tion ot Salem street all the force of the blows seemed to light upon the Boman Catbolio Church until the wreck came, one of the . finest buildings in Lawrence. CRUMBLED INTO FRAGMENTS. The top of the steeple nppeared to have .Continued on Seventh Pag, i 1 j h ?. , ... i t . !. ' --. ;..j.j3i-t BwB&M
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