r ; tw ?, iKPmtfi 5r . 'a' ' - 24 pages; 4 1 24 PA'6eS. r glJJT FORTY-FIFTH YEAH. AT DR. KOCH'S FEET, The Medical Genius of the World Unites to Do the Ger man Professor Honor. TRIBUTES OF SCIENTISTS. Hotels of Berlin Filled to Overflowing With Sufferers Inspired by Fresh Hope. ' MASSAGE WITH THE TEEATMEXT. Another Hospital About to be Established and the Lymph in Great Demand Everywhere. FEESCH SKEPTICS TAKE THE FIELD. Ttt University tf PennsylruiU Srads i Keprtseot&tive to Gasas.fi Csjitsi With All Passible Speed. vOHSIOKS OF SOME LEADING MEDICAL HEN riEYCABLtTO TBS DIsrATCH.l London, November 13. Copyright. The publication of Dr. Koch's so-called consumption Iniethod has caused an enor mous sensatiou throughout Europe and un bounded enthusiasm in Germany and Aus tria, in which countries it is proudly claimed that the German professor's dis covery has eclipsed that of Pasteur. Prof. Nothnagei, of Vienna University, declares: "Koch has brought us face to face with oceot the greatest intellectual achievements "in the province of medicine for centuries past, comparable only to Jenner's great vaccination work, but it has iar wider scope 2'. of. JTocit. and is altogether one of the grandest leats in the history of medical science. Koch's method is purely scientific, and, as in other .great discoveries, chance or accident has no part in it. The present inomeir. is among the most sublime that humanity has known." 3Iedical Men Delighted. Prof. Billroth says: "An immense per spective opens out before our eyes. It is beyond doubt in my opinion, that we shall find a remedy for that -neatest mystery in medicine, cancer, for experience renders it probable that carcinoma also is of bacillic origin. " Dr. Kowalski, the famous Austrian bac teriologist, is astounded and delighted at Koch's discovery, anil has started lor Berlin, by order oi the AVar Department, to study it, with a view to applying it in the military hospitals. This phenomenal pro fessional enthusiasm has naturally com municated itseil to the people at large, and sufferers from consumption are making their way to Berlin from all parts of Euiope. The hotel keepers in the Riviera aie wring ing their hands at the sight of train loads of delicate people who had settled down for the winter, as usual, hut have now resolved to brave the frost and snows of Berlin in order that they may not loe a moment in submitting themselves to the new treatment, from winch they are authoritatively bidden to hope so much. Koch Xot So Hopeful. It is to be observe.!, however, that the commentators quoted aboe are more ho.e ful than the discoverer himself, and many of the unhappy sufferers who are at this mo ment making their way by slow and painful jstases to the German capital are doomed, it is feared, to cruel disaupoiutment. Dr. .Koch only claims that hU experiments jus tify liim in supposing that consumption in the beginning or in its earlier stages can be certainly cured by his method. But tne premature divulgence of the first results of his investigations has made it impossible for him to declare positively whether the cure will be lasting. He admits also that relapses may occur, and herein medical experts are Inclined to foresee the great danger of the new treat ment, for Kcch's method admittedly has a Tiolent effect upon the human system, which constitutions enfeebled by disease .may not be able repeatedly to endure. Scientist Active1 at Woi k. ' Drs. l'luhl, Cornet, Bergmann and other medical men are known to be en gaged in the treating of patients by the new method. Koch's clinique, in Albrechts strasse. the imperial sanitary institute, Heidi's Gesundheitsamt, where Cornet and others are at work, are swamped with letters and pergonal applications. Many medical men, including a number of English and American physicians, have been studying the process under Dr. Levy in the small -wards of a private hospital at No. 2G Preus laner strasse, where Prof. Koch first Achieved striking results with small means. Here since October, eight prominent cures ofcousuniplives have been in progress. Dr. Levy every morning shows his patients to the visiting physicians and illustrates the peculiar features of the uew method as visible in individual cases. Addressing a group of physicians in his private labora tory, Dr. Levy said: Getting Itid oi the Bacilli. "Ihe remedy not only attack particular places and groups of bacilli, but rapidly annihilates all tuberculous bacilli with which bodies are infested. We now know that the curative matter acts equally upon all groups. The first care is to free the or ganism from bacilli. To attain this cud, we apply massage at an early stage of the treatment to the glands, joints, etc, aflected by tuberculosis in order to force the bacilli which have encased themselves in cysts into the blood channels where we can more easily reach them than when they are in those parts where the circulation has little influ ence. "After the massase and the injection subdue the bacilli all that remains to be done in cases of tuberculosis of the bones is to remove the dead pieces of bone and to restore the general health of the patient." Another Ho-pital Needed. In order to meet the pressure of cases an" other hospital is about to be established in the Alexander Platz, where the Hotel Ger mama is beine transformed into wards, hav ing 150 beds, for consumptives. Dr. Pfuhl reports a strikingly rapid cure of lung tubercles. The patient was a man, aged 42 years. He had been ill for six years and his case was apparently hopeless. The first injection was made on Novem ber 5. The usual symptoms followed after the injection. The increase in fever and sickness were followed by a distinct change in the character ot the sputum, and a no table cessation of the characteristics of con sumption. Dr. Pfnhl promises the patient that, thouzh it cannot replace the parts of the lung that are gone, the remedy will in suie a healthy retention of the smallest por tion left Men ATlio l'os-ess the Secret. The secret of the composition oi the lymph his been communicated to Profs. Berg mann, Fraenlzel, Brieger, Levy and other intimates ot Prof. Koch here; also, to Prof. Weieart, of Franklort; Dr. East, chief of the Hamburg Hospital, and Prof. Nothna gel, ot the Vienna University. The only skeptical criticisms of Koch's discover- come from French medical men. Prof. Bronardel, doyen, of the Paris medi cal faculty, is reported to have written a letter in which he advises iucredulity re garding the efficacy of the remedy until its nature is fully known aud scientific proof given of its effectiveness. "Until e know," says Prof. Bronardel, "the composition of the remedy, the history of the experiments on animals aud the pro longed therapeutic effects on patients, no one ought to pronounce definitely on the method." Not Iteady to Talk. M. Pasteur and Prof. Bouchard are said to be withholding their opinion for similar rea sons. Their attitude, however, does not affect the medical fraternity outside of France, who have personally watched the process of the cures by the new system. Prof. Bergmann lectures to-morrow to physicians only on "External Tuberculosis," and Dr. Fracntzel on Monday on "Internal Tuber culosis." Dr. East will begin the treatment of patients by the new method in the Ham burg wards next week, preparing the lymph in his own laboratory. Prof. Koch has en trusted Dr. "Weyl, of Frankfort, with the treatment of cases in the Institute cf Hj gene there. Distributing Uie Lymph. Prof. Koch is also receiving communica tions from English and American medical men legardiug the method of distributing the lymph. Dr. Cornet has .received the fourth-class decoration of the order of the Red Eagle. This Is the first decoration given in connection wi:n the discovery. The rush for Prof. Koch's statement in creases. A quarter of a million copies have already been sold. The publishers refused 10,000 marks for early proofs of the article that was cabled to THE DISPATCH yester day. The sanitary council oi Austria will send two dt its members to Berlin to pro cure the lymph, and will test the treatment in the Vienna hospitals. WILL SAIL FOR BERLIN. THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ACTS ON KOCH'S CURE. Dr. John Guiteras Starts for the German Capital To-Day as a Special Kepresenta tlvo A Committee Appointed to Investi gate at Home Two High Opinions. IEFECIAL TELSGBAM TO T11K DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, November 15. The fol lowing official statement was to-day issued by the University of Pennsylvania: Tor ten j ears past there has been a special department in the University Hospital for the treatment ot consumption and other chronic diseases of the chest. The introduction of new incthoJs of research is throning light upon the obscure question of the nature and treatment of all tuberculosis affections, both medical and surgicil. A special committee has now been appointed to pursue extensive investigations upon this vitally important subject. The following gentlemen have been appointed upon the committee: Dr. William Pejipor, Dr. .lame Tyson. Dr. J. William White and Dr. John II. Musser. In addition to carefully con ducted observations upon case in the Gibson uing for chronic diseases, elaborate studies will be made in the bacteriological laboratory ot the Ciuversitv under the direction of Dr. John Ciuiteras, Professor of Pathologj. Leave of absence for CO days has been granted to Dr. Guiteras. who will proceed immediately to lierlln to familiarize himself with the methods and tcsults ot Prof. Koch's new treatment. "Work of the Uniersiu. Dr. William Pepper, Provost of the Uni versity, in reply to questions as to the ob ject of the committee said: In 1SS0, throuch tho cencrosity of Henry C. Gibson, a wing was erected at the University Hospital specially for the treatment oC con sumption and other chronic diseases. A con siderable number of beds have been endowed in this wing and special investigations have been continually conducted iutolbe nature and treatment ot tuberculous affections. Tha ex ploded methods of Bergeson. bv injections of sulphuretted hydroeen. was examined in this way both at the University and Philadelphia hospitals. The object or the new committee is not merelv to examine into the efficacy ot the method now recommended by Prof. Koch. Xo opinion should be expressed as to Uie probable valueof thismeihod. It must be subjected to ri.irous scientific and clinical tests. It is first essential that full supolies or the lymph pre pared bv him shoujd be obtained, and that his exact mode or procedure shoulu be studied. Portals purpose. Dr. John Guiteras, Protestor or 1'atholngv at the University, has had leave of absence grauted to biin. and mil start for Berlin to-morrow tf familiarize himself thor oughiywitb the subject. An Exhaustive Investigation. The committee that has been appointed will enter into a prolonged and exhaustive study ot tuberculous affections boih medical and surgical. Of course, especial attention will be given to Prof. Koch's method of treatment. It is expected that an Auxiliary Committee will be formed to aid in providing tho funds necessary to carry out these iuvestigations upon a sufficiently extended scale. It will be noticed that Prof. Koch lays special stress upon the importance of having the treatment tested in suitable institutions. It is only for and evidcntlv necessary that statements ot surpassing interest and importance should be subjected to rigid examination in this way. The most serious harm will follow lrom indis criminate use of his methods. Exaggerated estimates of its value must no he formed hastily. His reputation as a careful and thornoehlv scientific investigator is world wide. All "former statemenis from hira have been so cautiously made and have stood so well the test of searching criticism that what be now says must receive most respectful consid eration and he made tho subject of prolonged study. It is natural that attempts will be made in various quarters to win notoriety just as It has been done from time immemorial when ever remedies In these dreadful affections nave been Taunted. The public has a right, how ever, to receive the authoritative utterance of responsible experts who enjoy the necessary facilitlesand will devote the requisite labor aud study to enable the actual value of the process to be determined. Another High Authority, Dr. J. William White, professor of clin ical surcery in the University of Pennsyl vania, and one of the university committee on the investigation of tuberculous disease, was asked his opinion of the valueof Koch's discovery, from a surgical staudpoiut. He said: While it is impossible with tho information thus far received to estimate its exact im portance. I am of the opinion that, after allow ing for all the natural enthusiasm and exa-rcer-ation attendant upon a uew discovery, it will be found that a great step in advance has been inado in tho treatment of the most formidable of all diseases. I base this opinion on mv knowledge of the exactness and accuracy of all of Koch's previous scientific work, and upon the fact that the discovery, it it has been made, is simply an extension of our knowledge in the precise line along which it has been au vancing for the past decade with such enor mous lapidity. Durinirthu time the relations of various diseases to micro-orgvmsms have been clearly recognized, and efiicicnt methods of prevention or cure have been .applied as a consequence of that lecognition. The different forms of blood poisoning, erysipelas hospital cangrene. etc.. have almost been wiped nut from the list of surgical diseases, and hundreds ot thousands of lives have been saved thereby. In an Almost New Field. The group of tubeiculous diseases has, how ever, remained practically untouched until now. The surgical diseases caused bv tubercle are found chiefly in the skin, bones and glands. Tnrbercnlosis of the skin shows itsclt in a peculiar obstinate ulceration called lupus, very lenellious to oi dinar treatment, persist ing for years, and often producing horrid dis figurement. In the glands, tubercle causes large swellings and abscesses, also very troublesome to manage, while in the bones and joints it pro duces changes that constantly necessitate grave operations like excision or amputation. The widespread character ot tuberculous disease will he better understood by the laity when they know that scrofula, with all us variety of painful, deforming and intractable manifesta tions, is merely a form of tuberculosis. Koch's paper is characterized by marked caution and reserve. He expressly calls atten tion to the present limitations of his method and to the needs for auxiliary medical and surgical treatment, lor proper hygienic sur roundings, good nursing, etc, and recommends the use ot the remedy in sanataria instead of at the patient homes. If, however, the least he claims for the remedy itself is true.and his pat lecoid entitles his statements to resnertful consideration, he is one of the great benefactors of the human race, to be ranked only with Harvey, Pate, Hunter. Jenncr, Pasteur and Lister. TOO SOON TO TALK YET. NEW YORK MEDICAL MEN EXPRESS THEMSELVES CAUTIOUSLY. They AH Have Faith hi the Great German Professor and Accept More From Hliu Than Tiiey Would Troni Anyone JElse Dr. rordice Barker on the Discovery. :SrKCIAL TELEGEAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, November 15. Somewhat over a year ago a mild thrill of excitement rippled through the medical profession in all parts of the world at the announce ment that a French physician had discovered a liquid which possessed some of the wonderful powers commonly ascribed to the wonderful elixir of life. To day the phvsicians of the world are agitated by a similarly startling announcement, and their excitement is all the ereater for their unbounded admiration for and great confidence in the man from whom it comes. Dr. Robert Kocb, the director of the Im perial Hygienic Institute at Berlin, the discoverer of the germs which cause tuberculosa, and those which cause Asiatic cholera, two of the greatest discoveries in medical science of the nineteenth century and the foremost, bacteriologist c.thcage annotnrces that he bos found a cure for tuberculosis in its incipient stage. That is all he has said, and physicians know no more about it, yet there is a prevailing impression among them that the world ison the eve of learning one of the greatest secrets which nature has con cealed lrom man. A Dispatch reporter sought to obtain to-day from some ot the leading physicians in this city their opinions of Dr. Koch's discovery. The answer in every case was that it was too early as yet to express an opinion about it, as no one knows what the discovery is. Dr. Fordice Barker based his faith in the discoveryonhis great confidence in Dr. Koch. He said: "His character and reputation are such that every physician pays attention to what he says, but he has not carried his experiments far enough himself to arrive at any satis factory result. There are, however, the most sanguine expectations through out the professional world of a revolution in the treatment of consumption. Dr.Koch's experiments have not been numer ous enough to settle the question ot how practicable his discovery will be. When tuberculosis iu its advanced stage and tissue has been destroyed by disease, such a rem edy will probably uot reconstruct it, but in the incipient stage there mar be very great results. I am very hopeful that Dr. Koch has discovered a means to arrest the early growth of the bacilli. Physicians are entirely in the dark as to the composition of the substance he employs, and the article in the Deulclie Medizinische Wochenschrit throws very little light on the subject." NEW YORK OPINIONS. DR. LOOMIS THINKS THERE 13 HOPE FOR SUFFERERS, But That It Will Take Time to Make Up Pinal Judgment Dr. Jacob I Speaks Enthusiastically of Prof. Koch's Char acter and Ability. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DIRPATOH.l New York, November 15. Dr. Loomis, the eminent lung specialist of this city, was asked to-day for his opinion regarding Dr, Koch's discoveries. He said: Every physician in New York is reading the European despatches with tho greatest inter est. On this side of the ocean we have followed Prof. Koch's investigations with confi dence in him as a scientific man, and his announcement of progress is believed to bo absolutely trustworthy and full of hope for sufferers from tuberculous disease. It must be remembered that Prof. Koch really claims nothing. He lias demonstrated the ab solute cure of external tuberculosis: beyond thi nothing. Whether consumption can be cured or not even in its milder forms is yet un certain; and you mav sec from the published dispatches that Prof. Koch is very moderate in whatever he says on this subject. At best we cau only be hopeful. Here iu America we shall know something in a month. By that time we shall have received some of the inoculating fluid and have been able to make tests for ourselves. The medical faculty are awaiting these experiments with interest, and until they can be made final, judgment must be suspended. And yet. even then a final judgment may uot be possible. It may require six months or a year to reach any definite conclusion as to what Prof. Koch has accomplished. You know science in this coun try has reached a position where it can speak fur itself v. nen it gets a chance. Or. Abraham Jacobi declared that he had nothing to say on the subject, but at the same time he spoke enthusiastically of Prof. Koch's character as a student of science. He is no qnack. This is not a msney-makfng enterprise. It is a gift to the world. One can not fail to believe in bis work. I am, of course, very anxious to see his article in the German medical papers. I can say nothing more nntil I see what he claims, what be disbelieves, and then make a careful apulication of bis discov eries. ALABAMA ELECTION FIGURES. Democrats Elect Eight of the Congressmen of the State. Montgomery, November 15. The vole for Governor was counted by the General Assembly to-day. Jones, Dem., received 139,912 votes; Long, Eep., 42,390, and Couls, Pro., 1,365 Jones' majority, 9(5,137. The vote for Congressmen was also counted, showing that the Democrats in all elected eight of the districti io the Stater PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, TRADE WITH ;AFEICA. Explorer Stanley ontke Chance for American Enterprise IN THE UNDEVELOPED CONTINENT. American Goods is What Is Most Needed b the People There. GU0D WORDS FOR THE MISSIONARIES tSrECtAt. SKLErBAJC TO THB DIflPATCIt.5 Philadelphia, November 15. Heury M. Stanley sat in his parlbr at the Strat ford this morning. He bad just arisen from the breakfast table, aud was feeling in the mood for a talk. He sat iu an easy chair and smoked while he chatted, and just across the room his wife was entertaining some of the visitors who had already called, although the Iinnds of the clock pointed to 10:30. He said: So you want to know tho cbince there is for American cntcTprio in Africa? Well, at pres ent trade could only be carried forward on a small scale bj privato enterprise. Ot course, immeasurable possibilities for the develop ment of Africa, need collossal sums of money. And yet a great deal of trade may bo picked up by vessels bunging to the coast cargoes ot Yankee notions. Before the war Yankee skip pers used to visit African shores in Yankee schooners and they made fortunes- They could do so now better than ever before, but for some unaccountable leason they don't. HOW TRADING SHOULD BC DONE. Now there ato five or six factories along the Congo river alone. Do you know what factor, ies are? They are market places where goods ate stored and where tbo barter takes place. There must be imu'ense factories In which to store the goodi., toy these are in bales as large as a big tabic. Of course, the hales taken in land are lunch smaller. Now suppose a Yankee schooner conies over there, laden with canned goods, lumber, chairs, tables. American notions of that kind, a few hams, pork, wheat flour, corn meal, etc Then the cargo must include all kinds of fabrics, lrom tho most precious velvet or silk to the commonest cotton. Well, get a cargo of those things to the Congo and they will sell tike lightning ior 100 per cent profit. In ex change you caa get cither money or palm oil: a"d on bringing the latter hick to civilized countries you can realize immense profits. I am convinced that fortunes can be made in this way to-day just as well as before the war, by American cargoes. If you think of going out with such a cargo and don't know exactly what to include iu it, just sit down and think what you yourself would like to have if set off in such a laud, far from civilization. Then again, all the factories spoken of require hoards, scantling, etc. LARGE PROriTS IN SIGHT. Sometimes the factories are burnt down and find it difficult to get lumber. A ship loaded with lumber, chairs, tables, American notions of that kind, a few hams, pork, wheat, flour, cornmeal, canned fruits and that sort of goods; a schooner, I say, loaded judiciously witli these tuiues that white men, unable to get anything, would like to have, would reap large profits. Supposing we take the salesmen of Philadel phia and land tbera on the Congo. Kxactly what they should wish to buy is wbat the ship ought to contain. A barrel of flour is there considered to be a God-send, and uga;-cured hams, a side of bacon, canned fruits, tobacco, etc., are valued greatly. The ship ca'i co right to Ihe river. It Is not necessary for it to go Inland. To Kablndais about 20 miles from the river; then co to Go boon; then riu'lit along to the Spanish factories: thence to the German factories; and then to Old Kalabar. When I started my work on tho Congo I should have bought shiploads oi stuff if I had found the thing t I wanted. I wanted plank to build chairs and bedsteads. I wanted mosquito bars, gin4, -whisky, rum, slippers, smoking caps. They would have gone like hot cakes. One trouble is that there n"vr has been an American agent thtre who utnlerstottd his blisfn'ess and could represent things fairly. Government aeents have cone there, got the fever, become" demoralized and come back home. STRONG WORDS POR MISSIONARIES. Mr. Stanley spoke easily, fluently, calmly when touching upon commercial topics, but a minute after his whole demeanor changed, when asked if in his experience he con sidered the efforts of foreign missionaries had really proven a success. Stanley blew a huge cloud ot smoke into the air, his face lighted up, his eyes flashed and lie ex claimed: Yes, sir, most emphatically. I am as certain of it as that I am sitting here talking to you. 1 am perfectly convinced of the fact that the work of missionaries is successful. It has not always been carried on rightly or managed wisely; nevertheless they can be shown to-day as something marvelous, considering the coun try where they have been at work, and consid ering that tho people were rum-drinking sav ages, accustomed to robbery, fraud and murder whenever possible. The Protestants have tho strongest hold in Africa so far, but the mis sionary work ought to be systematically carried on, and it is not now. In speaking further of the opportunities in Africa for private business enterprise, 3Ir. Stanley added: No private trade could be carried nn with the Intel ior until the railway is finished. This is now being built and will probably he completed in live years. It will reach the Pool, and whe-n it does j ou can sro from the sea to Stanley Falls, 1,500 miles within two weeks. BEAUTIES OF THE CONGO RIVER. The Congo river is thought one of the most magnificent sections of country in tho world, but between Stanley Pool and the sea the country is hilly and mountainous and cut up too much by ravines to he appreciated. There is plenty of copper, iron, etc Prepara tions are being cirried on for civil ization and for the comfort of the people, so that they have little time to prepare a government or wavsof communica tion. Tncy use our American canned goods there, where there aie 310 Europeans and of ficers, and. ot course, as the railway advances there will be more and more. Of course, the railroad is just beguu, hut they are construct ing it. Just where tho railroad begins is tho burzest work, and when they ere: a little head way will go on more rapidly. They have beguu at a canyon, and when they get out of it they will be able to get along much faster. It is impossible to say anything at all abont the future of the Congo tree State, inasmuch as the Congo Keec State without a railway is not wortli 5 cents. The Europeans have ex pected to undergo all the perils and privations, as though they were black and to the manor born, but tliev have found this impossible. We have tried elepbants, bnffaloes, horses, mules, donkeys, dogs, white men and black men, but they have all uied. The Bombay Government gave us six elephants. THE HARDSHIPS IN APRICA. Here we can order Anything we like; we can live in peace with one onotber. But suppose we embark on board ship and go to the Congo, how long do you suppose you would be on terms with each other, with yourselves? and the con sequence is that when the fever comes in to help that you die. You blame Africa. Don't blame Africa; blame your own improvidence. When we first went there officers died because we had only 10.000 a year to pay wages and to supply them with food such as we could get iu the country. They are able to live better now. When the railroad is buile they will still be better off. The climate offers no objection, and there is nothing m the country against ft. It is a mag nificent country. When I reacned Zanzibar I weighed ISO pounds, but now I tip the scale at 130. I havoas yet formed no definite plans, and do not mean to do so nntil I am through with my present work. I believe in taking one thing at a time. I shall remain in this country until April, when I take my family back to England. VILLAED COMING HOME. He Has Remitted Several Million Dollars to Representatives In New York. ISPKCIAI. TELEOnAM TO TUX D1SPATC1I.1 New York, November 15. William Nelsou Cromwell, the assignee of Decker, Howell & Co., says, in answer to inquiry, that he has received a cable from Henry Villard stating that Mr. Viliard will sail for New York on the 20th lust, and then give his situation his personal attention. The assignee states that Mr. Villard has not lost failh in the enterprises with which he was connected, and that while in'Europe attending 'to a sick daughter he has re mitted several million dollars in, cash to, his representatives here. Mr. Villard's finan cial interests in Germany are as .large as. in America.' He is'not'personailv invfilved By the failure of Decker, Howell & Co. NOVEMBER 16. 1890. FAILED FOR' A MILLION. LARGE KANSAS CITY PACKING COMPANIES GO TO THE WALL. Boston Capitalists Principally Interested In All of the Involved'Corporatlons, Wlilcn Are Intimately Connected With Each Other-Indebtedness Mostly in Boston. SPECIAL TXLEGltAU TO TUE UI6FATCU.1 Boston, November 15. The Kansas City Packing and Chase Refrigerating Company and its two allied companies, the Kansas City Packing Company and the Cold Blast Transportation Company, have failed for 51,000,000, and have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to George E. Parker, of this city, who is a director iu the first named compauy. The headquarters of these companies are 114 State street, this city, and the head quarters of the Kansas City Packing Com pany are at Kansas City. The Kansas City Packing and Chase Refrigerating Company is a young concern, having been started only two months ago, with William O. Bell, of the firm or William G. Bell & Co., who failed a icw days ago, as its President. The new company practically absorbed the two old companies, and it now holds all the stock iu them, though the two old com panies still keep up their separate oijaniza tions. The indebtedness of the Kansas City Packing and Chase Iteirigerating Company is in New England.. The Cold Blast Trans portation Company has a bonded debt se cured on a transportation line which it run, but aside from this it has no liabilities of any amount, except to the Kansas City Packing and Chasetefngeratmg Company. The Kansas City Packing Company is in debted in quite an amount to the Kansas City Packing and Chase Refrigerating Company, aud also has numerous other creditors'. A TRAIN IN FLAMES. NARROW ESCAPE FROM SERIOUS DISAS TER ON THE OLD COLONY. Passengers Gotten Out of a Burning Car Without a Panic and Without Reducing the Speed One End and tho Hoof De stroy ed lieforo tho Crew Could Stop. IRrXCIAt. TEZ.EOUAM TO TBS DISPATCH. Providence, B. I., November 13. Quite a sensation was experienced on the shore line train on the Old Colony road, which left Boston at 10 o'clock this morn ing, and one which delayed the ar rival of that train here until 11:45. After leaving Sharon one of the passenger coaebss caught fire from an overheated stove, and before the occupants of the coach were awatc of this one end of the car was all ablaze. The conductor, with commendable fore thought and good judgment, ordered the trainmen to lock the car door nearest to the fire and then to avert a pauic he had the passengers leave the car two by two by the front door and take seats in the next forward car. The train was run on at its full speed to Mansfield, where it was stopped. By this time the flames, favored by the rapid movement of the train had spread so that they ate through ihe car roof and were rapidly consuming it. Then the trainmen nscended to the roof, and, using axes and fire buckets, subdued the fire and left the damaged car to be hauled to the yard. It was an exciting episode, thanks to the prompt action, was accompanied by no disaster. FAV0B FEMAp DELEGATES, !Bht tlie Vote of the Churches Does Not Settle the light. rSPECrAI. TELEGHAM TO THE PtSPATCn. ST. Louis, November 15. During the past few days the' Methodist Church au thorities in this city have heard from every State in the Union on the question whether women shall be sent as lay delegates to the National Conference of the Church. To the surprise of all the majority of the churches have declared in favor of the women. Dr. Benjamin St. James Frve, editor of the Central Christian Advocate, said this morning: "It is a mistake to suppose that the vote of the congregations in the Metho dist Church will decide this ques tion. It will not. Neither the annual conference nor general conference will be bound by the vote of the people. At the last general conference lady delegates were not admitted because the constitution of the church does not provide for their admission. As there were some in favor of admitting them, it was decided to secure the opiniou of the people, and it was submitted to a vote. To secure a victory, congregations in favor of the ladies would have to win two thirds of the 109 annual conferences iu the country. HELPING OUT THE BAKK. Depositors In the North Biver Institutions Will Let Their Fnnds Remain. rSr-ECIAL TELEGUAM TO THE DISPATCII.I New York, November 15. The deposi tors of the North River Bank came to its aid to-day. During the day representatives of $500,000 of the $1,900,000 on deposit signed the agreement to let tile money stay in the bank for 90 days if the bank reopens promptly. Tiie Directors held a meeting in the after noon and after it was over President E. E. Gedney announced that he believed that the bank would be able to resume ou Tuesday. Another plau discussed by tue Directors was to increase the capital stock to 500,000. It is at present $240,000. The Directors offered to take the additional $260,000 at par aud to pay the money into the bank. Superintendent Preston gave his assent to the proposed in crease of stock on condition that aepositors representing $1,000,000 signed the agree ment to hold oil aud that the hank succeed in raising enough money on its securities to pay off its other depositors. ABUSED HER CONFIDENCE. Miss Clayip, the Authoress, Suing Her Divorced Husband forS7,000. rSPECIAIj TELEQ'lAM TO THE DISPATCU.l Philadelphia, November 15. Eya Katherine Clapp, ot Athol, Mass., a hand some woman ot 30 years of age, and an authoress ot -national reputation, to-day be gan a suit in the United States Circuit Court against her divorced husband, Tilghman H, Mink, for $7,000, which was awarded her in the Chicago Divorce Court in May last. Mrs. 'Mink and her husband lived together several years and then separated. She alleged tliat he abused her and her confidence. She went back to her Athol home and devoted herself to liter ature and -wrote her first novel'Misniated." Last spring, however, she began proceed ings for divorce from her husband in Chi cago, and the records of the Cook county courts show that a decree was granted her on the ground of cruel and barbarous treat ment and Mink's infidelity with his present housekeeper. Mink, it "is slid, is worth $30,000, and is from one of Allentown's leading families. Wants an Exposition Office. Chicago,. November 15. Miss Pbcebe Cousins, a SL Louis lady lawyer, is in this city, and says her business here is to push ber candidacy for the Presidency of the Ladles' Board of Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition. , Sam Jones' Brother a Murderer. CAr.TERsviLxn, Ga., November 15. C. Jones, a"brdib'er of Rev. Sam P. Jones, shot Jim Young, colored, three times, on Main street this evening, 'He died in 25 miuutes. Jones is in jail. ' - i ' " 4- WON'T GIVE The Free Traders, the defeated candidates and others interested pecuniarily have sat down upon the new tariff law so hard that it hasn't had a chance to show what it can do. Uncle Sam will see fair play, and the youngster will doabtless get out lrom under shortly and develop into a splendid growth. ON EVERYBODY'S LIP Is the Kame of Blaine as the Eepnb lican Candidate for 1892. EX-CONGRESSMAN DICK'S TALE. Federal Elections Bill Doomed and a ilove On the Tariff. PLOTS AGA1SST SPEAKER EEUD. fFKOM X STAPP CORBESPONDEKT.1 Washington, November 15. "'I am for Blaine and reciprocity," was the declama tion of ex-Congressman Samuel B. Dick, of Meadville. Pa., when he was met by the correspondent of The Dispatch to-day-Mr. Dick and his brother and partner in business, John Dick, are here for the pur pose of examining the old surveys of the lake of Conneaut, to assist them in the con struction of a railroad in that vicinity. "Are you in favor of the ship canal?" was asked of Mr. Dick. "Not ranch," was the prompt reply. "Then the friends of the canal cau count on the money and influence of Delamater, and he will bust your railroad," was the jocular remark of a bystander, and at that there was a laugh all around. Mr. Dick was the arch-enemy of Dela ter in his own town and county, during the late unpleasantness, and had much to do with getting the majority that was rolled up against him there. As Mr. Delamater was instrumental in defeating Mr. Dick for the renomination for Congress a few years ago, the latter has merely now got his revenge with compound interest. GIVING DELAMATER CEEDIT. Dick gives Delamater credit for nerve and good sense, however. He says that up to 2 o'clock on the morning of the election the plucky candidate maintained that he was elected. Then he gave it up and went to bed, but instead of moping over the matter, ne appeared at his bank at 9 o'clocs the next morning, pulled off his coat and -went to work. Mr. Dick says that the name of Blaine is on the tongue of every ltepublican he meets as the candidate oi the party for the next Presidental nomination, and the fore going is civen mainly for the purpose of emphasizing this tact, it is probable that at no time in the history of the party was there ever a tithe of the unanimity in re gard to a Presidental nomination that now obtains in regard to Mr. Blaine. Probably 75 members of the House and Senate are now in the city. THETT ARE ALL FOR BLAINE. The correspondent of The DISPATCH has talked with at least a majority of them, and they are nearly all agreed that if the con vention were to be held to-morrow Blaiue would be the nominee by acclamation, and that, with a brief campaign, he would be elected, and he is almost as popular with the Democrats as the l.epublicaiis. As to legislation, during the short ses sion of Congress it seems to be a growing opinion as the statesmen assemble and con fer with each other, that there will be little done except to pa:s the necessary appropri ation bills. While a few of the'more stal wart and obdurate Republicans insist that the Federal election bill must and shall be passed, the tendency of the party is all in the opposite direction, and 'some of the most astute members predict that there will be no attempt to carry the bill any farther in the Senate, ns that would not only involve a long fight, with the chance that halt a uozen ot tne ltepublican Sen ators would go back on their party and de feat the bill, but wonld also involve an attempt to change the rules against all of the ancient tenets of Senatorial courtesy. THE ELECTIONS BILL DOOMED. Mr. Lodge himself is said to have written to a friend in this city tliiit he believes the bill, which is usually called by his name, will be abanuoneu iy tne Senate. Considerable curiosity is manifested to know what the future relations of Speaker Reed with his party will be. The under current of opposition to him, which existed in the last session, hewill find increased at the coming one, and it bids fair to swell to still larger proportions by the time the Fifty-second Congress meets, unless the elec tions next year should show a change of public opinion. Already the proposition is whispered about among Republican Representatives that Reed will be deposed from the leader ship of the party in the next Congress. STYLING REED A JONAH. Those who are feeling this way are styling him a political Jonah, and advising that he be thrown overboard. They sav that when the Fifty-second Congress meets the Repub- J licans should not tenner him the compli mentary nomination for the Speakership, which carries with it the formal leadership ol the party on the floor of the House. Bat to name an available successor is much more difficult than to dethrone Reed -t BABY CHANCE. 'y pronheey. All the old leaders except Reed, Lodge, Burrows and General Hender son, bf Iowa, are included iu the list of cas ualties. If Reed be shelved it is not likely that Lodgp would consent either to lead himselt or follow auvone else. As between Bur rows and General Henderson, the choice of the anti-Reed element is apt lo fall upon Burrow. BURROWS FOR THE LEADER. He is an able and popular man, 3 good parliamentarian, and a finished debater, anil has offended nobody seriously in or ont of Congress. There is also a growing impression that there will be a few minor modifications of the tariff law to mollify the disgruntled Northwest. Senators such as Plumb, Pad dock and Peltigrew1, who openly voted against the McKinley bill, will undoubt edly'endeavor to secure the placing of cer tain articles, binding twine for instance, on the free list, and to reduce the duty on cer tain other importations. Ther will probably be joined in these measures by other Republican Senators and Representatives from the Wesr. It is well known that several Western Senators voted for the McKinley bill nnder the stress of party discipline. a- did also a minority of Republican Representatives. WILL DEMAND LOWER DUTIES. Their misgivings as to the effect the nicss uie would have on their constituents have beeu more thau fulfilled by the outcome of the elections. Thev hold that it their party is to recover its lost ground in the West and Northwest, it must bow to the will of the people add lower the tariff in certaiu directions. It is safe to sav that all the Republican Senators and Representatives west of the Mississippi, and some ot them east of it, take this view of the matter, and will join hands in the effort to make it effective. It is possible, however, that even the brief operation of the law which will occur be fore this can be done, nny modify the opin ion of these gentlemen instead oi the law, if new industries like that of the manu facture of tin plate are put under way and old ones encourged and extended. LlGIITNEB. Stringent Libel Law Proposed. GUTHRIE, November 15. A bill has passed one House making it criminal libel for a newspaper to even insinuate anything against a man's character, whether it is a fact or not. THE DISPATCH DIRECIOHY. Contents of the Isue Classified for tho Header's Convenience. The Issue of Tun Dispatch to-day con tains 21 pages made up in three Darts. The first part contains the news of the day, local, general and foreign. The other parts are made up as follows: PART II. Page S. The Stauler-Rartcllot Affair. The Nicaragua. Religion In the Schools. Old World ?eivs. Ihe Wizard's Hopes Wallace Wetcn Fase 10. Woolnjran Heiress l.tars of the 'lime Ihree Cigars a Da..Di: Vagi 11. The Science of Sleep. Die Want Column. Page 12. Dolncs of Society. The Grand Army. Page K. Secret Societies. Local Trade News Howard f eldino i:essiei:kable William a. 11auuom For Sale Column To Let Column Late Dramatic New Ci0s3lp of the U uards Markets by Telegraph Real Estate Gos.lp Reaver's 'JhanLszlvin, Proclamation. Page li. Art and Artists. Amusement Notices Business Cards. Page li. Cars Underground. Facts About Canaries, The Electrical News, bcieuIlUc Gosslo. Page X. Review of Sport? An Artiflcl.u Eve. PART III. Page Jr. Prinoxe Business Notices. Tbe Signal StafT Afoot In Europe 1,. K. Stoful ... Lillian-bPENCEi: CIIAltLES T. Mt IIICAY ...RL-PVAIID KIPLI0 In a Shop Window .... The Light That Fulled, Page IS. The Prince of Wales Frank A. UCKK becrets of the Cipher. Page 19. ' The Old Clock 1'iVSIE Puzzle Department t E. R. Ciiadboihn Vtc Have Hups In U j. h. Wlbb Developing Platei y. o. KjcnwEGE Depew's Maiden SDeech. Page 20. UnrrUon's Kitchen Cabinet FitAXKG.CAnpESTEK Hissing a Duchess. Ct.AKA lltl.LE ...Rev. HEoitntHoncEs Fa.nmeR. Wabu Edoaul. U'axuux TEKlinNCETALCY ilroke In the Koor... Wines ot France... Page 31. Ihe Crofter's Woe... Clara Morris' Diary. Herbs ofi'ntslmrjr.. .W. (t. Kaufsians Footprints iu Stone. Page S3. Stand Fast, Craig Royston Williaji Rlack FtatoraUlinclilaii. Page iX Flat Iocketbool.s. Miss Gkusdv. Ju Messages by Cable. Miscellaneous stories. Page !i. The Dainty Celery..,..., EIXICE Szksxa. Baring Ou hills ; A. L,X. FIVE CENTS. ft HHMCUL WHIRL, The Embarrassment of the Great Banking Firm of Baring Bros., of England, SETS STOCKS TOPSY-TURVY The Firm Das Not Failed but Will Liquidate at Its Leisure. AS SOUND TO-DAY AS IT EVER WAS. Saved by the Bank of England, the Roths childs and Others. A1IEKICAX EXCHANGES BADLY EXCITED ;BT CABLE TO TUB EISPATCH. Lc-NDON, November l.". (Copyright.) Two worlds were thrown iuto excitement to day by the report that the great banking house of Baring Rro. had failed. This startling statement was followed shortly after by a denial, with the qualifying1 clause that protracted liquidation would follow. Still later came the report that others had come to the icscue and failure had been averted. The financial week in the city has been an eventful aud exciting one, but it bas passed much better than was at one time expected. On Tuesday morning bankruptcy and panic were clearly indicated in many directions, but the hulls by a clever con certed movement taking advantage of the shipment of gold to -Cjgland sent np prices by leaps and bounds, in many cases without even 100 shares changing hands. OTnER BIO FIRMS SUAKV. Thus the fortnightly settlement was ar ranged at eaiy dates, and a general sigh of relief was given. The violent fluctuations have, however, maiked the remainder of the week, anxiety being the prevailing feeling. The Baring Bros, were helped out by the Bank of England two weeks ago. It is re ported that a syndicate oi bankers, headed by the Rothschilds, to-day loaned these bankers 3,000,000 to help them over the crisis. It is hoped now that the worst is over. Three other banking firms have aiso, it is commonly rumored, been on the verge of suspension, namely: The Muriettas, the Uibbs aud the Martins. John Biddolph Martin, the head of the lattes firm, is the husband of Victoria 'WoodhulL, The trouble of the Barings was doubtlesj caused by the depression of Argentine se curities. The representative of the firm who met the newspaper men said: STATEMENT 01 THE SITUATION. "There is nothing to 'ear. much less ex cite one's nerves. Baring Bros. & Co. are simply liquidating. They have had a heavy loan to cjrry in Argentine securities, and like any other large house obliged to use vast sums of money, with the prevail ing rates ior money they have uot been able to borrow on their securities as collateral enough to carry on their large house, hence have concluded to liquidate and gradually go out oi business. "Nobody will lose a cent for the firm it all right, and, even if they were not, the Bank of England stands behind them, and that at least shonld remove any lingering doubt." Only 14 of the hundreds of London bank ing houses are older than the house of Bar ing Bros. & Co., yet that firm was founded in 1T70, and is six years older than these United States. For more than a century it has been a power in finance and more than once it has come to the aid of the Govern ment of the United States at a tic:- when to do so meant in London to take more than ordinary risk'. The Euglih founder of the family of Baring was John, son of Franz Baring, pastor of the Church of St. Ansgaru, in Bremen. He had four sons, of whom the third, .Francis and the eldest, John, estab lished iu London in 1770, the firm which has since become perhaps the most famous binking house in the world. Almost from the first the house took a high rank among the financial powers of London. Alex. Baring received an important part ot his business education in this country, and in 17U3 had married Anne Louisa, eldest daughter of William Bingham, of Phila delphia. Senator from Pennsylvania. Through this Americiu connection Baring Bros, obtained almost immediately the foreign agency of the United States Govern ment. DURING THE WAR OF 1812. All through the war of 1812. which bean less than two years after Alexander Bsnng had assumed the headship ot his firm, the Barings acted as agents of this country, aud although remittances ceased and instruc tions were wanting, they continued to pay the foreign creditors of the United States the interest on our debt as it became due. Tftis relationship between the Govern ment of the United States and the house of Baring Bro. lasted from early in this century until 1837, when, for a short time during the administration of Jackson and Van Buren, the agency was taken from the house which had held it so long. This in terruption did not last long. The agency was returned to Binng Bros. & Co., who held it for another 40 years, -until Brown Bros, were appointed in their place. EXTENT OF ITS INTERESTS. Some years ago Baring Bros, became the agents of the Argentine Republic, where there are large Euglisti interests. Through this great house, too, has beeu made the re orgaiiizition oi the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, aud the financial ar rangements of niauy of the "English syndicate-.," which have been so active in this country during the last year, have been car ried on through its New York agents, Kid der, Peabody & Co. Tne firm is composed at present of these gentlemen: Lord Revelstoke, James Stewart Hodgson, HenrvBinghamMiidmay.Cbarlrs Lloyd Norman, Thomas Charles Baring, the Hon. Francis Henry Baring, a brother of the Eari of Northbrook; Rooert Kiskmaa Hodgson, and Thomas Baring and William Halhed, who form the Liverpool branch of the house. A PAHIC ON 'CHANGE. Financial Affairs in London and New Tork Keltected in Chicago. srrrtAL tileoram to tub msrATCB.j Chicago, November 13. The panic la AVall street this morning and the bad state 41 of affairs in London caused wild commotion on the Board of Trade. Interest centered in wheat, and there was a panic in. the first hour of the session. Tha long holders made a wild scramble to sell and there was absolutely no demand ex, I Continued on Hevenui JPagt. -K i jpM9lKgUjjUjSU iftittMiitiisHig
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