FIVE HOURS1 TALK
By Senator Spooner in Strong
Support of the Federal
Elections Bill.
GLOWING EULOGY OF HOAR.
Domiciliary Visits Thought to be
Seeded in the South.
SENATOR IKGALLS TAKES A HAND
And Eoundly Denounces the Constitution
of Mississippi
AS A TEKT WICKED DOCUMENT
"Washington, Dec 20. Tbe elections
bill was further discussed in the Senate to
day. Senator Spooner opening wth along
i-peech in support of the measure. A stranger
in the gallery, he sal, listening to the de
hate, without a knowledge of the history of
the country, would be impressed with the
idea that all the love of liberty and devo
tiou to the Constitution and freedom from
partisanship were to be found on the other
side of the chamber.
Gentlemen opposing this bill denounced
it as clearly unconstitutional, and spoke of
their devotion to the Constitution. He
begged them to remember that devotion to
the Constitution was not confined to the
Democratic side. Tnis debate had been
characterized by something of rudeness.
A Defense of Hoar.
Almost every Semtor on the other side
bad made harsh and bitter reference to the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Hoar).
That Senator needed no defense, and, if this
were otherwise, lie was abundantly able to
take care of himself But he hoped that
the Senator would not think him officious
in taring that he had heard the attacks
with regret and indignation. When Massa
chusetts counted her jewels, none would be
found richer and brighter than the name
and fame of the Senator in charge of the
bill. He was the peer of any man who had
ever spoken for Massachusetts in this
chamber.
Mr. Spooner then proceeded to defend
John I. Davenport from the attacks made
upon him, aud contended (fortitying his
contention with documentary evidence) that
the Federal elections law, instead o- being
offensive to the Democrats of the isorth, had
been put into operation at their request in
many instances.
Oiioting Some Southern Testimony.
A good deal had been said (Mr. Spooner
remarked) jn connection with what was
called "domicilary visits," but nothing had
been said of the domiciliary visits of night
riders at the South, or of the shooting of
men and the whipping of women. The
South, he thought, was where the bill was
in special need.
In proof of this, he read extracts from a
speech made bv Mr. Chrisman in the lute
Constitutional Convention of Mississippi,
declaring that since 1S75 there had not been
a fair election in that State; that, in plain
words, thty (the white people) had been
stuffing ballot boxes-, committing perjury,
and carrying tbe election by Iraud and vio
lence until the whole machinery of elections
was about to rot down. He also read the
qualifications for voters contained in the
new Constitution of Mississippi.
Mr. Spooner pronounced an eloquent and
glowing eulogy on the black race for its
fidelity to the whites of the South through
out the war, and inquired whether it was .
asking too much to demand that such a peo
ple as that should have justice.
Kcplx iu to Stewart" b Argument,
Referring to Mr Stewart's speech of yes
lerday, and to his remark that the election.!
law could not be enforced in the South, be
cause public opinion would not support it,
Mr. Spooner remarked: ''To that com
plexion have we come at last? Have we
lallen vn a condition in our country that
called tor preservation by law of the purity
of the ballot at the North, but that w e must
slop at Mason and Dixon's lines because
public opinion in the South is iu favor of
dishonest and fraudulent and violent sup
pression of the suffrage? I cannot believe it.
Mr. Spooner spoke forover five hours, and
his speech was listened to with marked at
tention and interest on both sides of the
chamber.
Mr. IngaKs affirmed it as his understand
ing and belier, and as the conviction of the
great mass of the people of the North, that
th; Constitutional Convention of Missis
sippi bad been assembled for tbe avowed
purpose of disfranchising a majority of its
citizens, who were also citizens of the United
States. It had been assembled for the ex
press purpose of nullifying and defeating
and overthrowing the amendments to the
Constitution of the United States, by agree
ing to which the State of Mississippi bad
secured its rtadcii'sion into the Union.
Denouncing the 3Iilsippi Constitution.
Addressing his remarks to Southern Sen
ators, Mr. Iugclls said that these people had
retained representation In the House of
.Representatives and in the Electoral College,
while they had suppressed the colored vote.
Mr. Edmunds asked Mr. Ingalls whether
the Mississippi Convention had been called
in accordance with the Constitution of
Mississippi, and whether the results of its
deliberations had been submitted to the
people.
Mr. Ingalls replied that he knew nothing
about the way of its being called, hut he was
advised and he believed that contrarv to the
usual course pursued in uch cases'in free
coiumuuities, its results were not submitted
to the people to be voted upon. It had
arranged, in some way, to have it declared
the organic law of the State, without any
action on the part of the voters. In no
other way could the adoption of such a
monstrous, tyrannical and despotic device
ever have been imposed upon a people
claiming to be free.
ZVERYTHIrTG IS SETTLED.
The President Will Soon Issue the World's
Fair Proclamation.
Washington, Dec. 20. Secretary But
terworth and Mr. Peck, of the World" Fair
Commission, visited the White House to
day for the purpose of laying belore the
President some additional papers bearing
upon the validity of the subscriptions to the
fair. These established the absolutely bind
ing character of the subscriptions, and, it is
believed, settled all remaining doubts. Both
Mr. Peck and Mr. Butterworth denied abso
lutely the truth of the report that tbe Presi
dent had decided not to issue the proclama
tion until the fair bonds bad been deposited
and $3,000,000 of the $5,000,000 cash sub
bcriptions paid in.
Speaking of the reports that the Germans
would refuse to pay subscriptions if the Ex
position were not open on Sunday, Mr.
Peck said Mr. Hessing, of Chicago, had
been the only man to decline payments for
this reason. He has acknowledged he was
wrong and paid bis subscription. The in
terview with the President, Mr.
Peck said, was entirelv satisfactory,
and he is confident that everything
has now been bettled. It is believed that
the proclamation will be issued the early
part of week.
DEEP IN CONFUSION.
P00B OUTLOOK FOK FIKAHCIAL LEGIS
LATION IN THE SENATE.
Nobody Satisfied With the Fresent Com
plexion of the Fending Bill and Things
Are Sadly Mixed A Tendency to Drop
the Wliolo Business.
tTOOK A STAFF COKF.ESFOKDEXT. I
Washington, Dec. 20 The financiers
of the Senate are not ready to tske up the
bill which is to cure all the pecuniary ills
of the country, and so the discussion of the
elections bill still proceeds. As to its pro
cedure iu the near future, the Republicans
o' the Senate seem to be almost as much in
the dark as they were previous to the cau
cus, which wassupposed to have settled every
thing. Some want the cloture rule to prcede
the consideration of the finance bill; some
don't want it at all; some want the nuance
bill before everything, and soflie don't
want anv financial legislation whatever.
There are Indications that it will crop out
after awhile that a majority are in favor of
letting the finances alone, and that no bill
would h ve been proposed had not the de
sire to forestall, it possible, free coinage
legislation made some movement absolutely
necessary. Certainly, the present bill, as it
was butchered in the caucus by the knives
of the silver and anti-silver men, satisfies
nobody. The President and the Secretary
of the Treasury are disgusted with it, and
are demanding a return to the original and
simpler proposition of the Secretary, to pur
chase the S12.000.000 or bullion in sight; to
issue 5300,000,000 of interconvertible bonds,
and to confine the purchases of silver there
alter to the product of the American mines.
The temper ot the silver men, however, is
shown-by tbe amendment -to the proposed
bill iutioduced by Senator Reagan to-day,
which strikes out all of the provisions in re
gard to purchases o' silver, and provides for
free and uulimited coinage. But aside
from the free coinage members, there is
plainly evident a growing tendency to drop
all financial legislation, on tbe theory that
it is the best and quickest method of restor
ing confidence; and this ieeling, manifest in
the House at the beginning ot the session,
has constantly been gaining ground iu that
body.
Instead of clearing up, all that bears on
the question of such legislation appears to
grow more and more confused, and no one
tries to predict the outcome.
LAND GEANT ADJUSTMENTS.
Secretary Jfoble Withdraws His Order Sus
pending; Them.
Washington, Dec. 20. Secretary
Noble has withdrawn his order suspending
the approval of the final adjustment of the
land grants in favor of the Chicago.St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Com
pany and the Wisconsin Central Bailroad
Company. These adjustments were ap
proved on February 12. 1890, but subse
quently suspeuded, because of pending leg
islation in Congress, looking to the for
feiture -f railroad lands where the roads
were not completed within tbe time fixed by
law.
Inasmuch as the forfeiture act since passed
by Congress applies only to lands opposite
to unconstructed roads, the Secretary de
cides that there is no reason for further de
laying these adjustments.
JUDGE ACBXS0N SUGGESTED
By Congressman Dalzell as Judge McKen
nan's Successor.
Washington, Dec. 20. Kepresentative
Dalzell, in commenting on the prospective
retirement ot Judge JIcKennan, said that it
would be eminently proper to promote Judge
Acheson to the place.
So far as the vacancy that would be occa
sioned by Judge Acheson's promotion is
concerned, the judicial district embraces the
larger part oi Pennsylvania, and other in
terests, as well as those of Pittsburg, would
have to betaken into account
WILL CELEBRATE ON MONDAY,
Washington's Birthday Will be Observed In
l'ittsburgon February S3 Preparations
for Unveiling the Monument in Alle
gheny llow the Parade Will be Made Up.
The General Committee of the Jr. O. U.
A. M. on the Washington's Birthday pa
rade met last evening in Moorhead's Hall,
Grant street, to further the arrangements.
A letter addressed to Secretary Peck from
George Pearson, private secretary to Gover
nor Beaver, in response to one sent him, was
received. It stated that when a holiday
falls on Sunday, as is-the-case with Wash
ington's Birthday next February, the Gov
ernor does not designate a day to be ob
served, but leaves it to tbe individual
wishes ot the citizens.
Secretary Peck also read a letter from
John M. Chaplin, Manager of the Pittsburg
Clearing House, on the subject. Mr.
Chaplin quoted tbe law in relereuce to
banking houses in such cases observing the
following Monday.
In accordance with this the committee de
cided to obserye the occasion on Monday,
Februarv 23. A committee, consisting of
J. K. Enge. W. E. Hubbard, A. D. Wil
kin, George B. Nesbit and E. Pastorious,
wa appointed to confer with a similar com
mittee Irnm the General Committee on the
Washington Monumeut to mate arrange-
AN ATTEMPT AT TEAIN E0BBEET.
A tone Bandit Wrecks a Train, hut is Foiled
and Captured.
MEMPniS, Dec. 20. A daring attempt
was made this afternoon, at 4:15 o'clock, to
rob the pay train of the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas Bailroad, two miles
south ot Woodville, Miss., on tbe Bayou
Sara branch. As the eagine was crossing a
trestle the engineer saw the rail in front of
him drawn away by a man whom he recog
nized as Doc Bradford. It was too late to
stop the engine, which was derailed, while
the tender and pay car was thrown down an
embankment.
Bridford came out and attempted to open
the sale, which was locked. The train crew
soon recovered from their surprise, and as
their injuries wereslight, and, seeing he was
about to1e overpowered, Bradford fled into
tbe woods, but was pursued and captured
and lodged in the jail at Woodville. Brad
ford had drawn the spites and tied a
telegraph wire to the rail, with which be
drew it from its position and caused the
wreck. He is a notorious criminal. Some
time ago he shot and killed a negro at
Centerville, Miss., but was acquitted on the
ground of insanity. A private telegram
from Woodville intimates that he-will be
lynched to-night
THEY PROFESS IGNOEANCE.
The Younger Say They Never Saw or Heard
of te Sueur Caverp.
Stiliwatek, Minn., Dee. 20. The
Younger boys at the prison were shown to
day the story about tbe discovery of a cave
at Le Sueur which is supposed to have beeu
their rendezvous in 187G, when the Korth
field Bank was robbed.
They say they have never seen, the cave,
and know nothing about it
A Banker Arrested for Fraud.
New York, Dec. 20. Nathaniel Niles,
ex-President of the Tradesmen's National
Bank, was arrested to-day by a deputy
sheriff on an order issued by Jndge Beach,
ot the Supreme Court, in a suit by Eliza
beth Parrett to recover ,$7S',000 cash and
chatties, of which she claims he defrauded
her.
merits for the unveiling of the mounment on
Februarj 23.
The parade will be composed of four
divisions. The first division consists of all
councils of the Jr. O. TJ. A. M. from south
of the Ohio and Mouongahela rivers. The
second division will be formed by all the
councils between the Monongahela and Al
legheny rivers. The third division will be
composed of all councils north of the Ohio
and Allegheny rivers. The fourth will
consist of all councils of the Senior O. U. A.
M. The indications are that there will be
20,000 men in line. The parade will start
at 1:30 P. M. sharp. The hour lor the dedi
cation of the monument has not been, fixed.
A FORCIBLE POLICY
TO BE EECOMM&IDED IN THE BEHBIHG
SEA DISPUTE
By President Harrison lira Message to Con
gressNo Further Dilly-Dalljing With
Lord Salisbury A Strict Enforcement of
the Sealing Laws.
New Yokk, Dec 20. President Harri
son expects to accompany his transmission
to Congress, of the further papers relating
to the Behring Sea controversy with a
special message of some length.
In this message he will express his views
respecting the rights and claims of the
United States connected with the seal fish
ery, the comparative merits 6f the conduct
and position of the two Governments since
the first seizures in 1880, aud the duty ot
Congress iu the present position on the
question.
Tbe message will be framed with especial
rercrence to the now pending proposal of
the British Government for an arbitration,
which proposal it is intended'to reject be
fore any communication is made to Con
gress. The rejection of the proposal will effect a
practical, if not complete, suspension of
diplomatic efforts for a settlement, there
being no expectation that either Government
will bring forward anv oiler for a renewal
oi negotiations. The personal bitterness be
tween Mr. Blaine and Lord Salisbury that
has arisen out ot the course ot the
negotiations is perceived here to
constitute a material objection to a continu
ance of efforts toward a settlement, especial
ly after the diplomatic relations between the
two governments shall have been further
strained by the energetic manner in which
Mr. Blaine is preparing to show up the hol
lowness and unlairness of the British arbi
tration project.
It is because of the seemingly hopeless
ness of the prospect of a settlement by peace
ful means, and ot the necessity of almost in
stantly resolving upon a new course of con
duct for the United States, that the Presi
dent hs determined to lay the matter fully A
before Congress and to apply lor legislative
assistance in shaping and enforcing the
policy of the immediate future.
The President will give Congress dis
tinctly to understand that in the present
state of the matter he perceives neither
authority nor reason to abstain next season
from a literal enforcement of the provisions
of law tor the protection of the lur seal in
Alaska and the waters thereof. He will ask
Congress for a liberal appropriation to meet
the expense of fitting out chartered vessels,
to serve as revenue vessels, in sufficient
number aud character to capture and dis
pose of the numerous marauding vessels ex
pected to enter Behring Sea nexi June and
Julv.
SHEARS ON EACH POST.
A Novel Way Suggested to Avoid Electric
Wire Accidents How a Batcher's Fine
Team of Horses Conld Possibly Have
Beeu Saved.
During a conversation among a party of
gentlemen, yesterday, on the dangers of
broken overhead wires, one of them ad
vanced an idea that seemed to be peculiarly
his own. He said he was convinced that it
would be an excellent thing to have shears
with long handles placed on telegraph poles
at every street corner in the busy part of the
city, for use in emergencies.
He cited the case of the wire falling on
Third avenue the other dav, and thought
the lives of those horses might have been
saved had such precautions beeu taken, as
it would have been tbe work of but a mo
ment to cut the hang' : wire. For that
matter, the policeman on that beat, or some
citizen, might have cut it down before the
accident occurred. He thought the city
should taken the matter in hand.
An electrician was asked how he thought
such a scheme would do. He replied that
it would doubtless be an excellent precau
tion, if it were not lor the fact that people
were stupid, as a rule, when fooling around
these deadly wires. He said they did not
seem to understand the danger of an innocent-looking
wire dangling over the streets
or sidewalks, and ventured the assertion
that if one should fall right in front of
where he was standing, every other man
and woman passing along would step on it
unless stopped by some one. Tbe cross that
made it as deadly as a knife blade through
the heart might be a mile away.
He cited an instance ot wherea wire had
falleu across the street on a line he was hav
ing repaired, and he was compelled to station
a man there to keep people from driving
over it, as it would have been certain death
for a horse to have stepped on it. Under
these circumstances he thought the average
run of people would do more harm than good
with the shears.
WENT THE0UGH THE TEUNKS.
A Stable Boss Helps Himself to Jewelry Be
longing to a Gentleman From Texas.
Last night Charles Howe, stable boss for
J. Blank, the E ist End expressman, was
held in $1,000 bail lor court on a charge of
larceny. A gentleman named Lloyd re
cently moved from Texas to Pittsburg. He
had secured a house in the Etst End, but as
it was not quite ready for occupancy, made
arrangements to have his household
goods stored iu Mr. Blank's stables
on Penn avenue lor a short time. The
goods arrived early in the week and were
stored in the stable.
On Wednesday it was noticed that a trunk
had been tampered with. This led to an ex
amination, when it was found that five
trunks had been opened aud part of their
contents taken. Howe was stable boss, and
was suspected of being the thief. The mat
ter was kept quiet and a watch set It re
sulted in finding some of tbe
stolen jewelry in the possession of
a girl on Frankstown avenue, a
friend of Rawe's. The , arrest of Itowe
followed yesterday. Tbe police recovered
two pairs of gold bracelets, a coral cross, a
coral breastpin, two pairs of gold earrings,
two gold breastpins, a pearl scarf pin, a pair
of seal cuffbuttons, two garnet finger rings,
a pair of diamond earrings, a pair of gold
drop earrings, two pairs of coral earrings.
Besides this, a large quantity of valuable
clothing, chiefly for women's wear, -was re
covered. Rowe had systematically searched
the trunks and taken the articles that best
suited him. The goods stolen were valued
at over 5X10.
Holiday Goods.
The Michigan Furniture Co. have in stock
a fine line or fancy chairs, rockers, desks,
cbiua closets, bookcases, card tables, and, in
fact, any article of lurniture suitable for a
Christmas present. Call at once while the
selection is large. Store open in the evening.
Michigan Furniture Co.,
437 Smithfield street
Stylish Suitings.
The largest stock suitings, overcoatings,
silk vesting! and'trouserings at Pitcairn's,
431 Wood street
Thornton Bros., Allegheny.
Thousands of umbrellas. New ones ar
riving daily. See the silk ones at $1 25,
$1 50, S3, $2 50, $3, $4, $5 and 86. No such
values elsewhere. Satinet, 50o up; gloria
ilk, 98a up.
A GHASTLY TRAGEDY.
Robbed of a Wife's Affections and
Then Foully Murdered.
FATAL AGREEMENT OF A DOCTOR,
The Signing of Whict Proved to he His
Death Warrant.
POISONED BY AX UNXATUEAL BROTHER
TBY DUNLAF'S CABLE COMFAUT.l
Faveesham, Bee. 20. A remarkable
occurrence, that is rapidly developing into
a sensational murder mystery, is creating
intense excitemeut'-bere. Dr. W. K. Lyd
don was at one time the most popu
lar physician in Faversham. He had
a large practice and was said
to enjoy a correspondingly large
income. He drove a dogcart and a variety
of othersvehicles, supposed to be the ac
companiment and cuaranteeof success. Dr.
Lyddon also,had-a Jpretty wife, a charming
woman, with an atttactive personality and a
magnetic influence. She led in the social
entertainments among her neighbors she
was prominent in "the amateur theatricals
that every winter forms so attractive a
feature in this old Kentish town, and formed
the center of a brilliant coterie.
Mrs. Lyddon. although to all appear
ances a happy wife, was destined to meet her
fate in her husband's stepbrother, whom
Lyddon brought down from London one
evening and introduced as a young medical
student Charles Lyddon was not long in
making a favorable' impression upon the
Kentish matron. Hesoon became a regular
visitor at the semi-detached villa occupied
by the elder physician.
Progressing favorablv with the wife,
Charles began to niaie himself "solid" with
the husband, and bv dint of much per
suasion, brought the'latter to agree to a sale
ot his practice, possession to be given on his
death. Insignificant and harmless as this
provision seemed to the Doctor, the agree
ment containing it proved" to be the unfor
tunate man's death warrant, as no sooner
was it signed than his stepbrother, with
devilish malignity, began to plan the crime
that he has just succeeded in accomplishing.
The exceptionally healthy medical man
was seized by a mysterious illness, which
Charles pretended to thoroughly understand,
and, consequently, took full charge of the
treatment. When the strong constitution
of the physician had been completely
broken down by the powerful drugs admin
istered to him, and the tacts of his wife's
falsehood and his brother's treachery were
revealed to him, Charles locked himself up
in tbe room with hia victim and proceeded
to perform the last act in the ghastly
tragedy.
An emptied bottle of morphine in an ad
jacent lumber room led to the arrest of
Charles Lyddon. The prisoner protests his
innocence, and declares that the evidence,
which is almost entirely circumstantial, is
misleading. He will be tried at the next
assizes.
HARRINGTON'S VIEWS.
HE DEPRECATES THE USE OF PERSON
ALITIES BY PAENEIX,
But Thinks lie Was Justified In Seizing
United Ireland The Division of the Farty
Will "ot Hurt the Common Cause ot
Homo Bule.
IBY DUJfLAP'S CABLE COMTANT.l
Queen STOW2T, Dec. 20. Timothy Har
rington, who arrived here on the Aurania
this evening after a good passage, said, in
the course of an interview with a Dunlap
reporter: "The receipt ot the news,f the
split in the Irish party completely paralyzed
the mission ofthe delegates."
"Do you think, Mr. Harrington, that
there was any wav of preventing the divi
sion in the party?."
"Yes," he replied. "In my opinion the
disruption of the party would have been
avoided if Mr. Parnell could have seen his
way to retire from tbe leadership for s short
time."
5i"Do you think any good will come ofthe
approaching interview between Mr. O'Brien
and Mr. Parnell in Paris?"
"Well, I ara not by any means sanguine
on the result thai will be obtained. But
even it the Irish party be divided into two
sections in Parliament, so long as both ot
them agitate for the same cause and object,
I do not think the home rule question would
suffer."
Continuing, he said: "I must confess I
regret exceedingly to hear of the personali
ties which have beeu indulged in by Mr.
Parnell, but I think be was justified in his
action against United Ireland, which is his
own property."
He said that the1 result t! the Kilkenny
election, favorable or otherwise, would not
prevent Parnell's interview with O'Brien
from taking place.
On landing, Mr. Harrington was met by
the Parnell Reception Committee, headed by
the Mayor ot Cork and two brass band", play
ing tbe national airs of Ireland. He left
immediately for Kilkenny,
A PRUSSIAN CRISIS PROBABLE.
The Conservatli es Bitterly Oppose an Effort
to Reform Feudal Abuses.
Berlin, Dec. 20. The discontent of a
section of the Conservative members of the
Landstag over tbe Government's communal
bill has suddenly assumed'an aggravated
form, threatening a serious political crisis.
The Landstag sent the bill to a commission
just before adjourning for the Christma:
recess. Herr Herrfurth, Minister of the
Interior, finding a majority of the com
mittee bent upon amendments presetving
feudal privileges, which the bill aimed to
to abolish, referred the alterations to his
colleagues, who authorized him to inform
the commission that if the Landstag sup
ported the amendments It would be immedi
ately dissolved.
An angry exchange of words resulted be
tween Herr Herr.urth and the Conservative
members of the commission, the latter de
claring that the Government was taking a
line that was ruinous to the aristocracy,
which, they held, was tbe backbone of the
monarchy. Several of the members will go to
Friederiehsruhe to consult Priuce Bismarck
on the crisis, and ask him to appeal to the
leaders of the opposition. The Progressists
rejoice at the prospect of a dissolution.
CHAMBERLAIN CROWING LUSTILY.
Former Utterances Brought Up Against the
One Time Liberal.
IBT CABLE TO TUB D1SFATCH.1
London,' Dec. 20. Joseph Chamberlain
has been crowing lustily over the dissen
sions in tbe Home 'Rule party, which he
claims have justified his political prescience.
He has indignantly denounced Morley's
alleged offer of the Irish Secretaryship to
Parnell, aud has based-.upon the wicked
ness of that proposal, private efforts to
suborn a number of the. Gladstonians, who
are said to be wavering in their allegiance.
This is the same -Joseph Chamberlain
who, in a speech and in writing, up till the
moment of his desertion of Gladstone, re
peatedly advocated 'the.very same thing.
TRIUMPH TOE STANLEY.
Emln Pasha's Recall From Africa Ordered
by Baron Wluman.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COXrAirT.1
LoSDON.lJec. 20. The newi has just
been made public of the recall ot Emin by
Baron Wissman, and has caused a great
deal of amusement and not", little satisfac
tion in London, as this action is taken to
show that Stanley was quite correct in the
estimate he made of the peculiar charactev:
of Emin Pasha.
There is no doubt that the German doctor!
was elevated into the dignity of a hero by
Stanley's enemies, and now there is a gen-i
erai ieeling that his recalling is very satis
factory evidence that Erain's own country
men cannot get along with him.
BALFOUR HARD AT WORK.
Belief Being Sent Into the Distressed Dis
tricts of Ireland.
TBT DCKLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. 1
London, Dec. 20. Balfour is actually
in a residence in Dublin, and will remain
until after Christmas. Credit is due to him
for the energetic manner in which, after
needless and perilous delay, he is now send
ing relief to some of the distressed districts.
Gunboats and special service vessels of the
royal navy have been turned into storeships
for the conveyance of potatoes and meal to
the Western coasts and islands, and several
of the relief railroads have been com
menced. CANDIDATES FOE THE PAPACY.
Fiance Favors Cardinal Lavagerie, With
Gibbons as Second Choice.
Pabis, Dec. 20. The next election of a
Pope is now an early probability. The whole
influence of France will be directed to the
selection of a cardinal tavorable to the re
public. The ctndidates for the papacy who would
be satisfactory to France are Cardinals
Lavagerie. Zigliara, Itaffaele, Monoco,
Lavalletta and Gibbons. The last named
Cardinal's impartial statements conceruing
republican countries make him a favorite
candidate after Cardinal Lavagerie.
DAVnTS FRIENDS ENRAGED
Over a Cartoon Representing Him as Ac
cepting English Gold.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
London, Dec. 20. Michael Davitt's
friends are wild with indignation and almost
mad with rage jn consequence oi a cartoon
which is published in the current number
of United Ireland and represents the editor
of the Labor World accepting a bag of
English gold, while Hibernia hides her face
from him in sorrow and despair.
THE LATEST LAND RAID.
THE OPENING OF A SHALL THACT FOB
SETTLEMENT YESTEEDAY.
Excited Home and Claim Seekers In Lino
Before a Wisconsin Court House Militia
Called Ont to Preserve Order, and Prob
ably 1'rei ented Bloodshed.
Wausau, Wis., Dec. 20. The great
raid on the Land Office to file rlaims on
land in the great Beservoir strip began at 9
o'clock. Thus far tbe filing has proceeded
without disturbance. At an early hour this
morning Mayor Mueller directed Captain
Bellis, of the Wausau Light Guard to
march his company to the Court House
Square to preserve order, and 45 blue coats
with glistening bayonets took up a station
close to the Land Office.
The arrival of tbe militia put an effective
damper on the homesteaders, who could not
get in line, and everything was peace and
quiet when Register Saunders slid the
wicket up. At noon 45 claims, aggregating
8,000 acres of tbe best land in the strip, had
been filed, and 100 men were still standing
at the wicket
Besides having to contest with squatters,
the men who had filed claims this morning
will probably have to go to law with Byron
S. Hamilton, a Wausau lawyer, who walked
into the Land Office shortly before 9 o'clock
and laid down au application with the
necessary fees, and tendered them to the re
ceiver. The tender was refused, and Ham
"iljnn announced his purpose of bringing
"suit.
At Eau Claire there was almost a riot
The windows of the land office were
smashed, but the land officers succeeded in
quelling the disturbance. The trouble was
caused by a policeman who was stationed at
the wicket to preserve order filing a claim
for himself. His application was relused.
Miss Mamie Richardson, daughter of Gen
eral Richardson, of Chippewa Falls, fought
heroically, and when she reached the desk
her hat was gone and her hair disheveled;
but she got a tract worth $5,000. Two men
fainted and were laid out on the sidewalk, i
SO THEY DID.
An Honest Confession on the Fart of One
Sew York Journal.
New York Herald.
The people were taken by surprise when
Mayor Grant appointed Patrick Divver tbe
other day to be Police Justice. They held
up their hands in holy horror and asked
each other in a bassoon tone of voice whether
Hew York is going to the "demnition bow
wows."
But why this moaning and mourning?
Didn't we all pull our jackets off" on elec
tion dav and run Tammany into rower with
a landslide majority? Why, nre hve a dim
recollection that even the great Herald
thought it was on the whole about tbe
wisest thing to do. To be cure we haven't
boasted very much that we were tbe particu
lar paper that elected Grant, though, of
course, we did do it, as everybody knows.
But if we all went to the polls and gave the
city body, soul and boots to the tender
mercies of Tammany, to be used by its big
s chems for personal emolument and gain,
win do we growl aud grumble?
Keeping the First District Clean.
Charles Lute and Tony Brosky, residents
of a house on Fourteenth street, were ar
rested by Officer Peoples last evening on the
charge of keeping a disorderly house. The
information was made by Inspector Mc
Aleese before Magistrate McKenna. They
were locked up in the Tnellth ward station
for a hearing.
Mrs. Mellon Lost. Her Pocketbook.
Officer John McClurey found a packet
book on Fifth avenue yesterday afternoon
and turned it over to Inspector McAleese.
The book contains a card bearing the name
of Mrs. Mellon. The owner can have the
wallet by calling on Inspector McAleese.
SHALL SCRAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.
A West Belxevue dwelling, owned by
Mrs. Lenz. was consumed by fire early yester
day. The tire started on the first floor, and
Mrs. Lenz had to escape by the root ot the
front porch. The loss is between 52,500 aud
$3,000.
The Knozville Incline received a set-back
last night in consequence of tbe bursting of a
'boiler at tbe depot. Cars were delayed several
hours, but were in good running order shortly
before midnight.
Max Klein, of Post 12S, G'. A. R.. of Alle
gheny, will present each of tbe inmates of ,tiio
TJniontown Soldiers' Orphans' School with a
Christmas present next Thnrsday.
m Citt Physician Hazzabd, of Allegheny,
is threatened with an attack ot pneumonia. In
the meantime Dr. Keech will attend to Dr.
Hazzard's duties.
A STILL alarm was sent to engine company
No 4 1 esterday for a small nre in tbe kitchen of
Joseph McQuade's house on 21an Braam street
No damage done. ,
The collection of delinquent taxes for the
vear will amount to about $250,000 or nearly
$50,000 less than the estimate of tbe Finance'
Committee.
ON Wednesday the second annual reception
of the Bedford school. Twenty-ninth ward,
will be held In the school building from 1:30
to 3.30.
To-night the second lecture on "William,
tbe Silent," will be given In St James' Church,
Penn avenue and Sixteenth street
An alarm sent out from box 74 yesterday aft
ernoon was for a kitchen fire at 117 FortyHfth
street The damage was abont $100.
The regular weekly temperance meeting
will be held to-night in the Rebecca Street M.
P. Church.
ATTODBT Hoza, a Pole, aged 33 years, died of
typhoid fever at the Bouthalde Hospital last
eianln&
HONTFORAPAiTHEK.
A Monster of Three Hun Bred Pounds
Killed Near DanburV. Conn.
i0.E HAD A TOOTH I
Oil CALVES
i5.lt Attacked Cows and Hors.es If He Didn't
Find Tenderer Grime.
A PAIE OP LOVERS BADLY FEIGHTENED
rSPZCIAL TELEdltAMTOTIIE DISPATCH.!
Danb'dbt, Ct., Dec. 20j Away to the
southwest of Danbury, somef20 miles, close
'upon the border line between the States of
Connecticut and New Yorkt lying part in
fme State and part in the other, is as wild
a nd rugged a piece of country as could well
c. list so near to civilization'. What is ner
b( ps the wildest of this section is what is
kt own as the "hundred acres," a moun
tai nous tract of land of far larger area than
it) came implies. The land is composed of
wo ods and rocks and swamps, and the peo
ple who live there are principally charcBal
bur tinrs and wood-choppem.
B ordering upon, these tropds are small
farmct theoccupantsof which cultivate their
grou.i d in the summer and in the winter go
into Lhe forest and cut wood. It is from
thes ! farmers who come into Danbury to
trade t ithat the story of the killing of a huge
pantiijrin that vicinity a few days ago is
told.
Very Near to Civilization.
It is urobably as near New York with one
exceptii in as a panther has been killed in
the last GO years and the farmers breathe
easier rii w that their stock is safe from the
depredai '.ions of this huge beast which for
two mou lbs past has been killing and de
vouring Eheep and cattle and even attacking
horses ai id cows which were left out in the
fields, gi owing so bold as to enter barn yards
at night ( This' is the second panther which
has been killeuf in that neighborhood and
the farn lers feel that they are now well rid
of such i i hpleasant neighbors.
It was during the latter part ot October
that the panther made his first appearance.
A farm! n) on the New York State, side
missed i . iialf from his barnyard one night,
and the tracks of the wild animal were
plainly I meed. The following night another
caU,wa- rrrt-Vised and one of the cows was
terribly lac 'rated. The next night a watch
was kept, I ,ui the animal did not put in an
appeaxaoc ;.
Disturbed at His Meal.
A well : later Farmer Williams, living, a
mile or t nore this side of where the animal
made ltt i first vhit, heard a terrible confu
sion in 1 lis stable one night He seized a
gun and ran out just in time to see some
thing wl lich looked like a great cat leap
upon a si one wall running from the barn to
the road. , and before he conld take aim it
disappear red on the other side of the wall,
and he a uld hear it crashing through tbe
brush il i a neighboring wood. One of
Farmer Williams' best cows was dying in
the nhci-Mlke inclosure in which she was
kept, and .its flesh was torn in shreds.
The ne it day a search was made and the
tracks of some huge animal were followed
up into the "hundred acre" mountain,
where t hey were lost. Nearly every night
for two weeks the animal was heard from,
carrying ; away a calf in one place, a sheep
in anotc jer, or mutilating a larger animal
somewln sre else. His foot tracks were fol
lowed J ime and again, but the searchers
were ui i able to find the hiding place of
tbe beat ,1'.
A Sunday Night Fright.
Tha-.iory is told of a young couple who
were i idi' jg home from church on a Sunday
night rcb xm they were suddenly confronted
by the, -ulmil in. the highway. It stood-
there m .Hionless, and they were almost upon
itbeforl ! they saw it. They were terribly
frightec ,ed and were about to turn around,
and dri1 re in the opposite direction, when
the pari ther turned tail and, trotitng down
the roa I, disappeared in the darkness.
The t wo described it as being pure white,
and hal i as large as a cow. The stories of its
size gre w as they circulated. Finally the
farmeri I banded together to exterminate it,,
and fo r a week bands of hunters were but
nigbtlj tramping through the woods and
ly.inaj ji'wait in convenient places. Their
hunkA.ras brought to a successful termina
tion la it week, and a resident of that vicin
ity bro - igbt tbe news of the death of the ani
mal wl ten he came to Danbury on Wednes
day. 1 It was shot while making its way to
its laii r on the Connecticut side of the line
with a full-grown calf. Two dogs which
were w ith the hunters attacked it first, and
one w .is killed outright and the other so
crippl ed that it had to be .shot.
Tbe ,panther was a big fellow, and weighed
betwe en 250 and 300 pounds. .Where it or its
mate, i rho was killed previously, came from
is a m, v stery.
1 "estlng Box for Electrical Work.
The attention of Inventors is drawn to the
fact te Tat there is need ot a small and, port
able b esting box for the use of consulting
electr icians. There are a few in the market,
nut fl-wf do'not meet all tbe requirements.
They ha,ve been fitted chiefly for telegraph
work,, andcanonly be used for measuring
limitet If resistances with small voltages.
The e lectrical engineer requires, in addi
tion to other duties, to be able to test dyna
mos, a nd this involves the use of a galvano
meter (portable not reflecting), a set of re
sists a ccs, a stretched wire, a standard cell
and 1 1 net of minute primary or secondary
celliv. Such a set as this could hardly fail
to be
appreciated by electrical engineers
generi
The Perfecto Cigars.
I r.i ,iver knew a smoker whose month
didn't 'water when he heard the word "Per
fectos" used, says a dealer in the St. Louis
Globe- Democrat, but I doubt if many cigar
lovers know what the word means. With
out bj ttheripg about the, derivation, it
simply applies to a cigar that is rolled and
made i'n the .best possible manner, 'and
hence B lore expensive than the ordinary'ar
ticle. Any kind 'of tobacco can be used- in
a Perfct rtos, although jt doesn't pay to use a
very in! I trior grade in it.
To-JIoi n f w Morning, trom O Till 13 O'clock,
A wonderful and marvelous three hours'
special) a le wijl take place in Kanfraauns'
crockery flepartmentvbasement The special
prices (ill hold good till 12 o'clock "only.
Those coj ping in the afternoon must pay the
regular (price. Decorated China cups and
saucers i .t 15c, regular price 25c Decorated
China c! sispidorsat 28c, regular price 48".
Decoratj t English tea sets,56 pieces, at 53
per set, i ejular price 4 50. Hand-painted
and gol d-1 trimmed porcelain tea sets at 4,
regular .,oWce 56. .Handsomely decorated
and bead ed! vases at I5c, regular price 25c.
Large ha n d-painted vases at 19c, regular
price 33. ' J Decorated china tea sets for chil
dren at 1 5c. regular price, 25c. Fancy
dressed tic tils, medium size, at 75e, regular
price 51 25 Sot to gime3 for children at
15c, reguli iV price 25c. Blackboards for
children a t 33c, regular price 49c Fine
brass ban uliet lamps. 24inches hieh. linen
shade.silk-f ringe and duplex .double burn-
ers at S2, re:
urar price 53 25.
gains will bring out thousands
ers that is the object of this
nber the hours: From 9 till 12
rrow morning.
Kaufmanhs'
These bal
of earlv bu'
sale. Bern
o'clock to-mi
Cro(
kery Department, basement
-J-r-v-
I it yllsh Suitings.
The largest t t bck suitings, overcoatings,
silk vesting at tl trouserings at Pitcairn's,
434 Wood itreej tj.
Dinner Sets.
250 styles, all hrices and grades.
Ghas. Eeizenstein's,
152. 164, 166, lfederal itieet, Allegheny.
FARMERS SNOWED IN,
Unable to Break Koads, Even With Four
Horses Abreast Sabbath Quiet In the
Country Bull Movement in Petroleum
Boring.
While the deep sbo ir has in a considerable
degree obstructed business in the city, it has
completely paralyzed it in the rural dis
trict. . There wera sections iu the western part of
the county where one could stand on a
height and look fcr miles in every di
rection without noting any evidences
of life, save smoke rising from chimneys
and here and there a domestic animal
of some kind trying to break through a
snowdrift in search of food or water.
The irrepressible sap-suckers flitted from
tree to tree looking for evidences of worms,
and even they (the sip-suckers) seemed to
feel oppressed by the stillness. It was as
quiet as on a Siberian waste or on the
moon, save that occasionally a blast conld
be beard from a locomotive on the Pan
handle and Pittsburg and Lake Erie rail
ways. It is so unusual to see such a snow in this
neighborhood of late years that farmers
were taken unawares, and many were about
out of coal owingto tbeinud late prevailing,
and yesterday they were cutting up rails for
fuel.
Tbe road between Chartiers station and
the top of McGreevy's hill, where young
Caughey was killed last week by an upset
of his wagon, is as rough as it was before the
snow fell. What teaming has been done
has been with heavy wagons, and they have
not beaten tbe snow to a smooth
surface. Farmers who wanted to haul
hay to the city neglected to break the roads
open when the snow was soft, and now it is
next to impossible to do so, as in many
places it is 4 to 6 feet deep between fences
and so solid that it will not pack. Some
few tried to get to tbe citv by Opening
fences and driving through fields, but not
many.
A farmer named Nier, who lives near the
Kansas Schoolbouse, in Robinson township,
is shut off from the rest of the world. He
tried to force a way through the drift in a
lanej yesterday afternoon, by driving four
horses abreast, hut before the animals were
half way through their flanks- were
trembling and they finally reared on their
hindfeet and relused to go further.
It is a bull movement so far as boring for
petroleum is concerned, and the quiet was so
intense about Forest Grove as to make the
Sabbatarians feel as though the pumping of
wells was a profanation. No attempt was
made to drill, but tbe pumpers worked, as
usual. It was the same in the Chartiers and
Coraopolis fields.
The brute creation seemed depressed, as
well as the human. A fine, large dog was
caught on the Mountain Railway, between
two walls of snow, and he seemed more
afraid of the snow than of the train, for
after running awhile, and finding that the
train was gaining on him, he crouched down
and allowed it to cut him to fragments
rather than spring into snowdrift. He had
evidently never seen a heavy snow belore.
YESTERDAY'S MISHAPS.
Two Men Meet Death on the Railroads and
Others Were Djnred Man Burned by
Coming In Contact With a Stove, While
Getting Warmed.
Yesterday's accidents included two men
killed on the railroad. One of the mishaps
was that of a man who got against a stove
while being warmed. The list follows:
Willi a ji Mobhison William Morrison, 59
yoars old, was struck by a train on the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad at Braddock, on Fri
day, and instantly killed.
Joseph swagger Joseph Swagger, about
20 years of age, was struck and instantly killed
yesterday morning by a Fort Wayne engine at
tbe Anderson street crossing.
Frank Botcha Frank Botcha. a laborer
employed at the National Tube Works, oi Mc
Kecsport, was brought to the Mercy Hospital
yesterday suffering Irom barns about tbe legs
and back, which ho received by his clothes tak
ing fire while standing alongside of a stove
tgettlnc warmed.
unknown Last evening; a stranger won
dered Into a Fifth avenue office, and while
walking about accidentally fell down an eleva
tor shaft, a distance of 15 feet. His only injury
was a bad shaking uo.
Wiixtah Ha kt well A horse attached to
a sleigh fell down on Mam street. West End,
dumping a party of young people out. William
Hartwell sustained a broken arm.
Johnny Scheunz In a scrimmage over
coasting privileges on a Sontbside hill, Johnny
Scheunz's- sled w3s overturned and bis leg
broken.
Patrick O'Shea Patrick O'Shea, em
ployed at Carnegie's Thirty-third street mill,
had his left ler crushed yesterday morning by
a rail falling upon it
A BABY BOY DESERTED.
Wrapped In a Blanket and Xeft on an East
End Doorstep.
About 8 o'clock last evening as Officer
Warren was passing the corner of Shetland
avenue and Broad street, his attention was
called by some citizens to a curions looking
bundle lying on the steps ofthe house atthe
corner. Upon examination he found it to
be a month old baby wrapped up in an old
blanket It was a boy and was fairly well
clothed with tbe blanket for an outer cover
ing. The people of tbe house said they
knew nothing of tbe child and it had evi
dently been left on the steps but a short time
previous. "
The officer could learn nothing as to where
the child belonged and took him to the
Nineteenth ward station. It is now in
charge of the matron until some 'disposition
is made of it
THE MEN HOT IN IT.
.Miss Bntan Thinks They Should Step Aside
and Allow Women to Vote.
About 250 people attended the free lecture
and musicale last night in Carnegie Hall.
The lecture was the great feature. Miss
Sara Rutan, M. D., a sister of ex-Senator
Rntau, of Allegheny, was the lecturer. Her
subject was "The World's Brothers."
She described the boy from his infancy to
middle age, and it was very little sympathy
tbe boy got. The speaker advocited the
idea that tbe men who were nut dudes were
either bags of conceit or toughs. In her
estimation, the only good man was a woman,
and therefore women should vote.
PEOPLE WHO GET IHT0 TROUBLE.
John C. Brtosi. tbe Sou t balder charged with
forgery, was sent to fall yesterday, bis friends
being unable to stave it off any longer.
Geoboe Bindley, alias: Willhms, was com
mitted to jail for :rial by Alderman- McKenna
yesterday on a charge of stealing an over
coat. John C. Wier was yesterday morning held
for court by Alderman Reilly on a charge of
wife desertion. Wier is a Hazelwood car
penter. Henrt Watz and a Pole fought on Forty
first street last night Robert Curran ana
George Klintzdld the same on Thirty-fourth
street. Tbe quartet are in the Twenty-first
ward station.
James Lapp an, a track walker employed on
the KiO.E. R.. was yesterday charged be
fore Alderman Richards with desertion of his
wife. Mrs. Lappan prosecuted. Lappen was
arrested and committed to jail in default of
350 ball, for a bearing on Tuesday. -
A. J. Ross, of Verona, has been sued before
Alderman Warrer, of Penn avenue, on a
charge of crue" " prefen-ed by Humane Agent
M. J. Dean. MrDe.in claims that Ross, on
December 12. cruelly beat a little boy named
Lewis Saunders, who is employed with, him in
the Agnew Glass Works, at Huiton.
J. W. Fowler was yesterday given a hear
ing before Alderman McMaiters, on tbe charge
ot fraudulently disposing of his personal prop
erty. John D. Blggert ho prosecuted, claims
that Fowler sold J90O worth of property on
which the prosecutor had levied to satisfy a
claim, Tbe Alderman reserved decision till
Monday.
John Henderson, colored, was arrested
yesterday afternoon at bis home In Beltzboorer
borough and taken before Alderman Warner.
A charge of cruelty, Ill-treatment and abuse,
perpetrated by him on bis 13-year-old daughter
Minnie, bad been preferred against Uira by
Superintendent II. J. Dean, of the Anti-Cruelty
Society. Henderson KiTO bail for a bearing.
A STARTLING THEORY.
Bota Americas to Eelapse Into a
State of Dense Savagery
THROUGH FAILURE OF RESOURCES.
Plain Evidences of Decay Already Tisibla
in This Country.
THK CAUCa'cUVS FATE IS SEALED
irnOJI A STAFF COKRESPOSDENT.l
Washington, Dec. 20. Otis Mason, of
the Bureau of Ethnology of the National
Museum, has evolved a theory that the re
sources of the Western Hemisphere will in
a comparatively short time be exhausted as
a support for civilized man, and that iforth,
and South America will be depopulated, ex
cept by savages of a very low order of hu
manity. Prof. Mason said to-day:
In order that thi3 may be understood, it 13
first necessary to explain that this western part
of the world, known as North and South
America, is from the scientific point of view an
inferior continent, as compared with tbe land
masses ot the other hemispheres. By that is
meant that while superior to Europe, Asia or
Africa, in point of vegetable productiveness, it
is less adapted for tbe support of animal life. .
To show that this is so, make a little compari
son for yourself between the beasts of tbi3
bemispbere and those of tbe other. The ele
phant of the Old World is represented here by
tbe tapir.
Some Striking Contrasts Shown.
What we have as a substitute for the camel
is the llama, which is jnst big enough and
strong eDonsh to carry what would be a loa'd
for a man. The lion and tiger of Asia and
Africa are represented on this sirle of the earth
by what are little more than big cats. But to
arrive at tbe most marked exhibition of this
contrast yon cannot do better tban consider tbe
monkeys, which are most highly developed of
all beats, approaching very nearly to man.
What is there to be found in tbe Americas to
correspond with tbe anthropoid apes ot tbe old
world? Tbe gorilla, which uses a cluD, tho
chimpanzee.wbich is easily tanght to wait upon
tbe table and to perform other domestic dnties,
and tbe onrang, which presents so many like
nesses to the human.being. are represented on '
this side of the world by miserable little mon
keys with tails.
Thus it is that this part of the earth is termed
an interior continent, because it is notable to
produce or support sucb high developments of
animal life as are fonnd in tbe other part.
Civilized man exists here to day not as a
natural product, but as an importation.
The Vegetable and Mineral Kingdoms.
Prof. Mason then, in elaborate detail, de
scribed the lapse of wheat-farming in one
State after another, until the field has been,
transported to the D.ikotas and the very
verge of the great desert; the rapid ex- ,
haustion of the soil and of the minerals; the
tremendous drain in every way upon re
sources, which, newly-developed aa they
are, must be nearly exhausted even within,
the next century; the ruinous cost of pro
ducing and transporting articles necessary
to civilized life. He then concluded his re
markable forecast as follows:
To put it plainlr. the so-called American
people have camped over this continent re
gardless of their future. They have delved
into the soil, chopped into tbe mountains and
used up the land until there stares them in tho
face the almost immediate prospect ot etarva-
tlon. As for the State of Nevada, we lave not
been there 23 years and iu resources have been
exhausted. In other words, it will almost im
mediately be nnable to support a population.
The people who inhabit it are obliged to go be
cause they can no longer make their living
there, and it is simply a question of a shore
time whei, it will become a dead State and so
lapse into tbe coadition of a Territory as im
possible to revive Into the living condition ot a
State as if it were a district on the moon.
The White Man Must Go.
The painful reflection incidental to tbe sub
ject l that other States, if not all of them, ara
destined sooner or later to follow Nevada's ex
ample. The population on this continent can
not necessarily survive ths means of subsist
ence afforded it by the country. If what
science says 13 true, tbe white man has got to
go. There has been talk to the effect that tha
Chinese .must vanish, but it must be confessed
that they are very much better adapted to con
tinue existence on this hemisphere tban our
selves for the obvious reason tbat they will
survive Us here and that they will continue in
their own manner tho civilization which wa
have made an attempt to start.
But tbe Caucasian, if the scientific men ara
to be believed, will not be able to snpport exist
ence on this hemisphere after tbe capital, in
tbe way of agricultural and mineral resources,
has been exhausted, as it must be soon. He
will disappear. The natural question is by whas '
process? It is very evident. When a superior
race becomes poor and thereby unable to main
tain its superiority, it lapses into tbe condition
of "poor white." If vou will journey through
the South and take notice of tbe manner in
which such conditions as those have becoma
operative, you will perceive tbat tbe Caucasian
does in this way become thriftless mcapablo
or exertion and eventually approaching in typq
to tbe savage.
State After State Will Decay.
In other words, be loses his status in the scala
of creation. Through the progressive exhaus
tion of tbe resources of the conntry.State after
State will necessarily become uninhabitable,
because it will be incapable of supporting a
population. Thus will come about the depopu
lation of one State after another of course by
a slow process through many years and tbero
will be presented tbe remarkable phenomenon
of tha dropping from the Union of these States
successively, because they bave come to be no
longer entitled to representation under tba
Ian, by Senators and Representatives.
Nevada'.will simply be tbe first State to suc
cumb to the operation of this inevitable law.
The outlook is melancholy. That is not to be
denied. It is not pleasant to consider tbe
frame of mind of the last clviiized man on, th 13
continent a few centuries hence, standing on
a sand hill, where once tbe maizo luxuriously
grew, and shedding a silent tear of affection on
the past of a continent which is given up 'to
savagery everymore. Ughtxeb.
An Odd Fire In Pump Alley.
Friendship Engine Company was called
out yesterday afternoon on a still alarm for
a fire in 2To 1 Pump alley, Allegheny. A
lamp had fallen from a mantelpiece on tha
stove. The oil had ignited and set fire to the
dress of a baby. The child was not burned,
and tbe diniage to the house was slight. .
AWFUL SKIN DISEASE
Child a Mast of Raw Bleeding Sores Mlrioa-
loas Cure by Cuticurs
Remedies.
A face, from the hair to tlie neck on both sides.
a raw mass of bleeding sores: twollttle hands and.
anus in the same condition: a body, around tn
iralstof which was a broadband of bleeding erup
tions, and from the hips to tbe tips or ber tue the
skin was so raw as to be absolutely slckenlnz to '
thesljrlit. SucU wastlic frisbtrot condition of the '
Utile four-year-old danghier of Mr. and Mrs. H.
A. Stout, orDjvl!le,J.Y..when I first sawher.
about two niontusajroj At that timet wasclcrlc
Insrln the drnjt slore of C. W. V. Woolcver. bad
inu.h tulthlu the CCTicuba Himedies. and re
so'ved to try them on ber. t could not bear to see
the little one snrteras 1 knew sr.e did. I haver
trled everything suggested to me on my Ilttla
diuxbtcr. who has been so afflicted almost from
birtli," said -Mrs. stout. "1 have had three doc
tors experiment on her, but sbe seemed to be irei
tins worte every day. J was almost distracted. '
Every night I had to bandage her all over, and
tie mittens on her hands to prevent ber from dig
ging the raw flesh with iier llugerj. Krequenuv
little Kae' would He awake all lltcb t sobbluj and
moaning with pain, which 1 feared conld never
be relieved until death ended hersnlTerlnzs. One
dar, Mr. Faulkner stopned in, said he nad often
noticed mr little daughter, and believed tbat
CctiCUKa remedies viou.d cure her- He offered
tobearthecxpenwv-and 1 resolved to try them,
but without much hope, for at that time she was
worse than 1 bad ever seen tier, and there seemed
no prospects or recovery. He brought the reme
dies as promised, and a faithful use of CUIICUBA, (
CCTlCUUAlUSOLVltNTand CnTlCCKA SOAP 'has
wrought a miracle. To-day. her skin Is smooth.'"
and rair, and I believe she ba entirely recovered
1 wish to express my must xralefu! thanks to you,
.Mr. t'aalkner. and to the proprietor ot the CUTl
cuua HSMrPiE. which. I am sore, saved my '
child's life." I know the above Is true In every
particular, and I refer to Mr. - W. Woolerer.
IruzjtUt. or to any business man In ood standing
in Uansville. J. KUbS 'AULKEB.
DAShVILLE, N. Y., Junel IsaO.
Sold everywhere. Price. CCTicrnA. Me.: Soap.
3c.: KESOLVXTT. $1. 1'repared by the FOTTXa
DHL'S AXD CrtEMICAL COBPOBATIOS. Boston.
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paxes. 50 illustrations and 100 testimonials.
n iniiin skinandScalppnrifledandbeaatined
ISA!) I 8 byCuncuBAOOAi'. Absolutely pare.
WEAK, PAINFUL BACKS,
Kidney and Uterine Pains and Weak
nesses relieved In one minute try tho ,
rnTTCTTRA Asti-Pain Plastxb. th ,
only lnstaotaaeeni psla-Ullte plaster.
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