'fB$m& WANTS, FOB SALES, TO LETS, BEACH THE PUBLIC THROUGH thies dispatch. HOUSE II U-NXEIiS READ IX M -zmXWBnmnMIMBBBBa m .n. . jiae. . r i P CLASSIFIED ADVERTISESIEXTS I BKISGrKOMPT ANSWERS. THU DISPATCH I BACHES MASTERS AND MEN. I MSptll!) . aHkT PORTT-MFTH XEAR. TO A O'Brien Will Consult Leaders of Both Irish Factions With the Idea of ARRANGING A COMPROMISE, But the Enmity is How So Fierce That Ko Mutual Concessions Are at All Trobable. TAEKELL ATTACKS THE PRIESTS. lie Asserts That the Disaster at Kilkenny Was Entirely Caused by Coer cion, and Talks of His CAMPAIGN PLAXS FOR THE NEW TEAE. CotsideiHe Arxieiy is Being Kstifestd u to tit Pcsitien Uliel Irisl-AEexieuu Will Tike ia the Ccrtroversy. C03OK0 C05TEEEKCE AT THE fBEKCH CAPTTAI. BT CABLE TO THE DISPiTCH.1 London, Dec. 25. Within the next few days, or, possibly hours, the late of the Irish party, and to a large extent of the Irish na tion, may be determined. To-day, while Gladstone and Salisbury -were celebrating Christmas in regular English style, the lead ers ot both factions of the Nationalists were hurrying toward Paris, where the next scene of the tragedy, drama or comedy (ac cording to the point ot view) will be en acted. It will not take long to decide now whether there is still a possibility ot com promise, or whether the bitter fight of Kil kenny must be duplicated in eTery district of the Emerald Isle. The consensus of opinion here to-night is that the fend has gone too far for any settlement upon which both factions can even pretend to agree. Still, there are some who have great confi dence in the peace-making powers of Will iam O'Brien. Very Much Concerned About America. One of the most prominent features just now under discussion is the effect of the trr uble upon the American sympathizers. Mr. T. D. Sullivan has arrived by the Britannic, and being interviewed, saidj "I cannot agree with Mr. Harrington that the majority of the Irish people in America is with Mr. Parnell. That is a most sweeping assertion. Mr. Harrington associated only with people of his own way of thinking while in America, and judged Irish feeling generally by this standard of opinion." However, Mr. Sullivan admitted that Mr. Harrington was perfectly correct in his statement that the leading American poli ticians were all Gladstonians, and the result ot ttie Kilkenny elections was only what people in America expected. When asked whether a reconciliation would be effected by an interview between Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Parnell, he said: "No living man can tell. Mr. O'Brien, on leaving America, was very anxious for the reunion of the Irish parties. Whether there will be a reconciliation or not Mr. O'Brien will not remain long abroad. He i$ sure to return to Ireland to surrender to his bail." O'Brien Sot Sajing Much Yet, A tug having on board Messrs. Mc Carthy, Sexton and Condon, father Hum phreys and M. Baffalovitch and his wife, the parents of Mrs. William O'Brien, met ineJObdaui outside the harbor oi Boulogne this morning. The party gave Messrs. O'Brien and Gill a most enthusiastic wel come. During the return trip ot the tug to the steamship pier Mr. O'Brien held an animated conversation with his political friends. When interviewed by the report ers he retused to express his opinion on the present situation in Ireland. He said he required time to inlorm himself of the events which had taken place since he and Ms companions left Ireland on their mission iu the United States. Mr. 1'arnell left Kingston by the evening b iat. lie has nearly recovered from the effects or the lime throwing, and seems to he in fair health. When qnestioned con cerning the recent election he said: The Itcsult Not a SurprUo. "Being aware of the conditions we had to fight in Kilkenny, I knew that the carrying of the seat was almost hopeless. I never expected to win." "But the majority," said the reporter, "was even creater than the most confident of your opponents hoped for. You made allu sions to influences used unfairly against Mr. Scullv. "Yes," said Mr. Parnell, "the conduct ot the priests almost surpasses belief. The pressure brought to bear upon the masses of the people who would have voted for us had they been left to exercise their own judg ment without intimidation, was undreamt ot. Was it right for a priest to hold over Ins flock threats of spiritual penalties. It is a serious matter, certainly. Interference with the liberty of an elector cannot be tol erated. This is not all. Cases occurred, oi which there is the fullest proof, that threats of personal violence were used. Had an. other Sunday elapsed before the voting it is not improbable that our votes would have been diminished. A Strong Charge of Coercion. "It is a remarkable and an enconraging fact that in the districts where the people were not coerced by the priests we polled 90 per cent of the votes. I wished to penetrate the district around Castle Comer, but was prevented by the fear of bloodshed." "You may have observed," said the re porter, "that Mr. McCarthy has been saying that North Kilkenny was one of the worst districts for the anti-Parnellites to fight." "It is oue of the very worst for us," Mr. Parnell declared. "The Southern division has been better. The priests led the people in North Kilkenny to tbe noils like sheep. la many cases where they conld not coerce the people they prevented their voting. If a .petition were lodged, it could be backed HGH HHSH with such evidence to prove undue influ ence as to make a result in our favor certain. Preparing for a General Election. "Mr. Scully is a strong Catholic, but he sees clearly that if the priests are permitted similarly to influence the coming elections Ireland will be lost. The general election is not far distant, and I shall push forward preparations for it." "What view do you hold of the prospects of the different parties ?" To this question Mr. Parnell replied: "Should a dissolution occur soon, Mr. Glad stone will have very little chance of return ing to power. As to my position, time is on my side. I may be detained in London for a few days on matters concerning the reor ganization ot the party. I expect on Mon day to start for Prance to meet Mr. O'Brien. On my return from Paris I shall take a few days' rest. I intend to resume the cam paign in Ireland early in the year, opening at Limerick. Prom there I go to Ennis, Waterford and other centers." HORRIBLE SELF-TORTURE. A YOUNG WOMAN GIVES AN EXAMPLE OF CHRIsrS CRUCIFIXION By Catting Herself in a Terrible Manner She l'resents Herself to a Religious Meeting With Blood Pouring From Her Wounds Struggle of Her Arrest. ISrECML TELEGBA3I TO TBE DISrATCH.l Berlin, Dec 25. The village of Wat tenhcim, in Iihineland, is undergoing con siderable excitement over a peculiar case of religious frenzy that occurred there to-day, Barbara Pfister, an unmarried woman, 23 years of age, horribly mutilated herself and then appeared before a large number of people, who had assembled at her home to participate in a religious ceremony. She presented a frightful appearance, being wounded in several places, from which the blood oozed in a sickening manner. Her hands and feet and her head were gashed, presenting a chastly appearance, and there were several wounds in tbe neighborhood of her heart Standing before the terror-stricken as sembly she exhibited her bleeding wounds and claimed that they were a wonderful ex ample of the crucifixion of Christ. As soon as tbe authorities heard of it, the woman was immediately arrested and taken to the jail in order that the district physician might have an opportunity of making an examination of her. Tbe wounds are on the inner and outer sides ol her hands, as well as around her wrists, snd there are small ones on her feet. There is a square cut on her forehead, and at the back of her head under the hair there are several bleed injr eruptions. The woman, at the time she was arrested, was surrounded by over 100 peasants, who had crowded around her, but taking money and food to her. The gendarmes who were sent to take her to jail were obliged to force their way to tbe bed with drawn swords in order to get through the crowd of ad miring and awe-struck spectators. THE SCOTTISH STRIKES Kino Thousand Railway Employes Have Already Quit Work. By Associated Press.! Glasgow, Dec. 25. It is now estimated that about 9,000 men are out on strike on the various railways in Scotland. Traffic on tbe North British Kailway has almost; ceased. The company trill suspend the operations of its steamer on Loch Lomond and the Clyde in order to obtain employes to work on the road. Two engineers who refuted to quit work were pelted with stones by a number of of strikers near Glasgow and were seriouslv injured. Many minor assaults by strikers are reported. The employes of the Cale donian Railway Company are gradually joining the strikers. The Glasgow docks are closed. The gas supply at Perth is threatened with exhaustiou owing to the inability of the companies to obtain coal. A railway chair was found fastened to the tracks on tbe line between this city and Kilbride, but the obstruction was discov ered just in time to prevent an accident. The purpose was to derail the night train, and the strikers are accused of the fiendish act. Members of the Aberdeen strikers are resuming work. There are prospects that the strikers in Glasgow and at Edin burgh will consent to arbitration. A Sensational Burglary at Berlin. Beelin A young musician named Broesekcr last night burglarized the resi dence of Mr. Schaefer, a merchant. The family was absent, the only person in the house at the time being a maid servant. The burglar assaulted the servant with an iron bar, knocking her senseless. Subsequently Broeseker became terrorized and surrendered to the police. Moral Aid for Scottish Strikers. London The English and Irish Rail way societies have issued a joint manifesto, asking railway hands generally to abstain from helping the Scotch railway companies at this juncture. They are asked to remain neutral, and, if the employers bring pressure to bear on them to asvst the crip pled companies, they are told that they must strike. A Great Socialistic Funeral. Bhussels The funeral of Cesar de Paepa, the Belgian Socialist, took place to-day. The remains were followed to the grave ty an enormous concourse of people. In the procession were deputations from 500 Socialist associations. These delegates car ried banners and were headed by bands of music Mast Follow America's Footsteps. Maduid The Minister of Finance has issued a decree declaring that Spain must follow the protection movement ot America and Europe, repeal portions of the existing tariffs and largely increase the duties on horses, mules, cattle, preserved and salted, meats, flour, rice and cereals from Jan uary 1. One of Bismarck's Decrees Rescinded. Berlin It is announced that-the decree which was issued by Prince Bismarck, pro hibiting the admission of Bussian and Polish laborers into Posen, is shortly to be rescinded. The reason assigned for this action is the scarcity of laborers in Posen. Democratic Agitation in Berlin. Berlin The Democratic committee hare decided to extend the agitation to the rurai districts. They invite members of tbe organization to send articles and pamph lets treating of tbe condition of country laborers. Won an American for a Wife. London -William John Lane, a mer chant of Cork and Member of Parliament, sailed on the steamer Adriatic to-day from Queenstown for America, where he is shortly to be married. An English Theater Destroyed. London The theater in Portsmouth caught fire to-night and was burned to the ground. Tbe fire occurred after the per formance and no one was injured. Radical Congress Resolutions. Brussels The Badical Congress to-day passed resolutions favoring universal suf frage and tbe representation of minorities. THEIE MISSION A FAILURE. Poor Success of the Peace Party With tho Hostllo Indians. rSFECIAI. TXLEOBAX TO THE DISrATOB.1 Pine Eidqe, 6, J., Dec. 25. The peace party is returning with poor news for General Brooke. They scored a colos sal failure, just as every one but Brooke expected. It is rumored around camp that Little Wound and other chiefs are indulg ing in ugly threats since Colonel Henry's troops started out The situation looks uglier, if possible, than yesterday. A DAUGHTER'S AGONY. prat AGED MOTHER MEETS DEATH IN A BURNING HOUSE. Terrible Ending or a Christmas Tree Festiv ity in Philadelphia Tho Tree Catches Fire and Almost Destroys the Dwelling Finding of the Victim's Body. ISrZCUX. TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, Dec. 25. A fire which broke out about 520 o'clock this afternoon in the residence of Edward Penrose at 2106 Gratz avenue, resulted in the death of his aged mother-in-law, 3Irs. Fitzsimmons, of Brooklyn, who was spending the holidays with her daughter, and the almost total de struction of the house. Mrs. Fitzimmons had retired to her room and Mr. Penrose lighted the candles of a Christmas tree, set up for two yonng neices. Suddenly a sheet of flame leaped from the bottom of the tree to the topmost twigs and almost before the party knew what had happened the entire tree was a mass of fire which soared up and ran along the wall and ceiling. As Mr. and Mrs. Penrose reached the front door with the children they were met by the family of J. M. Dickey, who live next door. Not eeeine Mrs. Fitzsimmons with the party, Mrs. Dickey inquired where she was. Mrs. Penrose gave one look at her husband and then covering her face with her hands, cried: "My God, My God, Ed, mother is asleep in her room." Placing the children in the hands of the ladies, the men made a rush for the third story, in the back room of which Mrs. Fitzsimmons was sup posed to be. The room was completely filled with smoke Mr. Penrose and two others groped their way to the bed, but Mrs. Fitzsimmons was not there. They stayed in the room and felt around until forced to re tire by the flames. Mrs, Penrose appealed to th6 firemen to search the room again if possible. By this time the fire was under control and a squad started in. They reached the room where the aged lady had slept, and as the firemen glanced around the room they noticed u large roll ol charred bed clothing close to the wall. In the center was the body of the unfortunate lady. THE C0UBT FEARED BLOODSHED, That is Why It Refused an Injunction In Favor of a Railroad. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 25. A serious conflict is pending between the city of Seat tle and the Northern Pacific, and in order to prevent violence and bloodshed the court refused to enjoin tbe city authorities from tearing up the railroad tracks. The North ern Pacific claims the right ol way over cer tain streets. It was enjoined by the city in October, but on Monday Seattle's corpora tion counsel signed a stipulation dissolving tbe injunction. Monday night the railroad company put a force of men at work and laid the track across the disputed street, and defied the city police and the Mayor, and refused to stop work. Tuesday the city Street Commissioner, with a force of men and with tbe assistance of indignant citizens, tore up thg-traeti Th$' NortheriTracifid yesterday asked for an tn junction from the" Superior Court to prevent the city from tearing up the track. The court refused the injunction, giving as the principal reason a desire to prevent violence and bloodshed, which would follow if tbe railroad compauy attempted to lay the track on these streets. SAWTELLE MUST HANG. The New Hampshire Murderer Spends a Disagreeable Christmas. Dover, N. H., Dec 25. The jury in the famous Sawtelle murder trial returned a verdict of murder of tbe first degree against the defendant at 7:40 this evening, aud the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged the first Tuesday in January, 1891. Isaac B. Sawtelle spent his Christmas day in listening to arguments of his counsel, Mr. Edgerly. before the jury which was trying him for the murder of his brother. After a recess Attorney General Barnard began his argument for the State. The speeches were all finished at 5:15, aud after a recess of ten minutes Judge Doe charged the jury in a conservative manner. The case then went to the jury, who soon returned with the ver dict of guilty. NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY LAW. A Memorial From Oregon In Favor of the Torrey Measure. Washington, Dec 25. Senator Mit chell has presented a memorial from the Chamber of Congress of Portland," Ore., which embodies a concise and comprehensive statement why Congress should act, and six crisp resolutions covering the ground how it should act with regard to bankruptcy legis lation. Tbe memorial recites that the at tempts of the State to enact bankrupt laws have proven failures, both because Congress alone has the power to enact such laws and because of the practical impossibility of se curing uniformity ot action by the States. The Torrey bankrupt bill as passed by the House, and now pending in the Senate, is said to be a just and wise measure and the embodiment of the legislation that is needed. DEATH OF A PATRIARCH. Michael Waldick Passes Away in Texas at the Age of 104. (SrEOIAX TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Brady, Tex., Dec. 25. Mike Waidick died last night in the 104th year of his age. He came from Ireland to Texas in 1853. Sixteen years ago he lost his eyesight and became helpless physically. Three years later he regained his sight sufficiently to read small print and his strength sufficiently to walk three or four miles a day. Three years after this he again lost his eyesight and strength and never regained them since. A TEBBIBLE SUICIDE. A Disconsolate Widower Throws 'Himself Before a Train. ISFECIAL TELEOBAU TO THE DISFATCD.l Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 25. Patrick Glackin, a French-Canadian 29 years old, who lost his wife a year ago, and suffered with a lame arm, committed suicide this morning at the depot by throwing himself in front of the express train. On a paper iu his pocket was written: "Left alone in this world with three small children." A MASONIC TEMPLE DESTEOYED. The Pride of Baltimore is Completely Gutted by a Costly Fire. Baltimore, Dec 25. Christmas Day would have been a comparatively unevent ful day to Baltimore had it not been for the burning of the Masonic Temple. Nearlyall the records of the Grand Lodge since its or ganization were destroyed. The fire broke out in the theater on the second and third floors. The fine building, which had cost $450,000, was entirely gutted, ThelowwiUbeTeryheaTj. PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, BIG CATTLE BOYCOTT. Charges of Conspiracy Against an Organization in Chicago BROUGHT BY LIVE STOCK DEALERS, Who Allege Their Cattle Are Being Dis criminated Against BY THIS P0WEEPDL COMBINATION rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISFATCn.l Springfield, 111., Dec. 25. Cicero J. Lindley, President of 'the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Assurance of Illinois, and M. L. Crum, President of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, have filed informa tion with Attorney General Hunt, advising him of the existence at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, of an organization known as the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, em bracing in its membership about 500 com mission merchants and buyers of live stock on the public market at the place, and as suming to fix the rates of commission for the sale ol live stock at the Union Stock Yards and to prohibit members of its organization from buying stock from any person doing business at the stock yards who is not a member of the exchange. The information sets forth that the organization has fixed minimum rates of commission for selling live stock, and under its rules affixes rigid penalties to prohibit its members from buy'1 ing live stock from any person doing busi ness at the stock yards who does not comply with the rules of the exchange in general. Charges of Unjust Discrimination. This Chicago Live Stock Exchange is in corporated and acts under the laws of the State; that ah effort has. been made by an organization of stock producers to procure their stock to be sold on tbe Union Stock Yards market in such form that the proceeds resulting from the sales over and above the necessary expenses should be divided, so that 65 per cent of such excess might go to the owners of the stock sold in the ratio of the number sold, but that a combination exists between the buyers at the Stock Yards and the commission merchants, by which the purchasers of live stock, being also members of the Exchange, are refusing to buy cattle shipped from the Stock Yards from any person's except the members of this Live Stock Exchange, who charge the ex travagant rates complained of. The information quotes the following rule of tbe Exchange: "Nobody in this Ex change shall buy or cause to be bought any live stock at the Union Stock Yards, Chi cago, from any agent, individual, firm, in corporation or other live stock company, who are or may be selling live stock for non-residents on commission, unless some one or more members of such firm or stock holders of each company are members in good standing in this Exchange." ( The language of the information on this point proceeds: "I also found that the buyers, including the Armour Packing Company, Nelson Morris & Co., Swift & Co., and all other principal buyers at the Union Stock Yards, in obedience to the orders and by-laws of the Exchange, had refused and were retusing to buy any stock from the representatives of the American Live Stock Company. Refuse to Buy the Cattle. "I fonnd'a number of instances which had; "occurred within, the -past few. dayswhera, tockpT6dttcers'omeFesrdenu6f?EwSStd haa shipped cattle to this American Live Stock Commission Company to sell for them, and that these buyers above named, and all others who were members of the Exchange, while making no objection to the cattle nor to the persons engaged by the Live Stock Company, refused to buy the cattle unless they were turned over to some member of the Exchange, and then these same buyers pur chased the cattle from members of the Ex change. "I am satisfied- that a conspiracy aud un lawful combination exists between the mem bers of tbe Chicago Live Stock Exchange to coerce producers of this and other States to send their live stock only to members of the Exchange who claim the right, and exercise the supposed power under their charter, to fix the rates of commissions and to compel their payment I found that the buyers and sellers, that is, the sellers of other people's cattle, are members of the same combination and organizationand are refusing to deal with others who are sot members 'of this same combination. This cannot be recon ciled on any other theory than that of a con spiracy on the part of the buyers and sellers to control these matters, and that to the great detriment of the stock producers of the State." The informants declare their willingness to make affidavit to the facts set forth. THOUSANDS OF ACHES BOUGHT. Big Coal Land and Timber Deals in West Virginia. rOFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISFATCH.l Pabkeesbcrg, Dec. 25. Morgan, Drexel & Co., of Philadelphia, who repre sent the Yanderbilt interests, have pur chased 50,000 acres of coal and coke lands in Baleigh county, and have surveyed a line of railroad through from the main lines of the Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio Bailroads. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad has also bought large tracts of mineral and lumber lands and are laying down new railroads. The Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad people have purchased 75,000 acres of mineral and timber lands from ex Senator J. N. Camden, of this city. The syndicate represents Senator Gorman, of Maryland; secretary oi state o a rues u. Blaine,ex-Senator Henry G. Davis. Stephen Elkins and others have purchased within the past few weeks a number of tracts of timber and mineral lanus, ranging in extent from 10,000 to 20,000 acres in each tract Bailroads are being laid off or prospected through all these lands. Beside all these, engineers have lately traced the Pocahontas coke field from the head of Guyan river across Indian Moun tain to tbe Otter and Barker forks of Guyan, through Wyoming, across Baleigh county, following the Penez valley through Fayette county to the new river coal country. Across and through this entire stretch there is an average of four veins of coal, both bi tuminous and'Cannel. In a fw places they dip below water level, but as a general thing the veins outcrop along the mountain sides. i TEBBIBLE B0IXEB EXPLOSION. Tfwo Men Killed Outright and Two Others Fatally Injured. tEFECIAX. TKLEOKAM TO THE DISPATCn.1 Newport, Ark., Dec 25. At an early hour this morning a terrific and destructive boiler explosion occurred at the Keljey & Wells lumber mills, on Black Biver, 40 miles from here The force working in the mill and steamboat is 0, but at the time only two men were in the mill and six on the lower deck of the steamer. The others were .at breakfast The engineer, Wiley Sloan, and John Angues, tbe superintend ent, were standing in front of the boiler, which was carrying about S3 pounds of steam when the explosion took place. Angues was blown against a lumber heap, breaking his limbs and tearing awav a por tion ot his skull. No traces of the body of Sloan can be found. A large section of the boiler was shot through the iron roof, then through the sexas deck ot the steamer DECEMBER 26, 1890. Golden Gate, anchored near by, and then across the river, 100 yards wide. The dead are: John Angues, superintend ent; Wiley Sloan, engineer. Wounded and not expected to live: Maud West, fright fully scalded; William Durgens, both legs broken in several places and badly scalded. Four others were injured, but not danger ously. The Kelley & Wells lumber plant was built here this summer at a cost of $25,000, and has been in operation only one weeK. ' SP0JLED HER BEAUTY. HEB0IC WAT OF GETTING BID OF A DIS TASTEFUL SUITOR. An Italian Maiden Induces Her Lover to Slash Her Cheeks So as to Make Her Ugly for His Sake Soven Months' Im prisonment Follow. ISFIClAI. TELIQHAM TO THE DISFATCn.l New York, Dec 25. When Augusiino Carnienette, a good looking young Italian, came ashore among the steerage passengers from the steamship Hindoostan from Naples to-day, he was asked by the Barge Office of ficials whether he had ever been imprisoned for any cause. He answered that he had been imprisoned for seven months, and then he went on to tell a somewhat remark able story: "Two years ago," said he, "I fell in love with a girl named Nanette Fran cioli. She was the daughter of a jeweler for whom I worked as salesman in Florence. We were soon deeply in love with each other, but we dared not letNanette's parents know of it One day I received a note from the girl, asking me to meet her after early mass. Then she confided to me that she had two other suitors, both wealthy young men. She cared for neither of them, but her father was determined to have her marry one of them. To bo frank with her father, I told him of my affection for his daughter and told bim I ' wished to many her. He flew into a violent passion and discharged me at once. Nanette told him that I was the only man she would ever marry. He locked her up for a week. She induced a servant to bring me a note, making an ap pointment in the garden. She came and told me that her father had set a date for her marriage with a young man whom she did not love. When every scheme to conciliate her father had failed, Nanette told me there was one certain way to dispose oi the case, and that was for me to spoil her beauty by dis figuring her face, for she argued that the wealthy young man would not care to marry her if she was made hideous. Then she said we conld marry and fly to America. The girl insisted on my doing it, so I cut a gash with a knife in each of her cheeks. When she went home her father entreated her to tell who did it, but she refused to tell, and he would never have found out but for the servant, who told him that Nanette had come to meet me. Then I was arrested and sentenced to seven months' imprisonment Upon my release Nanette met me and fur nished me with money to come to America, with tbe understanding that she would fol low in a few weeks. Now I am here I should like to remain." Tbe papers in the case have been placed in Collector Erhardt's hands and the chances are that Augusiino will be sent back to Italy. CLASSED AS BUILDING MATERIAL. Detroit Customs Officers Rnlo on Imported Plum Fuddlne. Detroit, Dec 25. Charles B, Mang 'ha'm 1s a'man'DflA'raexican hirtfef Ifnihe-Wsi early taken to England and grafted upon the British constitution. He had an in tense desire for all things English, and gratifies it by importing checked ulsters, blackthorn sticks and other curios from the old sod. Yesterday there arrived to his address a big hamper from England. When it reached the Custom House it was opened, and found to contain plum pudding. The Custom House officials hunted long and atduously for its classification in the McKinley list. They could not find it listed, and were at a loss as to what to do with it Some held it should be classed as building material, others as a work of art, and still others as an article of great benefit to the medical profession. They finally classed it as building material. When Maugham first heard of the pudding he thrilled with pleas ure, but when he heard of the duty he was mad clear through. He would not stand it, and notified the British Consul at New York. Just what that official will do is a problem, but the pudding still remains iocked up in the Government storehouse. A CRYSTALLINE PALACE. The First Building Erected With Arti ficially Frozen Ice. rarzciAi. telkobam to the DisrATcu.1 New York, Dec. 25. The Krueger Hygiene Ice Company built a little ice palace alongside its freezing plant at Bail road avenue and Murray street, Newark, last week, and finished it to-day. Architect Staehlen designed it, and the men employed in the works built it Colored electric lights were put in, and the crystalline building was illuminated to-night It is not as pre tentious as a Montreal or St. Paul palace, but it has the advantage of translucency, the blocks of' ice being remarkably clear, so clear in fact that people walking around in side could be seen from the passing railroad trains. The building is nearly square, with a frontage of about 30 feet It is 35 feet high, and one of tbe two towers is topped with a flag. Superintendent John S. Bell, ex-Chief of the Secret Service, was proud of it, and said it was the first building erected with artificially frozen ice. Hundreds of New arkers visited it, and tbousandsof passengers on the Pennsylvania Bailroad caught a glimpse of it PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY. Pedro Antonio Lopez Lays Down the Burden of 105 Years. rurlCIAI. TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCn.1 Santa Fe, Dee. 25. News of the death of Pedro Antonio Lopez, aged 105 years, was repeived here to-day from the northern part of this county. He passed off quietly and without any suffering, being conscious and especially talkative up to the last moment He knew that the end was com ing and he had his children and grand children gathered around him. He talked to them of the services he had done as a soldier under Spanish kings, and he remem bered when a certain king and his wife were beheaded Louis XVI. and Marie Antoin ette. Lopez was mentioned in connection with the census report in June on account of his extreme old age. DRINKING THEMSELVES TO DEATH. Fatal Ending of a Whisky-Imbibing Contest Between Negroes. ISFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Chattanooga, Dec. 25. Ben Sharp and Marshall Quinlan, two negroes, had a whisky-drinking contest in a saloon here this afternoon, several white men having bargained to buy all the whisky they would diink. Each drank a pint, and had begun on the second pint when Sharp fell to the floor dead. Quinlan staggered into the back yard and fell into the mud. where he was fonnd an hour later insensible and almost dead. At the latest accounts ha was supposed to be fjying. A GIGANTIC SCHEME. New Fields of Industry Opening in Brazil and Argentine. A DARK REGION WELL EXPLORED. American Capital Invested in Cuban Sugar Plantations. THE I3IPE0YED STEAMSHIP SERVICE. Washington, Dec. 25. The Bureau of American Bepnblics has received informa tion of the organization of a curious corpor ation in Brazil, under the name of the "'Compania Nova fra Bural do Brazil," with a capital of $25,000,000, a large part of which has'been furnished by bankers and merchants of Europe and the remainder by local investor?. The object of this corpora tion is to establish 20 agricultural settle ments upon the public lands of Brazil, which are given free of cost by the Govern ment to aid the enterprise, to construct lines of railway for placing these settlements in communication with each other and their market, to carry out other engineering works, mining operations and the manu facture of sugar, bricks, tiles, lime and other articles for export, as well as for local consumption. Large European Colonies for Brazil. This company proposes to select 5,000 families in Europe, consisting of skilled agriculturist aud mechanics, and transport them free of cost to Brazil, where houses will be prepared for their ocenpancy and tools and implements furnished for their use. These colonists will be divided into villages and scattered over the estate as the nucleus for other emigrants to be brought there later. The Federal and several State Governments of Brazil have offered a guar anty of 5 per cent interest on one-third of the capital invested in this enterprise. A dispatch from Havana to the Bureau of Americin Bepublics reports that a syn dicate of New York capitalists has, within the last few days, purchased for 600,000 ia gold tbe sugar plantation and factory known as San Damon, one of the largest in Cuba, and is making arrangements to construct lines of transportation throughout the estate in order to increase the cultivated area and reduce the cost ot production. Tbe planta tion already produces 50,000 bags of sugar annually, and it is the intention to produce from 90 to 100 bags next year. In Darkest South America. The same dispatch also reports that an other New York syndicate is negotiating for the estate of Luisa, near the town of Sagua, and that agents of other syndicates are in the country prospecting for similar pur poses. The Bureau of American Bepublics has received reports ot an expedition that was recently sent by the Argentine Government up the Parana river to explore what is known as tbe Gran Chaeo, a tract of country in the Northern part of the Argen tine Bepublio that is as absolutely unknown as the interior of Africa. This expedition has returned, having traveled some 4,000 miles, and reports that the Gran Chaco, which has been supposed to be a sort of swamp, is, on the contrary, a land of much promise, the climate being mild and healthy and the soil rich and dry. Maize, corn and sugar-cane there attain enormous size, and and there is much valuable timber. Two New Steamship Improvements. U-WWdlspatihecwvejfV b-t the -Bureau -of American xtepuDiics reports mat a syndi cate of capitalists is preparing to run a line of tank steamers for the transportation of sugar between Cuban ports and those of the United States, a scheme by which the pack ing of sugar and molasses in hogsheads will be avoided and the rate of transporta tion very much reduced. Information is received at the Bureau that the Boyal Mail Steam Packet Com pany, of England, has decided to double its service between London, Southampton and the West Indies. KILLED BY HER SON. Brutal Crime of a Man Laboring Under a Religious-Frenzy. rSTBCIAL TELEOBAM TO TBE DISFATCU.1 Santa Fe, N. M., Dec 25. Mysteries thicken in Colfax county. Two Mexicans were found dead a week ago near Yan Bre mer lakes. Their throats were cut and be side them lay their rifles. They had not been robbed, for money was lound in the pockets of each. Then old Julio Martinez was called to his door at night and shot down by parties on tbe outside. Deputy Sheriff G. W. Cook is under arrest for this killing, and said he had a warrant for Mar tinez's arrest and shot him while he was re sisting the service. Another mystery exists fn the disappearance some weeks ago of J. P. Jones, a respected old man residing on Yermijo creek, and still another tragedy has occurred in the death oi Mrs. Stockbridge, near Baton, who wa3 dead and buried 17 days without intelligence having been com municated to anyone. An examination revealed the fact that she had been beaten and strangled to death by her son John, and in default of $5,000 bail, he has been sent to jail, and at his prelim inary hearing he attempted to explain that he bad done everything as directed by God; that he had worked for five years because God had told him to use his efforts in another direction; that he was trying to get the evil spirits out of his mother and all his chastisements were done for her good. CHRISTMAS DINNERS SPOILED. Tho Culinary Arrangements Were Knocked Out by Fire. IKPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISFATCn.l New York, Dec, 25. A touch of fire and smoke in the Union Club house, at Fifth avenue and Twenty-first street, spoiled the Christmas dinners of those members who expected to dine there. Just after 2 o'clock smoke crept up into the kitchen on the top floor from around the edges of the concrete, with which it is paved. At the same time two or three members who were in the dining-room saw smoke working through the handsome ceiling iu one cor ner. A hasty investigation showed that there was considerable fire between the con crete of the kitchen floor and fancy ceil ing of the dining-room. The attendants could not get at it, and an alarm of fire was sent out, which was supplemented by an other as soon as the first fire company ar rived. As soon as the fire was reached the firemen made short work of it They had to spoil the ceiling in the dining-room, but tbey used very little water, and none of it was allowed to reach the floors below. It orig inated, probably, in a defective flue which passes between the dining-room ceiling and the floor above DEFICIT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. A Connecticut Hamlet Has No Pupils for Its School Building. rsrECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISrATCHl Middletown, Conn., Dec 25. Little City, a hamlet in the old Connecticut river town of Haddan, has got a school house, but its doors have been shut for two years. Lit tle City has no children. Not many years ago the village had 30 children at school. Then the number decreased to such an ex tent that the State Board of Education no tified the Trustees of the school that If Lit- MEDITAV The Season When Snmo y. V, id it Har- a. to Tell Even tn w. tin Citv did not contribute jntf2. u ars at once It should have no-tno"re s ney. The threat had no effect, and thPo. -r was closed. The deficit in school in -Little City is said to be due to thV , '& t its people have been charmed away' fertile land3. y Th vnnni men reaching matnnl-rftve bustled away from the old farms, and the girls, if they tarry there, become old maids. Many farms in Haddan and other towns are said to be deserted. In the eastern part of the State deserted homesteads are also said to be numerous. A GREAT DISCOVERY IS WHAT DR. LOOHIS PRONOUNCES THE KOCH REMEDY. Ho Gives the Bcsults of nis Study and Observations of the Workings of tho Cure in Berlin No Case Where Benefit Did Not Accrue. rtPECTAI. TELEOBAM TO Till DtSFATCH-I New York, Dec. 25. At Mount Sinai Hospital aU the Koch lymph patients were up and about to-day except nine, who were too ill to rise on account of the ravages of the disease. There were no new inocula tions to-day. There is considerable com plaint by the physicians on the staff of sev eral of the largest hospitals that Dr. Koch pays scarcely any attention to applications for his lymph. A woman patient, who has had lupus of the face for 13 years, is to be inoculated to morrow at St. Mark's Hospital. A patient with lupus was inoculated to-day at the hospital for the eighth time. The treat ment has arrived at the stage where the blisters produced by the lymph run together and make a big blister. The inoculation was with six milligrams. Dr. H. P. Loomis, who recently returned from Berlin, will give in the iledical Record to-morrow bis impressions as to the effects of the lymph and'a history of his study and observations- tHe says. t , As to the therapeutic valueof the remedy in lupus, standing by a case and watching not only the constitutional, but especially tbe local changes which follow an injection, one is astonished to see an inllnitcsimal quantity of an unknown fluid produce in so short a time such plainly recognized effects, which are also limited to the diseased area. 1 saw 17 cases of lupus, most of them patients, in Prof. Von Bergmann's private hospital, all of whom agreed that they beean to lnmrove rapidly after the first injection. Their anpearance confirmed tbe statement. There was no case where bene fit had not accrued, and all promised acorn plete cure. Watching tbe effects of the smallest dose of Koch's fluid, one cannot but be deeply im pressed with the daDgers which most naturally attend its use, from tbe fact that it must con tain a most powerful poison, to use which, in discriminately, wonld be criminal. A number of deaths following tbe use of the remedy havo been reported in Berlin. If I were asked to express an opinion as to the efficacy of tbe remedy, I should lay I be lieve it to "be as great a medical discovery as that made by Jenner; that it opens up a hith erto unknown field in tbe treatment of disease, which no one at tbe present time can limit and it apparently cures lupus, as admitted by all observers. A STORMY CHRISTMAS. It Snowed Hard and Deep in Various Parts of fho Country. Washington, Dec. 25. It is snowing hard here this evening, with every indica tion of a protracted storm. A dispatch from Harrisonburg, Va., says: A severe snow storm set in this morning, and it is still snowing. The country roads are yet blocked from the snow storm of the 17th and 18th, and travel is almost entirely suspended. At Staunton, Va., snow has been falling all day, and is now four inches deep. The country roads are blockaded and business partially suspended. At Louisville snow began falling at 11 o'clock last night, and has fallen steady ever since. It has been, a large part of the time, sleet mixed with rain, so that the total depth is only sbout,ten inches. Traffic is not seriously impeded here.-though several trains are late. The temperature has ranged from 27 to 33. At St. Cloud, Minn., -a heavy snowstorm in the shape of a blizzard has prevailed all day. It is the first snowofany consequence there this season. THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT. A Leader Says That Nearly AU Industrial Bodies Favor It, Topeka, Kan., Dec. 25. All the mem bers, excepting Frank McGrath, of the Executive Council of the Farmers' Alliance, which has been in session here for two or three days past, have returned to their homes. Mr. McGrath is President of the Kansas Alliance. In an interview to-day he said the Legislative Committee of the National Alliance will meet in Washing ton some time in February, Thirty-five States, he said, will be represented at the meeting, and the third party movement will be one of the principal things to be acted upon. "This movement," said Mr. McGrath, "will eventually embrace all the labor or ganizations in the United States. In fact, about all of them are committed to it now, except the Grange, and most of the Grangers are members of the Farmers' Alliance. I cannot say when the party will be organized, but it will be done at the proper time." A BAD WRECKER ON TRIAL, He Was Accused of Six Different Attempts on the Trains. Woodvuxe, Miss., Dec 25. The pre liminary trial ofS. A. Bradford, for train wrecking, was concluded yesterday before Judge Watson. Six distinct offenses were preerred against Bradford, one for train wrecking and five for attempts to kill and murder employes on the wrecked train. Bradford was committed to jail to answer 11 the charges in default of baU, oggre- gaungtuy-uu, J K?L Vt THREE CENTS. IlllftEipEIIET First District Police Unearth an Organized Gang of False Coin Shovers. A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION With Headquarters in New York, and Agents All Over the Country. ELEVEN HUNDRED BASE D0LLAES Pound Secreted Under a Bed in a House ot Lincoln Avenue. STARTLING DEYEL0PHESTS EXPECTED A gigantic conspiracy to flood the United 'States with counterfeit silver dollara was unearthed yesterday, and to the energy and intelligence of the officials' of the First Police district of Pittsburg is due the credit Nineteen persons are already under arrest, and $1,100 in spurious coin ia in the hands of the police. The money was brought from a central depot in New YorK City to Pittsburg by a gang of Italians employed to pass it The money was all in silver dollars, and United States Detective McSweeney says it is the best counterfeit of the standard silver dollar that was ever made. The coin is perfectly formed in every detail, and its ring is identical with the good coin, the only fault about it being a little light in weight About 5 o'clock last evening Elio Davige and Nelson Maggoriua, Italians, accom panied by their wives, well-dressed, hand some women, entered the Black Bear tavern,on Market alley. The women passed into the sitting room, while the men went to the bar. They ordered and'received a couple of drinks and tendered inpayment for them a silver dollar. A Bemarkably Clever Counterfeit. Mr. Eichleay, the proprietor ot the hotel, received the money and handed out the change. The coin was very bright and new, and, while it looked all right and had a good "ring," it seemed a little light in weight Mr. Eichleay grew suspicious, and taking the dollar went to the drug store to have it weighed. His suspicions were well found ed, the coin proving far below the standard. Starting back for his hotel Mr. Eichleay met Detective Fitzgerald on the street The story was quickly told and Fitzgerald de termined to make the arrest The Italians and their companions had not yet left the house, and without resistance they were placed in custody and at once taken to the Central station. On searching the men several more spurious coins were found on them. The men were placed in cells and tha -women taken cistairr to the- matrona.-dj partment "l7one oFlhe party 'Troalti'taJr, They refused to tell where they lived or where the money came from. Tho Women Break Down and Confess. In the meantime Inspector McAleese had been notified ot the arrest and directed De tective Fitzgerald to report to United States Detective McSweeney and give him all tha assistance in his power. Word was sent out to McSweeney at once, and while waiting for him Fitzgerald tried his power on the women. They absolutely refused to talk, and when threatened broke down and cried. Detective Fitzgerald insisted that they should tell where they lived, and after two hours' work they yielded and consented to take the officers to their home. By this time Detective McSweeney had arrived, and shortly after 8 o'clock the two detec tives and two women started for the East End. When Detectives Fitzgerald and Mc Sweeney got out to the East End tbey se cured the assistance of Inspector White house, Captain Mercer and several other officers of the Second police district, and then went to the house indicated by the two women. The latter led the officers to No. 523 Lincoln avenue, a two-story frame building, in which the whole party of Italians have been living since their arrival in the city last week. Caught In the Police Net The officers surrounded the house and the detectives entered. The Italians were con siderably surprised but offered no resistance, and when informed that they were under ar rest submitted quietly and were taken to the Nineteenth Ward Police Station. Twelve men were found in the house. After the prisoners had been taken away in the patrol wagon the detectives searched the house and, tied up in a neat package under a bed in one of the rooms, was found a great pile of the counterfeit money. It was counted aud the whole amount was found to foot up $1,100. The stuff was re moved to the station house and the officers went in search of other members of tbe gang. They found one man in a house not far away and two others not knowing of the raid returned to the gang's headquarter! and were promptly placed under arrest by tha officers on guard. A Conspiracy Covering the Country. After the house had been thoroughly searched the detectives interviewed the pris oners, one at a time, and succeeded finally in gaining the information that tbe money was made in New York and they had been sent here to dispose of it Similar gangs were sent to other cities, but the men could not tell what particular cities were being; operated on. Not a mold or die or any kind of counterfeiting machinery was fonnd in the possession of the gang arrested here. Detective Sweeney says the Government has been after the New York gang of counterfeiters for a long time and while sev eral arrests have been made from time to time and considerable of the counterfeit coin has been recovered the real head of the or ganized band has not been uncovered. A HORRIBLE SUSPICION. Two Plundered Men Drugged and Burned in Their Own House. Holden, Mo., Dec 23. The house of Samuel Malone burned to the ground this morning. As the firemen arrived on tha scene, one side of the house fell out, and by the light of the fire they saw Mr. Malona and John Hicks, his brother-in-law, crawl ing toward a door in their bedroom, attempt ing to escape Then the roof fell in, and tbe unfortunate men were bidden-from sight Their charred bodies were found ia tha ruins. Malone was an old soldier,' drawing a pension, and always kept more or lees money in his house It Is believed he and Hieks were drugged, the house robbed and then set on fire. The police are lnTMtigat- i a i 3&&:1
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