a BBIGHTJUTLOOK For the Year 1891 in the Busi ness and Financial World Visible on Every Hand. THE SKIES ARE CLEARING And Confidence is Iietnrnins; To Such an Extent That the Measure of Prosperity WILL BE AN OVERFLOWING ONE. Encouraging Tiews of Leading Merchants and Tinanciers, Who Toint Out The Signs of the Times ALL OP A TEIII CHEERFUL DDE. 'The ten Trade Fisiscial Will See a, Big Year, Wtlle Sittttien is Alrejiy Ex tresely Hopeful tie TEE GEOWCfG DEKAKB TOR SILVER f SPECIAL TELEOrAM TO THE DISPATCH. . Snw Yore, Dec 2". "With tbe closing tlaysoftbc year interest in the commercial situation, not only regarding the immediate lwst, but tbe future, is seen on all sides. Most New Yorkers are familiar with the bank situation and with the ideas of bankers. It is known that the views of these people are of the most encouraging character. They all speak or the recent troubles as without perceptible influence at this moment. In a word, the banking situation has improved day by day, until now tbe liquidation in "Wall street and other financial centers is considered a thing of the past. With this fully in mind, it is interesting to record the views of men who come di rectly in touch with the tradesmen of the country, and an effort has been made to as certain just how these people view the situ ation. 'With that idea, The Dispatch presents interviews with men who are con sidered the representatives of their various branches in the commercial world. Drysooils Men All Right. Cornelius X. Bliss said that the recent troubles n the monetary world had been without material effect upon the drygoods commission oeople. "These troubles," con tinued Mr. Bliss, "came at that time when we were between seasons and most of us were listless and only awaiting the future. For this reason more', than any other the business of the drysJods commission mer chants was little affecjed by the upheaval. "Speaking of the situation at the moment, I can only tell you that collections all over the country are surprisingly good. This is especially significant, in view of the recent troubles in the money market But one good feature must be considered along with these monev troubles, and that is that they have tended to make the jobbing trade most conservative in their operations. These troubles came at a time when the jobbers had practically liquidated on their stocks bought a number of months ago, and when the most serious difficulties were confronting "Wall itreet, the drygoods jobbers held very light stocks and in the majority of instances were not at all alarmed by the news from the money center of the world. In fact, these jobbers bad li undated on last year's business, and, providr-d a reasonable condition of affairs continues in the money market, the pros pects for the coming year are very good. An Kncouraging Year Ahead. ' Looting over the whole situation for the year now before us I feel a great deal en couraged. The general condition of the country is one of unusual prosperity. Mer- chints as a class are prosperous and manu facturers arc fairly so. The profits of mer chants arc not large, but they are sure, and hud it not been for the recent unexpected I.quidations in England, followed by those in America, not a vestige of trouble would have been developed among these manu facturers and others. The supplies of goods in jo bbing hands, as I have said, are light, un 1 so are they among first hands. I see i ottung before us ti.at does not warrant the i inst encouraging views." Juhn Clafllii, speaking for tbe great job bing mterests in the drygoods center, said he as glad to tell how vastly collections were improving all over the country. "This lias been especially the case in the last -ten days," said Mr. ClafQin, "and to my mind, looking over the situation carefully, the country at large was never more prosperous than now. The situation looks even brighter than before the money troubles caused such commotion. In a Position to Boy, "As a matter of fact, the supplies of mer chandise in the hands of people who di rectly deal with the consumer were never so low. Prices, because ol the situation, are verv firm, and the tendency is toward a higher basis of value. Francis B. Thurber was asked to speak for the wholesale grocery trade. He said: "Up to the time when the recent financial stringency began, 1890 had been the best year in general trade for many years. Busi ness was larger than usual in almost every department of trade, and profits and col lections satisfactory. A financial crisis could not have occurred at a time when the country could better stand it than at present, and the way the country has stood it is tbe highest compliment that could be paid to tbe general soundness or our finan cial and commercial system. "The number of failures has been sur prisingly few, considering the times, and while, if the present high rates for money tljould continue it might occasion further lailures, the prospects now are that money will constantly grow easier and capitalists will soon be seeking safe investments at low rates. "While the business activities of the country have been checked, they have not been destroyed, and with all the essential elements ot prosperity still in existence t.ierc is every prospect for a good year in 1691." Benjamin" G. Clark, President of thej jjrigut Anuicauons loriroo. Thomas Iron Company, told of the situation in his branch of the commercial world. He said that the year now slipping out had been most satisfactory to most iron people. "The output has been as large as ever," continued Mr. Clarke, "and it has been dis posed of at fairly paying prices. "We have iiever been closer sold up on foundry irons than just at this moment. As lor steel rails, the orders for them have diminished since the troubles in the financial community. "This I take to be a most excellent sign. It shows a conservative policy on the part of railroad managers and a disposition on their part not to order goods for which they are not prepared to pay. This wil stop a needless expansion in railroad building and in everv way, according to my mind, the loss of orders for steel rails must just now be considered most beneficial. I have no fears whatever about the year at hand. The indications are of the bright est, because thev are based on a business policv which has no inflation in it and no undue expansion. It is simply 'pay for what von can get and order what you can pay for.' " Better Feeling In Financial Circles. Banker Henry Clews thus discusses the situation: The business outlook presents now a much brighter prospect. The panic lor this docado has evidently come ana gone, uut i. wi w&o some time to restore that degree of confidence which will cause this fact to be universally felt and appreciated. Our railroad securities have stood the greatest test to uhirh they havo over been subjected, and, with few exceptions, hava proved that they are, iu the main, composed of genuine material. Reduced as most of them are now, consider ably below their intrinsic value, it is fair to presume that, with the restoration of financial confidence and easier money, they are good for higher prices, and there must be a large mar gin of profit to the judicious investor in tho greater number of them. Yet reckless par chasing would be very bad policy at the pres ent instance, and it will be wise for investors to be conservative and wait till the clouds roll bv before extending their lines or making new ventures, except where their knowledge of the present status of securities IS very4thorougb. The railroad managers, by prudent and har monious action, can do much to hasten tho ad vent of prosperity In tho properties whiCh they control, presumably, as trustees for the public. Railroad Securities TVill Improve. Large consolidations are in progress which may help to solve the knotty problem of pro ducing harmony, and place tho entire railroad system on a more solid basis, vntn tne better guarantee for more moderate fluctuations in railroad securities. A reform of this kind would afford a breakwater against which tho raging waves of a financial panic might dash in vain. When our railroaus have stood the storm so well in the recent trouble, while many of them are merely in a half-organized and dis cordant condition, what a tower of strength they would be if united all for each and each lor all in any emergency. The Cleanne House idea, for the authorship of which Jav Gould receives tho credit, might work well on a similar principle of action to that which tbe Association of Banters recently exhibited in assisting their weaker brethren to tide over their troubles. The "gentlemen's agreement" of the railroad presidents, defec tive as it was. was still better than none at all, for since It fell through the shrinkage in re turns has amounted to more than ?z2.000,000 an nually. An important point to be considered when examining the railroad situation as a factor In tho business outlook and future prosperity of the country is the marked change that has taken place during tbe past several months in tho attitude of the various State Legislatures, especially in the West, toward the railroads. 1 he hostility that was so virulent last year has greatly abated. Legislators Hnve Changed Their Policy. Tho legislators and the railroad coramis missions. especially those of Iowa and Kansas, are awakening to the fact that their hostile at titude had a tendency to frighten capital away, and thev are now disposed to do the best they can to repair the mischief inflicted by hasty and short-sighted legislation. As regards the effect of the recent silver legis lation upon business interests of the country,the new law has not yet had a fair chance of mani festing its operation. In the first place tho passage otthe bill was aeferred like that of tho tariff bill to the end of tbe session. It was passed just on the verge of the crop-moving period, and as experience -has shown, money was most in demand for4egitiraate pur poses from September up to the preseut date. All that has been issued of .the new money. however, is aboutt20.0U0.000. while in tne mean time 112,000,000 of national bank bills have been redeemed, which is a large offset against the silver money issued under tbe new law. At tbe expiration of the year there will havo been about S60.000.000 of the new silver money put in circulation, and then there will be suf ficient data to maKe caicuiauuua mvu as n its future effect on business. "Will Improve tho Money Situation. Financiers will then bo in a position to an ticipate and discount the probable effects to a fair degree of certainty of tho next $60,000, 000 issued during the ensuing year, and so on from year to 3 ear while the law remains in force. I have no hesitation in saying, however that the issue of silver as provided bv the pres ent law will improve tbe money situation and afford relief to tbe money market in the course of a short time. It is good money, inasmuch as it is backed by a deposit of silver against which tho certmeate-i are issued. The new taritt bill will have a tendency to de crease our imports, so that we shall not be liable to bo call-d upon for much gold exporta tion. As we now produce about f40.000.000 of gold.annuaUy and 51.000,000 of silver, and while we continue to accumulate our cold in the same proportion as our silver, there need be no appre hension about silver filling a useful place in our circulating medium. The onerous position in which the Bank of England has been placed by coming to tho rescue of the Barrings will demonstrate to the great financiers of England that more money will be needed in fnture bv that bank for the purpose of dispensing with the necessity of applying to f ranee or any other nation in limes 01 stringency or threatened panic A Growing Demand for Silver. The present condition of tbe finances of London will do more than any argument to convince tho people over there of the great utility of bi-metalism, and will greatly aid in urging representative men to convene for tbe purpose of establishing an international silver coinage. We nave recognized silver in our circulation, and we want to be backed up by Great Britain and other nations that hare not jet accepted tho double standard. Then silver would be restored to its former status, and I think the business of tbe world would be con siderable benefited thereby. It would seem, therefore, from tho present financial situation, both here and abroad, that there "ill soon be a growing demand for silver as a very expedient part of the circulating medium. In the laige field of human concerns vi hich enter into that exceedingly complex ar ransement of society vaguely called busi ness, I nave here attempted but a very limited and cursory survey, and from it I am satisfied that the outlook for the ensuing year will com pare favorably with almost any of its prede cessors and surpass any of them in prosperity. Kansas crrrs boodle aldebhen. An Old Street Railway Suit Unearths Fresh Developments. KaksaS City, Dec 27. An interesting chapter in the affairs of the defunct Union Railway Company, of this city, was re vealed to-day in the testimony of M. C. Harmon, one of the stockholders, given dur ing the trial of the suit of the company at torneys for fees. Mr. Harmon said that stock to the value of 5300,000 had been issued by the company. Of this amount 5200,000 had been deposited with the American Loan and Trnst Com pany, of Boston, is security. The other $100,000 had been turned over to 13 local members of tbe company. This has been paid for only in .the way of services ren dered the company by securing the fran chises, interesting property owners in the scheme, etc A MOTHER'S FATAL MANIA. After One Child Died a Natural Death She Poisoned the Others. Louisville, Dec. 27. Near Branden burg the Coroner's inquest in the case of the poisoning of the four children of Mrs. Julia Higbee is in progress. Dr. James L. Lewis, the family physician, testified to-day that upon the third death he became subpicious oT the poisoning. "When be suggested a post-mortem examination after tbe death of the Mrs. Higbee made strong oppositionand lourth. the father consented, but was only by legal process that the examina tion was secured. Arsenic was found, and the conclusion that two or more of the chil dren had been poisoned was reached by all tb e physicians at the post mortem. Mrs. Higbee's opposition to the examina tion, and her indifference to the result of the illness of the children, directed sus picion to her. In closing he said, "My conclusion is that the first child died a natural death, and that was the origin of the homicidal mania which re sulted in the death of the others. I have known Mrs. Higbee 20 years. Shortly after her marriage she had a mental attack which nearly resulted in mania, and within the past six months she has seemed to me to undergo a complete mental change. Other physicians testified to the mother's indifference and othersymp toms of mania at the bedside of her children. OFFICIALS IN TROUBLE. GOVEBR0E JACKSON, OF HABYLAHD, AND OTHEBS MAY BE INDICTED. For Violating the United States Law Regu lating the Carrying of Fassengers on Steam Vessels The Peculiar Condition of Affairs That Confronts Them. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Baltimore, Dec. 27. Governor Jack son and Commander Seth, of the oyster navy, have unwittingly violated the United States law regulating the carrying passen gers on steam vessels, by permitting more than the licensed number on the State steamers Governor McLane and Governor Thomas, and the local steamboat in spectors have taken steps to bring the case before the United States grand jury. This charge will not cause the State officials much concern, from the fact that the ves sels were at the time not eervinethe State, but a private corporation.in which Governor Jackson, Commander Seth and many other leading politicians, Republicans and Demo crats, are interested. The facts are these: Commander beta is the President of the Baltimore and Eastern Shore R-iilroad Company, which connects the Peninsula with Baltimore. Between Claiborne and Bay Kidge the road carries passe,ngers across the bay by means ofa transnort boat During the first week in December the steamer broke down and the company was in a dilemma. A steamer was engaged to take her place, but she could not get there on time It was then that a telegram was sent to Annapolis, asking the Governor to order the Governor McLane down to carry passen gers across the bay. The officers of tbe ves sel, who were in Baltimore at the time, were telegraphed for and made the boat subject to the railroad company's orders. For lour days the McLane was used to transport pas sengers and freicht. Then the Governor Thomas was brought down froia the Chop tank river, where she was cruising for oyster pirates, to assist the McLane. It is charged that the McLane carried 65 passengers at one time, when her license permits only 25, besides a number of barrels of oysters. Not until the steamer Olive, which had been engaged to take the trans port's place, had arrived were the services of the State steamers dispensed with. A DOUBLE S0UTHEBN TEAGEDY. One Fatal Affray Leads to Another During an Attempted Arrest. Lumberton, Miss., Dec. 27. Daviston, a small town one and a half miles below here, was the scene of a fatal shooting affray this afternoon about 3 o'clock, in which four men were shot, one being killed in stantly and two others fatally wounded. , The trouble orgiuated from a' ficht at a party oa Christmas evening near Bed Top between four men F. T. Favre, one Parker, Neal Strahan and John Hickman when Favre fired on the crowd, killing Parker and dangerously wounding the other two. Favre was arrested and placed in Fillisville jail for safe keeping. Another Justice dispatched Deputy Sheriff W. W. Stockstill with the necessary papers to obtain Favre's release on $S00 bond. Sheriff Shivers, upon hearing of his release, summoned his depu ties and came to Davistou on the local freight to rearrest Favre. Just as the train came to a halt the firing began. Favre was killed instantly. Sheriff J. M. Shivers was shot through the left lung with a Winchester ball, and Deputy Sheriff T. B. White was shot in the left side with a pistol, the hall passing through the and coming out on tbe right side. Both the lat ter are pronounced mortally wounded. The two wounded sheriffs were brought to this place, where they are receiving the best attention. THE S0CKXESS STATESMAN. He is Developing as a Candidate for Senator Ingall's Place. TorEKA, Dec. 27. Jerry Simpson, Farm ers' Alliance Congressman-elect from the Seventh district, is becoming dangerous as a Senatorial candidate in the race for the seat made vacant by the expiration of Mr. In gall's term. The farmers of the Seventh district have esponsed his cause, and now the farmers of the Third and Sixth have caught the con tagion, and the "sockless statesman" is developing a cood-sized Senatorial boom. A COLORADO BANK FAILURE. An Old Financial Firm In Greeley Slakes an Assignment. Greeley, Col., Dec. 27. The old bank ing firm of Hunter & West has failed through outside investments. Hunter & West have made an assignment of all their personal property, as well as the bank's assets. Mr. West's private liabilities are $66,500. If time is given, it is hoped that no one will lose anything. Several attachments have been made, onebv the Union National Bank, of Denver, for $10,000. HIS ARM TORN FROM ITS SOCKET. A Horrible Accident to an Employe of a Handle Factory. Knoxville, Tens-., Dec. 27. William Nelson, of the Kcoxville Handle Factory, met with a horrible accident to-day. His sleeve caught in the machinery, and his arm was torn from the shoulder and thrown ten feet across the room, while he fell heavily to the floor unconscious. The shaft was making 240 revolutions a minute. Despite the terrible wound, the doctors think he may recover. MANY CABS OF FEEIQHT BUBNED. A Depot of the little Miami Bailroad at Cin cinnati in Ashos. Cincinnati, Dec. 27. The freight de pot of the Little Miami Bailroad burned at 8:30 o'clock to-night. The length of tho building was 15 car lengths (about COO feet), by about 125 feet wide. At the time of the fire it contained about 43 carloads of unloaded freight, though only four freight cars were in the depot. Among the freight were 90 barrels of whisky and 30 bales of cotton. A Trotest Against the Force Bill. New Yoke, Dec. 27. The Manhattan Club to-night unanimously passed resolu tions condemning the force bill. It was resolved that the pretense of aiding the itjxolored racs is as empty as it ia futile, DE.SCHLIEMANNDEAD Tho Great Archaeologist Drops in the Streets of Naples, AND IS PICKED DP SPEECHLESS. Career of One of the Most Wonderful Men of Modern Times. HIS EXCAVATIONS OF ANCIEKT TEOI rnx cable to the dispatch. Berlin-, Dec 27. Private dispatches from Naples say Dr. Heinrich Schliemann died there yesterday. He was found speech less in the street and taken to his hotel, where he soon passed away. Dr. Heinrich Schliemann was a born scholar, who followed his natural instinct despite all obstacles of circumstance, with the iron perseverance of a born tradesman. He received his earliest inspiration to study history and physiology from his father, a Lutheran clergyman in New Buckow, Mecklenburg Schwerin German. Before his 10th year, he began to devote himself to the studies that made him famous in his manhood. He had a marvelous appetite for Greek history and mythology, and he read the poems of Homer with such avidity and keen appreciation that the friends of his family prophesied for him a great future in a university chair. Just at the close of his 14th year, however, his father lost his property, the Schliemann family was almost impoverished, and the embryonic professor of Greek was obliged to sacrifice all his im mpHinto nl an 1 to become an aunrentice to a small grocer in Furstenburg. There he tied up bundles, delivered vegetables, and swept floors from 6 o'clock in the morning till 11 at night. Misfortunes Camo Fast. One dav near the end of the fifth year of thi r1nirierv vounp Schliemann strained himself while trying to lift a great box of sugar, and was retired penniless by his master. ' He rose from the consequent ill ness of several weeks to become a midship man on a sailing ship bound for a Vene zuelan port. Bad luck followed him, and in December, 1841, he was wrecked on the Island of Sexell in the North Sea. Again ill and penniless he was taken to a hospital in Amsterdam. Still plucky, he presented himself, white and trembling from weakness, a few weeks later at the offices of the trading house of F. C. Quien and asked for work. He got a place as errand boy with the one advantage that the lightness of his duties left him much time lor his own use. With incessant industry and amid the most pressing hardships he learned to read rapidly and wrote fairly well English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Por tuguese, all this he did in two years and then rose to the position 01 correspondent and bookkeeper for B. H. Schroeder & Co., in Amsterdam. Not a Largo Salary. The reward of his industry and linguistic ability was at first but $240 annually and later 400. In 1846 his firm sent him to St, Petersburg, for while in their house ne naa learned to speak, read and write Kussian. He remained there as their agent for 11 years, during ten of which he did business on his own account. He added Swedish and Polish to his cosmopolitan -vocabulary, and in 1856 began his studies of new and old Greek. . , Two years later he trnvered -through-Sweden, Denmark Germany, Italy, Egypt, Greece and Syria. His fortune grew so that in 1863 he was able to retire from trade with all the money he needed to satisfy the am bition of his last 20 years. From that time he devoted all his days to the study of Greek archaeology. He made at once his first journey through Greece, passed on to India, China and Japan and brought up in Paris where he stopped to increase with all his energy his arcbsjological knowledge. He returned to Athens in 1868 to marry his wife, A Scholarly Greek Woman who became imbued with all his enthusi asm, and aided him faithfully in his subse quent researches. With 150 workingmen he conducted irom 1870 to 1882 his famous search for the treasures of prehistoric ages. He fouud relics of walls, stone implements, bricks, bronze, arms, vessels of bone, bronze, terra cotta and ivory, as well as of gold and silver, and a considerable Quantity of jewels. He was confident he had found tho treasures of Priam. In his first hook on his discoveries he maintained that the remains of Llium were confined to the first six feet beneath the surface, and all the ruins below to a depth of 52J feet were prehistoric The ruins be neath Llium he divided into five groups, representing five cities. In the second book: he added a sixth city to this list. In both books he drew the conclusion that the third eity from the bottom was the Troy of Homer. In his third book he took back this opinion and identified The Second City as Troy. His books and the explorations they record have long been the material of tbe bitterest feuds between archteoloeists, and up to a few weeks ago the "war about Troy," as Dr. Schliemann's countrymen have called it, was still raging in Vienna and Berlin circles. Dr. Schliemann was.the re cipient of the highest honors from scientific men and associations throughout the world. In Berlin many of the products ot his ex plorations have been collected nnder the name of "Schliemann Museum." Soon after he unearthed the five tombs of kings at Mycena? he was elected in England to a fellowship of the Society ot Antiqua ries and to memberships ot the Royal In stitute of British Architects and of the Archaeological Institute. He was made a Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Bostock, Doctor of Jurisprudence by Ox ford University, and honorary citizen of the city of Berlin. Since 1871 he had lived al most constantly in Athens. His literary works are "Ithaca, The Pelicponnesus and Troy," "Trojan Antiquities," "Mycena;," with a preface by Gladstone; "Llias," with a preface by K. Virchow; "Orcbomenos," "Troy," "Travels intheTrood," "Tiryus," and a book on China and Japan, TELEGEAPH BATES BEDUCED, Tho Redaction Takes Place on tho First of tho Tear in the West. Kansas Cur, Dec. 27. Orders were re ceived to-day at the Western Union Tele graph Company's headquarters making a reduction of rates of from 30 to 40 per cent on business in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico. The reduction goes int$ effect January 1. Company representatives say that thisre duction applies principally to non-competing points. " A BIG CONSOLIDATION. Celluloid Companies Combine to Torn Out a Now Article. ISrXCIAI. TXLZOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 New Yoek, Deo. 27. The Celluloid Manufacturing Company, the Celluloid Brush Company and tbe Celluloid Novelty Company all gave deeds to the Celluloid Company for a consideration of fl in each case, and the deeds were recorded iti Newark to-day. This is in pursnance of the policy adopted during the recent consolidation of j.all the celluloid interests in thisconntrywho escaped. The property thus transferred covers two city blocks, and its value runs into tbe mill ions. It is said that the new Celluloid Com pany intends to manufacture a new incom bustible plastic material having all the characteristics but being cheaper than the camphor compound. The enormous increase of celluloid manu facture in recent years has made camphor scarce and high, so that the company's chemists have exerted themselves to find a substitute for this gum. It is said they have succeeded, and that tbe resultant compound is far superior to the celluloid now in use. It will still be called celluloid, however, be cause tbe name is too valuable to be dis pensed with. THE LYMPH IN CANCER. EIGHT PATIENTS TO TBY THE HEW TEEATMEKT IN NEW Y0BK. In Each Case the Disease Had Reached Such a Stago That There Was no Hope in Any OtherDlrectlon ASystematio Study of the Effects. fSPICIAL TELEQBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! New York, Dec. 27. A systematic course of treatment with Dr. Koch's lymph cure was begun to-day in several cases of cancer in the New York Cancer Hospital by Dr. George F.'Shrady, the consulting physi cian. Dr. Clement Cleveland and Dr. H. C. Coe, of the hospital, assisted in.the opera tions. Altogether eight patient1!, all of them women suffering from cancer in its most virulent and advanced stages, were inoculated. The patients were selected because they were incurable by means known hitherto. In several of the cases the disease had ex isted for three years. There were two pa tients inoculated who had extreme epitheileoma of the face, extending over the cheek and ear. Three patients had internal cancer, two had cancer of the breast and one.a girl of 16, had had lupus in the face for three years. Each patient received one milligram of a one per cent lymph solution. The temperature of the patients will be re corded every two hours day and night. ' It is Dr. Shrady's purpose, he says, to learn in a short time whether the lymph "will cure or alleviate cancer. In the case of the patient who was inoculated by Dr. Slirady in St. Francis Hospital on Friday, no reaction and no effect whatever has been perceived. Another inoculation will be made to-morrow. At Bellevue Hospital a comparative ex amination of sputa of patients inoculated with the Koch lymph has been begun. In the case of one patient, before inoculation, three bacilli were fouud in tbe field of examination. After the third injection 15 to 25 bacilli were nresent. The sputa had increased to double the quantity. After the fifth injection it diminished in quantity and contained from five to teu bacilli. The patient's general condition was improved and his appetite good. In another case four bacilli were found after the first injection; 50 to 100 alter the third injection, and 40 to GO alter the sixth. It is now ten days after the first injection. and tbe sputa is diminishing in quantity. All the inoculated patients have increased in weight since the first injection was made. This is regarded as a strong premonition of ultimate success of the inoculations in cases of phthisis. TWO PLUCKY GIRLS. They Save a House From Destruction Dur ing a Fierce Storm. IBPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! Fort Dodge, Ia., Dec. 27. Miss Mamie Crawford -and Bertha Loomis, two pretty -lR.vp-ir.nld heroines, bv their cluck, and ftreseaVe?of. mind avested- a disastronsarer hert last evening, xne two gins, while in the Crawford home, discovered that the roof was on fire. The worst wind storm of the season was ho irling outside and the destruction of the handsome residence before help could be at hand seemed inevitable. JWithout losing a moment, the girls dragged a heavy ladder from the backyard, and with wonderful strength reared it to the blazing roof. The garden hose was then connected with the hydrant, and Miss Crawford held the swaying ladder while Miss Loomis, in the teeth of a howling gale, managed to crawl to the roof. There the plucky girl handled the hose with such energy and precision that after a short fight the flames were subdued. The girl's presence of mind and courage is the talk of the town, and the fire boyswill make them honorary members of the fire depart ment. TWO HUNDEED LIVES LOST. The Disaster on the Chinese Steamer TVorso Than First Reported. London, Dec 27. Further advices from China, as to the burning of the steamship Shang Hai near Woo Hoo, show that the disaster was much more serious than at first imagined. It now seems that the number of victims will amount to over 200, and that they all lost their lives by drowning. A. ter rible panic occurred among the Chinese passengers and crew as soon as the alarm of fire was heard, and the panic increased when the flames spread beyond the control of the terror-stricken crew. The large majority of those who lost their lives did so by jumping overboard to escape from the flames; others met their deaths through tbe swamping of the clumsily con structed and overcrowded boats. BB0KE WITH HIS BANK. A South Dakota Financier Apparently Crazed by His Failure Woonsocket, S. D., Dec. 27. Stevens the banker, who closed his doors yesterday, acts as if he was delirious and mnmbles in coherently when any of his creditors are al lowed to see him. Some think he is really insane. The 20 creditors had a meeting to take ac tion to protect their interests. Depositors do not like the looks of things, as deposits were taken in up to Wednesday night. AN ABANDONED WIFE'S SUICIDE. Her Husband Sued for Divorce, and She Was Despondent. Columbus, Dec. 27. Carrie Wonn com mitted suicide by shooting herself in the left side, below the last rib. She was 22 years of ace, and had been separated from her husband, Frank Wonn, a machinist, since last March. Wonn sued for divorce, which made her despondent, TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT FOB HEWS. Details of a Bloody Negro Blot In Tennessee Are Lacking. Pine Bluff, Abe., Dec. 27. Meager details were received here to-day of a bloody affray at Swan Lake, in this county. Two negroes are reported dead and ten in jured. The row originated at a dance, and a target practice was kept up all night. No names are obtainable because of the excite ment. A YOUTHFUL MUBDEBEB. He Kills a Laborer in Aurora, Mo., With a x Billiard Cue. Auroea, Mo., Dec. 27. Charlie Griffie, a lad 15 years old, killed Tomblin, a laborer who worked at the mines here, yesterday by striking him over tbe head with a billiard cue, producing concussion oi tne pram, from which he died. A posse of officers s in pursuit of (inffie, STARYING SETTLERS. Thousands of Oklahoma People Are in Terrible Want, AND THE SUFFERING IS INTENSE Among the Destitute. Families of That Un lucky Territory. THE DISTRESS IS SOMETHING AWFUL JSPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! ToPEKA,KANvDec.27. When thousands of anxious settlers were camped along the southern border of Kansas, anxiously await ing the President's proclamation opening Oklahoma to settlement, they did not dream of the want and suffering which were so soon to overtake them in their promised land. The grand rush in there was inspired by a desire to get into a paradise. Tbe opening of the territory was so late that no crops could be planted that year. In 1889 nothing was raised in the way of food for stock or settlers and everything consumed had to be shipped in from the surrounding States. During the fall and summer a year ago thousands of acres were prepared for this year's crops, miles of prairie land being turned over for the first time, and that spring all were hopeful of a fruitfnl harvest. Until June 15 prospects were flattering, bnt soon the hot winds from the barren plains on the south swept over the country, withering and blighting every vestige, of green. The pioneers had starvation staring them in-the face. The Congressional ap propriation was soon exhausted, and now that winter is here the people of Oklahoma are in a deplorable condition. Terrible Picture of Suffering. Suffering is not confineJ to the rural dis tricts, but to thousands who are trying to live in the half dozen cities and towns. Many of these have come in from the coun try to get employment. Ed P. Greer, editor of the Winfield Courier, and half ownerof the Guthrie Capitol, is in this city and talked of the destitution of the people of Oklahoma. He said: "There are hundreds of men begging about the streets of Guthrie for work, willing to do anything to buy food for their hungry chil dren. The same condition exists at Okla homa City and Kingfisher. It could not be otherwise, for nothing has been produced in the Territory since the opening, but a little cotton and a fair crop of turnips. Everything sold in the stores comes from outride and Drices are high." He told of a-dozen individual cases of suffering. When the Territory was opened Isaac Phenisu a well-to-do farmer of Cowley county, sold his farm and went to Guthrie, goingout seven miles and squatting on a claim in May, 1889. He tooK with him an agricultural outnt ana nousenoia iurniture. He was too late to plant a crop that year, but built a house, broke up prairie land and in the fall sowed wheat. He had enough money to carry him through last winter and put in his crop last spring. Beduced to Abject Poverty. The hot winds in July burned up his crops. His horses died and he sold his cows at a sacrifice. His Cowley county friends are sending him provisions to live on this winter. His children are without sho;s, like thousands of other children this winter. Several days ago a woman with three small half-clad children got off the Santa' Fe northbound train at Winfield. She took the street car for the Southern Kansas depot, and when the conductor asked her forjier rare she oroce into tears ana saia sne 'was trying to geV to her farmer USrne, hav ing lost her all in Oklahoma. She had left her husband behind without a dollar. They had been hungry for months, and had only had S3 innioney during the last year to buy necessaries. These are not exceptional cases. Unless immediate aid is furnished the people of that Territory, many who are unable to get away, will starve. In the early history of the Western country therehas not beensuch destitution as now prevails in Oklahoma. The territory block, chiseled out of the interior of the Indian Territory, is surrounded by barren wastes. On the north is the Cherokee Strip.over 30 miles wide; on the east, south and west, the Territory nroper. Within the bounds of Oklahoma Territory are 40,000 persons, three-fourths of whom are in need of proper food and cloth ing. NEW LAWS FOB KANSAS Embodied in a Report of a Special Legisla tive Committee. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 27. The commit tee appointed at the last session of the Leg islature to revise and certify the existing laws of Kansas has completed its labors, and rendered its report to Governor Humphry this morning. Following are the most im portant changes proposed: Providing for free public works; the elec tion of railroad commissioners; a State Board of Charity; making a reduction in the salary of county officers; the taxing of actual values of property and limiting the privileges of State banks in the follow ing particulars: Providing for the organi zation and incorporation of banks with a capital stock of not less than $10,000, CO per cent of which shall be paid in when business is begun. These banks are prohibited from loaning money on real estate or engaging in trade or commerce. The bill imposes heavy penalties for receiving deposits when the .bank is iu an insolvent condition; provides for a safe cash reserve to be alwavs kept on hand; prohibits the declaring of dividends when the capital has become impaired and provides for the dissolution of the associa tion by the District Court upon demand of owners of two-thirds of tbe capital. The bill also provides for the appoint ment of a bank commissioner, by whom examinations of all State banks shall be made at least once, each year, and to whom all such banks shall report at least four times each year and oftener, if required, and that all fees received by him for ex amlinng banks, filing reports, etc, shall be paid into the State Treasury. BIVAL DENTISTS IN TB0UBLE. One Publishes an Attack and Offensive Car toon on the Other. Peoria, Dec. 27. A few days ago Dr. Glenn, a dentist, working for George T. Gray, was a principal in a boxing match and got worsted. The Daily Commercial, a paper published by a rival dentist, attacked him in an article and published a cartoon. This evening Glenn met Mr. Kelley, the editor of the Commercial, and a fight en sued. Revolvers were drawn and much ex citement was caused. Friends of both parties are endeavoring to hush the mat ter up. A 3ELIGEBENT AUSTBIAN COUNT. He Pays a Fine for Assaulting, a Waiter at a Banquet Chicago, Dec 27. Henry Haarschel.au Austrian Count and ex-soldier, was in court to-day as the result of a singular affair. One N. L. Sardasky bought a ticket for a French banquet which was held last week, and with a swallow-tailed coat and his wife duly put iu an appearance nt the festivities. He had been in the hall but a few minutes when Count Haarschel recognized him as one oi the waiters of the French restaurant on Monroe street. Going; up to Sardasky, tho Count said j icily he would have to leave as they had engaged all the waiters that were required. Sardasky remonstrated that he had pur chased "a ticket The Count thereupon seized the waiter and ignominionsly cast him out of the banquet hall. The following day, when the Count came to dinner, as usual, at the restaurant, Sardasky demanded an explanation. The Count explained by instantly catching the waiter by the throat and assaulting him. Sardasky swore out a warrant and to-day the Count paid a fine. It is said the waiter will bring suit'ior dam ages. CLEVELAND AND HILL WILL BE AT A BIG DEMOCRATIC 'BAN QUET IN PHILADELPHIA On tho Day Made Sacred by Andrew Jack son for HI Worshipers The Ex-President to Respond to a Toast Many Other Notables Billed. rSF-ECIAI. TELIOKAJI TO THE DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Ex-President Cleveland and Governor David B. Hill, among others, will be the guests of the Young Men's Democratic Association on January 8. Ever since ex-President Cleve land telegraphed ex-Postmaster Harrity the message, "I will be with you," meaning that Cleveland would be present and would respond to a toast at the annual banquet of the Young Men's Democratic Association, to be held on the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, the members of the asso ciation have shown great interest in the preDarations for the celebration. Up to date nearly suo persons, including members and other guests, have signified their intention to be present. In view of the limited capacity of the hall, the banquet committee has decided that the number of acceptances shall be limited to 550. In addition to ex- President Cleveland and Governor-elect Pattison, those who will respond to the toasts are General John E. Gordon, United States Senator-elect from Georgia; ex-Congressman John F. Russell, of Massa chusetts; ex-Postmaster- General Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan; Henry Watterson, Kentucky; ex-Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard; ex-Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Fairchild, Colonel Daniel La mont. Governor Leon Abbot, of New Jersey; Concressmau W. C. P. Brecken ridge, of Kentucky; Concressman W. L. Wilson, ot "West Virginia; ex Senator Eckley B. Coxe, cx-Con-eressman William L. Scott, ex Congressraan B. F. Myers, ex-Lieutenant Governor Chauncey F. Black, Supreme Court Judges Silas M. Clark and J. Brewster McCullom. Additional interest in the banquet is manifested, from the fact that Mrs. Cleve land is expected to accompany Mr. Cleve land on the occasion of his visit to this city. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland will reach Phila delphia on the moraine of January 8 and will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Clark Davis. It is not improbable that the ex President will hold an informal reception at the rooms of tbe Young Men's Democratic Association during his stay in the city. A POLICE EOECE BOUNCED. They Were Pound Incompetent to Keep tho Peace on Christmas. Jackson, Miss., Dec 27. The resigna tions of the entire police force was demanded to-night at a special meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, owing to the appar ent inefficiency of the force in dealing with the Christmas revellers. Their resignations were accordingly handed in and accepted, and A, G. Lewis was elected Chief of Police. QUABBEL OTEB A GIBL It Leads to One Murder and Probably Two in Chicago. CHICAGO. Dec. 27. Michael Flavin and his brother Frank were shot to-night in a fight with Harrison Berry and the latter's brother Thomas. Michael Flavin died shortly afterward. Frank's wounds also are dangerous. All four men are packing house employes and had been drinking. A quarrel over a girl they met at a dance led to the fight that ended iu the shooting. A COLLEGE FBATEBNITS' MEETING. The Alpha Tau Omego Society in Session ' at Richmond, Va. KlcnsiOND, Dec. 27. The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, in biennial session here to-day, elected their worthy Grand Officers. Representatives were present from every section of the United States. The next Congress will be held at Nashville, in December, 1892. THE DD3PATCH D1BECT0BY. Contents of the Issue Classified for tho Reader's Convenience. To-day'3 issue of The Dispatch con sists of 21 pages made up in three parts. The first contains the local, domestic, loreign and sporting news of yesterday, together with edi torial comments. Tho other two parts contain the following: PAKTH. Page S. Tho News of Europe. The 'Westlnsrhonse Fnnd. Eich Oil Producers. New Circuit Judge. Pittsburg Lawyers Discuss a Moral Question. Pag 10. Catcning Coniackers Johx S. Bell. Tricks About Hares CHARLES T. J1UBEAY. Edison as a Doctor. Page 11. Hunting a Convict. Allegheny Courts. A Cubap Beauty's Love. Tne Want Column. For bale Column. To Let Column. Page 13. Doings of Society. The Grand Army. Art and Artists. ftmong tho Educators. The Mllltla Gossip. Page 13, Secret Societies. Local Trade News, Henry Clews' Letter. The Market Reports. Pagell. Dramatic New3. Amusement Notices. page 15. How to Run a Zoo TinnKSCE Talbt The Rival Lovers Alice MacGow ax The Latest Dances ILuid O'Keete Brooks Law Tinkering. Page 16. Review of Sports Peisole Business Cards. PART III. Page 17. On Lookout Mountain Gkoege HAr.TOX Joe JefTerson's Book Feank G. Cabpesteb The Light That Failed Rddtabd Kirurao ArtlQclal Rainfall. Page IS. Fun on the Amazon Consul J. O. Kebbit Barter In .Enjland MacLeod The Spirit World BESSIE BKAMBLE Page 13. The Winter King PATStE Puzzle Department E. R. Chadbouex Catching Whales Edoae L. Wakemax Science for the Young J. H. Webb Modern Samsons. Page so. Christmas Thoughts Rev. Geoege Hodges Rambles la Lima FANNIE B. WABD Every UaT Science. Photographing the Stars. Page 21. - Stand Fast, Craig-Royston WILLIAM BLACK Experiment Station A. R, WniTEUlLL John L. Sullivan's Finances. Page S3. Grafting the Brain J. P. B. A Real Good Dinner Ellice Serena Tho Unes or Age Claba Bells The Killer's School Kefonn.The Realm of Rhyme Page S3. Wine on New Year's MlSR Grcndt. Je. Under Clsisle 0ks Lillian sriNcn Stories of Prominent Men. Page Si. A Day With a Belle Obsebva Dyspeptic Husband Shirley Dabs Work for Deft Fingers, Kansas Women BELMONT'SBEAUTIES Sold at a Sacrifice to a Disap pointed Crowd at the Long Island Stables. POTOMAC FOR $25,000, The Splendid Collection of Animals Brings Only $123,600. PE1KCE EOYAL GOES FOE A SOKQ. Special Trains Loaded Down With Lovers of Horseflesh, the BUT THEI TOOK LITTLE 3I0NEI ALONG ISrECIALTXLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, Dec. 27. The racing stud of the late Hon. August Belmont, comprising 28 head in all, including tried and true per formers, and yearlings of the highest merit and richest breeding, was disposed of by auction at the Nursery stud near Babylon, L. L. to-day by Colonel S. D. Bruce, the lot re v-g a total of $123,000, of which Poto t 'ntnritv winner and champion of NO.,, 'continent, brought 525,000. Izyf. vc he sale was disappointing, andiK-f?--' , horses weK i -ttion to say that many There were very few men present v ,-p- l?t ' money to spend for 'tee horsesV Cfc fyj. 'tion to pay for quality. Kentucky y jit jody to bid for auy of the choice lots., jlr. Michael F. Dwver has repeatedly denied that he had any intention of bidding on Potomac, and everybody knows that his word can be re lied upon implicitly. The Chanco of a iafedme. But when he saw that peerless colt, as sound as a bell of brass, standing in the ring bathed in a flood of sunlight and Colo nel Bruce beseeching the assembly to bid for the great youngster, and when he re called the cdft's triumphs during the past season, he realized that a prize was within his grasp, that there was practically no op position, and, like the cool, level headed speculator that he is, he secured St. Blaise's grand-looking son for $25,000. Not only was Potomac sacrificed, bnt that game and consistent campaigner and macnificent pattern of the thor oughbred blood horse, Prince Koy al, the Jhero of a score of bloody victone, was slanchtercd, being sold to P. J. Dwyer for 55,600. Half the men about the rins were of the opinion that the horse was unsound forward, but such is not the case, and even if he had not a leg to stand on he would be worth twice the figure the elder Dwyer paid for him to do stud duty. He is by iar the best of Kingfisher's sons, and many a Kentucky breeder will take him as quicklv now as one would say Jack Kobinson for 10,000. Off for the N nrseiy. The event was generally regarded as the most important sale of racing horses that has occurred since the selling ot the Banco cas stable in 1886. A special train on the Long Island Bail road left Hunter's Point at 8 o'clock, this morning; carrying about 150 sporting men. The proprietors of the racing stables, or their representatives, and half a hundred men went out to Babylon on the early trains to get a look at the horses be fore the sale and make up their minds as to which they wanted. In the crowd were D. D. Withers, Dave Gideon, Mlchae IDwyer, Phil Dwver, John Shechan, Wyndham Walden, H. G. Crick more, James Sheridan. J. F. McDonald, Fred Echner, of the Keystone stables; W. P. Jennings, John Morris, Alex MeKeeyer, Matt Byrnes, representing Mr. Haegim; John Daly, Mr. Leybold, the Burning Bros., Berrv Wall, W. O. Scully, W. C. Abey, Fred" Gebhart, George F. Smith, Captain William M. Conner, the Goodwin Brothers, Albert Cooper, representing Senator Hearst; Judge Newton, of Graves end; Charles Littlefield, Howell Clark, J. H. ,McCormick, C. D. Mclntyre, Frank Clark. M. J. Daly, W, C. Daly, Senator Gilbert Deane, the Hough Bros., William Lakeland, Hardy Dunham, Jack Jayner, Bichard B. Hyde, W. Powers, Lucien Ap pleby, David Johnson, James McCabe, J. Walden, Mr. Warnke, A. Thompson and P. Weber. Sandwiches and Ico water. Arriving at the Babylon depot at 1050, s score or more of stages were in readiness to take the crowds out to the Belmont farm, which is nearly three miles distant from the village. Tnere was a drive of half an hour in the crisp, nipping air over the snowy road?, and then the big barns and racing stables of the Nursery loomed in sight Lunch was provided for the visitors at tbe lodge, consisting of cold ham and beef, sand-' wiches and icewater, and then the crowd wandered through the stables and inspected the stock which was to be offered for sale. Fully 300 people were present. Colonel S. D. Bruce, the auctioneer, and Mr. Beltz, who was Mr. Belmont's Private Secretary, represented the estate. The sale began promptly at 12 o'clock. Colonel Bruce announced the conditions of the sale, and made a little speech to stir up enthusiasm ?s the crowd gathered around the tanbarc inclosure in the big glass roof building adjoining the stables, where tha selling ring was located. The Far Famed Raceland. Baceland, the famous bay gelding and winner of the '89 Suburban, was the first offered. The price was started at $3,000 by Fred Eschner, and from that point the' figure slowly went up to $6,500. The horse was on the point of being knocked down to Father Bill Daly wnen jjucnaei jo.AJwyer bid the figure up to $7,000. at which price he became the owner. Then Eschner started the bidding on Prince Koyal at 52,500 and after a toilsome struggle with the buyers, Colonel Bruce finally knocked him down at $5,600 to Phil Dwyer. W. P. Jennings got St. Carlo at $1,600. Magnate was started at $1,000 and run up to $3,500 at which price he was sold to Fred Eschcer. Then came the struggle for Potomac, the 3-year-old son of St. Blaise, and the greatest card in the lot. As he was brought into the ring the sports began to show more interest and there was a cheer when Eschner started the bidding at $15,000. The bidding wai" slow at $500 a jump, till $20,000 was reached. Billy Lakeland, W. C. Daly, Dave Gideon, Eschner, Jennings and Jimmie Bowe were among the bidders. Then Mike Dwyer jumped in with a $1,000 raise, and was seen: with$l,000 better by Bowc Two more bids brought the price to $25,000. Potomac for Twenty-Five Thousand. At -this price tbe bidding ceased, and, although Colonel Bruce begged hard for another bid he could not get it. Potomac, one of the grandest horses ever led into a, sale ring, was knocked down to M F. Dwyer for $25,000. The comparatively small price realized for him was a great dis appointment and was due, in all probability, to tbe fact that he was not eligible to some of the richest 3-year-old stakes to be decided next year. There was pretty lively blddlns for St, Charles, who proved a great favorite. He was finally knocked off to Mr. W."M. Bairy." Continued on Sixth Fage, 4 i i 3 i i i t , i i i -is mh .
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