j' T TELL Dr. Koch's Revelation of the Composition 'of His Lymph Doesn't Reveal. DISCUSSING ITS VALUE. Iho Great Hen of the Profession Still, Load in Us Praise. PREPARATIONS TO CORE LEPROSY. Iron Men Call on Minister Phelps Eegard ins Their .Amiricin Tisit. THEEMPER0ROPP0SED TO BIMETALLISM ICOPIIUGIITED IS"". BT THE NEW YORK ASSOCI ATED rnts.; Berlin, Jan. 17. Prof. Koch will re turn to Berlin in March after he makes a tour of Italy and Egypt. Upon his return the Koch Institute will he formally opened. Yesterday was the twenty-fifth anniversary of his receiving his disploma as a doctor, and he was the recipient of a large number of congratulatory letters and messages. He has probably reached the climax of his career. There is distinct disappointment over the de'ectivc character of his statement regard 1115 the composition of the lymph, especially the studied reticence concerning some parts of the process of production. Experts in analrsis declare that the statement that the remedy is a glycerine extract aus den rein culturen der tuberLcl hacillen, reveals nothing, while the description of the lymph which follows, which says the lymph con tains eine gewisse mengc von mineral salen, farbende substansen nnd andere unbekannte cxtrsctivstofie, seems purposely evasive and obscure. I'lentj or Fa orable Opinion. The discussion proceeds with renewed activity as to the value of the discovery. The weight of German, Austrian and English li'cdical opinion supports the belief in the healing virlues of the lymph. Prof. Vir c'uow is understood to have modified his un favorable view. Prof. 1'raenkel has exhib ited be ore the Berlin Jledical Society six caes oj pulmonic ttiberculosi and lupus all of which arc distinctly progressing to ward a cure. He also reports that the cases of 52 patients taken at the first stages of disease are most of them recovering. Prof. FraenUel is averse to treating pa tients in advanced stages o ' disease. Prof. Sonueburg reports lavor-bly on the cases of several patients iu the Sloabit Hospital, who were suffering with advanced phthisis. Dr. Itosenthal, of the Berlin Dermatology boci.de upholds the supreme value ot the ljmph in cases of lupus. I11 Leprosy and Scrofula . The debate in this society elicited the opinion from doctors who tavor the use of the lyuinh in leprosy. Doctors in Stuttgart report its successful use in scrofulous diseases ot the eye. Advices from Vienna s-tate that the phvsiciaus there praise Prof. Koch's genius as an observer. They arc surprised at the simplicity of the disco cry. I'rench doctors who are hostile lo the reiucrty lay stress on Prof. VircLow's sug gestion that the injection fluid is apt to t-pread the tubcrcule. Dr. Peters reports that in -1 postmortem examinations he lound that the lmpb, instead of being beu ilicul, bad led to an extensive increase of tlic tuberculous deposits. Iieadiug liussiau doctors, Pro'. Munch an J Dr. Peterson, have experimented with tlu hmpk in lep rosy, and report the characteristic reaction. Tne widespread prevalence of leprosy in the Baltic pioviuce has obliged the Riga mu nicipal couucil to vote a sum to establish an avyluin nnd hospital, which will be opened in August, when the Koch remedy will have an ample trial. The YiIt of the Iron 3Ien A committee of theDeutsch Verein Eisen huiteiilenle has waited upon Mr. Phelps, the American Minister, at the Ler-ation. HerrThielen, maunetr of the Phoenix Iron Work, and Herr liichrort, Chairman of committee, referred to the recent visit of the iron men to America. They said they were welcomed everywhere and were over whelmed with "hospitality. They would never Icirget the pleasant instructive days they had passed in the United States. De s ring to give seme tangible sign of their pratitude, they asked Mr. Pliclps to be the mi-diniii 10 present three silver goMets to Messr. Kirclinff, llaymond and Shinn, up mi wliou had chii'ilv devolved the hospi t.ilitv accorded th- Uenian delegates. Mr. Phelps eXDre-sedthetlnnl-so; the American Institute. He jfternard gale a dinner to the committee. A Duseldort artist de signed the goblets. They are shaped like B'ssemer distiibutors and are hung on swivels. They are curious and unique. An American named Xoctou hailing from S. Louis has been arrested near Munich, charged under the name of Drew with swindling the Vienna Laender Bank out of 4,oSS florins by passing a forged bill ot ex change. Dr. Windthorst to-day celebrated his 80th birthday. He is suffering from a chill. Catholics have poured addresses upon him, and there nae been a number of dinners givca.iu his honor. Masses were celebrated iu most of the churches. righting th0 Snow. Snow has again lallcn 111 Eist Prussia, South Ge-many and Austro-IIungarv. The seeritv of frost and the wideness" of the area affected are greater than ever before cbionicied. llailroad traffic is greatly de layed. Over 1,000 men are employed in clearing the streets of Berlin. The'traiu way company in Vienna emnlov 4,000 men to ciean their tracks. The Austrian roads are partly blocked. Large stocks ol pro visions are snowbound, and the prices of food have consequently advanced. The German Consul at Cans, Crete, has sent a telegraphic message here announcing tne conviction to-day oi four men who had been arrested for ihe murder ai d robbery of a German naturalist named Dr. Beinsch who had been making a scientific tour of Crete. The leader was sentenced to death and the others received long terms of im prisonment. Herr William Liebknccbt, the Socialist editor, at a largely attended conference of Socialists recently held here, proposed the creation 01 a workingmen's academy in which political economy, natural science, history and stenography should form the principal features of study. The meeting approved ot the scbeme and confided the matter to a committee composed of Socialist members of tbe Eeicbstag. AN INDISCREET CONSUL. His Attentions to a Tonng Woman Get Him Into Court. BT CAULS TO T1IK StSFATCH. LoxDOX, JaD. 17. The warm Southern blood of Senor Mofeira, the Argentine Con sul for tbe South of England, WsJfce cause of that gentleman's appearance 'b'e'pre a bench of macistrates at Southampton this a ternoon. The specific charge brought against the Consul was that of threatening Mr. Sbarpe, a prominent citizen of Snuth ntuptonaiid tbe threats beine proved, Seoor Moreira was bound in sureties to keen the J2b? '"rl" ""''hs. The trouble arose ont nn MUCH jT"sr of Moreira's attentions to the "beauti ful young daughter of Mr. Sharpc Moreira, who is elderly and -not without personal graces, made love to the girl, and when ordered to keop away trom her house, insulted and abused the rather. Moreira's defense was that his aflection for thegirl was of a fatherly kind, and to prove it he declared that he and his wife were ready there and then to adopt her. He also explained to an astonished court that the code of morals in sunny Argentine differed greatly from that which prevailed in frigid England, inasmuch as when at home he was at liberty, although married, to Day every possible attention to single ladies so long as his own wifedid not object. This .candid avowal has greatly shocked all the married ladies in Southampton, who, it is expected, will forthwith close their doors to the agreeable'Argentinan. Itis considered probable, anyhow, that.Seuor Moreira will be relieved ot his Consular duties. FAVORS A GOLD BASIS. EMPEK0K WILLIAM DECLARES AQAIHST BIMETALLISM. The Trading Nations ot the World will Ere Long Agree on the Yellow Stuff as the Standard The Debates on the Tariff. Berl,ij', Jan. 17. The official dinner given by Herr Miguel, Minister of Finance, which was attended by ths Emperor, Chan cello. von Caprjvi, several members of the Ministry and 20 members of the Reichstag, was rendered notable by the free utterances of the Emperor concerning bimetallism. Germany, he said, could not accept a double currency standard. The question had been definitely settled in favorof a gold standard. The trading nations 01 tbe world, he declared, would ere long agree upon the universal adoption of gold. During the four hours he was present at' tbe dinner, the Emperor, besides expressing himself on the currency question, talked at great length concerning reforms in educa tion and art and upon dramatic subjects. The Vossisclic Zeitung and other papers re fer to the report that the Emperor is to take the initiative in a European disarmament. The Emperor's circle ridicules the rumor as tbe rehash of an old fiction. The committee on the sugar bill alter re jecting the proposals to raise the consump tion tax to 16 marks per 100 kilograms in stead of 20, as proposed by the Government to-day, voted an open export bounty of 1 mark SO plenning for an unlimited time, in stead of 1 mark for a fixed period, as pro posed in the original bill. Tbe Government declares it will not accept the changes made by the committee. Yesterday's majority against the abolition of the grain duties does not alter the G3vcrnment's resolution to modify the extreme protective policy which it has hitherto followed. Chancellor von Caprivi thas the assurance of the Center party that although continu ing conservative as regards the abolition of duties they will support a treaty with Austria reducing the tariff on corn to 3 marks,5 pfenning. Yesterday's lote strength ened the Chancellor's hands in dealing with Austria tc obtain concessions in exchange for a reduction on grain. ENCOURAGIKG THE STRIKERS. The Trades Unions of Edinburgh Indulge in a Demonstration. $ EdixbtjKGH, Jan. 17. A monster pro cession of trades unionists, estimated to have been composed of abont 30,000 men, marched through the streets of this city to day. This display of EJinburghs work men was a demonstration in sympathy with the railroad employes who are out ou strike. The processionists behaved in the most orderly manner, and were enthusiastically cheered by tens of thousands of persons who lined the streets along the line of march. The different trade divisions were headed by brass bands, bag pines, or fife and drum corps, while ban ier bearing sucb mottoes as "So Surrender," ".Fish, for Your Eights." "Fair Payfor, a Fair Day's. 'ork," were curried alToVe the hc&dVbT the marching trades unionist'. There seems to be no prospect to-day ot an early termination of Scotland's great rail road strike. This is the end of the lourth week of the trouble. POPULAR MINISTER LINCOLN. nis Fellow-Voyagers Toast nim as the Fut ure President. IBT CABLE TO Tnl DISPATCII.1 LOXDOX, Jau. 17. The Foreign Office re ceived lormal notice to-day that Mr. Lincoln has resumed his duties at the United States, Legation. The Minister is in capital health and spirits and ready for work,which will probably commence on Monday with a talk at the Foreign Office with Lord Salis bury. Mr. Lincoln, by the testimony of every fellow traveler who has reached London, made himself very agreeable during the voyage, and on nearing Southampton his health was drank by all the passengers, the toast being: "To the future President of the United States." DAMAGE BY THE FROST. It nas Readied Enormous Proportions and Still Continues. TBT mJXLAr'S CABLE COMrANT.'l LONDON, Jan. 17. The weather still con tinues to be remarkable. Tbe damage wrought by tbe frost and its attendant evils is enormous, and it is impossible at present to make anything like an approximate esti mate of it The Scheldt is still frozen, and Hamburg is quite frozen in. Rotterdam is reaping a harvest, as the navigation there is free, but there is hardly room cnoush for the German and Belgian steamers which are entering the port or leaving for foreign countries. Reports of bitter coldness comes from all parts of Europe. DINNEE BY AMERICANS Given to a Man Recently Arrested on False Charges in Chicago. fnV CA.BLL TO Tilt IHSrATCH.: Loxdox, Jan. 17. A dinner was given at the Savoy Hotel this evening to Curtis G. Stoddard, a joung railroad man, who was arrested in Chicago a month ago through the effort of business rivals, to induce him to give up certain bonds in his possession, which his friends consider a blackmailing, scheme. ' The dinner was given by American busi ness men in London as a mark of confidence in Stoddard's probity, honestyand good fel lowship. CREMATION'in DENMARK. It Has Been Prohibited in That Country by tho Court, bt duxlap's cable COJirAJJT.. London, Jan 17. Han. Clark E. Carr, United States Minister to Denmark, has just returned to Copei.hagen altera several weeks' tour through Europe. It is a curious fact in connection with Denmark th it, while cremation is inakitii headway throughout Europe and is daily gaining more advocates among the broad thinkers, the Supreme Court of that country has just prohibited the practice. A THEATRICAL NOVELTY. Burlesque on Joan of Arc the Latest London Success. :bt doklat's cable coMrAjrr.l London. Jan. 17. The latest novelty In theatrical matters is the production by George Edwardes at the Opera Comiqne of a burlesque upon "Joan of Arc," in which Arthur Roberts, the London Francis Wil son, plays tbe heroine. Tbe piece is rather rubbishy, but the music, by a hitherto un known composer, Osmond "Carr, is very tuneful aud pleasiug. - " A Hnfcr til' rrw r-norn only In the music halls, Miss Katie Seymour, made her first appearance on the regular stage, and scored a hit. People say that she is destiued to eclipse Lettie Lind and Marie Grey. &,' A BURIED VILLAGE. IT IS OVERWHELMED WITH SNOW IK TR0ITCAL ALGERIA. The Population Starving to Death Xt tempts by the Unitary to Go to the Bes cue Completely Fall One Detachment Almost Perishes in the Hopeless Attempt Algiers, Jan. 17. It would seem that unless a miracle happens or tbe weather changes radically within a very short time tbe inhabitants of Sebdon, a small town in the Tlemcen district of the Province Gran, will starve to death. About a week ago information reached the city of Tlemcen to the effect that the in habitants of Sebdon were snowed up beyond escape, and they were slowly starving to death. Their stock of provisions had run out belore the bearer of the alarming news reached Tlemcen, and it was said that the horses, tnules and even the few camels at Sebdon were being killed for food. As in the majority of small Algerian towus, the inhabitants of Sebdon depended almost entirely upon the regular or irregu lar eunvoys of provisions which reach them from the larger towns, and the stock kept-ou hand is always comparatively small. When the news 01 the dangerous position in which the inhabitants 01 Sebdon were placed reached the military authorities of Tlemcen, they immediately sent a quantity of provisions, under the escort of a Cetach ment ol troops from the garrison of Tlemcen, to the relief of tbe suffcreis at Sebdon. Un happily, the convoy a day or so later was snowed up in the Talterney pass, anu it was some time before the authorities at Tlemcen became aware of the danger to which the convov was exposed. An ad ditional force of troops was then sent out from Tlemcen, with instructions to push on at all hazards to the relief of the snowed-up troops, and after ward, if possible, to assist the convoy in pushing ou to Sebdon. The second detach ment of troops managed to reach Talterney Pass, and on January 15 it was announced thai the convoy had been extricated from its perilous position, aud that the road over which they were passing was then open to travel. I This doubtless must have referred only to the sound between aiemcen and J. alter, -information was received to the effect that the attempt to provision Sebdon had failed; that the district was hopelesslv snowed up, and tbat the troop, were continuing their efforts to open a line of communication with Sebdon. Grave apprehensions are felt as to the fate of the inhabitants of the snowed-up town. The .French-African troops, accus tomed to the burning heat of the African summer, and utterly unaccustomed to such severely cold winters as the one they are now experiencing, make but poor headway in fighting their way throuch the snow toward Sebdon. The "troops themselves are suffering terribly from the cold. Their clothing and camp equipage are unfitted for the bitterly cold work of practically dig ging mile upon mile through the snow toward Sebdon. THE TWO ISTHMUS CANALS. Tho Panama Liquidator Was Anxious for America to Boild It. PAKIS, Jan. 17. M. Monchicourt, the liquidator of the Panama Canal Company, in an interview in regard to the proposal that the United Stales Government should guarantee the interest on the Nicaragua Canal Company's bonds, said that the Panama Canal would be finished before the Nicaragua Canal was completed. He added: I amdoing everything possible to handover the affairs to the new enmpany. 1 once hoped tbat the United States Government would as sist in tbs work of completing the Panama Canal. I was instrumental In having he Cabi net at'Wai-uington and th American legation in this city sounded upon tho suhject,but, I am very sorry to hay. without effect. I then propn.cd that tbe Panama Railroad Compauy, practically an American concern, should enlarge us capital stock so as to embrace in the Board of Directors representatives of the Panama Canal Company. Hero aeain, I am sorrv to say, the Panama Railroad Company's Board of Directors Lindly but positively declined to entertain any ol tne propositions 1 mace 10 mem. a am cer tain that it the French Government felt that it would not suffer a humiliating rebuff iroin tne Go-jecnment of the United States, the former Government would be only too willing to make propositions to the United States which might lead to a mutual and satisfactory understand ing by whicu the Panama canal can be com pleted. A SPENDTHRIFT I0RD. The Earl of Devon Only Remarkable for a Misspent LITo. TBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, Jan. 17. The Earl cf Devon, who died this week, was only remarkable for the manner in which he wasted his patri mony and shortened his father's life by his wild debaucheries. Years ago, as Lord Courtenay, he was afast friend of thePriuce of "Wales, incurred enormous debt and went through the bankruptcy court, an example of cause and effect not unusual then as now. When he succeeded to the earldom, the incumbranccsou the family estates amounted to 800,000. PARNELL TO RETIRE. McCarthy Will Retain the Leadership of the Irish Party. fBY DUXLAT'S CABLE COMrAXT.l LONDON, Jan. 17. It is now stated that Parnell will surrender unconditionally, and that Justin McCarthy will retain the leader ship of the Irish party, all tbe negotiations, which have virtually been based on a scheme for a truce between the contending parties, with John Dillon ns the leader for the time being, having failed. Parnell's retirement, it is believed, will be only a maneuver. This news has been a source of great encouragement to the Gladstonian party, which sees in it the triumph of Glad stone's policy, HOPE FOR THE AMERICAN HOG. The French Decree Against Pork From . This Country to He Abrogated. Paris, Jan. 17. American pork has beeu the subject of much discussion in the Tariff Committee of the Chamber of Depu ties. It seems to be generally understood that the committee will recommend tbe abroga tion of the decree prohibiting the importa tion of American pork. If this is adopted, American pork will be placed upon the same footing as the product of other coun tries. Russia to Try'Protectioal rilV Dl!hLAl"S CABLE COMFANT.l London, Jan. 17. It is stated in St. Petersburg, "as coming from what may be regarded as an authoritative source, that the iulernal policy of Russia during the current year will be marked by a highly protective tendencv. If onlv a tithe of the projects which are being elaborated by the Ministry of Finance are adopted, the duties on for eign imports will become prohibitive. Prot Tyn'dall Seriously 111. BT OCICLAF'S CABLE COMFAST.l London, Jan. 17. -The celebrated scien tist and Alpine explorer, Prof. Tyndall, is lying seriously ill at his home at Hind Head, and great anxiety prevails in scientific cir cles, as he is one of the most brilliant lights of advanced-science. A Novelty for PItUbnrgers, & swim in wintry weather in pure salt water at the Katatorium, Duquesne way. Water always .at a nice temperature and no danger 01 taking cold after tbe bath. Open daily; ladies' days, Tuesdays, 8 A. M. to 2 T. t.t Fridny, 8 A. M. t" 0 r. If. THE HTTSBUBe -ilSPATCH. ' STJJUD'AY, JANUARY ' 18, HOW FAIR FUNDS GO. Hot Shot for tbe Commissioners in the Committee Report. THE WASTEFUL SALARIES PAID. Unnecessary rxtravafjance, Too, in the targe ladies' Board. A JOIST RESOLUTION SUBMITTED Washington, Jan. 17. Representative Candler, of Massachusetts, Chairman of the Select Committee on the World's Fair, to day presented to the House the report of the sub-committee that went to Chicago to ex amine into tbe condition of matters in rela tion to the World's Fair. The report says that in the expenditure pf money the powers assumed by the World's Columbian Commission had produced con fusion, as well as, caused unnecessary ex penditure of public money, which had been intended by Congress to pay the expenses of the Government exhibit, and not to pay ex cessive salaries to tbe officers of the Commis sion. Provision, the report says, had been made to pay the President, Secretary and Director General annual salaries ol 512,000, 10,000 and 815,000 respectively, and also 58,000 to the "Vice Chairman ofthe Execu tive Committee." Another Piece of Extravagance. These salaries, in the opinion of the com mittee, are excessive, and should not be Con tinued. Excessive expense has also been incurred in the appointment of such a large number as 115 women on tbe Board of Lady Managers, and the calling together of the board when the duties which will devolve upon it were not ready tor its attention. Tbe report says: Yonr committee are of the decided opinion that the Fair cannot well be conQucted to a successful termination under the dnal manage ment which is now in operation In consequence of tbe construction placed upon the law by the World's Columbian Commission. Tbe Commission has exceeded its powers by the appointment of oulceis and committees to conduct the management of the Fair in execu tive details. In our opinion of the laws relat ing to the World's Columbian Exposition and its officers, the Commission was given a quasi veto power, and not tbat of taUnc charge of the execution of plans for the Fair. Commissioners' Duties Advisory Only. From the fact that the Commission is hon orary and without salary, tho conclusion Is reasonable tbat their duties were not intended to bo exacting or continuous, so that they would seriously interfere with their private business. The duties of the Commission may be classed as affirmative and negative, national and international, preliminary and continuous. The committee tried to impress upon both organizations, while in Chicago, its views 6f tbe mailer of jurisdiction, and It is pleased to report thai their efforts met with some decree of success. The report says that the progress in the preparation ofthe Government exhibit is as great as could have been expected; and tbe result ofthe work of the Roird ot Govern ment Control" has taken tangible and satis factory shape. The report refers to the fact that some of the members of the Board of Control, had had practical experience in connection with nearly every world expo sition of recent times, and as a consequence the committee is led to expect that the ex hibition of the Government display, as com pared by the Board, will not suffer compari son with the exhibit of any foreign nation. Allotment of Government Exhibits. In the allotment of the Government ap propriation to the various departments which are expected to furnish exhibits, it became necessary for the board, the report sas, to assume a definite sum as the aggre gate of tbe expenditures, iu order that the heads of bureaus and divisions, which were expected to become contributors, might be informed of the extent to which they were at liberty to formulate their detailed plains. la the, appropriatinu.of..$l, 500,000 for the purpose of the exhibition, it was assumed that it was the intention of Congress to pro vide 51,000,000 for the purpose mentioned above, and the board was guided to the con clusion primarily- by the fact that 5100,000 had been fixed by Congress as a bnilding lunn. The board has determined upon a satis factory scheme ot allotment to the several branches to be represented, based upon their relative importance, but entirely upon the availability of their functions lor illustra tion in an exposition of the character pro posed. The Board Submits a Resolution. The money has been tentatively reallotted to sub-b-anches, whose plans,in nutlinc.and to some extent in detail, arc already well ad van ceil. In order to carry out the sug gestions of the report, to place the whole enterprise on a more solid footing and carry out the evident intention of Congress, the board submits a joint resolution directing tbe Secretary of the Treasury not to approve tbe payment ot any expense attendant upou a meeting of the World's Columbian'Com mission or of the Board of Lady Managers, except such meetings as may "be called at the time of the dedication and opening ot the World's Fair, nor to approve the pay ment of any expense attendant upou a meet ins of the Executive Committee of the World's Columbian Commission or the Executive Committee of tbe Board 01 Lady Managers, except such meetings as may be held notoitener than once in six months. The Proposed Limitation of Salaries. The Secretary is also directed not to ap prove the payment of any salary to any offi cer, ot the World's Columbian Commission out of any money which has been or may be available for such purpose, other than an annual salary not in excess of $3,000 to the President, 54,000 to the Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee, aud 53,000 to the Secretary; nor to approve the payment of any salary to any officer of the Board ot Lady Managers not in excess of 55,000 to the President and $3,000 to the Secretary, nor to approve the payment of any expenses of the World's Columbian Commission, or ofthe Board of Lady Managers, other than those hereinbefore mentioned which shall amount to more than 510,000 per annum iu tne aggregate. For the selection, purchase, preparation and arrangement of such article and ma terials as the hea3 of the several Executive departments, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum and the United States Fish Commission hi ay decide shall tic Embraced in the Government Exhibit, and such additional articles as the President may designate for said Exposition, and for the employmentof proper persons as officers and assistants to tbe Board of Control and management of the Government exhibit ap pointed by tbe President, and for the pur pose .of paying the expenses of 'trans portation, care and custody of exhibits by the Government and the maintenance of the building of buildings erected by the Government for the purpose of the exhibition; and for the expenses of tlte World's Columbian Commission and other cotitinccut expenses; 5300,000 is appropriated for the service of the hcal year ending "Jane 30, 1892, and any money heretofore appropriated in aid of said Government ixhibit may be used in like manner alyl lor like purposes; pro vided, that all expenditure, made tor the purposes and from the appropriation speci fied herein shall be subject to tbe approval of the Secretary ofthe Treasury as now pro vided by law and all those expenditures re lating to the Government's exhibits shall also be subject to the approval of tho Board of Control and the management. Additional Funds Are Required. The committee renews the opinion that the Director General and his assistants should be paid from the funds and not from the Government appropriation. It is not the intention, tbe k report says, to recom mend an increase in the amount of mpney pledged by the Government lor a Govern ment exhibit, bnt it does feel that a laiger proportion than" was originally, cantem- , plated should be made available immedi ate! v. Ih-.tl-n-'pt pren-T t 01 ' ll'il'e , and funds are needed at once. In conclu sion the report says: Your committee also desire to recognize in this report the liberal and patriotic spirit dis played by the Board of Directors of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition corporation, and by tho citizens of Chicago and the State of Illinois, who have responded generously in every detail connected with their great under taking. THE INQUIRY OPENED. AN EFFORT TO LCCATE THAT MTTCH-TALKED-0F SILVER POOL Interesting Testimony Given by a News paper Correspondent Silver Specula tors and lobbyists Who Work In Gronps Many Senators and Representatives Connected With Them. Washinoton, Jan. 17. The House Silver Pool Investigation Committee' began its inquiry this morning. W. B. Stevehs, the principal Washington correspondeut of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, which paper first printed the charges of a Congressional silver pool, was the first witness. The arti cle in the Globe-Democrat was shown to Mr. Stevens, and he identified it as being pre pared by himse.lt from statements made to him by others, and an inteaview with J. A. Owenby, in which the statcmentsgiven were made. Could not locate Owenby exactly, but he was manacing the Silver Reef Mine in Utah. Witness had no personal knowl edge of any Senator or Representative being engaged in a silver pool and never heard any member say anything with regard to his own connection with silver. Mr. Stevens had a conversation wilh Colonel Joseph K. Rickey, of Fulton, Mo. Mr. Rickey said he had bought some silver while this silver legislation was pending, and had made some money, but not nearly so much as had been reported. Witness said he had had a conversation with Senator Stewart, which, in witness' opinion, was confirmatory of some of the statements which had been made to him. Senator Stewart said he was not personally connected with silver speculation, and witness added: "But I understood him to have personal knowledge of other people being connected with it." Oweuby said tbat pending silver legisla tion, agents of New York bankers, brokers and silver dealers were in the habit of com ins to Washington and having conferences at the Shorehams and Chamberlins, and di recting the plans of the lobby. Among tbe names Owenby mentioned were F. G. New land, who bought ex-President Cleveland's country place, and H. B. Parsons, of New York, cashier of Wells, Fargo & Co. He understood from Owenby that there were a number of different groups interested in silver speculation. These gfoups each comprised eight or ten men, and worked to gether for the purpose of effecting the most favorable legislation possible. He gave the names of Senators or Representatives con nected with tbe gronp, but he (witness) pre lerred not to mention the names. Alter the investigating resolution was introduced, witness had asked Owenby, in case of an in vestigation, what parties would prove the statements, and Owenby bad given some names; A DEFENSE OF OHIO. A Charge of Negro Outrages In That State Repelled. Washington, Jan. 17. The House went into committee of the whole to-day on the District of Columbia bill, and Mr. Richardson, or Tennessee, sent up a number of clippings from Ohio newspapers report ing outrages upon negroes in Ohio. Mr. Grosvenor said the outrages occurred in strongly Democratic districts. In 1884 a Democratic Lieutenant of Police in Cincin nati, tbe night before election, arrested 1C8 negroes and confined them in a basement of tbe Hammond street station until after elec tion, access to them being absolutely re fused. . .- - "Mr. Springer said he was a member of the committee appointed to investigate the Ohio election in 1884. He declared the testimony showed that all but two of the negroes ar rested were not legal voters in Cincinnati. Mr. Butterworth asserted that every one of the men arrested were citizens of Cincin nati. 1 THE EATJM INVESTIGATION. It Will Be Started Up Again by the Com mittee Jlouday. Washington, Jan. 17. The House committee investigating the charges against Commissioner Raum met to-day and decided to resume the examination of witnesses, be ginning Monday. Tbe committee also, at the request of Mr. Cooper, authorized a demand for the pro duction of certain books, etc., of the Columbia Refrigerator Compeny, a subordi nate concern to the Universal Refrigerator Company, which has figured largely in the present inquiry. GOING OVER THE FALLS. A MUSEUM STAR WILL TRY II DONE UP IN A RUBBER BALL Steve Brodie Says lie May as Well Order a Coffin Along With His Apparatus The Dare-Devil Is Famous for Swallow in-r Snakes, Tacks, Etc prECIAI. TZISQ-1AM TO TUX DISFATCrt.1 Niaoaea Falls, Jan. 17. The adven turers are not all dead yet. William Dell vaute, a resident of Syracuse, K. Y., is here, and he announces bis intention of going over the falls in a large oblong rubber ball, which. he says will be manufactured by a leading rubber company. Uellvante promises to go over the American h'all on May 22, which is his 23d birthday. Two years ago Dellvante went to Buffalo from Syracuse, and there he engaged with the Arcade Concert Hall (Stock Company, remaiuing with the combination till the hall was closed. Here he nas known ns the "Human Ostrich," and he certainly was a wonder, for he swallowed needle, tacks, shingle nails, kni e blades, etc, besides live frogs and snakes. He would swallow a good-sized irog or snake with an evident relisb. He also drank kerosene oil, and jumped from a high step-ladder with bis hare feet into a large box of broken glass. .For all this Dellvante received 8100 per week. He savs he has quit the old busi ness, as it did not agree with him, and that he is now going to strike fora salary of $500 per week, which he says a certain museum proprietor has promised to pay him for ten weeks, provided he makes bis proposed trip in the rubber ball. Dellvante is confident that he can go, over tbe falls and come out alive. The (pall in which he proposes going over is to be made of the best of rubber. It will be 7 ieet long and 3 feet and 10 inches wide. It will be heavily padded on'tbe inside anil will be closed hy an, air-tight cap, which will screw on to one end. Dellvante will be supplied with oiycen gas by Lee Rankins,of Buffalo. The supply is calculated to last an hour: Dellvante made all arrangements to go over the falls last May, but his snake and frog act got tbe best o? bim and be has been ill lor over six months as the result. Steve Brodie says Dellvante may ns well order a coffin nloug with the rubber ball. The Kansas Legislative Contests. Topeka, Jan. 17. The Elections Com mittee of the Lower House began an inves tigation to-day of three of tbe seven con tested cases. As Clear as Crystal is the water in the swimming pool at the Katatorium, J3uquesue.wav. Cold, sleet rain, frost or enow has no effect on the tem perature of the water, alwavs nice to swim In. Ti"pe--ia SO iegrie. OpAn d-i'y. '139L'": BEAUTY HYPNOTIZED; Mabel Jordan tho Victim of Iwo Mysterious Hags in Paris. COMPELLED TO SIGN A CONTBACT To Pay Fortj-FivB Thousand Francs for a Lot of Shoddy Gems. YlCri COSSCIi BUOrEK CALLED IN srxctAi. TEL101U.M to the dispatch.! Unw iYobk, Jan. 17. The astounding adventure of a verv well known young woman ot this city with two diamond ven ders in Paris, has jnst come to the knowl edge of a few of her friends here. Even the most experienced travelers confess them selves amazed at the latest developments of la vie Parisienne. It was in the Hotel Continental, one pleasant morning not so very long ago, and the youug woman iu question was eojoying to the full her "coffee-and-roll sleep," as tbe French say, when something seemed to compel her to emerge from dreamland long enough to open her eyes on her dainty bed chamber. What she saw was enough to mike her shriek: tin times over; but she didn't. Surprise got tbe better of horror as she saw leaning over the sides of her bed two old women, hideous, yellow skinned and hooknosed, very eager women withal, each holding a handful of diamonds in her with ered palm and each pouring from her skinny lips an incoherent torrent of supplications which seemed half threats that la belle Americaine would buy her wares. Mystery ot Their Presence. How did they get there? Who were they? What did they want? And, oh, where in the name of wonderlul Paris even did they get so many brilliants? If there were other questions than these which rushed through her still semi-somnolent brain the young woman didn t allow them to alarm her. It was still the nineteenth century even if these harpies did look like ghouls'out of tbe Arabian Nights. At last she managed to understand, each of her hideous hacs still clutching at one of her wrists as they proffered the gems, that she had the honor of receiving a visit from two of the agents of a certain well-known diamond house, and that the bargains tbey were then and there offering her were so very seductive tbat she couldn't resist buying, even had she not already as many diamonds as she could use. What is more, she began to lose the feel ing ot intense horror at her surroundings aud aversion to the physical presence of the harpy-like diamond brokers. She was cer tainly growing wider and" wider awake, she thought and vet at the same moment she seemed to be dozing back into A Blissful, Lansuorons Haze, through which tbe fairies appeared, offering her the treasures of Golcondo at her own terms. How could she accept such gener ous kindness, she thought; and presto, while one of the hags offered her a page of legal looking. paper, tbe other put a pen into her mlit hand; she signed, and they bowed themselves swiitly aud silently out, leaving a handful of gems on the bed. AVhen the young American maid came in five minutes later, she found her mistress iu tears, indeed almost in convulsions. When she came to herself and described what the hideous old diamond merchants iiad done, her maid assured ber she had been hyp notized, and advised that the police be called in. But, after all, there didn't seem to have been any great amount of harm done; none of the young woman's money was missing from her portemonaie on the dressing table, and her jewel case in the tray of ber trunk had not. been tampered with. Besides all tbat, there was the hand ful of diamonds the hypnotic hags had left on the bed. They Were Very Poor Gems. ExaniiifatFan showed quickly enough that the stonei were yellow, uneven and faulty. The stamped paper in wbich they were wrapped bore the name of a diamond house of w hich everybody has beard. It was easy enough to co and explain tbat tbe young American lady didn't really want the diamonds after all; that in the dim light of her bedroom wben they were so mysteri ously exhibited to her without even a "by-your-leave," they had seemed much hand somer than when viewed later on in the calm, clear sunlight, and tbat besides and above all it was an outrage demanding lesal redress tbat two of their disreputable look ing old diamond venders should force their way into Iter bedroom. This was all done, without delay and without other results than tbe calm an nouncement hy the Frenchman that his agents had received 'lrom Mademoiselle a written receipt for the stones wilh an ex plicit promise to pay 15,000 francs a month for them until their total price, 45,000 francs had been paid, that a bargain was a bargain and Mademoiselle, having bonght the stones and received them, must pay for them 1 Mjstery of the AVitch's Presence. The hotel people expressed polite surprise tbat anyone should have been able to enter Mademoiselle's apartment while she slept and while her maid was iu earshfjt. It Mademoiselle said so, they believed her, ot course, but as the lock showed no signs of having been forced and as no robbery or personal ontrage haft been committed, while they recrretted the whole affair, what could they do ? Mabel Jordan, for the fair American was no other than this well-known lady and ex actress, next consulted Vice Coosul General Hooper. Miss Jordan is a sister 01 Ed and Charles Thdrue.and a daughter of Mrs. John Chamberlin. Mr. Hooper was enraged at such extraordinarily debased and dangerous methods of plundering his fellow countrv- L men. That some hypuotlc Influence had been exerted by the two old women on his fair young- countrywoman there could be little doubt, since the reaction had lett her in a dangerous condition of nervous collapse. Vet as no personal violence had been offered her, no money or property taken from her and no direct threats made to htr, it was ex ceedingly difficult to see bow to take helpful action iu the case. Cost Her Five nundred Dollars. An eminent lawyer was retained at a cost of 2,500 fraucs, and afier rack ins: his brains for a way out of the bargain, after acknowl edging the hopelessness of securing redress for the hypnotic assault and insulting in trusion, he discovered that the two particu lar old women in question had no license to peddle diamonds, and that therefore the sale made through them was null and void, aud tbe promise to pay 45,000 francs must be instantly returned to bis client on her surrender of the diamonds. AH of which was done. ' When asked about this extraordinary af fair a friend ofthe Vice Consul aud of Miss Jordan, who is also connected by delicate ties with diplomatic life iu Washington and Paris, said: "Xheslo-y is strictly true, as tounding as it may-Sound, acid I have the honor ot- a personal acquaintance with the American lady who was tbe victim o: this hitherto unheard ot swindle. I cannot ot course say more than that the complaint wns made to the Consul General's ofhre, as you bsve described, and that alter paying a law yer 5500 tiie young lady was able to escape the clutches "of her strange persecutors. The de euse of hypnotic influence made iu tbe Eyraud-Bompard case is surpassed in ro mantic interest by the circurn-.tayces of this absolutely unique diamond sn indie:" PHILADELPHIA FINANCIAL TROUBLES. George C. Baker Held for Attempting to De fraud the Government. Philadelphia, Jan. 17. Ellis & Shaw, auctioneers, made an assignment to-dav. Liabilities, $30,000; assets, ?20,000. C. L. Peterson, a broker, is In financial difficulty. and the Committee on Insolvency 6f the Stock -Exchange, announced tbat tbe failure was complete, he being.unable to meet his ( obligations. U r-,r A ri"i"fr, "i tne Aprriifer- office, who was arrested yesterday on the charge of attempting to defraud, the Gov ernment, was to-day held in $4,000 bail. Ritchie Brothers & Co., stock brokers, who failed a few dars ago, will resume business. TREACHEROUS MANHOLES. THEIE EXPLOSIONS IN. CHICAGO CREATE GHEATHAVOC. One Woman Killed and Mnpy Wonnded Thousands of Panes of Glass Shivered to Atoms Panics uu Crowded Streets An Officer's Narrow Escape. Chicago, Jan. 17. With a crash heard for a mile, and smashingplate glass win dows for a radius of three blocks, a sewer manhole, exploded this evening at the inter section of Jackson street and Wabash ave nue, when both thoroughfares were crowded with shoppers and work people. Dozens ot persons were thrown from their feet by the lorce ot the explosion, and a wild panic en sued amonc those left untnnned. A num ber of passers-by were injured by falling glass. Iu the excited crowd were many ladies. One woman, Mrs. C. B. Cross (colored), was killed outright Her death was a shocking one. She was stepping nearly upon the latal manhole when the covering, with startling suddenness, flrw skyward, and she was hurled backward against tbe curbing. The woman's skull was split open and her brains were scattered about iu a circle on the stones. F. H. Mack received serious scalp wounds. Upto a moment before the explosion Of ficer Moore, who is regularly stationed at tbat corner, had been- standing on the man hole cover almost continuously for hours. A right of way disputed between teamsters caused him to change his position in the nick of time, and doubtless saved bis life. The persons injured .by glass, aside from F. H. Mack, were U. M. Stoot, T. Sheldon, J. Karplers and K. W. Waddell. Kone were dangerously hurt, except Stoot, one ot whose hands was nearly severed from the arm. The offices of the Singer Sewing Machine Company were the wont damaged in the neighborhood. Out of GO windows in the company's premises, not one has a whole pane lett. Across the street, at tbe Welling ton Hotel, about 40 windows were broken, and the same number in the Chickering piano building. Several theories are advanced as to the cause of the explosion, many claiming sewer gas, others that tbe illuminating eras pipes had sprung a leak and the electric light wires had caused the gai to ignite. This last is tbe opinion of tbe officials of the city sewerage department A similar explosion, with hardly less dis astrous results, occurred a year ago in al most the same locality. A DESPADJING WIFE'S END. She Hansed Herself Bscause Her Husband Neglected Her. SPECIAL TILEOIIAM TO TUE DISrATCH.1 Alliance, Jan. 17. Mrs. Hudson Har rold, of L'miville village, six miles north of here, "hanged herself this evening by the use of. a clothes line, which she had thrown over an apple tree limb. Domestic trouble was the cause. Her husband hud been in Iowa lor some time and was just home for a short visit. The wile felt neglected, and when she found he would not remain grew very melancholy. Her aged mother found her suspended from the tree. A doctor was called, who cnt her dowu, but, although not dead, she could not be rivived. She stood high in the community. FEMALE TRADE UNIONISTS. Young Lady Book Binders Form a Society of Their Own. Chicago, Jau. 17. Fourteen yonpg women'held a secret meeting last night. The girls all work in binderies, and tbey feared that some day tbey might have -a grievance which would require united action, so they met lust night to talk the matter over. At 10 o'clock they had not made up their minds bow tbey would organize, but they said they were progressing and would launch the Young Women's Bindery Union before they went home. THEIR NEW LOCATION. The Washburn-Moen Barb Wire Monopoly to Bolld Near Waakegan. Chicago, Jan. 17. It is reported that the Washbarn-Moen Company, which con trols all of tho barbed wire patent, hid abandoned its intention of locating its plant at South Chicago aud purchased a tract of 250 acres for the purpose at the northern suburb of Waukegan. It is given ont that shops capable of accom modating 4,000 employes will be located there. A COMPROMISE PROBABLE. The Colorado Capitol Still in Possession of - an Armed Force. DESVEK, Jan. 17. There is but, little ex-citement'to-day over the -legislative row. The hall is still in possession of tbe Pinker tons and deputy sheriffs, who lounge around the halls. The Hanna faction met this morning and immediately adjourned till Monday. The probabilities now are that a compromise will be effec'el the fiist of next week. How Babies Suffer When their tender Skins are literally On Fire with Itching and Burning Eczemas and other Itching, Scaly, and Blotchy Skin" and Scalp Diseases, none but mothers realize. 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TXtfanljr imtnttvt rfLv. , ixLmmaltiH mnti ebzcvt-tftAtrft,titCMutifUititidliltmii&ei, Wce.asei HE WON HER HEART.; A Syracuse Lawyer ihe Defendant irj,., a Big Damage Suit fur " ALIENAT1RG A WIF.L'S AFFEC1W. All the Parties to ihe Action Come of: Prominent Families. COSSIDEEABLE WEALTH' IS ISTOLTED SFXCIAI. TIXIGRAM TO TOTS DISP ATCa.1 STBACCSE, Jan. 17. Thomas Parish Sherman, a member ofthe 2few-Xbrk Citj Bar and formerly a banker in Jsew York, bas begnn an actiou in the United State Circnrt Court for the Northern district of New York, against William G. Tracy, of this city, senior member of tbe law firm of Tracy, McLennan & Apling. Mr. Tracy is wealthy and unmarried. Mr. Sherman accuses him of having alienated tbe affec tions of his wife who recently applied for ft divorce and he demands damages in tbe sum of $25,000. Mrs. Sherman was thedaughterof Hamil ton While, one of the pioneers of Syracuse, who at bis death left a vast estate. She Is a sister of Howard G. White, member of As sembly, and a niece of the Hon. Andrew D. White, of Cornell University. 'Her first husband was Dr. John L. Swift, of New York City, who also left a large fortune at' his death. Mr. Sherman was married oa November 16, 1876. Took Charge of Her Finances. Hamilton White diecTja 1864 and under bis will his daughter, Jane Antoinette,-was entitled to the income liorin her life from a trust fund of ?55,00O and not to exceed 30 -per cent ot the principal thereof, in case tba trustees named in tbe will should deem that her comfort or interest would be promoted by the payment ofthe same. In 1879, at the request ot his wife, who bad becomedissatis CeU with the management of the fund, the plaintiff was appointed in the place ofths. testamentary trustees. The plaintiff sets forth that until '84 their relations were affectionate and loyal to more than the ordinary degree. In '84 the plaintiff was visited with a series of finan- cial losses, iu consequence of which he be came unable to support his wife and chil dren. In consequence, the plaintiff de clares, the harmony between himself and his wile became impaired. He says that he then understood her to notiiy him tbat she intended to eud their marital relations, but subsequently insisted that she had not in tended her conduct to be so understood. Went to Tracy for Advice. The plaintiff alleges that on or about tha month of December, 1884, his wife applied to the de'endant for lezal advice; that she then had no idea or doing anything to affect her marital relations, but that the defendant proceeded to carry into effect a scheme to alienate the affections ol the plaintiff's wila front him .111 to divert the same to himself. Tbe plaintiS also declares that Tracy gava' Mrs. Sherman willfully falseinfcrmation re specting the plaintiff, and asserts that Tracy did induce Mrs. Sherman to begin an action iu the Supreme Court of Onocaago county for a permanent legal separation, or limited divorce, from tbe plaintiff, on the grounds of abandonment nnd failure to support. The complaint recites that in tbe com plaint iu the divorce cae, prepared by the defendant, the facts as to the plaintiff's management of his wife's estate were lalsely stated, to the effect that he had wasted her property, whereas its value hai been di minished by her style of living, nrior to her marriage to the plaintiff. A HOSPITAL FOR THE CHINESE. - Philanthropic People in New York Start It, Assisted by 3Iongollans- .JTSCIAt. TZLXOBAil TO TUB DISPATCH;! - NEtr YORK, Jan. 17. A hospital ef clusivcly for tbe treatment of sick Chinamen has been started in Brooklyn. It is the result of a movement organ ized by the churches in New Yorfct and Brooklyn which are interested fit mission work among tbe Chinese ofthe two cities, and tbe Society of King's Daughters for Cnina. The Chinese Hospital Associa tion was incorporated January 5. The King's Dauzhters furnished the Hicks street house and raised $600. Others hava pledged an equal amount, and a delegation of Mott street Chinamen bas pledged $1,500. Tbe Chinamen say that they will also pay runniug expenses and start a bnilding land. Chinamen snspect that American doctors are only too glad to get bold ot Chinese patients, and are not above helping them shuffle off the mortal coil. The new hospital was pnt under the charge of a Chinese doc tor to calm Mott street tears. COAL FOR THE KANSAS DESTITUTE. The Story That the Senate Will Adjonrn, Sine Die Untrue. Topeka, Jan. 17. The House this morn ing passed the resolution for a supply of coal-' to be sent to the destitute of Northwest Kan sas from the State penitentiary coalmines. Representative Wagner stated -that the de mand was very urgent for immediate relief" for the sufferers. There is 12 inches of snow in the tier of counties whicb first asked aid from the State, and fuel must be provided at once. There U nothing in the report tbat tha Senate will adjourn sine die to prevent' election of the United States Senator- -."" skin. reme be i and Chzmicai. Cohfoxat'OX, Boston. Yr -v JXM" AA -fig- SV slSX . V M '1 1 fe ss ...',
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