E2iM TT" t. wsywrt A f ? 3 - K THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH SECOND PART. PAGES 9 TO 16. wm&& o1 IT, A Burlesque on Parnell at a Popular English Theater Witnessed by Her. SOME FAMILIAR SITUATIONS -Brought Oat In Her Presence, That Ire Wildly Applauded by tbe Audience. THE IRISH LEADER STILL DEFIAHT. Hla Attitude One of Cool Unconcern and Grim Determination Toward tbe Opposing Section. SIR JOHX POPE HEKSEBSI'S BREAK. El Veto Witt tie Terict en tl Beetel Esihrsy Strike ud Eiujentej Ela Putj istodiia. A COKIKQ BICZFTIOH TOR F1B5XLL rBT EUIO-Ar'S C1ELE COMPAKT.l Lojtdon, Jan. 24. The burlesque ele ment basjust been introdnced into theParnell matter. That is tbe apotheosis of every mod ern topic of sufficient importance. To escape it is to remain in the dull round of medioc rity. The touch was imparted at Brighton, which is never tired of being dubbed qneen of English watering places, no matter how tired the public may become oi hearing the oft-repeated title. In the pantomime now running at that popular resort, so closely associated with the famous quarrel between the Prince Regent and the Elegant Beau, there is an exceedingly fall, rery thin-legged and equally well-known music hall performer named Chirgwin, who originally hailed from the land of the free, but who for many years has been a prominent feature of the variety shows of the metropolis. He is also known by the sub-title of the "White Eyed Kaffir, because of the diamond-shaped patch around his eye, which he does not blacken when he goes on to do his act. Parnell and the Fire Escape One day during the week he thought he would introduce some new features into his part of the performance. So he began with allusions to Parnell and the fire escape, and followed them up with more remarks of a similar delicate and pleasing nature. To his elation tbey were rapturously received by tbe audience, which roared with delight and shook with laughter. Stimulated by the applause, he was led on to more jests, and every bon mot inspired him with the desire and the power to cap it. At length he came to a stop, and flashed with bis victory, thinking, too, he had made a great hit, he left the stage and went into the green room, his face radiant with de light at the way he "had knocked em." Bnt he soon discovered that histrionic suc cess may cease with the laughter of the au dience. The discovery was made during the course oi a five-minutes interview with the managers of the theater, which took all the lissomeness out or him. 3Irs. O'Shea Was There. It was during the conversation, details of which are not vouchsafed to the public, Chirgwin was informed that Mrs. O'Shea, with a party of friends, was present and oc cupied a private box. Everybody in the house was aware of this, as she had been spotted when she arrived and was duly pointed out by the knowing ones to their neighbors, so that the box for a time divided attention with the stage. The "White-eyed Kaffir" alone was ignorant of the presence of tne lady, and now he wishes people bad been a little more communicative and not left him to go his own pace. The already published action of Sir John Pope Hennessy, in voting with the Govern ment on tbe Scotch strike question has caused a great deal of comment. Ot course his election under the late exciting circum stances was enough to attract a certain amount of attention to him, but no one ex liected that quite so early he would blossom forth in so startling a manner as was shown on Thursday. He paire'd off for his dinner hour, but later on when he returned to his place and the division was taken, instead of following his party into the opposition lobby, he calmly walked over and voted with tbe Government Party Associates are "Wild, The McCarthyites are wild in consequence of this move on Sir John's part, and if, as things look, he is going to do as he likes, it is not expected he will long be on friendly terms with the rest of the party. Parnell strikes every one as being a physi cal wonder. The excitement seems to have benefited him to a remarkable degree, and he appears to have entirely recovered his health. He now walks with a firm, erect stride, and looks his brother members of the Commons in the face with a determined, expression. He is so longer the languid dilletante who strolls into the lobby, re ceives his letters from the postoffice and dis appears into the library. He Is no longer the pallid, emaciated be ing, swathed in woolen neckcloths and bound up in a thick cardigan jacket. That used to be a picture of the uncrowned king; bnt now it is all changed. The chrysalis is broken, and Parnell redivivus has emerged. The new birth has produced a fighting Par nell, full ot scorn, holding his head alolt, and some one has already dubbed him Ajax Secundus. He is very gracioni to Justin McCarthy, bnt with Sexton and Healy he can scarcely be said to be on the terms which are supposed to distinguish the brothers of a house. Parnell Is Still Aggressive. Parnell appeared in his customary place at the opening of Parliament, to all appear ancc serene and confident, loftily ignoring the existence of Justin McCarthy and a majority of the Iriih Parliamentary party. O'Brien and Dillon and the rest are acting like sleepy children while the Parnellites are everywhere active and aggressive. Many of Parnell' bitterest opponents are IS I asking themaelres whether, after all, there is among the Irish majority any man capable of taking the lead against him. Timothy Healy alone has shown any vi -rin the struggle, if that can be called a struggle, in which almost all the blows are merely received by one of the com batants without a return. But even Healy has shown an entire lack of tbe qualities be fitting a leader of men, and has afforded fresh proof that he possesses infirmities of character which disqualify him from any position higher than a fighting subordinate. Parnell is to repeat, on a larger scale at "Waterford to-morrow, the triumph which he won at Limerick last Sunday, when thous ands of wrong-headed, warm-hearted en thusiasts acclaimed him the savior of Ire land. The cominggreatParnell demonstra tion is characteristically heralded by an nouncements that the formation of the Irish National Federation has been postponed at tbe urgent entreaty of tbe nerveless negotia tors of Boulogne. A BULLY'S SAD PLIGHT. HE DEAVTS A GUTT IS A THEATEB, BUT HAS TO EAT HUMBLE.PIE. An Ex-Gambler of America who Has Been Posing as a Dangerous Man and Abasing His Pretty Wife In EondOn Buns Against the "Wrong Party. fBT PCOTAF'S CIBLS COMPAltT.! London, Jan. 24. Charles C. Leathers, an ex-gambler of New York, who record is not unknown in police circles, is well-known by sight to many Americans whose travel abroad by reason of the fact that he has lived for the last two years at the Hotel Victoria here with a Tery pretty young wife. Leathers! a fin; specimen of the worst type of .the American. He carried a re volver which he was fond of displaying in the hotel smoking room, and his favorite topic of conversation was relative to men he had shot, cut open and otherwise maltreated. All in all, he was so profane, lond-mouthed and blatant that the manager of the hotel has tried every means to get him out of the hotel for more than a year. As Leathers paid his bills, however, it was impossible. His wife, on the other hand, was a quiet and gentle little woman who was liked by everyone. It had been whispered about the hotel for some time that Leathers abused his wife, and a few days ago a great' many guests had ocular demonstration of this fact. Mrs. Leathers attended the theater one evening with Loie Euller, the American actress, and -her mother, who also lives at tbe Hotel Victoria, and when they returned her hnsband met them in the corridor and pulled his wife's ears and slapped her face, continuing the assault 'in the elevator and in their own apartments. She finally took refnge in Mrs. Fuller's rooms, and the next day bronght suit for separation against her husband. Thursday evening she attended the Strand Theater with Mrs. and Miss Puller and an American gentleman, who was a friend of tbe three. In the middle of the second act Leathers walked into their box, with a drawn revolver, and ordered tbe gentleman ont of the box on the pain of instant death. There was great commotion in the audience, of course, and those who came ont into the lobby to see tbe finish saw the gentleman take tbe ruffian's revolver away, and obtain a most bumble and abject apology at its point, he even making excuse that he only came into the box to snoot his wife and had no intention of doing anyone else any dam age. The interest of the scene was accent uated by the circumstances thTT)e?tfee"rs is' more than six feet tall and a man of power ful physique and ferocious countenance. AH OFFENDED QTJKK5. ThM Wife ot Premier Crispi Brings About a Crisis. fBT CABLE TO THE DISFJLTCH.1 London, Jan. 24. It is stated that tbe court intritrnes at Borne against Signor Crispi, which have been going on for many years, have now reached a crisis, which will require a supreme effort by the Italian Pre mier to retain his position. Queen Mar garet has never loved Signor Crispi, and for his wife she has lone nourished a profound, aversion. An incident which is supposed to have precipitated tbe crisis, occurred at the last ball given by Lord Dufferin at the British Embassy. The ball was attended by the King and Qneen, and the latter sat a greater part of the evening upon a gorgeous chair. . The royal couple left the ballroom and Immediately afterward Mme. Crispi seated herself in the chair, aped the ways of roy alty and generally behaved in a manner so outrageous that Queen Victoria's cousin, the old Duke of Cambridge, left tbe room in a great rage, and it is believed told Queen Margaret all about it Tbe next day tbe Queen chose to regard the incident ss a personal insult to herself, and wants to have an order issued ostraciziLg Mme. Crispi from the royal circle. But Signor Crispi is not the man to desert his wife, and he will doubtless weather the storm. FEAKCO-EUSSIAN ALIIANCE. Tbe French Embassy In Russia Is to Shine In Gorgeous Splendor. fBT CtBLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, Jan. 24. The French Govern ment does not believe in Spartan repub licanism. The French embassy in St. Petersburg is to beat everything of its kind in tbe world in splendor. The Chamber re cently voted 200,000 franca for building pur poses, and for its embellishment tbe palaces in and around Paris are being ransacked. Carpets from Fontainbleau, furniture for merly at St. Cloud and ornaments gathered by Napoleon III. are being loaded at Havre on board a Bussian vessel for shipment to St. Petersburg. Among these articles are 13 ipecimens of gobelines and 117 square meters of carpets, a la Savooniere, officially valued at 142,000 francs. All this ostentation is perfectly justifiable in the opinion of the most austere patriots, because it is supposed in some way to help in cementing the Franco-Bussian alliance, by means of which Germany is to be reduced to her natural insignificant place among the nations. THE HTSTJPPEESSIBLE STJPPBE8SED. The Befnsal of O'Brien to Patter It Causes Its Suspension. Dublin, Jan. 24. The Jntupprttiible, the newspaper started in thisoityasa rival to United Ireland, and, upon the supposition that Mr. William O'Brien would assume editorial control of its columns, has stopped publication. It is believed that Mr. O'Brien's tele graphic message yesterday from Bologne to the publishers of tbe IntuppreaibU, request ing that his name be no longer used in con nection with that newspaper, was the last reason which bronght about the collape of the enterprise referred to. PBIKCE BAUDOTJIK'S DEATH, It Was Not Suicide, bnt the Result of In competent Physicians. rT CABLS TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, Jan. 24. There is little if any ground for the suggestion that Prince Ban douin, of Belgium, committed suicide. Everything tends rather to prove that he was the victim ot incompetent physicians, who failed properly to diagnose his case, and did not realize that the young prince, was dying, until it was too late to help him. The dead man was probably the best loved of all the European princes and was cer tainly far above the general princely crowd in intelligence. The ultimate succession to the Belgian throne now passes to Bandouin's only brother; Albert, a weakly youth of 16 years, who is said to have a tendency to consump tion, a disease which has attacked other members of the Belgian Saxe-Coburg family. STRIKERS TO STAMPEDE. ENGLISH SCABS DISCOUBAQE SCOTCH BAILBOADEBS. THE Money Was Sent Freely but No Steps Taken to Stop the Flow of Non-Union Men A Lively Debate In Parliament About It 1BT CABLE TO TBS DISrATCB.1 London, Jan. 24. English trade unions continue to send money generously to the Scotch railway strikers, but they have ren dered no help in the more important direc tion of stopping the supply of "scabs" from England. The result is that the rail way companies are' slowly bnt surely filling up the places of the men on strike, and in about another week they will be in a po sition entirely to dispense with their old workmen. Two of the three companies have practically already arrived at that stage when strikers are naturally much dis couraged. Defections from their ranks are of daily occurrence and the probabilities point to an early and general stampede. The Scotchmen have made a gallant fight and they would have been victorious had they been properly supported by their fellow unionists in England. The Scotch strike was made the occasion of the only interesting debate that has taken place in the House ol Commons this session. Mr. Channing, a sound Radical member for Northanipsbire, moved a resolution and supported it in a powerful convincing man ner, calling upon the Board of Trade to make regulations for limiting the hours of labor of railway workmen. Several Tories representing Industrial constituencies spoke in favor of the resolution, but when a di vision was taken they were coerced by the whips from voting for it, and the Govern ment sought to get out of the dilemma by suegesting that tbe question should be re ferred to a select committee. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, President of tbe Board of Trade, more courageous than some of his ministerial colleagues and some what to tbeir alarm, denounced the resolu tion as dangerous and likely to lead to the State ourchaje of railroads, socialism and other dreadful things. But theBadicals en couraged' by Tory dissensions and by a breezy speech from Sir William Harcourt, pressed the matter to a division and a Gov ernment defeat was only averted by the nar row majority of 17. A CHANCE FOB PITTSBUBGEBS. Engines and Machinery for Small Indus tries In Demand In Italy. rBT CABLE TO TDE DISPATCH. London, Jan. 24. The following notice hasbeen sent to The Dispatch for the in formation of American manufacturers: At the National Exhibition, to be held at Palermo from November, 1891, to May, 1892, there will be an international section for engines and machinery relating to small in dustries,such as are carried on in small work shops or dwellings. The demand for engines and machines that can be introduced into such places with safety is very great and increasing in Italy, and it is expected- man-ufaeiurers-of this class of goods will receive material advantage by taking part in this exhibition. The Executive Committee has already succeeded in obtaining a considerable re duction in freights for exhibits and further negotiations are going on in this direction, the result of whioh will be communicated to exhibitors in dut course. The Italian Chamber of Commerce in London, 4 St Maryaxe, will give every information and supply prospectuses and regulations upon application. A GREAT CHY SHOWED TODEB. Charkow, Russia, Can Only Be Beached Throuch the Telegraph St. Petebsbubg, Jan. 24. Terrifio snow-storms have prevailed throughout the southeastern portion of Bussla. Deep drifts have been formed in many localities, and as a result whole villages and numbers of of isolated houses have been almost buried in snow. The railroad tracks are entirely useless, and the only means of communica tion between the Tillages and towns are sleighs. . Numbers of people are already known to have been frozen to death, and it. is feared that, as the snow disappears, there will be Turther loss of life revealed. The city of Charkow, the capital of the Government of Kharkow, is so completely isola'ted by the snow that the only way of communicating with its inhabitants is by telegraph. Char kow is a city of about 200,000 inhabitants, and it is feared that should its complete iso lation continne for any length of time there will be terrible suffering owing to the scarcity of provisions. A DEAD ARCHBISHOP. He Was the Son or a Shoemaker and Always Frond of It rBT CABLE TO THE DIsrATCHU London, Jan. 24. Cardinal Archbishop Simor, Prince Primate of Hungary, who died in bis palace at Grau yesterday morn ing, was the ion of a poor shoemaker, and he always alluded to his humble parentage with pride. Tbe revenues of his arch bishopric amounted to more than (500,000 a year, and it was spent in building churches, founding schools, orphanages and alms houses in Hungary. He was at one time a great favorite of the Austrian Emperor to whom, however, he gave mortal offense by demurring to the reading of masses for tbe repose of the soul of a suicide, tbe Crown Prince iBudolph. Another prelate, Bishop Schlaoch, volun tarily ordered masses througbout his diocese, and Imperial gratitude will certainly secure for him the vacant archbishopric JOAN OF ARC ON THE STAGE. Fabre the Author or the New Flay to Be Produced In Paris. Pabib, Jan. 29. Another Joan d'Aro drama by Joseph Fabre, author of a "Life of Washington," will shortly be produced at the Chatelet Theater. Madam Weber, of the Theater Francais, will assume the title role. It is understood that A. M. Palmer, of New York, last summer contemplated ar ranging for the first production of this play, to take place at one of the New York thea ters. Madam Weber was at that time ready to cross tbe Atlantic, but for some reason or other tbe arrangement teems to have been broken on. RESTBICHKG HEBREW PROPRIETORS. , The Russian Senate Denies a Privilege to Hold Certain Real Estate, St. Pexebsbubg, Jan. 24. The Senate has decided Yhat Hebrews are not entitled to acquire or bold real estate beyond five versts from the district or provincial oostrtt, or within the boundary of a town w herein they were registered before Auguit, 1853. HTTSBHR&, STJNDAT, JOLLY IING DATE. Kalakaua Bad an Easy Conscience and Always Enjoyed Himself. BE L0YED TO MINK AND GAMBLE. How Queen .Kaplolani Got tbe Stomach Acta by Eating Eair Fish. SHRIMPS EATEN ALIYE AT FEASTS isrxcux. couxisroftDzxcx or the riisrATcn. Bbidqton, Mb., Jan 24. John H. Kim ball and his family have arrived here from tbe Sandwich Islands. For the past eight years Dr. Kimball was a Hawaiian Gov ernment physician, and for a year he held the important position of President of the Hawaiian Board of Health, with headquar ters at Honolulu, His position was such that he and Mrs. Kimball became perfectly familiar with life inside the court of the late King Kalakaua. The doctor, by the way, was the surgenn dnring tbe war of the Fifteenth Maine Beg iment, and' is a man well up in his pro fession and a thoroughly educated gentle man. For the first five years of his stay at the Hawaiian Islands Dr. Kimball's nj&cial station was in the district of Hilo, Island of Hawaii; and it was adjacent to the Kim balls' abode, at the residence of the Gov erness ot Hawaii, that the King, his family and suite, accompanied by, tbe Boyal Hawaiian Band, were accustomed to spend a portion of the summer. So the Kimbails, Queen Kaplolani. from their official and social position, and as neighbors and friends of tbe court, had unusually good opportunities for noting the peculiar personal and domestic features of Boyal Hawaiian life. The doctor lately resigned his position, and he and his family have arrived here to stay. Dancing With the King. "The last time I ever danced was with King Kalakaua," remarked the doctor's wife, "or more strictly speaking, I took part with him in the same march. Perhaps you think the King was a rude, untutored boon. There could be no greater mistake. He was a well-educated, polished and worthy gen tleman, worthy of every consideration at the hands of the best American people." "In person," broke in Dr. Kimball, "the King was stately and decidedly handsome. He was of stout yet well proportioned figure, with oval face, features heavy but regular, a clear brown complexion, close curly black hair, side whiskers and mustache, and countenance of native type. He was edu cated in the.Honolulu schools, and prior to bis being elected king was clerk in tbe post office. When you ask about hismoral character, it' must bo admitted that. -like many other monarobsT-fcerhad-.-his pc:9pal vices) while it is'hotorious that in his finan cial administrations .he seemed nowise troubled by any high standard of ethics. "Kalakaua demanded the teebnioal homage due his rank, but otherwise he was socially as commonplace and unassuming as Abraham Lincoln. He would stop and talk with us whenever we met, just like any untitled person. I recollect how one day my wife and a lady friend were ont riding and drew up opposite the royal abode to listen to the band, and the King, seeing them, stepped up to the carriage, and, rest ing against it in a free-and-easy way, chat ted pleasantly with them without the least formality. In fact, he had too much com mon sense to assume a superior or patron izing air toward bis inferiors in rank. A linguist and a Gambler. "King Kalakaua was an accomplished linguist, and his ability to talk good En glish enabled us to converse with him readily without adopting either the awkward alternative of employing an interpreter or a miserable attempt on our part to conquer the arbitrary and almost unattainable Hawaiian dialect. Kalakaua was passionately fond of gambling, was given to strong drink, and always hid about him a set of male cronies frincest Liliuokalani. who gambled and drank with him to his' heart' content. I never saw him intoxi cated, bnt it is well known that he indulged to the detriment of himself and the Govern ment. ' "King Kalakaua was often called 'Dave' by the natives. Of course, they always did so behind his back. The fact is, David Kalakaua was not of royal lineage, and his people all knew it. The death of Lunalilo, in 1874, ended the dynasty of the Katnehamehas, and made necessary the election of successor by the Leeisla ture"Kalakaua was chosen and began a new dynasty. Kalakaua' first pnblic office was that of clerk in the Land Commission Board at a salary o' $1,200 a year. He lived on that snm without going into debt; yet after the adoption of the new Constitution in 1887 an investigation showed that he was $250,000 in debt," "Do the natives possess latent energy and intellectual qualities, which, duly devel oped, would make what we Yankees would term a smart people?" "Well, they seem to learn readily enough, but tbe trouble is, it is hard to 'make them stay developed. Tbey have a tendency to go backward. To this day the" average na tive, despite excellent schools. Christian training,-and contact with white men, sits cross-legged on tbe ground or floor, and eats "pot" (a fermented preparation of the gronnd.root of taro) with his fingers, out of u calabash; eats fish raw, in the old primi tive fashion; and in times of great danger,or when conscious that death is near, his pro fessions of Christianity disappear as sud denly as a dove in a conjuror's hand.and be implores tbe help of the old heathen gods of his ancestors, and, if possible, calls in some priestol the ancient superstitions. Even Kalakaua himself, notwithstanding his in telligence and learning, is said to have been more or less tainted with the heathen belief of his ancestry. I am glad to know, by the way, that the indelicate and oftentimes re volting hula dancing at the palace has been permanently abandoned." A Banquet With the King. "But whether the King was good, bad or lnaiBsrent,"obterTeu Mnuuinball, "Deieni animation and gayety to the social life' at Hilo darter his ftayi there. Dr. Kimball Land I hare pleasant recollections of a & $w JANtTAET 25, 1891 feast, or luan,' with Its pomp, luxury, eti quette, grace and dignity. These feasts were always eaten to the music of the Boyal Hawaiian Band, one of the best we ever beard. It has more than 30 members, and all are natives. They are fine-looking fel lows, and render divinely the creations of Strauss, Offenbach and other of the great composers. At this particular banquet they wore undress uniform, consisting of white pantaloons, sack coats and gay caps. "Tables were set in the court of tbe palace, and though usually on such occasions these are placed only a few inches from the ground, necessitating the guests to sit cross legeed, they were,now elevated, out of con sideration for tbe foreign guests, so that stools or other seats cculd be used. Over bead was a canopy of boughs and palms. The feast comprised a great variety of dishes. We couldn't join with the natives in eating 'poi,' nor catcning .the live and hopping shrimps in our fingers and biting their heads off, as they did, but we found that tbeir style of boiling pigs, chickens and fish in leaves prodnced a most appetizing dish, and there were other viands, luscious fruits and vegetables fit for Victoria's table. Will Cling to a Monarchy. "At the time you left Hawaii, Doctor, what was the general opinion of the intelli gent classes as to the future of royalty in the Islands?" "That for so small a nation only about 80,000 sonls royalty makes it decidedly top beavy, and that before many years the government must be changed. In spite of the extravagances of the King and court under the old regime, and the needless debt under wbioh the people are still growing, such Is the tenacious love for royalty per se of the native Hawaiian that it would be to them a bitter pill to see the throne destroyed. As an Illustration of this point, when ever the King landed at Hilo the natives wonld wade out into the water ere the royal barge could touch the shore, uttering loud gutteral cries enough to scare a full brigade of calithnmplans. From the landing to the Governess house, along the royal avenue of palms, were set continuous lines of torch lights; and what seemed to us Americans very funny, they were kept burning by day as well as by night. "The King while at Hilo walked about without guard or attendant, bnt there was constantly an armed sentry in front of the royal residence." "And the Queen how did you like her?" I asked Mrs. Kimball. "Very mnch. Kaplolani is an agreeable, common-place sort of a woman. In figure she is broad and square; in disposition, kind and benevolent; is neither very good nor very bad-looking; has only ordinary talents, and bnt for ber rank would'attract no more attention than thousands of other women in the kingdom. Attired in her undress habit, which Is the loose style of gown or robe re sembling a 'Mother' Hubbard,' such as is worn by the native woman, she looks any thing but royal. Like all the rest of the native islanders, she sports a 'lei' of flowers around her head and neck, and her attend ants wave abont her that insignia of royal rank, the 'kehile,' a long wand or plume made of feathers. The Queen Ate a Fish. "And right here I must relate an anecdote' of the Queen which came under my per sonal knowledge. One day she was taken violently ill, and my husband was hastily summoned into her mighty presence. He found the trouble to be indigestion. The doctor made the needful treatment, and especially enjoined her to be very carefnl as to what she ate. But a hw hours later he received a second professional summons from the Queen. He qnickly divined that she bad violated his dietio injunction, and questioned ber on this point, through the medium of an interpreter. After some diplomatio dodging she finally confessed to having eaten a whole fish a mullet! "'Yes,' said she, with childlike naivette, 'I did want fish so bad he looked so good j.eathiuij' . j -.ana ot course see ate mm raw, almost this, for that matter; but ev en the Hawaiian fish, it would appear, evince no eervile re spect for a royal stomach!" Dr. Kimball joined with his accomplished wife in testifying to the evidently pleasant conjugal relations between the King and Queen, which, so far as they could observe, are as pleasant as those of average wedded couple In bumble life. The royal couple have no children, and their young niece, a princess, is next in succession to the throne in case tbere be a throne left for her. The King's sister, Princess Lilieokalani, wife of ju.njur ueuensi Aruuiinis, is au accompusnea, superior woman, as many New England people had an opportunity of knowing a few years ago. ANOTHER EAPLD TRANSIT LINE. The Corporation Committee Holds a Bather lively Session. The Corporation Committee of Councils met yesterday afternoon and affirmatively recommended an ordinance granting the Suburban Bapid Transit Street Bailway rights and privileges over the following streets: Beginning at the city line, where the Birmingham and Brownsville Macad amized Turnpike road intersects with Arling ton avenue and Barkhammer street, along the turnpike northwardly to the intersection of the turnpike with South Eighteenth street and Josephine street, along South Eighteenth street to its intersection with Jane street, returning along South Eigh teenth street to the intersection with the Brownsville road, thence along the Browns ville road to the place of starting. An ordinance granting Phillips, Nimlck & Co. the right to lay a side track on tbe south side of West Carson street, Thirty third ward, to connect with the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Bailroad, raised a little breeze. Mr. Williams moved that the ordinance be referred to a sub-committee of three for investigation. Mr. Paul was opposed to this, and wanted the ordinance reterred to Chief BIgelow, His reasons were that the sub-committee would be dilatory in its work and finally plgron-hole the ordinance. Mr. Fltnn thought the ordinance must be a very unjust one if it would not bear an in vestigation by a sub-committee. The matter" was finally settled by referring the ordinance to a sub-committee in con junction with Chief BIgelow. THE COLORADO FIQHT ENDED. All Parties Acquiesce In the Court Ded- slon In the Combine's Favor. Denteb, Jan. 24. As anticipated last night, after the Supreme Conrt deoision, both (actions of the House of Representa tives met in one body this morning, with Speaker White, of the Combine, in tbe Chair. The defeated faction declare that they are satisfied, and will now unite with tbe others in the transaction of tbe regular business before tbe House. After approving tbe journal of yesterday, tbe House adjourned until Tuesday morning. NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH win be gin publication of a series of South Sea Let ters by Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist. Watch for this great feature. A C0INCIDEN0E OS NAMES. Not the Equitable Life, but the Equitable Fire Company, Dissolves. New Yobk, Jan. 24. A dispatch gener ally published on the' 224 instant, stating that tbe New York Equitable Fire Insur ance Company had begun proceedings in the Supreme Court for voluntarv dissolution, has the word "fire" omitted,' and has been taken as re erring to the Equitable Liie Association of this city. This it an error. It ii the Equitable Fire, and not tne Eauitable Life, that ii winding royaUJipiJa kvineai. T9 " ' i . i -. . I SENATORS MAKE IT PLEASANT TOB VICE 7BESIDBNT MOBTON. NAMES OF OIL TOWNS. Let-Her-Go-Gallagner Is the on tbe List Latest WBY CASB DP WAS SO CALLED. Facts About Stand Off, Great Leather and Other Novel Titles. FORTUNES WON AND LOST AT BULLION rsrxoiAi. TXLxnxA to tux DisrATcn-i OlXi Cut, Jan.24. Let-Her-Go-Gallagher is the unique name that has been given to the latest little town to spring up in the oil regions. This "city" is located on Muddy creek, in Brady township, Butler county. Its prospects are not particularly brilliant, as the wells which have called it into exist ence are not of the sensational character which usually call for the immediate build ing up of a town in the oil country. It is likely, however, to take Its place among the "oil cities," as the Butler county territory is noted for its staying power. The wells at Let-Her-Go-Gallagher got their oil from the "bundred-Joot" rock, a rock which averages 100 feet in thickness and produces oil in greater or less quantity from the top of it to the bottom. At tbls place it is found at a depth of BOO feet below the sur face. Other Odd Names. Let-Her-Go-Gallagher suggests some odd names under which oil towns have flour ished in this country. Among the first cu riously cbristened towns was Cash Up, a few miles from Pithole. It was one of the first places to attract attention after Pitbole. Dr. Shamburg, of Titusville, who bought some land aronnd Cash Up, has told the writer how it came to be named. When tbe first well was struck there Dr. Shamburg, who had recently come to tbe oil country to make some investments, was early on the ground. The well in question was owned by three young men who bad spent all their money to get it drilled. It was flowing oil In a fine spray at the rate of 110 birrels a day. The young men were 'satisfied with the result of tbeir labor, and when the doctor asked them to put a price on it tbey held a consultation lasting about two minutes and informed him be could take the well for 30,000. He asked what kind of payments they would require, and they as promptly decided that it would have to be "cash up." Cash Up Paid Big. They could not be moved from this de cision, and the doctor finally paid them $30,000, cash in hand, and took their well. Tbe well was located on a five-acre lease, and Dr. Shamburg at once set out to buy this. The price on tbe lease was $32,000, and when he began to talk about payments he wag Informed that It mast be "casn-ap. or nothing. So 'cash-up" it was, and tbe doctor took the lease. A farmer owned a strip of land alongside ot him which he wanted, and the best terms be could make on this was $30,000, "cash-up." He took it, paying tbe money in hand, as he had done in the other purcbases and these conditions which seemed to obtain with everybody in that vicinity who had anything to sell so impressed him that when a town began to develop around his well he named it Cash Up. This well proved to be a bonanza. The dootor drilled it deeper into the reck and its production increased to 800 barrels a day. It paid back tbe purchase money of $92,000 in the first month, and ultimately netted bim over $250,000. Hundreds of wells were drilled in that neighborhood, and the town of Cash Up flourished tor several years. An Oil Town That Lasted. A little town that grew up in tbe same seetion, in contradistinction to Cash Up, was called Stand Off. Both of these towns were in Venango county. Not faraway were the towns of Bed Hot and Gas City, and on the other side of Pithole was Ball Town. This latter place continues to exist, while all the others, like Pithole, have passed away. The Ball Town Oil Company is still operating in the vicinity and has a large number of small wells, from which the members of the company have made a great deal of money. Petroleum Center is a familiar same in oil mnnals. Ben Hogan, the ex-prizefighter and present evangelist, who kept a gambling house there, wy it was tbe wickedest town in the world. At tbe zenith or its pros perity it had a population of about 8,000. About SO people live tbere at present. The town is seven miles above Oil Citv, on tbe bank of Oil creek. "Goal Oil Johnny" flourished in this neighborhood, his old home being at McClintockvllle, three miles further down tbe creek. Venango county also developed Big Injnn, called after big well of that name. This town was soon re cfirlstened Bullion, and under this title it became a place ot importance, with a popu lation of about 3,000. There is not'now a single board left of the town. Operations of the FhlUlpses. Thomas W. Phillips, of New Castle, Pa., elected to Congress at thelate election, made and lost a large fortune In this, field. He and his brother were tbe owners of some of tba largest wells opened up in the territory, one or two of tba number flowing as maok as2,000barrtlsof oUaday. The PhilllpaJ Brothers afterward drilled 100 dry holes in an endeavor to find an extension of this rich pool. They are believed to have made and lost $1,000,000 here. Thomas W. Phil lips, as is well known in the oil country, has retrieved his lost fortune, and is again one of the richest oil producers. Butler county, that has just given the world Let-Her-Go-Gallagher, a few years ago bad a lively little "city" called Great Leather, It was located close to the Arm strong county line, and, like Big Injun, took its name from the first big well struck in the locality. This county also had Grease City, which got to be a place of about 2,500 in habitants. Modoc City was a mile or two distant, and also got to be a place of great interest. There is not much of these towns to be lound at tbe present time. Only the old farmers in the vicinity can point out where they once stood. A KNIGHTLY RECEPTION. Members of Pittsburg Commandery to En tertain Their Brothers From a Nnmber of Surrounding Towns High Officers of the Orders to Be Present. Pittsburg Commandery No. 1 will give a reception next Thnrsday evening compli mentary to the Masonic fraternity, and it is especially meant for the sir knights and their ladies of the commanderies stationed at Greensburg, Uniontown, Shron,"New Castle and Washington, as well as. the home I commanderies. Invitations have been ex tended to the grand officers of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania and the sev eral division commanders',' many of whom are expected to. be present. The manage ment of the Monongahela House has placed the entire second floor at the disposal of the knigh's. Tbe guests are to be received at the ladies' entrance, and the large Water street dining room will be used for dancing, while the banquet will be spread in the First avenue dining room. The arrangements are for seat ing 1,500 persons from 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock. The menu will be under the direction of Manager Kelly, the floral decorations will be by A. M. & J. B. Murdoch, and Toerge's Orchestra will fnrnish tbe mnsic Tbe first number on the programme has been com posed for the occasion and dedicated to Pittsburg Commandery No. 1, The committees having charge of the re ception are as follows : Arrangements Eminent Commander James B. Youngson, Generalising D. R. Torrence. Captain General Taeer J. Snidle, air Knlgnts Herman Junker. Joseph G, Morris, Samuel J. Moffatt, Harry W. Dualap and J. H. Speer. Reception R. E. 8Ir Cbarles W. Hatcbelor. E. Sirs Oratf, acott, Neeld, Estep. Watt. Ljtle, Meredith. Murdoch. Arnold, Carson, Cooper, Lindsay, Douglass, Hndson, FItzslmmons. Mc Kain. Felker. Wright, and McKean. Ladles' Reception Misses Clara Arnbolt, E1U M. Youngson, Francis M. Speer. Maggie Barrows. Emma E. Junkee, Molila McKean, Aczle McKean. Edith Harner. Eliza. M. RMloi Lydle Ij. Brickel, Cora E. McCallen, and Susie Kelly. Floor Sir Knigbts George F. McDonald, Oscar C Ganter, Rlcbard Barrows, N. T. Relter, Robert A. McKean, R. imckhart. Prank Bballinbereer, David M. Kinzer, J. P. McCleary, AlDert Relsrar, John Craig, & O. Brertweiser, Thomas D. Graham, William M. Bell, B. A McDonald, Harvey H. Bmltb, L. Reese XJndsay, W. J. Diebl, R. B. Phillips, Jr.. W. A Stewart. J. E. Haines, James W. Snidle, Henry D. Scully, Harry T. Rowley. Henry T. Brodie. NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH will be gin publication of a series of South Sea Let ters by Robert Ixmis Stevenson, the novelist. Watch for this great feature. A MI8LEADLKO ALVEBnSFJfKrTT. Ubel to Prevent the Central Bank Being Made a Depository. Alexander Gilfillan yesterday filed a bill inequity against tbe county of Allegheny, James A. Grier, Controller, Jbhn A. Bell, Treasurer, and the Central Bank ot Pitts burg. Gilfillan states that he is a taxpayer. The bill is filed to restrain the Controller from appointing tbe Central Bank as the depository for the county lunds. According to the law, it is stated, it is the duty of the Controller to advertise for proposals for In terest on the current daily balances of de posits of all county funds. At the proper time the Controller advertised, but the ad vertisements, It is asserted, were misleading. In some papers it read that the bids would f be received up to i P. M. January 13, while m otner papers it read up to January 14. There was bnt one proposal received on Jan uary 13, that of tba Central Bank. Tbe Union National Bank offered its proposal on tbe 14th, but it was not received. The Controller, 'it is stated, threatens to elect the Central Bank as the depository, and for the best interest of tbe taxpayers the court is asked to restrain him from so doing. Such other relief as may be deemed proper is also asked. THE FUHEBAL OF A SUICIDE. The Bemalns of Mrs. Anderson, Who Pois oned Her Children, BuriadL Bbockiox, Mass., Jan. 24. Tbe funeral of Mrs. Anderson, who poisoned her three children and then took a suicidal dose of the drug, took place to-day, as did also that of ber daughter Edith, and a large crowd of people were in attendance. The two survivlns children are now ex pected to recover. NEXT Sunday THE DISPATCH win be gfas publication at series of oask Sea Xet lenbyKeswrtLoolsmeveasa.asMBSvelUt. Watch for this great feature. SOT AN EXPERIMENT. The Great American Republic Has Passed Beyond the Period of Uncertainty, STILL THERE ARE DANGERS. A Symposium by Some of the Prom inent Thinkers ol the Day. W FEAE OF EINGS 0E ANAECHI. Powderly the Only One Who Says Wa ire Going to Destruction. THE W0ELD TENDS TO EEPBBLIOAJriStf One of Tbe Dispatch's corps of special correspondents has submitted to a aumoer of America's most prominent thinkers and public men the following questions: One 'Will our present republican form of government last 1U0 years longer? Two It not, why not? Three WUat Is Its greatest peril? Four Is there any danger that aliens may se buy up tbe land and foreign syndicates so buy up the business enterprises as to obtain con trol of our country and eventually change Its torn! of government? The answers received, which comprise a most interesting symposium, follow: Christian Principles the Safeguard. Cardinal Gibbons says: "To the first question I reply that I not only fervently trust but also firmly believe that it will. In view of the preceding, the second question requires no answer. "Next you ask: "What is our greatest peril? I answer, a departure from those Christian principles upon which our very laws and institutions are based. As long as those Christian principles are maintained oor institutions will, under God, survive and flourish. Our laws, which are only ex pressions of eternal law, will command our respect and therefore our loyal obedience. On the other hand every departure from these Christian principles upon which our social fabric rests especially in respect of tbe marriage tie and the freedom of popular suffrage tends to the loosening of the foundation stones of the Bepublic "Oneof the most admirable features of our system of government is the happy bal ance of Federal power with State autonomy, and so long as this golden mean is observed we shall possess strength and liberty and indestructibility as a great nation. "To your fourth auery I reply that in my judgment we need have no fear of for eign capitalists and foreign syndicates. Those who invest in our public lands and our business enterprises will naturally ba brought into closer acquaintance with our republican form of government, and there is little doubt that our institutions and our laws will gain upon them upon closer ac quaintance. Moreover, the present influx of capital cannot in tbe nature of things continue. The venders will themselves soon be in competition with foreign in vestors so as to obtain, in tbeir turn, pro fitable investments. This influx of capital is, according to my Tiew, a positive benefit rather than a peril to large areas of our un developed continent." Powderly Sees Disaster Ahead. Master Workman Powderly, of th Knights of Labor, writes from Scrantoa ai follows: "1 lack the time to do jnstsce to your questions, and am unwilling to commit my self on such important issues hastily, but X will endeavor to answer briefly the questions you put to me, but reserve the right to am plify my answers in the future, if they should be called in question. "First, our republican form of govern ment cannot last 100 years longer aad con tinue to drift under the power of monopoly and wealth as it is doing now; in fact, tba moneyed power at the present day forms an aristocracy, or plntocracy, which entirely nullifies every sertion, clause and article in. our bill of riehts whenever they are called in question in behalf of the people. "Our republican form of government can not last 100 years Ipnger for the reasons X have given. This answers your first and second questions. "Third The greatest peril menacing our Government is the poverty and indifference of our people. Tbe poor are so oppressed that they are forced to sell themselves for what they can get, and thus are at the mercy of the bosses, the pliant tools of mo nopoly, who forge to tbe iront in our politi cal parties. The feople are driven to the polls to vote for their oppressors, and dare not murmur lor rear ot dismissal trom em ployment. Those who can be more inde pendent are indifferent or so absorbed in business affairs that tbey do not note the rapid advances of this unforeseen power. "To your fourth qnestion let me say that I do no't care whether it be an alien or a na tive syndicate that buys up, the land or busi ness enterprises of tbe country, for the in stinct a! greed is the same in an American as an Englishman, and we have, therefore, as much to fear from land stealing in one form as another." The Danger Growing Less. Senator Evarts is one of the optimists. Ha says: 4 "In my judgment the Constitution of the United States is better and stronger than it was a hundred years ago. Tbe great peopla that bas grown up under its protection is more capable of sustaining free institutions than at any earlier period. Every genera tion, no doubt, will Cud evils to be guarded against and good principles to need devel ment and defense. A more intimate feelinjj of unity throughout tbe nation, and a sub ordination ofjocal and particular interests to tbe general good, and a watchful atteo tlon to preserve onr indnstrial and social In dependence of Europe must for years to come be the great duty of this people. I can foresee no danger of a serious or per manent desertion of this duty on the part of our fellow citizens. So long as there it no such desertion we can readily overcome any perils that may menace us, whether from foreign syndicate, individual aliens, or other sources. "If I am correct in my views on this mat. ter, I see no reason why any patriotic American citizen need feel any apprehen sion for the perpetuitT of his beloved nation. Therefore, speaking for myself, X cannot possibly feel any great degree of concern as to tbe stability of tbe noble institutions which this great, prosperous and powerful country is now in tbe enjoyment of. In a careful and thoughtful perusal of what X have here written I think that anyone mar find a full and complete answer to all four of tbe questions which you have propounded to me, and which I think are of very great importance to every true-hearted, thought ful Amerioan citizen. Potter'Agreea 171th Gibbons. Bt. Bev. H. C. Potter, Protestant Episco pal Bisnop of the See of New York, agrees with Cardinal Gibbons, the bead of tha Catholic Church in this country, in thinking that we are most in danger from an absence) of religion and a departure from Christian, principles on the part of those in authority. He savs: "Tb'e fonr questions which yon ask as an certain v of tbe moat vital Interest aad Ism. jjorUnce to all the people of these Uaite4j 1 3 i 1 i ft ., sffr J. -.
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