JSgM Mta RENTERS WILLFEfD SPKCIAI. TO LET LISTS Appear TO-DAY in THE XISIA.TCIIS CLASSIFIta) COLUMNS. SPECIAL TO LET LISTS IN THE DISPATCEa MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS. Wfot Mtimtth ftr FORTY-SIXTH YEAH. ROUGH BOO Sensational Revelations of the Career of Two Ger man Princes. TRADING ON THEIR TITLES, Even More Disgraceful Developments in the Line of the Famous London Scandal. DEATH SAVES OKE FR03I TROUBLE, Unt the Condemnation of the Kaiser Him self Has Been Visited Upon the Other Delinquent. TBEEATS OF TKOSECUTIXG BISMAKCK. 'The Gevenuaett Grestly Arxoycd by the Hostile Atti- tccc AESEaed By the Ira Chtccellei ef Other Dtys. rKEFARIKO TOE 1 GREAT LABORDEMOKBTRATION HIT DUXLAr'S CABLE COMFANT.l Beelin, Feb. 15. The names of the two Graces intimately related to the royal house arc to-day mentioned in a stage whisper and with a mysterious shrug of the shoulders in high circles and among officials and courtiers, for only those privileged classes are suffered to discuss the latest scandal in Berlin high lite. One of the names mentioned is that of Prince Frederick Charles, who is dead, and llie other that of the hereditary Prince of Saxe Altenburg. The scandal arose through disclosures made during a secret investigation into alleged fraudulent sales of titles and certifi cates of court purveyors, in which a number of small South German potentates and the two above named princes were concerned. Peculiar llatiness for a Prince. It appears that the Bed Prince carried on a regular business in selling the use of his name to trades people, and even placed it at the disposal of his regular agents. A dozen or more of signed blank diplomas in consideration of a lump sum were issued whenever he ran short of cash. A situation of not unfrequent occurrence cs a result of this is that the streets ot Berlin and other German cities are fairly strewn with signs of purveyor to his late Royal Higncss Prince Frederick Charles, and no self-respecting citizen thinks of buy ing the homely Frankfurter sausage from a-perk butcher who can't display the crest of the conqueror of Mctz over his shop window. Death has removed Prince Frederick Charles from the stigma of contempt of the public and the frowns of the head of the Hohenzollern dynasty, but punishment falls all the heavier on the living offender, the Prince of Saxe Alteaburg. ' A Victim of tho Imperial Frown. As a mark of tbe royal displeasure the Prince was recently made subordinate by the Kaiser to his brother-in-law, tbe heredi tary Prince of Saxe Meiningen, who re ceived the rank of LieutenantJGeneral, "though ten years his junior in the service. "While this traffic was scandalous enough to drive any ell regulated court into mourn ing, certain other offenses have been charged against the Prince of Saxe Altenburg who, by the way, was the Bed Prince's son-in-law offenses, I am sorry to say, of a crim inal character. They savor stronglv of thoe exposed by ihe Fall Mall Gazette some five years ago and the woman who served as go-between in the negotiations between the Prince and his victims now in jail. Up till a few days ago she could be seen daily in the frequented thoroughfares of this city where she was well known, on the lookout lor prey. His Kojnl Highness Was Indiscreet. She would probably not have been dis turbed in her practices if the Prince had not committed the indiscretion of keeping her informed of the Kaiser's sentiment in r-card to the pending investigation. The Prince's servant was in the habit of calling upon her two or three times a dav with missives which she in turn entrnsted to her subordinate. The servant was stopped and found to be the bearer of messages which led to dis closures of an infamous character. It is true that the Prince was present at Wednes day's grand ball at the castle, but that, it is understood was only a blind. He was cut dead by all the members of the royal family, and especially by the Enperor, who made no secret of his feelings. The climax in this case was probably reached yesterday when the Prince left the citv in disgrace on unlimited leave of ab sence. WALDERSEE PROVIDED FOR He Is to lie the German Ambassador to St. Petersburg. mT DUXLAP'S CABLE C0MPANT.1 I'ritLix, Feb. 15. A personal friend of ( "Ut.; WalJcrsee says that the ex-Chief of tafl lias been selected to succeed General Von fcchweinitz in the post of German Am bassador to St. Petersburg. He will only take np his appointment after he has served for some time in command of the arm v corps, to which he has been appointed. General Von Schweinitz resigns on the ground of ad vancing age. It is interesting to note that li like Count Waldersee, married an Amer ican girl, the daughter of ex-Minister John Jar, of Xtw York. Airs. Phelps, assisted by the Countess I'.crnsiorff and Countess Schwitenbourg, will preside at the farewell reception to be Fiveu to Countess Waldersee by the Berlin Aoung Men's Christian Association on Feb ruary 17. The Countess was prominent in aiiling to found the association in this cltv. GAVE UP HIS QUEST. A Saloon Keeper Adtertlses for a Wife and Discovers His Mother. 'ill UL'NLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.l Berlin, Feb. 15. A funny story is told of a Berlin saloon keeper, who some time ago advertised in a New York paper for a wife, an English-speaking one, who could help him in opening an American bar in TJnter den Linden, Among the applications received was one, the handwriting of which seemed strangely familiar to the advertiser, and no wonder, for it came from the man's own mother, who resided with a younger son at Newark, but who is pining to return to the land of her birth under acceptable circumstances. The matrimonial candidate was so over come by tbe unexpected result of his search that he decided to give up his quest and ac cept the proffered services of a thrifty parent in lieu of the uncertain prospects of matrimonial bliss. BIG LABOR MOVEMENT. ABEANGING FOE A WORLD-WIDE DEM ONSTRATION ON MAY 1. France Being Billed for Uie Event in Circus Fashion All the Leading Industrial Centers of the World to Be Placarded in Like Manner. rBT DUSLAr'S CAULS C01TPAXT.1 Paris, Feb. 15. Although the great la bor manifestation set for May, seems yet io be some .considerable time off, the Council National is taking advantage of the interim and adopting means for impressing the im portance of a united movement upon the workingmen throughout the "world. As step toward this end, the town of Lille was yesterday billed as if for a circus with enor mous posters, describing the object of the May Day demonstration, and saying much about it that may influence the men to par ticipate in it To-day Paris was billed in a like manner. and in quick succession the leading in dustrial centers of the world will be placarded. The most conspicuous poster reads: -"On-tbe first of May all frontiers will be effaced, and in the entire universe will be seen a union of that which should be united and a secession of that which should be separated. On one side arc the producers, hand in hand, determined on emancipation, and on the other the exploiters, trembling vainly before a movement that nothing can stop and that will overwhelm them." Following this is a lengthy review of the eight-hour question, with various objections to it answered, and then the signature of the National Council. Germany is the only country that will not make a fete day of May 1. It falls on Friday, and the Em peror has expressed his wish that the tran quility of the public should not be disturbed during that week. Consequently the vari ous labor unions will delay their celebration until Sunday, the 3d. MURDERED FOR MONEY. A Horrible Tragedy, in Which, a Young Woman Is the Victim. fET ECLAP,S CABLE COMrANT.J Berlin. Feb. 15. A horrible murder, which recalls in its leading feature the mo tives of "The Bells, is reported from the vil lage of Diepholz, in Westphalia, The victim is a young woman named Margaret Krumm, the daughter of a farmer. She was waylaid and murdered in a forest. A gendarme discovered the body and rode off for help. The first cottage he reached was that of a woodcutter named Botzky. The door was opened by Eotzky's wife, wh explained that her hmband was not in, but she expected him very shortly. Almost immediately be came up and his ap pearance aroused the gendarme's suspicion, for his clothes were stained with blood. He was charged with the crime; and &s .M-ur. prised that be made a confession on the spot,' He explained that the girl had called at the house an hour before and asked him to accompany her on her wayback through the forest, explaining that she was afraid to go alone, as she was carrying a large sum of monev. Botzkv refused to comply with her request, and as soon as she left he took an other path, which brought him out of a lonely place ahead of her. There he lay in wait and when she came Up he demanded tbe money, and on her refusing to give it to him he murdered her: CARNIVAL RAIMENT. Exquisite Costumes Worn by Scions of Roy alty at tho Berlin Court. rBT DCNLAP'S CABLE COMPA3JT.1 Berlin, Feb. 15. The carnival came to a close during the week with the grand ball at the royal castle. Although some 2,500 persons participated iu it, there was nothing novel or original about the affair to distin guish it from its predecessors but the ex quisite costume worn by the Princess Fred erick Charles and tbe Queen Louise dresses of the debutantes, which really looked very well and best on those of plump figure. Tbe Princess' white toilette was of dead silk, with a purple train and ermine, all the ornaments being of precious stones, sewn on to the dress, three fingers broad or sprinkled over the costume. The color effects were most artistic, and the whole was a marvel of the modiste's, combined with the jeweler's art The Queen Louise dress was similar to that worn by the Emperor's great-grandmother in the well-known picture of that beautiful and unfortunate queen. LETTER FROM BLAINE. He Writes Salisbury in Reference to the Sealing Season. IBT rCXLAP'S CABLE COMPAKY.J London, Feb. 15. The much talked of meeting and interview between Minister Lincoln and tbe Marquis of Salisbury that took place last week, and the subject of which has been regarded more or less as a mystery, it is now learned amounted and consisted simply of the presentation by Mr. Lincoln to the Marquis of a letter from Secretary Blaine, asking an early reply to his communication of last December, rela tive to the close of the sealing season. AN OPERATIC FAILURE. Though a Beautiful Work, It Was Too Tame for Wagnerian Germans. IBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COUPAXT.l Berlin, Feb. 15. The Baroness Bron sart's opera in four acts, entitled "Hearne," the libretto of which is by Bodenstedt, has turned out an utter failure, iu spite of the fine scenic display, and not a few melodious arias. Although it contains ninch that is lyric ally and poetically beautiful, it is regarded as too tame by theGermans, who are imbued nitb the teachings and influence of Wagner. THE EMPEROR'S SCHEME. A Comlilne That Is Intended to Restrict Emigration Trom Germany-. TBT DUSLAP'6 CABLE C0MPAXT3. Berlin, Feb. 15. The combine which has been arranged between the North Ger man Lloyd and Hamburg-American lines, for the purpose of keeping up the rates for passage, is said to have been insti gated by no less a personage than the Em peror himself, who is desirous of using it as a means of restricting the tide of emigration. THE STARVING WEAVERS. Nothing Is Being Done by German Authori ties to Relieve Them. TBT DCNLAT'S CABLE COMFANT.1 Berlin, Feb. 15. Nothing has been done to relieve the condition of the starring weavers in Silesia, but there is an abun dance of talk and red tape about the matter, which is sickening to one who is familiar with'the prompt methods in America, Eng land and France, In cases of urgent neces sity like this. While subscriptions are pouring in for monnments to Bismarck and the Kaiser, not a penny has been raised to help the unfortunate denizens of the Eulen mountains, and the semi-dependents of His Mightiness, Duke Batibor. It is argued that they are used to starvation, and will stand this famine as they have stood others. The money collected "by thousands from the workmen is evidently needed in tbe field of political agitation. To-day it is learned that the authorities of the Duchy of Batibor' and Glatz refused to indorse a petition from weavers on the frontier to be allowed to import large quantities of flour from Austria, where it is 40 per cent cheaper than in Prussia under protection. ANGRY AT BISMARCK. EMPEBOB WILLIAM MAY BESOBT TO EX TREME MEASTTBES. Reports That the Ex-Chancellor Is to Be Prosecuted Significant Remarks of Caprlvi The Emperor's Anger liable to Break Ont Any Time. TBT EUKLAr'S CABLE COMPAITT.1 .Berlin, Feb. 15. Humors are current that the State contemplates a prosecution of Prince Bismarck. There was an extraor dinary session of the Boyal State Council yesterday at noon, Chancellor Caprivi presiding. In its midst the Emperor suddenly and unexpectedly ap peared and took part in the deliberations. It is known that matters of serious moment were discussed, and particularly the threat ening attitude assumed by Bismarck and its possible effect on the foreign relations of the empire. Count Schouvaloff, the Bussian Ambassador, called upon Prince Bismarck: on Thursday last, since which time it has been remarked that the pa pers devoted to Bismarck's interests, have almost daily referred in caustic terms to Caprivi's failure to keep good faith with Bussia. It is now stated that Bismarck communicated to Schouvaloff and forwarded proof to the Emperor in the form of docu ments, that the attacks of the press upon the Government of the Czar did not em anate from him, but from Count Waldersee, the now ex-Chief of Staff. Chancellor Caprivi, in talking of these strained and restless relations between the Government and the Prince, declared that no State prosecution would in any case be directed against Bismarck, and if he con siders it consistent with his patriotism to continue his assaults and disclosure of State secrets, the only remedy left will be his re moval to a distance. The Paris Matin publishes a dispatch from Berlin, saying that the Emperor has expressed his condemnation of Bismarck's attitude in the severest terms, and that the sovereign has been grievously affected by the incessant attacks emanating from Fried richsruhe. The condition of affairs is serious, and the patience of the Emperor is very strained and liable at any moment to be exhausted, in which event it is not unlikely he would resort to extreme measures to bring about a discontinuance of the annoyance. HIS ASHES REFUSED BURIAL. Berlin Society Excited Over an Arbitrary Ruling of tho Chnrcb. fBT DtTJJLAP'S CABLE C0MPA3TT.1 Berlin, Feb. 15. Berlin society is scandalized at the action of the church in lohibitijb the-authoritics of. the Dorolhean Stadt Cemetery from allowing the family of Judge Ernst Cartian to place the urn con taining the ashes of their relative in the family vault, which has been existing there for over 100 years. The decision o the Church Council may not be appealed again, as the letter of the law is on its side. Even tbe intervention of Minister Yon Cosslar, who is a member of the Council, had no effect on the parsons except making them more obsti nate In their illiberal course. The Cartians are among Berlin's best known and best liked patricians and have never knowingly offended the church. The late judge died somewhat suddenly in Kome and ordered his body to be cremated in Padua, probably never contemplating tbe possibility of his ashes being excluded from the resting place of his wife and children. To-day the urn contain ing tbe ashes was deposited in tbe urn hall at Friedrichsfeldt Cemetery, having been brought from the Padua cre matorium by special messenger in deference to Italian law, which prohibits the dispatch of the ashes of human beings as ordinary freight. COMING TO AMERICA Two Germans Who Leave Their Country On Account of Religion. TBT DDNLAP'B CABLE COMPAiCT.l Berlin, Feb. 15. Frederick May and Christopher Hssse entered upon an enforced journey to America, 24 hours after their re lease from jail, where thev had undergone six weeks' imprisonment for refusing to do military duty on account of religious scruples. The men beloug to tbe New Church, which is an organization similar to that of the Shakers. There religion pro hibits them from taking tbe lives of their fellow creatures on any pretext. It was necessary to punish them for refusing to comply with the laws of the country.but the confinement was made as little irksome as possible by special favor ot the Emperor, who outwardly respects the religious peculi arities of his subjects. The Emperor undertook to defray the cost of their passage to the new world, where militarianism is unknown and the religious scruples of all are respected. THE MURDER MYSTERY. The Saddler Will be Arraigned for Kill lug Carotty Nell To-Dab. London, Feb. 15. The saddler who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of being the man who murdered the woman known as "Carotty Nell" in the Whitechapel district on Friday morning was conveyed, heavily guarded, to the Arbow's Square prison to day. He was lately a fireman on board the steamer Fez from Turkey. A formidable looking knife has been traced to his posses sion. He will be formally charged with the murder to-morrow. Startling revela tions are expected. WILL NOT STAND DICTATION. The English Shlppln Federation Will Not Be Guided by the Unions. London, Feb. 15. The shipping federa tion has issued an ultimatum which declares that the dictation of the unions is unbearable and that the federation will refuse to employ any man unless be pledges himself to embark on any vessel with which he signs articles, whether the remainder of the crew be Unionists or no. The Federation disavows any intention to interfere with the unions or to reduce wages. African Natives for Firemen. IBT DDXLAP'S CABLE COUP ANT. Hamburg, Feb. 15. A shipment of 52 natives of East Africa arrived here to-day and will enter the service of the Woermann Line of steamships as firemen. It is an nounced as the first experiment in utilizing a semi-savage people ia this direction of labor. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, NO LAWS FOR LABOR. The Present Congress Eas Not Found Time for Such Legislation. BILLS THAT HAVE BEEN SHELVED. in Inquiry Into the Enormous Expense of Government Printing. OUTLOOK FOE THE CLOSING SESSION rrnOM A STAT COBIWSrOXDEXT.l Washington, Feb. 15. The treatment of bills of special interest to the wage work ers of thecountry by the Congress that is about to end its career must be very instruc tive not only to the class most immediately concerned, but to all who are making a study of the economical question, and who have reached the conclusion that the work ing class is of equal importance with the capitalistic class. Of course.some of the bills introduced are impracticable, and merely for the purpose of aiding the re-election of the demagogue who introduced them, but there is a consid erable number of measures which are of sound origin and intention, and which, if enacted into laws, would be of some benefit to the working people; and it is of these and their fate of which the working people ought to be informed. A number of these bills have passed the House, all of them last session, but not one of them has been taken up in the Senate with the exception of the bill to adjust the account of laborers under the "eight-hour law." Thb Fate of the Eight-Hour Day. Dnring the first term of President Grant a law was enacted making eight hours the legal work day of all wageworkers under the Government A dispute arose as to whether the wages were to be the same for eight hours as ten, and, as is always the case, the law was construed to the disad vantage of the weak, and the wages were cut down in ratio with the hours of labor, tbe workers having the option to work "overtime" and receive fhe old wage. The gross injustice of this construction was rec ognized at once, as it never was intended that the workmen should suffer in pay for a benefit that it was intended to confer in re duction of hours; and almost ever since that construction was put upon the law the workmen and their friends here and all over the country have been attempting to secure justice for those who werejwronged. Thus since 1868 the matter has dragged along,and it is only with the awakening of political parties to the growing independence and intelligence ot the working people that any thing has been accomplished. A bill to adjust thonccounts of the wronged workmen and appropriating money to pay them their justdues was passed. by the House at the last session. It lay in tbe Senate until a week or so ago, when it was taken up, amended, and recommitted to the committee which reported It; and there it will stay, in all probability. It is urged against it that it will require 530,000,000 to pay these workmen what the Government owes them; th it many of them are dead and can receive no benefit from the money if It were paid; that the claims are in the hands of claims attorneys; and so on. Of course,evervbody knows that this has noth ing to do with the justice of the question. A Radical Difference of Opinion. Senator Blair asserts that it will not re quire more than 92,000,000 at most to pay the debt. Senator Hoar savs it will take 56,000,000. Pther Senators still farther re-, moved from,, knowledge of and sympathy with the working people, say it will take $30,000,000. Simple justice savs that it makes no difference if it take $500,000,000, but Simple Justice does not possess a seat in the United States Senate when a claim for the working people is up for adjustment. A, bill introduced in toe Senate providing that American citizens be given the prefer ence in employment upon the public works, and foreigners employed only when Amer ican citizens are not available, was "read twice and referred to the Committee on Edu cation and Labor," and that is the end of it. Two bills prohibiting the employment of convict labor on public works of any kind, and one of them prohibiting iu addition the use of any material made by convict labor, were passed by the House and introduced in the Senate last September. That is the last that has been heard of them, except when the Democrats made a fuss about non-action in regard to them when they were frenzied over the probable passage of tbe elections bill. Then they were terribly exercised about the bills in the interests of the labor ing classes, but since the demise of the elec tions bill not a Democrat has been heard to open his mouth touching tbe labor bills, ex cept to discuss and defeat the one above re ferred to; and the Republicans have been equally indifferent. Another Measure Apparently Forgotten. A bill providing that no laborer in the employ of the Government shall receive less than 52 a day, which is little enough, in all conscience, was introduced in the House April 28, 1890, "read twice and referred to the committee on labor, and ordered to be printed," aud on July 8, 1890, was brought up and referred to the House calendar and ordered to be again printed. That is the end of that eminently just bill, which would do an immense amount of good as an ex ample of the lowest rate of wages thought just by the Government of tbe people in this Kepublic of 60,000,000. On account of the faulty construction of the former act making eight hours the ex tent of the legal day's work by day laborers under the Government, a bill was introduced in the House last August, which had had many a predecessor of its kind, entitled "an act constituting eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen and mechanics, em ployed by or on behalf of the Government of the United States, or by or on behalf of the District of Columbia, or by contractors work ing for the Government of the United States or the District of Columbia, and providing penalties lor violation ot the provisions thereof." The old act provides no penalty, and it was not only construed violently against the workmen, but was violated with impunity. This bill was so evidently just and necessary that it was passed by the House aud sent to the Senate within a week after its introduction in the former body. In the Senate it sleeps the sleep that knows no waking, at least for this session. Fate of the Postal Telegraph. These, with the postal telegraph bill, which has been asked for by more than a million of wage workers, that they may have the advantage of cheap use of the electric wires in communicating with each other in regard to business, sickness, death or other matters, and which has been for three sessions smothered in the Committee on Telegraphs, Postoffices and Post Roads, are some of the measures of vital interest to the welfare of the millions of working peo ple of the whole country. And this is a sample of their treatment by so-called Rep resentatives asserted to be elected by the people. There certainly would seem to oe force in the argument that it is about time for voters who can get no attention from the Congress men who train with the old parties to flock in a party by themselves, and see if they cannot at least get the "balance of power" in tbe National Legislature, and with that advantage compel the respect where now they get nothing but contempt Ligiitneb. TO FOECE A VOTE. Final Action Proposed to Be Secured on the Shipping Bill. ' Washington.. Feb; 15. The shipping FEBRUARY 16, 1891. bill, which has for about two weeks re mained pending in the House as unfinished business, will be again brought up this week, and its friends propose to secure final action on it before the end of the week. The committee which reported the bill is prepared, if necessary, to take the Senate bill, unamended, as the measure, to become a law, but greatly prefer that there shall be incorporated in the Senate bill the mail and naval reserve clauses of the House measure. REFORM IN PRINTING THAT IT IS HOPED TO ACCOMPLISH BY INVESTIGATION. Enormous Cost of the Government Printing Office Senator Mandcrson Wants It Cut Down Abuse of N tho Congressional Record Is the Chief Cause. trr.OM A STAFF COERESPOlfDEXT.l Washington, Feb. 15. Before the ex piration of the Fifty-first Congress, two weeks from next Wednesday, Senator Man derson expects to secure favorable action in the House and Senate on his concurrent resolution, providing that the Com mittee on Public Printing, with three members of the present Congress who are re-elected to the next Congress to be ap pointed by the Speaker, or any sub-committee of the joint committee, shall be in structed to examine into the whole subject of Government printing and report a bill, making such reductions and imposing such checks as may be deemed expedient. This is really one of the most important proposi tions that has been made to this Congress, and if carried out according to the ideasof Senator Manderson, will result in a material reduction of the enormous expenditure for printing, which is becoming an abuse that is exciting the attention of the whole coun try. The appropriation for the fiscal year end ing June 30. 1890, for the Government printing office, was $2,368,000 and to cover a deficiency of the previous year, $674,000 was appropriated during the first session of the Filtv-first Concress. For the year ending June 30, 1891, 2,798.000 was appropriated, and a deficiency appropriation made during the current session of Congress of 5960,475, brings up the appropriation for the year to the enormous figure of $3,758,475. The appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1892, is $2,548, 000, and the deficiency of $700,000 to be appropriated, will make a total of $3,248, 000. The greatest abuse of all, and where the fun will come in if a report be made, will be in regard to the Conaressional Record, whiph, in the main, is the most useless publication in the whole world. A vast bulk of the Record is taken up with speeshes which are never delivered, and which are written solely for circulation as "part of the Con prcssional Record," at public expense, among the constituents of the supposed orator, who not only did not deliver his speech, but probably paid some thrifty news-' paper'correspondent for writing it, CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. Congressman Reyburn Thinks the Phila delphia Mint TSUI Will Pass. IFEOM A BTAKT COBBESPONDENT.1 Washington, Feb. 15. Congressman Beyburn has gone to Philadelphia in order to rote at Tuesday's election. Before leav ing, Mr. Beyburn was asked what chance tbe bill providing for a new Mint at Phila delphia has for consideration this session. X.yJtcxburn said. that therewas.not the slightest doubt that tbe bill would be -considered before adjournment He said that Speaker Eeed, during the past week, had shown in more ways than one that he was heartily in accord with the measure, and the probabilities were that if the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds did not secure a day this week, the Committee on Bulcs would appoint a day for its especial consideration. It is now known that there are several Pennsylvania members, representing the districts lying close to Philadelphia, who are opposed to this measure simply because of personal antagonism to Superintendent Bosbyshell, who, they claimed, turned them down in the matter of appointments. These members do not care to be recorded as op posing the bill, but will be recorded as ab sent. A VOTE EXPECTED SOON On the Copyright BUI, If Its Friends Can Accomplish It. Washington, Feb. 15. The copyright bill is the unfinished business before the Senate. Whether its consideration will be resumed to-morrow, however, depends upon the majority's estimate of the amount of time that will be required to reach the point of final action. Senator Hale has stated his intention to call up the .diplomatic appro priation bill to-morrow, but as the friends of the copyright bill are confident the measure is in such shape that it cannot con sume much more, it will probably be brought to a final voto before the diplomatic bill is taken up. The legislation appropriation bills are to be reported some time during the week, and will be pressed .at once upon the Senate's consideration. Conference reports on other and further advanced appropriation bills will also be submitted for action. A SENATE P2CGEAHME. List of Measures toCome Up in Turn In the Upper House. Washington, Feb. 15. The Repub lican Senate caucus list of measures selected for consideration in tbe intervals between the discussion of the appropriation bills is as follows: The Indian depredations bill, the Nicaragua canal bill, the pure food and the Conger lard bills, the army reorganiza tion bill, the inter-State commerce bill, the land court bill, the bankruptcy bill, the revenue marine bill, and the Pacific Bail road funding bill. How far in this programme the Senate may proceed will depend ou tbe amount of time occupied by tbe appropriation bills, but it is the caucus' determination that none of the measures named ou the list shall be permitted to remain under consid eration for an unreasonable length of time, and as a matter of justice to the succeeding features of the order, any bill will be laid aside that provokes very much debate. THE 8ILVEB QUESTION. Free Coinage Men Confident the Bill Will Be Reported Soon. Washington, Feb. 15. The silver question still remains the most absorbing topic of discussion among the members of the House, and there is a constant fear on the part of conservative members that it may at some unexpected time be sprung on the House in an unlooked-for shape. The belief has, however, 'now become quite gen eral and strong that no silver bill can be taken up in advance of a report from the Coinage Committee, The committee has lately shown a disposition to cease further hearings, and vote on the bill before it -; The silver men are confident that the bill will be reported to the House before the end of the week, and a Republican caucus, which has been called for to-morrow night, may have some influence on the course to be pur sued in regard to this measure by the ma- jyi - j" RULED BY A 'QUEEN. Kalakua's Fnneral to Have Taken Place Yesterday at Honolulu. THE CHARLESTON AT THE CAPITAL. Remains of tbe Dead King Received By. His Hawaiian Subjects. THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT THANKED San Fkancisco, Feb. 15. The United States steamship Charleston, in command of Bear Admiral Brown and bearing the body of King Kalakua, arrived in Honolulu harbor Thursday, January 29, seven days from San Francisco. The Charleston steamed into port with Hawaiian and Amer ican flags at half-mast Crowds of natives and foreigners gathered at tbe landing to obtain the first news. The United States steamship Mohican and Her Majesty's steamship Nymphe flew flags at half-mast and crossed their yards as signals of mourn ing. Business houses and manufactories were closed, schools dismissed and Government offices closed. Tbe native women, as the Charleston came to anchor, set up a loud wailing. At 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon amid the booming of minute guns from the war ships in port and the batteries on shore the King's body was landed and received by a guard of honor composed of sailors from tbe Charleston, Mohican and JNympne, headed by toe Charleston band, playing a fnneral dirge. The procession was formed and moved to the palace. Received at tho Palace. As the cortege entered the palace, Dowa ger Queen Kapanoa appeared on the balcony and gave way to violent demonstrations of grief. Queen Liliokalani also appeared on the balcony, and was also greatly moved. The coffin was placed on the bier in the middle of the throne room. On it were placed the King's crown of state, his sword aud royal leather cloak. That evening the Cabinet met and issued a proclamation pro claiming tbe Princess Lilicokalani Queen of the Hawaiian Islands. The people were then allowed to gaze upon the remains of their late King. The body will continue to lie in state until Sunday, February 15, when a grand procession will convey the remains to tbe cemetery. The Honolulu Weekly Bulletin says editorially: Tbe American Government 'has ever stood the friend of Hawaii, and belief in Hawaii ihat America is our best and truest triend on prin ciple without reference to national politics be comes an inseparable part of our popular creed. No matter how local or national preju dice has been stirred up among us, native Hawaiians have at all times felt and expressed from the depth of their hearts that our ulti mate dependence for authority of government lay mainly within the arbitrament of the great Republic The Ministry to Remain in Office. The Ministry appointed by the late King with the approval of the Legislature is likely to remain in office until another Leg islature meets in 1892. The Cabinet under provisions of the law can be removed only upon the vole of want of confidence passed by a majority of all the elective members of the .Legislature, consequently the present Cabinet will not resign, but will continue in office until the new Legislature is elected as the present one is convened in special ses sion. Although the new Queen is known to have pronounced leaning toward the En glish, no trouble is feared on that score. The Queen is surrounded by councillors who are well khowji for integrity and honesty of purpose. It is generally thought that B. W. Wilcox will be made Grand Chamberlain. v An immense mass meeting was held at Kaumakapi, Honolulu, ou Thursday, Feb ruary 6, at which a series of resolutions were adopted expressing .gratitude rif the Hawai ians to the United States and to California and to Admiral Brown and officers of the Charleston for the "unbouuded courtesy and kind attentions" offered to the King, both before and after his death. Copies of this resolution will be sent to the President of the United States, the Governor of Cali fornia, the Mayor of San Francisco and Admiral Brown. The same evening a large meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held and adopted similar resolutions. BRICE'S BIG PROJECT. TBADE DESIGNS OF HIS AND OTHEE BAIL. BOAD MAGNATES, Several Lines of Steamers to Ron From Southern Ports to South and Central America On the Bant for Supplies of Coal for Them. ISPECIAX. TELEQBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1 Chattanooga, Feb. 15. The following distinguished party of railroad magnates spent to-daf in Chattanooga: Calvin S. Brice, United States Senator from Ohio and Vice President of the East Ten nessee Bailway system; C. R. Cum mings, Chicago, Commissioner of Com merce to Honduras; S. A. Baxter, Lima, O., President of the Michigan and Northwestern Bailroad; George L. Bradley, general manager of the Lake Erie and Western Bailroad; John C. Barker, Car Company, Michigan City, Ind.: Erskine M. Phelps, wholesale manufacturer and dealer in shoes, Chicago, and member of the National Executive Committee. In conversation with your correspondent Mr. Brice said: The object of our visit is to look after Central and South American trade and that with Mexico. We want to see what Is necessary to be done to carry out the Intentions ot the International Congress and to es tablish trade between the countries included in tbe reciprocity scheme, and we are com pleting our arrangements as fast as we can. You are aware that one system already has a line of steamers from Mobila to Tampa, and from that point to the West Indies. Tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Company has established a line of steamers from Mobile to Tampa, and will have to De supplied with coal, and we are arranging to put on another line from Mobile to South America and to Hon duras. Tbey will all want coal and the coun tries they touch want coat We also have another harbor at Brunswick, from which several lines of ocean steamers will run. Wo have two good Southern ports. Brnnswick and Mobile, and expect to establish 13 lines of steamers from them. It Is to supply the demand for coal that we have been looking over the South, but It is not time yet to reveal all our plans. Mr. Brice said whatever was necessary to do to perfect their system to develop the Sonth would be most certainly done, as the company knew the import ance of doing it. From another member 6f the party it was learned that they had gone over the Monon route, with the idea ot getting possession of it to open up a market for Southern coal and iron. The party left to-nigbt for Cincinnati after visiting various points of interest about the city. They seemed highly pleased with the Southern outlook and will not be afraid to invest monev in its development and in opening up" trade with South America, Mexico and Central America. TEACY WON'T HAVE IT. Tho Secretaryship of tho Treasury Not to Ills Liking. ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. I Washington, Feb. 15. Secretary Tracy's name has been mentioned frequent ly in connection with the vacant Secretary- ship of the Treasury, but in conversation yesterday with a prominent New York Bepublican he said point blank that he did not want that office and would not take it in any circumstances. It was far too irk some and laborious to suit his taste. This declaration would seem to chime in well with the recent semi-official utterance attributed to Secretary Halford, that the vacant post in the Treasury would not be filled by transfers within the Cabinet ARMOR PLATE TRIAL. OFFICIAL BEPOET OF THE B0AED ON BECENT EXPERIMENTS. Effect of the Flro of Heavy Cans on the Three Different Plates Nickel-Steel Stood tho Test the Best Weight of the Plates. ISrXCIAL TELCQBAM TO THE DI3PATCR.1 Annapolis, Feb. 15. The official re port of the Board of Naval Officers on tbe competitive trial of armor plate', of which Bear Admiral Kimberly was Presi dent, has been announced through the pro ceedings of tbe United States Naval Insti tute, just published. Three plates were in competition, one of steel, one of nickel steel, manufactured by Schnei der & Co., Le Creusot, and one compound plate, manufactured by Cammell & Co., Sheffield. After an exhaustive trial, the board placed three plates tested in the following order of merit: 1, nickel steel; 2, all steel; 3, compound. The com pound plate was perforated by all projectiles, aud its steel face was destroyed. Two of tbe shells passed completely through both plate and backing. Both steel plates kept out all projectiles, the all-steel plates showing slightly greater resistance than the nickel-steel plate; bt the formerwas badlypracked by the eiht- inch shell, while. the?. x remained un- era c Kea. Accompanying tbl .to graphs of tbe plates taken ing, showing the hehr- 'ates alter each shot. The v. were also pbotographe Holtzer six-inch armor-pier: with two-caliber radius, and were O v uptOMeaianuaruwewnsowAuu pouuu. EZ' "nPii"gm" jiuu. -me ..au.cu. vf .wu ni.4ui of iron weighed about two ounces each. The charged used was 44 pounds for each round, of brown prismatic powder, manufactured by Messrs. Dupont The striking velocity was 2,075 feet per second. The pointing was done by means of central cros3-hair sights in the axis of the bore. The gun was fired by means of friction primer and long lanyard. The board made careful inspection of the plates and their bolts and backing. The steel plate aud nickel-steel plate were se cured to the backing with 12 bolts, 2.36 inches in diameter. The compound -plate-was secured to its backing .by eight bolts 3.19 inches in diameter. The weight of the steel plate was 20,776 pounds; nickel-steel, 20,679 pounds, and compound, about 20,992. A FABEWELL SUPPEB. John Jacob Astor Bids Good-Bye to Bach elorhood In LaTiili Style. ISPECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH' New York, Feb. 15. The interior or the Knickerbocker Clubhouse was bril liantly illuminated to-nigbt, when the nine young men who are to attend John Jacob Astor at his wedding in Philadel phia to-morrow began to arrive. The guests were ushered into one of the private room?, where a table, beautiful in all its appointments, was rsady for the feast which Mr. Astor had invited his friends to partake of on the eve of his departure from bach elorhood. The guests were Lispenard Stew art, who will act to-morrow as best man, and the ushers, Center Hitchcock. H. Le Graud Cannon, Bobert L. Hargous, Elisha Dyer, Jr., Thomas H. Howard, Woodbury Kane, Hamilton Fisk Webster and Barton Willing, a brother of Mr. Astor's fiancee. Mr. Astor has presented td each of his men a beautiful scarf pin, in which there is a good sized pearl, surrounded by diamonds. Mr. Astor, with his best man aud several of his ushers, will leave for Philadelphia at 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Mrs. Astor, his mother, will leave for the Quaker City at 1 o'clock this morning. GIBSON HAS NOT PLED. At Least That Is What the President of the Whisky Trust Says. Chicago. Feb. 15. President Greenhut, of the Whisky Trust, emphatically denies the story of Secretary Gibson's flight from Peoria. "I have positive knowledge," said he this afternoon, "that Gibson was in Peoria Saturday night" "How do you know that?" was asked. "I received a bundle of papers from him this morning postmarked Peoria, and the handwriting was Gibson's." The Whisky Trust people are gathering from all parts to attend the directors' meet ing to be held at the Auditorium to-morrow. Several of the directors arrived to-day. President Greenhut stated that probably Gibson would be here to attend the meeting and that it was nothing more than the regu lar business gathering of the trust. "Will the Gibson matter be discussed?" he was asked. "No doubt some reference will be made to it" "Will any plan of defense be outlined?" "Our attorneys are doing that They are competent to iay bare the plot against the trust, for such it certainly is." HOT IN THE MABKET. That Is tho Statement Made Concerning fhe Mobile and Ohio Road. St. Louis, Feb. 15. A special train last evening over the Mobile and Ohio brought in President and General Manager J. C Clark, William Butler Duncan, Chairman of the Board, New York, and D. J.Mackey, of Evansville, President of the Mackey Consolidated system. There have been nu merous rumors afloat during the week con cerning the Mobile and Ohio property and iu reply to the questions of a reporter, Chairman Duncan made the following statement: "I can only say that the Mobile and Ohio Bailroad is not in the market for sale, what ever may be said to the contrary notwith standing. No public importance is to be attached to the fact that Mr. Mackey has been over the road with me upon this in spection trip. Some of his friends and, so far as I know, he himself may personally also be interested in tbe securities of the property, and I have been only too happy to have him accompany me ou this trip." FLAMES IN A HOSPITAL. All tho Patients and Attendants Escape Without Injury. Bochesteb, N. Y Feb. 15. At 1120 to-night a night watchman at St Mary's Hospital discovered the eastern wing of the hospital on fire. A general alarm was sent iu and the firemen responded promptly. There were 250 patients, 10 nuns and a large number of employes in the building, but as far as known all were taken out unharmed. The east wing was totally destroyed and the entire building was practically ruined before the firemen gained control of the flames. The loss will probably reach over $60,000; insurance, $20,000, f . . Vtj-'Vl. "C Ik VAo.N comw ". 'J . W(l ON 7 '. . Tin. s. rw "Jii . LUk 4r. -iy - JV - 71 w v- VJ v X J4 THREE CENTS. A RANKING MEASURE Certain to Be Framed by the Legisla tive Committee of Inquiry TO YISIT PITTSBURG THIS WEEK. Tbe Opposition to the Road Sill Pre pared by the Commission. GETTING READY P0E ANOTHER VETO rSPECIAI. TELEORAJt TO THE DISPATCH.! Haekisbueg, Feb. 15. Next Thursday the joint legislative committee appointed to devise, better than tbe existing means to pro tect depositors in banks will leave for Pitts burg, where they will examine bankers and other business men. Soon after it shall have completed its labors in that city it will doubtless begin the preparation of its report to the Legislature. The committee has obtained sufficient in formation from bankers and others in Har rishurg and Philadelphia to show the exist istenceof a strong sentiment in favor of the supervision of the State of incorporated banks and trust companies, which .also de rive their powers from the State. As to the supervision of private banking institutions, tbe committee, it is understood, has formed the opinion, basetltin the testimony given before it, thattls not expedient The pass age of an aoffis probable providing for the appointmnt of a bank examiner, with au thoritryto exercise a supervision similar to - inaj tharoffecting national banks. Opposition to the Road Bill. Members of tbe Legislature from the country districts report considerable oppo sition among their constituents to the pro posed law of the commission appointed by the State to devise an improved system of road making. The votes of Senators Packer, of Tioga, and Newell, of Bradford, will probably be controlled against the bill pre pared by the commission by the sentiment developed in these counties against 'he Measure. riie feature most odious to them, is that oviding for a cash tax instead of giving ; ,- to k t ft tax oa pnbIlc roads. They are also represented to claim !,, ;, ,l that its machinery is too cumbrous to make the proposed law desirable. Senator Brown, of York, is also opposed to the bill. He has a measure of his own, but it is scarcely less popular in Tioga and Bradford counties,, than that of the road commission. The opposition to the com mission bill has notyet assumed tne shape of petitions, like the opposition to the repeal of portions of the antiquated Sunday law, but if any danger of passage should be ap prehended tbe appearance in large numbers in the Legislature is said to be only a question of a short time. A curiosity can vass of tbe Senate indicates that the bill will receive the votes of a majority of that body. The Miners in a Dlssusted Mood. The miners who have seats in the Legisla ture, and other members who are the es pecial representatives of miners are dis gusted with the action of the Conference Committee in allowing the operators and mine inspectors equal representation with the miners in the proposed commission to revise the bituminous mining law. The resolution for a commission originally pro vided for a representation of eight miners, four coal operators and four mine inspectors. Since the modification of the resolution so as to make the commission consist of 21 members it is claimed that, as the mine in spectors generally have a warm side for tha operators, no substantial legislation in the interest of the miners need be expected at this session. All the six members of the conference consisting of Senators Newell, Bradford; Mehard, Mercer, and Hall, Elk, and Bepresentatives Fruit, of Mercer; Fin ley, of Washington, and Kane, ot Fayette; except the latter, voted for the Senate amendment! changing the status ot the com mittee. Before the close of this week the Legislature will probably vote on the Con ference Committee's report, which will prob ably be adopted, as the friends of the orig inal bill cannot get anything better. W1U Call Forth a Veto. Governor Pattison vetoed a bill to create a pension fund for disabled firemen ont of a portion of tbe taxes received from insurance companies of other States doing business in Pennsylvania. Governor Beaver improved on tbe work of his predecessor by disapprov ing two of these bills during his administra tion. In the last campaign a circular letter signed by a number of prominent firemen of the State was exteusively distributed in unterest of Delamater. This circular at tacked Pattison 'for vetoing the relief bill, although he, like his successor, had knocked it out because of its unconstitutionality. Despite the blow this scheme of the fire men has received at the hands of two execu tives it has again appeared in the Legisla ture in a slightly changed form. IU passage is reasonably certain, and iU veto may con fidently be expected. The bill has the in dorsement ot tbe state tremens -association. A VEEY BAD MAN. Ills Career of Crime Likely to land Hbn in the Penitentiary. rSPECIAI. TELEOBAJI TO THE DISPATCDT.I CoLTrjiBTJS, Feb. 15. Sheriff Hanna and Deputy Gallop, of Cambridge, O., aided by Detectives Murphy and Kelly, arrested one Al McBride to-day on the charge of forgery, for which he has been indicted by the courts of Guernsey county. McBride comes of a leading and reputable family. Ten years ago he was forced to leave the paternal roof iu Guernsey county by reason of extensive forgeries he had perpetrated ou hi3 father's name. He is familiar with a number of jails and courthouses. Not long ago he was arrested in this city for grand larceny, but secured his release on bond. Then he turned up in the neighbor hood of bis old home, where he victimized a neighbor out of 200 on a forged note, signed by his father. The family could not raise the money to protect him, and were forced to appear against him before tbe grand jury. His presence in the city was made known by a letter written to a woman. WANT THE TBEATY BATLFIED. Indians Anxious to Have Lands Allotted by the Spring. Guthrie, I. T., Feb. 15. The chiefs of the Kiowa Indians met at To Hee to-day anfl drew up a memorial to President Harrison, praying that their treaty with the United States Government for the sale of their lands be ratified, and their lands allotted to them before spring, so that they may make ready to put in their crops. The memorial will be taken to Washing ton by a delegation of chiefs, who will present it to the President. Many settlers are already on the border waiting for the opening of the unoccupied lands to settle ment SEVENTEEN H0DES OF SNOW. The Ground Covered to the Depth of 20 Inches in Montana. Bozman, Feb. 15. Friday night a chinook wind commenced to blow, and by Saturday morning nearly all the snow had disappeared. Last nieht at 10 o'clock it commenced to soow, aud has snowed incessantly for 17. hours, and at this time, 5 o'clock, there is from 21 to 26 inches on the ground and still falling, with no wind. Thermometer 13' 1 above zero. A.J -1 :1n iJbSis. K.
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