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HQHORINGTHE DEAD.
Great Crowds of People View
the House Where Sher
man's Body Lies,
FEW CALLERS ADMITTED,
Order of the Loyal Legion Preparing
for the Funeral.
MAX I MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE.
His Old Foe, General Joseph . Johnston,
impresses His Sorrow.
GEK. B. F. BUTLER'S BEMINISCEKCES
2Cew Yoke, Feb. 15. There was a
crowd of people passing to and fro in front
of General Sherman's house from early
morning until late to-night. There was
nothing much to see, but the long crepe
streamers fluttering from the door bell, and
once in a while the face of some of the
familv or friends within as they glanced out
through a window.
The callers at the house were too many to
be counted almost, but only a few of them
went iuide, the majority merely leaving
their cards. In the afternoon the Misses
Sherman went out fora short drive, but they
were the only ones in the house who lelt it
for any length of time during the day.
Generals Slocum, Howard and Butter
field spent the day in arranging for the
funeral, hut the details were not settled at
nightfall. A meeting of the Hoard of Officers
of the Xew York State Commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Lecion uas
held at the residence of General Swayne
this morning, and an offer of a guard of
honor, consisting of companions of the com
mandery, to watch over the remains of the
dead hero was sent to the family, and a
formal meeting of the commandery was
ordrrcd to take place at 1 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon to take action on the General's
death.
Thousands of Telegrams.
About 3,000 telegrams have been received
at the house since the General's death. Of
them the tallowing were selected and given
to the press to-day:
Chicago. Fell. It
.Miss Rachel Shebxan Oar iincere kjm
patuy i with jou all.
Melville C. Fuller.
Henry M. Stanley sent the following:
Chicago. Feb. 14.
Miss Sherman Deep and heartfelt sm
patbj for the irreparable los. both to you and
zo America. II. M. fcTANLEY.
The Archbishop of St Louis wires:
St. Louis. Feb. II.
Mr. P. T. Sherman Arcept nij heartfelt
sympathy with yourself and sisters.
Petlr Kerrick,
Chicago, Feb. li.
P.'J. Sherman I am shocked and distressed.
"WlienI saw jour lather three weeks ago lie
was cheerful and well. During and since the
warlievaMiij faithful friend. His sorrowing
children nave mj profound suipathy.
W. Q, GltEbllAM.
From Ills Old Antagonist.
Washington-. Feb. 11.
To the Misses SntRM an Intelligence of
General Sherman's death grieved me much. I
sympathize deeply with jou in ".our great be
reat cinrnt. Joslpii E. Johnston.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.
Mlss Kachael Sherman Tue Nation
mourns and sympathizes with you in all your
great sorrow. Your illustrious father's death
is to Mis. Morton, our children and myself
the loss of 4 pergonal friend to whom wc
were del otedly attached.
Levi P. Morton.
Washington, Feb. it.
Misses Sherman The death of mv old
commander causes deep sorrow to msclf and
household. Our sympathy Is with his family iu
their great affliction. John M. H axlan.
Detroit, Feb. 14.
Misses Sherman Our already overbur
dened beans throb with the great sorrow that
overwhelms and darkens jour home. "Lights
out" on early is "rcieille" to the dear General
in lipairn. where so many of hi old command
await him. It. A. Alger.
Washington. Keh. 14.
1'. T. Shfrman In this hour of affliction
jou hate m deepest svmpatliy. Ihc memory
if General Sherman will be forever cherished
by the American people as one of their most
valued possessions. B. F. Tracy.
Washington. Feb. it
P. T. Sherman if we can be of anv service
please commaud us. Wc woold esteem it an
honor to do even tlnmr in our power to facili
tate the Juuruey to St. Loui. Yon have our
sineerent sympathy. Frank Thompson,
First Vice President Pennsylvania Hailroad.
LLEVI-LAND Feb. it
Hon. John Sherman I mourn wuh the
Jamil) and kindred of General Sherman. He
was beloted by me and mv family with warm
est personal affection. I expect to reach the
Fifth Avenue Hotel Moudaj. It. B. HA1ES.
From UU Birthplace.
Lancastfk, Feb. 11.
P. T. Sherman Lancaster, the birth
place and earl home of your illustrious
father, is enshrouded in gloom upon tho
sad intelligence of his death. Public
notion is being taken by the citizens and the
cxpre-sion ot sorrow is universal The ton is
draped in mourning and a memorial meeting
will be held. All business will be suspended
and eiery mark of respect and luvewillbe
shown the createst soldier of the war, who first
saw the lisht oi dai in the village that now
greatly reveres his memory.
W.'Ci. Braze,
C U. & J. D.Martin,
John Tutiiill,
W. f. Drinkle,
W. A. Shultz.
AN ASHINGTON, Feb. It
Hon. John Shfrman Permit me to ex
press tnnu and through you to the family of
General Sherman my deepest sorrow at the loss
ot my old commanoer. comrade and friend. .No
word's will express my grief at the irreparable
loss, lean only join with his family aod his
country in mourning one of our nation's prcatest
leaders and strongest defenders in war and in
reacc. J. M. Rusk.
Washington. Feb 14.
Hon. John Sherman Convey to jour
brother's bereaved family our tendcrest sym
pathy. A ery great man has gone.
James G. Blaine.
Washington, Feh. it
Hon. John Sherman 'lbe heartfelt
sjiuatby or mjself and Mrs. Noble
goes forth to the family of dear General
Sherman and to jon. Our countrymen mourn
one if our. and the world's greatest heroes, but
jours is the deeper crief for the loss of the
father, brother and friend. Heaven bless vnu
all. John W. Noble.
In addition to these were one or two
telegrams from the foreign Ministers and
heads of various State departments from all
over the country and Europe. There was
one from Buffalo Bill, ana another from
AVIntelaw Beid, bnt they could not be found
in the mass of messages now heaped in the
House
BUTLER'S REMINISCENCES.
SHERMAN'S LOVE FOE PRACTICAL
J0KIKG AT WEST POINT.
How the Cadets Got Even With Their Tor
mentor One Hot hammer's Day A Nice
Little Scheme That Worked With the
Utmost Perfection.
lErrciAL tzliquau to the D:RriTcn.t
"Washington, Feb. 15. Ben Butler,
not long a?o, speaking reminiscently or the
boyhood day: of some great meD, told the
following story on General Sherman:
"General Sherman," said he, "when in
his young days, possessed all the buoyant
spirits of youth, and his practical jokes
while at West Point made him a sort of
terror to his companions. He never let an
opportunity go by without arranging some
boyish prank upon his schoolmates. So
monotonous did this become that at last it
was decided in caucus to get square with
voting Sherman on the first opportunity.
The chance came soon enough.
"One warm summer day a party of cadets
went down to the creek in the neighborhood
of the institution for the purpose of taking
a dip, contrary to the rules. Sherman was
one of the party. They splashed around
in the water "to their hearts' content
for nn hour or so, and then laid
themselves down in the shadows of
the trees in order to dry off. The combina
tion of balmy air and delicious fragrance
proved too much for Sherman, and in a few
moments his healthy constitution succumbed
to the wooing of Morpheus, who lulled him
into a gentle slumber.
"The opportunity was too good to be lost.
A piece of strong twine several yards long
was procured, one end of which was at
tached to his bit: toe by a slip noose. To
the other was fastened a good-sized chunk
of firewood. Then the boys scattered them
selves behind the trees, while one of them,
taking carelnl aim, landed the wood directly
on Sherman's breadbasket A grunt an
nounced the success of the aim, and Sher
man woke up with a start. He saw the
grinning faces of his companions sneering
at bim from behind the trees, and iu bis
half-awake condition realized that the block
of wood had come from them. Seizing the
wood, he immediately fired it at the nearest
face, and the next imtant he gave vent to a
howl of pain that could be heard for a mile.
"The block had gone true to the mark and
would have gone further had it not been for
Sherman's big toe. The twine tightened up
and almost jerked his toe out of joint. It
was some time before he fully realized what
bad happened, and then he found that the
string had almost cut through the flesh, and
his toe was rivaling the finest violets in
color. His companions released him, and
Shermau concluded that the joke was on
him, and for some days he allowed his com
rades to rest in peace. It was a week or
more, however, before he was able to walk
without limping."
CHIEFS AT CARLISLE.
A VISIT TO THE INDIAN SCHOOL BY THE
SIOUX LEASEES.
They Take 3Iucli Pleasure In the Educa
tional Exercises or Their Children
Essays By the Boys and Speeches By the
Chiefs Captain Pratf s Remarks.
TTTClXt. TELEOBAK TO TH DIBPATCH.1
Carlisle, Pa., Feb. 15. The 42 Sioui
chiefs who were taken to "Washington to
explain to the President, Secretary of the
Interior and Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs their understanding of the cause of
late outbreak, were brought to the Carlisle
Indian School yesterday afternoon, to visit
their children. They were met by Captain
Pratt, the Superintendent, and the faculty.
Several former pupils of the Carlisle school
are in the party. The meeting was held in
Assembly Hall, at which many citizens and
the pupils were present. The exercises were
opened by Captain Pratt, who announced
that this is the last visit the delegation
would make before returning to Dakota, and
he hoped they would return with favorable
reports oi the Carlisle school.
The pupils then gave au interesting pro
gramme of exercises, which was received
with manysigns of satisfaction and pleasure
by the visitors. An interesting feature was an
essay on the "Indian Messiah" by Chauncey
Yellow Kobe, a Sioux boy. He gave as the
origin of the craze an imposition placed
upon his ignorant brethren by white men
and unscrupulous half-breeds. He said the
ghost dance was something unknown among
Indians until 1889. Hollow Horn-Bear, of
the Kosebud agency, was the first speaker
among the chiefs. He was followed by John
Grass ana Little No-Heart. They spoke in
praise of the school. American Horse de
livered an address of nearly an hour, speak
ing through the Rev. Mr. Cook, interpreter.
He praised education, but said he desired
the Sioux pupils to use it in detecting the
frauds by the whites. He said all the lauds
first belonged to the Indians; the educated
Indians should be given tne agency po
sitions and that the Government should pay
the losses sustained in the recent outbreak.
Captain Pratt replied to American Horse,
and when he stated that the pupils of this
school have over $11,000 in Carlisle Banks
they have earned by their own labor, great
pleasure was manifested by the chiels.
Xhis ended the evening's exerciser
The party spent to-day quietly at the
school. The regular religious exercises of
the school were held in Assembly Hall this
afternoon and evening, which the chiefs at
tended. The delegation leaves Carlisle for
Chicago Monday night.
FRANCHISE FOR WOMEN,
WHO ABE DEPENDENr ON LAB0E TOE
THELE OWN SUPP0ET.
The Now York Central Labor Union Demand
the Passage of a Bill to That Effect
It esolutions Adopted Indorsing It Scope
of the UilL
TFUCIAI. TELEGRAM TO Tint DISrATCff.l
NEW Yokk. Feb. 15. The most, im
portant thing the Central Labor Union did
to-day, was to pass resolutions and indorses
bill recommending the extension of theright
of franchise to workingwonien, dependent
for their support upon their own work. The
resolutions were presented by James P.
Archibald, and read as follows:
Whereas, Hundreds of thousands of the
poorest peoDluui this State are mutt unjustly
and unlawful? disfranchised, thus making
thfir poverty far worse than it would otherwise
be: and.
Y hereas. This poverty is such that in Ktw
York City alone over 100,000 worktngwomen are
toiling cm starvation pa; aud.
Whereas, This dreadful poverty of working,
men's sisters, widows and daughters is the main
cause of the worst public evils:
llesolved. That we call nn the Legislature to
relieve the working women of this State from
the burden and wrong of disfranchisement be
fore it adjourns.
Resolved. That we specially request every
Senator aud Acembljman from this city to
use his utmost influence to secure tho imme
diate passage ot a law, relieving from dis
franchisement every woman citizen m this
State who lives by her own labor.
llesolved. That we request all labor organi
zations in the State to pass resolutions like the
foregoing also.
She principal section of the bill reads:
Every woman who possesses the qualifications
for voting, specified by the laws of this State in
tbe oath prescribed in case of challenge, who
has no husband, father, brother, son or other
relative supporting her, and who has no mean,
of suDport but the results of ber own labor,
shall have her name placed on the registry of
voters in the election district where she tesides.
at every registration of voters made under the
laws of this State, on complying with the pro
visions of said laws, and shall be entitled to
vote when so registered at all elections, includ
ing tnose oi town-anu village omcers.
NettkalGIA. is cured at once by Salva
tion Oil. Price only 25 cents. It is safe
and sure.
MONDAYS AXD THURSDAYS
Aro Special Bent list Days.
It will pay any home hunter to consult
the excellent lists published in the To Let
columns of The Dispatch on those davs.
Special To Let Lists This Morning.
MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Are Special Bent List Days.
It will pay any home hnnter to cousult
the excellent lists published in the To Let
columns of The Dispatch -on those days.
Special To Let Lists This Morning.
J. G. Bennett A Co,
Leading
Hatters and Farriers,
Corner "Wood street
snd Filtb avenue.
CRISIS FOR CANADA.
Tbe Country's Destiny Depends
Largely on the Next Election.
A YICTOKY FOR THE LIBERALS
Wonld Bo Taken as the Probable Fore
runner of Annexation.
LEADING FEATURES OF TUB COKTEST
Montreal, Feb. 15. The crisis in the
history of Canada has come. The elections
which will be held throughout the entire
country on tbe 5th of March next will settle
her destiny as a British colony. Disguise
the matter bow one may, that is the issue
plain and bald which the present Govern
ment, under the leadership of Sir John A.
Macdonald, is forcing, and forcing, ton,
with an asperity that is exceedingly bitter.
"Treason" and "traitor" are terms that are
being used with great freeness, and annexa
tion it to-day as live a questiou as is reci
procity. The Government is playing a game for a
tremendous stake, and though some of its
dice are loaded there is a fair chance of its
losing, and of the men whom to-day it is
branding as traitors assuming control by
the authority of the votes of the people.
It is quite true tbe opponents of tbe
Government disclaim openly, at least so
far as their candidates are concerned,
that they are annexionists, but the
Conservatives have no patience with them,
insisting that unrestricted reciprocity with
tbe United States, which is their official
contention means discrimination against
England; that discrimination against Eng
land means separation and that separation
must be followed by annexation. They
claim that annexation Is the only logical
outcome, the almost necessary consequence
ot the Liberal policy.
Answer of tho Liberals.
To this the Liberals answer that they are
loyal to the British Empire, but that if it is
necessary to discriminate against England
iu order to save Canada, they are Cana
dians, and will not ruin their future fr the
sakeof sentiment. In other words, and to
put it plainly, if England gets in the way
of Canada, so much the worse for England.
They are willing to make some sacrifices,
but they think more of the land which bore
them and which gives them a living than
tho one which exercises a dominion over
them.
In view of these circumstances and of the
issues, the elections will be of the utmost im
portance at all odds the most far reaching in
their results that have been held since
the confederation of tne colonies. And
the people are alive to that fact. Every
where tbe excitement is intense, and the
voters arc marshaling with unwonted
vigor on either side. Every effort
that the Government is capable of is being
put forward to avert defeat, while on the
other hand the Liberals are forcing the fight
ing with a vigor that is new to them. For
the first time in their history they have
seized hold ot a definite policy and evinced
courage in its maintenance, a quality, by
the way, of which they did not hitherto
have any too greatan abundance.
To one who is new to this city there is a
marvelous strangeness in the argument ad
vanced why Canada should frown upon the
United States as against what is here known
as the mother country. Silted right down
it is simply because of sentiment. That
was the argument which Sir Donald Smith
used in his speech accepting the nomination
for Montreal (West) yesterda afternoon,
and that was the reason which, in a subse
quent interview, he gave me:
"We are as well able to care for ourselves
now as we were in days gone by. "Why,
then, break the old connection?" he said to
your correspondent.
Loyal to the Mother Country.
"But if it would benefit your country to
become a part of the United States would
you let sentiment stand in the way?" he was
asked.
"I shall always stand by the old country,"
he replied. "I catiuot conceive of her being
a detriment to our advancsment."
Sir Donald can afford to stand by the
mother country which has honored bint in
titles. He is immensely wealthy is an esti
mable gentleman personally, charitable and
pleasant. He would naturally be on good
terms with the world and himself, but he
was particularly impressive when he con
cluded the interview by saying: "We are
undoubtedly in a grave situation. Unre
stricted reciprocity is as necessarily annexa
tion as anything can be. All who will vote
for it may not intend its consequences, but
they must follow."
The graveness of the situation is apparent
in the circumstances surrounding the call
ing on of the elections. But first, a word
or two of history bv way of explanation.
With but an interregnum of one term of
five years Sir John A. Macdonald has held
power in Canada since the confederation of
the provinces. In 1S73 in the election held
in consequence o;' the scandal attend
ant upon the alleged corrupt giving
of the charter of the Canadian Pacific
Bailwav to the Allans, Sir John and his
Inllowcrs were snowed under. He did not
have enough followers left to make a re
spectable showing even. Honest old Alex
ander McKenzie was selected premier and
he chose about him a cabinet of varied
talent', but almost every one of them a
theorist in government. They talked very
much, acted very uprightly, but aimed at
statesmanship and neglected politics.
Some of the l'olitical History.
In 1878 the elections came on again. Sir
John, with Sir Charles Tupper and Sir
Leonard Tilley, the former now High Com
missioner to England and the latter the Gov
ernor of the 1'rovince of New Brunswick,
came ud smilin?. Tbev became tho rham.
pionsof a high protective tariff and they al
most swept the Liberals from the face of the
earth. Sir John returned to power and has
since held it by large majorities. Ever
since 1878 the Liberal policy has been for
freer trade with the United States, but each
time it was met with defeat that was crush
ing. Within the past year a change has come
over the spirit of Canada. There was a
good deal of old British bulldog suffering
without murmur, and the farmer and the
consumer li red on in hopes that someday
Canada might develop Into a smaller
United States, and that the limitation
of their natural markets was only tem
porary and something the inconvenience of
which they should bear a part. With the
appearance of the McKinley bill upou the
scene, however, matters assumed a new
aspect. Jt barred the markets of the
United States against the eggi and butter,
the hay and potatoes, the horses and the
farm produce wnich Canadians had hitherto
sent in.
It cut off almost absolutely from them
their largest and best customer tbe onlv
one they had who either paid cash or gave
an exchange of value. It caused a tightness
everywhere that was. alarming. There are
great stacks of hay lying all along the south
shore of the St. Lawrence; there are tons
upon tons ot potatoes iu the Eastern
provinces; there are the dairy prod
ducts of Ontario and the live cattle of
Prince Edward Island that have depreciated
in value by just the ratio of increase in the
schedules of the McKinley bill over that of
the old tariff. When the McKinley bill be
came operative it was thought that tbe
United States was so dependent upon Can
ada for these goods that the bill would not
decrease the exportations, but would simply
add to the cost of the American consumer.
A Proposition for Beciproclty.
Meantime disaffection wos widespread,
and Sir John, who is every inch a politician,
trimmed his sails for coming storms. He js
fond of coup d'etats, and he sprung one
when, a little more than a week ago, with
out a word of warning, be dissolved Parlia
ment and ordered a general election, on the
cround that "it had been intimated" by the
Government ofthe United States that they
would not be averse to a proposition for re
ciprocity, restricted to natural products
that is, to the produce of tbe farm, tbe
forest, the mine and the sea in their natural
state.
Though such a proposition has been de
nied semi-officially at Washington, and ex
plicitly by Secretary of State Blaine, the
Government here has gone on, and is con
ducting the campain on that line, proclaim
ing at the same time that the unrestricted
reciprocity of the Liberals 'is "veiled
treason, and but thinly veiled at that." In
deed, it is the best judgment of your corre
spondent, formed Irom careful investigation
-and from 'opinions gleaned from many
sources, that but for the 'Government's
change of front and adoption of restricted
reciprocity the Liberals would not have
gone at the present time as far as they have,
it is best, perhaps, however, that it should
be so. There is an issue now of supreme im
portance, and while in some instance!, as
will be explained later, the present time is
inopportune, the result will show very
clearly just how Canada stands on the ques
tion of trade relation with the United
States. It is not contended by anybody
that every man who votes the Liberal
ticket has in him the making of an
annexationist, but every one who does is iu
favor of the fullest and freest trade relation
ship with tbe United States, and that, too,
independent entirely of what England may
do or think. If England would acquiesce
in their plaust which is extremely unlikely,'
they would still remain under her Domin
ion, but if not then there might be regrets,
but there would be little hesitancy in bid
ding her a larewell.
Unfairness of the Contest.
And now, as to the elements of seeming
unfairness in the contest. In the first place,
the term of the government has not expired
by lapse of time. Parliament has been dis
solved arbitrarily by tbe Cabinet Under the
election laws tbe lists of qualified electors are
only made every two years. The last list was
made in 1889, and only those registered upon
that list are eligible to vote. What doesthat
mean? Simply that over 100,000 young men
have been disfranchised by the action of the
Government in springing the election. It
disfranchises all the young men who are be
tween 21 and 23 years of age. No man un
der 21 can vote, and all who have reached
that age between 1889 and the present time
are deprived of the vote wnich they would
have cast had the elections been held
naturally.
This, the Liberals contend, is peculiarly
hard upon them, for the growing feeling
with the young men is one of friendship for
the United States. They arc more Cana
dians than their fathers were, and are not so
particular as they might be, whether the
Union jack or the Stars and Stripes float
from the capital buildings at Ottawa. Cir
cumstances would seem to favor this
view, too, lor if not, why the haste? Why
not allow Parliament to lapse by process of
time and the election to come on naturally?
Why, if the feeling in favor of annexation is
not growing strongly, should Sir John take
any chances? Why does he not wait to have
their votes help him? And if unrestricted
reciprocity means annexation as a con
sequence, why does Sir John not continue
to stand firm lustead of adopting a limited
reciprocity whiph the veriest tyro in politics
can see is but the entering wedge at best
for unrestricted reciprocity?
A Growing reeling of Discontent.
There has been dissatisfaction East and
West almost since the birthof confederation,
and there has been a growing feeling of dis
content that bodes no good to tbe confeder
ation. The union of Ontario and Quebec
with New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is an
illegitimate and an unnatural one. There
can be no reciprocal trade between them for
tbe reason that the East produces just ex
actly what the West does, and yet, notwith
standing that fact, they have up to the
present been surrounded with a barrier
which prevented their trading to the best
advantage.
It was this feeling of discontent which
was really responsible for the numberless
schemes that have been held out time and
again to distract public attention. For the
Lower Provinces there was first dangled be
fore them the idea of a maritime union
something which would allow New Bruns
wiefe, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
Island to come together and make such
trade terms with the powers in their natural
markets as would not be inconsistent
with their allegiance to the British Empire.
Tnat served to tide over three or fou.- years;
then came the national panacea, protection;
then there were agitations for independence,
a subject which gave ample scope for bril
liant imagery and attractive apostrophe.
But it was chimerical and was dropped, and
then was trotted out that most wonderful
scheme that ever was ventured imperial
lederation. No sane, practical man believed
in it, though some few made speeches on it.
Canada had all the imperial federation she
wanted Now comes Teciprocitv.
ISattlo of Sentiment and Trade.
The elections here simply resolve them
selves down to a battle between sentiment
and trade, and in this latter particular they
are of far greater consequence than the
average American is perhaps aware. Tbe
mining, farming, fishery and forest indus
tries of this country arc of immense
value. Indeed, in the two latter par
ticulars there is no country on the face
of the earth its superior. Its water
power is magnificent in its proportions, and
its winters, hard though they be, are pecu
liarly beneficial to the realizition of wealth
from its forests and the growth of hardy loot
crops. In some subsequent letters it will be
the privilege of your correspondent to call
attention to tbe value of the trade existing
between here and the United States even
nnder the present tariff restrictions.
The elections here are of great commer
cial interest, and possibly ot far-reaching
political importance, to the United States.
They are regarded so here at least, and both
parties have, locked in a death battle.
Whatever tbe final outcome may be, and
it is yet too early to calculate upon the re
sult, as the candidates have not all been
nominated and the attitude of several coun
ties is doubtfulythe general concensus of in
telligent opinion is that there are three
courses, and three only, open to Canada:
First To remain a British colony, but to
bave the treaty malting right.withln its own
jurisdiction.
Second Independence.
Third Annexation.
CONGRESSIONAL ENEEOT.
It Has Succeeded in l'uttlns; Appropriation
Dills Forward.
Washington, Feb, 15. The energy dis
played by Congress during the Dast week in
action upon the general appropriation bills
has bad tbe result of placing these measures
in a state pf forwardness that compares
favorably with the record of the proceeding
Congress in the short session. Although
none of them have become laws, two (the
army and the fortification bills) have been
agreed upon in conference and will doubt
less reach the President in a day or two.
Four appropriations bills (the District of
Columbia, the Military academy, the pen
sion and the naval) have passed both Houses
and will go to the final conlerence stage as
soon as tbe necessary order can be made by
the House.
OTEEE SIDE OF THE ST0EY.
Virginia Knox Writes n Letter Concerning
the Hers Snicide.
New Yokk, Feb. 15. Virginia Knox,
the whilom Countess di Montercolc, has
written a letter from"" Wernersville, Pa.,
giving her side of the story of the death of
Mine. Berg. She asserts that the latter was
causelessly jealous, and committed suicide,
leaving the peculiar letters behind for the
purpose of revenge.
Virginia says she left the hotel on the ad
vice of the family's legal counsel, and be
cause she was afraid of her insane com
panion. Destructive Storm and Thaw.
Bermk, Feb. 15. A terrible storm has
been raging on the Schlesing coast and large
quantities of snow bave fallen. The thaw
ing snow and ic along the Baltic is causing
disastrons floods, and at Bevel and several
other exposed ports tbe situation is exceed
ingly dangerous.
A LETTER FROM JOE.
The Popular Heideger Tells of His
Arrival at tfis New Home.
HE HAS CHARGE OP SOME FLYERS.
Senator Stanford Talks About Trotters and
Thinks Snnol Will Seat the Eecord,
GEKEBAL SPORTING XEWS OP TBE DAI
Horsemen in and about Pittsburg, iu fact,
all over the State, will be extremely glad to
hear that Joe Heideger, that is our own and
only "Horseshoe Joe," has arrived safe at
his new home in Europe. Yesterday the
sporting editor received a highly entertain
ing letter from Joseph, and judging from its
tone he is almost sure to add fame to his
name and put money iu his pocket. His
letter is dated Sprcndlingen, Frankfort-on-the-Main,
and his exact location in that
city Is No. 10 Kaiser street. It will, therefore,
be seen that there is nothing plebeian about
Joe, for if he cannot enjoy the company of the
real Kaiser ho moans to live on a street with a
royal name.
Tho popular Pittsburg driver arrived safely
after enjoying a splendid passage out and com
menced work at onco on a stock farm. It will
surprise patrons of the trotting track to know
that be has charge of 48 borscs, and it will still
be more surprising to know that niue of them
have records' better than 225. That in itself
shows that be has landed among people and
stock who are not at all slow. He goes on to
say that his favorite horse among the lot is
Francis Alexander. 2:1 tho horse that won
the J10.000 stake at Rochester. He has Gypsy
Queen, a mare, with a mark of 2:1 and, with
marks like that ha has quality ot a good kind
to deal with. But he has more speedy ones,
among them being Lottie W, 221, and Blue
Bell, 2:2 He has quite a number of horses
whose marks are below 2.30.
Ho will not be long in starting in to do busi
ness with the people, and he has several horses
entered in tho Berlin races, which commence
on April 18. lie speaks very highly of the
prospects as far as trotting and trotters are
concerned. From what he has learned since be
landed he says that trot tin;: races are becoming
more popular every year, and as a result there
is being moro money invested in the business.
There is a strong demand for good horses, as
meetings are becoming more numerous, and a
verj healthy class of people own tho horses
generally. He likes his new abode very mnch
and is anxious to get hold of tbe reins in a race,
so as to judge of the company he bas to hold
the arguments with.
Mr. Heideger's letter fully bears out what
has been stated recently about the trotting
prospects in Eastern Europe, and there is
every reason to think that tbe time is not far
distant when Europeans will own trotters that
will bo equal to tbo best in America. The
people who own horses on the other side ot the
Atlantic are putting a large amount of money
into the business, and are importing not only
the best of American stock, but also some of
the best ot American drivers and trainers.
A TALK WITH STANF0BD.
The Western Senator Thinks Snnol Will
Break the World's Record.
ISFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Washington, Feb. 15. "Mr. Bonner is
right," said Senator Leland Stanford this
evening. "Snnol bas trotted quarters as low
down as 29, and before tbe coming summer
loses will, under favorable circumstances, trot
a mile in close to 2.-06. And by tbe way, my be
lief is that that time will prove about tbe low
est limit to which any horse will ever be able to
achieve at the trot. When in New York Mr.
Bonner and myself held a consultation as to
Sunol's immediate future. We agreed that it
would be wise to givo Marvin a chance to lower
her record and then bring her to Mr. Bonner's
private stable.
"Governor, do you expect to be able to fill
tho vacancy in your stud caused by the recent
death of Electioneer wholly to your liking?
"To speak frankly, I do not. I have probably
spent more time since Electioneer's death try.
ing to solve tha: problem than I have on any
thing else."
"Would Axtell, 2:12. fill thobillT"
"I can't say. having never seen him; but if
ono were to judiro by bis performance be must
bo a great borse. Since you havo broached tho
subject, I willv say that I have for some time
past been meditating a visit to the great scion
of the bouse ot Goorge Wilkes."
"Governor will you campaign any of your
horses East of the Rockies the coming sum
mer?" "I am not decided on that point as far as
trotters are concerned, but I have about de
cided to pick out five or six runners from my
tborougubred stud and let them take their
chances with the Eastern cracks. Among them
will be Racine. Tyrant and Pell. The other
tbreo are not named."
"Have you any pbenomenal trotting young
sters in training at Palo Alto?" ;
"We have some promising colts, however,
somo of which will make tbe records tremble
If they don't actually fall. Marvin tells me be
has in training a 2-year-oIdlllly by Nephew.that
he intends to send tho coming summer against
Bunol's 2-j ear-old record."
INTERESTING OLD EECOEDS.
Henry Chadwlck Produces Some Figures of
Ball Games of Many Years Ago.
Writing in the Spot ting Times Henry Chad
wlck gives the following interesting old-time
records:
Here is an old-time record I frund in my
scrap book of baseball matters in th : fifties. I
is the record of the officials and games of the old
Knickerbocker club for the season of 1855, over
S5jearsago. In that jearA. H. Drummond
v.as President of the Knickerbockers; E. R.
Dupignac, Vice President; James Wbyte
BaYis, Secretary, and George A. Brown was
Treasurer. Ihc ISoird of Directors consisted
of Dr. D. Ij. Adams, Charles H. Debost and V.
B Eacrar, Jr.
1 ho club matches at that time ended when
one club or tbe other had scored 21 aces. This
might occur in two or tbreo innings, and then
not until 10 or 12 had been played. On June 1,
1855, the Gotham nine defeated tbe Knicker
bockers by 21 to 12, bat the game required 11
innings to decide it. On June 5, 1855. the
Knickerbockers defeated the i-ales by 27 to
14, and then only four innings were necessary
to be played. It ason August 27, 1855. that
tbe club's new flagstaff wag raised, and the
new flag unfurled to tbo breeze. The colors
were blue and white, with tho letter K in tbo
center of circle having a white ground.
Orr September 13 the Knickerbockers de
feated the Gothams by 22 to 7 In a fio-inning
contest, and on tbo 20th they whipped the
Eagles by 21 to 10 in a six-inning game. Four
or five matches a season in which the first nine
of tho club took part was about as much time
as they coold spare for earnest nork in match
playing; but the club had lots of tun in their
semi-weekly afternoon practice games.
WHO OWNS THE F3ANCHISE
An Interestlnc Question Regarding the
Baseball Dispute In Cincinnati.
Cleveland, Feb. 1c. It cannot bo under
stood bere why the National Loague insists
that AI Johnson does not ouu tbe franchise in
Cincinnati. At the leaguo meeting in New
York last November the officials telegraphed
to Harry Sterne, o f the Cincinnati club, saying
that certain rules of the National League had
been violated, and asking what ho had to say in
reply to the charges. He answered that the
Cincinnati club was out of his control ben the
regulations were violated. The League at onco
sent a like communication to Jnbnson, wbo
was thon in New York. Johnson said that ho
was not a member of the National League, but
of the Players' JL.eague. and that tho Cincln.
nati club belonced to tho Players.' League
Upon that the expulsion of tjie Cincinnati
League Club was made unanimous, because it
was apparent that it had doubly violated its
League obligation.
Jobnson now claims the Cincinnati franchise,
insisting that tho 10.000 transferred to Stern
and Sterne was for something else than tbo
mere privilege f holding a ground lease and
negotiating with certain players at fancy
prices.
Bakely, of the Cleveland club, goes to
Washington.
It is said that Itarnie has been talking to
Childs, the second baseman, with the hope of
keeping bim were and away from Cleveland.
Tho Cleveland officials will place the matter
before tbe Board of Control.
Organized at Yonngtown.
rSriCIAI. TELKOBAM TO TUI DISPATCH.!
YoTJSOSTOWX. O., Feb. 15. The American's
Baseball Club held a business meeting last
evening and elected officers and made arrange
ments for the coming season. Nearly all the
old players of last season's team will be re
tained. Joe Ludt was re-elected Manager, and
James Thomas, Captain. The club was' very
successful last year. i
Sporting Notes.
Cojtnob. Klcbardson and O'Bourkehave alined
with the New iorfc club.
Mb. WAONin cannot consistently kick about
the IHerbiner decision in view or tbe fact that he,
Mr. v., lias autnea Hoy.
Vbxsidext Young thinks that Mike Kelly will
play In Chicago this year.
Jack Asutox Is willing to fight Smith, of Den
ver, before ny clnu tnat will offer a reasonable
pnrsc.
Hilly Mash has telegraphed his salary flcures
to tbo Boston League Clab. Hie triumvirs have
accepted them and 24qsh will be mailed a contract
at once.
'and little falr-balrcd Billy Ilarnle threatens all
sorts of things becansc 1'ittsburg Is to bave liier
baucr. He and his colleagues ought to depos
Thurman.
I'bzsident O'Ubill, .Manager llanlon and out
fielder Jfc'o'-irty are expected to arrive in the city
this mornluc;. Fogarty may make up his,imndto
sign to-my.
al Johnson must have discovered by this time
tint the League magnates are a very shrewd lot
oflndlvldnais to deal with and that tbev are not
"chumps" by any means.
Kbed Ucnlai" Is to receive sr,2M) for the season
In Washington. Quito n come down from St., WO.
'1 he size of Fred's iicad hagalpo been reduced, if
Dame Itumor speaketh the truth.
W THE WEATHER.
Foe Western Pennsylva
nia Brisk Sotjtheely
Winds, Cloudiness and
Kain, Cooler by Tuesday
Morning. For Ohio and West Vir
ginia Threatening Weather and
Bain, Cooler by Tuesday Morning,
With a Cold Wave in Ohio; Brisk
Southwesterly Winds.
Pittsburg, Feb. 13.
The United States Signal Service, officer in
this city furnishes tne iouowing:
Time.
Ther.
Thnr.
8:00 A. M
lOlCOA. II
11.00 A. M
12.-C0 M
iKJOr. M.
s:wr. m
.30
8.00P.M. 43
Maximum temp.... 57
Minimum temp M
Range Z
McnnteuiD 42.5
SO
Rainfall trace
SPECIAL WEATHEE BULLETIN.
A Cold Wave From the Northwest That
Should Be Hero Soon.
Tbe storm in the Northwest maved East
yesterday to the Upper Missouri jjWley, with
occasional snow and generally cloudy and
threatening weather extending into the lake
regions. High winds prevailed over Lakes
Superior and Michigan. Clear weather cov
ered tho States bordering the Atlantic except
for light rains in the South Atlantic
and East gulf States. There was a
high pressure overlying the Eastern States,
with its center reaching from New York to
Canada. It caused a decided fall in tempera
ture in Northern New York, New Kngland and
Canada. At Chatham, tho coldest place, the
temperature reached 21 below zero. It was 1
below at Eastport.Mc and 2s below at Albany.
In tbe lake region and tbe Ohio and Mississippi
valleys it was warmer and generally above
freezing, but in tbe Northwest, over Northern
Minnesota, Dakota and Montana, a second
cold wave was coming south and east behind
the storm, and it should reach the Mississippi
Valley by to-night and the Atlantic States
about Wednesday.
Klver Telegrams.
7EPZCTAL TILKOBAMS TO THE nlRPATCB.1
VABBEN-Klvcr2.7 feet and falling. Weather
cloudy and mild.
Brownsville River 9 feet and stationary.
Weather cloudy. Thermometer, 51 at 4 p. 51.
MORGAXTOW.s ItKerS feet6Inches And railing.
Weather clear. Thermometer. 51" at 4 P. 31.
Wheeling River 13 feet and falling. Rain
ing. CAIRO-Rlver 40 feet. Weather cool and rainy.
Cincinnati Hirer 44 feet S inches and falling.
Raining.
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nil throat, lung and catarrhal diseases. Dr.
Koch said: "A cousb f or wbicb I tried manv
other medicine", which had not thesligbtest ef
fect, soon became better and bas now entirely
disappeared, through use of Soden Mineral
Pastilles."
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