:'tikt' ' THE PITTSBURG
WAR CLOP RISING.
The Eastern Question Is Once
More" Disturbing the
Peace of Europe.
RUSSIA MASSING TROOPS
Along the Austrian Frontier In
Readiness for the Impending
European Conflict.
FRENCH AKD EDSSIAN ALLIAKCE
Cacsing Mnch Alarm in Diplomatic Circles
and 11 ay Cause England to Join
the Triple Alliance.
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"LONDON. March 28. Copyrighted
The murder at Sofia of the Bulgarian Fin
ance Minister, M. Constantine Baltcbeff, is
a severe blow to the Stambouloff government,
as Baltcbeff leaves no man in the rank: of
tilt Government party who combines his
real administrative ability with his thorough
knowledge or the country. The present
excellent condition of Bulgarian finances is
mainly due to his management. There is
to doubt that be was shot by mistake lor the
Premier. Both he and Stambouloff are men
of small stature and somewhat corpulent,
sot easily distinguishable from one another
in the dusk of the evening.
As Baltchefi was not a violent partisan,
Lut a cool man of business, of amiable tem
per and personally popular, it is very un
likely the shot could have been intended for
him. While it is an open secret that M.
Hitrova. the former Bussian representative
&t Sofia, now Russian Minister at Bucharest,
cherishes intense hostility to Stambouloff,
which would make the news of the murder
of that energetic opponent of Buisian influ
ence not absolutely disagreeable to him,
popular indignation in Bulgaria, whatever
the truth may be, will certainly attribute
the murder to Bussian agents, less noisy
sow in Bulgaria than they were a year ago,
but sot less numerous.
Serious Result May Follow.
3f. Baltchefi was a young man of 36. In
18SS he spent severalmonths"in London, on
t special financial nihsionfor his Govern
ment, and made a most favorable impression.
He went irom London to conduct negotia
tions with Seivia at Belgrade, and being
appointed Under Secretary of Finance at
Sofia, became minister on the retirement of
SalabatchefT. Should his death be followed
br any disturbance in the financial position
of Bulgaria, it may have serious conse
quences. Bussian agents at Sofia, as well as in
Konmania, where an election canvass is
going on, loudly proclaim that extensive
mobilization of the Bussian armies is tak
ing place all along the Austrian frontier.
The present Servian Premier, 31. Patitcb,
is on the eve of going to
St. Petersburg, and the impression is
confirmed this week that King Milan has
agreed with him as to the change cf front in
Scrvia against Austria and in favor of Ens
lia. If the Servian loan can be covered br
the Bussian Government, it is believed the
whole Servian army, 100.000 strong, will be
uniformed and equipped on the Bussian
model.
Russian Presents to Scrvia.
Bussia has already sent to Belgrade as a
present 60,000 of the sheep-skin coats worn
by the Bussian infantry. All tins may
mean nothing, or it may mean much, when
taken in connection with Crispi's declara
tion, made this weeK, that Italy must hold
herself prepared for an outbreak of war be
fore the Bummer.
In his quarrel with Queen Natalie, King
Milan seems to have gained a strotg point
in his new alliance with 31. Patitch. He
has accepted the Minister's proposal that
both himself and friend, with the Queen,
shall live out of Servia during the minority
of King Alexander, returning only in case
of the illness of the young King. If Queen
Kstalie refuses to accept this proposal
the Minister will wove the Schuht
ichina to order her expulsion
from the kingdom, and her refusal will
bring odium upon 31. Garacbinini, Her hus
band's former friend, now become her cham
pion. Thus once more we have the war scare
in lull bloom. It is an annual thing, and
seems to be as much a part and parcel of
European economy as the yearly epidemic
of d b eases which are incident to the ap
proach of spring.
r.nula Massing Her Troops.
Everybody who talks politics, which
means nearly every man, woman and child
nowadays, is discussing the alarming tele
(trams which have lately been received from
tbe Continent with regard to the massing of
Bussian troops on the Austrian irontier.tss
well as the new agreement oi alliance which
has been come to by France and Busrfa.
While rumors of this alliance hive filled
the ears of Europe for years, anf we have
heard the same thing repeated over and
over again with diminishing interest, tbe
announcement that it is fait accompli seems
to hare stirred up a lively dread in some
quarters tuat the great inropean war,
i Inch is always being talked about, and
which will probably be avcrled for many a
long year, is a matter which canao: be de
layed beyond UTerr short tine.
(, The ia seems to be that in the event of
,och vr France would naturally attack
Germany on the west, while l.ussia would
jiour her armies against tbe common enemr
over the eastern border. By the terms o'f
tBc Triple Alliance, Austria and Italy will
naturally go to the help of Germany, and if,
as rt is believed to have been the case, the
,uif noa of the Empress Frederic was accom
plished during ber late visit to England,
that country will probably t?ke part with
those forming the Triple Alliariee.
Dreading the Coming Cptiflict.
This latter would increase tbewcight and
pr.tiz!lof.th? "hneei though of course,
- -
it would cease to be merely a triple and be
come a quadruple alliance. Such a state of
s flairs would mean undoubtedly a general
European war, the consequences of which
would be lar reaching beyond tbe probable
sight of any statesmen living, and would
change the geography of the Continent and
the history of the world in a manner which
no practical statesman would probably care
to even hazard a guess at.
These alarmist rumors serve to bring
prominently forward one fact which no
thinking man can afford to put on one side,
viz: That the peace of Europe seems to hang
on a very slender thread indeed, but the
sword of Damocles, which we know never
fell, was suspended only by a hair. This
ought to help those who dread what they
call the approaching conflagration.
There is one other point which must be
considered in this connection, viz.: That
'he Eastern question has to be settled. If
Bussia thinks the time is ripe for that settle
ment, and it is her intention to forego such
statement in a pacific manner by means of
diplomacy, war may came. But it is at
lea?t questionable whether any one nation
will be allowed by the rest of her neighbors
to disturb the balance of power in Europe.
HIGH SOCIAL REALISM.
GLOVE CONTESTS IK LONDON'S MOST EX
CLUSIVE CTECLE8-
Six Separate Bouts In a Stately Aristocratic
Mansion The Contestants Rewarded
With Bouquet and Champagne Rum
ored Sunday Do Fights in Another
Mansion.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
LONDON, 3Iarch 28. The latest develop
ments in what may be cailed social realism
in London took place the other night in a
stately mansion in the aristocratic region of
Mayiair. The Earl of Caledon, a lepre
sentative peer for Ireland, who is well
know n in the far West of America as a
bold and successful Bocky Mountain trav
eler, gave a handsome dinner party at his
house in Hill street, Berkeley Sqnare, to
which, among other guests, were invited the
Marquis and Marchioness of Conyngham,
Mr. and 3Irs. John Leslie, the latter lady a
sister of Lady Bandolph Churchill, and 12
or 15 more persons of fashion.
After dinnerand a little music, the guests
were invited into a large ball-room attached
to the house, where toot place for their de
light and edification an athletic entertain
ment of the art which has given the Pelican
Club its just and widespread renown.
Cards, written out by Loid Caledon himself,
were handed to them, bearing tbe address
and date and setting forth that they were
about to witness six competitions, with the
names of the competitors in couples. In
the middle of tne room a ring had been
formed, with chairs at two corners.
Upon a given signal by music the two first
competitors, -Mr. Knowles and Mr. Bolton,
distinguished members of the fancy, came in
stripped to the buff, heavily gloved and
wearing India rubber shoes to prevent their
slipping upon the polished floor. They pro
ceeded to compete with much vigor and
agility. The claret was freely tapped, and
after two rounds a cponge was thrown up,
proclaiming 3ir. Bolton the victor. 3Iuch
applause with fans and the clapping ot
gloves greeted the bold champion. The
second competition, between Sir. Barton
and Mr. Onslow, was disposed ol in a some
what longer period, but to the equal satisfac
tion of the spectators.
The crowning event, however, was compe
tition 2so. 3, between Mr. Donovan and.Mr.
Bill Cheese, one of the most distinctly ris
ing pugilists of the day. This afiair was
long and hotly contested, Mr. -Donovan
showing great pluck under severe and con
tinuous punishment,. He finally, ioweverj
succumbed and 3Ir. Cheese carried off the
honors of the evening and was presented
with bouquets and a glass of champagne.
It is supposed that an inaccurate version
of this interesting social event may have
given rise to the rumor, current last week
in some of the Paris clubs, that it was tbe
intention of Mr. Asbmead Bartlctt and
Baroness Burdett-Coutts to initiate a series
of Sunday afternoon dog fights in Picca
dilly. USELESS HAGAZIHE EIFLE&
The Latest Pattern Supplied to tho British
Army Condemned.
tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
LONDON, March 28. A vigorom on
slaught upon tbe new magazine rifle adopted
after years ot costly experiment for the use
of the British army, was made in the House
of Commons a month or two ago, much to
thegrief and indignation of tbs Secretary
for War, who then declared that the rifle
was the very best weapon to be found in the
world. The Secretary made mnch of the
elaborate tests from which his rifle had
triumphantly emerged, but it has since
transpired that they were not nearly so
ttrict as those now being enforced by the
United States War Department Committee
charged with the selection of a magazine
weapon for the American army.
Events have fully justified the British
critics. Twelve months ago 800 new maga
zine rifles were supplied to the Second Bat
talion, Dorset Begiment, stationed at Ply
mouth, and this week 500 of them have been
condemned by the Government's own ex
perts, and most of the remainder are really
unfit for active service. The general opiti
ion in the army is that the onljSvay to ob
tain an efficient magazine gun is to throw
the competition open to the gunmakers of
the world.
ITALIAN OPINION IN EDB0P2.
Concerning the Sew Orleans Massacre It If
Unexpectedly Moderate.
Paris, 3Iarch 28. Apiopos of the recent
lynching of Italians at New Orleans, the
Italian Consul in this city, Signor C. Boss
niatsn, in an interview with a correspondent,
said the members of the Italian colony here
did sot believe that race hatred had any
thin; to do with the affair. The Consul
added:
"When I represented Italy at Constantinople,
tbo Mafia Mas ery strong there. Its agents
committed two murders, both of thu victims
being killed because they Here suspected of
having the intention ot betraying the Mafia's
secrets." ,
Signor Capclli, editor of the French
Italiau pablication entitled La 1'roductlon,
said: "It is doubtful if the New Orleans
murders were the work of the Mafia, in
view of the fact that this society has 'quite
disappeared from Italy, and that, as a lact,
it only really flourished in Sicily and in a
lesser degree in Naples and its neighbor
hoed. Of conrse, it is barely possible that
a reumatit-of the Mafia survives, and that
it is active in New Orleans."
ITALY INCLINED TO BE FBESNDLY.
American Fork and World's Fair Questions
Favorably Received.
BoilE, March 28. Louis Contenclu,
President of tbe New 1'ork Italian Chamber
of Commerce, had interviews with several of
the members of the Italian Cabinet in re
gard to the .prohibitory duties placed by
Italy upon American pork, concerning
Italy's participation in Chicago World's
Fair, and upon other matters affecting tbe
commercial relations between Italy and the
United States.
31r. Contencin, in conversation with a
reporter, said that he had received assur
ances that all the matters referred to would
be favorably considered. Mr. Contencin
ad. led that he was convinced, that the
Julian Government was anxhus to co
operate with the United. Stites, and would
do so unless'a failure upon the part ot the
State of Louisiana or of tee Federal
authorities to institute proceedings against
the New Orleans lynchers compels the
withdrawal of Baron Fava from bis post as
Italian Minister to the United States.
BIG BRAZILIAN BOOM.
A SYNDICATE TO WOBK THE THTNG IN
LONDON AND NEW YOBE.
Millions Expected to Be Made Oat of It
Startling Light Thrown on Brazil's Fi
nancesThe New Repnbllo la Being1
Flooded With Faper Money.
tBT DOTTLAF'S GABLE COVPAXT.1
London-, 3Iarch 28. It is well-known in
tbe city of London that efforts will soon be
made here and in New York to start "a
Brazilian boom," and a clique of astute
company promoters stand to gain millions
by the cud of this year. They rely upon the
ignorance prevailing here of tbe actual
state of affairs in Brazil and upon the fact
that Brazilian investments have been fairly
profitable in tbe past, but light has been un
expectedly thrown upon the subject by the
Bio correspondent of the Standard, who is
understood to be connected with tbe British
Legation there, and is evidently inclined to
put in a good word for tbe newest republic
wherever and whenever he conscientiously
can do so. Here is tbe opinion of this un
biased observer:
Sneculation still continues to keep a firm
hold over the Brazilians. New companies
make their appearance every day. The
banks that have sprung into existence dur
ing tbe last 12 months may be counted by
hundreds. Government concessions and
contracts have been granted in a widespread
and somewhat reckless manner. Jinny of
these have valuable monetary guarantees
attached to them, and various syndicates
have been and are still being formed to take
up and exploit them. In this matter of
concessions and contracts the Government
is endeavoring to force on the development
cf the country too rapidly and greatly in
excess of the demands of both the trade and
population of Brazil.
The result will be a lockup of capital and
a lengthy period of stagnation immediately
following on the heels of the present burst
of prosperity. Over capitalization is one
of the greatest dangers that Brazil has now
to fight against. Numerous note-issuing
banks that have sprung into existence with
mushroom-like growth continue to inundate
the country with paper money. Already a
heavy premium exists on gold, and it shows
signs of steadiiy becoming higher, in direct
ratio to the increase in the emission of Gov
ernment and private bank paper.
EASTEE CHABITIES.
The Qnalnt Ceremony Attending the Dis
tribution of Royal Alms.
fBV CABLE TO THE DISPATCU.
London, March 28. Tbe quaint cere
mony of distributing the royal Easter chari
ties, otherwise known as the Boyal Maundy,
was performed on Thursday with the for
malities observed for hundreds of years past,
except that it took place in Westminster
Abbey instead of in the Chapel Boyal,
AVhitehall, which his recently been demol
ished. The recipients were 72 old men and
72 old women, the number of each sex cor
responding with the age of the Queen. Over
G0O was distributed, a certain proportion
of it, as usual, in silver pennies, which the
old folks afterwards sell at a big premium.
The beadle of the Abbey, bearing the
mace, was a sight sot easily to be forgotten,
and the spectacle afforded by the Sergeant
Jf.-ijorof the, Yeomen of the Guard, more,
gorgeous than a Field larsbal-carrying
tbe-eilver giifdhUi flpon whlciT "lay the
alms and the, little red and' white purses
containing the silver pennies, was calcu
lated to live long in the memory. In addi
tion to the Boyal Maundy, other charities
have been distributed in accordance
with ancient usage during tbe week to over
1,000 aged, disabled and meritorious persons.
ENGLAND'S EEFSESENTATION
At the Chicago World's Fair Will Be an Ex
cellent Body of Men.
TBT CABLE TO Till DISPATCH.
London, 3Iareh 28. Ths news that Eng
land will take part officially in tbe Chicago
Exhibition was published here Thursday
morning, and has attracted very little atten
tion. Not a single editorial has yet been
written on the subject, and nowhere is any
but the most languid interest manifested in
the matter. The faet is, Chicago is so in
separably coupected here with unromantic
pork that enthusiasm in regard to its affairs
is quite out of the question. The royal
commission promised by Lord Salisbury
will not be constituted lor a considerable
time, but the Foreign Office is in communi
cation with the other Government depart
ments respecting its personnel, and there is
no reason to (doubt that it will be a thor
oughly representative body.
It has already been decided that the Presi
dents of the various chambers of commerce
shall serve on the commission, and that it
shall be represented in Chicago by a legis
lative body.
A NEW DEPABTUSE.
The Great Revelstoke Mansion' to Be Oc
cupied on the Italian Flan.
TBT CABLE TO TOB DISI-AK H.I
LONDON, 3Iarch 28. The question what
shall be done with the magnificent mansion
built by Lord Bevelstoke in Berkeley
Square .and finished just before the recent
financial'disturb'ance, has now been settled.
It is said no purchaser can be found for so
costly an edifice. It will therefore be oc
cupied on the Italian plan, like the Strozzi
in Florence, by several branches of the fam
ily, including Lord and Lady Bevelstoke
and their rons-in-law, with their wives;
Lord and Lady Casticcross and the Hon.
Mr. and 3Irs. Charles Booert Spencer.
This is a new departure in London, except
that Dorchester House, in Park lane, has
been occupied in this way for some time
past by tbe two sons-in-law of 31r. Holford,
the Earl of Jlorley, and 3Ir. Albert Grey.
THE BACCABAT SCANDAL.
One of the Men Sned by Camming Honored
liy the Qoeen.
rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, 3Iarch 28. Before starting for
the South of France the Queen gave another
indication of her views on the great baccarat
question bv conferring the honor ol High
Sheriff of Yorkshire upon Arthur Wilson,
In whose house, Tranby Croft, Sir William
Gordon Cumming is said to have cheated at
cards.
This is one more proof of the wisdom of
tbe Anti-gambling League in deciding to
confine their crusade for the present to bad
yonug clerks and messenger boys who play
pitch and toss during the dinner hour.
THE BULGABIAN ASSASSINATION.
Thirty Persons Belonging to One Political
PartyArrested on Suspicion.
.Sofia, March 28. The police of ibis city
are actively investigating the assassination
of 3r. -Baltchefi, the Minister of Finance,
who was shot and killed yesterday evening
by a man armed with a revolver, the suppo
sition being that the murderer mistook him
for 31. Stambuloff. the Bulgarian Premier.
As a'result'of the police investigation SO
'persona have been arrested. Thu prisoners
include 31. Karaveloff. All the persons
taken into custody are members of the party
which M. KaraV;lo2 represents.
PITTSBUEQ-, SUNDAY,
JOHN. BELL'S CENSUS
Will Be Taken Like a Flash All Com
plete Best Sunday Bight.
A MARVELOUS SYSTEM IN VOGDE.
The Cost Will Be Only a Tenth of What
Uncle Sam Fays Oat.
IT'S DOSE IN SMALL S0B-D1YISI0NS
rCOBHESrONDEXCE or THE DISPATCH. V
London, 3Iarch 20. Once every ten
years John Bull performs a remarkable feat.
It is the taking of the census of the United
Kingdom, and it is accomplished with a
nickel-in-the-slot rapidity that challenges
even the admiration of a shrewd hustler from
America. Tne method of taking the census
possesses great interest far the people of the
United States, as offering a striking com
parison with tbe slow and unsatisfactory
methods of enumerating the American
people.
On Sunday night, April 5, the Britons
will pass through the turnstile of their tenth
decennial classification. The next morning
the record will be made up. On the evening
of the same day it will be delivered to Som
erset House, to be assorted and labeled, and
all the work will be effected with marvelous
perfection of organization by which Great
Britain is made to stand still for a minute
and be photographed. So consummate is
the skill with which was planned that all
embracing machinery, that at one and the
same moment, all over the United Kingdom,
the recording pen will catch and set down
every man's status.
A Tenth of the Cost to Us.
All preparations for the stupendous work
are completed. Blanks are ready to be dis
tributed, and the United Kingdom has been
divided up Into 40,000 districts. It is esti
mated that the total cost of the work will be
less than 5700,000. while for tbe same work
in America nearly $7,000,000 was appro
priated by Congress. An American tabu
lating machine will be nsed to obtain totals.
The census will be intrusted by tho Home
Secretary, Mr. 3Iatthews, to persons in au
thority in tbe different parts of the United
Kingdom. In England and Scotland tbe
duty will devolve upon the English and
Scotch Begistrars General; inIreland to a
Boyal Commission presided over by the Irish
Begistrar General, and in the islands which
consists of two groups, the Isle of Man in tbe
Irish Sea, and the channel islands, Jersey,
Guernsey, Alderney, Heron, Sark, Jetbou
and BreJhon the enumeration will be made
under the superintendence of tbe respective
Lieutenant Governors, according to in
structions issued by the Begistrar General
of England. In England and Wales the
census staff will consist of tbe employes of
the General Begistry Office, the superin
tendent registrars in their districts, the
registrars and the enumerators. There are
626 superintendent registrars' districts in
England and Wales, which are subdivided
into 2,195 sub-districts, each having a local
registrar ot uirtns ana aeatns.
The Division Into Sub-District..
While the boundaries of the parishes or
townships are to be taken as the basis upon
which to frame the division into sub-districts,
strict attention is paid to tbe various
local sub-divisions, so that the number of
their houses and inhabitants might afterward
be readily and accurately asceitaiued.
Where a parish or township is sufficient to
form of itself a distinct enumeratiottdis
trictf it is"isBlgfrEdno one"ehum'erator;'and,
as a general rule, it is assumed that where
the enumerator will hot be required to-travel
more tban 15 miles in visiting a smaller
number ot houses in the country, the dis
trict is not too large.
The enumerators are required to be intel
ligent and active, able to read and write
well and have some knowledge of arithme
tic; they are not to be younger than 18 years
of age or older than 65; they are to be re
spectable persons, likely to conduct them
selves with strict propriety and civility in
the discharge of .their duties, and well ac
quainted with the district in which they are
to act.
The ennmeration in Scotland will be car
ried on in the same manner, under its own
Begistrar General. In Ireland tile enumer
ation will be effected altogether by the offi
cers and men of tbe constabulary force,
whose local knowledge renders them partic
ularly well suited for the undertaking.
Counting In Public Institutions.
Public institutions, such as county jails,
convict prisons, re'ormatories, workhouses,
hospitals, barracks and lunatic asylums,
whose inmates exceed 200 persons,are treated
as separate enumeration districts, and the
governor or principal resident officer is ap
pointed the, enumerator. Tne smaller insti
tutions are treated as ordinary houses, and
the particulars regarding their inmates ob
tained by the district enumerators in the
usual way.
Tbe enumeration of persons on board mer
chant vessels, fishing smacks and other craft
in the ports, docks, creeks and rivers is ac
complished by the officers ot Her Majesty's
customs. Schedules, duly filled by the
nlastcrs, are obtained in the case of the ves
sels in part on tbe census day; and on the
arrival of every home-trade and coasting
vessel within tbe ensuing month, inquiries
will be made in order to ascertain whether
the census has been given in any port in the
United Kingdom, and if not, the master will
he requested to fill up a schedule. All the
returns collected by the officers of Her
Majesty's customs in England will be trans
mitted 'direct to tbe central office.
The Army and Navy.
The information about seamen and others
on board vessels in the royal navy, at home,
will be supplied pursuant to instructions
addressed by the Lords of the Admiralty to
tbe officers in command of Her Mujesty's
ships and vessels. A return will also be
made, under directions of the commander-in-chief
of the British army, distinguishing
officers from non-commissioned officers, and
rank and file by tbe commanding, officer of
every regiment, or battalion ot the British
army, at home or abroad, showing the ages,
county of birth, and whether single, mar
ried or widowers; also the numbers and ages
of the wives and children of soldiers.
In order to secure the enumeration of per
sons on board boats, barges and other cralt
in inland waters, not within tbe jurisdiction
ot the. officers of customs, such vessels will
be visited on the census morning and the
required particulars obtained lrom the
master or person in charge, either by the
ordinary enumerator or by a person specially
employed for the purpose.
The enumerators will be directed to make
diligent inquiry for the purpose of ascertain
ing the number of persons not in unv dwell
ing house on the census night, but sleeping
in barn.', sheds, caravans, tents, etc., or in
the open air, and Jo enter such particulars
as may be obtained respecting them in a
lorm provided for the purpose.
Citizens Fill Out the Blank.
The first duty Of the pnin.rimr iq ta
deliver, In the course of tbe veek preceding
the census day, to every occupier ot a house
or tenement a householder's schedule, to be
filled up by or on behalf of such occupier,
under a penalty ot 5 in case of deluult,
with the required particulars concerning
lnmselfand family. Particulars called for
are of sex, age, conjugal condition, relation
to head or family, profession, birthplace and
in Ireland the language spoken, tbe religion
and the ability to read ami write.
This schedule must be filled up by the oc
cupier with the requisite information con
cerning every person who shall abide in the
house or apartment on tbe night of Sunday,
Aprils. No member of the family absent
on that night must be entered, except in the
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case of.persons who sire engaged at their
usual labor during the night and who will
in like manner be enumerated at the hotels
or houses at which they expect to stop on the
following day.
rro'vlng the Statements.
The next morning tbe enumerators will
visit every dwelling house in tbe United
Kingdom in order to collect tbe schedules
J which they had left in the course ot the
l wees: preceding xi tne scneauie is aireany
made up tbe enumerator malt see that the
entries are made in a Jiroper manner and
satify himself that the particulars are likely
to be correct. If, from any cause, the sched
ule is not filled up it is his duty to fill it
up himself from the .verbal information of
the occupier or other competent member of
the family.
In all.cases he mut ascertain carefully
that no person who abode in the house or
lodgings on "the, previous night has been
omitted, and that no person then absent
has been included, except those traveling to
or out at work ,durlng that night, and who
shall have returned home next morning.
Any schednle Swhlch contains manifestly
false Ddrticulars must be corrected.
What the Censas Develops.
Every census has Its "curious incidents,"
of which probably only a very few become
generally known. One of tbe most remark
able of these was the appointment in the
last census ot a lady enumerator in a Jjoii'
don district. She is reported to have "dis
charged the duties very efficiently." Some
persons exhibit a disiuclination to let the
enumerators have the schedules. Many
have been sent to the Begistrar General
privately to avoid the scrutiny of enumera
tors in country districts, his sanction hay
ing been previously obtained.
A spinster in a rural district, of rather un
certain age and very wealthy, fastened up
her doors and windows, forbidding access to
the enumerator, and saying that a fine of
20 would not induce her to give him the
desired particulars. In answer to a sooth
ing letter she sent the Begistrar General her
schedule privately. A gentleman of landed
prnnerty declared, he would pay a fine of
any amount indeed, would ratlier cease to
exist than commit tne offense for which
David suffered, us recorded in the Old Tes
tament. His religious scruples were re
spected, and the particulars of bis'family
were nevertheless recorded with tolerable
accuracy.
Counting Up the Figures.
When the schedules ail have been col
lected by tbe enumerators, the process of
enumeration is complete. It remains only
to put the matter into shape. All tbe im
mense array of facts on every subject of im
portance has been gathered in a night. Then
follows the transcription by the enumera
tors of the particulars contained in the
householders' schedule into the "Enumera
tion Book." accompanied with proper indi
cations of all local boundaries, and a sum
mary of all houses and of persons enumer
ated. The Begistrar makes a collation of
the schedules and enumeration books, and
carefully revises the latter, from which he
makes out a summary for bis sub-district,
and transmits it, with the other documents,
to the Superintendent BegUtrar.
The Superintendent Begistrar revises gen
erally the whole of the returns, tests their
accuracy and satisfies himself that the
reeistrars and enumerators have in all cases
fully performed the duties required of them.
All tnese separate operations must be com
pleted in a specific number of days and the
different documents transmitted to the Cen
sus Office as early as possibl; in Mav. Tbe
probabilities are that within three months
from the date of the census a preliminary
report will be presented to the Home Secre
tary for the purpose of being laid before
Parliament.
The Work Is Accurately Done.
The preliminary report is followed by a
detailed report.wbiclfdilfers trom the former
in both quantity and quality. The prelimi
.nary report contains.. ripjnformatioa con
struing the ages of 'the people, their occu
pations, birthplaceand conjugal condition,
the numbers of the blind and of the deat
mutes, and other particulars. All this in
formation will be embodied iu the final
report For the purpose of this latter, each
enumeration book and entry book is care
fully revised, detectable errors are corrected
and a fresh casting up of the entries, as cor
rected, is made. Tile experience of past
censuses has been that the mistakes never
reach the percentage of ' per cent.
The enumerator receives a fixed fee of 1
guinea, and a ratable payment of 2i 6d. per
100 persons enumerated. Iu large districts
a mileage is also allowed. No one, taking
into account the required qualifications and
the quantity of work to be done, will con
sider this over compensation. Sometimes,
when the schednles are not filled up, the
duties of the enumerator are very onerous.
He is also liable to incur not only trouble,
like several of your New York enumerators
who bearded the cosmopolitan population of
tbe metropolis in tbe last census, but even
danger, by going into courts where smallpox
and other diseases are epidemic.
The Origin of the System.
No proposal to ascertain the number of
the population by systematic enumeration
appears to have been made until the middle
of tbe last century. On March 30, 1753, 31r.
Thomas Potter, son of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and a barrister of tbe Sliddle
Temple, who represented the borough of St.
Germans in the House of Commons, brought
in a bill "for taking and registering an an
nual account of the total numberof the peo
ple, and of the total number of marriages,
births and deaths and alto of the total
numberof poor receiving alms from every
parish and extra-parochial place in Great
Britain."
Notwithstanding considerable opposition
the bill passed through all its stages in the
Commons by large majorities, only to be
thrown ont on the second reading in the
House of Lords.
Nearly half a century passed away before
the proposal was renewed, and when the
new bill was introduced In the House of
Commons in November, 1800, it had the ad
vantage of a great change which had ap
parently occurred in public opinion on the
subject. The population bill was brought
in by Mr. Abbot, member for Hefston, on
November 20, 1800, and passed through all
its stores without opposition. The first
census was taken on Marqh 10, 1S01.
A Lesson Fiom Zaist Winter's Experience.
That a soldier may make a splendid show
ing on dress parade but be of more harm
than benefit in battle, is an old proverb. It
is mnch the same with a medicine. It may
present a fine apcearance and apparently
possess every element of value when no one
:s sick, but prove worse than worthless
when most needed. Epidemic J tire to medi
cines what battles are to soldiers. When a
disease is epidemic it is usually much more
malignant and much harder to control. Last
winter influenza was epidemic. It is much
the same an a very aevere cold and
requires precisely the same treatment.
Among the numerous medicines in
use for colds Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy
was' tho only one that proved a pronounced
success in combatting this disease. People
sonn learned its value and that it would
greatly lessen the severity of tbe attack and
prevent all dangerous consequences. Those
who used itrecommended'it to others, which
brought it into great popularity. 3Iany
dealers found it necessary to telegraph their
orders for the remedy in order to .supply the
demand. It was undoubtedly the most suc
cessful treatment used during the epidemic.
Whole families cured themselves and came
out sound and hearty alter tbe epidemic
was oyer while it is well known that thou
sands who used other remedies succumbed
to tbe disease, and mair? others still mffjr
from the effects of it. Last winter's ex
perience fully demonstrated that for in
fluenza as well as foa severe cold, Cham
berlain's Cough Bemedy is a success and
that it can be relied upon even in the most
severe cases. ' tvsu
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tion to give any adequate idea, up to date, of the relative space to be occupied by the
different buildings of tbe Exposition. It shows exactly where the buildings will be
located, and is worth clipping and saving for use in 1803.
AN INVADING HOST.
Myriads 'of Little Enemies to Land
on Oar Shores Wednesday.
THEY COME IN THE KAW SUGARS.
Will
Give Grocers tbe Itch and
Others Uncomfortable.
Mate
now to' kelp .out of theie wat
There is a very disgusting and a very
numerous enemy at present riding at anchor
near our shores and waiting until after.
April 1, when the McKinley tariff
bill will let in sugar under the new
regulations. It is in raw sugars
and is known as the acarus sacchari
and ia apparently related to the acarus scabei
which has a large acquaintance among peo
ple of negligent habits who know it by tbe
name of "itch." The latter insect burrows
under the skin and breeds there, and tbe
former seems to have a like disposition, for
grocers and their clerks and sugar ware
housemen are liable to an itch that re
sembles closely the common one, and as they
are usually clean people who are not likely
to be troubled by the scabei, it is 'supposed
they must cet! the infection from the' hand
ling of raw sugar. The two acari resemble-
each other closely, and by some authorities
are considered identical, and some hold that
grocers itch is the same as the common
variety.
H. P. Dilworth furnishes tbe sketches
for the accompanying illustrations. They
were drawn from life and the originals were
found in grocery Mauritius sugar. The
insect resembles the sea crab in outline and
the cut shows it magnified to 200 diameters.
Fignrel represents the under and figure 2
the upper side of the insect.
Seen With the Naked Kye.
There is also an insect found in raw sugar
called the beetle. The acari are mites and
do not attract general attention on account
of their invisibility, but the beetles are ob
servable as they nimbly locomote in sugar
waichouses. Prof. Caiueron. of Dublin.
savs thatof 15 specimens of raw sugar exam
ined he did not find ona actually fit forfood.
They abounded in organic filth and con
tained great numbers of disgusting insects.
As high as 100,000 of these insects bave been
found in a single pound of low grade raw
sugar, and in ten grains' weight COO were
found, many of which were so large as to be
distinctly visible to tbe unassisted eye.
While it is just possible, perhaps, that the
human svstein can assimilate all these har
rowing insects without injury, some scien
tists are disposed to doubt it, ahd Barker, of
the Boyal College of Surgeons, Ireland,
found raw sugar containing? 268.000 acari In
one pound. The date sugar of the East is
the only raw kind that does not contain the
acari, and it is practically a refined su.'ar,
its crrstals being repeatedly "clayed," or
washed in the water, before pnt on the
market.
Dr. Sheridan sayts "The unfiltered sugar
of 3Iuscavado, should never be used in that
Stitc. The grocers' itch is, in all proba
bility, caused by handling Muscavado
sugar and the attacks of the acarus sacchari
which inhabit it. Dealers say that refined
sufiar is just as cheap as unrefined, and
there is a further advantage abont it in that
the sulphuric acid combinations cannot ex
ist in an article thoroughly refined'so that
it would seem that even the poorest people
would do well to invest in tbe higher, priced
article.
Bobert Niccoll, of Meenock, Scotland,
says: "The finest qualities of raw sugar in
variably contain very gross impurities, but
tbe cheapest kind of refined sugar ii per
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and it costs no more than the raw material."
From this it wonld seem that there is one
and only One way to beat the acarus
sacchari, and that is by eating refined sugar
only.
ROYALTY IN 'FRISCO.
THE.W1TE OF A CALD70BHIA BAEBEE
LNHEBIIS A FOETDNE,
Connection With Keignlog Families In
Europe Is Also Traced by Her The
Stdry of Sirs. Herman Hlrth A Relative
OI Annelte Jans.
San Francisco, March 28. The family
of Herman Hirth, a modest Geary street
barber, has been plunged headlong into a
foaming Jea of excitement not the ordinary
kind of seafoam that Herman uses, either.
The canse leading up to this state of affairs
is ,tbe fact that the wife of the
humble barber, Elizabeth, has juU
been iuformed by letter from a New York
lawyer that she is heir to a large slice of-a
mammoth fortune piled up in the treasury
vaults of Holland, and furthermore that she
is a direct descendant of the royal family of
Holland, and through this bears a relation
ship to the members of the reigning families
of Great Britain tnd Germany. .
- MrsjHirth to-day to a reporter said: "My
grandfather on my mother's side was
named John Hnther, and 1 will Bhow you
a .marriage certificate wliieh has a great
bearing on tbe case." Tbe docmneut iu
question was brought forth, and bears the
date, Philadelphia, August 4, 1791. It cer
tified that John .Huthtr and Magdalena
Hirth were joined in wedlock by Jacob
Helmuth, Protestant minister. Then Mrs.
Hirth brought forth several miniature por
traits of bewigged and pondered relatives
who thrived in the last century.
"Iu addition to the letter from the lawyer
mentioned." said 3Irs. Hirth, "I received
one' from my niece in New York, a descend
ant of Ann eke Jans, whose estate near Trin
ity Church has been fought tor so long by
Anneke's.heirs.
'Through my niece's lawyers it was dis
covered, by accident, that the descendants
of John Huther, in this country, were en
titled to many millions of money now in
chancery in Holland, left to John Huther
by his brother, who went to Australia near
ly a century ago and made a great fortune.
"As soon as possible after the letter was
received I sent the necessary documents to
prove my pedigree. Tbe lawyers wrote that
John Huther and brother belonged to a
noble Dutch family, were close relatives of
the royal .fauiilv of Holland, and through
the royal Dutch family the defendants of
the limbers are related to the reitrning
Queen of England and Eaiperor of
Germany."
Mrs. Hirth was raised in Cincinnati and
married iher husband, who was in a
Pennsylvania regiment, in the Ohio
metropolis shortly-after the war.
KSPZCTIHG CATTLE TOE 1XP0ET.
The First Permit Under the New Law Issued
in Chicago.
CniCAOO, March 28. The first permit
for the inspection of cattle for export to
Europe under the new law just passed by
Congress, was issued to-day to Nelson Mor
ris, of Chicagn. Mr. Morris received a dis
patch this afternoon from Secretary of Agri
culture Bosk, at Washington, announcing
the facK Information was also received,
showing the marvelous results of the inspec
tion system, while yet in imperfect operation
before the passage of tbe new law.
The official figures of Secretary Buik show
that during January and February of this
year, Great Britain received from the United
States 63,409 bead; Germany, 1,231; Bel
gium, 263, and France 134. These figures,
it is explained, show an increase in the for
eign cattle trade of the Uulted States for tbe
two months of 1801 over the corresponding
period last year, of nearly 32 per cent.
HATHAWAY GEM A NEW TBIAL.
Chicago Policy Again Judicially Called
Down for Excessive Zeal.
Chicago, 3Iarch 28. George Hathaway,
the gambler who shot and killed ex-Alder-man
Whelan in December last, aud who
subsequently was convicted and sentenced
to the penitentiary for life, was eranted a
new trial to-day.
Tne C6urt, in granting the new trial, se
verely'cedsufed the. police fur being unusu
ally zealoln in their endeavors to convict
the accused, among other things going so far
av to conceal a cane, the existence ot which,
f shown, wonld have proved of material
benefit to tbe defense.
BITTEN BY A YOUNG PTJP.
A Connecticut Young I.ady Dies a Horrible
.Dent Is From Hydrophobia.
Haktfokd, 3Iarch 28. Miss Ella G.
Learned,-who was bitten by a pet dog a lit
tle more tban three weeks ago, died to-day.
Since last Thursday she has had oil the
symptoms of hydrophobia. There has
seemed no reason to believe tbat the dog
was mad.
1 The Deadly Cigarette.
Prairie dtj Chjen, Wis., March 28.
A-young son of A. Nickerson and a son of a
Mr. Harget, aged 14, died suddenly yester
daylrom nicotine poisoning alter smoking
cigarettes to excess.
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PAGES 9 TO 16.
11 FUNERAL JUNKET
Is One of the Abuses of Official
Life That Is Not Likely
to Be Repeated.
COST 0E PUBLIC BURIALS.
Figures Recently Quoted by Congress
man Oates Not Too Big.
SOME OP THE ITEMS OP EXPENSE.
Senator Dolph and Representative HcKinler
Are for Eeform.
FINANCES K0 OBJECT WITH H0LMAN
tCORRZSFOSDSSCE Or THE DUPATCS.1
Washington, Blarch 28. All Wash
ington is still talking of the funeral of Sen
ator Hearst, and it is wondered whether the
Government will have to pay for the special
train across tbe country. It was only the
decided objections of Mrs. Hearst tbat pre
vented this journey from being turned into
a picnic, and I am told tbat a great many
so-called very respectable ladies and gentle
men tried to take advantage of it to get a
free ride to California and back. A num
ber of society ladies wanted to go, and It
was only through the positive instructions
of Senator Stanford that they were kept off
the train.
Attention was called to official fune
rals by Hon. 31 r. Oates, of Alabama, in one
of the last speeches of the last session. He
denounced the habit of sending committees
of honor to accompany the remains of de
ceased Senators and Bepresentatiyes to their
place of interment, and of them he said:
A Speech to the Point.
"These committee', instead of being gen
uine mourners, usually take pleasure ex
cursions or junkets at the expense of the
public treasury. I never bave served on
one of them, but I note among the expendi
tures one funeral which cost 52,000 and an
other which reached $80,000. It matters
not how obsenre or inconsequential a mem
ber may be, jf he died in official harness,
the same expensive programme is adopted
aud the same formula observed. of burying
him and then of pronouncing upon him and
printing those fulsome effusions in a vol
ume, with a steel engraving frontispiece,
aod at an average coH to the people who
never heard of him of $20,000 for tbe vol
ume." He was immediately pounced upon by
correspondents (official undertakers, prob
ably,) in tbe local newspapers, who de-,
clared that the expenses were not a tenth
part of tbe sums alleged, and 'gave recent
disbursements as follows:
FOR SENATOR BECK.
Undertaker .... .. VT23 SO
General expenses including Pullman
cars , 1,795 71
Transportation 1.55.T ii
Carriages 131 CO
Miscellaneous 219 CU
Total HS
FOIt SENATOR MILLER.
General expenses, including hotel bill
at San Francisco S1.2S-I 40
Carnage hire 119 00
Transportation, ir.clnolnc railway fare.
Pullman cars and supplies en route.. 5.977 74
omi m'iMOi
This statement is probably correct, as far
it goes, but it includes only one kind of ex
penses those attendant on burial whereas
Colonel Oates meant to include at least four
kinds for instance:
TOE SENATOR HILLER.
Expenses or transportation and burial. $7,331 11
Expenses or volume of eulogies.. 20,000 W
Expenses of Congress, auionrned one
day 20.C00 00
Expenses of money voted to widow... 5,000 00
Total JC2,38114
This makes the funeral cost 552,000 the
sum first named by Colonel Oates. The
580,000 funeral was" probably tbat of soma
more expensive remains. .Moreover, wo
undertaker, who made his way into Senator
Beck's bill, accidently escaped from Sena
tor Miller's, bnt there is every reason to be
lieve that he got into the Treasury.
Rcmemberingr the Widows.
Congress is not only in the habit of giving
53,000 as n gratuity to the widows of all
members who die in service, bnt of making
a corresponding present to the widows and
even other relatives of all the clerks of
Congress who die in service. On April 25,
1888 the, Senate gave 51,290 to Jlarv A. E.
Quiubv. sister of the enrolling clerk, and
when F. H. Sanlsbury, another clerk, died,
51,095 were given to his folks, "Said sum to
be considered as including funeral expenses
and other allowances." And so on for doz
ens of other clerks.
The annual report of the Secretary of the
Senate for 1887 contiins the following items:
For goods furnished for the funeral of Senator
John A. Logan, deceased, lbSB, December 19.
viz:
For UHi yards calico, at 7c 3 140 15
37vaidacloth,atiJ7ic 32 71
12 pieces tape, at 25c 3 00
15 pieces wool fringe, at 35c 5 S
23 yards silver braid, at 20e G 0
24 yards crepe, atSl 75. 42 00
30 silt sashes, at t7. 210 00
10 pieces bat crene. 10 00
3 rtuzen white silk gloves, at J12. SO CO
i dozen white siUglovet. at SU. 15 00
6 uazen cotton gloves, at S3 18 00
5 pieces hat crepe 5 00
IS yards crepe, tl 75 22 50
400 folding ihalrs. CO 00
Total Bit M
It wonld be interesting to know what be
came of the 30 silk sashes at $7 apiece.
Expenses of Obseme Men.
But ii this be only a small part of the
funeral expenses of General Logan, whose
services to the country are not likely to be
over-estimated or ever paid, what shall be
said when thousands on thousands of dollars
are paid out for obscure members whose
names are scarcrly known bevond their own
counties? Here is another bill paid by the
Honse:
To laying out body or R. W. Townshend,
deceased $10 09
Embalming body 50 00
Twenty carnazta 100 00
Stein's tate casket, f uu-beveled 350 00
Bed cedar cue , 0 00
Lead lining and sealing 60 00
as arse. ....... ............................. o 0U
Iarber.. ....................... ........... 5 00
Una diagonal suit ot clothes IS 00
Patent leutbersaoes 4 00
Total 3715 00
The Government paid S630 for the coffin
of Hon. W. D. Kellev and 5100 for tbls
grave. Tho burial of Hon. S. S. Cox costa
tbe Government 5323 60 beside tbe principal
items transportation and other expenses of
the committee. One item ot expense for
Senator Beck's funeral is as follows:
Persona expenses ot committee to
Lexincton,. Ky of which SL.C0O was
for .food 51,735 72
JC find on inquiry at the Governmen
Printing Office that the volume of eulogle
cost all tbe way from $4,000 for an ordinary
member to 511.000 for n distinguished man
like Logan, This is exclusive of wrapping',
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