- tmm THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. l &t UNITED J DEATH. The Strangely Romantic Tale That a Sad Double Suicide Has Revealed. LOVERS PARTED IN YOUTH Meet Again in Paris After the Lapse of Many Tears and Renew Their Former Lore. EEDUCED TO ABJECT POVERTY, Tte Ones Handsome Military LoTer, Now an Old Han, Engages as a Servant to the Woman lie Adores. 5TR3? FATE STILL FOLLOWS THEM. EtlitiTU Interpose t Djp-J Tkeir Droa ef Eippitu nd The; Etstlri to Beck Duth Eind ia End. 5EOB DIAD BODIES IXUKD TIED TOGETEEB TBT VCX1X.FS CABLE COMPAXT.l Paris, April 11. A strange romantic story is to-day tbe topic of the hour in the Russian colony here; a tale of true affection, enduring and at last triumphant, but the hero and heroine of which hare between them Tery little of the youth or beauty that are naturally associated with "love's young dream." Among the noble families of Moscow are the de Markoffs. Some half a century ago they were represented by Fiodore de M;rkofT, wfcj with his charm in;: wife and tlu:j beautiful daughters, added luster to tbe best social circles of that city. Of the daughters, Katerina was tbe young est and most lovely. Feted by her friends, courted by many admirers ana idolized by her parents, her life appeared to offer ex ceptionally brilliant attractions to tbe fair girl, over whose cradle ail the good fairies v. osid seem to have watched and endowed her with remarkable gifts. Yet, at the very threshold ;of herjjeareer. Mile, de Markoff met with a bitter disappointment that embit tered her existence and tinged her life to Its very close. Katerina's Unhappy Love, Katerina, naturally of an affectionate dis position, had loved, and loved early.buttistbe youth whom she desired to make happy was only a poor cavalry subaltern, Lieutenant ATmisotT, who, though of gentle birth, had neither money, nor influence wherewith to open for him the gates of promotion, she might as well, so far as the realization of her dram was concerned, have kept her prefer ence secret, even from its object. F iodore de Markoff, however, had quite other designs for his daughters and natur ally objected to allowing the gem of his family casket to be enshrined in a setting in no way worthy of its rare brilliancy. In due time poor Katerina was wooed and wedded by Colonel de Fisher, a member of the Czar's personal staff, and occupy ing one of the most important posts in tbe imperial household. Here the young dame of Moscow took her place and in the court festivities was remarked by all as a most valued accession. For a time the con stint round ot gaiety and her naturally high spirits seemed to have effaced all traces of her early sorrow from Katerina'a mind, but appearances were deceptive. Left a Wealthy Widow. "When some ten years had elapsed Colonel de Fisher, who was still the Czar's favored servant and had seen several olive branches spring up about his board, was suddenly attached by a malignant disease, to which he succumbed after a brief illness. His widow, lelt with her children and a hand some fortune, decided to remove to Purls, the better to educate them. Perhaps she was influenced by the fact that Lieutenant Armigoff had resigned from the army on learning of Kiterina's marriage and gone to the French capital to gain a precarious livelihood by giving lessons in languages tind fencing. Arrived in Paris, JIme. de Fisher also took up the social position to whicn her antecedents in St. Petersburg entitled her, and she was able in a few years to see her daughter comfortably settled in life and her rons started in remunerative careers. .But even in exile Katerina was not destiued to be happy. Before she had attained her 50th birthday her children had died and her for tune had been dissipated through the specu lations of an executor in St. Petersburg. She was thenceforth reduced to the necessity of depending upon her relatives in Moscow, who, for the past ten years, have allowed her a pension of 8.0CO francs (51,600) from the family estate. Love's Yonn Pi-tam Revived. On this pittance poor Mme. de Fisher has Managed to live.thoagh ot course compelled to retrench largely and virtually retire from the tocial sphere in which be formerly jived. Such was the status of affairs when, one day last October, Mine, de Fisher was also shocked and delighted by meeting, while taking her daily walk in the Champs EiV6ees, with Lieutenant Armigoff, whom she had not seen since he bade her adieu just before her rcjrriage. She had not a! first noticed the old man who passed, looked after, and then followed her; but, being at last attracted by his in sistence, and, once she had taken a good look at him, was not long in recalling the beloved features. But how much sadness mingled with the joy of recognition. Katerina's beauty had become a thing of the past, while the ex-Lieutenant's clothing betrayed the laststages of theshabby-genteel. But Katerina was equal to the occasion. Bbe determined that her lover should share her crust, if she could not, for fear of her family, wake him legally her husband. Engaged as a Servant. She also hired M. M. Mctiviar (the name he had assumed oq coming to Paris) as a man-of-all-worfc, and to see that her apart ments were kept in order. The Lieutenant, although at h'rst refusing to accept the bounty, was finally forced byshecr necessity to agree to Mme. de Fisher's plans. But even had this uot been so, the -prospect of daily intercourse with his old love would probaby have overcome all scruples. The autumn and winter thus passed peace fully and happily far the re-united lovers, and up to a week ago all at last seemed to betoken a calm, if not joyous old age. One fatal morning, however, an ominous look ing package arrived from Moscow. It con tained letters from Mme. de Fisher's rela tives to the effect that It was their desire that she should break up her little establish ment in the aristocratic Faubourg St. Honore and retire to a home for old ladies of the upper class. They also added that the pension of 8,000 francs would be dis continued. United In Death's Embrace Thus in a moment crumbled all the hopes of the at last united lovers; all the happiness that had come, if late, to these wearied hcart. In this crisis there was but one step to take, and they took it Going put hand in hand they wandered to a lonely spot by the Seme, and yesterday their bodies were found, united by a cord. At Mme. de Fisher's residence the police found a note addressed to her implacable relatives at Moscow craving money for her burial. It seems that" the family in Russia had learned the facts regarding the hiring of M. M. Metiviar, and had pierced the disguise of the former subaltern. The pension was withdrawn to force Mme. de Fisher into the home and break up the connection. Through the courtesy of the authorities the lovers will be buried to-morrow in the same grave. DEFEATED ON OPIUM. TOEEES OVERTHROWN IN A DEBATE ON TEE EASTERN DRUG. Enormous Bevenne Derived From the Trafflo In the Stuff Its Morality Ques tioned One Member Says Good Opium Is Better Tlmn Dad Whisky. f BT CABLE TO THK DISPATCH. 3 LONDON, April 1L The defeat of the Government in the House of Commons last night by a majority of 30 was due to the bad management of the Conservative whips, and will have no important political conse quences. The opium question has never been strictly a party one. Poli ticians of all shades of opinion admit that theoretically it is a Tery wicked thing for the Government of India to raise millions of revenue from the opium traffic, and for the British Government to fili its exchequer with the proceeds of taxes upon liquor, but in each case the trouble ishow to obtain the same amount of money in a more desirable manner. India would lose over 5,000,000 rupees net revenue yearly if the cultivation of opinm were prohibited as proposed in the House of Commons, and it is not likely that, as the mover of the resolution last night suggested, "lor the sake of Christianity, morality and humanity" England will pay India that amount out of her own pocket. Two mem bers were not ashamed to defend the opium trade and indulgence in the drug as well. Dr. Farquharson, Liberal member for Ab erdeen, said there was not a finer or more manly race of people in tbe world than the Rsjpoots, who used opium habitually, and he had heard of women living to be 90 who took two to three ounces daily. "Opium," continued the honorable mem ber, "did uot cause any of that (regeneration of the tissues which alcoholic drinking did. For the opium smoker or eater there was hope, but for the man who drank alcohol to excees there was none. His digestion be came hopelessly impaired, his liver, his heart, got nrong and he died a miserable death." The other champion of the much abused drug was Sir Richard Temple, Tory ex Governor of India, who seemed to think that all possible argument on the subject was concentrated in his formnla that it was better for a man to cat good opium than to drink bad whisky. LADY GEAKVILLE KOHELXSS. The Late Earl Leaves Ills Family Without a House to Live In. TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.I London, April 11. The personal affairs of the late Earl Granville appear to be in a worse condition than was anticipated. His wid iw and family are left absolutely with out a house. He died at the residence of his brother, Frederick Leveson Gower, and when the new appointment of warden of tbe Cinque Ports is made, Lady Granville will, of course, be obliged to leave Waliner Castle. Much sympathy is felt for Lady Granville, the more so that in her early youth her life was clouded in the same way by the ruin of the great property of her father.Mr. Campbell, of Islay. He was the head of one of the most influential, branches of the great Scottish house, and so vast were his territories, that he was known in Scot land as the "Prince of Islay." On a visit made by the Queen to his ances tral home he received Her Majesty in feudal state at the head of 100 gentlemen of his clan, all wearing the Campbell tartan, and, indeed, he scarcely gave precedence in local dignity and importance to the Maculium More himself, the Duke of Argyle. He lived also in great splendor in London, and was one of the most fashionable and charm-' ing men of his time, but so utterly regard less was he of the most ordinary rules of economy that bis patrimony was one day discovered to have vanished. AUSTRIA'S EEICESEATH OPENED. The Emperor's Opening Speech Is Peace ful and Optimistic YirNNA, April 1L Emperor Francis Jcseph opened the session of the Beichsrath to-day. His Majesty, in his speech, dwelt upon the desire ior peace manifested throughout Europe. He said that all Euro pean Governments had given him assur ances which denoted that peace was the most essential object ot their endeavors. This, he added, combined with the Jnendly relations now existing between the powers of Europe, justifies the hope that peace will prevail for many years to come, thus enabling tbe mem bers of the Beichsrath to continue their labors undisturbed by war or other serious complications. Continuing, the Emperor said that the Government of Austria was endeavoring by nil the means in its power to bring about a readjustment of the politico-commercial re lations between Austria and foreign powers as far as was necessary and desirable, with the object in view of concluding conven tions with the foreign powers simultan eously and for a long period. -The object of this was to enable Austrian industry and agriculture to prosper undera stable regime. In conclusion, the Emperor emphasized the urgent necessity of strengthening tiie budget, the equilibrium of which, he said, had been successfully established. Finally, the Emperor announced that reforms were projected in tbe system of direct taxation. COMMISSION ON LABOR. The Karnes of the Member Composing It Made Public at Last. rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.I London, April 11. The Government has at length made public the names of the members ot the Boyal Commission on Labor. The list is an unusually large one, and it contains an undue proportion of capital ists. But, on the whole, the commission is a good one. The fact that Lord Hartington is the Chairman is a guarantee that the commission will uot display levensh haste in its pro ceedings, and the original estimate that it will take 18 months to get through its work may still be relied upon. It will be the Liberal Government, there fore, which will almost certainly have to act upon the recommendations ot the com mission. Meantime the Tory Government will be able to shelve all troublesome labor questions, on the plea that it will be wise to wait until the commission shall have pre sented its report. THE CZAR'S ACTIVITY OH THE EASTERN FRONTIER IS CAUS ING MUCH UNEASINESS. Salisbury's Snmmer Shower ot War May Break Over Europe Any Day Servia Negotiating for 100,000 BlUei Bad Feeling Between Russian Agents and Bulgaria. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, April 11. Some uneasiness is felt in diplomatic circles, and is publicly expressed, at the aspect of affairs on the .Danube. No donbt whatever exists that the Russian Government isactivelymoboliz ing very large forces of cavalry, infantry and artillery along the Eastern frontiers. Bussian influences are completely para mount in Roumania and Servia, and what is described by a German diplomat as a state of political war exists between the Bussian agents and Bulgaria. How seriously the situation is viewed at Berlin, notwithstanding the optimistic statements recently published in the Berlin official circles, is inferred from the fact that whereas two months ago the German officials were negotiating for a. new Bulgarian loan, and were advised by the German Govern ment not to tike measures for bringing it ont in Berlin, lest Bussian susceptibilities might be offended, it is no understood that Berlin banks will take tbe loan openly, and that quotations will be made for it when it is issued on the Berlin Exchange. The consequences of this need not be dwelt upon. In short, many things indi cate that Lord Salisbury's "sudden summer shower of war" may break over Europe at almost any moment. So far as Servia is concerned, Bussian influence is now openly accepted. King Milan's negotiations with the Fatchich Government appear to be com ing to a satisfactory conclusion on this basis: The King giving up all his Austrian pro clivities and the Russians agreeing that Queen Natalie shall be kept out of the country on the conditions agreed upon be tween her husband and the regents. Mean while the Servians are negotiating for the purchase of 100,000 rifles. TAKEN TO DRINK. The Head of Islamism in Morocco In a Very Bad Way. tBT CABLE TO TIIE DISPATCn.l London, April 11. 'His Holiness the Shereef or Wazan, head of Islamism in Morocco, has taken to drink, and has separ ated from the English lady to whom he was married some years ago. His favorite tip ple is champagne, and there is no scandal in his drinking it, because, as he is careful to tell the faithful, "True, the champagne in the bottle is intoxicating, but when poured into the glass in my hand it becomes as simple as water." Councillor Oarsman, of London, who recently visited Morocco, says the Shereef is the "proud possessor of the only wheeled vehicle in Tangier. A few years ago some young Americans purchased an old sedan chair that had been used for in valid bathers. They fixed it on wheels and, with much pomp and ceremony, presented it to the Shereef. He was delighted above measure with the extraordinary gift," continues Mr. Oars man, "and day by day when at the Conti nental Hotel, which, is next-door to his palace, I saw this big bloated bead of tbe nr.ghty house of Islam rolling about in his vehicle like a huge bladder, drive down to the beachor rather carried round tbe an gular corners of the narrow alleys by his black attendants, while his progress was de layed by the faithful, who, falling, clinging to the vehicle, endeavored to kiss hisrobeg. EMIGRANTS TO CANADA. A Propaganda That Ia Having Good Ee Fnlts for the Dominion. tBT CABLE TO TBE DISFATCH.1 London, April lX It is claimed that the,best class of British emigrants show an increasing disposition to go to Canada in preference to the United States and Austra lasian colonies. The movement is due to the persistent propaganda enrried on from the High Commissioner's office in London, and in connection therewith to the admirable plan of sending to Canada every year a delegation of tenant farmers to see the country, and report upon its resources and capabilities. The various reports made by last year's, delegates have been embodied in a pamphlet, of which no fewer than 600.000 have been printed and are being circulated throughout the United Kingdom. It is thought the full effect of this mis sionary work will not be felt until next season, but everyone concerned seems confi dent that 1892 will witness a great boom in Canadian emigration from this country. IRISH LAND BILL. It Would Put Millions Into the Pockets of the Landlords. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, April 11. TheiHouse of Com mons commenced yesterday consideration of the Irish land bill in committee, and if the Radicals have their way, it will be months before the bill is done with. Thev contend that the measure will put 60,000,000 into the pockets of the owners of Irish land at the ultimate expense of tbe British taxpayers 'and the Irish tenant farmers, and that ft is so drawn that it can never be repealed except by consent of the House of Lords. That consent is not likely to be given for nothing, seeing that 121 members of the Upper House and 71 Irish peers and other titled persons possess a rent roll of 2,500,000 sterling from Irish land, and according to one Kadical authority, "They will want no less than 56,000,000 sterling of British money for themselves out of this bill before they agree to repeal it." MRS. LANGTRyS SUCCESS. The Chief Featnro of It Is In Her Light ning Chang Act. fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, April 1L The British public having evinced but little interest In Mrs. Langtry's portrayal of a fast woman in "Lady Barter," that play was withdrawn this week, and an amateurish production, named "Linda Grey," given in its place. It is a story ot an actress, who, by a woman's wiles, in duces a man to believe she loves him and leads him to confess a murder for which her husband has been convicted. This thin piece is dragged over five acts, in each of which Mrs. Langtry appears in a fresh gown of gorgeous material and design. The chief idea of the playwright seems to have been to give Mrs. Langtry as many opportunities as possible of changing her frocks, which was the sole success that he achieved. A Papal Appointment. ROME, April 11. Rev. Camille Laureati has been named Minutante of the Propa ganda for American Affairs, vice Canon Sbarretti, appointed Minutante for India, China and Japan. Italian Becelpts Decreasing. Rome, April 11. The Italian customs receipts lor the month of March show a re duction of $900,000 as compared with the same month iu tne year 1890. PITQ&BTJB&, SUNDAY, APBIL 12, 189L BORED Bi THE BOOKS. Indignities to Which the President and Family Must Submit. EX-G0VEEH0R CUUTIK ON EUSSIA. How Lonis Napoleon Tried to Set Some In formation -From llim. FACTS ABOUT TUB SEAL QUESTION ICOnr.KSPONDKNCE OF THE DISPATCH.) Washington, April 11. "Washington is now swarming with tourists, and the great American hog and the great Ameri can boor is at large on our wide streets and avenues. He .has brought his wife and children with him, and the famous courtesy of the National Capital is tried to its ut most. The American hog among tourists is no respecter of persons. He has orowded into (he funeral assemblages of the noted men who have died recently and has pressed himself even up to the coffins'of the de ceased. He goes to churches to see the great nfcu who attend them, and President Har rison's church has been thronged Sunday after Sunday, with his kind, in droves. These men and women come into the church and at once begin to crane their necks and ask questions as to where the President sits, and whether he comes regu larly. They are anxious to get near him, and after church is over they rush around to the side door out of which he usually goes when he returns to the "White House, and stare and criticise his personal appearance, as .though he were a prize hog at a county fair. Bound to See the President. President Harrison is very fond of walk ing. He generally comes to church on foot, with a springing step, and in going home he sometimes walks around in order to in crease his constitution. Last Sunday he walked home alone, and I saw him as he was going at a rapid pace up Massachusetts avenue toward Thomas circle. About a block in the rear of him I noticed a party whom I at once sized upas fair specimens of our tourist hog. There was a great, big, Jong-whiskered jay at the head of them, who, with very loug leg, was making very long strides to shorten the distance which lay between him and the President Behind him, and tugging onto his coat-tail, was a very thin and a very fat and dumpy woman, who evidently belonged to the very long man. These two were also on a fast walk, but the President seemed to walk faster than they did, and they gained but little. As the President got to Thomas circle the long man turned to tbe short woman, said a word, and then broke into a run. He soon got up to the President, and, putting his hand on his shoulder, caused him to stop and tnrn around. The President was sur prised, and I was near enough to hear the man say that he was from Illinois, and had come to see "Washington, and he wanted to sec the President. Forced to Meet the Women. Upon this he stuck out his hand, and the President, with the nearest approach to a scow I have yet seen on his face, reached out his gloved baud and took it The man grasped it with the grip of a John Sullivan. The President attempted to release it but the man stuck and said that he wanted the President to see his wife and daughter, and with the other hand he beckoned violently to the fat, dumpy woman, calling her Mary Jane and telling her to hurry. By this lime me women nau goitcu iip, .floin panj-, ins and out of breath, and the man from Illinois presented tbem. The President said a few words which I bonld not bear, and then bowed and went on. As he J eft, tbe man and Mary Jane looked after him with open mouths and delighted eyes, and they will, I've no doubt, tell howvthe Presi dent stopped them on the street and spoke to them. This sort of boorishness seems to grow worse and worse every year. It was such that Arthur seldom went out except in a carriage, and President Cleveland took most of his walks back of the "White House or in the country about Oak View. Mrs. Cleve land was imposed upon wherever she went, and both she and the President, were looked upon as a free circus whenever they went to chilrch. The Cap That Mrs. Cleveland Took. At one time a party o tourists sat near them when the communion was adminis teied, and there was a disgraceful strife among them as to who should get a chance at the communion cup after Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Harrison, even now, has to do much of her shopping away from Washington, and she goes to Baltimore to get away from the crowd. It is only upstairs in the'White House and at one end of the second floor that she can have any seclusion whatover, and it is a question as to whether we are not entirely too democratic. The President and his wife should 'certainly be treated with as much common decency as other Americans. The settlement of our troubles with the English in regard to the seal question will probably be accomplished by the visit of both parlies .to Alaska this summer. The chief American, as far as Knowledge goes, in this expedition will be Mr. Henry W. Elliott, of the Smithsonian Institution. He knows more about seals and Alaska tban any man in the world. He made his first trip to Alaska in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Company, 'when he went north with George Kennan and others to lay a line of telegraph wire across Bering Straits and Over Siberia to Europe. The Atlantic cable defeated the project and brought him back to this country, but the exploring party was so far away "at the time the cable was completed that it toot three years belore the news of it reached them. About 16 years ago Mr. Elliott was again in Alaska, this time the agent of the Government, and he then made a thorough study of the seal trade, and gave a very full account of the number of seals, pictures ol their breeding grounds, and upon returning to America wrote a book, which i? now the standing authority on Alaska. Mr. Elliott is au artist as well a's an able writer and ex plorer, and the pictures which- he brought back in 1872 gave an accurate idea of the extent of the seal industry. During the -past summer he was again sent to Alaska and he has just returned, bring ing with "him pictures of .the breeding grounds of the seals as tbey are to-day, and these belng.compare'd with" the pictures of the same place in 1872, show that the seals are on a fair way to extermination, and that if something is not at once done, the time will soon come when they will be as extinct as the buffalo is to-day. Mr. Elliott has un earthed tbe fraud which George R. Tingle, ah agent of the Treasury Department, per petrated on the Government, and which may result In International Complications between us and England. This man, Tingle, has for years been sending in false reports, and it is on these false reports that the English base their claims that the seals are not being destroyed, and thereby ap parently get the better of Mr. Blaine in his correspondence with the English. Govern ment Whether Tingle was in the pay of the British Government, or whether he was in tbe nay ot poachers or of the new seal com pany, of which he is now one of the chief officers, it is impossible to know, but if Mr. Elliott's report is correct, he has proven false to the Government and the Treasury Department, and has sold out this country ns mnch as Benedict Arnold did during the Revolutionary War.. The truth of the matter is that there were in 1872 about 1,500,000 killable peals and that there are now abont 60.000. We'have the most stringent laws againct the killing of females, and it is only the yonng males that can be killed for furs. When Mr. Elliott was in Alaska'in 1872, there were 1,600,000 breeding females, and there are now about 280,000. There were then 120,000 breeding bulls, and these" have now fallen down to 8,000. So, unless something is done this summer, the wearing op sealskin sacques will be confined to the wives of kings and millionaires. Ex-Minister Curtin on Buisla. I had a long talk the other day with ex Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, who was for years our Minister at the Court of St Petersburg. He'is very liberal in his views, and he evidently thinks that Mr. Kennan'x statements should be taken with a grain of salt. Said he: "In order to get a proper idea of Russia, its Government and its possibilities, you must consider the immensity of the empire of the Czar'. It is the biggest in the world outside ii.' that of .China, and it has more than 100,600,000 people, speaking 85 dif ferent languages, and 90 per cent of them can neither, read nor write. The educated Russian is the pcf r of any man anywhere, and at St Petersburg the society is ns cul tivated as you will find in the world. Tbe empire is divided up into 85 provinces. Each of these provinces has a government and the abuses of power largely come from those subordinate governments. I think the great need of the country is some means or nlan by which the different parts of it could consult together in regard to the evils existing in the empire and as to the means ot mitigating these. Had the former Czar lived he would have accomplished this thing and would have probably had a par liament. I think that the country must have this in the future, and in such a con dition lies the only safety of the Czar." The Power of the Czar. "At present the Czar is everything?" "Yes," replied Governor Curtin, "the Government of Russia is an absolute hereditary monarchy. The whole legisla tive, executive and judicial power is bound up in the Emperor, witoie will is law.. 'He administers his empire through four great boards, but only three men in the country have access to him, and the doings of such an immense territory and of such a vast ', number of people cannot be known to him. J. he only ones be sees without restraint are the Chief of Police, the Chancellor of the Empire and the Governor General of St Petersburg. He is so hedged around that people cannot get at him, and the oniy means I can see by which he could get an idea ot the doings of his country mid the remedies for its evils, are in the parliament I hove spoken of above.- "I do not think the United States should jndge Russia without due consideration," continued Governor Curtin, "and with us the burden of proof should always be placed upon Russia's enemies in case of trouble. It has been our best friend among the Euro pean powers, and it was the only country in Europe which was our friend during the Rebellion. When Napoleon was dickering with the Confederacy, and wheu England was almost openlv supporting it, Russia was the avowed friend of the United States, and it seems to me that we owe something to them for their kinduess to us in our hour of need.;' A Visit to Kapoleon 111. "I understand, Governor, that you met Louis Napoleon while, you were abroad. Will you please tell me the circumstance of the meeting and bow be impressed you?" "1 met him after tbe Franco-Prussian war was over," Governor Curtin replied, "and he was at Chiselhurst, near London. I had uot been feeling very well in St Petersburg and had taken a quiet run over to London. Not a half-dozen people in the city knew that I was there and I was to a certain extentj incognito. Among the men I met was Chevalier Wyekoff, who, you know, was a very close friend of Napoleon's. He asked me if I did. not want to go to call upoiuNapoteon.- I' replied that I IiJ not; that I was in London incognito and that I wonld not think of doing such a thing. 'But, replied Mr. Wyekoff, 'suppose the Emperor Napoleon invites you to call upon him. What would you do iu that case?' Oh,' replied I, 'that would be a different matter, as an invitation from a monarch is equivalent to a command.' 'All right,' said Wyekoff, and the next day one of the aides de camp of Napoleon, called upon me ana asked me if I would not call upon the ex-Emperor at noon of that. day. I replied that I would, and I went iu company of Chevalier Wyekoff to Chiselhurst, Wvckoff 'introduced me to Nanoleon. Alone With the Emperor. "He was sitting in a plainly-furnished room when I entered with the Chevalier. Shortly after the introduction Mr. 'Wyekoff excused himself and left the Emperor and myself alone. Napoleon looked very much like his pictures. He had a long body and short legs, and on horseback or sitting down he looked like a big, man. He was in vigor ous health at this time, and wbeu he became interested in conversation he bore an ani mated and strikingappearance. As soon as Wyekoff left he began to chat freely. He talked English as well as I do, and he re ferred very pleasantly to his visit to the United States and discussed national affiirs, veering all the time toward Russia. "He hinted at Russian matters again and again, and I saw that he wanted to get from me the opiuion of the,Russian Government as to his future. He was evidently anxious to know whether Prince Gortschakoff would favor his return to the throne of France,and he evidently knew I was intimately ac quainted with Gortschakoff. Forced to Come to the Point "I understood his hints very well, but did not respond to them, though we chatted to gether for over an hour. Finally I arose to leave and he half bade me good-bye and then said: 'By the way, Mr. Curtin, I want to ask you a question, which vou may answer or not, as you please. I will not feel offended if you do not answer it' "He then asked me ns to whether I had heard Prince Gortschakoff express any opin ion concerning him and his future. I re plied that I had, but that the remark was suctr that I would rather not repeat it to him. At this Napoleon bowed and bade me farewell. He understood as well as though I bad told him that Gortschakoff was not friendly to him, aud that tbe Bona partes could hope for nothing from him. When I got back to Russia I found that Prince Gortschakoff knew all about my business aud the conversation, though how he learned it I could never ascertain." Feank G. Carpenteb. Valuable Inventions. Among the important patents granted toWesternPennsylvanianstnis week are the following, reported by HIgdon &Higdon, 127 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg: F. F. Fischer, Pittsburg, glass polishing machine; Will iam Jackson, Allegheny, jack; George Nimmo, Allegheny, crucible for manufac ture of steel; J., F. Rodgers ct al., sand papering head; W. A. Stern, Pittsburg, supporting post for (electnc conductors: John Braden, Franklin, sand pump; Ben J. Ford, Green Tre'e, steam boiler; J. E. Jackson, Greenville, puzzle. AUTISTIC WATLTt COLORS. .The Petteg CollectIorint Gillespie's. Much favorable comment has been passed upon tho new collection of water colors brought here on "Monday by Mr. Pettes, a dealer from London and Paris, well and fa vorably known here. The collection more than fills Gillespie's gallery, and has drawn a large crowd of admirers daily. Many of the most famous water colorists are repre- seated by fine examples, and tbe collection as a whole is remarkable-in quality, interest and numbers. It will remain but a few days longer. Honlton Awnings At Mamaux S7Son'j,'539 Penn avenne. Stop at the Hollenden, in Cleveland. American and "European plans. sir LnCerne Awnlnss At Mamaux & Soa'Sj 539 Penn avenue. RATES ARE TOO HIGH. What a Five Cent Fare to the Suburbs on the Steam Cars WOULD DO FOR THE GAS CITY. Both People and Kailroads'Would Be Bene fited by It. TEG CHARGES TO EAST LIBERT I Americans love to travel, and the desire for change is not confined to .the wealthy who can gratify their aspirations to see something beyond their native heath. The poor read, and the desire for an occasional shitt of scene is thereby greatly stimulated. The consequence is the beginning of a dis cussion of railway rates thai promises to bear frnit before many years. Thousands of people are beginning to woniier why the views of the late Commo dore Vandcrbilt do not prevail among rail way managers. He expressed a preference for carrying human freight on his lines to the inanimate kind, and many are begin ning to ask wby a railway company will carry merchandise at one-third or one-fourth the price that it charges to carry the same weight of humanity that loads and unloads itself and requires no warehouse in which to be stored? The Dlfferenco In Rates. The average passenger weighs less than 150 pounds, bat a ticket to ride ten miles on most railways in this State will' cost 30 cents. The sami railway will carry 400 pounds of merchandise the same distance and pay men to load and un load it, furnish a warehouse to store it until called lor, a bookkeeper to record the trausaction and give you a receipt into the bargain, all for 28 cents. Now, some people argue that for local traffic passenger coaches could be built with wooden seats and without elaborate uphol stering and adornment, as cheaply as freight cars and last mush longer. It is argued that there would be more money car rying passengers ten miles for 5 cents on such cars than there is in carrying ordinary merchandise at full present rates. For long distances passengers wonld doubtless prefer the pres ent upholstered seats, though tbe ordinary one3 are scarce more comfortable tbau plain wooden ones, but for an hour's ride the lat ter are tbe most comfortable and less liable to harbor and disseminate contagion. George I. Whitney states that in England wooden seat3 give satisfaction to the masses, and it is well known that in England many people among the well-to-do class ride third class without feeling that they lower their dignity by so doing. An Instance of False Pride. It is lrue that some poor Americans have a false pride that prevents them from buy ing second-class tickets, bat it is often no ticed that this class buys first class tickets, from here to Chicago for iustance, and then rides the greater part of the way in the smoker among the second-class people. Style is dearly bought sometimes at the expense of safety, aud money expended in making a safe roadbed and in sound. rails aud all safety appliances would be more ju diciously spent than in needless adornment While steam and improved machinery have iu the last quarter of' a century cheap ened many of the necessaries of life 25 to 50 per cent it is a notorious fact that it costs as mncli in fare to ride from'.Pittsbnrgto Pbil-delpbi-as.it'did 40 years ago, when animal power was the only one employed. It is true that time is money to most business men, and the saving in time they regard as the principal item, but even many business men are beginning to think that tbe fare be tween here and Philadelphia ought to be reduced at least one-half and tbey believe that the Pennsylvania Railroad would make more money at the reduction than it does now. Bnt while time is an important element in business there are hundreds of thousands ot mechanics, laborers and farm ers who are In enforced idleness a consider able portion of each year daring which time they would travel, and be the better for it, were rates within their means. The Farmers Wonld Bide More. Time hangs heavily during two weeks or a month every winter on the hands of most farmers and their families, and could they take a trip cheaply it would be educating and healthful to them and profitable 'o tbe transportation companies. They could visit the orange groves, and not only escape pneu monia, but gel by travel more ideas in one month than by poring over books half a lifetime. There isn't any doubt that travel would greatly increase, as it is proven by the thousands who take advantage of the cheap summer excursions to the seashore. though they generally occur at a time that does not suit people who must work for a living. ' In Austro-Hungary, where railways are largely subject to Government control and the zone system of regulating charges is in effect, travel has become so cheap that even the "pauper labor of Europe" cannot afford to walk, and travel and business generally has so greatly increased under the new management that railways pay better than tbey did under the old. Although there are 50 times as many steamers plying between New York and European ports as there were in 1810, when the Great Western and the Sirius monopo lized the steamer passenger traffic, and though the cost of passage is lis? than half what it was then, tbe immense fleet makes dividends for its owners, a thing impossible iu 18-10, and passengers have accommoda tions now not dreamed of then. Reduction in railway rates in this country would work even greater results than in ocean travel. The Fare to Bast Liberty. It will doubtless be news to many people to learn that iu 1852 the Pennsylvania Rail road Company .carried passengers to East Liberty for 10 cents, while 35 years later, when that p'ortion of the company's passen ger traffic had increased more than a thous and fold, the charge was 14 cents. Had the company followed Engineer's Rea's advice and reduced its fare to, say, 5 cents the East Liberty valley would hare been densely populated and the cable roads would not dow be getting tbe best custom or. the line west of the suburbs of Philadelphia. It has been 'estimated by a Pittsburg physician that the substitution of cable and electric cars for horse power will eventually greatly improve tbe sanitary condition of the city, and it is believed that by the end of the century brute power will entirely dis appear and mechanical appliances take its place' for street traffic. Now let railway companies continue the good work by carry ing people out to homes in the country 15 miles in every direction for 5 cents and. thus depopulate all the courts between the Point and Fiftieth street and Sobo in the old city; between Sawmill rnn and Beck's rnu on the Southside and all the overflow ground in Allegheny City, and the Department of Public Health would find no excuse for further existence. ' ' The City Empty at Might The benighted farmers who now sit in darkness wonld see a great light and be forced to meke good roads and be made happy in spite of their obstinacy.and no one would be left in thecityat night except newspaper men, watchmen and those necessarily em ploved lo keep theity machinery in shape against the return of the workers iu the morning. There is no more reason why rolling mill, blast furnace and glasshonse enrployes should live in the stifling and im pure atmosphere of the works than there is that 'business and professional men should sleep over their stores or offices. Iu addition to this we should have an lm menio fertilizer manufactory gathering up all the filth and nffal within aadins of 20 miles, cesspool should be strictly piohibite-i in city and subuiis, and while we would cease to foul our rivers and would render the air salubrious, we could deprive Pern of a guano market in Western Pennsylvania. 'A NEW CONSTITUTION. IT MAY KOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE PEO PLE OF KEHTUCKY. Some of" the Changes In the Fundamental Law" of the State to Be Voted on in Au tnst Some Provisions Are Decided In novation. LouiSYiLLE, April 11. The Kentucky Constitutional Convention to-day completed, the Constitution to be offered, and adjourned at 12:40 P. si., after being in session 109 days. It has cost the State about $200,000, and mode very many changes in the old funda mental law of tbe State. Some of these are recognized as wise, but very many are un tried ana are considered of uncertain benefit On account of tbe latter, the new Constitu tion will be opposed by many strong public men, and may be rejected by the people when voted upon in August The principal changes are as follows: The preamble expresses gratitude to God for American liberty. The bill of rights provides that no grant of exclnsive privi leges shall be made except for pnblic serv ices; that no property shall be exempt from taxation, except as provided in the Con stitution; that every franchise shall be sub ject to amendment and revocation; speci fically allows the passage of a compulsory education law; forbids involuntary servi tude except for crime; forbids armed per sons to be brought into the State, except upon application by the General Assembly; revokes all lottery charters and prohibits such privileges. Legislative sessions ara limited to 60 days, and all special laws are prohibited where general law can govern, and on many subjects a Bpecial law is pro hibited. Counties, cities and towns are to be dfvided into classes and governed by general laws. An official secret ballot is provided for, with provisions modeled after the Australian system, to prevent bribery. One electiou a year is provided iu one place, and no money is provided for it A long section defines tbe rights and privileges of corporations iu general and their limitations lu their rela tions to the public. The issue of stock, ex cept for money or other value at the current market price, is forbidden; also the giving of transportation or other passes to persons who hold public office. Consolidation of transportation and telegraph companies or pooling of profits is forbidden. Bank offi cers who receive money for deposit after the bank is known to be insolvent are made guiltv of felony. A railroad commission is established. Land, banks, stocks and money are to be taxed alike. The number of grand jurors is changed from 16 to 12. A uniform system of courts is devised. The working of convicts outside tbe penitentiary, and tbe payment of employes except in money, are forbidden. After five years, land titles in' Kentucky, especially in the Eastern Kentucky mining lands, must be settled. Votes of tax for railroads are forbidden. The 5630,000 of direct tax returned by the Federal Government is added to the school fund. School money must be distributed to whites and negroes alike, and separate schools for the races maintained. A State reformatory institution is provided for. Tiro amendments to this Constitution, may be proposed by any Legislature and modified by a vote of the'peoplp at the next election. Why the Everett Is the Most Popular Piano and the Safest. One to Biry. Because Jhfljare upjqnaled in powerful, yet rich and musical, quality of tone. Because the action meets all the require ments of the most exacting artists and musicians. Because the cases are artistic in design and beautifully finished. Because, of their great durability, each plana is warranted for seven years. Because they are the only pianos sold in the United States that have an absolutely fixed cash price.and that tbe lowest possible. Because there are more Everett Pianos sold in these cities than any other make, and tbe demand is steadily increasing. Because they always give satisfaction. Because tbey are sold on the club system, which provides methods of payment to suit everyone, ranging from $1 per week up to all cash, and at the same lime gives pur chasers the lowest possible wholesale cash price, obtained by purchasing ia contracts tor 350 pianos at'one time. Do not purchase any piano nntil you have seen the Everett, at Alex. Ross' music store', 137 Federal street, Allegheny, and 60 Frankstown avenue, East End, Pitts burg. The pianos delivered .this week on $1 weekly payments are Club A, No. 221, H. L. Brooks, Ingram, Pa.; Club B, No. 195, Mrs..N. Dunn, 162 Rush street, Alle gheny, tvsu Excursions to Pittsburg. There will be thousands of people from the surrounding towns making excursions to Pittsburg this week to buy their spring car pets, lace curtains, drygoods, etc. Let them remember that we express free any goods within a radius of 100 miles, and remember above all that we will, undersell all competi tion. We will continue to sell the 25c in grain at 183c; the 45c neavy two-ply carpet at 29e; the 48c grade, S9c; the 62Jc wool at 50c; elegant all-wool 75c carpet at 58c; brus sels, worth 50c, at 39c; tbe 65c grade, 50c; the $1 grade. 85e; $1 25 velvet at $1. In our iace curtain department we have added many styles and have many curtains in two and three-pair lots. These will be made to go at a big reduction. We will sell 75c cur tains at 48c; elegant $1 curtains, 75c; SI 50 ones at 98c; 52 50 curtains, SI 50, and so on in proportion to the hiher brussels aud Irish point curtains. Curtain poles we will con tinue to sell at 12i4e, complete with all brass trimmings. It wll pay you to call. Cut this item out and bring it along. J. H. Kunkel & Bro.. 1347-1349 Penn avenue, two squares east of Union Depot The Great Event ot the Season. , "We will start to-morrow morning bright and early to sell choice of 10,000 men's fine spring suits cut in sack or one and three-button cutaway .frocks for tS 50 and J9 75 respectively; we positively know they are the greatest value ever offered by any -clothing firm on earth. These suits were intended to sell fur 512 and $18 take our word for it. P. C. C. C, PlTTSBUBO C0MBI2IATI02J- Clothing Company, corner Grant and Diamond streets, opposite the Court House. Special Bargains in Jackets. Ladies' stylish cloth blazers in black, gray, tan, embroidered collar, $3 95, would be cheap at 55. "Very fine reefers and silk ornaments, rolling collar, tan or black, at 54 85, worth 57 50. Hundreds of new ones opened yesterday at Roseubaum & Co.'s. An AU-Around Superiority. A reliable brand of beer is that manu factured by the Iron City Brewing Company. This beer is better than any German article, and English porter cannot compare with the Iron City porter. Now I the TImo To select wall paper. See our extensive stock. John S. jjobekts, 414 Wood street Sicilian Awnings At Mamaux & Son's, 539 Penn avenue. FUBjtlTtTRE reupbolsterv a specialty. Hatjou &Keenan, 33-34 Water street au Lochinvar Awnings At Mamaux Si Son's, 539 Penn avenne. EPOBLIC OF CHILE, li Something About the Country Now in the Throes of a Revolution. SUFFRAGE VERY LIMITED. A School System That Will Soon a Recognized as the Best THE POLICY TOWARD IMMIGRANTS Politicians Ara Not Wire Pullers and Cor ruption Is Terj Bare. RELIGIOUS SECTS OS AN EQUAL BASIS rCOESESPONDEXCI OT THI DISPATCH.I Coqtjimbo, Chile, March 15. When most of us went to school there was in South America both a Patagonia and a Tierra del Fuego; but nowadays there are no such countries at least none with an autonomy of their own. Some years ago the stronger Republics immediately to the northward, Argentine and Chile, toot forcible posses sion of the whole territory, including all the outlying islands, and then divided it between themselves. The line of division cuts in twain what used to be Patagonia, and runs straight down through the middle of St Charles Island, the largest of the Tierra del Fnego archipelago; and, by the way, there is likely to be a war in tbe near futnre concerning these boundaries, because aggressive little Chile, though she secured the lion's share in the fir3t place, now de mand's more from her big, slow neighbor. This brings Chile's domain down to tba very tip-end of the continent, extends it southward to the southernmost limit of tba farthest island, and takes iu on tbe west a vast number of other islands, everyone of them a mountain scattered remnants of tin great Andean system, which here finds a termination befitting its grandeur. A Long Strip of Land Between these heights, the winding ocean passages known to seamen as Smyth's chan nel and the strait of Magellan, present scenery that baffles description the magnifi cence of utter desolation, wild, gloomy and awe-inspiring. Ail this, including tba Tarapaca territory wrested from Peru and the bit of Bolivia acquired at the same time, gives Chile a length of considerably over 2.00Q milei, while its breadth is barely 120 miles. The summit of the Andes forms its eastern butahdary, their slopes on tbe At lantic side belonging to the Argentine Re public, and their western slopes to Chile. The long, ribbon-like country, stretching between the snow.covered Cordilleras and tbe mighty Pacific, is separated into 19 provinces, counting Araucania, the desert plains, dirk forests and deep mountain gorges occupied by ithe still, unennquered Indians, whom the early explorers described as a race of giants, and Sir Francis Drake reported as "Menne of snch bigginess that it seemed as though the Treese of the Forest were uprooted and walcfng away." Most of the provinces reach from the mountain tops to tbe sea, and are separated from one another by some natural boundary, such a a river or a chain of transverse hills. The System of Government The provinces themselves are divided into departments according to their size and population. Thus the Province of Cc quimbo has 6 departments; those of "Val divia and Lanquibue, only 2 each; San tiago, the most densely populated of them nil. has 5; and "Valparaiso, 4. The depart ments in their turn are divided into town ships, of which there are upward of 400; and these townships are again divided into districts, which are the smallest political divisions Chile's Constitution was patterned after that of tbe United SUtes, and closely re sembles it in the letter of the law, if not in tbe spirit of its administration. There ara tour distinct powers of government the executive, inqested in the President; tha legislative, in two Houses of Congress; tha judicial, in tbe Judges of tbe various courts; and the municipal, whose influence is confided to the provinces. The Pres ident, however, exerts a controlling influ ence over them all, or is supposed to do so in limes of peace, tbe tendency beinr strongly toward centralization and unifica tion of power. A President is chosen every five years, and in 1871 the law was paused, which makes bim ineligible to re-election, except after an interval of one or more terms. He has five cabinet officers, and is other wise assisted by a Council of State, com posed o Ml members, 5 of whom he names to suit himself, tbe other 6 being elected by Congress. Doesn't Fare So Well as Harrison. The President's salary is 518,000 per an num in Chilean silver, which is worth a good deal more just now than the paper of the country. There is no "White House" set apart for the Execntive and his family, but tbey are permitted to reside in tba Treasury building, a portion of which has been luxuriously fitted up for tbe occupa tion of Chile's rulers. The Cabinet officers each receive 56,000 a yer; while the mem bers of Congress serve tor nothing bnt glory, and "find themselves." Every province is governed by an In tecdente, who is appointed by the President to be at the head of municipal affairs and Mayor of the capital city of bis section. His power is extremely limited, he having no authority in any matter independent of the will of the President. His salary is 54,000 a vear, with residence furnished. The departments are presided over by Governors, who are also named by the Pres ident Some of them receive a salary of 52.5C0, and others not more tban $1,000 per annum, according to the wealth and im portance of the department The townships are presided over by tbe sub-delegates, ap pointed by the Governors; and the districts by inspectors, appointed by the sub-delegates all serving without pay. A Very High Class of Voters. The members of Congress serve three years, and there are 103 of tbem. elected from tha various departments. The Senate is com posed of 37 members, elected by tbe peopla of the provinces or rather by the compara tively small proportion of them who can read or write, and -have an income not less than 5200 per annum, no other persons be ing permitted to vote. The six Judges who compose the Suprema Conrt reside in Santiago, and are mostly oc cupied with cases concerning real estate, war claims and criminal affairs of magnitude. The Municipal Authority composed of tha Intendentcs and City Councils, is so limited that it has not the power to ex pend 5100 without the consent of the" President Every department has one or more Justices or the Peace, who are dignified by tne title of "Jndge," and some departments nave five or six of t them, according to tbe population. There' are but four Courts of Appeal in tba whola country two in Santiago, one in Concap cion, and one iu Serena. There are up ward of 2,000 miles of railway completed in Chile, and more in process of construction. There are 257 postofEces. over 6,000 miles of telegraph lines, and a cablegrapjt from "Val paraiso, connecting with the United States; and Europe, via Panama. 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