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Recent Events Indicate Tliey
Are Breaking Out in
the Cabinet Itself.
DISSOLUTION IS EST SIGHT.
Gerst and Churchill May Lead a Xew
Political Coalition,
EXPECTING THEIR PARTY'S FALL.
Liberals Are Tired of ihc Onslaught on
the Trince of Wales.
3IK. IIXCOLX WILL KESIAIX IX LOXDOX
I Copyright 1SS1 toy the New Tork Associated Press.
London, June in. Parliament will be
prorogued August G. This is the official
.arrangement which resulted from an agree
ment between the Government and the op
position whips, after the latter had commu
nicated with their leaders with reference to
their policy upon the remaining bills of the
session.
A vigorous effort will be made in commit
tee on the education bill to extend the
operation of the measure. A- strong section
of the Badicals will fight for an amendment
giving ratepayer local control, but the
progress of the bill generally will be acceler
ated ly the Liberal acquicscense in its main
principle. The members long for a spell
of rct before beginning the election cam
paign. The party managers, who are
swarming to the lobbies of the IIoue of
Commons, liare yxf, received authentic in
structions to prepare for dissolution early
next fciiiDincr. The Government intends to
Mtmmon the House early in January and
stake its fate on the Irih local bill, and
calculates to dissolve Parliament after carry
ing the bill.
Ctnt.ei-vntlv es Beginninc to Lose TIopo.
The Conservatives' uncertainty over the
future of the party is leading to further
retu.iis by present members to recontest
their seats, and within the Ministry itself
discontent is producing disorganization. A
remarkable outburst, in which Sir. J. E.
Gerst expressed couterapt for certain of his
colleagues in the Ministry, occurred in the
Manipur debate. Being obliged officially
to defend the Indian Government, he made
a mocking apology for the brutalities and
stupidities of the British rule abroad, and
behind jibes at the Indian Government he
tatiri7ed the Imperial Government, He said
that the Senuputtv was a man of brains:
tlmt his real crimes were independence and
originality, and that the Government dis
liked original talent, preferring amenable
mediocrity.
The Tories heard him aghast, wondering
at w horn the language was leveled. "When
interviewed later, Sir. E. J. Gerst denied
tliat it was directed at Viscount Cross, hs
chief in the India Office, or at any other
colleague whose complaisance overtops his
ttbility.
icrttand Churchill May Lock Arms.
The accepted interpretation of the speech
5s that Gerst, recognizing that the period
of Conservative power is about to close, is
preparing for a time when he will resume
with Lord Randolph Churchill an inde
pendent position, aiming to form and lead a
group strong enough to give them eventual
control, or, at least, that the more promi
nent shall lead the party. Gerst, who is a
Tory Democrat of keener intellect and
sounder judgment than Churchill, has long
chenhed ideas of renovating the Conserva
tive partv. He believes a prolonged period
in opposition would afford his best chance
to come to the front.
The baccarat ferment is not over yet.
Mr. Cobb proposes to ask Mr. Stan
hope what the Duke of Cambridge in
tends to do to enforce the anti-gambling
regulations in the army, and what officers
ormeniuwe been punished for gambling.
Bcgretting their w eakness in abandoning the
hunt on the Prince of 'Wales, some other
Badicals mean to raise the subject again on
the army estimates. If the plans to sustain
the denunciation of the Prince of Wales
are pursued the Liberal leaders will not
only he disassociated therelrom, but Mr.
Gladstone privately states that he and his
colleagues must retalliate on the defamcrs.
Th; unconcealed disgust of the bulk of the
Liberals over the proposed further action of
Parliament in the direction of censure of
the Prince may deter the democratic ltadi
cals from following up the quest.
I'rotectioii 3Icasure in Disjrulso.
Mr. Chajiliu's Atlantic cattle bill, behind
the teeming simplicity of its provisions,
chiefly l elating toaddioiml powers to inspect
vessels, ha a latent application of the sever
est protective character. Under a clause
granting the Board of Agriculture power to
insure animals proper ventilation, food,
water, etc, the board obtains supreme regu
lation ol the trade. A meeting of the Xa
;ioal Liberal Club, Sir Thomas Parrar pre
siding, arranged for organized opposition to
the amended American and Canadian regu
lations lor improving the conditions of traf
fic, and wih reinforce opposition against
the new measure, which reallv aims to ob
struct the importation of cattle.
Consul reports on the half-time system
abroad, which were tabled in Parliament
for u-e on the debate on the factories bill,
f-hovved that the recommendations of the
Berlin labor conference have been fully ap
plied in Germany, Belgium, Holland and
the Scandinavian countries, and partly so
in Prance, Switzerland and Italy. The con
sensus of the reports is that legislation for
the protection ol women and children is
everywhere progressing. Most countries,
also, are promoting schemes for the insur
ance of workmen.
JMliiistcr Lincoln'). Jtiilllant Reception.
Tne reception given by the United States
Minister and Mrs. Lincoln this evening was
attended by a large number of Americans,
including Mr. and Mrs. Maekay, Mr and
Mrs. Meiggs, Mr. and Mrs. Brad"lcv Martin,
Mr. nud Mrs. Boiiald, Mrs. Harrfson, Mrs.
McKee, Mrs. Cameron. Miss Blaine and
Horace White, besides a large number of
members of the Diplomatic Corps. A
friend of Mr. Lincoln denies the report of
tr. Lincoln's transfer to Mr. Xoble's place
in the Cabinet at 'Washington. The friend
jsays Mr. Lincoln is well pleased with Lon
don; that lie will remain here at least a ear
longer, and that he is not anxious for the
fatigues ol a cabinet position.
Mr. White has returned from an interest
ing trip m Turkey, Greeee and Syria, and
will sa:l for America next week.
Dr Briggs, in company with another
American, Dr. Brown, will visit Oxford to
consult Canon Driver on the issue of a new
Hebrew lexicon. A number of religious
Wers discuss the vote of the Presbyterian
General Assembly, and rather sympathize
with Dr. Briuirs.
Prof. Tjndjll is recovering from his long
illness. iii-vi .usable to leave his bedroom
to-day after two months of confinement.
Herbert Spencer's new work, "Justice,"
is ready, comjdeiing the part of the "Prin
ciples of Kthics."
Lord Tennvson has returned from his
cruise in excellent health.
AN ENGLISH BANKING SCANDAL.
Liabilities or a. Concern Which Chanced
Hands Grossly Misrepresented.
London, June 19. There ore rumors
prevailing in financial circles here to-day ns
to the difficulties which have arisen between
Mr. Murietta, head of the blinking house
f f Murietta & Co., recently transferred into I
a limited liability company, and the trus
tees and executors of the new corporation,
owing to the discovery that the liabilities
of Murietta & Co. exceed the liabilities
represented to the trustees and executors of
the corporation. It is also said that fresh
liabilities have been incurred since the for
mation of the Limited Liability Company,
which will require the further subscription
of nearly $175,00 in order to avoid a calam
ity. This state of affairs is said to have caused
Sir John Pender to resign his seat on the
Board of Trustees with disgust after a stormy
meeting of the board. Later news is to the
effect that the money necessary for the im
mediate requirements of the company was
raised among the stockholders, thus afford
ing the concern temporary relief.
MEAGER DETAILS OP A WBECK.
Six Tcrsons Loso Their Lives on an Illinois
Central Express.
Xkw Orlkans, June 19. The fast ex
press train on file Illinois Central Railroad,
due here at 7:20 p. ar., passed Kcnner's
station nearly two hours behind time. Five
miles south of that point, and an equal
distance from this city, the train was
wrecked. Six persons, it is reported, were
killed, and 15 or 20 more or less badly
hurt.
A relief train has been sent to the scene of
the accident, and doctors and a number of
ambulances were ordered to the depot to re
ceive and convey the wounded to the hos
pital. The wreck knocked down all the
wires of the "Western Union Company on tho
Illinois Central Bailroad.
THE LADY AFBICAN EXPLORES.
Ur Serious Illness at Zanzibar May Inter-
fere "With tho Expedition.
Zakzibab, June 19. Mrs. French Shel
don, the American lady who started on an
exploring expedition in Africa, has arrived
here seriously ilL
She was so weak she could not stand, and
had to be carried aboard the steamship Ma
deira, which sailed for England on Monday.
SHUT OUT ITALIANS.
A Brakeman Said Tliey "Were Too Dirty to
Kido in a First-Class Coach.
A party of dirty Italian workmen held
iirst-clsas tickets going cast last night. "With
tho exception of one, they were satisfied to
ride in the smoking car. The kicker had
learned something during his short stay in
America, and wanted to sit in the ladies'
coach. The brakeman noticed the soil on
his clothing, and refused to allow him to
enter the ear. The Italian stirred up quite
a rumpus, but ho got cold comfort from the
bystanders.
"I had no right," said the brakeman, "to
keep him out of the ladies' coach, but the
line ought to be drawn somewhere. A man
who hasn't euse enough to keep himself
clean shouldn't be allowed io herd with de
cent people. The agentswon'tsella drunken
man any kind of a ticket, hut thev will
hand out first-class tickets to a lot of dirty
Italians, with a license to make everybody
else in the car miserable. I believe in pro
tecting the rights of the majority when men
will not keep themselves in n'presentable
condition. The fault, however, is -with the
company and not with the Italians."
THE GOVERNMENT LOSES.
A Verdict Given for tlio Importers In tho
Celebrated lint-Trimming Caso.
Philadelphia, Juno 19. The jury in
the celebrated hat-trimming case, in the
United States Court, this morning rendered
a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, Meyer &
Dickinson, for the full amount they sued to
recover, 51,622 47.
The jury handed the Court their opinion
in the case, but the Court refused to take it
as part of the verdict. Then the foreman
stated that their sympathies were with the
Government, but they were compelled to
find in accordance with the evidence, and in
their opinion the evidence was in support of
the contention of the plaintiff.
United States Attorney Bead is engaged
in a consultation to determine upon a line
of action for the Government's defense in
the subsequent cases, the one decided this
morning being a test case. The cases, are
very important, involving millions of dol
lars. SnTRLLT DAKE potirs a volley of hot
shot into doctors -nlio complain abont oth
ers 'writing on bcalth topics, and holds np
tho fashionable phjslclans t& ridicule in
THE DISPATCII to-morrow.
A SET OF BUBGLAR TOOLS
Left in Ilr. Elliott's Barn, and tho Polico
"oir Want tho Owner.
Allegheny police have captured a fine set
of burglar tools aud are anxious to find the
owner. The set consists of five drills and a
brace, a jimmy, a package of powder, six
yards of fuse, a lot of white ducking and a
curious sand bag, made of rubber hose nailed
to a handle and filled with sand. The tools
were found in a hay loft on the Ivory farm
about a half a mile outside of the city.
Thursday night Superintendent Muth and
Assistant "Superintendent Glenn visited the
place, and spent some time about the neigh
borhood in hopes that the owner of the
tools would comt back after them, but this
did not prove to be tho case, as no one ap
peared. Picked tip a Valuable Horse
A citizen of the Twenty-soventh ward
yesterday reported to the Southside police
that he had found a valuable horse wander
ing aimlessly about the streets. It was
stated that the horse had been purchased by
a Nineteenths ward man from a fanner in
Baldwin township. The horse was taken
home and placed in a pasture bv its new
owner. The animal broke out of the field,
and by following a wagon crossed the South
Twenty-second street ferry and was hunting
its way home when found in the Twenty
seventh ward.
SILVER ADVOCATES IS COUNCIL.
A Iteport of Their Work May Bo Made
to the l'ubllo To-Day.
New York, Jane 19. The Executive
Committee of the National Silver Associa
tion met to-day. It was stated that none of
the proceedings was yet to be made public
A committee was appointed to formulate
a plan of work, and it is probable a report
will be make to the public to-morrow.
No Corner Loafing in Brushton.
A crusade on street loafers has been com
menced in Brushton. The ordinance officer,
a very important functionary in all well
regulated towns, ha? been directed to arrest
aU young men caught standing about in
public places. Brushton is only a small
place, but it enjoys the distinction of being
a remarkably well governed one.
Found Dead in Bed.
Mrs. Kate Donnley, aged 38 years, was
found dead in bed at he- home on Second
avenue, near Fraukstown, about S o'clock
yesterday morning. She was a hard drinker,
and died from excessive drink.
Ex-Scntor McDonald No Better.
Indianapolis, June 19. Ex-Senator
McDonald's condition is unchanged to-dav.
Senator Voorhecs came from Terre Haute
to see him this morning, and had a brief in
terview with him.
Ilxlng Bnflalo Bates.
The BuffalotFrcight Committee wrestled
again yesterday with the Buffalo rate ques
tion. The advanced rates won't go.into ef
fect before August 1, and they liavon't de-
pirlfH In rlifit nninfo 1 Tiv mrn n,..flF.... 1A-..
classes will apply.
RIVAL TELEGRAPH UNIONS.
A Compromise Agreement In the Nature
of a Truce Patched Up.
St. LOUIS, June 19. The judiciary Com
mittee of the Order of Eailway Telegraph
and M. D. Shaw and J. H. Schwcrzgen,
grand officers of the Brotherhood of Tele
graphers, came together at 10 o'clock this
morning and it took only a short time for
them to reach a conelusionas tothe question
of amalgamating the two organizations.
The Judiciary Committeo of the former re
ported that the grand division had refused
to reduce the time of the eligibility clause
of the organic law, whereupon Messrs. Shaw
and Schwerzgen called all negotiations off.
It is said an amicable agreement was
reached whereby the two orders will jpro
ccedand organize the telegraphers of the
United States, one not encroacning on the
other's territory that is, the brotherhood
will take in commercial operators and rail
road telegraphers not members of the Order
of Bailway Telegraphers, while the Order
of Bailway Telegraphers will receive only
railroad operators. The Order of Railway
Telegraphers will applv for membership in
the Federation of Bailway Employes, but
it is said the assurance has been given the
brotherhood people by members of the
council that neither organization will be ad
mitted until an amalgamation has been
reached.
A YOUNG MAN'S FORTUNE.
.1 nullum ncreomeot in tne mature , ""- """" " . Natural on wells around Pindar arc 'M
He Was Left $500,000 in Trnstand a French
Woman Is Suing for Some of It.
rsrECIAL TELEGEAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York. , June 19. Under a will made
in I860, by James Haggcrty, James W.
Smith was entrusted with property valued
at nearly ?500,000 for the-benefit of George
L. Kent, then a child. At the age of 19
Kent started for a European tour, before
entering at a university. At Paris he be
came acquainted with a woman 15 years his
senior. Eight years later Kent died in
Singapore on a trip around the world that
he was making with the same woman Aimee
Liente. After his death in 1886 Aimee
found three wills among his effects. In each
will she was a beneficiary. She also pre
sented 17 promissory notes, with a total face
value of nearly 150,000 francs, that she said
had been given her for value received.
Claiming that there were just debts of
Kent and should be paid out of the estate,
Aimee Lknte, a daughter of the original
Aimee Liente, has brought suit against the
public administrator to recover the amount
with interest. The case was called to-day
before Justice Truax and a jury in the
Supreme Court, but it was set down for the
regular calendar.
SEVERE KANSAS STORMS.
nail, Clond Bursts and Tornadoes Vary the
Monotony of the Weather.
Arkansas City, Kan., June 19. About
C o'clock this evening a heavy wind storm,
accompanied by hail, passed over this city,
doing considerable damage to shade trees
and exposed windows. Two miles southwest
of the city the storm assumed the character
of a tornado, and leveled to the ground the
wheat in the shock and the growing corn.
The dwelling of "William Moordy was re
moved from its foundation, and several barns
were demolished. No one was seriously.in
jured. A dispatch from Ft. Scott says: "A phe
nomenal rain fell here to-night, beginning
at 7:30 and continuing one hour and ten
minutes. The streets were flooded and Buck
rnn, a ravine which travorses the city from
south to north, was transformed into a rain
ing torrent. It is feared several persons are
drowned, but nothing certain is known at
this hour.
JULES VEKXE lias excelled himself In
his new story, "The Callfornlans," which -begins
in THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
NOT AFRAID OF INVESTIGATION.
The Bequest for tho Examination of an In
surance Company Approved.
New York, June 19. At a special meet-
mg of the Board of Trustees of the New
YorkXife Insurance Company resolutions
were adopted approving the request for an
examination of the company; expressing un
diminished confidence in the officers of the
company, and believing that the charces
made against the management of its affair
are wuolly unjustifiable.
THE UNrVEHSITY COMMENCEMENT.
Senior Class Graduation Exercises Will Bo
Held Next Thursday.
The commencement exercises of the senior
class of the Western University will be
held in Carnegie Hall on next Thursday, ,
2oth, at 8 o'clock.
The baccalaureate service will be held in
the Bellefield Presbyterian Church at 10:45
o'clock next Sunday. Next Wednesday
will be class day.
LITTLE ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
Tnn parents of Mollie Cufus, aged 15 years,
of Beltzlioovor, yesterday reported to the
Southside police that she had run awavfrom
home. A description of the girl was "taken
by tho police, who will arrest her if found.
Thieves, belioved to bo boys, broke tho
-window of Miss Lizzie Williams' candy
stoic, Preble avenue, on Thursdav, nnd stole
property to a small amouut. 1'he police
were notified.
Coukcilitan Mart Doicsr-LY returned yes
terday from camput Grove Clty.nndbi ought
several hundred pounds of turtle and three
young groundhogs. The latter will go to
Schenlcy Park.
The chief clerkship of tlie City Assessor's
office, vacated by tho death of Samuel 31.
Clark, has been tilled by Edward Jenkins,
who has been connected witli tho ofllco for
three years.
The Amoskcag engine test will take place
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock on tho Slonon
gahela whajf, as ordered by tho master In
the suit. Chief Brown is confident of its
success.
Chiek Bnowx- yesterday denied tho state
ment that ho had prepared an answer to
Mayor Gourley's last letter. Tho Chief soys
he has written no letter and does not in
tend to.
Scpehiktende-t McKktoiit, of Schenley
Park, Is looking for a drove of deer ex
pected to arrive daily from West Virginia.
Three hundred immigrants reached tho
city yesterday over the Baltimore nnd Ohio
road. .Tho majority w ent West.
COLLIDED WITH THE LAW. -
W. J. O.ATTOS- was arrested last night for
reckless driving on Center avenue, near Din
widdle street, and locked up in the Eleventh
ward station.
A srEAK-EASY kept by Mrs. Edna O'Brien
at No. 15 Fourth avenue, was raided by Lieu
tenant Dennlstou last night, who captured
her and six men drinking in tho place.
George Kempie was committed to Jail yes
terday to await a hearing beforo Alderman
JtcKenna on Juno 13, to answ er a charge of
desertion preferred by his wife, Meranda
Kemple.
Detective Demuel returned from Steuben
villo yesterday with John Erockenbaugh,
wanted for shooting Samuel Ilarris and his
mother at their homo at Oakdale. Ho will
beheld to aw ait tho icsult of their Injuries.
Jons Kkaiiii will have a hearing beforo
Alderman Donovon Monday to answer a
chargj of selling liquor without a license.
The prosocutor is Charles Hcdenburg. De
fendant lives at 38 Mifflin street, Sixtecnth
ward.
James Blackburn, colored, was committed
to jail yesterday in default of $5C0, by Alder
man Cahill, for a hearing to-day, on a charge
of larceny, preferred by James fAdnes, a
colored barber on Wylle avenue, who
alleges that Blackburn stole a pocketbook
containing $5 from him Sunday morning.
Prakk Holmes, colored, was arrested on
Liberty street, by Dctectlvo McTIgho, last
night as a suspicious person. Holmes was
carrying a bushel basket full of string beans
and cabbages auspiciously covered over with
kindling ood, nnd when asked how he had
como into possession of tho stuff could not
give a satisfactory explanation.
L4 PROTEST ENTERED
Against the Bering Sea Agreement
by an Aggrieved Company.
ITS PUR SEAL EIGHTS INVADED.
A -Contract 'Witu the Government That
Cannot Be Set Aside
BI ENGLAND OE THE UNITED STATES
Washington, June 19. The North
American Commercial Company, through
Its attorney, Judge N. T. Jeffries, Las filed
a protest with Acting Secretary Spaulding,
of the Treasury Department, in which it re
cites that it has the right to take fur seals
from the islands of St. Paul and St. George
for the period of 20 years from May 1, 1890,
and that it has and will continue to per
form the stipulations of its lease. The com
pany states that it was assured a quota of
60,000 sealskins during 1890, and upon such
assurance submitted its bid tt three times
the amount paid by a former lessee. Upon
the acceptance of the lease the company
made a large outlay in buildings and pro
visions, and arranged for transporting tho
60,000 sealskins to San Francisco.
The company says that it was compelled
to cease taking seals on the 20th day of
July, when the sealing season had not ex
pired, and only one-third of the quota of
skins had been obtained, and the company
was further prohibited from taking any ad
ditional number during said year. On this
account the company has sustained a loss of
S400.000.
Protesting Against the Ordor.
The company further represents -that at
the time it was compelled to stop taking
seals at said islands it earnestly protested
against such action by the United States and
has continued to protest, and now again suhi
mits this, its formal protest, against the ac
tion of the United States in preventing it
from taking tho quota of sealskins it had a
right to take by law and by the terms of
said contract.
The company submits that it is justly en
titled to receive from the United States
such sum as will compensate it for the loss
it has sustained on account of the action of
the United States, as aforesaid, and gives
notice to the Secretary of the Treasury that
it will claim to be reimbursed by the United
States to the full amount of thelossit may
sustain by reason or its being prohibited by
the United States from taking it full quota
of 00,000 sealskins during the year 1891.
The company further represents that in pro
viding for the maintenance and education of
the inhabitants of the islands of St. Paul
and St. George it has expended the sum of
150,000, for which it has not been reim
bursed. Interference by England Not Iiejral.
The company respectfully invites the at
tention of the Secretary of the Treasury to
the fact that the islands of St. Paul and St.
George in Alaska belong to and are in the
undisputed possession of the United States;
that the right of this Government to dis
pose of the fur seals born on said islands
has never been ouestioned. This beine so.
said company assumes that the right of the
United States or its lessee to take fur seals
on said islands, within our unquestione'd
jurisdiction, is beyond dispute and not sub
ject to question or interference by England
or any other foreign state.
The right of this Government to take fur
seals on its own territory is not one of the
questions to be submitted to arbitration
and has no relation to the contention be
tween the two countries. In that dispute
Great Britain affirms and the United States
denies the right of English and Canadian
poachers to slaughter fur seals In "our
part of Bering Sea; and this company re
spectfullyinsiststhat an agreement between
the two Governments, set forth in the Pres
ident s proclamation, in so lar as it pro
hibits said company from taking its lawful
quota of sealskins is in contravention of
vested rights of this company and subjects
it to great loss."
Standing by Its Eawfnl Bights.
If it be assumed, as England has asserted,
nnd this Government has denied, that the
eastern portion of Bering Sea is not the
marine territory of the United States, but
is tho "high 6eas," the company respect
fully submits that it is not competent for
Great Britain and the United States alone,
or for any other two governments, to deter
mine who shall be permitted to navigate
these waters or to prohibit fishing or taking
seals on the high seas.
The company respectfully points out to
the Honorable Secretary of the Treasury
that its rights have been overlooked by said
agreement between the two Governments,
in that it deprives the lessee from taking
seals which it is authorized to take by law
and, by its contract with fhe United States,
thereby inflicting a severe loss upon said
company, in order to obtain tho consent of
England to arbitrate the question, as to the
right of Canadian poachers to destroy the
fur seal industry by pelagic sealing.
DB. ALBERT SHAW sayg war In Europe
cannot bo postponed much longer. His
thorough analysis of the situation in THE
DISPATCH to-morrow.
AN EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES.
Over a Hnndrcd Cases Reported by Doctors
Yesterday in Wllkinsburg.
Tho ravages of measles in Wilkinsburg
have assumed the pioportions of almost an
epidemic In one short block on South
street there are a dozen cases, and through
out the borough it is estimated there are
over 100. The disease has spread with cus
tomary rapidity, whole families being down
with it at once. So far there have been no
fatalities, although during the present hot
weather there is always danger of complica
tions that may end in death.
Cholera infantum has also been very bad
in the borough, physicians being in constant
requisition. It is to their credit that very
few of the cases have ended in the death of
the little sufferers. The grip has not been
quite cleared out of the borough yet. The
physicians report an occasional case, but
always in a mild form.
Detective Cook's Case Postponed.
The hearing in the case of James W.
Walls versns Detective C. W. Cook for
misdemeanor and extortion did not come off
yesterday before Alderman McMastcrs
owing to the absence of witnesses. Walls
says his wife is the principal witness, and
that she refused to go to the hearing, giving
as her reason that Cook liad done her a
favor at onetime and" that she did not like
to appear against him. The hearing was
postponed until next Monday at 2 r. it.
One-Third Off Regular Prices.
For today's sale we have reduced all our
men's suits, boys' suits and summer clothing
(one-third) 14 off from the regular prices, a
clean, clear and solid saving to you of 3J
per cent. Bead this:
An elegant line of men's sack suits,
made from striped cheviot and
checked catsimerc, reduced to ?4 73
500 men's sack suits and 500 elegant
dress cutaw ay suits reduced to-day ( , ,
to ?9 85 each. They are the greatest ) -4
bargains you ever beheld. Equal to ' .
merchant tailors' garments. Our
price for 'em to-day is $9 85
P. C. C. C., Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets, opp. the Court House.
Ladies gingham suits, ?5 nover sold
for less than 58 just received. Buy them
to-day. Jos. Hokkk & Co.'s
Penn Avenue Stores.
Negligee silk shirts at James H. Aiken
& Co. 's, 100 Fifth avenue.
Unlike Tennyson's Brook.
The sale of lots.at Kensington will not go
on forever. Buy now and be wise.
i T3DATWP T?VT17T?T?n. he btokoed an m. p. AfpnCQ TITT7 ATI XTSTTO. LATE NEWS IX BRIEF. "r ACHAT T3WC irTCQrAAT M
And Was So Slick About It That the Victim
Only Admires Him.
"Although I am the youngest member of
the House of .Commons'," said P. G. Harri
son, M. P. for Tipperary, to a New York
correspondent recently, "I always thought
until I came to this country that I was
shrewd enough to keep out of the hands of
the festive bunko steerer, yet I hadn't been
in New York two weeks before I fell a vic
tim to the wiles of as spruce a young man as
I should care to meet. I dislike to dwell
upon that experience. It was not pleasant
to have the conceit taken out of me by meet
ing a man who had honesty written in his
face and the broth of sincerity on his tongue.
"I only lost a few pounds, not enough to
cause me any inconvenience, but I should
like to meet the young man again, just the
same. His game? Well, never mind; you'd
laugh at me if I told. Probably the experi
ence I had was worth the money, and I
would like to assure that young man of a
fortune awaiting him in London and Dublin.
He would create a sensation in either of
those cities, because his kind is very rare
there. There is just one consoling thought
about the whole business. He said he was an
Irishman, and every native of the old sod
ought to be proud of the fact. He would re
flect credit on any country."
NEGROES TURNING WHITE.
The Case In Baltimore Is Nothing Eesg
Than, Real Leprosy.
The negro girl of Baltimore who is turn
ing white has the true leprosy the leprosy
we read of in the Bible, says an old traveler
in the St. Louis Oldbc-Dcmocrat. When I
was first pointed out a leper in this country
I was surprised and thought my informant
was in error. The leprosy that rages in the
East is precisely the same as the unknown
disease of the Baltimore negress.
In India, where lepers are numerous,
they are snow white, and their naked bodies
glisten in the sun as do the scales of fish.
Leprosy first shows itself on the hands.
Small white spots declare themselves, and
if care is not taken those spots cover tho
entire surface of the bodv. They grow
whiter and scales form, and, as the Bible
says, "white as a leper."
ONE CHANCE IN FORTY-TWO.
Naval Academy Candidates Will Be Exam
ined Next Tnesday.
Colonel Andrew Stewart, ot Ohio Pyle, has
appointed Profs. W. C. McClelland, Wash
ington; Alex. Phillips, Allegheny county,
and A. F. Cooper, Fayette, a committee
to examine candidates for admission into
the Naval Academy at Annapolis from the
Twenty-fourth Congressional district. TThe
district .is entitled to one cadet, and there
are 42 applicants for the place.
The committee will meet in the Court
House next Tuesday to see which one is the
most deserving to be educated at Uncle
Sam's expense. By the time the successful
candidate passes all the examinations re
quired, he will be a fit subject for on insane
asylum.
DENIES THE CHARGES.
Dewltt Wilt Says Ho Did Not Abandon His
Summer Snap Company.
Members of the "Chip of the Old Block"
Company make the charge that Dewitt
Wilt, son of E. D. Wilt, of the Grand
Opera House, and John Klein took the
company on a tour, squandered all the .pro
ceeds at Louisville and skipped out, leaving
them stranded.
Mr. Wilt says the company gave a very
poor production compared to what they had
promised, and when he concluded to stop at
the end of the week they wanted him to pay
their way back to Pittsburg. He had not
agreed to do this and refused. Mr. Klein
corroborates Mr. Wilt.
MAGGIE CASSELL WANTS BLOOD.
She Tries to Stab a Man Who Sold Her Hns
band Llqnor.
Maggie Cassell, wife of "Dude" Cassell,
was arrested with an open knife in her
hand, at Second avenue and Grant street,
last night She explained the fact of her
having the knife in her hand by saying that
6he had "intended to "give it to" a man
named Larkins, who was standing at the
corner. She said Larkins had done her a
great injury by selling her husband liquor,
when Larkins, who is a Sixth-warder, was
formerly a saloon keeper.
An ofheer arrested her before she reached
Larkins, and thereby probably prevented a
tragedy. Mrs. Cassell was in a greatly ex
cited state.
THE NEW CENTRAL PARK.
It Will Bo Formally Opened on the Even
ing of Jaly 4.
At the request of a number of citizens
Chief Bigelow has decided to name the new
park at the tipper Bedford basin "Central
Park." People in the neighborhood are
making active preparations for a grand
opening of the pretty place on the evening
of the Fourth of July.
Jacob Etzel has engaged a band for the
occasion, and all the people who have been
wishing so long for a breathing spot will be
there to join in the ceremony.
THE TABLES TURNED.
American Capital Bujlng Up Factories in
the Queen's Dominion.
St. Jons's, Nfld., June 19. It is reported
the National Cordoge Company of New
York has purchased for $3,000,000 all the
cordage works in Canada, including that of
Thomas Conner & Sons, of St. John's.
The St. John's w orks will be run for ex-
Iiort trade only. They are said to be the
argest in the Dominion.
Will Inspect tho Police.
The entire police force of the city will be
inspected by Chief Brown at Old City
Hall, Monday morning, at 10 o'clock, in
full summer uniform. This, will be one of
the semi-annual inspections, held after the
men are all equipped" with the uniforms
provided for the summer or winter seasons,
as the case mav be.
THE FLRE RECORD.
At Clarksburg,; W. Va., the extensive foun
dry and machine shops of A II. Osborno
wore totally destroyed yesterday morn
ing. Tho lire started In tho engine
room and spit-ad with great rapidity, en
veloping tho entire place in loss fhan
threo minutes. Most of tho machinery was
saved, but many valuable patterns and
draw ings were destroyed. Loss, $10,000; In
surance, $2,500.
Two alarms of llro wore struck In Alle
gheny yesterday forenoon. One wns for a
slight Are at tho Elbourno Hotel, Robinson
street, and tho other at the Port Wayno
depot. The damage In both cases was very
slight.
At Franklin, Ky., yesterday, the Franklin
Woolen Mills burned. Loss on building,
$20,030; stock, $12,000; insurance, $15,0C0. John
Latham, one of tho owners, and a negro
w ere inj ured, probably fatally, in lighting tho
flames.
A pew pparks from a saw, which set fire to
some woodwork In Jones & Laughllns'
now South Twonty-nlnth street mill, was
the cause of an alarm being sent in from
station 157 at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Near Alliance yesterday afternoon tho
residence of George Lerlong was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground. Tho
fumlly woro not in tho house at the time.
Loss, $3,CO0; fully insured.
No. I ExaiKK Company answered a still
alarm last evening for a slight Are in tho
house of Sirs. Mary McTighe, In the rear of
502 Fifth avenue, caused by a gas Jet setting
lire to a lace curtain.
A small llro started on tho roof of Bay
loy's cafe from nn clectrio wire. A still
alarm was sent to No. 2 engine company and
the blaze was put out with little damage.
An alarm from box 35 about 6 o'clock last
evening was caused by a gas stove explod
ing in the house of 31. O. Sedcrsley atNo.5
Wylle avenue.
An Experimental Balloon to Be Sent
Over Before July 4.
TO MAKE THE TRIP IN 30 HOUHS.
Xo ilnman Freight Will Be Carried on the
First Expedition.
THE TIAXS FOR TIIE AERIAL V0TAGE
, PniLADnLPnTA, June 19. To cross the
Atlantic is the enterprising mission upon
which a balloon will start from German
town within the next week or two. The
balloon will not carry any passengers, but
it is intended to pilot the way for a monster
airship that will carry at least two voyagers.
The inventor of this new airship is Charles
P. Fest, of 4555 Lena street, Germantown.
Mr. Fest has been working on the prob
lem of aerial navigation for the past CO years,
and is now convinced that he has solved it.
He is on eminently practical business man,
and works at his invention at odd hours.
He has tried every scheme of aerial naviga
tion that has been suggssted in the past
decade and a half, and has reached the con
clusion that all schemes of propulsion by
machinery are impracticable. The air cur
rents, in his opinion, form the only motive
power that can be relied on. The balloon
which Mr. Fest has now projected is on the
old principle of the hot-air ship. .
The experimental machine that will be
started across the Atlantic is completed,
and is an exact model of the larger one that
is expected tolfller rsirrv over the inventor.
The hot gas that will inflate the bag will be
generated from gasoline, which is chosen on
account of its enormous volatile proportions
and great lifting power.
To Europe in Thirty Hours.
In the completed machine the gasoline
will be carried in a rectangular tin can hold
ing exactly ten gallons. A small tube runs
from the can to an upright brass pipe about
three inches in diameter and about six feet
long. This pipe is lined within and with
out with asbestos. It passes up into the
gas bag, while the tin receptacle remains
below. The gasoline is ignited at the tube
that passes into the pipe near the bottom,
and the flame shoots np the pipe to-tbe top,
where it is arrested by a cap.
The bag is made of a preparation of pa
per and is rigged so that it cannot sway and
come in contact with the flame. This flame
will be constant, and experiments show that
the ten gallons will last just 40 hours, or
ten hours longer, according to Mr, Fest's
calculations; than will be necessary to carry
the airship across the Atlantic. Mr. Fest
believes that the balloon will make tho
passage in 30 hours.
The gas bag on the pioneer balloon meas
ures 22 feet in diameter. Underneath the
oil can has been suspended a copper buoy
shaped like a big top and weighted at the
bottom, so that it will float in the water in
an upright position. It is surmounted by
an American flag and is suspended by a
hook that will unfasten if it comes in con
tact with the water. This will be filled
with directions to be returned, if found.
This will only become detached in case of
accident and in the unexpected eventof the
balloon falling in the water. In the large
balloon for passengers it will be made
large enough to float the voyagers in case of
accident.
Only Floating Power Needed.
Mr. Fest declares that it has been clearly
proven that there is a constant air current!
to tho east that will waft his airship across
the ocean in 40 hours at the outside, and
the only problem that has prevented aero
nauts from crossing the ocean before has
been that of keeping a balloon up sufficiently
long to make the voyage. The existence of
these currents was shown by Professor Wise
when he made his trip from St. Louis to
New York, nnd he then declared that lie
could cross tho ocean if he could only keep
his airship afloat.
Mr. Fest thinks that he has solved this
problem bv providing a constant and uni
form supply of hot gas. The size of the oil
receptacle can be expanded to almost any
dimensions that will give them sufficient
fuel to keep afloat for a long time. Mr.
Fest has already sent up over 200 small
balloons made on this principle, so that his
calculations are based on reliable data.
The date for sending the balloon on its
transatlantic trip has not yet been fixed
but will be decided on shortly. It will
probably be before the Fourth of July. The
ga3 bag will be decorated with the shield of
the United fatates, tor, although Mr. Fest
was born in Germany, he is a veteran of the
war and an intense American. "I want
America to have the glory of solving this
problem," he said yesterday.
JULES VERNE'S new story begins In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
THE ART OF SHEDDING TEARS.
Sarah Bernhardt Can Not Cry and Sho Will
Never Learn How.
Ellen Terry In New York rierald.
I do not say that the absence of tears shows
a lack of feeling. For instance, the greatest
of living actresses, Sarah Bernhardt, spoke
upon this very subject with me at our first
meeting, which was on the Lyceum stage
after a performance of "Iolanthc" (King
Kene's daughter). The scene was still set.
It is a garden. Dear mel how she dazzled
and interested me! She flitted here and
there, pretending to smell the flowers she
rustled and rustled shimmer shimmer
went her dress and flit fit went she. It
made me think the garden was real my
own stage garden that I had been acting in.
She seemed to me a butterfly, and I an
elephant. I did feel heavy, dull and stupid
by the side of her. It was the first time I
had met her off the stage.
She chattered away all the while in
French, since she couldn't in English, and
thereby showed her wit, all the time charm
ing us or me, at all events and holding
the situation most completely. I remember
that evening (when she left off flitting, and
E roved to me she was not really a butterfly
y eating some asparagus for supper after
the play) she spoTce to me about my real
tears in King Rene's daughter, not with
surprise, but with interest and sympathy,
and told me she could not cry. But I know
that she felt like crying, though her tears did
not come. "It is a very penurious nnd skep
tical love which must understand before it
can sympathize." Although I did not see
"I heard her tears," and knew tbey were in
her soul. No! despite all that Diderot and
even M. Coquelin have said to the contrary,
I do not believe that an actress can really
move her audience unless she is herself
affected by certain passages. But to teach
the art of shedding tears is as impossible as
it is to teach the art of feeling.
PHOTOGRAPHS ON WINDOWS.
A Caso in Mlssonrl as Wonderful as Those
Reported Recently.
A few miles from Columbia, in Boone
county, Mo., there is a little church in the
middle of a small country graveyard, said J.
N. Wilson, of St. Louis, in discussing spirit
photos on windows with a Oltbe-Ventncral re
porter. A few years ago, one morning after
a severe storm, a homeless man was found
dead in the churchyard, directly beneath
one of the windows. On a pane in the win
dow was as accurate a photograph of the
dead man's face as an artist could have
taken. The picture seemed to be perma
nently fixed in the glass and remained there
for years after the man was buried, and for
all I know may be there yet.
It was seen by hundreds of people and
was the talk of the whole country at the
time the event happened. Of course no
body could explain now it was done, but if
we believe only what we understand our
creed is likely to be very short.
flltlr,
Molting snow has caused mountain floods
in Colorado.
A large underground lake has been dis
covered In Edwards county iTex..
Canadian Premier Abbott says the Mac
donald policy will bo adhered to.
"The funeral of O'Gorman JIahon will
taice place in Dublin to-morrow.
Emperor William wishes German land'
owners to settle in Alsace-Lorraine.
The marauding Arnches have escaped
iiuiu mo pursuing jioxican cavalry.
Sixty earthquake shocks In Bengal
-Luurauay, destroyed many uuiiumes.
Tho American Society of Mechanical
Engineers adjonmed at Providence Thurs
day. The Order of Railway Telegraphers has
abolished the anti-strike clause in its consti
tution. Germanv fears that Balmaccda's snech'w
would mean American commercial suprem
acy in unne.
Ex-Senator Mahone thinks the Farmers
Alliance won't amount to much, politically,
in Virginia.
John Most, tho Anarchist, was resent
enced in a e w l ork yesterday to one year In
the penitentiary.
Many Jefferson Davis memorial meet
ings nave jecn Held In Arkansas to augment
the monument fund.
- Sixty Chickasaw soldiers, on their way
to eject boomers, all got drnnk and terror
ized every white man they met.
Mataafa still claims to bo the rightful
King of Samoa, and is taking steps, it is be
lieved, to forcibly assert his pretenso.
James Waggcnor, a wealthy horse thief
at cnoyenno, l. T., was lyncneu supposedly
by threo United States officers Thursday
night.
Premier Rndini Insists npon knowing
what adhesion England will give to the
Dreibund before signing a renewal of tho
alliance
The Czech students who attacked and
assaulted threo Germans at the exhibition
in Prague, have been sentenced to pay a
small line.
Secretary Tracy has invited proposals for
the construction of a steel twin screw sea
going torpedo boat. Kids are to uo opened
August 13 next.
Richmond held a mass meeting Thursday
night to endeavor to induce Mrs. Jefferson
Davis to allow her husband's remains to be
burled In that city.
The Senate of tho National Union, in
session at Milwaukee, yesterday morning
selected Kansas City as the next place of
meeting in June, 1S92.
Fourteen men wero buried beneath the
debris of a fulllns lumber shed in Berkeley,
Va., Thursday. Munroo B. Kiino was killed
and others seriously injured.
Bruneau's opera founded on Zola's "La
Reve" was produced In Paris Thursday
evening. It Is strongly Wagnerian, and ft
met with only partial success.
At the commencement of St. 31argaret'3
School for Young Ladies at Buffalo.. Thurs
day night Brshop Coxe reproved 'his fair
auditors for riding astride on bicycles.
Tho boiler of the Benwood blast farnaco
at Martin's Ferry, W. Va., exploded early
yesterday morning, wrecking the buildings.
Killing Charles Rouse and wounding others.
Five Qnebeo children named Lachance
were playing in a skiffintheSt. Lawrence
river Thursday when the- waves of a pass
ing steamer sank the boat. All but one were
drowned.
While lying asleep In bed at Philadel
phia, Andrew Terry, colored, was stabbed 23
times In the neck and body with a large
table knife in the hands of a rival, John
Brown, also colored.
Lieutenant Robinson, Explorer Mooro
and four of tho crew of the revenuo cutter
Bear, were drowned In Icy Bay, Alaska,
-recently, while attempting to land with the
Russell Mt. St. Elias party.
During an Investigation of the Coon Rap
ids Railroad wreck by the Iowa Railroad
Commissioners, the engineer of the train
swore that the engine struck a tie which had
been wedged in between the rails.
E. J. Corrigon, John Brenock and Isaac
G. Lansing, proprietors of the new race
track at Hawthorne, near Chicago, were In
dicted by tho grand Jury Thursday for sell
ing liquor on the grounds without a license.
Tho Republican County Committee of
New York, at their meeting Thursday night,
adopted resolutions expressing approval of
the platform adopted by the Ohio conven
tion and of the nomination of Major McKin
ley. Hawthorne. N. J., near Patcrson. wn.
visited by a tornado Wednesday, plunging
tho village in utter darkness during its
progress. All crops passed over were de
stroyed, and the usual amount of other dam
age inmcteu.
A package of poisoned crystallized fruit
was received through the mall by Sirs. E. D.
Redd, of Richmond, yesterday, she and five
others partook of tho sweets, which made
them deathly sick. Timely medical aid
saved their lives.
Lord Dunlo says ho will not take hl? sett
in tbe House ot Lords nntil his wife has
abandoned the stage. He declined to stato
whether be would be Liberal or Conserva
tive in politics, but said he meant to And out
soon what those terms meant.
Uno, tho'snake-cbarmer of Forepaugli'i
show, was nearly squeezed to deitli by one
of her pots during a performance in Chicago,
Thursday. Miss Jcnnio Ycamani, a sou
brotte of tho "Blue Jeans" company, re--cucd
Uno by choking the reptilo Into ifl
senslbilltr. A girl namod Jcnnio Williamson la In
jail at Newbnrg, N. Y., charged with mur
der, arson and horse-stealing. She is said to
have married an old farmer, burned down
his house, mill and barn, roasted his weak
minded sou to death and wound up by steal
ing a livery team.
Ablacksmi th of Sebewalng, Mich., named
neymau, shod a. vicious mnle with the help
of three men Wednesday. After the J oh the
bnlte broke loose and attacked the black
smith with distended jaws, biting off his
nose and right cheek. Tho mule was shot.
Heyman may die.
-Mrs. T. R. Glennan, wife of Past Assist
ant Surgeon Glennan, United Suites Navy,
arrived at Raleigh Thursday evening of last
week from Washington, with four children.
Since Monday diphtheria has earned off two
of the little ones, and now the other, two are
at death's door from tho same dlseuso.
An enormous artificial lake, partly
formed by a glacier in the Tyrol, burst Its
confines and caused devastation similar to
that of the Johnstown flood, excopt that it
was probably unattended by loss of life.
The inhabitants of tho devastated valley
had been expecting the disaster and were
prepared for It.
The steam barge Jane Cook anchored off
Amherstburg, Ont., at tho foot of tho Detroit
river, Thursday evening. Part of the crew
went ashore, became intoxicated, and, on
returning to the vessol, raised n disturbance.
A battle between the drunken and the sober
parts of the crow ensued, In which six men
wore shot and wounded. J
Thirty of the lcadlne women of Sonth
Dakota, and an Aberdeen new spaper, have
been sued by Mrs. Marietta Bones, of Web
ster, S. D., for $53,C0D damages for besmirch
ing her reputation witli a set of pun
gent resolutions. The suit grows out of a
row between Mrs. Bones and Susan B. An
thony, at the national meeting of tho
Women's Christian Temperance Lnion, last
summer.
Apackago of flour and another of coffee
wero found by a farmer near llagerstown,
Md., named Daniel Shlffler, In a lane near
his house. Not finding an owner he gave
tho articles to Mrs. McKurron, u neighbor.
Her entire, familv of six were niado deathly
sick. Ono boy died and another is expected
to dio. It wns found that the flour had been
poisoned by some nnknown enemy of Mr.
bhitller, who doubtless expected that gentle
man would uso the provisions himself.
Tho widow of Captain Burton writes
from London that she intends, as far as pos
sible, to publish all ofher husband's manu
scripts in accordance with his desires, with
tho exception ot his "Magnum Opus" upon
which he worked until tho day of his death
a translation fiom the Arable of tbe
"Scented Garden." Captain Burton, when
rlvinir. told his wife that this work would
realize an annuity for her, and ho would
never write more on the subject, but would
devote himself to his autobiography; that it
was a baby tale compared with his "Arabian
jilghts." and wns likely to make a row In
England. Mrs. Burton says she wonld not
run tho risk of publishing the ''Magnum
Opus" for $3D,003,0CO.
CELIA LOGAN tells how sho got rid of
surplus adlpoao In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
The only safo and common senbe core
for obesity.
Why suffer with corns when yon can per
manently cure them with Daisy Corn Cure.
Come early to-day for- choice of trie great
bargains in silk short lengths.
Jos. HOKNE & Co. '3
Penn Avenue Stores.
A Cnre for Grip.
One that induces yon to release your
grasp on your pocketbook and invest in
Kensington lots.
He Wants Old Cairo in Egypt repre
sented at the World;s Fair
mm A STREET OP THAT CITY.
An Arabic legend of the Prophet Enoch,
the River .Vile and
THE FA3IED 3I0UXTAINS OF THE 31005"
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
NkwYokk, June 19. Colonel Alexan
der McCorab Mason is in New York on his
way to Chicago to consult with the directors
of- the World's Fair on behalf of the city of
Cairo, Egypt. Colonel Mason, who is known
in Egypt as Mason Bey, has been in tho
service of the Khedive for several years,
and is a Colonel in the Egyptian army.
Mason Bey has done a good deal of explor
ing on the Upper Nile and around the Al
bert Lake. He told Tub Dispatch corre
spondent to-day that it is 14 years since ho
was all but at the place where Stanley
camped when he saw the Monntains pf the
Moon. At that time Mason Bey was on a.
small steamer exploring the Albert Lake.
He was working along the western coast in
the summer of 1877, but the nature of his
work was such that he made no long stops,
and the conditions of the atmosphere never
happened to be favorable for the appear
ance of the mountains.
It was in June, 1889, that Stanley camped
almost on the western beach of the lake,
and there it was that the Mountains of the
Moon appeared to him to his great delight,
and the equally great delight and astonish
ment of his Zanzibar carriers.
An Arabic Legand of Enoch.
Mason Bey has with him the original copy
-in Arabic ot the old Arabian legends of tlie
origin of the Monntains of the Moon. This
legend also professes to accountdbr the dis
appearance of Enoch, the son of Jored,
who "walked with God; and he was not.
God took him." The legend says that
Enoch discovered that the Nile was a tur
bulent, disorderly river, overflowing its
banks at improper times and spreading de
vastation. The trouble was that it has too
much water. Enoch traced it to its source
and found that it sprang from 85 small
streams. Enoch then gathered three
streams together and checked their volume
by means of faucets and cocks, and over the
whole contrivance erected the enormous
mountains of pure jasper.
The surplus water is accounted for by an
Abyssinian legend, which accompanies" the
Arabian tale. This legend says that Enoch,
used it to form the great "Sea of Darkness,"
as the Victoria Lake has been called. The
first legend disposes of Enoch by leaving
him under his monntains of jasper; the
second leaves him at the bottom of the Sea
of Darkness.
Mason Bey has come to America to ar
range, if possible, for the reproduction at
the Chicago fair of a street in Cairo. There
was a similar exhibition at Paris two years
ago, and it was one of the most entertaining
features of the great exhibition.
Cairo Will Appropriate 8200,000.
Americans-who saw that display will bo
enthusiastic supporters of Mason Bey's
plan. The city of Cairo is willing to
devote 5300,000 to the exhibition.
That, however, will not be enough to cover
the expense of the work, and Colonel Mason
hopes to obtain a concession from the direc
tors of the fair. He thinks that the propo
sition to charge an entrance fee would not
meet with general approval and would
result in a failure.
It is proposed bv the city of Cairo to
have for the exhibition as accurate a repro
duction as is possible of the Khan Hhallila,
one of the famous crooked streets of Cairo,
with a mosque at one end and a beautiful
gate at the other. This is lined with little
box-like shops, and the air is heavy with
the odor of spices. Dervishes nre always
at service in tne mosque and girls dance at
the beautiful gate.
If Colonel Mason can make satisfactory
arrangements with the directors of the fair,
work will at once begin on this peculiar
featnre. Colonel Mason was detained at
Paris bv illness, caused by the cold weather.
He will go to Chicago in a few days.
JULES VEBNT1 has In "The Callfornlans"
produced not only the best story of his life,
bat a thoroughly American one. Opening
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DISPATCH to-morrow.
RIVER KEWS AND K0TES.
What Upper Ganges Show.
Aixxritext Jo CTIOX Elver 6 feet 6 inches
arnl stationary. Cloudy and warm.
Moboantow Klver fi feet 3 inches and sta
tionary. Cloudy. Thermometer 85a at 4 P. M.
BKOWNSVlLLE Elver 5 feet 2 luetics and sta.
tionary. Cloudy. ThcTmometer77at6P. M.
AVabbes lllver 1.2 feet and rising. Heavy
showers.
The News From Delow.
WirFELTVO River G feet and rlslmr. Departed
lien Hur. I'arkersburiT: Batchclor, Pittsburg; Al
len, l'lttsburg. Weather cloudy.
CrxctxxATl River II feet 7 inrhes and falling.
Cloudv and warm. Departed bcotia. rittstturg.
Louisville Itlvcr tailing: 7 feet 9 Inches in
canal, 5 feet 5 inches on fall. 14 feet 4 Inches at foot
of locks. Business good. 'Weather pleasant, part
ly clondr and hot.
MEMPHIS Departed Arkansas Citv. for St.
Louis. Hlvcr 111 feet, 3 Inches and filling. Clear
and cool.
CAino Arrived S. L. Wood. Ohio: Departed
8. h. Wood. New Orlvins. Ktver 21 feet, i Inches
and falling. Fair and warm.
yT. Louis Arrived City of Providence, Nat
clie7. Departed Cherokee. .Memphis Ifiver
down, IS teit, 9 Inches. Clondy and cooler.
Gossip Along the Levees.
Tbe haat along the wharf was almost unbearable
yesterday afternoon. The rain seemed to attract
the heat rather than cool off. The marks show S
teel 1 inch, and rising slowly. Barge water is ex
pected this morning.
THE Courier is due to-night from Parkershnrg.
The James Gllraore. of Brown's line, arrived
yesterday.
THE II. K. Bedford left at noon yesterday for
Parkersburg.
Tire M. F. Allen will leave to-day at noon ,for
Parkersburg.
THE Dick Fulton is due to-day with empties for
W. W. O'Xell A Co.
The Andes did not arrive last evening nntil 5
o'clock. Sho got away at midnight,
THE C. W. Batchelor will be the regular Cincin
nati boat to-day. four o'clock is tbe tlaie bet for
her departure.
The I. N. Bunton arrived yesterday afternoon,
and the Joseph Nixon Is due tc-dav, with empties
for Joseph Walton & Co.
THE Mavflower tied up yesterday at the foot of
Market street. The Chartlers and KlUabeth packet
line people are con&eijueutly happy.
In the United States Circuit Court, yesterday,
arguments were heard on the motion for prelim
inary injunctions )ln the cases of the Government
against the Pennsylvania Tube Works and the
lorter A Douthett Companv. to restrain them from
dumping Into the Monongahela river opposite their
works. 'The court granted the injunctions. In the
other cases of the Government against other per
sons who were dumping in the rivers, agreements
were made that there would be no more ruling until
the harbor lines nowbelngsurvejed are established
by the Secretary of War.
H0BZ COAL FOB THE SOUTH.
A List of tne Tows iCxpectcd to Go Ont on
This Illse.
Ths following Is a list of the boats the diflerent
coal Arms expect to get away on the present rise:
For Joseph Walton A C Coal City. 10 barges. 2
fuels; bam Clark, 10 barges. 2 fuels: Joseph Mxon,
6 barges, S boat. 1 fuel; Maggie, 12 harges;Con
way, 12 barges; Clifton. 10 barges: and the George
Shlras. 12 barges, all for Louisville, with the Nellie
Walton, 12 barges, and I. N. Bunton. 12 barges, for
Cincinnati.
trForF. M. Jenkins & Co. tho Frank Gllmorewlll
ike 14 barges.
The Time Coal Company will send the Time. 10
barges, and Little Bill, eight barges.
John A. Wood Son expect the Tom Lysle and
Jim Wood up to-day with empties, anil will send
them out, but could not say of what tbe tows
wonld consist.
Horner A Roberts now have In but one boat, tho
W.J. Homer. The Ilaymond Horner fu expected
by to-morrow. Both boats will be sent out with
tows.
For O'Nell & Co. the Fred Wilson will take J3
boats and one barge, and the Little Fred Are boats
and seven barges.
Brown's line will send the Jim Brown and James
Gllmore, but cannot say what they will take.
W. W. O'Nell A Co. wilt send the Belle 31e
Gowan and Enterpslse. If the Dick Fnlton ar
rives in time she will also be sent out. Altogether
from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 bushels may be sent South.
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