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MIVTAKKN IUE I 1 1 Y.
The extent to which public opinion is
"biased by the apparent source of proposed
legislation rather than by the substance of
the measures is amusingly shown in the
ardent support given by Democratic or
gans to the resolution offered by Mr.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, for the repeal
of th'- Aldnch amendment to the tariff
act. Prominent free trade news
papers eulogized the resolution "in
that it goe to the root of the
reciprocity humbug in the JfcKinley
lw;" "it goe at ihe problem of mutual
trade In the right war:" "it must compel
the friends and supporters of the admin
istration to face the facts." A!i this and
more says the New York Times, and the.
"World in the tame sirain describes the
resolution as "real reciprocity," and adds
that "Mr. Brf ckinridge'a plan is to make
reciprocity actual, to make it untix Amer
icans as well as forenners," and so on.
And all this prai-e is of a resolution tint
is e verratim reproduction of aii amend
ment suggested by Secretarv JTaine in
.Tun 1800 When these party-at-any-pnee
orcan find out thejr mistake they
will probabb gnash their teeth, tear their
Jir. 11 decrepitude has left any of either,
and s'ill continue to judge measures by
tlie men who adopt them instead of, ties
sw. forming their estimate of men from
tie measures they support, aud weighing
measures on their own merits. Even after
a blow as severe as this, a radical change
in a partisan publication toward the prin
ciples of common sense and rectitude is
too much to be hoped. We must watch
them fulfill their fate unable to help them,
and mourning the folly that persuaded
tbem to take the path which leads only to
destruction.
the coast nr.rrvnEns.
Eeports from the trial of the Jfiantono
safth, so far as it lias progressed, indicate
that this revival of an early tjpe of iron
clad shows pood working so far as her guns
and turrets are concerned, but does not in
dicate good sea-going qualities. Her low
freeboards, the slight pxposurc of her tur
tivissnd the power and range of her guns
vrtm'.d make '.hat vessel a formidable an
srist foi am vessel in the world in a
S8K0U1 sea. But to send her on a long
voyage exposed to rough weather would
1p at least a hazardous undertaking.
This docs not prove that Jhe Ericsson
type of ironclad is useless in these days;
lmt it does show that their proper func
tion is that of harbor defenders. It is
questionable if their availability for that
woik th-ur comparatively low cost and
Uk f-H-t that the Government has several
ve ls of that class which could be
adapted to modem armament, does not
mark them as th' class of fighting vessel
wfc ch the United States most needs.
This Government should never entertain
schemes of foreign conquest, and there-
lore its nerd of battle ships capable of
sailing to all parts of the world is limited
at the utmost Its need for cruisers h in
the line of swift commerce 'lsiroyers, of
which it has '.everal in commission; while
lor fighting vessels, if the monitor type
can defend our harbors against the im
mense and costly vessels of the European
type, we will be better off than the Euro
3ean powers m the ability to defend our
Msts arainst invasion at a tithe of the
cast which their great fleets already repre
sent It Is well worth investigation
whether the modernized monitor does not
jaeet the need of this country for coast
itefenden-.
KUKOrEAN JEACOCSr.
Tlie French and Russian Ambassadors
at Constantinople endeavored to delay the
Sultan's confirmation of Prince Abbas as
Khedive. Germany's represtntil.ve, how
ever, pointed out that a delai would cause
complications which would only be
settled w-th difficulty, and the Sultan was
wise enough to see the truth of the last
representations and telegraphed his con
firmation at once. This little affair throws
a side light on the present status of Eu
ropean governments. Russia and France
are jealous of Eudish influence in Egypt
on their own account; Germany, with
no immediate interest of her own, is anx
ious that Fran'"- should not have the pre
dominant inlluenei" desired, and England
is sufficiently confiaeni to exercise no im
mediate pressure on the Turkish ruler.
KOYALTT' L4TFST AFFXICTIOX.
The death of the Duke of Clarence and
Avondale, until yesterday morning Eng
land's heir presumptive, will cxrry sorrow
into the homes of sympathizers with the
royal family all the world over. The
grief will be accentuated by the nearness
of the marriage w Inch had been arranged
to take place between the Duke and the
Princess Marj of Teek. But the sadness
will be in sympathy with the Queen and
royal family and the girl who was so soon
to have become a bride, rather than the
grief due to a direct loss. The Queen is
intensely loved and admired by a vast ma
jority of her subjects, the Prince and
Princess of Wales are decidedly popular,
the Princess Mary had found a ready
entrance into the hearts of the people,
bat to say that the Duke of Clarence was
personally popular or inspired interest
other than that naturally attaching to a
prrtbflble ruler for whose actions the nation
would be responsible and who in turn
would leprehent the nation to the world
to sny this would be untruthful.
lliere is a tragic aspect iu the death of
anyjoung man, which is increased when,
hd life been spared, he would have occu
jHed one of the most prominent positions
before the world Whatever the alleged
deficiencies of the late Duke as a Pnnee,
ihe was a son and a grandson. As the tics
futa ja
of family are nowhere stronger than in
the English royal family, the aged Queen,
the bereft parents and relatives will be
warmly sympathized with for the loss of
one of their number. .
Prince George, who is now heir pre
sumptive, is a man of strength and will be
intensely popular. He has distinct lean
ings toward democracy, and has hitherto
been kept in the background that he might
not outshine his older brother. "
MUST (SHIN AND BEAR IT.
That it is for the conrenience of various
manufactories to be placed on the river
bank is easily understood, but it is impossi
ble to believe that people of their own
free will consent to live below the ordi
nary flood level. The inconvenience and
the dangers far outweigh any advantages
there can be from a comparative low,
ness of rents, and yet folk continue to
occupy houses in situations which must
be unhealthy even at ordinary seasons,
and which are subject to floods almost
every year, presumably for no better rea
son "than that they can secure them
cheaply.
The floods this year promise to be earlier
than usual, and we may soon expect to
hear complaints from those whose
trials are due to nothing but
their own shortsightedness. Of course, it
is out of the question to expect whole
neighborhoods such as were reached by
the unusually high water of last spring to
be deserted; but if health is an object to
be sought after, and if water in cellars,
basements, and even first floors is unde
sirable, then house hunters must be
rational in their choice of a home, and
there must be an exodus from the low
lands to the hills, of which we have
no lack. No doubt in some cases
the residents take houses in the low re
gions because they are actually unable to
pay rents elsewhere, but these are the mi
nority, and their cases come under the
head of other and greater evils.
The rapid and uncomfortable changes
in the level of the nver are clue largely to
very legitimate clearings and improve
ments in the uplands, but they are caused
in part by the fraudulent encroachments
which have been made on the river bed,
and involved a narrowing of the channel.
The Xational Goverment has taken pre
liminary steps to prevent further trespass
on the dpmain of the waterways and at
the same time see what can be dono to re
move existing encroachments. Floods
will come and floods will go, however,
before a reform of existing erils in this
connection can be secured and the low
landers guaranteed immunity from peri
odic inundation. Hence if tho people in
the soaked sections value comfort and
health they will have to seek a higher
level and turn over their present habi
tations to the industries that can take a
bath occasionally without fear of pneu
monia, chills, grip and the other ills in
duced by dampness, slime and the un
healthy deposits left by the fierce freshets.
TIIE CHURCH'S LOS.
The death of Cardinal Manning, follow
ing so soon on that of Cardinal Newman,
is a serious loss for the Church in England,
and, indeed, for thoughtful England at
large. Like Cardinal Xevfman, Cardinal
Manning began his career in the Anglican
Church, and was led to Rome by a con
scientious change of belief. The first
was remarkable for the sweetness and
magnetism of his disposition and the fin
ished beauty of h's literary style. Cardi
nal Manning, on the other hand, was noted
for the vigor of his logic, the dogmatism
of his beliefs, and the able manner in
which lie kept pace with the leading social
questions of the day. Cardinal Manning's
actions in the recent strike of the dock
laborers called forth the respect of all
thoughtful observers. He will be very
sincerely mourned by his own people and
by many outside the fold. The Soman
Church in England will have to wait long
to replace men of such influence and
ability as were the two late Cardinals.
IKO-.NIOTJS BDT IMPKACT1CT!L,E.
A Detroit enunciator company proposes,
all at its own expense, to arrange a system
of electric wires so that, at the opening of
the World's Fair, the President by press
ing a button shall set in motion mechanism
for the wholesale ringing of alarm bells
throughout the country, for the hoisting
of the national flag over an equally wide
area, and for the simultaneous announce
ment to all the leading cities of the globe
that the Exposition is now open. The
hour of the ceremony would have to bo
carefully arranged if the people of both
hemispheres, and all portions thereof, are
to be allowed to participate in the general
jubilation to follow the glorious announce
ment, otherwise it is likely that about half
of them would be soundly sleeping or
seeking slumber at the time.
How the company is to be recouped is
not mentioned, but presumably it would
be by the magnitude of the advertisement
The scheme is eminently American in its
wide scope and world-embracing enter
prise. It hardly adds, however, to the
dignity of the Chief Executive of the
rreatest country in the world to picture
him metaphorically beating a tom-tom
and shouting out: "Show just about to com
mence; walk up, ladies and gentlemen,
walk up." That the said dignity loses
something becomes a certainty when we
arc lurtner miomieti mat ine arrange
ment includes the setting in motion of
some hundreds of musical boxes up and
down the States to run through the selec
tion of music used at the inauguration of
the Exposition. This is altogether too
suggestive of drop-a-nickel-in-the-slot
phonographs and would be worse than the
most expensive of monarchical puppet
shows and circus parades.
One of the evils of the system of divid
ing railroad cars into compartments, as Is
the way in England, is again prominently
brought out by the recent accident to a
woman traveling alone with a stranger. Be
coming Manned, she stood out on the foot
board for a time.and then fell or jumped off.
The cord for communication witii the guard
was probably out of order as usual.
The murder of a doctor in Chicago by a
man who had been confined as a madman,
bul discharged as cored, raises the question
as to the reliability of cures of insanity
and as to the amountof care exercised in
the discharge of such patients.
The New York Herald't suggestion of
Henry Wntterson as a candidate lor the
Presidency is refreshing as something new.
And it is likely to remain new for a long
time.
In the newsthat Duquesne, latelygranted
a borough charter, is undergoing the excite
ment of a first municipal election, it is re
marked tliat there are more candidates than
offices. There never was a borough where
it was not so. There are always more men
anxious to ervo their municipality, or re
ceive tnlanus for so doing, than the munici
pality wants.
The discussion of Jtalian versus German
music has reached Pittsburg and is the
urce of discord in :i union which, from Its
name, should be specially harmonious.
The resolutions adopted at a meeting of
the "newsies' arc brief aud to tho point.
It the Last and Only Survivors of the sym
pathizers with the Blue Lau's persecutions
have a conscience, they should certainly
hear from It now.
There is promise of a big railroad war
between the Chicago and Northwestern and
the Union Pactflc-or the Vandorbllts verrut
Gould and the Standard Oil Company. Both
parties In tho struggle can well afford to
lose money by cut-throat competition, hut
the trouble is thatln thelongrun the travel
ing public will have to pay the piper. .
The death of Gamble Weir, Superintend
ent of Police, is a real blow to IJittsburg's
Police Department, lie filled his position
honorably and ably, and it will ho no easy
matter to find a worthy successor.
"When the newspapers are barred from
the homes of tho righteous on Sunday the
sinner who can corner the playing card
market will reap a rich harvest.
Harvard must be careful to abolish
some of the barBaiic cruelties of its secret
societies or it will soon lose even its boasted
reputation for superior refinement aud cult
ure. The moral cowardice which leads a
than to ilsk his very lifo lost he be accused
of inability to bear pain is inexcusable.
The dealers in this and the sister city
who persist in selling oleomargarine as but
ter are getting into hot water. Oleomar
garine won't melt in, the mouths of the
prosecutors.
Oxe of the most serious accusations
ngainstthe Chilean authorities is that of tho
maltreatmont of our sailors in a hospital.
Besides the death of Cardinal Manning,
tho significance of which was largely con
fined to England, the Soman Church ) ester
day suffeied tho loss of Cardinal Simeoni in
Home. He wa- remarkable for the pio
f undity ot his scholarship, and will bo missed
at the Vatican.
JfnxvALE is fairly in it flooded out by
water from ice-blocked culverts sued by a
gas company and at war with street rail
ways. There must bo lots of grit in little
Mill vale!
The Law and Order triumvirate may yet
have a harder Rohe to hoe than they bar
gained for.
The Republican Senators of Neir York
are naturally very indignant about many
things just now. Cut the report that they
intend to resign in a body will only be be
lieved when the relinquishment of their
salaries is an accomplished fact.
KN0WX TO iVEKIBODY.
Mes. CleveTjAitd is Faid to be in very
delicate health. She lives almost entirely
on milk and wine.
Gideon J. Tockeb, once Secretary of
New York State, aud afterward Surrogate of
New York City, is understood to be prepar
ing his recollections for publication.
Miss Florence Kallock. the pioneer
woman proachor of the West, has a study
that is filled with soft rugs, brio-a-brac and
draperies, and very much resembles a
boudoir.
Eogeu Q. Mills has so far recovered his
health that he mado his return trip to Texas
without unpleasant consequences, and is
already busily engaged in receiving political
visitors.
Judge Abraham Jefferson Seay, the
new Governor of Oklahoma, was not a pre
cocious youth, it is interesting to learn. In
fact, when he was 21 ho could hardly read
and write.
The youngest of the prominent clergy
men of America is said to bo Kov. Samuel A.
Eliot, son of Piesident Eliot, of Harvard,
and succesior to Her. Brookes Hereford's
pulpit in Boston.
Ex-King Fkahcis, of Spain, is now the
most Interesting of the "kings in exile." He
lives alone at Eplnay, his fat wife, ex-Queen
Isabella, residing in Paris, and is almost a
dwarf, mentally, morally and physically.
The only Turkish poetess is supposed to
be Osman Pasha's daughter, a rich young
matron of 28, who lives in a white marble
palace overlooking the blue Bosphorus, and
dines in a conservatory from a servico of
gold.
LIVE WASHINGTON WAIFS.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 14. Another
Indiena man is booked for a high ofiicc.
The President has decided to appoint II. J.
Baker, ol Goshen, to succrcd William n.
Taft as Solicitor General. This, of course,
is conditional npon the Senate's confirming
the list of Circuit Judges nominated a fort
night ago. Mr. Baker's name has beep held
back, however, till it could be ascertained
whether tho nomination of Judge Woods
would go through. In case Senators Voor
hees and Turpie should succeed in defeat
ing Woods' confirmation it is probable that
Mr. Baker will bo named In Jndgo Woods'
stead, and somebody else chosen for Solici
tor General.
In executive session of the Senate to-day
the nomination of Louis G. Bathbun to be
postmaster at Elmlra, N. Y., was recom
mitted to the Postofflce Committee for fur
ther investigation. Bathbun's confirmation
was opposed by Senator Hill, who lives at
Elmlra, and the action of the Senate was
taken to allow the production of further evi
dence before the committee.
The resolution relating to tue prosecu
tion of the Hebrews in Bussla was before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs to
day. After argument the committee took
the matter under advisement.
Me. Claggett spoke in his own behalf
this morning, berore the Senate Committee
on Privileges and Elections, and conoluded
the argument In his contest with Mr. Dubois
for a seat in the Senate as a Bepresentative
or Idaho, and the committee then laid .the
case aside for consideration.
The Senate Committee on Territories had
under consideration, this morning, the bill
to provide a local Government for Utah. It
was decided to grant a hearing on February
11 to persons from Utah in favor of and op
posed to the measure.
Speaker Crisp is now convalescent and
out of danger, unless a relapse should mi
expectedly take place. He dressed this
mornlng and wrote a letter or two. He may
bo out next week, but wilt not take any
risks. He is peculiarly subject to changes
in thu w eathcr, and a -lew days of sunshine
would greatly aid him.
BOSTON SI0CE EE0KEHS' EXCHANGE
And the Itnles by Which the New. Clear
ing Home Will Be Knn.
Boston, Jan. It. Special. Boston stock
brokers will do business according, to a re
modeled plan after Monday. A Clearing
House has been established at the Stock
Exchange, and will begin operations on the
ISth. The following stocks will be at once
delivered through the Clearing House, unless
sales are specified cx-clearing, when the
trades are made, in lots of SO shares or over:
Atchison, Atchison incomes, Chicago, iinr
Ilngton and Qulncv, Mexican Cential, New
York and New England, common and nre
feired. Sugar, common nnd preferred, Union
Pacific, Thomson-Houston common. West
End Land and Boston and Montana. All the
active stocks will be added to the list as
soon as possible. The following penalties
will be imposed: $1 for each error In calcula
tion or non-ver.lflcation by ticket, $5 for each
error in number of shares or lor putting
shares on wrong side, $5 for each ten min
utes' delay in sending In statement, $5 for
each ten minutes' delay in sending In differ
ence check. ,
The Pennsy Gobbles Railroad.
Philadelphia, Jan. 14. The contest for
the control of the Western Now York and
Pennsylvania Uailroad has resulted in a
victory for the Philadelphia stockholders,
who have elected from their own number
nine of the 13 Directors. Tile election
brought on an unusually heavy vote.
A Crimean General Suicides.
IxfifDow, Jivn. 14 General iTrent, who was
a noteu officer In the Crimean War. com-'
mittcd suicide nt Exeter to-day. Money
troubles w ere the cause of the act. v
TRIMMERS OF THE TARIFF.
Democrats Coming to the Front 'With Ex
tenilvo Additions to the Free tint
Sprlnijer on Wool and Bryan on
A hole It or Mlaeellaneons Wares.
Washington, Jan. 14. There wos an
Informal conference of a number of the
Democnitlo members of the Ways and
Means Committee to-day, at which there was
a very general interchange of views. Mr.
Springer had Ills free wool bill Teady, and
its provisions were discussed intormally.
Subsequently Mr. Springer said that as soon
as an opportunity came ho wouM, on his
own responsibility, introduce the bill in the
House for reference to Ways and Means
Committee. Its provisions are the same as
those contained in the bill heretofore
made public, except that there nre
some alight changes made In the
paragraph relating to wool waste.
The principal discussion was upon the prob
able effect on tho revenues of vaiious pro
posed tariff measures. Tho fact that the
revenues and expenditures of the Govern
ment now, according to Democratic asser
tions, show an excess of the latter over the
former, tnuiit be taken into careful consider
ation, members of tho majority sldo of the
committee sav, in deciding upon nnv
scheme tor tho revision of tho tariff, and
they will seek for estimates giving the ef
fects on the revenues of various tariff prop
ositions. The assertion mado In tho Hol
man resolution that tho treasury is hare is
likely to have influence upon tariff legisla
tion. "We will increase the revenues by
decreasing some of the duties and increas
ing imports," s.id one of the members to
day, "just as Mr. McKlnloy, by raising some
duties very high, shut off importations and
reduocd the revenues bv increasing duties."
In this wav, he added, the effect of putting
certain articles on the free list will bo
offset.
Several Bills Coming In at Once.
It was agreed that the several bills which
had been drawn up by various membors of
the committee and generally discussed and
approved by the Democratic majority
should ha introduced by their authors at
once in the House nnd referred to the com
mittee. As a result of this agreement and
the conferenco with his Democratic col
leaguei of the committee, Mr. Bryan, of
Nebraska, will to-morrow nsk consent to in
troduce in the House the following:
"On and after the first day of Octobor,
1892, the following nrticleB mentioned in this
section, when imported, shall be exempt
from dutv: Timber, hewn and sawed, and
timber used, for spars and in building
wharves; timber square or sided; wood,
mannracturcd, not specially enumerated or
nrovided for; Miwnri hnnnls. nlanks. deals.
provided for: sawed boards, planks, deals,
and all other particles of sawed lumber;
hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks, wagon
blocks, gun blocks, heading blocks, and all
like blocks or sticks, rough, hawn or sawod
only; staves of wood: pickets and palings;
laths, shingles, clapboards, pine or spruce
logs. Provided, that if any export duty Is
laid upon tho nbove mentioned articles or
either of them by any country whence Im
ported, all articles embraced In this act im
ported from said country shall be subject to
duty as now providedby law."
Three More Free List Bills Ready.
Mr. Bryan will also introduce three other
bills making the following provisions, re
spectively: "That binding twine for binding
grain made in whole or in pait from Jute
hemp, sunn, manilla, sisal, or any other
toxtllo glasses or fibrous vegetable sub
stances when imported from foreign
countries, shall be exempt from all custom
duties. That after the end of tho present
fiscal year barbed wire of all kinds and iron
rods for fencing shall be admitted free of
duty at all ports of the United States. That
after October 1, 1892, all salt, fine and coarse,
In bulk or in bags, s.icks, barrels or other
packages, shall be admitted free of duty, at
all ports of tne United States."
"Tho bill placing lumber on the free list,"
said Mr. Bryan, "covcis the same articles
placed upon tho free list by the Mills bill.
Tho Legislature of Nebraska nearly ten
years ago passed a resolution declaring that
tho tax upon lumber cost the pcoplo of Ne
braska at that tlmo more than $S00,OCO a
year and demanding that lumber be placed
upon the Iroe list, if the bui don was that
heavvso long ago It must now reach more
than $1,000,000 annually. To tako away this
oppressive tax is in line with tho policy of
our party to place tho lightest burden upon
the articles of necessary use, and lumber Is
one of the most important articles in use
among our people. Aside from tho advan
tage which tree lumber will be to the peo
ple at largo there is another reason'why the
tax should bo taken off. Our supply of lum
ber is not Inexhaustible, nnd a tariff upon
lumber has acted as a bounty for tho de
struction of our own forests and many who
have little sympathy with the demand for
cheaper necessaries will agree that it is a
wise policy to preserve our forests for fut
ure use and take our immediato supply of
lumber from nations that are willing to fur
nish It at a lower price than we aro."
After the Farmers' Good Will.
''The bill placing binding twine upon the
free list,", continued Mr. Bryan, "is intro
duced in behalf of the farmers. Ve have
given free raw material to many of our
manufacturers, and desire to extend the
same advantage to otl ers. Ending twine
is one of the things absolutely nvcessary to
tho saving of the farmers' crops, and, as
they sell their products at a price regulated
In the foreign markot, the tax Imposed upoii
the things needed by them in harvesting
their crops is a tax which they cannot
transfer to any one else. Tho Senate of the
last Congress amended the McKinley bill
so as to place binding twine npon the
free list, and every Democratic Senator
voting except one favored it, while a major
itroftho Republicans opposed it. When
the bill went to conference a tax of sevon
tenths of a cent was left, as assorted by one
of the Senators from Nebraska, at the dicta
tion of tho binding twine trust. I believe
that the cheapening of this product is an ad
vantage to which the farmers are entitled.
The same may be said of the bill placing
barbed wire and Iron rods used for lonclng
upou tho free list. Throughout the West,
especially in the States where lumber is
scarce, barbed wire for fencing is almost
universally used; and we believe It Just that
an article so muoh needed shall be relieved
from tax. The tariff on salt, which is re
moved by the other bill, is a burden to some
extent, and a salt tax has always been
odious.
Anxlons to Prove Their Solicitude.
"While these bills have not been formally
considered by the committee," concluded
Mr. Bryan, "there has been sn general an
expression in favor of these measures by the
Democratic membeis generally that I have
no doubt of their passage through the
House and think it probable that they will
also pass tho Senate. A number of other
features of tho piesent law will doubtless bo
attacked. Cotton ties and cotton bagging
ttilliecclvo attention, as will toal, Iron ore,
kerosene and a number of other things.
There is littlo doubt, I think, that Mr.
Springer's bill putting wool on the freo list
and taking ott the specific duties from
woolen manufactures will receive favorable
consideration. The plan of separate attack
seems to be favored over that of a general
bill, for the reason that there is a possibility
or even a probability that a number of re
ductions can be made in the present law.
We could simply make a record, and genu
ine relief brought will be more appreciated
by the people than a mere futile attempt at
relief for tho purpose of showing our good
will." '
GEO. S. KNIGHT BEAD.
The Curtain Drops on the Last Act in the
Comedian's Llfr.
Philapelmiia, Jan. 14 Special George
S. Knight, the actor, died at 1.20 o'clock this
afternoon nt tho home of his mother, Mrs.
Rebecca Stone. Mr. Knight was stricken
with paralysis four years ago in California,
nnd has not been on the stage since that
time. Last Sunday his illness took a tnrn
for tne worse and he was obliged to take to
his bed. His brother, who is with the Hallen
& Hart "Later On" Compauy, was at his bed
side when death occurred.
George S. Knight was, in bis time, a well
known comedian, his specialty being Ger
man dialect. His wife, Sophie Worrell, was
but little less prominent. She played in his
compan v many ears. Sho has been notified
of his death.
A BEITISH FOECE DEFEATED.
Natives SnccMSfnlly Attack an Outpost in
Nyassaland, Africa.
Mozambique, Jan. 14. The Arab slave
traders in A'yassaland recently combined
their forces and made an attack on the
British outpost, killing Captain Maguire, the
Commander ot tho South Africa Company's
force of Sikhs; Mr. Doyle, Mr.-McEwan, the
engineer of the company's steamer, and
nine Sikhs. Many moie weio wounded.
The fate of the outpost is iu doubt. The
Lake Company has asked for a gunboat and
a supply ofraunitions.
Taken tlis Tariff Off Her Speeches.
Detroit Journal.
Mrs. Lease, of Kansas, has taken the tariff
ottMier speeches, and calamity .howls will be
cheaper.
I
THE FAITH EEVISI0NIBTS
Endeavoring to Smooth Down Passages and
Keep Damnation Out of Sight.
Nbw York, Jan. 11 Special. The com
mltteo of the Presbyterian General
Assembly which is engaged in the work of
the final revision of the Westminster con
fession met again to-day and held a long
session. All members, with the exception
of Drs. Leftwioh, Nichols and Alexander,
were present. Senator McMillin nrrived
early in the couise of tho morning session.
The committee to-day spent the whole
day discussing tho doctrino of pretcrltion.
and suggesting how this could or should be
treated, and a very great many propositions
were submitted which would "smooth down
the rugged tet. to ears polite, and snugly
keep damnation out of sight." Finally, it
was decided to refer the whole matter, with
all the suggestions made bv the various
presbyteries and by the committeo to-day,
to a committee of five, which Is to report b.
final piopositlon to--lav. lint this proposi.
tion itself will have to be again considered,
and the fate of this clause may not bo
sottlcd for some considerable time.
The committee is mado up of Dr. Morris,
Dr. Patton, Dr. Herrick Johnson, Mr.
William Ernst and Judge Alfred Hand.
The proposition that was most considered
to-day was to omit the words "not to eleot
to eveilasting life," and the word "them,"
which would make the clauso read, "The
rest of mankind God was pleased to ordain
to dishonor nnd wrath for their sin."
ANOTHEE CARDINAL GONE.
Simeoni, Prefoct General ot the Propa
ganda, Pauses Away at Home.
Roue, Jan. 14. While the English peopli
nre mourning the loss of Cardinal Manning,
another prnlnta equally prominent died in
this city to-day. That prelate is Cardinal
Simeoni, forineily Papal Secretary of Stato.
and Trefect Goneral of-tho Propaganda.
Cardinal Seraflno Vannutelli, Papal Secre
taiy of Memorials, will succeod Cardinal
Simeoni as Prefect General.
When the (Ecumenical Council of tho Vat
ican was called, Mgr. Simeoni was one of tho
Consultors for the Commission of Oriental
Churches and Missions and for Ecclesiastical
Discipline Tho diplomatic relations be
tween the Holy See and the Court of Spain
having been re-pstabliflhed In 1S75, Pius IX. '
sent Mgr. Simeoni as Nuncio to Madrid, hav.
ing Just precoanized him Archbishop of
Chalcedonln. On March 15, 3S75, Plus IX.
created him Cardinal. Mgr. Simeoni, hav
ing been created Cardinal, remained in tho
nunciature at Madrid in the quality of pro-
I tnnlll'ln 1R7 hn ws innnin tml Spernrsirv
?""' ?"? ?"ws .aPl'"?"t5IJ- b?S"
nuncio, and on the death or cardinal An-
of State to His Holiness Pius IX. an ofllce
which ho retained until the death of that
Pontiff and Prefect of the Sacred Apostolic
Palaces and tho Sicred Lauretan Congrega
tion. Ho was succeeded as Secretary of
Stato hy Cardinal Franchl in March, 1873.
when Pope Leo XIII. appointed Cardinal
Simeoni Prefect of tho Propaganda.
PETJ5SIA IN BAB SHAPE.
Tho Speech From the Throne Before the
Landtag of That Kingdom.
Berlin, Jan. 14. The Landtag was opened
to-day. Tho Emperor-King wns not present,
and In his absence Chancellor von Caprlvi
leid tho speech from the throne. Tho
speech made na reference to foreign affairs.
The speech described the financial sitnation
ns less favorable than it was In 1891. It wa3
not improbable that there will be a deficit.
Iu tire Beichstag to-day, Herr IMohter ad
vised that the German steamship line to
Samoa bo abandoned. Herr Bamberger de
clared that the subvention granted to tho
German steamers to East Africa and Aus
tralia ought to bo withdrawn. The Govern
ment opposed both these suggestions. Dr.
Von Boetticher promised that the Govern
ment would present an immigration bilk
FEAHCE AND THE POPE AGEEE.
nis Holiness Requests tho Clergy to Ceaso
Opposition to the Repabllc.
Paius, Jan. 14. The Popo has sent a special
letter to the Cardinal Archbishop ot Kin's,
requesting him to instruct the French olergy
to ceaso all opposition to thoUepublicand to
follow tho utmost tho Pole's policy of con
ciliation. The sending of this letter is duo to the sat
isfactory interviews recently between His
Holiness and Count Lefevre de Behaiuo, tho
French Ambassador to the Vatican. It is
understood Count de Behaino assured the
Pope that France would relax the restric
tions placed on religions bodies and allow
more liberty in religious instructions.
Pottprs Leave Trices Alone.
Chicago, Jan. 11. Tho United States Pot
ters' Association concluded its convention
here to-day. It was decided to lcavo to local
associations tho question of prices. The
committee in charge of an exhibit of pottery
at the World's Fair will invite all potters In
the United States to join with the associa
tion. Work on the Battleship Oregon.
San Frakcisco, Jan. 14. Tho Xrame of the
battleship Oregon having been completed,
the work of putting on her outward plate3
began to-day. Tho Oregon is the first bat
tleship to be built on the Pacific coast.
DEATHS HERE AND ELSEWHERE. .
Chief Garry, of tho Spokanes.
Chief Garry, of the Spokane Indians,
died Wednesday night near bpokane. Wash. He
was a very old chief, and led his tribes at tbe time
the confederated tribes met and defeated Colonel
Steptoe, in 1833. Liter in that year Colonel
Wright met the confederated tribes near Hie fall of
Spokane and completely roated thein and warned
them never again to take up arms against the
whites. Garry ohserved the admonition to the
last. The old chiefs people hac dwindled terribly
since, and there arc now only a handful of them,
nnd tliey arc left without reservation or lands of
their own.
Prof. Charles Augnstns Aiken.
Charles Augustus Aiken, D. D., Ph. D.,
Stuart Trofes'or of the Relation of Philosophy and
bcienc to the Christian ltellgion and of Oriental
and Oil Testament Literature In Princeton Then-
logical fceininary. died yesterday. Dr. Aiken had
thgr1pa week or twoago, and latter caught cold
and liad a rilapse, whica soon developed Into
pneumonia.
General James S. Robinson.
General James S. Itobinson, formerly
Secretary of btate of Ohio, died yesterday at Ken
ton, O., of heart failure. Ho entered the army as
a private and cime out Imet major general. He
senedto terms In Congress and wa& Secretary of
dtate of Ohio from 1884 to IMS.
Obituary Notes.
EDWAHD WlIITLLiY. M. P., for the Everlou
division of Liverpool, is dead.
LENr, the sister of the late Count von Moltke
and tne widow of Pastor Broker, Is dead.
William C. Rucer, Chief Judge of the New
York Court of Appeals, died at his home in Syra
cuse jesterday.
ICHABOD TANNEit, one of the wealthiest citizens
of Portage, Wis., has Just died from t.'ieeficctsof
a cancer at the age of 100 ytar.
DB. Charles A. Bacon, a brother or Congress
man Henry Bacon, of Goshen. 'died recently at
lleland, Fla. He was 5o years o d.
jeax Louis armand dk QUATRErAOES le
BheaV. the well known French naturalist. Is
dead. He fell a ictim to influenza.
Theodobe I'.endek, the famous violinist of the
Chicago College of Music, died at his parents'
borne at Newark, O.. last night, with typhoid
fever. He was aged 17 years.
K I Lso.v SMI ril. a wealthy farmer nearMasslllon,
died lroui grip and pneumonia Wednsday night,
ag d (0. Ae leaves two married daughters, one
hi l.ig ihe wife of James J. Hooyer, editor of the
Masslllon .tmrtein.
William Justus, business partucrof Congress
man J. G. Warwick, at itas-dllon, died yesterday
evening of apoplexy, aged 6Iye-irs. He has been
prominent in the mill business la that city lor
more than a quarter of a century.
ROBERT Porter, of Houghton, Mass., died
Wednesday. A few years ago he attracted atten
tion by his habit or taking plunge baths In mid
winter at a spriug. He said tl at thlspractleo
cured him of an obstinate cape of catarrh.
Primus Parsoxs Masov. one of the most In
teresting and best-knowu colored niun In Spring
field, Miss., died Tuesday. He was 75 eais old.
and leaves a fortune estimated at S5?.C00. Ills es
tate Hilt be used lu touud a horn e for old men.
ClIAllLES A. White, the well-known music
publisher and composer of popular songs, died
Wednesday of pneumonia hi Boston. He was 02
years old. He composed more than 1.C0) songs. In
cluding "Come. Birdie, Come," and "Put Me In
My Little Bed." He also wrote ''Marguerite." "
JULIA FISHER, one of the oldest actresses In
America, Is dead in Boston, aged 78. She was the
sister or tho celebrated Alexina Fisher Baker, and
40 or 50 ears ago she was in the stock companies
of the Warren, Kagle, National and other old
playhouses or Huston. She was the widow of
James 11. Ring, who was lu his day a noted com
edian. Coloxel Robert I. Chester died at Jackbon.
Ttnn., J esterday. He was hoi n 93 ye irs ago in
Carlisle. Pa., but had lived In Tennessee most of t
his life. He was the oldest Mason In the United
States. Inn lng J lined the order in UK. He was a
oluntecrln the YJimf Ml and was Quartermas
ter under Gcneril Jackson at the B.utls of New
Orlcaus.
DEBUTANTE'S BALL.
Brilliant Gathering or Mr. and Mrs. Spang"
Friends to Greet Their Daughter's Blos
soming Into Society An Interesting Old
Place (he Scene of the Function.
Mb. and Mks. Norman Sano intro
duced their yonng daughter, Miss Sara, to
Pittsburg sooioty last night by a brilliant
ball given in the Kenmawr Hotel. As
everyone knows, a part of the hotel a couple
of years ago formed the spacious town reI
den.ee of the old Hailman family, and many
a notable entertainment has been given
within its walls. It was then well adapted
for private lunctlons of an important nature
and when it passed over into the hands of
its present owners, they wisely retained nil
the agreeable characteristics of the house.
This is a short digression into history to ex
plain the principal charm of last night's
event, combining as it did all the features of
a houso entertainment with those that ac
company the accommodations of a club
house. The old square hall, with the read
ing room opening toone side and the parlors
to the other, was all crashed and
the utilitarian nftturo of the ofllce bidden
beneath a draping of smilaz. The great old
windows, the kind in which our grand
fathers indulged when they built houses,
and which aro really an ornamental feature
of the rooms, weic hnng with lace and beau
tifully arranged groups of plants placed in
them. The mantelpieces wero banked with
ferns and flowers, and other like decora
tions were felicitously introduced. Some
thing that was uncommonly pretty, in tho
"way or a treatment of flowers, deserves
especial comment and praise. The large
dining room, where the company danced, has
four pillars in it to break its monotony.
Aiound their capitals, and hanging partly
down the shafts, ferns and trailing plants,
among them English ivy. were skillfully
draped, so that it was difficult; to bellevo
that they were not all planted in the ceiling
and growing downward. The table in the
small dining room had what might be
termed a floral scarf thrown across its
length, upon which stood several handsome
baskets of flowers. Another feature was
the decoratlvo pottery In the form of vases
statuettes and mosaics that stood in the
numerous nicnes and corners which so con
veniently abound.
Mrs. Spang was assisted In receiving, with
her daughter, bv Mrs. BIssell, Miss Blssell,
Miss Jackson, Miss Margaret Spcer and Miss
Waring, of London. Miss Mary Laughlln, a
debutante of last season, who had been in
vited to assi3t, was nnnble to do so, ns her
family are in deep mourning. Mrs. Spang
issued over 600 Invitations, to which prob
ably one half tho responses were declina
tions, by reason of illness or mourning. Tho
reception began nt 9 o'clock and dancing
somewhere in the neighborhood of mid
night: The yonng debutante is n very interesting
girl, and, though onlv now introduced for
mally, is well known "and equally well liked
in society. Sho Is more than ordin
arily clever, nnd concluded a careful
and exhaustive school career at
home by a twelve-months' travel in Europe,
in the company of her parents. She possesses
a bent toward literaturo, and while travel
ing entertained her friends in Pittsburg by
clever social sketches and narratives, pub
lished in the papers of the city. Miss
Sptng doubtless enters upon a brilliant
social career.
Among the guests who wero present wero
the following:
Mr. and Miss Rhodes, Mr. and Miss Bailey,
Mr. Llndsey King, Mis Forsvthe, Miss
Walker, Mr. McKnight, Miss Grace Kelly,
Mr. Samuel Moorheid, Miss Jennie Ross,
Miss Rankin, Mr. Rankin, Mr. Valentine,
Philadelphia: 3Ir. Bakewell, Mr. Griffin,
.Messrs. tynartnn, jtiss Lawrence, Jirs.
Katherine Oldshue, Mr. Scovel, Dr.
and Mrs. Blair, Miss Shark, Mr.
James Morgan, Miss Harding, Mr. Mullln,
Mr. and Mrs. Porter, Mr. and SItss Gray, Mr.
and Mrs. George Chalfant, Mr. Walter 31c
CUntock, Messrs. Alhrce. Miss Clara Chllds,
Miss Tlndle, Mr. Tindlo, Mrs. John S. Hays
and Miss Stella Ha vs. Mr. and Mrs. and Miss
Motcilf. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Harper,"Miss
Davis, Mr. Davis, Mrs. James Scitt and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Singer, Mrs. JShert,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles II. Reid, Miss Singer,
Mr. and Mrs George W. Dilworth, Mr. and
Mrs. oils H. Childs, John S. Clarke,
Mrs. William Carr. Mr. and Mrs. K
M. Ferguson, Messrs. Scaife, Mr.
and Mrs, Ogdon Edwards. Mrs. Sntton, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Semple, Miss nnd Mr. Ar
buthnot, Mr. Frank Williard, Miss Marshall,
the Misses Price, Miss Lockhart, Mr. and
Mrs. Bughman. Miss Howe, Mr. and Mrs.
Christian I. McKei. Mr. and Mrs. William N.
Frew, Miss Stella navs, Mr. and Mrs. James
Brown. Miss Woodwell, Miss Haworth. Miss
LucyHaworth, Mr. nnd Mrs. JohnH.RIcket
son, Dr. and Mr3. Riddle and Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Berry.
Social Chatter.
Mrs. William S. Fraser, who -was Miss
Eiklns, will hold her first "athomtj" on nest
Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock.
Mrs. Fraser will bo agisted in receiving by
her sister, Mrs. Knable. The appointments
of the establishment hio said to be daintily
completo, and Mrs. I'raser's friends will De
charmed to obtain an opportunity of seeing
them.
By a charming little house ovent, Miss,
Jennie B. Phillips and Sir. Edward M.iretta
colebrated their nuptials last night, after
which thoy left on the 3:20 train for tho East.
Many friends went with them and sent with
the happy pair as many good wishes as It
was possible to bear away.
LIQTJ0E ASS MUST GO.
Tale's Faculty Orders Them Oat of the
College Periodicals.
New Havew, Jan. 14. Special Tho facul
ty of Yale Unlveisity have issued an order
to all the boards of editors of the
college periodicals that henceforth
no more advertisements from sa
loonkeepers may appear in their
publications. It has been tho custom for
ears to print inconspicuous places in col
lege papers the display advertisements and
rcadimr notices of the popular cafes, saloons,
wholesale liquor dealers and grocery men
who carry a stock of fine wines and liquors.
Tho action of the faculty is paid to have
bean occasioned bv the recent disclosures
a1- to club life of Harvard stndents, nnd es
pecially thnt of the members of the Dickey
Club. The leventie to the papers from this
kind or advertising is very large, and some
doubts aro expressed ns to the possibility of
the existence of the pipers without this
support.
THE BIG COTTON HOUSE ASSIGNS.
A Foreign Attachment and Bad Trade
Caused the Coates Failure.
PniLADFLrniA, Jan. H. The embarrassed
cotton and wool commission firm of Joseph
H. Coates A Co., of this city, made tin assign
ment to-day to Horace H. Frilz. Thero
are no preferences, and no Judgments
or attachments were brought against the
firm. Thiee branches in tho South will of
course be included in the assignment.
The immediate cause of the failure was
a foreign attachment issued yesterday nfter
noon for $10,000 by the Farmers and Me
chanics' National Btnk aaainst the Wash
ington Manufacturing Company, or Glouces
ter, N. J., and Joseph H. Coates & Co. Tho
more probahlo cause is glveu as the demoral
ized condition of the cotton market.
The Kdacatlon of Hebrew Befagees.
St. Louis, Jan. 14. Tho annual convention
of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of
America convened this morning. President
Cohen, in his opening address, took up the
question or tho responsibility devolving
upon the American Hobrews in regaidto
the great number of Russian Hebrews who
were coming and had come to this country.
Heiecommended that tho convention tako
steps to educate tho refugees, and Incident
ally referred to the value of manual training
schools.
Another Cotton Firm Falls.
New Osleas3, Jan. 14. Special The fail
ure is announced of W. H. ChafHc .t Co., cot
ton factors, -with liabilities $3,000, and
assets 700,000. The firm asks for an exten
sion of one, two nnd three years, and offer
ns security a mortgage on their plantation
and other real estate of $500,000. Tne genrul
heller is that the extension will bo granted.
Newly Named Postmasters.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 14 Among the
nominations sent by the President to the
Senate, to-day, were the following post
masters: Pennsylvania Eugene D. Webb,
Elkland; Allen L. Shomo, Hamburg; Frank
J. Over, Hollldaj sbnrg: Joseph K. Moore,
Coii8hohocken. Ohio William B Wolver
ton, Norwalk; Flank M. RItzeel, Warren;
Harry M. Leach, Hiram.
Uncle Sain In n Harry for Gaits.
Tkot, N. Y., Jan. 14. There is extraordi
nary activity In the Watervllet ArsonaJ, or
Government gun foundry. Instructions
have be,eu rrcelvod to rush nllrder3 tor big
guns nnd waste no time In final polish or
luncy finishing touches. Thirty-eight-lncn
gnus are now belng'fliilshed with the titliict
hpued and u large number oi gutlingguns
uio under way.
TflE'BLUE LAW CRUSADE.
Tne Attempt Will Snrely FaU.
New York World.
The city of Pittsburg Is now called on to
face the Issues involved In an attempt to re
vive an obsolete and forgotten Sunday law.
The law dates from a century ago, and, like
all Sunday laws of that time, attempts to
prevent the carrying on of useful and neces
sary occupations. It is needles to say that
h.. tn .. n -rh-,. 1 h.rritr nnn
large city in this conntry In which the at
tempt has not been made to rnforco restric
tions and prohibitions obnoxions to the ma
jority ot tho people, and the Tesnlt has in
variably been the same. Interference with
the natural rights ana liberties of the peo
ple is so repugnant to tho American mind
that even tho authority of the law is power
less to continue it, nnd after a spasmodic at
tempt at enforcement and a great deal of
contention and bad feeling the ovperlment Is
abandoned. Those who undertake to legis
late for the customs and morals of a great
city should bear in mind tho wishes of the
people on whose .consent depends the en
lorcemeut of the law, and should guard
against the danger of placing on the statute
books anv law which is certain to he openly
defied and annulled by public opinion.
Mrs. Partington Has Her Broom in Hand.
New York Evening World.3
The "Law and Order League" of Pittsburg
has started in to put down the Sunday
papers. So it seems there Is still a Mrs. Part
ington, broom In band, arrayed ogalnst an
Inflowing ocean tide.
Any Job Can Then Be Tackled.
Buffalo Enquirer.
The Law and Order League of Pittsburg
has resolved to suppress Sunday papers. If
the league carries out this resolution It need
not hesitate totacklo any job that cornea
along.
Needs an Injection of Good Sense.
Detroit Free Press.
The truly good people of Pittsburg say
that the Sunday newspaper must go. What
that city needs is an injection of bi-chlorido
of ordinary, every day, plain, old-fashioned
horse sense. It only has periodical attacks
of moral cramps and then takes the blue
laws as a panacea for all wrong doing.
Will Bs Ground Into Flno Powder.
New York Eenlng Sun.
The Law and Order League of Pittsburg
undertakes to put down Snnday newspapers.
This Is well. Theshortest cnttogettlngridof
a nnlsance such us the Pittsburg cranks is
to have them undertake putting down all
newspapers, for presently aro the cranks
groun d into a powder of exceeding impalpa
bility. "Why Puritans Aro Bothering the City.
Grcenaburg Argus.
The Law and Order Society threatens to
suppress Pittsburg's Sunday newspapers. If
that city hadn't the Mayflower perhaps tho
Puritans wouldn't have bothered it.
A O00S IMPULSE.
Tho Kenda's Appear to Very Great Ad
vantage in Two Light Comedy Boles.
"Impulse" is not a great drama, but Its
comedy Is pretty and the story Is mildly In
teresting. Last night at the Dnqucsne a
largo andlence blessed the play because It
served to show Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in a
most ngrgeahle light. Mrs. Kendal ns a
charming widow, Jii-j. Eereiford, was simply
lovely, there is no other term that will fit
her so woll. Mr. Kendal as tho good natnred,
not very deep guardsman, Captain Crichton,
conveyed inimitably the humor and charm
of tho charactor. His English gentleman
Is the slmon-pnre article; not a mere
stage structure of eyeglass, long mustache,
dandified clothes and an accent that might
be natural m a costcrmonger, as most of the
representatives of English gentlemen are
on the American stnge. Captain Crichton's
lanch, his "You are, yea are, you know you
nre!" convnlsed the audKrnce. The funniest
scene perhaps was the Captain's unconscious
proposal of marriage, in which the wonder
ful power of Mrs. Kondal to make her faco
tell volumes was strikingly exhibited. The
Scrformance asawholo was nicely done,
r. Huntley's blind and deaf old man was
good, but Miss Florence Cowell wns too
evenly miserable to make Victor dcRieVs in
fatuation lor her accountable. Sho even
lot her misery muss her hair and
drivo her to unbecoming gowns. yt
in places Miss Cowoll was genuinely
pathetic. Tho part is a flabbv one
nnyhow. Tho villain is the typical French
man from tho English standpoint, a ravell
ing wolf nftor other men's wives, and Is as
mean and contemptible as a foil to the sim-
S'e-mtnded hero. Captain CricTiton. need be.
r. Carne wns villainous enough In tho role.
After art, the Kendals, the Kendals whose
stay here Is drawing to a close alas! are com
pensation for any little defects. Mrs. Ken
dal appeared last night in a ball dross, in
which yellow chrysanthemums were tho
keynoto of color, more decollete than any
thing she has worn here before. The cur
tain calls were numerous. To-night it will
bo "A Scrap of Paper."
BIDS P0E PEKHSTLVANIA'S BUILDING
To
re Immediately Invited by tho Stato
Board of World's Fair Managers.
Harrisboto, Jan. 14 Special. The ex
ecutive committee of the Pennsylvania
Boaidof World's Fair Managers met In the
Capitol to-day. The plans, as modified, for
Pennsylvania's building at the Fnir wero
adopted, and it was decided to Immediately
invito bids for tho erection of the building.
Thomas P. Lonsdalo, the designer of tho
plans, was engaged as supervising archi
tect. The action of tho committee on gas
and petroleum, In demanding that those in
dustries be properlv recognized by allot
ment of space at the Exposition, was in
dorsed. A committee from tho State convention of
Master Painters headed by John S. B. 31er
cer, of Pittsburg, waited upon the executive
committeo, and invited the members to a
banquet held at the Commonwealth Hotel,
this evening. Adjutant General McClelland
attended the meeting of the committee.
This is the first time ho has been able to go
out on business since ho was overtaken by
sickness, two months ago.
DIAZ'S' SIDE OF IT.
Garza In Hiding and His Followers Ignor
ant or What They're Fighting For.
City ov Mexico, Jan. 11. An ngent of the
Government has just leturned from tho
frontier where ho claims to have made
thorough investigation ot tlie revolutionary
movement. He says Garza Is hiding and his
followers starving; that desertions are
nnmerous and that many of the wonld-bo
robels are Ignorant of the causes for tho
rising. Ho states, also, that he did not dis
cover the existence of any grievance agairst
President Diaz:
He believes that the disaffected people
hac been unjustly incited aaainst the State
Government, and asserts that the leaders
are confessedly tired of the movement, are
without Hinds and open to an offer of
amnesty from tho Government. In official
circlw n this city, the rumor that Iturbide
is tht ill bend of tho revolution is regarded
as absurd. It is said, too, that the clergy de
slro to bo nt peaco with Pre-ident Diiz, who,
while strict with them, It is claimed, is
more lenient than would be any one else.
Suing a Trust Tir Conspiracy.
Chicauo, Jan. 14. Andrew D. Bishop, a
fruit preserve ninmUnctiirer of this city, in
stituted a suit for $125 000 damagos in the
United States Circuit Court to-dny against
tho American Preserver's Company, alleg
ing that tbe company is a trust, monopoly
nnd conspiracy to restrici.the movements in
prices. He also alleged that by threats of
ruining his business the trust forced him
into the combination, but finding it to be an
illp.Mil enneerii he dioDDed out. whereat tho
trut seized his entire business, and is now.
in possession of it.
New York's Big Pnylng Pontofflcp.
New Yobk, Jan. 11. Special According
to the annual reports of tne heads or depart
ments to Postmaster Van Cott, the total re
ceipts to the ofllce In Now York last veir
were $8,505,952 08: totnl expenditures. $2 523,
540 50, and the net revenue $3,9-30,411 40. The
weight or tho mails received and dispatched
w as 335 tons.
Killing Frosts in Southern California.
Los Anozlks, Jan. 14 Tho heavy frosts of
December were ery destructive to the fruit
crups and the trees in "the San Gabriel
Vallov. No accurate cstln-ato can ho made
of thti ilnpntc yet, hut ono authority places
the reduo-.ion on the citron crop at over Si
per c-nr. and souieestlmate the loss iu value
to be 1,000,000.
. CUEIOUS CONDENSATIONS.-,
Weaving was practiced in China more
than 1,000 years before It was known else-;
were.
There are 44,000,000 square miles of
land In the Northern Hemisphere against
10,000,000 In the Southern.
At Americas, Canada, there is a peculiar
species of rat. It Is of several colors and
, fpJ"" ' ?r;. "
! hundreds of them
can bo seen about the
streets. ,
A Belgian, who cannot speak a word of
English, was fined at Muncle. Ind.. for pro
voking a man who could not understand
what the Belgian said
A resident of Saratoga, Ark., unearthed
what are supposed tobe the bones of a mon
strous serpent. There were 33 Joints, and
some of them weighed nine pounds.
It is a sign of fair weather if the cluster
of small air bubbles formed by the sugar
collect and remain in the center of the cup.
If they rush to the sldeslt will surely rain
berore night.
A. strange illness has broken out in the
Zoological Gardens, Amsterdam, among the
beast of proy. In three dnvs 16 creatures
have died, including several of tho finest
lions and tigers.
The sapphire and emerald are credited
with properties which rendered them ca
pable of influencing ophthalmic disorders,
ana there Is a superstitious belief that ser
pents are blinded by looking at the latter
stone.
The latest scheme for room decoration
adopted by tho girls is to accumulate
enough love letters to cover the walls of
their sleeping apartments. They make the
dado of tho envelopes and the general dec
oration of tho letter sheets.
Divers who helped to lay the founda
tion of the great Ends bridge found that
while they wero under a pressure of four
"atmospheres," or 00 pounds to the square
inch, the ticking of a watcb was absolutely
painful to the ear. They also found it im
possible to whistle.
The tornado whirls at a rate variously
estimated from 500 to 2,000 miles an hour.
Though ephemeral and diminutive, It ha3
vastly greater violence. To class it a
"cyclone" Is to belittle its terrors. True
cyclones aro exceedingly scarce, while tor
nadoes are numbered by the hundred every
season.
A curious marriage custom is recorded
bv Dr. Post as existing in Southern India,
among some f the more primitive non
Arynn tribes. This consists in wedding a,
girl to a plant, a tree, an animal, or even
to an inanimate object, the notion being
that any ill-luck which mav follow an actnal
marrlago will bo averted by a union of this
kind.
Squirrels and gophers are great scatter
ers or seed. They earry nuts about In their
cheek-pouches andbury them here and there
in thegronndan inch to an inch and a half
deep. They remember where a good many
of them are hidden and dig them up again,
but they are sure to forget some, and these
bavo an excellent phange to sprout and
grow.
The constellation of Lupus, or the
Wolf, lays low down in the South, only a few
of the stars in the group being visible to us.
According to the beliefs of the ancients,
this group of stars figure a man, Lycaon,
King of Arcadia, who lived 3500 years B. C.
He was changed into a wolf by Jupiter he
canie he offered human victims on the altar
of the god Pan.
If you want to know how many years
will elapse before you may expect to Do
married balance your spoon on the edge of
your cup, first noting that is perfectly dry;
fill another spoon partly with tea, and hold
ing it above tbe balanced spoon let the drops
of the tea gather to the tip of the spoon and
gently fall into the bowl of tbe one below.
Count the drops each one stands for a
year.
In London, the greatest commercial
city of tho world, only 15 persona in 1,000 use
the telephone. Tho telephone is used most
in countries where the service is owned or
controlled by the State. In Germany. Switz
erland, Norway and Swedon from 103 to 400
persons in every lOO.OOOof the population are
subscribers. Iri Great Britain only 53 per
sons In 101,000 use the' telephone. In Berlin
11, and in Paris4.2xmt of 1,000 inhabitants Use
tne teiepnono.
Among birds that have the power of
Imitation the parrot is supposed to talk the
best: bnt, as a matter of fact, its voice Is de
cidedly inferior to that of the mynah, a
species of Stirling, of which there are ex
amples at the London Zoological Gardens.
Curiously enough tho male bird speaks In a.
high, clear tone, like that of a child, while
the female has a gruff voice. The mynahs
are fond or showing off their vocal powers to
visitors to the gardens.
Ladies and waiting maids among the
ancient Greeks and Romans wore plain
hoops of gold or silver in their ears, and a
time progressed these became more elabo
rate, precious gems bemg set in them. Many
Roman matrons possessed earrings of the
most costly and gorgeous description. One
of the most fashionable pitterns affected by
those of rank and wealth wns modeled in tho
form of an asp, with a golden body shaded
with gems of the first water.
Giant Squids or calamaries are eaten.
They are ferocious creatures, and it is of
them that so many stories are told as to
.their attacking boats and even ships. They
weigh sometimes many thousands of pounds,
having two enormously long tentacles with
which to seize prey and eigh t shorter ones to
hold It, all armed with enormously powerful
suckers. These animalspossess an approach
to a brain, inclosed in a cartilaginous skull.
One of them would furnish food for a frigate.
To ascertain the productive power of
weeds, the seeds upon a sinzlo plant of dif
ferent species have been counted with tho
following results: Wild carrot, 1,200; dande
lion, 1,500; chlckweed, 2,000; cockle, 3,200;
ca'r.psion. 3 4J5: chess, 3,500; dock, 3,700;
ragweed, 4,37.!: groundsel, 6.500-; o-c-eye daisy,
a ..ah i, m rnn. mn.l,.,im,- lOfWU frttr.
burdock. 400.323; pursane, 500,000; lambs'
quarters, Kj.wu. ..
A few years ago the owner of a river
side farm in Southern Indiana published a
report which seemed to prove that, for a
few weeks at least, birds ol certain species
are apt to hiDcrnate, like bats and squirrels.
Anumberof laDorers had been clearing a ,
pitch of wood at the river shore, and cams
across several martins or chimney swallows
that had taken refugo in a hollow sycamore
tree and appeared numb or halt dead with
cold, but on lieing brought to a warm room
revived and fluttered about the w indows as
if notnlng had happened.
LIGHT. LITTLE LAUGHS.
Tommy Mr. Wilkinson, ain't you shaped ,
Just like other men?
Mr. Wilkinson I suppose so. Tommy. Why?
Tommy rapa says yon ain't exactly square and
Belle says you seem to be always 'round. 2feio York
Herald.
"Is marriage a failure? Perhaps so," said
she.
Some people sfilrm It. and yet
I really don' t see how thus it can be
When divorce 1 so easy to get."
Washington Star.
Kevivalist Do you believe in any other
state?
WhooperuP Noslrce, 1 believe In New York
first, last and all the time. Brooklyn Eagle.
Sht; This is the day you promised to
marry me. so let us go to tho parsonage at once.
lie Great scott: Hare I got to go everywhere
with your Cau't yon gn anywhere without having
me tagingat your apron strings? Texas Siflinss.
She smiles on me, I know,
Yet I've in hope no part.
They're not the smiles that glow
Spontaneous from the heart.
Tls hardly worth my while
To try lo bend her will;
A girl may smile ami smite
And be unwillln' still.
Judze.
Chappie Were you aw pwesented to Hsr
MaJeMy in Lnnnou?
Rosalie Yes. anil the next time I met her out
dri lug I cmlled and bowed, but the ol I lady never
paid the least attention to me. A. 1'. lltmtd.
Jack Do you think your father approves
or my suit, dear?
Maude I hardly know. 1 heard him say he was"
going to enter a motion lo hare It dlsmlsef I. Ai.
Jvsrph DtiUtf Sew.
This world, they say, to wag away
Must hare all 6ortsof peop'e:
Thouxli but one God, we'd tnlnk It odd
If tlieVe were but one steeple.
Judge.
Tizs Look out, there's danger there!
don't you see the red flag In front of that honse? '
liigrfs-What Is It-small pox? '' -
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