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The Dispatch correspondent learns that, moved by the death of the Duke of Clarence and the continued ravages of influenza, the Gov-4 eminent has decided to institute an ex haustive inquiry into the history, symp toms and c&ects of that disease, with a vie w sot (o much to discover an antidote as to collect a mass of information sufficiently re liable to enable the medical faculty to agree upon the best methods of treatment and to decide the question whether it should be placed in the category of contagious and in fectious diseases requiring compulsory iso lation and specific hospitals. It has not been settled whether the in quiry shall take the form of a royal commis sion or a select committee of the House of Commons, but the former is more likely. Borne sort of inquiry is undoubtably neces tary. The doctors cannot agree either as to the real character of the disease or the man ner in which it should be treated, and the newspapers arc full of letters from amateur physicians proclaiming the discovery of re liable ptophytactics or infallible cures. Itccklcts Use of Noxious" Drugs. Nervous people are recklessly dosing themselves with drugs more orless noxious, or are frightening themselves into sickness. The Public Health Department of the Board of Trade is mute and supine, and the local authorities are either foolishly inert or fcohshly meddlesome. During the last visit of cholera to this country the Govern ment called in expert advice and placarded the country with "rules of health," while free medical dispensaries were opened in many distric's. The fact that experts are hopelessly at loggerheads 111 regard to the treatment of influenza may explain the existing official somnolence, hut meanwhile the epidemic continues to spread, and there are indica tions that w idesprcad uneasiness may de velop into a general panic. A Dower Tor a Kcreavf d Prlncws. "While Princess May of Teek was still weaving wreaths to place on the coffin of her royal lover as it rested in the little church at Sandrinjrham some exceptionally British and w holly unroraantio man in the congenial columns of the Times suggested that the money collected in all parts of the country for the purchase of wedding gifts to the lucMess young couple should be given to the widowed bride, supplemented, if need be, by a national sub scription by way of solatium for blighted love and ruined prospects. The man pro posed to call the money "a national dower," and it did not seem to strike him that there could be anything indelicate or offensive in a scheme which involved the assnmntion that the crief of the young and crnelly be rea e d Princes could'be assuased by gold, and that in due course she would find an other lover ana ultimate husband. The scheme hat, however, iound favor with manv hard-headed and unimaginative - men, and tnere is no reason to doubt that if rovalty should lend approval 50,000 can and will be collected. niglily Indelicate and Offensive. The Tunes of course "fails to see anv valid objections. But, as the Pall Mall Gazette observes to-day. One cannot argue to anv purpose about matters of taste. If a man does not instinctively feel that there is something indelicate and offensive about approaching a girl who has lost her lover with a bank mte as a solatium, no amount of arguing will contince him. But one can at any rate point out clearly the nature of the proposal and, stripped of all -erbiage about national dowers, the proposal comes iirply to thi: 'Madame, you have lost your lover, and thereby a rich settlement, Ve cannot bring the dead to lite, but wc can put our hands m our pockets ana pro vide the settlement. Allow us, therefore, to express our svmpsthv bv presenting vou wr.fl, a 1.AA1 Tk. .jf. -e il v:.. with a check.' The validftr of this obiec tions to this proposal depends on the view one takes of the irredeemably vulgar." In court circles it is whispered that Prince George, of "Wales, has been paying some at tentions to the daughter of Prince Christian, and it is further stated the marriage of the Prince will be encouraged at the first decent opportunity. Praylnc for UIr to the Throne. Further heirs to the throne of England in the direct line are prayed lor. The idea of the Duke of Fife as prince consort or regent is less liked the more it is discussed. Some of the highland chiefs would prefer raising the clans to bend the knee in fealty to the Macduff There is better blood in Scotland than that of the Fifes. Anecdotes in reference to the royal princes arc still being related, and although none equal for audacious resource the action of the late Prince Albert Victor, who, when iis Grandmother declined his appeal for funds and gave him much kindlr advice about keeping out of debt, sold the auto graph letter fo-30 shillings, yet many are (highly interesting and reteal much of the boys characters The latePrince once con fessed that his coming honors wci"hed bcavily on him, and he would prefer a country gentleman's life with an income of 5,000. IF Both the Princes were fnm-;.. , the training ship Britannia, and although the edict went forth that thev -were to have their titles, the order proved irksome to the Princes, and George, confessing that it was o, accepted from his mesylates the nick name of "Sprat, the late Diik-i nfn.n at the same time agreemgto answer the call' tof "Herring." Thursday and Saturday Unlucky. The reflections indulged in last week respecting the unlucky title held by the late Prince have been fol lowed by the discovery that Thursdav the day on which he died, is' an unlucky day for Ehelish royalty four sov ereign, Henry VIIL, Ediard VL, Queen Marv and Queen Elizabeth, having expired -on Thursdays. But clearly a far more fatal day is Saturday, at any "rate during the j ait 200 years. For instance, "William III. (died on Saturday. March 18, 1702; Queen ,Anne died Saturday, March 1, 1714; George 51. died Saturday, June 10, 1727; George iL '"died Saturday, October 25, 17C0; George I1L iSied Saturday, January 29, lb20; George IlY. died Saturday, June 26, 1830, the iDuchess of Kent, the present Queen's mother, died Saturday, March 16, 18G1; the Prince Contort, her "husband, died Satur- day, December 14, 18G1; Princess Alice, her daughter, died Saturdav, December 14, 1878. One of the numerous pathetic incidents connected with the death of the Duke of Clarence is that workmen were engaged in decorating tho bridal chamber at St. James Yalace when the telegram was received announcing the bridegroom's death, and tne work of course was abruptly stopped. The decoration of the entire suite of apart ments in the palace which the Queen had allotted to the young couple was nearly completed when the sad news arrived. Decorations rfow Black-Draped. The grand drawing room is a large and handsome apartment Tho ornamentation of the walls is not quite complete, bnt the prevailing hue was to hive been a blendof gold and amber, while amber curtains were to hang from the windows, and draperies of a similar hue have been ar ranged in the various corners. These win dows are now heavily draped in black. The Emaller draw'ing-room was already complete when the intelligence of death was received at St James' palace. The room has a dark, almost chocoiate-colored suite, and several valuable oil pointings are on the walls, which are of bright golden tint The bed rooms and princess' boudoir are not complete, but the latter v ould have been a charmintr apartment, is almost pure white, with an elaborate array of mirrors. What will be done with the unfinished rooms, or whether they will be completed is not yet certain. The Cardinal's Kemarkabin Funeral. The features of Cardinal Manning's funeral were the pomp and solemnity of the requiem mass in Brompton oratory, and the somber simplicity of the actual interment in Kensal Green "cemetery. All the poor of London seemed to have turned out into the cold, fog-fillled street', to do homage to their benefactor'js remains on the long jour ney from church to cemetery. No similar demontration of popular love and reverence for a dead man has been wit nessed within living memory. Many poor creatures, not a few barefooted, who waited in the street or cemetery for hours, must be now suffering for their devotion. Tho demonstrations was palpably spontaneous, and its magnitude was bo entirely unex pected that the police arrangements lor keeping a route proved ludicrously inade quate. A the cemetery the crush was pro digious, and the good sense and befitting reverence of the people alone averted serious consequences. POLITICS IN ENGLAND. ACTIVITY APPARENT AT THE PAKTT HEADQUARTERS. Tlie Coming Cabinet Council Liberals Energetic and Ecthmlastto Everywhere An Oratorical and Propagandist Move ment Gcschen's BUI a Dead Duck. IBT CABLZ TO THE DISPATCH. 1 London, Jan. 23. The preparations for ministerial banquets and activity apparent at the party headquarters in London afford the customary indications of the approach of the Parliamentary session. The first of a series of cabinet councils, at which tho Government will decide upon the order and extent of its legislative programme, will be held Tuesday next, and arrangements are being made for a meeting of Liberal Unionists to confirm the choice already in formally made of Mr. Chamberlain as leader in the House of Commons in place of Lord Hartington, compulkorily translated to the. House of Peers. Bus the most cheerful thing at present observable in politics is the energy and en thusiasm everywhere displayed by the Lib erals. There is every reason to believe that the Government has decided to be guided by the course of events in the coming ses sion in regard to fixing the date of the gen eral election. Bnt the word has gone forth among the Liberals that Parliament will be dissolved in the early summer on the pre text of Liberal obstruction to the Irish lo eil government bill, and thev are cheerfully miking preparations accordingly. rnbllo Meetings to Bo Held. A series of great demonstrations to extend all over the country has been arranged, at each of which one Liberal leader it ill at tend. London, which, judged by its Par liamentary representation, is almost hope lessly Tory, will be systematically attacked in everv constituency, the campaign open ing at Kcnnington, February C, ahd extend ing into April. The programme does not at present include Mr. Gladstone amonc the speakers, but he will he in his place in Par liament, and may be trusted to keep things moving. Concurrently with this oratorical and propagandist movement the electioneering agents Will be hard at work checking lists ot registered voters and tracing "removals, " so that when the fateful time shall come the whereabouts of every elector will be known. If it should be understood that the coming election will be fought on the register made last summer, a man may have moved from London to Timbuctoo in the meantime, but if he can get back to town in time lie has the right to vote. Bemovals are naturally most numerous among the working class of voters, so that the existing registration system works to the disad vantage of the Liberals. Electoral Reform In tho rnture. As soon as the home rule question shall have been disposed of the Liberals will take in hand the subject of electoral reform, and one of the first alterations made will be in the registration law making residential qualification for Parliamentary franchise 3 months instead of 12 months, as at present. Mr. Goschen's scheme for increasing the metallic reserve by issuing 1 notes, which has been badly maltreated from time to time since its birth, received this week a mortal blow. Mr. Goschen, preparing for a fall, declared some time ago that the scheme could not be proceeded with with out the approval and co-operation of the business men of Loudon. On Thursday afternoon the London Chamber of Com merce discussed the scheme and rejected it by an overwhelming Vote, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Goschen had that same morning, with a view to influence the Chamber, published an open letter explain ing and justifying his proposals. Goschen's BUI a Dead Duck. It may be assumed that Goschen will not attempt to proceed with his bill in Parlia ment The measure has been moribund for eome time past, ahd is now, to all practical intents and purposes, dead. It was never really robust, but it appeared likely to live until Mr. Gladstone denounced it as "a quack measure." Then it began to languish, and its demise was hastened by tho cruel treatment to which it -was subjected by tho bankers, who feared that 1 notes woul4 give them much trouble and diminish their pronts. It is understood that Mr. Joseph Cham berlain is very much annoyed with Mr. Arthur Jamet Balfour. Mr. Chamberlain is ju-.t now riding the hobby known as "old age pensions," and Mr. Balfour is unable to admire either the horsemanship or the horse. Millions of Totes Controlled. It is presumed, therefore, that Mr. Bal four, as First Lord of the Treasurr and leader of the House of Commons, will op pose or at any rate, refrain from support ing Mr. Chamberlain's pet scheme, and his example vi ill be followed by a majority of the Tory party. As the scheme will also be opposed by a number of members acting on behalf of the great friendly so cieties, it seems foredoomed to failure, and Mr. Chamberlain's irritation is therelore perfectly understandable. It seems strange that so clever a man should have failed to sec that a State pen sions system must necessarily injuriously affect the voluntary friendly societies, and stranger still, that a politician so astute should forget that those societies can send about 2,000,000 party voters to the polls. ALL SOUS TEEMBLE3. The City and Towns Nearby Badly Shaken by Earthquake Shocks. Bomb, Jan. 23. Several severe shocks of earthquake were felt here last night, which caused a panic The inhabitants rushed into the streets, many of them in dishabille, not waiting to save any of their personal effects. They remained on the streets all night The theaters trembled. The ground snoocso violently that the street lamps were extinguished. The Pope" was aroused by the earthquake. His Holiness was as sured that there was no danger, or any pros pect of any, and he thereupon retired for the night The effects of the earthquake were quite serious in the Province of Borne, which the dispatches show was very generally affected. At Genzano, a town of about 5,000 inhab itants, 18 miles southwest from Borne, on the Appian "Way, several houses collapsed. The inmates had taken fright at the first underground rumblings and had sought safety in flight, and, consequently no one was injured. At Civita Lavigna (the Lanu vium of the ancients), 18 miles southeast of Borne, where there are a number of Boman antiquities, the historical tower fell. Many houses were damaged at Velletri, 21 miles south of Borne. No loss of life has been reported. A POTEKTATK LOSES HIS SUIT. Tho Xizam of Hyrrabad Soaked for 31,- OOO.OOO, the Value of a Diamond Caar. Loxdojt, Jan. 2a The $1,000,000 dia mond case of the Nizam of Hyerabad was decided in India about three weeks ago against the Nizam. This distinguished potentate was beaten in the courts by an humble though famous dealer in gems and bric-a-brac, named Jacob, who is said to be the very person whom Marion Crawford immortalized under the name of "Mr. Isaacs. " The Nizam is one of the greatest of all the Indian potentates. His large territory, nearly two-thirds the size of Bengal, lies between the Madras and Bengal presiden cies. He is noted for his friendliness toward the Empress of India and her Gov ernment, for the magnificence of his jew elry, and for the lavish hospitality with which he entertains distinguished guests. THEATEE3 IS TB0UBLZ. The Grip and Dnke of Clarence's Death Keep Triein Almost Empty. TBY CABLS TO TDK DISPATCIt.l Jaxstdos, Jan. 23. The combined effects of the death of the Duke of Clarence and the influenza epidemic threaten to land three-fourths of the London theatrical managers in the bankruptcy court At most houses the stalls and boxes are 1 nearly empty every night, and the managers cannot live on the pit and gallery alone. Mr. Perkins' Slcnlflcnnt Mlsilon. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATOn.l Londok, Jan. 23. The Boyal Society will send out, at the end of this month, Mr. C L. Perkins to the Sandwich Islands, via San Francisco, on a significant mission to investigate the zoology of the group. The British Government will defray all expenses and the United States Government has been asked to give Mr. Perkins special facilities. . i An American Adventurer's Troubles, rnr cable to tar. DisrATcn.1 London, Jan. 23. Edward Printer, an American who got into trouble hero In his attempt to persuade people that ha had dis covered the philosopher's stone, was sent to Switzerland Thursdav on nn extradition charging him with similar and for the time i successiui malpractices in that country. Qneon Victoria's Case-of Dropsy. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH-l t London, Jan. 23. It is whispered, that Queen Yiotoria is suflering from incipient dropsy. According to tho court circular, however, sho is quite well, and there is no doubt that she drives out daily in all J weatners. Eost TTItn AH on Board. Tunis, Jan. 23. The French steamer Patrie, which sailed early in January from this port for Marseilles, is supposed to have been lost with all on board during a hurri cane which swept over the Mediterranean shortly after she left Tunis. Marat BaHtead on Bis "Way Borne. tBT tiABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, Jan. 23. Marat Halstead sailed "Wednesdiy on the Majestic, after a brief visit to Europe to look after his younger children, who are in school in Paris and Berlin. Mercury Below Zero at Vienna. Vienna, Jan. 23. Yesterday was the coldest day here in many years. The ther mometer registered 1 above rero in the city and 6 below outside. The streets were almost deserted. On the Trail ot a Dynamiter. tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! LONDON, Jan. 23. The. police are look ing for andVill probably shortly arrest an other man in connection with the alleged Anarchist dynamite conspiracy. The Eatest Golden Eldorado. FI.OEISANT, Coii., Jan. 23.--One of the richest strikes ever realized in Colorado baa been made at Cripple Creek, 18 miles from here, in the El Paso mine, whero ore that assays $1,000 a ton was taken out Jt was found 40 feet from the surface. A blast opened a vein of almost white quartz, studded thickly with gold. The vein is seven feet thick. Resumption Under Conditions. jrarkADELrniA, dan. zj. A comproj mise has been effected by which the Cen tennial Trust and Finance Company, re cently closed by the Superintendent of Banking, hits been allotted to resume busi ness. The State's action against the com pany has been withdrawn on condition that the latter ceases to collect or solicit de posits. i Banged, hat Saved From the Stake. Uevada, Mo., Jan. 23. A mob of 250 men from Barton county came here last night and took from the jail Hepler, the murderer of Mrs. Goodby and her little son. The mob started away with the avowed pur pose of burning Hepler at the stake. The mob finally- took Hepler to Lamar and' hanged him in the Court 'House yard. A Wire Murderer Will Die. Louisville, Jan. 23. Dennis McCarthy was last evening convicted here of murder ing his wife. The defense was insanity. The murder was committed September 7, 169L McCarthy had been drinking heav ily, and at suck times was wildly jealous of his wife. McCarthy was sentenced to death. Danger of Another Freight Blockade. Ciiicaoo, Jan. 23. Eastern traffio Is again getting in bad shape. This U dne to severe weather and snow drifts in the East Shipments have been getting out of Chicago all right, but they fail to reach their sea board destinationpromptly, and the conges tion has greatly reduced the movement President Pelzotto Made a Dictator. Bio Janeiro, Jan. 23. Before the Cham bers were prorogued, yesterday, they con ferred unlimited powers on President Peixotto. . PZrTSBUBG, SUNDAY, HILL TO THE IBfiHT. Nothing in the Senator's Conduct In dicates" a Waiting Policy, MAYOR GRANT tfOR THE TOGA. J The Successor tr-nolert Hsmere Is a TerH Different Sort of Book BEISBA5PS GOSSIP FROM NEW TOEK rconratspoxPEif ce or trra nsrATCH.i NewXoek, Jan. 23. The most disousscd man In "Washincton is nndoubtedly Senator Hill, the new man from New York. Who ever hod nothing else to do in that town of statesmen could usually be found hard at work trying to persuade somebody else that he knew exactly what Senator Hill was after. The plan which seems to be generally mapped out for the new Senator by those who think they know is that he shall not struggle for the coming nomination, but play his cards wisely and unselfishly, and then in 189G, when his term as Senator shall have almost expired, reap the reward of his patience by.moving into the "White House. Senator Hill; however, when I talked to him on Tuesday, did not seem like a man who had settled down to four or five years of patient waiting. Not a dressmaking concern or "Western delegation seemed more business-like than he did. His large reception-room was crowded with men from all over the countrv, and he did not conceal the pleasure which it afforded him to find him self a sort of a little Democratic Mecca. His evident desire to avoid any expression of preference as to the location of the conven- tion proved the interest which he felt in the inhabitants of the "Western country whose representatives had come to town. Bill Knows now to Keep Forward. His knowledge of what was going on in "Washington and of what a Senator might do to make himself important is looked upon by the men who hare just made his acquaintance as something wonderful and unusual. It is certain that Senator Hill has not sunk out of sight in his new sur roundings. Every inch ot him is high and dry and thoroughly visible above water. The expense at which the new Senator Is living, which is rendered necessary by the great number of those who call upot) him, shows howjmportant he considers the work that he has before him in the next few precious months. It is not likely that a Senator's salary would pav for the bills which Senator Hill gets from his hotel alone. He said to me that ho was resigned to rather slow-going in "Washington, as that seemed the habit of the place. He looked, however, like a man who is making the best of a slow track, and whoever is interested may by closely following the new Senator find be fore long thas he has organized a little kite shaped affair of his own among the slow and stately Senators. " Mayor Grant lor tho Senate. The interesting question to ambitious men in New York just now is: "Who is to get the Senatorship which the Democratio Legislature will be able to give nwov. The two men most prominently named thus far are Edward Murphy, Jr., ahd Bourke Coekran. Murphy is supposed to have given tip some myBtio claim oh the Heaator ihip in favor of Hill, and Cockratt Is a mighty big and growing man, with Bichard Croker and Tnmtnany to back him. No public utteratace has been made by Croker as yet But there is a certain gentleman who has brown whiskers parted In tho mid dle; that Is to say Mayor Grant, of New York, who is very much in the Senatorial race, aithoueh he has not been talked abont Many men believe he Is the man actually slated for the position, and, although I do not pretend to jtive to this the importance of a solemn prophecy, I think it verv likely that Mr. Grant may follow his 'friends, Coekran and Hill, to "Washington before very long. Ifthe Democratic Convention wills it so Senator Hill may find an engagement on his hands Such as will leave his seat in the Sen ate open to some other New York man. In that case it is lust within the bounds of human possibility that Grant and Coekran would find themselves prancing arm in arm to and from the Senate each day under ihe smiles of the Tammany Tiger, proud of its distinguished children. It is not at all likely that such a thing will occur, but if it could it would be a very fine thing and an amusing one to listen to the cries that would be pushed, as the French have it, by the enemies of Tammany. Cruelty to Stage Borsei. The nction of the Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals in stopping the running of stage coaches on Fifth avenue because of tho abominable crneltv which the stajre horses were subject to has aroused the warmest approval. As a rule the vari ous private societies for the suppression of vice, cruelty to animals, children, etc., do not enjoy the Sympathy of the general pub lic of New York. This may be partly due to lack of appreciation in the public, but It is also unquestionably due in part to the tendency which the agents of the society show to take up such cases as will adver tise themselves or their societies rather than those to which a real desire to do good would point Everybody in New York, however, has been a witness to tho heartless brutality in flictedon the Fifth avenue stage horses, and in addition to that all those who have rid ,den in the stages have been the victims of the mismanagement of the concern. "When a stage driver has cold hands, and is bitterly reflecting on the smallness of his pay, the treat New York public is at his mornv. nnd it has long been his habit to punish that J great public lor the 111 that Is done him. The stage door Is fastened by a strap that E asses under his foot, and when the world as looked gloomy to him he has made it a habit to keep passengers outside from get ting in, and to carry those inside a block or two beyond their destination by putting his foot down hard. A Philanthropist a Prisoner. Only a few days ago Mr. Oliver Sumner Teall, well known as a philanthropist and statesman both here and abroad, put his face up to the little hole through Which the stage driver gives change aad chided tho driver of the stage in which he was tot his treatment of a lady. "When Mr. Teall wanted to get out the driver pressed firmly down upon the strap and carried Mr. Teall, one of our most influential citizens, almost three blocks against his will. Mr. Teall is a remarkably athletio man. On getting free from his cage he might easily have hurled to the ground the driver and the twin horses, and, bcin? a man with a mighty pull, he conld have hod the driver discharged without any trouble. "Once a philanthropist, always a philan thropist" is Mr. Teall's motto, however. In his mind he saw the stage driver's chil dren wringing their hands at home, so he let the driver go. He nevertheless is prob ably glad, like all the rest of us, that the stages were stopped as a lesson to the man agement Successor to Robert Elimere. The coming event in the world of books Is the publication of Mrs. Hutaphrey "Ward's new novel, "Ihe Hlstorv of David Grieve," which is about to be issued. Mrs. "Ward's new book will be & great surprise to those who are familiar with the hovel that made her reputation, and its appearance will cause much speculation as to the books, experiences or individuals, that have influ enced her in this latest work. Ihe book deals mainly with the Htm of JANUARY 24, 1892. brother and sister, the children of an En lish peasant The boot itself is interesting and strongly written. It represents o queer combination of careful dissections. There are incidents worthy of Ibsen, as when a wife who has gone to the bad carefully kills herself, and pthers that sound more like the brilliant Emil Zola than like Mrs. Humphrey "Ward. The wind-up of the thing is not exactly gloomy, neither can it be called cheerful. The man in the case has numerous women who love him. and one of these he ultimately marries. That seething mass of busy Americans who do not care so much for what is inside of books, will he. in!rn.tnrl in thfa hnnlr on learnin? "J that Macmillan is alleced to have paid $100,000 for the right of publishing it Edlion as a Warrior Bold. Last Saturday I had the pleasure of hear ing from Thomas A. Edison his first account of hfs plan for fighting enemies of the "United States by means of electricity. His idea, is a very pleasing one for those who find themselves at the right end of it He would put an alternating machine of 20,000 Tolts into each fort, connect it with a power ful stream of water, and mow down the ap proaching enemy by turning that heavily charged stream upon them. Mr. Edison also has in mind other warlike schemes which ho could use if called upon. He amuses himself by concocting such things, but does not pay great attention to them or any others that do not have an immediate commercial value. Mr. Edison is peculiarly a nineteenth century man. He says that an Inventor's ability to sell his patents measures accu rately tho value of that inventor's work. The maxim is perhaps true nowadays, but it did not apply in the cases of Gallileo and other gentlemen who made important dis coveries and got into trouble for their pains. It is an interesting fact, which perhaps may puzzle those who make a study of faces, that about the mouth and eyes Mr. Edison resembles to a remarkable extent Mr. Pat rick Sheedy, one time manager of the re doubtable Mr. John L. Sullivan. Decorations of the "Wizard. Mr. Edison wears no red button in the lapel of his coat to prove his high rank of Commander in the French Legion of Honor. not even a modest little bit of red ribbon of the sort that makes a Frenchman so happy. He is not insensible, however, to the honor which the French conferred upon him and exhibits with satisfaction a caso which Mrs. Edison has just had made at Tiffany's to V.uu. 7 l ti.. uuiu ma loreign uauuies. "First," he said, "they made me a Chevalier, then offieier and finally com mandeur with the Grand Cross." It was interesting to observe Mr. Edison, who has solted so many intricate problems with ease, struggling humbly and hope hssly with the pronunciation of those three French words. In alluding rather bitterly to tho lack of protection afforded to in ventors even in this country, Mr. Edison stated positively that the taking out of patents had never done him any good, in fact, that he was $GOO,000 poorer to-day than if he had not taken out patents. Law suits, experiments, etc., naa eaten up mat much more money than the patents had brought in. Any man, however, who feels that he can invent things as Mr. Edison does, need not be discouraged by the above statement Mr. Edison is very lar from be ing poor, although he gets his profits from manufacturing and not from his patents. New Enw for Printers. Typographical Union No. G has this week formulated a rulo that the compositors which it controls shall work only five-days in the week in order to give a chance for steady employment to a greater number of union men than have been able to find work hitherto. This, of course, will oe de nounced as an undue interference with the rights of men by thoe who are opposed to the union among laboring men, and who think they know bettor than the latter what laboring men want. Leaving out of consideration the question of the wisdom of this step it must in justice be pointed out that the'men who have influ ence in the union and whose counsels have brought about this change are not those who will profit by it, as they are not men who lack regular work. The new rule will at first meet with the displeasure of the fore men of composing rooms, who like to select a set of men and keep them. It is certain, however, to strengthen the printers, as it will enable them to keep in the ranks of the union a large number of men vrho, through lack of work, might be forced to ac cept work at low pay and to Strengthen 'the non-union offices. Crowing Orfr Sootland T&rfl. - The capture of the man Dowd, who made it a business to cut the throats of men Stupe fied by drink, was certainly a good piece of detective work. It was not, however, a wonderful thin?. Drunken men, wherever seen reeling along, were followed by de tectives in the hope that tho murderer might show himself, and he did show himself. This was held up as a fine example and as a reproach to the London police. It Was said that they should have followed the White chapel women in the same way, and that that would have resulted in the capture of the famous Kipper. Tho cases are not in the least alike. The wretched Women of "WhitechSpel make it their business care fully to avoid the police, and by their knowledge of the slums which they in habited were able effectually to evade police supervision and to insure the safety of the creature who murdered them. The prompt capture of this throat-cutter Dowd exploded a rotnantio and tragic theory which promptly began to Circulate as soon As his work of cutting the throats of drunken men became known. The theory was that the work was done by a woman crazed by thinking over the Jack thcP.ipper matter and determined to avenge on man kind the Eipper'fl victims. 3Iofbld Cariosity In Court The courts have been peculiarlv husr -with sensational features this week, 'and ad mittance to the different courtrooms has been more eagerly sought than to the thea ters, much to the disgust of those who man age the latter. The efforts of women to crowd into the courts where they could hear the details of the Searvant-Chapman case have recalled the flocking of English women to the various disgraceful divorce trials that have formed recent brilliant features of London life. No New York newspaper has ventured to print the details of this Chapman case the defense or the nurse, Beatvant, accused of attempting the life of his patient's wife. The fact is to the credit of American newspapers. Those published in Londoh commonly print all of the evi dence given in open court. Among the court attractions is the trial of a breach of promise case in which a young woman of the stage, whom it is, perhaps, as well not to advertise, sues a man for breach of promise and displays a collection of letters as remarkable for true -affections as for bad grammar. This case recalls to some extent the famous Baby Bunting case which New York was so peculiarlv fond of and In which an old man sent many ','h's and k's" to a young person not at all In need of them. Humor on Two Sides ot the Sea. A most unusual sight In New York this week was a newly arrived Englishman pointing out with many chuckles to two American friends a joke in Puck. The En-" gllshman, however, was not laughing at the brilliant American wit He was pointing ont with a pretty satisfaction that whereas American humorists spent most of their time showing how dull London Punch Was, here was one humorist of America wisely going over Puneh't old files arid stealing Punch' t Jokes for American consumption. The particular joke alluded to was the very good and ancient one invented in the time of Leech, perhaps by him, which tells of the disgust of the -Lancastershire dote fancier when he finds that his wife has given to her hungry children the food that he had reserved for the bull pup. AlETHTJE BalBBAlTE. FrrsAU fits stopped tree by, Dr. Kline's Ore Nerve Restorer. No fits after ttrat dav'a uie. liar Tieoni cures. Treatlie and S3 00 trial bottle Tree to I fit cases. Dr. Kline, m Arch st, ruia., fa. sjl . ."$ JK M3Z' ii k': 3eih is OH, WOULD THATSE WOULD SPEAK I OTCLESAM'SFDMCES Shown Up and Discussed at a Meet ing Called by Congressmen TO GUIDE THEM IN TAEIPP TALK. Treasury Officials Submitted to & Red-Hot Cross Tire of QttSSTIOSS TEAT AEE HAEDTO AflSWEB WashingtOu", Jan. 23. By request of the "Ways and Means Committee, Mr.Oliver L. Bpauldin, Assistant Becretary of the Treasury, appeared before the committee to-day to give information as to the' financial condition of the Government Several Treasury experts were also pr.esent. The object of the committee's inquiry is to secure official information as to revenues and expenditures of the Government as a preliminary to any possible tariff legisla tion. Secretary Foster is out of the city recu perating, and Mr. Spaulding took his place. Representative Bourke Cookran said that, having heard an exhaustive discussion of the subject of the Government's financial condition in the House, he knew less then about it than he ever did, and suggested that Mr. Spaulding give a Statement in his own way. Mr. Bpaulding said he would make & comparison between the current fiscal year and the fiscal year ended June 30, 1890, the year before the present tariff act went into effect, and he would give the actual receipts up to dateK and estimate those for the balance of the year. Mr. Spaulding's figures are as follows: What Undo Sam's Books Show. Tho customs receipts -for tho six months ended December 31, 1839, wero loa,62l,000; current Six months, $83,72000; first 20 days In 1890, $13,013,000; xtrst 20 days of this month, $11,99C,C00: making Cnstoms total to date $37,718,000, against $123,212,000 two years ago. The total receipts from customs for the fiscal year 1S90 was 229,CG3,000, against an estimated total for this year of $185,000,000. Tho Internal revenue receipts for tho six months ended December 81, 1S89, were ?C8, 521,000; for the current Blx months, $77,057,000; first 20 dav of 1S90, $6,531,000; first 20 davs of 1S92. S7.B03.0CO: total Internal revenue rcceints for the fiscal year 1S90, $112,02B,0CO, compared with n total (estimated) for 1892 of $152,000, 000. The miscellaneous receipts for the six months ended December 81, 18S9, wore $14, 747 000: for the current six month. $ll.3C4,000; total for fiscal yetr of 1890, $3O,803,00O, com pared with total (estimated) for the cur rent fiscal year of $25,000,000. Tho total receipts from all these source for the first six months of the curreht fiscal year were $174,151,000, against $192,897,000 Tor the first six months two years ago; tho flrt SO day or the present month, $20,837,000, asalnst $31,750,000 two yenrs nso; total ro veil uo (estimated) fofthe current fiscal year, $303, 000 00O, against $403,279,000 for the flecr.1 vchr 1890. Tne actual receipts oi 17,ii,uw Jor the first six months of tho current fiscal year wore about $7,000,000 mote than the ex penditures for the corresponding sixmonths, the etnondlturoS beintr. $107,074,000. The e-v- penditures (estimated for the enrront flcil year were $333,000,000 orabont $24 000,000 less than the estimated receipts or $303,000, COO. The Snrptns Mot Affected. In answer to Mr. Springer's duestion Mr. Spaulding stated that the postal receipts and expenditures were not included in his statement, but that tho deficit in the Postal Department had been included in the ex penditures, so that the surplus shown was not affected. Mr. Springer asked If the sinking fund requirements were included. Mr. SDauldlng replied that his fisures did not include the sinking fund. Mr, Springer inquired it that were not a charge on the Treasury. Mr. Spauldine said it would be necessary to take 110,000,000 out ofthe apparent sur plus of 524,000,000 to provide for sinking fund requirements. He added that in addi tion to the $24,000,000 apparent surplns there was cash in the Treasury amounting to ?13y,7Z8,uu, maKing a total ot $153,893, 000. Heincluded in cash in the Trensnrv the gold reserve of fl00,000,000, held for the redemption of greenbacks amounting to 5346.000.000. Mr. Bryau, ot Nebraska, asked if this gold reserve was ayailable for Government expenses. Mr. Spaulding replied that he understood that Secretary Poster so considered it, and in reply to further inquiries from Demo cratic members who desired to know if Con gress had not recognized the gold reserve as set aside for a special purpose, he said that there was no statute setting it aside; there might be a resolution setting it aside infer entlolly. A Retl-Hot Kannlne Cross-Fire. The discussion on the gold reserves Boon resulted in a cross-fire between the Demo cratio and Bepublican members of the com mittee, the lormer contending' that they were a fund for 4 special purpose and not available for ordinary purposes, while the latter asserted the Contrary, Mr. McKtinna "". 8 "" iu?' "ttu "! oeeu re- garded as a part of ordinary resources until I declaring that they had always been re' :c, v V," '..A-V S rk ' r 4k v 7W Secretary Manning set them aside by a sys tem of Treasury bookkeeping. Mr. Turner, of Georgia, asked Mr. Spauld ing: "Suppose the Treasury were to get into a pinch, could the gold reserve be used?" Mr. Spaulding Xe, sir, I think so. lam not so entirely in charge of the Treasury Department, however, that I wonld not consult with Secretary Foster, who is at Fortress Monroe, as to what I should do. I should counsel with him before taking ac tion. Mr. Turner Now, some 520,000,000 of bonds were extended. Don't vou consider i them current liabilities? Mr. Spaulding No.sir; they are extended at the option ofthe Government, but not of the stockholders. One ofthe Treasury Arrangements. Mr. MacClennan, Chief of the "Warrant Division ofthe Treasury Department, in re ply to Mr. Turner, said this extension was not under authority of law, but was aTreas ury arrangement between tho Government and the creditors. Mr. Turner said that, aside from the gold reserves, he understood that the figures of the Treasury Dcparment showed a surplus ofcashleftin the Treasury of 539,000,000. That included the fractional silver and on extended bonded debt of over 525,000,000, principally the 2 per cents. Taking cut this fractional silver and extended debt there would not be any surplus, would there, he suggested to Mr. MacClennan. That gentleman replied that there would bs a little left, but not very much; and to Mr. Bryan he said that $10,000,000 on account of sinking fund was still left out of consider ation. Mr. Coekran called attention to the fact that with a surplus of only 57,000,000 for the first six,roonths of this year the Treas ury Department estimated a Surplus for the next fiscal year or 517,000,000. He did not understand how this could be, and asked why the estimates for the second half of the year showed such a large increase over tha first half. An Advantage as to Time. Mr. McKenna, of California, called at tention to the fact that customs receipts were always greater in the second half ot .he year. Mr. MacClennan said the Treasury esti mates of receipts were 514,000,000 greater for tho six months from January 1, 1892, than for the six months preceding. The 'ex- penditures, it was estimated, Would be 53,000,000 less. The river and harbor ex penditures were not included.' In reply to Mr. Springer, Mr. MacClen nan said that at the close of last month the Treasury Department had paid upward of 57,000,000 on account of sugar bounties. The department would not have the direct tax appropriation and "other things' to meet the .French spoilation claims for in stance. The talk having drifted off to estimates of appropriations sent in for tho next fiscal year Mr. Spaulding said that-they simply went through the Treasury Department, which transmitted the estimates ot the sev eral departments to Congress. What the appropriations would be ot course he did not know. Mr. Turner suggested that these estimates Were simply guess work founded on a little experience Mr. Spaulding naively replied: "A little experience and a great deal of guess work." An Effort at Partisanship. Chairman Springer having inquired If theretwere any further questions, Mr. Iteed. of Maine, asked: "Is not the sinking fund far ahead of the requirements of the law, as It now is?" Mr. Sprinijcr Yes, sir; far ahead. Mr. Snively, of Indiana But yet a large amount of 2 per cent bonds have been ex tended. Mr. Spaulding replied affirmatively. Mr. Springer Do you mean that a far greater number of bonds were redeemed Un der the Democratic administration than was required for the sinking fund? Mr. Heed Don't let, us get partisan here. Laughter. Mr. Coekran That would be offensive, I am sdre. 1'cnewed laughter. The committee then adjourned. TAUGHT HIS D0Q TO STEAL, It TTas Quick to Obey Orders and the Master TVs Arrested. PniLADELPniA, Jan. 23. Magistrate Hackett has held Charles Blaney, Port Bichmond,in 5500 bail for a further hearing on the charge of being the owner of a dog which he has taught to steal. On "Wednes day, while some boys were skating on a pond, Blaney came along in a wagon, stopped in the middle of 'the bridge and liberated a large black dog. The dog dashed down among the children and seized a bag Containing a Pair of rubber shoes belonging to Jsrry Kelly and started toward his master, An officer saw the trouble and arrested Blaney. " " ' Heavy f crcerles In Bolivia. PANAMA, Jan. 23. Forgeries amounting to 20,000, on account of the Huanchana Mining Company, at Bolivia, have been committed by Cashier's Assistant Dumm-r The latter part of Decomber he disappeared aad later he-negotiated 3,000 of the paper ana laiei in Lima, MEXICO ALL RIGHT, Nothing in the Garza Trouble and the other Eeyolii- tionary Talk. HIMSTEK EOMERO'S YIEWS. .The Border leader I3 an Obscure-. Hah Without Much Ability. MEXICAN PEOPLE AEE SATISFIED. -President Diaz Ha3 an Army That Could Crush Host Anything-. ,." ATTITUDE OP CHURCH AUTH0EITIB3 rCOIUKSPOSMNCB OT THX DISPaTCH.1 "SVAsnuroTOy, Jan. 23. HAD the pleasure of a long chat this afternoon with Senor Bomero on the re bellion in Mexico and on the condition of our sister Repub lic There is no one better fitted to speak of Mexico than Mr. Bomero. For tho past 33 years he has been one ofthe lead ing officials of its yarirfus Govern ments, and as far back as 1859, during , the administration of Buchanan, he was connected with the legation here at m m - "Washington. He is a man of wide culture and is a writer of note on political questions. Perhaps no man in the world has a more practical or better knowledge of Mexico and its affairs than he, and he is one of the closest friends of President Diaz. He was born in the same town as Diaz, in Oajaca, in the Southern part of the mil ttin trtTtira "PtdO- Wi ident went to cl-j lege together. Dur-jJ ing the fight for Mexican independ ence Bomero re signed his post as Minister to "Wash ington and served as the chief of staff of General Diaz. He opposed Diaz in his President Diaz. rebellion against Janrez. but upon the ac cession of Diaz to power, the friendship be tween the two was renewed and the Presi dent of Mexico has no stronger supporter than Bomero. Important Figures In Soclsty. Senor Bomero is very popular in "Wash ington. Under him the Mexican Legation has become one of tho leading social centers of the capi tal and Madame Bomero, who was a Philadelphia bella when Senor Bomero married her, gives perhaps the most n o t o d entertain ments of the dinlo- .Amatic corps. It was through Bomero that '(Mexico built the maghificant mansion in whicn tne .Mexi can Minister lives here and he is iSmor Bomero. looked upon as tha friend of the United States as well as ot Mexico. Senor Bomero is now 55 years old. He is slender, dark-faced, black-eyed man of medium height and the gray is just beginning to creep into his lull DiacK beard and to pepper the raven darkness of his hair, lie his nervous In his movements and is the personification of energy and action. He talks English as well as he does the Spanish and French, and my conversa tion with him was in good, every day United States. I asked him as to Catarino Garza and the revolution along the Mexican border. Ho replied: "I know very little about this man Garza and he is an unknown character in Mexico. He is not a man of any promi nence or of any force, and I am surprised that such an exaggeration has been made of him by the American newspapers. What He Know of Garza. "As far as I can learn lie seems to have been a printer by trade, and he published a little newspaper at Laredo, Tex, on the Mexican border, Issuing It weekly or monthly as he had the means. I have ex tradition naDers here for his arrest. The papers include a photograph and a descrip tion of him and the description states that he is 40 years old, tall, of medium weight and of fair complexion. His hair, it states, is of a chestnut color, his eyes are light and he has a rather light mustache. His face is pock-marked and he has a scar oyer one of his eyebrows. "This is all I know about him. I con sider him more of a free-booter than a revo lutionist and his force is made up of smugglers, malcon tents and the had t elements which yon always find along the frontier. I don't imacine he has large force and I doubt whether he has more than 50 or 100 men. As to his betas the a revolution, idea is preposterous. Even ifthe country were in shape for a revolution he would be the last man to lead it, and this talk about the Northern States being in his favor and wishing .ABnll id inrlirtti l. In ihf, oTtmmr. Outlaw Garza. It is equally ridiculous to talk about his ' being the leader of the Church party ia. 3 Mexico. The Proposed Mexican Kevolntlon. "Is It true, Senor Bomero, that Mexico is on the eve of a revolution?" I asked. "I think not." was the emphatic reply. The restless elements of the country,,, if there are any, are in power, and the men who have been chiefly concerned in the revolutions of the past are now manaffincr- the Government, and are managing it to the''' satisfaction oi tne people. Mexico hajj never been irr so good a condition as she is" to-day, and with tha exception of one or J A 7 kU AW Wji Ml JNf IB Vl ft leader of V. F" , the JfeRi,. .. .jU3 . &0.V5888Sr AXX 1. Yi.
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