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STUD! OFJHE GRIP,
Its Symptoms, Cause and
Cure to Be Made by Eng
land as a Eesnlt of
PBDfOE ALBERT'S DEATH.
The Princess Bobbed of a Husband
Still Weavin? Wreaths'
TO PLACE OX HIS SARCOPHAGUS.
The Proposition to Tender Her a Solid
Money Solatium
HEETS mm SARCASTIC CEITICIBH
IBT CABLE TO TQ DISPATCH.l
Loinxw, Jan. 23. Copyright. 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
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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.
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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 .
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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
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garded as a part of ordinary resources until I
declaring that they had always been re'
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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.
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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
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"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
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"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
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