ESbkJsS mmm Ml, IL m TlTrr,,. STHEj PITTSB e yig 10HEY FOR RIVERS, Western Waterway Delegates Appealing for Aid for U " Navigation. o.- o b UEfCLE SAM'S POCKETBOOK fCould Reduce Transportation I-ates and Assist the Farmer ,T0 AX INCALCULABLE EXTENT. . A Friend of the Anti-Option Bill Calls the Short Sellers TI1E KEAL AXABCMSTS Or AMEMCA Washington, D. C., Feb. 5 The House Committee on Rivers and Harbors rave a bearing this morning to a delegation -from the Western "Waterways Convention, held in Evansville, Ind., to urge upon Congress larger appropriations for the improvement of the "Western rivers. Colonel G. "W. Shanklin, the first speaker, explained to the committee the proceedings of the late convention in Evansville. The convention, he said, was held pursuant to a call of the Executive Committee, with representation from 14 States, aggregating 300 delegates, to consider the subject of further and con tinuous aid from the general Government to Mich improvements as have already been begun or that safe and reliable river navi gation urgently requires. The convention, he said, was marked by thousrhtful consider ation for the general welfare, rather than for the promotion of special or local inter ests. The result was the unanimous dec laration of a general policy of -waterways improvements that Congress be urged to formulate into a practical plan, to be en forced by such appropriations as may be necessary. The territorv within the boundaries of the States, said Colonel Shanklin, whose commerce was so largely concerned in se cure and profitable navigation, also in cluded witbin its limits half of tbe popu lation of the Union, and practically of the fruitful soil and deposits Cj per cent of the wheat growing area of North America, substantially all ot the tobacco and corn lands, and all of the cotton plantations. Traffic Tor tho World's Tair. Colonel Shanklin spoke of the varied manufactures which would find their way by watercraft to the World's Fair under a -practical system of Government aid which would render the Mississippi river and its tributaries navigable at all seasons of the year. "William H. Miller, Secretary of the Mis souri Hi ver Improvement Association, next addressed the committee in favor of an ap propriation for the Mississippi and Missouri river valleys. He spoke mainly of tbe in fluence of water facilities in promoting in dustry and commerce. He said any reduc tion in the cost of transportation to the seaboard would not affect the Enslish price of corn and wheat, but would inure to the producer. The cost of trans porting wheat from tbe Missouri river points to the Atlantic ports by railway is 24 cents per bushel, while the cost at the pre vailing rate on the Mississippi river, when available, would be 8 cents, a saving of 1C cents per bushel, or an en hanced value of this crop on a vield like that in 1889 of 521,218,080. Great Saving In Favor of Hirers. Railroads charged 1C cents for carrying grain to the seaboard, or 8 rents more than by water. The gain thus effected on corn and oats would amount to 503,112.330, which, together with the savinc on wheat, would be 5117,530,400 per annum. Mr. Miller thought that the advantages result ing from an improved river transportation would be to increase the value of land ad jacent to the Missouri river from 525 to 575 and 5100 per acre. Patrick Henry, of Memphis, made a brief statement for the Mississippi River Com mission. He spoke of the tonnage of the Mississippi river and the Ohio river, and the last amount or freight carried on these rivers and their tributaries. One St Louis firm which had a contract to send 5,000,000 bushels of wheat was obliged to transport a ereater nart of it to the seaboard bv rail, at a cost of 51,000 a day additional, on account of low water in the Mississippi river. A Piltsburjier Talks for the Ohio. "W. B. Rogers, of Pittsburg, advocated verv briefly the improvement bf the Ohio, and spoke of the vast saving in coal trans portation that would accrue by a liberal expenditure for the Ohio and its small trib utaries. Captain L. R. Keck, of Cincinnati, who said he represented three of the most im portant lines of steamboats operating on the Ohio river, iu showing the advantage of rapid transit of freicht by water, said the amount of freight carried on the Ohio and its tributaries was nearly 16,000,000 tons more than on the Mississippi river and its tributaries combined; also, that steamers represented a Talue of 58,000,000; the number of passencers carried by the Ohio steamers was 6,500,000, more than double that of the traffic of the Mississippi and its tributaries combined. He thought the Ohio the most important stream in this country, and yet it gets less from Congress, in proportion to its value, than any other river in the coun try. Most of the coal used in, the territory from the St. Louis south came down the river. "What was needed on the Ohio was a good substantial appropriation for more dredge and snag boats, and funds to use these boats at any and all times when needed. The hearing was then closed. The Anti-Optiouists at Work. "The short seller is to-day the Anarchist of America," said John Whitaker, a large pork packer of St. Louis and AVichita, to day, in an address to the House Committee on Agriculture in advocacy of the anti options bilL To Representative Alexander Mr. Whitaker said that unquestionably the tendency of "short" selling was to depress prices and to interfere with legitimate trade. Farmers, he said, were not com pelled to market their grain instead of stor ing it, but the experience of tbe past eicht years had taught them that holding wheat was a losing game, and that with this un limited short selling beating down the price each year, the best time lor them to sell grain was as soon as it was harvested. "Wipe out, if possible, the short seller, the non-holder in otherwordsthe American Anarchist," said Mr. AVhitaker; and added: That is what he is. I sav it soberly. The short seller is to-day the Anarchist of America, the worst one we have, and he will make the farmers come down and sell his stuffunder the red flag." Wheat Considered a Sufferer. Mr. Whitaker said that the wheat ex ported this year had probably a erased in price 95 cents a bushel, and it this proposed law had been in force, he believed it w ould have brought considerably more than $1 a busheL He did not believe the law would hurt the owners of real grain or provisions, because if fictitious offering were done iwav with the market would be supplied with actual grain or provisions, aud there being a smaller quantity offered, prices would be better. In New York it was re garded as necessary to sell 80,000,000 bushels of grain to market 3,000,000 or 4,000,000. We produced no coffee, and for that reason he believed in option selling in coffee; that gave:the American citizen cheaper coffee, as it enabled the price to be fixed by sales oi a large quantity of coffee that was not in ex istence. Option wheat sales had recently begun in Liverpool, and the practice was good for 'England, became she was a large importer of wheat. In reply to Representative Caminetti Mr. Whitaker said that the actual products which came up on the market had to be sold at the price fixed by the unlimited offerings and fictitious buying or selling. Meat products the last Vear, he thought, would have been 10 to 20per cent higher if they had been competing with real -products. Cotton ami Its Lost Canto, In answer to a question by Mr. Lewis Mr. Whitaker said that, in his Judgment, this fictitious selling produced an abnormal condition of the market which defeated the law of supplv and demand. Cotton, he be lieved, would have sold for 8 cents or more this year but for short s-llin? by bears. Mr. Lewis In your opinion, then, S,500, 000 bales is not overproduction? Mr. Whitakcrsaid he was not a cotton expert, and could not answer that question, but bethought if investigated it would be found that the 8,500,000 bales produced would not have had the damaging effect it has had on the price, but for short selling nrd the publication ot numerous reports of overproduction and small consumption. He frequently received letters from Europe saying the writers could pay better prices for meats if the American markets would only he kept steady. P.tit this market could not'be kept steady when the cash price was being pulled dow n by sales for future de livery bv evcrv Tom. Dick and Harry. Mr. MosesVon think then, the price of commodities is governed by the amount of fictitious offerings? Mr. Whitaker Undoubtedly. Mr. Moses Do you hold that the market is not regulated by the law of supply and demand? Mr. Whitaker Ves, sir. Work on a I.nrge Crop. Mr. Moses Why is it, then, that when reports like JJrathtrwt's or the Government reports 3rc given out, showing a large esti mated crop, price go down? Mr. Whitaker They work that on a large crop. Mr. Moses And vice versa, if the crop is small prices go up? Mr. "Whitaker Not so much. Prices go up a little. Mr. Moses called attention to the fact that as a general rule, when port receipts of cotton were verv large prices went down, and when the receipts were very small prices went up, and so with car receipts of w heat. Mr. "Whitaker admitted the receipts op erated in that wav to a certain extent, but said that his observation was that informa tion that li.id a tendency to send the market upward did not affect it to the same extent as information that tended to send it down. Mr. Moses If meat transactions were confined to real products only, could not the Western packers form a trust, cct con trol of the actual products, and put the price awav bevond the reach of the consumers? Could not Armour, for instance, with his mil'ions of money, get control of all or enough of the wheat to control the price and send it up to 52 a bushel? Not Considered Good Policy. Mr. Whitaker did not believe, in the first place, that that would be good policy. Mr. Lewis Have not most of the men who attempted to corner the market been broken? Mr. Whitaker I believe so. Mr. Moses Have not they been broken by short selling? Mr. Whitaker did not know as to that Representative Livingston, of Georgia, who was present, asked if it were not trne that two reports were sent out by the produce exchanges one a public report and another a private report, to brokers only, which cave the latter an advantage. Mr. Whitaker replied in the negative, so far as grain and provisions were con cerned. A number of questions were asked with reference to option business, witli the pur pose of ascertaining whether there were not as many buyers as sellers in this specula tion. 3Ir. Whitaker said that in the last ten years speculation had grown immensely, and he thought there were more sellers than Olivers. Chairman Hatch, of the House Committee on Agriculture, has a protest from the New Orleins bankers against the anti-option bilL The bankers say that if the bill be comes a law it will do immense damage to the business in cotton and grain and hog products, rednce stabilities of values ana work great injury. ANDY STEWART BOWLED OUT. Two ot His Own Party Voto to Give tho Seat to Cralc. Washington-, Feb. 5. The nouse Com mittee on Elections to-day decided the first election case which it has considered, and decided it in favor of the contestant, Craig, a Democrat, who has been contesting the seat ot Stewart, Republican, lroni the Twenty-fourth Congressional district of Pennsylvania. The vote stood 10 to 3. Messrs. Haugen, of Indiana, and Doan, of Ohio, Republicans, concurring with the Democrats of the com mittee on their findings. Captain Schley Returning to the Baltimore. Washington, D. G.Feb. 5. .Swia?. Captain Schley will leave Washington to morrow for San Francisco to the command ot the crniser Baltimore, which vessel will be continued on the Pacific station for some time to come. There is no truth in the report that she is to go to the Asiatic station. Ihe Border Raids Claim O. K. Washington, D. a, Feb. 5. The Penn sylvania border raids claims bill nas re ported to the House to-dav bv Chairman Beltzhoover with the favorable recommen dation of the House War Claims Committee. It appropriates 53,447,945. Siberian Reindeer for Alaska. Washington, D. G. Feb. 5. The Sen ate Committee on Agriculture to-day de cided to report favorably Senator Teller's bill providing for stocking Alaska -with reindeer from Siberia. PHOTOGRAPHY in science and printing by George lies, in THE DIsPATCH to morrow. AN ANTI-P00L BILL, Which, U Passed. "Will Knock Ont the Onlv Gmnn Conducted In Maryland. Annapolis, Mb., Feb. C ISjxeiaiiA bill has been introduced in the House of Delegates, which, if passed, would legislate out of existence the one remaining pool selling firm in the State. It is aimed at Lvnn & Wall, doing business at Arlineton. Two years ago a law was cnactad forbidding pool selling at any other place than at a race track, and then only when there was racing. All the poolrooms in Baltimore at once suspended business, except Lynn.& Wall. They leaseMhc half-mile track at Arling ton, located about three miles Irom the city, where, by complying with the lettct of the law the y1 have been enabled to do business right along. They secured a half doren horses, engaged several men as start ers and timers, and advertised daily races. While claiming to sell pools on these races, they also made books on all events thrnugh out'thc qountry. They did a big business. The measure iu.t introduced prohibits pool selling except at aericultural fairs and legitimate race tracks, and then only at each of these 15 days in the year. JACK THE LOVEKAKEB. Ho Proposes Slarrlage to Fifty Maidens in a New Jersey Tillage. Sew Brunswick, if. J., Feb. R The village of Cranberry, this county, is in an uproar over the actions of a letter writer who has addressed endearing epistles to nearly every marriageable girl in the place. So obnoxious has the writer become that Postmaster McDowell was appealed to yes- terday." He traced "48 lelteri'froin the letter fiend to as many residents of ihe village. The letters were all similar in language, being brief and to this effect: ' Air dear miss, I tm seokimr a partner In lito. Are you available! Answer to Jack tho Lovoniaker. Miss Jennie Martin, who had received three letters or this character, sought out Constable Silvers and employed him to watch the postofiice. Silvers "thought he had locVett the letter writer to-day, and chased a farmer's son across a ten-acre field before he discovered his mistake. In the evening mail Silvers was warned to absent himselt from the postofiice in the following terse, but threatening, letter: Keep off my preserves or yon are a dead man. JAck the Kissek. MR. THAYER EXPLAINS nK AWAITS Till: TIZXT OF THE FKEME COURT DECISION. sc- II1 Attorneys Claim lie Has Xo Right to Torn Over the Nebraska Governorship Until the Document Arrive! What Mere Itnnior Iieavc Uncertain. LlXCOLX, Neb., Feb. 5. In view of the fact that conflicting statements hare been sent out relative to the Gubernatorial con troversy, in which Governor Thayer has been placed in a false position, that gentle man to-day furnished the press with a state ment outlining the course he intends to pnrsue. Said he: Sly attorneys are waitlncr'to get the fnll tc-ttorthe decision of tho Supreme Court at Washington. As yet they do not know what it does really contain, becauso of the con flicting reports. If any one supposes that I am holding on to the office of Governor for tho sake ot the office, or that I have tho slightest desiro to do so, such person Is mo9t woefully mistaken. 1 am anxious to snr l endcr the office, but I do not propose to act precipitately and without full knowledgo of what tuo uecljlon does lealiy mean. The clerk of the United States Supremo Court whed one of my nttornevs that tho decision of tho Supreme Com t of Nebraska was reversed, and tho case was remanded for fnrthcrproceediiiEs. When it is known whattho decision is we will know how to act. I am ready to complr with its require ments. The fact that the case is remanded for fnither proceeding certainly means that something luithor is to bu done before lean sun ender this office. It seems now that onlv four judges sustain the position that tho enabling act made Governor Boyd a citizen. That is a minority opinion. There Is another lenture to this cae. The query arises. Am I justified In turning the office over to Governor Boyd? The question is as to my right to tnrn over tho offlco to any person until the de cision or the Supreme Court placing mo In the office of Governor is reversed by tho same court, because, us quoted above, the Supreme Court remands tho caso here for a rehenrsal of Itsjudjnncnt and further pro ceedings. If Is the opinion of the bestlecal lights here that I have no right to thus dis pose of this office. This is not u personal matter between my self and Governor Boyd. I am holding the offico of Governor in 'behalf of the people of Nebraska, and not for myself. My attorneys are giving those questions the most thorough consideration, and I shall act in accordance with their advice. ONE OF THE FAIR FEATURES. Tbo T.lfn of the South Sea Islanders to Be Keproduced In Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 5. Leigh S. Lynch, Spe cial Commissioner of the World's Fair for the South Sea Islands, started for San Fran cisco to-day and will sail by the first steamer for Yokobamx He wiil visit the Phillippine Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the Fiji Islands, the Friendly Islands, the Solomon Islands, New Zealand and other members of the Malay and Polynesian groups. His mission is to secure exhibits and natives for the Exposition. It is the purpose to make the South Sea Island exhibit one of the nldst curious and attractive on the grounds. Two hundred thousand square feet of space has been set apart on the midway plaisancc, on which will be erected Japanese, Maori and other villages, as nearly as possible representa tive of the life and industries of the natives of those little known regions. Mr. Lynch will have direct charge of this feature of the Fair. He is thoroughly familiar with the people, having visited most of the islands four or live times in the jiast ten years. He expects to return in December. GEN. M'CLELIAHD'S CONDITION. His Physician Somewhat Encouraged Be cause Bo Was Better Tegterday. Harbisbdrg, Feb. 5. Special At midnight Dr. Dunott, Adjutant General McClelland'c physician, stated that the Gen eral has passed a comfortable day. The physician hopes for General McClelland's recovery, although it is the impression among the General's friends here that he will not recover. General McClelland's stomRch is ulcer ated, and the danger lies in these ulcers be coming malignant, in which case death would quickly follow. A THRIFTY CLERGYMAN Caught by Railroad Men in tho Aot or Sell 1ns Half Tare Preachers' Permits. Chicago, Feb. 0. In a letter to Chair man Finley, of the Traffic Association, the Rock Island calls attention to a person now languishing in the county jail hers who represented himself to that railroad as Rev. A. Samuels, a duly ordained minister of Calvary congregation of this city. On this representation a clergyman's half fare permit was furnished, and it was after ward found he had sold it to a broker. The man was arrested while selling clergymen's permits, of which he had several. UUBDEBED ON HEB SICE BED. A Demoniac Ilosband Stabs Hit Wire Re peatedly, Even After Her Death. CniCAGO, Feb. 5. This afternoon Pat rick Hurst, a laborer, attacked his wife with a knife while she was sick in bed, stabbing her again and again until he had slashed her 38 times. Many of the cats were inflicted after the woman was dead. Hurst as arrested. He shows no concern and only says: "I killed her because she would not take care of me for the past 25 years." Hurst is believed to be insane. SWALLOWED LYE FOB SOUP. A low Druggist Will Die From a Dlninc Table Blander. Dns MoiNrs, Ia., Feb. 5. G F. Duke, a prominent druggist, accidently sn allowed a spoonful of hot lye to-day from the effects of which he will die. At dinner time his mother had two pots on the stove. One was full of lye aud the other of soup. She. is near-sighted,and in going ont to the kitchen to bring her son a plate of coup she dipped it out of the wrong pot. The son put a spoonful -of the lye In his mcuth, and,thinking it very hot, swallowed it hastily. His sufferings have been ter rible. ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. The CENT-A-WORD rate has been Jn force for five months now. Actual connt, made February 1, gives the following re sults: AilleUor Cmontli ending January On "701 Similar period the year previous 20,103 Jticreate due to ceiU-a-word ..... in cen Jfo more convincing testimony could be adduced to show the ever-jjrowimr. popn arlty of TUB DISPATCH adlets. THE QPEEN'S-SPEECH. It Will Dodge the Topic of the Disso lution of Parliament. SEXTON TO BE THE IRISH LEADER. The Storr of Mrs. Oshorn's Dramatic Flight Ihrough Europe. PEIXCE GEORGE TO HATE A WIFE SOON ICOr-TRIGIIT. 1S02, ET THE NEW TOmtASSOClATSD rr.Kss.3 London, Feb. 5. The Cabinet sat for nearly three hours yesterday, shaping the speech from the throne with which Parlia ment will be opened Tuesday. The un usual length of time spent over the doou mentjs attributed to a difference of opinion as to whether any reference should be made to the coming session as bringing the present Parliament toward the close of its career. It was finally determined that nothing should be said on that subject. The Queen, in Privy Council at Osborne House to-morrow, will formally consider and ap prove the draft of the speech. To-day Mr. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, had interviews with Messrs. Hadge and Milvain, Members of Parlia ment, who will respectively move and sec ond the address to the Queen, and com municated the speech to them, according to custom, in order to enable them to prepare for the occasion. The Contents of the Queen's Speech. The speech opens with a reference t6 the sympathy of the nation for the royal fam ily over its recent bereavement; alludes to the death of the Khedive as not altering British relations with Egypt; refers to the continued prosperity of the country; says there is no reason to fear that England will be ultimately aflected by foreign tariff leg islation, and congratulates "the country uponthe prospect of an early settlement of the Bering Sea dispute and upon the pacific aspect of foreign aflairs generally. The speech mentions the Irish local Gov ernment and education bills as adding com pleteness to a series of measures for secur ing order in and the welfare of Ireland. Other measures announced are a small hold ings bill, a district councils bill and bills to reform the India Council and Scottish pri vate legislation. This last measure has importance beyond its application to Scotland, as affirming and extending the principle of local govern ment. It proposes to remove Scotch pri vate bills from the consideration of the House of Commons Committee to judicial committees sitting in certain districts in Scotland. The Archbishop of Canterbury has a clergv discipline bill which the Gov ernment will support. This constitutes the business of the session. Llbera's to Offer No Amendment. The leaders of the opposition do not in tend to move any amendment to the ad dress. Mr. Gladstone will not appear in the House of Commons in the first week of the session. He has delegated to Sir Will iam Vernon Harcourt the task of question ing the Government as to its intentions in regard to the dissolution of Parliament. If the reply is indefinite Mr. Gladstone will make the question the subject of a great party fight. A meeting of dissidents will be held at Devonshire House Monday, at which Mr. Chamberlain will be formally accepted as leader in the House of Commons. In tbe evening the Duke of Devonshire will give a dinner to a few adherents. Xo political section in the whole country is in a more dismal condition than are the dissidents. The prospect of their ex tinction in the coming elections is increas ing. The local Conservatives of Worcester shire, which is now represented by dis sidents, have declared for purely Conserva tive candidates, rejecting the claims of Austin Chamberlain, who wanted to stand for one of the constituencies. The Conser vatives in otner constituencies ure snowing fight against dissidents nominated by the party managers. , Sexton the Coming Irish Leader. Messrs. Sexton, Dillon, O'Brien, T. M. Healy, Sheehy, Abraham, Arthur and' T. P. O'Connor were to-day elected a commit tee to advise Mr. McCarthy. Yesterday evening a report, which was accepted as probable, gave to Mr. Sexton the right of succession to the chairmanship of the Irish party. There is not yet, however, anything like unanimity as to who should follow Mr. McCarthy. The reputation of Mr. Sexton as an able administrator was immensely en hanced during his tenure of the mayoralty of Dublin, and the sagacity, tact and even ness of temper he has displayed in recent feuds mark him as the coming leader. Captain Osborne was given the privilege to remain with his wife in the Hollowav jail until after the prison doctor certified that she was sick and fit for the infirmary. Then ho was obliged to leave her. She was terribly prostrated, requiring constant med ical attention. The officials of the prison promised to inform her friends if a state of danger arose during the night. The strain of her position has told most on her since her arrest. She seems to have borne well the life of a fugitive tracked by detectives. The Plight of Mrs. Osborne. Friends say she was shadowed from Amiens to Rouen, thence to Evreuxe and thence to Gisors, where she rested a week under the name of Ogilvy. The officers, supposing that she was secreted in a con vent, invaded and searched the institution at midnight, alarming the whole town. The fugitive resumed her flight in the morning, going to Bordeaux, where she awaited her husband, with the intention ot starting to Buenos Ay res. Captain Osborne, who t as also watched, warned her to make her war to Cadiz. On crossing the frontier she be came ill at Irun, and, tiring of pursuit, de cided to surrender. .No plea of mental infirmity put forth in her defense is likely to lessen her sentence under two years, in view of her perjnrv and her -blackening the reputation of intimate friends. The Prince of Wales, with Prince George, drove lrom Osborne House to-day to view the wreck of the steamer Eider. The sea was not rough, and Prince George proposed to take a coast guard boat and board the wreck. The Prince of Wales, however, de clined to accompany his son, and the pro posal was dropped. Both listened with in terest to the story of the disaster. The Prince of Wales expressed equal admira tion for the work of the rescuers and for the persistence of the captain in remaining by his vessel. The Queen Suflcrlnc From Rheumatism. The Queen is suffering lrom a more acute form ot rheumatism than usual, especially in her knees. A court report adds that she is subject to long spells ol depression varied by attacks of irritability. Her physicians deny-that there is any cause for alarm. Ex-Empress Frederick will come to Windsor Castle in the spring with Princess Margaret, when it is expected that the let ter's marriage with Prince George will be settled. Although the public announce ment of the betrothal is postponed, Em peror William looks with favor upon the match. Princess Margaret has the reputa tion at court ot being the most English of the ex-Empress' daughters. She speaks English without a trace of German accent, regularly attends the English church in .Berlin and is generally imbued with English tastes. Visconnt Chelsea, son of Earl Cadogan. who was for some time a suitor for the hand of Princess Maud of Wales, has become en gaged to Mildred, daughter ofXord Arling ton. This marriage will unite the families of the two greatest ground landlords in London, whose wealth is enormous. The Prince of Wales favored .the Viscount's suit, but Maud did not. , Hnntlnc a Successor for Spurgeon. , The deacons of the tabernacle, who have in their power the choice of a successor to the late -Mr. Spurgeori, are.in'clined to select 'Charles Spurgeon, now at Greenwich, a fluent preacher and sound theologian, but lacking in some of the qualities of popu larity. The choice lies between him, Dr. Purson and Archibald Brown, of Shoreditch, who most nearly approach the distinctive powers of tho late Mr. Spurgeon. FBENCH STUDENTS REVOLT. Scrlons Consequences of a Mutiny at the College, Dlnlns Table. Paris, Feb. 5. Owing to the serious dis orders consequent upon the authorities not allowing the students of the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufacturers, one of the prin cipal educational establishments in France, to hold their annual procession, the head master of the institution, with he ap proval of M. Roche, Minister of Commerce and Industries, has dismissed the students and closed the school. The mutiny commenced at the dinner time of the juniors. One student dashed a plate on the floor and others imitated him. Then 100 more began throwing glasses, de canters and plates on the floor and demolish ing the furniture and windows, while others made impassioned speeches. The masters, finding themselves helpless, fled from the building. The mutineers then flocked to classrooms and induced the seniors to join the revolt. AH proceeded to the Ministry of the Interior and there sent a deputation to see M. Roche. The latter, however, de clined to receive the deputation and ordered the police to disperse the students. It will cost 5,000 francs to repair the damage done to the school. MIQTJEL A STB0HQ FACT0B. The Kaiser Says to Ijso aim May Destroy The German Cabinet. Berlin, Fb. 5. Emperor William, while conversing with Herr Bennigsen, a National Liberal, at a Parliamentary din ner given recently by Chancellor Von Ca privi, said he wonld be greatly pained if the present situation of affairs brought about by the Prussian ele mentary education act in the Prus sian Diet caused the resignation of Dr. Miquel, the Prussian Minister of 1 inancc. The Emperor declared that the consequences of such action on the part of Dr. Miquel would be serious, as the Minis try, without Dr. Miquel, had small chances of holding together. The Emperor further said that he did not want to lose either General von Caprivi or Count Zedlit7, the Prussian Minister of Worship and Educa tion. EALISBTJBY TEBBIBLY BOASTED. Barcourt Says Bis 1 ords About Ireland Are Unworthy a Drunken Orangeman. London, Feb. 5. Sir William Vernon Harcourt spoke to-day at Southampton. He denounced in vehement terms what he char acterized as Lord Salisbury's "nnust refer ence to the Catholic Irish" in his speech at Exeter Tuesday last. He' pronounced the Premier's remarks as disgraceful and worthy a violent drunken Orangeman adding that "such an appeal to the wicked passion of national hatred" was "not only shameful but mischievous on the part of a states man in Lord Salisbury's position." Sir William declared that if the Premier had indulged in such remarks with regard to Canada or Australia those dependencies would not remain 24 hours in allegiance to the Queen unless British claims on their fealty were supported by cannon and bayo net. A CABINET OFFICEB'S FALL. The Fortocuese Administrator General of Customs Dismissed Jn Disgrace. Lisbon,1 Feb. 6. After a Cabinet council to-day a decree was issued dismissing Peito Carvalho, the Administrator General of Customs, from office. His is one of the most important offices in the country, and the decree created a sensation. Carvalho had great influence both with the late and the present King. In the Cortes to-day Senor Arriega de manded the impeachment of ex-Minister Carvalho and the appointment of a commit teeCtbdecide whether others should also be impeached in connection 'with the railway scandals. The proposal of Arriega was re ceived with dead silence and discussion of it was reserved. PROFESSIONAL P0IS0NEBS ABB0AD. Old Hags In Hungary Who Make a Business of Killing Husbands of Others. BudaPestii, Feb. 5. A judicial in quiry, recently held at Neusatz, a town of Hungary on the Danube, has resulted in tho indictment of three old women named Pionesky, Kurjakova and Kernacz, for the murder of ten peasants. It is charged that the crimes were instigated by wives of the victims. The inquiry, also, revealed the existence of a class of professional poisoners living in villages of Southern Hungary. Borrlble Cruelty to Arab Slaves. Berlin, Feb. 5. Emin Pasha, writing from Msua, confirms the stories of cruelties practiced by the slave hunters. Emin says he pursued one hunter six days, during which he counted 51 bodies of slaves who had been recently killed. The bodies of all were worn to skeletons and the skulls of 39 had been beaten in. The Czar's Eldest Daughter to Wed. St. Petersburg, Feb. 5. The Czar's eldest daughter has been betrothed to Grand Duke Alexander Micaelvotch. TWO PHILADELPHIA FAILTBES. Dealers In Woolen and Morocco Goods Forced to the Wall. Philadelphia, Feb. 5. A judgment note, with execution for ?36,896, was entered to-day against Joseph Culbert, woolen goods manufacturer, by Jo siah Linton & Co. The parties interested in the transaction refused to night to give particulars regarding the lia bilities and assets of Mr. Culbert, but it is said that the former will be heavy. Mr. Culbert's difficulties are due to the suspension of J. H. Coats & Co. Albert A. Guiges, the morocco manu facturer, against whom numerous judg ments were issued yesterday, made an as signment to-day,' for the benefit ot his creditors, to Morris M. Newman. Mr. Gniges' liabilities are estimated at about 5250,000. His nsiets are not known, but they will not nearly equal his liabilities. THE CHICOBA'3 FUNDS. Creditors or the Urokan Bank May Got 15 or 20 Per Cent. Philadelphia, Feb. 8. The assignee of H. J. Hoyt, the Chicora, Pa., banker, has filed his report of the appraisement. The total assets are $10,226. Of this amount about ?9,000 are doubtful overdrafts. The liabilities are not known, but good author ity says tbey will be about 523,000. At present it would seem that the credi tors will receive only 15 or 20 per cent. Oil and coal speculations were important features in causing the failure. AN EX-PREMIER INJURED. Mackenzie, the Former Liberal leader of Canada, May Ble From a Fall. Toronto, Ojtt., Feb. 5. Hon. Alexan der Mackenzie, ex-Premier of Canada, sus tained a fall last Tuesday, from the effects of which he,became delirious, and now his condition is believed ,to be critical. His relatives have been summoned. READERS attracted by the recent articles on sterilized milk will And the process described in TUB DISPATCH to-morrow. PROBLEMS OF TH&DAY An Observer Goes Beneath Enrope's Social Snrface and i FINDS A POLITICAL VOLCANO. A Serious Immigration Problem for Amer icans to Solve. SOCIALISH MAKING RAWD STEIDES rsriCTAL TELT.Gr.AU TO Tilt DISPATrn.l Washington, Feb. 5. There has come here an interesting citizen who recently re turned to this country from Europe, where he spent some time in investigating certain political and social movements, and had an opportunity of looking under the surface -of affairs in half a doren countries. He took notice there, especially of three cotempor aneons concerns the Bussian Hebrew exodus, the Italian emigration and the Socialist agitation. In referring to these things he spoke thus: "The Hebrew question is of far more seri ous import than Americans have yet under stood it to be. There are over 6,000,000 of the race in Russia and Poland, and tbe Bns sian Government is determined to drive them away from its territory. Between 60,000 and. 70,000 of them arrived in the city of New York last year, and a sufficient num ber arrived at other American ports to make the Hebrew immigration to the United States during the year fully 100,000. The probabilities are that twice as many will leave Russia in 1892. and, though there has been some talk about a part of them going to Brazil, the Argentine Republic, Mexico and other Spanish-American conn tries, it is tb,e United States that all of them desire to settle in, and they have many reasons for entertaining this desire. A Serious Public Question. "After investigating things abroad, I be lieve that more than 1,000,000 of theui will take ship for onrcountrv within a few vears. This is a strious question for the consulera of the American people. Nearly all of the Russian-Hebrew immigrants are penniless, and are aided in coming here and after they get here. They do not amalgamate with the people of our country; they live by them selves in New York and other cities: thev form colonies of their own, and thev know nothing about our language, our institutions or our industries. We have never before had an immigration of the kind, and there is a great deal of speculation about it among thinking men, including those employed in our domestic industries who are aflected by it. "What can be done by the Government for its regulation ? President Harrison and Secretary Blaine are unable to answer the question, though they are aware "of its gravity. Our Republic is a home for the oppressed of all the world, and Congress eotild adopt no legislation that would dis criminate against any race of mankind ex cept tbe Chinese, whom it has prohibited from coming to this country. Iconfess that I can make no suggestion of a practical kind, and must wait for the arrival of some body who can make any. The Italian Hush Nearly Over. "Another thing that I looked into while abroad was the rush of Italians to this coun try. I came to the conclusion, after travel ing through Italy, that the rush will not last long. We have had more immigrants from Italy within the past two years than we wil have in all the other years of this country. The Italians are turning their laces toward Argentina and other South American countries, where they do better than they do in the United States, where they are welcome, and where they find a climate that is more agreeable than ours is, and where they intermarry with the Spanish race, whose language they acquire easily, and whose ways are like their own. Far more Italians are going there now than are coming to this country, and I became satis fied while in Italv that the immigration of Italians to the United States will rapidly decrease hereafter. In fact I am satisfied that we shall soon see the end of it. "But more deserving of notice than any thing else that I investigated in Europe was the Socialist business which is now agi tating halt a dozen countries. In Spain it is called anarchism, and it permeates the working classes there, a great part of whom belong to the class that cannot get work. The Government has been fighting them for some time in the province of Andalusia, and they are a perpetual menace to the peace in Madrid and Barcelona. The Gov ernment is, trying to suppress them and keep them down, but how can it suppress the discontent that has got into the bones of more than half of the population of Spamv 400,000 Socialists in Belgium. "In Belgium also the Socialists have been especially active during the past half year, ana at tms time the uclgian Govern ment is alarmed by their proceedings, as you may see by the recent news from Brussels. They are thoroughly organized there, even the peasants of the rural dis tricts, but more especially the miners, weavers and iron workers. I ascertained that there are at least 400,000 enrolled Socialists in the little kingdom of Belgium, and that the demand for universal suflrage which they are now making upon the Chamber of Deputief is but the opening of a programme that is based upon the plat form of the International Society. Should the Chamber of Deputies refuse to make concessions it would not be hard to raise a revolution among the Belgian workingmen, and when the flag of revolt is hoisted there it will appear very Boon afterward in other countries. "The German Kaiser understands the fact, and is giving proof that he realizes its importance. It is understood in Italy and in Austria, and even in England. But France and Russia are safer from Socialist disturbances than any other countries of the European continent. In France the Gov ernment is responsive to the sentiment of the majority, and in Russia there is no pub lic sentiment, or any majority for anything or any organization of the masses, or any representative legislature. I became fully convinced while traveling abroad that in the event of a general European war this year, the Socialists of a good many countries will be heard from. "Finally, I may say that I have no propo sition to put in print regarding the Russian Hebrew question, thaf in my judgment we shall soon see the end of the Italian immi gration question, and that we can do nothing to relieve overburdened Europe from the Socialist question." DEVOURED POUR BOGS. A Consumptive Invalid Enthusiastic Over tho New Remedy. IXDrANAPOLis, Ind., Feb. 5. Mrs. Lizzie M. Jones, of Ho. 438 Locust street, this city, claims. to have been benefited by using the dog meat treatment for consump tion. Since the uridle of December she has eaten nothing but dog meat, and three days after beginning the treatment, noticed a change in her condition for the better. She says she has almost recovered. "I have eaten four dogs," she told a reporter to-day. "The first was a Shepherd, then two large Newfoundlands, and the last a Water spaniel, which was not good. I' tell yon, sir, the shepherd Is the dog. The meat and oil are both far superior to other dogs. I have had a great deal of trouble, in get ting my dogs. One of the Newfoundlands which-I had killed came near causing arrest andafter nil it was not a very good dog. I advestised for dogs,, and the only answer I got was from a man who wanted 525 apiece for his dogs. That would have made a rather expensive meat bill for me, wouldn't it? In preparing the meat I haye the dogs skinne'd and cut up by a butcher. The fat I have rendered and cook my potatoes and other food in it. The oil I apply externally and the meat is generally fried. "I keep ft U,.... i rf ..J.. ' . fCT-:- than two weeks. The'meat Is not like beef or mutton; it has a sweeter taste and is very nice." DUPED INTO A TRAMP. Twenty-Five Laborers Deceived by a Dis honest Employment Agent Into Going to Oklahoma on a Wild Goose Chase Now They Are Walking Back. Wichita, Kan., Feb. 5.i-Twenty-five laborers passed through here on foot to-day on their way from Oklahoma to Kansas City. They tell a pitiful tale of deception by an employment agent, and subsequent hardship and suffering. When the announcement was made in the newspapers that the Rock Island Railroad was extending Its lines through Oklahoma to Texas, Employment Agent Payne, of Kansas City, advetised for men to work on the line. Twenty-five men answered the advertisement, and on payment of 515 were promised transportation to the place of work and employment when they should reach there. The men say when they ar rived in Oklahoma they found that the con tractor had all the men he wanted and that he had not authorized the employment agent to secure workmen for him. The 25 newcomers could find no means of sustenance in Oklahoma, so they pooled what little money they had to bny food with and started to tramp back to Kansas City, 600 miles. They passed through here to-day, all of them in a terribly destitute condition and some barely able to drag themselves along. They expect to be on the road for 20 days more.. Inquiry in Kansas City located the employment agent to which the Wichita dispatch referred, but the proprietor declined to give any in lormation to reporters. FUGITIVE C0TT0H BB0KEES, The Jones Brother, or Memphis, Thought to Be In Mexico Sow. Mempiiis, Feb. 5. M. D. MacPherson, of the cotton brokerage firm ot MacPherson & Co., returned to-day from a trip through the cotton belt. He gives the last tidings from the Jones Brothers, the alleged crooked cotton brokers, who mysteriously disap peared from this city last week. Said Mr. MacPherson to a reporter: Thebrotners Jones traveled with me to Littlo Kock on the lion Mountain train Saturday night. This train arrives there about a a. M. I stayed in the sleeper until this morning, but tbe Jones boys took tho Iron Mountain train kouth, which leaves .Little Kock about 2JW a. m. Tliey told, me they were en route to Hot Springs. Jamed K. Jones, appeared to bo In bad health. The train they left on connects at Texar kana with the Texas Pacific for the South west. It is now generally conceded that the young men were making for Mexico. Creditors of the firm are turning up daily. The brothers left their families behind. Their wives declare they know nothing of their whereabouts, but expect to hear from them soon. The families are making no preparations to leave, and each of the Mes dames Jones have in their own names smaller houses than those they reside in and which they mortgaged last week. THE CHURCH DIDH'T LIKE IT. A Pillar, TVho Was Shielded by tho Man Be Bobbed, Is Kxposecl by Members. Teot, N. Y., Feb. 5. fwia7. Charles H. Benedict, confidential bookkeeper for H. Clay Bascom, the widely-known Prohi bitionist, disappeared suddenly a little while ago. Mr. Bascom pnt an expert to work on the books, bnt informed questioners that the relations existing between Bene dict and himself were his own business. Benedict was a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and to all appearances, a very devout Chris tian. People boldly asserted that Bene dict's prominent connection with the church alone Baved him from public disgrace. Some of the congregation did not like this sort of talk, and appointed a committee of investigation. Tins committee called on Mr. Bascom and soon learned that Benedict was a defaulter for several thousand dollars. Benedict, who left his unsuspecting wife behind, was last heard from in Atlanta. He will not be prosecuted. A SERIOUS CHABQE. A Navy Yard Hois Accused of levying Tribute From Ills Men. "Valimo, Cal., Feb. 5. The Secretary of the Navy has directed a minute investi gation of the charges of Joseph Watson, Jr., lately an employe or the Mare Island Navy Yard, against Charles J. Phelp, of San Francisco, the master shipsmith of the navy yard. The investigation will be maae by Captain Henry Cochrane. Watson al leges that Phelps required a financial con sideration from men applying at the yards for employment. A CA11T0EHIA MYSTERY. Wholesale Poisoning Which So Far Can not Be Accounted For. Merced, Cal., Feb. 5. Three weeks ago an attempt was made to poison Jacob Lewis and wife, residing at White Rock, Cal., but both recovered. Last Wednesday night, however, Robert Helm, who is the son-in-law of Lewis, bis wife and two chil dren were poisoned. All the members of the family are very low, one of them hay ing 40 spasms yesterday. Physicians say it was strychnine poisoning. Ko clew to the poisoner. on ice and one do? will last me a little less AT LATIMER'S JUST NOW! There are many Carpet opporttinilies for careful buyers. extraordinary inducements: Will be offered those who see us this week. Stock-taking -. has left, many full rolls and short lengths that are offered at prices never seen before and not likely to be. een again. We will save you money on CURTATNS and OIL CLOTHS. T. M. LATIMER. 138 and 140 Federal St., AXJXJ&GX3LJ5XY, IA. AROeCULT-ROMANCE; A Wilkcsbarro 3Ian's Story of a Queer rromisc That Was i FULFILLED tY M3IE. BLAVATSKT. A Tortrait Appears Upon a Canva3 ia a Philadelphia Parlor. THE BELIEYEB X0W HAS FULL FAITH Pnn.ADEi.PniA, Feb. 5. After 40 years of study in the realms of occultism, J. E. Perry, of Wilkesbarre, witnessed! a seriea of wonderful phenomena during a visit to this city within the last fortnight. Mr. Perry relates what is known among Theo3iphists, that not long before her death Mme. Blavatsky appointed as her successor in the work which she had been, long the acknowledged head Henry R. Foulke, of Philadelphia. Mr. Foulke for many years had been a student of theosophy and a traveler in Europe and India in search of the knowledge of occult truths. Mme. Blavatsky promised him the approval and guidance of the mysterious powers who had directed her own workoncairfi, assur inir him also of her personal co-operatioa from the unseen realms. A Promise Fulfills 3. Mr. Foulke, as the condition of his ac ceptance ot this appointment, required un questionable manifestations of the power ot Mme. BIavatky to fulfill her promise Ha requested that her master should precipi tate her portrait upon canvas, indicating also his own propinquity, after the manner which Theosqphists claim often to have wit nessed. In the parlors of Mine. Eugenie Beste, the Philadelphia psychic, through whose occult powers many pictures of tfce de parted are said to have been made, Mr. Perry declares that he witnessed the fulfill ment of Mr. Foulke's demands. Several canvases had been for some time prepared and waiting for the desired precipitation. When -Mr. Perry entered Mme. Beste's parlor, she showed him three canvases which had nothing on them. He placed them on a chair, Kith the face side to tho wall. The canvases were put in a partially curtained, yet clearly lighted, part of ;ho room, where every article ot furnituro couid be distinctly seen. Soon there was a smell of paint. Mme. Beste observed that the forces were at w ork. After waiting: in silence for perhaps five minute., Mr. Perry examined the canvases, and UDon one of them found a correct and beautiful portrait of Mme. Blavatsky. A Picture Mystically ralnteit. The next morning, accordingtoMr. Perry, while he, Mme. Beste and Mr. Kase were looking at the portrait they saw in the upper left-hand corner of the background the gradual appearance of a face and hrad and finally a clean-cut figure. "There was the white-robed form ot Mme. Blavatsky, sitting," says Mr. Perry, " ith aii expres sion of quiet repose upon her countenance, and her marvclously beautiful hands grace fully folded. Upon the window sill .its a Hindu idol, an exact picture of one belong ing to Mr. Foulke, which was taken by him to England some years a;o and loaned to the Madame. Below the window are shelves containing books, with the initials; I. U. and S. D., no doubt intended to refer to the volumes she has written, 'Isi Un veiled' and 'Secret Doctrine.' "Thus had the request of the chosen oaa been literally complied with, nndcr tii.h conditions that no one can accuse Mr. Foulke of any complicity or duplicity iu its production, as he was not present and v. as an utter stranger to myself until I met him the following day, after he had been sent for to look at the marvelons precipitation."" Gil en Up All for the Cause. Henry B. Foulke had already given up his large real estate business in Walnut street in order to follow what he felt to Lo higher aims of life in the pursuit and dis semination of occult knowledge. He now believes that he has the backing of the mas ters who stood behind Madame Binvuky in her work. To confirm hjm in tlijs belief he has received what lw doubt3not are f e cipitated letters from tbe masters them selves. Mr. Foulke will soon go to India to . prosecute the work of thcosonhy. FIGHTIHG UTAH STATEHOOD The Anti-Mormon Party Protcs's That Changes Mnt Ba Crystallized. SALT Lark, Feb. 5. The Liberal Terri torial Convention, just held in tlii. "ci'y, comprised upwards of H00 leadiug citizens from several counties of Utah. The con vention adopted a memorial to Congress azainst the passage of Teller's Statehood bill or Faulkner's qnasi-Statchood bill, set ting forth that the Territory is settled by people who know nothing of American poli tics, and have never learned to appreciate or conduct free institutions. The progress made it is not yt sufficient to justify turning over the complete con trol to those who so long have been hostile and are yet imperfectly weaned from their old ways. It also calls attention to reason able doubts of the sincerity of the Mormons in their present professions of party di vision and rejection of polygamy; repre sents that the Territory is prospering under the present statns, and asks time for tho changes now going on to become crystal-, ized and irrevocable before Statehood, which once granted cannot be withdrawn, is conferred upon Utah. A committee will go to Washington with the memorial. J '- 45 and 46 S. Diamond, ; fe6-TTS i ( . -. wtB, i&anhit M isBPgTaa. II i i ii mi 'r,
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