ltfiVs&iBK!Mfcili - 'n-rvr-vFrrfx-fip-i- THE "PITTSBUKG DISPATCH, -TUESDAY, JEBRTXARY - - iy -t rw v" ?l,P&f.VfVlvw&mrKlt9?VBT --,,w-7j-rT-,pr-rwWuipiii .WEaBmnw ,lo, 1892L - '" - 9 ?- u 'ITLUEE TO AGREE. f anafla's Reciprocity Commissioners Have to Pact Up and Go Home, HEX OSLY WASTED THE EARTH, nd When Mr. Blaine Told Them Couldn't Qnite nave Jlnch So They HBT CONCLUDED TO PLAY QUITS rSrXCIAI. TELEGHAMTO TOE DI'SPATCH.l WjLBHEfGTON, D. G, Teb. 15. After a eek of mysterious daily sessions the anadian reciprocity commissioners have ijonrned their conference and will return once to Ottawa. At the very outset of le conference the Canadian commissisners ihmitted a proposition for complete reci- rocity in natural products only. This foposition was immediately rejected by le United States in a most summary way. he Canadians were informed by Secretary f State that it would be useless to waste me if they had nothing else to propose. Thereupon the commissioners of Canada .ated that they had prepared a partial list f manufactured articles. This was sub- utted later, with the distinct statement by iem, however, that none of the articles pon this list would be admitted from the 'nited States at a lower rate than they ould be admitted from Great Britain, al- lough the rates for the United tates might he lower than for ortugal, Spain or other countries. The ems in this lift are not as yet furnished r publication, but it is known that the st does not contain any of the articles hich are in the "red parlor" combine, or ay of the particular articles which receive rotection in Canada in return for the sup- ort which the manufacturers of the Do- linion give to the Tory party there. Ifot Exuctly True Reciprocity. A very brief consideration of the list was ifficient to convince the Secretary of State ad Mr. J. "W. Foster, who is his assistant l reciprocity matters, that it did not con- lina single manufactured article which 3e manufacturers of the United States 'ould desire to send to Canada. It is com- osed mainlv of articles which are not man- factnred in Canada, and which never will e manufactured there, because of the great ost of the plant, the capital, the scientific pparatus necessary, and for liLe reasons. The Canadians were duly notified that a roposition of that sort could not be con idered, as it did not afford anything that ould be regarded as reciprocal by the tmerican people. It was a plan as" jug andled as the treaty of 1&5G. The propo ition involved no sacrifice on the part of he Canadians, but it would have compelled irge sacrifices on the part of the people nd manufacturers ot the United States. It was at this point that the question was sked by the United States whether the lominion ministers had any authority ither to make the proposition which they ad submitted, ana whether they were be ore the United States Government in the apacity of authorized negotiators. The Ottawa Cabinet Startled. The question, while it may have been nexpected, is stated to have startled the Htawa Cabinet by its abruptness, and by he positive manner in which an answer was emanded. The onlv answer nossible was hat the Dominion Ministers are simply the jiderlings of the Government in Iiondon, nd that no Euch authority exists, and that t would be necessary to ask for it rom England. It is understood cables were ent by Sir .Tulien Pauncefote to Lord Sal sbury to ascertain whether the desired per lission could be had. But it was evident o the commissioners that they had nothing o expect from the United States from any ermission whicn they would be likely to btain from Lord Salisbury. Tiie United tates would not consent to any arrange lent which would be in the interests of Jreat Britain, and not for the benefit of the ommerce of the American continent. The United States insisted that if any eciprocal relations were to be entered into etween the adjacent countries on this con ment, they were to be shaped in accord ance with the interests of the people here, nd not with a view solely of the interests f the Government of which Canada is only colonial dependency. 2o Baals of Agreement Possible. It became evident last Saturday that it Tould not be possible to come to any basis f agreement as to reciprocity, and the Canadian Commissioners abandoned that art of their mission. The next subject fhich came np for consideration was that f the canals. The Canadian Gov rnment very much wishes to ave the unobstructed use of the canals of he United States, notably the Erie canal, nd has maintained that under existing reaties it has the ritrht to use the canals, ecause it does not discriminate against the Jnited States in the Welland canal. At the outset of the discussion, however, he Dominion Commissioners were met nth a question which placed them in a di emma from which they were unable to ex ricate themselves. It was shown to them y the United States that, notwithstanding he official utterances of the Dominion Gov rnment at Ottawa that there is no discrimi ation against American vessels through the 'anadian canals, the contrary is the fact, 'hat discrimination is very marked, strik ng and oppressive to American vessels, nd that until these discriminations shall be emoyed the Dominion Government is in no osjtion to ask for reciprocity in the use of anale. This was shown to "the Dominion ommissioners by facts which they could iot controvert American Vessels Pay Toll. The Canadian vessels proceed without in erruption and without the payment of tolls, fhile the American vessels are delayed and mlcted by the navment of lieavv tnllc 'o this the Canadian commissioners could ot make any answer which would be satis actory to the United States Government, o that the mission as a whole was an abso ute failure. If the Canadian Commissioners shall re urn to Canada and make misleading state lenlsasto their present mission here, as lid Sir Charles Tupper on a former oeca ion, the probability is that the dministration will not permit the tatements to go uncontradicted, mt will publish actually what did ccur. And in order to protect itself from he imposition to which it was subjected ast spring, it is understood that the Secre ary of State took pains to see to it that the tatements of the Dominion Commissioners rere reduced to writing. Nothins to Keep litem Prom Home. It can be stated authoritatively that Sec etary Blaine will place nothing in the May f the immediate return of the Canadian ommissioners. It is known that President iarrison and Secretary Blaine are indig ent that the diplomatic courtesy has again een 60 audaciously abused as it has by" the dominion Commissioners in comin" to Washington pretending to desire to ncgo late a treaty when they had no authority ihatever to even enter upon the prchmi lary consideration of that quesfion. When hey arrived here it was supposed that thev lad full authority to conclude a convention vhich, if approved by the President and ubmitted'to the Senate, would be binding ipon the United States and upon the iritish Government It now, however, ap lears that they came for the purpose ot en leavoring "to look into the hand of the Jnited States," and to ascertain, if, they ould, whether there would be any pros, ect for reciprocity, even it they ould obtain from Great Britain ny authority to negotiate a reaty. The President and Secretary Blaine now Ind that they have twice been used to effect i Tory and anti-American purpose in ;nada. 'xhere rare1 some intimations that if the Dominion commissioners shall not omit the ordinary courtesy of calling upon the President to take leave, the latter may avail himself of the occasion of announcing in a speech to theni how much this Govern "ment feels that it has been trifled with. Sir Julian Tanncefote Put Out It is said that Sir Julian Pauncefote, 'the British Minister, is not altogether comfort able that he has been made acatspaw iortbe second time by the Dominion Government for purposes of its own, and that he feels very much embarrassed in his relations with the administration, that he should have introduced the Domin ion Cabinet officers to the Secretary of State and the President here, knowing that the United States officials presnmed, at least, that the Canadian 'commissioners had some authority in the premises. There will be no treaty made by the pres sent administration with the Tory Govern ment at Ottawa. That is one of the results which is made clear by the masque rading here of the past w eek, and the cause of reciprocity which the Tory Cabinet pre tends to have so much at heart has been ap parently seriously injured by its campaign of false pretenses here. PRACTICAL EDUCATION. A Banking Business That Will Kot Be Theoretical Is a Boston Public School Idea Methods Heretofore Utilized In Technical Institutes Adopted for Pupils. ISriCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Boston, Feb. 15. A regnlarly estab lished bank with a capital of $1,000,000 be gan business at noon to-day, at the English High School. Its purpose is to give the students a practical training in business methods, and is a decided novelty in the way of instruction in the public schools. The room which the bank occupies is in the upper story of the English High School building and is fitted up with the regulation banking fixtures, provided with blank notes, drafts, checks and billheads. A regular business wili be done every day, starting with a capital of 5,000, for which the scholar gives his note to the bank. Deposit books are furnished by the school, and it is rather interesting to note that an invoice of the books of the old Maverick Bank have been secured. They were seenredatcut rates, and are more valuable than was thought they would be some weeks ago. Actual, Kot Theoretical. A class of boys filed in at 12 o'clock and began business. The first problem that was given them was how to secure their cash at the bank, and the whole hour was taken up with the ureliminarv of the work. It is calculated that two hours per week in the work of the bank shall be spent by all the classes from now through the rest of the year in;the banking rooms of the school. But it is not the intention of the master to teach the boys any technical bookkeeping, but simply to give a clear idea of the ordinary bookkeeping used in actual business. For this purpose there is a ware house and bant department both. The boys deal in produce like eggs, lard, hams, flour and sugar ten sorts of merchandise in all. There is also a list of bonds and stocks dealt in United States 4s, Xew York and New England 6s, Chica go, Burlington and Quincy os being among the list of the former, while Atchison, Union Pacific, Oregon Navigation. West End, Bay State. Gas and other active stocks are some of those of the stock list In all there are six issues of bonds andl5 of stocks. Both the merchandise and stock will be paid for through the bank, the merchandise being sold at 30 days, with 1 per cent off for cash, and the stocks and bonds for spot cash. Clerks From the School Room. In the bank there will be the paying and receiving teller and the bookkeeper, and the warehouses iorce will consist of an entry and invoice clerk and general bookkeeper. At present there are only two boys in the advanced class who are to take up the du ties of these clerks, and it is the intention of instructors at the school to teach busi ness alone and not banking. It is a misap prehension to believe that any other idea is intended, and the bookkeeping which is taught is just such as will be needed by a boy going into actual business. Next year it is very possible that the work will be further systematized, and it is thought that a great many boys who cannot sing, for instance, will elect "the time laid out for that in the course to make use of the facilities in the bank. NO ITALIANS TO BE POUND. None of the Plague Mricken Immigrants Are In rittsburg. Up until a late hour last night none of the Massialia passengers reported as having come to this city had been located, though every effort had been made to do so. The health inspectors were on the lookout all day and every Italian and Hebrew colony in the city was visited. The only persons of either nationality coming into the city yes terday were three Italians and they were located at a house on Liberty street oppo site Union station. They proved that they had been in the country several months and came here from the anthracite regions. A telegram from Philadelphia yesterday stated that it had been officially learned that 14 persons, all Italians, from the ty phus smitten vessel, had come to Pittsburg. The officials here, however, after (yester day's fruitless search, express the opinion that if the men came this way thev have lo cated at some point outside the city. It is claimed that in the time that had elapsed since the immigrants landed, unless they really have the disease themselves, there is no re'al danger of contagion. It is claimed that all the immigrants really affected by the disease were taken to the penthouse at New York and none got away. A PEEACHEH'S DILEMMA He Sides With the Mother at a Christening ana Is Now Under Arrest. Shenandoah, Pa., Feb. 15. As the re sult of a sensational scene in the Protestant Episcopal Church here the pastor, Rev. Lloyd E. "West, was arrested to-day and held in bail for court. Pastor "West was about to christen the infant child of David Jones last Sunday, which had been presented for the ceremony by the mother, when Jones rushed into the church and forbade the pro ceedings, declaring he was an English Bap tist Mrs. Jones, however, emphatically insisted that the christening go on, and the preacher followed her instructions despite the husband's protests. Haiea a Backet to Their Sorrow. " The "Centennial," an apartment house on Ferry near Liberty streets, was raided yesterday afternoon by the officers of Patrol Station No. L The tenants on the fifth floor, who are -of many nationalities and colors, ii ere raising a disturbance all day, and at last it became so scandalous that the business men in that i icinity re quested that the occupants be cleaned out of the place. A dozen women and one man, all in more or less advanced stages of intox ication, were found. Mrs. Mary Donahue, a woman of Sofand her daughter,Mrs. Mary Keiueman. 31 years old, are supposed to operate the place, which is said by the , police to be the haunt ot Italians and negroes. The others arrested were Mary Sarer, Itose Devine, Mrs. Donovan, a uomau of 60 years, and Tim Sullivan, 18 years old. How Fill Got Hl Knife. It now comes from New Orleans that Fitz simmons received the knife with which he took his life, from a local desperado named Murphy. It is supposed the knife was given to him on the morning of the day he committed suicide. Murphy is now in the Parish prison, and the grand jury is inves tigating the case. It is also stated that Fitzsimmons' remains will be removed to his boyhood home after they have lahi a year in the New Orleans cemetery'. -t - OLD MASKS MAINLY. Men and Women Is a Play "With One Strong and Original Act. J ANNIE WARD TIFFANY'S NEW ROLE Sinbad's Second Fuccess, and Marina Mar vels at the Bijou. ALL THE PLATS IN TOWN CEITICIBBD. One swallow does not make a summer, and one good act out of four does not make a great play. "Men and Women," by De Mille and Belasco, is constructed on this plan, and a more disappointing method of building a play could hardly be imagined. Three'acts of "Men and "Women" are rather faded repetition of what the same authors have given us in "The Charitv'Ball" and the "The "Wife." Act III is original and is glaringly theatrical impressive in a very high degree. The last act is as mildly moffenssve as a white rabbit with pink eyes, and as conventional as the animal's appetite for green cabbage. It would have been far more artistic, as well as more ex emplary in a moral sense, it the authors had dropped the curtain finally on William Prescott, confessedly a contemptible selfish villian, with the handcuffs on his wrists. Messrs. De Mille and Belasco were frightened at their own boldness in the treatment of the scene at the bank directors' meeting, and the last act is a solemn and hackneyed abjuration on their part of all such pomps and vanities as originality or truth. It is" a pity, indeed, that suoh a powerful scene as the one alluded to should ue sentenceu to penal servitude witn nacE neyed twaddle, and its effect neutralized in part by a cowardly coneession to the al leged popular demand for happy endings, and a gathering of all the couples in happy congress at the play's close. Little Truth, but Some Novelty. The story of the play is new to a large ex tent It is cut enough in the new fashion to lack acqmplete hero and thorough-going villain. This is true to life as ordinarily revealed, but the trouble about these "Men and "Women" is that the audience is never quite sure how to class a character, and must keep a tight rein on its sympathies. For instance, lYilltam Prescott is put forward no doubt to catch our good will, but he drops into such despicable deceit that one's feet ache to be kicking him and then at last we are ordered to accept him as a sort of shop-worn hero at a reduced price. Such hand-me-down heroism is not attractive. "Without going into details and so depriving some possibly of the real pleasure of wondering how that intensely interesting act III will wind up, it may be said that 'Men and "Women's" plot is this: A bank cashier lends securities beloncinsr to his bank to a broker, who speculates with and lUftCB IUCU1. J.JIC UIUXCI UUillUlikB BU1U1UC A panic comes on. The bank's embarrass ment reveals the loss of the securities. The cashier to cover his tracks directs the suspicion to a junior clerk, and after he has all but ruined the boy who is engaged to his sister the cashier confesses his own guilt The great scene is that which shows the banc directors meeting and as acted last night it was the best reproduction of real business ways we have seen on the stage for years. Good Points in the Performance. The performance at the Alvin Theater as a whole was smooth, but very seldom brill iant. Byron Douglas, a young actor with many graces of person and manner, strug- fleshard to make fYilham Prtscott attractive, ut only succeeded in producing an intense image of an impossible being. It was clever acting, but the authors had barred out nature. John "Woodward's character study in a minor part brought out Jr. PendUlon, into prominence unwarranted.by his share in the story. Mr. Woodward's droll humor in the trying sus pense., of act III was simply delightful. That excellent actor, Theodore Hamilton, whose appearance and style always remind us that there were giants in his young davs, figured far too slightly in the character of a Western Governor, which ought to be am plified. Mr. Hamilton's voice and acting are alike impressive, but he will have to study .the acoustics ot the Alvin if he wishes his audience to hear all he says. Miss Ester Lyon gave an intelligent and moving interpretation to a very conven tional image of feminine pathos, and the buoyant and graceful humor of Miss Hattie Schell was as agreeable as it was in "Shenandoah" and "Held by the Enemy," though her opportunities were fewer. Mr. Dalton played Jsrael Cohai, the bank presi dent, with a fancy forstamed glass windows of a peculiar style with some dignity, all that the part calls for. The scenery was very handsome. A Brunken Man's Speech. At the most impressive point in the great bank directors' scene a drunken man marched down the right-hand aisle of the parquet, anu exienaing nis right hand in friendly fashion over the orchestra, said in aioua loneio ine actors: "lam directed by the Commonwealth of this State, the city government and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to assure you that you are, actors and actresses both, doing your best" Having said this to the astounded actors the speaker wheeled round and before the bewildered audience could understand what had occurred, returned by the way he had come. He was identified as a theatrical attache given to drink, and was ejected snmmarily. The audience laughed a little, but really such an incident is dangerous as well as disturbing. Panics have been started by smaller surprises than this. SINBAD'S SECOND STJCCES3. Manacer Henderson's Big Venture Begins a Two Weeks' Engagement "Sinbad" again made his bow to a Pitts burg audience last night at the Duquesne Theater, and little Ninetta and the smug glers, pirates, cannibals, dancers and fun makers of every description, were with him. He is to be with us this time for two weeks, and if the tremendous house which greeted him last night is any criterion to go by, he will meet with prosperity here. Every seat in the theater was sold last night and a great many people were standing. As the favorites appeared one after the other they were greeted witn the heartiest - applause, and with a warmth that indicated that they had made many friends when they spawa H nvA l-tASn T I1 aba l-AnA X-. 1 ucicucic ucjuic. -lucic wave ueen no changes whatever in the acting cast of the piece. Madeline Morando has left the corps of dancers and has been replaced by a dainty little woman named Edith Craske who is as pretty as a bisque figure in her white wig and mottled harlequin suit. . All the songs in the piece were received with great favor last night, especially "The Bogie Man," and "That's WJiat the Wild Waves Are Saying." For the latter a number of new verses have been written, all of them striking keenly at the topics of the hour. The care and attention which is given the production are shown by the fresh and perfect condition of the costumes and scenery. Everything was' as bright and sp"ick and span as if it had just come from the pro ducer's hands. That "Sinbad" is in for a prosperous engagement is evidenced by the large house which greeted it last night and by the phenomenally big dcmand for seats for the first and second weeks. Numerous theater parties and excursions are coming from the surrounding cities to see the pro duction and the railroads have taken so much interest in the engagement that thejr have made reduced rates for it and have gone to the expense of getting out special advertising matter for "Sinbad." On next Monday night the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will occupy all the boxes in the theater and many of the seats. The lady members of the Gra'nd Armyof the Bepublio will also grace the entertain ment with their presence during the en gagement "Sinbad" is undoubtedly Jhe most popular entertainment ever given in Pittsburg. ANNIE WABD TIFPANY Boes Clever Work In the Step-Daughter, bat Has a Very Poor Play. It is a remarkable fact that women, as a rule, no mrtter what their powers as com edians may be, do not make successful dia lect actors. Of the few who have made their mark in this line, Annie Ward Tif fany stands easily in the front rank. She has mastered the Irish "brogue" perfectly. At tun same time she herself is endowed with considerable of the natural wit and humor peculiar to the natives of "the little green isle. It was as Mddy JRonan in the "Shadows of a Great City" that she first attained prominence. In that play the character she assumed was particularly" fitting. Middy Ronan had her filace in the plot, and that place she filled ike a key in a lock, and like the key she had much to do with the developing of the very clever story. But her connection with it was not forced. The incidents were not pried apart to admit of her. How different the case of "The Stepdaughter," the new play in ,which Miss Tiffany ap peared at the Grand Opera House last night. It would be unjust to say the ancidents were separated to admit Miss Tiffany's bit of character acting, for there ire no incidents in '.'The Stepdaughter" in which she is not the incident, the situation or whatever your pleasure may suggest as a name for the string of antiquated stage pictures of which this drama is made np. She simply permeates the whole affair from beginning to end. It should be called "The Tiffany" instead of the name it bears now. Then, as to the play, as previously stated there "is absolutely nothing new in it. So little ef fort has been made by the author, L. K. Shewell, to produce anything new that he has scarcely changed theriame of Miss Tif fany's character from that in "The Shadows of a Great City." In it she was Biddy Konan; in "The Stepdaughter" she is Pegau Loaan. The company supporting Miss Tiffany is fairly good. One thing can be said with confidence, that they are all, with one or two exceptions, fully equal to the oppor tunities offered. There are several excel lent scenes. That of the drawing-room in Mr. Egerton's mansion is particularly wor thy of mention. The last act exhibits a rather clever revolving seene,ending with a superb view of the rocky coast of Cliffden by moonlight In this scene Peggy lio nan't escape from her enemies by climbing hand over hand down a rope hanging from the precipice made a thrilling picture and elicited thunders of applause. A very large Monday night audience witnessed the performance. GUS HILL'S GALAXY Keep Their Bepntation Cp at the Academy of Music. "More Than Ever," the topical song sung by Marion and Keene at Harry Williams' Theater last night, is a most apropos caption for the whole bill, barring one or two exceptions. Gus Hill, the well-known club swinger heads the list of specialists. Fred Huber and Miss Kitty Allyne "took off" legiti mate comedy cleverly, while Estelle Well ington got many a hand by her clever songs and unique dances. Al Beeves, the banjoist, was a trifle weak in his first part,, made up of frosty sayings and songs too often heard before. The onlv original and redeeming feature was his "The Man in the Moon" 6ong. which caught the crowd. Miss Maude Beverly has got a voice, but she does not articulate well in English. Perhaps she was singing Italian last night Fields and Hanson were the same as of old the imitators of Wood and Sheppard in comical musical capers. The two Judges in acrobatic and eqnilibristic acts are wonders, while the afterpiece, "Push and Pull," is somewhat of a departure from the "Grand rmale" of a variety shbw."" ' " BENEATH THE WAVES, A Great Spectacular Melodrama at the Bijou Theater. The sensational realism in "The Bottom oftheSea"is about as fine a triumph of scenic art as the melodramatic stage has seen in recent years. It is this wonderful representation of scenes that no man can see outside the theater, unless he emulate Maginty, that makes the play a prodigious success. This is its second visit to this the ater, but the house was filled last night with an enthusiastic audience. The scenery worked all right, and the actors are quite good enough for the play. Altogether it is abetter spectacular melodrama than any thing on the road this season. World's Musenm Theater. The performance of an amusing comic opera is the chief attraction here this week. It is Henry J. Byron's "Blue Beard," and the Fitzgerald & Lewis Comedy Company render it very well. Ella Lewis brings good looks and plenty of chic to her impersona tion of Fatima and Harry Fitzgerald as the villain 8hacabac is decidedly funny. The rest of the cast and the mounting of the piece are good. In the curio hall a number of enteresting features are provided, including Fatima, the snake charmer; Captain Chittenden's wild Ameri can collection of curios, and Dodretti, the American Samson. Large audience at tended. The Harris Theater. Of all the war dramas of late years that have risen and reached their zenith none holds its own as well as one of the first of all, "Held by the Enemy." It is a regular visitor here, and of late has been seen at this popular house several times, but the present company presenting it has never been excelled. In only one or two places is it weak. The scenery is good enough, and two large audiences witnessed it with delight yesterday. Harry Bavls Mnseum-Theater. The first day of the six days' rowing tournament between the noted oarsmen Wallace Boss and Ed Monnagher attracted, as was expected, a large crowd to Harry Davis' Fifth Avenue Museum all day yes terday. This was not the only attraction. Snake charmers, mind readers, a traveler with Indian trophies and the Fitzsimmons relics added their drawing powers, to say nothing of the very clever vaudeville pro gramme in the theater. An "Eastern Window Glass Failure. Woodbury, N. J., Feb. 15. Alonzo a Lamar, a prominent window glass manu facturer of this place and Philadelphia, failed this morning. Executions against him to the extent of 520,000 have been filed. Mr. Lamar says that his assets will amount to $30,000 and that Jie can pay all his debts it allowed to continue. It is be lieved that Mr. Lamar will be allowed to continue his business. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Belenland... VlgUancla.... T.aGascogne., Ohdam fcervla Where From. ...Antwerp ...sa'utos ..Havre ,. Rotterdam.... Destination. ...New York. ..New York. ..New York. ..New York,' .. Liverpool... Aedcrland.. Antwerp !eir York. ..new ion. Ucorcian - llostun...i . Liouaoa. urn ell v .new urieans. Memphis .S.Baltimore London. London. Virginia uamniore London. Oregon Liverpool Hallrax. LordGough Uverpool Philadelphia. LordCllve Philadelphia Qneensrown. Anrania New Yoric Queenstonn. Lake Superior... ...Liverpool.... Boston. Scandinavian Glasgow ...Boston. Bourgogne ew York... Havre.. Alllanca pt. Thomas, SEXTON'S IRISH BOMB. He Tells Parliament It is Incom petent to Eule His Country, CITING HISTORY AS HIS PROOF. Chilean J flairs and the Espiegle Shipment of Bullion ia Up. WHAT BRITISH LIGISLAT0ES TALK OP London, Feb. 15. Replying to a ques tion put to the Government in the House of Commons to-day regarding the oppression of the Stundists by the Bussian Government, the Bt. Hon. Jurats Lowther, Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Oflice,and said that the Government did not intend to remonstrate with Bussia against her treatment of religious sects unless the people opposed were British subjects. Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, responding to a question, denied that the British Government had been involved in any constitutional ques tion bv the conveyance of Her Majesty's ship Espiegle from the Port of Coronel, Chile, to Montevideo of 338 bars of silver valued at 145,000 forUhe then President, Balmaceda. The question of the leeal title of the existing Chilean Government was uni versally recognized and the shipment of the bullion was regular. Lord George Hamilton added, however, that a change in the naval regulations by which the captain of the Espiegle was allowed to convey the silver in question, was under consideration. Some Recent Chilean ITiitory. Thin silver, after reaching Montevideo on the Espiegle, was transferred to a mail steamer and taken to Southampton. It was consigned to the head office in London of the London and Biver Plat? Bank. In the meantime the Balmaceda Government was overthrown, and an injunction was ob tained in the Chancery Court by rep resentatives of the Congressional Government, restraining the London and Eiver Plate Bank from indorsing or handing over the documents relating to the bullion, and compelling its deposit in the Bank of England until the rightful ownership was passed upon by the courts. Mr. Jackson, Chief Secretary for Ireland, stated that the wiole sum ot 10,000,000, assigned for the purchase of land in Ireland under the Ashbonrnp act, had been ab sorbed. The pending applications for ad vances, he added, amounted to 361,584 above the sum provided by the act. Sexton Throws an Irish Bomb. In the debate this evening on the address in reply -to the speech from the throne, Mr. Sexton (McCarthyite) moved an amendment, of which he gave notice a few davs ago, declaring that a majority of the Irish people and their rep resentatives in Parliament are conyinced of the Inability of the Imperial Parliament to legislate for Ireland in the manner required by the distinctive interests of that country, and that this conviction has been intensified by the man ifest failure of the land purchase act to af ford a basis for an extension of the class of occupying tenants. Mr. Sexton held that proof of English ina bility to legislate forlreland was found in the fact that while England since the union had. nrogressed by leaps and bounds, Ireland had been reduced to the lowest level she had seen within a century. Throughout the stupendous transactions of five years under the Ashbourne act, he said, not a penny had been lost by the State, the se curities provided for under the Ashbourne system of purchase being all sufficient; but the purchase act of 1891 had been a fatal blow in the insurance fund, foredooming the act to failure. Why Ireland Mast be Set Free. As a result, not a pound of the guaran teed land stock had been taken, The evic tion clauses had also failed. They had tempted landlords to ask exorbitant prices. Until Ireland was set free to manage her own affairs, Parliament would never be free to manatre English affairs. Mr. Jackson replied that Mr. Sexton's criticisms of the land act were premature. The act had been in operation only a few months. Special causes accounted for the small amount of business yet done under the act. When tenants had time to appreciate the value of the land stock, that stock would find a ready market. Mr. Sexton's amendment was rejected by the close vote of 179 to 158. The announce ment of the figures was received with pro longed Opposition and Irish cheers. The address in reply to the speech from the throne was then formally adopted. To Mr. Sexton's query whether the local Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. II js&m rWQ&V ABSOLUTELY PURE teSCMSSMMSlS WILL Ricv -&2"iirj3 a rVgpiaiCIi 9 irCSBSi,7. b i rEAii aiSMfestiae S BS R55KB!KS&SiSS-S! ti BNIssPiff t$s rii asrs H aWJI cssaasvasii muMTmnrwmiiMin mi ausaf. and BUILD UP THE WHOLE SYSTEM TO PERFECT HEALTH. As a Pleasant and jnr.-Fl's "'? e--,i.! v W- . . o Government bill for Ireland would be In troduced Thursday, Mr. Balfonr'nodded in the affirmative. FAHATICS BTJBN A CHTJBCH. A Greek Mob In the Fort or Athenl Show Their" Hatred of Protestants. Athens, Feb. 15. During the service at the Protestant Church at the Piraeua (the Port of Athens) yesterday, a fanatical mob made an attack upon the building and forced their way to theinterior. They se verely maltreated the minister and the au dience. They stole everything of value in the church and then set fire to it. Before the flames could be extinguished the in terior of the church was destroyed. News of the affair reached the military anthorities, and a detachment of troops was hurriedly sent to the scene. When the troops arrived they found the building burning. Their efforts were at once di rected to extinguishing the flames, which they succeeded in doing, but not until the inside of the church had been burned be yond repair. Most of the members of the mob remained in the vicinity watching the fire. After they had subdued the fire the soldiers turned their attention to the van dals and made many arrests. The Kaiser Won't Attend the Fair. Beklin, Feb. 15. The story circulated here that Emperor William announced at the Parliamentary banquet given Saturday evening by Dr. Von Boetticher, Secretary of the 'Imperial Home Office, that it was probable he would pay a visit to the World's Fair, has been proved to be with out foundation. Er-Fremlt r Criipl Ketlrel. Eome, Feb. 15. The Opinion says that ex-Premier Crispi has decided to retire from political life, believing that his presence in the Chamber of Deputies is an obstacle to the formation of a strong opposition, the leadership) of which he resigns to Signor Zanardelli. He hopes, however, that his fnends-will not forget him when the proper time comes. Germany at Wort Anions -the Poles. Warsaw, Feb. 15. The police officials of this city report that German agents have overrun Bussian Poland and are secretly conducting a pan-Germanic agitation. Ac cording, to the police these agents are im pressing the Poles with the superiority of the Dreibund to the Busao-French alliance. IEHX AND THE GBIP. A Papal Order Modifying Fasting Bales la Cases of Prostration. New York World. Pope Loo XIII. has Issued an edict modi fying tho usual restrictions of Lent In all parts of the world where the grip Is prev alent. The order of the Pope has been in the hands of the archbishops and bishops for a number of weeks. It was so worded as to leave the edict Inoperative should the disease have disappeared priffr to the begin ning of Lent. But as the grip Is still prev alent in most parts of Europe and America, the order tv ill be read in all churches pn botn continents on Sunday, February 28, Lent beginning March 2 and ending April 17. The order is similar to the one issued by tho Pope last year. It Is intended to obviate the possioility of too rigid fasting and ab stinence on the cart of many persons whose health demands tho generous use of nour ishing foods, and yet who would have re garded any departure from the rules as an act of disobedience. It Is not unusual for the Pope to suspend the Lenten lestrlctiona in cases of great emergenoy. Durinir the pievalenceof cholera in Italy and France the restrictions were enthely suspended. Last j ear the use of meat was allowed on all days of the week, and the usual rale for lusting was suspended. Just what the mod ifications are this year will not be icnown until the instructions are read in tho churches. The piobability is that the use of meat will be allowed dming the entire Lenten period. It is known that the health of persons who have suffered with influenza remains impaired long after the disease it self has gone, and the most nourishing foods are essential lor full recovery. There are two features of the strict observance of Lent fasting and abstinence. By fasting is meant a reduction of the usual quantity of food during that period. Abstinence relers particularly to the use of meat. If the order of the Pope removes the restrictions as to bothfeatuies, Lent will not be extensively observed this year. 3Igr. Farley, Vicar General of the diocese, said last night that he had not heard of the receipt of the Pope's Lenten order this year, but as the conditions now are about tho same as a year ago he supposed the modifications would be the same. In olden times it was the pressure of the thumb upon the wax of a document's seal that made the deed a valid and binding in strument and in verbal contracts tho thumb ratified the bargain. 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He had a tired, nervous, irrl tablo feeling, pain in the small of liU Dr. A. & Lowe. back; poor appe mimm&fcfflm'Aafflspxi BAV1S11E 25. VtL1 Pj mmm $33vaw. mir mF tite, bloated feeling arter eating, lie Decamo low spirited and easily discouraged. It wa In that condition that ho wrote to Dr. Lnwe and his associate" of the Catarrh and Dys pepsia Institute, 323 J?enn avenue, for homo treatment. After using their medicines, compounded from roots and herbs, for one month. He writes: "I am quite willing you should publish my case in the papers. I am much improved in every particular. The only way I nm bothered now is the pain in the small ot my back and that only once in a while. My voice Is quite natural and my appetite Is line. I am gaining in strength andweuht. One thiag 1 ought to mention. Last winterl paid a doctor of Portland, Ore , $220 in cash, and have at other times paid different amounts and have received no particular benefit until now. Yours respectfully. "A. L. TIIOKXTOX." When all other physicians fall call upon Dr. Lowe and associates. If they can cure you they will tell you. If they cannot cure you they will frankly tell you that. Office hours, 10a. . to 1 r. a., and G to? T. M. Sundays, 1 to 4 p. k. Successful home treatment by corresponflence. Send two 3 cent stamps for question blank. Itemember the name and place, and address all letters to the , GITUBH AND DYSPEPSIA INSTITUTE, 323 PENN AVENtTE, PITTSBURG, PA. XeS-Ti&su , S - j-t",-4', ".-j "-Z.
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