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FOR MUEDER'S SAKE,
And Hot From Principle, Fiendish
Spanish Anarchists Act.
B01IBS FOR CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
Tfcej
Always Explode lj Mere Contact
With the Holy Water.
ME DETOUT TEPrERED BI PET1KDS
Madrid, April 14. The Anarchist
Munoz was again examined yesterday when
he gave v ery minute details regarding the
manufacture of bombs like those found in
the Cortes, which ignite on contact with
water. lie admitted that it was his inten
tion to place Euch bombs in the holy water
basins in the various churches. Munoz ac
companied a magistrate and other officials
to an open spot, where experiments were
made which convinced the officials of the
truth of the prisoner's statements.
The optimistic view taken of the Anarchist
situation here, and the belief that the
prompt action of the authorities would pre
lentthe committal ot further outrages of
that character,, has received a severe set
back. It appears now that, after the arrest
of Dclboche, Ferreira and Munoz, the
Anarchists temporarily relapsed into
quietude, but they have again resumed
their work in diflerent parts of the country.
It would naturally be supposed that all
their attempts would be directed asrainst
those in authority, but it appears that with
Wind and unreasoning maiienancv they
only desire to kill for the sake of killing,
nnd'not bring about a change in the exist
ing form ot government.
Petards Thrown Into a Procession.
An illustration of this was given to-day
at Cadiz. Like all Spanish cities, Cadiz
has been closely observing Holy Week.
To-dav bein;: Holy Thursdav, there was a
public procession of worshipers, the priests
bearing religious emblems and relics. A
considerable crowd watched the procession
ists as they passed all along the streets, a
great majority of the bystanders bowing
reverently a the religious emblems were
carried past them.
Everybody in the procession was passing
Flowly along without the least thought of.
danger when suddenly two men in the crowd
of onlookers threw two petards directly into
the procession. Those in line were panic
Etrickcn and fled in every direction. The
bystanders were also terribly frightened and
sought safety in flight.
In the contusion and rushing the villains
who threw the petards made their escape,
nml there is not the slightest clew to their
identity. A number ot the processionists
Mere more or less injured by the explosion,
but lortunatelv nobodv was" killed. Many
of the people returned to the church from
nhich the procession originally cam and
offered up thanks for their escape from
Jcatli.
Authorities Are Mot to Blame.
The people are deeply indignant at this
latest outrage. The police cannot be blamed
for any laxity, for no one dreamed that spe
cial precautions would be necessary to pre--ront
an attack upon a religious procession.
These processions are features in all Span
ish cities, particularly during Holy Week,
ind seldom heretofore has any trouble oc
curred through them. Every effort will'be
made to capture the miscreants, and if they
are caueht thev will undoubtedly spend the
remainder of their lives in penal servitude.
Another bomb was exploded in Valencia
to-dav, presumably by Anarchists. JUucli
damage was done to property, and the peo
ple are in a state ot terror.
Owing to the Anarchist agitation which
lias caused a general feeling of uneasiness
the elaborate Holy Week ceremonies in
Madrid hae been poorly attended. The
many threats that have been made to de
stroy the places of worship, and the confes
sion of Munoz, who said it was his inten
tion to place in the holy water fonts a cer
tain substance that uould explode after
short contact with water, havesolrightened
the churchgoers that they have remained at
Lome.
The Socialists and the workinsmen's as
sociations are divided in regard to the ar
rangements lor the May Day celebration.
It is not expected that the celebration in
this city will be.very imposing.
Arrests Slade IMht and Left.
The police authorities are very active in
consequence of the circular letter recently
sent to them by the Minister of Justice, and
a large number ot persons supposed to be
directly or indirectly implicated in dyna
mite plots have been arrested. Many of
the arrests hae been made in Cadiz and
"Valencia. The authorities here continue to
receive letters threatening to kill them and
destroy property, but little attention is paid
to them. Every possible precaution has
been taken to prevent outrages, and every
suspected Anaichist is closely watched.
A cable dispatch from Paris says: The
ma;istrate before whom the matter had been
brought has decided that there is no case
ngainst Gustav Mathieu, the alleced accom
plice of the Anarchist Eavachol, and the
warrants which were issued against
Mathieu have accordinelv been annulled.
Le Soir sys that Kavachol's relatives have
been shonn a photograph of the man taken
in prison and that they deny his identity.
ropeans, Including several Huns, and that
he has taken them to Abomey, his capital,
where he will hold them in the event of an
attack by the "French.
ENGLAND STILL WATCHFUL.
The British Diplomatic Agent In Cairo In
sists That E-ypt's Bights Be Not Sacri
ficed Under Cover of the Saltan's Fir
man The Investiture Ceremony.
Caiko, April 14. The ceremony to-day
of the investiture of the Khedive was cel
ebrated with much pomp. All the British
and Egyptian troops were massed in Abdin
Square, fronting the palace. Tribunes had
been erected on the sides of the square,
and these were filled with officials
and others. The Khedive and his Min
isters assembled on a dais in front of
the palace, where they received Amed
Eyoub Pasha, who arrived at 10 o'clock,
accompanied by a brilliant escort of cavalry.
The firman of investiture was read by an of
ficial, who also read a telegram from the
Sultan conferring upon the Khedive the ad
ministration of the Sinai Peninsula. Upon
the conclusion of the reading, the assem
bled troops thrice saluted the Sultan.
The communications between Sir Evelyn
Baring, the British Diplomatic Agent, and
Tierane Pasha, Egyptian. Minister of
Foreign Affairs, regarding the Sultan's
firman, have been published. Sir Evelyn
first wrote to Tigrane Pasha, enelosing a
copy of the firman received from Con
stantinople. In this letter Sir Eve
lyn calls attention to the changes
regarding the Sinai Peninsula, and
asks whether Egypt had received any ex
planations from the Porte in recard to
these changes. On April 13, Tyjrane
Pasha replied to this letter enclosing'a
telegram from fhe Turkish Grand Vizier
conferring the administration of the Sinai
Peninsula upon the Khedive, and inform
ing Sir Evelyn that the telegram was en
tirely satisfactory to the Khedive.
To this communication Sir Evelyn
replied that the firman could
not be changed without the
assent of England, who agreed to the defini
tion of the boundary contained In the fir
man as supplemented by the Grand Vizier's
telegram, which England regarded as part
of the firman. Sir Evelyn added that he ex
pected that both the firman and the tele
gram would be promulgated together. His
note concluded with the statement that
England could not admit that Egypt's ex
isting territory rights or claims were affected
by changes in the language of the firman.
Sir Evelyn requested that these communi
cations be published simultaneously with
the firman.
GERMANY BABIDLY JEALOUS.
She Can't Bear to See Americans Take Her
Sonth American Trade Away.
Berlin; April 14. An incident which
has just occuned her'e is indicative of the
growing German jealousy of American in
fluence in Spanish-American commercial
affairs. Germany, after long continued
efforts, at last succeeded in the attempt to
coerce the Government of San Domingo in
the granting to her the. same commercial
privileges as those enjoyed by the United
States.
Mr. Phelps, the American Minister to
Germany, unofficially spoKe to Baron Mar
Echall von Biberstein, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, in favor of San Domin
go, and the result was to call forth adverse
criticism from the German press. The news
papers, in their comments on the matter,
construe the action of Minister Phelps into
what they are pleased to term "American
overbearance," and all the editorial utter
ances are in a similar strain. The evening
papers contain articles in which the subject
is dealt with at considerable length, and in
which there are many spiteful flings at the
United States Government.
Minister Phelps, in stating the object of
his interview with Baron von Bibestein, as
sured the Secretary that he came to him
spontaneously and not by any instructions
he had received from Washington. In pro
testing against the action of the .German
Government he said that it was ungenerous
ior a great power like Germany to lorce a
little country like San Domingo to con
clude the treaties with the German Govern
ment against the will of the United States
Government. Baron v.on Bibestein, in ret
ply, said ne was not aware that the United
States Government exercised a protectorate
for San Domingo, but that, nevertheless,
Germany only claimed rights in regard to
the matter in question which were already
recognized.
MOIHEE AND SON BEHEADED.
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
'a
Seren Thousand Freight Cars and
Double Tracking to'Be Built .
BY THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R. CO.
Dissatisfied Stockholders Bring
Against the Bobber Trust.
Suits
FIRES, FAILURES AND EA1LWAT NEWS
Philadelphia, April 14. President
Boberts emphatically denies the rumor that
the Pennsylvania Railroad stock is to be
listed in the New York'stock market. Dis
cussing the general business of the Penn
sylvania system, President Robert said to
day that it had been good, though there was
nothing exceptional to speak of. The iron
and ore trade had been considerably de
pressed for a long time. That industry
had to be helped to some extent In the
bituminous coal movement, the, tonnage had
been up to fair expectations, and would, ap
parently, continue so or better. He said:
"We are going to build 7,000 new freight
cars at a cost of about $4,000,000. We wlU
make many track Improvements in the
West. This side of Pittsburg, at least be
tween Millersville and Middletown, we will
build a double track and in many placee
three tracks, and generally straighten the
road."
He could not say anything about the possi
bility of "stock dividend." Nothing that
concerned the declaring of a dividend was
to be said until the very figuring determined
it. He could indicate nothing in that di
rection more than -the general business of
the road would indicate to anyone. There
was every prospect of continuing "good and
increasing business.
THE ETJBBEE TBTST SUED.
STILL THERE'S NO DUEL.
Borrowe and Milbank InTade Iiondon at the
Same Time Tom Ochiltree Leaves.
BY CAELE TO THE DISPATCH.
Loxdox, April 14. No bloodshed has
yet resulted from the return of Borrowe and
Milbank to London. They arrived early
this morning, Milbank going to the Savoy
Hotel and Borrowe to his old rooms in Al
bemarle Mrcct. By a strange coincidence,
Colonel Tom Ochiltree left this afternoon
for Paris. Edward Fox has not yet heard
from either Milbank or Borrowe. He has
let his conduct in the affair to his two
friends, both of whom are out of town for
the Eater holidays.
Fox declares that Borrowe will have to
retract his statement that he did not au
thorize Fox to permit the publication of the
correspondence with Drayton in The Dis
patch, or there will be trouble.
THREE B2ITISH VICTORIES.
Jfatlves in Farther India Bloodily Repulsed
on Each Occasion.
Calcutta. April 14. The Lushais, who
have lately been harassing the British line
of communications between Bungle and
Damagiri, attacked the British camp at
Tuichong April 5. After four hours fight
ing they were repulsed with 40 killed.
The "same party attacked Captain Shake
speare's column April 7, and the Talthuama
stockade April 9. The Lushais were de
feated on each occasion. The British had
only five wounded.
Berlin the Scene of an Execution That Was
Dramatic as Well as Tragic -
Berlin", April 14. A woman named
Kruse, convicted of the murder of her hns
band, and her elder son, Wilhelm, who was
an accomplice in the murde'r, were
executed at Dortmnnd to-day. The
prisoners confessed the murder, say
ing they were weary of keeping the
victim because he was unfit for work.
Wilhelm. being unable to walk, was partly
carried to the scene of execution and sub
mitted quietly. His neck having been
bared, and the head having been adjusted
on the block the executioner severed the
head lrom the body with a single sweep of
the ax. The corpse was then put in a coffin.
The scaffold was immediately sluiced with
water preparatory to the next execution,
and when everything was ready the woman
was led out. She walked firmly to the
block and placed her head where she was
told to, and in a few seconds the execu
tioner had finished his ghastly work. The
bodies were at once removed.
Cholera at the Mecca of India.
London, April 14. Cholera is spreading
at an alarming rate in Punjaub, British In
dia, since the return of the pilgrims from
Hurdwar, a town and place of pilgrimage
attended by 200,000 to 300,000 persons, and
everv twelfth year by from 1,000,000 to
2,000,000 pilgrims and dealers.
Dnrham Strikers Stick to It.
Londox, April 14. A majority of the
Durham miners now on strike have again
voted to continue the strike.
rtrltaln lias Its Wintry Spell.
LONDON, April 14. Snow fell to-day in
Dublin, in the Midlands and in the Sonth
of England.
Tho Klnff of Dahomey elies Hostages.
I'AI'.IS, April 14. La France says to-day
that King Behanzm, of Dahomey, has seized
Fitful Flashes From Afar.
The state of siege at Bio Janeiro has been
raised.
Ifcexdiabt flres are common in all Upper
Austiia.
HEmtEW contractors are accused or fur
nishing the German army with poor rifles.
Messengers from King Samuda report that
the French African expedition has been le
pulsed near Kairaiwane, and four French
officers and 81 soldiers have been taken
prisoners.
A eeitexce of six months' imprisonment
at hard labor has been passed on Jt. Isaka
mura, one of tlio members of Japan's Parlia
ment, charged with libeling the Cabinet ia
public speeches.
Sin James Paget, Sir Henry Thompson, Sir
Jobeph Frayer, Sir Edward Sievefcinij and
many other prominent English physicians
have etened an appeal to Homo Secretary
Matthews to liberate Mrs. Osborne.
Ansa Saisio, wife of n professor at the
State College at Tavastehuns, Finland, who
was charged with having murdered her hus
band, has been found guilty. The court
sen ten cot', her to be beheaded and ordered
that her body be aftern ard burned.
Iir compliance with an ancient custom,
Empeior Francis Joseph yesterday washed
the feet of 12 poor men at the Imperial Pal
ace. After the ceremony the Kaiser pre
sented to eRch of the old men a purse con
taining SO pieces of silver, accompanying the
gift by a lew kindly words.
Hakkt PnTFE,i young American, said to
be w ell known In js'o w York society, was ar
tested by a detective while walking quietly
on the streets of Nice. The detective had
mistaken him for an Italian assassin. Mr.
Phvle intends to put the case in the bands
of the United States Legation.
TnE Hebrew Emigration Committee at
Bet Hit has decided not to assist Russian
Jews except such as arc selected as suitable
for colonization. Tliesa will be sent in
batches of 100 to the United States, others
will be sent slowly to the Argentine Repub
lic, and none will be sent to Palestine.
Kicking Stockholders Demand an Account
ing and a Restraining Order.
Trehto, April 14 In 1888 the various rub
ber companies of this city, including the
Trenton, the Star, the Mercer, the Hamilton,
Whitehead Brothers, the J. F. Brook and the
Home, together with the Erie Company, of
Erie, and the B. F. Goodrich, of -Cincinnati,
formed the Central Bubber Company under
the laws of Rhode Island, the truBt control
ling 61 per cent of the stock of each individ
ual. The combination paid dividends regu
larly till 1890, when attempts to dissolve be-
fan to be made. Thomas A. Bell and James
'. Brooke, of Trenton, Who had been piom
inent in the formation of the trust, com
menced then to be straitened financially,
and the Star, the Brook and the Hamilton,
they being Interested in the two former,
failed. The attempt to dissolve was resisted
by some of the parties, but it was finally
consummated outside the State.
A. R. Thomas 'and M. Hutohison, two of
the interested parties, to-day filed a bill in
chancery, asking for an accounting by the
directors Joseph Whitehead, Frank A.
MaL'Owan, Allan Magowan, W. T. Hayes, J.
O. Stokes, R. R. Whitehead, William I. Nan
nest and William P. Sayer and requesting
that they be restrained from disposing of
the stock transferred to thera when the
trust was dissolved. It is charged in the bill
that the directors mismanaged a&aiis and
sacrificed the assets of the complaining
stockholders and others for the interest of
favored stockholders.
A meeting or the directors of the United
States Rubber Company was held to day.
The negotiations "for the purchase of the
plant and business of the Mercer Rubber
Company, of Now Brunswick, N. J.,
owned by John R. and James
B. Ford, were reported as piogressing
satisfactorily. George A. Lewis, President
of the Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe Com
pany, was elected a director. The capital
stock ot the company was increased to $12,
500 000. the company having the right to
issue under its article or corporation up to
$50,000,000.
D. & H. and the Tanderbllti.
New York, April 14. The managers of the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company to
day sent out a request for process to be used
at the annual election on May 10, which was
accompanied ty a note iroin President oii
phant stating that the process would be
used to elect a Board of Directors who
would in future, as in the past, maintain the
independence of the company and not al
low Its great property to become subordin
ate to any other corporation. This state
ment is considered especially important in
view of the current reports that the Vander
bllts have acquired control of tho property.
Yesterday a copy of the transfer books was
begun in the interest of some opposition
party, and requests lor proxies-have been
made in tho name of Seward Webb, to be
voted for Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chauncey
Depew; H. McK. Twomoley and Dr." Seward
Webb. -This request, however, was not
made at the request of the Tanderbilts. and
Dr. Webb and the Vanderbilt interests are
reported to be quari ellng on account of the
movement. It Is stated, however, on the
best authority that Chauncey Depew, Corne
lius Vanderbilt and H. McK. Twombley will
certainly go into tho board when the elec
tion is held.
An Anti-Trust Howl From Delaware.
Wilmgto:?, Del., April 14. The Kent
County Farmers' Institute, in session at
Felton yesterday.adopted and ordered to be
forwarded to Washington resolutions de
nouncing "the most unjust and iniquitous
attempt of the sugar refineries of the United
States to enrich themselves at the expense
of the people at large," as a "high-handed
and impudent outrage," and calling upon
Congress to "protect us against the assault
of this heartless monopdry by an immediate
repeal ot all duty upon whatever grades or
kinds of sugar."
A Big Association Deficit.
Prilaselfbta, April 14, A shortage of
$30 000 in the funds of the Kingsesslng Build
ing and Loan Association lias been dlscov.
ered. Two expert accountants have been at
work on the books for some time. At the
annual meeting of the association Tuesday
evening, they reported that there was a de
ficiency of $8,000 in the capital of the asso
ciation, and the entire earnings, amounting
to $21,000, had disappeared. Thomas elegit,
the Secretary, in whose books the shortage
Is said to have occurred, could not, it is re
ported, account for the deficit.
Heavy Terminal Deposits.
New York, April 14. The Richmond Ter
minal committee this afternoon decided to
allow deposits of securities until Tuesday
next under the same coudltions as those
prevailing up to to-day. The deposits so
far amount to $58 520,000 out of a total issue
$91.179 000 Terminal securities, including
$47,200,000 common slock out ot- a total issue
of $70,000,090; $3,000,000 out or $5,000,003 pre
ferred stock; $1,300,000 out of $5,500,000 6 per
cent bonds, and $7 000,000 out or $10,679,000 5
per cent bonds. Many undeilying securities
were also received.
at Whydah, the port of Dahomey. 20 Eu- J" and three black "tips for trimming.
The Victoria Bonnet.
The most remarkable bonnet London has
produced this season is called the Victoria,
and is a copy of the bonnet that was fash
ion able in the season ot 1841. It is the
lanrest bonnet ever seen the brim is about
ten inches wide and is made of black net.
with an edging of jet and a bow of ribbon
Wool Manufacturers to Exhibit
New York, April 14. The special commit
tee appointed to represent the interests of
wool manufacturers, and to act 'with the
officials of the Chicago Woild's Fair, met
here to-day and conferred with representa
tives or the trade. It was decided that the
exhibits should be made on a unifoi m plan,
in cases to bo constructed under the direc
tion or tne committee. Each firm will have
an individual 'representation, but tbe col
lective exhibit is lor the purpose of uni
formity, expenses to be divided equally.
A Very Bad Iron Failure.
Phxllifsburg, N. J., April 14. The Lehigh1
lion Company, of Allentown', Pa., which
failed a few days ago for about $300,000, as
signed yestei day. The sales on judgments
entered amounted to $80,000. and $50,000 in
claims have since been filed against tbe
company. The entire capital or the con
cern, $250,000, has been sunk, and the outlook
for the stockholders is very unfavorable.
BUSINESS BREVITIES. .
TJinoir workmen at the Piqua tin mill are
on strike.
Rumors of a newly formed Gas Fixture
Trust are denied.
Air English syndicate headed by Lord
Brooke is buying mines in Mexico.
The Cleveland Axle Works will remove to
Canton in constdeiation of $25,000 aud a free
site.
New Orleans street car companies, to pre
vent a tie-up, have conceded the demand of
drivers for a reduction of their working day
irom 17 to 12 hours at the same wages $1 65.
The final report and accounting of Charles
W. Gould, assignee for & V.White ft Co.,
was filed in New York-yesterday. The nn
secured debts amounted to $1,013,543 94, and
tho secured debts $1,72,000.,
The Whisky Trustyesterday re-elected the
following officers: J. B. Greenhut, Peoria,
President; L. H. Greene, Cincinnati, Vfce
President; P. J. Hennessey, Chicago, Secre
tary; W, N. Hobart, Cincinnati, Treasurer.
As A result of being squeezed by Fardrldge
and other smaller Chicago bears, Charles F.
Johnson, of the milling firm of C. F. John
son ft Co., at Marshall, Minn., has lost over
$40,000, and has turned hls-property over to
his partners. ,
The St. Paul German Fire Insurance Com
pany assigned "yesterday on account of in
sufficient business. Its stockholders nro
the only persons will suffer, and all obliga
tions will be met in full. No figures have
been given out.
The combining of the Southern marble in
terests is becoming an assured fact. All the
quarries between Marietta, Ga., and Murphy,
N. C, though owned by hair a dozen differ
ent corporations, are really controlled by
the Southern Marble Company.
Forty double lo-penny, nail machines and
20 10 penny nail machines are being put In
the New Castle wire nail mill. The plant
with these improvements will be one of the
largest In the world. They will have a capac
ity or 8,000 kegs per day before the 1st of
July.
Laughead, Modissttb ft Co., contractors
on the new Uniontown court house laid on
33 stone cutters and layers yesterday. They
say tho reason Is because Butz ft Kaufman,
the Pittsburg architectsi'who are furnishing
tho plans of tho building, refuse to give
them any further plans until the additional
1 per cent voted by the old Board of Com
missioners and rescinded by the present
Board is voted them.
The following charters were issued yes
terday: The Columbus Oil Company, of
Pittsburg; Directors, Junius A. McCormick,
P. Moran, Frank A. Hopper, J. Leo McShane,
J. A. Flannery, all of Pittsburg, Joseph
Hervey and Herman A.' Kunkel, of Alle
gheny, and Robert Hervey, of Coraopolis;
capital stock, $10,000. The Manor Electrio
Company. 'of Westmoreland county: capital
stock, $6 000. Tho Indiana Glass Company,
of Indiana; capital stock, $50,000. v
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
Eastbodhd freight rates from Chicago and
Minneapolis, including lake and rail, are
still in a demoralized condition?
Iw tho Lehigh Valley shops at Wilkes
barre, many hundreds of workmen are re
duced to half time until further orders.
Freight rates on anthracite coal were ad
vanced Wednesday at a meeting in New
York of all tbe coal carrying companies.
The report that the Rea'dlng Railroad has
secured control of the Pennsylvania, Pough
keepsie and Boston Bailroad Company is
not absolutely correct, hut it is understood
negotiations are pending.
Fast train competition is becoming a fac
tor in the Western railroad situation. The
Rock Island and Burlington roads will
shorten the run irom Chicago to Denveran
hour or two at least, To do this will re
quire a 50-mile an hour schedule.
At the election of the Southern Paciflo
Railioad of California the following gen
tlemen were elected: Charles F. Crocker,
President: W. V. Huntington, Vice Presi
dent; N. T. Smith, Treasurer: J. L. Wilcutt,
Secretary. The only change is the substitu
tion of W. V. Huntington for Timothy Hop
kins. Reports are current that Samuel Spencer,
now with Drexel, Morgan ft Co., and Vice
President of the Baltimore and Ohio, would
be elected President of the Union Pacific
It is understo: d that the foreign stock
holders, the Standard Oil interests and the
floating debts syndicate have pooled their
issues and will.elect a new management.
In a suit growing out of the $150,000 loan
negotiated some years ago by the Louisville,
New Albany and Chicago Railroad, the
money was lent by the Union National Bank
at 6 per cent Interest, subject to a contingent
2 por cent additional. The loan was repaid,
but the bank sued for the additional note,
about $3,500. Judzc McConnell, of Chicago,
decided tor the railroad company.
At Philadelphia the Baltimore and Ohio
Raljroad Company have made answer why
tho Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany is not entitled to one-half of the stock
of the Schuylkill Rirer East Side Railroad
Company, and declares that the bonds weie
without market value and the Philadelphia
and Reading conld furnish no means, as
agreed, for the construction of the'road iu
litigation.. , , - .
A LINE OF SETTLERS
Who Won't Leave Their Places' to
Eat or Sleep, flow Forming at
A NORTH. DAKOTA LAND OFFICE.
TBE FARIBAULT AFFAIR. : raw ADTEBTBEMErra. I
The Pope Has Not Disapproved Seml-Or- fBh 3
flclal Newspaper Criticism A State- MMiiftaii l&xf iWtWf! papfrBll 1
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BARGAINS ! BARGAINS!
FRIDAY BARGAINS! i
Eailroad Trains Beady to Invade the Re
serve, Loaded Down.
OKLAHOMA BOOMERS EXCITED,
THE FIRE- RECORD.
Fort "Worth, Tex. Oliver 4 Steinberg's
lumber sheds and contents. Boss, 10,000; (n.
surance small.
Long Island, City The Bong Island Rail
road storehouse, Lapham & Co.'s molding
and planing mill and Clark & Sampson's hay
and seed warehouse. The lumber yards of
E. W. McClave and H. G. Whiting and the
Bong Island Railioad electric light plant
were partly destroyed. Austin Corbin's
private car shed was aNo consumed. The
car ww away at the time. Losses aggie
gate $100,000.
Bremen The fire on board the British
steamer Monrovia, from New Orleans, has
not been extinguished. She is being flooded
and has now 16 feet of water in herforwhold.
Her cargo is badly burned. She is being dis
charged ns rapidly as possible.
Stanton avenue Tho house occupied by
K. R. Thompson, on Stanton avenue, near
Neglej1, was damaged by Are yesterday to
the extent of about $200.
Atlanta, Ga. The main building of Clarke
University for colored students, near here,
wasdestroved by flte last night. Loss, es
timated, $100,000.
Coltsville, Mass. The paper mill of Z. and
William Crane, known as the Government
mill, and where all the United States bank
and tieasury note paper has been made for
13 years. The blaze was discovered in the
rag room by the night-watchman, and was
piobably caused by' spontaneous combus
tion. Loss, $125,080; insurance, $75,003.
FIBST PAINLESS AMPUTATION.
A Leg
Was Cnt Off in a Mlnnte by the
Famous Surgeon Ligton,
FaU Mall Budget.
It was in December, 184C, that the famous
surgeon ListSmamputated a limb painlessly
under ether at King's College Hospital, the
anaesthetic having been administered by
Dr. "William Squire, who is still in practice
in London:
Among those present on that occasion
was Dr. (afterward Srr John) Forbes, the
author 'of "A Physician's Holiday." He
described to me that he never .felt so near to
falling on the floor in all his life as he did
when he witnessed the great surgeon Liston
amputating a thigh while the patient
was in deep sleep. - In those
days, in order to save pain, the
surgeon cultivated rapidity of action, and
lucli an adept was Liston that he completed
the removal of the limb withiu the minute.
This, combined with tbe momentous results
of the annihilation of pain, was the opuse of
tne sensation expenenceu vy c oroes. xt
was not fear, it was notfaintnessj it was an
emotion painful, as he expressed it, irom its
overwhelming surprise and pleasure. Every
body seemed pale and silent except Liston,
who was flushed and so breathless that
when he broke the silence with the word
"Gentlemen" he almost choked in its utter
ance. .- '
Other hospitals soon 'followed suit, and
the use of the ansesthetic became the order
of the day.-
A Monster Elephant ot Ceylon.
The Ceylon Independent says that Mr. James
Harrison, a Yorkshire gentleman, has re
cently "had the good Juck" to kill one' of
tho largest elephants ever obtained in Cey
lon. The victim was a well-known charac
ter in the Dambulla district, having been
hunted aud fired at scores of times, but
which hitherto had escaped. He is reported
to have measured 10. lj at the shoulder,
and if this be so he was indeed a monster.
But it is not easy to take the shoulder
measurement)! a dead elephant with the
nicety required to insure accuracy within
halt an inch, or even an inch and a half;
and Land and Water would like to hear how
the tape was applied before finally accept-,
ing the height given.
"What Uncle Sam Hears Occasionally.
Smyth I hear that Simkins has got a
pension. He never saw any service, did he?
Tomkins No; he lost his .voice urging
neighbors to go to the front.
Fabgo, N. D., April 14 A line was
formed at the land office here about mid
night last night, and this morning there
was quite a long string, which is growing.
The men have formed an organization and
elected a President, who gives each man a
number as they catch on, and they have all
agreed to respect these numbers, so that a
man can leave his place in the line to get
his meals. Many of the men are afraid to
trust to this, and have brought pro
visions with them to last until Friday, as
there is always a chance that the agreement
may fall through and they may hare to
take their place at the foot of the line.
Most of them have purchased and have
blankets wifh .them to make themselves
comfortable to-night.
The crowd is orderly and gopd-humored.
The land office has not yet received any of
ficial plan of the land,.and Receiver Davis
yesterday sent a man to the Sisseton agency
fter them.' He would have to ride all
night from Brown's Valley, and then turn
around and ride back in order to reach here
in time.
Getting a Tlew of the Promised Land.
For a week past every train on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Bailwav has
been dropping offa few laud-seers at "Wau
bay, S. D. The numbers havs increased the
last four days. They come from both direc
tions. Aberdeen has sent in large numbers,
who reached there from the north, south
and west, and Milbank on the east has sent
in many from St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Eastern States. Many settlers have come
here in order to get the ride across the res
ervation, as this has been the only way in
which a view of the promised laud could be
secured for two weeks past, owing to the
orders of the Secretary and the soldiers.
The same railroad has. a trainstauding at
the depot ready to start for the'Xake Tra
verse lands to-morrow morning. The road
is just completed to a point in the most fer1
tile lands. More than 500 men are waiting
to take passage on tbe first section of the
train.
The Movements of the Trains.
The plan is to pull out of the depot here
at 11:30 to-morrow and run to the line, a
distance of six miles. Here a halt will be
made until 12:30. At the given signal the
train will pull out for the rich Lake Tra
verse basin land to the north.
At the end of the track the "Wilmot Land
Company aud the White Beaver Town Site
Company will .have wagons, buggies and
conveyances of all kinds to take the set
tlers to the exact claims. Two hundred
and fifty passengers came in on the train
from the East yesterday-and twice that
number this morning. Trouble is feared at
the time the train starts if all are not able
to secure transportation.
A dispatch from Brown's "Valley, Minn.,
says: The train from here this morning
carried fully 100 men to Graceville, bound
for Hankinson, Lidgerwood and points
along the northern boundary line. A party
of 40 went north to "White Rock. A party
under the leadership of Oklahoma Charley
are building a large flotilla on Lake
Traverse, about seven miles north of the
city. It is stated that he has a party of
nearly 500 men, which he will conduct to
the best lands to-morrow. Their scheme is
said to be to put back to the middle of the.
lake if surprised.
Oklahoma Boomers on the Tip-Toe.
A dispatch from Guthrie, O. T., savs:
The news of the President's proclamation
opening the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands
to settlement Tuesday, the 19th insU,
reached here late last night To-day un
usual stir is manifested, as the numbers of
boomers who have been waiting for the an
nouncement are making their final prepara
tions to move up to the front. Everything
is now in readiness for the opening, and no
more delay will occur.
Very few of the thousands waitine to
enter the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country
have anything but the vaguest ideas as to
the character of the country which they
have looked upon as tbe promised land.
Some of it is very fair farming soil, but
most is poor. A few of the would-be set
tlers, disgusted with the outlook, are leav
ing, but their places are rapidly filled, and
they are not missed. But few attempts to
cross the dead lines are made. A newspa
per correspondent made a trip into the
country and found not a single "sooner."
Near Darlington a small encampment of
Arapahoes was found. These Indians are
all believers in the coming of the Messiah.
"Waggoner Beck, a military messenger who
was met on his way from B Troop to Fort
Reno, says the Cheyenncs held a big ghost
dance near the proposed seat of "M" county
Monday night.
Five Thousand Strangers in Watertown.
According to advices from "Watertown, S.
D., train load after train load of land seek
ers was landed here yesterday to swell the
crowd that overflowed the town. Fully
5,000 strangers.spent the night in "Water
town, crowding in every available space and
sleeping in hallways, churches and impro
vised sheds in the lumberyards. Hundreds
were taken into the houses of citizens, and
every effort was made to make all as com
fortable as they could be in a down-pour of
rain that is unprecedented in the history of
Dakota.
The line at the land office is constantly
extending, many being comfortably shel
tered in wood-package cases; but others
with grim resolution brave the elements
unprotected. Whenever conveyances can
be obtained settlers are getting out along
the line of the reservation, and many are
getting temporary accommodations with
farmers in the country.
To-morrow morning the available troops
will be deployed into a vidette line sur
rounding the" reservation on its north and
east boundaries. The bugle signal will
open the firing, which will be carried along
the line, each man firing one shot. At that
instant there will be a helter-skelter race
for the town site, 12 miles north and 10
miles west of Brown's Valley, Minn.
CURING BY HYPNOTISM.
ment From Archbishop Corrlgan.
New Yoek, April 14. It was reported.
yesterday that a special dispatch had been
received by a Roman Catholic prelate in
this city from Rome which gave an authen
tic denial tojthe report by cable that the
Pope, by a letter to Archbishop Ireland, had
disapproved the criticism in the Roman news
paper, the 'CivUta Cattolica, of tbe Faribault
affair. Archbishop Corrigan told a Tribune
reporter vestenlav that the dispatch con
taining the denial had been received. He
said that the Pope was always understood
to sanction the criticisms of the Civi'ta
Cattolica, as such articles were
submitted to the Vatican for ap
proval before publication. The Arch
bishop thought that it was significant that
the articles fn the CivUta on the subject had
"gone on crescendo every number," which
could hardly be understood it their tone
were open to objection. Regarding the dis
patch saying that the Pope had disapproved
the criticisms, he said that all the cable dis
patches from Rome should be received with
great caution just at present.
The Faribault affair is the transfer of
parochial schools to the Board of Educa
tion, unconditionally, so that they are con
ducted durlng'school hours precisely as any
other public school and subject entirely to
the Board of Education in every respect.
The criticism was made because Archbishop
Ireland had leased a parochial
school in Faribault, Minn., to the public
school authorities. Children of all de
nominations were received in the school,
and the Catholic children had to go without
religious instruction.until after school hours.
Then, again, the text books were under the
supervision of the-Board of Education, and
other teachers, in addition to the Sisters of
Charity, were employed.
TELEGRAPHING THE WEATHER.
Curiosities That Result From the Use of a
Code of Ciphers.
The weather reports which come by tele
graph to the United States Signal Office at
9 o'clock every night are curiosities in
themselves. Here is an actual specimen, il
lustrating the style:
"Boston, March 3L Bashful barmaid
damnable bony hirsute pirate."
It is wonderful what a lot this means.
"Bashful" signifies that the barometer is
30. 12 and the temperature 30 Fahrenheit
"Barmaid" tells that the wind is from the
north and that .52 of an inch, of rain
has fallen during the last 24 hours. "Damn
able" says that "the velocity of the wind is
22 miles an hour and that the highest tern-
Serature during the day was 42. "Bony"
eclares that the sky is covered with cirrus
clouds. "Hirsute" makes it known that
the observations were made at 8 p. at, that
the dew point is 80, and that the local pre
diction is for fair weather. "Pirate" com
municates the fact that the highest wind
velocity during the day was 52 miles an
hour. Each letter in every word means
something, and in this way it is possible
to condense a deal of information within a
brief space, each observer having his own
key.
THE SEX OP A PICIUHE.
A Woman's Portrait That Heretofore
Passed as That of a Male Hero.
London Piccadilly.
Changes of sex rarely take place in these
prosaic days, and I much question whether
a well-authenticated instance has been re
corded since the mytholoeical era. How
ever, a very close approach to this strange
reversal ot nature's decree is reported from
Versailles. In one of the famous Salles des
Marechaux that form part of the his
toric gallery is a portrait that rep
resents a somewhat effeminate personage
in a mediaeval costume, and has,
ever since the collection was formed, borne
the name of Jean de Montluc, Marshal of
France in 1594, and natural son of the
Dominican monk" who served Francis L
and Henry XL in the character of.diplomat
ist "Within the last few days closer investiga
tions have resulted iu the discovery that
the canvas has no claim to its masculine
title, and it will henceforth be labeled as
the effigy of Renee de Clermont d'Am
boise, wife of the aforesaid warrior. For a
century this gallant lady has held her place
among the heroes of France and no one has
been any the wiser.
A Cat as a Swimmer.
Many cats are fond of, rather than averse
to, water, aud take to that element freely.
Some years ago, when residing on the
banks of the Thames, writes a correspond
ent of Land and Water, I had a cat which
used regularly to swim across the river to
an eyot which was infested with rats, the
distance being about 40 yards. I often
used, to carry her across the broadest part of
the stream, opposite my house, at least 100
yards, in a punt, and land her on the oppo
site bank, when, regardless of weather or
flood, she would boldly follow the punt
home. She always swam very'low in the
water, with tail erect, and used to shake
herself like a dog upon coming ashore.
Mother "Washington's Bible.
The family Bible belonging to George
"Washington's mother has lately been on ex
hibition. It has a cover of homespnn cloth,
put on by its original owner, and is won
derfully preserved for its age, all its pages
being still intact except a few at the begin
ning torn out and placed in the corner of
the Mary Washington monument at Fred
ericksburg, Va. The first entry in it is that
of the marriage of Augustine Washington
and Mary Ball, in 1731, and the next is that
of the birth of George Washington, Feb
ruary 11, 1732 (O. S.).
A Successful Specialist Describes His Meth
od of Procedure.
"Which is the worse", to become a weak
hypnotic patient, or remain a confirmed
drunkard?" The doctor was a specialist,
and a peculiar gift for hypnotizing -people
was his, writes Dr. A. S. Atkinson, describ
ing a personal interview. "How do I do
it?" continued this specialist "Well, the
method is simple. When a man addicted
to drink comes to me I can generally tell"
by feeling his hand, and in looking into his
eyes, whether he is a fit subject Not every
man is subject to mesmeric influence, only
about one in every ten persons. Naturally,
that is. But drink makes them otherwise.
It acts upon the brain aud nerve centers.
weakens them, and eventually destroys
them. With a weakened, degenerated brain
the strongest-minded man will become a fit
subject for hypnotism. Well, the pupils of
their eyes dilate and remain congested: when
they are susceptible of my power. They
soon pass over into the hypnotic state. By
speaking plainly to them I can make, an
eternal impression upon their minds. I
tell them in .words something like this:
'Henceforth liquor will be distasteful to
you. "You will liate the taste worse than
the poison. The smell and taste of it will
sicken you.' They become profoundly im
pressed with this, and afterward they will
he unable to return to their former habits.
It is a cure,"
"FOR 25 YEARS
I had gas on my stomach," said Mrs. Mary
Carroll, a Lawrenceville lady. "I was afraid
to eat anything
for the heavy,
dull pain in
my stomach.
It made no dif
ference what I
ate, all food
would ca,uso
,pain. I had no
desire to eat,
my s t omach
would bloat
terribly, with
Eain about my
eart 1 olten
thought I had
heart disease.
I had pain on
both sides. I
was dizzy, was
'afraid to go
into tbe street
for fear of lall-
ine. My sight
ub'ecame dim.
Mrs. Marv Carroll. and floating
specks appeared before my eyes. I bad a
constant tired feeling. I could get no rest
ful sleep, and often lay awake for hours.
The disease seemed to work toward my
lungs. My breath became snort, ana x leis
soreness in my chest
"I tried different doctors nnd every rem
edy I could hear or. Occasionally I felt re
lieved for a short time, but soon my trouble
letnrnea as bad as ever. I saw so many tes
timonials In the papers fiom patients cured
at the Catairli and'Dyspepsia Institute, 3il
Penn avenue, I resolved to call there. I did
so and took a course of treatment and be
came cured. I now feel strong and well.
"MRS. MARY CARROLL."
Office hours, 10 a. m. to 4 r. v., and 6 to 3
p. it. Sundays, 1 to 4 p. v. Successtnl home
treatment by correspondence. Send two 3
cent stamps for question blank. Address all
letters to the
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