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MAY 13. 1807. WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, May 11, 1807. Is there to be another sugar scandal? That is the question that is being asked oftoncr and oftener as the sugar sched ule in the amended tariff hill is becom ing better understood. Washington is full of ugly rumors concerning that sugar schedule and the manner in which it was adopted, one being that a copy of the schedule was in the hands of a bro ker several days before the bill was re ported to the senate, and was used for speculative purposes. Senator Jones, of Nevada, is reported to have stated that at the last meeting of the Republi can members of the senate finance com mittee. which ho was invited to attend, it was definitely understood that the provision expressly continuing the Ha waiian reciprocity treaty should remain in the bill, yet when the bill was report ed to the senate the next day that clause was left out. It is notorious that the sugar trust has been working to get the treaty with Hawaii abrogated. It is also known that the majority of con gress is opposed to the abrogation of this treaty, ('an it be wondored at then that it should be charged that the treaty provision was left out of the bill so that money might he made speculating in the stock of the sugar trust? Prominent Republicans have openly donnounced this sugar schedule as indefensible and as being intentionally muddied and mix ed so as to confuse the public as to the benefit the sugar trust would derive from it. The Dingley bill as passed by the house gave the sugar trust protec tion to the extent of one-quarter of a cent a pound on sugar, but Representa tive Swanson, of Virginia, a Democratic member of the house ways and means committee, who has carefully analyzed the present schedule, positively asserts that "the h ast possible protection to the sugar trust in the schedule adopted by the senate finance committee is near ly half a cent a pound." Whether the present schedule be allowed to stand or not, the sugar Trust people and those who stand in with them have probably already utilized it to make a big pile of money by speculating. Recent news from Ohio has not been at all satisfactory to lloss Ilanna and liis hopes of retaining the seat in the senate that John Sherman was com pelled to give him, and he has gone to Ohio to study the situation at close range and figure up how much cash he shall put into the campaign. His Re publican colleagues iu the senate showed how transient they regarded him by fail ing to make him chairman of any com mittee, and by giving him unimportant committee assignments. They could not very well have made plainer their belief that the next Ohio legislature would be Democratic and Mr. Ilanna's successor a Democrat. It was given out by Mr. Ilanna that, ho was going homo lor a rest, by order of his physician. Claude M. Johnson, the Gold Demo crat, who, as a personally requested fa vor of ex-Secretary Carlisle, is being allowed to remain at the head of the bureau of. engraving and printing, is getting some rough raking over from Democrats, lie is accused of recom mending the reinstatement of Republi cans whoso dismissal he had recommend ed to the secretary of the treasury for specific cause, under the late adminis tration, and is said to take especial pleasure iu a Republican reinstatement that pushes a regular Democrat out. If indications are not very deceptive the influence of the sugar trust is quite as potent in the White House as in the senate. Mr. McKinley has been unable to stand the pressure, and will, there j are reasons to believe, savo the New i York broker (Chapman), who refused to ' divulge the names of senators who spec ulated in sugar through his firm, from I the ignominy of serving the term in jail j to which he was sentenced, by pardoning | him. If he does, the pardon will in- \ directly result in saving the two men:- | hers of the sugar trust who are under indictment for contempt in the same ! case, as tho indictments will probably be nol pressed if Chapman is pardoned, j The country is likely to get an idea | very soon of why Theodore Roosevelt, i some time referred to as "Scrapping . Teddy," was made assistant secretary ! of the navy, as Mr. Roosevelt will this 1 week begin an investigation of tho New i York navy yard, with special reference j to its employment of labor. It has been hinted that Boss Plato has had an un derstanding with Mr. Roosevelt, and ; that the New York navy yard is to be utilized in behalf of the Republican ma chine in Greater New York, but it will not be believed by tiiose who have faith in Mr. Roosevelt's professions of reform, until there is proof in sight. Now that that the arbitration treaty has been rejected, largely by the efforts and votes of Democratic senators, lots of those who were at one time advocat ing the ratification of the treaty are talking about what a lucky escape the United States had. S. THE EUROPEAN STAGE. Johann Strauss has brought out at \ Vienna a new operetta called "The God dess of Reason." The scene is laid in France, during the Reign of Terror. Sarah Bernhardt has taken lip the theater hut nuisance. She suggests that women take to using mantillas in the evening at restaurant dinners and sub sequent. visits to the theater. The use of wraps for the head, which are easily removed, has long been customary in Germany. It is stated by a Vienna paper that Eleonora Duse, the famous Italian act ress, has arrived in Vienna to undergo a serious operation. Signora Duse broke down suddenly nt Moscow be fore she could appear there, and had to telegraph to the German emperor that she could not visit Berlin as prom ised. A private performance at the Theater Mondain was stopped recently by the police. The play "UneNuitde Venisc" showed up George Sand, Alfred de Mus set and l)r. Pagello. The families of the two authors had obtained an in junction to prevent its performance, but the manager was ready to be fined for contempt of court and would have given the play if the police had not stepped in. BRUSH A'! D FALETTE- London city is going to hold an ex hibition at the Guildhall of the progress of art during Queen Victoria's reign. Ilenri Gervex, the Parisian artist who painted the pictures of the coronation of the czar, has received the cross of St. Anne of the second class. He is at work on a panorama of the coronation. Sir John Miller's "Yeoman of the Guard" has been, presented to the Na tional gallery by his half-sister; Sar gent's portrait of Coventry Patmorehas also been given to the nation by the poet's widow for the National portrait gallery. Bicycling seems to be having a bene ficial effect on British art. A critic ol a recent exhibition states that "owing, perhaps, to the rage for cycling, the amateur works are less numerous than usual this year, and smaller in size." There seems to be no demand for artists' bouses iw Loudon. Sir Join. Mil la is' house, on which he spent S2OO. 000, was offered at. auction .recently, bus no bid was made, and after trying tosel. Sir Frederick Leightou's house withoui j obtaining a reasonable offer, his family i offered it to the nation, but thegift doe? i not seem to have been accepted yet. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ) LUCAS COUNTY, F E3, FRANK J. CHENEY makes oatb that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. j CHENEY & Co., doing business in the I City of Toledo, County and State afore- J S -.id, and that said firm will pay the sum > I of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use of HAIL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886, I ... I U A. W. GLEASON, ( i T" "■% Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucons surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. W"Sold_by Druggists, 7oc. Hall's Family I'llls are tho best. Kecemory Precaution. Tramp (at kitchen door) —That cake smells temptin'. Cook—lt's some of the cookin* school young lcddics made—twiuty things • mixed with forty things. I "I wish I had some." "Wull, Oi'll give ye a piece if ye'll ate it out doors. Oi don't want ye to die in i th' house."—N. Y. Weekly. Not Susceptible. The hoarder (pausing to resf) —This •steak doesn't seem to like me, M rs. Sliin ! diet. ' The Landlady—How absurd I What J do you mean? ; The Boarder — Well, I can't make any I impression on it, anyway. —N. Y. Jour ! nal. I A. Oswald sells tho freshest eggs in , town. Every egg is guaranteed. —— Children Cry for Pitcher's Oastoria. A DAY WITH BISMARCK. His Lifo at Frlodrlcfcoruh I 3 an Enjoyab'.o One. The Venerable Chancellor Is Foml of Political GOMHIP and DCIIUIIIN iu Intlulgjiiir in liitcreNtiutf Hem In iMccncen. [Special Berlin Letter. 1 In all likelihood Bismarck, during the iemainder of his days, will not again Jen.ye Fried rich sruli, that rather ex tensive estate of his in the midst of the ancient Soclisenwald, or Saxon forest, which is,however,easily reached by rail from Hamburg. The passenger on tlie II am burg-Berlin lightning train just catches a glimpse of the Bismarck I A KING ALBERT OF SAXONY, mansion, as its white walls peep through the green foliage of the dense wood which is lining the railroad track on either side. Schoenliausen, the family seat, was years ago given by Bismarck to his eldest son, Count Herbert, and Varzin, another line and large estate belonging to the ex chancellor, though it lies in Pomeranin, the Prussian province which the old man always liked best, and though in I former days he loved to retire to Varzin when lie wanted to escape the bustle and turmoil of the world, since the | death of his wife has lost all attrac- i tion for him. Again and again he made up his mind to visit the grave of his j faithful spouse in Varzin, but yi every j instance the intention was not carried j out. It appears that the death of his i wife is, as'yet, too fresh a wound for 1 FRIEDRICHSRUH, BISMARCK'S FAVORITE COUNTRY SEAT. Bismarck to allow being* touched and ■ reopened by his going* over the rooms and scenes which she used to love. And { thus it is, undoubtedly, that the hoary, old statesman prefers remaining in his 1 retreat at Friedrichsruh. Repeatedly lie lias said, during the past two years, j that he wishes to due there. Besides, lie ! now likes to be. fairly accessible to visit- ! ors be cares for, health permitting, and j as lie still takes a constant, and some times quite vivid, interest in politics i and literature, Friedrichsruh is very I convenient to him, as the mail brings j him his enormous daily installment of newspapers, periodicals and books about as quickly and* just us regularly ae Hamburg gets its mail. Frederichsruh, it will be remem bered, was a national gift to Bismarck j .after 1870-71, but be lias greatly im proved and altered, as well as enlarged, PRINCE REGENT LUITPOLD OF I BAVARIA. the estate. The mansion itself is in ' no wise different from scores and hun- ! (Ireds of the country mansions in north ern Germany. It is a well and solidly constructed building, the material be ing brick and sandstone, and the broad and spacious verandas and balconies, ; with their pillars and vases, being the main ornamentations. The garden and j the park surrounding the house, how- j ever, are beautiful and well. cured for, j with tin* smooth lawn, tiie beds of llow- I era, the fountains and statuary visible I through the dark green of the mighty j oaks and elms, some of them six or ♦ even centuries old, rising everywhere. Beyond the mansion and the adminis tration building near it, stretches the Raehsenwnhl for the distance of several hours' ride, and it is this forest, which is under scientific mnnngt ment, which gives the whole estate its high money value, for the woods: growing there are all of the mor linn table kind. In the park and garden, t 00, one notices many of, tiie bulky gifts sent the ancient statesman from everywhere on recent birtliugyg, etc., and .particularly notice- able is tlie huge vase standing' in front of the main veranda, a gift from the Russian czar on his eightieth birth day. For a man as old as Bismarck is to day, and a man who has, while in of fice, always exerted himself, physical ly and mentally, to the utmost, it is remarkable that there is still so much vitality and such a passion for useful occupation of some kind remaining in him. It is true that neuralgia, his old enemy, is causing the old man a great deal of pain at frequent intervals, and that sleeplessness, the bane of old age, is likewise his portion. But, with few exceptions, Bismarck still passes a very busy day. He rises early, usually when daylight appears, and after a walk and a refreshing bath, he breakfasts with a i good appetite. Then, as soon as the mail lias arrived and been sorted by his private secretary. Dr. Chrysander, in the presence of his son-in-la-w, Count Knntfau—for Count Rantfau, husband of Bismarck's only daughter, has now taken up his residence in Friedrichsruh and means to stay there until the old man's death—the ex-clianeellor busies himself with that, and he often be comes so completely absorbed in what he .reads and writes that he has to be summoned again and again to dinner. Usually, it is true, he dictates letters or newspaper cditoriials to his secretary, but he invariably looks them over and carefully corrects them, and in the ed itorial office of his Hamburg organ, the Hamburger Naclirichtcn, are kept many manuscripts showing the big, strong, characteristic handwriting of the octogemarinn statesman. It is a fact little known outside Germany that during the recent series of articles which appeared in the above journal, and in which the past relations of Ger many with Russia and Austria were handled without gloves, the secret police one drny made n search of the editorial rooms in Hamburg, but dropped it im mediately on coming across some pa pers in a well-remembered chirograpliy. There is, in fact, nothing of politicul ; moment which escapes the keen eye, iindinimed by old age, of the ex-cban ceilor, and whenever he deems it proper to say something, either in explanation, : in friendship or in enmity, about the most recent political developments he does not scruple to do so. He has told i the present emperor, time and again, that lie will not be made "mundtodt," i i. e., enforcedly silent, and even urgent I appeals in the emperor's own writing have not changed him in this respect. Dinner, Bbmarck likes fo have gay I anil unconventional, nirJ he is always | glad to have a guest present who is will ing and able to contribute something ! to the conversation, and who can talk <>f matters in which the host feels in terested. finch a guest, even if his posi tion in life be quite an insignificant I one, the chancellor will treat during mealtime with an amount of considera ! lion, even forbearance and encourage ment which, during the rest of the day. seems foreign to Irs nature, lie will (link glasses with him and propose short, pithy toasts, often full of humor iwl vim, and put questions by the score. Bismarck at present drinks sparingly | of I'ght Moselle wines, of Munich beer, anil often a glass of French cham pagne as well. Brandy and heavy Rhine or Burgundy wines he no longer touches. But he has remained faithful to his long German porcelain pipe, tilled with coarse-eut Marinas tobacco of a light grade. Afternoons he takes a walk out into the woods, if the weather be fine and walking pleasant, or else a drive of sev eral hours. Only when he feels quite unwell, or the weather is unusually for bidding, he abstains from this exercise. After a light supper he enjoys the de lights of the family circle.—his daugh ter or Count Ilantjau playing or sing ing, the handsome grandchildren, of whom he is, in orthodox grandpa style, 1 inordinately fond, busying themselves with school work or light reading, and | Bismarck himself sitting in a huge armchair, puffing out big clouds of smoke and rending, listening, often con versing about topics of the day,and more often still indulging in reminiscences of : all kinds, told invariably in his famous I raconteur style, for that brilliant gift lias remained with him in undiminished degree, and his stock of amusing anec dotes is fairly inexhaustible. Thus, it cannot he said that Bis marck, though now proverbially the "Hermit of the Sa.chsen.wald"—as he is often called in the press nnd in the re ic lis tag is really unhappy in his ex . treme old age. On the contrary, it may J well be believed that he enjoys his re maining days as much as his faculties 1 will permit. i On April 1 Prince Bismarck cele j brated, his eighty-second birthday in a quiet way. As usual he received thou sands of congratulatory telegrams, among the.m messages from the vener j able King Albert of Saxony, Prince | Regent. Luitpold of Bavaria nnd other ( reigning German princes. WOLF VON SCIIIERBRAND. A II nn crier. | "Sir, Tama self-made man." "You've missed your calling."—llar -1 Icm Life. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Thursday, May 0. A jewelry store in Newark, N. J., was mysteriously robbed of goods val ued at $25,000. The international postal congress, with delegates from 55 countries pres ent, began its sessions in Washington. President McKinley made a number of nominations, including that of Stan ford Newell to be minister to The Neth lands. W. J. Calhoun, the newly appointed special commissioner to Cuba, had a conference with the president and will start soon for Havana. Charles Stearns, 24 years old, a chem ist, with a small laboratory at May wood, N. J., was literally blown to pieces while making tlashlight chemi cals. The release of Melton and Leavitt, two of the Competitor prisoners at Ha vana, is expected shortly. Laborde, the leader of the expedition, has not been able to prove his American citi zenship it is asserted. Friday, May 7. The volksraad repealed the Transvaal immigration law, to which England ob jected. Minister James A. McKenzie has re signed. His health is improviirg, but he feels unable to return to Peru. Ex-Postmaster General James N. Ty ner was appointed assistant attorney general for the postofllce department. The United States cutter Bear left Seattle for Bering sea with a party on board who will survey the Pribyloff is lands. The cruiser Raleigh started for Eu rope to join the squadron in the Med iterranean sea under Rear Admiral Sel fridge. In a speech before the Primrose league in London, Lord Salisbury said that the peace of Europe was now on a better basis than ever before. T. S. Sharretts, an expert on tariff matters, estimated that the revenues from the revised Dingiey bill will be suflicient for the needs of the govern ment. Saturday, May 8. Yung Yu, former Chinese minister at Washington, planted a tree near Gen eral Grant's tomb as a token of respect from Li Hung Chang. A reception was tendered to Mr. Bay ard, the retiring embassador, by the American society in London. Embas sador Hay was among the speakers. Mrs. Josiah M. Fiske gave Barnard college $140,000 for a dormitory, the last of the three buildings needed by the in stitution. Women had previously given the other two. Governor Black signed the Lexow an titrust bills, the bill reducing the price of gas to $1.20 per 1,000 feet and making further annual reductions of 5 cents until a rate of $1 is reached and the bill providing for three additional city magistrates for New York city. Henri Eugene Philippe Louis de Or leans, due d'Aumale. the fourth son of the late King Louis Philippe of France and his queen, Marie Amelie, died in Zucco, Sicily, from shock caused by the death of the Duchess d'Alencon in the great Paris fire. He was 75 years of age. It is said that he left his estates in Sicily to the Duchess d'Acosta. Monday, May 10. The Rev. James J. Monaghan was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Wilmington, Del. John Wesley Brundage of Rye blow out his brains in the presence of three men in the parlor of his house in New York. Louis F. Payn, state superintendent of insurance, declared for the nomina tion of Cornelius N. Bliss for mayor by the Republicans of Greater New York. While practicing riding on a bicycle on a pier at Hobolcen, N. J., John F. Urbanek, a member of the New Jersey Naval battalion, rode overboard and was drowned. The petition to the president to par don Broker Chapman, the contuma cious witness in the Sugar trust Inves tigation, was signed by three of the five members of the senate investigating committee—Gray, Davis and Lindsay. Senator Allen refused to sign, and Sen ator Lodge's decision is not known. Tuondiiy, May 11. Electrical power was successfully used between Hartford and New Britain, Conn., on the New England railroad. At the international postal congress in Washington the representative of Korea announced that that country would join the universal postal union. Theodore A. Havemeyer, the sugar king of New York, died intestate, and his estate, estimated to be worth more than $10,000,000, foots up less than $4,- 000,000. President Gordon of Leland Stanford university has been appointed commis sioner to Investigate the condition of the Bering sea seal herd the present In the supreme court In New Jersey Richard Stockton was granted leave to withdraw his suit for divorce. His wife had made a vigorous defense and an nounced that she would bring suit for alimony. The United States supreme court, In a decision in the case of the government against the Bell Telephone company, declared the Berliner patent to be valid, thus continuing the control of the tele phone by the Bell company for 11 years. Wednesday, May 12. The Danish cabinet resigned, and ex- Premier Estrup was summoned by the king to form a new one. President MuKlnley appointed Judge Albion W. Tourgee, the author and lec turer, consul at Bordeaux. Governor Black signed the bill per mitting New York city to bond itself for $2,500,000 for four high schools. James Mc Donald was arrested in New York for attempting to kill Fay Smith, who is under indictment for causing the death of John McDonald, James' broth er. Mrs. Eunice King, who whipped Wil liam Blair when he called her "an ag gressively new woman," was convicted of assault in the third degree In New York. A statement in regard to the revenues expected from the amended tariff bill was made by Chairman Dingloy of the house ways and means committee. He held that the revenues would generally be reduced by the senate amendments. Fifteen thousand tons of grain con tributed by charitably disposed persons for the famine stricken Hindoos are ly ing in Brooklyn, waiting till Assistant Secretary the Navy Roosevelt and Collector Kilbrcth untie the red tape that prevents its shipment. ™ SPR fi'iimiiuiiuai lastoSlA; ™L the AVegctablePrcparationforAs- SIGNATURE slmilating the Food andßcgula ling the Stomachs and Bowels of OF Promotes Digestion, Cheerfu- ncss andßest.Contains neither Opium.Morphinc nor Mineral. T cj /~>tvt itttt' Not Naiic otic. IS ON THE Ktafit of Old DrS/'J-iI'ELFITCBER WRAPPER Pump/an Seed' silx.Senna * ] ji ( OF EYEET Jlppcrmuit . > Jit Carbonate Soda. * I j£g&-. BOTTLE OF hihtyyreen. Flaron i A perfect Remedy forConslipa- 35& H IB ■ ■ tion. Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Kg |ng S3 tSBTB ■■ I ■ Worms,Convulsions,Feverish- 9 Ml fi 111 UI II ness and Loss OF SLEEK 1 Ml MM 111 Tac Simile Signature of fl Mm m Mm Iftll I dLfr&zs&vi YORK. jg| Oastorla la put up la one-size bottles only. It flta notl sold 1 Q bulk. Don't allow anyone to sell 0^ anything else on tho ploa or promise that It B Thofao- /} - L EXACT COPT OF WRAPPER. B dalle /Or S/_&/?io °a j "All the | World Loves & a Winner" i i M Our 'Ninety-Seven VM W Complete Line of w | Supreme ,/r — I I Years of I I Experience - 1I W MONARCH CYCLE MFG. CO. , W W CHICAGO HEW YORK 10HD0B W /Jpl Retail Salesrooms: TW/ ((h// 15a Dearborn St. 87-80 Ashland Ave. \luJ} )ljk Chicago If* Com In a. They're potting ready for It— For the poets all adore it— That "little Easter bonnet, With the lovely ribbons on It!" It Is coming. It Is coming. And their happy harps arc humming; And the lyric and the sonnet Soon will grace the Easter bonnet. And the paragraphers witty, In the country and the city— So that nothing may be lost us— Will hit off the price It cost us! —Atlanta Constitution. ECCLESIASTICAL. "1 suppose you have matins in your church, Mr. Giles?" "Oh, dear, no; ours is laid down in linoleum."—ldler. Where There's n Will. Wills of groat men all remind us We can make a will sublime. And. departing, leave behind ub Lawsuits till the end of time. —Chicago Times-Herald Old newspapers for sale. FOR THE PHILATELIST. All the old type of St. Helena stain|w nre now obsolete, except, the six pence. "The Korean postal system is being extended gradually, and letters are promptly delivered, although there are still Japanese post offices at the prin cipal ports of the country." The shilling Tobago, 185)0, error of color, has been sold in New York at auction for sll, while tlie same stamp can be had from any dealer for not more than six dollars. Amid theexcite rn eut of the auction roorti, the poor col lector is less reasonable than ever, j After a long interval of silence, hi ■ beria turns up with a new issue. There I ire a number of new values to conform ! witli the new postage rates recently nn | n-ouncejl. the designs being quite s'.m --| ilur throughout to these made familiar through the 1802 issue. Good news is to the effect that there will be no sur charges, and all values above 50 cents are to be dropjied. Could \ol Defend r!<timetf. "You say tlie lawyer absolutely re fused to defend himself when the charge was made against him." "lie did." "Well, that was a strange course for him to tube." "lie said it would be against ids prin ciples for him to make uny defense." "In what way?" "Why. lie claimed that he was too poor to pay himself the retaining fee that lie was accustomed to ask, and he couldn't conscientiously appear with out one."—Chicago Post. C ASTORIA For Infants and Children. The hi- / .
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