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TVVENTi'-FIKST YEAH. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOJUNING , AUGUST 1C , 1S91-SEXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 5 ! ) ,
> ALL ENGLAND MOURNS
IraprtBJtvo Service in Memory of James
Russell Lowell Largely Attended.
MANY EVIDENCES OF GENERAL ESTEEM.
Beautiful Tribute ? to the Virtues of Amer
ica's ' Great Poet.
GRAND OLD ABBEY MORE THAN CROWDED.
Archdeacon Farrar Overcome- with Emotion (
Covers His Face und Weops.
BRITISH IDEAS OF THE DECEASED.
Itcnioinhcred for II IH In
1'olltlciil IiiMOiiHslons and I'ro-
" ? *
noimced Fidelity to Ills Ilelovod
Country Merits a St line.
IfOl hu Jitm'i '
Lovnov , Aug. 15.fNow York Herald
Cable Special to Tin : Br.K.l After telling
mo that In Ids opinion .lames Husseli Lowell
was of Inch o'lotigh rank to Justify a statue
bust In Westminister Abbey , Archdeacon
Fnrrnr organi/od n grand memorial service
which occurred today. The grand old abbey
was thronged with American and
English admirers of the pool.
Though by mlstalio the London papers
announced the service for tomorrow , Minis
ter Lincoln with his family nnd the entire
American legation sat in the place of honor ,
the great choir sang "Forever with the
lord " When Archdeacon Farrar entered
the pulpit he seeded overcome bj emotions
mid ho covered his face with his hands for a
long time. Ho was ono of Mr. Lowell's
dearest friends.
After his oration the ontlro audience rose
nnil remained standing whllo "Tho Dead
Mnich in Saul" was played on the orcau. As
.ilio grand harmony rolled through the
tr.insccpt , among the tombs of ilo.nl kings ,
htlrriiig the tattered banners of knights , and
filling the pootsjcorncr , whore Lowell himself
tmco inauo the echoes ring. Fnrrar's eyes
filled with tears.
During his noble speech ho said
that Lowell was n patriot descended
from the pilgrim fathers and warmly
attached to the land of his birth. Ho had
.elmost made a second homo of England ,
whereas In America ho was deeply beloved.
His , therefore , was ono of those blessed In
fluences which bind England and America.
Ho helped to remind the two na
tions , the children of ancient mon
archy and of the mighty republic ,
that the same blood runs in their
veins ; that we are ono in the memories of
the past and in the hopes of the futuio ; that
wo both speak the tongue of Shakespeare ,
both hold thu faith and morals or Milton ,
both meant to bo great pioneers inarching
side by side in the very vanpuard of Chris
tian clvlli7utlon nnd human progress.
Lowell a IIiiiiioriHt and Politician.
Ho was moieovcr nhuinoristand politician.
Ho did not , indeed , plunge personally into
the turbid stream of uolitical life , but often
those who sway politics are Incomparably
moro powerful than professional rnlers and
politlclons. Great thinkers are to working
politics as voices are to conoos , burning
sunbeams to mere rollcctlons. It is they
who create that public opinion
which , as Lander says of Shakospoire , "tho
{ lillucos penetrate the craves precedes the
N-hanot ot Almighty God and is hoard nt the
Judgment seat. " Lowell , like all true patri
ots , know and valued the glory nnd dignity
of man as won in the almost bois
terous fun of Blgelow papers. We
must not forget that ho was
the only American who attempted to laugh
down as well as tight down the piopjgandlsts
ot slavery mid the oppressors of the slave ,
" 'tFio only man who pierces the hj pocraoy ,
vulgarity nnd solllsh greed through mid
through with shafts of radiant ridicule as
well as with shafts of dawn. I dwell on
his poetry because it Is as a poet
he will chielly live and because
Ilka all true poets ho took his noble stand for
the crnol nnd solf-do-
love and murov against - -
cch ing sophistries of oppression.
"Mr. Lowell receives in this abbey today
the testimony of eminence which Is accorded
, only to the earth's ' greatest and best. Ho has
served his country , ho has bonelltod his race ,
he bus welded ono moro golden link in the
mnity of kludred nations , but above all this ,
nune than all this , he has sot a high example
to his fellow men of pure alms , manly dig
nity , faithful friendship , honorable service.
By his writings ho bus left ardor to virtue ,
conlldcnce to truth , This Is the highest
pralso which Is glvon our feebleness to win. "
Among these piesont were Piciulor FieldIng -
Ing of Nova Scotia , with a large number of
prominent Nova Scot inns.
Minister Lincoln was greatly touched that
Archdeacon Farrar should bo the first in
England to utter a public eulogy of Lowell ,
us hu was llrst to honor General Grant.
In view of the great multitude that will
attend Westminister Abbey tomorrow be
cause of the mistake in the announcement of
memorial service , Archdeacon Farrar
will have the dead march played again mid
thu funeral chorus sung.
DnllneHs In London.
Of ml dull places In tlio world London can
bo the dullest when she wants to , and
Just now the metropolis is surpassing
liovkolf. Everybody has gene out
of town nnd even thu hotels begin
to bo deserted save for tourists on their way
to the continent or retnrnlnir. Yesterday ,
for Instance , sixty American Just completed
the tour of central Europe under the guid
ance of Mr. HciuirlcksQii of Brooklyn , landed
nt tno Victoria hotel. The corridors wuio
Jammed with baggage , nil seats captured and
the corridors echoed with denunciations of
Europe. Today the other guc.sts breath freer
ns most of the party balled for America.
Even the prince of Wales lied to the conti
nent. That means rum to social life , or In
other words that the season Is ovnr. Were U
not for the naval and Gorman exhibition
London would bo n dreary place on earth.
There Is considerable cause for alarm over
the enormous death rate. Last year's
Inlluen/a seeIMH to hnvu left the systems
of the people open to attack this year and the
death rate In London for the last six months
has been hlgtior tlmn ovur known since \ itnl
tiitlsilc ! > have boon oftlciully recorded.
PiiKlllNt Slnvin'H Keif Control.
Slavln is talking pretty loud now-a-days.
i If SulliMin'a frltnuU think the Australian
any hesitation about accepting hU
challenge , they ure mistaken. Ho told
mo that ho U willing to light
my man In the world , Sullivan preferred , nt
Uybrcak thib morning.
1 taw Slavln in a Maiden Lane drinking
resort , facing thrco well known bookmakers
who were drunk mid trying to pick a fight
with htm. I never saw such self-control.
He looked like n lion tantalised by cats. His
tormentors called him every name calculated
to stir a man's blood.
"Coma on , you big blowing coward , "
.scronmodonoof the bookmakers , dancing In
front of Slavln and waving his list under his
nose , "come on you thief , you blow-hard , you
sneak , you windb.ig , como on and strlko mo
If you daro. You're afraid to , you know I'd
lay you out the nnxt minute. "
Slavln put his hands behind his back , held
his head down -ind said : "If you want to
hit me go ahead ; It will make you
, " the three bookmakers hustled Slavln
round the room , ono actually pushed him
down on thn lloor , but Hercules refused to
strike. "You know yon'ro a lot of whiffets
and 1 could push my hand
through your faces , but it would adver
tise yon , and that's what you are after. It's
a put up Job. I never strike a ra in who Isn't
a lighter , but if you want to see mo light
bring mo tno boat man you can find and I'll
lick him , so help mo God , and don't you for
get H , whotnor ho comes from England or
America , "
For a full hour Slavln stood the attack
without defending himself. Then ho opened
the Hood gates , shouting rhetoric and such
picturesque oaths were never heard before.
Kimlishmoii Honor Lowell.
Thcio Is reason to bcllovo that n statue of
Jntncs Russell Lowell will bo placed in West
minster abbey in company with that of
Longfellow. Already whllo the funeral
music is echoing throughout lint'laud
literary men are privately talking
about a permanent memorial to the
man who , in the UrltUh estimation at least ,
most nearly united the literature and thought
of the great Anglo-Saxon nations. It is mid
summer and the Attionoum club is closed or
the idea would doubtlois at once take prac
tical form. Archdeacon Parrar , in the an-
sonce of Dean Bradley , will give
a service in Westminster abbey to
morrow afternoon of as much of
a memorial character as possible. A dirge
will bo plaved and the archdeacon who was
one of Mr. Lowells warmest friends will
honor his memory in a short address. It
was intended to have n luneral anthem sung
in the abbey todav but the arrangements
could no , bo made in time. The British
press is tinging with praises of Lowell.
N'o American author ever received such warm
hearted eulogies. In fact , of the biMer crit
icisms that were directed against him when
minister to London on the ground that ho had
turned tils back on Americans , it Is curious
to hoar Englishmen saying today that of all
American representatives in London Mr.
Lowell was the most dangerous person to
tackle adversely to America. Ho was al-
wavs ready to tnko Up arms.
Minister Lincoln assured mo today that ho
had hoard the sama thing everywhere The
truth Is that Lowell declined to turn the
legation into an intelligence bureau or his
private house into n hotel. As I left the
legation this morninir a clerk stopped me and
said : " 1 wish you would -sav that although
no man Is a hero to his valet James Uussoll
Low ell was a hero to his clerk. I am an
Englishman , but Lowell was to mo the no
blest man on earth. Whj , ho used sometimes
to put his orders to mo In good natured
verses. "
In addition to his sermon on Mr. Lowell ,
Archdeacon FaTar will mike an address
to the international hygcian congress
wiioso session has absorbed the whole
British scientific world for a week. The ab
sence of M. Pasteur and Prof. Koch is taken
to moan that no now discoveries have been
made m bacteriology worthy of being'dis
cussed tit present The whole tone of the
congress shows tnat no remarkable progress
has lii'ou made in microbe study slnco the
ICocn excitement.
Spuriooii'H Kljjht For Ijifo.
I have Just returned from a visit to upnor
Norwood whore Mr. Spurceon lies in hl
quiet home among the trees lighting for his
life. Thu great preacher yesterday in a
weak voice ordered his secretary to write
down his firm belief that God had drawn him
back from the verge of the grave
as a direct answer to the prayers of the
Christian church all over the world. lie also
appealed to Christians on every hand to ask
God to restore him to his health so that ho
could continue his work. Mr. Spurgeou is
greatly emaciated by his terrible illness ,
while gout adds its 'Ugony to the perils
of his lung mid kidney troubles ,
England's great preacher lies in his
bedroom tortured with the Idea that he has
been silenced at the time ot life when ho had
the most to say. No ono is allowed to go
near him but his Invalid wife and his brother
and son. Both ministers assemble twice a
day In the tabernacle and nny for his recov
ery. All the neighbors of Mr. Spurgeon ,
knowing of his wishes , offer daily prayer.
Even if ho recovers , which Is doubtful , ho
will piobably not bo able to pieach for a
year.
I hoar that in the steerage of the steamer
Wcstorland , which sailed from Antwerp last
Saturdiy for Now York , are about eight
bundled destitute aliens carried at the rate
of $15 each. Hero is a ctninco lor a rigid In
vestigation.
.if .i.Mii/fc'.i .s Miwvr.
Knrono Munt Depend on the United
Slatew for llread.
[ Copt/i / fu'it ' f-'Jl nil JitincK ( liHtlun llrnnett.l
I'\m , Aug. 15. ( New York Herald
C.iblo-Special to run BKU ] If the Ameri
can farmer knows how to sel/o mi oppor
tunity his money bags will this year be
filled to bursting. Uaroly has an oppor
tunity mare golden lain within his grasp
than that hold foith by tno condition of
crops In Euiopo. This was the impression
received by a Herald correspondent after n
conversation with Senator William D. Wash-
burno of Minneapolis , \vlio Iris during nn ex
tended tour of Europe , collected information
from strictly business sources regarding the
condl'lou of crops. Senator Washburiio
said the prospect was that there would this
i oar boa surplus of 20JOIUOJO bushels of
wheat in the United Steles. To all appear
ances Europe would want every grain of It.
"After n trip to North Capo I wont from
Stockholm to St. Poteivsburg , through Rus
sia , to Moscow \\lth a vimv of ascertaining
by personal observation and Inquiry the real
rendition of the crop. Wheat , rye and small
grain In Uussla are , If not absolutely a
failure , the verv next thine to it. In fact ,
they are so short that the government has
been obliged to take steps to
prevent the exportation. That this U
n grave condition of things Is evident ,
from the fact that the Muscovites are not in
the habit of doing anything until trouble is
tight on thorn. The ukase Just publUhod
forblddlnc the exportation of rye Is a mere
matter of self protection , oven of self
preservation. There Is absolutely no ground
for the statement inaao by the Berlin press
that hostility to Germany was the reason
d'etro of the ukaso. Owing to the
ukase great anxiety prevails In Norway and
Sweden , which depend for broad upon rye
ox sirru
WHEAT OUT OF SIGHT.
Advauco of Nearly Ten Oonta Scored Yoa-
terJay at Chicago.
PRICES WENT WITH A FRIGHTFUL RUSH.
Frantic Efforts of the Bears to Stem the
Mighty Current.
WILDEST MARKET SEEN FOR YEARS.
What Monday May Bring Forth a Matter
of Grave Concern.
RYE CELEBRATES ALL BY ITSELF.
Kvuitcment Due Almost Entirely to
the DMurlied Condition of Af
fairs in I0ur. ) | ) ( ; Wheat
May Go Higher Vet.
Cmc\oo , Aug. 15. Wheat Is indeed boom
ing , as well ii3 thu crop ? of tills country ,
with the prospective shortage in all Europe ,
December wheat reuehod $1.03 on the regular
board today , mid sold on the curb this sifter-
noon at SI. 10. Liter "calls" wore quoted
tit Sl.U and sold as high us $1.13. Of course
those are not market figures , out tuny servo
to show the frame of mind the tr.ulo Is in
after exciting work.
It was thought by brokers on the board of
undo that Friday was a busv day , but before
today's session wast over the preceding 0110
had sunk Into ii. ignillcanco It w.is ono of
the wildest days ever known on the lloor.
December wheat touched ? 1.0s greatly to the
consternation of tne bears. They
were paitlally propaiod for the
croat boom yosterd.iv but when the
bulls took Hold this morninjr and sent prices
up with a frightful rush , thj "short" ele
ment was simplv dumbfounded. The bo.irs
had said latt nlgnt that , "ol.O ) must be tne
maximum , now lets jump In in the morning
and slusii things. " They did ma'co any num
ber of vigorous attempts to do this , but the
IIuul result was not very encouraging to
thorn. With all sorts of good arguments to
advance the bulls were not to bo routed.
Such jumps In llsiures as were witnessed
today had not been seen since Hutehlnson'b
iiimous September corner in IbSS.
Story of the Day ,
It was only for a short time that the price
maintained itself at $1.H. ( Tbn bears soon
rallied and with a mighty onslaught bore
down thu price to $1 U.V . TUay could not
hold it there , however , and when thy session
closed at 12 o'clock the llguivs stood at
SlOO'j' .
Ilofore the board opened in the morning
there was a great deal of suppressed excite
ment. On the curb ? l. 10 was freely offered ,
tne cable bringing the information that the
price had advanced 3 cents at Liverpool , ow
ing to speculation.
T'.io icports of short European crops mid
prospective niiiiine in ititssm , ciuiumny , and
the delimit attitude and confident spirit of all
the bulls effected thO'Curb dealers , while on
the open board the price was SI.OJ,1 bofora
the big ooard opened.
At 0:110 : when trailing bosran , ttio wheat pit
was Illlod with traders , and the excitement
which characterised yesterday's ' session was
quadrupled. When the gong announcing the
opening of the dav's business r.ini ; oat , a
mighty sell wont tip. It was impossible for
some time to toll wnat the price of wheat
really was for there wore a half do/.o'i difior-
cnt prices yelled out In diftoro it portions of
the pit , ranging from Sl.Ol6 to Sl.OtK.
"It was simply a matter of take what you
can got and tuko it quick , " said ono trader
as no emerged from the throng of scyoamliiir ,
btriiggllnir men. After a tlmo tno excitement
settled down n little. The traders began to
rcall/o whom they stood and thi tlw price
was about Sl.Oi'j. ' For a couple of minutes
business was itono on a cciiorotis scale and
the boar ? made fr.intio elTorts to push the
flirurcs down. Thov could not do it Certain
buvors at New York began coming in
stronuly , the bulls rallied with a whoop , and
then came the wildest m irkot seen in years.
How U heat V\ cut Up.
Wheat went up and down In big loiters ,
Koing tol.0t'j and from that piint to 51.(13 (
almost in ono bound. At § 1.011 < Kd P.irdndgo
came into the pit as a big buvi-r , but ho
could find no sellers Nobody wantoj to sell
just then and the prlco wont at oneo to < l."i. ( )
There it hung ; fell to SI.01 and boumted
baeu and forth between those figures for tun
minutes ,
'Now , the climax has come , " shouted a
pangnf red faced beats , "and wo will simply
knock the sinning out of tins. " At It they
went With battering rams ; but battering
riinis did no good Momentarily the price
hold , out then It leaped to ? I.U.V$1.0i ( -
$ l.OP6 ( $1.07 Jl.or'J ' , Ilnally reaching Sl.OS
within half an Hour.
A largo number of traders talked about the
shortage in ICiuopo and many others asserted
their belief that "Jim" Keene of
Now York was responsible ; that
ho was taking rovenjjo for that
experience in l-rfS , when hU llttlu llyor on
the Chicago board cost him several million
dollars. Koine said that Keene , Philip Ar
mour and B. P. Hutchlnson weto responsible ,
mid others that Keene was backed by a pow
erful syndicate of Now York capitalists nnd
that HuU'lilnosn is ono of the leaders.
There la nothing reliable about any of
these rumors. But the fact remains
that the market simply wont wild today.
During the last ndva ice from $1.05 to fl.OS
the scenes of confusion wore indescribable.
Kvery lime there was an advance the boars
got frightened unit exerted every olTort to
unload at the pilco for fear tnero would bo a
diop as sudden as the rise ,
MUu a ( . rowd ol' ImnatlcH.
TUim a few minutes later , when the market
had again advanced , the men who had sold
wrno clamoring to buy bask their wheat and
were willing to pay fro n 1 to 'A cents more
than they had previously sold for. Over mid
over again was this ropaatod , and the seller. !
lost enormous amount ) , which thev partly ro-
coveied by buying again. From the visitors'
gallery the wheat nit looked like an assem
blage of dangerous lunatics. The men
ciowded together in a mass , discarded coats
and hats and clawed each othnr like wild
animal ! ) , while u constant and dcafoalng roar ,
out of which no Intolltglblo sound could bo
picked , rose to the lofty celling.
Finally the boara made u last despornto
effort and forced the price down to ? | .0)J.j , ' .
They could not , however , keep down the
bulls , who wnro Jubilant and the close
showed a recovery to Jl.M'o. '
After the market closed there were many
traders who were frightened at the Idea of
holding wheat over Sunday at t\.QQ \ ) $ . Those
timid ones do not seem , however , to have
scared other traders for , as noted uboro , it
went to $1.10 on the curb before 4 o'clock ' nnd
adventurous brokers were lining calls about
Jrom SI lltol 18. What Monday will bring >
forth Is a matter of grave concern to many.
The bulls are still talking ol higher wheat
and the boars are not saying1 much.
Ono remarkable thing Is that there has
been no failures , everybody got through
the clearing house all rldit An Friday's busi
ness , but it Is likely that as a result of to
day's work some unlucky dealer may "go
broke. " Still there was not oven a rumor on
the board at the close of tradlnir , or n pros
pective failure on the part of nuy Individual
or 11 rm
In corn nnd rye there was also much ex
citement today , larirely In sympathy with
wheat. September corn opened at ( lie , and
after dropping to n fraction over 5Bo caught
the fever and bccan to advance. „ Jt got us
high as r > V < jC soon after wheat reached the
? l OS mark , but before the close dropped back
to li'Jc and closed n fraction over that tlguro.
Kyo had n celebration all by Itself , thu
price being shot up from ! Hl cents yesterday
morning to $1.01 at the close todav. This Is
largely duo to the Russian prohibition of experts -
ports nnd Germany's loud wall over that anil
the shortage of their own crop. Ono promi
nent wheat broker said this evening ! . ' !
can't pretend to predict what the future will
l'i Ing forth. There are oulv ' . ' .noo.OdD bush
els in store here , but the pist tow
davs' dealings hiivo sprqad over the three
lines for T.'KUOOO ' bushels to , OJ ( > ,00(1 ( bushels.
The big selling Is being done bv foiolgn rep
resentatives , nnd they appear to bo ready
to take every oil that Is offered. Yo , it
would look as if the bulls were doing It all ,
but I can tell you vorv few boars are standing
out , and the bulls are fooled about as much
as the bears. 1 think this llurrv is duo tm-
tiiciv to the condition of alTalrs abro d.
However , ten days ago wo lauuhed at ' . (
ftow York agent who sent us telegrams HI-
tlmiitinir as much. Ills opinion has been
fully verified. _
.1 / .vtr vtntit.
Scenes at Chi'oafjo Duplicated at the
i ifr M ( tro oll4
Ni-w YOIIK , Ail ! . ' . 15 The crnin bulls went"
down into the produce exchange pit hero to
day , and they butted tlio bears about until
they felt weak and duzv. To bo sure the
latter picked up a bit at One tnno and ripped
some streaks in the bovine hide , but they
were sorry for it afterward , for Air. Bull
would not have it. Ho got a horn in the
bruin's Hank and tossed him up and around
and had fun with him until each was tired.
On sales of 11"ilM.Oi ) . ) bushels In options ,
wheat prices toda > in the short Saturday's
market of onlv one hour and a half rushed UD
over tmo hundred points at the produce ox-
chance. The bulls Were in full control.
Cables icporto.t all the i foreign markets
booming , too , at the HOWS of-tho American
ilse. |
When the wheat imritet closed wheat for
September deli very was selling at SI,1H % ,
after a day of extraordinary nervousness.
There was virtually no ryn to bo bought at
and price. The wheat market opened with
the shorts panic stricken. They rushed and
climbed , getting out of the wet at from 3 to
! J cents advance f i om tho'cloaoof last night.
It was 11 short panic started by disappoint
ing cables today and Earliest Fora last night.
Ho sent an order to St. Louis for SO.OOO bush
els on the curb and scared the shorts silly ,
thus advancing the prifco lc without u
trade. The scartj at St. Louis and an order
to buy calls at Chicago seal-ed the calls from
This morning the calls cama Ju stronger
than expected and thodhorts ipuld not hold
th inenlvia it * - * * V T"11 wr'njAeVor" act
and they all got in Bow.J l'msriTKi. . , . „ ' 1,00,1
deal of outside 'buying''on the rise. The
foreign markets were strong and 2d
higher nt Livenpool and Sd hicher at London.
Some lain was reported , but. with all the
foreign news foicicn houses woio not large
buyers of wheat. In fuel there was but fall-
trading for Europe on both sides of the
market.
The advance in the price of rye abroad had
some effect , and it is now over the price of
wneat. There is n corner here , not artificial ,
but natural , and lye has risen UO cunts per
bushel in ten days.
In the local markets September wheat
op.'ned with simultaneous sales ranging from
51 O'.I'J to f I.HI as against 81 , U7' , yesterday's
close , all of the othir options being similarly
stiong. December stinted nt I.ll tOtd.lJ
against SI.O'JV Trading was enormous mid
within half an hour touched ? l 15 , closing nt
? 1.H' ' ( , while September Closed at $ l.l..f. ! '
Corn mid outs wore not so excited as
wheat , the moro iinpoit.mt cereal , but they ,
too , were strong S lies of corn in the one
and a half hours trading reached nearly ono
'
million bushels. Oats , however , had' sales
of less than one hundied thousand bushels
The most startling news of the morning was
that W. B. Paidiidgo , who was short ono mil-
Hun bushels ot whrat Inthe , Chicago market
had been practically forced out of business
Since ho was compelled to cover wheat has
gone up IMJ cunts and It was reported
that he had barely escaped complete ruin.
One of the largest exporters on the pro
duce exchange , who returned last May from
an exhaustive inspection of the grain Holds
of Buropo and h.n sincio been profiting bv
the Inlormitlon thus acquired , suys today
tint the steady rise in values mid the OK-
eitablo condition of the nnvkets was chielly
duo to the Ignorance of the European com
mission merchants , who Imagined that the
deficiency In Russia would bo made up by
the Amoilcan crop.
'Why , wo raise an Insignificant quantity
of rye for home consumption ' ' he snhl , "anil
vet Europeans continue Boiling short for do-
IIverv on the false basis that ( hey can get all
thev wiiiit from America. The next event
will be an effort by the Btiorts to substitute
wheat for rye and , of course , rye
will go still hluhor. Amenc'in
speculators have also inacio u big
mistake. Instead of acting upon the damage
to eiop-5 nbioad , they have been looking at
the line crops bore. It la quite possible , how
ever , that for the moment wo nro overdoing
the innrKct ; that wo willsco higher prlcosbo-
foio the season Is over. "
In some respects its \ \ snld the market
during the past few daj has never been
paralleled. Thn bulls Were losing money n
month Ufa , Rvo has gone up Jill cents u
bushel In the past week and of that advance
III cents took plneo during the last two duvs.
l/lvo million busncls m the ; limit of possible
"
expott from this country."Wheat sold for
export to Germany this morning at 10i ( marks
and rye Jit ) marlts per 1UO kilos.
"Thero Is no price , " said an old operator
today , "which America cau ask that Gor-
in in } will not pay. The victims of the Rus
sian ukase must have it at ; nny figure and as
proof of this f.ct it mttyiba stated that ono
ilrm on the exchange cleirod yesterday a
prollt of f's.UOO on a single cargo of ryo. This
was on plain export trade and not on specu
lation. No such thing was over heard of be
fore. " '
A f it.n.i laiuitK.
SceiiCH of \ \ lid Incitement Dupli
cated at the Southern Port.
lUi.TiMOitK , Md. , Aug. 15.-Offerings of
southern wheat today were much more lib
eral. The market was in full sympathy with
the western market and ruled ntrong all the
way from start to finish , ,1 to 4 cents hotter.
Tie trading was accompanied with much ox-
cUotnent , prices ranging from bOu to $1.10.
The sales were to shippers of bag and steam
boat lots and cnrgoox.
The market for new wheat was In n state
of wild excitement , so great that It was at
times dtnicult to tell what prices really wcio.
The maikot was compared to n runaway
team , bennd reasonControl , or redress. This
restilcted business. for cool heads
preferred to stop and wait n
whllo. The buying seemed wild ,
the foreigners being the buyers. The selling
price was f 1 13 against $1.00 yesterday
After the call the market was very strong
[ CONU.NUBU ON SBIO.XII I'AQB ,
GERMANY'S ' PROBLEM.
How to Avoid Suffering on Account of Grain
Shortage.
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT LOWER TARIFF.
But as ( in Experiment Will Seduce the
Freight Rates.
WORK FOR CHRISTIAN YOUNG MEN.
Proceedings of tlio Internationl Session
at AmstordiiD.
IIAYTI ENJOYS A CABINET CRISIS.
The Ministry ItchlgiiH in n Hody nnd
Some Trouble IH Koarod Ilussln'H
Treatment nt the Jews
Aroum-H nil
HM. iVnc I'm Is Amtltitrl Pif. .l
OI.KMV , Aug. 15. DiM'ite p.Mitlvo assur
ances to the contiary , it was generally hoped
that the cabinet meeting announced for this
afternoon would resolve on some reduction
in the corn duties. It was hoped that the
Influence of Minister Miquol who still
strongly urges a reduction , would have
the elTect of pursuading nis colleagues
to consent to such a incasuro. The
result of the ministerial deliberations , as an
nounced this evening in the Uclchszaulgcr ,
shows that , although the government's deci
sions nro moilliled , still they are determined
not to reduce the corn duties until absolutely
compelled to do so. The Kotchszanigor says
in view of unfavorable prospects , owing to
wet weather and tlio prohibition of the ex
portation of rye from Russia , the govern
ment has decided as mi experiment to reduce
the freight rates on corn and mill cereals
over the stuto railways by making a sliding
icalo.
The reductions apply to rye , barley , wheat ,
oat , pulse , Indian corn , wheat Hour , and pulse
shells. Although its concession will increase
*
facilities of transportation there is not an ! u
ciccsed stock of grain. Advices from various
parts of the country show that larire importa
tions of grain will bo comparatively needed.
The government evidently relies on America
to supply the dellciency , but the public ,
especially the workincmon , are not so
easily satisfied as that. The radical press is
attacKing the government , dwells on the
possibility that the corn syndicates of
America are not liucly to show much consid
eration for Germany if by withholding their
grain they can force up the maikots and get
their own prices. Letters from Vienna also
indicate that though the relation of Austiia
and Germany are of the most cordial nature ,
private Individuals are not disposed to sacri
fice exceptional business profits to meet
sentl nent.
'tioeiiilifitH Expcut a Harvest.
I'fir iuelnlists are not letting thu grass
"i-nnvjir oc tUoIr fi > ot In taklnu advantage of
Mio situation , and are netivelv
pioon .y push-
u.ft vU . _ t _ . . ( , . Thn rnmintr of winter
with what appears to bo inevitaora u , " "a
promises a rich harvest for them. Woucmen
nlnehcd with hunger and goaded by savage
a'ticlos of the radical socialist press , will
fall an easy prey to the propagandist.
Chancellor Von Caprivi's visit to Binporor
William at ICIel is understood to have been
connected with today's ministerial decision
as to corn du ics. There are evidences that
the government is working in complete har-
mor.v with the emperor. The bourse ,
which has been dopieased all week , today
made an attempt to recover , but the upward
movement did not last , thu closing
prices showing a general decline of from ' 4
to ' per cent. The Cologne (5u70tto's ac
count ot the accident to the emperor , cabled
vesterdav , is generally accepted , though
later reports state that gie Her c.iro must be
exercised , owing to the fact that there is still
danger ttmt ho may again sprain his knco
cap , which Is not yet completely set.
Today the emperor visited the ivorks of
the North Sea canal in spite of his injured
knee , wet roads and n heavy rain , ho walked
the entire distance from the landing stage to
the works , minutely examining every point
of interest on foot.
The emperor is displeased on account of
the French visit to Cronstadt following so
closely on his own visit to Russia. The Rus
sian ukase is also a Hard knock which ho
would bo glad to return if possible. Fur
ther , his visit to Btigland is generally
believed not to have produced the results ho
expected.
The grand reception promised the French
licet at Portsmouth Is accepted hero as a
counter blast to the recent pompous festivi
ties In honor of the emperor's visit to Eng
land Lord Siillslmry , as is well known is
too wary to vommit himself on either side
and will continno England's traditional
policy of a free hand.
Jill * Oh" .11,1 , .V.I77O.V.V.
World's Y. 31. C. \ Convention IH- ) |
oiihH tlieir Needs and IntoroHtH.
AMsmmtv , Aug. 15. The world's conven
tion of the Young Men's Christian associations
. The "Tim Association
tions continued today. topic ,
sociation Secretaries ; Their Work ; TnelrPo
sition ; the Host Means of Training Able ,
Consecrated Men to Fill This Position , " was
opened with papers by Hcrr Holbing of Ger
many ; bv Karl Fries of Stockholm , nnd
Edwin F.co of Brooklyn , N. Y.
This afternoon the committee's report was
presented. It i bowed that there were -lrir > l
associations afttllatlnsr with the committee ,
of whicn there are In the Unit d States Is05 ;
in Canada , bO ; in Great Britain , ti4 ! , in Ger-
manv , hUO ; in Holland , ilVT ; In Switzerland ,
! I7 ; Norway , Sweden and Denmark , 2&J ;
Franco , fid ; Russia , 0 ; Asia. OJ ; Africa , 1U.
Most of thu continental associations are
Hinall , the exceptions tioing those organized
on the plan of the American associations ,
with secretaries and buildings , notably those
of Paris , Itcrlin , Hamburg , Geneva and
Lyons. A sot of rules for thu gov
ernment of future world's conven
tions was adopted. These rules recom
mended that the headquarters of the
committee bo continued at Geneva with the
oftlccr.s nnd a quorum of the committee resi
dent thoio. It nominated the memtiets of
the committee , ono for each country , with mi
honorary secretary for ( Jro.it llrltnln and
America. The American mombois , Mr Juntos
Stokes and the honorary secretary , .Mr. Rich
ard Morse , are bjth of Now Yorii.
London wan chosen us the place for holdIng -
Ing thu next world's convention , ana It was
decided that the convention should bo held
In 1.V.H , the fiftieth anniversary of the foundIng -
Ing of the association occurring In that year.
Most of the evening was given up to Urn
discussion of the business of the committee ,
and some time was left for the consldnration
of one of thu most important topics of the
convention. " "i'ho Iliblo in our Associa
tion ; DIITurent Motho Is of Hiblo Sluuv "
In the evening a public meeting was held
for the Dutch speaking people und meetin a
for the dtilm-fties at which the services were
conducted In thu languages ol the vaiious
natlonjlluof.
_ _ _ _
Itiihhln'H 'IrmlniKiil ol' tlio . ) I-\VH.
LONDON , Aug. Ifl The Dally News today
has n lending article on the question of the
Jews In itussia in the course of which , re
ferring to the recent utterance of Gladstone ,
urging a lull and lair exposition of the
Russian Jew attention on the conti
nent , the paper says : "Articles on
Siberia from the pen of Gcorgo Kennan
have met with remarkable recentlon in
Europe. Authority for translations Into the
rench , DanUh , Dutch ami C/.ech Innguaeca
have been arranged for and they hi ! _ I-
ready appeared in book form In lltti ) " ! i.
In Franco they have been publlsho ; _ u
number of papers. " Coutintili.g , thii "ts
siivs they have been the prime cause of C ' a-
tlon of "Free Russia societies" In Hd d ,
nnd have stirred public opinion in I r po
than any other noting that has nppoai jr
'
IXtiVHUKM' U I.V/fV.SIO.
Lentliy Hecltnl ol'lliilniacedn'H ' , n-
nliiilolH In < hill ,
Niw : YOUK , Aug. 15.Tho lu t noni
Panama brings n eopv of a manifest tied
by the executive council of the ChilUunovo-
Unionists on Juno 1ft last , The manifesto
accuses nalmacodii of lying when ho stated
to the men-of-war of every nation that he
was In pursuit of insurgent vessels nnd had
captured some of them. Continuing the
manifesto reviews their military conduct , and
the nets of Unlmacoda , both military nnd
civil are mentioned In n sarcastic manner.
Speaking of Halniacoda's policy the mani
festo adds : "The dictator has squander * !
the ? % . ' 0MO.KK ( ( ) loft In thu national vaults try
previous administrations. He omitted $1'-
IHK1HI , ( ) ( In paper money nnd recently has been
authorized by nis so-called commas to emit
SO.OOO.WH ) more. And Dot.ides all this ho has
used ? . ! 0,000,000 unfairly appropriated from
issues of the binks. This vust amount
of money has not been used to pur
chase war material with which to leslst
the revolutionists , but had been spent in
paying spies mid bribinir Naturallv and
logically the credit of Chill will suffer in
foreign markets from the elTect of such pro
ceedings.
' Tineo Important things are needful that
the opposition may specdilv reach the desired
eid' | First , to put land forces In motion ,
second , to perfect the organization of forces ,
and thirdto attack tjrany in its own locality.
The first two have already been accom
plished. It onlv remains now to nttack the
tyrant in his own den , nnd the hour draws
near.
' The dictator , contemplating the fate that
threatens him , essayed a now Intilguo to
delay the evil day and proposed an nrmistlco
to the congressional party through the
American admiral. The loaders of the revo
lution rejected It with contempt. Wo nsk our
friends to have entire confidence In the out
come. "
iiAvrtAX cntt\ir < ; im/.v.
PreHident llymiolyto Will Have to
Form a New .Ministry.
POUT AU Puivcr , August IS. The resigna
tion of the cabinet jcsterday was owing to
the failure of the chambers to grart a con
cession for the construction of u telegraph
lino. The cabinet has made this a govern
ment question and ns the chambers rejected
the proposition by n decisive majority they
at once placed their resignations in the hands
of the president.
Hlppolyto has not yet decided whom * ho
will select for the vacant places , but is can
vassing the situation rmefully. Ho does not
think the resignation will have much politi
cal oltect.
The downfall of the cabinet has
been the principal toplo of cocvor
stitiin in political circles and much Interest
is manifested In tlio president's selection of anew
now ministry. The city remains entirely
tranquil so far as nny ono can see. If the
disturbing clement lias any nption of taking
advantage of the present crisis to secure its
position it is moving verv quietly.
Irlwli Tenants l iirulniHC nn FHtatp.
LONDON , Aug. 15. The lirst of the estates
in Ireland to come under the operations of
the Iiish land purchase act passed by the
government nt the last Session are those of
I..UIU uuium'i llll > OUIilrAIlUiib ; > i IMIU tiiVuiiir
Down. An agreement has been entered into
between his lordship and SOO tenants by
which the latter aijreo to purchase the prop
erty under the provisions of the land pur
chase bill. The price agreed upon is
JCiB.OOO.
Ten Thousand Miner * Strike.
LONDON" , Aug. 15. Notwithstanding the
fact of the depression in the iron nnd tinplate
plato trade and the closing of works in con
sequence of the falling off in the demand for
coal , 10,000 minors in the Aberdaro district ,
South Wales , have gone on a strike.
TroublcH.
Bosrov , Mass. . Aug. 15. Francis T.
Emory , boot and shoe manufacturer , has
filed a voluntary petition in Insolvency and
made/an offer of 45 cents on the dollar.
NB\V YOIIK , Aug. 15. The propoity of
the Banker & Campbell company , bicycles ,
was attached by the sheriff upon a claim of
Piirsiirun , Pa. , Aug. 15. Suit was filed In
the United States court today against W. E.
Schmertz bv certain creditors to stop the plac
ing of the property of SchmcrU In the hands
of mi assignee for disposal. Thov allege cer
tain judgments have been made for the pur
pose of defrauding thoin.
ST. Lot IH , Mo. . Aug. 15.-Tho failure of
John Thyson , an extensive operator on
'change , was announced after the close of the
exchange today , "I do not know how I
stand , " said Thyson. "The trouble with mo
was that I had too many contracts on hand
and I foil in the gap , No , I am not short ; this
Is only a suspension. When I find out how 1
stand the matter will bo straightened out. "
Thyson was ono of the most prominent trad
ers on the exchange und his failure nnd the
big bulge In prices may pull down a few
others.
Lei isvn.t.i : , ICy. , Aug. 15 The Frank
Ingrain lumber company made an assign
ment todav , Liabilities about $500,000 ; assets
nearly the same.
Ai TOOX i , Pa. , Aug. 15. The largo brewery
linn of Klmniel 4S : Warner of this city ha"
failed nnd has boon closed up by the sheiin" .
rs'o statement has been miidc.
AI.I.VNTA , GJ , . Aug. 15. Stephen A. Rjan's
creditors have agreed to compromise with
him.
_
The Firu llecnrd.
Trititi : 1UUTK , Ind. , Aug. 15. Fire almost
completely destroyed the machinery of the
mine of the Now Pittsburg coal and coke
company at Alum Cave , Sullivan county.
Theio has been n strike at the mines for the
week past , nnd It is thought the mine was
set on fire. The mine was worked bv ma
chinery which was of the costliest kind and
the most complete of nny In the state for
handling coal nnd burning coke. The com
pany estimates the loss at $100,000 , with two-
thirds insurance.
PoiiTSMourii , O. , Aug. 1ft. News has
readied here of three inoro Incendiary fires
at Raredon. There Is n lawless element in
the village and It Is tbouglit the llros woio
set by thoin to aVenge themselves on those
who voted liquor out of the place. Cltl/ens
are in a state of terror.
WAMIIMMOV , Aug. 15. Fire Is raging In
the business portion of Norfolk. Vn. , and nil
communication with that city has been cut
ofT. Several largo warehouses have been
burned nnd it Is reported that the loss will
reach half a million dolluis. Thu lire depart
ment of PorUiroutn has been culled on for
assistance. _
C'enmired a Court Marshal.
Sv A\rosio , Tex. , Aug. 15. Brigadier
General Stanley today severely censured the
couit which tried First Lieutenant Walter
II. Lhatlleld , Fifth Infantry , on account of
the merciful sentence Imposed. Colonel John
J. Copplngor , Twenty-third Infantry , was
president of the coma martial. Lieutenant
Chatllcld was charged whllo acting as as
sistant quartermaster of Fort Drown , Tex. ,
with making wrong roporU of money ex
pended nnd used money charged to laborers
att a .slush fund at the post. The court found
him L-niltv mid kontenced him to bo repri
manded btho proper authority. In re
viewing the case , itrlgndicr General Stanley
* c\nrcy ! take * the court to task for the light
nentence.
( ionernl Haln In India.
LONDON , August 10. Indian cables state
that a good general rain bat fallen lu ludlu.
RELICS OF THE PAST ,
Legacies of the Corrupt Days of the Eng
Ksh Government Departing.
EVIDENCES OF KINGS' ' DEGREDATION ,
Pensions Liberally Distributed by the Pro
fligates Among Their Favoritos.
DISGRACEFUL PRACTICE YET IN V03UE ,
Conducted with the Greatest Secrecy ant )
Under DilTeruat Narajs.
ANOTHER INDICATION OF DECAY ,
Koynlty I'rovcn No Obstruction In thff
Wny < > ! ' the IiivestlKiitlon of Iho
Disreputable .Methods
of Old.
IfViJiJ/i'/'il ' ( / ' Ml I'V Jtlinei tliinlnii Itriwtt 1
Loxnov. Aug. 15. [ Now York Herald
Cable-Special to Tun Bn : . ) Ono by ono
the old legacies of the corrupt days of the.
English government are disappearing. When
George I. WMS king , nearly all the members
of parliament expected to have vnlimhlo
olllccs or sinecures conlerred upon them and
very few were disappointed. Some got only
ono and some got llVo or six. A little earliui ?
In history the custom was to reward
obsequious followers or the children of kings ,
mistresses with perpetual pensions. Many
of them have boon paid down to our own
day.
day.To
To ono of these it has boon my lot to call
the attention of the house of commons on sev
eral occasions during the last fuw vear.s , and
a very considerable bodj of public opinion ,
has been evoked against it. Inconsequence ]
complete facts wnro brought out bj mo before -
fore the parliamentary committee ofvhleti
ho was a member. Sir Reginald Wclby , the
chief ofllcial of the treasury , was under ex
amination at the -anio time. In reply to my
questions ho gave the official an In.
disputable account of the affair ,
though cautiously nnd unwillingly. The
dukes of St. Albans .are descended
from Nell Gwynn. Charles II. not only bo-
stowd a title upon Noll's son , but gave ] ilm
the ofllco of master of hawks with a salary
of about . ' ,000 a year. There was a provis.
ion for buying hawks , supplying them with
pigeons for food , employing falcon *
ors nnd so forth and the charges
were actually being paid down
to this very week. 1 asked Sir Reginald
Welby whether any hawks were kept thuro
or pigeons bought for their sustenance , and
ho icpllcd ho "believed" not , but the present
Duke St. Albans has not hesitated to draw
the money by quarterly payments and I tools
the liberty of denouncing it in the
house of commons as a case of barefaced ,
blackmailing and fraud.
horrified at my plain way of speaking but the
housn of commons gave expression to its very
decided approval and banco it was that I
brought It homo to the treasury people that
this pension must come to an nnd.
Must ! ! cl' , ld Knrovnr.
But Sir Reginald Wolby In-
fonnod mo in that so far as
ho was concerned It would have to bo paid
forever and over. Parliament , however , can
do anything , and It became perfectly clear
that parliament meant to tackle this bequest
of the merry monarch to ono of his il
legitimate children. Since parliament
rose last week arrangements Imvo been
made with Duke St. Alb ins by
wnlch ho Is to receive an annuity of C7,000 a
year for ton years and then all piij ments ara
to cease. Of course this is better than going
on paying the pension foiovor , butit Is a most
extravagant settlement In my opinion , Tha
duke Is not morally entitled to claim a single
shilling of the nation , nnd yet ho Is to
rceclvo 'JO,00 ( ) . If parliament were in ses
sion I should feel It my duty to nsk for Its
opinion on the question men who fought at
Lucknow.
Bolaklnva and Indoripan are allovVcd to go
to work noio or starve on a shilling a day.
The Duke St. Albans can still draw 10
nor week for feeding hawks which have no
existence. We hao rendered all future ) ob
of this kind quite impossible bv a resolution
of the house of commons , proposed by the
late Bradlaugh and seconded by mo , forbid ,
ding perpetual pensions to bo conferred
under any pretext whatever.
Several of these pensions still lomnln , but
they were given for military or naval ser
vices , and therefore thu nation does
not object to them. Tnoro is ono of C'J.UOO a
year to the descendants of Lowe Nelson.
Until a few years ago a pension of ! 'I,0X ) a
year was paid to the descendants of William
Penn not for work in Pennsylvania , but for
homo supposed losses ho had sus
tained for which the English govern
ment was believed to ewe repartition.
As no ono over Know who Penfts' despond-
ants were It cannot be said that the tieasury
behaved in n nlcgardlv manner. Such ,
halcyon days of pension inanngoni will return
no more , It IK xtlll possible , however , for
transactions of this nature to bo conducted
under cover.
cover.Under
Under Another Name .
If a gentleman Is moved out of the gov
ernment ofllco because the place Is
wanted for somebody elsa ho must bo
compensated and a largo pension settled upon
him for life , whluh perhaps represents 10-
( XX ) cash , but these operations have now to bo
conducted with treat secicey and euro. No-
government could afford to bo openly mlxud
up With thorn. The disappearance of St.
Alban's ' pension this week is a sign of the
national house being swept and garnished
eru the democracy stops in to take full poi-
i of affairs.
l'oiiilnr | Krmr Ilitfnied.
Sr. PAUL , Minn. , Aug. 15. State Park
Commissioner J. K. Brown submitted to-
Governor Morrlam bv request of the chief
executive u special report upon the Has It a.
Inko basin , which contain * * sonio hitherto un
published facts In regurd to the soinco ot
thu Mississippi river nnu effectually
explodes Glazier's claim to the tlllo
ol discoverer of the head waters of the great
river. Thn ruporU submitted and the ro-
Mil.s | of Ihetu tUHuarchus show conclusively
that tlio true source of the MlnnUhippl river
Is In a great ultimata rQsorioir niiiu tnlloft
above Laku itasca.
The Death Hol. |
THOJ , N1. Y. , Aug 15-Rov. Dr. Hopkins ,
ono of the most dUtlngnlsod clergymen ot
the Protestant Episcopal church , u dead *
aged luvcnty-uiio ,