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" + ' " - . - . - . .A.M i * . : w ' .I .II -I - THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. SEVENTEENTH YEAH. CttlAHA SUNDAY HORNING , JANUARY 22 , 188&-TWELVE PAGES. NUMBER 218 : BLESSINGS FOR BYRON The Poet's Centenary to Bo Cele brated By the Greeks. REMEMBERED AS THE SOLDIER. His Fame Not Dim With the Mist of Years. IMMORTAL THOUGH NO MORE. The Event Utterly Ignored By the > English Public. _ _ _ , HIS MORAL t'JEFECTS THE CAUSE. d'ho AVorm nnd the , Canker Mixed With the Flowers and FrttitH ol' Love To Kraut a Monument. The nyrnn Centenary. [ Copi/i fu'it ' JSSS / < ! / Jit inn Gurtliiii Hen nrtt. 1 LONDON' , Jan. SI. [ New York Herald Cable Special to thoHii.1 : : The centenaries of Scott and Hums will bo supplemented to morrow here by the celebration of the cen tenary of Hyron. At nvcry time when the hymns to freedom and the praises of his love of It are being sung and heard In the Greek church at Hayswntcr , bis grand-daughter will bo mourning , near Tullamoro Jail , the captivity of her husband for contcndingafter that liberty in assemblage nnd free speech. Appropriately the Greeks will to-morrow celebrate the event at their church Aga Sophia , less to the poet and more to the man nnd soldier who , in effect , gave his life to the foundation of the Hellenic kingdom. Americans visiting Westminster Abbey often express the wonder t hat no bust of Hyron is in the poet's corner , but the last three deans always refused their consent , backed by the archbishop. Inquiries made by your corre spondent to-day at the clubs and resorts most frequented by literary men the Savage , Salisbury , Green Room , Arundel , Arts , Athenaeum , Garrett and Hogarth clubs es pecially developed the fact that the English public seem to utterly ignore this centenary linliko that of Scott or Hums. The news papers , however , devote great space to it to day. The Times' leader gives the reason for this Indifference , thus : " Hyron's English admirers not unreasonably imagined some time Binco that the occasion merited a na tional commemoration. Protests wcro raised ngalnst any formal demonstration on the ground of the moral defects in the man and poet , and his descendants took alarm. They did not care to have their Illustrious ances tor's life ripped up and mangled again by competing moralists. Daniel Dofoe , In the pillory , was consoled by roses aimed at him , nnd Hyron himself probably might have borne abuse for the sake of chaplots. The relatives naturally are less inclined to bal ance panegyrics against contumely. They deprecated the contemplated festival , and to the praise of the designers the plan was aban doned. " The Times' leader is pronounced at the clubs worthy of a place in any great review for Its polish nnd finish. It is mildly depreciative preciative of the poet's life and genius. Not BO tlio Standard's leader , which concludes : "Tho Greeks themselves must bo allowed lo bo the final judges as to the debt they owe Hy roil , and on that point there exists , us there has always existed , complete harmony among tucm. Hero in England Uyron appeals to the Imagination more as u poet than as a friend of Greece , nnd there fore his grave in the church of Hncknall Torkard with the simple line , 'Hero lies the author of Chlluo Harold's Pilgrimage , ' Is a sufliclcnt material token that ho over existed. The best known of our living critics has said Hint a choice may bo made between Uyron and Wordsworth , ho himself awarding the palm to the latter , but ho adds that these two at the end of the century will bo pronounced our greatest names. Hut , after nil , there Is more of life , more about life , in Hyron's works than in any of his contemporaries. Ha may lack the subtlety of this one. the lyrical note of an other , or tlio pictorial effects of a third , but ho has taken his place dctlnitely among the grfatcst pools of the world , and all attempts to dislodge him nru a mere wnsto of time. " Tlio Daily News also furnishes a stirring leader , clearly suggesting the pen of Justin McCarthy , in which occur these sentences : "To Greece ho is n kind of young Perseus , coining down from the blue to aid the An- ilromcda of freedom , and dying as they died who are beloved by the gods. The affection With which the Greeks cherish his memory 13 as honorable to them as It is to him. " And again : "Hyron is Immortal , but as a Titian , not as a god. To foreign peoples Hyron will always be , after Shakcsi > carc , our greatest poet. Foreigners do not miss In Hyron what wo find in Keats and Coleridge. If over England becomes less literary and more masculine , our descendants may rediscover In Hyron what was found in him by Scott and Goethe. Yet who can bo more essentially literary than Matthew Arn old , and it Is he who places Hyron on a lonely eminence bcsuls Wordsworth. " This morning I called upon Mr. Dcmet- rlan's Stefanvlch Shllllczl , a Greek mcr- gliant of London , in relation to his re ported gift of a statute of Hyron to ' bo erected in Athens. He resides on the classic Campdcn Hills , a sort ol Athcn- can elevation , and filled with ground sacrcJ to nrtlsU nnd aesthetieisw. Hu at once cor roborated In a modest way the rciwrt , and ' aid the project was yet incomplete. He would leave for AthCJis next week to choosi the niarblo and the sculptor. Ho had scicctcv. ' us his Idea of the statue the ouu in the nc\\ National Liberal club erected lo Mr Gladstone , and he intended It to olitvh the existing stuluo of the Mltsltonjhl. Al though he should , isl ; the favor of defraying 1 9 Whole wipeusc , t'uu statue would lull : represent the patriotic regard of his fellow- countrymen In London for the memory of Hyron's fidelity to Greek liberty. Upon his return he would bring the design and de scriptions , which should be placed ut your correspondent's disposal. A HUMAN HOLOCAUST. Terrible HCNIIH | ol'a Hoarding House Fire at Tower , Minn. Dn.fTit , Minn. , Jan. 21. [ Special Tele gram to the Hun. ] At 2o'clock this morning , while the thermometer registered ° below rcro , lire broke out in the saloon and boardIng - Ing house of Nelson Harnaby , at Tower , 100 miles north of here , on the Yerinllllon iron range. The flames started on the lower floor of the building , which was u three-story frame and of light structure. They quickly enveloped the whole building soon shutting off every avenue of escape to most of the lodgers. There were about thirty In the house ut the time/and of that number live are known to have perished in the flames. Ono died ut 10 o'clock Jlils morning from the effects of the burning and from injuries re ceived In jumping from the second story , nnd three more are said to bo missing. Those who escaped mainly did so by Jumping from the windows. Two other buildings burned ono two-story frame occupied by A. Mordaunt as a boarding house and the other by Scott & Powers as a saloon and boarding house. This was the oldest and most substantial building in the place , which is a mining town of nbout 1GOO people , and the center of the Vermllllon range. Tlio names of the dead arc : Robert Whit- ford , who jumped from a second story win dow after being severely burned about the face , body any limbs. Ho was an old nnd well known explorer and woodsman living in this city ; W. H. Hums , Sam O'Connell , Mike Trump nnd Alex Brandt , all woodsmen. The scone of the ruins was n terrible one. As the flames died away the trunks of the dead could bo seen by on-lookcrs , all presentIng - Ing a horrible sight. These bodies were taken out as soon as possible nnd i.t last ac counts search for the others was being prose cuted. The bodies recovered nro destroyed to such an extent us to be unrecognizable Tower has recently invested in a flro en gine , but it is stored in Dultitb awaiting the building ft the engine house nnd reservoir , and the only way of lighting the lire was with buckets. The extreme cold inudo this very diftlcult and it added greatly to the suf ferings of those who escaped , most of whom were only scantily dressed. Tlio men who escaped from the third story say there wcro eight or ten behind them in the hall , all of whom wcro unable to got out. The stairway from the third story of the building was very narrow , and the men , rushing to it , became crushed up together and prevented any from getting out. Two of the burned men wcro lying together in a corner of the building in such a position as would indicate that they had died In their beds whtlo asleep. Seven eye-witnesses of the lire arrived hero to-day , and report it a most terrible thing. _ The Samoaii Situation. SAM FIUNCISCO , Jan. 21. Samoan advices 'eccived ' by the steamship Xenlundia to-day itato that the natives have been forced to jorrow money from the Germans to pay axes imposed by the now government. The ioniums have arrested and Imprisoned the olives for for visitinu friends nnd rcla- lyes in neighboring islands. King Tainasez ; nantnihs ! his authority by the support solely f German men of war , nnd it is stated that f this support wore withdrawn he would bo cposed in a day. Three German men of war eft Apia for Hong Kong in November , leav- ng two to guard the islands. A Minister Chan cM Hln Creed. ATIANCIC , la. , . Jan. 21. fSpacial Telegram o the Hnu. ] Quite a sensation has been : auscd in church circles hero by the an nouncement that Rev. Fred Harris , pastor of , hc Methodist church , has decided to leave lethodism and become pastor of the Prcsby : crian church of Lenox. Ho is one of the itrongcst men in this conference and his church hero is largo and influential. Ho has meditated the change for some time nnd it is believed is moved solely by sincere convict- .ons , as ho goes to a small town and small church. Ho goes to the new charge at once. , * Dakota Illlzzard VletlniH. HKI Stosn , Dak. , Jan. 21. The bodies of Kocckcritz and his hired man , lost in the blizzard in Minnesota , south of here , were 'ound last night locked in each other's arms. Miss Little , of Geneva , reported lost , has been found safe and well with her school children with neighboring farmers , also jcorgo Powell , who went to her rescue. WATHUTOW.V , Dak. , Jan. 21. The body of Dharles Wilson , another blizzard victim , was found in Hamlln county yesterday. Ho loft Castlewood ono week ago Wednesday will snow shoes on. The Weather at St. Paul. ST. PAUL , Jan. 21. Since its record of .12 ° below zero New Year's day , IStM , the mer cury has not fallen so low In St. Paul as last night , when it touched 4 ! ! = below , as recorded at the signal ofliee. Hrainard reports S2 = below this morning at S o'clock. The weather has materially moderated to-night. Twenty-one Years for Murder. EVAXSVILI.B , Jan , 21. Red Gtovanettl , the Italian who shot and killed Mrs. Alice D. Lewis , on October 15th last , while In a diffi culty with the woman's husband , was to-day convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary. Death ofa Socialistic Editor. NEW YoisK , Jan. 21. Dr. Carl Daniel Adolph Doimi , editor of the Yolkcs.eitung , the leading socialistic paper of Now York , died hero to-day aged sixty-nine years. His body will bo embalmed until his wife dies , when both will bo cremated. m ComliiK HuiillinK C'hamploiiBhlp. JACKSONVILLE , Flo. , Jan. 21. A series of sculling races will be rowed ut Piuitagordo , February 10 and 11. Teenier , Ham and Mc Kay uro to row for the American champion ship. * Wt-alhcr Indications. For Nebraska : Warmer , fair weather , fol lowed by snow , light to fresh winds , Incrcaa- Ins in force , southerly winds. For Iowa ; Warmer , fair weather , followed by miow , light'to fresh wind , increasing In force , southerly winds. For Dakota : Warmer weather and snow , followed in western jwrtlon by colder , light tc frc&u , variable winds , becoming northerly. BEFORE THE BAR. Some Interesting Cases Decided'in English Courts. LORD LYTTON'S LANDS INVOLVED The Estates Shown to Have Enor mously Increased in Value. A VERDICT FOR A COMPOSER. Failure of an Attempt to Cheat a Musical Conductor. A COUNTERPART OF COMSTOCK. An AKCI ! Welsh Female Hec-onies KtiraKcd at a Ilurlcs < | iio Company's rictnrcN and Paralyzes Them With u Parasol. Lawsuits in London. iropriiW | ; / / lii ] Jttmrt nnnlim ihnncll. ] LONDON , Jan. 21. [ Now York Herald Cubic Special to the Urn : . ] What nro called lillnry sittings of courts mid wliieh Douglas Jerrold once said \vero never hilarious for the litigants yesterday mid to-day evolved unusually interesting cases. The laic Lord Lytton , having in view his wife's animosity , settled his property by will on trustees , with the present minister to France n tenant for life. One of the trustees was Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Within the past year cer tain expenses in improving Kncbworth , the well known Lytton seat , 'Were incurred by the present "carl" in excess of the contracts. Trustee Harcourt declined to audit these , and some newspapers said from political feel ings , but the fact is , most cordial social rela- latlons existed between Owen Meredith and "Historieiis , " although one is a strong Salis bury man and the other a devoted Gladstone adherent. Justice Stirling bad endorsed Trustee Hareourt's view that Karl Lytton must bear the extra expenses from his 11 fo income. The appeal was heard by the lord chancellor and Justices Cotton and Howen , who unanimously re versed it , holding that the extra sum might bo paid from the principal although the next tenants estate will be diminished because un deniably the general estate has been bcnc- llttcd , which , in equity , would sufllce. On the argument it incidentally came out that by railway development in recent years the Bulwcr Lytton estate has enormously in creased in value. Another appeal was beard by Master Rolls and two justices wherein a manager had un dertaken to outwit a conductor who bad com posed some music and left bis employ. Ho then gave him a check for the MSS. , but then stopped the check. Instead of suing on the latter the composer asked the copyright penalties and recovered these , the judges holding that there could bo no verbal pur chase of copyright interests , which must bo transferred by writing. "Tills result , " said a Junior barrister , "is n new version of the well known old piny , 'turning the tables.1 A chancery court next gave an injunction with costs against the great Smith News onipany for selling a paper containing a 'opyright ' of the music to "Como Hack to Erin. " The defendants pleaded ignorance if the contents as mere sellers , but the court icld liability even as a mere news agency , iVhich must take the risk of what the news- lapcrs sold contained. In another room Lord Coleridge and two udges gave a judgment against a plaint iff who ilalmcd the right of exclusive fishery in a : crtain port of the upper Thames by govern- mct lease. They favored the disciple of sauc Walton , who bad been sued in trespass. The defense was the abandonment of right by long tacitly implied permission to strange fishermen. It seemed that only lately llsh had abounded and had darted at the Westal looks. In still another court room Justice Stephen juvo a Judgment in favor of the administra trix of Sarah Ann Rogers , formerly of New York , who suddenly died having n large sum of money on her person while lodging with the defendants. They denied possession , but .n . time the rule of the Hank of England to never redeem a note without the endorse ment of the prcsentant caught them and now they not only have to pay , but arc likely to bo prosecuted for larceny. Hut the most interesting case was one 01 an appeal , which , to read in extensio , would cheer the pellucid heart of Anthony Com stock. John M. Shine , the great coined iai and provincial rival of Tootle , was on the road in Wales with the burlesque "Little Don Juan. " Ho issued show bills depicting the usually scantily dressed ballet girls The defendant , a maiden lady , wcll-nnmec Keen , and with n Comstocklan eye for in decency , assaulted with her parasol scvera of these lithographed girls on the fences am indignantly scratched their limbs and face beyond recognition with her virtuous para phlino. Mr. Shine tlvcn brought suit fo trespass. The outraged lady paid n guinc into the court as covering the damage urn the jury found that sufficient , Shine having heavy costs put on him. Ho appealed. Huron Heidclstone , who , with Justice Man- esty , heard the appeal ono seventy-two and the other scventy-nino years old asked Shine's barrister to make n profile of the pictured placards. Counsel said ho believed the ladies shown In the placard had the usual amount of drapery , but , In response to the bench , confessed that this usual amount was very scant. Ono of the debated pictures wua then subjected to the morally critical scrutiny of the court. As the result of a close Inspec tion it was judicially declared that the pin card might "very readily convey the idea that it was indecent and tfiat some of tht figures in thu right hand corner had scarcely any drapery at all , these being called Nuutcl girls. " In giving the judgment affirmed in u court room crowded with an eager-looking , lol of feiuules- Union HculeUUme said : "It vru uilto clear that thu Jury had arrived at n iropor conclusion. The plaintiffs were In n Welsh town , whom the Inhabitants were onsldcrcd to bo more fastidious and more mrtlculnr thnii In more civilized quarters , ind put all over the walls placards , cxhlblt- ng the fcinulo figure In Its most attractive orm the undo. The defendant , a lady of strong religious vlowswho expressed hnrsclf is exceedingly disgusted at the exhibition , ore the placards down with her parasol. " TAHIFF Clicy Give a Dinner mid Kndoroc Cleveland's Message. Ni\v : YOIIK , Jan. 21. The Tariff Ueform club gave n dinner to-night to 450 guests. Vftor dinner half a score of guests discussed ho issno of tariff reform. Anson Phelps stokes presided. The speakers were lion. .V. . C. P. Ureckenridge , of Kentucky , Hon. Melbourne II. Ford , of Michigan , Hon. Icnry Wnttcrson , of Kentucky , Hon1 M. D. lurtcr , of Ohio , and a number if local speakers. President Stokes , n his address , said that the presidential election turned upon tariff reform , mid J P. L'ownsend's resolution endorsing Cleveland's nrssugo was adopted. Hon. W. C. P. Hreckonrldpo then re sponded to the totist , "Tariff Hoform , " Mr. Jreckcnrldgo referring to his own rocordcd igainst the abolition of the tax on tobacco. Io said that ho would rather have it reduced .ban that no action should bo taken In the natter of tariff reform. lie spoke in scatli- ng terms of concessions to railways and said .hat the public credit had been bandied by > e < mllar banking privileges so that it was ouncd for private emolument. This very nonth tfco wool manufacturers and so-called woolgrowcrs met to determine the wool tariff o be adopted by the congress of the United State for their benefit. It had ncveroccurrcd to them that there -sixty million people who night bo concerned In the matter. Mr. Urcckcnridgo asked * how long the people would allow the wool to be pulled over their eyes in this matter. The Reading strike ho attributed to the bad working of the pres ent iniquitous system. Congressman Ford , of Michigan , spoke on The Farmer and the Tariff. " Then came [ Icnry Watterson , editor of the Courior- Tournnl. His subject was "Tho Platform ind the Outlook. " Ho said : "The platform s the messa'ge the president's message. The outlook is most encouraging considering how .lie painted harlot of protection is whistling ; o keep her couragd up as she stalks across .he graveyard of the .false vows and broken ; iromlscs she has made , mainly to the work- jig people. Fur more. than a year my fear has been that wo might not bo iblo' in advance of our national convention to close the ranks and move in solid column against tlio enemy on distinct lines of our own deliberate choosing , and as 1 believe Lhut nothing clears the political atmosphere like plain speaking right out In meeting , I lave given the administration and the country the best the shop' has afforded in the way of disagrceablo persistency and sincerest candor. It was obvious to my mind that un less we could agree ( it congress wo should not agree in convention. The tariff plank in the last national democratic platform was not intended to bo HtriuUllud , because although the platform , comii'ltteo hud been adroitly imckcd in the interest of protection , the revenue reformers were still strong ' enough' to hold their ground and to carry nil their points. Hut it was made toseem to straddle , hence nothing short of a declaration , which might not bear two constructions , would satisfy the demand of reform i * the national platform , and any one e'quld not bo obtained without n light , ] and possibly a split. Just in the nickof time the president came to the rescue , with the wisdom of an Impetuous couragoJnnd craft of a common sense , deriving' its etrongth from its integ rity , this bravo andt-honest man , this puzzle to the politicians ami contradiction of all cx- poncncc , with a siito shako of his pen did what might for years have baffled the efforts of the greatest statesman and philosopher. Hy this act i' ho has reversed the situation from ono of cowardly indecis ion to ono of enthusiasm and contldcncc. Upon the lines of | that message , I would rather be beaten than win upon those of n lying substitute , ? but we shall not be beaten. " Hon. M. D. Harper , general manager of Mansfield Manufacturing induftry , re sponded to "Ohio and the Tariff. " Local speakers followed until a late hour. A CHEAT ACQUISITION' . Tlio Milwaukee Itoad Moving to Se cure Indiana Coal FicldH. CmcAdo , Jan. 21. The Times will say to morrow : There was a confidential whisper in circulation to-day among certain interested parties of an important deal on foot which would he consummated within the next three months. It embraces the sales to the Chicago cage , Milwaukee & St. Paul company of the control of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the Chicago ft Indiana Coal companies. St. Paul has no coal in quantities on any of Us lines , drawing its supplies from the Illi nois Holds through Chicago connections or at junction points northwest of hero. Its main object in securing the Chicago & Eastern Illi nois and Chicago & Indiana coal system would be to secure , itself the Indiana coal fields taliped by the roads mentioned , which would give it not only un adequate supply for its own uses , but , ulso excellent soft coal for shipment to northwestern markets. The first move is to bo the consolidation of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois nud the Oliicago & Indiana coal companies. Both roads arc practically controlled by the same syndicate , of which II. H. Porter and R. P. Flower are the principal members , and Porter is now in New York arranging for the consolidation. The syndicate bought control of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois last snmmor , paying Boston parties $110 i > or share for a majority of the stock. The same parties have developed thu Chleago & Indiana Coal company by building extensions until It covers the most Important of the Indiana coal fields. As yet , the negotiations have been wholly informal. A ST. PAUL , Jan. 21. There was filed in the United States circuit court to-day n com plaint of the Horn Silver Mining company against Dennis Ryan , demanding that ho pay plaintiff the sum of < 500OCO , , the amount ol loans unlawfully mndo to themselves by Frank G. Brown and Charles G. Frnncklyn while co-director of the company with Mr. Ryan from l&SO to 1SV4. France and Italy Now FrlcmN. PAUIS , Jan. 21. Flourcns , foreign minis ter , to-day announced that the dilUculty bo twcen Franco nnd Italy , arising from tin Hussclan Incident ut Florence , had leer settled , , After a Forcer. OTTAWA , Ont. , Jan. 21. The department ol justice to-day Issued n warrant for the extra dition of T. W. Young , now hold In Toronto on the charge of forgery. Young is wuntoi' ' s in Detroit. 'ho ' Rough Experience of an Amer ican Negro in Berlin. BEARING A CLAW NECKLACE. Talking Gibberish at the Rate ofTen Ton Dollars a Week. HE COULDN'T GO A SNAKE. The Terrors of a Hospital Preferred to Boa-Constrictors. 'OLICEMEN ' IN A PREDICAMENT. 'hey ' Will Have to Order Their Gro ceries and Other Necessaries Hy Telephone ArrlvalH at tlio German Capital. A Hard Jot ) to Fill. [ Copj/r/uht / / IfvSS IIH Jitmoc annliin lltnntU , } Hr.nuN , Jan. 21. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the Hii : : . ] Two Ainericen eltl- ens have this week had attention drawn to hem in'nn amusing or unpleasant way. Ono a darkey from Haltimorc of the blackest Im Crow type applied for admission to the lospltal and was forced , therefore , to cx- ilaln why ho came here. Frooi his replies heso notes will serve as n warning to coons : 'Yes ' , boss , I has been working here ; got 510 > week to play wild man in a circus ; I was all Gripped except do middle and wore a claw iceklneo ; had to make out as if I couldn't .alk. . It was mighty tiresome to say 'goo , joe , gerin' all day. Then times got hard ; lad to eat raw meat and drink blood ; the ircus man stood off as if afraid of me and ihucked meat on the floor to me. I had to inn over to pick it up in my teeth and worry t like I was a dog. It was horse meat and' iretty tough , massn , but it 'brought people , blllng for a while. Then it got dreadful sold for n nigger with no clothes. They put snake around my neck. . I couldn't stand hat , boss , and come to do hospital. " Tlio 'ellow got clothes enough to cover him and ivlll probably get Into the hospital , The other American is named Auderalo , iut in Pullman , 111. , it is alleged , calls hiin- iolf Otto . Ho was in Chicago during the iot , but left three days after tlio bomb-thro w- ng. From letters received in Herlln it seems hat ho swindled Edward Eastmann , of Pull- nan , out of $500. Ho seems to bo suspected f belonging to a famous gang of Vienna so cialists , who thlovo on a Inrgojcale and send , heir more valuable plunder to America for sale through peddlers. Auderalo will spend nine months In a German prison for slandcr- ng the emperor and will probably then bo cx- radited to Austria. The opera house has como in for unusual attention during the week. Marcclla Sen- brich is here singing to overflowing and de- ightcd houses. The Kleino Journal ma- iciously says of her , "Eino sacngerln crstcr jrosse , " thus drawing attention to her only ilofcat. "Tlio Monday dress coat evenings iirc n moderate success , " so says ono paper. In the stalls they learned to take customers' tickets from their hired dress coats , which improves the appearance of the house. There has been much discussion over the alleged deficit in the opera receipts for the yenr 7,000,000 marks over and above the royal sub sidy , nearly the same amount. The students failed in their annual attempt to obtain an enlargement of the social privileges allowed them in the opera houso. An odd law suit lias just been decidoJ at Frankfort. When the kaiser was in Stettin a paper received this telegram : "Gchiinrath Von Huelow ist bier. X. " In the telegraph language a cross means that the dispatch is ended , but In the newspaper language means deceased , BO Von Huolow's obituary was printed. Ho is alive enough to bring suit for damages , which ho has failed to obtain. German enthusiasm over the czar's Moscow peace letter is dampened by the recollection that the last two such Moscow utterances were quickly followed by wars ; also , per haps , by the enormous 'contracts for ammu nition which are being pressed to completion by German linns for Germany , Turkey and the Balkan states. Another thing which scares the peoples is the first item spoken of in the estimates as 2oO,000 marks , but in par liamentary circles a bill to appropriate nearly 200,000,000 marks is expected. Specimens of Scheurlon's cancer bacillus are on sale and have revived an old joke. A vegetarian hero received as n Christmas present a oleturo of Sarah Hernhnrdt , stated to bo the patron saint of his faith , because she has lived forty-thrco years without flesh. The tryciclo Is allowed on Ucrlln streets. Next spring , if they are not a nuisance , bi cycle permits will follow. From April 1 Herlln will afford the cheap est transportation in the world from Spittle market to Huelow street by omnibus for I if cents. A recent city order places Herlin policemen in an odd predicament. They are forbidden to buy at any store when In uniform , and now they are forbidden to bo on the streets any time except In uniform. Among the American arrivals are Rev. G. Lcfevre , of the Franklyn square church , Hal- timore , whoso son Is a student here , Isaac Heath and family , of San Francisco , and the Weir family , of Now York City. A telescope to photograph the heavens , ac cording to the Paris congress , has been agreed ii | > oii if the rcichstag will appropriate KI.OOO marks. _ Kllraln and Smith Spar. ICtipyrlu/it / ISS8 Im Jaiiic * HIH dun llennttt , \ LONDON , Jan. 21. [ New York Herald Cable Special to the HUE. ] A largo com pany ut the Westminster aquarlam this even ing took leave of the champion boxers. Tlio whole time they were on the stage during the fortnight amounted to but n tnflo over three hours , i\nd the work throughout lias been of a very light descr.ption , considering the prices paid for'it , When .the two cham pions made their appearance on the stngo attended by Mr. J. Fleming , Charley Mitch ell and Jack llaldock , shortly after 10 o'clock the applause was enthusiastic. After Mr. Fleming , had made n few Introductory re marks Mitchell approached the footlights and put In some very strong assertion s on the character of J. L. Sullivan as a pnpllist , and also on H. Hull , nt whoso hotel the great slugger Is now staying. Mitchell as serted that Sullivan was a man who had never done any good for the profession mid that Hull would not allow a fair tight , pro viding that ho ( Mitchell ) wcro getting the better of the encounter. Soon after this Sullivan was observed In the hall and was cheered. On Smith and Kllraln coming together the usual three rounds were gene through , and what littlu advantage there was at the end of the last round rested with Kilrain. but the work was not of a heavy description , little damage being done on cither side when the men finally shook hands amid plaudits. Sullivan returned from Liverpool this evening and begins training Monduy'mornlng. { . GKAIIAM WAS TIIIK1) . How Mrs. Malloy Kxplnincd a Very Compromising Situation. SrnixoniM.i ) , Mo. , Jan. 21. In the Cora Leo trial to-day an effort was directed niniuly to tracing Graham and his wile after arriv ing in Springlleld. Much of the testimony was the same as was brought out nt the first trial. George M. Sawyer , register of the United States land office of this place , was the first witness called. Ho was present when the body was found in the well. Ho talked to Cora about the body and she said she did not believe it was Sarah Graham. She thought Leo Hreozo had brought the body from St. Louis and put it in the well. "Was any inducement held out by you to induce defendant to make , such statement ! " was asked , but was objected to and ruled out , but before this could bo done witness had answered "no , " whereupon the defendant sprang to her feet and with tears in her eyes s.iid : "Mr. Sawyer , did not you " hero she was checked by her attor ney. The witness was there as the represen tative of the Herald , of which ho was editor. Mrs. Plumb , wife of the Rov. J. C. Plumb , of this city , was called She first saw Cora Leo at her ( Mrs. Plumb's ) house , where she remained several times , each while Cora wis thero. Witness went to a room once during the time and saw Graham , Cora and Mrs. Malloy in bed together. Mrs. Malloy said George was tired and had laid down to rest. They had the covers over them. It was early In the morning. Mrs. Malloy was holding a protracted meeting in the city at the time. Rev. J. C. Plumb , minister of the First Congregational church , testified that ho mar ried Graham and Cora. He had been greatly annoyed by Graham's intimacy with Cora while they were stopping nt his house before marriage. Several witnesses gave rather vnguo evidence about seeing a woman drive out toward the farm and back late at night about the time Graham's wife was murdered. Some witnesses said it was mining , while others declared that the moon was shining brightly , About a dozen more witnesses wcro called this evening , but they failed to bring forward any now facts. Adjourned until 0 a. in. Monday. THIS PENNSYLVANIA PYTIIIANH. Probability That the Grand Will He SiiHpcnded. CINCINNATI , Jan. 21. The commission to try the charges preferred against the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Knights of Pythias , consisting of Howard Douglas , supreme chancellor ; A. R. Hrunt , of Georgia ; W. W. Hlackwcll , of Kentucky , and John C. Hums , of Ohio , wcro in session to-day investigating the charges. The Grand Lodge of Pennsyl vania presented through Chancellor Colton u written answer in which it denies tlio right of tlio supreme lodge to enact any laws for its government or for the government of sub ordinate lodges under its control. The solo right of making and enacting such laws being vested as H claimed by the Pennsylvania lodge , in the Grand Lodge. It is understood thai the commission has unanimously decided in favor of the suspension of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania and an edict to that effect will at once be issued. Tlio supreme chan cellor is receiving largo numb of letters daily from knights in Pennsylvania , pleilginir loyalty and obedience to the laws of the supreme lodge. NOWH From Honolulu. FitAXci.-'c'o , Jan. 21. The steamship Xclundia arrived from Sidney via Auckland and Honolulu to-day. Honolulu advices say there is no foundation for the report that the king is about to form a now constitution , but that ho is satisfied with the present ono. The movement to reorganize the supreme court by reducing the number of Judges from live to three has been defeated by the court , deciding against the constitutionality of the proceedurc. Parliament adjourned sine dlo'December 20. A few days before adjournment Presi dent S. G. Wilder was removed from olllco on the ground that ho had absented himself from the kingdom for an indefinite period. W. R. Castle was elected his successor. Jonathan Austin has been commissioned minister of foreign affairs. Honolulu papers notice the visit of Robert Garrett and party to the islands. During their brief stay in Honolulu tlio gentlemen wcro entertained by King Kalakua at his boat house. The entire party were formally4 presented at court and made an inspection of the royal palace. Won't Fiirnihli Cai-H Tor Coal. DCS MOINCS , In. , Jan. 2'J. [ Special Tele gram to the the HII : : . ] II. W. Hanna , county attorney of Audufcon county , has sent a com plaint to the governor that the Rock Island railroad will not furnish enough cars to trans port coal to Audubon , making a pica that they have no flats , while they have plenty of box cars lying idle at various points along the road. Five hundred tons , ho says , tire needed at once , as many families are out of fuel and have to burn iiTi-ccnt corn , which Is getting scarce. Ho asks that the attention of tlio superintendent of the company bo called to the matter. The governor referred tlio letter to the railway commissioners. ATI or tlie IJijiior Men. VAII. , la. , Jan. -Special [ to the Hii : : . ] The grand Jury , which convened at Dcn- ison some days ago , are doing their best to HCO if there is any vii tuo in the present pro- hibitlonary law. They have , up to the pres ent , indicted nearly every raloon keeper and every drug store in the county and are still at work. It Is expected that every man in tint county who has handled liquors contrary to law will bo Indicted. These cases will come txsfore Judge Connor , who is a strong prohibitionist. Steamship ArrlvalH. SOUTHAMPTON , Jan. 21. [ Special Telegram to thu HIM : . ] Arrived The Ella , from New York , QiKixiTow.v ! : , Jan. 21. Arrived The Re public , from Now York. Lost $1OOO ( > in a hot ( cry. PiTTsmmo , Jan , 21. William Murdock , an old and well known citizen , was victiinl/.ed out of $1U , ( < 00 by a bunko man this afternoon by means of v. lottery schciu" THE CUNNING CZAR. Ho Talks Poaoo While Actively Preparing For War. STILL CONCENTRATING TROOPS. Additional Forcoo Bolntr Daily S c Hurrlod to the Frontier. J THE WOCHENBLATT'S STATISTICS They Produce No Noticeable Ohnngo In Germany's Tactics. AWAITING AUSTRIA'S MOVES. iismnruk Will Ijcavc Hie Initiation of Hostilities to Ills Ally The ( Socialist Protect Other Herlln News. All a Sham. Cop/rfjit | / ( ) JSSS l/i/AVic Turk . .Itiitefulfil'iffd.l Hr.iiuv , Jan. 21. Since the olllcial rgan of the German army , the Mllltar Voehcnblntt , gave its luminous comparison f the strength of the frontier forces of Ger- niny and Russia , the discussion of the sltua- , Ion has elicited nothing more delluitu than n emi official statement in several papers o-day that , despite the arrival of additional iusslnn troops on the frontier , the German 'ovcrnment for tlio present will not order the ountcr movement necessary to equalize the trength of the two forces. This is ono of evcral indications that the government bo- ievcs war bus been delayed. The Mos- ow Giuetto yesterday indicated the { 'acillc ' policy of Russia. It declared ' lint peace win assured unless Russia J hould be provoked by aggressive acts of her eighbors. The Svet , disputes the Wochen- ; ilatt'H figures and tries to prove that Gcr- j nany can concentrate'u million men on the j rentier of Poland wlthing ten days whllo s { ussiu's huge areas of territory nnd inipor- ccl means of transportation render difficult vork of mobilization. Postponement of the upturc is not in accordance with the strategy jf the Herlin war ofllces nor the wishes of lie Viennese but continues , due to the circu- ulion of the Austrian government. Although convinced that war Is inevitable nd that it would bo preferable for Austria ooncr than later , Count Kulnoky persists In vasting Russia's time. The truth f the position , however , is hat Prince Hismarck has already nlly possessed Count Kulnoky of the fact bat u German initiative to war is impossible caving the Austrian government frco to ipcn hostilities when It deems the tlmo ipo. Another version Is somi-ofilciully issued In Vienna to-night of the Russian military lUuelioZujeff's recent statement that two lew divisions of Russian troops had arrived it the Gulician fronlicr. The first version if this statement , which was also seml- ifllciully given , was distinctly menacing , t Is now stated that M. /SujofT , while conversing with Austrian officials only stated that the displacement of llvisions would bo effected gradually in the course of the present year. Since the new anti-socialist project was ilaccd before the reichslag , opposition has , vaxed strong from all parties except the con servative groups. The national liberals neom o bo tending toward n decision to reject the ncasure unless it is greatly modified. Their criticism of the project has become HO hitler hat tlio organs of that party assail the gen eral spirit of the measure. It Is contended that despite the laws the socialist party grows. I'lio result of the discontent among this portion tion of the government group will bo that ob noxious proposals will be abandoned , and the icriod of the opcralions of the present law prolonged two years. The crown prince is writing much every ilay , and it is surmised from the Immense junntity of documents and works he has con sulted bearing upon campaigns of Konlggrutz nnd Sedan , that he is writing u history of the Austrian and Franco-Gorman wars. The Mercury In Michigan. DKTHOIT , Jan. 21. Reports from various points throughout the state show that the weather of last night was the coldest of the season and in many places the coldest for several years. Cheboygun reports ! IO below , Portland 24 , St. Igmico 27 , Ionia 20 , Hcrsoy 3S , Kitst Tawas IS , and Alma 2'J. At Mar- qnetto the tctnpcrutu.ru touched 2S below , and back from the luke it fell to 40 below. Lou icncy for a Forger. WKIIITA , Kan. , Jan. 21. The .sensational forgery trial of S. S. Jones in the district court in this city was closed this morning , when Iho defendant ivas found guilty uiui sentenced to Iho penitentiary for ono year. Jones has been a leading contractor and builder in Wichita and was worth fX)00. ( ) ( ) He went to the Wichita Hanking company last November and presented n note for & > 00 bearing thu forged nuino of Charliu Gardner , of this city , anil upon this ho obtained a loan of K IHI. Other forgeries WI.TO soon ultor- ward unearthed and nearly W > , IXX ) in bogus < notes were found to huvu been forged by ( ' Jones , Ho Is sixty-seven years of nge , and the defense set up was insanity , but ho wa. * ' t convicted. Judge Rued guvohlm thu lightest1 sentence possible under the law. Jones has a remarkable history , which includes a sur- i vice ul forty-llvo years in thu regular army. Ho was n loadingniAiibcrof IhcPrcsbytcrluii church , und was considered substantial and i honorable until the forgery was discovered , , since which time It has been learned that liu f .served one term in the Iowa penitentiary for t u similar offense. t An Kcstalio Indian. 'j x , .Inn. 21. A special from San Curlus | ' says that an Apaclio Indian who had boon j put In the gimrdhousu for gelling into an f ccstncy , asked to see his wife and child. When tlmy were taken to him he cut their throats , put them In bed un-1 sot It on tire ami' made u rush for the sergeant of the guard . . with a club and knlfo , iiut was riddled with , und killed. A Stralon CAIUO , Jan. 21. - Gabriel H. Meredith , agent und operator ftt Mound City for the Cairo , Vincenniih A ChttUtfy railroad , coin- mined suicldu this nibrning by shooting him * self through thu heud. DLtipuiiducy wu the cause' . Ho Icuvou it wife aud two cli * dreu . t * 4u * x * * 74M * " -'VL' . _ _ _ / _ - . - . . . ,
