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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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