Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 21 April 1896 — Page 4

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ARRANGEMENTS ALMOST MAM.

Definite Date Is Yet Fixed For Carrying Out the Reforms-Gerferal Maceo Annnninnffa DeteWtoltiOITot ins Throftrfi Gdnferal \tfeyler's lilies. TheCbj^^Aiiinii'BaV. DiAz. NEW YORK, April*'2I)-—Adfepatchto

The World from Madrid says: The

government of Spain has completed, bafrinjj

few details, its "preparations

for putting in shape the contemplated colonial reforms, Colonial Minister Castellanos asserts. No definite d.ate is yet flfced fdr 'caafr^jng but the reforms. The government will only decide upon dates after again consulting General "VSTeyler.

The colonikl mihister Ya^s that' his frequent.interviews lately •with Premier Canovas were chiefly regarding statements to be made in the royal-speech on th^tfietftifir'wf the cbrtefeih "May, with a view t6 exhibiting ttvthe country the real state ofraffadrs in Cuba,*'the cost of 'u the campaign, the intentions of the cabinet respecting colonial autonomy and the relations: existing' between the

Madfrid gbverainent and the-Washing-ton gotr^nimeiil?. Mncli-atress will bfe laid Upon the necessity of continuing the efforts to improve the coast defenses of both the mother country and CHe colonies and of placing the army and navy on a better footing.

These declarations of the ^minister of the colonies "are much commented upon. Madrid' journals, the Liberals and the Republicans, freely express the opinion -that the Cuban reforms are not: likely to be satisfactorily carried out by the Conservative party, which has always fought them and contributed to the failure of the first and. more comprehensive home rule bill of 1893.

NEWS REACHES WASHINGTON.

It Is Believed That the State Department Knows of Spain's Intentions.

WASHINGTON, April 21.—The Spanish government within the next four weeks will put into execution a comprehensive system of liome rule or autonomy for the island of Cuba. There is good reaeon to believe that the state department has received from Madrid information to this effect. It promises to bring to a sudden termination the irritation and friction which has existed for many months between the United States and Spain and to replace this feeling with -4)ne of a friendly and amicable nature

IThe law is very elaborate in its provisions. The element of home rule is secured by the Establishment of two local bodies, drawn largely, if not entirely, from residents of Cuba. One of these is to be known as the provincial chamber of deputies, and the other as the council of administration. The latter has appellate jurisdiction over the former.

Large powers are granted to the council- of administration in the management of public affairs, but the governor general will continue as the supreme representative of Spain on the islbnd and will have direct charge of military, na\#d and international questions.

SPAIN IS POWERLESS.

She Can Not End the Cuban War by Her Own Unaided Forces. NEW YORK, April. 21.—A dispatch to

"The World from Havana says: If General Maceo succeeds in crossing the army barrier in spite of the 50,000 Spanish Regulars pressing him on all sides, General Weyler must confess, as General •Campos did, that the campaign is a failure and that Spain can not end this war by her own unaided, forces.

The rebel general has sent word to friends in Havana that lie will break through the trocha when he is ready, and that when the first showers of rain fall the captain general's plans -will turn to dust.

It is certain that General Maceo has some sure means of suddenly assembling his roving bands on this side of the trocha some say by means of colored paper balloon and others by messages.

There is a belief that if General Weyler is out-maneuvered Spain will presently welcome the friendly mediation of the United States. Even the Spaniards share his feeling.

Prisoners of war are condenied to death as incendiaries without proof of actual guilt. Evidence that a rebel soldier belonged to a column of the enemy which burned property is sufficient to insure his death. A prisoner's conviction depends on whether he joined the offending band before or after the incendiarism occurred.

It is said that nearly 100 prisoners will be sliot as incendiaries within a .•

lew days.

Clmrgcs Against Kev. Diaz.

WASHINGTON, April 21.—Information )V, which has reached Minister Dupuy do

Lome of Spain shows that the charge upon which Rev. A. J. Diaz, the Baptist minister, was arrested and incarcerated by the Spanish official at Havana was that of his being implicated in a contemplated uprising against the 'government on the outskirts of HaVana. The prisoner will have a prear liminary hearing to ascertain the tratli of the offense with wnich he is charged.

Representative Black of Georgia yesterday called at the state department and talked with officials concerning Mr. Diaz. After the interview Mr. Black said that thero was no doubt that Diaz had taken out naturalization papers during his residence in this country and .• is a citizen of the United States. The state, department, he said, will see to it that Diaz is given a fair trial and is accorded his rights as an American citi25611. .'

WEYLER'S DISPATCHES.

•w'f •. .2Tha Same Old Story Told by the Censori, ship News Bureau.

HAVANA, April 21.—During recent engagements between the Spanish troops under General "Fort, in this province/and the insurgents, the latter admit having lost 82 killed and having 157 WOtmded»

Persistent rumors are in circulation jh?re that Antonio Maceo is desirougof

BuiftbAedAft, bttt^no unprejudiced eb» g«r+%* fHMMf an$* belief Sin* thereports. At tfafcuefcr'- La* Giande, intheKemediSfc fliltnct "of the province of Santa Clffi^ihr«lflStogiht8 have'burned the machinery Rouses qfthe Resaiio planta'" tion, arid^hfeyihave1 destroyed by the. yailrohd station

5at"Gunabano.

Th6 splendid machinery nouses of the plantation of1-iSanf' Narcisco, near Guira Melina, fiifs-jtfb^ince, have been destroyed by1 fire}" aid-the cane plantations of Loteria, Carmen and their colonies have* been destroyed/ with 22,0C»0 tonsof cane.

A dfepatch froha Mitinzas says that the prbiflinent autonomist leader, Ar tissy haA been arrested and imprisoned on a'pblitacal charge} but after being, some time in confinement fc^.was released by order of th» cafpt Ulii "general.

It is now positively assertjed that Perico Delladt), the well known insurgent leader,, was* recently killed in an -engagement in the province of Pinar del Rio.

To Purchase1 Cub*.

NEW YORK, April 21.—Reports that efforts are being made to. raise $100,000000 thrpugh (oivdon and New York bankers to purchase the freedom and independence, of Cuba, from- Spain were renewed again in this city yesterday, but so far as could be learned by a careful investigation they had no other basis except the judication of some old correspondence 'dri the subject.

FORGER.

lletail Fiir"hStiire"DeAter# of Indiana and MicMyatl'AlW His Victim*. Cincinn^tiv April 21.—A smooth forger has.heen/gsing the firm name of Street A Schniit of ..Cincinnati to victimize retail furniture dealers of Indiana and Michigan. He has secured almost $1,000 on forged checks.

The fellow gives his name as S. Miner apd- claims to live in Newport, Ky. He -carries samples of upholstering materials and a line„of photographs of furniture and represents himself as an agent of the furniture manufacturers nained, whose factory is on Hopkins street opposite Lincoln park.

His plan of operation is as follows: He goes to dealers in small towns and takes large orders, as he offers goods at ridiculously low prices. Later in the day he will visit the place again and want a check cashed. He generally uses blank checks of the Fourth National bank of Cincinnati, and forges the name of Street & Schmit.

Street & Schmit keep no account at the Fourth National, and never saw S. Miner. They never had an agent of that name, and never receive the orders he takes. Miner always misspells the firm's name and writes it, Streight and Schmidt.

J. W. Redman of Dana, Ind., is the forger's last victim and was caught for $87.75.

Mr. Street said Miner has forged their name to six checks in the last few months. He has also used the name an Indianapolis firm, in the same manner.

FLOODS IN CANADA.

Slany Houses Swept Away and Other Property Destroyed.

MONTREAL, April 21.—The floods in the St. Francis river valley At Sherbrooke and Richmond and on the river St. Lawrence at Three Rivers, Nicolt and other points, continue to do immense damage. The water in the St. Francis had begun to recede, but another rise took place yesterday and Richmond was again inundated.

One-fourth of the city of Three Rivers is under water and the authorities have 10 boats removing families from their home. The electric light works are flooded and the city was in darkness last night. Traffic on the Drummond County railway is paralyzed through washouts and bridges being, swept away.

Advices received at Sorel state that 24 houses were swept away from Lie de Grace and St. Anne.

JOCKEY JOE FOSTER KILLED.

First Fatal Accident on the New Queen City Jockey Club Course.

CINCINNATI, April 21.—The first fatal accident on the new Queen City Jockey club's course occurred in the third race at Newport yesterday. The race was at a mile with 11 starters. Jockey Joe Foster of the Ireland Brothers' stable, was on Tin Horn, who had the rail. In making the turn at the first quarter Tin Horn was jammed into the fence and fell with the boy under him. Foster was carried to one of the stable and sent to the hospital, where he died later. His face was horribly crushed and he received internal injuries. He was about

years of age, and lived at

Nashville, Tenn.. In the fourth Buzctta, Frankfort Girl and Mabel threw their riders at the post, but none of the jockeys were badly hurt.

Trouble Among the Glass lilowers.

HARTFORD CITY, Ind., April 21.—The glass blowers of the Hartford City Window Glass company refused to go to work yesterday evening because a blower had been discharged in violation of the agreement with their union. Six hundred men aro thrown out of work.

It Xtaulod Ten Rounds.

LONDOX. April 21.—There was a large attendance at the National Sporting club last night, the event of special interest being the contest between Steve O'Donnell ol' America and Owen Sullivan of South Africa. Steve O'Donnell beat Sullivan in 10 rounds.

lioyal Wedding.

COBURG, April 21.—The marriage of Princess Alexandra, the third daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, to Prince Ernest, hereditary Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, was celebrated here yesterday.

A Small Town's Heavy I.oss.

SPARTANBURG, S. C., April 21.—The greater part of the business portion of the town of Woodruff, 20 miles from here, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Eight business buildings were burned. .Loss partly covered by insurance.

Mrs. Sarah MercurDead.

TOWANDA, Pa., April 21.—Mrs. Sarah

Seifctp,

ercjir, widQW of the late Chief Justice diiedV &t her home in tHis city yesterday.' »t. "K .» y* Hi*

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WINDAWRAINSTORB

Fremont, Ohio Swept by a Destructive Tornado.

LIVES OP TWO PEOPLE LOST:

Number of Otherr Injured,- One Fatally," and1 a Vast Amouht of Property' De« •troyedt—The Danntf*'Will Reach "Fully. One Hundred'' Thousand' DfellaH'M*- A' Petensylranta^TownBadtyDattla^ed."

FRfjMOjnyO.,' April 21.—*A tornado,J accompanied by a rainfall, swept' over the northwestern part of Sandusky^ county-about 3- o'clock yesterday, after-, noon, killing two persons, injuring a number of others and doing great dam*? age to' property. The torfiado came, from the northwest with '"gifeat furry afad cvefy building^struck was swept^ away. After smashing.UKtoad bridge and blowing a big#'tuee aoross a Wheeling., and ^akp- J£ri#j: freight-.tram it crushed the caboose and came.near Jcill-' ing a number of trainmen.,,

T&e. wind played havoc .with farm buildings. The barns of Jacob "Engler, J. Hefftinef," Upton Bfergoon and Anthony $Wlntfir8t 'went dawn before it. The houad of' James Green was destroyed. Green's father, William I. Green,-was,killed outright and his wife fatally hurt, .and the baby carried across the road in its cradle. The chi^d escaped uninjured. Next the barn of..Amos Hgtriok, in which Hetrick and John Low were shearing sheep, was crashed. Low Was blown across-a field against a tree, being instantly killed

Other buildings destroyed were the barns ofj AI FairchilcU William Henset, Perry Parish, George Waggoner and Charles Tucker. Tucker's child was badly hurt.

At Booktown, a hamlet near here, nearly all the buildings were destroyed, but there was no loss of life.

The storm covered a wide track, and it is possible that further damage will be reported.

A large number of oil derricks near Kingsway were blown down and rendered useless. The damage in this particular alone will be very great. The damage in this locality will be fully $100,000 to farm stock and property.

IT EXTENDS INTO

PENNSYLVANIA.

Property in and

Vast Destruction of Around New CaStle. NEW CASTLE, Pa., April 21.—The heaviest windstorm that has visited this city within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant occurred about 5:20 yesterday evening. The wind came up suddenly from the west and was accompanied by sheets of rain, and lightning. For half an hour the rain fell in torrents and the wind blew everything loose that was movable. The streets were flooded in every direction and pedestrians found it difficult to get around..

Fences in every part of the city were blown down, great trees were uprooted and twisted and torn from the earth. There were many narrow esoapes from death. The front of Charles Earle's West Side store was blown in just as he was at the transom endeavoring to close it and he had several tee.th knocked out by the flying debris. The Central school building, one tot

the largest in the

city, was completely lmrpofed, the same was the case with the West Side school and St. Mary's parochial school building while the Catholic church suffered a similar fate.

The residence of M. E. Hanna was blown down, and the handsome residence of John Marshall had its roof blown off. Nearly every window in the west side of the large Shenango glass works of Knox, Fultz & Company were blown out, together with the sash. The new residence of Joseph Anderson was also wrecked. The large stable of the Fountain inn was raised about five feet and moved from its foundations.

It is believed that other and worse damage has been done in the country districts in the wake of the storm.

STATE TROOPS ORDERED OUT.

Circus Follower's Create a Kiot John, Kansas.

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TOPEKA, Kan., April 21.—Governor Morrill received a dispatch late last night asking that troops be sent to St. John, Stafford county, to quell a riot. The dispatch was signed by thej sheriff and county attorney. The cause of the disturbance was not stated.

The governor ordered Adjutant General Fox to proceed to St. John at once, taking with him the company of militia at Newton. General Fox left on the 1 midnight train.

Cause of the Kiot.

KANSAS CITY, April 21.—A dispatch to The Times from Hutchinson, Kail., says the reported riot at St. John was provoked by followers of a circus, who, after swindling several susceptible Kansans, resisted the efforts that were made to recover the money they had taken. In the scrimmage that ensued I3altiia.:.c the entire circus crowd was pitted I Uauc. against the citizens and officers. The trouble soon took on an aspect so serious that the sheriff telegraphed to Governor Morrill for assistance to put down the riot. Five men aro roported to have been badly hurt. The details of tiie trouble caii not be learned.

ZELAYA'S VICTORY.

Nicaruguau Revolutionists Surrender Without Attempting to Fight.

NEW YORK, April 21.—A dispatch to The Herald from Panama, Colon, says President Zelaya has again signally defeated the forces of the rebels in Nicaragua.

The Herald's correspondent in Managua telegraphs that one of the strongest positions of the revolutionists, Tablon, six miles from Nagarote, has fallen into the hands of the .federal troops. The place was captured Saturday. The rebels Who were in possession surrendered in their iutrencttments as soon as they saw President Zelaya's forces advan'c-

Rev. Knapp Heard Prom Agaiiu

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21.—The Rev. Qeorge P. Knapp, the American missionary. who was expelled from Bitlis, left Aleppo for Alexandretta yesterday.

.CARRIES: HIS COFFJNW

LI Hang Chang Travels Always Beady For the End. SAN FRANCISCO ^'Aprii 21.—Edward

Evans of« Sharighai, China, who was among the passengers on the steamer Gaelic, says that Li Hung Chang,'the eminent viceroy, now on his way to Moscow to atteild the Coronation of the Czar, took with him on hi* vay a casket in which he expects to be buried when he dies. "It. is not an unusual thing for Chinese to buy their own coffins and keep them in their houses -the same as any Other article of furniture until they shuffle off the mortal coil," he said. '-'Tp^oarry a coffin with one's-self on a lopg. journey to guard against any in-, conveniences in case of death-may seem ridiculous'td Americans, but that-: Li Hung Chang has done this'I know to be'a fact. I have the story from a missoinary in China who.wa&engaged by Li Hung Chang to accompany him on/the voyage, but who gave up the trip at the last moment." ». .•

TILE 'BAK*? WENT DOWN. the jfyrth of Fifteen Sonls Perish on

Sol way.

GLASGOW, April" 21.—The steamer Marsdfctt collided with the British bark Firth 6f SolWay, Captain Kendrick, yesterday,, nearr-i£ish ljghtship,?causing the latter .to1 Thirteen men and thie captain's wife and child were drqvtpn$4»

The iUrth of, Solway was built at Glasgow "in 1885. She was of 1,199 tons register, wad 228.4 feet long, had about. S6 feet* beam ''and was 21 feet deep. ShevwaBiOWJiedvby J. Spence & Company.

May Close Earlier.

MtfJfciE, Ind., April 21.—The executive committee of the National Window Glass Manufacturers' association are holding a secret conference in this city. The prospects are that all of the window glass factories, in the United States will be closed May 1 instead of May 29, the day decided upon a few days ago, which will take another month's salary from the 20,000 employes.

Ocean Vessels Collide.

HAMBURG, April 21.—The German steamer California, Captain Schmidt, b6und from this port for Baltimore, collided yesterday with the English collier Tynemouth. The Tynemouth was severely damaged and had to be beached. The California was obliged to return to her dock as her stem was stove in.

Married Stevenson's Stepson.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21. The steamer Gaelic brings news of the marriage at Honolulu on the 10th inst., of Lloyd Osborne, stepson of the late Robert Louis Stevenson, to Miss Katharine Durham of Springfield, Mo. Miss Durham has been a student at Stanford university for the last two years.

Laid to Rest.

WILMINGTON, O., April 21.—Mrs. Caroline Harlan was buried yesterday. She was 70 years of age and the widow of the late Barclay Harlan, judge of the court of common pleas of Clinton cojinty. She was the mother of Mrs. Antoinette Clevenger, one of the state officers of the W. 0. T. U.

Death in a Tunnel.

BELLAIRE, O., April 21.—On the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Glencoe tunnel yesterday Charles Hickson, aged about 25, while. standing on a boxcar going into the above tunnel was struck and instantly killed. His home was in Washington C. H., O.

Liawjrer Charged. With Murder.

MEMPHIS* April 21.—George B. Rogers, a lawyer who has been in Memphis six mojifchs, was yesterday arrested and taken to Pemiscot county, Mo., charged with murdering a constable there in 1890. Rogers is said to be well connected. ..

Marquis of Bath Dead.

LONDON, April 21.—The Marquis of Bath died yesterday at Venice. He was lord lieutenant of Willis, a trustee of the British museum, and the national portrait gallery and honorary colonel of the Wilts Yoemanry.

Young: Girl Suicides.

DAYTON, O., April 21.—Ida Wolf, a 16-year-old girl, shot herself through the head early yesterday morning with suicidal intent. Love affairs is the cause of her deed of desperation. She may recover.

Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, April 21.—Yesterday's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $270,-170,'255 gold reserve, $120,078,055.

Indications.

Local thunderstorms, followed by cooler, lair weather fresh and brisk westerly winds.

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TH MARKETS.

Review of the *.• keln

rain and Livestock .''of April SJ1. rid ,i)urg.

Cattle—Prime, $4 o5(«i± 45 good butchers, $3 90@4 10 bui:,, stags and cows, |1 75@3 70 rough Int., $3 U0($3 75 i'resh cows and springers, $15 ^45. Hogs—Prime light, $3 Vo%'6 SO heavy, $3 50@3 00 common to fair, 25@3 35. iSheep—Extra, $3 50(§3 75 good, $3 40@3 50 common, $3 7o@3 10 spring lambs, $3 50@ 4 35 veal calvos, $3 35@3 50.

Cincinnati.

Wheat—71@74c. Corn—81SS2^c. Cattle—Selected butchers, $3 65@3 85 fair to medium, $3 00(g28 50 common, |2 50@ 3 90. Hogs—Selected and prime butchers, |3

50@3 55

packing, $3 40@3 50 common

to rough, $3 00@3 35. Sheep—$2 50(313 75. Lambs—$3.50ig4 75.

Chicago.

Hogs—Selected butchers, $3 2503 70 mixed, $3 50(313*60. Cattle Poor to bhbie'e steers, 13 l0@4 25 otKers, t3 6o9 4 10 cows und bulls, |1 -75(93 50. Siieep— t2 50(jjJ3 Ho lambfl. f$, 60(^4 t»0. jSii New,York

CaTil«—«2 75@4 5p., Sheep—12 50(34 00 lainbs S3 50(3)5.2o.

AS SEES IN WINDOWS.

DISPLAYS IN NEW YORK'S GREAT FASHION STORES.

Banahades, Shoes, Stooklnsa, Clonds of Iiaee, Mountains of Flowers—Gowns For All 1|N and Every Occasion—A Bewildering Array of Goods and Description#. ., A [Special Correspondence.]

NEW YORK, April 13. ^-This ^eek has been proliflo of, beautiful things of every kind, even down £o, shoes and stockings. Some of the latter are hand embroidered With -a' lavish' disregard, of expense, and, someara spangled,.end one.palr of pale rose colored pnes had a flne silver tracer^

WALKING ATTIRE.

with imitation diamonds. They were naturally for. dancing and belonged with a pair of white kid slippers decorated with rosettes of lace-and strass bupkles. These would be really twinkling feet. Slippers and stockings are spangled so are many of the tulle dresses, and also sleeves, and so are some of the swell parasols. Two of these were displayed in one window. One was white silk, spangled in silver and gold in a beautiful arabosque design between the ribs, the point of the pattern reaching the top, where there was a spangled bow of pale pink ribbon. The other was black silk, thickly studded with black and green spangles. It was really beautiful. Parasols are wonderfully fine this season anyhow, and costly accordingly. Thero are some tiny sunshades of white silk covered with lioniton lace. Others there are where fine black chantilly overlays white silk, or in some cases iridcscont silk. Then thero are exquisite white crepe lisse and chiffon parasols, quite large, with the lisse or chiffon puffed on over the white silk. Around the edges are two deep and full ruffles of lisse or chiffon, with upstanding gauffers. In the center of each two ribs is a pretty bunch of violets, held by shell pink ribbon bows. Another bunoh of violets is tied to the handlo, and another to the top. One delicate lisse parasol had each of the flounces edged with a narrow chantilly insertion, the black lace looking very delicate over the filmy lisse. To the handle of this was tied a bunch of American Beauty roses, and there was another bunoh on the top. They were fastened with pale green ribbon. Some had tiny bunches of blue forgetmenots. These parasols are all cut so that the points where the ribs come are sharply defined. Some few were covered with rainbow tulle in loose puffs and nebulous flounces. These are all intended for carriage or for the garden parties next summer.

This effect of evening clouds brought about with the rainbow tulle is also seen upon very many hats. Bluets are the most often seen with it, but white flowers of delicate and feathery form are even prettier. The rainbow tulle is also employed for some of the fussy collarettes, and it is light and vaporous, but not very durable. When it is put upon hats, the plan is to have it resemble rolling, billowy clouds. When put upon the finer straws, such as tuscati, French chip and leghorn, it is rightly placed, but when one sees it on the terribly coarse and rough straws it looks sadly out of place. The dipped fiats with beefeater or high bell crowns have strings made of gauze or ribbon to tie demurely under the chin. In one house there was a dip hat with an upright ruffle of stiff straw lace about four Inches wide. This lookod like a basket and it was literally filled with roses. A wide green and purpio striped ribbon was twisted around the crown and tied in a bow at the back with drooping ends. There was a quilling of white laca all around the underside of the brim. Those hats have a quaint, old fashioned look about them.

In the window was a gown of silver gray poplin with waist and sleeves of lilao and green brocade, with bretelles of plaited green crepe do chine. Another gown for visiting was of drab empress cloth, with a slashed basque trimmed with brown braid. Tho basque was two shades darker. Under

HOME ANU VISITING GOWNS,

the slashes was white lace laid over pink sal::, fo^ning a vest. For a pretty homo dross there was a mottled and clouded gray taffeta with a plain skirt. Tho waist was lace laid over bluo taffeta with di'apery of the gray and a-girdle of the samo set with fancy buttons.

For an elegant, walking suit there was a dark prune corded wool. Tho skirt was paquin shaped. The basque was a model of neatness and taste. It was slashed and worked around all edges with triplo loops of black silk soutache. For a little girl I saw a coat of plaited blue cashmere, with a plaited ruffle of silk around the collar, headed by a band of persian embroidery. Another yes, three or four other dainty little coats were made of rich oheney silk, one being in shaded yeilows, others in the light and delicate

colors

distinguishing these beauti

ful silks. OLIVE HABPER.

I Poor Pay.mv.'1'

Italian army officers are wretchedly paid. A sublieutenant's salary is 1,800 lire ($240) a year, which, after paying the taxes'1 and official expenses, including his uillform, leaves him about $17 a month for his board agd,lQdging.

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THE LEGTUB5 FlEi-P.' II .1 •,'* 'V,

Ko Longer Attractive Kxeept la Ban .'/iGhMi [Special Correspondence.]. -7

CHICAGO, April 14.—The announoemen* made some time since by Richard Mansfieldr that he: would abandon the stage and take to the. platform revealed the aotor's courage, if not his judgment.* The lecture field Is fairly certain to prove disastrous. No one .who knows anything was at all surprised that Senator David B. Hill found, his venture unprofitable and nbandonedhis projected tour last fall. In fact, if Mri Hill had applied to any of the eastern lyceum bureaus it is probable he Would have:,been warned against going on thaxoad* Tbfl lec$»i^,-business is not all it has been" pictured!" It Is a hardworking/ precarious occupation, and more men stfkrve thap.pakf»ta.fortune in it.

Wliafe makes the'lecture platform especially alluripg.ta pubtye, men is.the mem- i-j ory of th|9. great, audiences they have drawn when speaking in the senate or the house or perhaps.at political gatherings. Doubtless Mr. Hili had in mind the throng which collected, to hear, blf- tariff speech in the ^^idienp^ whloh ar£t«a himt on jhtsj ^obtherh '.tpUr aJfew 'Brft"j$*&liSg an^aq&ence when" ihe.'.arimissibn-' is free is Very different from drajying an audience, at 41 a 4 head. No doubt if Mr. fiill had been fp^ing stump s^^qhes instead of discussing

1'Liberty"

Authors are well paid for readings. Whitcomb Riley, who has not been heard on tho platform for more than a year, permits the manager of a theater to take out his hall rent and takes tho noxt $500 or $600 of receipts for himself. Hopkinson Smith draws $150 a night whenever there is a demand for "Colonel Carter" in the original, but tho demand is just now very light.

Bob BuiJetto is a popular lecturer, though he is heard very little now. His first "roadings" wero given to his wife, who was an invalid. Ho was working for a newspaper in a little Iowa town, and he used to paste up tho scraps which he thought would amuse his wife and bring thorn homo to her. One ovening some ladles who heard him road to Mrs. Burdette asked him if ho would read at a church entertainment for them. His wife urged, so ho promised to do it. A ministor from Dubuque who was presont offered him §50 to repeat tho reading for tho benefit of his •church. A»ain Mrs. Burdette insisted, and again he yielded. This reading was so successful that thoro wore other demands, and soon Mr. Burdette was a featuro of tho lecturo platform. Of lato years ho baa appeared on tho platform very seldom.. Ho Spends most of his timo at Robin'sNost, his home, near Philadelphia.

Probably one-half tho men in public life have tho locturo bee in thoir bonnets. The, ... A avorago public man has tho most boundless confidence in his ability to charm an audience. A United States senator wlho was in New York recently said to me ho did not seo how certain membors of tho f/ senate wore so dense as to be ignorant of tho fac^ji that their spoechmaking was an offenso. But ho had to admit that if one judges by appearances these gentlemonare wholly unconscious of tho unfavorable iitiprossion they aro creating. No doubt any one of these monotonous Speakers would consider seriously a proposition to take the lecture platform. Yot almost the only publio man who has made a success of lecturing reoently is General John B. Gor-. don, senator from Georgia. Senator Gordon draws onormous audiences wherever he appears, but this is due chiefly to the personality of the man. Mr. Blaine would have been a strong card in the leoture business. JAMES H.

for a fixed price of admis-

sion he would have had many hearers. Blandh^s had anexperience similar to.,Mr. Hill's My. ^laqd. first tried lee- 'fi turihg in Colorado, where the free silver sentiment was So strong that.be had many Isympathetic hearers. Then he made campaigh'speeches lh^ Xninofs and Missouri, where once more he spoke to great crowds jof people. But when ho started south to leoture for a price be found in the first town he visited not a seat had been sold. Mr. Bland declined to make his talk to the janitor of the hall, so the lecturie was postponed indefinitely.

What could these two men, who make jf no pretense of being orators, expect to do when that great speaker, John James Ingalls of Kansas, was a failure on the leeture platform? Mr. ^ngalls has not been driven from the platform, to be sure, but his lecturing has not been the brilliant success which was prophesied.

An egotistical newspaper man said some C'\ years ago that he believed the public, which had read so much from his pen, j| wanted to seo him. Acting on that belief, he fitted himself out with a lecture and a p. stereopticon, but he found after two years of experimenting that there was not a yearning on the part of the public to gaze on him. So Mr. Hill and Mr. Blanks' have learned that as spectacles they not a success. if

Mr. Bland, I believe, started in the,#" ture field with the idea that he was if $500 a night. That was just one-te what tho government had been him along *ime as congressman. 1 know what Senator Hill expected ceive, but probably several hundred a night—$1,000, it is reported. If Mr. Bland or Mr. Hill had looked ov of the lyceum lists, he would have le. that talent Is cheap. Lecturers who I and pay heavy expense bills can bo hi.| low as $25 a night and stereopticon letters as low as $50. Ragan, who died long ago, used to lecture for $75 a nii with a trained salaried man at the stere ticon. Congressman Harter of Ohio ex-Congressman Horrof Miohlgan used to go through the country giving a tariff debate" for $150.

Dr. Talmage is one of the best paid lecturers in the country $500 is his minimum. He sometimes receives as much as $1,000 for a lecture. He told! me recently he never permitted lecturing to Interfere with his church work, so he is not very much on the platform. That antirellgionist, Ingerso.ll, I believe, makes more than Talmage. He usually hires a hall and takes his own risk. So he never knows what lie is going' to make. Hut lie is safe for $600 almost anywhere. Other pfeachers than Talmage book regularly through, the lyceum bureaus. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., the sensational New York divino, receives $125, less the agent's commission, for lecturing. Dr. McGlynn receives $150. Rev. Joseph Cook is another $125 man. So is Dr. Lyman Abbott. Dr. Willitts o£ Ohio, who is quite popular in small communities, receives $75i

SANDERSON.

Coached bj Breckinridge.

John T. Geary, representing Kentucky state college, won tho intercollegiate oratorical contest at Loxlngton recently. He was coached by Colonel, W. C. P. Breckinridge and imitated that noted "silver tongued orator" in his pronunciation.

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subject tvas "The Evolution of the^ R®fpublic."