Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1895 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1895.

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tie leV I OVK iJlOreA Establls&td 1853. Our Great January Sale of Muslin Underwear Begins This Morning. THE ORE AT SALE OF LINENS AND COTTONS CONTINUES. The rest of the Bamberger stock of Gents' Furnishings goes on sale to-day at prices that promise to keep up the excitement THE SALE OF LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES ALSO CONTINUES. First Chance to-day to see the great EDISON KI NETOS CO PE S pronounced the most interesting and amusing invention of the Gge. THESE A RE ALL THINGS IT WOULD PAY YOU TO REMEMBER. PettisDryGoodsCo AMUSEMENTS. UnKllMh'it II&Kenbeck'M Winter Ctrcas To-Nlu-ht. There are two very handsome 'women with the great Hagenbeek show, which opens it week's engagement at English's to-night One is . Miss Miklossy, a Hungarian by birth. She is noted to be possessed of great patience, and never fails to please " the ladies and children toy her dainty Australian cockatoo performance. The other is Millie JSadle Sackontala, a beautiful 'blonde, who performs with a royal Bengal tiger, which he compels to jump over hurdles and bridges and make flying leaps to the back of a horse galloping at full speed around the ring. As an exhibition complete In every detail and entirely free from the slightest objectionable feature the Hagenbeek show appeals especially to parents, teachers and ministers, and it Is from these classes that the exhibition draws a patronage which seldom bestows its presence upon amusement enterprise. There will be two distinct full two-hour performances given each day, in which all the old favorites, with their startling and thrilling acts that made the Alldway famous, can be seen, with many new numbers seat over recently from Mr. Hagenbeck's training quarters In HamIburg. At all evening performances the prices will pe Zo cents, oi) cents, 7; cents and $1. At all matinees the prices will 'be 25 and CO cents. Children will be admitted for half price at all evening performances, everywhere except the gallery. Seats can be secured for any of the week's eleven performances, matinee or night. Empire Wllllam' Own Company. ' In addition, to the famous "rolling-mill man," J. W. Kelly, and Miss Comer, the contralto, the H. W. Williams company, which opens a week's engagement with to-day's matinee, will show a good array of artists in the vaudeville line. "Senator" Frank Moran will expatiate on' the recent campaign and have a budget of localisms. Kherns and Cole,, the German comedians, will sing their latest songs, tell their latest stories and dance as only these two people can dance. Mons. Durell, the great equilibrist, will make his first appearance here. The Gregory Brothers give a wonderful performance on the triple bars. MeC'ale and Daniels, the eccentrics, will do a great knock-about act. Kaye and Henry will present their latest comedy success entitled "Capital vs. Labor" and "Mulligan's Reception," by Kherns and Cole, will be the amusing nnaie to a well-balanced Vaudeville bill. Park Hopkins' Transoceanic. The company at the Park this week Is composed of the leading artists of Hopkins's Transoceanic and the famous Howard Athenaeum vaudeville organizations. No stronger variety troupe travels than this aggregation of fifteen premier performers. Little Gertie, scarcely four years of age; Melville and Stetson, topical songs and character imitations; Fulgora, with his actually instantaneous changes of complete costumes; the Donazettas, in acrobatic and pantomime work; McBride and Flynn, comedians; Bartlett and May, "the looseJointed man and' the little girl;" Clayton, Jenkins and Jasper, comedians; Prof. De Berssell. lightning clay modeler and Smith and Fuller, in a musical act that introduces several curious South American instruments. . Jane Stnart'n Betrothed. ' MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 6. Gen. Louis 'Auer, who, it is said, will marry Miss Jane Stuart, of the Richard Mansfield Company, met Miss Stuart In Milwaukee two years ago and was very attentive to her. Gen. Auer owns an establishment of considerable renown on Pewauke lake, , where many noted guests have been entertained. He has a considerable fortune. : He has -been very prominent in the Wisconsin. National Guard, and up to a few weeks ago was quartermaster-general. He was reported engaged to Odette Tyler at th time young Howard Gould and Miss , Tyler were engaged. General Auer is now in the East. - Death of Mar Buckingham. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Jan. 6. Miss : May Buckingham, of "The East jlail" company, who was taken ill with gastro-enteritis t"wo weeks ago, on her arrival in this' city, died at the Louisville Hotel, at 8:30 this afternoon. She received the last sacraments of the Catholic. Church yesterday afternoon at the hands of Father Logan, prior of the Dominican Convent of St. Louis Bertrand. The Elks of Louisville did all in their power for the unfortunate actress during her illness. , Stranded Company. ' VICKSBURG. Miss., Jan. 6. After a disastrous season, at least for the past three weeks, Manager Perkins disbanded his company, which has been playing "Edith's Burglars." The stranded company is left with only enough to pay its hotel bills. A benefit has been tendered them. v Mra. Lang-try In "A House of Cards." Philadelphia Inquirer. Mrs. Langtry- and her company appeared at the Walnut-street Theater In an adaptation of Sardou's play "La Maison Neuve," made by Sydney Grundy, and entitled "A House of Cards." It is more than likely that the Sardou original in passing through the alembio of the Grundy mind, ard In being conformed to the suppo33d idiosyncrasies of the English-speaking audience, has been deprived of much of its original strength and savor, but even after making all due allowance for the effects of the sterilizing process to which it was subjected. It is impossible to imagine the "Maison Neuve" to be anything rise than an esrly effort or a belated pot-boiler. It is not only that the drama is veroose and slow to develop, after the approved Sardou fashion, but that it is all so obvious and elementary. The end can quite clearly be foreseen from the beginning, and there. is ery ilttl? in the construction of the plot or the conduct of th Intrigue that is at all out of the common. The least shopworn situation is that-In which the villain of the piece, the would-be lover of the-frivolous wife upon whose foolish ambition the action turns, is represented pressing his suit at tne witching hour of night In a condition of Incipient intoxication; and as -to the effectlvenes of this scene thera- Is ample room for doubt. Last nlgHt the audience did not seem to know for sure how ro take It, which is not surprising, for the actors themselves appeared to be almost ec.ually at a loss. However, the simple story .of the play is fairly interesting. Its sentiment is wholesome, its moral sound and its conclusion satisfactory, so that upon the v. hole commendation in Indicated, rather than censure. It was efficiently but not brllllaatly performed. Mrs. Langtry played the tempted wife with her usual rough-ai-d-

ready intelligence and cast-iron methods,

never getting beneath the surface of anyi uung sne nau iu uo, anu air. r euiun euuweu ) skill and discretion, t hough not much l subtlety or distinction, In the nimeuit ana ungrateful H-ole of the Count. The part oi ths father was very nicely and sympathetically sustained by Mr. Pigott, and the other characters were in competent hands. Notes of the Stage. Wagner's family has decided that there will be. no performance of his work, at Bayreuth this year. A strong cast and fine scenery characterize "The Ensign," Haworth's naval drama, appearing at the Grand Friday and Saturday. Miss Jennie Goldthwaite, who has made such a hit as the sleepy and voluptuous Psyche in DeWolf Hopper's "Dr, Syntax," is a native of Indianapolis. She has played everything from Topey to Shakspearean characters. A BIG FLOUR OUTPUT INDIANAPOLIS SHOWS AX INCREASE OF 20,000 IIARRELS IX ISO. Unlns AIho Shown In ' Quantity of Cereals Inspected Packing; Houae Business Heavy. The Indianapolis flouring mills, in the year1894, turned out 690,096 'barrels of flour, against 670,106 in 1893; increase in 1S94, 19,990 barrels. The largest production in any one month was in September, when 91,768 barrels of flour were turned out, against 78,720 in September, 1893. The report of Inspector Dunn, of the Board of Traded shows that in 1894 he inspected 3,508 carloads of wheat, againsi 3.326 carloads in 1893; corn, 6,597 carloads, against 5,242 in 1S93; oats, 766 carloads, against 690 carloads in 1893; hay, 356 carloads, against 378 carloads in 1893; total, 11,221 carloads. Increase in 1894 over inspection of 1893, 1,585 cars. Look Brighter for Car Works. s The officials of the Indiana Car and Foundry Company, -successor of the Indianapolis car works, are. much encouraged over the outlook. Last week they secured the contract to build five hundred stock cars, and are in a fair way to secure two more 'contracts, amounting to an additional thousand cars, the present week. By Monday next the works will begin on one of the contracts. For some months they have been doing little else than repair work, and their force has been down to about 120 men. Thev will now double the number if they secure the contracts expected. Business of Packing; Honses. The Indianapolis packing houses have killed since the first of November, when the winter packing season commenced, 195,000 hogs, against 158,000 for the corresponding two months of 1893. Since Nov. 1 there has been killed at all packing centers in the West, 3,890,000 hogs, against 2,455,000 for the corresponding two months of 1893. Since March 1, 1894, when the year's packing season commences Indianapolis packing houses have killed 571,000 hogs, against 411,000 for the corresponding ten months of 1893. A Biff Year's Business. The official report of the Parry Manufacturing Company shows that in the year 1894 the works turned out 50,676 four-wheeled jobs. In their manufacture 4,740,000 feet of lumber were used, 3,500,850 pounds of iron, 78,500 yards of wool cloth, 29,700 hides of leather and 9,000,000 bolts. Industrial ZVotes. The Atlas engine works are fairly busy. The pay rolls show 420 men employed. When running full time the works employ 600 men. The florists say that the holidays just closed were the best in a business way for them in years. In fact, exceeding any former yean The year opens briskly with the Indlanopolis stock yards. On Wednesday 160 car loads of stock were received, Thursday 180; Friday 190 and Saturday 140 car loads. A. A. Barnes, proprietor of the Udell wooden-ware works, started up after the holiday rest full-handed and on full time. The establishment now gives employment to 230 men. R. 'B. F. Pierce, president of the National Electric Head-light Company, Is much encouraged over the outlook for business. Within the last thirty days the works have received orders for electric head-lights from four roads, two of them important systems. The Ceraline mills, the Indianapolis Hominy mills and the Starch works all started up after New Year's and are now converting about 9,000 bushels of corn a day into the articles they manufacture. When 'running at full capacity it requires 12,000 Dusneis or corn a clay. Dean Brothers have their machinery all in position in their new shops, corner First street and the Big Four tracks, and on Saturday had one hundred and twenty men at work. The shops have ample room for 250 men and when business revives and the demand for steam pumps improves, the firm expects to work 250 men. , The contract to erect a portion of the new buildings for the Jenney Electric Motor Company, east of the city on the Belt road, was awarded to S. A. Morgan, contractor, who, under the contract, must have the building ready for occupancy in sixty working days. The buildings he is to erect will cqst $11,006, to be constructed of brick, the main buildirfg to be two stories high. i INJURED BY AN EXPLOSION. Andrew Campbell Terribly Bnrnt About Breast and Face. ' The flre department was called to the Spencer House yesterday shortly j before noon. The appearance of the engines and hose wagons caused some excitement among the guests of the hotel, but they soon learned that the fire was of small size, so the excitement was short lived. The fire was confined to the engine room. The gas under one of the furnaces exploded, 'because of a lack of air, making a loud report and setting fire to the place. It took the department but few minutes to extinguish it, however. The loss is estimated at $200, which was mostly to the furnace. Andrew Campbell, an employe of the 'Consumer's Gas Company, was seriously injured in the explosion. He was adjusting pipes. Campbell and a fellow workman were engaged in adjusting the gas pipes and had neglected to extinguish the flre in the furnace. Campbell was terribly burned about the breast and face and Dr. C. I. Fletcher, who attended him, fears that his eyes may be permanently injured. He was taken to the Germanla House where he boards. The small fire was caused from the explosion. CITY NEWS NOTES. An error has been made in announcing the annual pew letting of the First Presbyterian Church for to-night. The Women's Auxiliary of Christ Church will hold its January meeting this afternoon at the guild room of the church. The Superintendent's Plans. Superintendent Powell returned from Cincinnati last night at 11 o'clock, where he has been gaining pointers for his proposed, reorganization of the police force. It Is said that Mr. Powell proposes to reorganize the force upon a semi-military . plan. He has had some experience in military affairs, having served for several years as colonel under Adjutant-general Robblns. The Superintendent thinks the force should be more military In its deportment. For fear of causing any more demoralization of the force he said nothing of his trip to Cincinnati, but it is said he will spring the results of his trip within a few days. The Board of Safety meet3 to-day, and something may develop. The Smith Murder Cane.. Winifred VB. Smith will be arraigned in the Criminal Court this morning for the murder of Weston B. Thomas. Judge McCray will open court promptly at 9 o'clock. At that hour the regular jury will be brought in and the special venire of forty men called. The attorneys expect to take all of to-day and a part of to-morrow in selecting a jury, and it Is not thought that the case will be actively begun before Tuesday. The case will probably not go to the Jury until next week, as the argument alone will occupy the better part of three days. Alcaiar Florlit Offers artistic designs in Cut Flowers, Roses, etc., also wedding and reception decorations at reasonable prices. Si) West Washington street.

CONTEST FOE SPEAKER;

i MEMBERS IIOLDIVtl OCT FOR IMPORTANT COMMITTEE POSITIONS. Mr. Adams Seems to Be In the LeadAttitude of the Marlon County Delegation. This is the week of the convening of the : Indiana General Assembly, which begins its work on Thursday morning, at 10 o'clock, when it will be called to order. The party caucuses will occur Wednesday ,, night, according to the present expectations The movement to have the Republican House caucus changed to Tuesday night has not been heard of for twenty-four hours, and it is not believed that anything will come of it. Its only reason was that the contest for the speakership and the other offices might be so protracted that there would not be time to finish the nominations before a very late hour and would make some members slow about getting into their places on Thursday morning. The fear of such a thing was not apparent last night about the Denison House, where there are twenty-five or thirty of the members already arrived. There was a great deal of talk about combinations and stubborn fighting, but no firm foundation could "be discovered forthp assumption that more than two or , three ballots would be required to nominate the Speaker, and when that is doae geography helps on the minor nominations. It re quires, forty-two votes to nominate thi Speaker. A nomination on the first balloj is not thought probable by the majority of those present last night, as some will vote in compliment for the candidate o their district, or perhaps of their particuj lar friend, without expectation that the member they vote for has the slimmesj chance of election. Some complaints wer4 heard yesterday from such supporters;They declaimed against standing out fo a member who is really only working for committee honors, with the result that even if he is not nominated for Speaker he ig a beneficiary, while members equally able and ambitious are shut out of any benefits of the contest. This is the mental pressure that makes the support of the chairmanship hunters rather lukewarm in spots. ' The appearance yesterday of a delegation from Washington, the home of Joslah G. Allen, caused things to assume a lively turn for a while and Allen was the recipient of quite a boom. There were in the party J. C. Billhejmer, member of the State central committee in 1892; C. G. Sefrlt, editor of the Washington Gazette; M. S. Hastings, P. M. Clark, J. G. Leming, T. IX Slimp, Henry Alkman and Robert Russell. Col. A. M. Hardy, member-elect of Congress from the Second district, is expected to-day with another delegation to work for Allen. Allen was one of those who showed ability in the last House, and is one of the few who were re-elected. One pe-' culiarity of the present House is that there, are few members who have ever served in it before. The Democratic majorities have, been so heavy since that party leamedj how to gerrymander the State that fewRepublicans could creep in, and when the! upheaval came there were few in the vic-i tory who had ever before been members j of the body to which they .were elected. This1, state of thlnps has led most of the former! members to become candidates for Speaker! on the ground of their experience. Thereare very few members of the coming ses-l sion who have been threa times elected tot the House. j F. D. Merritt has a number of friends! here working in his interest, among them being Judge Drake. He has his district! practically solid for him, being In thts respect in the same situation as Fred Holloway, of Evansville. The Second district Is, split up between Allen and Willoughby, but the friends of the former say that Willoughby Is not In their way. Willoughby makes the same claim as to them. One of the men who is making a first-class impression Is J. F. Stutesman, of Peru. His champion Is Robert F. Loveland, ex-member of the Senate, whose wide acquaintance is of value in the fight. . Mr. , Stutesman j also has the support of C. B. Landls and! the working Republicans of the Eleventh district. The Fifth district is said not to be solid for Thomas Moore, of Greencastle. and some of the members of that district will vote for Adams. Mr. Stakebake arrived yesterday and expects a delegation of friends to arrive to-day to help in his con-, test. His district is said not to toe solid for him, and Adams is again reported to be the beneficiary of the votes that will not go to him. Mr. Newhouse expects to secure some of the votes of members from this section of the State. Mr. Cardwill and Mr. Moore were not about the hotel yesterday, but are expected to-day. The situation In Marion county had a great interest for every 'arriving member. The friends of Mr. Adams say that their candidate will receive the support of Van Arsdel? Vonnegut, Boardman, McGregor and Blakely. This leaves only two other members in the county and district, and these are the candidates themselves. Mr. Leedy's friends claim that Adams will not receive the solid delegation outside of Leedy, but when pressed to name those who are going to vote for Leedy they say they are not ready to do so as yet. There was no question about the hotel last night that Mr. Adams is the favorite In the contest, and some of the members said that they thought he was sure to lead the caucus on the first ballot with at least thirty-five votes. This would be seven short of nomination and would be a lead that would be hard to overcome on the second ballot. The other candidates were free to acknowledge, as a rule, that Mr. Adams has the lead, but they said that it would be overcome before the caucus. The arrivals today will be anxious subjects of conference with the supporters of all the candidates. The talk of combination did not seem to have any more apparent foundation than is ordinary in time of convention or party caucus. There was rather evidence of disintegration on the part of some of the supporters of the place hunters, owing to a desire not to be entirely out of range when honors are to be conferred by the successful candidate. THREE TERRE HAUTE BILLS. They Seek to Regulate Insurance BunlneHM In the State. At a recent meeting of some of the largest property owners of Terre Haute with the Representatives in the Legislature from Vigo county, three bills to be Introduced in that body next week were agreed upon. One is to declare invalid the provision in insurance policies which- requires the insured to carry insurance to the amount of 80 per cent, of the value of the property to secure payment of the face value of the policy, in case of total fire loss. Another is to amend the law which provides that a foreign company must have $200,000 paid-up capital stock to do business in the State. It is proposed to make the amount $100,000. The third is to amend the laws so that a.i Indiana company may be able to do insurance business as inexpensively as an outside company. Within the past year there has been a general increase in the cost of insurance. Whom Senator Haggard Meant. k When Senator Haggard referred in his Saturday night speech to Governor Matthews as not to be trusted to make appointments not agreeable to his party, he had in mind the appointment of the police commissioner in Lafayette. His selection was W. C. Mitchell who is credited with having voted for Cleveland in the last election and yet asked for the appointment as a Republican. His endorsers were James Murdock, Charles B. Stuart and John McHugh. Senator Haggard had been asked by the Governor for advice for police commissioner, but after this had been given, another man who could not be acceptable to the majority of the Republicans of Lafayette, was appointed. Among the Minor Candidates. There was considerable activity in the hotel lobby yesterday among the candidates for the minor offices, except for the clerkship of the House and the secretaryship of the Senate where the number of candidates is limited. For the clerkship R. A. Brown and Ben Prather are named and for the secretaryship, R. B. Oglesble. Captain Dubois is a candidate for doorkeeper of the Senate and for the House there are a number of candidates including D. S. Durbin, William Downey, James E. Southard, Q. K. Groves, a.nd Sol A. Pennington. There was some rumor yesterday that Sam Kerchevai, a member of the House in the famous session o 1887, would be a candidate for this swsition. , Legislative ote. Senator Bethell arrived late last night and registered at the Denison. . There are so many candidates for the offie of Suta Librarian toat members coa-

.notJ.t&ejr,' say, keep all in mind. There lia'va' BeeiV-inquiries for a list of candidates for - this, office.

J. G. McPheeters, of Bloomington, announces that he is a candidate for postmaster of the Senate. i The Senate caucus will meet to-night to consider some uncompleted work that is to come before the Senate early in tne session. Mrs. S. S. Alford. of Peru, who is a can didate for State Librarian, arrived last night and took quarters at the Denison House. Among the late arrivals at the Denison a,' candidate for Speaker. IN EIES OF THE DEAD EXPLODED THEORY OF A PICTURE BEING RETAINED OS A RETIXA. Stories that Murderers Have BeenDetected in This Manner Originated in Fiction. New York Herald. The theory that quite frequently the last image on the retina of a dying man is retained after death and can be seen has been revived by the report that in one of the eyes of Mrs. Shearman, recently murdered at Lakewood, in thistate, there was for a short time preserved an image of the man who murdered her. Similar occurrences have been reported from time to time for centuries, and particularly during the last fifty years, that for a while have occasioned much discussion, which has soon quieted until another report started it aneU. Reports of these post mortem pictures have usually been received as facts by the masses. Interviews on the subject with physicians, microscopists and photographers best qualified as authorities lead to the conclusion that there is no scientific basi3 for the theory. "I hardly think it possible that the dead retin ' should retain images, as reported was the case in the Lakewood murder," said Dr. r Henry P. Loomis. "Numerous cases of this sort have been reported every now'' and then for years, but I know of none1 of them being authentic or of having been ''verified in court, and I know of no reason, either from reported cases or from my own research, for believing that such a thing 'ever happened or could nappen. "1 have written on post mortem changes and had occasion to look up this very matter with considerable care, Dut 1 have never found -sufficient evidence of the fact to even mention it. I have examined mny dead eyes carefully, but without discovering any eviderice of these pictures that are said to be retained on the retina. In fact, I have examined especially for them without rewarJ.f. . "As"this matter Is not at all new, I am inclined to think that, with the examination of eyes and careful study that has been given,, to the matter for many ears, the iact of the existence of these pictures would -have been recognized long ago if there -had been any fact. But there is no reason for believing that there is any such fact, for the-point is that when the cells of the1 retina are dead they can retain nothing. The image that we see in the living retina is simpiy a reflection, an Intangible thing, that disappears when the light goes or tne object is removed. I don't believe that there is any such thing as these images being retained." ONLY A SUPERSTITION. . When Superintendent Byrnes was asked If, In .his police experience, he had come in contact with any cases of images on the eyes of dead persons that give a clew to the detection of crime, he smiled in a manner that conveyed his opinion of the theory. "There Is nothing in it," answered theSuperintendent. "I have heard and read stories of such things, but I have never found any evidence of their existence, and don't believe that there is such evidence. The fact 'is. It is nothing more nor less than a (superstition, and a very old superstition, .that is to be classed with the one that if a murderer touches the body of his victim th 'wounds? that he has made will gush 'forth blood. These silly superstitions are revived every now and then, and my attention is often called to them, but 1 pay no attention to such thintrs." 'r'Tps whole thing of dead retinas retain;lng images that might be 'photographed .arter aeatn neiongs to the realms of fic.tion,'f' said Dr. W. T. Lusk. "There is really nothing: in it worth v at serl mis pnn. , sideration. It will do to write a storv about,, but it is entirely outside the realm of science. The fa.pt la, that fhl thino- . ari Image being retained on a dead retina is snyiy iiupussiuie, ana oniy rurnisnes ma terial ior a sensational story, and nothing . else.'.j . ' , '""I frit read of these retained images on th retina back in the forties, when I was in college," said Dn John H. Janeway, a retired army surgeon, who is a member of the Society of Amateur Photographers, "hut 4,t is all nonsense The book that I read jvas an English novel, which told Of the' discovery of a murderer by the Image onj hl victim's retina. The story also told oi' bull's eye that regained a picture of the axe. that killed him. "fThongh the theory has often been af--firmedn-and denied, I believe the best conclusion to be that there is nothing in it. The retina of the eye is a network of very idelieate fibres, and collapses readily after deaths-making it impossible to discover an imaged if it existed there, which there is notireason for believing. The whole theory -is falfee." . IMAGE IN A FLY'S EYE. A visit to the Camera Club found its members interested in the photographic phasef the question, though no member was seen who was not skeptical as to the story rof the picture on the retina. , ,'TfOn$' of our members, Mr. L. P. Atkinson, of Brooklyn,, experimented in this matter a few years ago," said the secretary ., of the club, "and exhibited a slide that he had made from a photograph of the eye of a fly, in which he claimed that there cwas plainly visible the head of a cat. Tne only difficulty was that no member of: the club except Mr. Atkinson could see the image. It evidently required strong imagination to bring out the picture clearlyl There were dark spots on the plate that -lir. Atkinson claimed were the eyes of the cat, and a few radiating lines that he said were the whiskers. These effects were .evidently the results of small wrinkles in the membrane of the lenses that would naturally come after death. don't believe there is any image In a dead eye, that can be either seen or photographed. The brain, not the eye, sees. If there was an image left on the eye after the object was removed, it would create confusion and the retina would have to be cleaned off once In a while like a slate." ,Dr. L. P. Atkinson, of Brooklyn, who Is a retired lieutenant of the United States navy, and who is now an enthusiastic amateur photographer, was found In his studio and at once shtowed deep interest in the subject hinder, liscussibn. r""Jt don't believe it possible to get a picture 'frVKn a dead retina," he said, "but I do believe that images are sometimes retained on - the lenses of the eye. Theory is one thing and fact is another, &o I will show you what I mean. 'The Doctor then exhibited the photograph of about fifty of the 1,000 lenses of the eye of a common house fly, in each of which 'there were lines that evidently resembled something very like the head of a cat. "There," he said, "isn't that the head of a cat? You see there Is what is the natural fact a little different focus in each of the lenses. See, the eyes and nose and mouth are quite distinct. To get this picture was Ho easy matter, for as you know the eye of a common, house fly is no larger than the head of a small pin. This has been enlarged 7i0 diameters. I got the original picture of the fly's eye from Paris, and then produced these photographs from it You see the image is produced on the lens of the eve, the same as It is produced on the lens of a camera; but what holds it there I don't know, and don't pretend to say. I know of no theory that accounts for the fact" - The Pullman Company Worried. Washington Special. Tha.P,uuman company has in many, ways signified. Its uneasiness over Senator Sherman's announced jurpose of attaching his sleeping-car rider to the pooling bill. If the rider should go through, which is not improbable, the revenue of the company will be seriously cut Into, Involving a living danger that the stock would go down tj a 5 or 6 per cent, basis. A hunt for Pullman friends in Congress is a dreary enterprise. Greahnni'it Revenge. Cincinnati Tribune. That New Jersey pig that swallowed a five-dollar gold piece mu3t have a spite against the reserve. Hereafter Secretary Cu-Uile will eat no bacon.

last night were Representative Kemy, oi Columbus, and Representative Charles H. Wlkmi Th f firmer savs he will not hn

A BIG C0UET SCANDAL

ECCENTRICITIES OF TUB PRINCESS AV A LD EM A R ARE UNBEARABLE. She Had n PhmxIoii for a Sailor' Life, Then for Firemen, and Later for Political ln(riiueM. Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. It has been said that no royal family of Europe is free from the taint of insanity. This has been attributed rto two causes: to the want of control, and consequent mental degeneration that follows from the possession of unlimited wealth and power; and to the system of frequent Intermarriage be tween members of related families. No sadder instance of the result of this latter condition is there than the life story of Princess Waldemar of Denmark, who, rumor says again, is to be divorced from her husband, the "sailor son of King Christian. Marie Amelie Francoise Helene D'Orleans is the daughter of first cousins, the Due De Chartres, the son of the late Due D'Or leans, and a daughter ofhis sailor brother, the Prince' De Joinville. The Princess Waldemar's sister, Princess Marguerite D'Orleans, is almost as eccentric, and one of her brothers died an idiot three victims of a violation of a law of science. At the time of her marriage to Prince Waldemar Marie D'Orlean3 showed none of the eccentricities that have by this time developed into undoubted Insanity. She was a bright, lively, rosy-cheeked French girl of twenty, with a penchant for doing rather risque things, but perfectly sane when she was married on Oct. 21, 1885, at Paris. Her health then would seem to lend some probability to her husband's story that the morphine habit has brought her to her present condition; 'but medical men of, authority have declared her condition to be due to the close relationship of her parents. From the moment of her arrival In Denmark she has been the talk of the court circles there; first for her liveliness and brightness, then for her eccentricities in her fervent passion for a sailor's life, and for the fireman of Copenhagen, and afterward for the part she played in the diplomatic intrigues of Europe. It can be said of few women of royalty that they have caused the downfall of a Bismarck, the dismissal of a Count D'Aunay, and a war scare in Europe. The babe destined to accomplish these things was born at Ham, in England, on Jan. 13, 18G5. She was brought up, as were all the Due De Chartres's children, by the excellent and completely deaf Joinville. The London Truth, in speaking of their early education,' once said, In Labby's peculiar journalese: "In the summer he and they lived at a country house in the forest of Chantilly, and in winter in a superb mansion in the Rue Fraicois Premier. He was the drawing master of the Princess Marie, who uses her pencil cleverly, and is on a level as a water colorist with her grandfather and mother. She is a firstrate equestrienne, but there Is always a drawback to everything has the kind, of physique to which in former days the touch of a kine or aueen regnant was supposed to give health. One fees this In the 111-de-ing pretty or distingue, is rather pleasing, and it has country freshness. Her eldest brother vegetated, to the age of nineteen. In a state resembling that of unchrlstened babes In limbo, idealess, and without pleasure or pain. He then died. Dr. Guneau de Mussy thought him a victim of his parents' first cousinship." BETROTHAL AND MARRIAGE. Although her marriage to Prince Waldemar was arranged before she had met him, the young couple were said to have fallen in love on sight. At any rate, they were in the properly sentimental state by the time the wedding came off. Their formal Letrothal took place on Sept. 14, 1858, at the Danish Castl? of Fredensborg, amid great eclat, the affair being attended by all the leading members of the Orleans family, the King and Queen of Denmark, he Czar and Czarina of Russia, the Prince and Princess of Wales and daughters, the King and Queen of Greece, the Duchess of Cumberland, the Czarowltch and the Grand Dukes, and a long list, of princes and princesses and lesser sprigs of royalty. As the Prince is a Lutheran and the Princess a Catholic, a Papal dispensation for the marriage was necessary, and this was obtained at Rome for the trifling consideration of $1.87, although one of the veracious London toclety journals announced that the Vatican authorities demanded and received the sum of $20,000. The dispensation was rased on the condition that the daught jra who might be born of the marriage should be brought up in the Catholic faith, w.iiU the sons might be trained as Protestants. ' Tha wedding, which took place hi the next monfh, was the occasion of much pomp. The civil ceremony took place on Oct. 21. at the Malrie of the Eighth Arrondissement of Paris, the magistrate who officiated calling down upon himself the wrath of the republican newspapers because he caused his office to.be aiayly decorated with flowers and delivered a ongratulatory address to the bride, to whom lie bade farewell and wished all manner of happiness in the name of France. The religious ceremony took place at the now abandoned Chateau d'Eu, the residence of the late Comte de Paris. It was celebrated in the private chapel of the chateau, in the presence of the Queen of Denmark, the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three daughters, Prince de Joinville, he Due d'Aumale, the late Due Decazes, the Due and Duchesse de Chartres and Count Von Moltke-Hatzfeld, the Danish Minister. Previous to his marriage Prince Waldemar had been enjoying an allowance of $7,f00 a year. This was doubled by his royal father, while the bride brought him a "dot" in the shape of an annual allowance of $20,000. She is, however, the heiress to an immense fortune on her paternal a'de. as well as to that of her grand-?unt, the Princess de Joinville, and her income will ultimately be quite $250,000 a year. The married couple, after their return to Copenhagen, occupied the Yellow Palace, the former residence of Christian IX before his advent to the throne, and since 1S63 occupied by the brothers of the King. Had any one ventured to predict, when the Princess arrived in . Copenhagen, that some day she would be one of the most popular women of the court, the Danes would have ridiculed his prophecy. The truth is that the 'young Princess proved something of a disappointment to the loyal citizens of Copenhagen. For months their newspapers had been applying to her choicest phrases from the court reporter's stock "charming, fascinating, majestic,, beautiful." And here she was, with her half-closed eyes, receding chin and a pathetic expression. It is true, her lithe and slender figure and her fresh complexion were beyond criticism, but that wras about all the grumbling inhabitants of the Danish capital could say In the way of praise that praise which once for all has been put down as the due of all royal ladies. Her features possessed none of the classical regularity of those of her sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales, nor were they mellowed by the inexpressible sweetness that hovered upon the fact of the lovely Caroline Amalie, -the widow of King Christian VIII, whom she survived so long that to nearly every one of the generation, that greeted Princess Marie her memory was still familiar as that of the ideal woman and queen. ESCAPADE WITH PRINCE KARL, There were, however, some few a very select number, indeed who, without talking too much about it, assumed the liberty to think that the much-vaunted beauty of the Princess of vales Is, after all, rather monotonous, with a total lack of any expression whatsoever; that good Queen Caroline Amalie was almost too good; that wit, force of character, and a well developed intellect are not qualities absolutely obnoxious In a queen or i. princess. And somebody suggested that to find a princess at the Danish court whom the French new-comer recalled it was necessary to go back to old Princess Caroline, who died a few years before her favorite grandnephew, Waldemar, brought his young wife to Denmark. - About the first action of the Princess on public record was her escapade with Prince Karl, when, shortly after her marriage, her husband had gone on a cruise with the man-of-war of which he is the captain. Prince Karl is the second son of Prince Waldemar's eldest brother, the Danish Crown Prince, and thus Princess Marie is his aunt. But they are both of the same age that is, eighteen yeara, at the time here referred to and as Prince Karl isi an officer in the navy, he and Princess Marie from the first formed a firm friendship. Now, these two children for In reality they were little more easily agreed to slip away from the castle one cool fall afternoon and they roamed through the city wheresoever their fancy led them. It Is said they stayed out for more than five hours, and, as they had left no word as to where they had gone, the whole court .were fluttering about like motherless chick

ens. When, finally, the fugutives returned, the aged Queen gave thern. a tremendous scolding, but doubtless this was only what they had expected and what with shopping In all sorts of stores, drinking chocolate at cheap cafes and peeping through tha doors of saloons and concert halis, the two runaways must have had a glorious time. Shortly after, in honor of her youngest daughter-in-law, the Queen gave a reception, to which were Invited several girls belonging to the highest nobility, the object of the royal matron being to have th Princess form the acquaintance, and perhaps friendship, of some of these young women, so as to procure her suitable company. The result was dieouraging. Seated in a chair by the side of the Queen, the Princess nodded slightly aa often as a countess or baroness was presented to her, -uttering every time these words only: "Passenla. s'il pous plait!" ("Please move on!") so that the poor titled girls could do nothing but courtesy and then move on, giving room to thse behind them, who, in their turn, were treated just the same. The fact was Princess Marie then cared, first of all. and above all, for her husband, whom she loved intensely, and next for his fellow-officers In the navy. They idolized her, every one of them, and the initiated assert that nothing could be more delightful than the little suppers which the princely couple gave quite frequently in the winter and at which only half a dozen captains and lieutenants of the navy were present. In women the Princess always has shown extremely little interest; that is, for women of the higher classes, for it is well known that she is fond of a chat with the poor creatures who scrub the stairs of the palace and do similar humble work. She raised their wages considerably, and one honest old soul was heard to say, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand: "It is just like getting a cup of good hot coffee when the Princess speaks to you: it cheers you up and makes you work better all day, and, of course," she added, "she generally does give you something to buy a cup of coffee." HAS HERSELF TATOOED. While Prince Waldemar was on his first trip after his marriage some one told Prin

cess Marie that all the wives of the Danish sailors have an anchor tatooed on their arm. She at once sent for a friend of her husband's and asked if this was so. The lieutenant could not deny that it was at least the general rule. Whereupon Princess Marie ordered him to find a sailor capable of performing the operation. The lieutenant objected, but in vain. "I am a Danish sailor's wife," the Princess insisted, "and I want to do just as tne otners do." , At last an old tar was sent for who was considered an expert in the art, and an anchor was forthwith tatooed on her arm. But great was the horror, still greater the wratn, of Queen Louise when first she beheld tiie ancnor. Princess Waldemar became popular with the people when they got to know her. She did ail she could to captivate them. She delighted In wholesale eonquests, and, after, having bewitched the navy, from the most dtgnihed and experienced admiral down to the cabin boy, whose chief qualification for a naval career would seem to be his passion for tobacco chewing, she turned to other fields, and suddenly came down on the firemen. It was during a great flre in the winter of 18S0, in Copenhagen, that she made her first appearance among the heroes of the hose. She ran everywhere through the burning houses, often getting so near the most dangerous places that the firemen had to warn her. .But she did not care, giving proof here of the same reckless courage which she has always shown on horseback. For everyone she had a kind and encouraging word, and, still better, she brought wine and other refreshments to the hard-working men. When, late In tha night, she left the place, she was wildly cheered, and, after that, for years, no fire of any importance was considered complete without the attendance of the Princess. Some time in the following spring she asked and obtained permission of the chief of the fire department to wear its uniform, and on a photograph not on sale she Is seen wearing not only the uniform, but also the helmet, of the fire brigade. Of this picture a copy has been presented -to each engine house In Copenhagen, where it is now to be seen in a prominent place on the wall, like that of some patron saint. It is not necessary to add that the firemen have returned the compliment and presented the Princess with their pictures. Once popular with the flre department. Princess Waldemar was ready for another battle. When her husband was going abroad, she, as usual, accompanied him to 4 1 1 , 1 ... 1 An.V...l. T I. ino j-Uixctr nri c lie naa ir cm utxi iv. x seaport, situated at a considerable distance from Copenhagen, is reached by rail, and the Princfss had made it a condition that she should be permitted " to make part of the trip on the locomotive. There she stood, chatting with the engineer, covered with coal dust and choked with smoke, but smiling, charming, fascinating. as ever. POLITICAL INTRIGUES. All these eccentricities were severely frowned upon by the royal family, but tha fact that the Trincess mixed herself up In politics was the thing to which they mainly objected. Several years ago while in Fredensborg with the late Czar of whom she was a great favorite she placed a number of letters and documents In the hands of the Czar which tended to show that Prlnco Bismarck was carrying on negotiations with the anti-Russian party in Bulgaria, and was intriguing against Alexander IIL This was after her husband had been forced to retract his acceptance of tha throne of that Balkan principality. This caused a great sensation at the time, as it Involved a number of high-standing politicians, who had used the Princess as a tool. It set all Europe by the ears, and almost brought about a war between Germany and Russia, the conflict being averted only by Prince Bismarck's being able to . submit in person to Alexander proofs of the fraudulent and forged character of the letters shown to his Muscovite Majesty by Princess Waldemar. Although her connection with the affair is not so well assured, M. Flourens did not scruple to allude to her as the conscious artificer of Prince Bismarck's downfall. The party which sprouted up round Prince Henri de Chartres, In opposition to tha Due d'Orleans, regarded her as its Bona Dea, the favor in which she once ftood with the late Czar being based both on family relations and the pleasure In which he took in her unconventional conversation and high spirits. The crown of Norway had been dangled before her eyes by French diplomats. French men-of-war were at hf r beck and call, French Journalists making tours in Northern Europe sought Interviews with her as the shortest way for getting at the late Czar, who, to believe them, would have given her De Giers's head on a charger had he opposed the Franco-Russian alliance, of which she was the mainstay. Her unofficial Intrigues in favor of the Franco-Russian alliance and the resulting dismissal cf the Comte d'Aunay in disgrace as the French Envoy to Copenhagen, agitated all Europe again over a year ago. She had tried to take advantage of the trust which the Czar had in her, and attempted to learn from him his political intentions toward France and to give her Information to d'Aunay. About this time stories of differences with her husband began to get about. While Prince WaMemar is no saint, and has by no means been altogether true to the Princess, yet sympathies both at home and abroad are altogether with him: why, it is difficult to say. Princess Waldemar has never been able to get along with her mother-in-law, as was natural to expect, for two greater extremities in character would be difficult to imagine. She used to take a positive delight in slighting, ridiculing, and even publicly Insulting old Queen Louise of Denmark: quarreling with her easy-going father-in-law, the King, as well as with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess? and conducted herself in such a way as to become the talk of the Danish capital, a great place for scandal, and where' people are by no means Inclined to regard her freaks as of an Innocent character. Her confinement in an asylum became necessary in the belief of the royal family. She was placed some time ago under the care of a physician famous for his treatment of nervous diseases, but she disobeyed his orders entirely, and ran off to her rela ttves in France, where she 1ms leen ever since. She did not even return to CoDenhagen for the silver wedding festivities of her brother-in-law,-the Crown Prince of Denmark, and she alone of all his relatives sent no present or even a message of congratulation. Indeed, the breach between herself and the royal family of Denmark seems final and irreparable, even her children, three sons, who bear the Danish national names of Aage, Axel, and Erik, falling to keep her In Copenhagen. Whether an actual divorce will take place is doubtful. The Princess is a fervent Catholic, while Prince Waldemar is a Protestant, and Catholcs, as is well known, do not recognize divorce as ting permitted by the canon laws of their church. On the othf-r hand. Prince Waldemar will certainly wish, to marry again. The end of the sad story is not yet. " A Greitliam Exhibit. New York Mall and Express. Congressman Conn, of Indiana, Is a Democrat, and also editor of a Washington newspaper, in which he -serves up "Gresharnanla" as follows: ''Exhibit A: Hawaii A restoration that did not restore. Exhibit B: Samoa A protectorate that did not rroteet. Exhfbit C: Japan A mediation that did not mediate. Exhibit D: Armenia Aa Investigation that did not investigate. E ' hibit in process of preparation."