Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1896 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1896.

MR. CULLOM'S WARNING

tiic rKon.K mioild nKH Aiin tiii: popocratic agitators. Tbry Are AtlTornt Inc: "Rale or Knlii, 1U to 1 or Itlot" o Altselds Xeetletl to Tlrlns Prosperity. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Aug. 22. The Republicans opened the campaign to-day with a meeting at their wigwam. The weather "was fair and'warm until late In the afternoon, when a storm passed over the city, cociln;C the air greatly. Senator David II. Little presided and made a short address. Introducing Senator Cullom, who addressed an audience of 1,200 people. Senator Cullom raid: "The only policy for the United States to follow in financial matters is that of honesty and safety. No business man confides hi dearest Interests to the management of enthusiasts or unbalanced men. The wisest and soundest are the advisers to follow in time of . doubt and danger. The uttcrai ce of excited assemblages of men, o! new-Idea theorists, establishing a new and untried philosophy, are not to be taken for the guidance of anybody. The conceivative and cautious statesmen who have watched over and guarded the days of our-experimental Republic, are the. men to whom we should look for counsel. The concensus of our own history tells the story. ZMen do not dare to follow the 4-Yench enthusiasts of other days, but too many of our own people are running wild after the same evil theories which deluged Paris with blood and defied communism and conXuslon. And too many are rushing toward the same treasonable results for which Jtobesplerre and the other French revolutionists stood as the horrid representatives. There are leaders of men now agitating their followers and teaching them to believe that if they fall to establish their views they must invoke anarchy and tear down our political structures. Rule or ruin; ltf to 2 or riot; free coinage of silver or blood to the bridle bits I draw no fancy picture and Indulge In no scare heads to frighten the people, but you all know, you remember well, the scenes described in the papers which were witnessed at the recent convention, and you know what you thought when you read the speeches and Utterances which rent the air. It Is high time that these ghost dances should be relegated to some political limbo. "What the country wants is a campaign of common sense rather than Kinacy. You need no Tillmans, Altgelds or Waites to briny in a reign of prosperity and happiness to' the people. The record and history of the great party of liberty and prosperity is all before you. It is tested in battle and In the sunshine. It has stood with equal lirmness, whether tested In battle or bearing the gifts of peace. The Republican party, with Its platform offering exact Justice to .al. makes no new tender which is Impossible of performance. It does not descend to the domain of hypocrisy, but it bears the banner of honest money, the tlag of sound finance. It is worthy of your support and demands your sincere approval. The duty of Americans Is first to America. The glorious advantages which we cn'Joy are the envy of the known world. Our Institutions, our general policy, our libertyloving principles, are standing invitations to the humanity everywhere to join us or to follow us. We have, under the management of men of pure patriotism and wise discretion, come into the enjoyment of a magnificent heritage. Can you, will ?rou stand silently by and see these chershed associations rudely shattered and torn asunder? , my friends, a thousand times no. The financial question Is before us In overwhelming importance. Let the people who believe In sound money, in the Integrity of contracts and in the prosperity of the Nation, without regard to past party relations, stand together in this campaign and settle that great question." Strator Cullom was frequently interrupted with hearty applause. Hohnrt's Com lne Letter. 1IOPATCONO, X. J., Aug. 22. "There are many thousand Democrats." said Garrett A. Ilobart. Republican vice presidential nominee, "who are Msltatlng to follow their party leaders and inclining to put patriotism above party. In my letter accepting the vice presidential nomination of the Republican party, which I have here and which ' will probably be made public after Major McKinley has decided to give cut his letter, I will devote considerable attention to them. For this reason I must decline to give my views In extenso as to tho right sort cf argument to be addressed to Democrats this year. I shall make no campaign speeches, and do not expect that Major McKinley will. Were he to do so his opponent would probably follow in his tracks and would no doubt delight to follow In a cart where Major McKinley had preceded in a palace car. contrasting the two for the sake of argument." Letter from McKinley. . PUTNAM, Conn.. Aug. 22. The first McKinley and Ilobart club organized in Connecticut opened tho campaign with a flag raising on the famous green at Woodstock this afternoon. Major McKinley sent tho following letter: "I note with much satisfaction that the Republicans of Woodstock intend to be among the first to tstart the campaign ball rolling. Our friends must not iiaitcr themselves that the Republican party has an easy task before it. I have no doubt whatever as to success, but in order to make the victory thorough and more emphatic, there la need of earnest, persistent and intelligent work. iTobabiy never in the history of the Republican party has thoro been a greater necessity for a campaign of education and organization. Very truly yours. WJl. M'KINLEY." i Hanna In Ronton. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. Chairman Hanna, Of the Republican national committee, left Xtoston to-night. It was given out that he "Was going to Marblehead, "Mass., to spend Sunday with his brother-in-law, James Rhodes, and that he would return Monday. Before he returns, however, he will have a conference with a number of prominent Xiostonians. Arrangements to that end have been made by General Osborne. Mr. Hanna may not be in New York again until Tuesday. AX AFRICAN CAIIAVAX. Curious Wayn and Food for the Xn--tlve Carrier. Diary of E. J. Glave. in the Century. Caravan roads in Africa are narrow paths for marching in single file, through long grass that cuts like a knife, or through woods; the natives instinctively know when they are passing under thorn trees; they elow their pace, as the path is always strewn with thorns. In the dry season tne carrier covers himself with a cotton rag end sleeps In apparent comfort In a temperature and under conditions which would compel the white man to cover himself with a pair of blankets. A carrier, as a rule, has a few cobs of corn or a pouch of flour of znapira or maize wrapped round his waist In his loin cloth; he has, besides this, always a stock of snuff in an empty cartridge case cr little gourd; the snuff is composed of powdered tobacco, the ashes of aromatic leaf, and seeds of the castor oil plant; men, women and children Incessantly take snuff. Only a few people sraoke. and then not a long smoke, but a few violent draws, which they Inhale into the lungs till they are to an extent stupefied. This applies to all the people in this part of the world. - Some of the carriers have a small mat to sit on or lie on at ntght. or to cover themselves with '.n case of rain; and some have a side of a biscuit tin with a handle fixed to it. The tin is turned up at the sides, forming a kind of fiat dish, and popcorn Is made on this. This is the favorite way. of eating dry corn. When the corn is green It Is toasted, boiled or steamed by being baked in the husk. The carrier sometimes has little dockets of dried lish or pasto of baked ants, but he Is quite a nabob if he possesses such luxuries. lie will take a load weighing fifty pounds; sometimes he carries the load on his head, with a ring of reeds as a pad for his head. He always carries a stick, so that when the load is on one shoulder he can pass the stick over the other shoulder and under the load, so that the labor is divided. They have but one or two earthen pots among them, and when, camp is reached they gather up firewood and start fires, and do their cooking, chaff one unother. drink much water, nnd take snuff till late in the evening. Then their chaff, laughter, singing and talking cease; they have all dropped asleep, which an African can da without any difficulty at all times and any where. With us It Is sometimes a rather hard task to go to sleep, especially in this country, for anxiety and responsibility keep the rmnd of a white man In a state of uneasiness and wakefulness. An average march is fifteen miles more can be done. but fifteen miles Is enough, more unfits the man for the next day s Journey. When it rains, and the native Is near long grass or shrubbery, he very soon throws h roof over hi head. The carrier is rationed with a little cloth to buy food; the usual rate la cne yard a month. A word as to African insects, la the

swamps the mosquito is a vicious little fanatic, lie assails you In clouds without the slightest provocation, and remains till killed. He Is a keen observer, and If you are sitting in any posture which stretches your garments tight over your leg, you feci a sharp sting which tells you the mosquito has noticed the fact. A small hole in your mosquito net he notices nt once, and will struggle through It a wing and leg at a time, and when Inside calls a few fr'ends and tells them the way he entered. They perch on the barrel of your rifle when you are getting a brad on a fidgety buck, and bite in some painful spot Just as j-ou are about to pull the trigger. Other lnscts annoy you. Rig moths, inquisitive about your lamp, enter your room at full speed, flutter noisily about your lamp, or try to commit suicide in your soup, leaving the fluff of their wings floating on the surface. The jigger burrows into your flesh, and starts in to raise a family in a little white bag beneath the surface of your skin. The proverbial little ant is a terror to

mankind. The large brown driver ant. marching In swarms of millions, with giant ants as leaders and officers, is a dreadful enemy. They move over the ground like a dark-brown ribbon a foot wide, devouring every living thing they meet, from a grasshopper to a goat, if the beapt cannot escape. Their heads are furnished with terrific nippers; If you are bitten, and attempt to pull away the insect, you will find that the head remains In your flesh. They will enter your house; no matter how well filled your larder was before the visit, it will contain nothing but bones afterward. The white ant does not bite you: his narticu!ar province Is to destroy your most valuable property your oest trunKs. your ravente shoes. In one night he will so attack a wooden box that when you lift it in the morning the bot tom will fall out: he will eat a livinir eucalyptus tree, and when he is In the district tho poles of your house in a few months time will crumble into dust. At a certain stage of his existence he has wings, which he sheds at your meal times Into your dishes. Scorpions and tarantula spiders are only occasionally met'. Large beetles come from long distances to see you, and end their Journey by striking you in the face. Many Insects of smaller caliber settle on the back of your neck, and when you try to brush them off sneak down your back. Small saw-llies feel particularly curious about your right eye when the left one is closed and you are trying to get a bead on a buck. ENEMY OF THE TOILER MII.MOV Allti: SILVER KlXCi STEW ART AX OPPRESSOR OF LAIIOU. How the Popocrnt Publishes III Pa per for Half What It Would Cont If Vnlon Men Were Employed. Special to the In liana polls Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Senator Stewart, of Nevada, who is the type of the owners of silver mines mostly to be benefited by the election of Bryan and Sewall, and who never tires of telling the workingmen how much they will be benefited by the enactment of a free coinage law, is furnishing an interesting object lesson to the workingman of what he may expect from the philanthropy and generosity of the mine owners. Mr. Stewart runs a paper called the Silver Knight. Its purpose is to disseminate free-silver literature, principally Mr. Stewart's speeches. The paper is dated Washington, but is printed In Alexandria, Va. Mr. Stewart poses as the friend of the working man, but he prints his paper in Alexandria and pays his men from $7 to $3 a week. This pay is about 50 per cent, of the compensation received by printers for similar work in Washington or any other city where the printers are organized into a union. Mr. Stewart has been requested by the union printers a number of times to pay his. men union rates, but his answer has always. been that he was paying as much as ho can find men willing to work for. It is now said that the Alexandria compositors of the Silver Knight are about to form a union and demand union rates. Workingmen are not satisfied with Mr. Stewart's explanation that because other compositors in Alexandria are paid such poor wages one of the richest men in the United States should take advantage of such widespread misfortune. They tay that since Senator Stewart thinks it an ample excuse for his course to simply claim that he is paying as much as other underpaid men are receiving, there Is little hope that even if the doctrines which he preaches are carried into effect by their votes next fall there will be the prosperity for workingmen which Senator Stewart promises them in the editorial columns of the Silver Knight every week. Idnbo Fnslon Ticket. BOISE, Ida., Aug. 22. The Democratic convention nominated Frank Stunenberg for Governor, R. P. Quarles for Justice of the Supreme Court, R. E. McFariand for Attorney-general and G. II. Storrer for treasurer. The Populists nominated the following: Captain Gunn for Congressman, C. C. Fuller for Lieutenant-governor, J. H. Anderson for Auditor, L. Lewis for Secretary of State, and Lewis Anderson for Attorney-general. Cenrral Political Xews. Congressman S. S. Harney has been nominated by acclamation by the Republicans of the Fifth Wisconsin congressional district. Thomas C. Tlatt arrived at Saratoga last night and assumed charge cf the advance contingent of the Republican State convention which assembles there on Tuesday. E. E. Kobblns was nominated for Congress at Kittanning, Ta.. yesterday by the llepublicans of the Twenty-first district. The nomination was made on the sixtyninth ballot. George A. Groot, chairman of the notification committee of the national Silver party convention, announces that the committee will assemble in Lincoln. Neb., on Sept. 8. to notify Mr. liryan of his nomination as the candidate of the Silver party. A mass meeting of gold-standard Democrats, callenl by and really held under the auspices of the Sound-money Cub of St. Louis, was held at Uhrig's Cave last night rnd elected seventy delegates to represent St. Lout in the State convention to be held next week to elect delegates to the national convention at Indianapolis Sept. 2. FOURTEEN SAILORS LOST. Italian Ship In Collision ivitu A French Fishing Smack. FALMOUTH. Aug. 22-The Italian ship Francisca Irampa, Captain Maresca, 1.C3 tons, which sailed from Swansea on Aug. 19 for San Francisco, has returned and put In here with her bows badly damaged. She reports having been In collision with and having sunk the French fishing boat Mouette, on Aug. u, forty-five miles northwest of the Scllly islands. Ten of her crew were saved, but fourteen were drowned. The Francisca Irampa was built at Sistra, Italy, in IK'O. and hails from Castel-a-Mare. She is owned by F. S. Irampa. Movement- of Steuiner-. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Arrived: Paris, from Southampton: Venetla. from Stettin; La Bretagne, from Havre. Sailed: La Gascogne, for Havre; Manitoba, for London: A Her. for Rremen. via Cherbourg; Zaandam. for Rotterdam, via Boulogne; Maasdam. for Amsterdam; Furntssia. for Glasgow; Umbria. for Liverpool; Fulda, for Genoa and Naples. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 21 Arrived: Waesiand. from Liverpool. HAMBURG, 1 Aug. 22. Arrived: Augusta Victoria, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 22. Sailed: St. Louis, for New York. HAVRE. Aug. 22. Sailed: La Eourgogne, fcr New York. SewnlP Sliver. Washington Special. Democrats about the headquarters here and In New York are having great fun dls cussing the magnificent proportions of candidate Sewall's contribution to the cam palgn strongbox. He was nominated in the confidence that he would knock the hoops from a very large-sized bar'l and that a silver stream as long as the Platte river would tlow therefrom. Instead of which he has tightened the hoops, soldered up the bunghole and put his bank account on cold storage. The committee has not s yet seen the color of his cash, nnd Chair man Jones dally congratulated himself be fore his departure for Chicago that the Maine shipbuilder had not called on Treasurer St. John to pay his rallrcad fare, ho tel bills and other expenses Uurtnc the campaign.

FAR FROM HARMONIOUS

LITTLE PROBABILITY OF TNITED ACTION IJY IRISH. MUX. Wlint Lender Say About the Coming Aatlonnl Convention Xo Par ncllltcn Will Attend. (Cnpyrlrht. 1 by the Associated Press.) LONDON. Aug. 22. The Irish national convention will open its sessions in Dublin on Tuesday, Sept. 1. It 13 expected that about 1.200 delegates from Ireland and Great Britain will be present. Several delegates are also expected from America, Canada, Australia and South Africa, but it is not possible to estimate their numbers. The convention is expected to last three days. It has been summoned, so its promoters state, "with the desire of laying down a platform in which all Irish Nationalists who are supporters of home rule can unite, and thus secure a united body ef national representatives in Parliament." To a reporter Mr. John Dillon, M. P., after carefully considering the develop ments of the past fortnight, said: "I do not expect miracles from the convention, but I do see the strongest ground for hope that It will provide a basis of reunion. It will afford an opportunity to ail Irish National ists who are disgusted with the conten tions and divisions of the last few years to make their voices heard. I am convinced that, although complete reunion may not be achieved at the convention, a movement will spring from it which will result in the reconstruction of a united Irish party. The divisions amongst the Irish members of Parliament cast discredit upon Ireland, and to a great extent paralyze the power of th-i Irish party in Parliament to forward the Interests of the national cause, and if they were allowed to continue they would inevitably once more entirely destroy the confidence of the Irish people in the efficiency of any action in the British Parliament. These dissensions do not spring from any essential difference in policy, but are questions of personality, and ought not to be tolerated by the Irish people. "In promoting the convention which will meet in Dublin in September I have simply been pursuing the policy which I have folirtv v.i since I was elected in February last as chairman by the fifty-one members who constitute the National party m parnainem. That party is based upon the conviction that union among tne isationausis is ui me first imuortance in tiie National pro gramme. It has been charged against me by these who are epposeet to me reunion thnt I make it a condition that Nationalists shall unite under my chairmanship. There is not the slightest foundation tor tnib statement, as I have all along made it clear that the moment any one can be agreed upon under whose chairmanship or leadership all will consent to unite, my resignation is at the disposal of the National party. This will be made quite clear to the convention, and for my part I do not care to what section the man may have been belonged provided ne can secure the united support of the Irish Nationalist members. I should resign immediately in his favor and give him loyal support. NO ATTEMPT TO PACK IT. "The regulations under which the conven tion has been summoned are the best proof that no attempt has been made to pack It in any particular interest; all organized bodies of the Nationalists having been invited to send delegates In proportion to their strength. Delegates were Invited from the United States, Canada and Australia, because it was felt that the pres ence of some representative men from those countries which had give such splendid aid to the National party would add weight to the convention, and that the representatives of Irishmen abroad would have a particularly strong position in recommending unity to the Irish at home. With regard to the programme of the convention, 1 understand that any delegate will bo at liberty to submit resolutions. No one will be excluded who has any reasonable claim to a representative position, and every one vill be at liberty to express his opinion and submit his views to the judgment of his fellowcountrymen." In view of rumors that there is not so much harmony In regard to the convention as .Mr. Dillon's hope would lead one to suppose, the Associated Press representative asked Mr. T. 1. Healy. M. P.. for his views. Mr. Healy said: "I am not going to attend the convention. At least twenty-five of my friends will also stay away. The convention as a convention of the Irish race is a fraud. It is called simply to legitimatize the position of Mr. Dilion. It is all very well to talk about delegates from Australia, Ainerita and Canada, but such delegates will not be controlled because it Is Impossible for them to understand tho exact situation of affairs. Then, again, any true convention of the race would be called on a definite statement of principles, certain published resolutions; it would nr-t be a mouse trap baited with harmony cheese, to bo shut with a snap as soon as tho refractory mice were nicely inside. The first thing that will be done will be to bind the minority by the majority rule. Will that make for harmony? The convention is a fraud, and in no sense can it represent the Irish race." Mr. Patrick J. O'Brien said: "I am not going to attend the convention, nor is any Parnellite. To begin with, we have not been properly invited. Dillon and his friends held a meeting here and passed a resolution that Mr. John Redmond and his friends be invited. That is all we have ever heard of it. Rut if the Invitation had been engraved and sent not one of us would go. The convention will not come to anything. Even DiUion's own party, those who are pledged to him. will not be there. At least ninety-five will follow Healy and slip awav. Then Dillon won't get the support of the bishops and clergy that he anticipated. They killed Parnell, but they are not upholding Dillon. On the contrary, they are holding aloof from him. The object is, of course, to raise funds. There's nothing in it." That the convention is not taken seriously by anybody outside of Dillonltes who will attend it is further evidenced by the statement of Colonel Saunderson, M. P. for Armagh: "No one in Ulster or elsewhere, as far as I know, expects anything to result from the convention. Whatever Dillon says Is white Healy will at once declare It nlack, and John Redmond pronounce It to be an unmistakable red. The people are utterly disgusted with their leaders strong effort i3 consequently impossible. The tlm.?. too, is not propitious. Ireland has had four excellent years, prices are good, especially for cattle, and this brings content. Of course, we shall have plenty of hatred for Kngland; they are united on that point: but I do not believe they can unite on anything else. The results of the late session do not make for reunion, as the fate of the land bill was fashioned by Healy, and not Dillon. The government has really been afraid of Healy, who. with a handful of Irishmen, has set at complete defiance the government of a majority of ir.0. The honors of the session are I Italy's." BUSINESSTR0UBLES. Failure of the T. T. Hnydoclc CnrrlnKe Company, of Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Aug. 22. The T. T. HayCock Carriage Company assigned to-day to the Union Savings and Trust Company. The attorneys are Thornton Hinkle and Charles Prior. The assets are ?2.t'00. including five big shops and stock. The liabilities are JO.C00. The officers of the company are: President, Mrs. T. T. llaydock; vice president and general manager, E. P. Pt-ipho; secretary. C. C. Wick. Mr. Haydock died In lsST.. and his estate was represented bv his widow. The firm has been in business here over forty years. The failure is due to the recent failures of other carriage companies. Cotton Merchant Ann turn. SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Aug. 22.-SIayden, Clarkson & Robards. the oldest and largest cotton merchants In Southwest Texas, filed a general deed of assignment last night, conveying all their property to M. E. Reynolds, assignee, for the benefit of creditors. From reliable sources it Is stated the assets of the firm will amount to $500,000. with liabilities of J2O.MW0 or more. A failure to realize on outstanding claims and the slump in the cotton market some weeks ago is given as the cause of the failure. A Ilroken Xeir Orlennn Ilunk. WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-A preliminary report received by Deputy Controller Coffin Indicates that the American National Dank of New Orleans, La., which recently sus-

pended. will not be able to resume and that the Co: it roller probably will be obliged to appoint a receiver.

Ilinmrn (ilntu Company. PITTSBURG, Aug. 22. The Ihmscn Glass Company went into the hands of a receiver to-day. The liabilities are placed at $113,001 and assets at JlC.C'W. Inability to realize promptly on the products of the concern was the cause of the embarrassment. Aetunl Asnetn Smnll. NEW YORK. Aug. 22. The schedules in the assignment of T. K. L. Goodsell &, Co., fruit dealers, filed to-day. show liabilities to be 1230,043; nominal assets, $120,105; actual assets, ?IC.S70. This firm failed several weeks ago. IT IS "LEE HONG CH0NG" PROPER PnOXUXCIATIOX OF TIIE CHINESE VICEROY'S NAME. Falfic Notion Regarding the Mysterious Yellow Jacket Cont of Entertaining the Visitor. Special to the InJianapolls Journal. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. All the details for the coming visit of Li Hung Chang have been prepared. Mr. John W. Foster, the confidential agent of the Chinese empire in this country, ha3 taken complete charge of the Premier's visit to the United States on behalf of the Celestial government, and the Chinese minister professes to know nothing of the details. It was Mr. Foster who engaged rooms for the Premier at the Arlington. The visitor Is to be officially known as Earl LI. The proper pronunciation of his name is given at the legation as Lee Hong Chong. Incidentally some of the sacred awe which his yellow jacket has apparently Inspired in the popular mind since the Premier's adventures with it and without it during the late war Is brushed aside at the legation. It appears that Li Is not by any means the only wearer of this elusive garment. There appear to be a score of distinguished Chinese gentlemen authorized to wear it, and the peacock feather which figured so frequent ly in the press dispatches is not a feather at all, but a whole bunch of them, suggestive of tho domestic feather duster. Nor is LI tho only chancellor of his rank in the empire. There are three others, but as Li has been Intrusted with the affairs of diplomacy and China foreign relations, he naturally stood out mare prominently In the opinion of foreigners. lhere Is some gossip nere as to the pur pose of Li's visit here. As a matter of fact. LI Is coming through the United States because he cannot well get home without crossing the Western hemisphere unless he doubles on his tracks and goes home by the same route he came. This would hardly be practicable, especially as there are vague rumors that some of the European courts are beginning to realize that it costs money to entertain a viceroy with a suite of forty distinguished persons. His brief stay in Parts cost the French government a hotel bill of 50.000 francs. His stay In the United States will of course cost much more than this paltry sum. There Is a generous contingent fund at the disposal of the Secretary of State for just such purposes, and as this sum is in the neighborhood of JiOO.OOO, the.-e need be no anxiety in Mr. Olney's mind. It is, moreover, an unwritten law that no accounting Is ever expected from the Secretary of State as to the spending of this money, so that Mr. Olney need have no apprehension as to any future resolutions of inquiry from the anti-Chinese members of Congress from the Pacific slope. If Li has any business to transact in this country he will probably intrust It to the skillful hands of Mr. Foster. It is asserted that while in England LI made tentative overtures to Lord Salisbury for an advance in the duties now levied by treaty on all foreign goods entering Chine.se territory. At the present this duty is only 5 per cent, ad valorem on all articles, but the thlnese government - needs money and finds that the revenues from its custom houses that is to say, that iorttoa. of those revenues which the officers. turn into the treasuryare not sufficient. It is added that the wily Chinaman hns won tho consent or Russia, Germany and France to a proposed, increase, and that he has. by liberal promises of war ships to be built In English yards, made a favorable impression on the British authorities. He will hardly rind time to broach this subject in thj3 country, and. as stated above, will intrust the whole matter to Mr. Foster. It was said at the Chinese legation that the reasons why Li does not go to San Francisco are entirely aloof from any fear cf assassination. He is in haste to return home, and has, in addition, received while In England, a very urgent invitation from the Canadian authorities to accept the hospitality of British America while on this continent. While In Vancouver he will be the guest of the Governor-general of British Columbia. J LI Sniln for America. LONDON. Aug. 22.-LI Hung Chang took a special trairr for Southampton to-day, where he embarked on board the American line steamship St. Louis for New York. VICTIMS OF FLAMES. Fonr People Burned to Dentil nnd An- - other Probnhly Dying;. HUNTSVILLE, Ont.. Aug. 22.-Fire last night in this village destroyed a frame house occupied by Mrs. Qualfe, her daughter, Mr3. Phillips, and four children. Mrs. Spencer Quaife and two children were visiting them. Mrs. H. Phillips. Mrs. Qualfe and the latter's two children were burned to death and little Jesse Phillips will likely die. Costly Fire nt IlnCfulo. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 22. -Nearly a quarter of a million dollars' damage was dene by fire, which began In the tower of the exposition building at the driving park, this evening. The exposition building, which Is an immense frame structure, was a mass of flames before the firemen got to work, and a strong wind soon caused the fire to spread. All of the horses were taken out In safety, but their owners lost sulkies, harness and other fixtures. Several frame dwellings on Peffer street and four on Dupont street were also destroyed. The heat was terxible. and some fourteen firemen were overcome and taken to the hospital. None of them was seriously Injured. Tho loss is estimated at $200.00), the greater part of which will fall on the company owning tne driving park and exposition building. The fire was undoubtedly incendiary. It started at the topmost point of the tower on the main building. Other Fires. LIMA. O., A tg. 22. The coach department of the. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton shops was burned to-day, also the freight car department building, with many freight cars, one baggage car, one coach and one sleep?r. The whole plant was threatened, but the fire was checked with a loss of $5),00u. Seventy-five men are thrown out of work and they lost all their tools. DAYTON. Tenn.. Aug. 22.-A fire is raging in the Nelson coal mine, owned by the Dayton Coal and Iron Company. Coal was Ignited by a blast, the fire being communicated by the presence of gas in entry No. 2ti. Owing to heavy loss the mine will ha closed on Sept. 1, throwing 500 men out of employment. The terrible explosion and holocaust of last January. In which twenty nine men lost their lives, occurred in this mine. "Will lie-Employ Nonunlontsts. PITTSBURG. Aug. 22. The statement that the United States Glass Company would shut down all its plants indefinitely and discharge all nonunion employes is de nied by President Ripley. On account of slack orders, he says," it has been decided to shut clown two factories, but he docs not anticipate a ruspension longer than two weeks. When a resumption take? place the nonunion workmen will again be employed. ! Money In the Iron llasluesn. CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 22.-The Union rolling mill, employing five hundred hands, has been shut down for an indefinite pe riod. H. A. Fuller, the manager, says there is no money m the iron business at present for the reason that all building operntions nave been suspended and it Is decided to close the mills until times get better. Mysterlons Announcement. Chicago Tribune. The report from France that "an Inter estlng event is expected in the family of the Count de Castellane next January" Is very puzzling, lias the cook given notice?

GERMANS DISPLEASED

WILHKLM'S MILITAIIY AM) PltlVATK CIVIL CABIMirS SCOIU2D. Trne Story of the Retirement of Gen. Uronsart Von Sehellendorf, Former Minister of War. Copyrighted. 1S2S, by the Associated Press.) LERLIN, Aug. 22. The German press has rarely been so unanimous as at pres ent in condemning the coterie which caused the downfall of Gen. Rronsart Von Schellend rf, the former Minister for War, and the present crisis. Even the Conservative newspapers, excepting the Kreuz Zeitung and the semi-official press, join in denouncing the Emperor's military Cabinet, which exercises over his Majesty Influence beyond its constitutional preroga tives, thus paralyzing the constitutional rights and functions of the ordinary ministers. The civil Cabinet of the Emperor Is also saddled with a share of the blame for similar reasons and even the strictly legal Conservative newspapers, like the Reichsbote, as well as the papers Inspired by the Imperial chancellery like the Ham burger Correspondent, speak derisively of the auxiliary government run by the Emperor's private Cabinet and points out that this means a grave infraction of the Constitution which is bound to end in trouble. The true story of the retirement of Gen. Von Sehellendorf leaked out this week. The Emperor and his Cabinet, It appears, believed in a thorough rejuvenation of the. army as well as the civil administration and It is due to this that not only all the elderly, experienced generals and officers of the general staff have been gradually replaced by new and untried men, but the courts and all the civil offices are similarly suffering. In true Imperial Court eight judges have resigned within a very short time, as the Emperor will not allow any Judge to remain in olike who is older than sixty-five. it nnnears that before General Von Gossler was offered the portfolio of Minister of War it had been offered to and refused uy Generals Von Collas and Pork. General Von Gossler has the reputation of being more of a courtier than a soldier, and he is, moreover, the author of the unfortunate half battalion scheme, and only ravors very mild reform in the military trial pro cedure. His Majesty referred uenerai on Schellendorf's scheme to General Von Goss ler. with instructions to modify it and insert in it as one of the pricipal features the Imperial rieht of confirming the sentence of every militarv court, a right which the Constitution only gives him as King qf Prusr . . - x ..J. C2 si .tvi i .-! enr sia, anu not ui i5adni, cauiij temberg. In this connection it is interesting to note that the Emperor, addressing the b irst Guard Regiment at Potsdam, during the week, said: -Never forget that you have sworn obedience and fidelity unto death to me, your war lord. Let no other considerations ever Interfere with this, your highest duty." The same day the aid-de-camp of the KLng of Saxony handed the Emperor an autograph letter from the Saxon monarch, in which the latter is understood to have mildly but firmly protested against the present crisis, and to have exhorted Emperor William to leave freedom of action to his constitutional advisers. It appears that the Emperor s airrerences with Prince Hohenlohe Include tne laoor policy of the government, his Majesty wishing to end the period of conciliation, so far as the Socialists are concerned, and the naval programme, the Lmperor desiring passage of a bill providing for an Increase of 150.000.000 marks in the expenditures. The Chancellor insists tnat tne passage oi tne latter measure s Impossible ir tne military reform bill is shelved. Prince Hohenlohe. hnwpvpr. will remain in office until he has conferred with the Czar and Frince Lo-banoff-Rostovsky, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the state of Europe and the future policy of the empire. The Hamburger Correspondent, In an inspired article, speaks of American Intrigues" in Samoa, adding: "There is a strong feeling in the United States in favor of annexation, and German interests demand prompt and decisive action." The health of Prince Bismarck Is less satisfactory than could be wished. He has a growing sense of his physical weakness, his deafness Is Increasing and his eyesight has weakened when compared with his condition six months ago. There is little change, however, in his intellect, although Dr. Schweninger considers his physical languor to be an ugly sign. The government physician. Dr. E. Urabaneez, who has been touring East Prussia, reports an increase, in leprosy, especially on the Russian frontier, and advises the establishment of a special leprosy hospital. Dr. Mlquel, the Minister of Finance, has recently been occupied with the operations of the oil trust In Germany and he proposes, in order to cope with the Standard Oil Company, that the government purchase all the existing oil wells of Prussia and systematically bore new wells, so as to encourage new Uluminants. Enormous crowds of strangers are now In Berlin, and they include about ten thousand Americans. Several Americans were among the winners at the industrial exposition lottery, whose drawings have Just been declared illegal owing to a technical error. One of the American prize winners, Mr. Max Faal. of St. Paul. Minn., who won $1,U0, intends to go to law about it. The United State embassador, Mr. Edwin S. Uhl, and Mrs. Uhl, and the wife of the United States consul-general, Mrs. Charles De Kay, are taking the waters at Nauhren. LOXDOX LITERARY LIFE. Why Some American Authors Prefer to Live Abroad. New York Evening Sun. During tho last half century the importance of London as a great literary and artistic center of English-speaking people has been steadily increasing. Nut only have Edinburgh and Dublin, in the old world, lost that literary character which once attached to their names, but Boston. Philadelphia and Richmond, in America, have in like manner failed to maintain the promise of earlier days. New York has for some years past been the real literary center of the United States, but it is now a little doubtful whether this distinction can long be hers. American magazines arc generally admitted to be unsurpassed in literary and artistic worth by those of any other nation, and these are for the most part published in New York, but many of their native contributors are Americans who have either made their homes abroad or whose Americanism has yielded to the influences of foreign travel. The result has been that of late years these periodicals have become more and more cosmopolitan in their character and can no longer be regarded as exponents of American literary workers. Half a century ago American authors were content to abide In their own country and to find their Inspiration here. To-cVay it Is to England that many of the most promising literary workers are turning for the recognition which is denied them here, and while Besant, Barrie, Blackmore, Du Maurier. William Black, Anthony Hope, Conan Doyle and other Englishmen are writing for American periodicals, Henry James, Bret Harte, Robert Barr, Henry Harland, W. L. Alden and a score of younger American authors have made London their residence and rank among tho most popular of the contributors to English periodicals. The reason for this state ot tnings is obvious to a'l persons' who are in touch with tiie literary and artistic circles of both England and America. In the United States literary workers and artists have long felt the want of proper organization. The little coteries already formed are too exclusive. They are loath to receive into their charmed circles young writers who have neither social prestige nor fame to commend them, and. for the most part, they rarely Intermingle with onr another. In London it Is different. Despite the reputation for exclusivencss which Is borne by Engibh society, there Is no place In the world where a young author or artist who has anything in him can obtain readier recognition or more practical encouragement than in England, and when once he has been admitted to one coterie he Is In a fair way to secure admission to all. That England offers superior social ad vantages vhich oftentimes greatly facili tates literary enort is undeniable, it is also true that when success has been won there Is no city in the world where the pleasures of a literary life are rreater or more numerous than In the British metrop olis. In Encrland literary men. artists aiv journalists live in a world of their own.

When once a man has demonstrated true literary ability, no matter what his p?c -nlary or roclal po?ltlnn may be, he meeti all his fellow-workers on a common ground. An Introduction from a literary friend or some editor with wnom his manuscripts have found favor wl.l secure him an entree to some "literary at home." and from that time on his social advancement is a question of either personal popularity or literary success. Every week he meets new faces and makes new friends. He soon numbers among his acquaintances some of the best known exponents of contemiorary literature, and it is not long before he begins to experience feeling of comradeship with men who have won high standing. One of the most striking features of London literary life is its sterling democracy. There i3 no aritocracy In the field of London letters. The wealthy author may have a secret preference for the atmosphere of the exclusive Athenaeum Club, but he never disdains to mlng e at times with the rank and file at the "New Vagalxinds." or at tne numerous "at homes." where the struggling literary tenants of Blocmsbury, Camberwell and Brixton attics drink tea and "talk shop" with young illustrators and embryo journalists. The London literary "at home" has, unfortunately, no equivalent in America. It is usually held from about 4 to 7 o'clock In the afternoon or from 9 to 12 at night. The "at homes" of Lady Jeune and Douglas Sladen are probably the best known In London, and are deservedly popular with all those who are fortunate enough to have the entree. Many of the younger literary men whose success has enabled them to exchange lodgings for 'chambers are to be found domiciled in the picturesque old Inns of court Gray's, Furnival's, Lincoln's and others. Here each usually sets aside some night in' the week for the entertainment of his friends. These informal functions are as delightful as they are numerous, and there is usually no night in the week that a writer who is fairly well acquainted cannot, after a short stroll or. a 'bus ride, find himself in a circle of kindred spirits. In London artists, novelists and journalists belong to the same clubs, attend the same social functions and patronize the same restaurants. The English tavern, or "public house," as it is now called, is no longer the rendezvous for English men of letters that it was in preceding centuries, but there are still places that may be regarded as the legitimate successors of "The Cheshire Cheese" and "The Cock," which, though still in existence, have lost much of their former fascination for idle writers. In the Press Club, just off Fleet street, and in several modest drinking houses in the vicinity of Covent Garden and Soho, one may hndat almost any hour In the day men of more or less celebrity who earn their bread by means of their pens.

RAILWAY RATE TROUBLES. Chlcngro-St. Pnnl Lines 3Iny Meet the Ferry Company Cut. CHICAGO, Aug. 22. The traffic officials of the lines between Chicago and St. Paul held a meeting to-day to consider the advisability of meeting the reductions made by the Lake Michigan Car Ferry Company. The great weight of opinion in the meeting was in favor of letting the ferry company cut rates as It likes. The reduction to 40 cents on first-class freight Is more than the lines can stand, and as the lake lines can handle only a limited amount of freight at best, it was proposed that they be allowed to go ahead and cut rates as they like. The Clover Leaf made some trouble for the Western lines to-day by announcing a rate of S12 from interior points to Mackinaw and return. The Wabash at once announced that it would make this rate good via Chicago. Efforts were made to have the Wabash keen the cut out of the Chi cago market, but it was found imiossible for it to do so and tne rate went into effect accordingly. The other roads are not likely to follow the action of the Soo line in making re duced rates from the East for the encamp ment or tne uranu Army -at st. 1'aui. if the Western reads meet the rate they will b3 compelled to stand the entire reduction, as they are certain that nothing would induce the roads In the Joint Traffic Association to act in time to make the reduction available, even If they made any cut at all, which is more than doubtful. Northern Pacific Reorganization. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Aug. 22. The final action of the reorganization of the Northern Pacific Is to be noled in the Issuance by the receivers of the following: "The undersigned receivers of the North ern Pacific Railroad Company will, at mldnignr or Aug. si. deliver to the rsorthern Pacific Railroad Company all the property and franchises of the Northern Pacific company, all business of the receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, up to and including that for the month of August. 1SS6. and all the reports covering the sale should be accounted for and sent, and all moneys appertaining to same should be remitted to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, as the undersigned will cease to operate said railroad at midnight of Aug. 31. The employment by them of all officers, agents and employes will then terminate." The principal officers of the company will be as follows: Edwin Winter, president, St. Faul; Charles S. Coanev. secretarv. New ork; Albert E. Little, treasurer, Ne York: John Scott, controller. St. Paul; J. W. Kendrick. general manager, St. Paul; J. M. Hanniford, general traffic manager, St. Paul. General Manager Kendrick has appointed his full list of subordinates, who are the same as before the receivership. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. A challenge for another cable, chess match has been received by the Brooklyn Chess Club from the British Chess Club of London. The President has commuted to Imprisonment for life the sentence of death imposed on Robert E. Boutwell, of Texas, who was to have been hanged Sept. 4. John Chamberlain, of Washington, who had expected to be able to leave Saratoga for home yesterday, has had a relapse. Dr. Burchard says his patient is now in a semicomatose condition and the outcome cannot be foretold. " Mrs. Thomas O. Selfrldge, sr., wife of Rear Admiral Selfridge, of the United States navy, died in San Francisco Friday night. Mrs. Selfridge went to California recently to visit her two sons, who live in that city. She was eighty-six years old. and It is believed the trip across the continent hastened her death. POINTED TOKS MUST GO. No More Toothpicks In Shoe Leather Now, Sny Fntthlon's Decree. New York Journal. The pointed toe shoe Is going out of style. Such Is the decree of fashion, and when fashion dictates few men or women elispute the decree. Hence the passing of the "toothpick ' point Is a fact that Is Just forcing itself on manufacturers and dealers. Some of the leading shoe dealers of New York confirmed the statement that In Its place is appearing the more comfortable round-toed style of footwear. The exodus of the toothpick" marks an epoch in the history of footgear. The ultrafashionable youth will have no trouble in standing squarely upon iheir own feet. Instead of bearing elown upon their neighbors pedal extremities with the useless projection of the old-style shoe. There have been many styles of shoes worn by different styles of men, but the pointed toe maintained Its supremacy longer than any of them. But, like all else. It has had to give Way to the dictates of Dame Fashion, and fall styles show a wider range of round and square toed shoes than has bee-n In stock for many a long day, while there is lss variety of pointed-toed shoes seen than ever before. The representative of one shoe company said: "In the future pointed shoes may be worn more or less for evening wear, but they will eventually become out of date for the reason that they are apt to break around the tips and the dealers are accused of selling an inferior article. The shoe that i3 coming In the place of the pointed shoe is one that is known as the 'bulldog which has a raised, round, blunt toe. The reason for calling the shoe 'bulldog Is because of the shape of the toe. which Is something like a eiog's head In form. This will be the fashionable shoe this fall." The manager of another store said: "Pointed shoes are going out of style for the reason that different designs In footwear are merely a fad or fancy. The 'bulldog' shape Is a more comfortable shoe and is a more sensible-looking article than the old style of pointed shoe There is no eloubt but what some people will regret the change in style, but such is the law of fashion." Another reason for pointed shoes Kolng out of style is the fact that cheap manufacturers are making them at a much more reduced price than manufacturers cf highgrade shoes can compete with. The fine city trade of the East and public opinion In general have set decidedly against the needle-pointed shoe, and the "coin" and "bulldog" shaped lasts now have the preference. , Travel Permit for Sick People. DENVER. Col.. Aug. 2.-The State Board of Health. Jn its annual report, holds that It ia a 'iuty to stop the indiscriminate transportation of sick people, which, It is alleged, propagates disease, and proposes that invallls be required to obtain permits be fore tncy can travel in Colorado.

WAR OF DESTRUCTION

Cin.S PREPARING TO STRIKE A HARD I1LOW AT SIMIX. All Properly, Whether Foreign Owned or Not, to Re Laid AVnute Demonstration nt Barcelona. , NEW YORK. Aug. 21-The World this morning says: A campaign of total de struction of property will shortly be In augurated In Cuba by the Cubans. The provisional government of the republic has so ordained in a proclam.'Hion dated In tha province of Santiago. July 13. By this destruction a two-fold object Is to be gained. The loss of an immense cash Incomo is expected to shorten Spain's warfare, and the conversion of the island into a wilderness to compel her to withdraw her ar mies. All classes of property, whether foreign owned or not. are to be treated alike. as all pay tribute to Spain. Tho dread ne cessity for wholesale destruction is laid en tirely on the need of the further and complete ruin for Spain of the money producing power of Cuba. The proclamation further prohibits any preparation for the coming sugar season, either in planting, cultivation or care of the sugar cane; forbids cane grinding during the coming season, and holds all planters who destroy all or any pari of the proclamation to be traitors, subject to the penalty of death. The property of all disobeyers is to be confiscated and sold at the close of the war to satisfy the indebtedness of the republic. Confiscation may, by this proclamation, be applied to the house and lands of those who merely have the "intention" to violate its provisions. Thia ultra Spanish part of this Cuban fiat 1 probably an oversight and will soon Ihj erased. General Gomez is commanded to notlfj all the military subchiefs to begin at once the rigid enforcement of these provisions. RlotoaH Scene In Spain. BARCELONA. Aug. 22. After a stormy and troubled day and many conflicts between the police and populace had occurred, the troops designed to reinforce the Spanish army in Cuba embarked on board the boats in the harbor. The pohco finally succeeded in destroying the placard which had been posted, calling upon tha people and the soldiers to revolt. A larga number of women, incited to disorder bythe supporters of the Cuban Insurgents, made a pronounced demonstration against the departure of the troops for Cuba, These demonstrations by the female portion of the populace were with difficulty suppressed. A manifesto has been scattered broadcast urging the troops now under orders to reinforce the Spanish army In Cuba to refuse to embark, and telling them to resist all attempts to compel them to leave Spain. The people ara also urged to rebel against the government, thus preventing the departure of tho soldiers. Several arrests have already been made and the government has taken extra precautions to insure the departure of the troops as planned and to Bupprese the threatened disorder. Cannot Export Tobacco. HAVAN'A, Aug. 22. Captain General Weyler has refused permission to some of the dealers who are anxious to chip 1.RC0 bales of tobacco from Remedlos to do so. The dealers presented affidavits to the effect that the tobacco was purchased by them previous to the order forbidding exports of tobacco recently issued by Weyler. but the Captain General has declined to entertain the plea. Consul-general Lee has sent to Washington an energetic protest against tho action of tie Insurgents who burned the Batcv plant? tion near Jesus Maria, province. of At.itanzas. The plantation is owned by tha widow of Senor Lecuona, Jts value is estimated at 1400.000. Alt AD S.VAKE DANCE. Carton nnd Terrifying Tent off Bra very an a Prelude to Battle. Westminster Review. Such wonderful stories have been told about thu Arab make dance that I alroovt forf ot that I was a prisoner, bound, an i doomed to heaven knows what, when I nd an opportunity of witnessing tha p( rformance. It wasn't quite what I had supposed. Inel "l. It was so very different that an acr t of it will not conflict. 1 am sure, v.i . .y account that I have ever seen or Uef,r1. He it is: Th'5 w.-UTiors of one trile were on their Way owr the sand to obliterate another tiibe, for some "cause of blood." It was only an incidental conquest, by the way. They gathered in a gloomy stone chamber, down urder a half-ruined mosque. It wa evidently quite the proper place for this entertainment, for a fire wa read to light in a hole In the floor in the center of the chamber and a large bamboo basket, with only a small hole at the top, stood on a raised dais at one end. It w.ip cvvred with black .and white goatskin cloth when we entered. The Mr blazed ' up In the center and r.oit of the Arabs. wUh savage faces ani gleaming eves, arranged themselves cn rude stone benches about the side walls. The'.r effles were over their heads, but the points were thrown back, clenrly disclosing the features of every face, and In the. rope which bound each eflle waved a long feather, the badge of the Society of AlIsiam. .Their weapons and the green derbouka were prominently held in Flnewy Bedouin hands. It was a weird sight; an uncanny comer of the world for one to find himself in, with his legs and arms well bound, a helpless prisoner. Suddenly a prle6t appeared ' before the basket. The firelight gloated and gleamed upon his wrinkled yet oily skin as he stood, almost naked, with his hands raised and a maniac grin showing a hideous array of irregular teeth. Every man in the chamber gave a shout, as If In terror and In sympathy, if nothing more. A cold chill ran down my back. Solemnly the grim priest chanted a verse from the Koran nnd .ten of the warriors threw off their abbas, loosened their girdles, laid down their weapons and derbonkas. and. almost as naked as the priest, slowly approached the basket. As the first came up the priest lifted the black cloth from the small opening. The Bedouin was silent, but every one else in the chamber groaned and began a fearful guttural chant, which never ceased till the end of the eeremony, as, with a shudder, he plunged his naked arm Into the hole and drew out a huge snake. ( When the head appeared he made a quick clutch for It with his free hand, then fastened his teeth In the back of the nc-ck close behind the serpent's head, and throwing the wriggling body over his shoulder, to twist and coll about his own neck, he folded his apjis and bending forward walked slowly toward the fire. . Another Bedouin followed him. keeping his eye upon the snake's head and with a little wand constantly tapping the reptile's nose, or putting his own naked hand dangerously close to the ugly fangs, evidently to keep them from turning upon the cheek of the fellow whose teeth were set In the neck. The third man, the fifth, the seventh and the ninth each took a snake from the basket and followed the leader In the same fashion, never moving their folded arms, unless In his contortions the creature lei the whole weight of his body fall upon their teeth, then they lifted It and threw it again over their shoulders. Three times the ghastly procession moved slowly abouthe fire, while the rest chanted their unearthy hymn. By that time the reptiles were quiet, and one by one, with an evident shudder, the naked warriors loosened their. teeth and let their horrible burdens drop upon the floor, where they lay with only a contortion now and then, waiting to be gathered up by the priest and returned to the basket. Then the ten stood erect about the fire. The chanting ceased and all the warriors fell upon their face. For a moment the only sound in the chamber was a faint crackling of the dying fire and a hls from one of the reviving snakes. In another instant they all sprang to their feet and with wild shouts and yells began to circle the fire In a grand, hldeou bedlam, till all were utterly exhausted, and the snake dance was ended. Motoriuna Injured. About 10 o'clock last night two street cars on North Illinois street were in "collision and the motorman of the rear car, named Clark, was seriously. Injured. It i not known whether the Injuries are serious. The cars were going in the same direction and the rear car ran Into the other. Clark was taken away Immediately be for anything about his Lnturt- could be learned.