Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 43, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 March 1894 — Page 2

She 3?ihc County grraocrat M- McC. 8TOOPS, Editor and ProprietorPETERSBURG. - * INDIANACdsiPTROiXEH Eckels has called lor a statement of the ^condition of national banks at the Close of business on Wednesday, February 28. The house committee on labor decided, on the 1st, to report favorably the bill making- Labor day—the first Monday in September—a national holiday. The Edinburgh Evening News, of the 28th, emphasizes its assertion that Mr. Gladstone will retire, and says positively that the earl of Rosebery will succeed him as premier.

On the 28th Gen. Ortiz formally turned over the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to Policarpo Bonilla, who had already arranged an election for members of the assembly and president. By the bursting of the natural gas main, on the 28th, the city of Fort ' Wayne, Ind., was left without fuel or light, and terrible suffering followed, especially in homes where sickness prevailed. The eleventh annual convention of the National Electric Light association began in Washington, onthe27th, with 2M) delegates in attendance, including most of the prominent electricians of the country. -— Fires were drawn m the Bessemer department of the Otis steel works at Cleveland, 0., pn the 1st at midnight, and 125 men went out on strike against a heavy increase of work at the old j rate of wages. Sir William Meredith, ex-chiet “ justice of 'the superior court of the province of Quebec, Gan., died, on the 26th, aged 81 years. Sir William was born in Dublin, Ireland, and went to Canada in 1§24. Herr Werner, director of the Berlin Agricultural high school, and Prof. ' Mueller, basing their judgment upon personal studies made in Chicago, denounce the manner in which American meats are inspected. Gen. Jural A. Early died at Lynchburg, Va., on the night of the 2d, as the result of the fall sustained by him a few weeks previous, from the shock of which he never rallied. He was in his seventy-eighth year. William Jamison, of Port Townsend, Wash., is charged with being the principal in a plot to cheat the government out of §900,000 by stealing thp deeds to five large tracts of land from the land office in Washington, D. C. A telegram was received at the state department, on the 1st, from Con-sul-General Crittenden at the City of Mexico, stating that Hon. William Wilson was out of all danger, and that his convalescence was sure. The alleged encyclical of Pope Leo XIII., that was the cause pf so much excitement among member's of the American Protective association in Toledo, O., last fall, is now said to have had its birth in Detroit, Mich. Rev. A. J. Warner, the leading colored divine in Alabama, and other representative negroes, have called a convention of the colored race for March , 21 in Birmingham, Ala., to discuss generally the amelioration of the colored race in Africa. The new taxation programme of the Italian prime minister meets with strong opposition in the Vatican owing to the fact that large „ investments in Italian rentes were recently made by the financial department of the papal household. One of the worst fogs of the winter settled down on North and East rioter at New York on the morning of the 1st Ferry boats ran,only with the greatest caution and much of the heavy traffic was suspended entirely. A few slight accidents and many narrow escapes were reported.

In the Virginia. house of delegates on the 1st, the senate resolution providing for a settlement with West Virgina of the portion of the debt of the commonwealth which that state should bear, was defeated by a vote of 58 to $6, and all the substitutes to the measure were rejected. Michael S. Fay, inspector of the Ninteenth election district of the Second assembly district of New York, who was convicted in the court of oyer and terminer, on the 28th, of making a false canvass of the votes cast at the last election, was, on the 2d, sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. In the case of Mrs. John Biddulph Martin (Victoria Woodhull) against the British museum, in which the plaintiff charged the trustees with exposing upon the shelves of their library books containing statements libeling her character, brought in a verdict, on the 27th, awarding Mrs. Martin £1 damages. Much of the time of the morning session of the twenty-eighth biennial encampment of the department of Penney 1 vania, G. A- R., at Philadelphia, on the 2d, was devoted to the discussion of a resolution, which was finally tabled, allowing the Sons of Veterans - to participate with the G. A. R. in conducting the burial services of the latter organization. Tke captain and crew of the White Star steamer Teutonic, which landed at Near York, on the 1st, worked themselves into a panic over the mysterious oaotents of a box left in charge of the steward, and finally threw the whole thing overboard. The box contained some harmless powders which one of the passengers intended to use in lectures to be delivered in this country

CPBBBNT TOPICS. THE HEWS IH BUEF. i -- FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.

In the senate, on the 38th, the report of the committee on foreign affairs on the Hawaiian matter was presented. Senate joint resolution for the appointment of a commission to £he Antwerp International exposition was passed. After forty minutes spent in legislative business the senate, at 1:20 p. m., adjourned',,In the house Mr. Bland yielded the point for twich the opponents of his seigniorage bill had been contending for ten days, and moved to proceed to its consideration without limitation of debate. whieh was agreed to without objection, and the afternoon was spent in consideration of the measure. In the senate, on the 37th, nothing of public interest took place in the open session beyond the adoption of a resolution requesting the president to suspend the consolidation of the land offices os provided for in the last sundry civil appropriations bill. A half hour was spent in executive session, and an early adjournment was taken to enable the members to continue the caucus deliberations s>n the tariff bill....4.In the house the short session was devoted to the discussion of the silver seigniorage coinage bill. Mr. Bland’s motion to cloee the debate failing to develop a quorum. In the senate, on the 38th, Mr. Voorhees proposed to legitimatize Mr. Mills' position on the finance committee by moving that he be made the substitute of Mr, Vance, absent on account of sickness. The expected speech of Mr. Frye on the Hawaiian question was begun. ....In the house the senate joint resolution providing for the appointment of United States commissioners to the Antwerp exposition was read and referred. jMr. Bland’s motion that the house go into committee of the whole on his seigniorage bil), and that general debate be closed at 3 o’clock on the 1st, led to further dilatory tactics on the part of the opponents of the bill, which occupied the remainder of the session.- ^ In the senate, on the 1st, Mr. Frye concluded his speech on the Hawaiian question. The public printing office bill was taken up and made the text of a political and tariff controversy between Messrs. Dolph and Allen . .. In the house the Bland seigniorage coinage bill was taken up and passed: Yeas, 167; nays, 130. The bill appropriating Mo.000 tor raising the wreck of the Kearsarge was then called up by Mr. Cummings and passed. The senate was not xn session on the 2d. In the house a resolution was agreed to authorizing a sub committee on public buildings to visit Chicago to investigate the question of ''the erection of a new public building. Hon. Galusha A. Grow, congressman-elect from Pennsylvania, was sworn in. A bill to regulate the disposal of abandoned military reservations was passed, as was the fortifications appropriation bill. The pension appropriation bill was then taken up. and during its discussion a personal encounter between Mr. Meredith and Mr. Funk was narrowly averted. A night session for the consideration of private pension bills was held. PERSONAL-AND GENERAL. The stock barn of George Schambs, north of Mansfield, O., was destroyed by fire, on the 26th, with a number of fine trotting horses, including the celebrated stallion Old Crow,; The loss is very heavy. From the tenor of the testimony adduced, on the 27th. by the naval board of inquiry appointed to investigate the wrecking of the Kearsarge on Roncador reef, it appeared likely that Lieut. - Com. Charles H. Lyman, the navigator of the ship, upon whose story of the accident the decision of the court-mar-tial will be largely based, would lay the blame for the loss of the old corvette to her faulty chronometers and current charts. Bishop Bonacum of the Catholic diocese of Lincoln has issued an order of excommunication against Father Cor-? bett, sentencing him to three yearsj suspension from participation in the eucharist and to undergo a penance of that length in a monastry near Montreal, Can. This sentence has been passed without a trial being accorded the accused, his offense being the bringing of the bishop in a civil court on a criminal charge. Emperor William of Germany is giv,ing a great deal of attention to the subject of bimetallism, and is bringing all his influence to bear to prevent a further decline in the price of silver. Rev. Dr. Burtsell recognized as the greatest authority on Roman Catholic canonical law on this side of the ocean, and whp has beeA under the ban since he championed the cause of Dr. McGlynn, has won his case at Rome. He has been restored to all his rights, and may bring the order of restoration, promulgated by the propaganda at Rome, home with him. A disastrous fire occurred at Oakland City, Ind., on the 27th, and at one time it looked as if the city would succumb to the flames. Klenk Bros.’ flour mill, elevator and warehouse were completely destroyed, as well as their contents, causing a loss of $75,000, on which there was but $17,000 insurance. Five dwellings and ‘contents were also burned; loss, about $5,000. Len Watson, aged 27, committed

suicuie ai ms nome near itnsnviae, Kas., on the 27th, by taking “Rough on Rats.” The cause is not known. Watson was the son of one of the wealthiest farmers in that section. Mb. Gladstone, it is said, has sent in his resignation as British prime minister, to take effect at Easter, and Rt. Hon. John Poyntz Spencer, fifth earl of that name and first lord of the admiralty, has been chosen to succeed him, Lord Rosebery, it is stated, haring declined the office. A party of patriotic Kentuckians are taking steps to purchase the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, in La Rue county, Ky , and convert it into a park. Negotiations are about completed, and work will be begun early in the spring. The Iowa senate, on the 28th, rejected the .house woman suffrage amendment—ayes, 20; nays, 26. Burglars entered the house of Henry Geirman* treasurer of Exeter township, Monroe County, Mich., on the night of the 27th, shot Mr. Geirman twice and shot and instantly killed Mrs. Geirman, and made their escape with nearly $1,000. Judge J. W. McDill, a member of the inter-state commerce commission and ex-United States senator, died at Creston, la., on the 28th. Augustus St. Gaudens has consentI ed to put clothes on the young gentle- ! man who adorns his much-discussed 1 World’s fair medal. He has even consented to make a new young man altogether, if that will be for the best. This he agrees to do in the interest of : art. He was afraid that if he did not : do it his medal would be turned over i to some inferior craftsman, who might spoil ^he art of it completely.

John Callahan, an aged farmer, who had lived thirty years on a small farm sis miles from Burlington. Wis., was shot dead, on the night of the 37th, by a man who entered the house, revolver in hand, demanding money. The supposed murderer, George Cloud, was captured. Carl Jonas, lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin, recently appointed consulgeneral at St. Petersburg, will resign his present office and accept the consulship. Gov. Jackson of Iowa has reinstated Warden McMillan in the Fort Madison penitentiary, who was depose! last summer by Gov. Boies for alleged misappropriation of funds. An investigation was made by a special legislative committee at the beginning of the session, lesulting in McMillan's exoneration. His reinstatement is a matter of vindication. Col. Wii,i.iam Bkanhan; an ex-army officer, and government agent an Park Rapids, Minn., under President Harrison, committed suicide at Minneapolis, Minn., on the 28th, in his sleepingroom. He shot himself through the head. Financial-reverses are supposed to have caused the act. The nickel-in-the-slot machines must depart from Washington, la. The city marshal, on the 1st, ordered them all. stopped, and parties failing to comply will be held for running gambling houses. This ‘s the result of the recent big religious revival.

Henry B. ^Rogers, manager and principal owner of the • Fidelity Storage Co., of Chicago, committed suicide, on the 1st, by blowing out his brains with a revolver. He had been a sufferer from acute insomnia- since December, and brooded constantly over business reverses. A 500-i*ound Wheeler projectile, tested at the Indian Head proving grounds recently, penetrated a 12-inch steel plate and rebounded from the metal without the slightest damage to its steel point. On the 1st Gov. PattisSfm of Pennsylvania.issued his proclamation announcing the election of Galusha A. Grow to succeed the late Congressman William Lilly as eongressmau-at-large. A London news bureau states that Mr. Gladstone's secretary has informed it that the resignation of Mr. Gladstone will soon be tendered. The public debt statement issued on the 1st shows the net increase of the public debt during February was £40,064,215. The interest-bearing debt amounted to £625,872,000, which is an increase of $40,831,910 during the month. Joun Y. McKane, the convicted boss of Gravesend, Long Island, was taken to Sing Sing prison, on the 1st, tc serve a sentence of six years for interfering with the sacred rights of citizens in connection with the franchise. Theodore F. Baker, ex-paying teller of the Consolidated national bank of Philadelphia, who pleaded guilty' recently in the United States district court to the embezzlement of $47,000 from the bank, was sentenced, on the 2d, to seven years and six months’ imprisonment. A mob of 200 men attempted to force the jail at Stroudsburg, Pa., on the 2d, for the purpose of lynching Richard Pryor, a negro murderer. The attack was resisted by the sheriff, who held the mob at bay until the police arrived, when the mob retired. On the 2d the attorney general of Florida nolle prossed the case against Charles Mitchell for fighting by previous appointment, and also the cases against the Duval club members and others for aiding and abetting a fight by previous appointment. LATE NEWS ITEM&

The senate was not in session on the 3d.In the house several private pension bills were passe d by unanimous consent, and the house at 12:35 went into committee of the whole on the pension appropriation bill, Mr. Outh waite in the chair. At 3:50 o’clock the committee rose, and, after passing ,a bill to pension Hannah L. Lile, daughter of a revolutionary soldier, the house adjourned. *■ As the result of a newspaper con- ! troversy between two members of the Mississippi legislature. Rev. W. P. Ratliffe, a populist member, shot and killed S. A. Jackson, a democratic member, in an impromptu duel at the courthouse in Kosciusko on the 3d. During the firing two bystanders were shot and fatally wounded. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended on the 3d shower the following changes: Reserve, inc ease, $1,001,400; loans, decrease, $1,914,200; specie, decrease, $3S9,5Q0; legal tenders, increase, $1,150,400; net deposits, decrease, $1,001,200; circulation, decrease, $23,600. Pennsylvania railroad officials are advised by officials of the western system that a steady improvement is noted in both freight and passenger business. It is impossi >le to make any further reduction in expenses without reducing wages, which is not contemplated. The barrel mill of the Moosic (Pa.) Powder Co. exploded, on the 3d, with a force that was felt several miles away in every direction. One man was killed and two so badly injured that their recovery is doubtful. Margaret Mayer, a German woman, accused of poisoning her fourth husband, Herman Groenke, in Racine, Wis., on August 20 last, vrith arsenic, has been arrested in Brooklyn for the crime. Vermont DAT at the Mid-winter exposition was celebrated or the 3d. It was also the one hundred and third anniversary of the Green Mountain state’s admission to the Union. Ex-Gov. Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, arrived at. San Francisco, on the Sd, to participate in the SI ichigan day celebration (the 10th) at t he Mid-win-ter exposition. It is reported on good authority that the Pullman Palace Car Cc has sold Its plant at Detroit, Mich., to the Wagner Palace Car Cou for $170,00< 9 On the 3d the New York associated banks held $75,778,900 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per sent. rale.

WITHIN OUK BORDERS. Information of Especial interest to Indianiana. D* Buren Halts Hope for Success. Jeffersonville, IncL, Mafch 1.— There is a feeling of hope among the De Haven heirs residing in this city and Kentucky. It is estimated that there are 700 of them who have a claim against the United States government aggregating $6,000,000. During the war the government offered to pay it, but as the heirs to the estate were not at that time available it is still unset* tied. This claim originated through loans made by Joseph D. Haven, of Kentucky, to the U nited States government during the revolutionary war. Theirs Wu a Tie on the Track. Hagerstown, Ind., March 1.—An attempt to wreck the Chicago fast express half a mile east of this place has been discovered. The train does not stop there, and passes about 11 o’clock at9 night A railroad tie had been planted on the track, one end buried in the ground and the other left pointing toward the coming train, which struck the tie and splintered it. The engineer felt the shock, but noting that the engine was not disabled did not stop, as he feared trouble.

Asked to Stand a Further Cat. t Terre Haute, lnd., March 1.— The bituminous operators of Indiana and southern Kentucky, known as district Ka 11, met here Wednesday in annual convention. President Dunkerly in the chair. The miners are asked by the operators to consent to a reduction from seventy-five to fifty cents a ton, the contract at the former figure being made last May for a year. The miners are greatly divided in the matter and will decide the question by a vote. _ Foies ThrJ*lten Violence. HAmmond, lnd., March 1.—Superintendent Boss, of the East Chicago iron and steel works, posted notices Wednesday that if ' the men did not come to work at 8 o’clock to-day they would not be taken back. The Polish strikers to the number of about 200 decided not tq accept the,reduction. A number of the men who have families wanted to go to work, but the majority were obdurate and threatened them with violence if they went back. Died of Old Age. La Porte, lnd., March 1.—Mrs. Ruth C. Sabin, founder of the Sabin home for old ladies in this city, which she endowed with her fortune, died at an early hour Wednesday morning from the infirmities of age. The Sabin fort une has been expended in the cause of charity and education, the late Sidney S. Sabin having made liberal bequests to Wabash college at Crawfordsrille. __ Shot by Moscow’s Postmaster. Shelbyviixe, lnd., March L—Jack Barlow, the postmaster at Moscow, shot George Mounts, a prominent farmer, Wednesday morning three times in the breast. The latter was using a club, And was, it is said, the aggressor. Mounts is dying. Barlow is in custody. A long-standing quarrel was the cau se. Think Hie Real Name Is Osborn. Indinapolib, lnd., March 1.—It is believed here that the dead robber known as William Howard, whose body yeas taken to Chicago Tuesday night by Nelson Osborn, the saloonkeeper of No. 3357 State street, is “Billy” Osborn, a college graduate, and athlete of some renown several years ago. Notorious liureiar Captured. Kokomo, lnd., March 1.—Detective Morgan, of Logansport, and Officer Martin, of this city, captured here the notorious Sol Speed, who is wanted at Logansport and other places. Whpn taken he had twenty-eight store keys in his possession. Speed is a negro 25 years old. _ in Jail for a Criminal Assault. Noblesville, lnd., M&rch 1.—Kade Hickman, 32 and married, is in jail for criminal assault upon Mrs. Arthur Maker, of this city, during the absence of her husband, who ia a brickmason. It was with difficulty that Maker was restrained from killing Hickman. Asks Heavy Damages. Anderson, lnd., March 1.—Sarah Steel Wednesday filed a suit against the Chicago Gas company for $10,000 damages for wounds and internal injuries received in the big Brunson natural gas explosion last February.

ltamiuond Kesidents Subpoenaed. Hammond.1 InA, March 1.—Nearly fifty residents of this city were subpoenaed Wednesday to appear as witnesses before the grand Jury of -the Lake circuit court, by whom the Roby poolsellers will be indicted under section 2,084, revised statutes. An Old Landmark Burned. Goshen, Ind., March 1.—The Star hotel, of Milford, an old landmark, was burned to the ground Tuesday night. Loss, $8,500; insurance, $000. W. P. Hoffman’s mattress factory suffered $700 fire loss Wednesday morning; no insurance. -_. t Dick Goodman la Dying. Andekson, Ind., March 1.—The notorious Dick Goodman, leader of the boldest gang of thieves Indiana has ever had, is dying at his home near Dundee from wounds received in a close encounter with a deputy sheriff several weeks ago. _ Fort Wayne in Darkness. Fokt Wayne, InA, March 1.—At 9 o’clock Wednesday evening the fires in nine-tenths of all the homes and business houses in the' city went out because of a break in the natural gas pipe south of the city. New Factory for Anderson. Andekson, Ind., March L — The Springer Automatic Thrasher company was organized in this city Wednesday. The capital is placed at $30,000 and is held by William and John Springer and W. F. Wooley._ Burglars at Center Point. Cilnteb Point, InA,x March 1.—Tha post office and several stores were robbed here Wednesday night.

GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY. The Famous Confederate Officer Passe* Away—His Recent Fail Proved Too Great a Shock for the Aged Soldier to Rally From—The Shenandoah Talley Campaign and Sheridan’s Famous Ride Recalled. Lyxchbvkg, Va., March 4. — Gen. Jubal A. Early died Friday night at 10 o’clock. He had been ill for several days, and up to 7 o’clock his condition was unchanged, but at that time he began to sink rapidly. Senator Daniel and Gen. Maury were with Gen. Early when he died. Mr. Cabell Early and Misses Mollie and Hattie Early, nephew and nieces of the dead general, were Iso at his bedside. Gen. Early’s end was peaceful.

Gen. Jubal A. Early. For a long time it was thought the old warrior was improving, but his great age, 7S years, was too much against his chances, and he gradually weakened during the5 last week until the pallid messenger with the inverted torch beckoned him to depart. BIOPHAPHICAL[Gen. Early was one of the most picturesque survivors of the "Lost Cause.” He was a native of Franklin county. Vs., where he was born November 3, 1818. Like s6 many others who afterward attained distinction under the flag of the confederacy, Gen. Early was a graduate of West Point. Shortly following his graduation in 1837 he was appointed a lieutenant of artillery and assigned to duty at Fort Monroe, Va. r '' The Florida war broke out the same year, and after about twelve months’ service he resigned and began practicing law. He served in the legislature, and was twice elected cdmmonwealth attorney. During the Mexican war he was -major of a regiment of Virginia volunteers and for a short period was acting governor of Monterey. When the civil war broke out Gen. Early was practicing law. He entered the service of the confederacy as a colonel. He commanded a brigade at Bull Run and distinguished himself at the battle of Williamsburg, where he received what was. at that time regarded as a mortal wound. He recovered, however, and in a remarkably short time was again in active service. He was promoted brigadier general and in May. 1863, commanded the division that held the lines oi Fredericksburg while Lee was fighting the battle of Chancellorsville. He also commanded a division at Gettysburg. In 1S64 he was ordered ’to the valley of the Shenandoah, where his operations were at first successful. In July he crossed the Potomae. gained the battle of Monocacy and for a time threatened Washington.but was obliged to retreat. Toward the end of the month a portion of his cavalry advanced into Pennsylvania as far ’as Chambersburg, which by his orders they burned. Gen. Early during this campaign several times met Gen. Phil Sheridan, to his sorrow. He was defeated at Opequan and again at Fisher’s Hill, three days iater. It was on October 19. 1864. that he surprised the federal forces at Cedar Cr&ek. in the absence of Sheridan, when the arrival of the latter on the6 scene turned a veritable rout into a brilliant victory for the Union army. Gen. Early received another overwhelming blow in March following, where he was whipped by Gen. Custer at Waynesboro. This defeat lost him his command in the Shenandoah valley. Gen. Lee's letter relieving him of his command was a model of courtesy. “Your reverses in the valley, of which the public and the army Judge chiefly by the results,” wrote Gen. Lee, “have, I fear, impaired your influence both with the people and the soldiers. and would greatly add to the difficulties which will, under any circumstances, attend our military operations in southwestern Virginia. While my confidence in your zeal, ability and devotion to the cause is unimpaired, I have, nevertheless, felt that I could not oppose what seems to be the current opinion without injustice to your reputation and injury to the service.” After the close of the war Gen. Early spent some time in Europe, and on his return re-^ sumed the practice of law in Richmond. After he accepted the management of the Louisiana state lottery, in conjunction with the late Gep. Beauregard, his residence was alternately In Lynchburg and New Orleans.] BLOODSHED ALMOST CERTAIN To Follow the Attempt of the Government to Make a Survey of West Virginia Coal Lands. Huntington, W. Va., March 5.—Hotter times are promised in the mountain counties of Raleigh, Mercer and Wyoming than there has yet been in the striking Kanawha valley with the miners. The title to about 35,000 acres of land in these counties is in dispute. The government claims it has never been passed from the old land office patent The Flat Top Coal and Land association claims a title by purchase several years ago, and the squatters who possess the land now claim it by right of possession. A suit is pending in the United States court to determine the ownership. The Flat Top Coal and Land association and the government have pooled their issues against the squatters. Judge Jackson has ordered a survey to be made. Last week an engineer corps began work in Wyoming county, but were stopped by an armed band of the squatters, who notified them that no survey would be allowed. Deputy Marshal S. B. Vinson, v^ith twenty-five men, armed and equipped for a two weeks’ stay, left McDowell for Wyoming county Saturday night. Marshal Lindsey Vinson goes to-day with another squad of deputies to protect the surveyors. Bloodshed is almost certain to follow.

May Prove it Valuable Clew to the Hock Island Train Bobbers. St. Joseph, Ma, March 5.—A posse which came in from the scene of the attempted hold-up of a Rock Island train bi ought #»e lantern which the bandits used and a rubber coat lost by one of them. The coat will prove a valuable clew. It thought that the rob-, bers are concealed in a heavy belt of timber near Hall’s station, and a careful search is being made. The officials of the Rock Island and United States express companies have offered a reward of *500 for the arrest of the bandit*

GLADSTONE IS OUT. The Old Premier Will be Succeeded by Lord Rosebery—The Policy t»f tbe New Ministry-—The Antl-Parnellk ee*V*Ulns — Tbe Future • Cue for Emilleee Oueaework —A Natural Stateamar • London, March &.—Mr. Gladstone's withdrawal from the premiership opens a most complex situation in domestic politics. What the consequences will be it is now impossible! to foretell. ®1though the air of the political clubs and thecolumns.of the!newspapers are filled with surmise, advice and warnings. Difficulties urill not cease finally with the elevation of Lord Rosebery tothe premiership, or thje two or threeother cabinet changes- which are contemplated. ' "t THE POLICY OF THE RECONSTRUCTED MINISTRY.

The career of the reconstructed ministry will proceed forjsome time, probably on the lines hitherto followed. The glamour of. >fr. Gladstone's name * will be doubtless of the greatest use in making clear the way of the cabinet as tong as he shall remain in or near the arena of politics; but it must be remembered that the government majority is small and that Lord Rosebery, who has never been an ardent home ruler, is likely to have troublewith the Irish members after the withdrawal of the old premier’s conciliatory influence. Henry Labouchere, the fighting leader of the radicals, and most of his. supporters, moreover, are not likely to be reconciled to a peer in the premier* ship, even under Mr. Gladstone’s influence, and, especially in view of Mr. Gladstone’s, final declaration against the house of lords. THE ANTI-rARXELLITES WAITING. The attitude of Justin McCarthy and f his anti-Parnellite folio wees will not % be known definitely, until their meeb* ing on the evening oLihe new session. At present they are not t|p>posed* to take part in the conflict over the leadership, as they regard the pledges given by the liberal party as satisfactory to the claims of Irelands Much depends upon the attitude of Sir William liarcourt, chancellor of the exchequer and Mr. Gladstone's tried lieutenant in thA house of commons. Sir William seems to be the only possible leader of the liberals in the , house of comipons. Should he consent to serve under Lord Rosebery, raueh of the ministerial difficulty would be removed, although minor causes of cm- •„■■■>• barrassment would remain. It is impossible for any liberal commoner to oppose any item of the Newcastle programme merely with a view to ejecting a government headed a peer; but if Sir William and other ministers dislike the plan of the new regime, a dissolution of parliament is more likely than a reconstruction of the cabinet. The summoning of members from the south side and the front bench to take seats in the cabinet is regarded. as unlikely. • . .. Another series of questions is in- . volved in the uncertainty of the unionists’ attitude to spme variations which Lord Rosebery might introduce in the liberal policy. However much the conservatives and liberal-nnionisfs may desire to oust the new ministry at \ the first opportunity, their action is likely to be directed largely by the tactics of the liberal party managers, and should Lord Rosbcry insist upon a S . larger naval vote than the order favored by Mr. Gladstone, the conservatives and liberal unionists would support him. , The opposition in this case would emanate from the radicals and Irishmen, Sir William Hareourt, moreover,, is not likely to favor the large naval expenditures, to which Lord Rosebery is believed to be inclined, because he is anxious to have a popular budget. A CASE FOR GUESSWDRK. It isendless guesswork concerning the personnel of the reconstructed cabinet. There is no doubt, however, that the caucus managers and wire-pullers and many clubmen of'the government party prefer Sir William Hareourt to Lord Rosebery in the premiership. The extremists among themselves declare absolutely that they will not haver Lord Rosebery, who has done none of the government’s hard work, was never a commoner, and is tainted with jingoism. The fact is that Lord Rosebery is a strong reserved man. While many of the elder ministerialists may not wish to serve under him, he is the favorite of the great majority of the X liberals outside of parliament.The voters who look to him are not the class who attend meetings'and agitate, but on election days they are the backbone of the party. They prefer Lord Roseber^ to others because he proved so amply his firmness, taet and foresigh tedness, when he was chairman of tfie London county council. The midlands and the north of England remember him for his success in settling the disastrous coal strike of last year, while Scotland, regarding herself as the natural heir to the liberal leaderskipi prefers him to any other condidate yet mentioned for the premiership!. LORD ROSEBERY IS A NATURAL STATESMAN, ,

He always aesires a comparatively free hand, which the radicals are ever unwilling' to give him, and which in his present position Js out of the question. Lord Randolph Churchill once compared Lord Rosebery with MachiavellL The comparison was made in* jest, but many of the most intimate friends think it might be accepted in earnest. Rosebery has always been a schemer, and therein lies one cause of radical distrust, although Mr. Labouchere and his friends say that the opposition is quite impersonal and1 is directed against the hereditary principle alone. The radicals believe also that Mr. Gladstone’s withdrawal was not due wholly to the weakness of his health, but largely to the pressure exercised by his colleagues in favor of larger naval expenditures. It is not by any meins certain that Lord Rosebery will succeed in holding his party togetherlong, but it is certain that he is better able to reconcile the discordant ei«* peats than any other. ... . ' \ f r