VOLUME LXXXI.--NO. 55.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY.
They Spend a Very Quiet Sabbath
in San Francisco.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARRISON
ATTKHD DIVINE SERVICES.
President ITarrlson's Sistor Meets With
a Very Serious Accident Near Cloves,
Ohio — Postmaster-General Wana
maker Addresses the Sunday-School
Children, and I^ater the Young
Men's Christian Association.
Special to the RkcortvUnion.
San Francisco, April 26.—The Presi
dential party spent a very quiet Sabbath.
This morning the President and Mrs.
Harrison accompanied Mayor Sander
son and Mrs. Sanderson to the First
Presbyterian church. Tho remainder of
the day the President spent in his rooms
at the Palace Hotel. A number of per- i
boils called during the day, but he
generally asked to- be excused on the
ground that he needed rest after the j
fatiguing efforts of the last two Aveeks.
■ Postmaster-General "Wanamaker ad
dressed the Calvary Sunday-school at
noon, and in the afternoon he addressed
the Young Men's Christian Association.
All the ladies of the party drove to the
residence of Senator and Mrs. Stanford
this afternoon.
ACCIDENT TO PRKSIDENT HARRISON'S
SISTKK.
Cincinnati, April 20.—This evening a
telegram was sent to President Harrison
on the Pacific Coast, and to John Harri
son, in Kansas City, that their sister,
Mrs. Bet'.ie Eaton, of North Bend, had
been fatally injured to-day by being
thrown from a carriage in a runaway.
The accident happened this afternoon
at Cleves, about twenty-three miles west
Of this city. Mrs. Eaton and her niece,
Miss Moore, went to Cleves to church in
a carriage, driving a family horse, which,
though spirited, has always been con
sidered safe. On their return the horse i
shied at something and started to run !
away. The breeching of the harness
broke, and the horse plunged down a
bank, throwing both women out of the
carriage.
Mrs. lJcttie Eaton was thrown to the
hard ground violently, her head striking
lirst. Miss Moore had her shoulder dis
located and suffered other injuries. She
Was able to be removed to the Eaton
homestead at North Bend, and it is hoped
the injuries are not fatal. Mrs. Eaton's
injuries were known to be so serious at
first siie could not be removed to North
Bend. She was at once taken to the house
of a friend, Mr. Hayes of Cleves, and Dr.
Hughes called in immediately.
A telephone message from Cleves, at 8
o'clock to-night, said that all hope of her
recovery seemed vain.
About midnight to-night, the Cincin
nati agent of the Associated Press re
ceived a telephone message from Mr.
Grossman of Cleves, who said that at 11 j
o'cloek|to-night Mrs. Eaton was conscious
and able to talk, and there were some
hopes of her recovery.
iI c says, moreover, that the horse did
not run away, but that the breeching i
broke when he was going down a steep
hill between Cleves and North Bend, and
that he could not help rushing down the
hill, and that Miss Moore in her fright
caught the reins and the horse veered and
upset the buggy over a steep bank.
Miss Anna Moore lives in Chicago and
is hero on a visit. Miss Moore's mother
is at ( umniingsville to-night on her way
to North Bend.
Mr. Grossman telegraphs that Miss
Moore's injuries are not thought to be
serious.
The hoj.es of Dr. Hughes are that Mrs.
Eaton has not suffered internal injuries,
as was thought at first. She is about 60
years old, and has a son. Archibald Eaton,
now at El Paso. Mex., in the service of
the Vandalia Road. Mrs Eaton was Idol
ized by high and low, rich and poor, and
all Cleves and North Bend are grieved
over this accident.
TH B NKWS COSVKYED TO TIIE PRESIUKNT.
San Fj:.\n<'is(o. April 20.—President
Hamsoa received tho first news of his
sister's injury from an Associated Press
teleuram stating that his sister had been
fatally Injured in a runaway accident. It
was shown to him by Postmaster-General
"Wanamaker. President Harrison was
greatly shocked, and could scarcely be
lieve the news. He said that lie had no
Information on the subject, and that he is
noi aware of any >ister being in Chicago.
His brother's Widow lives there, and he
thought the telegram might refer to her.
He had a sister living at North Bend,and
another one at Minneapolis.
The President immediately telegraphed
to Chicago for farther information. Un
til he received definite news he could not
■late what change would be made in bis
plans.
The President was later furnished with
copies of tite Associated Press dispatches
containing the new s of the accident to his
Bister as fist as they were received here.
When the n<-ws first came Postmaster-
General Wanamakerstated that it looked
as if the entire party would sum directly
for the East, when the news came that
Airs. Baton was not so dangerously In
jured as at first thought, the President
•was greatly relieved, and stated thai un
til definite news was received no Change
would be made in his plans.
The President and Mrs. Harrison sat
up until a late hour, anxiously awaiting
further new -„
At 1 \. m. President Harrison was still
awaiting further news from his sister.
He was trying to obtain a direct wire to
North Bend, and stated that if the new*.
Was not more encouraging lie would
■tart immediately for the Bast.
April -J7.-2:.!(t a. k.—At 1:15 a. m.
President Harrison received a dispatch
from North liend stating that Mrs. Eatou
was doing very well.
POSTM Wl KU UKNKKA I, WAX AM AX XX.
S\.\ Frakcmoo,April2B. -Postmaster-
General Wanamaker addressed the
children at the Calvary Baptist Sunday
School. !'■■ said, on being introduced to
the children: "When [am Introduced to
children I like to speak to them, and
pave them speak to me. I like to shake
hands « ith them. Now, you hII have got
programmes, haven'! you? Suppose you
all do them up in the right hand like
this.
There WM rustling, waving of white
above the beads of the children as of
many wings. Thus two thousand Sun
day school children shook hands with
tho superintendent of the largest Sunday
school in America.
•'Now we're acquainted,and I am so
glad to know you. t-> come lure and see
yon and hear your sweet songs. They
arc the same old songs we sing all over
the land. How sweet it is to think of
that. Tie same old Bible open in every
church in me land. I have been going to
Sunday-school ever since I was B Ifttle
youngster like you. and And as 1 grow,
that the Sun<lav-s;liool jacket grows too,
and that's the best of it It is true that I
teach a Bible class In the Bethany Sun
day-school in Philadelphia, where Too
scholars often attend. Who will s : . v
there is anything better for full-grown
man to do* on Sunday than to op< n hi-
Bible and study God's ways for us to Live?
In all the 4,800 miles I traveled Pve not
seen so many sweet laces nor heard such
rare music as 1 have to-day. You have ■
scriptural land here, overflowing with
THE RECORD-UNION.
milk and honey, and full of God's won
derful love to the people he cares for,
whether they care for him or not."
Mr. Wanamaker devoted the rest of his
talk to a parable about an old mill in four
"S. S."—Sunday Sanctuary Scriptures
and the Savior. His youthful audience
was all attention, and when it was all
over the children looked as though they
would like to cheer.
At the Wigwam this afternoon an en
thusiastic crowd of about 4,000 people
gathered to hear Postmaster-General
Wanamaker, who delivered an address
• under the auspices of the Young Men's
! Christian Association. Among other
things, he said: "I am glad to be counted
on the side of the Christian Association,
of the Sunday-school cause, of temper
ance, and anything that helps a man and
fits him to be the highest type of Ameri
can citizenship. lam wild-for anything
that is for young men. There is some
thing in my shoes that stops mo when
I get alongside of a good-looking boy or
young meu. There are railroad fellows
we have with us. They have a church
grip, and that is the right kind of a grip
to have, holding on to the brakes and
levers. I like to take off my hat to them
and say thanks, and to the postolhce
clerks, of whom I am one. my heart goes
out to every one as a personal friend. To
day I want to speak to the Christian As
sociation as one of God's given things to !
help us keep our feet when the stiff winds
of temptation blow upon us in the strug
gle we are making to climb up to the
I place we have been dreaming about."
THE WALLA "WALLA; TRAGEDY.
President Harrison Telesrraphs Secre
tary Proctor to Order an Inquiry.
San Fhanctsco, April 2(s.—The Presi
j dent had a conference with Urigadier-
J General Roger lato this afternoon in re
gard to tho lynching of the murderer at
Walla Walla, Washington, by a party of
j soldiers last Friday night, and subse
quently the President s.-nt the following
telegram to the Secretary of War at Wash
ington:
"The affair at Walla Walla is very dis
creditable to army discipline. If there is
reason, as appears, that the mob was com-
I posed of soldiers, you will order a Court
i of Inquiry, and see that the responsibility
for the disgrace is fixed, and that the
guilty are brought to prompt trial.
"Bknj. Hakkisox."
xo action taken ]!y the dkpa htmknt.
Washington, April 2(i.— No action has
been taken by the War Department in
regard to the lynching of D. J. Hunt,
who killed a private of the army at Walla
Walla, and wiio was lynched by soldiers
of the garrison on Friday. Secretary
Proctor said to-night that the matter bad
been left to the division commander.
General Ruger, and every elicit would
be made by the department to aid the
civil authorities in bringing the lynchers
to justice.
FATAL FLAMES.
A Man Loses His Life in a Fire at
Napa.
Napa, April 26.—At four o'clock this
morning a fire was discovered in an out
building in the rear of the California
Bakery, on Main street. The llames
quickly spread to adjoining wooden
buildings in the rear of a building owned
by M. Silva and occupied by himself as a
soda water depot, by Mrs. Seabury as a
milliner, by C. Clauson as a saloon, and
two other small buildings, both bakeries,
all partially consumed.
• 'ver the saloon rooms were let to lodg
ers. A young man named Henry Dobel
j stein, was burned to death, "lie was
awakened by the firemen and taken out,
but went back alter .something. His
body was clad only in his underclothes.
It was found in the hall of the building,
I the flesh badly cooked, though not
I charred. It is supposed that death re
sulted from suffocation. He was a la
borer, employed at Oakvillo, and had
gone to bed only an hour before, after at
tending a dance here. An incjuest was
held.
The origin of the fire is not known.
The total loss to property is (2,000; par
tially insured. Had it been in the north
end of town the whole city would proba
bly have been burned.
DIIITISII COLUMUIA'S PREMIER.
He Is Emphatically Opposed to a Po
litical I'nion With America.
Tacoma (Wash.!, April 2»j.—Premier
John Etobson of British Columbia was
in this city to-day en route to Victoria
with tho remains of his son, who died in
California a few days ago. Robson said
to a reporter : "As the next-door neigh
bor, we want reciprocity, but no unre
stricted reciprocity. We want it as re
gards raw materials. We are opposed
I both to unrestricted reciprocity and oom
j mercial unions. The latter, we believe,
Will lead to a political union, which we
emphatically oppose. Wjb believe we
have material to build up as great a
country as yours, and want a friendly
i rivalry. If your President honors us
with s visit, we promise him a sincere
, and hearty welcome. 1 see much in the
United States to admire, but nothing to
covet. You achieved nothing in the way
Of national success that we cannot
achieve."
A Fugitive J'rom Justice.
Seattle (Wash.), April 28.—Martin J.
Gallagher, who was cut by a colored man
in an allray a few nights ago, and was at
the time suspected Of being a fugitive
from California justice, was arrested at
the Providence Hospital to-daf on a tele
graphic request from Chief Crowley of
Sau Francisco. Gallagher assaulted a
j man named Cohen in San Francisco two
years ago, and forfeited &:,000 bail. He
; will !>e held until an officer arrives to
i take him back.
Arrlvod by the Aeapulco.
San Fravcisco, April 2t>.—The steamer
A.-apulco arrived from Panama last i
night, having on board Antonia Batres, i
i Minister from Guatemala to the United
States; General T. O. Osborne, ex-l'nited
state- Minister to the Argentine Etepub
: lie; [■'. K. BfcCreery, Secretary of the
United suites Consulate at Valparaiso,
■ and Rear Admit*] R. 11. Seymour.
Chinawoman Mortally Wounded.
Los A ncki.ks, April 23.—A Chinese
; woman was shot and mortally wounded
' to-niffhl by her husband. She is said to
be the notorious Wong Ark. The man i
had a quarrel with her, when he drew a
pistol and shot her in the bowels. The
; murderer escaped.
wild Geese sad Electric Lights.
The night was still ami dark, and as the
hinls Hew over the <%ity some of the geese
w.»ul(i gel bewildered by the bright light
of the electric lamp* ai>il circle round and
round the light, squawking as [float. The
docks do not seem to care for the excite
ment of city life and go quietly on their
\\a>. but a goose is --„ supremely carious
that be can hardly pass an electric light
without flying round and examining it.
About two years ago there was a terrific
thunder storm in this city and vicinity,
during which a Hock ofgooae, numbering
probably 200, entered the any and soon
became bewildered by the storm. Some
<>r them, it is sank even lit on tberooftof
booses; but certain,it is thai at halt-past
lour or five in the morning there was a
great flock of geese sitting in the light <>f
the an-lamp, on the coiner of .Main and
First Rtreete, in the center of the town.
Tni*. of course, 's an exceptional case and
would probablj never have happened if
it had ii(»t been lor the storm, but why
they should be so irresistibly attracted
toward a light as to lose all fear Of man's
habitations, and to alight in the middle of
the street, has always been a wonder to
me— Kansas CorresjMjitdence J''vrtt,t and
Stream,
SACRAMEXTO, MONDAY MORNTSTGr, APRIL 27, IS9I.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Surprise Occasioned at Senator
Chilton's Appointment.
CRISPS CHANCES FOR THE HOUSE
SPEAKERSHIP.
Leading Indiana Democrats "Working
Up a Uttle Boom for Ex-Governor
Gray lor tho Presidency—President
Harrison's Utterances on Ills Jour
ney Gain Him Many Friends
Throughout the East.
j Special to the Record-Union.
"Washington, April 28. —The appoint
meat of Senator Chiiton by Governor
! Hogg of Texas has occasioned great sur
• prise here. It was generally believed that
j it was arranged that Mills should have the
! Senatorship, which would result in the
j Speakership of the next House going to
Crisp. Not much seems to be known of
Chiiton, other than that lie has the reputa
| don of being a brilliant orator.
Reagan was one of the picturesque char
acters of the upper house. He is known
j about the Capitol as the ''Last relic of the
I Confederacy." He was Postmaster-Gen
j era! and later Secretary of the Treasury
!of the Confederacy. Since the Con fed -
j eracy dissolved he haia spent his time, after
his political disabilities were removed,
first in the lower and then in the upper
branch of Congress. Of late years he has
lost his grip on Texas politics, and, real
izing his re-election to the Senate an utter
impossibility, it is said he was only too
glad to become a party to the deal by
which lie could be let down easy into the
Presidency of the Railroad Commission
| in his native State, a live-year office at
$H,OOO per annum. The work is to his
liking, i;s he has always taken a great in
terest in railroad affairs, being a member
of the committee which framed and re
i ported the Interstate Commerce Act. His
j explanation of his failure to vote on the
! occasion when that bill passed the Senate
j is one of the memoirs of the Forty-eighth
Congress, tie explained that when the
vote was taken be "was down stairs tak
ing a bath, a thing he had never before
done in his lite." Of coarse he meant
that he was never before absent on such
an important vote, but his friends insisted
j on guying him about his admission that
he had never bathed except on that occa
sion.
It is known that Mills' heart was set on
! Reagan's seat, and this will be his last
J term in the House, whether he obtains
j the Senatorship or not. Indeed he has
very recently stated as much in a public
interview. Moreover, he has made a
, pretty thorough canvass of the Demo
| cratic members of the next House, and
! is discouraged at the prospect of realiz
j ing his Speakership ambition.
The New York ,Sun, in an article this
I morning, devotes several columns to
j prove that Crisp is just as ardent a free-
I trader as Mills, and therefore the charge
j made that he is not in sympathy with the
] tariff policy of the Democrats being
found to be false, should not militate
against him.
The Btm article then proceeds to dis
prove the charge that Crisp is a prohibi
tionist. The following sentence from the
#■«?!'.•< serious article caused a broad
smile in Washington to-day: "Certainly
none of Mr. Crisp's Congressional associ
ates have ever suspected him of being a
prohibitionist, therefore Crisp being a
free-trader, and addicted to tne flowing
bowl, is admirably fitted for the Speaker
ship of the Democratic House of Repre
sentatives."
The At* is evidently trying to fire the
Democratic heart in the interest of Crisp.
A staff correspondent, being sent to in
vestigate the Indiana political situation,
telegraphs a Democratic paper of New
York City as follows: "The leadership of
i ex-Governor Gray goes without saying.
j Voorhies is an orator and statesman of
commanding influence, and every son of
j Indiana is proud of Senator Turpie.
Great hopes are entertained, but these
distinguished representatives would be
first to frankly concede that, in all ele
| inents of wise, prudent and sagacious
leadership, Isaac P. Gray is the man.
As proof of this leadership, although no
formal notice has been made, it is the
fixed purpose of Indiana Democrats
j to present the name of ex-Governor Gray
I to tho coming National Convention as
i their choice Tor President in 1892, pledg-
I ing the Democratic party their unfalter
j ing devotion and electoral vote of the
Mate. This declaration, scarcely veiled,
was made in a recent interview with
Senator Yoorhees, which has gone the
rounds of the press, in which that Demo
cratic leader declared for "Hill and Gray"
for President and Vice-President in 181*2,
or the ticket reversed, as might lie the
pleasure of the National Convention,
lint while there has been no beating of
gongs for outside effect among the Demo
cratic leaders, the men who marshal the
Democratic hosts to the battle in this
State programme are well understood.
Ask anyone you encounter in this city
who the Democracy of Indiana are for for
President, and the invariable answer is
"Governor Gray."
PKKSIDKNT HAUniSOX COMI'LIMEXTED.
Nk-.v Yiihk, April St.— There are thou
sands in all parts of the country who feel
with Depew that the President's South
ern speeches prove that the caricatures of
the opponents have slandered an Ex
ecutive who has had the ability and
courage to worthily administered the
Office Of Chief Magistrate of 05,000,000
people.
A Republican of large influence said in
this city last week : "These speeches are
a revelation to me. I never realized that
the President was such a man. ] felt as if
I had done him injustice, and others have
infinitely slandered him."
It is true that other qualities are needed
in the Chief Magistrate besides readiness
in speech, but one peculiarity of Presi
dent Harrison's remarks is that they con
stantly show how thoroughly lie has
! studied and how profoundly he has
I thought about questions upon which de-
I pond the welfare of the people in various
sections.
His speeches are surprisingly candid
and frank in reference to questions about
which men differ widely and passionately,
j and yet they breathe such a sincere and
i earnest desire to find the right and do it
j that even the opponents are won by them,
I because those who listen and those who
read find in the President's man of wide
knowledge, broad thought and patriotic
statesmanship; they are led to remember
that his administration of his great office
under circumstances of much difficulty
has been conspicuously clean, able and
honorable. It is a valuable service to the
Republican party that the President ren
ders in thus gaining for himself and his
administration the respect of the multi
tude. If he should be a candidate again,
or if he should not be, in either case this
better appreciation Of the merits and
work of the Republican President will
strengthen the Republican cause, and in
that the President is truly serving the
whole country, for the prosperity and
; \\. iiare of the country depends upon the
: success of the national policy he repre
sents. "
Phoebe Couzins.
Washington, April -2(>.— No action will
be taken by the Treasury Department at
present in the case of Phoebo W. Couzius,
removed from tho position o^ Secretary
of the Board of Lady Managers of the
World's Fair, and which wim brought to
the attention of the department yester
day by C. H. Jones, Chairman "of the
Committee on Finance of the Exposition.
When the voucher of the lady who suc
ceeded Miss Couzins as Secretary for her
salary for the portion of tho month of
April which she will have served is pre
sented to the department for approval,
the department will then have something
as a basis upon which to take action.
Meanwhile nothing will bo done.
PLENTY OF MONEY.
Uncle Sam Ilns Over Two Hundred
Millions Ready Cash.
Washington, April 2(». — Director of
the Mint Leech, speaking of financial
matters to-day, said: "The amount of
money in the treasury of the United
States the first of this month was $751,
--000,000, of which $Ul«,O0O,OOO was 'trust
money,' held for the redemption of gold,
silver and currency certificates, and tho
balance of $256,000,000 belonged to the
treasuryjust as absolutely as any property
which the Government owns. How there
• an be any possibility of the Government
failing to meet obligations with this im
mense sum of absolutely free cash on
hand is difficult to conceive. I hold that
the Government of the United States lias
in its vaults in good money to-day over
1258,000,000 available for the legitimate ex
penditures of the Government, and that
it is ridiculous to talk about there being
the slightest possibility of any obligation
of the Government being disfionored.
"That the Secretary should consider it
wise to convert all his assets into the
most available money, and to this end
convert a large amount of subsidiary sil
ver coin into lawful money, and that he
should daawjn from the national hank
depositories money which maybe needed
by the Government, seems earnestly
proper «nd should incite no concern.
"If the available funds in the treasury
are less than at former periods in our n;t
tional history, it must not be forgotten
that there have been purchased and re
tired since the advent of the Administra
tion—twenty-five m0nth5—1230,603,900 of
interest-bearing bonds, at a cost, includ
ing interest and premium, of f287,759,871.
When we consider this immense amount
of interest-bearing debt wiped out in two
years, and tho immense saving of interest
to the people of the country, it will be
readily seen that the moneys in the treas
ury have been put to good use."
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Tho Commission Renders a Decision
Affecting Two Railroads.
Washington, April 26.— The Inter
state Commerce Commission, in a lengthy
decision, finds in favor of Jacob Sham
berg in his complaint against the Dela
ware, Lackawanna and Western and the
New York, Chicago and St. Louis roads.
Shambergcomplaned that a certain firm
of cattle dealers in New York, who pro
cure cattle on a large scale from Chicago,
ran a large number of improved stock
cars.
The Commission finds that on these
cars the carriers pay the company mile
age, loaded or empty; pay 50 cents for
loading each car with cattle, and also
yardage at tho rate of $J 50 per hundred
on all cattle hauled. The amount of these
rebates more than pays the entire cost of
the improved stock cars within two
years after the operations commence
with them, leaving the owners still opera
ting them with all the above advantages
in rates and facilities. The Commission
holds that this is an unlawful preference
and a violation of the Interstate Com
merce law.
FEAST IN ZULULAND.
Tho Affair Was as Exciting as a Span
ish Bnll Fight.
A dozen magnificent long-horned cattle
were run into the kraal, and several stal
wart warriors followed them in, assegais
in hand. Crowding the cattle in a bunch
up against the wall, each warrior singled
out a victim, and with a mighty thrust
plunged the keen, bright blade "into the
animal's heart. Generally speaking, tho
swift, sure stroke was sufficient, but in
two or three cases the stricken animals
avoided the death thrust, and, goaded to
madness by the deep wound, made mat
. ters exceedingly lively for the Zulus for
the next few minutes, chasing them franti
, cally about the kraal until some well
. hurled assegai brought them to earth.
One big steer, horned like a Texan, kept
his feet and fought until a dozen assegai
blades were hurled in his body, and in his
blind rushing he knocked over a couple
of men and ripped one very badly up the
thigh.
The whole affair was as exciting as a
Spanish bull fight. When they were all
killed, the crowd, who had been enjoying
the fun from the kraal wall, hopped into
the arena and assisted in the work of
skinning and cutting up. As many as
could get around an animal assisted, ami
one could scarce imagine a more barbarous
spectacle than a horde of Zulus skinning
and dissecting a dozen cows. The blood
was allowed to remain in the flesh, and
men. women and children were soon car
rying off huge pieces of red. quivering
llesh, slung over their shoulders, with
the blood trickling down their sleek, dark
skins to the heels. Children besmeared
their faces and bodies for fun, and about
each carcass a group of tall, black warriors
hacked and slashed, like the savages they
were. While the women boiled the beef
in big iron kettles, obtained from Natal.
the warriors engaged in a big dance.
You can never quite catch the spirit of
a Zulu dance by merely hearing it de
scribed, any more than you can realize
the exhilaration of wine without trying.
The warriors turned out about 300 strong
on this occasion, and the dance took place
On a level bit of ground outside the kraal.
The whole community was gathered in a
black mass, squatting in irregular ranks
on the grass to sec the dance. After the
beeves had been all cut up the warriors
retired to their huts. Then very shortly
they came straggling out again, one by
one. the blood washed off and their bodies
decorated with all the gewgaws of war.
Many woro kilts of Zanzibar eat tails or
the tails of wolves and foxes, and round
their calves ami biceps were ornaments of
beads and of leopard skin. (>n each war
rior's head was a discus of black mimosa
gum, polished until it looked like a cir
clet of jet. With oxhide shields and
bright assegais they all trooped into tho
kraal.
Then, forming into ranks as natural as
a -company of grenadiers, they marched
out unto the dancing ground, singing a
strange, weird chant in accompaniment
to the rattle of assegai on shield and meas
ured tram]) of "feet. One could see ai a
glance now that every Zulu is a warrior
born. Here they were, the veriest sav
ages to all intent, naked as animals, yet
playing soldier with a bearing and pre
cision of movement that European troops.
with all their scientific training, could
hardly hope to beat. Forward they
stepped, then filing off into semi-circle;
two deep they stood, proud and erect,
the most splendid specimens of martial
manhood lever saw, their black eyes glist
ening with suppressed tire, their chests
heaving, and muscles twitching in antici
pation of the signal to begin. For a min
ute they stood there, every foot in Che
crescent keeping time, and every assagai
softly tapping time against the shield to a
low, buzzing melody. —Boston Bulletin.
A Pigmy Race.
M. Paul Crampel. a French explorer
has given an account of the Bagayas a
pigmy race, inhabiting: the great forests
north of Ogowe, who appear to be related
to the Wambattis of Stanley's expedition
They live niong the M'fangs, to whom
they are in a measure subject. The
liagayas hunt ivory for the M'fangs, and
r*veive manioc and bananas in exchange.
The M'fangs are about live feet nine
inches to six feet high, whereas the
Bagayas are lour feet seven iuchea,
TRAGEDY IN NEW JERSEY.
A Young Lady's Remark Leads to
Serious Consequences.
ONE MAN KILLED AND ANOTHER IN
A CRITICAL CONDITION.
Disastrous Fires ttaginß at St. Charles,
Minnesota—Anna Dlekenson Ap
pears on the Stage at a IJoston
Theater and Speaks in a Rambling
Way on Various Subjects—Her
Iloarers Convinced That She Is Not
in Her Right Mind.
Special to the Rkcord-U xioit.
Xkavakk (X. J.), April 20.—While Mr.
Bulger, with three mule and two female
companions, were Bitting on a stoop this
morning, four Italians faced, one of
the girls made a rem:;rk about the na
tionality of ii pa.sser-by, whereupon one
of the Italians returned and stabbed
Bulger in the abdomen, nearly disem
boweling him. The offending girl lied
down the street, {Hustled by the infu
riated Italian, who was last overtaking
I her, when John Powers intercepted him.
| The Italian turned upon Powers and
i plunged the knife into his side.
Both the. wounded men were taken to
the hospital, where Bulger died to-night.
Powers has a slight chance of recovery.
The murderer was arrested.
A2TNA DICKINSON.
She Makes Her Appearance on a Now
York Staiie.
Nkw York, April 26.—At the close of
the performance at the Broad way Thea
ter to-night Anna Dickinson made her
first public appearance since her deliver
ance from the insane asylum. The audi
ence was not large, but welcomed the
gifted woman with applause. She
opened her address upon "Personal Lib
erty" with a violent attack upon tho Re
publican party, and dwelt at great length
upon what she termed the private char
acter of several prominent politicians, at
tributing her imprisonment in the Dan
ville asylum to a conspiracy of J. S.
Clarkson, Colonel Dudley and Senator
Quay.
Her personal characterizations were in
j many instances repulsive to decency, and
j the ladies who occupied orchestra chairs
arose with their escorts and left the thea
ter. The countenances of the audience
indicated pity and regret as they listened
to her ramble. She frequently punctu
ated her utterances with this question:
"Well, do you think I am insane?"
The effect of her discourse did not
strengthen the belief of her hearers in her
sanity.
She avowed that she was promised
13,750 for every speech she made in ISSS,
and 85,000 each if her candidate was suc
cessful.
Alter a bitter scoring to tho various
party leaders, she referred to General
Butler. These are some of her words :
"The papers have said there has been a
conspiracy between us. Mr. Butler has
written me letters, and they were ad
dressed to Lizzie. He is the only man
who ever addressed me by my middle
name. He knew what he was doing, but
will answer for it all in a court of law.
I have had unnumbered sorrows, and do
not place the veil over any of them."
Speaking of her theatrical experience,
she declared vehemently that the press of
the country had magnified her. She
never lost money by venture. She glee
fully declared that the defeat of Cleveland
in ISSS was that she had been in the ranks
against him.
The speaker rambled again toward
British politics, spoke of dining with Par
nell, and thinking him a "little tin god on
wheels;" the Democratic party, and re
sorted again to such personalities that her
utterances were hissed and more of the
audience left.
When it was all over, many of those
friends who remained with growing Bad
ness until the end slowly filed out of the
play-house with words of commiseration
and faces which evidenced the fact that
a sorrowful conclusion had been reached.
ANNA DICKINSON'S BROTHER.
Sax Francisco, April 2»;.—a Chronicle
Los Angelrs special says: "Professor
John Dickinson, brother of Anna and
Susan Dickinson, is a resident of this city,
and was interviewed to-day about the
recent trouble between his sisters. lie
stated that for some time Susan has sup
ported Anna, whose health gave out from
over work. She suffered from insomnia,
audit was absolutely neeessarv for her
recovery to send her to some institution
where she could obtain needed rest and
care. As her sister's means would not
permit a private asylum, she was sent to
the State Asylum at Danville.
Professor Dickinson said it is a com
mon thing for people even only slightly
deranged to imagine that their friends
are arrayed against them; therefore the
charges made by Anna should not have
received such prominence.
The professor showed the reporter let
ters from his sister Susan, in which she
referred to Anna in most affectionate
terms. Letters about the time Anna was
Bent to the asylum are very affecting,
and could hardly have been written by
one engaged in injuring and defrauding
her sister, as she is accused of doing.
DR. TALMAGE'S TAIiEHNACLE.
Tho New House of Worship Opened to
tho Public.
Xew Yoi:k, April 26.—Rev. T. DeWitt
Talmage's new tabernacle was opened to
his congregation and tho public for the
first time this morning. There were
three important dedicatory services held
during the day, and thousands of people
crowded the big edifice at each one.
The building is Romanesque in style
of architecture. The interior of the
church has two galleries, and seats 5,500
persons. l*p lo date the total cost of the
church is $410,000, and it will require
110,000 more to complete it.
At this morning's services the dedica
tory prayer was made by Rev. Dr. Wen
dell Prime. Dr. Talmage then welcomed
the congregation. Key. Dr. Haniill, of
Washington, delivered the dedicatory
sermon.
The collections during the day
amounted to which were called I
for to remove the mechanics' lien on the
building of that amount. There still re
mains a debt on the church of $200,000.
CLEARING-HOUSE STATISTICS.
Business Transacted In the Principal
Cities During the Fast Week.
Bostox, April 26.—Clearing-house re
turns are as follows: New York, c'ti^O,
--710,000, a decrease of 4.5 percent.; Boston,
§!X),654,000, a decrease of 5.7 percent.; Chi
cago, ?54,<H>2,000, an increase of 9.6 per
cent.; Philadelphia, §02,981,000, a decrease
ot 15.6 per cent.; St. Louis, $20,0.^,000, an
increase of 2.8 per cent.: San Francisco,
£15,f>51,000, an increase of 5.4 per cent.;
Baltimore, §12,374,000. a decrease of &S
per cent; New Orleans, §91,14:5,000, an in
crease of 10.7 per cent.; Cincinnati. $12,
--386,000, an increase of 7.0 percent.: I'itts
burg, §15,525,000, a decrease of 22.2 per
cent.; Galveston, $3,962,000, a decrease of
SO.B per cent.; Minneapolis, $6,237,000, an
increase of 42J8 percent.; Omaha,fS,9l7,
--000, a decrease of 18.3 percent.; Denver,
14490,0001, an increase of 2.4 per cent.; St.
Paul, 83.739,000, a decrease of 10.9 per
cent.; Portland, Or., $1,771.000, an in
crease of 17.f> per cent.; Salt Lake, -■< 1,451.
--000. a decrease oi 9.8 per cent.; Seattle,
9869,389, a decrease of s.o per cent.; Taeo
ma, $1,009,000, an increase of o.T per cent.:
Los Angeles, $701,406, an increase of :J3.0
per cent.
Total for the week for tho principal
cities of the United States and Canada,
(1,132,320,311, a decrease of 2.3 per cent, as
compared with the same week last year.
LABOR TROUBLES.
Lively Times Expoeted In tho Coko
Regions To-day.
SdOCTBAIiB (Pa.), April 20.— The Social
ist strikers did not hold a meeting to-day
as projected, but held a delegate conven
tion instead, attended by 10U ardent sup-
I porters. Jones and Delaber delivered
speeches ofthe usual stripe.
Jones, in speaking of the coming revo
lution, said: "Bloodshed is not neces
sary, but should the Pinkertons attack
you with guns, you know what to do."
There will be another vigorous attempt
to start the i<lle coke works to-morrow,
and that, with the numerous evictions,
will doubtless make lively times. To
day it was quiet.
HOOKING VALLEY MINERS.
PITTSWCrBG, April 26.—1t is stated that
tfie Hocking Valley (Ohio) miners have
I agreed to work tuis year for the present
: rate of wages, and nine hours a day. This
agreement, it is believed, will break the
back of the eight-hour movement to be
inaugurated by the miners this year.
TIIEOSOPIIK AT, SOCIETY.
Proceedings ofthe American Section's
Meettmr.
Boston, April 28. — The American Sec
tion ofthe TheOSOphica] Society con vein <1
at Steinerfs i lull this morning. Three
meetings were held to-day. Delegates
were present from forty-seven branches
located in various parts of the Tinted
States. B. Sambo of San Francisco was
elected President ofthe Association. Mrs.
Annie Besant of London was present as a
special delegate from Mine. Blavatzky.
A resolutions expressing great sympa
thy and admiration for Mine. Blavatsky
caused a somewhat heated debate, but
was finally adopted.
At tiie evening session officers the
American BOCtlon were elected as follows:
General Secretary, William Judge: K\
eeutive Committee—ll. 11. Spencer,
Alexander Kullerton. K. A. Merescher
! mer. Dr. J. D. Beck, I>r. (). P. Duckman,
W. <). Judge and Arthur I. Griggs. A
General Council of 27 men and women
was also chosen.
—
OX TIIE DIAMOND.
Results of Yesterday's Games of tho
American and Western Associations.
Columbus, April 26.—Columbus 5, St.
Louis 7.
Cincinnati, April 26.—Cincinnati 6,
Louisville 12.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION*.
Kansas City, April 26.—Kansas City
10, Minneapolis 13.
Dknnkh, April 2G.—Denver 20, Mil
waukee 8,
Omaha, April 26.—Omaha 9, Sioux
City 3.
Lincoln-, April 2*3.—Lincoln 2, St.
Paul (J.
Turf Topics.
New York, April 2ti.—J. W. Maekay,
Jr., says that neither he nor his father
had the slightest intention of going on
the turf now.
The general belief among owners
and trainers is that Tenny's first race this
season will be the Metropolitan handi
cap, at Morris Park, a distance of a mile
and a furlong, and as the added money is
(5,000, the stake is worth trying for. The
gross value is $9,575. Tonny carries the
top weight, 12i> pounds. 'Among the
entries are nearly all the high-class three
year-olds in training, the only notable
exception being Bolero.
Census Bureau Indebtedness Report.
Washington, April 2ft.—Superintend
ent Porter of the Census Bureau has
I written a letter to S. M. MeLaughlin, of
the Topeka Advocate, replying to the
j criticisms on the census report of m
i debtedncss. Porter makes it clear that
| the Census Bureau, by the terms of law,
|is restricted to inquiries as to the in
debtedness of'farmeand homes." He
explains the fact thai the bureau is not in
cluding all real estate mortgage indebted
ness, shut confining its investigations to
the restrictions of law.
New York's "Jack the Ripper. 1'
New York, April 2G.—Another arrest
has been mado that tallies with the de
scription of the supposed "Jack the Kip
per." Late in the afternoon still another
arrest was made, this time by Inspector
Byrnes in person. The man arrested is i
second engineer of the red "!>"' line
steamer Philadelphia. Ihe name could
not be learned, and all information re
garding the arrest is refused by the police.
Fire Paging in » Minnesota Town.
St. Ciiaiu.es (Minn.), April 2(5.—A
terrible lire is raging in the north cud of
: town. Over $100,000 worth of property
\ has already been destroyed, and it is
blowing a gale. Smith A.' Co.'s general
I store .Gale's dry goods store, a hotel, the
! Times printing office. Masonic hall ami a
number of other buildings have gone and
several residences are now in flames.
Young Women's Christian Association.
Sckanton (Pa.). April 20.—The Inter
national Young Women's ( hristian Asso
ciation Convention, which has been in
session here, adjourned to-day. One of
the closing acts of the convention was to
record its protest against the opening of
the World's Fair on Sunday.
Dr. iJotinveirs Mishap.
New Yobk, April 26.—Another opera
tion has been determined upon to relieve
Dr. Bothwell of the cork which is lodged
in his left bronchial tube, by means of an
exceedingly fine corkscrew. Bothwell is
enduring the strain upon him with re
markable fortitude.
Chicago and Washington Coal Company.
Chicago, April 20.— T. B. Corey, form
erly Superintendent of Mines for the
Oregon improvement Company at Seat
tle, has been made General Superintend
ent of tiie Chicago, Wilmington and Ver
inillion Coal Company, with headquarters
here.
The Stallion Alabaster Dying.
Dayton (O.), April 2(s.—The four-year
old stallion Alabaster (2:15) is thought to
be dying to-night with colic. The horso
seemed to be all right yesterday, and
worked a little on the track. His owners
had refused £25,000 for him.
Tire In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, April 26.—A five
story building occupied by the National
Publishing Company was burned to-day.
Loss, |200,00 Q.
..
Fair Wind.
Eastern Man—l should like you to |
meet my partner, but he is not here to
day. He has not been well since the last
blizzard. I presume you know what a
blizzard is, eh?
Western Man—X-o; I have not been
East long.
.«.
A four-winged duck was hatched a
short time ago at Bar Harbor, Me.
WHOLE XO. 15,453.
TARIFF IN FRANCE.
The Ministry's Fate Depends Upon
the Action of the Chambers.
DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT TO BE
GIN TO-DAY.
The Export Trades Association Passes
11. solutions DcnoniuinK the UnOMlt
Changes Made, by tho TarlfT com
mission— French Newspaper Com
ment Upon tho Late Connt Yon
Moltko Very lu-ympatlietle.
Special 10 tho Recokd-Uniox.
Paris, April 26.—The Frettefe Cham
bers re-assemble to-morrow, and will pro
ceed immediately to discuss the new lar
iff. The decisions ofthe Chamben on the
tariff question, it is everywhere felt, will
be big with consequences both to the
trade of the country and to the Ministry,
whoso Site depends on the action of Par
liament.
The prospective failure of the enreal
harvest has altered tho position of affairs
entirely since the Government drafted
the tariff bill, and the tariff commission
has proceeded to increase the duties be
yond even the Government's proposals.
The debate will hist a fortnight by the
Government. In view of theimminenos
of famine, prices for bread will ho
forced lower by a temporary tariff ■ v
grains, and will probably also be <-<m
strained through the prospect of a Euro
pean tariff combine to reduce the mini
mum tariff so as to facilitate the formation
of treaties based on reciprocity. The
Government's proposals, as they are to
be applied to the most favored nations,
and on which no concessions are p
ble, will range 12 per cent higher than
the present tariff for countries having no
treaty with Prance. The commission has
greatly increased the minimum thereby,
placing the Government in a difficult po
sition to propose a foreign reciprocity
tariff.
The agitation has led to the Formation
of an Export Trade Defense Association,
and a committee was organized at to
day's meeting to protest against the pro
hibitive policy of the commission, fif
teen hundred persons were present.
Resolutions were passed denouncing the
tariff changes which, it was declared,
would ruin the country, isolate France,
destroy her industries and deprive
French workmen of their means of sub
sistence.
COUNT VOX MOLTKE.
ills Remains Viewed by the I'ubite—
Newspaper < lomment
BERLIN, April 28.— The body ofthe Into
Count Yon Mfoltke was reviewed by the
public to-day, from noon until G in the
afternoon. Emperor William has
ordered the army to go into mourning
for eight days. The ESmperor, in the
order instructing the army tv go into
mourning, says: ''A friend and councilor
has been removed from my side. I most
deeply mourn this irreparable loss to
myself, to tho army and to the Father
land. To his last hours the deceased en
joyed unprecedented renown by reason
of his military achievements, and his
services for the welfare of the Fatherland,
whose gratitude will never die."
Yon Moltke was in the best of spirits
on Friday evening, and reminded' his
niece that their supply of wine must be
renewed, lie narrated a story of a man
who had sent him a calculation showing
that the General's birthday had never
fallen on Sunday, and smilingly milled:
"if I were superstitious I might believe l
had seen my last birthday."
The Emperor desires'that the whole
Berlin garrison shall take part in the fu
neral. As the route to the.Lether station
is too short, the coffin will be conveyed
to the Silesian station. Thus the dead
hero will pass the Column of Victory,
and through the Brandenburg gate, where
he made his entries with his sovereign in
lNiiti and 1871. Tho route, which is live
miles long, will be lined with troops and
veterans throughout. It is probable that
j the Kaiser will personally command the
troops.
PRKSS COMMENT.
St. Petebsbetbo, April 98.—The news*
f Miners all print obituary articles on the
ate General Yon Moltke, expressing re
spect for the dead veteran and sympathy
for his bereaved country.
Paris, April 28.—Newspaper com
ments on the late General Yon Moltke
arc generally unsympathetic; and often
marked with a chauvinist spirit that are
repulsive to anybody but Frenchmen.
Thus the Sieele says: Gaul salutes
without vain auger tins barbarian chief.
the last Of SO many invaders, with whom
the whole age expires.
La Bepublique Francoase says: This
master of the art of war dishonored his
most brilliant victories by cruelties and
horrors which hail been calmly calculated
beforehand, and which were revolting to
the most unfeeling minds.
Figaro says: This man, who lived
solely to make war, and to whom senti
ment was unknown, was the first that in
sisted upon the annexation of Alsace-
Lorraine. This should not be forgotten.
The CzarPs t'nelo Dead.
St. PsTEBSBTTBO, April 2G.—The Grand
Duke Nicholas, uncle ofthe Czar, Is dead,
lie became insane last fall and his health
has since been failing.
The Old Decoy Trick.
It is said that all true sportsmen abhor
a pot-hunter, and that no gentleman will
pot a duck. Bat they all do it. I have
done it myself. I have seen the beat of
them sneaking on to decoys, and have
had the pleasure of protesting against
some of the most blatant taking a shot at
mine. A short time ago, in one of my
rambles, I came suddenly upon a tine
Hock of rtialhuds feeding in a little se
cluded pond near Columbia Slough. For
tunately I was not discovered, and qui
etly drew hack where I could study tho
situation. My imagination eaino to my
aid and I could see the ducks swimming'
gracefully around, feeding leisurelyyon
tircly unconscious of my presence and tho
impending danger. I observed that by
going around to the left I could corrte Dp
behind a little clump of willows within
easy raage of the game. Here was a pud
ding and no mistake. With the stealthy
tread of a cat I approached my unsuspect
ing victims. I even got down and crawled.
I was nearly to the willows and eautious
lv peered through them to make sure.
The first thing that met my eyes was a
dog sitting there under a leaning willow
on his haunches demurely looking out
over the pond, and the next thing I saw
was a man quietly lighting his pipe. To
say that 1 sneaked back and away, clear
away from that pond, is putting it mod
estly; and friend H. does not know to this
day how near I came to potting his stool
of mallard decoys.— Forest and Strewn.
A building site in Washington pre
sented nothing extraordinary from out
side appearances, but upon excavating
the builders were unable to find the
e<uth sum'cientlv solid for the foundation
to rest upon. The difficulty was over
come by driving piles.