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THE INDIANAPOLIS .JOURNAL; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889.
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"Land-grabbers" is what the boomers
.who got left, or who had to take "sub
urban" lota, call the first arrivals in
Oklahoma. Getting their rights of
Uncle Sam, is the way the lucky first
ones put it.
"Whether the Oklahoma "boomers
make their everlasting fortunes, as they
all expect, or not, the first few days in
the Territory will afford them an experi
ence which will be worth quite the cost
of admission. Pretty soon they will be
dropping back, one by one, into their old
haunts and telling us all about it.
Massachusetts has a pretty stringent
liquor law without prohibition. Cities
and towns must settle for themselves
each year the question of license or no
license. In license cities and towns but
one license can be granted to every 1,000
inhabitants, except in Boston, which
may have one license for every 600 in
habitants. The minimum fee for a
license is $1,000 per annum.
Liquor-dealers are in favor of high
license, say the opponents of that form
of restriction. They are, are they!
Just ask the whisky-sellers of Pittsburg,
Pa., and hear what they have to say.
After being cut down to 116 licenses, in
cluding wholesale and retail, from a
total of 700 two years ago, and 274 last
year, their opinions will be found to
have undergone a decided change
A circular issued by the Civil-service
Commission relative to appoint
ments in the railway mail service 6ays
that no recommendation or indorsement
of any prominent or presumably influ
ential person will bo considered in con-
nection with an application, and no per
son when once appointed can be removed
because ho refused to be coerced in his
political action, or has refused to con
tribute money for political purposes, or
has refused to render political service.
Applications should be addressed to the
Postmaster-general or superintendent of
the railway mail service at Washington.
If anybody doubted that Americans
have a genius for self-government, those
doubts should bo forever removed by
contemplation of the proceedings in
Oklahoma. Instead of the rioting
and lawlessness, the pandemonium
that so .many predicted, was pre
sented tho remarkable spectacle
of ten thousand men organizing
a ' city government in a most orderly
manner within twelve hours of their
arrival on the town site. Whatever
outbreaks individuals may make, the
multitude of those menare by instinct
and education law - abiding citizens,
and will remain 6uch. The American is
to be trusted wherever he goes.
The cider question is said to have
aided in the defeat of tho prohibition
amendment in Massachusetts. Until
within a few weeks the thrifty farmers
of that State thought they saw a great
future for the cider trade in case strong
er drinks were barred out, and were
practically a unit for tho amendment.
The Prohibition leaders, with a curious
misapprehension of tho conditions, and
great lack of discretion, announced late
in the campaign that cider was also an
intoxicant and would become contraband
along with rum that comprehensive
term applied to all varieties of whisky
and used nowhere outside of New Eng
land. Immediately following this at
tack upon apple juice the fanners
changed base and went over to the
"antis." Temperance principles seem to
bo quite as adjustable as some other
kinds.
Democratic papers are careful to say
that Judge Durham, late Comptroller of
the Treasury, has "severed his connec
tion with tho ajfjinistrntion.w We are
under the impression that the adminis
tration severed with Durham, and we
do not think the effort to make a political
martyr of him will succeed. When the
present administration came in ho
tendered his resignation as First Comp
troller of the Treasury, and professed
to be quite willing it should be accepted
immediately. After while he concluded
that he would be willing to hold office
under a Republican administration, and
started a little boom for his retention as
Comptroller. That failing, he became
an applicant for Civil-service Commis
sioner. Meanwhile he became so cranky,
meddlesome, and offensive as Comptrol
ler that his resignation, already on file,
was accepted, and that was the end of
Durham. Wo hardly think ho will de
velop into a martyr.
Few events have caused greater joy
in two continents than tho safe arrival
of the Danmark's rescued passengers at
Philadelphia. From first to last it re
vealed the best traits of human char
acter, j without a trace of cowardice,
meanness or selfishness anywhere. The
conduct of officers, crew and passengers
of tho wrecked steamer was admirable,
and that of the captain of the Missouri
equally b'k Tho news of the rescue
carried joy to hundreds of homes on
both sides of the Atlantic. The King
at Copenhagen drove post-haste to the
residence of tho wife of the Danmark's
doctor t inform her of her husband's
safety. At Philadelphia the rescued pas
sengers had a royal reception, and Captain
Murrcll was treated like a hero, as he
deserved to be. Yesterday ho was
accorded a public reception by tho
Maritime Exchange, and last night ho
was the honored guest at a diuner by
the Sons of St. George. In such inci
dents human nature is seen at its best.
PROHEITIOH AND HIGH LICENSE.
The defeat of tho Massachusetts pro
hibition amendment was not a party
matter, although the question was sub
mitted to the people by a Republican
Legislature. Many members of both
parties favored it, while many thou
sands, of equally strong temperance sen
timents, believed the present license
law more effective, and voted against
prohibition. The license law now in
force is very restrictive in character,
and the local-option feature has made
prohibition the. rule in 263 out of 326
townships. It has een revised and
amended almost every year since 1875,
each time with a view to further re
striction and regulation of the liquor
traffic, and its workings have been
so satisfactory to the majority
that the success of the amendment
wa3 considered hardly possible by
those most familiar with the situation,
although the third-party people pro
fessed great confidence in a favorable
result. This defeat follows closely upon
that of the New Hampshire amendment,
and, no doubt, foreshadows a similar
outcome in Pennsylvania. These fail
ures of the prohibition idea are by no
means an indication of a weakening of
temperance principles, but show, rather,
arecognition and acknowledgment of the
fact that other methods of controlling
the drink evil are more easily enforced
and quite as effectual, i If tho time
comes that a prohibitoiy law can be en
forced in Boston, the local-option test
will prove it. As it is jnow, the law as
improved by tho recent Legislature is
expected to cut down the number of
saloons in that city from 2,400 to 800.
Prohibition would hardly do so much.
UNJUST 0SITICI8M OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
President Harrison finds it necessary
to remind the office-seekers and congres
sional dispensers of patronage thatthero
is something more in the office of Presi
dent than office-farming, and that the
personal merits and fitness of applicants
for office must be considered as well as
their alleged political services and
claims. As the substance of a conversa
tion with a Congressman, he is reported
as saying that those who think the Pres
ident of the United States has nothing
else to do but to fill the offices should
understand that there are other matters
concerning tho duty of tho administra
tion of foreign and domestic affairs of
far greater importance than an immedi
ate new deal in the offices, and that it is
unfair and unjust to criticise tho admin
istration on account of its deliberation
in making appointments. He is reported
as saying further:
In my opinion, the only way to judge of
the merits of an administration is to wait
until its policy for tho management of tho
public affairs is defined, and soine idea can
bo formed of what it is proposed to do for
the beneht of too country, its material in
terests, and for the good of the people, and
not for the sole benefit of gratifying the
political plans ana purposes of the politi
cians. I do not propose to disregard the in
terests of the party managers; that will
he atttuded to in proper time; but it cannot
bo done within a week, or even a month.
It is my purpose to secure the best men for
tho places of tniKt, and 1 will examiDeall
their papers with a view to that end. It is.
t)iorofira tt tVin intarnctii f 1ia mam wVin
manage the political affairs of the party to
bear this in mind. It is certainly more
agreeable to make selections from thoso
whom they recommend, if they are good
people, but selected solely on political con
siderations, without attendant ability to
perform the duties expected of them that
cannot be.
This sounds like General Benjamin
Harrison, of Indiana, a man known to
his neighbors and friends as thoroughly
honest, just, and independent under all
circumstances, and whom no amount of
clamor or pressure can swerve a hair's
breadth from the line of duty as he sees
it. The President has shown wonderful
patience and self-control not to have
talked this way before. During tho last
two months he has passed through an
ordeal of the most trying and exhaust
ing character. Called by the peoplo to
an offico of great responsibility, to the
duties of which he was comparatively
strange, and confronted immediately by
new and complicated questions of do
mestic and foreign policy, which re
quired investigation before ho could act
upon them, his time and attention have
been almost entirely absorbed and
monopolized by office-seekers and those
recommending people for offico. Not
only have they made it almost impos
sible for the President to investigate
important questions of public policy
and acquaint himself with the cur
rent affairs of the; government, but
they have even begrudged him tho time
for a little deliberation in making his se
lections from tho army of applicants for
offico so as to avoid making bad appoint
ments. Even for this ho has been criti
cised by the office-seekers and congres
sional dispensers of patronage. It is a
shame and disgrace. Tho wonder is not
that the President should at last
have protested in a mild and dignified
way against the persistence of the office-
hunters, and the unjust criticisms of tho
administration, but that he should have
shown 60 much moderation and self
control under tho treatment and criti
cism to which he has been subjected.
Under our system of government and
politics an incoming administiation will
always have to make many changes
among office-holders, but in the interests
of good government and progressive
civil-servico reform it is abso
lutely necessary that the President
and his heads of departments should
be allowed time fordeliberate and intel
ligent action. No person can doubt, and
we presume no person does doubt, that
the President is an ardent Republican,
anxious to promote the interests of the
party in every proper and legitimate
way. But ho would incur the censure of
all good citizens and tho condemnation
of history if he should convert the Pres
idency into an executioner's office and
make himself the chief headsman of a
party instead of the chief executive of a
nation. Tho best record for him, and
the best recommendation for the Repub
lican party, is to have it said at the end
of four years that the government is hi
better condition than it was when he as
sumed office, public affairs in better
shape, the civil-service more efficient,
the laws better, enforced, the great busi
ness interests of tho country further ad
vanced and better protected, and our
foreign and domestic affairs in beHter
shape. These are the tests by which an
administration should be judged, and
they are the ends at which President
Harrison will aim. He will not shrink
from the judgment of his countrymen
by these standards, and he is right in
deprecating premature criticism from
the office-seekers and farmers of official
patronage.
We doubt if American journalism has
furnished a more contemptible instance
of unfairness and injustice than tho
attempt to connect Postmaster-general
Wanamaker with a business circular
recently sent out from Philadelphia by
a firm styled Wanamaker & Brown.
The circular was sent to postmasters,
and asked them to act as agents for
Wanamaker & Brown, or to lend their
aid in securing agents. If the Post
master-general had permitted his firm
to send ont such a circular, using his
name and official influence for such a
purpose, it would have been an improper
and indefensible act on his part. But,
of course, he did nothing of tho kind.
The head of the firm of Wanamaker &
Brown is William Wanamaker, and
Postmaster-general John Wanamaker
has no connection with the firm. Tho
sending of such a circular to postmasters
was a tricky attempt to profit by the
name and influence of tho Postmaster-
general. The New York Times, which
ought to bo above a dirty deception of
tho sort, had a long editorial holding
the Postmaster-general responsible for
the circular, and Democratic papers
generally are following in tho same line,
although the facts are now well known.
It is an established fact that where
newspaper correspondents are some
body must be interviewed. Owing to
tho absence of Congressmen from Wash
ington at this time newspaper men of
the capital have been driven to the ex
tremity of interviewing each other on
various political problems, and writ
ing tho results to their respective
journals. It isn't a bad idea, either.
As a general thing these important at
taches of the press have little opportuni
ty for expressing their personal opinions
on public questions; but they hold, j con
trary to a popular idea, very decided
views on current political topics. In
fact, the interviews on the question of
revisiug tho rules of the House in order
to prevent control by the minority aro
not only emphatic, but embody a con
siderable measure of profound states
manship, and might easily pass for the
utterances of Congressmen. Let tho
correspondents air their opinions if tlieyi
will. It is vacation time, and will nt
least do no harm in tho way of influenc
ing legislation.
TnE number of cases of hydrophobia re
ported from different parts of the State in
the past three months is something alarm
ing. Possibly the diagnosis is not correct
in every instance and tho disease is some
thing else than hydrophobia, but what
ever it is it is quite as fatal as the mysteri
ous malady that comes from the bite of a
dog. Indiana doctors have a chance for
investigation that might be envied by
Pasteur.
TnuiTEEN miles of procession in New
York on centennial day! This beats any
thing George Washington ever saw at
least before he left the country.
AE0LT PEOPLE AND TI1LVGS.
Mrs. Wanamaker, in Paris, is said to re
ceive flowers from her Philadelphia home
each week.
It is said that the Czar is learning to
play the cornet, to the despair of all who
aro ooiigea to ue near mm.
An establishment for teaching house
wifery has been founded by Miss Forsyth,
of London. It is to be known as tho For
syth Technical Collego Company, limited.
Secretary Wisdom's daily lunch is a
very frugal meal, consisting only of a bowl
of bread and milk, but as a consequence ho
has a good digestion and a correspondingly
equable temper. -
It is estimated that there are now living
over 1,500,000 ex-soldiera and sailors, of
whom over 340.000 are pensioners, and there
aro about 400,000 members, of the Grand
Army of the Republic;
The London Athenapum says that tho
Hon. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, of Abbotsford, is
preparing for tho press some hitherto un
published journals of her great-grandfather.
Sir Walter Scott.
Another Battenberg baby is anticipated
at Windsor Castle in about three weeks.
and Queen Victoria rejoices that her young-
est uuugiucr is so auiy sustaining xue
- it aa r e Hi "
uueipuiau repuiauou lor iecunuity.
Mrs. Thomas A. Scott, of Philadelphia,
has a necklace of diamonds and pearls that
is valued at $150,000. Her collection of
emeralds is one of the finest in the countrv.
and the total value of her gems is at least
$600,000. j
Marion Harland eays that whoever es
tablishes a regular reading club in an agri
cultural district does more to check the
deadlv nrocrcss of farmers' wiv in tha
insane asylum than all the doctors and
medical journuls in the land.
Emperor William's new spring suit,
which he will wear after tho court goes out
of mourning, will be the most gorgeous in
Europe. Knee-breeches, bnekle-shoes, a
three-cornered hat, and a brilliant combi
nation of colors will be but a few of its
many splendors.
The Empress of Haru, of Japan, is an
ardent friend of all schemes for advancing
the social and legal standing of Japaneso
women. She has literarv tastes and writes
poetry. It is never published, but appears
in autograph form ou screens used in her
private apartments.
Sfxretary Noble thus explains why his
predecessor came to wear his hair so long:
"Justice Lamar once happened to be Secre
tary of the Interior, and didn't have time
to get his hair cut. You soe that mine is
down to my shirt collar already. It will
soon be on my shoulders."
A rRETTY custom obtains in Washington
by which on Easter Monday, tho grounds
of the White House aro put at the disposal
of the children, whatever children choose
to come there. Hundreds of them do come
every year to "peck" eggs, play ball and
indulge in happv sport generally.
As significant of the growth of apnblio
policy against the liquortrafflo in England,
it may be nieptioncd that Mr. E. X. Bux-
ton. a wealthy, able and respectable
brewer, recently refused to enter a contest
lor Parliament in the metropolis because it
is dimcult for one m "the trade" to win.
AnnsT Irwin, of New York, has just
painted a portrait of RoscoeConkling as he
appeared a few days before his death,
which is said to be the finest likeness of
him in existence. It was painted largely
irom memory ana reproduces the expres
sion of the mouth ana eyes with exactness
and eiiect.
Tnx wife of Congressman McKinley, of
Ohio, is slowly recovering from her long
and severe illness. At one time it was be
lieved that she would die, but her ailment
took a favorable turn. Mr. McKinley's de
votion to her has meantime been so tender
as to become the subject of widespread
A A. 1 A
comment at tne capita
Mr. O. A. Sala tells that the Maoris are
great in oratory. On one occasion he was
being welcomed to a Maori town. "May
your boots," saitt tne orator or tne nay, "be
lovely on the hills," in which O. A. S.
dimly recognized a revised version of "How
beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
of him that bringeth good tidings."
A man without legs has proved himself
as persistent an office-seeker as any. His
name is John W. Coombs and he hails from
Houston, Tex. For twelve years both of
his limbs have been paralyzed and he has
lost the use of them. He travels from
place to place in a cart propelled by him-
sen. un arriving ue put up ar me. iooiu
House, lie natt not been lu tne hotel long
when he was helped on his cart and off he
sped to the hue House to 6ce the Presi
dent.
By the Hamilton turnpike, in Hamilton
county. Ohio, and on the way from College
Hill, stands a large sycamore tree that was
planted there In 1S33 by Alice and Phoebe
Cary. They were then eight and twelve
yeara old. and coming home from school
one day they saw a small tree a farmer had
grubbed and thrown awav in the road.
This they planted and cared for as chil
dren will, and now the tree flourishes, and
every one who passes by stops under it for
a moment's shade, and whenever the Cary
sisters went to that part of the country
they paid a visit to their tree.
A foreigner visiting Md,
Declared himself paid for aU pd.
Toil, since he'd got
At last to a spot
That surpassed all the visions of fd.
k The Globe.
COMMENT AND OPINION.
Why is it not inst as wrong to permit no
toriously unwise marriages as to grant
divorces on evidently inadequate grounds!
Boston Congregationalism.
TnE Germans will not make anvthineout
of our representatives by showing their
teeth at this early stage of the game. A
conciliatory policy might have led us into
making concessions, but in the face of
straight out bulldozing. Uncle Sam will be
very likely to assume a very determined
stitution.
If a Legislature mav provide, as the
Indiana Legislature has in fact provided,
that a minority of the people of the State
may elect ten out of the thirteen Represent
atives, the moral wrong is exactly the samo
as if the election of three-quarters of the
members allotted to the State had not been
by tho people at all, but by a minority of
them. New York Tribune.
Annexation cannot take place without
Canada's consent, and Canada is not yet
ready to consider such a proposition, much
less ro raase one. n win De years, ana
maybe generations before that country is
ready to make overtures for annexation.
It will come in time, but Canada must take
the first step, and when she does that she
will find England ready to let her go and
the United States ready to receive her.
nvn..i.iv.' t
-rmiaueipmi inquirer.
We have closed our doors aeainst the
reeking masses of hundreds of millions of
Chinese, and soon we shall begin to dis
criminate more widelv aeainst the objec
tionable classes and masses, thellotsam and
jetsam, that have ao long drifted to America
upon the ocean currents of immigration.
"America for Americans!" will be our motto
from the beginning to the end of the cen
tury upon which all the world is soon to
"enter. Louisville Times.
It is well enough to sav that the manv
should not be held responsible for the acts
of the few, but public -sentiment, as a rule,
is not very discriminating, ana these re
peated stories of bovcots and exhibitions of
violence with which the name of organized
labor is either justly or unjustly, directly
or indirectly connected, are without doubt
creating a deep feeling of resentment,
which, in the interest of honest toil, is to
be greatly regretted. Brooklyn tagle.
When the colored people of the South
are equal in education to their white breth
ren, and have a stake in the sou as perma
nent as that of their old masters, and have
the determination to assert their rights
which is only possessed by a race that pre
fers death to despotism, who will defend
their civil rights to the last extremity, they
will have no need of the protection of the
federal government or any political partv,
and wi If paddle their own canoe. Nebraska
State Journal.
Bismarck is not especially fond of the
United States; but ho perceived plainly
that ho could not afford to quarrel withus
over so insignificant a stake as Samoa.
Consequently, when he finds that the
United States could be neither cajoled.
hoodwinked nor browbeaten into consent
ing to the German domination, he offers
Consul Knappe as a sacrifice on the altar of
diplomacy and adopts the American plat
form of non-intervention and the mainte
nance of equal commercial rights. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
It is the birthright of every American
citizen to associate with his fellow citizens
for the purpose of improving his condition
by lawful means. And it is lor the best in
terests of society, employers included, that
labor should be free to exercise this privi
lege. A speedy and satisfactory solution of
the labor problem depends largely upon the
intelligent and conscientious co-operation
of labor itself, and labor can render such
aid only in a very limited measure unless it
can organize without dispensing with its
bread and butter. Minneapolis Tribune.
President Harrison's conservative ut
terances in regard to the South and his ex
pressed purpose to build up protection sen
timent in that section will greatly promoto
the movement now on foot. The first effect
will be to withdraw thousands from tho
Democratic partv and break the color line.
A live isstio will "be introduced into the pol
itics of the South. The people will talk
about protection, form opinions upon it and
take sides according to their convictions.
This may in time break tho color line, and
in any event it will bring thousands of re
cruits to the Republican standard. Cleve
land Leader.
A Specimen of Its Meanness.
Cleveland Leader.
Mr. Samuel J. Carpenter, of Shelbyville,
Ind.. was the Republican nominee for State
Senator last November, and he was indicted
on seventy-two counts for corrupt practices
iu the election. The court quashed seventy
one of these indictments as informal and
defective, and on the seventy-second Mr.
Carpenter was tried and acquitted. Yet
the Democratic Senate declared Mr. Car
penter's seat vacant. What is there mean,
contemptible and unscrnpulous that an In
diana Democrat is not capable of doing!
Xanitta Daisy's Claim.
Kanaas City Journal.
"This is Nanitta Daisy's claim. Look
out," is the inscription upon a tlag which
waves over a choice piece of Oklahoma
property, and the beautiful Nanitta dis
plays to admiring newspaper correspond
ents two ivory-handled revolvers and two
gold medals received at shooting tourna
ment, and blushingly acknowledges her
ability to keep out intruders.
An Opportunity Lout.
Boston Herald.
President Harrison probably conld not
carry his rule of appointing none but resi
dents of Territories to territorial office in
Alaska, on account of the limited number
of able citizens in that bleak region. Why
did not some able-bodied patriot think of
this beforehand, and thus immolate him
self by emigrating to Alaska and becoming
eligible.
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Will Ther Repeat the Old. Story?
PltfsfoarK Dlaivatcb.
It is an interesting fact that the Governor
of North Carolina and the Governor of
South Carolina will lodge in tho same
hotel in New York during the centennial
celebration.
BRIT UN'S COAST DEFENSES'
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Lord Salisbury Says Their Cost nas Not
Been Increased Without Eeflection.
He Also Ridicules the Home-Rale Agitation in
Ireland Edinburgh's Council Quarrels
Over a Compliment to Mr. Parneil.
LORD SALISBURY.
He Ridicules the Home-Rule Agitation and
Talks About Coast Defense.
London, April 23. Lord Salisbury deliv
ered an address at Bristol to-day. He
spoke of tho growth of the Primrose
League, which, he said, was marvelous.
Tho League, he declared, was of transcend
ental value in the solution of any current
political question, as it was a noble instru
ment with which to blend the classes and
the masses. He hoped that ere long tho
government would settle the troubles
which were menacing the internal peace of
the nation. The government was confront
ed with a combination of political oppo
sition with predatory greed such as no gov
ernment had ever faced before. The gov
ernment relied upon the continued confi
dence of the country to enable it to over
come this combination. Continuing, Lord
Salisbury ridiculed the agitation in favor '
of home rule in Ireland. He declared
that the county of Cornwall, by its dis
tinct racial origin, its language, its tradi
tions and its history, has as much claim for
a separate Parliament as Ireland, Tho
nationality argument was insincere. It
was more fruitful of sophistry and clap
trap, and more barren of solid sense than
anything that was ever before the country.
It would sacrifice the first interests of indus
try and commerce to a mere empty senti
ment. The Unionists were confronted with
two phalanxes, one political, the other
criminal, both convergingtoa common end,
and that is to make the exe
cution of the law in Ireland impossible.
It was a miserable spectacle to see mem
bers of Parliament standing up to defend
embezzlement and fraud. The Unionists,
conscious of their high calling, ought not
to allow personal considerations to enter
into electoral questions. They should not
poach on each other's grounds, but should
combine in support of the man most likely,
to win.
In a speech this evening Lord Salisbury
said that the government had not added to
the cost of defense without reflection. In
tho event of a variance with European
countries an enemy might come from the
coast Hue between Schleswig and France.
It was a grave thing for any man topropose
to add the coast line of Ireland to England's
responsibility of defense by giving Ireland
independence.
THE PANAMA CANAX.
Fifteen Miles Completed, and Small Chance
It Will Go Further.
New York Special.
Mr. II. B. Slavin, president of the Amer
ican Dredging Company, recently arrived in
this city from Paris. That corporation, by
its work upon the eastern end of the Pan
ama canal, has placed itself in the position
of the leading canal-digging corporation
in the world. Mr. Slavin went to Paris to
meet the directors and stockholders of the
Panama company, and a reporter called
upon him to-day to learn the exact status
of De Lesseps's "great ditch."
"Up to the present," said Mr. Slavin, "the
French have spent on the Panama canal
something near $250,000,000. For that they
have fifteen miles on the Colon side prac
tically finished. That is the portion which
we had the contracts for, and at the pres
ent time tho canal exists there and is
thirty feet deep the whole way. The Cn-
lebra cut is the sticking point, Into it the
company have poured money like water.
When I was iu Paris I told the director-
general of tho enterprise that I would take
the contract to finish a tide-water canal
across the isthmus, and that I thought it
could be finished for $300,000,000 more. I
refused, of course, to bind my company to
do the work for that, but I offered to take
the contract, and I told him what I hon
es tlv believed would be the cost.
"The money that has been spent on the
canal has not all cone into di trainer. .The
waste down there has been something per-
iectiy mghtiui. mere aro literally acres
of machinery rusting away, much of it
never having been used. Now abofit the
money. DeLesseps is all right. The French
people have not lost faith in him. I was
present at a meeting of 6,000 subscribers to
the canal, and there was nothing heard but
Vive de Lesseps: but monev has been
spent faster than the subscribers could save
it. The late financial crisis injured the
canal's prospects. The Comptoir d'Escompte
nearly went down, and the way in which
the other banks were interested, and their
fear of a run, was best shown by the man
ner in which they came to the assistance of
Comptoir d'Escompte. No one can tell how
many millions those French banks have
put into that corner in copper. It's worse
than any of the old mining securities on
the coast It's the wildest kind of specula
tion. "So it has come that there are no more
people in I? ranee to put money up. De Les-
seps busted' the small investors and copper
'busted' the big ones. This has clearea the
ground for the Nicaragua people. There is
justouo chance that the Panama canal
may come up again. The French are a
curious people, and sentiment pi ajrs a part
witn tnem mat is to tne Jast degree Queer.
If the Nicaragua canal were started thero
is a chance that th French might get up a
wild howl against the Americans and raise
the money with a rush to complete the
Panama canal. However, I don't think
this likely, because, in tho nrst place, thev
are too hard up. and iu the 6econa I think
De Lessens has milked that sentimental
cow for all she is worth."
A MEDIUM'S INFLUENCE.
King Milan's Abdication Caused by a Wom
an of the Madam Diss Debar Order. '
Cable Special In New York San.
Ann O'Delia Diss Debar sinks into
abashed obscurity when confronted by
Mme. Christich, of Servia. The latter has
dethroned a king, and acted as the agent
of one of Russia's most pronounced and
gratifying successes. The last story which
comes from Belgrade concerning ex-King
Milan's absolute and unquestioning sub
serviency to a woman who asserts that she
is a medium, is credited in official circles
here. Exactly why spiritualism should be
associated with breadth of beam, double
chins and rotundity of the female form di
vine is a mystery. The ample and flabby
proportions of Miss Diss, Debar arcT dupli
cated in the parenthetical outlines of the
Christich, though in a lesser degree. If the
Christie h kicks the beam at a shade lower
li cure than the fat princess of New lork.
she makes up the deficiency in weight by a
severity of purpose which laughs politics
to scorn.
It is certainly an astonishing thing that
the most notable dupes of tho charlatans
are men of wide knowledge and striking
mental gifts. Ex-King Milan, thongh dis
sipated and depraved, is a man ot nota-
Die aiiainmems, one ox tue most accom
plished of modern princes, and a man f ami I.
lar with all tho foibles and fallacies of
Paris and London. His snbservieuevtothe
big and majestic Mme. Christich i9 abso
lute. He abdicated his throne, according
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xo me dckx iniormaiiou, wuue lauonug
under the influence of spiritualism. Milan
thought Christich was a medium through
whom he wasreceivingdivine instructions.
and when he announced his abdication, he
did so with the manner ot a man iu a trance.
His eyes rere glazed, his manner con
strained to a painful degree, and his whole
demeanor was that of a man swayed by an
irresistible outside influence. Since he ha
civen up all care for his country, he has re
signed himself absolutely to the medium's
society, bhe is rich, massive and impres
sive, and she has accomplished, bv a bit of
hocus pocus, an end for which Russia has
schemed in other ways in vain. When
Queen Natalie once more regains her influ
ence in fcerria, a matter of a few months
bow. the full effect of tie action of
the two women in the turmoil of Scrritn
politics will be seen.
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
The Vienna Street-Car Strike Conies to an
End, but the Rioting Continues. ,
Vienna, April 23. The strikes of the
tram-car men are nearly over, but the riot
ing for which the strike was made the pre
text, continues. A formidable mob stoned
tho cavalry to-day, and held them at bay
until they were reinforced by a large de
tachment of infantry. A charge was then
made upon the crown, and many of them
were wounueu. iv large number ot arrvsU
were made, and the mob finally dispersed.
Wnrlcinmnnn hiivw tnlIlT mfncod n
the mob, which is mainly composed o
Inuralir anti.UAinitin liirnlinf. . A
ic ruinans.
The government to-lnv oflFinrprt to nnnlv
soldiers to drive the cars. The striken
thereupon ollered to resume work uucon
ditionally. The directors decided to re
employ all drivers who bad taken no part
in the rioting. At 10 o'clock to-night a
iianu-xo-uana connici xock place oetwecn
tho soldiers and the mob near l?d Ifmuo
The rioters were organiz?d, being divided
iiuo ktoups or nirv. wiin x irnupr fur p.nrh
group. Iheso grouos co-opera ted to break
the ranks of the soldiers. As in the former
struggles, the rioters were; defeated nnd
many were arrested. The rioters tried to
set lire to a gun-factory t Hernales. The
troops lired a volley into the mob. and
wounaea many persons, 'lho excitement
continued up to midnight Several shops
Were looted. A enmmiaaimer nf tiaIiVa
nearly stoned to death hj the mob. and
WA A Aa J-l 1. L .1 All U a.
" iiatucu miiu iuutuuiuicuiiy oy a party
of dragoons.
Quarrel Over a Compliment to Tarne!!.
London, April 23. A- turbulent meetim
of the Edinburgh Council was held to-dav.
on the question of conferring the freedom
of the city upon Mr. Parneil. A division
was finally taken, resulting in the passago
of a resolution offering the freedom of Ed
inburgh to the Irish leader by a vote of 24 '
to 13. Upon the announcement of the vot
the Lord Provost declared that the minor
ity would not assist in what th pv rnnid-
ered would be an Injury to the city; fur
thermore, that no man of honor would ac
cept the freedom of a city thus given.
Gunboats for Port Halalb. .
Cairo, April 23. A battalion of Egyptian
troops, under command of the Governor of
Suakim, and two gunboats, have started for
Port Halaib. which was recently captured
by a force of Soudanese. The object of tho
expedition is to make an attempt to rernn .
ture the place.
Business Embarrassments.
& Co., of New York, filed a hill to-day in
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iuo it?uerai conn uere to nave ino iauure
of Heidweyer & Steiglitz declared a volun
tary assignment for the benefit of creditors.
The firm were jobbers in woolens, and
failed Oct 15, 1884. Hardt. Von Bcrrauth
& Co. have an unsatisfied judgment for
f 10,627, obtained in January. lbS7. against
Hardweyer & Steiglitz. The bill also
makes the National Bank of Illinois a de
fendant. It is claimed the firm owed about
$240,000 and had assets of only $150,000. Ot
the assets, 125,000 consisted of merchandise.
It is further charged that when thev saw2
they were about to fail, Heidweyer &,
Steiglitz concocted a scheme to distributo
their assets to tho exclusion of complain
ants and $150,000 of other creditors by giv
ing judgment notes. Judgments were se
cured by the National Bank of Illinois fof
$12,000; S. Flarsheim for $2,028; Julius HeU
man for 10,000; Flarsheim Bros. . for $5,000;
Phillip Flarsheim for $14,000; Herman
Hahle. $2,500 and Hahle. Steicletz & Co..
$2,083. The attorney's fees were $0t5C
The accounts and bills receivable were as
signed, and it is claimed that the failura
was nothing less than a voluntary assign
ment under the recent decisions. The com
plainants asks to be allowed to come in and
participate in the firm's assets.
Toledo. O.. Anril 2a Younir &, Miller.
lumber-dealers, to-day transferred their
business to their three heaviest creditors
J. .S. Eckard, J. W. Hughes, of Toledo, and
J. K. Potts, of Bay City, Mich. The liabil
ities are $133,000; assets of the firm, about
$75,000.
Weldon's Extradition BI1L
Ottawa. Ont. April 3. The Weldon
anti-boodler bill passed the House of Com
mons this morning, and now goes to the
Senate. The retroactive clause was killed,
but an amendment was inserted that all
warrants issued for extradition . should
stipulate that the person should be tried
only for the ofiense mentioned in the war
rant. Procuring abortion and breaches of
trust were added to the crimes mentioned
in the bill, and blackmailing and perjury
were 6incKen our- as Passed, tuo bill in
cludes murder, countcrleitine. forcerv. lar
ceny, embezzlement obtaining monev on
false pretenses, rape, abduction, burglary,
arson, piracy, abortion, breach of trust, and
any offense construed as felonv by CanadU
an law. ine mil will doubtless pass tho
Senate in a few days. It will not affect
persons now in Canada charged with theso'
offenses in the United States.
Obituary.
CniCAGO. April 23. Capt W. D. Miliken.
a well-known citizen and member of tho
Ex-confederates' Association, died in this
city this morning, aged forty-six years. He
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aa uurn in ivansviiie, xnu., nuu went into)
business in Padncah, Ky., before tho war.
He served in the confederate army, rising
to the rank of captain.
Louisville. Kv.. Anril 23 Jesse R.
Middleton, a prominent merchant, formerly
of Sharpe &. Middleton, dry-goods dcalerii.
oiea here to-day.
Buffalo. April 23. Hiram G. Nolton.
vice-president of the Bank of Commerce oi
this city, died early this morning of pneu
monia.
Th4 War of the Colleges.
Kebraaka State Journal.
There seems to be a combined attack on
State educational institutions this year for
the ultimate benefit, probably, of the
church colleges. The Protestant brethren
grow quite indignant over tho alleged hos
tility of the Catholic Church against freej
schools, but in their turn are in danger o
being led to make war on free college and
university education from similar motives.
The people must look after the defense o
their rights in this matter.
roUtlcal lilgotry.
New York Graphic.
New Hampshire has taken the position
that no Catholic ball hold oHice in that
State. It is both contemptible and un
American. The religious press of the en
tire country has joined in denouncing it as
political bigotry. The world has mado
such strides during the present century in
religious toleration and non-interference
that an example like this of ilhberality
meets prompt disapproval.
A Chance to Get Eren.
Chicago Mall.
Whitclaw Reid is no longer editor of tho
New York Tribuue. He is minister to
France. Here is a great chance for tho ed
itors who have had to take his orders for
f ears. They may jump on our minister to
Tance with large, hob-nailed shoes as soon
as he gets safely on the other side. Every
person gets even in this world, if he only
waits long enough and grabs the chance
when it comes along.
The Ketidt Somewhat Mixed. "
Carson (CaL) Appeal.
Last Sunday our local, who was over at
Lake Washoe tishing. made the following
report: He found the shore of the lako
lined with anglers, and a careful poll of tha
crowd resulted as follows; Episcopalians
24; Presbyterians, 20; Methodists, Iti; Bap
tists, 12; Catholics, o0; men of no religious
belief, 6.
Will Feel Different Then. -Detroit
Tribnne.
The Southern organs of Democracy are
squealing furiously at the protection move
ment started down their way. By ll that
is great and good they declare that the solid
South shall not be broken. All right, fool
ish ones. Afteryou have confronted a solid
North a few years you Avill feel ditlcrcnt.
m t m
An AAer llooui.
Washington CriUc.
The Grasshopper will load up his boom
and htart for Oklahoma some time during
the summer.
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Pare DlUt.
CWcijro Tribune.
. Take them about half way round tha
world again, Anaou, and leave thes.