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B' I'lS Eu Mis Ida B. WeU. the young colored woman
kmkmB '' V V mC wno been tH,n1 tha English people About
H, S Hj Is the outrage which her race I subjected to In the
B; , f H E South, and who ha succeeded In arousing eym
MmVaMMmM -A sf. .Bf pathy forher cause throughout Europe, dellv-
H r 'Br Sr rd n ddres t the Bethel African M. E.
Hi Iff Chnrch, on Bulllvan street, near Bleecker, last
HH', ' L I'lji r' Tho er. John M. Henderson, the pastor of
H ' f ilj, M the church, made a brief address, and then T.
Hj S? , fjj p ThomM Fortune, who prodded, Mild few
i P' I till v words, after which he Introduced Miss Wells.
H ' f ? ! 'ifi fr "he waa greeted with a ttorra of applause,whlch
H'! ' & i III! BoteTen the admonitions of the pastor. Mr. For-
LS '',' j ' AljJ f tone, or of the more sedate members of the con
l R I (till f$ gregation could quell.
snBlmrmnH - ' ft Jill fe " We"9 wors p'ln l,4ck dress and a
IHQHH (, 5 I ;;' I ' white Leghorn hat, ornamented with long white
HH -'.I. fi 'jlil If. ostrich feathers. She speaks slowly and In a
knnmlmB 'I 'I UIF dlsttnet tone that can be heard at a great dl.
iiiHB n ii'f "J m gXtA" he Mld " thkt tha colorM p-
HH ' 'i Kg 'Ji! F pie of the land are beginning to appreciate the
H W, ml If ' gTaTltr of the situation. As was said long ago,
BpB U '3'l r. and It Is also trne of our race, heredltarr bonds-
iHiiLBiiH J V mil f Ben mu,t strike the first blow for freedom
HaiiiiiiB K iM! S themselves. It Is constantlr being thrown In the
HJ, ij'J F negro's faco that he was set at liberty by hlte
lDiHiH' "t r' II a Ben. Dut Is the negro free to-day f No, he Is
HbHpH? '" F II' K sot Ths out1le worl(1 Ullnk that with tin-
HvHiiB'' lit K coin's emancipation proclamation and Con-
HiHBHiiiB) 1 f (Tees's three amendments to that measure the
liiBljLiiiB) ( I'll & oolored people were made as free as their white
3 V til S brethren. Hut this Is not so. For thirty years
HHr ' if this has not been so In the South, although ev-
isflHiiHiiHr'' I ' ill: y TT eCtort to remedy things has been made.
HSHH k W $ "Deputations hare waited on tho Preeldent,
HiB ' !' ill, JP'- petitions hare been signed by thousands, but
HiHBSiiB '" I? (j flf J L nothing, absolutely nothing, has been done.
ffil M j I! j,- The whole country knows that since 187(1 the
ilkHiaaiiiiV I W Wt u Begro vote In the South has been nullified, and
lflBH If K j that one white rote there la equal to three
aflfifliiB 'u IV llm & eoloredones.
i' K a Jt, "A false delicacy In the North and West has
iasiiiiiH ' I ' His a prerented anything being done to stop thouut-
iHiiiiijH I ' ft Hi' ft rages In the South, Those who years ago were
HiiHiH v- & Iht- t our friends hare turned a deaf ear to our Detl-
1 ' fe" 111 T Uons, and have told us to go back to the South
H ? hi' K If we wanted justice. TheSonthern people have
IB i, , ' J 1 also given the rest of this great country to un-
iliiiiiH '' li 5 derstand that they would attend to their own
h J" affairs. In fact they have demanded the light
' V till ' to administer their own Justice, and they have
B ; r I 111 a cbtalnedlU
H:' , i S III R "It remains to be seen if we are to be so left
H , . V r. HI If forthereet of time. We havo been virtually
B' '. 1 li!l I' driven to Kngland to get a hearing. All of our
iiiiiiiiH ' IM cHurls here to get a hearing were in vain, and
iiiiiiiiV ! S 111 & so in order to get the sympathy wo so much
IH' ITI SP Seeded we had to go thousands of miles across
H I if IM W the ocean. It waa two years ago that I made my
H V t jil X first speech, and It waa the Womon's Loyal Lc-
" I i 111 I.- ' gion that gave me the opportunity,
HsH" I Ml c "I never believed I could speak in public, but
v - lll t I finally wrote out a few of the outrages which
r '- j fit f my race was being subjected to and which 1 was
' U 111 k familiar with, and read them from a platform.
v ' i- Iltl e My audience seemed to regard them as revela-
., f 11,1 " ' Uons, and a number of ladlea became Interested
r J, . II I In the matter and sent me around to speak
ftt'l'" f jlil t about 1L
" , ,. ni a "Then the Southern people came out with all
,11,1 !f aorta of allegations, and we have since simply
' r) I- followed in their lead. For two years I have
HB; ' ' 'l I III ' Veen trying to tell the truth about these mat-
t I Ul i' ters, a truth, bv the way, for hinting at which I
H'. t , liffli "S was banished from my home. I went to Kng-
' Mil C land after making vain efforts to get a bearing
I-i illli In my own country, atthesollcltatfon of an Eng-
B j I Hi W Jlsh Udv who read of the burning of a negro at
H t I li tL Paris. Tex on Feb. 1, 1803, and who asked mo
f fI K to come over and tell the people of her land
II it about the prevalence of these outrages lu
);' II fv tha Southern part of the United States. The
fi. J Hi fc English people were Incredulous when I told
B I I III K them of the lynchlngs In the South. They
H I lit. a- thought I was crazy when I told them how men
'i rlllltK and half-grown boys lynched innocent colored
)' "lljjH- men and then mutilated their bodies, even cut-
H I 99 1 ting off the fingers and toes at times and carry-
' ' I ll'i fe Ins them around In their pockets for days as
..' I li , souvenirs of the occasion.
r v , nil JS "They could not believe that bands of men
V 'lew-'1 OK' after lynching a negro would actually stand
HJ' IMS around the suspended body nnd have a photo-
) ' vn , IlLlf. F graphof the group taken, until I showed them
H t ' 1 1 IBft I "" photographs I had in my possession. Then
H A r si I K they said that It was high time that the negro
,- w li S S, got ont and told theee things himself, and they
V 'i 'h ji; Invited mo to come back again, which I did lost
A E, SJ "v winter when I spent four months travelling
'f, ' " 1 57 around England.
B.e ft. -I 9 ft "Thepastorsof the leading churches In Llv-
'r v '": W erpool and London threw open their doors to me
.V r lit and gave me the opportunity to tell them of the
H h " J.I L J5 terrible brutalities that were being Inflicted. I
)", 5 IS made ten addresses a week, and everywhere the
H ' , I H people were roused to a sense that the cry of
s i'l S !? humanity must be answered, despite geograph-
m V it SI lckl boundaries, and they Joined us in words of
,X ' -1 ! F sympathy.
1 ,t :' I tl "Some of the English papers came out and
tvr ' . ,1 KB wanted to know why I came abroad to tell all
K -' If 4 these things. I told them that it was the only
IIIH-V't . "It way to reach America and th Americans; that
IIIIV -r I- f F & we had struggled in vain for recognition In our
IIIH Y ' 'iHf country, and that we had finally decided to let
M ' i ! llllf a, other people know the state of affairs, and see
sf lIHx' W, If some good could not be done In this wav.
IIIB'lV. r t, li i "Anumberof American women in London.all
IIIK4: u mi as anxious to defend their native country as Mr.
IIIV 'i i ' ?,mt John Paul Bocock was to defend the people of
l' ! illS 9t the South a short time since, tried to ridicule me,
H1! '- ItHVK but I told the English people that nil we askeil
IIIK'3 t m. & was Justice, the protection of the law, and tha
u '. i K English, whoso love of fair play Is pronounced,
IIIK So i- r I IE 5- aw ll,at tncy rould not Ignore demands mudo
H ,. f ,' wS W on sucl grounds, saw that we were not
IIIR V - vl iff m asking for maudlin sympathy, or for pro-
r A - 'LIS taction for assaulters of women, and children,
IIIH ! i I IsWfl R aaw that the negro was not aa black as he hod
IIIB ,i j !Bn K been painted, and they responded In a most gen-
H,' ; v IIBI) m erous manner. Not once, at any of the 10S
H -' ' m meetings I addressed, was a resolution con.
IIIIhi.sV 1 t m'Z W. demnlng lynching in the South defeated. My
B'if 1 ft fucceas In England alarmed the people nf the
- ,--- ill W South, and some courageous Southern editors
Vx ! . f IViSfi Ei attacked me personally in their papers, and
IIIB-v ' rllsWW; then sent copies of the papers to England, to be
H, j '. wi s1 K spread broadcast there.
t "t ' ' ' lltlt B "The lowest and most abandoned woman In
Kn , llmt L - j-- anyof the preclncu of New York is not so bad
!, I i Ui ' f ynr humble servant was depicted by the
lj,( , JMh t MeraphU OommtretoL I thought at first that I
IIIV'' s Rlr-ii ' '' had better prolong my stay abroad and answer
IIIV r w-Sl. H? ' the charges made against me, but my friends
IIIH li IB '7? 9 said no.
H -i W'"'- feHaWi frb "My character needed no vindication: It waa
IIH -3 ." IB2 I? perfectly natural for the Southern people to re-
IIHiSaVt(HV 'S? port to such measures, they said, and so I let the
'f- BlijfB Hfl V tnatterrest. I have come home now on the ad.
"-t: U.""-'V(mK. W vice of my friends in England, who ssy that thin
' r- Bfeftf, Bf & Is the time to strike the blow. People here only
B .KP; ' HI ff- " .the.lr dutr Pointed out to them and they
HsH i' iKitf llM will do it. Thls-later-day slavery must be put
iiiiv f,l Kki HrfiHS1' Ci down.
Illft V . sV, alHg H . .uu1 wbUa "' ' WM Impossible for
H" II JL hereditary bondsmen to be free unless they
IIIV t' V W' t Jp struck tha first blow themselves. I do not mean
r, , H9 I dynamite or daggers by this. Negroes are not
.';) K' f 16? M Anarchists, but .even the worm will turn at last.
IIIV - SFi ' h B W I thoroughly believe that once an opjyirtunlty
Bv. n.y f IJfl ,' Is given ua to appeal to the American people
HsHf - 9v ' 1"? ff lh.t.tto ?" T11.1 he, and that lynching
HHrW AC I I IK kP- will b a thing of the past. Colored people must
A Mm I I 'i'l ' organlM all over the country. It Is their
MUW'S ffff Ilrltf ft bounden duty to it for their own benefit. We
MUW tS KiK m an DOt organised now, and therein lies the
H - Hkl imv W great trouble.
HiH' HR" !3 mi rTt8 "U" crimes against negro women by
K V fV ; Hi B- white men. which negroes are lynched for be.
' JUfi K. fore being proven guilty, are not punished In
MUM ' Ha ! irf a V the South., The newspapers and people of the
MMmS H-4 ,i5S -T South say that black woman have no virtue and
MMW mwk ' HK fe no fine, feeling to be outraged. We colored
M - I mU m. people know that tha black women have had
u, H i 'SIB m more to suffer from white men than white
V Bf' l ulF K women have ever had from oolored men.
ft '. I K "The negroes must have detectives who can
, -" ;fl K go and find out the facU about each lynching
HHfc'-i B ( JhK fit and publish them side bv side with the versions
HBH 1 B JHftf S printed In the Southern newspapers. It can all
BBBKrS 1. QI fi be done without dynamite or bloodshed, and
BBBK B;i fc X will help along the result we hope to attain.
MMmW' mi- TmSaK "W must defend ourselves, and I predict
mMWr K.r iMiiS' that when the negro's side of the story Is told
Bflfll Bk BBf we will find plenty of whitea to Join hands with
BBM X WW' I' 1? nd help as along. Until the negro movea he
BBBt IB ' flBS -St V,? n?t "Cot others to move and help him.
BBBB ) t..' 1ft O We make and wast enough money each year
MMm.lt Mrt Mm.W IL to support a national organization, and now la
V',, ftsv MMt m the time to start It.
.i MS. BBR iC w.9ur d?,r u ?1,Jn- W must put away
' Bf It BsBI 1 malice and petty Jealousies and Join hands to
MM,- Mf H , put down lynch law. Hereditary bondsmen.
Kf III fi know ye not that those who would be free must
ft', ftp PkIbI Iff themselvea strike the blow)"
bVbI ' m till m wnj.T tub sovru tuixkb.
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ftBT Mtt "lata MUtaltea Karsly Are tlmit,
BbV flVn flnVf S WatHnOTOV, July 29. Speaksr Crisp and
BBftc Mm BbTJi ' other prominent Congressmen from the South
BBk M aBBil r- " unwilling to dignify with a denial the state-
BBg. Jjft-P ' H Jr. menu of Miss Ida B, Wells on the subject of
BBgL fiHt Hl m' lynchlngs In the South. When a reporter of
BftTr'' tMt iflftl Tub 8 o called on Speaker Crisp In his apart-
BBTp E nTaH at meats at the Metropolitan Hotel to-day, he was
BB iWw fljl K engaged with bis correspondence. In reply to a
BBK fB Bvl B question concerning MUs Wells, he said he had
BBf t B- Bill K heard of her statements on several occasions, as
BW Mfc BB E- they have been quoted lu many of the Oeorgia
HB H' IBiK EL newspapers. He says she must be mistaken In
B-. BBr bBKM F b,r kUcatloa I1 tho white peoiilo of the
BHil Bftjs Bftw X South are as cold-blooded as she would hare It
BBR Imw asVaW m appear. Not only in the South, but all over the
BflB Mm BK United Btatea, ha says, there Is sentiment
BBftSaasflHE Hjr against fiends who commit assaults upon wo-
BBBHBBf? i flfllt fit taa, and Speaker Crisp thinks he expresses the
BBBftfBjK Bus aantlBiiiof allhonsattasa whm he says that
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theydeaerrs) no better treatment than a mad
dog In a peaceful community. '
Bo far as Oeorgia Is concerned, Speaker Crisp
says, the people of that Stats are law-abiding
cltltens, and as a rule they patiently wait for
the law to take Its course. Sometimes tha
crimes against women and little girls
may be so outrageous that the people rise
up and lynch the criminal, be he black
or whlto. Lynching In such Instance Is
not confined to the North. South, KastorWest.
It sometimes happens that the crimes com
mitted are so revolting that the people cannot
restrain themselves, and wait for even-handed
Justice to deal with the offender.
When Speaker Crisp was on the bench In
Georgia, a negro man was accused of commit
ting an assault upon a white woman. The crowd
were eager to lynch him, for the evidence
against him was conclusive from the very be
ginning. There were threats mode that the
criminal would be lynched the day he was
taken from the Court House to the Jail to await
his sentence. Judge Crisp Joined the Sheriff In
escorting the prisoner back to the Jail, and pre
vented the mob from carrying out their threat.
The law took 1U course, and the prisoner was
tried, condemned, and hanged.
Representative Money of Mississippi, like
Speaker Crisp, had heard of Miss Wells before.
He said he did not care to become engaged In a
controversy with her or advertise her. Her
statements are mode for sentimental and sensa
tional purposes, like all other " professional agi
tators." Mr. Money says there are some crimes
that men commit against women which will not
be tolerated In any community. In Mississippi
the man who commits rape, be he black or
white, may as well make up his mind to die, for
that Is a crime the people of that State will not
condone. That feeling of resentment against such
crimes, he says. Is not confined to any State or
neighborhood. In the largo cities, whero the
police system Is well organized, lynchlngs are
not so frcquentt but In country towns, where
the Sheriffs and the constables arc not easy nf
access. Judge Lynch Is Invoked tndlsposc of the
criminal without delay, in Mississippi, Mr.
Money sa)s, the people are, as a rule law-abiding
rltliens, and they respect the dignity nf the
courts, except In orsault loses. Then they take
the law Into their own hands, and they never
make a mistake In their man,
11 Is all moonshine, says Mr. Money, to talk
about white men blacking their faces to commit
crime, and then fasten the blame on colored
men. Generally, when tho criminal Is a negro,
the negroes theinseh en Insist upon the lynching.
On several occaslotis,when It was Intimated that
white criminals had their faces blackened, the
lynchersnashedtheman'sfac-eand then hanged
him. .
Ex-Congressman Shelly of Alabama, who Is
spoken of as a candidate for the henate to suc
ceed Senator Pugh, confirms the statements of
Speaker Crisp and nil of the other Southern
men who were Interviewed tonlay about the
charge of Miss Wells. Mr. Shelly says so faras
the Stats of Alabama Is concerned, lynch law Is
sometimes resorted to In extreme roses, but
he never knew of an Instance whero an innocent
man was l nched, Tha colored people are Just
as rrkdy to lynch a man who commits rape as u
white man, he says, and they sometimes Insist
upon Indicting the punishment upon the culprit
without the aid of the white man,
Itcprrscntatlvu Henderson, Chairman of the
Post Ofllce Committee, who has Uvedall his 1 Ife
In North Carolina, sas the people nf tho old
North State are not given to lynching as a pas
time. They prefer, as a rule, to turn crimi
nals of a certain kind over to the courts and
Juries for punishment, and sometimes theoffeuce
Is so outrageous that the people rise up In their
might and string the flumf up to the nearest
tree. Lynching Is not confined to North Caro
lina or any other Southern State, Mr. Hender
son says, nnd he adds that It Is useless for Miss
Wells to try to make It appear that white men
commit crimes for which colored men are
lynched. So long as criminal assaults are made
uiKin women and children by brutes, be they
black or white, there will txl 1) nchltvg parties In
every part of the country.
Richmond, Vn.. July ao. Virginians are In
dignant at the aspersions of Ida II. Wells upon
tho character of Southern womanhood. Major
Joseph llryan, one of ltlchmond'a representa
tive men, said to-lay:
"There Is no doubt that there are Instances
where white women In the South have com
mitted bulIi crimes as those referred to bv Ida
Wells, but they are regarded as heinous, and
are as rare as matricide The charge in a gen
eral sense Is a slander."
Mr. II. L. Wilson said:
" Ida Wells may ha e deceived some few un
informed people in England regarding the char
acter of Southern womanhood, but by the peo
ple of America, who, without rcganl to sec
tional Hues, have always cheerfully Joined In a
Just tribute to the virtue and excellence of the
Southern matron, her statements ran only
bo received with discredit and scorn. This case
emphasizes In the South the recognition of the
fact that often the luu-riflces mode to educate
tho negro end In an exhibition of an Ingratitude
that Is discouraging to our people and a blot
upon tho negro race."
F. M. Parker said:
"The greatest Injustice Is done to the people
of the South by the slightest recognition of
such untruthful statements as those that have
proceeded from this woman. Ida Wells is
cursed with a little knowledge, which is a dan
gerous thing. Coxey, Most, and Debs are as fit
representatives of American manhood as Ida I).
ells b of the righteous sentiment of the South.
She Is without supjurt In her statements by her
own race In the South."
C'HAHLEsTO.v. 8. C July CO. The Interview
with Ida 11. Weill published In Till 8UK
has been republished mn, hut people Uu
not regard It seriously. Nobody expect
immigration from r-ngland or anywiiero
else. As to lynching uegroes foil assaulting
white women, that Is part of the unwrit
ten law of the State, emphasized and en
forced by Gov. Tillman himself In a statement
made In u public speech two years ago, in which
liu announced In liarnwell county that he would
lead any body of lynchers to lynch a negro who
assaulted a white woman. Soon after Tillman
mode this speech a white woman waa outraged
In liarnwell county, the place where the speech
was made. A negro who was suspected of the
crime mode his way to Columbia and surren
dered himself to the State authorities. He de
nied his guilt, and the woman who waa assault
ed foiled to Identify him.
Notwithstanding this. Gov. Tillman, knowing
that a mob was waiting for a victim, sent the
man back to liarnwell. He was lynched of
course. Miss Wells's reply to Mr. John Paul
llocock, published In The Scn of Saturday, does
not apply to this State, save that negroes-are
lynched for assault. There are no white women
In this port of South Carolina who countenance
negroes. The assault of a white woman by a
negro In South Carolina means certain death to
the negro, and the people who do the lynching
do not stop to weigh the evidence critically. The
consen stive people of the State decry this state
of affairs, but aru utterly unable to do anything
to put a stop to It,
Under lhe circumstances those who do not
agree with the Governor about lynch law are
content to look upon lynching for the crime of
assault as an evil beyond thelrmeansof remedy
ing. They " cut no Ire " in the present admlnis.
tratlon of attain in this State, and are con
fronted with troubles which mako Ida Wells
and her mission an Insignificant figure In their
calculations.
Savannah. July 20,-Commentlng on Idan.
W ells's crusade against lynching and the South,
the aim has this to say:
" Ida Wells says she went to England to get
the moral support of 'that wise Christian na
tion when 1 should demand In this country that
the negro should have a fair trial when charged
with crime, and not be made the scapegoat of a
white man's crime or a white woman? false
hood.' "While we are opposed to lynching we are
free to say that we think it doubtful if this wo
msyi ran point to a single Instance where a
black man who has been lynched waa the vic
tim of a white man's Crime or a white woman's
falsehood.'
" HlsbopTThompson of Mississippi, who Is a
Northern man, salti some time ago that he has
yet to learn of the lynching of a black man who
was not guilty of the crime with which be waa
charged. In almost every Instance the man
lynched was charged with a most heinous crime
against a white woman.
. 7' Indeed. It Is a crime of this nature for which
blacks are lynched, and blacks of the class to
which Ida wells belong refuse to see that the
way to stop the lynchlngs Is for the blacks to
create a strong sentiment among the people of
their race against crime of this nature."
The XiiUy Commrrrtat of Atlanta editorially
declare that there can be no controversy with
any one who makes such charges against the
women of the South: that Ida B. Wells Is out
side the pale of recognition.
These two opinions are a fair sample of the
light In which Mis Wells Is regarded.
In her Interview Ida Wells aaysi
" While I was In I.ondon Gov, Nnrthsn of
Georgia wrote to the London Chrnnklt protest
ing against the publicity given by the London
paper to my statements regarding the lynch.
Ing In the South, and characterizing these
statements aa falsehoods. The London rnrnniel
replied that It editorials were not based upon my
unsupported statement, and mentioned clip
pings from paper of the South bearing out my
statements. Three day after Gov. Northen's
letter waa received, the cable brought new of
the lynching of a negro In Gov. Northen's own
State, and that negro was cut down before h
waa dead and skinned alive."
Although it Is true that a story was cabled to
London that a negro had been salnned alive In
Pierce county, there waa no foundation for the
tory. The Stat paper published sev
era! time that ths story was untrue,
and finally leading official of Pierce county
made an Investigation of It and branded It a a
falsehood. It Is a difficult matter to reach with
a denial all who hear a falsehood, and so this
r.'?.0!'."" yro ' "l circulated. If
Ida Yt ell has heard the denial she has not
made It public
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There Isn't to much of the little deg defying
the big on In Japan' belligerent attitude toward
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the geography. Japan Is small, but she 1 chock
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japanese tMrr.nut. ltMIU.
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best the world affords. Her students are to be
found In the best universities of the world.
Many have been sent nhroad to study at the ex
pense of the State. This liberal spirit has done
much toward making Japan the progressive na
tion she Is. While China has bad her wall and
her foreign policy of discouragement to foreign
er who were ready to put at her disposal the
most advanced improvements, Japan has wel
comed them.
K. Hlrata, who made the accompanying
sketches for Tns Sun, was, until recently, con
nected with the War Department of Japan.) In
speaking of the chances of war. should his
country-and China really pitch In In earnest, be
said yesterday:
"I think that every Japanese would rather
have this war come now than SO years later. If
It must come, and I have very little doubt as to
the result. Japan can whip China now. She is
Independent of outside aid. and sho is thorough
ly well prepared. We have been making our
guns and our own gunboats. I don't believe there
Is much that any nation can teach Japan In naval
architecture. Iiut within the past few years
China has been slowly awakening to her oppor
tunities, and a struggle between the two coun
tries twenty years later would be an unequU
one. Just now China's army Is a rabble without
system and without training. I served In the
map department of the Japanese War Depart
ment. I know how well prepared In that way
we are for trouble with China. We have com
plete war maps of all of China, accurate and
brought up to date. On the other hand, I don't
believe China has a single war map of Japan.
"Our soldiers and sailors are far superior to
the Chinese and are better drilled. We have a
standing army of more than 05,000 men. The
tone of our army has changed In the past twenty
JAPANESE natal OrnCEO,
year. We have sought the best models that we
could find. First we took the English, then the
French, and now the Japanese army In' It
training and discipline resembles the German
more than the French or the English.
e have, however, some of the good feature of
each. Of course; our standing army doesn't by
any means represent our available military
force. The conscript on system prevails, and at
JAPANESE (AIIK
present all male of the gr of 30 are liable to
eene for seven years. There is probably now a
reserve force pf well-drilled men In Japan num.
bertng more than 200.000."
" What t the life of the Jpanese soldier V
ji V,r.. "."J1 ,lko tht ol " European ol
ki Iv li Infantryman wear aa a uniform a
black blotu and black trousers. HU cap U
of leather, and on the front of It li a metal
chrysanthemum. Upllk tha Chma, who Jo
B -MUmmJ IT i A l
BjfqJS & jitfBjJJBBjBJBJBJMgaritaB!jBMMyg3
abroad to buy their gnn. ths Japanese army Is
supplied with a Japanese gun. It Is a relating
I lite Invented by Murata, and It la manufactured
li put own airtnals.
"The finest body of men In the army Is the im
perial Gnstd, Every.man In the four Infantry
divisions of the guard h more than six feet In
height, Tney wear a very showy uniform. con
Bitting of a black blouse, with yellow frogs
across the front, and blark trouer wllh red
stripes. Tney also wear plume In their hat.
Service In the Imperial Gnard Is considered the
trmst honorable In thenrmy.
The life of th Japanese soldier Is one nf
very strict Jisclpllne. The men live In barracks,
and the martial spirit has been well preserved
by the talt of brave deeds that have been
handed down" In each regiment. Storytelling
is ope of the chief amusements nf the sol
diers. They also tlrltik a good ileal of tea.
Physically the Japanese soldiers are supe
rior to the Chinese. They are more muscular
and they are much bravir. Even If we could
not raise as many tmops ns China, we should
have bettor drilled andbrnvcr troops. The Chi
nese army Is really more of a mob."
Mr. Hlrata's sketch nf a Japanese naval officer
show that the uniform Is very mu-jh much
llkn those used In the European navies. Her
sailor dresa like the English sailors. Japan
haa recently been building her own men
of. war and with satisfactory results, lftrnavy
Is nn the whole much more efficient than that of
China. She has, all told, nearly forty cruisers,
some, of them well armored and carrying
modern guns, and a fair sized torpedo fleet. Two
of the new cruisers have made i'lh knots, and
she has others building that pr mlsecren better
speedi
China 1m enough modern men-of-war to
make a lively fight, and If she and Japan decide
Chinese sot.ntxn.
that they must fight It out to a finish the oppor
tunity to test modern war ships and the latest
guns will be one such ns naval officers have
looked forward to Imjiattently.
"Japan," said Mr, Hlrata, ' has been building
some wonderful guns. You know we excel In
working steel. We ore much further advanced
than China In that art."
Japan has borrowed for hern aval architecture
the ideas of Western nations, and she still
JAPANESE INrANTRT.
orders ships from Europe. lying ago Japan
realized th fact that hvr navy was of much
more Importance to her than ber army, and she
has made liberal appropriations tostrengthen It.
Her three principal coast defence ships are the
Hashldate. tho Itsukushima, and the Matsu.
shltna. They am of the name rloss. They dis
place 4,277 tons each, and are UUS fret In length.
l A
COREAN SOLDIER.
They were designed by M. Bertln of the French
navy. Their armament Is the best Japan could
bu.
Hut It Is the Japanese spirit," continued Mr.
Hlrata, "even more than her ships and her
army that makes us confident of victory in a
war with China. If a crisis has arisen Japanese
the world over will m home to fight. We all
feel that we are ultimately Kolng back to Japan
and that we are going to bring to her whatever
we have learned."
Z.VKB Qvoya xissixa,
NaT Irtla tksTesatsrs ut4 m kf ealk'a
Beat Vastal.
Luke Quong, dealer In tea and other Chinese
and Japanese product at S Chatham square,
ha disappeared, leaving several creditors un
satisfied. He moved to that store from Houston
street about the 1st of May, and disappeared
about two weeks ago, after having disposed of
hi entire stock. William Kerr of 88 Iiowery.
Quong' landlord, says that the Chinaman owes
him 1180 for one month's rent. He stated also
that the man to whom (Juong had sold bis stock
had also disappeared.
Uuong wa formerly a member of a Sunday
school (las attached to the Church of the
Stranger. In Mercer street. The class was dis
continued about two years ago, but Quong re
mained a member of th church until last year.
He was above the average Chinaman In Intelli
gence and education, and frequently acted as in
terpreter for his fellow countrymen. He was
said to be well to do. and ,was always w ell
dressed. He had discarded bis queue and native
costume.
Cktko' Boy Arrlv.
Chlkn't body arrived here late on Saturday
nlxht on a train on which were a party of Cin
galese' who were brought on to this city to be
shipped horn. Cblko's body will be delivered
at the UuHun of Natural History some Urns
this morning.
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FJEUJCE FIRE DOWN TOWN.
TirJwrr-rjt-JiVK xxoiNxa called
TO.rVLTO!r BTJtKKT.
f '
fir Alarsna ,Ment Ont n4 Two Water
TeWeritfet t"Work-firemen PlajrTkelr
' Hom rrin Kofs In Clot )ret-Heeral
Teasparsirltg Overeeme Mask Damage to
Teaante f Tkre His. story BnlUlnga.
Chief Bonner vry seldom misses a big fire,
and big fires are not common occurrences when
he Is at hum, but he mls.nl a rousing big blaze
yesterday. The-Chief got a day's leave of ab
sence, which! also a rarity, and spent the day
In the country. The mischievous eltmenttook
advantage, of his el-em o nnd erltrd hold of
thrco big building at Fulton and Gold streets
at 6:30 o'clock last evening, and had rxerythlng
It own way for a few hours. Tha buildings, the
'Interiors of which only were destroyed, areon
the southwest corner and Included 83, N4, 80,
and 88 Fulton street. They am each six stories
tall, with Iron and brick fronts. No. H'l nnd
St form a double building having 00 feet front
0ft Fulton street and being 100 feet deep! 80 Is
60 feet by 7fi feet, mid 88, U0 by 100. The dam
age probably amounted to SlfiO.000.
The fire heated tip the district for several
blocks around and those n ho were attracted to
It were content to look on (mm n distance. This
made It Mi easy Job for the policemen, while the
flrunen sweltered like stokers In the hold of a
steamer. The flra had an overpowering start,
and In a few moments It was apparent to the
Chief In charge that a big forte would be needed.
Its origin was a mystery lost evening.
The buildings were closed at tho usual hour
on Saturday evening and ns far as could be
learned nobedy was Inside. Policeman Mnlone
of the Old slip station and Policeman Itoe of
Oak street were Just making a final round of
their post on tho afternoon tour. Malone walked
down on thn south sldu of Fu'ton street and
passed the lire n few minutes In advance of Itoe,
who patrolled the north side. He neither saw
nor heard anything unuual, and Itoe says he
was Just three minutes behind Malone. Iioo's
attention was ntti acted by a rumbling sound as
If an explosion had occurred under the ground.
He glanced across tho street and taw smoke
coming from the Iron grating In front of 84. Ho
ran to the fire box at Gold and John street and
sent In nri alarm. When he returned, three
minutes later, lire boil burst nut of the roof on
thecornor. It probably originated In the sub
cellar, and the flames found a draught In the ele
vator shaft In the rear which carried them up
to the lop story.
When thoy burst through the roof, a whirl
wind of thick gray smoke was churned out of
the Inside by thn draught created, and soon
rose so high that it could be seen for miles, bat
talion Chief Cushmnn and the firemen who
answered tha first alarm found the double build
ing on the corner In complete possession of the
flames, and within n few minutes second
nnd third alarms were sent In. The
front wall was too hot from the outset
for tho raising of ladders, and Water Tower 1
from Chamber street, which arrived on tha
first alarm, was put in position In Fulton street.
Its two powerful streams were trained at the
windows, w hlch gave way, sashes and all, be
fore the volumes of water.
Flvo companies of men were strung along the
roofs of the row of three-story houses In Gold
street, opposite the fire, and they directed
streams on the Gold street front. Itwasflerco
work on the burning hot roof. The men soaked
the roof where they were standing, and the
water sizzled ns It struck the hot tin. They
worked In squads, being relieved as fast as pos
sible. The most effective relief they got, how
ever, was by sending n stream In the air occa
sionally and letting the water shower down on
them.
It waa Insnffernble wearing a rubber coat, and
many of the men worked lu their thin under
shirts. The attack on the rear was conducted
by Chiefs McO 111 and 1-ally from the roof of the
Excelsior Power Company, adjoining on Gold
street, and from the rear of the John stroet
buildings. Ihe flames flourished about In a
freakish way lifter tho fire got well started.
They would burst out of the second floor,
and when the efforts of the firemen
would be concentrated there they would
leave In a second and reappear on the roof.
Shortly after li o'clock the flames stole aver the
roof of 80 Fulton street and seized 88. They
leaped a chasm twenty-live feet In the rear and
before tho firemen knew It 88 was all aflame.
An Idea of the nmgressof the II ro maybe
gained from tho umo of tho ringing of the
alarms. "The first waa tent In at o:;i3 o'clock,
the. second at 6, -U0, tho third at 6:46. and the
fourth at 6:5-'. The fifth and special call for
Water Tower S was sent out when 88 Fulton
strCeVcaught. Altogether there was a fire fight
ing forre of twenty-three engines with tenders,
six trutk companies, two water towers, and four
llattallon Chiefs after the sounding of the fifth
alarm. This 'Included all the lire apparatus
south of Engine Company id's house In Twenty
fifth street, while tho companies above that
were- In reserve at tho vacant house of the
engines attending the fire.
Ilia flames had full sway when they got a
foothold In 88 and ran down through NO. The
Arc ato Its way through this building. The Bre
men had struggled manfully up tho front, drag
ging up the heavy hose by wayof thetlrceeraiH-s
as far as the third story, when tho flames ap
peared and they were driven down again,' all
their exertion having gone for nothing. When
the second wnter tower got to work there was
no need of climbing the heated walls, and the
firemen were moved around to the sides and
rear.
They were not allowed a second to get a breath
of fresh air, and they buckled In and battled
blindly until they w ere exhausted and were forc
ed tostagperaway. Three of the men who were
overcome by the heat so much o to be Incapaci
tated were Firemen James Foley, John Wakely,
and JamrsMcConnlck of Engine Company -'7.
This company was one nf the first to arrive, and.
underthe guidance of Lieut. Hyde, managed to
reach the second floor. They were working at
the Iron doors Iradtng Into the loft there when
the three men namedguvn In In the heat. They
were carried out by their fellow firemen, and
recov ered after a short rest In tho fresh air.
One reason for the rapid spread of Ihu flames
was that somn of the lofts were vacant. Th
Airmen hail un Idea Hint one of tho upper floor
was stocked with celluloid material, mi fiercely
did thn fire burn. The part of the corner bulla,
lug below the first story wa occupied until six
weeks ago by the Katnn, Cole A llurnham Com
pany, dealers In plumbers' supplies. They also
had part of twolofuln the uplwr part of the
building. The company moed away, and as It
was the only firm (hut employed u watchman,
he went with them. Most of the occupants of
the buildings were manufacturers and printers.
The Duane Press, which occupied the fourth
floor of Ml Fulton street, does tho printing of the
-Vric Fork Zyiicoiuiuil. All tho forms for to
day's issue were In the building and It is prob
able that there will bo no luue of the paper to
day. Manager Walter of the company made
every ertort to socuro tho forms, but bad not
succeeded In getting at thtm up to a late hour.
In the printing unite of Clark d: Zugslla, on
the top floor of the Kxrclslar Power Conipany's
bulldlug,.etra! printers were at work when
the fire wdlM'orrwl, The men dashed down
the stairs wildly and were seized at the door by
policemen, who hurried them out of harm'
reach. Allen liounsbiiry, a manufacturing Jew
eller, occupied the third floor of h'i and 84, and
Foster Brothers Falrrhlld. chemists, occupied
the fourth Hour. These places w rro wrecked.
Deputy Chief Hellly wa In charge of the fire,
and he worked heroically to i online the flames
to the corner building, but unsuccessfully. The
engines that were summoned arrited with their
horses white with foam and lather caused by
tho heat. Chief llellly gave order that the
horses should be unhitched aud led oft in the
side streets to cool off.
At 7 o'clock the fire had reached It height
after raging for an hour, but It could not get
away from the big force at work on It. The
flame leaped out of the corner of the roof and '
the windows on the Gold street side, causing the
firemen to shield themselves behind chimneys
to escape the heat. Within an hour, however,
tho fire hod utmost disappeared, and the florin
cloud that covered tho heavens coat a shadow
over the scene, which was illuminated at Inter
vals by flashes of lightning, showing firemen
sprinkled over the fir escape- rending ton of
water in the ruins. At l u'clock th fire waa
drowned out. and only a few companies were at
work soaking down the ruins.
Fireman Iloberl Wallacu of Engine Company
3 waa only the fireman who had to bo taken to
the hospital. He happened to be nor a hue that
burst at Fulton aud Gold streets. The strc-am
struck htm In tha small of the back and
knocked him six feet. He wa carried uncon
scious to the doorway of Devoe's store at Fulton
and William street. An ambulanro call wa
sent twice to the Chamber Strr.it ilnapttal bv.
fore one responded, Wallace w a removed to
the hospital, but the aurgeon uld be would be
all right after a rest.
The ocrupanUof tbebulldlng and their losses,
a estimated by the !lice, are as follows. Hjancl
84 Fulton street. Allen Lou isbur. Jeweller.
$:i.0U0: Fslrchlld nnu.i Kosler.Sl.OOU, iiuane
Prcu Compauy.Sll.OuO; damage tu buildtug.
S30.U00: Mel and 8M, S. Herrndsohn, phosphoric)
piste, fi.OOO; Mondot Ackrr.glfiO; Lehinaler
Co.. tW.OOO i Charles Mhmolze, photographer.
SmOOO; damage to building. J 15.000. The
polios underestimate the loss, and Chief Kf Illy
said it would probably amount to $180,000. The
building are said to be owned, by the Roosevelt
etat,fuulwre purchased from th Lorlltard
t '
5 ji'rf'
- ' ' I il i I ii .
estate rfghteen toenthe ago.. They trT huflt
ThExeetslor Power. OompatiirX tjti . trtto
turi. from 33 to 3 Gold "feet, had nanw
escape, Th building wa epara At W
of twenty feet from the burning handings, bnt
the flame reached aero h.ern!CL"V
tacked th establ shment of Sttrn JwroJ",
Co. on the top floor nd Clark A Zugalla. on the
fifth floor, damaging both to aome extent.
Irtatnea In Paint Btor.
Fire wo discovered In the basement of the
five-story brick building. 89 Ann street, extend.
Ing throngh to Fulton street, at 4 o'clock yes
terday morning. The building Is occupied by
Harrison Brothers, dealer In paint and paint
ers' supplies. The fire was confined to the base
ment. The stock of a N. Crittentorudrugs,
who occupies the store adjoining 82. waa dom.
aged about 1.000. principally by water. Har.
rlioft Brothers estimate their loss as between
$.10,000 and $40,000, although tho police say It
will not be more than $8,000. .... -...
It wa reported by, the police that the Are wa
caused by an explosion of vitriol, but tha Harrlj
sons deny that. Ther say that all thtv vitriol
was on the sidewalk In front of the store when
the fire started.
XO MOKE STItlKICa roit JtJSBS,
IT Tell III Terr Hante NeUkkor tfcnt
lie DUa't Orsler Tknt n Pnllmnn.
TgntiB lUtmc, July 29,-Deb spoke here to
night on the strike.
In opening his address he aald he had done
everything In his power to prevent the Pullman
strike.
"lam opposed to strike," said Debs, "and
firmly believe In the principle of arbitration. I
cbaltengo the production of any evidence that I
have ever advised any man to strike, I did not
order the Pullman strike, as hn been repeated
ly stated, I did not even have a voice In order
ing It,"
"I am a Populist out and out," he said.
" There Is no difference between Democrat and
Republicans, so far a labor Is concerned. lam
ashamed to say that I voted for Grover Cleve
land three times."
In conclusion. Debs said that the fight wonld
be continued in a reform political movement,
and he declared that the late strike would be
the last In which he would ever take part.
XO SOCIALISTS WAXTJSD.
Delegate Carlo KsBXlled from the JCx
Trade Council.
The Essex Trades Council of Newark does not
want any delegates who have anarchistic or
socialistic tendencies. At the secret session of
the council on Friday night It expelled J. J
Carlos, a delegate of the Maltsters' Uulon. The
technical reason given for Carlos' expulsion
was that he was unablo to practise the trade of
the union ho represented. The real reason wa
that, after listening to speeches from Mr. Carlos
for three weeks, tho counsel concluded that his
idea were too socialistic for the good of the or
ganization. On Saturday night a meeting of condolence
was hld In Oertel's Park. Speeches were mode
by William Walker, who ran for Mayor of
Newark on the socialistic ticket last spring, and
by Alderman McGulre. the Paterson Socialist.
MaxForkerof this city also hod something to
say of the coming day when socialism would
prevail.
A Non-Tnlon Eaalaesr Shot In HI Cab.
Daksvili.k, 111.. July SO. Shooting at non
union men In the Eastern Illinois yards at Dan
vlllo Junction Is almost of nightly occurrence.
Joe Byrnes, an engineer, was shot lost evening
and died from the effects of the wound at noon
to-day at St. Elizabeth Hospital. His engine
was crossing Fairfield street when a man stand
ing on the sidewalk a few feet distant fired four
shots out of a revolver Into the cab of the en
gine. The first shot struck Byrnes In the side
and passed through a lung. The murderer escaped.
To Abollsk sjtrlk and Irfekoata.
The Central Labor Federation (Socialist) re
ported yesterday having appointed a committee
of five to call "a conference of all progressive
labor organizations" for the purpose of con
sidering a plan to abolish (trlkes and lockouts.
JUT!. VAX J.VKEX'8 UIBAPPHAItAXCJ!.
No Trsse or Him at Ilia Offle ar Other
Addresses In Cklemo.
Cnioioo, July 20. A. M.Van Auken. whose
disappearance In New York waa noted In Tin
Son's despatches this morning, came here a year
ago. He was a civil engineer, but became the
Incorporator and President of the Peoria,
Springfield and St, Louis Railroad, which ex
ists only on paper thus far. He wa also Pres
ident of the Inter-State Investment and Im
provement Company, which. It 1 said, ho offices
on the seventh floor of the Manhattan build
ing. No trace of blm ran be found here.
At one house address, 44 Ada street, the land
lady said she had never heard of him, but that
mall and telegrams had come for him, which she
hod sent back. Another restdenco is given at
Auburn Park, a village seven mile from Chi
cago, on the Rock Island road. A visit there
was without result. Nobody knew or had
heard of him.
At the Manhattan building his name does not
appear on any of the doors, nor Is It In the Man
hottan building directory. A tenant of the
building was found who had heard of him, and
said Van Auken went to New York about two
months ago. 8. A. Osborne figure a secretary
of both of Van Auken's companies, but his only
address given Is seventh floor, Manhattan build
Ing, and he cannot be found there.
an Auken's railroad has offices at room 00.1.
1!14 an Buren street, but they are closed, and
the Janitor has not seen anything of blm for
several weeks.
TUB C03IIXO OEOnoiA PLATrOJtX.
An Kfftert o Be Made to Make Mr. Cleve
land Appear ma m Hllvcrlle.
Atussta. July .O.-Tlio Democratic State
Convention will meet In this city on Aug. a. As
the nomination for Oovernor will go to the Hon.
W. Y. Atkinson by acclamation, the sole interest
centres In Ihe platform to be adopted. Friend
of -the Administration are anxious to make It a
sweeping endorsement of Grover Cleveland. A
month ago It was the purpose of Hoke Smith's
supporters to force through an endorsement of
Mr. Cleveland's opposition to silver. The defeat
f the Administration on that line by Col.
Livingston In tho capital city hss forced a
change pf front, and now through double-leaded
editorial articles nnd Inspired Washington de
spatchea Mr. Cleveland fs being held up as a
better friend to silver than even Senator Stew,
art. lesterday Hoke Smith's newspaper an
nounced under a slx.llne head that Mr. Cleve
land is running off a sllvrrcolnagrof one million
?."Hfiii ."""'th"'"' i,he present, after which
It will be Increased." 'This despatch Is backed
W,"yon, "P'red editorial article from which
Hoke Smith's pecullarltte ttck out. John I.
Hall, who Is paid for being Assistant United
State Attorney-General, Is working hard here,
and the effort will be made In the platform m
present Mr. Cleveland a a man whose heart is
aching for the coinage of inoru silver.
OMKV omn loss or omcE.
Tkat Wa tk Cause, II I H.ld, of Oeorg
Ilolleastelu's Hulclde.
CAm-STADT, N. J, July 20,-George llollen
stein, 84 year old, committed suicide at his
home here at 11 o'clock this eeulng. Hollen
stein and hi wife had been In their sitting room
talking. Ills wife left the room, and w lien she
returned sho found her husband I) ng on the
sofa unconscious. There waa an empty buttle
that hod contained morphine on the fioor. Mrs.
lliillenstelu ran out of the houk screaming for
help. She sent one of her neighbor for a dor.
tor. but when he arrived HoUensteln was dead.
liollensteln was a Republican, and had been
employed by the Government to carry the mall
bag from the railroad station to the Post Oitlce.
He wo recently removed, and a Democrat put in
his place. He took his dismissal to heart, and has
If "J, very dtspoiident. Since his riitmliwal by
the Government he had lieen rmploytsl by the
Postmaster to distribute mall In the village.
una. xkii.sox's doos safe,
F"re Tkejr Would Be Htalen Wken
tike roaad Auger Hole la tk Kear Fence.
Mr. Frederic Ntilson drove to the Wet Thir
tletb street police station on Saturday and told
Sergeant Flannery that In her absence In tho
country an attempt had been made to enter her
house at 100 Fifth avenue. Mr. Nellsou wa
on her way to Newport, and had stopped nt her
house to look after some valuable dogs. She
found that the fence separating her yard fruiu
an alleyway adloluliig the ground of the New
oik Hospital liud bn tampcied with! fit
tectlse Hash and Jeroloinon went to the house
half lu dUrajter. had been bored through the
.2: Jte.d',tec,lri "d theJeTholS. with
piece of boards, and. a none of the dog was
missing, and nothing In th hoot had bean ?i
turUd, W NRo2l.ft towxl toTNTwRJu
Dyspepsia, tnt.(gts!loi,,
Are oitunod by bad blood, and by
. run down, worn out condi
tion of the body. Remember I
Hood's -
--. parilla q
Bo sure to got jftlV&S
Hood's Pills are gentle, mild, and ITeaUra.
CAItDIXAL LVDOCllOITBKI DEAD.
H Eintred at t.ueerne, R wltier!aa-r3ktok
of Ilia Career. j
Cardinal Ledoehowskl. Prefect of th Con- '
gregatlon of the Propaganda Fide, whose death
at Lucerne, Switzerland, on Saturday, Is re
ported. nM "9 years old. He wa born
at Oorkl, Russian Poland. Ills ancestry
Is traced to an ancient race of warrior.
He wa educated at tho Coltego of 8t. John at
Warsaw, and when but 18 j ears of age he re
ceived the tonsure Bnd habit from the Bishop of
Bandomlr. After a course of study at Vienna,
he became a member of the Academta Eccleslo.
tic, founded by Pope Pins IX, for the training
of young theological students who had shown
distinction In their studies. Ho fulfilled prom
ises of becoming a lender In theological work,
and wo appointed Domestic Prelate by th
Pope, and was also sent on a diplomatic mission
to Madrid, and was auditor of the Nunrlsiure
to Lisbon, Rio de Janeiro, and Santiago deClillL
Ho was nominated Archbishop of Thehes nn
his appointment Sept. no, 18ilf. to the Nuncia
ture of Brussels, where ho remained four years.
In 18UU he was transferred to tho Archblshopiia
of llncsen nnd Posen, and by vlrtuo of this
office was known a tho Primate of Poland. He
wa Imprisoned In the dungeons of Ostrono In
1H74 for resisting laws mode In Prussia against
the Church. He was there on March IS, 1876,
when ho wo made a Cardinal by the Pope In
secret consistory. Cardinal Ledoehowskl was
released from captivity on Feb. 3, 1870. Aftel
suffering banishment from his diocese he went
to Rome. Ills arrest was attended with special
preparations by the Prussian Government. He
was driven from the Episcopal residence at
night In a closed carriage and taken to a special
prison under a special guard. He received hi i
appointment a Prefect of the Congregation of
the Propaganda Fide in January, 1802. 1
In person Cardinal Ledoehowskl wa of fine f
appearance. His features were finely cut, L
showing rare culture and a keen Intellect, &
He was a prime favorite at great social 1
entertainment at Lisbon and Brussels. HI E
commanding ability made htm most lntlu- ?
entlal with Pope Loo, and It Is Bald that tha 'j
Popo of ten yielded to his wilL His resistance to
the laws Imposed against the Roman Cathollo 'A
Church In Germany brought upon him th bit 0
ter personal cntnty of Prince Bismarck. 9
Obituary Not. I
John A. McDougall died at hi home at 181 N
West Kinney street. Newark, last night, lie V
was born in this city eighty-seven year ago. U
For a long timo he wa well known aa a land I'
scape artist and water oolorlst. He was one of i
the historic literary coterie which made It fi
headquarters In this city halt a century ago. tj
He wo a close friend of Edgar Allen Poe and F,
took sides with him In his literary quarrel. Ha p
waa also the friend and companion of Washing. H
ton Irving, Nathaniel P. Willis, and other 111- (J
erary celebrities of those day. The death of j",
Mr. MoDougall leaves only one survivor of the R
famous literary set of fifty year ago. Congress. H
man Thomas Dunn English, the author of Ben 8
Bolt." j?
Mrs. Robert B. Roosevelt, Jr., died at Shelter N
Island yesterday of blood poisoning, following SI
tonsllltls. Mr. Roosevelt was Miss Grace Wood R
house, the only child of Lorenzo G. and Emma ft
D. Woodhouse. There will be a private funeral H
service at her father's resdence, at 34 West 3
Fifty-third street, this afternoon.
Francois Clement Maillot, a celebrated physi
cian, died In Paris yesterday. He wa 00 years
old. and since 1830 had been a member of tha I
Legion of Honor, He held many high offices In t
the military and civil services between 1838 r
and 1800. V
HAJtTEXDElt aitAFT'a EXPLOIT.
IT Shot One of the Kmlaera of Sullivan's
Haloon with tk Other-a Pistol. f
A Sunday row in William Sullivan's saloon at
Fulton street and the Boulevard, Astoria, Long
Island City, yesterday morning, landed Patrick '.
Smith In the hospital with a bullot in hi left '
leg and sent Sullivan to bed with a broken head. I
Accompanied by Robert Denvlr, Smith went to Jj
Sullivan's saloon and demanded drlnks.A they v
were without money Sullivan refused to servo 'J
them. Denvlr drew a pistol and attempted to E
enfurce his demand. When Sullivan reached If
for his weapon behind the bar. Denvlr picked up w
a bottle and stnick Sullivan senseless to the floor.
He and Smith then proceeded to help them- Mt
selves. Smith went behind the bar. and open. H
ing the Ice box spread out a luncheon, and I
they were enjoying themselves hugely when the f
bartender, Charles Graft, appeared. In a hand- h
to-hand struggle he succeeded in disarming L
Denvlr, and then turned the pistol against the a
raiders. The one shot he fired brought down J
Smith. A policeman, who was sent for, had S
Smith taken to the Astoria Hospital, while Den- r
vlr waa locked up. Sullivan's wound were i
dressed at homo. f
Graft wo not arrested, and he took charge of
the saloon for tho remainder of the day. f
EYEllETT'B WAITERS LOCKED OUT.
i
Union Men Refused to Vma Tray In Brr.
Inn tke Custonsrs,
Ex-Assemblyman Everett has a lively row on f
with his waiters at his big restaurant In Wash- t
lngton street, Brooklyn. He recently Intro- I
duced some handsome Japanese ware, and
directed his waiters to nse trays In serving the S
customers Instead of carrying the plate and U
dlshr In their arms. The waiters, who are ail f
union men, rebelled, and the result wa that S
Mr. Everett cut down their wages from $10 to 1
$7 a week. 8
They refused to accept these terms and at I
midnight on Saturday they were all locked fi
out and their places filled with non-nulon men. 3
Yesterday two policemen were on guard In th K
restaurant. SB
Shot by n Holdlsr In Ckleusjo. J
CiucAao, July 20. Private Chambers of Com. 3
pany II shot a man who was walking through
the Michigan Central freight yards at Kenstng- I
ton last night. The command to halt was given A
three times, but the Intruder did not stop. Pri- It
vate Chamber rtrvd one shot In the air, and ft
followed It by another that struck the man In ,
the right arm Just below the shoulder. At the i
hospital the wounded man gave his name aa M. I
TcH'te. He Is a Dane, formerly employed In a t
packing house at Hammond, and told Surgeon H
Adams that he did not understand what the
sentinel' command to halt meant. 11
A Peeksklll tad Drowned.
PgiKSKiu., N. Y, July 20, Frank Conklln, I
aged 15, the only son pf Seth Conklln of Main n
street, Peeksklll, wa drowned late yesterday M
afternoon while bathing In Lake Mohsnslc, B
Ynrktown, about five miles from here. With a
his parrnts and some friend and relatlsrs he M
had Ih-cii ramping for four weeks on the shores H
of the lake, H
There were thirteen In the party of camper, to B
which superstitious people attribute the lad' i
deutlu H
J.abor Orator Cola Into Politic Again. 1
The Central Labor Union, after all Ita protest 1
against independent political action, 1 going 1
intnpnlltlc again. The subject occupied one
hulf Its session yesterday, aud if a harmony
committee, which Is to make a report next Sun.
day. succeeds In getting the Central Ibor Fed.
rratlon, II. A. 4U and D. A. 253, K. of L., to
amalgamate with It tn any way, an attempt Is
to bo mode to start a labor party similar to tha
United Labor party of 1870.
Kan Down a Blejcl Hlder.
Mortimer Morgan of 156 East Sixty-sixth
street, while riding a bicycle along Madison
avenue yesterday afternoon wa run down at
Twenty.seyenth street by a delivery wsgon lie
""gjngto h. A. U. Intrmann, a confectioner, at
Pf 'M" avenue. Morgan's head wa cut and
v. body bruised. He was taken to the New
York Hospital.
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