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2 BLACKMAILED FOR MILLIONS. Heavy Tribute Levied by New York Police. ITillions Poured Into tbe Coffers of Corrupt Officials. All Sorts or Ties Alioired to Exist If the Price Was F.jrthoamlng. The I.exc-nr Committee's lnveatigatlnn. By (M Associated Press. Nbw York, Oot. 30.— Commissioner Fheehan bad another explanation to make today regarding hia testimony yesterday before tbe Lsxow committee. "Policeman McMenui," said he, "to whom you referred yesterday, waa indicted by the grand jury and tried ia the court of general sessions." "That doss not explain why the police board did not dispose of the charge," retorted Mr. Goft. "Do yon not regard the escape of Katie Schubert ns a miscarriage of jus tice?" Mr. Goff asked the witness. "In what reeooct?" "Did it not strike yon as peculiar that .shewn* allowed to depart without be ing asked abont Inspector McLaughlin," "Yes, I said so at the time." When asked why he did not prosecute officers for taking money from poolsnl lers he said : "I could not fasten any particular crime on any particular of ficial." "Let ns see, corruption was pretty general. Did yen know the Bailmakers had to pay ?" "No." "Did yen know the Long island clam diggers had to pay?" "Where did they come in?" asked the commissioner. "Never mind. Did yon hear homes of ill-fame had to p y ?" "I heard rumors." "Rumors; rumors,"sneered Mr. Golf. "What do yea do to earn your salary ?" asked Mr. Goff. "Perform the duties devolving on me •s commissioner." He said tbat he saw that money ap propriated was properly expanded. "Yes, I suppose you do see to the (5000," eaid Mr. Goff. Mr. Goff then produced the corre spondence wbioh transpired between Dr. Psrkhnrst and tbe police board. He read Inspector Williams' report in which that offioer said : "I think Dr. Parkbnrst's language is disgracefnl for a man of his intelligence, and clearly shows his animosity against the police department." "Have your opinions of the doctor changed?" "No." "Tbe commissioners were going to throw the doctor's communications into the waste basket at one time," com« mented Mr. Goff. The witness tt Id how be had endeav ored to obtain evidence in Carcoran's saloon, on East Thirty-fifth street, bnt was unable to do so. Mr. Goff then read tbe statement read by Foreman Henry M. Tabor, of the grand jury, in March, 1892, that (7,000,000 was paid in tribute to the police annually. Tbe commiaaitnor excitedly ahonted. "He lied.'' "What!" exclaimed llr. Goff. "One ff the best known citizens iv this city, who hoe frequently been a foreman of our grand j anus 7" "He lied when he said the depart ment collected millions by blackmail," aeeerted Sheehsn. "Did he lie whsn he said the depart ment collected blackmail ?" "He lied as lo tho amount." "How do you knew?" asked the chair man. "Because it is impossible to collect millions without the city rising up and Stamping out tbe practice." "That's what they are going to do," laid Senator O'Connor. Mr. Goff said that an evening paper claimed the police department collected (15,000,000 by blackmail. "Does it lie, or do you not care abont the hostility ef a newspaper?" "It is mii-taken; I don't care for the newspaper.'' "Hew about the liquor dealers paying tribute to the police?" "They did net have to lie. They knew there were two Tammany commis sioners on the board who wenld not allow it," said the commissioner indig nantly. "Ah, Tammany and the liqur deal ers," said Mr. Goff. "Did yon knew President Martin and Richard Croker met a delegation of liquor dealers in the parlor of the Hoffman bonse and agreed to have the money heretofore given to the police paid into the treasury of Tammany Hall ?" Witness professed not to have heard cf It. Goff then made the commissioner un comfortable by showing he had copied the langnage of the circular of tbe Mu nicipal Signal company of Boston, in making • report to the police board on ehe necessity for electric signals for the •police. "He has been guilty of literary pira cy," commented Senator O'Connor. "Bring your private aad pnblie bank books tomorrow," said Mr. Goff. "I will not," said tbe witness. Mr. Goff did not take tbe witness to task for refnsal, bat had the next wit ness called. Tbis was Hermann Spitz an ignerant Austrian. He did not want to testify. It was said he had been in timidated. Tbe story had been only partly deve loped when the investigation waa ad journed until tomorrow. rABKBCKSI'S CKCIADI, f.e Trlii to Enlist Aanrehlsts In th-, €»■■• or Good Government. Niw Yoek, Oct. 20.—Dr. Parkhnrst 4onclnded last evening's series of meet ngs by appearing bsfore a gathering oi the more rampant wing of tbe anar chists of New York and endeavoring t enlist their services in the cause of gooi; government. There were present Eratn Goldman, recently released from Black well's island; Esther R. Martin, ale: late of BlackwelPa island ; Marie Comin - kr, Mme. Michaad, Mrs. R. Rauft, Mr- Elisabeth Harris. Dre. Rew, Bisbnp Moran, Harris and several others ol thi ■sore flamboyant lights of anarchy. The meeting was at the home of Mmc Marie Loaise David, No. 197 VVaverl-. place. Tbe nominal purpose of thi meeting wae to organize what might b sailed a radical branch of the Woman' Municipal league, to have for its mieeie work against Tammany Hall and In good government among the people o tbe East Side who have socialistic ieen injs. The doctor talked mmiitl' to tt.i ••opie, telling tbeci that however mucl. be might differ from them on many matters there were others doubtless on which tbey could agree. It was in tbis spirit he addressed tbem. They agreed to the proposition that the government of the city of New York is not whet it ought to be. He proposed that they join with the other good folk in trying to make it belter. SALISBURY STEAKS. Ha Replies to eteeebsry'S Attack on the limine, eg — ordw. Edinburgh, Oct. 30. —A conference of the Scottish Conservative association was held held here today. A large nnmber of persons were present, and ex- Prime Minister Salisbury made a speech in which he scathingly criticised Rose bery'! speech at Bradford. He described the agitation against tha house of lords as a herring drawn across tbe path of of home rnle. He did not believe Rosebery was in earnest in his proposed vague resolu tions regarding the tiouso of lords. It would bs harmless, and, if submitted to tbo country, it would be in no wise like tho foreign referendum to which Rose bery had likened it. He himself would not speak against a referendum. In fact, he thought it decidedly advantageous in the form in which it existed in America for good government and stability of the government. If the Irish question was once moved out of the way, the house of lords would gradually, though perhaps slowly, settle back into the o,d position in whioli the parties ware evenly balanced. Ha con cluded by saying: ' II the position of handing the government of the country over entirely to a single chamber should come before the country, which I do not believe it will do, we would have to con front the greatest danger the community has had to iace ia many centuries. Rs member that the domination of a single chamber has not been adopted by any considerable country on the face of the earth. But for the house of lords yon would bave SO votes in tbe honso of commons, saleable to the highest bid ding party, making you and your in terests the slaves of Archbishop Welch and his friends." NatTTSPAPICK CIVILIZITION. Xxlracts rrom tha Commissioner of Ed ucation* Report. Washisoton, Oct. .10, —The annual report of Dr. Harris, commissioner of education, sayß 23 per cent of tbe popu lation attends school daring some period of the year. The average per cent of at tendance this year, however, is only 87 days for sach pupil. The report says: "It would seem to be the purpose of our system to give in the elementary schools to every child the ability to read. After he leaves school he is expected to continue his education by reading the printed pages of r.swspapers and books. The great increase cf public libraries in tbe United States is significant of tbe progress toward the realization of this ideal. In 1892 we bad oyer 4000 public libraries, with mors than 1000 volumes in each. The schools teach how to resd, the libraries furnish what to read. But far surpas sing the libraries in educative influence are the daily newspapers end magazines. We are governed by public opinion aa ascertained and expressed by the aows papors to such a degree that our civil ization is justly called a newspaper civil iza:ioo. The library end tha newspa per are our chief instrumentalities for the continuation of the school and the university. Lactate courses and scien tific and literary associations are assist ing largely. The work in tbe churches of the land is an even more potent factor in school extension." BKTAN OBJECTED. The Omaha World-Herald Repents of a Foolish Contract. Omaha, Oct. 30.—1n the district court here a somewhat remarkable case has been filed against tbe World-Herald, which was enjoined from abrogating a contract made several days ago by which the Republican state central committee leased for the remainder of tbe campaign two oolumns on the edito rial page, over which to have complete control. A line appeared over the spaoe indicating that it had been sold to the Republicans, The paper declares tbat the eontraot waa abrogated because the Republicans did not confine themselves to what the paper thought proper cam paign matter. The court granted a tem porary mjunotion and set the case for nearlng tomorrow. The paper's refasal to carry out the contract any longer, it is asserted, is due to the fact that Congressman Bryan, who iB tbe nominal editor, declared that he wonld withdraw if Proprietor Hiteb aack continued to print the committee's matter, which was alleged to be damag ing to Bryan's United States senatorial prospects. The affair haa created a po litical sensation. A Test of Shells. Washington, Oct. 30.—A series of in teresting tests of shells that will pene trate ships having thin armor and then buret inaide was began nt the Indian Head proving groands today. Two of these, one made by the Wheeler Ster ling company and the other by the Midvale Steel company, were tried today. Both were fired with a velocity of 970 feet agaiuat a 7-inch nickel steel plate, and both went through the plate and packing aud into the earth. They were recovered completely uninjured. Commodore Sampson, chief ot the ordnance bureau, ■ays the test showed that both were ex cellent projectiles. The tests will be continued Thursday. Soldiers Jtenqneted. Brooklyn, Oat. 30.—Gsneral 0. O. Howard, commanding tbe department of the east, and Col. L. h. Langdon, re cently in command of tne First artillery of Northampton, were tendered a com plimentary dinner this evening by ho members of the Oxford club a honor of their post services, ibout 100 members being present. Smone the other guests wero General ;; wayne, Gen. Stuart Woodford, Gen. A. ISarnes. Rear Admiral Erbin, Judge 'Odgar Mclver and M. H. de Yonng of •jo Francisco. Gsneral Howard made m address fall of reminiscences of his leas a soldier. Colonel Eangdou and Hear Admiral Erbin made addesses. Wllaon's Campaign. Martinsbukg, W.Va., Oot 30.—Chair nan Wilson bad a stirring meeting here day. He arrived at 1:30 p.m., and 'ter a hasty dinner proceeded to the Antral opera house, where fully 2000 aople greeted bim with the most esr • eot enthusiasm. It was some moments >efore be could proceed with his speech, > loud and proloagcd were the rheoro. (e held tlio crowd in close attention for 0 hour and u half. Eleeris oil heater for bedrooms; no moke or small. Furrey 6c Co. LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY ' MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1804. SOME RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. The Santa Fe Case in Court at Topeka. Arguments on the Subject of Cu mulative Voting. Proeaedluffs DIvmliiMl as to N.hi ■: dent Defendants—The Company Wiookirt by Fori-lgu Managamant. By ths associated Press. Iopeka, Kan., Oot. 30.—In the United States court this morning, Judge Foster decided that the injunction proceedings brought against the Santa Fe stock holders to prevent them from holding an election except by a cumulative ballot, must be dismissed as to the non-resident defendants, but that the injunction most hold aa to the Kansas defendants. The court room was filled with inter ested spectators when Judge Foster opened court, and asked that one of the ttenographsrs present furnish the clerk with a copy of his decision to be filed as a part of tbe court record. Judge Foster said that this company came under the act of 1S3S, defining the district in which a Bait may !?e brought as the district where the plaintiff re sides or in the district whore the defend ants reside. Tbe motion to dismiss the injunction proceeding* was then ordered dismissed as to the non-resident defendants, fi. P. Cheney, J. A. Blair, of New York, and D. B. Robinson, of Illinois, they being the only non-resident stockholders which had been served with processes of the court. Judge Fester then announced that es far as the Kansas defendants, 0. K. Hol iday, C. 8. Glesd, E. Wilder and ],. Severer, are concerned, the injunction must bold, and it was so ordered. The attorneys for the defendants then asked for an extension of time until 2 p. m., that thsy might amend the evi dence they wished to file before pro ceeding with tbe argument of the case on its merits. They said it was neces sary to amend tneir evidence, on ec count of the decision of the court, to whloh tbey wished ta conform. General Tracy said be was opposed to any dilatory proceedings, but tbe ad journment to 2 p. m. was finally con sented to. The afternoon session opened prompt ly. Mr. Woolman was first to occupy the attention of the court with the ins traduction of the plaintiffs' evidence. It consisted ef a number of extracts from tbe first volume of printed records, doc uments and papers prepared by the Santa Fe company. Mr. Woolman made a brief alatemeut for tbe plain tiffs' side, in which he said it would be shown thai nearly every ri>'ht the com pany was enjoying had been granted by the state, and that by accepting these enactments, the rosd had practically abandoned its original charter, and had no right in law to cling to the old pro visions regulating tbe voting. An affidavit from C. S. Gleed, one of the defendant receivers, was ri»d, vhich declared that the Santa Fe had nevsr declared itself a corporation under the laws of !.■>.;:■ r -.3, aad alvseys c'cime-J that it existed under its territorsl char ter. He denied that the Kansas defend ants in the present action were conspir ing or desirous of controlling tbe stock holders' meeting. He affirmed that only 310,000 shares out of tbe 102,003.000 were owned by tbe four defendants named, and that they could therefore I accomplish very little if they desired to control tbe meeting. He died that the defendants had refused the plaintiffs any rights and that the defendants were not trying to perpetuate themselves in office. He claimed that the defendants only de tired to assist in carrying out in the elsotion the unbroken usage of the 35 years' existence of tbe company, and affirmed th..t tbe plaintiff was setting up a claim to a right that was contrary to the charter and bylaws of tbe company. He denied that the defendants desired or intended to vote tbe treasury stock, and said it would a physical as well na a legal impossibility to do so if they did desire it, aa this stock was in the cus tody of tbe receivers. Mr. Dunlap then reed an affidavit from Edward Wilder, treasurer of the Santa Fe, in which he denied that, by availing itself of tbe laws of the state, the company became a corporation of the state, and affirmed that tbe officers and company had always complied with the rights and privileges of their ehar ter and never accepted any law conflict ing with the charter. He affirmed that the provision of the charter in regard to the voting of stock hed always been complied with, and denied tbe desire or intention of the defendants to vote the company stock. Gen. B. F. Tracy made the argument for the plaintiff. It was a thorough presentation of the one central point claimed by the prosecution, whioh is that, although the territorial charter granted to the original Santa Fe company did not provide for cumulative voting, the company had ac cepted subsequent legislation, and that by to doing became amenable to all tbe statute laws governing such a corpora tion, and consequently the latter legis lation providing for cumulative voting, and not the provisions of the old charter. General Tracy said he bad cited abundant authority in his brief to sus tain this position, and it only remained to determine whether the company bad accepted corporate powers from the state legislature. General Traey closed by saying that ths wreck of the Santa Fe road wbb caused, not by residents of this country, but by a foreign management attempt ing to control tbe corporation. At tbe conclusion of General Tracy's argument Judge Foster adjourned court until tomorrow morning ot 10 o'clock. THEY HISSED TYLER. Angry Stockholders at th* Canadian Grand Trunk Bleating. London, Oct. 30. —Tbe long-expected end much-discussed meeting ol the stockholders ol the Grand Trunk rail road of Canada took place today. A large number of angry stockholders were present when the meeting was called to order, and it was evident from the start that a lively time might be ex pected, as Sir Henry Tyler, president of the road, and the directors, as they ap peared, were received with laud cheers from their Bapporters, and with equally strong manifestations of displeasure in the shape of groans and hisses from the peopio who were displeased with their policy. The bust nets of the meeting began •/its a protest against the re-election of Lord Claude Hamilton ne a di rector. Sir Henry Tyler answered this protest hy saying the objection to Lord Hamilton came too late. Referring to the affairs of tbe railroad, the president said that they had met with a succession of disasters in Canada and iv the United States. The serious business depressions in those two coun tries during the pact two years, the question as to tbe currency of silver and the tariff question had delayed or de stroyed all traffic; then there was the coal strike, which was followed by tbe empathy strike at Pullman and its ruin ous consequence". PAYMENT ORDERED. Compensation f..r tha Houthern Pacific* Mi'jare Division. St. Loris, Oct. 30.—An order has been filed in the United Statea court here authorizing the receivers of the St. Louis and San Francisoo company to advanoa money toward the payment of $428,133 duo the Southern Pacifia for the use ot its Mojave division by tbe Atlan tic & Pacific:, the Santa Fe and the St. Louis and Snu Francisco. The order directed that a epecial master be ap pointed to determine the benefits and advantages derived by the three roads from the use of the Mojave division. The iutorost is to be paid by November Ist. CONDCNtfKD XKLK(iI: VMS. A f.pecial from, Quito, Ecuador, Buys: Government troops sre after tbe rebels who arc. fleeing; toward the frontier. A epenial from Shanghai Bays: The young empress of China has committed suicide. She was rebutted hy the em peror who clapped her faos, wberoupan Bho took po'ieon. Polish papers p.nnounce the arrest of an Austrian general on the charge of selling to Bnssia plana of Austrian forti fications. The papers Bay that Russia paid the oflicor one million florins for tbe plan. A special from Berlin says it is be lieved there nre further surprises in store. Count Herbert Bismarok has ar rived in Berlin unexpectedly. It is thought he may he given an embassy or be made councillor to the chanoellor. Antonio Kzeta claims he telegraphed to President Cleveland tbat he was also guilty of the murder of which Cien> fueßoa was accused, and for whioh he was held in Snn Francisco, and Secretary Greshnrn ordered Judge Morrow to dis miss Cisnfuegos. Charles T. Cowden, one of the party of cavalry which captured Jefferson Pa vis, disguised in female attire, In 1805, died of heart disease at Seattle yesterday, aged 52. He waa a Nevada pioneer and a former city councilman of Seattle, and owned considerable property. A Berlin correspondent telegraphs that the emporor and empress gave a farewell audience to Chancellor yon Caprivi. The appointment of Baron Marshal Bierbstein as Prussian minister ie a singular mark of the emperor's con fidence, and proof tbat the German policy will not be changed. Alfred Merritt, ex-president of the Dnlnth and Northern road, has bronght suit against J. D. Rookefeiler and D. T. Gates of New York, charging them with fraud and misrepresentation in se curing control of the Mesaba Range iron mines. He asks judgment against the defendants for $1,260,490. A cpeoial from Os-scai, Vens7.ij9la, Bays: Tea military ha« replaced tha Doiica guarding the city. Tha city is lull of spies. Oresao'B flight is predicted shortly. There bia bsao moro rioiing at Maraicabo. Postaia signed "Yoarra" have been placed on the street corners there, calling on tbe people to riae. Advices from Port au Prince, Hayti, state that an insurrection is imminent between Hayti and San Domingo. An engagement is roported to have taken place October IStn betweon troops of the two republics near the boundary. The Sau Domingo troops, it is said, entered upon Haytien torntoiy and wero re pulsed. Lord Rocsbery yesterday afternoon secured the freedom of the city of Bristol, where he afterwords unveiled a statue of Kdmund Burke. In speaking of Burke the prime minister attributed bis greatness of character to the fact that he loved reform and hated revolu tion. Politicians, he said, would derive a good consolation from studying his life. The headquarters of the Sixth general infantry of Mexico, under Commander General Lorenzo Garcia, is established on the frontier of Gaatemala, in the state of Tabarco. Alfonso Alvarez, an engineer, 1b now preparing to build the government telegraph lines without de lay, to connect Tenorque, on tbe fron tier of Tobasco and Guatemala, to con aeot with tbe lines running north. A speoial from Paris says: In tbe cabinet council at the Elysee yesterday the ministers considered the case of M. Favette, (he high official who almont wrecked the cabinet by charging 4(il) dinnero and six cab fares to the govern ment. At tbe instance of M. Lourties, minister of commerce, President Cas imir-Perier sizned a decree removing 1' uvette from office. M. Uerin, minister of justice, says tbe papers bearing upon M. Faveita'o misconduct will be sub mitted to the attorney-general. Superintendent Byrnes has been di rected by the police commissioners of New York city to make charges siminst all policemen connected with the as sault on the striking cloak makers at Rutger'o iquare, on October 18th. The oomminsioners issued thie order in tho face of Inspector Williams' report to the effect tbat he had investigated the affair and found that the police had commit ted no assaults. At the time tbe al leged assaults were committed, the strikers were forming a parade for which they had scoured a permit. If you have poor appetite, bad taste, foul breatb, use Kamame Bitters, 50 cents per bettle. Advertising. A tale is told of Robert Bonner and of his belief in advertising. One day he engaged a whole page of a ne%vspaper nnd repeated a two line advsrtisemcut npon it over and over again. It must have been repeated 5,000 times upon the page in the ernallest type. "Why do you waste your money, Robert?" asked a friend. "I notioed that same lino bo often. Would not half :. Pago have answered your purpose?" "Half a page would never have caused yon to ask the question," replied Mr. Bonuer. "At least five people will ask that to every lino, was the way I figured it."—New York News. Cellrorala Herb Tea Ii je.st the thing to take at this season. Tf arm weather induces a debt.ltated condition of lite system. Torpid liver, Indigestion and blood diseases assert themselves unless these trouble* are corrected, 'this li best done by the occa. siotial ass of Weta'4 California herb lea, a harmless remedy composed entirely of roots aud herbs, *fl tenia pox pacaagu. J'Or »ale b/ all druggists. TOUTING LAWYERS. The Terrllile Straggles For Law Business In the Metropolis. Tho struggle for lifo Is fierce in all pro fessions. Not the least so In tho legal. A lawyer cannot ndvertise his ability nnd dcatro for business In tho newspapers as a merchant docs hia wares. If he docs, ho Is expollcd from tho ranks in disgrace. Neither ia ho supposed to seolt business in anyway. Ho must sit in his offlco and wait for it to seek him. Doubtliss the great majority of lawyers do not seek busi ness, except through family or club or po litical influence, but not so all of them. There are many lawyers who make it a regular business to seek ncoidont rises, and it is safe to say that every man who Is sufficiently Injured to bo takon In charge hy a policeman nnd conveyed to a hospital is bewildered by the array of legal talent placed nt his service for the purpose of re covering "damages" from somebody. The son of a man recently killed by a street car Informed the writer that ho was besieged by no less than 100 lawyers who were anxious to begin nn action against the railway beforo the breath had left his father's body. They camo to him person ally, they wrcto him lotters—stereotyped letters—of sympathy nnd condolonoc, and offering to relievo Kruno by bringing ac tion at once on a baals of BO per cent or 33 l-.'i percent of amount recovered. Sev eral followed him to the funeral end tried to claim the deceased as all old friond. Homo lawyers actually employ shrewd solicitors who do nothing but follow up all sorts of acoidont's and propose to tho Victims to pay nil advances iv court costs, etc. Two or threo flrmß havo organized themselves Into so called "benevolent as sociations," and woo betide tho wight who retains their services. Tho majority of these lawyers aro miserable fellows, who would not hositato to sell out their clients for a few dollars, though there aro many young men of good parts—who are faith ful to their trusts. Of course obtaining clients in this manner is nothing more or less than barratry and champerty, but it Is difficult to prove the charge. Conse quently tho number of barrators and cham pertora Increases yearly. It is sold that tho pioneer lawyer of this class In tho city is now n millionaire and a member of one of tho swellcst law firms ou William street. —New York Advertiser. MACMAHON AND MANTEUFFEL. On the Verse of a Duel nt tbe End of the Frauco-Pruaslan War. The Cologne Gazette has published sev eral letters, which explain a curious inci dent of the Franco-Trues!an war. Tbat General yon ManteutXel and Marshal Mac- Mahon were very near fighting a duel In tho fall of 1871 has been known generally for 30 years. The circumstances of their disagreement, which have now been ex plained, were these: Mantouffel commanded the German nrmy of occupation, which was holding oer tain parts of France until tbe war Indem nity should be paid. MacMahon command ed tho army of Versailles. ' T called upon Marshal MacMahon cm Sept. 9," Manteuf fel reported to the old emperor, "and ho refused to shake hands with me. I went tho next day to General de Cissey, minister of war, and told him of the affair. I did not mention it toM. Thiers, because he, as a civilian in his high official position, would have complicated matters. I In formed General de Cissey that I felt ag grieved by Marshal MacMahon's behavior and must have from him a declaration that In refusing the hand of a Prussian general he had not intended any reflection os insult. I thought It better to call upon Ganeral do Cissey, who w*o at hand, thas to sand two Prussian gsncraig t> ihe map. bhai." Tlie result of Manteuffel's demand for an apology was this letter, addressed to him from MaoMahon's headquarters: General do Cissey, the minister of war, has just informed me that you felt ogfjrloved by what passed between us yraterday. I regret thia and can hut laud tlie sentiments that you expressed. I declare that under tho circum stances In question my Intention waa anything else rather than to be offensive to you. Please accept, general In chief, tho assurance of my high consideration. 51. db MacMauok, Duke of Magenta. This letter served to keep tho peace, al though it did not allay the enmity which MaoMahon and Manteuflel ever felt to ward each other. Their Choice. People who find it tiresome to read c book more than once will scarcely credit the story which is told of one of the Scilly isles. The entire library of this llttlo Is land consisted, a century or moro ago, of a single copy of tho "History of Dr. Faus tus. '' As most of the Inhabitants wero able to read—provided words wero not too dlffloult —tho conjurer's story had boon handed from honso to house, until from perpetual thumbing very little of hfs onchantmonts or his catastrophe was left legible. When this alarming state of things be came evident, a meeting of tho principal Inhabitants was called to discuss what could bo dono to rotnody it, for the people must have something to read. A proposal was mado and carried that a3 soon aa the seoson permitted any inter course with Cornwall a supply of books should ha ordered. The question arose what thoso books should br;, but at last it was settled amicably that nn order BhouM bo transmitted to Penzauco for another copy of the ' History of Dr. Faustus." And then the meeting joyously broke up.— Youth's Companion. Kenovatlnn; Candy. A maohine has been patented "to clean and put in oatablo shape" any kind of confectionery. It is doubtful if anything could hnvo been devised which would be moro appreciated by the patrons of the old confectionery women ou tho corners. Take your antique guradrops, for instance, and throw them into the vibruting sieve of tho machine. This sieve is concave aud lined with a brush that is something between a carpet sweeper nnd a squirrel's tail. Run ning lengthwise of the slovo and having a sweoplng motion is a long brush mado of the finest bristles. Tho body of this brush is hollow, and by moans of a blow fan on top a blast of air is forced between the bristles on tho goods. There is now no reason why candy should not bo renovated lilto feather bods.—Boston Transoript. A Sore Way. Ethel—Hero Is the loveliest housecoat that I bought for Tom, and ho doesn't seem to care for it tho least bit. Clara—l can tell you how to make him value it above everything. Ethel—Oh, how? Clara—Tell him that you've given it awny to some poor man.—London Tit- Bits. Constantinople has 1,000,000 people, who aro kept in order by 1,000 policemen. In 1800 only 8,000 arrests were mado, but 60 for drunkenness. A Orcwsomo Cnrio. A English hunter after "ourlos" has been trying to secure the carriage in which M. Caruot was sitting when Ce sario stabbed him. To induce the town council of Lyons to let him have it ha offered £2,0(10, to be devoted to the poor or the hospitals, tot tha e£«r was rofusei SEARCHING FOR THE ENEMY. Japan's Fleet After Chinese Vessels. Guns and Ammunition Captured by the .laps. 1 The Campaign In Menchnrla Now Wei t d r Way -- Colonel Hanni ken Summoaed to Fekln. Br th» Associated Prass. Yokohama, Oot. 30.— Hearing the Chinese fleet had lelt Wei Hai Wei the Japanese fleet has started eastward in search of the Chinese vessels. Hiroshima, Oct. 30.-The Japanese foroes which have been pursuing tbe Chinese north of the Yalu river, cap tured at Atnng '20 guns, many rifles and quantities of ammunition and provi sions. London, Oct. 30.—The Times tomor row will pnblish the following dispatoh irom Tien Tsin: The greater part of the Chinese forces were destroyed before Chu Leang Chang was evacuated. General Huug'e official report praises the valor of the troops, but confesses they were outmatched by the enemy's weapons and training. Colonel Hanniken, the German ofßoer who waa formerly aide-de-camp of Li Hung Chang, and who rendered great service to the Chinese admiral in tbe preat naval battles fought between the fleets of China and Japan, has been sum moned to Pokin by imperial edict, to consult with the government iv regard to tbe military situation. A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Choo Poo says : A fleet of Japa nese transports, proteated by 10 war ships, has been seen lauding troops on the main land of Wang Tung peninaala, north of Elliott's island. Washington, Oct. 30.—Minister Den by, in a oabie to the state department from Pekin todny, says the Ohinese forces have been defeated at Chem Lien Chong and bave retreated to Moukden ; also, he reports the Japanese have taken one of the Chinese forts at Port Arthnr. Tha scene of the first engagement is just across tbe Yalu river in Manchuria, and it marks the first reel aggressive movement by tbe Japanese on Chinese soil. The Japanese are supposed to have formally entered upon a cempaign with Moukden, tbe Manchnrian capital, as tha objsotive point. Unless tbey are fully prepared to make a winter cam paign, something heretofore unknown in eastern warfare, they will be obliged to foroe the fighting, as only 15 days re main before cold weather comes. In tbe neighborhood of Port Arthnr where a second Japanese success is reported, tbe winter climate is not so severe, and operations msy be main tained until much later. Experts in Washington believe that Port Arthur cannot be reduced by the Japanese without the use of heavy siege artillery, and as far as reported, the Japanese are not supplied with this. Inasmuch as the capture of Port Arthur g'vo JupsK control t?f toe sull oi Pc Chi Li, a.-.« cut off the Chinese capital from cemmuaicitiou with the sea, it is be- tnAt tee .!r--. an—•• forces w ,11 make a most determined effort to c»t-tt>ra the fortress. Belief that tbey are prepared to do this, even if it involves a long siege and winter campaign, iB borne out by the fact that agents of tbe Japanese government in this country have quietly bought np vast stores of goatskins and practically cornered the market. These skins are oommooly used in China and Japan as a necessary part of a soldier's winter raiment. Tacoma, Oot. 30.—The ten carloads of pig lead sent here for ehiprhent to Japan on the steamer Taooma, will be left ashore when tho steamer sails at mid night. No reply has been received from Colleotor Saunders' dispatch to Washington asking for orders, and in consequence several carloads of the lead, which were loaded on the steamer this morning, were unloaded late tbis after noon by order of the deputy colleotor. If the lead can go it will be shipped by the next etoainer. The metal was ac cepted as freight two months ago before China and Japan declared load contra band of war. A STRANGE AFFLICTION. The Mysterious Case of Annn May Barnes of Surrey County, Vft. MissAurm May Barnes Of, Claremont, Survey county, this state, has been in a most rentalkabio state o! mind for the past month, ami ucjie has Veen able to diagnose her disease. She was first taken down with a nervous prostration, caused, it was thought, by becoming excited at a religious meeting She was seized with violent convulsions and many times was thought to be dying. Bbc has had ns many as 03 spasms in a single night. During tho first of her illness Hho was occasionally delirious, and her actions reminded one ot a person with delirium tremens. She would imagine ehe saw her own coffin and would plead fearfully to bo taken away from the cause of her horror nnd fright. Before the townspeople had heard c' the death of Dr. Randall at Oakford, Pa., sho stated that tho old man had passed away, accurately described the room in which ho died and repeated the inscription on tho plate of the casket. Since thou sho has lingered between life aud death and hp.s beeu pronounced by her physicians several timos unable to live for but a few hours, yet today Bhe is apparently strong in body. Iler mind, howover, seems to be completely trans formed, and her actions oavor strongly of tho supernatural. Sho seems to be a being of some other world than this. Last evening, while in an unconscious state, sho sang "In the Lowlands," n Hong of 13 stanza?, most beautifully. When conscious, she could remember but a few lines. Sho uover sang beforo her illness, but now her voice is a rich, clear, melodious soprano. With her eyes securely bandaged sho roads pas sages from the Bible. To show that tho young lady was entirely aud wholly unconscious, tho lid of her eye was lift ed, when it was seen that the eyeball was completely turned round, and only the white of the eyo could be seen. What her disease is no one can tell. Whether ot not she is growing insane is a rjnestlon, It is the opinion of many that tho is a medium of great spiritual #oweis.~Pet.f\it*isrg (Vn.) Special to be LoaaS UU>o»-£)cmoerut;. A CURIOUS CALLING. Sweeping For Lost Anchors In the Bottom of Vineyard Sonnd. Sweeping for lost anchors is one of the curious and remunerative trades of Martha's Vineyard sailormen. When a likely spot is reached, the sweeping lino is made ready. It is small, about the size aud strength of a whaloboat's towline. In its middle two weights aro bent nhont 10 feet apart. One end of tho line is fastened to the stern of tho eohooner, while the other is taken into tho boat. Three men step into the boat and row some distance away from the eohooner. Then they range the boat so she will drift with the tide with the weighted sweopline on bottom. Schooner aud boat proceed et equal speed, and the line between the weights drags on the sand ready to catch on any projection, be it anchor, wreck or sock. The man in the stern of the boat han dles the sweep most gingerly. He is evi-r in readiness to pay it out when it catches ou an obstruction. Sometimes a milo of water will be swept before the line brings np. Then comes a sudden yank, and all hands are ou tho gui vive. Tli3 boat signals the schooner to stop, and the vessel is brought into the wind so as to lie practically motionlesa The crew of the boat back on the oars, while the man in the stern slowly hauls in tho sweepline, being very careful not ta dislodge it. Foot by foot it cornea into the boat, as that frail craft gradually draws near tho schooner. Then one cf the weights comes to the surface, and a few seconds Inter tho sweep between the sinkers is examined for traces of rust. If the line exhibits tho reddish tinge, the sweepers are confident that an an chor has been oaught. Tho utmost care is exercised so ns not to dislodge tho lino from the linke ot stock of the an chor, for if that accident occurs the la borious work must be repeated. The men in the i ehooner havo at hand a chain or heavy rope, In one end of which ia n thimble or oye. Tho other 01 freo end Is bent to tho swoepline and then carefully pulled down to the ob struction, Under or around it and to the surfaco by the boat's orew. When this work is performed, a chain occupies a position formerly held by the sweep. The freo end of the nhnin having been passed through the eya at its other end, a sort of slipnooso or running bight is thus formed. The uooso is worked down to the anchor, and when the sweepers are reasonably euro it has fallen to the proper position strain la brought to bear on it, and an effort is made to raise tha anchor to the surface. If tho auchor weighs 60,000 pounds, it is a difficult matter to break it out of the sand, but by dint of backing and filling the schooner this is usually ac complished, and tho ungainly mud hook is raised to the surface and got aboard by means of purchases. If the anchor is in good condition, it can be sold, according to the iron mar ket, at varying prices. There are today a hundred tons of anchors thus secured by Vineyard Haven sweepers that should bring 8 cents per pound.—Boston Her ald. 1b» curt cotiiinesl is now nothing, like its DWtia We know it almoat from cad to ova end l:uc -c along each of its lines of longitude and parallels of latitude. True, Rider Haggard has civ illy tried to cliticr us back into the old paths of eerie belief, but though he does well in the matter and gives ua momentary thrills ha fails to convince ns. His thousand year old queens and cavernous ti ensure chambers are exceed ingly welcome, yet when wo get to the word "Finis" it is nil up with fancy. We shut the book, exclaim, "Pretty good for a lie!" and resume our unroi mantic work at so ranoh an hour or so much a year, fundamentally unconsoled, though the romancer has romanced ever so closely to nature's lines. As for commonplace, "Once upon a time," we laugh it out of court. The tale that presumes to come before ns marked across tho brow with the words, "I'm a plcnshig but wholly improbable story,"may be good onough for out children in knickerbockers and short frocks, but it won't do for us. We de mand subtle Stories of living nnd mov ing individuals, and every notion and gesture of the persona on tha pages must ring and feel true aud thoroughly ra tional ere the book an 3 whole can be praised,—All the Year Round. Whit Causes Pimples ? Clogging of the pores or mouths of the seba yy —i oeoos glands with so >. jS s~\ bum or oily matter. f aW W*& . "** of f,enum ,n \ I ' the cent re ot Use pimple f V .-. is called a blackhead, gsaib, or eoinedone. i/ Nature will not .allow the clogging of the pores to continue long, hence, Isil'.usniuatloa, pain, swelling, and redness, later piss or matter forms, breaks, or Is opened, the plug corac3 out,and the polt is onco more free. There nro thousands of', nese iwrcs la the face alone, any one of which Is liable to become clogged by neglect or disease. What Cures Pimples? The only reliable preventive and cure, ivjie* not due to a constitutional humor, is Cuticura Soap. It contains a mild proportion of crtTICCTUt, the great Skin Cure, which en- able? it to dissolve tho sebaceous *PpSra— >. or oily matter as rj. gTN J rnnns at the months of \ \ \* p J I the pores. Vj ,iv £ It stimulates tho sluggb.h glands and j \W" ; jf tubes to healthy activ- I \> \ " ' / By, reduces iuflsimma- J . ¥ tion, soothes and heals / * V irritated assd roughca.vl surfaces, and restore* the slsin to ita original purity. Tills is the secret of Its wondcrfnl nieces*. For bad complexions, red, rough hands eaat shapelcra nails, dry, thin, nnd falling hair, sca>y and irritated scalps, and simple baby blemishes It la wonderful. Sold throughout tho world. PoTTKB PatlO A.M' CiSLH. COBP., Eol«. B»*> prietors, Boston. .1 Women Full of Pain* A«*h<»". nr. A vrakTieKsrMi f.nil comfort* B'rrntrHH, nnd vitMitv ia Cutlciint PtaMPf, :*•*» f.vn aril) on!;/ pftln-kiUlug, ncrvc-L'tro:;gi;i2air.j,; i :uv.o