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VOL. X.
SHE LIKES AGNES.
Miss Huntington, the Singer,
Has a Friend in the Pres
ident's Wife,
And Is Accorded Several Dis
tinguished Marks of
Her Esteem.
The Public Printer Makes a
Statement in His Own
Defense.
Doings in the House—The
General Budget of Capi
tal News.
Special to the Globe.
Washixcton, March Mrs. Cleve
land attended the opera to-night, not
only on account of the opera, but also
because of her friendship for Miss
Agnes Huntington, the history of which
Is quite romantic. Several years ago
when Miss Huntington, then less known
as a singer, was making a concert tour
through the United States, she sang at
Wells college, where Miss Folsom was
then a student. Miss Folsom took a
great fancy to Miss Huntington, made
her presents of flowers ami became
quite well acquainted with her. Then
the two parted. Miss Huntington con
tinued her studies of music in Germany
and several years ago was again sing
ing this country. She was at Washing
ton when Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleve
land was mistress of the White house,
and was invited by her to sing there.
She accepted the invitation, and
a party of Miss Cleveland's
friends were present, and among these
were M ss Kiunkie Foisom and Miss
Van Vechtcn, who were then the presi
dent's guests. No one suspected then,
however,* that Miss Folsom was to be
Mrs. President Cleveland. Now Miss
Huntington again sings in Washington,
and to-night her school-girl friend, as
the first lady of the land, comes to heat
her. Yesterday she asked her to visit
her at the White house, and at noon
Miss Agnes Huntington aud her mother
spent ;i 'pleasant hour with her. Mrs.
Cleveland is a good German scholar.and
she was especially anxious to have Ger
man songs sung. She is an ardent lover
of music, and Miss Huntington sang for
her Fesslers' "Behut diet Gott Lassens
Vorsatz" and a new song entitled
"Three Love Hours," which was espe
cially composed for Miss Huntington,
and which was sung at this White
house meeting for the first time in
public.
THE PUBLIC PRINTER.
He Says a Word or Two in His
Own Behalf.
Washington, March.".— The special
committee appointed by the house to
investigate the management of the gov
ernment printing office > outinued the
cross examination of Public Printer
Benedict tins afternoon, Mr. Gallingcr
conducting it. The questions pro
pounded related principally to the dis
missal of employes who were ex-soldiers
or their widows and orphans. Mr. Ben
edict claimed that he had followed the
spirit of the civil service law in making
the appointments and removals, and
that be bad observed the provisions of
the statute, which gives preference to
soldiers. He denied that he had been a
party to or was aware of any canvass
that had been done in the 'government
printing office in the interest of
the Democratic campaign in New York
or Maryland, or that he bad stocked the
office with people from his borne town—
Ellenville, N. Y. Mr. Benedict ac
knowledged that he had not given a
hearing to soldiers who wen: discharged
from the government printing office and
who wanted to meet the charges and
accusers with a view to being rein
stated. Fie did not. think this was nec
essary or that there had been any de
mand for it. The cases of the dis
charged proof-readers were then taken
up, and Mr. Benedict gave his reasons
for their removal, the chief reason be
ing that he had consolidated certain bu
reaus in the office, therefore rendering
unnecessary the employment of the
large force then on hand, lie said that
there had been no complaint about the
present force and denied that any docu
ments or other matter had to be re
printed on account of errors discovered
in the first print. A number of bills
and several reports said to contain er
rors were then shown him and he said
that what errors they did contain
were such as would occur in any print
ing office. The witness was also shown
several ifovermnent publications con
taining errors of different kinds and he
again said that they were errors likely
to occur in any print: office. Ad
journed till Monday.
THK HOUSE.
It Passes the Pacific Railroad Tel
egraph Bill.
Washington, March 3.— lTenry C.
Seymour, successor to Seth C. Moffatt,
of Michigan, deceased, appeared before
the bar of the house and took the oath
ot office. Mr. Lind, of Minnesota,
asked unanimous consent to consider a
private relief bill. Mr. Bland, of Mis
souri, while refraining from making ob
jection, declared that the regular order
ought to be more frequently called for.
This congress seemed to have been con
stituted a court of appeals for all re
jected claims. It was proceeding to dis-
E ose of the surplus with all kinds of
ills that could be imagined. The pub
lic mind had become debauched and
corrupted with the bills that had
been passed by this congress,
and it was time to call a
halt. The bill was passed. Mr. Laird,
of Nebraska, from the committee on
military affairs, repotted the bill au
thorizing the construction and repair of
the roads from the entrance of the Pre
sidio at Han Francisco to the National
cemetery. House calendar. Mr. Dar
gan, of South Carolina, from the com
mittee on banking and currency, re
ported the bill authorizing the issue of
fractional silver certificates. Commit
tee of the whole. Mr. Cram, of Texas,
from the committee on the election of
president and vice president, reported
hack his joint resolution proposing con
stitutional amendments changing the
time for the commencement of the
presidential, term and changing the date
for the annual meeting of. congress.
Ilouse calendar. The liouso then re
sumed, as .
;■■;* THE SPECIAL, OIJDEK,
the consideration of the Pacific railroad
telegraph bill. Mr. White, ot New
York, took the floor in ooposftion to the
measure. He thought that all remedial
! legislation should "make the punish-
Itnent fit the crime," and that before.
timbering up the statutes with volum
inous enactments, legislators should as
sure themselves that those enactments
QTTT^T'n A 1^ - : ISSUE.
would have the desired effect. This
bill afforded the government no new
remedy. There was buncombe in it,
but there was no legislation in it. If
abuses there were in the management
of the Pacific telegraph lines, the exist
ing laws afforded a complete, adequate
and speedy remedy. Instead of hang
ing the victim first and trying the ques
tion of his guilt or innocence after
wards, it would be better to try the
question first and punish or
acquit afterwards. lie could
not see the necessity of en
cumbering the statutes with page after
page of legislation when a better result
could be accomplished by a single
section, the necessity of loading a Col
umbian to shoot a canvas back. He
then proceeded with a legal argument,
in which he contended that under the
terms of the contract between the Union
Pacific company and the Western Uuion
company, a vested right had been
created which could not, under the de
cision of the supreme court, in the
Union Pacific sinking fund case be in
terfered with by congressional action.
He wished, he said, to present some
statistics in regard to the Western
Union Telegraph company— this ogre,
this octopus giganticus, this devil-fish—
which has been brought before the bar
of the house for condemnation for hav
ing preyed upon the blood of the
country and sapped its vitals. Those
statistics covered twenty years, and
showed that while in 1807. the Western
Union had wires enough to go three
times round the globe, and made
an average charge per message of
$1.04, in 1887. it wires could
encircle the world twenty-one times,
and the average rate per message was
30 cents. No other country, he said,
enjoyed such facilities for telegraphing.
As to cost, the figures showed that tele
graphy was really cheaper than in
Europe. The minimum rate in England
for 250 miles was 88 cents for twenty
two words; the rate from Jacksonville,
Fla., to Oregon— the longest district in
this countrj— was $1.21 for ten words of
message and the entire address and sig
nature. Mr. Belden, of New York,
asked why it was that a higher rate was
charged between Washington and Cort
land, N. V., twin to Syracuse, a more
distant. point? Mr. White replied that
that was a matter of interstate com
merce. Mr. Belden replied that the
fact was that the Western Union raised
rales within a week after opposition
ceased. Mr. White said he had statis
tics at baud to answer for him, and upon
them he was willing to rest. In conclu
sion, he said that
HE WAS HEBE TO PROTEST
against anarchic and communistic legis
lation, which would seek to legislate
away the property of a man acquired
honorably and honestly under (lie forms
of law. Mr. Synies, of Colorado, said
that the purpose of the bill was merely
to compel the subsidized raiiroads to
comply with the conditions and pro
visions of the grants creating them.
The contracts between the Union and
Central Pacific Kailroad companies and
tin- Western Union Telegraph company
were void alt initio, and no lawyer in
America knew it better than the gentle
man from New York (White). They
were at the time they were made, and
they still were, in direct violation ofthe
express provisions of the statutes, and
the grants creating the Pacific railroad
and telegraph companies and were in
violation of public policy and against
public law. There were numerous
authorities to show that all
pooling contracts, with certain limita
tions were void, and no contract could
be enforced if its conditions were
against the general good. The contracts
under consideration had been made
with the object and intention of defeat
ing every substantial requirement of
the grants. After Jay Gould and his
ring had conducted the Union Pacific as
long as he could make anything out of
it he had walked off, leaving the com
pany bankrupt and taking with him
among the assets the telegraph lines,
with which he levied discriminating
tribute from the people west of the Mis
souri river. Mr. Dockery. of Missouri,
said that under the granting acts the
Pacific companies were required to con
struct not only railroad lines but also
telegraph lines. Instead of doing so
they had assumed to divest themselves
of their obligations by contract with
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, conferring upon that com
pany the exclusive right of
way along the railroad lines. The acts
of congress requiring that the telegraph
lines along the Pacific railroads should
receive all business without discrimina
tion were nullified by this unlawful
contract with the Western Union com
panj. Upon these unlawful contracts
the gentleman from New York (Mr.
White) had erected a superstructure of
vested rights. Toe very language of the
contracts showed that the railroad com
panies had no right to enter into them,
lie did not share in the unreasoning
prejudices which were manifested in
some quarters against corporations. But
the people had rights which the corpor
ations must respect. The danger to
corporations lay in their disposition to
overleap the confines of statute law and
set at defiance the will of the people.
Vaulting ambition was liable to over
leap itself, and Jay Gould had better
take cognizance of that fact.
TIIE PEOPLE HAD BIGHTS,
and if trod upon might go to extremes.
The people of the United States were
patient, but their representatives upon
this floor, without distinction, had thus
far in the conduct of this debate mani
fested a disposition to put hit and
bridle on further encroachments of the
Western Union company. Jay Gould
and the other managers of that com
pany must no longer attempt to evade
the statute law, but must bow in grace
ful deference to the will of the people.
Competition was essential to the highest
and best interests of the whole people,
and if necessary (he believed it to be
necessary) the power of that govern
ment must be exercised to secure to the
people that perfect equality, without
discrimination, which was the very basis
upon which rested the whole fabric of
our institution. The pending bill was
an initiative measure of reform
which speaking to Jay Gould,
said in no uncertain tone:
"Thus far shalt thou go and no farther."
Monopoly was a plant of foreign growth.
It was an un-American, unrepublican
growth, and should not be allowed to
take root in American soil. lie
desired to appeal to no predju
dice in the discussion of this question,
but ho was in earnest about this propo
sition, that no one man in this country,
although he was worth - jS3O,OOO,<M),
should dominate the country and suc
ceed in his attempt at universal mon
opoly. Let congress pass this bill and
say to Mr. Gould that if he did business
in this country he must do it on business
principles, recognizing the right of com
petitors to exist, and that though 'his.
millions might be invoked in behalf of
monopolies, he would not succeed be
cause the people, without party distinc
tion had ordered to the contrary." [Ap
plause.] Mr. White then offered his
substitute, which was rejected 1 without
division, and the bill was passed. Yeas
197, nays 4 (Bliss, Ketchani, Merriam
and White, of New York.) -
On motion of Mr. Randall a bill was
passed relieving certain volunteer and
regular soldiers in the late war and the
war with Mexico,- from the charge- of
desertion. Mr. Bland, of Missouri,
moved that the house adjourn, and, this
motion being defeated, in order to pre
. vent requests for unanimous consent he
demanded the regular 7 order.' The
house then adjourned.
SAINT PAUL, MINN. SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 4, EIGHTEEN PAGES.n
PAT ALLEN'S CASH
Is Laid Where Patsy Cardiff
Can Add Enough to Double
the Pile.
The St. Paul Pugilist Willing
to Fight Cardiff for From
$1,000 to $2,500.
The National League Dele
gates Adopt a Schedule
of Games,
And Make Some Important
Changes in the Existing
Rules.
Pat Killen is after Patsy Cardiff's
scalp. He came to the Globe office
last night, with money to back what he
said, and gave it out that he preferred a
match with Cardiff ahead of everybody
else. "I know he is a good man," said
he, "but I want him to come to time and
fight me." Killen had a certified check
for $500, which he left at the Globe
office, with the document which follows:
Of late many "cracks" have been
made through the public prints about
"faint-hearted Pat Killen." Meantime
I have been attending strictly to busi
ness and getting myself into shape. I
am now ready to do a little "cracking"
myself, and to back my defi with my
own money. Patsy Cardiff has said that
1 cannot lick a postage stamp, and
also asserted 7 that i am afraid
to fight. As a guarantee of
my willingness to meet Cardiff, I here
with deposit with the Globe a certified
check for $500 for a match with Cardiff
for from 11,000 to §2,500. If the windy
Patsy Is not afraid to meet me let him
cover this deposit and name a time when
articles can be signed. lam after Car
diff above all others, and want to force
the issue of which of. us is the better
man. Money talks, and I want a plain
answer from Cardiff, or let him here
after hold his peace. Pat Killen,
Champion of the Northwest.
San Fkancisco, Cal., March 3.—
James Keenan, tho Boston man who
arrived to sail the Peterson-O'Connor
boat race, will send East at once for Pat
Killen to come out and fight Joe Mc-
Auliffe, who recently knocked out
Paddy Ryan in. three rounds. Keenan
thinks that one round with Killen will
settle the California champion.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUERS.
A Grand Kick Made Over the
Schedule Adopted.
Special to the Globe. .
New Youk, March 3.— President Day,
of the New York club, and Al Spalding,
of the Chicago, are not much elated
over the schedule of games adopted at
the annual meeting this morning. It is
the practice to have the schedule com
mittee composed of representatives from
the various clubs in rotation, and this
year Chicago and New York were not
represented in the schedule committee.
As a consequence, they are not at all
satisfied with the manner in which
it was arranged. Mr. Day says
the schedule is unfair and unjust,
and attributes its manipulation to
the intrigues ot Harry Wrnrht, of . the
Philadelphias. His principal cause of
complaint is that only eleven Saturdays
at home are given his team during the
season. The Philadelphias are to open
the grounds at Boston and New York,
and it is Mr. Day's opinion that that
club hits succeeded in securing all the
good dates, The Chicagos are in the
same fix, and the representatives of
these two clubs are of the opinion that
the other clubs combined against them.
It. is said the fight over the schedule by
the committee was long and bitter.
THE SCHEDULE.
Boston at Home— Philadelphia, May 25,
26, 28 and 29; July 30-31; Aug. 1; Sept. 24,
25, 26. Indianapolis. May 30. morning and
afternoon; May 81; June 1; Aug. 9. 10, 11;
Oct. 6, 8. 9. Pittsburg, June 2. 4, 10; Aug.
6, 7, 8; Oct. 11, 12. 13. Chicago, June 14,
15. 16, 18; Aug. 16, 17, 18; Sept. 28, 29;
Oct. 1. Detroit, June 8, 9, 11, 12; Aug. 13,
14, 15 ; Oct. 3, 4, 5. New York, June 19, 20,
21, 22; Aug. 2. 3.4. 30, 31; Sept. 1. Wash
ington. Juno 25, 25, 26, 27; July 26, 27, 28;
Sept. 2, 4, 5.
Boston Abroad— At Philadelphia, April 20,
21, 23, 24: June 29, 30; July 2; Aug. 20, 21,
22, Washington, April 25, 20, 27. 28; July
19, 20, 21;. Aug. 23, 24. 25. New York,
April 30; May 1, 2, 3; July 23, 24, 25 ; Aug.
27, 28, 29. Detroit, May 5. 7, 8, 9; July 14,
16, 17; Sept. 15, 17, 18. Pittsburg, May 10,
11. 12, 14; July 11, 12. 13; sept. 20, 21, 22.
Chicago, May 15, 16, 17, 18; July 7. 9, 10;
Sept. 7, 8, 10. Indianapolis, May 19, 21, 22,
23 ; July 4, a. m. and p. m.. July 5 ; Sept. 11,
12, 13.
Chic ago, at Home— lndianapolis, May 1, 2,
3, 4; Aug. 2, 3, 4; Sept, 24, 25, 26. Washing
ton. May 5, 7, 8. 9; July 11, 12, 13; Sept. 20,
21. 22. New York, May 10, 11, 2. 14; July
14, 16, 17; Sept. 11, 12, 13. Boston, May 15,
16.17, 18; July 7, 12; Sept. 7, 8, 10.
Philadelphia, May 19, 21,22, 23; July 4,
a. m ana p. m., July 5 Sept. 15, 17, 18.
Detroit, May 24, 25, 26, 28; July 19, 20, 21;
Sept. 3, 4, 5. Pittsburg, June 19, 20, 21, 23;
July 30, 31; Aug. 1, 27, 28, 29.
Chicago, Abroad— lndianapolis, April 20,
21. 23, 24 ; July 23, 24, 25 ; Aug. 30, 31 ;Sept.
I. Pittsburg, April 20, 27, 28. 30; June 20;
July 2; Aug. 20, 22. Washington, May 21 a.
m. and p. m.; Aug. 9, 10. 11 Oct. 0, 8, 9.
Philadelphia, June 2, 4, 5, 0 ; Aug. 6, 7, 8;
Oct. 11, 12. 13. Boston, June 14, 15, 16. 18:
Sept. 28, 29; Oct. 1. New York. June 8, 9,
11, Imi Aug. 13, 14, 15; Oct. 3, 4. Detroit.
June 25,20,27.28; July 26, 27, 28 ; Aug.
23 24, 25.
Detroit at Home— Pittsburg, May 1, 2, 3, 4;
July 23, 24, 25 ; Aug. 2, 3, 4. Boston, May
5, 7, 8. 9; July 1,16, 17; Sept. 15, 17, 18.
With Philadelphia, May 10, 11, 12, 14; July
11.12, 13; Sept. 11.12. 13. Washington,
May 15, 16, 17, 18; July 7, 9, 10; Sept. 7, 8,
10. New York. May 19, 21, 22, 23; July 4,
a. m. and p.m., July 5; Sept. 20,21,22.
With Chicago. June 25, 26, 27, 28: July 26.
27, 28; Aug. 23, 24, 25.- Indianapolis, June
20, 21, 22, 23; July 30, 31; Aug. 1, 27, 28,
29. :;:-;-
Detroits Pittsburg, April 20, 21,
23, 24; August 30, 31; September I, 24, 25,
26. Indianapolis, April 26, 27, 28, 30;
June 29,30; July 2: July 2; August 20,
21,22. Chicago, May 24.25,26. 28; July
19. 20, 21; September 3, 4, 5. Philadelphia,
May 30 a. m. and m.; May 31. June 1;
August 9, 10. 11; October 6, 8, 9. Wash
ington, June 2, 4, 5,6; August 6, 7, 8;
October 11, 12, 13. New York June 14.
15, 16, 18; August 16, 17, 18; September
28, 29; October 1. Boston, June 8, 9. 11,
12; Augustl3, l4, 15; October 3, 4, 5. - -
. Indianapolis, At Home— Chicago, April,2o,
21, 22, '23, 24; July, 23, 24, 25; Aug., 30.
31; Sept., 1. Detroit, April, 26, 27, 28,
30; June. 29,30; July, 2; Aug,, 20, 21.
22, New York, May, 5, 7, 8, 9; July, 11, 12,
13 ; Sept., 7, 8, - 10. - Washington, May, 10,
11, 12. 14; July, 14. 16, 17; Sept., 10,17,
18. Philadelphia, May, 15, 16, 17. 18; July,
7, 9, 10: Sept., 20. 21, 22. Boston, May 19,
21, 22, 23 ; July, 4 (a.m. aud p. m.), 5 ; Sept.,
11,12,13. Pittsburg, June, 25, 26,* 27, 28;
July, 9, 20, 21 ; Sept., 3, 4. . , ,
Indianapolis. Abroad— Chicago. May 1, 2,
3, 4; Aug. 2, 3, 4; Sent. 24, 25, 26. At
Pittsburg, May 24, 25, 26, 28; July 26, 27,
28 ; Ang. 23, 24, 25. At Boston, May 30, a.
m. and p. m. ; May 31; June 1; Aug. 9, 10,
--11; Oct. 6, 8, 9. At New York, * June :2. '<■ 4
5, 6; Aug. 6, 7, 8; Oct. 11, 12,* 13. At Wash
ington, June 8, 9. 11, 12: Aug. 16, 17,; 18,-
Sept. 28,29: Oct. 1. At Philadelphia, June
13, 14, 15, 16: Aug. 13, 14, 15; Oct. 3, 5.
At Detroit, June 20. 21, 22, 23; July 20, 31;
Aug. 1, 17, 28, 29. "/-*• * V
New York At Home— Philadelphia, April
25. 26, 27, 28 ; July 26," 27, 28 ; Sept. 3, 4, 5.
Boston, April 30, May 1, 2, 3 July 23,24,
25; Aug. 27, 28, 29. Washington, May 25,
26, 28, 29; July 30, 31, Aug. 1 ; Sept. 24.25'
26. Pittsburg, May 30 a. m. and p. m., May
31, June 1; Aug. 9, 10, 11 ; Oct. 6, 8, 9. to-;
dianapolis, June 2. 4, 5, 6 ; Aug. 6, 7, 8 ; Oct
-11, 12, 13. Detroit, June 8, 9, 11, 12; An***."
16,17. 18; Sept. 28, 29, Oct. 1. Chicago,-
June 13, 14, 15, 16 ; Aug. 13. 14, 15 ; Oct. 3,
4. 5- ._-,
New York. Abroad— At Washington • April
20, lii. 23, 24; June 29, 30; July 2: Aug. 20,
21, 22. Philadelphia, May 5, 7, 8, 9: July
11, 12, 13; Sept. 7, 8, 10. Chicago, May 10,.
11, 12, 13; July 14, 16, 17; Sept. 11, 12, 13.
Pittsburg, May 15, 16, 17, 18; July 7, 9, 10;
Sept. 15, 17, 18. Detroit, May 19, 21.22,
23; July 4, morning and afternoon, July 5:
Sept. 20, 21. 22. Boston, July 19, 20, 21,
22; Aug. 2, 3, 4, 30, 31 ; Sept. 1. Philadel
phia, June 23, 25, 26, 27; July 19, 20, 21;
Aug. 23, 24, 25. , ; [,J
Philadelphia at Home— With Boston, April,
20, 21, 22, 23, 24; June, 29, 30;Ju1y,2: Aug..
20, 21, 22. Washington. April 30; May 1,2,3;
July 23, 24, 25; Aug. 30,31 ; Sept. 1, Detroit,
May 30 a. m. and p. m. ; May 31 ; June 1 ; Aug.
9, 10, 11 ; Oct., 6, 8, 9. Chicago, June, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6 ; Aug. 6. 7. 8 ; Oct, 11. 11, 13. Pitts
burg, June 8, 9, 11, 12; Aug. 16, 17, 18;
Sept. 28, 29; Oct. 1. Indianapolis, June 13,
14, 15, 16; Aug. 13, 14, 15; Oct. 3, 4, 5. New
York, June 23, 25, 26, 27; July 19, 20, 21;.
Aug. 23, 24, 25.
Philadelphia Abroad— At New York, April,
25, 26, 27, 28; July, 26, 27, 28; September.
3, 4, 5. Pitsburg, May, 5, 7, S, 9; July, 14,
16, 19; September, 11, 12, 13. Detroit,
May, 10, 11, 12, 14; July, 11, 12, 13; Sep
tember, 11, 12, 13. Indianapolis, May, 15.
16, 17. 18; July, 7, 9. 10; September, 2i\
21, 22. Chicago, May, 19, 21. 22, 23;
Suly. 4 (a, m. and p. m.), 5; September, If-,
17, 13. Boston, May, 25, 26, 28, 29; July*
30, 31; August, 1; September, 24, 25, 2t\-
Washington, June, 18, 19, 20, 21 ; August,
2. 3, 4; September, 27, 28, 29. s -
Washington.at Home— New York.April 20,
21, 23, 24; June 29, 80; July 2; Aug.
20, 21, 22. Boston, April 25, 26. 27, 28;
July 19, 20, 21 ; Aug. 23, 24, 25. . Chi
cago, May 30, a. m. and p. m.. May 31 *, June
1; Aug.. 9, 10. il; Oct. 6, 8, 9. Detroit.
June 2, 4, 5, 6; Aug. 6. 7, 8; Oct. 11, 12,
13. Indianapolis, June 8, 9, 11, 12; Aug.
16, 17. 18; Sept. 28, 29, Oct. 1. Pittsbnrg,
June 13, 14, 15, 16; Aug. 13, 14, 15; Oct..
3, 4, 5. Philadelphia, June 18, 19, 20, 21;
Aug. 2, 3, 4 ; Oct. 27, 28, 29.
Washington, Abroad— Philadelphia. April
30; May 1. 2, 3: July 23, 24, 25; August 30,
31 ; September 1. Chicago, May 5,7,8,9;
July 11, 12, 13; September 20, 21, 22. In
dianapolis, May 10. 11, 12, 14; July 14, 16,
17; September 15, 17, 18. Detroit, May 15,
16, 17, 18; July 7, 9, 10; September 7, 8, 10.
Pittsburg, May 19, 2 >, 22. 23; July 4 (a.m.
and p.m.), 5; September 11,12, 13. New
York, May 25, 26", 28, 29; June 29, 30, July
2, 30. 31; August, 1. Boston, June 23. 25,
26, 27; July 26, 27, 28; September 3, 4, 5.
Pittsburg at Home— April 20,21,
23, 24; Aug. 30. 31; Sept. 1, 24,25.26.
Chicago, April 26, 27, 28. 30; June, 29, 30;
July 2; Aug. 20,-21, 22. Philadelphia, May
5, 7, 8. 9; July, 14, 16, 17; Sept. 7, 8, 10.
Boston, May 10, 11, 12, 14; July 11, 12, 13;
Sept. 15, 17, 18. Washington, May 19, 21,
22, 23; July 4, a. m. and p. m., July 5 ; Sept.
11, 12. 13. Indianapolis May 24, 26, 27,28;
July 26, 27, 28; Aug. 23. 24. 25.
Pittsburgs Abroad— At Detroit, May 1, 2, 3,
4; July 23, 24, 25 ; Aug. 2. 3, 4. New York.
May 30 (a. m. and p. m.), 31; June 1 Aug.
9, 10, 11: Oct. 6, 8, 9. Boston, June 2, 4, 5,
6; Aug. 6, 7, 8; Oct. 6, 7, 8; Oct. 11, 12, 13.
Philadelphia, June 8, 9, 11, 12; Aug. 16, 17,
18; Sept. 28, 29; Oct. 1. Washington, Jnne
13, 14, 15, 16; Aug. 13, 14, 15; Oct. 3, 4, 5.
Chicago, June 20. 21, 22, 24; July 30, 31;
Aug. 27, 28. 29. Indianapolis, June 25, 26,
27, 28; July 10, 20, 21 ; Sept. 3, 4, 5.
THE ONLY CHANGES -fi
made in the report ofthe schedule com
mittee were to appease the demands
and stop the kicking of the Chicagos and
Detroits. Dates in June were changed;
for the Chicagos at Boston and New
York, and the Detroits at Boston and-*,
New York, the dates being "counter-^
changed. - ■ ■ '■-■-. , '
Base ball men over ran the Fifth Aye-")
nue hotel to-day, among them being
Wheeler Wickoff, president of the'
American association Phelps and M. L.
Lyons, of Louisville; and James A. :
Williams and F. Robinson, of Cleve- '
land. Shortly before noon the arbitra
tion committee, consistine of Rogers.
Spalding and Young, of ths league,.,
and Phelps and Byrnes, of the associa
tion, went into session to dispose of the;
question of territorial jurisdiction in
Kansas City, and other matters. At
this evening's meeting of the National
Base Ball league the sessions were
concluded. The board or arbitration,
which went into secret session
shortly before noon, finished its work at
half-past 3 o'clock. The Kansas City
club question was the first thing consid
ered. A long debate ensued over the
problem whether the Association club
should be granted an exclusive ran-,
chise or not. The Association delegates,
Barney, Phelps and Williams, were all *
for their club, while Spalding, Rogers;
and Reach for the League refused to '
vote. The matter was left undecided.
Manager Yon der Ahe, of the St. Louis
club, introduced the case of Halliday,
who is claimed by both the St. Louis .
and the Dcs Moines clubs. As the mat
ter had been reported before, the board !
refused to have anything to do with the
matter, and in consequence Halliday
goes with Dcs Moines. In the case of
Geise, over whom the London club, of
Canada, and the New Orleans club have
been fighting, it was decided that the
Canadian club had the best right to his
services. After the settlement of the
club disputes 'S:Tk's':
- 7.: : '_ THE IUILE COMMITTEE
immediately entered into a conference
with a committee from the National Re
porters' association, comprising Messrs.
Chadwick, Stackhouse, Mulford, Man
dego and Morse. The audience con
tinued over an hour, after which the
reporters withdrew and the committee
began the work of revising the rules.
The result was announced at sp. m. In
the rules on base running a new section
was added which reads as follows: • , *
"In the fourth column shall be scored
bases stolen, and shall be governed as
follows: Any attempt to steal abase
must go to the credit of the base run
ner whether the ball is thrown wild or
muffed by fielder. But any manifest:
error is to be charged to the fielder mak
ing the same. If the base runner ad
vances another base he shall not be
credited with a stolen base, and the
fielder allowing such advantage -is
also to he charged with an error .t
lf a base runner makes a start and a
battery error is made the runner. re-*"
ceives the credit of a stolen base and?
the battery error is scored against the
player making it. Should a base, run->
ncr overrun a base and then be put out'
he should receive the credit for * the
stolen base." Under the head of base
hits, as an amendment to section 3," rule
65, the following was adopted; "That
when a player reaches first base through
an error of judgment, such as two field
ers allowing the ball to drop between
them, the batter shall not be ci edited
with a base hit or the fielder charged
with an error, it shall be scored as
an unaccepted chance and the batter
shall be charged with a time at the
bat." Another amendment to rule 65
reads as ; follows: . "That in all cases
when a base runner is retired, by being
hit by a batted ball the batsman shall
be credited with a base hit." New Sec
tion No. 7to rule 65 says: "An earned ';.
run shall be scored every time a player .
reaches home base unaided by errors
before chances have been offered to re
tire the side •of three men ;; but bases ■
on ; balls, *•" though summarized as 7 er
rors, shall ' be credited : as fac
tors in earned runs.'?; In rule 66, a new
section No. 8 was inserted to read that
the number of. men struck out shall be ;
included- in * the summary. • The last;
change was an addition to section 3 of
rule 22, as ; follows: "After * the first
striker in each inning shall be the bats
man whose 1 name ; follows that of , the,
last man who has completed his turn at
the bat in the preceding inning." i ...-. ,. ■ '
Monday, , the American : association >
will meet at the Clarendon hotel, Brook
lyn, and .prepare 7 its * schedule for the *
coming season, and ;in the evening, at
the same place a dinner will be given to
the league and association by the Brook
lyn Base Ball association. Immediately
; after the adjournment of the. rule com-:
CABLE CAR COMFORTS.
Seated in cable car,
Two feet of space,
Car booms along - ..7:
At a pretty fair pace.
"Stops at the corner,
Lady most sweet
•Smilingly enters
And gobbles your seat.
Bang goes the gong,
And click goes the grip,
Off once again
On the homeward-bound trip.
Men get on this side,
And women on that,
Using your feet
For a common door mat.
Stream keeps a-coming.
Car stops, of course.
Would from snch "joy"
You could get a divorce.
mittee. Bob Ferguson, J. 11. Gaffney, J.
McQuaid and Hermann Doescher, asso
ciation umpires, met and received in
structions as to the new rules and direc
tions as to the construction to be placed
on the scoring rules.
THE CHAMPION WALKER.
Albert is Welcomed to Boston by
a Great Crowd of People.
Special to the Globe.
Boston, March 3.— James Albert,
champion pedestrian of the world, ar
rived in Boston this morning via the
Fall River line, from New York. He
was met at the union depot by a delega
tion of his friends in this city and after
the party had taken carriages a pro
cession was formed, headed by a full
military band. By a circuitous route
they proceeded to the Adams* house,
where the champion was serenaded and
cheered by fully 20,000 people, who
awaited his arrival. At the depot at
least 10,000 people cheered the champion
on his leaving the train, and "a big
crowd followed the procession all over
the line of march. -The procession
was preceded by a banner
on which was printed the words, "Wel
come to he World's Champion." Then
came the band and a carriage contain
ing the champion, his wife and Manager
Skinner. The carriage t was very taste
fully decorated, while the horses were
decked with si 1 American " flags. j Fol
lowing the carriage of the champion
came carriages containing Gov. Cart
wright, : Connor, Noremac, Guererro,
Hegman and other pedestrians, who
came on with Albert, and who intend to
compete in next week's race. Albert
visited Mechanic's building to-day, and
ran a couple of laps around the track.
He said it was as good a track as any
he had ever run over, and he predicted
that a new one-half hour record would
be made on it next week. >c 5' 1 : ; ; v;
ROBBED HIS FRIEND.
A Duluth "Slugger" Puts the Fin-
ishing Touch to His Career.
Special to the Globe. ;'i • f~7J- .
Duluth, Minn., March 3. Pugilism
has received two set backs in Duluth
to-day. Last, night the mill between
Charles Gleason and William Allcock
was such a fake, Allcock refusing to
stand up after two blows on the nose
and one in the stomach, occupying alto
gether three seconds, that Manager
Jackson, of the Duluth, said that he
would never have another contest with
gloves at his theater. Allcock to-day
capped the climax by running away
with $125 in money, a suit of clothes,
four shirts and a diamond, the property
of "Black Frank" of Ashland, another
pugilist with whom he roomed. "Black
'rank" was Allcock's second last night,
and after leaving the theater Frank dis
covered that Allcock, instead of having
a rib broken be Gleason's first blow, was
not hurt at all. Allcock arose early this
morning and helped himself to all
Black Frank's valuables. The pair oc
cupied the same room, and have trav
eled together considerably. Allcock re
ceived *4*2 of the gate receipts at the
theater last night besides what he took
from Black Frank. The officers think
Allcock is in St. Paul. ;.;v ..>-;•:
Won on a Foul.
PiTTsnunG, March The hard-glove
fight between Mat Mullette, of this city,
and Jack Brennan, of New York, for
$100, took place on the steamer May
flower at Davis island dam early this
morning, Mullette winning in the four
teenth round on a foul. Brennan had
ail the best of it from the start to finish,
dancing all around his opponent and
landing on face and neck at will. Mul
lette took his punishment gamely and
stuck to his wiry young tormentor,
though scarcely once getting in a telling
blow, except in the clinches, when he
used right and left on Brennan's ribs
and stomach. In, the fourteenth round,
while the men were clinched,7Brennan
butted Mullette in -the face and the
referee gave the Pittsburger the fight
on a foul.
A Turf Scandal.
• Louisville, Ky., March 3.— The di
rectors of the Louisville Jockey club
met at noon to-day In secret session at
the office of Col. M. Lewis Clark, con
sidering charges made by Capt. Sam
: Brown concerning the Derby of 18S2.
The impression in turf circles is that
nothing sensational will come out of the
case. It is fully anticipated that Capt.
Brown will simply repeat his last asser
tion that he made no charge, but simply
told what had been repeated to him and
Joe Burt will probably do the same and
there the matter will rest.
New Orleans Races.
7 New Orleans, March The track
to-day was fast. . .'-.'■ Vi'. '■''■
First race, four and one-half furlongs—Blg
goyet first. Persimmons second, Delia third/
Time, jo****,-*.
Second race, five-eighths of a mile— Princess
first, Mirth second, Dutchman third. Time,
1:01. -
*■ Third race, three-fourths of a mile—En
durer first,- Walker second, Full ■ Sail third.
Time," 1:181!].
Fourth race, seven-eighths of a mile— Red
Leaf first, O'Fellus second. Little Sullivan
third. Time, !____
i College Base Ball League.
. Qn Friday afternoon the State Col
lege Base Ball League will hold its an
nual meeting at Hamline university to
make \ arrangements ;' for the „ spring
Series of games between; the .Minnesota
colleges ■ and : universities . and the St.
TIME, 6 P. M.
I'ac .ed n as tignt
As sardines In a box,
Squeezed till you're tall
As six feet in your sox^.
Held by your eye-brows.
The skin of your teeth,
Longing In mind
For your own native heath.
Struggling to free one's self,
Gasping for breath, .
Give man his liberty.
Else give him death.
Oh, it is elegant,
Simply immense.
And the cost of the "fun"
Is a nickel— five cents.
Thrice happy those brutes.
Cow and horse, in fact, all,
That can travel in style
With each one his own stall.
Paul and Minneapolis High schools.
There are prospects that Carleton col
lege and Shattuek will enter this sea
son, while some advocate the exclusion
of the High schools, in order to make it
more of a college league.
Minnesota Valley League.
Special to the Globe.
SPAKorEE, March 3.— Efforts arc being
made to form a base ball league to be known
as the Minnesota Valley league, with clubs
at Shakopee, Jordan, Belle Plaine, Hender
son, Cbaska, Le Sueur and St. Pater.
Sports, Limited.
. C. W. Ryder pays Manager names "5500 for
the score card privilege on the St. Paul
grounds for the season of 1888.
St. Louis will make another attempt to se
cure llolliday.
SPEAKER CARLISLE.
He Gives His Views Regarding
the Tariff Issue.
WicniTA, Kan., March Speaker
Carlisle is here on a visit to his sick son.
ln regard to the chances for tariff legis
lation by this congress, he said:
"l think a bill to reduce the tariff will
be passed during the present session of
congress. A more considerable number
of articles now dutiable will be placed
on the free list, and the rates will be re
duced on many others. As j far as pos
sible . under, the . circumstances taxes
will be abolished or. reduced on the raw
materials used in our manufacturing in
dustries, and on the necessaries of life.
Free raw material will greatly reduce
the cost of production, and thus benefit
the manufacturer and the laborer, as
well as the consumer of manufactured
goods, If combinations and trusts
could be broken up and prohibited,
so as to allow the natural law of
supply and demand to compel free
and fair competition in the production
and sale of commodities, free raw ma
te rial, even without a corresponding re
duction of duty on the finished product,
would afford a large measure of relief
to the people, lt is evident, however,
that so long as high tariff is retained on
finished articles those combinations to
limit production and „m aintain hitch
prices cannot be prevented, and there
fore free raw material would not of it
self be sufficient. When a raw ma
terial is made tree there should be also
a reduction of duty on the articles made
from it, and this, 1 think, will be the
policy of the Democratic party in con
gress. 77-7 1 ."7-4 J*;"':
The principal contest will be over the.
question of free wool and a correspond
ing reduction of taxes on woolen goods.
These two changes alone, if they can be
made, will not only give the people
cheaper clothing, but will reduce the
revenue $12,000,000 or $15,000,000 per an
num without injury to industry.
"Will there be a reduction of internal
tax?" ;;;*
"There is no substantial reason in my
opinion for the repeal of any part of the
tax on tobacco, but there is a demand
for it in some parts of the country, and
it may be conceded as a compromise.
Tiie 'people need cheap food, cheap
clothing, cheap medicine, cheap books
cheap tools and implements to work
with much more than they need cheap
whisky, cheap tobacco and cheap beer.
The government must have a revenue,
and I believe the best way to raise it is
the imposing of taxes on luxuries iin
ported'from abroad and luxuries pro
duced and consumed at home, leaving
the real necessities as free from taxation
as possible.- Still all legislation is the
result of compromise and concession,
and I am willing to agree to the repeal
of the tobacco tax if we can thereby se
cure the necessary relief and reform of
the tariff." ; ---7*
"Do you think the policy recommended
by the president will be adopted?"
"Yes, 1 think the general policy rec
ommended in the message will be pur
sued."
His Sister Saved Him.
Aberdeen, Miss., March James
A. Bailey, the young man who created
such havoc with his revolver at the
school house Wednesday, was saved by
the heroism of his sister. Miss Bailey,
a sister of the young man, jumped be
tween her brother and his enemies and
saved his life. After Bailey had dis
charged his pistol he made his "escape.
He was provided with a horse and lied
home. There his wounds were dressed
and he started out through the country,
and has not yet been heard of by the
authorities.
An Old-Time Murder.
Vincennes, Ind., March 3.— lntense
excitement • prevails in Shoals, lnd.,
over the arrest of John C. Jones, county
commissioner; ; Mr. Stanfield and James
Archer, charged with the murder of
Jock Ballard, a federal soldier, twenty
four years ago. Albert Qualkinbush
turned state's evidence. Jones is out
on $10,000 bail. Stanfield and Archer
are in jail, and Stone, who lives near
Olney, will be arrested.
The Cassidy Case.
Chicago, March v 3.— The jury in the
case of Maud Cassidy, charged with the
abduction for ' immoral :.'■ purposes of
Blanche Bonneville, was discharged this
morning, having failed to agree.
Randall Has a Bill.
Washington, March 3.— Mr. Kandall
says he will introduce his tariff ; bill in
the house on Monday arid that it will be
referred to the committee .' on", ways and
means to take the same course as the
Mills bill. , ;
THE END IS NEAR.
Approaching Dissolution of
the Tory and Unionist
■■':.■.'■'■ -.: — , . „
Combination.
The Power Wielded by Mr.
Parnell as a Statesman
and Debater.
Gladstone's Unexpected Tac
tics Greatly Annoying to
the Government.
Germany's Crown Prince Un-
doubtedly Dyiag--General
Foreign Intelligence.
CoDvrlght Cable to the Globe.
London, March 3.— The belief pre
vailing in Liberal and Parnellite circles
that the government will come to grief
before many months have passed grows
stronger as the session of parliament
proceeds. This opinion is also pri
vately held by a number of Tories, al
though they dare not publicly express
it. Still in their conversations at the
clubs they do not disguise the fact that
they have little confidence in being able
to hold the coalition together when once
the government is fairly launched upon
the open sea of legislation for the coun
try. . Mr. Gladstone is in great health
and spirits. He looks a little
older than he did last session,
but his mental and physical activity
_- unabated, and his interest in the po
litical battle is as keen as ever. Mean
while his pacific attitude and tone in
debate continue to exercise the minds
of the Tories. Sir Richard Webster,
the attorney geueral, yesterday paid a
long visit to the government leader, Mr.
Smith, In Grosvenor place, and it is
understood that the subject of their de
liberations was the danger which the
government instinctively feel lint can
not clearly see lurking in the, unex
pected tactics of Mr. Gladstone. The
truth is that the Liberal leader has at
last learned the lesson— which bis in
variably sanguine temperament ren
dered difficult— that the Liberal union
ist will go to all lengths with the Tory
government so long as the coercion of
Ireland is the business in hand. The
best, indeed the only, chance of
breaking up the alliance is to force the
ministry into constructive legislation.
It is felt that in the county government
bill. Lord Salisbury's reactionary ten
dencies are bound to manifest them
selves In such direct terms that it will
be impossible for any radical unionist
to follow them. With a view of accel
erating this result Mr. Gladstone de
precates all obstruction and recom
mends his followers to pursue no tactics
which the Tories can make an excuse
for delaying: the production of their
promised measure. The speech of Mr.
Parnell on Wednesday in which be em
phatically repudiated obstructive tactics
and urged members to put away their
fads and accelerate the government's
reform of procedure shows plainly that
the two great leaders of th*- opposition
have joined hands.
IT IS CURIOUS TO REMEMBER
the broken and ridiculed utterances of
the young member for Heath In 1875,
and to contrast them with the elabor
ate and weighty discourses of the mem
ber from Cork, awaited with the deepest
interest by politicians of all sections,
and repeated verbatim by all the Lon
don newspapers. Mr. rarnell's suc
success as a parliamentarian owes
nothing to his physical gifts. His
bearing is stiff, and his voice, though
clear, is monotonous and harsh. His
manner of speaking is characteristi
cally tin-Irish. He eschews rhetoric,
and abhors all talk. His sen
tences are short and -.un
adorned. His jokes, if he ever
condescends to make them, are of re
spectable antiquity and the cold smile
which follows them to like a moonbeam
on ice. He has in great perfection the
faculty of precise, anil intelligible state
ment, of satire and of restrained in
vective. But, of course, the main ele
ment of his immense success lies in the
fact that he embodies a cause, and be
lias brought to its furtherance a shrewd
intelligence, an iron will and an almost
unique power of concentrating himself
on a single end. Mr. Parnell concluded
his speech by warning Irish members
not to embarrass the government,
clearly indicating that he wished to
hurry the unholy alliance on to
their doom. At the same time
it is stated that the advanced
or Tory-Democratic section of the gov
ernment has prevailed to the extent of
securing very wide and liberal provi
sions as to the nature of the county
electorate and the arrangement of areas.
Mr. Ritchie and Walter Long, win*, as
president and secretary respectively of
the local government board, are offi
cially charged with the preparation of
the measure, are known to favor what
Lord Randolph Churchill called the
"Frankly Democratic" principle of
local government. The government
has made the very important
and excellent resolve that the
local government bill shall be
introduced before Easter. Their opin
ion concurs with Mr. Gladstone's that
this is absolutely necessary to secure its
passage this year, and it may be as
sumed that the second reading will be
taken about the middle of April. The
boundary commissioners have not en
couraged the ministers to believe that
their work can be complete by the loth
inst., which would be necessary if the
framework of their report is to be
printed as one of the schedules of the
bill upon introduction. That it
must form such a schedule Is
a matter of course, but there m
o reason why this should not lie added
in the Easter holidays after the publica
tion of the bill. There is strong reason to
believe that the measure proposes the
election of about a fourth of th-i county
board by the elected member from
among the magistrates, upon the basis
of analogy to the position of aldermen
in town councils. This will be likely to
form
OSS OF THI MOST CONTESTED points.
There would obviously be less objec
tion to the proposal if the analogy to
the town councils were strictly main
tained and a proportion of the elected
members were established with a se
curity of tenure like that of aldermen.
Already some political controvcrsal
ists .. are preparing their minds
by reference to the debates, more than
fifty years ago, upon the corporations
bill", when thii present mode of electing
aldermen was by." no means accepted
with universal satisfaction. The es
sence of reform in local governments is
the functions of the new bodies and that
definition the cabinet have deter
mined to , shirk by dealing with
licensing in a; separate bill. : The sense
of importance; which members of parli
ament appear to attach to this declara
tion can hardly be'' exaggerated... .Such
was not the policy of 7 tno V predecessors
He lay !n his bed :
With a pain his head.
And shouted aloud this rude warning:
"Deprive me of fame
And filch my good name, <*
But give me my Globe in the morning."
nis wife, in a huff.
Screamed back this rebuff,
Her hubby's great rage deftly scorning:
"I'd like to, you know, :■:_'■'■
But I cannot do so. .\ V* d
For the boys steal our Globe every morn
ing."
NO. 64.
of Lord Salisbury's administration.
They relied upon : the resolutions ac
cepted by considerable majorities in tho
house of commons and upon the need of
licensing reform, so long acknowledged
by the country, to aid in the parsing of
the general measure. The government
have determined to delay, if not to trifle
with, this great question. Mr. Kit -hie
is the only minister who lias made posi
tive statements, and he has pledged tho
government to the introduction of the bill
not later than the 15th. The assur
ance he has given to the licensed victual
lers that the local government bill shall
not contain provisions affecting the
licensing authority has led to belief
among Liberal and even among a num
ber of Tory members that the govern
ment will meet with serious difficulty in
the progress of the bill. Privately it is
alleged that London, which enjoys po
litically high favor with the government,
has been the difficulty. But that can
hardly be true, because the government
might have found in the drafts of their
fredeesora abundant excuse for omitting
ondon until its organization is reformed
from the licensing clauses of the bill.
F.MIN* pasha:
The collection of Emm Pasha's letters
and geographical records from Africa,
which have been translated into English
and edited under the auspices of Dr.
Felkin and Dr. Schweinfurth. has just
been published. The book, though
dealing with events which are several
years old and not bearing directly on
Dr. Emm's actual position at Wadelai,
to not without special interest in con
nection with the relief expedition of Mr.
Stanley. In the meantime, Mr. Stan
ley's friends are becoming exceedingly
nervous under the prolonged absence of
news from the explorer or his party.
The king of the Belgians expressed his
anxiety for Mr. Stanley when the year
1887 closed without bringing any intelli
gence, ln England the feeling of con
fidence which lias hitherto been steadily
maintained, has been rudely shaken by
the latest advices from Central Africa.
There can be no question that the as
pect of affairs is now extremely grave
and more good than harm is likely to
follow a frank admission of the fact.
The Austrians seem to think other
wise, judging from the report telegraphed '
from Vienna this week to the effect
that no news could be expected from j
Mr. Stanley until next month. How
ever, a dispatch has just been received
from Brussels saying that there is a
great deal of talk at the Belgian capital
of dispatching another expedition by
the Congo route. A report just re
ceived from Livingstonia, the mission
station on the promontory at the south
end of Lake Xyanza, gives some Inter
esting information as to the progress of
the Arab power in the region of tho
groat lakes. At Livingstonia serious
news was received from Karonga, thu
African Lake company's station
at the northwestern end of the
lake. The Arabs had made a
wanton attack on the natives, and
after burning several of their villages,
had threatened the English nation. Tho
Arabs in the vicinity were apparently
not numerous, but owing to the policy
of refraining from interference iv
native quarrels and abandoning the
stations when attacked, adopted by the
English missionaries and trading
agents. * y, '':•■•.
THE AliMss have grown audacious.
• As a result the Arab traders are seri
ously threatening. European influence
in the region. Correspondents write
that the increase of Arab power in Cen
tral Africa and the enormous growth
of slave hunting and the slave
traffic in consequence are not so serious.
A German traveler states that he found
extensive districts depopulated and
burned by the Arabs In the Kassal and
SaiiKjirur regions. The wave of reviv
ing Arab power which has been spread
ing westward from the Zanzibar coun
try is now spreading southward also.
In short there is strong evidence that
the disturbances ou the Tanganyika
and N'yanza, and it may be added at
Stanley Falls, are not due merely to the
turbulence of isolated ivory and slave
hunters, but arc part of a concerted
movement. The suggestion certainly
throws a new light on the ac
tion or inaction of Tippoo Tib
at Stanley Falls, and on the appearance
of Arabs west of the Aruwimi on the
Welle-.Makua, and may well increase
anxiety as to the fate of Stanley. Sev
eral equally as well known African
travelers as Prof. Lenz to-day give facts
and figures showing that Mr. Stanley
should have reached Km in Bey about
the middle of August and been heard
from by the middle of December at the
latest, if no disaster bad befallen his
expedition. It is known that his route
was swarming with Arabs, who had
congregated tor the sole purpose of pre
venting him from reaching his destina
tion.
THE CROWN PRINCE.
There ls Almost Absolutely No
Hope for His Recovery.
Bkui.in*, March 3.— The imperial fam
ily has ceased to hope for the recovery
of the crown prince. The first results
of the microscopic examination by Prof.
Waldmeyer, as communicated to the
emperor, are unfavorable, disclosing
traces of cancer in the pus arising from
necrosis of the cartilage of the larynx.
The full official report of Prof. Wald
meyer, will be delayed until Dr. Reck
linghauser makes an analysis. Dr.
Ziemmsen will probably also be re
quested to examine the pus. Apart
from the results of the examination,
court dispatches confirm the prog
ress of symptoms tending to
ward a fatal issue. The occasional
appearance of improvement is followed
by a renewal of the gravest indications.
Thus, on Thursday, the crown prince
seemed stronger and in brighter spirits,
but during the following night then!
was an access of diarrhoea, with slight
fever. The newspaper reports from
San Remo conflict While the National
Zeltung says the patient is sleeping
well, that his spirits and appetite are
better, and that he holds himself erect,
the Borsen Courier and Nordentsehe
Zeitnug on the same day report that he
had a bad night. The decrease in his
strength has %&_%&
CAUSED A SADDENING CHANCE
In his aspect and has transformed him
from a robust into an aged and debili
tated man, who is obviously sufTcrinir.
The conflict of reports does not weaken
the fact, based upon absolute informa
tion, that in the highest official quarter
every hope has been abandoned of his
recovery. No immediate Crisis is ex
pected, but it is recognized that a sud
den change for the worst may occur at
any moment, causing his death if the
disease should be permitted to run its
full course. The crown prince may bo
able to return to Berlin in May and
pass his list days there. The question
of the period of bis return will be the
only subject having tbe remotest
political bearing that will be dis
cussed during Prince William's pres
ence at San I'emo, and the fl deci
sion arrived at will depend upon the
personal Inclination of the crown prince
and princess, combined with the advice
of the physicians. Since his family
have recognized that a fatal Issue is
most probable, the crown Mime him
self has expressed an urgent desire to
return to Berlin as soon as possible,
lie has stated his intention to tbe em
peror, who. coinciding with the crown
prince, has relinquished his proposed
Journey to San llcmo.. The respites
from suffering that the crown prince
obtains encourages confidence that ho
will be able to return to Berlin, if he
, : . Continued 011 Seventh l'sige.