Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1881, Page 6

« TWENTY “PAGES, ory was soon dispelled when a swaggering form FOREIGN. . The Weather in England and France the Hottest on Record. Fearful Correction of an Error in the ' Russian Barn-Borning Dis- patch, One Hundred and Nineteen In- stead of Nineteen Peco- ple Killed. The Sentence. of Hessy Helf- mann Commuted by _ the Czar. The Prophet of the Vatican Not With- out Honor Save in His Own Country. Remarkable Anti-Catholic Dem- onstrations in the City of Rome. The Weekly Review of Social and Political Affairs in London. Parnell Has Weakened His Influence by His Record of the Past Week. The War Between Free Trade and Pro- "|, tection Now Waging in Ear- nest. A Begalar Boston Boy-with-the-White- Eye Orops Ont in Paris. GREAT BRITAIN. PRESIDENT GARFIELD’S CONDITION. : Spectal Cable. Eonnos, July 16, English newspa- pers have ceased publishing lung dispatches about-the attempted assasination, but the | President's progress is still, watched from this side with profound solicitude. Bulletins are transmitted twice and thrice daily. The calls at the American Legation are still nu- merous, although confidence of ultimate re- covery has taken the place of anxiety. No week during this session has witnessed more OUTRAGEOLS CONDUCT ON THE PART OF THE IRISIL members. Not content with a series of stud- ied insults ‘to Secretary Forster, the Land- eaguers again -resurted to systematic obstruction, and when Mr, Gladstone + on Thursday night announced the resolve of the Guvernment to take ayote onthe emigration clause that night the Irish fury found vent in spiteful abuse wm, of Mr. Gladstone. This brought forth a "* stern’ rebuke from Mr. Bright, fol- lowed by fresh brutalities against Sec- retary Forster, ending with a ten min- utes’ speech from Mr. Gladstone, which those who heard it say was never surpassed for glowing indignation: Lf the Parnell faction cared fur anything they mmight take warning from the united senti- ment of the Llouse, enforced By a decla- ration of their must Radical and nearly last. friend among the English members, Mr. Collings, who denounced the proceedings of Messrs. Biggar, Healy, and O*Connor as ex- ceeding all bounds, and heartily supported -. the Government. THIS RENEWAL OF IRISH OBSTRUCTION, Lord Randolph Churchilt aiding, has upset calculations about the speedy passage of the Dill in the House of Commons, and confirms the belief that there is no chance of this session ending much before September. Mr. Gladstone now hopes that the bill will get through the Committee on Wednesday, assuming that the Irish defeat is so complete and ignowinious that furthernagging from that quarter is im- probable. Messrs. Wealy and Biggar nar- rowly esvaped naming a third time, inyoly- ing suspension for the remainder of the ses- sion. ‘The Land-League journais protess to explain their hostility to the emigration clause on the ground that the Engli seeking to depupulate Ireland. ‘Th members privately consider that the limita- tiou of the sum expended to $1,000,000 ren- ders the clause almost inoperative. THE MOST RADICAL OF THE UtISH JOURNALS denounco the stories sent by cable to the. New York Fenian organ of an imminent re- bellion as brazenly audacious lying. Mr. Redpath mildly observed . at-a recent meeting that if arrested no English nobleman could cross. the Mississippi without risk of being shot or of being held as a hostage for his release. The qmenace was apparently tal seriously by the multitude present. Thus is Lrish agita- tion fomented. a Declarations of various degrees of impor- tance in favor of protection appear almost daily. Christopher Sykes, Member of Par- Jiament ier Yorkshire, and an intimate friend of the Prince of Wales, speaking yesterday. at the meeting of the Agricultural Society, AVOWED HIMSELF A PROTECTIONIST, and said that what England now wanted was not free trade, but fair trade. possible for her to flourish without restric- < tion of foreign competition. Admitting the importance of cheap food, he urged far wages and steady employment as equally important, but unobtainable under. the existing system. Lord Sanden, a prominent inember of the last Government, vehemently tiveighed against the present policy of suf- + fering foreign bounties and other interfer- ence with trade without retaliating. There isevery probability that the Anglo- French Taritt Commission will proveavortive. The French proposals, called *.A Tariff for Discussion,” are regarded by the English Commissioners as inadmissible. A counter proposal, which will be submitted shortly, is not expectéd to be accepted: by the French negotiators. Mr. Barthelemy St. Hilaire, the French Foreign Minister, told a corre- svondent yesterday that he regretted THE VROMABILITY OF ENGLISH REPRISALS, and admitted that they would seriously in- jure’ French interests, but thought it most unlikely a new Chamber would modify the tariff This contemplates a deadlock of - conmercial negotiations, -followed by a bit- ter contest, THE | ADJOURNMENT OF THE MONETARY CONFERENCE the April gives rise to reports that the dele- gates have abandoned their etforis to effect an agreement. The Economist thinks this uulikely, and anticipates the reassembling at the date fixed. It believes the adjournment was arranged to suit the French dele gates aud the Governors of the Bank of France. It calls attention to the declara- tion of the Italian Chambg: against the obligatory circulation of silver coined abroad, and believes this foreshadows the withdrawal of Italy’ from -the Latin Union, in discussing the United States trade retums.. the Economist considers — that the power of ) Aunerica to take gold from Europe is much greater than it wasa year ago, but that the necessity for doing so is less. It anticipates that America will receive payment of a Jarger portion of her trade debt in com- mmodities rather than specie. MIL PARNELL AND IIS ASSOCLATES made a last stand against the Land bili on the emigration clause. State aid to emigra- tion is much opposed by the clergy for many obvious reasons, one being that every emi- grant who sails from Queenstown represents a loss to the parish priest of 20to 30 shillings a year. Mr. Parneil felt, therefore, that it was ‘ely safe for him to annoy the Gov- by obstructing the emigra- tion clauses. He succeeded in delay- ing the progress of. the Dill and in filling Mr. Gladstone with a rage that found vent on Thursday night in a@ speech of great power and vehemence. Otherwise the week’s work resulted in a dead loss to the Parnellites. Capt. Nolan, the Home-Rule “whip,” and one of the most popular in or out ot Parliament, has all along pro- tested in the private counsels of the party against the useless obstruction of a Ineasure that with all its shortcomings will benetit the Irish farmer very considerably, and when Mr. Parnell began, the old tactics again this week, NOLAN Ti W UP HIS POSITION in disgust, and joined Mitchell Menry, Will- ium Shaw, and other seceders. There are now three factions among the Home-Rulers. Mr. Parnell, Mr. Uealy, Mr. O’Donnell, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, Mr. James O'Kelly, and Mr, Saxton are the extremists. None of them, Mr. Parnell excepted, has a pound or a rood to lose by an- archy, and anarchy is their ob- t =The ~ second division —_con- sists of the brothers Sullivan, A. M. and 'T. D,, the sons of « Bantry shoemaker, who, by laudable industry and no little ability, have made for themselves a good naine in Ireland, John O’Connor Power, the senior member for Mayor, Daly of Cork, Commins of Roscommon, and other moderate men who do not think that Lreland can be benefited by ROWDYISM IN PARLIAMENT. The third faction comorises Mitchell! Hen- ry, Shaw, the two Blenerhassetts, The O’Don ue, Sir Joseph McKeuna, Sir Patrick O’Brien, and other men of substance, who are anxious to secure the aplest tenantright by the constitutional methods adopted by Isaac Butt. Maj. Nolan, the latest acquisi- tion to this faction, has been in the House off | and on fornearly ten years. Me came to the front in 1872, when his return for Galway was protested and the election voided at the celebrated trial at which the late Mr. Justice Keogh delivered a sweeping judgment against Archbishop McHale and his priests for exercising “undue influence” within the meaning of the election act of 1870, Mr. Biggar, the member for Cavan (Joe Biggar as he is popularly known), is a fourthffaction all by himsef. He is avery wealthy provision merchant of Belfast, and believes in ob- struction and opposition to everything as a source of amusement. Nobody outside of the peasant class (which is easily led cap live by any sunburst adventurer) has any confidence in Mr, Parnell’s body guard. Mr. Parnell. himself is above suspicion, but. O’Donnell, Healy, and the rest of the Ex- tremists are familiar figures on the Irish stage. Sadlier would have ocenpied a Govy- ernment office had he not been engaged in robbing the Tipperary Bank. He committed suicide when he could no longer conceal his erimes, and Keogh won an unpleasant im- mortality in Irish history as “So help me God, Billy,” and Pope Hennessey, the last of the Pope’s Brass Band, occupied what Mr. O'Donnell is now looking for,—a Colonial Government position. THE TORIE Although an urgent whip-has been sent out to the ‘Tory Lords calling them together when the Land Dill reaches the Upper House, Lord Salisbury has given up the idea of trying to defeat the measure. It was a cumbrous, unwieldy, and confused affair when it was first brought down, and the inultitude of cross amendments which the Government has adopted will render some of the most important clusses practically in- operative. Men of large experience in the matter say the bill will so compli- cate existing relations between landlord and tenant that it will have to be recast at the next session of Parliament, and the Lords are so anxious to throw the entire responsibility of its failure upon Mr. Gladstone that, beyond adding a few unim- portant amendments, more to befog than elucidate the meaning of the “ fair-rent ? clause, they will pass the bill as it reaches them. THE SPEECH OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, on the Bessborough Commission, has led to a general discussion of the whole question of land-tenure in Ireland, in which the Duke and his friends have come off second best. Baron Dowse, one of the wittiest and ablest of the Irish Judges, who was a mem- ber of the Commission, has routed his Scotch and English assailants with ease. By the way, when Dowse was a\ttorney-General for Ireland, Disraeli, to whom he was politically opposed, described him as the “most accomplished two-handed fighter” in the House, and tne way he has volished off the Duke of Argyll shows that his hands have not losttheir cunning through want of practice. _ A FORMIDABLE ATTACK willbe made on the Government next week in connection with the Boer peace. The loyalists have a deputation. here setting forth their claims at public meetings, and if half what they say is true it is clear that they have been grossly wronged by the Colonial Office. They sacrificed their fortunes, and many of them their lives,on the distinct understanding that they would be protected, and that the Buers should no longer be permitted to rob thei, for the tax levies passed by the Boer Legislature amounted to robbery, pure . an simple, They. are now more than ever at the mercy of the Boers, and the Government has declined to consider their claims for compensation, although a great deal of their property was appropri- ated to the useof her Majesty's forces. This is the only good card the Opposition have, and if they play it-well they will materially strengthen themselves in the country. Mit. BRADLAUGIE occupies an unhappy position. Ye has been twice returned for Northampton, yet he cannot take his seat. He will be ruined in pocket by the cost of defending the suits against him for the penalty attached to sitting and voting illegally. And it how turns out that, under an unrepealed statute of Elizabeth, he may be proscribed for not having taken his seat in accordance with the writ of return from North- ampton. Hitherto he has conducted himself with dignity, although hig action: in first refusing the oath and then offering to take it as a meaningless form ridiculous. Before he joined the army, in his salad days, he was articled to a solicitor, and picked up a si uttering of law, which of late has stood him in good stead. AIS LAW “coacu,” ° however, is understood: to be Mr. Edwin James, but itis hardly possible that that as- tute if unscrupulous gentleman has advised him in his present determination of attempt- ing to take his seat by force.. Mr. Bradlaugh, as you have doubtless heard-by cable, threatens to appear at. the House with 5,000 followers early in August, and,if he carries out that insane intention, he will do his cause irreparable harm. It was their farcical attempt to over- awe Parliament by a display of physical force that killed off Feargus O’Connor and the Chartists. It is understood that the Speaker hasmade ample provision for insuring the preservation of order withinte precincts of L the House, and if Mr. Bradlaugh appears with his host he will not only be roughly handied, but the Ultra-Radicals who have nitherto supported him, and papers like the Pall Mall Gazette, which have earnestly pleaded his right to his seat, will seize the opportunity to throw him overboard. Mr. Gladstone will be only too glad to get rid of him. THE “BEAR” MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN RAILROADS has been very active and successful this webk, a general fall: having taken place in American securitips, The telegrams from New York have been less sensational than usual, but it isstill reported that your harvest will be very deficient. The Zconomist, calling attention to the drain of gold from England to New York, says: “The unliquidated trade balance due the United States is nearly $16,500,000 greater than a year ago. or rather an apparent balauce, as there are no means of knowing to what extent payment may have been made in securities. ‘To all appearance, however, the power of the United States to take gold from Europe is much greater than it was a year ago. The need for gold, however, new that currency is firmly established on a gold asis, is less, and it appears probable that payment for a large portion of her trade must be taken in goods. With Italy in the market for gold, the action“of America in this matter is vilal- ly important, and will be watched closely and anxiously.” # the well-known auctioneers, have disposed during the last three days, at_ their rooms in King street, St. James, of the silver plate, porcelain, wines, and pictures of the late Earl of Leacunstield. Among the ob- jects of art were many elegant Dres- den vases, a tyre clock in chased ormolu, ten marble medallions representing the passions (from the Grimaldi Palace at Venice), Oriental arms, an Italian bronze eroup of Hercules and the bull, a fine Worcester china dessert service, a pair of magnificent candelabra, formed of white marble vases, with ormolu lily branches, a beautifiil cabinet inlaid with Dresden plaques, and a breakfast and tea service of modern porcelain, each piece painted with an Earl’s caronet and Lord Beaconsfield’s monogram. In addition to these and an extraordinary collection of per- sonal knicknac! were obtained for the stereotype plates and copyright of Lord Leaconstield’s edition of the works of his father, Isaac Disracli, the litteratuer, with a memoir and notes from the pen of the ex- Prime Minister THE CHIEF SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE SEASON have been a garden party at the Mariborough House, at which nearly everybody in society was present, a garden party yesterday after- noon at the Baroness Burdett-Coutts’, and the ball of the Second Life Guards, at which the Prince aid Princess of Wales, the Crown Prince of Germany, and the Dukes of Connaught and Cambridge were present. Twelve hundred guests were in- vited, including most of the prettiest women in London. ‘This was the most successful ball of . the season, notwithstanding the excessive heat of the weather. The night was quite equal to the hottest July night in New York. The Prince of Wales had gone to the Derby agricultural show in the morning, returned in- the after- noon, the journey there and back being 270 miles, made several calls, dined out, and wound up by staying at the ball till 3 o’clock in the morning, apretty good day’s work with the thermometer at 93 in the shade. The end of the season is now rapidly approaching. The Queen leaves next week for Osborne, and already a large and fash- ionable contingent has left town. TO-NIGUT THY LORD MAYOR GAVE A BAN- QUET at the Mansion House to representatives of the British Colonii It was a brilliant af- fair, all of the Colonies and most of the dependencies being represented. --His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales sat en the tight of the Lord Mayor, who had the King of the Sandwich Islands on his left. Among other distinguished persons who were pres- ent were the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary ot State for -the Colonies, the Earl of Roseberry, Mr. Forster, Lord Napier, Sir George C. Strahan, Governor . of Tasmania, Sir Bartle Freer, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, Sir = John MacDonald, Sir John Rose, Sir W. V. Whiteway, Premier of Newfoundland, Mr. Puleston, M. P., Sir dulins “Vogel, the Mon. Saul Samuel, Agent for New South Wales, Sir P. Cunliffe Owen, Mr. Mowat, Premier of Ontario, Mr. Bethune, of Ontario, and Mr. A. De Cosmos, who is the delegate of British Colum- bia, sent to support a petition for the carrying out of the railway contract with British Columbia under the terms of the union. Theusual toast to the Queen having been given, the Lord Mayor proposed the health of King Kalakaua. The latter re- sponded briefly, and spoke of his land, which, he said, was thriving and peaceful. They had, he said, no Land-Leaguers there, an announcement which was received with applause. The Prince of Wales, reply- ing to his health, spoke of the pleasure it had given him in his younger days to visit Canada, and how much he should like to repeat the visit. The impressions he had received during his trip in North Amer- ica were as fresh and pleasant to-day as ever. Ie was sorry that his inany engage- ments prevented him fron iting all the colonies. The Lord Mayor, in pro- posing the toust of “The Colonies,” suid that, though the poet-laureate dreams of the confederation of nations and the Par- Hament of man might never take place. ‘There was one thing within the sphere of practical politics—namely: when foreign countries were making hostile tariffs, the colonies and the mother country could make tariffs mutually — beneficial to to cach other. There were no commodities supplied by foreign countries which could not be supplied by one or other of the colo- nies. The Earl of Kimberley, replied to this toast, and urged the necessity of unity be- tween -all ports of the Empire. He said that the people of the colonies were all one people. and Canadians, and Anstra lians, and others all Jooked to England as their home. They were all self-governing communities, all marked by their energy ance enterprise. ‘Chey stopped at nothing. The Dominion was engaged in an enterprise to. unite the Atlantic and Pacific by a railroad. In Australia they were laying a telegraphic line across the continent. The toast of the Lord Mayor's health, proposed by the Prince of Wales, brought the proceedings to a clo: Some disappomtment was felt by the audi. ence that they had no speech from Sir John Macdonald. Col. Gibson and Capt. Curren, of the Canadian team, should be mentioned as being afnong those who were present. MOST OF THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISES recently placed on the market have been withdrawn. The Erie preference share- holders are making a great outery about their dividends, and at their meeting on ‘Thursday passed a resolution to take steps to enforce payment. The Proceedings taken against the trustees of the Atlantic and & Great Western also are being. active- ly pressed. The trickery about the default on the last dividend still excites great indignattion. On Friday Sit George Jessel, Master of the Rolls, made an order for the payment of £24,000 into court by the trustees, the question at issue being the amount of remuneration due them. ‘Trese two roads weaken all others in public esti- ination. TORRID HEAT IN LoNDON. ‘To the Western assoctated Press. : Lonpox, July 19.—Heat continues. Sey- eral deaths have oceurred from sunstroke. At Greenwick Observatory yesterday the thermometer registered ninety-seyen degrees \ in the shade, being the highest tristwortlif record. - The maximum in the sun was 153, vey A RACER SCRATCHED. : ‘Bend Or is scratched for the Goodwood! Cup. 5 \ 2... SIR EVELYN wood . will probably be faised to the peerage as a reward for-hjs services in terminating the Transvaal War. - SHOOTING CONTEST. Wimepon, Eng., July 16.—In the ‘rifle match between the Lords and Commons to- day at single range; fifty yards, the Lords scored 440 and the Commons WIMBLEDON, July 10.—In the shooting for the international trophy the grand total of scores was as follows: Scotland, 1,774 gland, 1,744; Wales, 1,686; Ireland, 1, ‘There were twenty competitors in cach team, ‘This is the first year that Wales has com- peted for the trophy. . bOCcTORS. . A number of the British Homeopathic Physicians’ Association - banqueted © dele- gates to the International Homeopathic Con- vention last night. Dr. Degersdortff, of Bos- ton, toasted the memory ot Dr. Hahnemann, Dr. Helmuth, of New York, responded to the toast to surgery. The other toasts in- cluded homeopathic societies and American and other foreign visitors. Dr. Foster, of Chicago, and Dr. James MeLelland, of Phil- adelphia, spoke, WALKING-MATCIL At Birmingham, the seven-mile walking- mateh was won by Roby. Merrill, of Boston, fainted on the thirteenth Jap, and was car- ried from the track amid great excitement. Binmincuamy. July 16.—Myers won the quarter-iile race easily in 48 3-5 seconds. RUSSIA. COMMUTED. Sr. Petenspune, July 16.—By an Iinperial ukase, granted at the suggestion of Gen. Ig- natiett the 2d inst., the sentence. of death passed on Hessy Helfmann has been com- inuted. MICHAEL AND ALEXIS. Grand Duke Michael has been appointed President of the Imperial Council, and the Grand Duke Alexis Grand Admii STILL. MORE | HORRIBLE. Sr. Perensnune, July 16.—The number of men and girls burned in the barn in the Prov- ince of Koorks, Russia, was 119 instead of nineteen. ITALY EXTRAONDINARY EXCITEMENT. Rome, July 16,—Six men have been fined and imprisoned for disturbing the funeral ‘procession of Pope Pius LX. on Tuesday last. ‘There was great disorder at the trial of the prisoners, and the Court was cleared twice. ‘The sentences were received with a storm of shouts and hisses. A crowd of people, num- bering between two and three thousand, cheered the prisoners on coming out of cuurt, and followed them, shouting “ Down with the Clericals!? The soldiers dispersed the mob, which reassembled at the office of one of the Clerical newspapers, tore down a bul- letin, and started for the railway station to protest to the King and Queen, who were ar- riving from Naples, but a cordon of police prevented the demonstration. z THE Por! Lonpoy, July 16.—A dispatch from Rome says Cardinal Jacobini, the Papal Seeretary of State, in receiving the Ambassadors and Ministers aecredited to the Vatican, told them that the Vope had instructed him to say that it was the Pope’s personal desire they should inform their Governments how deeply pained he was at the insu!t offered the body of Pope Pius IX., and that henceforth he must con- sider himself more than ever a prisoner in the Vatican and as prevented from attending any religious service in any of the basilicas of Rome, At the same time Cardinal Jaco- bini read the draft of the cirentar to the Pa- pal Nuncios abroad with instructions to leave a copy in the hands of the respective Ministers of Foreign Atfairs. “; IF. ‘The correspondent says that the part of the Pope’s message relating to religious services in the basilicas contirms what has been conti- dently asserted in high clerical circles, that had the removal of the body of Pius IX. been effected peaceably, the Pope would have found an carly occasion for passing the doors of the Vatican. FRANCE. A BOY LIKE THEY RAISE IN BOSTON, Speciat Cuble. Panis, July 16.—The Court of Assizes met yesterday to try one of the most horrible and remarkable murder cases on record. The murderer, tiamed Lematre, is a mere lad of 15, and the victim a little boy of 6, called. Sehaonch, without any other apparent motive than a hideously mor- bid wish to get talked of in the papers. Le- maitre, one day last February, inveizied Schaonch, whom he had neverseen beforeinto abedrvom, and there ripped open his stom- ach and cut his throat. He then gave him- self up to the police. Lemaitre, in his defense, asserted that he ccomuitted the crime under the. influence of an irresistible impulse, but the Court refused to take lhis statement into consideration, and sentenced him to twenty years’ hard lavor and ten years’ surveillance by the police, the maximum punishment for criminals un- der 16, GREAT HEAT. To the Western Associated Press. Panis, July 16.—At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the temperature indicated 97 in the shade. ELECTION OF A SENATOR. Panis, July 16,—Atan_ election to-day for life Senator to fill the vacancy cansed by the death of Dufaure, Republican, Pierre Ber- thelot, the eminent chemist and member of the Institute, the candidate of the Pure Left, was elected. THE SENATE passed the bill granting liberty to the press. THE ECONOMIC WAR BETWEEN F. ADE AND PROTECTION. Lonxpox, duly 16.—The Morning Post, in an editorial, airects attention’to an article in the Quarterly Revicw, intended to show that British manufactures are declining, and tor- eigntrs are competing successfully in En- elish markets in consequence of the system of free trade. THE PosT concludes as follows: “The Quarterly Re- view’s array of facts deserves mdst consider- ate attention of every man having the future prosperity of the country at heart. ‘The United States, under x system of protection described by some. of our political econo- inists as ‘suicidal,’ has paid, during sixteen years, over £150,000,000 of their debt, and paid £26,000,000 Jast year. Under it the United States fiave passed by leaps and bounds into a condition of prosperity which before Jong will enable them to cancel the enormous debt incurred on account. of the Civil War. England is by no meaus in the same hopeful condition. We grant that free trade has done much to benefit the country, but we doubt whether it has not been pressed too far,—whether it has not become imperative that sowe resort to retaliatory duties shall be made in order to show that the advant- ages we offer to foreign States should be met by equivalent cone ns on their part.” , THE “TIMES” says the figures most prominently relied on in the Quarterly. Review's article are alto- gether erroneous. ‘Lhe reviewer, it says, overstates the excess of imports over exports by £63,000,000, and it points out the fallacy which regards an excess of imports as a sign of weakness. Even with an excessof exports anounting to £124,000,000 England is doing., |; didn’t, and he no more ‘than getting an income on her in-'[' vestment. , When thé excess diminishes, it ig a sign that sheis again investing targely abroad. THE “EcoNoMIST” this week says: “The unliquidated tikde balance due the United States“is nearly £16,500,000 grater than a year’ ago, or, rather, ppiirent balance, as there is no means of Jxnowing to what extenf payment inay have ‘been‘made in securities. ‘Lo all appearance, \howéver, the powef ot the United States to tak gold from Edrope is much greater than aéyear ago. ‘fhe need for gold, however, now that ‘her currency is firmly established on 2 gold basis, is less, audit appears probabie that paynient for a large portion of her trade must be taken in goods. With Italy in the market ‘for gold, the action of America is tvitally important, and will be’watched close- anxiously.” 5 GERMANY. . NF A ROUGH LIFE. Lokpoy, July 1$.—A Berlin correspondent A law student of the University of as just been killed ina duel, and an- other student is in the hospital hopelesly wounded. A student in Berlina few days ago had his noso slashed entirely off in an nored contest with sabres. Scarcely a week passes but we hear of some such bru- tality-often ending in death.” : : COUNT VON HOLZFELDT assumes direction of the Foreign Office in the absence of Bismarck. La ARMY TALK. , aAsBerlin dispatch says: ‘The advocates of thexsubstitution of biennial for triennial army service comment favorsbly upon the. Windsor review and the importance of the British volunteers. The Tribune learns from very high au- thority. that the Crown Prince Frederick William declared that the review was in every ‘respect wonderfully successful, and that same of tho battalions were ‘hot dis- tinguishable from regulars. : COUNT TYNER, a former attaché of the German Embassy in London, who was plunged into disgrace | there, and only saved from eriminal prose- j cution by the German Ambassador, Count Von Munster, asserting ambassadorial invio- lability, has been diswissed from the army and degraded from the ranks of the nobility. HAWAII. KING CALICO’S SCHES(ES. Say Francisco, Cal, July 16.—Among the passengers from Honolulu by the last steamer was Maj. G. W. MacFarlane, Aide- ump and bearer of dispatches te King lakaua, and his mission has excited some inquiry froma number of the most promi- nent plinters and merchants from the isl- ands. It is learned that the King was at one time induced by the notorious Crsar Celso Moreno to enter into arrangements by which the Chinese uierchants line of steamers were to land 1,000,000 Chinamen on the island, on which a capitation tax of $7 each was to be levied. ‘The scheme was balked by the ac- tion, of the foreign residents and officials. Chagrined at the issue and his resilting un- popularity, the King went off on a tour of the worid. It has been supposed that the arrival of MacFarlane had some connection, for or against, with these sehemes, but Claude Sprukles, a leading planter of the if and merchant of this city, says his ission is to officially announce the death of Chief-Justice Harris, and other news of im- portance. SPAIN A WARLIKE FEELING. Special Cable, Maprm, July 16,—The feeling of hostility toward France is still very bitter, thanks greatly to the opposition of the Conservative papers, which are doing their best to fan the flame for party purposes, hoping tu embarrass Segasta and provoke Spanish intervention in Morocco, ‘The eventuality of war with France is openly discussed in the Madrid cafés, and even the coming elec- tions yap for the moment forgotten. ‘The Span overnment, however, Seems peace- ably disposed. : THE EAST. TIE PRINCE OF BULGARIA. Loxnos, July 16.—A dispateh from Sistova says: Three of the new Bulgarian Ministers are Russians and one is an Austrian. ‘Tho Minister of Foreign Affairs is Prince Alex- ander’s private secretary. TUNIS. A RELIGIOUS WAR. Lospos, July 16,—A dispatch from Tunis says the Cadi and Mufti, religious teaders of the Arab notables at Bizerta, haye fixed a day for joining the insurrection. CASUALTIES. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dexrnos, 0., July 16.—George Shilling was instantly killed here to-day by the acci- dentally discharge of a revolver which he was cleaning. He did not know it w ed. He leaves a wife and seven sm: dren. He was 45. He carried life-in: in the Columbus Mutual Aid Associs NEMESIS AFTER THE SMALL BOY. Battimorr, Md. July 16.—Four more cases of lockjaw from wounds from toy- pistols occurred in this city. Three prov fatal and four are not expected to recover. ‘This makes seventeen cases of lockjaw re-. sulting ‘ont the use of toy-pistols on the sth o v. INDIAN WARFARE, The Savages Attack a Mexican Gov- ernor and ¥lls Sulte—Thirty of tho Latter Killed. San Francisco, Cal., July 15.—A Tucson dispatch says reports come from El Paso that Gov. ‘Terrasass, who was en route to El Paso, was attacked by Indians and thirty of his men Killed on Wednesda; ——a—— LABOR AND CAPITAL. Cixcinvatt, 0., July 16.—The brewers’ strike continues. Four breweries have come to terms, ‘Sixteen breweries refuse to accede. a P A FIGHT. William Smith, 30 years of age, employed as a Jaborer xt Pultman, entered a bagnio at No. 122 Pacific avenue at 10 o'clock last eventng, and, being ih'a quarrelsome mood, soon got what be was looking for. Joseph Palmer, who appears to be x hanger-on about the house, offered himself up for the fight for which Smith was looking, and when be found himsetf getting the worstot ithe seized a kettle full of boiling water from off the kitchen stove and dashed it over nis antagonist, badly scalding him on one side from the neck ‘to thé heels. The injured mun was taken to the County Hospital. His gealds ure very severe, but not necessarily fatal.” Palmer was arrested and locked up at the-Armory charged with an assault with in- tent to do bodily injury, and with disorderly con- duet. _—— A Little Misprint, Steubenville Herald, He walked into the olfice this morning look! much like a man pretty well satistled with a eral results, and said: ** Can 1 see the editor? He was shown that eminently useful adjunct to a newspaper atonce, * Good morning, sir,” be heerily began. “ Mornin’,” said the editor. came in,” be proceeded, “to tell you of a misprint in the paper.” “Yes? What is it?” ~ Well, you sce I sent a notice around yester- day that Mr. Smith bad just been married. and your, compositor, Isee, has got it *Mr. Smith Bas just beeu martyred.’ but I guess it don't hardly make enous ditference to change it.” ‘The editor scratched his bead a minute, and thought of house-cleaning and other female ec- centricities, and told the visitor of course it went away whistling, “ Why of mortal be proud?” shouid the spirit a Married at Sight. _ Milswatker Sentinel, Farmer Swain, of Peshtigo, was one of the happiest of mortals yesterday. A widower, the owner of a fifty-nere farm, be desired and came to the city to form a new matrimonial alNance. He discovered his affinity in a woman on the West side named Rika K. Schwanz, embellished her with jewelry at a sccond-band store, pur- chased-her a long white-vell, which trailed on the walk betind her, and large loops of the same meterial for her shoulders... They were married by a'Justice. and peuceeded’ northward on the eventing train, the bride weartug her veil aud putfs. and the bridegroom, arrayed as ne came, carrying under his arm’ a papered . bundle thrduch which an end of a long ‘loaf of brown bread protruded. They found all the people at the,depot in emiles, and deciared that Milwau- KCcans were tha. happiest peoplg on the glope, THE SHERIFF-SLAYERS. A Terrible Man-Hunt Under Way in the Hills of Wis- consin. The Williamses Have Been Sur- rounded and Will Not Surrender. They Would Probably Be Tortured if - They Fell into Captivity. Sveciat Disoatch to The Chicago Tribune, St. Paun, Minn, July16.—There is noth- ing new from the murderers received here since last night. The leaders of the pursu- ing party have plans concocted which they would divulge to no one, but intend to put them into execution’ this after- noon, and intimated as much as to say the. Williams brothers will not see the rising of another sun. The in- Uo not allow the mur- even if they are captured alive, but will probably torture them to death in a manner that will cause them the worst agony Last night there were at least 200 men stationed on picket: duty, which num- ber will be largely increased to-day, and the scoutsare so contident of bagging their game this morning that they are congratulating themselyes on spending Sunday at their homes. The men on duty are well cared for in the provision line by the hospitable £ Menomonee and Durand, as well as armers in the vicinity, Should the escape capture this evening it is pos- sible the force to-morrow will be ‘doubled and, if not interfering with the plans of the ~ leaders, a general raid will be made A Pioneer Press special from Menomonee says: “The ominous quiet of the past twenty-four hours has just been broken by the arrival of 2 messenger who says that the two Williamses and the other two men have been forced to 2 deep ravine or cooli¢ in the_ northwestern part of the Town of -Eaugalle, that they have made_a stand armed to the teeth with four Winchester rifles and a large num- ber of revolvers; that they have several days" supply of provisions, and will fight to the Jast, having announced beforehand that they | will never be taken alive. I can only say | that from the movements it seems that the long-ranged rifles of our sharpshooters fave ¢re this been brought to bear upon them.’ FIRE RECORD. , AT ST. LOUIS. Sr. Louts. Mo., July 16.—Nos. 205 and 207 Market street, occupied on the ground floor by Lloyd & Co., leaf-tobaceo dealers, and the { second, third, and fourth stories by Ryan & Cuminings’ tobacco factory and warehouse, was. partially burned between 9 and 10 o’clock tu-night. The building was per- fectly drenched with water, and the enti re stock probably ruined. Neither loss nor in- surance can be stated at this writing, but =the loss will probably reach. $20,000 to $30,000, = Ryan & Cummings estimate the value of their stock at about. $25,000; insured in_ the Fire Association of Philadelphia, and Marine and City, of St. Louis, $2,000 each; Phcenix, London, and German Mutual, of St. Louis, $5,000 each; and in several other companies*which can- not be learned to-night. i AT ITASTINGS, NEB. Oana, Neb., July 16.—Hastings, Neb., was visited this afternoon by a destructive fire, causing a loss of $40,000 un buildings t and $20,000 on goods. ‘The buildings de- stroyed were, one drug-store, one dry-z00ds store, three groceries, one hardware, one restaurant, one billiard all, one tea store, one flour store, a sewing-machine office, the Post-Oflice, and two unoceupied buildings. Sr. Josern, Me ly 16.——A special trom Hastings, Neb., it afternoon de- stroyed the P i and a dozen stores, comprising the best part of the town. Loss not stated. Origin of fire, spontancous combustion in a drug-store. AT MIDDLE POINT, 0. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Detrnos, O., July -16.—Pennypacker & Eldridge’s stove factory at Middle Point, in this county, was destroyed by fire last night, Nothing was saved, Loss, $10,000; insured for $3,000 in Philadelphia companies. CHICAGO. The alarm from Box 921 at 11 o’clock last night was caused by a fire ina barn in the rear ‘of No. 202 Dayton street, owned by y Oberbach. Catseunknown. Damage trifing. CURIOUS CATS. Abnormal Habits of Certain Remark- able Felines. ‘Correspondence Public Opinion, Asone of the few men who. like cats, I never lose an opportunity of trying to make these social and intelligent little animals better known and understood, and so beg a portion of your space for the purpose of at ing to the correspondence on this subject a few facts that have come under my obser- vation, and for the anthenticity of which I can vouch. With regard to their palates, I once hadacat that was extremely fond of bread and jam. Whenever she saw me eating it—I wasa youngster at that time, and fond of it myself —she would come for her share, and as much more as she could get, She must have had isweet tooth generally, for she also liked any kind of ke, althoush she disagreed with the principle of having currants.in it, and, to humor this whim of hers, [used to pick them out, if giving it to her. the worst that can be s: about these tast at they were peculiar. What I have to. tell about this cat’s eldest son, howéver, makes me blush with shame for the whole feline race. This latter eputable and deg pussy displayed atan early age astrong for bitter beer, and L hav A es so inebriated ‘o be unable to stand, even | on the four legs Nature had blessed him with. It began in this wise: The tap of our beer barrel Ieaked, so a saucer was placed underneath to catch the droppings, One day pussy by chance, got shut up in the beer cellar. Perhaps in the dar he mistook the beer for milk; anyhi when the door | was opened the si r empty, and the i cat was win “tizht.”? | From that time he was ever b g about the beer-cel- Jar door, watching his opportunity: to sneak in, much as men lounge round the pub house doors at Yelock on Sundays. We cured him of his drinking habits at last by avery simple pro Wegot a barrel that didn’t leak, and after that he changed his ways and became a sober and decent member of sucicty. a lis mother at one time beeame foster- mother toa young sqnirrel,—an orphan. She took wonderfully to. the little fouundling, and seemed to care in fact more about’ hint than her own kittens. butshe could never quite make him out. He objected to be licked for oue thing, and he would cock his tail over jis head in a way that nearly broke his fos- ter-parent’s heart, Do what she would she couldn't get it to lie down, properly, and on one occasion she really cried out with vexa- tion over it. Had L space I could give many instances showme pluck, intelligence, and affection in cats. ‘To those that see, they are no longer the sleepy, uninteresting creatures they appear to most people, but lively, sport- ive, and thoroughly amusing little compan- tons. Many an otherwise dull half-nour have 1 spent in hearty laughter over the tricks of even the most staid and. inatronly of them, many who now look upon them as inerely kitchen lumber would, Lam sure, find it would repay them to make themselves |, pool pere entered the‘dining-room and a strange voice yelled out: ** I'm n burglar, and I want money.” By ‘this ‘timo the position ;of the in. trnder was delined, and ‘the _peacefub clergyman pick] up a heavy old-fushioned. cbuir and banged away at the burglur with rood elfect. The two men clinched. and then followed a band-to-band combat. Around the room hugging the wall, went the two men, and at Inst settled near a window in the sitting-roon. when. Mr. Sbuurt eulled to bis wife tor hetp. She grasped a five-pound Indian club and made for the combatants, dealing two heavy blows, but unfortunately they fell “on the head of. the prencher instend. of _ that of the burglar. and she was compeliea to desist. All was dark as pitch, and the une ven battle continued. Finally tae burglar got the preacher in a corner, and kept banging away with 2 pair of brass Knuckles until the preacher wus compelled to ask for quarter. ‘he burglar then let up on his vietim, pulled a mutch, and made a tight in the student's lump on the table in the sitting-room, and pro- ceeded to Tansack things. Meanwhile Mrs. Shuart — went out in the | yard and vainly called for belp. At this. moment tho hired girl came down-stairs, and the burglar, unsuccesstul in bis hunt for booty, started to lenve the hou: cing off with muttered curses, ‘Twice during the bunt for valunbles the burg- jar’s back was turned, and Mr. Souart, armed with 2 small pocket-knife, was about to use’ it, but didn’t, And so the burzlar departed unmo- tested and without unything to show for bis exploit suave bloody herd. Mr. Sbuart tore off the burglar’s mask during the struggle, and is positive he can recognize the man amit A Tritune reporter called at the house yest day, and asight met his eyes never to be fo sotten. On three sides of the sitting-room the wall and doors and the floor were spattered thickly with blood, showing plainly that u terri- ble struggle must have taken place. Mr. Shuart is badly burt about tne head, his left eye is cut tertibly, and he presents a sorry appearance indeed. He says the burglar evinced no feur, and from the start was noisy and careless. It will be several weeks beforo the reverend gentleman will be presentable for pulpitduty. Mrs. Shuart is suffering from nerv- ousness and a kick received from the burglaron, her left side. Could be be found. to-day, that burglar would. no. doubt be free to confess his surprise at the warm reception he received from a messenger of pence. RAILROADS... EAST-BOUND FREIGHTS. The continued ramors during the past few days that the trunk-line Presidents in- tend to meet this week to consider the au-_ visability of advancing east-bound rates again has had the effect of stimulating ship ments somewhat, although not as much ag was anticipated. ‘The shippers were lately holding back,’ believing. that rates would go stil lower; but the rumors ot an advance seem to have dispelled this belief, and heavy contracts are said to have been made during the week at the l5-cent rate. ‘The rumors that some of the roads were taking. busine: at less than 15 cents are declared to be: groundless by all the roads, The Fort Wayne. people feel especially aggriéved on account . of the charge made by a sensational morning sheet, which seems to find particular com-- fort in sowing. seeds of discord be > vi us railroads, that -it_ ts at a less rate than 15 cents. ‘Che Fort Wayne people say that they have not taken a pound of freiznt at less than the 15-cent rate, and do not intend ta take any. ‘They get all the business they car possibly carry at that figure, and, therefore have no cause to cut rates. Besides, they a1 now about 200,000 tons ahead of their rezul r ages, which is another reason Why they should make no special efforts to increase their business at present. While it isnot at all probable that the efforts just now made by some of the roads to bring about an advance in rates will be successful, yet everything indicates that rates will:not be cut below the 15-cent b: This rate is a low one, and barely leaves a margin of profit; the lake lines are not able to take business at, a much Tess rate, and consequently, can be well satisfied i* this rate is maintained throughout the summer, and the indications are that it will be, because Mr. Vanderbilt seems to be de- termined to keep it at that figure. Of course Mr. Vanderbilt does not take this position out of any love for the shippers, or because he is opposed to exorbitant rates. Mr. Vanderbilt has never shown a weakness of this kind. But he finds it to his interest to keep rates at this low figure because it tend> to discourage the building of more com. beting lines, of which he thinks there are more than enough already. 2 ‘The total shipments of .¢rain, flour, ane ions by the six lines leading east front ity for the week ending July 16 amounted to 50,853 tons, against -H,571 ton: for the week previous, an increase of 6,46) tons. The following statement shows ‘the amount of grain, flour, and provisions car ried by the various roads leading east. jGrain,| Pro has made contra I. 1D", | Flour,|tona of tone of| Total bris, "| 2,009°| 2,000 | tone. ibs. Michigan Central. sf 620] 11,807 Luke Shore. oe 12.313 Fort Wayne. 3.138] 2861] “To Pan-Handle. 8} S416] Seu] 9.407 Baltimbre & Ohio..| “1,500] 3)107| 404] 351 Grund Trunk... RSH) 4177] 83} 5s. Total...... 107.414] 30,434) 9,608] 50.805 ‘The per centages were: Michigan Central, 23.20: Lake Shore, 25.20: Fort Wayne, 15.60; ’an-Handle, 18.50; Baltimore & Ohio, 7.40; Grand Trunk, 11.10. 2 ITEMS. The washouts on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in Iowa have been re- paired, and trains are running through with out detention or delay. ~The Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago, it. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad? issued a joint notice to agents and ship ers informing them that the latter has con structed a branch line to Neilsville, Wis,, and that freight will now be receiyed for shipment to that point direct. Until the issue of a new tariff, rates in effect at this date from Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine Junction, Racine, and Kenosha to Fairchild will apply on business from those points to Neilsville. Messrs. William Thaw and J. N. McCub lough, of Pittsburg, as bouduolders of the Grand Rapids. & {Indiana Railroad, and other representatives of that road, of the Pennsy! vania Railroad, and of the Pennsylvania Company, have filed a petition in the Circuit Court at Grand Rapids, Mich., for the ap- bointment of Svcond Vice-President Ed- mund Smith as Trustee of the land-grant bonds, in the place of the late Col. Thomas <A. Scott. Messrs. Samuel J. Tilden, Clark- son N. Potter, and others, of New York, holders of over $600,000 af bonds, filed a bill in chancery also asking the appointment of a ‘Trustee, but objecting to the appointment of ny one interested in the Pennsylvania Rail- d, which now practicaily controls the Grand Rapids & Indiana, and is guarantor of its $7,000,000 of bonds. It is supposed that thcy fear a_ foreclosure on the bonds, as the Vennsylvania holds $2,000,000 of the past-due. coupons. The Judge decided to hold the matter open twenty days to give other bond holders a chance to be heard. oo Gen. Grants Wealth. “Gath's” Lony Branch Dispatch to the Cincinnatt Ene auirer. saw Gen. Grant this afternoon come upto the West Eud Hotel driving a pair of horses. He Wore # Su plug-bat and black suit, and his face was heavy and strong as in bis Presidential days. His son Ulysses, who ubsorbs nearly the whole business faculty of the family, occupied the rear seat, with his plain but sensible wife. Youn Grant was sincerely attached to this ludy, an bolted a better worldly match to get her. For two years she was tolerubly inditfer- ent to his” attentions, and not until be returned the third year was his suit considered. The son of Dean Richmond had coveted the lady Previously, and was rather the favorit of her father. 1 have been told that ber dower, in- stead of bemg a large quantity of bonds, 13.has heen hinted, was chiefly ber residence ia New York City, which, with its furniture, is proba= bly worth £100,000. . Her father being’an invalid many years, ig aguin ambitions of political distinction, and has returned to Colorado with that idea in view. It is sald among business men that the frm of Grant & Ward, in whieh Gen. Graut has an interest, divided $700,- 000 profits last year. The genius ‘of this house is & young man named Ward, not much over 30 Fears of age, who is the sun-in-taw of a former Cashier of the Murine Bank. high deyree that quick. sbrewd ability things of value over and over aztin. He was for some time adenler in certificates on the Produce Exchange, buying the seats of members: as they went out at low fizures and selling them Xo new applicants tor membersbip at advances. ‘he present business of the firm is dealing {n mining securities as well ns railroad and other certificates, Ulysses G wr his head and shy better acquainted with these harmless little “domestic tigers.” ree eee Lively Fight Between a Burglar anda Preacher. Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune. Probably the most peculiar. burglary in the crimingl history of this country occurred shortly. before midnight Friday in the peaceful home of Benjamin F. Shuart, assistant. pastor of Plymouth Church, on the bluff west of Thomas expression arc] characteristic of his father. He has purcuused in Westchester County, north of New York, a country place for # moderate gure of ubout $100 au ucre, I hear, on which is substantial house. The propensity for owning pinces in the country is nguin Increasing, Partly -on account ‘of the more rigor ous “laws against tramps. in the differ ent States... hero ts but a small tramp population in the East at present. It hns been weeded out of most of the denser States, the Lowry'’s residence. Mr. Shuart was sles ing in’a room on the enst side of : tho bouse, and at 11:30 o'clock was awakened by a crash of glass in the dining-room, and was further startied by hearing a volley of oaths of the most shocking character. At first he imag- ined some drunken man had entered the house, and so informed his startiod wifo, but this tho: laws against loiterers starting in Connecticut and being rapidly taken upin New Jersey and New York. Gen. Grant, as you will see from what have said, Is in a very prosperous world- ly condition at present. With his interest in his son’s firm, his real estate, recent sales of land at St. Louis, and popular subscriplianko orth less.