Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 6, 1881, Page 6

ui WE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER “6 issi— WENTY PAGES. ‘FOREIGN. Consternation _ Among the * Landlords Over the Land Verdicts. An End of the Robbery of the People by -Lazy Aristocrats. The Trish Strenuously De- elaring Their Non-Re- sistance. Policemen Making -All They Can of the Belmullet Battle. The Tenants Signing Promissory” 3 {é Pay Rent When Parnell Is Free. The Vienna hiterview Has Made the Russians Anxious About Francis Joseph. A Sharp Beginning of the Tunisian Discussion in the French Chambers. Outrageous Treatment of a Ger- nian Editor by the Tyrant Bismarck, The Usual Sunday Morning's Budget of English and Continental Gossip. THE IRISIT. THE HOW AT Special MULLET, Ne. 4 ‘he following are the There is no the in- nes, but he is not in any way hurt. Several other policemen say they were hit, but of the entire force only two sub- constables fram Ballina have been in the ezree ineapacitated for duty. One tables was struck on the whit. Theotherreceiveda Notwithstanding. that the detachment party charged with fixed bayonets and fired. about thirty charges of buckshorover the heads of the crowd, which numbered 400 or 500, only a few straggling pellets took -etfect. z THE BAYONET WOUNDS OF ONE GIRT. have terminated fatally, and inquest will be held on M ay. Oneold woman, through wha: p laryny, a few-grains passed, may re- er under skillful treatment, but her age this doubtful. Several other people but, through fear of { Jegani lameds Diow on the eli makes have been injured. arrest, they concealed their wounds. ALARMING I have since been published re partine! further rioting at Belmuliet. It stated that dis: turbances have been renewed. ‘The people | having $attac! the barracks, were fired ; upon by .the police: who killed two persons id wouniled twenty others. The arrests namber over thirty, . ail of whom were sent to Castlebar Jail under astrong escort, A force “of military has been sent from Ballina. to quell the riots. The police are being drafted in.from all quarters, and the workhonse is converted into barracks for the police and soldiers, ON THE OTHER HAND > aPBelmullet correspondent writes: “Tam able to brand at once as wild untraths the sensation managers have serly looking out for Lris * point These telegrams. from the local press ass ion correspondents, equally with the misrepresentations of the Lendon journals, are puisoning English opinion regarding this country. As for the ut that the military from Ballina ve murisoned the Gelmullet Workhouse, there is not a soldier within forty miles of iv? THE GOOD FAITH OF TI Swreial Cavs spirit in whiclvit intends to adr Landact. Justice O’Uamn’s definition of a rent is. such a rent as will enadle the tenant to live and thrive. This id down at the opering of the court, a ht azo, and has singe been applied by} sl Cou ners at Belfast with sthe Craw- startling re: ford estate, Corn Money Tenant E: aid, both of which may be called or ented. e of all round. ‘Lhe, Coitmissioners id that neither estate had been ‘xpected or ‘ith Lrish kindlords; hence the reduc- tion is greater tian the probabjeaveraze. But these eases afford an example of what will happen to rack-rented estates, geaemly. In oth ea: “4 Commi: 's personally dined minutely the properti ‘Ther 1n both the rent was redneed an one-thir ave! peated from. nor is an appeal ted. The decision of me same Comimis- voting improvem i AS STILL Mor To THE LAND substantially declares that iipeivemedte ave been made by the tenant. unless the landlord can prove the contrary. This . reverses. completely the bresumpden supposed to have been sreated by the act. and sh tae burden dE proof to- the laudlord,, disregarding ev express contracts between landlord and ten- ant, under which the improvements became the landlord! 3 property. ‘The result is that, wa judicial rent, such improve- menis, which in many cases covera large portion of the value of the property, will be considered as forming no part of the Won which the landiord is entitled to teceive rent. The decision has produced something like consternation among certain id will certainly be ab- it every act and word yet proceeding from the Land Court indicates that it is disposed to-hold to this sweeping principle. It shall be presumed to THE EFFECT an enormous increase in the business of the court, which, before these decisions, had showed sizns of becoming unmanageable. Applications pour -in by the. thousand. League organs are beginning to claim this as ule result of their new, policy. Be- , ing unable to prevent “tenants from ) Yesorting to the court, they now encourage litization with the view of creating a com- plete block. The truth is, the farmets are acting fur, themselves, having understood Trym Justice agen’ opening ad- dtess that the court was to be a Tenants’ Court, From recent appearances the ‘court will be called on to readjust the whole rental of Treland. The Standard re- “he is also saved solicito: marks that if the pacification of Ireland is attained even at this exvense, it is DEVOUTLY TO BE DESIRED. This week’s evidence indicates that the sup- pression of the-league was effectual. ‘The withdrawal of the league solicitor from-all cases in the Land Court has shattered the tenarifs’ confidence. The outrages now oc- curring are regarded as the natural result of irritation and vindictiveness rather than as evidence of an eifort on the part of the leazue to prolong its power by continuing intimida- tion. A SYNDICATE TO BUY UP IRISH LAND. peciat Cable. Lonpox, No Jennings’ special says: It is more than whispered in certain leading clubs that a combination has been formed of leading Radical and Liberal capitalists to take advantage of the rulings under the Irish Land bill, which are al- ready . depress the’ value ‘of land- property in Ireland. The plan is to pick up Irish properties quietly here and there as fast as they are thrown on the market by the disheartened ‘and disgusted proprietors, and a powerful syndicate, repre- sented by a well-known West End, bankinz- house, is understood to be now enmged in this operation, Mr. _ John Bright, who long expressed his belief in. the feasibility of waking Ireland a great field for agricultural speculation, is said to be largely interested in thescheme. When, THOUGH A SLIP OF THE TON Mr. Smith, Registrar of the Land Court, proclaimed on Oct. 19 that “the Court of the Land-Leagne” was open, he unwittingly told the truth. Mr. Justies O’Hagan-and his colleagues did not hesitate, ut the open- ing day, to deG¢lare, almost in so many words, that they intended .to interpret. the Jand act and to execute it sulely in the in- teres: Commi} f£ the tenant applicants, and the Sub- si are i religously liv- ing .up to on. ‘The jand- Jords expected severe treatment, but they did not count on being absolutely garroted. Parnell made 2 great point against the iby declaring that tenants who had been evicted during the fierce agitation in the spring would lose the benefits of the act. But Mr.: Justice O'Hagan has ruled that alltenauts ejected within six months before 22 (the day the Land bill be alaw) are entided to its advantages furthermore, that when a reduction of rent 1 apply to all sales whieh nee Aug, 2, EVING 1N fiftieth and sixtieth sections of the act alarmed the Jandlords, and 1 believe sonie of them resolved on consulting eminent Jawyers in Ireland and England, with the view vot testing its soundness. But they were” told what they onght tou have known—that~ the act inakes the Land Commission « court of final juris- i nd ihat there is no appeal against , hot even to the Honse of Lords. 3 but worse sminissions are e posed of barristers, solicitors, and expert valuators, chosen quite as much for their Hiberalism and adherence to tenant-right as for their personal fiuress. These Comnmis- sioners go on cireuit from place to place, and deal with the tenant’s case alnost at his duor. This saves; him expense, and as the Sub-Commissioners, who are supposed to be impartial arbitrators, go the length of acting as counsel for the tenant applic: s, and is infi- nitly better served thanif he-had retained the biggest gunin the four courts. The . Sub- Commissioners appear to act on the’ theory that the landlord is entitled to a bare im ance out of his property and no more, and and th t, in cases where the landlord made improvements out of his own. pocket, such improvements shall not warrant or ex- cuse an inerease of rent. To put it-ina simpler way, the Jandlurd is now owner of only 10° per cent of his~ prop- erty, the remainmg 30° per cent going to the tenant, and the Jandlord cannot claim interest on his investments inthe improve- ment of his estate. 1 venture to say that if a measure embracing such features were passed by the Legislature of any one of your States, it would be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as being an act of spoliation and robbery. THE ANNUAL RENTAL OF IRELAND is, im round numbé £50,090,000 a year, So that the Land Court’s decisions will _proba- bly involve the loss of £27,099,000a year to the Jandlords, or, reckoning the total value of. Irish proparty at £1,690,000,009, the landlords are to be despoiled of over 1,009,090. THE OFFICES OF THE LAND CounT - are in the old ‘house in Upper Merrion street where the Duke of Wellington was born, and if that grim guardian of the preroga- tives of the Crown and the rights of the landed aristocracy ean revive in spirit, he must -be astounded at the cool process ,by which a large body of Joyal men are being deprived of . their pos- sessions. ‘The rulings and decisions of the past week have created a panic not only among Irish landlords, but among the assur- ance companies, and other fin bodies which have money ‘out on Irish mortgages. ‘The result will bea general withdrawal of investments, the collapse of hundreds of ber of estates upon the market. When the tery lands were sequestrated in En- the Reformation the race of small freeholders multiplied. and a peasant pro- prietary is likely to be temporarily estab- lished in Ireland upon the ruins of dand- Jordism, ‘ TNE ENGLISH LANDLORDS contemplate the havoe wrought by Mr. Jus- gan with feelings akin to those of iM slage passenger who knows his turn to be robbed next. Mr. 25 said in a ue way that the taba, nt the Premier can hat away when E TIME IS KIPE FoR AN ENGLISH LAND BILL. Moreover, in his Midlothian campaign, he toll the Buccleuch tenantry that he drew a wide distinciion between realty and } alty, and that circumstances inight arise in which it. would become the duty of the State to “circumscribe. the powers of the = property-owner.” 2 phrase which Lord Salisbury fitly characterized as “robbery in broadcloth.” The me} associations in England and Scotland ha’ agreed upon the general principles of a land bill applicable for both countries, al- though of course each will have to..be dealt parately. ‘These principles‘ embrace .the best or worst features of the Irish’ act, the fixing of rent bya court of arbitration, eompensanion for disturbance “and une: hausted improvements, and freedom of sale oftue tenant right, with ininor refurms, such as the simplification of the process of trausfer and the readjustment of local taxation. ‘he Radicals willinsist on TUE ALOLITION OF ENTAIL AND GENITURE, and they also contemplate using the en- franchised agricultural. laborers ‘to force upon the Government State aid and the spoliation of landlords for the estabhshment of a peasant proprietary. The laborer will certainly not vote for the — reforms demanded by the farmers . until ‘he bribed with a clause fur giving him the fee of two or three of the landlord’s farms. Sixty years ago this sort of legislation would not have been proposed even by William Cobbett, but since 1832, and more especially since the Ministers of this country have be- come siinply the instruments of the great democratic caucus * ~ LORD O’HAGAN RETIRES. Special Cable, Loxpoy, Nov. 5.—Jennings’ special say: PRIMo- “Lord O'Hagan, the Irish Lord Chan- cellor. retires on Monday, and Mr. Law, the Irish Attorney-General, will “suc- ceed him, I ‘understand that Lord O'Hagan has prepared ‘a ‘scheme for re- forming and improving the Irish magis- tracy. The vast’ majority of Trish magis- trates are. Protestants, and: Protestants most offensive to the Catholic. population, being Orange landlords or stipendiary magistrates who have served in the army or navy, and are quite unfit to deal with idiosyner ‘Thus, in the County Tyrone, where an elec- tion was recently held, there are 125 magis- trates. Of these 123 Me Protestants, the Protestant population being 95,000, while only two are Catholies, although the Catholic vop- ulation is 120,000. Protestant ascengpney is strong throughout the magistracy, ‘ad __ the appointment by the Crown of a fair repre- sentation of Catholics will heal oneof THE INNUME! WOUNDS OF IRELAND. ‘The Land Leaguers boast that no respectable Catholic would accept the honors. But this is nonsense. here is no people more keen for. such . distinctions (witness how Poor Law Guardians and Town Councillors fkuunt the cabala‘T. Gand P. L. G. after their names), and a Catholic would be much better ‘employed settling the squabbles and petty processes of his neighbors than in inciting them to mur- der and outrage. Lord .O*Hagan has served his countrymen well, and thi: tk oact will no doubt be thoroughly apprec THE IRISH BAN: “Special Cable. —Mr. Labouchére devotes ile suggests Loxpox. Nov. much space to Ireland again. that the royal banner of Lreland.shoutd be floated in Dublin as the Scoteh banner is in Scotland, with the Irish harp in the first and tourth quarters; not in the third only, as oat present. Te says that~ in dealing with Ireland national sentiments ought to be considered, An. interesting event is expected in the household of. the Duke of Connaught in January, and thers a chance for England to give the sister either a Prince or a Princ ehére concludes: “ We must learn to di the question of «a federal union between Great Britain and Ireland without a fore- gone conclusion, and without cursing every- one asa traitor who. believes that such a union would strengthen rather than weaken THE POLITICAL Co 1ON BETWEEN THE TWO Is ‘rendered necessary by their geographical position.” ‘The Era says “ An unseemly scene oc- curred at the Gail ‘Theatre in Dublin on ‘Tuesday evening. The Lord-Lieutenant and Countess Cowper on entering a box were re- ceived with a storm of hisses by the gallery, but with hearty cheering by the occupants of other portions of the house. His Excel tency bowed to both parties, and the row sub sided.” ALARM DRILLS. To the Western Assoctated Press. Denrty, Nov. The mititary authorities have inaugurated a system of aan drills to train the troops to fall rapidly into a defens- ive position in case of.an attack. ‘This is the revival of a practice which prevailed during the Repeal movement in 1843 THE “ NO-REN’ A curious plan has been adopted in some parts of the West of Ireland with a view of keeping the “ no-rent * manifesto before the tenantry. It takes the form of « promissory note, which. nas been circulated among the farmers attending the fairs. The note isa promise to pay rent on the day Parnell, Davitt, and other suspects are released. It is intended that the uote shall be sixned by tenants and sent to landlord: D MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. —'The Manchester Gucd- es a vague stitement. that the Government Intends to release Parnell and his colleagues in time to participate in the proceedings of Parliament provided the state of the country justifies the step. TNE BRITISH. ENGLISH LAND REFORM. Lonnow, Nov. The movement for Ena land reform: is deficient thus far as a movement in conspic- uous leadership and weil defined purpose. ‘body. supposes that the program of. the armers’ Alliance will be taken up by either political party. Lord Hartington, speak- ing last ni: extinguishes the hopes, foolishly expressed” in some quarters, that he might put himself at the head of ‘an English agitation based on the principles of the Irish Land act. He considered that the pre men disttese of the En ii ts that the farmer is entitled to relief by legis- lation from THE PRESENT SYSTEM, so far as it is artificial and unsound, declar- ing that he favored legislative secutity for the tenants’ capitals labor, and resulting im- provements, but that he was opposed to the notion that. the tenant was entitled in. consequence . to — improve- ments effected under a coproprietary right in the soil." He urged that the bad times be fought through by the codpera- tion of all ses interested in agriculture. Elsewhere it has been remarked thatthe En- glish landlords are voluntarily making the tenants a reduction equal to the amount that will probably be enforced on the Irish. Mr. vs disapproval of the English agra- aims, which preceded Lord Iarting! discourages the Collings school of Rudicals even more. THE TRIAL OF LEFROY. Intense interest is taken in the trial of Le- froy, which is now going on at Maidstone, for the murder of Mr. Gold on the Brighton Riulway train. In openitig for the Crown “yesterday, Sir Henry James presented) a case that was pililes ly. complete. ‘The prisoner Kept up wondertuily well as the Attorney-General spun the rope, and- when the Crown witness- es were bemg examined, and Mr. Pe- land, the keen of ‘Treasury lawyers, handed up the victim’s wateh-chain, found in Lefroy’s boot, and Lefroy’s pocket bovk, found in a hedge along the railway, the prisoner touk notes and whispered to his counsel, Mr. Montague Williams and Mr. Forrest Fulton, ‘These sharp gentlemen felt the strength of the Crown’s case, and it was evident that they did uot share their client's composure, THE DEFENSE will ve twofold—tirst, that the murder was committed by a third passenger, who, as Leroy said when the train. stopped, jumped from the train and escaped: and, secondly, the prisoner’s insanity. ‘he latter plea, 1 — imagine. will not “be seriously pressed. ‘There will be . some ing.as to the speed of the train, for-if, rate of from thirty- five to forty- tive miles an hour was maine the defense will have to show how ssenger escaped death when he ‘The evidence of the woman and jumped. girl who saw only TWO PASSENGERS STRUGGLING in Hew past their house must also. : ned aw: ‘Then there are the ugly facts about the prisoner's flight from “Wal- lington on the day ofthe murder,when mde: thesurveillance of the police, aud of his hiding in theStepney Jodging-house when he must have known that he wanted to clear up theanystery. ‘I'he answer. of the defense to this is, that, prior to the Gold occurrence, it had. come to Lefroy’s knowledge: that two warrants which had “been granted against’ him avout: eighteen months previously at Bow — street were still in force. In order to evade the execution uf these warrants, Mapleton went to Australia, and, shortly after his return. to England, changed his name to Letroy. It is con- tended that he. feared this fact would have been made known had he stopped to answer any charge which might have been brought against him in respect to THE GOLD TRAGEDY, and this apprehension, coupled with the con- vietion of guilty in regard to the passing of the Hanoverian medals on the morning of the day, offers (the defense maintains) suflicient nation of the ‘course he thought fit to How the defense hope to destroy the evidence of the pawnbrokers that Lefroy re- deemed a pawned revolver just before he got on the train is not known, Your readers, even - from this imperfect outline, will prob- ably be able to anticipate the verdict which the jury will deliver ne REGANDED AS JUST Loxpox, Nov. 5.—Jennings’ ‘speeial- says: The rumored intervenuon of the United States between Chili and Perw is regarded here. as a necessary step... At first it was thought that Gen, Hurlbut had exceeded his authority, but it is now wnderstood that he simply laid down the policy adopted by = Mr Blain It is» recognized as most undesirable that Chill should be allowed to destroy. the Peruvian nation- ality, and admitted that the interference of the American Government is directly’ called for. Fear is expressed in some quarters that Mr. Blaine aims at making the United States the arbiter of the destinies of the entire American Continent. The public, however, do not share in these apprehensions, and are confident! that your Goverment will T SUSTH 3 Seeretary Bhtine’s Panam ‘Canal note has evoked little opposition, “fhe public freely concede that if England has a right to.con- trol the Government of Egypt because the Suez Canal is on the road to India the United States Government has surely a right to pre- vent European interference with a route directly atfecting her interests on the Pacitic. THE RUMORS REG <G MI, GLADSTONE'S jal Cable. 3s Loxpon, Nov. ‘The. rumors.of Mr. Gladston retirement and of Cabinet changes have subsided as quickly as they were raised. If they were put out as feelers, the response of the Liberal. papers all over the country has been that Mr. Gladstone’s personality is an indispeiasable necessity to the continuance of the Liberal party m power, and this acknowledgment of the importance of | lity is seized upon by the Conservatiy sign of want of coherence in the part: ‘The past week was stingzuished by a bitterness and an acrimoni- ination unusual in English polit ad denounced the * fair aut rogues, if was not r Lord Satisbury taunting the Liberal Ministry with having eaten dirt. da vain Sir William Vernon Harcourt re- torted that he did notunderstand the .de- cencies of” public “discussion. But the speech whieh CAL: THE MOST STIR has been that of Lord Randolph Churchill, the dashing yoting leader of the so-called who di red that what Sir purt ha did not much unutter, but that the implication at indecent ntations by other Liberals must be notieed. Lord Randotph Churelull. styled adstone as an “ineendiary, who nad touched the lowest depths of political cow- ardice and ingratitude.” | Thereupon Mr. Broadhurst denounced Lord Randolph Churehill as a “miserable, contemptible young man. Lord Wolverton told him that he was not worthy to black Mr. Glad: stone’s boots. Nevertheless Lord Randolph Churehill’s speech is well worth reading, pecially in reference to America and his comparisons of Ameriean and English com- erity, Whieh are much in favor nd in advozaey of fair trade. SDERATE BONI Ihave made extensive inquiries among London bankers about the Confederate bond mani: The general, opinion among finaneires is that nut a penny is invested, and certainly not in the name of the Confederate Government. The Bank of England dves.not aecept investments from foreign Governments—only from fn- dividuals. Mr. Puleston says that there has been an inquiry forsuch funds for years, “buthe never could learn that a “penny bad been invested here. “Besides,” he added, “the Confederate Government had no money to send here at the time.” SUMMON! Prof. Ferrier, ot Kings College, has-been summoned at the instance of the London So- ciety. for the Protection of Animals from Vivisection to answer a charge of having made experiments om «a dog and two monkeys during the International Medical Congress in_ -the presence of Charlot, ‘Virsehow, Galdtz, and other celebrated physiologists, full reports of which. appeared in the Lancet. The case will be don.the 17th inst. a Prof. Mahafty has been - uti is Oscar Wilde’s college career as an_ illustration of -his thesis that a stupid boy gains more than a brilliant one from a university training. Mr. Gladstone has al- lowed the outline of his hand to be taken for a book about.the hands of distinguished men about to be published. ‘There is a bet that Ost iN need a double page for their pictorial representation life-s SCOTT-SIDDONS has failed to please in * Queen and Cardinal.” Most critics attribute lier fallure to the stu- pidity of the vi She now appears in “As You Lae It,” and will, doubtless, be more pupreet brouzht at wiol si London this week ef pence per pound, It is retailed at a shillin, Yhe consignors of American and Australian meat are unable to fathom the mystery of the difference. in the price they receive and the price the public pa TH RAL OF TH RL OF AIRLIE took-place at Cortachy yesterday. It is a curious fact that the late Earl was the only Liberal” representative.of Scotland in’ the House of Lords, ‘The Earl of Dalhousje will probably receive the City of the Thistles, made vacant by the death of the Earl of Airlie, MARRIAGE. é | Pruth states that the official announce- ment has been, made of the approaching marriage of the Duke of Albany with a Ger man Prince: LORD FITZ WILLIAM, who will probably soon be ga zetted as Mar- auis of Rockingham, has remitted -uncondi- tionally the past half year's rent of all his tenants. Many other English landed proprivtors are making. larg pductions, thus taking the stiny out of the land agi nin Englands "The Mark Lane Express s that the average reduction on new let- tings in England 2 percent more than the Lrish landlords expect to lose by the de- cisions of the Land Court. a TY YEARS OLD. Mr. Bright completes his 70 the lth inst. It will interest and surprise Americans to learn that the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has Jewish relations, “There are persons still living,” Socicty, “who remember the fine old Italian Jew at Buxton, whos deat in precious stones, cameos, and intazlias, and ‘who, besides re- Joicing in the name of Bright, claimed the fathez of tfe honorable. member. for Bir- ninghaim as his fi ‘THE F has pleased the V fter-a pri-- vate‘dinner at Mr. Hussey Vivian’s house, the Prince. called for a tankard Welsh alt and, yising the foaming goblet to. his. lips, drank to the memory of his ancestors, Llewellyn the Great and Cadweladyr, the last of the Cimbrian British Prince: a GIBRALTAL ‘The idea of Spain buying Gibraltar is not being talked of seriously in England. ACRE’. The British corvet Wolverine ited the } of, Island of New Guinea in August, landed a force, and punished the inhabitants of the | Village of Kalo for murdering mission-| -teach- ers,- After a short fight the head Chief was killed, and the natives yielded. «The Chief's house was aéstroyed. The Commodore after- wards addressed the natives, warning them against committing auy further outrages. RANCE. IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Speciut Cable. Pants, Nov. 5.—The Herald special says: “Tn anticipation of 2 great and stirring de- bate on the Tunisian question, there was a very large guthering at the Chamber of Deputies .this afternoon. Three inter- pellations had been announced: one by ‘M. Naquet, the second. by Sf. Ama- and the third by M. Deroys. M. son was in the chair and M. Gambetta in his old place in the first row of Republican benches on the extreme. lefty Indeed, every faction of the Chamber was'strongly repre- sented. ‘The galleries were thronged with eager and excited spectators. Once, more, however, the ‘old. proverb prove: to be true, “Only the unexpected happens.” In- stead of the Naquet interpellation we had a long anda not very brilliant declaration of M. Jules Ferry, who, -by a curious, and £ believed ~unpreconcerted, arrangement, thought fit to reply to the charge wh presumed would be made by his eri BEFORE THEY HAD BE anne LATED, replying disdainfully, amid great uproar, to what he called the infamous attacks made upon the Ministry. Ne reminded the louse that not long siuce the Goyernment was in perfect accord with the Chamber. Every one was then convinced that the ‘Tu- nis expedition’ was a- national and political necessity. Certain individuals re- turned from Noumea found that it suited them to take up the accusations made originally by the Kight and to use them as an electoral war cry. France could not leave ‘Tunis, the key of her house in Algeria, at the merey of any but a friendly Power. ‘The oc- eupation of ‘Tunis had been contemplated as Jong ago as 18d4. ‘The Kroumir, whom the Government. was said to have invented, had in the course of ten years actually made 2,365 ORGANIZED INCURSIONS ON ALGERLAN TEX- RITORY. FORMU- ‘The Bey, prompted by motives which he. could not froin self-evident reasons particu- larly explain, had turned his back on French intluence and the interests of France. Not merely private interests were at s . The Government had been aceused of making | unauthorized = war, but the French for had never fought against the Bey’s troops, and the latter were now their. paid auxiliaries. I¢had been accused. of prematurely withdrawing the French troops and disorganizing the army, but the army was not disorganized, and the withdrawal was for sunitary and military reasons nece: keep the cadres of the army intact. a-call were made upon it, the army would be found ready for mobilization, The ex- pedition had dealt a deadly blow at Mussul- man fanaticism, to which, and not to the invasion of the French, - the agi in the south” of . the Regency to be. ascribed, M. Ferry was frequently interrupted, and was listened to with seant courtesy. Hardly had he set down when, to. the’ general surprise, M. Amagat ascended the tribune and AN JIS MAIDEN SPE: which at once made him unen: asx kind of French Biggar. Nobody knows. exactly what he said, for the opening phrases of his discourse were. of such a ridiculously bombastic » nature’ that the rest was’ drowned in a rain- ing accompaniment of jeers, laughter, and protests. Uniismayed and pittiless, M. Amagat continued his oritorical effusion, which, by the way, he had.carefully written out, to the bitter end, replying ‘to the taunts of the exasperated house by a series of striking, not to say theatrical, ejaculations, made doubly striking -by melodramatic gestures. ‘The spgaker is supposed to have blamed the Goy- ernment for organizing the expedition.- The spéech lasted close upon two hours.” When at last he retired the Chamber was so wearied. and excited that the cuntinuation of the debate was adjourned till: Monday, when M. Gambetta is expected to speak.* M. Amasat, the heroof the day, isa Pro- fessor from Monthelier. ‘The result of the debate is almost a foregone conclusion. The Chamber, which is just now, in a lenient mood, will probably spare the moribund Ministry the inifliction of any very harsh vote of censure. ° TIE EMPERORS. £ A DISSATISFIED SET OF HIGI-AND-MIGHTY Pants, Nov. A St. Petersburg corre- spondent telegraphs: “It is-now evident that Russia has been the dupe of Germany in the matter of the proposed inte! the Czar and the Emperor of Austria German party here has done all in its power to prevent the interview, and several Hun- garian papers, supposed to be inspired by marek, have engaged in a bitter war of words on the subject with the Russian press. While this quarrel was going on, the meeting: of the King of Italy and the Emperor of Austria was quietly arranged. ‘The Ri 1 Government has not concealed its dissatis- faction, and an acrid communication has been made to the Ausirian Ambassador. Ie sent a courier from Berlin to Bismerck to inform him that the interview between the Czar and. the Emperor of Austria is DESIRED HER MORE THAN EVER. The matter was discovered in secret council ‘Tuesday, but serious if not insuperable diffieulties seem to bein the way of the ar rangements. The Emperor of Austria has no pretext for gomg to the frontier, and the Czar camot leave his dominions until after the coronation. ‘The Czar will leave Gats- ehinain five or six weeks for Anitoketf, which patace is protected against the danger of mines by counter mines, surrounding the buildings. Prince Orloff has received a telegraphic summons to Gatschina. GERMANY. THE REICISTAG BERLIN, —The Reichstag will open on the 17th inst. The prospect of a coalition between the Clericals aud the Conservatives is growing dail TYRANT BISMARCK. ‘The editor of the. Borrsen Courter has been sentenced .to eighteen “months? - prisoninent tor imputing unworthy motiy and actions to the Minister of Works, and insinuating that Bismarck, as private owner of Varzin, used his public ps vent and erush a litigant pe: What gives special interest to the case, and has caused no little sensation, is that~ the court, departing from the usual practice, de- creed immediate arrest. of the “accused” on the ground that there was a strong suspicion thas he meditated flight. SPANISMN HONDURAS. PROBABLY A LINERAL ESTIMATE. Prcape ruta, Noy.d.—A merchant just arrived from. Spanish Ilonduras says-- 500 lives were lost by recent floods there, and the loss of live stock and the damage to the fruit interest and railroads is estimated at $20,000,- 000. GREECE REED. Arneys, No ‘Lhe Grand Cordon of the Order of the Redeemer has been eon- ferred upon J. Meredith Reed, formerly American Minister at Athens, in recognition of the eminent services he rendered Greece. ITALY OST IN A STORM. Ros Sov. 3.—Several lives were lost in a hurricane here yesterday. NEW YORK. President Arthur Receives a Visit from Ex-Senator Conkling. The Post-Office Deluged with Po- litical Missives from Both Parties. The French and. German Yorktown Dele gates to Be Given a State Ball. 1 Cashier Baldwin. Might Have Stolen $4,500,000 Instead ‘of $2,509,009. - PRESIDENT ARTHUR... HE RECEIVES T FROM EX-SENATOR New York, No Among other callers on President Arthur this evening were Dr. I. I. Mayes, John R. Lydecker, ex-Collector 'Yhomas Murphy, and Police-Commissioner Stephen B: French.” With the latier he was . closeted some time. During the evening the President received a visit from ex-Senator Conkling, but the nature of the interview was not disclosed. President Arthur expects to leave for Wa ashington Wednesday or ‘Thursday. next. THE POLITICAL CONTEST: THE POST-OF FICE DELUGED WITH POLITICAL - 3 VES. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. New York, Nov. 5.—How fierce the pol- itival contest iv the city this fall is is shown measure by the increased business -oflive.- The candidates for‘ollice L organizaions almost with- one exception have employed the ont postal service, the former to present their qualifications and claims, and the latter to “The Old World and the New.” Re sponded coy ue Hon. art Sehute, e final toast was ‘Che City of Paris.” Responded to by John Austin Stevens. = FIRE-RECORD. Fisher's Geinteatiy Gutted—Loss, $30,. At about 1 o’clock this morning a German, whose. name could not be learned, while passing along West Randolph street, in the. vicinity of Desplaines, saw a fire in “what appeared to him | to be the roof of the rear portion of Fisher's grist-mill, a four-story and basement stone- front building, 160x60 feet in- dimensions, standing on lots Nos. 20 and 2 Des. pales street.” He ran crying “Fire to the. nearest-alarm-box, and attempted to turn in a notice to the departinent, but ex- perienced so much difficulty: that he wag obliged to hunt up 2 policeman—Oficer ‘Thomas Lee—to do the job for him. By the time the alarm was- given not only tha roof, but the whole interior of the g1 t-mill Proper—an . SOxt0-foot building occupying the rear half of the two lots aforesaid— seemed to be amass of flames, and before the extinguishing apparatus fail arrived the tongues of flame were bursting out of every window, shooting high up inte the air, lighting up the ueighboriaod for blocks. around, and territying the occupants of all the strrounding buildings, ‘The blaze continued with: unabated — vigor till almost 2 o’eluck, at’ which “time. it was | announced under. control, and the people who had been scattering their household furniture all over the muddy Streets'in theirdesire to save property de sisted from their Layo Frowvthree build- i just to the north of the miti—small two. story frame — structures’ oveupied by saloons, called respective! “The Man-Hlole? "The Mad House,” ete, —all ‘the occupants moved hurried: experiencing some age to their house- hold eff and the sitluonkeepers will lose by the dpenching: which their places una- voidably received. aAtzo’cluck the walls of the mill fell in with a crash—all toward the interior, and no one was hurt. ‘The blue had communicated - with the’ front half of the building, which was sepa from the mill-portion by a heavy wall and iron slides at connecting doorways, but was easily handled there, though it. continued stubbornly to” burn till a late huur this morning. es of the conflagration do not ‘The causes seem to be known. ‘There was lire in the champion the cause of their nominees. This { buliding at the time of the oa ng outot method of bidding for votes has been prac- } the blaze, a as the fires are drawn, fron the ticed hitherto,- but ‘never to such | engines ao a) y night, and. stent ‘as thi year. Previously | Were, 8° drawn night. — A RD sGSHUe Sa watehman “named Gohrten| “was in circulars have been “used mainly, but | charge of the premises, and was supposed to this fall seated envelopes have contained the documents sent out. How great a ditference the political mail matter makes in the city, vice is best perhaps shown by re- comparison of the post-ollive last week with that done in other weeks. THE RECEIPES For STAMPS last week were $103,800. vr before for stamps w which shows an inecease of «517,00. Friday, and yesterday we ere | the In those days 400,000. two-cent 'stampe total of 1,22%000—were sold. and today were the days when the greates 3 ‘Thurs- busiest. stamp: envelopes: amount of work was thrown on the -post- -oltice clerks. Forty e: Ts have been employed for Several yet with this ad- ditional force it has been found impossible to mn the deliveries promptly. Day night the employés have been Kept at Work. the THE NEWARK BANK. THE SHAREHOLDERS. Spectat Mispatcn to ‘The Cmcago Tribiine. New York, Nov. 5.—The latest ques- tion raised with regard to the. Newark. bank- failure is as to the legality of the tax recently paid. by the stockhalders.. The latter now find that the stock which was: assessed at nearly four times ts face value was abso- lutely worthless, and as the constitution pro- vides that property shall be assessed only aceording to it true value, they will, perhaps, take action to-recover the amount al it id that the taxes on the stock 0! onal Bank were remitted tinder nses. Some lewyers id be readily sold for 15) that the stock G or thereabouts two days before the tail- wis the ure, and that its trae value price it would bring. | Ramos more arrests soon, and it is defaleation of $25, Qu has been discovered, the aefaulter_not being either Baldwin or Machlank. To a friend BALDWIN SAID TODAY: “For the last seven years 1 have lived in hell, Lani happier now than when I was a free man enjoying universal respect and ct onfidence, off me.) What a Joad has been lifted WERE $4,500,000 TO STEAL, INCLUD- “by the Si 5.—The Ne wact <idver- e following: ‘The Govern- iment miner of the Mechanics? Bank has finished his preliminary labors, forwarded his repo:t to the Controller of the Currency. Washington, and left the bat hands of the Receiver. The following show real condition of the accounts as the iner leaves them. ‘The details will appear in the offieial report, which will be published hereafter: Bills discounted. Caled States bond: ‘Total... Capital stock... Surptus and proti Cireulation...... Amount due dép Amount due bank: Overdraft. ut Me Bank, New Yori which is to be ul oekhold~ » the depositors will r to 6) per ceut, and the stock- s Will lose aur amount equal to their stock additionad. THE NATION’S THE FRENCH A French and German guests on the night ot Nov. 7 promises. to be a- grand affair, and to bring. to worthy ‘conclusion “the series of hospitali tendered the delegates. President Arthur has been invited to attend, and 2 box his been reserved for hun. | Gov. Cornell and ‘e the cuests of the Nation ou the stage at Lt p.m. ‘the ball wi Open with a State quadrille, in wi inost distingnished of the giests and their hosts will take path Ww ith this ball offi ral oe the. party wiil return. to 's steamer. ‘The major ry several intending Ng ‘Vou Steubens are to be entertained at ~ Kommers by the Lieverkranz and Arion Societies united on the eve of their departure for home, which will be the 9th inst. BANQUETTED LY THE CHAMBER OF Co3- MERCE. The banquet given this evening by the Chamber of Commercein honor of the French and German’ delegates wis a very elabo: affair, and brought together a most distin- guished company. ‘Che fullowing were the toasts: ¢ Memory of Washington and Lafay= Drunk in silence ind standing. ft France and Lts Oficial Responded to by Minis- Re beau. Be Wednesd: in some ette.” * The Repubii Representative: ter Outrey. . “+ Our Distinguished French Guests.” sponded to by ‘the Marauis de Roch: “The Representatives of the F. Baron von Stettben.” Responded to by Col. j Arndt von Steube “The V! to by the Rev. Dr. Storrs. “The French Alliance.” William M. Evarts. *Commere.” Low. ietory at Yo. Kktown.”?, Responded Responded toby * and | furnish nily of } the. tacult: mike the round: Where he was no’ one know each hen the alarin wi because he hi been seen. since that time. ‘Those who saw the beginninz of. the fire think’ that the dry-kiln was the fountain-hecd. It is veryevident from state- iments made-by Mrs. Fisher that the greatest carelesness hi allowed in the mange tof the mill, for thelady says that sue herself has on three different’ oceasions saved the plice from probable destruction, ‘The, members “of the Fire Depart ne reason to believe that what Mrs. Fish yas called out at least ¥ existence of the iil to subdite tire there. Aug st Fisher, the owner of the property, was IBUNE reporter, and stupped wringing his hands long. enough to seine information — concerning place and his __ business, He built “the rear portion of the mill, the 40xs0 feet mentioned above, in (86S, and added the stone-front in Ie "The cust of erecting both buildings was = 000, but of course they were not worth any- where near that figure at present. In the mill he had jnachinery and stock valued at $17,000, ‘seattered’ all © through it~ from the — basement. to the —_rovf. ‘The basement and three upper floors of the front poruon were .used by Miller Bro: maitsters, Who were doing work for UL "The latter firm had 10,000 bush- cored in the building. . Mr. is located on the maift floor. remainder of that floor the in front, being devoted to the sterage of wheat, rye, and simifar cereals J1is loss, he thought, would -be nearly, ‘ nd Capt. Bull winkle made 2 similar es e, althongh there was no chance to make a xctniNa= tion of the damaged -parts. of the mill, As to the causes ot the fire, Mr. Fisher had no theory to offer. He said that he had been-all. over the place at IL o'clock, and that he had then left it in charge of his watchman, In rexard to insur an he said that Hopkins and Hasbrook had placed it for him, but he did not Know the et tigures. Ife had, he thought, about alt 31,000 ot which was on the ma- kK, and the remaining He Knew. that the is one of the — interested but- he could not tell y upon what it was placed, Miller Bros. said that their Allemania companies, ie amount nor One of the firm Joss would be fully covered by insurance. ‘The proprietor ot the nil has been a eouliarly ntortunate atte Tn 1875 the place was visited by a scorching similar to that of last night, and on two or three occasions it has been more or less bad ty singed. ‘To add to his misfotune, one of the grinding stones exploded last winter, and Fisher uearly killed by the tlving debris. his guods on the Ie protected by the firemen. A little some of the firemen explained this a afraid of the Mt co ‘He felt during the fire that floor wi tae ly KE with neglect... ‘They were saying that it was a “trap” of the worst” kind and liable to fall all in a heap, - None of the officers would risk the lives of the men inside the building. CASUALTIES. Railroud Smash-Up. ‘Special Lspatch to The Chicago Tribune, Lake Forest, IL, Nov. 5.—Quite a se rious railway accident occurred here. this afternoon, which endangered the lives of & train-luad of - passengers and resul in painful injuries to several train-men. The fast. fteriul. expres. whieh I ‘clock: ove Soa wild (treight™ 2 short distance: south of here. when, of course, the en- ginecer of the latter train did his best to keep outot the way, When nearing this v 4 the engine attact an alarm to freight-train cate on the track. ‘Ihe swil understood the signal as ordermg the swi turned, which was_tlone.. ‘The curved rails leading to the switch naturaily were not stone ott to bear, ey ieee of a u st. ot e ticity train approaching was branshe tua oa eit it'seemed almost mirialous MU. were not lost. A wrecking train was dadered * and _the aleoris ele: area comp fe wreck, The Mississippi Steamer War Eagle. Spectul Dispatch to ‘The Chicago Tribune. Keokuk, Ia, No To:lay thousands of citizens have visited the scene of the steamboat disaster. ‘The. losses are about the ye as reckoned i t night’s reports. ‘It was at first Shpgosed that many lives: hawt been lost, bat it is now thoagnt — that alt were saved, as those anissing la: niente have turned up today. It-is a wonder that y on board escaped, and the accident may fely be put down as the luckiest on ree- Most of the passengers on the steamer have been quartered sun ILouse and other hutels in is ay. Many of them left ts-elty by different routes tonight. A HARD GANG. Michigan Students. Who Were Too Sharp fer the Owner of a Melon Patch. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunt _ Mich ne time dure ing the last summer an agricultural colleze student wit fed stealing watermelons by the proprietor of the patel, and settled it by the paying of sweat-money. Thereupon & committee of students waited upon the melon min “and bullduzed nine inte paying it back. At a meeting of aday or two ago, they ‘puspend- ed the melon-thief and the bulldozing com- julien last night the students, bya vote to solved to leave the college en ie unless the erder of. pension Wis annulied. None, however, é left, a3 far as heard from, mutch to the detriment of: Respond eds to His AJ A. ! the institution, which could protinbdly sare La few youns rowdy ringleaders,