Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1881, Page 6

f sz “THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1881I_TWENTY PAGES. get. of European ~ ceo yt « Gossip. - Aristocratic Classes in Deep Sympathy with the Irish Landlords. A Reply to the Johnny Bull in the “St. James Ga- zette.”” Some ‘of the Englishmen Annoyed -at.the Present Feeling 2 for America. i? Ferry Evidently to Be Dropped Out of Gambetta’s ‘ Cabinet. Efforts of Ansttia to Get the Italian Cat Back into the Bag The Spanish Government Questioned id the Senate Regarding the Panama Canal. Railway Traffic Impeded and Fall > Sowing Prevented by Snow —" in Russia. Nov. 3, 4, and 5, at Mecca, the Deaths * from Oholera Were 55, and 215, and 614, TNE IRISH. THE “HERALI"S” CORRESPONDENT ON THE. MISH SITUATION. z able. * Denrrx, Nov. 12.—The Herald’s special says the country is still in a transition state. * Applications continue to pour inio the Land Court, the namber up to today being 25,000, but it is too. early 10 say that the act is generally accepted. Indeed, the past week has developed a continued determination of tenants in many quarters of the country not io pay rents without lib- eral reductions. Itmay ve considered an es- tablished fact that the no-rent manifesto fell perfectly flat. Only a few instances have come tolight where people refused ‘to pay any rent whatever. : ONE AMUSING CASE was at Kildare, where the tenants lodged with the landlord the following promissory note in lieu of rent: . 1 promise to pay Ralph De Courcey — pounds on the day Mesers. Parnell, Davitt, and the other suspects ure set at liberty. Butasa general thing the tenants offer to pay, if heavy reductions are. made. ‘These: Deing refused, they pay nothing. As of old, intimidation continues, though not so openly. It has the effect of preventing many from going inte. court who would gladly do so..-The Land Commissions, like the amills of, the gods, grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly smull. ‘Two conmissions have ‘been sitting for two weeks. The two com- missions, ‘in one week, have only given a decision involving thirty-one tenants, twenty-nine of these by one commission. Even with the new commissions the work ac- complished ‘wil be small compared with the ‘vast number of cases which call for investi- gation. This delay, Jike everything con- nected with the act, bears + AGAINST THE LANDLORDS, for the court has decided that, when the ten- anthas once applied to the court, the land- Jord cannot disturb him till the ease is de- Cided, so that, if the trial of the case be de- Jayed one or two years, it is all the same to the tenant, while the Jandiord may get no rent’ whatever during that time. Of course, the great reductions in reut made by, the comiissions have caused PROFOUND ASTONISHMENT, but the landlords are silent, seemingly await- ing further decisions. No one, however, seem satisfied. The Tory papersare attack- ing the commissions for their sweeping re- duction, while the league press says that the reductions are not sweeping. enough. Parnell has said that he feared the yents in Ulster would not be reduced suffi- ciently. His orgun, the’ United Ivcland, sa ‘The Land act Jeaves the Irish ten- Ants dependent’ upon the humor, idiosyn- enasies, or fear of particular Commissioners, and transfers‘ the fixing of. rent from an agent who, at all events, knows the .value “of the land to a -trio of amateurs who very likely do not. It makes ita matter of mere chance whether the. man’s rent shall be fixed by this set of Comuissioners, who believe that 25 per cent gver’Griftith’s valuanon is a liberal conces- cession, or that the Commissioners may be wheedled and bullied into thinking or work- Mug according to the part of the country they are in and the intensity of the popular feel- ing there. So". THIS IS PERFECTLY TRUE, 5 though it is only fair to say dhat the Iand- lords are at the mercy of the same trio of amateurs. But, while the public.are gener- ally willing to accept the decisions of the Commissioners that the rents in Ireland are from: 25 to 40 per cent too high, there seems “much justice in the. outery against the principles upon which the Commissioners have ‘rested their decisions. ‘These principles were: First, the rent of the holding is to be decided on agricultural value alone, rezardiess of proximity to large towns—that is, ifa persun has bought an estate near a town, he gets 10 more xent: than if the estate is fifty miles from a town or railway, though he paid a heavy sum on account of its proximity. Next, upon the heading as itisfound, without regard to the capability of the land in the hands of the industrious tenants—that is, an indolent, ignorant farm- er who has neglected his farm will pay less for his holding than a skillful, hard-working tenant who has tarmed the land for all i is worth. This is € 2A PREMIUM ON INDOLENCE and a tax on industry... Third, all improve- ments: made by the tenant during 2 lease, even although the provision of the lease may dnave been ‘especially framed for the purpose ef encouraging such improvements, are, after the expiration of the lease, the exclu- sive property of the tenant. These decisions ‘ill seem extraordinary to American lawyers. hey will doubtless be appealed from, Dut it is not likely that they will be reversed. Tn acase decided at Limerick the rent ‘oz 9 for six acres was. doubtless a rack-rent. ‘The Connnission reduced it py one-half, but it has since. been discovered ‘that the landlord. in’. the case is a middleman, wno actually pays to his Jand- Jord '30 shillings a year more than the new rent. He holds under a lease, so that he can- pot appeal'to the court. _In spite of fears to the contrary, the country remains quiet. OUTRAGES NAVE DECREASED EVERYWHERE since the arrest of Mr. Parnell, but reports Which reach us from many parts of the coun- try indicate fears that by the time the winter fairly sets in there will be much dark and bloody work. It is known that the local branches of the league meet secretly in many ~ places in the West and South, . while ~the ibbonmen and other secret societies supplant those branches which are extinct. Landlords evince.a de- sire not to use legal measures against their tenants pending the settlement, so there are very. few sales or evictions reported, tls removing ror a time those causes of ill-teeling, riot, and —_ bloodshed. The authorities are, to same extent, relaxing the precautions taken at the time of Mr. Parnell’s arrest: Leave of absence has been granted to oflicers of the Guards and other regiments, which was refused till this week. A-SECRET CIRCULAR was issued to the Metropolitan; Potice this week, informing them that there are twenty- one branches of the league in Dublin, and that the authorities believe these branches to be meeting under various disguises, as ben- efit societies or soc! or under other designations. The police are instructed to watch carefully and report to the Castle, in. order that the leaders may be arrested. The Archiepiscopal annoriais sculptured on the entrance to Archbishop McCabe’s residence, in Rutland Square, were this w: defaced by some unknown persons, who had used a hammer upon them in the absence of a stal- wart policeman who, of late lurks in the neighborhood. NO FEWER THAN 4,000 APPLICATIONS were received at the head offices of the Land Commissioner, Dublin, yesterday, bringing the total up to fully 25,000. Of those received yesterday, 63S were registered through the post. A separate receipt had to be given for each. The sub-commission at Downpatrick yesterday reduced the rents of sixteen ten- ants on the estates of Mr. Martin N. Corn- wali, in County Down, from 15 to 50 percent. In one case abatement was refused. THE PROCEEDINGS. IN THE LAND: court YESTERDAY showed that land isa drug in the market, no bidders coming forward for the lots put up. Jtisan ominous fact that no one will even offer a price for land; and it shows how deep the belief is in the thoroughness of the great revolution now proceeding. z NINE TRNANTS’ NOUSES on thé estate of Lord Cork, near Killeen, County Cork, were visited 2 few nights azo by Capt. Moonlight. Shots were tired through the windows and a notice was posted on the doors warning them not to pay rent. In two instances the no-rent circular of the Land League was posted up, Written notices were issued-in other places. Bullets were found in soine of the houses. 5 THE EAI. OF DEVON has made a remarkable offer tu his Limerick tenants—namely: to allow them to surren- der their leases, which preclude them. from the veactits of the Land act, in order that they may apply to the court. It is stated that Lord Cork intends making the same otfer. ARRESTS . continue to he made all over the country. About seventy persons ve been arrested since. Mr. Parnell’s arfest. ‘The jail at Armagh has been prepared to receive 2 large number of prisoners. It is expected -that several of the.notable prisoners: at Kilmain- ham will be removed . DERRY. There will bean exciting Parliamentary contest in Derry. Three candidates are run- ning. ‘The Conservative is Sir Samuel Wit son, an <Australianized- Irishman, who has just bought Hughenden Manor, the residence of the late Lord Beacons field... The Liberal, Mr. A, M. Porter, Q. C., aelever lawyer of Dublin, appears as ie supporter of Mr. Gladstone's Irish policy. The Parnellite candidate is Mr. editor of the Belfast Examiner. It is Gen- erally’ believed” that Mr. Wilson will be elected. THE IRISH SITUATION ACCORDING TO SMALLEY. pecial Cable. Lonnow, Nov. 12.+Smalley’s special says: The Lane Court decisions during the week follow similar fines to those previously re- ported. No cise has yet been reported in which a tenant establishing a plausible claim has failed to obtain a large reduction in rent. The principle laid down in the Cranford cases has been steadily acted on by the other commissions . ‘Tenants* applications increase » Four thousand were received yesterday. ‘The. story tele- graphed to America and retelezraphed here, that tenants almost unanimously refuse to pay rent, is untrue, but many tenants, wherg the league agents still exercise pressure, re- fuse, and “boycotting” also exists. .Law- Jesness .and dishonesty steadily incul- eated for two years do not disap pear instanily. Bui, while the testimony varies 2s to various parts of Iretand, rents are undoubtedly paid in large districts. Landlords who know Ireland best consider that the proportion of payments will increase largely during the winter. The substantial failure of the “(no-rent ? manifesto and Arch- bishop Croke’s testimony. sufliciently indi- uethat generally where rentis withheld itis not considered as withheld in obedience to KILMAINHAM, DICTATION The reports of the Rev. E. Sheehy’s and Mr. Heuly’s speeches in New York show that they are unaware of the extent of the decay of Jeague terrorism. ‘fhe Rey, E. Sheehy holds no important place among the Mr. Mealy, though he dis- lf by masierivg the details of tha Land act, is chiefly rema te vther- wise for his extreme vulgarity. and bitter- ne: THE LAND COMMISSION. To the Western Associated Press. Dusrax, Noy. 12.—Among the applications for fixing judicial reut recorded are 150 on the estate of Sir George Coithurst, of Cork. The Land Commission has resolved in all cases Where notices have been served on or before today that it will note the applica- tion, even if it sits until midnight. This gteatly increases the tenants’ facilities. The number of applications to the Land Court exeveds 25,000. THE ELECTION IN DERRY. Mr. Dempsey, the proprietor of the Ulster Eraminer and Northern Star, of Belfast, consents to coutest the County of Derry in the interest of the Parnellites in the coming Parliamentary election, - . HUNTING. Parnell has written the member of Parlia- ment. trom Wicklow, inclosing a subscrip- tion, and hopes that hunting witl not be stopped. ¥ REDUCTIONS IN MONAGITAN. The Monaghan Iand Commission has rendered a decision in all pending cases, granting in nearly every instance a reduction of from 10 to 20 per.cent in rent. ARRESTED, Hogan, President of the Kilkerrin branch of the Land League, fas been arrested. * SIX SUSPECTS have been removed from Limerick jail to Clonmel jail. ‘The force ot constables zuard- ing the Limerick jail has been replaced by a military force. < ONE OR MORE REGIMENTS now returning from Natal will proceed to Treland to relieve the marines. AT A BANQUET TONIGHT Earl Spencer, Lord President of the Coun- cil, said: |“ Every Lrish grievance will be re- dressed. We shall extend to: the Irish all the privileges aud liberty we possess, but we are read to shed our blood against a repeal of the union.” BRITISH NEWS. ..,. THE COMMANDER OF THE Ansty. pectal Cable, S ‘ov. 12.—Jennings’ special says? AA determined effort is being made by the Fadicals to drive the Duke of Cambridge from’ his post as Comthander-in-Chiet. It is pretty well known. that the Duke, is Ditterly opposed to the recent changes made by Childers in the army system, and the Radical journals insinuate that he is doing his utmost’ to thwart them. The attacks have been going on in a covert way for some time past, but they are now’ 10 longer masked. Sir Garnet Wolseley, rep- resentative of the new military school, will be appuinted to the Adjutrnt-Generalship in April... This is intended us a decisive blow at the Duke’s influence. ‘The practical: con- trol of the army will fail into Wolseley’s hands, and he is not likely to exercise his powers with any regard for the Duke’s prej- udices or opinions. ‘The Pull Mall Gazette has opened a raking fire upon the Duke. + ONE CONTHIBUTOR says: “The Duke belongs to a family which, for many generations past, cannot show a single man who possessed those pow- ers which we now so urgently seek. las-his training been the kind of training that would develop those powers?) England is dearer and greater than any Englishman, even though he should sit, not on the steps of the throne, but on the throne itself. ‘This allusion is apparently aimed at a higher personage than the Duke. It-cannot be said that the Dukeis agreatsoldier. He saw some powder burnt in carnest in’ the Crimea, but his reputation with his brigade of High- Janders and guards was saved from utter de- struction at the Alma’by that grizzly old veteran, Sir Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde, who got no thanks for it, | de fought, too, at the battle of Inkermann, and then his medical adviser surged a change of air, and, yielding reluctantly, no doubt, to their orders, his Royal. Highness returned howe, and, in 1856, on the death ot Lord Hardinge, became Commander-in Chief. THE DUKE IS A HARD WonkE and has labored conscientiously to make himself master of the new tactics and the new systents of warfare, but itis undeniable that he is hampered by-his old associations, and that he still believes, with the gouty and blasphemous old gentlemen of the “Crutch und tvothpick,” that. one Britisn soldier, when led by officers whose only study w: the hunting-tield, could thrash any other tive men, and that buok learning is an abomina- tion and a snare. His Royal Highness, mure- over. has left himself open to attack in other matters, and especially in his greed for sine- cures. Still, itis the general opinion that the Radicals are making him the scapegoat for the break-down of Mr. Childers’ system. THE RADICALS ARE BECOMING ~ MORE AG. VE. Mr, Chamberlain’s tone gt Birmingham. on Wednesday, was more befitting the head of the Government than a subordinate. He announced that “We are on the eve’ of grest and momentous changes,” which, he hoped, would be accomplished without violence or disorder, and gave his audience to understand that sweeping measures might be looked for. Mr. Glad- stone has given no intimation of this in -his recent speeches, but then Mr. Chamberlain has come tobe regarded as the pilot and spokesman of the Cab- inet. ‘The Premier speaks in enigmas, but .Chamberlain’s parable is al straight to the point. He tolu the Irish peu- ple. the other day that it they asked they would receive anything short of separation, and he now tells the agricultural laborers that the Clerk has struck for THEIR ENFRANCUISEMENT, and that if they stand by the Government the Government will divide up the landlords’ garments. It is clear that the Whig influ- ence In the Cabinet has gone. Mr. Gladstone has named Lord Martington and Lord Granvilic’as his successors, but Dilke and Chamberlain are much more likely to be the men. ‘The Radicals express impatience atthe restraints the Whig connection im- poses uvon them, and if anything should happen to the Premier his Whig colleagues will be driven within a year into the Tory camp. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. ‘The question of the anne: to the United States 1s beginning to excite interest here... A controversy is going on be- tween Prof. Goldwin Smith and Sir Francis Hineks. Mr. Smith denounces the policy of England retaining Canada as “Jingvism,” and points out-with great force that the scheme of . Imperial Federation and of an Lnperial Zollverein as madness, as da cannot be divoreed from her natural associations and her natural markets and hitched on to England as a sort ‘of donkey- engine. Sir Franc that he is, declares that there is no, wish fur. annexation in Canada. 1 think, however, that no sinall proportion of the fizzing loya of the Canadians is assumed for a purpose. When Sir John Macdonald comes here he tellsus at every opportunity that Canada has an army of 659,000 men ready to spill their last drop of blood for the old flag, and THEN HE ASKS FOI AN APPROPRIATION (in other words, a new loan), to be squan- dered in railways and canals which do not pay, and whieh ultimately, like the new Canadian Pacitie Kai. |, fall. under Amer- jean control, or, like the Inter-Colonial, are rendered useless by shorter routes. “Unless I have been grievously — misinformed, a’ plébiscite on annexation in ‘the Ci of Montreal would astonish Sir ~Francis Hineks, and in Western Canada, where the people are rubbing shoulders with Americans. in their every day business, the feeling in favor of annexation is growing, although to bean avowed annexationist is not hion~ able. Iam told-also by English friends just returned from the Northwest, where -they had every opportunity of ascertaining the drift uf public opinion, that THE ANNEXATION FEELING 15 RAPIDLY ROWING & there, The new Canadian tariff compels the settlers to send for their farm machinery and other goods all the way to Ontario instead of to Minnesota. The Canadian Government is handing over the territory to a broud of mo- nopolists, public and private, and the Cana- dian _ Pacifie . Railway Company, whieh is. the St Paul, Minneapolis & Ma itoba Company, eeured — privi feges and is N ZR tyranny that are both retarding settlements and exeiting the people against. Canadian rule. ‘he older provinces are peopled in the main by old-gountrymen avho cling to British insti- tutions; but the Northwest coniains a mot ley crowd that cares more for its own ma- terial welfare than for any sentimentalities Mr. Smith falls foul of Lord Dufferin, whom he calls a“ Jingo,” and alleges almost in so many words that when his Lordship was Governor-General HE FED THE CANADIANS ON FLAP-DOODLE, The-Saturday Review of today defends Lord. Dufferin, and says that Mr. Blaine’s dispatches on the Panama Canal and the struggle between Chili and Pern are more aggressive and more arrogant than any doc- uments ever issued by the English Govern- ment in recent years. LEFROY, THE MURDERER. Alr. Dutton, Lefroy’s solicitor, is preparing aimenorial to the Hume Office, asking for commutation ot the felon’s sentence, on the ground that he was insane when he committed the murdér, and that there is insanity in his family." Letroy is opposed to. this course, and sticks to the story that Mr. Gold Was killed by a third passenger, who Jumped from the train. “Tie officials at Lewes Jail say he is quite ‘unconcerned, Yesterday he asked. for writing haterials to pre- pare Q statement of his case, and it is thonght this may bea full confession. In any case he will be hanged on the 29th inst. Speaking of Lefroy, the lawyers ‘here are greatly ‘interested in the trial of Guiteau. We gather from the aucagre cable dispatches that his counsel will set up insanity, personal and -hereditary. Under the Scoteh law the courts do not go into the insanity of 2 prisoner’s faniily, but “amply consider-whther he was or was not INSANE WHEN HE COMMITTED THE CRIME. Under the. law .of England, however, our courts hear evidence going to prove heredit- ary insanity= ‘That plea was advanced atthe tral of Oxford for shooting at the Queen in 18$1, and American, lawyers will find the subject admirably dealt with in Lord Den- man’s cliarge on that aceasion. : TUE ERE RAILROAD. ‘The movement for the removal of Mr. Jewettis being actively pressed on this side, but the action of the Trustees in giving him their proxies “is supposed to be fatal to it. ‘The desire of the shareholders is to make Mr. Gould or “Mr. Vanderbilt President. There Is also a strong desire to see one or the other of these gentlemen President of the Atlantic & eat Western, Mr. Gowen’s attack on Mr. Bond has been wjdely circulated.’ It charges Mr. Bond with sellmz the records of the company and demanding $20,000 a year, The MeCalnonts’ claim to manage tne road in their own way is much resented by the other shareholders, and Mr. Gowen’s party appears to be more devoted to. him than ever. The reports of a renewal of the r-of rates imparts dullness to Ainerican iarkets and turns speculation to foreign in- vestments. People are now afraid to touch American railroad stocks. THE LAND COURT. ‘ Jennings’ special say ‘The Land Court is administering the Land act with a drastic vigor that probably surprises even Mr. Glad- stone. ‘The Premier si the *No-rent” manifesto of public plunder, but if it is plunder “to pay the landlord nothing, what is it to knock off six and eightpence in the pound from his rent roll? ‘This is a rule of three stm the landlords would like Mr. Gladstone to solve for their information. Of tne £16,- 000,000 derived © annually from — Ire- land in the ~ form ‘of rent, at least £5,000,000 goes to annuitants and the holders of settlements, who will of course suffer equally with the landlords. It is rather hard for a widow ‘who has invested her alin frish property to be told that in the interest of peace and justice SHE MUST SACRIFICE A THIRD OF MER IN- COME. 1 do not see how the Government can refuse to grant the landlords copmensation. Dur- ing the debate on the Land bill, Mr. Glad- stone promised ina vague sort of way tha compensation would be given in. cer- tain cases, and the © landlords are making ready to submit their claims at the” coming session. - But if the Government commits itself to.this doc- trine in Ireland, how ean they refuse to grant State ald to enable the English and Scotch tenants to secure a reduction of 3 per cent; that is to say, to purchase one-third of - the landlords’ — inter- est, and, if one-third, «why not the whole? It is evident that the principle of the Irish Land aét is the thin end of a wedge that will yet split assunder the whole fabric of landed property in these Kingdoms. Farm- ers here are at length beginning to realize the fuolishuess and vanity of trying to com- pete in Wheat-growing with TRE PRAIRE OF THE UNITED BTA} But the British farmer is sturdily conserya- tive, and will not yield mitit absolutely com- belied to do so. Compelled he will be at no distant day, and they are wise tenants who are turning their wheat-fields into pasture and preparing to go into the grazmg and dairy business. In this new ling, of course, their profi will not be large, “for the insatiable Yankee is on hand with —'Téxas_ cattle, cattle reared on Jand that pays no rent, and cattle in the feed- ing of which oil-exke is not 2 costly factor. Still if the Britisn farmer is destined to sur- ive at all, this change will afford him at least achance. ‘The reports of the Govern- ment Coummissioners on THE AGRICULTURE DEPRESSION will show that farmers in the graziug coun- lies have escaped the wreck and ruin’ that have fallen on the wheat-growing farmers. First, because the bad seasons have not in- "; andsecondly, because jured them serious: the British bullock mercy of the foreign producer as the British quarter of wheat” The Times, the other y; admitted that wheat-growing had be- come 2 rk: business, and counseled the mer to take to “diversified agriculture.” he farmers’ clubs are also discussing the subject, and a revolution in farming is immi- nent, It will take years to convince all the farmers that ‘ AMERICA CAN BEAT ENGLAND, and the change will ruin’ thousands of Iand- lords and tenants. alike, but the step must be taken. ‘ Private letters from the Cave declare that the people there are in a great state of alarin, believing that the English colonists will be driven out as the result of the Government's policy in the Transvaal. In many well-in- formed quarters it is believed: that, England will luse the Cape. : WRANGELL LAND, Speciat Cable, Losnox, Noy. 12.~The Herald’s special si ‘The newsof the Rodgers discoveries in Wrangell Land has created great interest here. They are regarded as narrowing the problem of polar researeh. ‘They close up,” says to-day’s Standard, “one more avenue to the mysterious polar basin? ‘The route by Francis Joseph Land is con- sidered now as the last _ alternative way to the undiscovered - north, and, accordingly, Mr. Leigh Smith’s _investi- gations are looked forward to with the in- tenser interest. On Monday night we shall hear the Arctic problem discussed by some of the most famous and experienced Aret men at the meeting of the Geographical So- ciety. Capt. Adams, of Dundee, will be pres- ent to give an account of his recent voyage. MR, GLADSTONE is considered by the entire English press to have said absolutely nothing of interest at the Lord Mayer's banquet. Oniv. on one point was he absulutely — clear~that the muzzie must be clapped on the minority “of the House of Com- mons. ‘Lhe Ministerial Radicals are almost. to a man in favor of the eléture simply by a bare majority, but the ‘probability appears to be that power will be given to the Speaker ana the Chairman of the committees to “name a member for anything like willful _ ob- struction, such “naming,” if backed by the result of adivision without debate, to ex- elude the offender fora month, while a see- ond conviction should exclude him from the Whole session. : JOUN. BRIGHT. On Wednesday Mr. Bright celebrated his 70th birthd: ‘There are to be grand doings at Rockdale—banquet, torchlight proces- sions, and speeches. The electors of Bir- mingham also intend to commemorate the honorable gentleman’s twenty-five years’ representition of the borough in Parliament. NAVAL, ‘The announcement of the proposed in- crease of the American navy is generally dis- cussed. The Pall Mall says: “ ‘The lesson in naval construction which Americans ad-i ininistered” to “us some seventy years ago may still remind us of. the adyisabil- ity of carefully watching any change in the organization or development of the United States navy. Itis fully time that our constructors should realize the fact that the strength ofa navy is not in’ huge iron-clads only, nor in crawling small craft, but in a certain, perhaps a large, proportion of fast aud powerful cruisers, 7 i A MYSTERY. tis rumored in military and social circles in London that the murder eof Lieut. Roper at Chatham, which was snrrounded by: so much inystery, was actually committed. by one of. his brother officers, and that the murderer is in secret’ consultation : with his relatives and friends. as. to Whether he shall give himself up and con fess the deed, with ‘all the circunistances which led to it, or whether he shall preserve his silence and go abroad for the remainder of his existence. ‘It is sald that the probable cause of the murder was the conduct of Lieut. Roper toward a female relative of ‘his slayer, ‘MRS. SCOTT-SIDDONS has, in a great measure, retrieved her repu- tation by her charming impersonation of Rosalind in“ As You Like lt” at the Hay- market, which Is as great 2 suecess as “ Queen and Cardinal” was a failure. BOUCICAULT’S ADAPTATION, “ MIMI,’ formerly played at Wallack’s, New York, “is described by critics as a weak play, given by astrong cast. It will not have a long run. PRINCESS BEATRICE, has given £2,000 out of the proceeds of her Christmas book to the support of the Bel- grave Hospital for children. A SHIPFUL OF DRUMMERS. Now that the Ceylon has been dispatched on a voyage round the world with about forty passengers, some enterprising gentle- men in the city are about to issue a pros- pectus floating: an industrial exposition to. visit - the principal ports — of the world in order to ‘sell the exhibitors’ goods. It is proposed to charter a steamer of 2,600 tons. On board will be an_army of commercial men with samples. The voyage is to last twelve months, WALT WOITMAN. A rumor has reached the Athenum that Walt Whitman is about to visit England. OPERATIVES ON A STRIK Jo the Western Associated Press. Lonpoy, Nov. 12.—Thiree thousand oper- atives of the Staffordshire potteries are on a strike. ‘ is OCEAN STEAMER DISABLED. The steamship City of London, for New York, has returned with a disabled boiler. MAUDLIN INTEREST IN THOSE AMERICANS. ‘The Pall Mail Gazette devotes a leader to refuting the recent article of the St. James’ Gazette, which deprecated the displays of sympathy between England and the United States, and made a vigorous attack on Amer- ican institution and ideals of life as tending to produce a dead level of mediocrity. ‘The Pall Matt Gazette, in reply, points to the fact that the farmers rightly and necessarily outnumber the scholars in a new country as a suflicient answer to te ‘charge. It points to historians, such as Motley and Prescott: tu poets, such as Longfellow and others; to one of the profoundest and most original of essayists, besides the humorists ‘and novelists, who have obtained popularity here as well as in their own country, all pro- duced within a-century in a new country, with no capital, in the European sense of the word, and where literary prodcuon is neces- sarily confined toa few places, RELATIONS WITIL FRANCE, The Times says: ‘ Despite official declara- tions, it would be affectation to deny that the relations between France and England have lately not been, quite as cordial as formerly.” ‘The Yimes is inclined to believe that the new Cabinet will have a favorable effect on these relations. Gambetta is not likely to commit himself to the policy of 2 timid and vacillat- Ing isolation. : PIGEON-SHOOTING MATCH. In the Gun Club pigeon-shooting match to- day between Dr. Carver and Accher, for £100 aside, the resuult was a draw, each killing nineteen out of twenty-tive. FRANCE. GAMBETTA’S “FRIENDS”? Specht Cable. 12,—Smalley’s special says: Gambetta’s acceptance of office. elfeit chorus of English approval, mingled with the keen regrets Gf some of his best friends that he had committed himself toa declara- tion involving the permanent retention of Tunis and condoning the * bacaneering methods of its“ acquisition. They remind hin that the Bardo treaty, which he de- clares shall be. implicitly executed, w: extorted at the bayonet’s point from the faw- ful ruler of unis, for whom France pro- fessed friendship. “This,” says the Specta- tur, “shows that Gaimbetta accepts the evil doctrine that French interests. override -jus- tice. He. deliberately prefers the prestige and mate ulvantage of France to every: other consideration. ‘this gives rise to grave apprehensions as to his future foreign policy.” . NGLAND. Lonnow, Nov. OTHER JOURNALS remark that Prince Bismarek’s defeat at the German elections encourages France to: per- severe in.a policyswhich goud sense and equity alike Gondemn. Clémenceau’s pow- erful speech, which was an unanswer- able exposure of the iniquities’ of ‘the Tunis expedition, has. produced a great impression in England. People here hoped that Gambetta, regardless of the rivalry between himself and. Clémen- ceau, would take a similar tine. Neverthe- Jess general satisfaction is expressed that Gambetta, who has. been so jong wielding real power, now accepts the responsibility. ‘The English hope also that his accession will improve the chance of a new commercial treaty. MBETTA SAYS “GO AHEAD!” To the Western Associated Press. Manseu.tes, Nov. 12.—The embarkation of troups from this port has recommenced. A GUESS. The Gambettist journal Ly aris sn “Gambetta will be Premier without-a port- folio; Carsot, Minister of Justice; Waldeck seau, Interior; De Freycinet, Foreign Affairs; Paul Bert, Public Instruction; Rou- vier, Agriculture and Commerce; and Coch- ery, Posts and Telegraphs: Nothing has been devided respecting the Ministers of War, Marine, and Finance. Leon Say will probably not join the Cabinet. Spuller will be Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs. THE DUEL. Panis, Nov. 12.—The duel between Paul de Cassagnac and Adrien Montebetto, ocea- ioned by an article published in Le Pays, has taken place. Montebelto was slightly wounded, RUSSIA. GREAT SNOWS. —A dispatch from Odessa Railway traflic in Central Russi: greatly impeded by the snow, which has prevented the sowing of winter wheat, es- pecially in the Government of Kharkotf.” Mons. =~ A Vienna dispatch says: “In view of the popular excitement in the Province of ‘Tschernigott, whose leaders in the recent disturbances are Shortly to be tried, the Rus- sian military authorities have issued the most stringent instructions to the troops to fire on the mobs, if necessary.” a GERMANY. BISMARCK’S BAD HOLE. ‘ Special Cante. Loxnov, Noy. 12.—Smalley’s special say: The best German authority represents Prince Bismarck as sincerely resolved on resignation. The Emperor resists, hoping for an arrangement with Rome under which the Ultramontanes may support Bis- marek in the German Parliament with- out asking for the repeal of the anti-Catholic Jaws, which Bismarck steadily refuses to propose. The English Catholics say that no movement could be so favorsble for negotiation with the Pope, considering thathecan no longer depend on “Austria. The same reason is urged for soliciting a re- newal of diplomatic, relations between En- gland and the Vatican. SOCIALISTS: AND NIIILISTS ARRESTED. ‘To the Western Assoctated Press. Bertiy, Nov. 12.—Several: Socialists at Regensberg, Bavaria, have been arrested charged ,vith connection with Swiss Nihil- ists. The police havearrested at Zusnowica, Russian Poland, atman with a Frenéh pass- port, and sent him in charge to’ Warsaw. ‘The prisoner confessed that several Nihilists “4:3d, 4th, and 5th insts. was 55, 21 from Paris had goneto St. Petersburg, where a plot wasexpected soon to mature.” Tonacco. The Post. says: “The results of the sup- plementary elections for members of the Kteichstag up to. the present deiionstrate more and more that it will be impossible for the Government, even assisted by the Cleric- als, to pass the Tobaceo monopoly bill. BISMARCK arrived this evening. IN THE SECOND BALLOTS ~ for members of the Reichstag in two districts. in this city, the Progressists, Traeger and Klotz, defeated the ‘Social! Gebel and Hfassenclever, by narrow majorities. SPAIN, THE PANAMA QUFSTION. Manprm, Not. In the Senate today, the Marquis of Scoane announced an inter- pellation relative to the exclusive control of the Panama Canal claimed by the United States Governinent, and the attitude of Spain in relation thereto. . IN THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Premier Sagasta said he intended to observe the principles of the constitution of 1876 in- terpreted in a liberalsense. If modifications were necessary, they would only be made after the most careful consideration, because ain had to deplore two calamities, civil and too frequent changes of the con- stitution, Fa Fa es AT MECCA, ALEXANDRIA, Nov. I.—A telegram dated Djiddah, Nov. 6, announces that the cholera at Mecca is increasing. ‘The mortality on the 5, and 614 re- spectively. Caravans, comprising 5,000 pil- grins, left Mecca on the 6th inst., and it is feared the Egyptian troops stationed at El- Wadj will be unwilling or unable to prevent thein from entering the town. ITALY. A BANQUET AT TURIN. Turty, Noy. 12.—A State banquet was given here at which King Humbert was pres- ent. ‘The Archbishop of Turin, in the course of his remarks, said that he and his clergy daily offered prayers for the King. INDIA, : RAIN AT-LAST. Bompay, Nov, 12.—I[vavy rains occurred in Mysore, and the prices of food have consequently fallen 295 per cent. Anxiety in regard to the crops has abated. THE EAST. A cIRcuLar. ‘ Lonpbow, Nov. 12.—The Porte has issued 2 circular relative to the continued neglect of the stipulations of the treaty of Berlin in re- gard to the Danube fortresses. EXPEDITION. Panis, The expedition to the south of ‘Tunis will be goue two months. After this only 15,000 men are to remain in Tunis. A local mixed army will then be or- ganized, PORTUGAL. A MINISTERIAL cnists, Lisbox, Nov. The Portuguese Minis- try nave resigned. Fontes Pereira de Mello has been summoned by the King. An Arctic Island. John Mutr in Sin Fruncisco Futtetin. Herald Island came in sight at 1 o'clock p, m. and when we reached the edge of the puck Was still about ‘ten miles distant, We imude our way throuzh it, bowever, without great difficulty, us the ice ‘was inostly light and had openings of clear water here und there. though in some close-packed fields the Corwin was pretty roughly bumped, and bud to steam her best ‘to: furee a pussage. At 10 o'clock p. m. we came to uncbor ia the inidst of huge cakes and blocks about sixty-five feet thick, withia 300 or 300 yards of the shore. After so many futile etforts had been made to reach this litule ice-bound island everybody. seemed wisely eager to rita ashore and climb to the summit of its sheer granit elftfs.. Ar first n purty of eizht jumped from the. bowsprit- chains and min across she narrow belt of mar- in ice and madly began to climb up an excess- sively steep gully, which came to an end inan. inaccessibie slope a few hundred feet above the water. ‘Those ahead loosened and sent down a train of wranit bowlders, which sbot over the heads of those below in & fur more dangerous manner than any of the party seemed to appre elute. Fortunately nobody ‘was. hurt, and all made out to get down in safety. While this re- markable piece of mountuineerluy and Arctic exploration. wns in progress, u light skin-covered boat was druzved over tbe ‘ice and lnunched on nstrip of water that stretched in front of an. le ravine, the bed of ag anctent glacier, id Would conduct by un easy: grade to the summit of the island. ‘The slope of this ravine for the first 10) feet or so was very steep, but inasmuch us it was full of tirm, icy snow, it was easily ascended by cutting steps in the fuce.of it with’an ux that L had brought trom: the ship for the purpose. Beyond this was not the slightest difficulty in our way, the slacier having graded a tine, brond roud. Kellet, who discovered this {sland in 189, und landed on it under-unfuyoravable circum- stunces, describes it as an inaccessible rock. The sides are indeed, in general, extremely sheer and precipitous all around, though skilled. mountaineers would tind many gullies and sloves oy which they might reach the summit. 1 tirs: pushed on to the bead of the z.ncier vil- ley, und thence alony the backbone of the island to the highest point, whieh I found to be about 1,200 feet above che level of tho sea. ‘This point isaboutu mile and a half from the northwest end, und four and a balf trom the northeas.end, thus taking the istand about six miles in longth: Jt has deen cut nearly in two by the glacl- uction it hus undergone, the width at this low- est portion bemz about bulf a mile, and the average width bout two miles. ‘The entire island ‘sa muss of granit, with the exception of u patch of metamorphic slate near the cen- tre, and no doubt owes its existence with so con- siderabte a bight to the superior resistance this granit olfered to the degrading. action of the Northern ice sheet, traces of ‘which are here pininly shown, as well a3 on the shores. of Sibe- ria and Alaska and down through Bebring Strait southward beyond Van of the subsequent partial gliciation it bas been subjected to are also manifested in glachl val- leys of considerable depth as compared with the size of the istind. [notived four af these, be- sides many marginal glacial grooves around the sides. One small remnant with feeble action still exists neur the middle of the island. “1 nso noted several scored and polished patches on the bardest und most enduring of the outswell- ing rock bosses. ‘This tittle isund. standing as it does nlone out in the Polur Sea, isa fine glacial monument. ‘he midnight hour I spent alone on the high- eat summit was one of the most impressive hours of my life. The deepest silence seemed to press down on all tho Vast, immensutable, virgin’ landsenpe. The sun near the horizon reddened the edges uf belted cloud-bars new the hase of the sky, aud the Jagzed ice bowlders crowded together over the frozen ocean, Stretching Indelinitly northward. while more than 100 wiles of that mysterious Wranwell Land was seen biue in the northwest, a wavering line of hillund dule over the white. and blue ice- prairie, and pale gray mountains beyond, well culated to Ux the eve of 2 mountiineer, but it was to the far north that Lever found myself turning where the ice met thesky. I would fain have watebed here ‘all tho strange night, vat was compelled to remember the charye given me by the Captain to mike haste and retucn to the ship us soon us _[ should tind it possible, u3 tere Wana ten miles of shifting, drifting ice be- tween us und the open gen. Tthorefore began the return journey about 1 o'clock ia the morning, after taking the compuss beurings of the priscibal points within, sigot-on Wrangell Lund.and making 1 busty collection of the flowering plants on my way. 1 found one species of poppy quite snowy, and making con- stdcruble masses of color on the sloping uplands, three ur fuur species of saxifrage, one silence, a draba, dwarf-willow, stellaria, two golden com- posituc, two sedyes, one yrass,and a yeronica, together with a considerable number of moses und lichens, some of them quite showy and so ubunduat a5 to form tho bulk of the color over the gray gesenit, Innutnerable guils and murres breed on the steep clilfs, the latter most abundant. They Keot up u constant din of domestic notes. Sane of them are sitting on thelr egys, others have young, und It seems astonishing that either egys or the young ean tlud a resting-pluce on cliffs so severely precipitous. The urseries formed a lively picture—the parents coming ‘and going with food or to seek it, thousands in rows stand- ing on narrow ledges like bottles on a grocer’s shelves, the feeding of the little ones, the multi- tude of wings, ete. A fox was seen near the top of the northeast end of the istand, and after we had all returned to the sbip and were wetting under way.the Cup- tain discovered u pokir beur swimming deliber- ately toward the ship between some flouting blocks withing rew yardsof us. After he bad ap- proached witbin about a dozen yards the Cup- tain shot at him, when he turned and made haste to-get ‘away, not diving, however, but swimeing fust, and keeping bis head turned tw wuteb the ship. until ut length he received # ball 1a the neck and stained the blue water with his blood. fe was.a noble-looking animal and of enormous strength, living bravely and warm amid eternal ice. ae We looked carefully everywhere for traces of thecrew of the Jeannette along the shore, 23 ‘well on the prominent headlandsand cliifs ubout the summit, without discovering the faintest sign of thelr ever haying touched the island. A THUG SHOT. Robert Coburn, a Farmer, Came in from Mount For= est, IN. He Was Waited on by 2 Committce of Thugs Who Wanted His : Money. He Shot One of the Thieves and Wounded _ Him Very Badly. The Shooting Dono Near the Corner of Madison and Canal Streets Last Night. Oceasionally when thuzs tackle a pedestrian they get the worst of it Such was the cuse on the West Side last night. It was close upon ‘Il o'clock when the crowds In the vicinity of Canal and Madison streets were startled by a loud pistol shot and cries of “I'm shot!" from 4 man who suddenly separated himself from a strogsling knot of men and started toward the bridze. At almost the same Instant another in- dividual, hatless, and with disordered clothing, ran dingonally across Caual street to the corner, under tho lamp-post, where he was followed by an excited crowd eryinz: ““ LYNCH WIM! KILL HIM?” Several vain attempts__—he in getting -the crowd to him. “I; ‘shot that man,” said he, “but it was in self-defense. Tshall go over. to the depot and wait, for a policeman. When he comes I will give myself. up.” So sny- ing ne recrossed the street and went down into After succeeded listen «to A LARGE BULLET-WotNnD just over the left hip. He probed it far enough to determine that the general course of the ball Jay downward and toward the back, and then ordered him tuken to the hospital. Otticers | the depot yard. In the meantime, the roung man who had cried “I'm shot.” had fallen tothe | sidewalk and then been curried into the Wasn- ington Hotel. Dr. Burtlett was called, and, . upon making an examination of his bod, he found e Fitzgerald and Cluett, having been told of the man who had gone down into the depot yard, made a search there that ended in finding their man in charge of Special Policeman Young. He was taken to the West Madison Street Station, where he guve the name of 2 TORERT. COBURN, saymg that he wasa farmer living near Mount Forest. His story as told to a TruiuuNe re- porter, was given in a straightforward manner carrying a conviction that whut he said fs true. It was to the effect that he came to the city yesterday morning ~ to. pay part of the rent due on. bis ~ farm. Mrs. O'Connor, from whom he rents, lives at Englewood, and during the afternoon he went "I down there. Keturuing, he went to visit his younger brother, John J. Cobura, a. taw student, rooming at No. 216 West Randolph street. The train that was to tuke the elder Coburn home left the Union Depot at 21 o'clock, and, about twenty minutes before that houn the brothers started together for the depot. SUST AFTER CROSSING MADISON STREET the younger man was seized from behind, and, ag bis brother turned to see what was the mat- ter, he, too, was seized and struck with a“ billy” or sand-bag, knocking him down. He attempted to regain his feet, but the man who had struck bit followed him as he crept to the edge of the sidewalk, giving him no oppor- tunity of getting out of the way. Coburn grew desperate, ata, as thé attack Was ubout to be resumed, drew his revolver and shot his a3sail- ant. * THEN OCCURRED THE SCENE described at the beginning of this report. The wounded man, whose name fs John Sommers, is abricklayer by trade, and came here lately from Auburn, N. ¥. He says that Coburn tried to shoot some one else, but missed his alin. Co- that the man he shot is tho man who was assaulting him. Just after the row was over two young men who were heard talking of their“ pal” bav- ing been shot were arrested. ‘They gave tha . names of Fred Wheeler and Tim Callahan. Coburn Sr. identifies one of them as one of the two who attacked iis brother, So that the policé think = THEY HAVE AT LEAST THREE OF TUE GANG —one at the hospital and the other two at the station. ‘The hospital authorities say that Sommers” cbanceg of recovery are smali. He was resting eusily at 4 o'clock this morning, but,as the physicians have been unable to tind the ball, and considering the location of the wound, they do not expect bim to live above three or four days at the ourside.. — FASHION NOTES, F Link necklaces, of bright gold cable chains, Etruscan wire-work, or heavy gold ornaments of any description are, for the moment, considered out of style.in the fash- fonavle world. Matrons. to whom heavy, satins, large-patterned brocades, and moire fabrics are suitable enhance the beauty of their toilets by wearing costly parures of dia- monds. Young ladies. however, adopt but | hittle jewelry, except, perhups, tiny so! ; even With tull evenmg dress. Dog collarso! pearls with bracelets to match, or necklaces of creamy Roman pearls delicately band- -puinted, are just now favorit adornments. Woolen plush will be much utilized for. street and traveling costumes. combined with: trimmings of silk piush or. fur, A. stylish model fora walking-dress has a short skirt of wood-brown wool plush, with wide, hollow plaitings of the same, the interstices being made of silk piush two shades. darker. ‘The long Marguerite pulonaise {s of the burn says wooien fabric, with pelerine, deep pockets, enffs, and long, flspping side-panels ot” the silk plush. Comfo: le and really ele- gant looking street wraps can be made of this materlal at a very moderate expense, ag it costs but § six Inches wide, It is plush, whose surface is ruined by contact with the slightest shower, and is. therefore, much more desirable for street wear than its costly rival, which selis at from -$3 to Sosa yard, narrow width. The present autumn season is certainly re markable for the splendor and elegance ot its fabrics and costumes, The rage for-bright colors and: startling effects seems to have reached its hight, beth in dress and miltinery. Scarlet and gold enter largely into the latest combinations, and the ope introduc- ton of acep bronze and olive shades gives a toning effect to these radian The swealth of the Orient and the intense coloring of the Tropics are to be found inthe tapes- tried, brocaded, and striped atins, and plushes, which sparkle with glints of sel threads or glitter with a network of crystals and beads which simulate gems in their brilliancy. ‘This prodixality of color and combination, while it gives unlimited scope for magnificence in dress, aiso gives free rein. to striking bad taste, and the use of these gay and elegant materials necessitatesthe exercise of the most elegant judgment and au artistic eye for harmony and fine effect. Among the many regal fabrics now exhibited by a well- known Broadway house is a magniticent pat- tern having a ruby satin ground, brocaded. with heavy plush leaves a shade darker, shot with tiny flecks of gold. Another, of dark bra: brocaded in clusters of silvery feaves; and a third, of pale corn-colored + satin, is embossed with white anemones, pale blue. forget-me-nots. and pink rosebuds. A bridat satin is of ivory white, brocaded with white lilacs, white roses, and lilies of te valley; the stamens and pistlls are formed of and the leaves are outlined with... erystitls small pearl beads: A superb amber-colored tin is brocaded with thistle blossoms; and lastly is shown a terra cotta satin de Lyon, with sweet pea. blossoms and crimson roses scattered all. over the — grownd- work, Al of the above-inentioned fabrics are considered low in price at $1. a yard. Equally magniticent are the wilets ” displayed by Our importers and modistes. ” For example, a leading house has just com- pleted an order from California for a bridal troussern which numbers thirty, different costumes, to say nothing of a score of cle kant winter wraps, opera-cloaks, and fancy shawls, and silk underwear, and_Hnen-and : ’ luce lingerie fit for a Princess. ‘The bridal . dress is of white. watered: silk, heavy lustrous, with veil and bertha of point-Ince. © An exquisit evening dress of yale-blue satin is trimmed with duchesse lace flounces twelve inches deep. A cream white satin «ress of smmense train has x tablier of , bro- eaded satin, covered with pearl and ery beads, ‘and’ a pink. moire is trimmed with panels -of dark -ruby. velvet, with corsaze trimming to match, edged with white lace ruffles. «Hats, . fans,” gloves, and slippers to Goer soond ypotoinpany many of the cos- tumes. +