Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. HOW DID RUDOLPH DIE? Une Story Says He Was Assassinated— Another That He Died in a Duel. A Paris dispatch to the New York World as- Serts that Crown Prince Rudolph, of Austria, met his death at the hands of one of the great- est nobles of the empire, who shot the Arch- uke for the purpose of avenging the betrayal of his wife by the heir-apparent. The dispatch | says that the crown prince an Sunday night a tended a ball given by Prince Reuss, the Get man ambassador. There he danced frequently with and paid marked attention to the wife of one of the greatest princes in theempire. After | the ball Prince Rudolph had an engagement | to meet Duke Philip of Coburg and Count} Hoyos in the Michseler Platz and) drive thence at once with them to ‘Meyerling. reaching there in time for the early | morning shooting on the moors. When the | crown prince met his friends, the Paris dis patch asserts, he seemed ip high spirits, and | declared that he was en bonne fortune. He in- | formed them that he would not drive with | P them to Meyerling. having an engagement to | keep. Both Duke Philip and Count Hoyos en- treated Rudolph to forego his rendezvous, warning him of the risk. However, the crown | prince, after specially enjoining them to avoid | mentioning toanyone that he had failed tokeep | the original plan of driving out with them to the shooting Ioaee, disappeared down the Her- rengasse, ‘WAVING IN THE AIR 4 PASS KEY, and singing snatches of a popular ballad. The | fur collar of his heavy military cloak was | turned up so as to conceal his features, The dnke and Count Hoyos then started the horses off in the direction of Meyerling, where they | arrived about three hours h. Ser. | ‘On Monday morning at 7 o'clock one of the most powerful nobles of the empire was in the act of leaving his palace for the purpose of | trying a young horse just presented to him by | the crown prince, when suddenly he happened to catch sight of a man skulking in the shadow of the wall aa under the private staircase leading up to his wife’s apartments. The | prince sprang forward to catch the stranger, | who endeavored to save himself by flight. The | prince soon overtook him. and clutching his coat tore it from him. To his horror he dis- covered that the recreant was no other than THE HEIR TO THE THRONE. The latter, taking advantage of the moment- | ary consternation of his pursuer, sprang for- | ward, and, quickly jumping into the plain two- | horse fiacre which he invariably ses on such | oceasions, was driven off before the wronged | husband recovered his senses. : Reaching the shooting-lodge at Meyerling at | about 11 o'clock. the crown prince spent the remainder of the day out on the hills shooting, and made no mention of the unpleasant ending | of his adventure. On Wednesday mornin; awoke early, andcalled to his old valet, Joha to bring him his letters. It should be me tioned that the shooting-lodge at Meverling is | small two-story building. and that the erown primee oceupied an apartment on the gronnd tor, searcely tive feet above the level of the rden. On opening the blinds the valet re- marked that there were TWO STRANGE MEN INZTHE GARDEN, and mentioned the fuct to the archduke. The latter carelessly replied that they were proba- | bly some of the beaters come for orders, and then sitting up in his bed, propped the pillow against the window, and leaning his head against it, commenced to read his letters, evi- dently in a state of great excitment and worry. | Jobann then left the room to prepare the coffee, but meeting Count Hoyos inthe hall said: “There are two men in the garden whom I have never seen before and whose looks I don’t like.” At this moment a pistol shot was heard. All rushed to the crown prince's ro terrible spectacle presented itself. window-pane was smashed into a thousand pieces, and the archduke lay dead in the bed with the back of his skull shattered and the | brains scattered on the sheets. | The strangers in the garden were seen to jump the fence and to mount horses. Like lightning they disappeared into the forest. not, however, before Count Hoyos had recognized in them the husband and the brother of the princess with whom Rudolph had danced frequently at the German embassy ball. Story of a Duel with Count Clam Gallas. The New York Evening Sun prints a sensa- tional special eable from Berlin relative to the | death of the Austrian crown prince. It is said to have come froma source above suspicion | and is as follows: ‘rown Prince Rudolf, of Austria, was killed in a duel on Tuesday last by Count Franz Clam Gallas. The crown prince's witnesses were Count Hoyos and Prince Coburg, his brother- in-law. The count's witnesses were Prince Fer- | dinand Kinsky and another nobleman. The | duel was fought at 4 p. m. in a little wood near | Baden. TI d the erown prine rling. | He died late i just at the hour when his coming was anxiously awaited at a | state dinner in the Hofburg. ‘The crown princ had been paying attention to the Countess | Clam Gallas, nee Hoyos, for the last six months. It is claimed that recently. le ona shoot- ing excursion on the estate of the lady's | mother-in-law. Count Clan Gallas surprised | his wife in a compromising situation with the | crown prince. The count at once challenged | Crown Prince Rudolph, and the latter asked for time in which to consider in. At the expi- | ration of the ti which occurred last Tues- | day, he declared that in accordance with the unwritten rules of all affairs of honor in Aus- tria he would avail himself of the privilege of declining the hallenge, but he would give satisfaction. Subsequently the prince changed | his mind, and the duel occurred as stated. ‘The whole affair has been largely suppressed by the Austrian court, but it has leaked out through some aristocrats who were compro- mised in the affair and had to leave the coun- try. The emperor. who knew of the whole affair. has, it is said, fully approved his son’s behavior. NEW HEIR PRESUMPTIVE. A Vienna special to the Philadelphia Press says: The Archduke Charles Louis, the brother of the emperor, has disappointed Austria by renouneing his right to the throne in favor of | nis son, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Un- | e himself, his son is not particularly pop- iar, and nothing much is known of him, ex- sept that he is good-natured andindolent. "He, | im his turn, has renounced the title of grand | duke of Modena and the enormous fortune which he inherited with it in favor of his brother, the Archduke Otho. In future he will be known as the archduke’s heir, and live in | Vienna and get ready for his work gs emperor | when the time comes. He is um ied, and that fact will serve to a certain extent to make him popular in Viennese society, in which he has never as yet made any great figure. It is | not known whether he isa man of Germa sympathies, or, like the late prince, intensely | hostile to Bismarck, which is the only fact of | real interest to Europe in general to be ascer- | tained. | THE BUFFIAN WHO MAY INHERIT THE ‘THRONE. The New York Trifune says: Archduke | Charles, the emperor's brother, is not likely to | survive the present monarch, as he is a man of | very poor health. In that case the next empe- | ror of Anstria will be Archduke Joseph's son | Otto. The latter is without exception Gee moet | offensive of all the ninety-eight archdukes and archduchesses who constitute the imperial family of Austria. Wedded to a charming and beautifal Saxon princess, he subjected her to | such ill-treatment during the first year of their rmarriage that she was obliged to leave him and to return for a while to her parents. The | crowning outrage which her husband inflicted | ou ber was oue night at Prague, when after | «arousing with dissolute women and dissipated | men to the varions haunts of ill-fame, he con- veyed the entire to his residence. After | indulging in disgusting orgies he at le uggested to his companions, male and female, | that they should accompany him upstairs and | pay a visit to bis wife, who was at the time | within « few weeks only of her confinement. Fortunately one of the prince's sides-de-cam; thoroughly alarmed | conceivable conduct, he don ahead and | posted himself before the door of the arch- dnehess’ bed-room, threatening to shoot like a | “log any one, not excepting the archduke, who | should dare to aj oh within ten paces. Cowed = his determined attitude, the revel- lers slunk off. The em) was deeply in- ceused when he heard of the incident, and or- dered his n yw to undergo three months’ e rest. caived a well-mer! a aap ee ded and | 7, | = ditions, the surgeons , justify the belief that the crown prince wa’ insane. PRAYERS FOR THE DEAD. The king and queen of Belgiam prayed for a long time Friday morning beside the bier of the dead crown prince. Afterward their majesties received a visit from the emperor and empress and several members of the imperial family. The body of the crown prince was removed at 9:30 last night to the parish church, where a priest blessed the remains. A crowd gathered, reverently listening tothe chanting of the choir, which accompanied the removal of the | body. The remains lie on a gold cloth under a black canopy. Beside the catafalque are Ku- doiph’s crown and sword, decorations of va- rious orders, his general's hat, and his arch- ducal hat. Clergymen, chamberisins, and a body-guard are in attendance. The body will lie in state from Monday morn- ing until ¥ at noon, when it will be taken tothe Capuchin church in the Neuemarket. ‘The body will be deposited in the vaults of the cbarch. The heart, inclosed in a silver urn, will be placed in St, Augustine’s, and the intes- tines in a silver vase in St. Stephen's cathedral. The Berlin Vossiche Zeituna says that Em- peror William has telegraphed to Vienna that it is his intention to waive all etiquette and at- tend Prince Rudolph’s funeral. In reply Em- peror Francis Joseph has telegraphed bis most sincere thanks for this evidence of the German emperor's kindly feeling. but has repeated the hope that the emperor will forego carrying out his intention. MORE EVIDENCES OF PREDETERMINATION. Count Karolyi testifies that Crown Prince Rudolph often inquired as to the exact manner in which the famous sportsman Kegelshot him- self. Count Stephen Karolyi says that Rudolph in his latter days frequently referred to his ex- pectation of an early death, Early last autumn e asked Karolyi to order a life-size portrait of himself from the Hungarian painter, Benozur. When the picture was completed he sent it, on Christmas eve, to Karolyi, with this note: ‘As you sometimes gaze upon’ this picture remem- ber your faithful Rudolph.” This portrait is one of the best existing of Rudolph. The crown prince’s will contains instructions for the disposal of almost every small article in his possession. No friend, servant, or acquaint- ance is forgotten, The most important instrac- tions refer to his daughter, He orders that she be brought up by the emperor and empress and remain with them always, edpecially in the event of Stephanie remarryin, — ewe LATE FOREIGN NEWS. Ignatz Reinits, the American, charged with having swiudled the Commercial national bank ot New York, and who was taken into custody at Liverpool Saturday.will have formal charges made against him in the Bow street police court, and the prisoner will then be remanded pending tlre arrival of extradition papers from America, Changes in the French ministry are immi- nent, Paris dispatches say, but they are not due to the new bills proposed ‘by Premier Floquet, the present cabinet being unanimously in favor of those measures. Deputies Laguerr and Lacroix fought a duel in Paris Sunday morning withdistols, Neither of the combatants was injured. The challen- ger, M. Laguerr, claimed that he had been in- terrupted in au offensive manner by M. La- croix while speaking in thegchamber of dep- uties, ‘Lhe bill to increase the German emperor's dotation gives as the reason for the increase the rise in prices and the increase in the cost of maintaining the imperial dignity. 'The bill also grants to the emperor the exclusive owner- ship of the Schloss at Kiel, and provides for its maintenance from the crown funds. The bill is certain to pass, A great wind-and-snow storm prevailed Sun- day on the English and Irish coasts. ‘The Cunard steamer Servia, which arrived at Queenstown, was unable to transfer her mails, the tender sent out to receive them being forced to run back to the inner harbor for she ter. Several buildings at Queenstown were un- roofed by the wind. A letter has been received at Zanzibar from DicKay, a missionary in Usambiro, dated embe! The writer says that no direct news of either Stanley or Emin Bey had been received, ‘A fresh revolution had broken out Uganda. King Kiwiwa had been deposed and his younger brother raised to the throne, Kiwiwa having killed two of the principal Arab instigators of the expulsion of English mission- A NEW SAVEN BOOKKEEPER IMPRISONED FOR FIFTEEN HOURS. Benjamin C. Lum, bookkeeper at the New Haven savings bank, was accidently locked up | in the bank vault Friday afternoon, and his whereabouts was a mystery until the vault was opened for business Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Just before closing the bank Friday Bookkeeper Lum carried his books into the vault and while arranging them struck his head in some way against « shelf with such force as to render him unconscious. Shortly after J.T. Tuttle, supposing that Lum kad gone home. closed ‘the vault and set the lock. During the night Lum’s family axious over his unustial absence, and Saturday morning began searching for No trace could be found and the bank 1s finally coneluded that he must have ked up in the safe. The party reached k st at opening hours, and when Treasurer Tuttle hurriedly opened the door Lum hastily stepped out where he could get a breath of air, decidedly hungry, but none the worse for his fifteen hours’ close confinement. In answer to inquiries, Lum said: “I feel first-rate and am as bright as a dollar, but I was anxiously awaiting the opening of that big door. Yesterday when I was putting up the books my head felt as if some one had struck me, and I Jost consciousness. When I recovered the vault was dark and I realized that I had been locked in, I immediately felt around and found the candles and matches and lighting them made myself as comfortable as possible and had nothing to do but wait patiently for morning.” ‘see Mr. Morton in a Soft Coal Syndicate. Altooua Special to Pittsburg Post. An important soft coal syndicate has been organized by leading eastern capitalists, the operations of which cannot fail to have a most important bearing on the development of the rich coal lands centering about the towns of Frugality and Hastings, in Cambria county. The syndicate classes among its leading mem- bers Vice-President-elect Levi P. Morton, Gov. James A. Beaver, and First Vice-President Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania railroad. | It is stated that the articles of incorporation to be taken out at the State department will be signed for $5,000,000. The plans of the syndi- cate call for the establishment of a series of coke ovens similar to the plants in the Con- nelisville country, and the production will come into direct competition with the output of Western Pennsylvanii see Texas Eptrors INDULGE IN A Street DveL.— At Denison, Tex., the editors of rival papers, the Dispatch and New Era, cansed some excite- ment Saturday bya street dnel, in which neither was hurt. C. H. Schall is editor of the Dispatch, j and C. M. Lane of the New Era. The New Era denounced Schall severely Saturday morning. Schall took « Winchester and, meeting Lan opened the debate. Lane answered with a re- volver. The shooters were behind doors and barrels and no one was hit, Schall’s brother then tried to shoot Lane, but a bullet through his hat sent him away, Both editors were ar- rested. Lane is from Sedalia, Mo. Youxa Oakes Ames Exopes.—There is a flutter of excitement in Anthony Park, a suburb of St. Py over an elopement which has just occurred. ‘The principals are Oakes Ames. a cousin of the governor of Massachusetts, and Miss Emma Watson, the assistant postmistress at the park. Young Ames recently attained his majority and half a million dollars. On Friday iss Watson informed her employer that she ed to take a short vacation. The request | was granted and she left for St. Paul. Saturda: evening’s mail scattered throughout the missives announcing the marriage of Miss Emily Watson to Mr. Oakes Ames. The sur- rise was great, as Mr. Ames was Lay soe to e in Chicago. It was learned later, however, that he arrived from Chicago ‘Thursday morn- ing and met his affianced in St. Paul, Securing a marriage license they drove over to Mendota, where they were marr “eee Axorner Bra Coa Sxxpicate.—An im) ant soft coal syndicate has been organized by leading eastern capitalists, the operations of which cannot fail to have a most important bearing on the devel ent of the rich coal ar’ DAN VOORHEES’ BEEFSTEAK. COUNT BISMARCK ON SAMOA. John E. Lamb Got His Start in Life by Going Security for It. Indianapolis Correspondence New York Sun. Jobn E. Lamb is one of the best known men in Indiana among the lawyers, politicians and newspaper men, and he is scarcely less known at Washington, where his place as counsel for | various corporations mterested in the work of Congress keeps him much of the time. He is still this side of middle age, a big, hearty, whole-souled sort of a man, who owes mostof his success to his ability to make friends and keep them. He got his first start, however, by going security for a beefsteak that Dan Voor- hees wanted fdr his family’s breakfast. It was fifteen years or so ago, when Voorhees had already mt ten years in Congress and was one of the foremost democrats in the state. He lived in Terre Haute, and in his fame asa politician, he frequently diffi- culty about supplying his family larder. Voor- hees is not a good financial man, and at that time he was so poor that his credit among the local tradesmen was way below par. One day he went into a butcher shop and ordered @ | beefsteak. The proprietor dectined to let him have it until it was paid for. Voorhees was in- dignant, but helpless. He hadn’t the money, and that was all there was about it. As he turned to go out of the shop the butcher's young assistant, who had heard him protesting against the decree of “No cash, no steak,” ex- claimed: “Ob, dammit; let the man have the steak; T'll be responsible for it.” The butcher laughed and handed over the steak. A few days afterward Congressman Voorhees, meeting the butcher's boy on the street, stopped him and thanked him in his usnal dignified and oratoricg] way for the favor he had done him in the matter of the steak. He asked the young man his name, which was John E. Lamb, and, findipg him a bright chap, finally said: i ‘How would you like to bé a lawyer?” “First rate,” replied the butcher boy, whose experience up to that time had been only with hogs and beef, and the arrangement was made upon the spot that young Lamb should come to study law in Voorhees’ office, He had been a student but a comparatively short time when Voorhees got him nominated for prosecuting attorney, and as the county was overwhelm- ingly democratic, he was elected. Almost the first case that came up was a murder trial that made a great sensation all through the state. Of course Lamb couldn't handle it alone, but Voorhees helped him out, and the young law- yer became famous. After that he got ae rapidly, politically, and at the bar, but it came from his saying: “Dammit, let the man I have the steak.” HUMILIATED MUSTANGS. They Object to Drawing Street Cars as a Profession. From the New York Times. The time for the degrading slavery of the wild western mustang has come. Within a very few months he has been brought to this city in droves, and at present, on the 3d-avenue surface railway at least, he outnumbers the eastern horse in the ratio of nearly five to one. They may be seen on most of the cars which run from the stables at 65th street to city hall, searcely larger than a good-sized pony, with | rough coats and an evident distrust of the ele- vated railway trains which go thundering along overhead, They have been tried and unwit- tingly passed their trial successfully. The re- sult will be, therefore, that they will have to do most of the pulling for the 3d-avenue road until it begins its new cable system. The number of the little horses in use here is daily increasing for several reasons. Whey eat less than a big horse, they keep in better condition, they are less subject to disorders, they have much more endurance, and after they are once trained they work together with quite as much ease as their more civilized brothers, But before they are trained they are not inclined to peace and are so familiar with their hostiers that the latter. in order to keep whole clothing on their backs, are compelled to endow their charges with muzzles of the wrought-iron order, The mustangs are pur- chased in the west, particularly in Texas, by the agents of the company, which no longer depends upon the horse-trading talents of firms in this city. They are sent here in batches of twenty and forty and are as wild as a Manitoba blizzard. Their training is done in the stable at 65th street. For a considerable time they won't eat, “but by an’ by,” as a driver described it, “they git so hungry'that their insides git all knotted up, and then they eat their stalls.” As this is not particularly nutritious diet the mustangs begin to show a longing for hay, but what they really delight in is bran. When this main dif- ficulty of eating is overcome the little horses are harnessed to cars with old settled-down car-horses as their mates, and with poles are driven around the stable. They have a partic- ular fondness for climbing posts and trying to get on the tops of the cars, but by means of well-administered hints that such conduct is not tolerated in civilized communities they manage to canter around a little. Two days are generally sufficient to convince the mus- tangs that there isa point where obstinacy ceases to become a praiseworthy attribute. But there comes another difficulty. Despite their utter detestation for all manner of tamed horses they are harnessed to old stagers and be- gin their trips down town. At the appearance of every train they endeavor to climb up the Veer to see what it looks like, but restrained by the other horse and the repeated evidences of dissatisfaction from their driver they settle down to endurance. Two weeks of this sort of thing and a set of tired drivers generally brings a consignment of mustangs into an appreciation of the ‘Sal realities of eastern li After that they are harnessed to one of their own race and — their lives in exchanging memories of the ‘exan plains and in drawing cars, bene Strange Malady in Kentucky. IT 18 KILLING MANY PEOPLE AND THE DOCTORS ARE POWERLESS BEFORE IT. Says a dispatch from Marion, Ky., February 2: Reports come from Webster county of a strange disease. Doctors have been unable to do anything for the afflicted, and have never agreed as to what the disease is, It first made its appearance in the neighborhood of Yate’s saw-mill, between two creeks into which for a number of years slabs and other refuse have been cast and allowed to decay, thus poisoning the atmosphere. This disease has spread to the Geol roe) neighborhoods until up toJan, 23, several persons, mostly children, have died. One family lk members. Only one seven out of its nine ‘son has recovered, or is thought to recovering, and he is said to be blind. The rest have all died, death usu- ally occurring from six to twelve hours after the attack, and in many cases before a physi- cian could be procured. Physicians first pro- nounced it cerebro-spinal meningitis, but later on they called it spotted fever, the victims rapidly turning black after death.’ ‘Three ph sicians, it is said, have fled the neighborhood, not being able to be of any service and not wishing to jeopardize their lives without hope of doing good. soo A Cow in College. Easton (Pa.) Special to the Phila. Times, February 2. It is contrary to sophomoric orders for the freshmen to hold a class supper, and whenever it ttempted there is a clash between the two classes. At Lafayette, Thursday, however, the freshmen wore broad smiles and the sophs were downcast. The former had enjoyed a banquet at one of the hotels in town while the sophs were sleeping in blissful ignorance. Last night the sophs took their revenge. They pro- cured a cow from a farmer's barn, and, going to South college, made every freshman whom they found ride it about his room. There was one exception, An intended victim had a loaded revolver, and when he fired it the whiz of the bullet was too much for the hazers, They decamped and the cow was left to find her way out of the building riderless and unguided. An Unjust and Absurd Law. From the New York World. A person may properly be required to reim- burse another for any actual loss sustained parry 2 a careless, false publication even when innocently made, Buta law which per- mits exemplary damagé@s for an alleged Roe when no mulice can be shown, and especial; when retraction and explanation are volun- tarily made, is both an injustice an absurdity, 7. New York as an Imitator. The Foreign Minister Indicates His Gov- = ernment’s Policy. SAMOA NOT WORTH FIGHTING FOR—THE QUESTION OF THE RIGHTS OF THR THREE POWERS CAN BE PLEASANTLY AND AMICABLY ADJUSTED. Berlin Special to the New York Herald, February 2. I had to-day the honor of being received in private andience by Count Bismarck Schoen- hausen, secretary of state in the German min- istry of foreign affairs. His excellency received me this forenoon in his study in what used to be Prince Bismarck’s private residence, but which is now occupied by the ministry of for- éign affairs. Count Herbert Bismarck Schoen- hausen is considered one of the hardest work- ere among the officials, and in Berlin, the city of hard workers, that is saying a good deal. Work begins with him at the early hours of me and he rarely ends his toilet before midnight. The count carries nothing over to the morrow. In addition his social duties take up a great deai of his time. He is constantly entertaining and he is an amiable host anda most lively and interesting companion. His invitations are numbered among their most welcome social prizes by those fortunate = = have secured th — may — e parliamentary soirees inaugurated at cheerful bachelor home this winter are the social events of the Berlin season. The leaders of the German and Prussian official world, the most distinguished representatives of the army and navy and the highest court functionaries give a rendezvous at his house, and the repre- sentative men of all parties in the reichetag and the Prussian land sit around those numerous little tables and crystallize in little ‘oups of men whose views coincide, holding lively discussions on the events of the day. The most exquisite viands of an excellent cellar and the choicest cigars are there to satisfy the material wants of the guests, These entertain- ments last as a rule until the wee sma’ hours of the morning. THE COUNT TALKS. His excellency was gracious enough to ac- cede to my request that he would explain the position taken by the German government in the Samoan question. What he said was in substance as follows: “Public opinion in Ger- many is not as excited over the Samoan ques- tion as is shown by the stand taken by the German _ press, e German government never allowed the least doubt to obscure the fact that all it desired in Samoa was to uphold the lawful and orderly state of things hitherto existing, together with the maintenance of eace, order, and quict. Certain coteries,who, rom interested motives, sought to cast sus- picion on the plain and’ straightforward pur- pose of the German government, would cer tainly not find believers among sensible peo- ple, for it is one of the most important and istiactive traits of German policy that its en- gagements are honorably carried out and all sul fare ge avoided. This distinctive trait is admitted by the whole world and cannot again be made the subject of dispute by secret agita~ tors. The whole world knows that when the German government says black or white it means it. THE SAMOAN POLICY. In the Samoan question, too, Germany plays with suitable spirit. At Washington, in the summer of 1887, Germany, together with the United States of America and Great Britain, tried to come to an agreement by which the joint interests of the three powers might be made secure in these islands. But this confer- ence concluded its labors and adjourned with- out having obtained any definite result. There is no treaty concerning Samoa in existence, either between the United States and Germany or between the United States and Great Britain. Treaties were made between the United States, Germany and England on one hand and the Samoans, The upholding of these treaties is, therefore, a matter, of course, of equal import ance to all interested The worst feature in the case is that in Samoa whatever government was at the head of affairs seemed to be totter- ing to its fall. The same phenomena have shown themselves there as have been observed for centuries in other islands of the South Sea group. The savage inhabitants there have no conception of respect for and subordination to constituted authority GERMAN SAILORS FIRED ON As far as could be made out from fragmentary reports now at hand a detachment of German sailors who attempted to land for the purpose of protecting German plantations, had been treacherously attacked from ambush by Mataafa and his hordes, This act must, of course, be fully expiated by the offending party. If any German official has outstepped his instructions and acted without orders or authority of the German government, of which, however, there ‘was not evidence, he would be — tly re- called to the observance of his duty. Negotia- tions up to this time had convinced the count that on all sides there is a desire to see the question promptly and happily solved. He liimeelf, as the secretary of state, has received a number of communications from distin- — American citizens, statesmen, and leading men which left him with the convic- tion that in the United States, too, the intelli- gent few treated this question with the same calmness and moderation with which it has al- ways been treated in Germany. It is notworth getting excited over. oe Beating Policy with Pigeons. From the Albany Journal. In the old days before the telegraph a man in Greenbush, N. Y., who was infatuated with lottery policy as it was then played, hit on a plan of “beating the game.” The returns of drawings were then received in New York some hours in advance of the Albany agent's receipt of them, and it occurred to him to try heading off the mail with carrier pigeons. So very secretly he secured a couple of pairs of hom- ers, and when the time for the next pearing approached shipped them to New York. relative in New York secured the drawing as it arrived, and fastening a slip containing it properly secured about each pigeon’s neck, let them loose, They arrived in Albany far in advance of the mail, and the Greenbush man inyesting heavily on the numbers thus re- cefved, nearly bankrupted the policy men on his first essay. He worked it more guardedly thereafter, but they finally tumbled, and plac- ing sree him the sobriquet of “I fly,” he re- tained it to his death. His winnings by this means were at least $100,000. SiaNep THE Axti-Courox PLevar.—A Rich mond special to the Baltimore American says Anumber of the committee appointed by Chair- man John H. Montague have reported that the number of business men signing the anti-cou poses is very general, and, in fact, but few ave refused, and it is thonght that the senti- ment in a short time will be unanimous against the payment of the license tax in coupons, Marrep ar Tree Score axp Tzyx.—A Pottstown special to the Philadelphia Press er The residents of Parkerford, a small village four miles below this place, are much exercised over the secret marriage of Mr. Samuel Weand, a wealthy retired widower, and Mrs. Sallie Bickel, widow of the late Daniel Bickel, whose death occurred about three months ago. Both persons are near their seventieth milestone. When the widow dis- covered the nature of her late husband's will, which was not according to her wishes, she vowed that she would marry at the first oppor- tunity offered her, The aged bride and groom have been neighbors all their lifetime, and each have a number of grown up children, who opposed the match bitterly. -—9@e He Wu Never Pray Gaost AGAIn.—At Evansville, Ind., Geo. Heidels, a young farmer, disguised himself as a ghost and stepped frou the roadside in front of Wm. Tomkins, colored, who was returning from the woods with an axe on his shoulder Saturday night. The frightened pay with a terrific blow, cut Heidel’s head in two, —————+e+______ His Brorzen Saw toe Hawes Munper.— After folloy him for 2,000 miles two re- of the Age Herald, of Birmi: ’ ve on pag a — at bp sient ‘Tenn. supposed ve been an eye-witness to Hawes murders. The man claims that he is the twin brother of the man who saw the kill- ing of Mrs, Hawes, but his brother told him he saw a man strike Mrs, Hawes with aclub. The lady then ran and Fannie Bryant ht and finished her. He also saw them carry the bod- ies of Mra, Hawes and the little girl through the will probabl Pia eager stiheertag tan ly have an on Fanni it in the case, Read ritie oe wi men assis to oof the bodies. ene He pose ———————e@e——____ Xeena—\Terible accident to once that was “Uyeg: mighty narrow escape ._Keene—‘How is that?” D.C MONDAY. ‘FEBRUARY 4, 1889. FAAPIA’S FATAL FOLLY. She Would Dance the Siva for Yankees, But not for Germans. “There is a woman at the bottom of all this trouble in the Samoan States naval officer to a reporter of the Milwaa- kee Evening Chronicle, “About a year ago the officers of a German war vessel lying in the harbor of Apia, the chief Port of Samoa, requested the ing and graceful Faapia, the daughter of Assi, King Malietoa’s commanding general, to come aboard their vessel and execute the ‘siva,’a sensual native dance. The wayward beauty refused to comply, and the German officers felt that they had been snubbed. When the United States cruiser Adams came into the harbor and droppedanchor near by the Germans were furi- ous on that immedi after the arriva! ea the roars be ia went aboard that vessel, clothed simply in blushes, a glad smile, anda coral necklace, and danced the siva for the delectation of the hated Yan- kees, right under the very noses that had been 80 lately and so severely snubbed by her. ‘You will have to dance again for this, and so will your father,” said they angrily. “They kept their promise, so far as the old man was concerned anyhow, for a few days later, while Assi was fishing upon the reefs with his Malietoa, they arrested both of these men and three or four other chiefs besides, and bound them hand and foot to the mast of a small schooner that awaited them- The ves- sel was manned by Germans and floated the German flag aloft. As soon as the kidnapped party were safely dis, of aboard, the schooner eailed out to the German man-of-war and passed close under the stern of the U. 8. steamship Adams, dipping her colors in pass- ing ostensibly as asalute to the United States’ flag on the Adams, which reqhired a similar salute in return. The real object of this maneuver was later found to have been a cun- ning plan to belittle the power and pluck of the Yankees, Before leaving the shore, after perpetrating this outrage, the Germans on the schooner told the natives, who had flocked to the beach to see what was transpiring, that they need expect no assistance from the Amer- icans,as they not only had no power, but dared notinterfere. ‘As a proof,’ said they, ‘you will see them dip their colors to us when we their so-called man-of-war.’ “The kidnapped king and his followers were taken aboard the German man-of-war and transported to the Marshall Islands, and Malie- toa himself subsequently to the Cameroons, on the west coast of Africa. There was no charge made against any of these people except that the king stood in the way of German aggres- sion and Assi and the other chief had been seen visiting the American residents, and had re- ceived them in their houses. Why should old King Malietoa not be reinstated, Assi be brought back and Faapia be allowed to dance before whom she please without bringing on a crueland bloody war and causing the ex- patriation of her father?” oo—_____ Cardinal Wolsey’s Bad Manners. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. From. young child attending one of our high schools there comes to this paper a plain- tive request: “My teacher has given me this question: ‘Translate into Latin, “My mother and I,’ and narrate an historical incident illus- trating the Latin method of forming such anex- pression.’ Please tell me how to do it.” With the greatest of pleasure. In Latin it would be, “Ego et mater mea.” The whole point turns on the fact that, in English, you put the other person first and yourself second, while in Latin that process is reversed. The historical inci- dent asked for is a very old and oft-repeated story. Cardinal Wolsey wrote a state paper in which he often used the phrase, “Ego et Rex meus,” and his king, Henry VIII, remarked: “It may be good Latin, but it is d—d bad Manners,” FAMILY SUPPLIES. Ou Prnsroxe Wrussy (PURE RYE). For the Sideboard it is the BEST, As it creates no Headache, or the Sick-chamber it is without » RIVAL, As it is easily Digested, ‘THOMAS RUSSELL, 1213 Penna. @e. For sale by no Bz. GRANULATED SUGAR, Best Rio Coftee, 25e. i per Ib; Mocha and Javi Tic. PER LB. ave Coffee, 28e. Tes, (excelling Az3ge_ per .. Perfection Mix . Best Sugar Cured Hams, jugar, Cured Shoulders, 10c. per t,"” Sancy | — process: Flour, re bpL, sack; “Old Time" Bue pbls 81.50 pet ay ul ‘hoice country roll Butter, per 1b. runtry roll Butter, 20c. per Ib. 5 lbs. Urkish’Praues fore 12 ibe, Buckwheat tor aoe 6 gts. Honduy for Send postal card or call and see us if convenient. J. T, D, PYLES, 3229. “413 ath st Re. 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BROTHERS, 906 B ST. 8.W., Sppeared, before me and made oath that he i the Uldest Established Expert Specialist in this city, ny private diseases SAMUEL, MILLS. a Notary Pa District of Golumibia, this third day’ 3030-110 ESMERISM U ‘A HEALD MeN wonderful success 4a the treatment otal hervous diseases. Also full instractions given in pracd tical Puychology by Prot. Carpenter, ofice 612 Gth st fours from 10 ain. 07 Dam 901 9 p.m. with Ladies only. ‘T HAS NEVER BEEN OO: x i. T Dr. BROTHERS is the wee te Tiasaly in forty-eight hours. Price, @3 per box. Dr. DODDS NERVINE Ses permanently curvs atural weakn Joss of vitality, nervous. fy By fesenled by iiall For sale at Sth and F nw. we STANDIFO! WOOD AND COAL cor. ” said a United |. FROM POLE TO POLE mes offring uniations which taey Suave Ee Penton war e or “the same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE and besides are dangerous. PEARLINE is never all good grocers. ‘Manufactured only by JAMES New Youth AUCTION SALES.__ AUCTION SALES. rooms DOWLING, Auctioneer. "3 AUCTION. ENTIRE CONTENTS OF RESIDENCE No. nN TUESDAY and WEDNFSDAY, RIGGS STREET NORTHWEST, aT avorioe. eI FOURTH. FIFTH and SIXTH, com- COMPRISING PIANO, WALNUT Pak mencing st HALF-PAST SEVEN P. M., I shall sell, at vublic aution, all forfeit ‘up to date, consist- Ing of Gola and Silver Diamond and other 5 Kings, Jewel of all kinds, Silverware, Clocks, Mir- R CAR Tors, Sewing Guns, Revolvers, Clothing, and Y other goods too jus to mention. Parties inter- 1 ‘will please take notice. ¢ CHINA, GLASSW. RRQUISITES, &o. HURSDAY, FEBRUARY SERVE! TEN O'CLOCK A’ M., at residence, 1309 TO-MORROW. * DW. ‘Ferma cash, HOMAS DOWLING, JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers, Auc . SALE [OUSEHOLD ; = —WTANCTAr CARPETS. Ee, COMPRISING PARTON CHAE. FINANCIAL. FeO CRE RE peok) Sea | ae UCTION, AT OUR SALESROOMS ‘H AND ‘NO. W. CORSON. INO. W. MACA PRERUSIUE bene sorpe |? a commencing at TEN O'CLOCK. baad 3 CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. 6. W, Bonda, EREM TORY BALE OF Bi > Sora Bankers and Dealers in Government ING, No. 21 EIGHTH STREET EAST, N EAST CAPITOL STREET. On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY FIFTH, | _ pgilnee Siacktand Bends act all Commitee Mates, at FIVE O'CLOCK, we will sell in frout of the ob the ae ew Sork, Philadelphia, Bostog. end OTe: and sold PART OF LOT 16, SQUARE 898, yo ry Donnie fronting 22 feet 1144 inches on Sth street east, near and 81 Local Reidrusd, Gas, insurance and East Capitol street, and improved by a new’ well- built two-story and cellar brick dwelling, eight rooms ‘Terms: One-balf cash; balance in six, twelve and eighteen months; notes to bear interest and to be se~ cured by deed of trust on premises sold, or all cash at phone Steck dealt in. “kuserica: Bell Teieyhbone Stock bonght and sold 3y18 eager netiantienneeeeeeneersenveeeneeenee _LADIES’ GooDs. _ option of purchaser. A deposit of $200 required at | —____ — {oibe complied matin tia days otherwise the Tike | AQ LADY, FORMERLY CARRYING oN Duras. fe l<lade DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers, 42 Let aw: 30% L st only first-class help employed; button hofens spectalty. S ae tS . LAbies JF YOU Wisi A GOO AND RTYLISH- 4ntting Waist bny White's Glove-fitting Keady-cut Waist Linings. They are perfect in every respect, sleeves and all. ‘They are ited. (None wenu rpuouas DOWLING, Anctioneer. CATALOGUE SALE OF MISCELLANEOUS AND CLASSICAL BOOKS, ine without “Whit ” irr ae Sold st the PALA 3 MANY OF THEM Jal 3we Ladies’ Tailor, 1110 F at. FINELY ILLUSTRATED, A ¥ LADIES TAILOR, 42i {ALSO A LOT OF MEDICAL BOOKS AND INSTRU- iD Sieh at B. ~~ Walking and . ion MENTS RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR CATALOGUE,) | Dresses, Coats and Kiding ~~ Perfect SURGICAL CASE AND ONE DISSECTING CASE, | Bt fuaranteed. Prices imoderste, AUCTION ROOMS, TACAV TUESDAY, FEBRUA AT HALF-PAsT 5: HITE, HOWARD & 60. 25 West 16ui st. New York, Saratoga, Long Branch and St Augustine, Have opeved their Brauch House, 815 15th st, 2. — ‘Waslinstun, ~ (For two weeks only,) With magnificent stock of DINNER AND BALL GOWNS, Visiting Costumes, Wraps, Millinery, ete., ‘ Mas. M. A. Coxxeus, OF 331 STH AVENUE, NEW YORK, a Branch House at 1504 H STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D.C. WwW CATALOGUES READY. THOMAS DOWLING, Auctioneer. WALTER B WILLIAMS & CO., Auctioneers, INVESTORS, ATTENTION. PEREMPTORY SALF OF NINF T TORY OK Y SIDE OF PIERCE STREET, BETWEEN N CAPITOL AND FIRST STREETS WEST. On TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY FIPTH, at FOUR O'CLOCK, we will sell, in front of the prem & McGuire , block 62K nproved by nine twr ‘ings, each containing 6 rooms and T. as, and sewers. One-fourth cash; balance in 1, 2, and 3 TERMS CASH, ja20-déds T, 20-foot alley, and story brick a hall, wate érms: Fears; notes to bear interest at U per cent, per’ annum Dorey TECEPTION ns Orne roi day of sale, and to be secured by deed of trust ob and BALL DI ‘CLO! premises sold or all cash at option of purchaser. NETS atlot oki eth be terest payable semi-annually. A deposit of fifty (40) ‘asl we dollars will be required on exch parce! on day of sule, ee _____ Conveyancing, &c., at cost of purchaser. If the terns AMSLEY, Wi of sale are not complied with in ten (10) days from day 3 u of sale the property will be resold at the risk and cost Baltimore, Ma. of defaulting purchaser after five (3) dase’ pubic to: win re 4 ch real published open at WILLARD'S HOTEL, Private Parlors, Wee ee che Feb. 5th, 6th, 7th, Sth, and 9th,» large and elegant ae LLIAMS & CO., Aucts. | sortwent of Imported Ball and Evening Dresses , also — — | the latest novelties in Spring aud Summer Costumes Pi for House and Street wear. Special attention given to orders for Ball and Evea- ing Dresses. Fit guaranteed. Mass J. Bosarss MODEL RIDING HABITS EVENING AND RECEPTION COSTUMES ES COUNTY MILES FEOM Bi . RICHMOND AND FREDERICKSEURY ROAD, AND ABOUT TWO MILES FROM FOR! S 1 ROAD FORD COURTHOUSE, ON THE COU LEADING TO STAFFORD COURTHOUSE, CON- TA > ACKES OF LAND, MORE OB NING 359 AC LESS. Under and by virtue of adeed of trust bearing date e 77th day of May, 1880, and duly recorded in Li- Folios $7, 88, 89. aid 90, one of the Land Rec- ords for stafford county, V a, the undersicned trustee will offer for sale at p on the p TUESDAY THE H DA FEBRUARY, 1589, AT A. M. RAIL- STAF- 3023-108 __«__ m' BRANDIS, 1299 PENN, AVE. or-inale Gowns, Habits, Evening and Street Costumes, rein; “OCls 4 Street ie imade at short notice. Perfeck farm or tract of jand which was conveyed ary | Stand work, une ittiiie required. Rees iT. Sunith tn trast Ue deed Geted ket j with Lord & w York, Loyd to |. ‘eyh ver wm. 1870, and of record in the Laud Hecords for sal t. Louis. Buttonholes made. * jalf-1m* mnty, Which said farm contains three fifty-five acres of land, more or less, and improved b asmall farm-bouse and some outbuildings. The farm is well watered and adapted to yardeaing and farming purposes, and is composed both of bundred and | ian. Ten years’ practice in ment for ‘trea i ladies and c MES. DIL GABRIEL, 1321 Gast. nw. ing Within one mile of Aquia creek, Virginia. \RENCH DYEING. SCOURING AND DRY CLEAN- ‘erms of aale: One-fourth of the purchase ‘money to Fixe ESTABLISHMENT, 1205 New York ave, be paid incash within five days from the day of sale, | First-class Ladies” and Gents' work of every des of which one bundred dollars is to be paid as adeposit | Hon. Plush, Velyet aud Evening Dresses ANTC at the time of sale, the balance of the purchase inoney | AND CAROLINE LERCH, formerly with A. Fischer to be paid in three equal instaliments in six, twelve | aud son Yriess, Paris. a and eighteen mouths from the day HE MISSES the pyrchaser will give Promissory notes with interest, to be secured by Of trust on the property, cr all cash at the option of | the purchaser. If the terms of sele ate not complied with within seven days from the day of sale the Prop- erty to be resuld at the risk aud cost of defaulting pur- chaser, BROOKE B, WILLIAMS, Trustee, | Builds Office, room 19, Kell uz, Washington, D.C £2,4.6,8,9,1 een 3 7 ING, Auctioneer. val i 923 F street, 1d ‘hoor, And 1310 8th st.n.w..Uetwoen Nad Ots,_ja6-Sim Mu M. J. Prasm, 1329 F st. n.w. (Mrs. Harrison's. FINE FRENCH HAIR GOODS A special selection in SHELL, AMBER AND DULL JET ORNAMENTS. SHAMPOOING. Dressed and Bangs Shingied. _ $e4-dm VERY VALUABLE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY ON SCHER’S DRY CLEANING ESTAB nw. SOUTH SIDE OF K STREET, NEAR 15TH | A SAQA RUSoRER 2S STREET NORTHWEST, AT AUCTION. a a om ind Cert’ Garza of a sea ‘and On SATURDAY, FEBRUARY NINTH, 1889, AT | P¥04 without being ripr Ladies’ Evening Dynsses FOUR O'CLOCK b. Min front of the ‘remisce T Soolcente,” Gosdscslind tarsal alitert ait Will sell the east 30 feet of in square 218, with | Sy -woor eo = : UP On RIPPE Seaaraesmn sie ‘ot of | ALiWOOL GARMENTS MADE OP OR RIPPED, 23 by 30 to a 20-foot wide alley. This property is situated in one of the most valuable sections of the city and should command the attention of buyers and speculators generally. ‘Terms, one-third cash, balance in one and two years with interest, and secured by adeed of truston the property sold, or all cash at the purchaser's option, A deposit of $250 will be required at timeof sale. All recording and conveyancing at purchaser's cost. THOMAS DOWLING. rn = Auctionseft JUNCANSON BROS., Auctioneers. NEARLY NEW THREE grony AND BAS! EMENT BKICK DWELLING. Ni 18 THIRTEE! ING, NO. 1 ENTH STREET, BET" K AND RIGGS STREETS oNQRTHW BIDAY, AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY EIGHTH, Aten O'CLOCK, we will sell, in front of the prem- Grand Nationa! Award 16,600 francs, UINA-LAROC AN INVIGORATING TONIO, PERUVIAN BARK. IRON, ax PURE CATALAN WINE. Fu sl4 til changed, are as follows: Mw RETAIL PRICES, FOR COAL AND WOOD, ite Ash Stove, per ton of 2,240 ibs. Red Ash Stove, bg Lykens Valle; 8. $8. Pine w ari tatarts Coxe ' Woon ! Coats JOHNSON BROTHERS, ‘Wharves and Rail yards, 12th & Water sts. Southwest. 1202 F st. nw. ‘3d and K st.n. w. 1112 Oth st. aw. 61 Cap. and 1 at. Drenet, Paris. E. FOUGERA & 00., for the U. 8, 30 NORTH ST.. N. i Ee E el : : te