Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1892, Page 8

( WAHNFRIED. HIS LIFE DREAM. Wagner's Parsifal and the Theater at Bayreuth. WONDROUS STAGE EPFEOTS. An Account of » Festspicl Representation in the Model Opers House-A Grand Poem Set to Music—iiow the Theater is Ar- Fanged—A Town Made Famous. Cosreapondencec? The Breatng Star. Baregoru, September 1, 1892. TWELYE HOUES’ trains trom the capital of the German empire brings one to the sleepy little town of Beyreuth. simple customs, one might tmagine but for the modern dress of the people, that the unusual bustle and stir on the Mist of July last was caused by an announced intention of the Emperor Maximillun I to visit the town and that one lived in tho time of the Many of the houses are so built that the eetond story projects far over the jewalk, and hag either the dates of long gune years or Yerses cut in stone over the doars. * are most primitive. Some of thom contain besutifnlly embroidered linea, others a jomeration of articles, incinding almost ing froma yard of wool stuff to an old- med pipe witb » painted porcelain bowl, end others many specimens of exquisite wood . for which the towns of Bavaria have Deen noted as far back as the middle ages. Bayreuth emerged from obscurity in 1872, it became the chosen home of William Richard Wagner and the site cf his world-re- nowned theater. Born in Leipsic in the year 1813, Wagner lost hie father when he was but six months old. His mother was, however, fortunate in the friend- ship of bis father’s early friend, Ludwig Geyer, at that tigue a member of the Dresden Court Ge 1814, married the widow ¥ over the boy's develop- ment, cherishing the hope that be would one dav become a « the Greek legends and cipailly, and he was luis uucle, Adolf Wagner, « ition, had gained epn- Bim. his interest in his , ate, and in their certs, where he Beard Moaart, aad above all Beethoven. occu- Pied his attention and nwakened hie love for ausic; at the same time tho perusal of roman- tic authors who strove ix poetry after Purely musical harmony led him to the study of that art. During tho winter of 1832-83 he a the composi of his tirst opera—*Dis Bochziet™ (The Wod the eccentrio text, ever, found dish: a the eves of his sis tor, and his respect for her judgment as a tal- ented actress score and led him to utterly deatr His second attempt, “Di (The Fairies), ‘Was concluded in January, 1834, at Wurtzburg. ing to Leipsic, where he was disap- inted in being able to procure the represen- tion of bi heard =Wihelmine Schroder [ ‘She was Possessed of the and impressed Das Lisbes ve) on the able in 1536 to b Verbote” The I . ; he wrote his operas “Rienzi ver Fliegender Hol- lander” (The Firing Dutch Returning “4 eappomtment of di- @ Dresden Court #. There he became involved in the May } 4 4 to fly for his life in 1849. A prey disappointments, unhappily suffering at times from the most Y and artistic isolation, he spent ween 1849 and 1864 in wandering Switzerland to England,France aud Italy. longing ail the time or his fatherland, artistic effort was greatly les- this time, however he wrote many some very ii his famous “ 3 t i i Hal e i rtant operas, among ibelus Ring.” con- Die re, f i : 7 ru with the prologue ) places to the of series, but never suo- satisfaction. At last, 4 in any of the then ¢ it ‘The “Das Rhun- tel Li to bi rt + then- | juced to bis satisfaction, he the plan of « with seats am y errenged for the public and an invisible orches- rE tea fn some small German city unprovided with a theater; the qapensee bo, proposed to defray by . of rich of art or else to pro- of some rei monarch, ride om the express | a, to farther Wagner's plan of w ‘testeptathaus™ A warm iriondshtpandmntual admiretion sprang = between the two men which nothing ever turbed. All, however, did not continue to go smoothly; ‘loud complaints grese in the _—_— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, aia 8 —_— 1892—SIXTEEN PAGES. the deliverer. He leads Into. the bell of the. onelle. “Here cours & ‘wonderful transformation scene; as the two aprret uu vy mag andy itis ‘ond as ry the 5 auf noble aid a oe Sane ine manner mar andthe Vtrenee ha eeired at the ang Ball, tho later’ stands. witht his back to the au and never once during the “whole Gavves of enon dase utter one word of make a single geetare, The solemn march of the knights into the hall, where “‘Amfortas” is also borne upon a litter, ‘the celebration of the sacred “evening meal,” thebesutiful chorus of frosh, sweet young voices of the pages, the ogg pete me the stage (the spd eye ar lies See th only tunic of coarse brown bound at the waist with a cord), the an- gaish of Femorse with which “*Amfortas” is wrung when, a! command of “Titurel,” the radiance from which is the only light in the chamber, and, withal, the noble orchestration, is most selemn and’ im- Pressive and inspires a deep feeling of religious to Toslon * saw'st in answer to his qi thon?” only « slight shake ot te ee irons him ipetanly from ‘he hall Here =: wse of an hour, when the refresh themselves at from the theater. Bovarinn capital, and Jealous opponents worked | the Tigerously ‘unail by astunl consent the King and Wagner ted, Wagner loa hich in December, 1308. — ‘Ho remained for a timein Switzerland, be worked now cheerfully, encouraged by the hope of assistance ftom his royal friend. At last he formed the plan of building the the- ster himself, depending upon Ludwig and bis other admirers for assistance. He traveled to Bayreuth, and his earlter impressions of the fit- ness of the place for his pur deing con- firmed he took up bis abode ner did he change it util hewbo had paideo many toart paid the last great tribute to nature. Principally through the efforts of the young fantet "Kael Tp ¢ Baroness Marie von Bchlicite ang Euail’Heckel, the last named of whom first’ Wagner in organized the Manbeim. he saw at last the way to the - of his heart’s dearest _wish—ou May 22, the carner stone of the Bayreuth “Buhaen Festspielbaus” was laid. ‘THE PEATSPrELEAUS. Waile it was in course of erection he received and accepted an offictal invitation to compose the Festal March for the American centennial celebration—he wrote under the ration of Goethe's “He only merits The theater being entirely completed, and the direction of the orchestra given to Bichter, a series of reheareals took place, atwhich King Ludwig was present; and af last, in 1876, from the 13th to the 30th of Au- t, occurred the first “festspiel,” and his belungen Ring” was given to his the theater is situated on an eminence to the north overlooki: an excellent view of the surrounding country. Tthas an interior of the utmost simplicity and & seating capacity of 1,345, excluding the @ “Bur: ouls. The position occupied by the orchestra fs soveral feet below the auditorium, and is so shielded by an arched screen as to be entirely | invisible to the audience. The scenery is beau- tifully executed and the mechanism is carried to a state of such rare perfection that the illusion as the drama progresses is never for an instant broken. The scene shifting is carried on by steam apparatus constructed in » small building to the rear of the stage. WHERE WAGNER LIVED. Situated at the opposite end of the town is “Wahnfried,” the home in which Wagner spent his last days. On one side one enters the large park, the walks of which meander, giving the effect of great spacionsness. The care given them is of a character which does not exclude a certain impression of wildness and solttude, while not admitting in the slightest degree the idea'of neglect. The Wagnerian “ I” began this year on July 21 and ended on the 2ist ef August; it included representations of four operas: “‘Tris- tran and Iselda,” “The Master Singers remberg,” ““Tanphauser” and “‘Parsifal.' Inst named can only be given in Bayreuth, as Frag Wagner has for term of years the right of production. It is an ite, powerful conception. Always im of frivolity inart, and aiming ever at w higher motive than mere amnsement in his worl everything which he had ever before accom- lished. The text and music in this, as in all Fe cones ane clibe hie oun conalites the first dim’ vision of “‘Parsifal” presented it- self to him as early as 1858, but being ocoupied at that time with other work, he never began to ously work out the idea until he had com- pleted his ‘“Ntbelungen Ring.”’ In 1877 the poem Parsifal” was completed, but the instrumen- tution of the entire work was not finished be- fore January, 1882, and the first performance was given La oe emg oy 26 = the — year. Ki ud ‘is orchestra Zieeus, unfer the Sibetion ‘of Hernan Lavi and Franz Fischer, at Wagner's disposal, and artists from the various German opera stages were called to Bayreuth to sing in the principal roles. This was the greatest triumph which Wagner and his art ever achieved. People from all over the world flocked to Bayreuth to seo this single opera, which was the only one given th: The fest lasted until August 29, dur- ing time there were fifteen representa- tions. The story of “Parsifal” is dramatically told in three acts. The soene of the first act is a magnificent forost, supposed to be situated in the northern mountains of Gothic Spain, whare is the castle of the Knights of the “Grail,” or cup from which our Lord drank at the last supper. act 1. Gurnemang, an old but vigorous knight, ist accompanied by two young esquires, whom he chidingly arouses from sleep, and exhorts them first to morning prayer and then to pre- pane the both for Amivrtas, king of the Grail’s Guardians, who has received a wound which will not heal, The two depart to do his bid- ding, and he is joined by two other knights, who question him concerning the m; con- nectad with the wounded king. He evades their inquiries, and while they stand listening to him their attention is attracted to an object which proves to be ‘Kundry.” ‘Kundry” is» power- ib a which W: « has com- bined several characters—frem history, legend and myth. She is Harodias, a sort of female Wandering Jew, and there is « sorceress, a col- league of the cian “Klingsor,” The im- eTsunation is, per! the most difficult of ail agner’s creations, but it was rendered by Fraulein Maltern of the Dresden Court Theater with a power of interpretation and a finish of execution which won the entire approval of 7 bimself before his death. sorceress has flown on s wild horse to some spot in the universe, to find in the secrets of nature the means by which the sufferer be helped; en! the offers « crystal phi to Garnema: him it is balsam, and, refusing to give any information as to the nature of the phial’s contents or her Journes, she fling herself down upon the earth aa ee ee During the time in which “Kundsy” is supposed to aj roach them the music, which describes the jht, is weird in the extreme, and so marvel- gus & true picture, is it that one can fairly see ber as she carcers through the air. During the time of the king’s bath Gurnemanz ts joined by two other esquires, who also ply him with ques- tions concerning the king and his mysterious oad at last he ie, prevailed upon to reveal ‘Na- The rho, glorying in the strength of his purity and austerity, deter- mines to wage combat with and destroy the encmy, “Klingsor,” who, having earlier sought to became also a servant of the Grail, is ¥,” marvelously beautiful and or room He falls a victim to her wiles, and, failii while to guard the sacred Lord was wounded, “ " seized and with it pierced his which in punishment for bis sin will never haat until o “guileless fool” shail recapture it from “Eli finding his way to “Amfortas,” touch with it the wound. Bis advent is at hand—even while they speak wen and gure the Set the opmbined efforts of he friends, fore- most where | closed they words: erty and, life who day by day must conqner them.” | erie,” which is occupied by royalty | ‘KUNDRY. hurls at him the reply: “I will not!” She feels the force of his will strongly enough to recog- nize thet he is her master, that she has no ower to resist his command, and with a picro- cry disappears. Here the scene changes from the tower chamber to tho garden of Klingvor's castle. Enormous flowers, in tropi- cal variety and luxuriance, fill the ‘inclosure, and along the hills which overlook this specta- cle bounds the youth whom Gurnemanz has thrust out. A model of healthy physical per- fection, his face and whole being radiate inno- eence and the joy in mere existence which is Tagner hore surpassed Bp 4 the natural outcome of perfect health and Dlameless occupation. Attracted from the radiant beauty of the has en: fearlouly and wounded and crerthrown, all who op: progress. ntrance int the garden is the signal for the co of & bevy of young girls, each as fect in her sical eis insinuating manner ani fascinating in her attire; ‘each one claims his attention and urges Presence a¢ a reason for tar- rying in the besatifal pleasure garden. Ho un- Goratands as litle of their insinuations as would achild. At last, impatient of their chattering and contention as to whose exclusive property he shall become, he thrusts them all tiently from him end turns to run away, when @ voice from « bank of flowers near calls in ac- cents wondrously sweet, “‘Parsifal! Tarry!” Wonderstruck at the sound of his name, which he bed himself forgotten, he turns to see who called him, and there, reclining on » bank , is a woman attired in oriental cle- see of whote person o- ition by a ft his aoe ad tention by «) to him of ir an mother. Grloving tor ‘the loss of his fond mother, he approaches nearer and nearer her who knows so much of the beloved one, until finally, unconscious of what he does, he sinks upon ‘the flowery couch beside her, and she kisses htm. tly, as if stung by an adder, he springs to his feet.’ Who can describe what The awakening of s soul, how terri- jow he knows what ‘“‘Amfortas” felt when, wrapt in her tolls, he forgot his sacrod mission. Wrong with agony, and keenly alive to his danger, by one more ful exertion of his @ conquers and flings her from him. Frenzied and stung to the quick at being so spurned, all that is worst in her is rearoused, a, gee to be revenged upon him, she calls to her Klingsor, who appears and hurls at him the . It has no power to wound him, who ‘conquered, and remains over his head in the sir. He seizes it and offers Kundry salvation if she will but show him the path to Amfortas. She curses the way to nee ane SS ——. the making tl the cross, the magic canto, the garden and all KHngzor’s creations fali in rains, and Kundry, with a shriek of ter- ror, sinks to the earth. Turning to her with the words, “Thou know- est where thon canst find me aj ”* he disay a by the kno but not the It, At the representation of August 1 Herr van Dyck took the character of Parsifal. He has @ tenor voice of great power and uisite sweetness, and it is impossible to ive an artist with more dramatic power or a higher [sores of his art. Possessed of extraor- ly mobile features, he is made for the part. aot UL ‘The scene of the drama is again the Grail’s domain. Gurnemanz, extromely old and poorly clad, stands before thedoor of a narrow hermit- age. He approaches » clump of bushes, from fellows? ble! Ne and at this infreotion of their lat they seek the culprit, end, lol on the coene ap” Pearse youth, not only guiltless of sia, but Also of save that of the use of the cfossbow. To all questions as to his name, bis home, his past occupations and his parent satisfied par 4 otber qualification —guileleseness—thas this may SOME OF ITS OHARAOTERISTIOS BRAZIL'S BIG ISLAND. Tt Lies in the Amason and is Called Marajo. On It Are Situated the Fashionable Seaside Resorts of the Region—A Trip Across the River From Para—Where the Turtles Lay Ese. ‘From The Stars Traveline Commissioner. Pana, Buaztt, September 1, 1899. HI8 CITY OF THE high-sounding tit]o— “Santa Maria de Belom uated on the southern shore of the southern mouth of “The Father of Waters, "about eighty miles above the Atlan- tlo, and directly oppo- site to it, though many miles away on account of the great width of the river, is Marajo (pro- accenting the last syllable), the most wonderful as as the largest of all the Amazonian Islands. It is more extensive than many an old world principality, having a superficial area Lire engl er miles and a rocky barricr, miles long by 100 miles wide in the broadest part, which has com) even the ity river it in twain every other obstruction away like chaff before the. wind to turn ‘aside and flow around it. About half of Marajois covered with dense which have never been much explored gzoept by # few adventurous rubber_ hunters, for the caoutchouc tree abounds. The other half ts 8 nounced Mab-tab-ho, 16 immense, tly undulating cam: dotted ‘ith . tnd or beautiful groves and covered with greenest grass, which fooks from She deck of » passing ser precieely like an park laid out by a landscape gardener. But « nearor view iapdle ny such iitusion. Tt crossed and in every direction by 8 perfect network of small streams, which over- flow after every rainy season and form danger- ous swampe and quagmires, the home of hugo snakes and enormous alligators. I saw the carcass of one of the latter residents of Ma- ajo which measured twenty-seven foet “from tip to tip,” but was not considered of uncom- mon size. There are tiger cats also, and those strange and savage creaturos called ouncos (proneunced ween-ces), and other beasts of Prey which are prone to’ give unwary ramblers Tather too warm a welcome. EARLY RANCHES EGTAPLISHED. The natural advantages of Marajo for tho raising of horses and cattle were discovered by the very first settlors of Brazil. As early as tho yeer 1684 its grassy plains had been divided into extensive ranches and cattle introduced from Cape Verde Islands, | Tho cattle increased with marvelous rapidity that soon the paternal government, nan unexpected spasm of thrift ness whjch ‘has not often recurred, levied a heavy tax on “horned cattle” and derived large revenues therefrom. In course of tho two and half centuries since their introduction un- counted millions of cattle and horses havo found untimely graves in the marshes and quag- mires, and ounces, tigers and alligators have destroyed as many more. During the first quarter of the present century a good horse might be bought on the island for $1, but in 1824 a new and terrible disease broke out among ‘the horses and killed vast numbers of them—so that nowadays horses hereaboute are extremely scarce and dear, being all imported from seuthom Brazil,’ The great horse plague is still much talked about, for to this day traces of it reappear. A few years ago it suddenly cropped out in the island of Mexiana, not far from Marajo, and in five days every horse on the island was dead. A FATAL HORSE DISEASE. It is eaid that the disease novor attacks horned cattle and shows iteelf first in the back and loins of a horse, so that it immediately loses the use of its hind k The Brazilian govern- ment sent a man to ce to study farriery and veterinary surgery, in hopes to arrest the disease, but without any good result, and the only thing new done to an animal, no matter how valuable, when his hind logs begin to di is to put him ont of hie misery with & rifle bell. Many and diverse reasons are given as to the or cause, Some say it arose from the fact that the government sold to a Portugnese the tht to Kill ten thousand mares on Marajo (for What purpose T eannot learn), and that the man actually did killa great many more than that number, and their carcasses, being left to rot on the wot plains under a tropio sun, poloned the grasses and brod the irradicable pestilence. Others assert with equal positiveness that it is scort of hydrophobia brought down thousands of miles from the far wilds of the upper Ama- zon, where it first attacked the dogs, then the ferocious river hogs, then the alligators, and finally the horses. ‘But by far the greater num- ber of people, including all the ignorant lower classes, believe that the calamity was an especial dispensation of Providence, sent to punish the inhabitants of Marajo for noglecting to build a church and to show proper respect to the saints and fiesta days; but if that be true it seems a pity thot the haman delinquents were not made Suffer instead of unoffending animals, THE NATIVE RIVER CRAFT. One dey we hired » “montaria,” manned by cight Indians, and were rowed over to the ged schooner Ropulerly called canoas, lerstand the word, there montaria is most common, as picturesque. It is a sort of fintboat, and each Indian holds a paddle, which is about the size and shape of an oral spade, dicularly in his hands, and all striking to the water together give great momentum to the craft, as is necessary when paddling against the tide. The freighting“canoas continually ply up and down the Amazon m constructed f = i # a H ey En 7 i | I Hl Hae ges is. ? L i ri is [’ ig if i id ill ape 5 FE ie i A ? i fi it 5 Ey ee lt sedi i ag u H i do Grao Para”—is sit- | There l i Hl i & i ; i i fy iH apart aati Hi : 8 at, about four miles an hour, car- perk may ey floating trees, fruits and a man; ds Of tangled weeds and grass, of them forty ead Afty feet square, like ing islands” on the Vega near the ‘ico, and in the y river. several on the coast of a\ 2 Gat se TN ead Ghee Pee) FuTe AMAZONIAN CAxOA. Marajo, but nono, I believe, inland. The most important are Breves, Corralinho, Muans, Sourro and Salvaterra. The being ‘nearest to Bara are the Newport and Long Branch of the . where the wealthy Paraneee come to spend, the “heated term’ be- ‘ween Septomber and March. The tide bri in a fine flow of soa water, something as at Ofd Point Comfort, and the ‘breezes blow much cooler than in the capital city. At both resorts there aro cottages and a passablo hotel, and the fine Presents an animated scene, not to mention a fine opportunity for the study of anatomy at all hours of the day and evening. After the hours in which fashionable people dis- themselves, los pobros flock down on masse and literally blacken the waters—men, women and childron together—without any formalities in the way of bathing suite (or any other way, for that matter), with as much enjoyment and absence of ‘a8.s0 many amphibious ani- mals, Boavista, THE EXPORTATION OF CATTLE. Tho banks of the isiand are lined with market gardens, from which vegetables are sent to Para, Farther back are small farms, where sugar cane, cocoa, cotton, rice and mandiroa are grown. But’ the great industry of Marajo is tho exportation of cattle, the trade reaching 20,000 head a year, furnishing beef for Para and other Amizonian towns. The butchering and selling is all done in Para under municipal directions, and the price of beef is regulated by law, usually about 6 cents per pound. The cattle are brought over in small vessels fitted for the purpose and landed at the wharves of the government slaughter houses, whose loca- tion vou may easily determine by the great number of zipalotes (vultures), which are always hovering like a black pall above it, An- other thing which the government now wisely regulates is the turtle egg harvest,which other- wise would soon become extinct.’ Everybudy tartaruga or Amazon- le, which abounds by millons all along the river and its affiuents, and of the manteiga da tartaruga (turtle egg butter), » substance peculiar to this quarter of the globe. THE TURTLE EGG HARVEST. At certain seasons of the year they come ashore and deposit their eggs in the sand. Then the streams will be fairly speckied with them, each paddling clumsily up to his native sand bar, for it is positively asserted by thoso well up in turtle lore that not one of them will lay an egg anywhere except on the very spot where it was itself hatched out. It is said that the nolse of their shells striking against one another in the rush and scramble to shore may be heard « t distance. Each lays from eighty to one undred and twenty eggs every other year. ‘Their work commences at dusk and ends with the following dawn, when they again scramble back into the water. During the day time the natives collect the oggs_and pile them in great heaps, sometimes twenty fect in diameter and of corresponding height, as cannon balls are piled in a navy yard. "While yet fresh the eggs are thrown into wooden troughs, broken wit sticks and stamped fine with the foet; water is then thrown on over the mass and exposed to the rays of the sun, The intense heat brings the oily matter of the eggs to the surface, from which it is skimmed off. This when clarified over s gentle fire reemblos melted butter and is the manteiga of commerce. It is conv to market packed in earthen pote and the In- dians, negroes and lower classes generally prize it very highly for seasoning thelr food, though it retains a strong flavor of fish oil. OREAT DESTRUCTION OF EGGS. It is estimated that in tho earlier times as many as 250,000,000 turtle eggs were destroyed every year in the manufacture of manteiga, d there are still extensive beaches, notably on Marajo, which yield every year as many as 2,000 pots of oil, each pot containing five gal- lone, the product of about 2,500 oggs, |The wonder is how any turtle can come,to maturity, so many enemies lie in wait for it from the mo- it emerges from the shell and makes its to the waters. Alligators are waiting to swallow it, jaguars to feed upon, buzzards, eagles and’ great wood ibises to pounce upon and devour it; and if ite escapes all these and Teaches the water ravenous fishes are waiting to seize upon it in the stream. But so pro- digiously prolific are they that only their most werful enemy—man—has visibly diminished ir numbers, Faxxre B. Wamp. Written for The Evening Star. Tennyson. “CROSSING THE BAR.” Sweet singer of old England dear, ‘The sland home afar! ‘The tidings sad today we hear ‘That thou art near the bar— ‘The bar of which you sung so well, ‘Though smooth or rough, we may not tell. ‘You would not have the surges rise, ‘The winds wail on tho shore, But ail so calm beneath the skies, ‘When you are saliing o'er— Brave voyager! to dream of death As peaceful a¢ an infant's breath. O singer dear—it thou mnst go, And launch across the bar, ‘May blessings, like soft breeaes, flow, ‘With not a cloud to mar- But wild the surges on the shoge, ‘When they shall hear thy songs no more. Ben now the troubled waters rise Around thy classic home, ‘Where the sweet singer silent lies, His songs no more to come— As if he heard some heavenly strain ‘So sweet, he conld not sing again. And as the wild billows often swell Upon a peaceful strand, ‘Of tempest far away to tell, With not a cloud at hand— In this fair land so far away ‘The tide of sorrow swells today. But He in whom you trusted long, ‘The Father, Savior, dear— ‘Who touched thy heart to sing the song ‘That mortals loved to hear— Sure He who calmed wild Galllee, ‘Will smooth the bar today for thee. two latter | 1 PARTIES RENT IN FACTIONS. ‘The Political Condition of Alabama is Very Ipteresting. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Mowroomnar, Ata., Oot. 5, 1892. ‘The positive predictions made in recent re- ports sent out from this state are hardly war- ranted by facts as they appear to the clearly unbiased and non-partisan mind. If there has been # reaction in sentiment that justifips ‘the confident claim that Alabama is more cer- tain to go democratic in November than pros- pects indicated @ month ago, it will tax careful observation to appreciate it. If thereis any virtue in political signs, it {s undoubtedly trae that Alabama belongs to that contingent of states classified as doubtful. This is the view of the calculating, sober element of all the Parties to the struggle now waging in this sec- tion. Now that practically all of the im at nominations heve been made and the lines of battle definitely drawn, it is easier to form a more intelligent idea of probable results; but even with such aids to the exercise of pro- phetic powers there are few men who value these gifts who would care to stake their repu- tations as political prophets on a positive pre- diction of the final outcome of the contest in Alabama. ‘Mr. Kolb and his friends show no disposition to abandon the vigorous policy they have maintained against tho “organized democ- racy” since the memorable “Opera House con- yention” early in June. The recruits to the Jones wing from this faction of the party have deen notably few. The attempt at reconcilia- tion has not so far been crowned with signal snocess, and say what you please the Alabama democracy has not beer a0 badly and hopelessly divided on the eve of a national election since the war as it is today. No one who has had occasion to judge of the character and extent of this breach can com- placently deny this fact nor question the truth of the assertion that it makes Alabamaas doubt- fal in November as Now York, Connecticut or indiana, If Alabama is saved to Mr. Cleveland it will be due to a cause, which in the light of existing circumstances, ia likely to prevail-the inability | n leadors to control the colored | of the republican vote, revolt against Chairman Moseley by this class of republican voters seems as hopeless as itis universal. Twice has Mr. Chris Magee visited the state on an alleged mission of peace; if ge are to Judge by apparent results, twice ‘Mr, Chris Magee failed of his pacific inten- tions; be is credited with the purpose of a third visit and the result of his coming will have a wl may or may not change our political aspect. Democratic hopes are largely staked ou the course to be pursued by the colored leader, Stevens, who is Mosely's rival and the main inspiration of republican division in this state. If Mr. Magee or anybody else can perform the dificult task of indi Mosely and Stevens to “come together” it would certainly intensify the alarm already felt by organized democracy. It woutd mean concord and peace in the ranks of the combined foes of the democracy; it would mean succeastul fusion of the united republican party with the populists and Kolb democrats; in short, it would mean the complete equipment of an op- position to Cleveland democracy in Alabama which to crush would appear miraculous. Thus far all plans for the adjustment of re- publican differences have failed, and that party, 4s matters stand, has little advantage over its faction-torn rival. There will be little or no unity of purpose between the Mosely and Ste- vens wings. The former favor coalition with the Kolbites and his followers (probably two-thirds of the col- cred voters of the state) are advocates of the republican ticket—straight. There are signs which would indicate that the Moselyites are not as well disciplined and organized as the Stevens division of the party. As a recent evidence of this fact a convention of Mosely's followers in the fourth congres- sional district was called to meet at Selma yes terday for the Purpose of ratifying the nomina- tion of A. P. Longshore, the fusion candidate nominated at Birmingham last month. Instead of executing the purpose for which the conven- tion was called the Stevens crowd captured the assemblage, and with but a fow dissenting voices nominated Judge Craic, a Stevens man and stalwart republican, ‘This incident has created consternation in Mosely’s ranks, and is decidedly the sensation of the hour. It is re- garded by many republicans as notice to their chairman that they will not be bound by the terms of the “Birmingham agreement,” and that they prefer open warfare in defense of their party to a secret deal with the discordant elements of the democracy. ‘The split up democracy no longer attempt to ment the broken fragments of party organi- ion. Soon after the August election the two ctions coquetted with each other for awhile and intimated a feeble desire for reconcilia- tion. Neither side cared to propose terms and there was no formal demand. for a peace con- gress, The consequence was that the truce was of brief duration and in the end amounted to nothing. The Birmingham convention fore- closed all possibility of union, and it was then decided ‘that the war was stillon.” It has been waging furiously ever since and shows little signs of abatement. With two parties rent in twain and the in- troduction of new and hitherto unknown fac- tors in the contest the fight in Almbama is more than interesting. To say this is about the only reliable and truthful comment that can be made. View the situation as you may, it is impossible to trace the rainbow hues that party zealots of both sides have painted on its sur- face. From the very condition of things an accurate estimate of the outcome fs impossible. Doubt envelops everything; there is no cer- tainty about it; all prophecy. is guess work and “contident claims” mere buricombe. How will Alabama go in November? “It doth not yet appear. _ OHIO REPUBLICANS ACTIVE. Rank and File Democrats Impatient Over the “Still-Hunt” Policy. Correspondence of The Evening Star. Coruancs, O10, October 7, 1892. Since the republicans have begun to push the campaign in Ohio with vigor the democrats are becoming restive under the “quict-campaign” policy of Chairman John A. Farley and are urging change of front. Tho bi-weekly meet- ings of the democratic state cxecutive fommit- teo are held with closed doors and members of the committee are little inclined to be com- | municative, but it is reliably reported that at the meeting last Tuesday Chairman Farley read letters from party leaders in different parts of the state urging that some work on the stump be done at once or the mass of the party would become discouraged. On being acked by Tue Stan correspondent whether he proposed to have any work done on the stamp in Ohic Chairman Farley said that later on there would be some speaking by democratic orators. ‘One month from tonight will be the eve of election and it cannot be that the committee proposes to make much of an open fight. Prob- ably there will be a democratic meeting just be- fore the election in each of the large cities, but nothing more. ‘Charles N. Allen, formerly editor of the St. Clairsville Chronicle, but now a resident here, vigorously denounced Mr. Farley's method of conducting the campaign to Stan cor- ndent. “I have been closely the democratic cam) elections for fifty years,” said saw before such a woeful lack of energy, were a candidate on the state ticket withdraw. I wouldn't let them make » stool- pigeon of me.” BEPUBLICANS HARD AT WORK. ‘The republicans have begun work in dead earnest and are fighting now as though the state wore in danger, whether they believe it or may leave Congressman M. D. Harter the leading candidate of his party for the guberna- UJ ¥R if sl! i! i $ td SEE populists, while. Stevens and | fi party wanted to nominate him, though he had personally informed Gov. Campbell that his pai would not be permitted to go before the convention. Judge E. P. Biondin of the same city, often mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, led the opposition among the demoorate two 0 to the election of Calvin 8. Brice to Unit States Senator, and of course would ‘find the!Senator’s friends a serious stumbling block in bis way to the executive office. James E. Neal of ‘Hamilton is popular with the party over the state, but has a host of exe- mies in bis party in his own county. nomination, Frank Hurd is regarded as too radical on the tariff question to make a strong candidate, and Congressman Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland is looked apon in the eame way. Senator Brice is maid to have in training a* his onndidete for the nomination Walter B. Richie, ex-auditor of Allen county. = Congressman Outhwaite is popular with bis rty and stands first among the possible can- idates for the gubernatorial nomination. In this connection mention is made of Gen. A. V. Rice of Ottawa, who wont down in defeat with Gen. Tom Ewing before Foster and Hicken- looper in 1879 and has not been in politics «ince. Thongh prominent in the army during the civil war Gen. Rice is still comparatively « young man, _—— HEARING BISHOPS’ REPORTS. Joint Meeting of the Two Houses of the Episcopal Convention. Special Correaponden.e of The Evening Star. Barrimone, October 7, 1892 The house of bishops sat with the house of deputies in the Episcopal general convention today during the consideration of missions as put forth by the missionary bishops. Many of them rat on the platform ands the audience faced them many were stirred deeply with eym- Pathy with these soldiers of the church, whose faces and bearing told of victories won. In the afternoon ti had occupied them since 11 in the morniny Right Kev. Bishop Clarke of Rhode Island pre- He urged that the board continue ir. New York, but that instead of a few missionary bishops every bishop in the south feel that this respon- sibility is laid on him. He said he aia not blame the colored people for wanting their own color as priests to them. But they would Shave to wait till they could be educated to the ro- uired standard. He had only warm praise for them as men. He told how six years ago, aftor a sermon in New York,» gen- | tleman thanked him, saying it was the first time he had ever thought the P, E. Church had any- thing to do for the colored people. Bishop Whipple spoke on Indian missions. It was a graphic and pathetic sketch of the trials and sorrows: this work. Hymn 126 was sung, and Bishop Whittaker followed it with a fu scription of what has been done in Afric: Hayti and Onba. He paid @ tribute to Bishe Ferguson, missionary bishop to Cape Palm: told of the sale of girls for slaves an: are sometimes taken from the church school keep an early contract. In Cuba, he aid, t 1d Morend, and he urged that more be sent. Bishop H. M. Thompson, bishop of sippi, gave an excellent add sippi valley. stars and stripes waving alone. On the Hudson and here in Baltimore other flags are seen, but in that great valley the Urited States flag waves | alone. “Why, the valley is #0 essentially Amer- | ican that the city of Chicago is trying to that Columbus landed there. When the member from Georgia shall ask, ‘Where are we at?’ we shall say we are in the Mississippi valley.” (Laughter.] Tonight there were addresses by Bishops Hare of South Dakota and Spalding of Colo- rado. Saturday at 2 o'clock the committee on revision of the hymnal will meet. Snnday evening at Emanuel the triennial sermon will be preached by Rt. Rev. Arthur Cleveland Coxe, bishop of western New York. | _ The ordination of Rev. A. 8. Hartly, M. D., | D. D., deacon and rector of St. Augustine's Church, Savannah, Ga., this morning was an interesting ceremony.” The ordination was | performed by Bishop Quintard of Tennosses | and Bishop Nelson of Georgia, assisted by Rev. | T, V. Tunnell of Washington, Rev, G. F. Bragg of Baltimore and others. There was an occurrence during the ordina- tion which caused some talk in churchly quar- ters. The officiating bishop vested Dr. Hartly, the candidate, in his priestly vestments, plac- ing over his plain deacon's gown a chasuble of rich vellow material. This vostment is one which is not countenanced by Rt. Rev. Wim. Paret in the diocese of Maryland. However, it is presumed that this,which might be constraed asa discourtesy to the bishop of the diocese, will be treated as a matter where silence is golden. — THE “GOOD ROADS” CAMPAIGN, Rallroad Companies Asked to Aid the Movement. Much of the evils that the country suffers from, if the extremely active propagandists who have taken up the cause of “good roads” are to bo believed, will be remedied by the im- | provement of the common roads and highways of the country. Atany rate the representa- tions made show that many advantages would be gained both in point of material prosperity and of improved social conditions by better means of communication, The most recent effort madoin behalf of the “good roads” movement is one to secure the aid of the great railroad corporations on the ground that those corporations would be benefited by the general improvement following better highways. Mr. Albert A. Pope, who is at the head of the move- ment, bas addressed a letter to a number of railroad presidents as follows: “Permit me to urge upot great importence of good roads as feeders to railronds, Throughout the United States the condition of the common country roads is the index to the prosperity of railroads, When highways are impassable frei nger earnings are necessarily diminished and the price of railroad sectrities lowered; when the roads are in good condition merchandise 1s w are delayed and accidents increased. Au form good condition of roads would enable roads to handle freight more expeditiously and ntageourly. “Good roads are the means by which a conn- try is built up populously and prosperously; bad roads delay civilization and cause districts to be sparsely settled and poverty and ignorance to abound. “The railroad companies of this conntry, Topresonting millions of employes and billions of capital and controlled and directed by men | of high intelligence, have a commanding influ- ence in every legislative hall in the United ‘States. “Every railway corporation can request its officers, agents and employes to do what they can to create a right sentiment in regard to the improvement of highways in their respective neighborhoods and all along the various lines; de- pot masters and freightagents could reporttoa road department, established by the company, the condition of the roads in their towns and what is being done to improve them. ‘These depot tasters could be furnished from time to time on and maintenance of high- ways, for distribution to doing business at their stations, and thus educate them how to build better roads, as wellas teach i i i ef § Ey ") 4 © FP i i ! : 4 cs is a3 i a i He conid | hardly secure the support of his county for the | again took up the theme which | sided and after tho opening hymn, No. 254, | “Jesus Shali Reign,” Bishop Dudley’ of Ken- | tucky spoke on missions to the colored people. are only two missionaries, Messrs. Dougherty | » | the rove {Laughter} | cumnlated at the depots,and in moving it trains | LIEUT, AMISS ACQUITTED, The Ji y Brings ina Verdict of Net Guitty— Judge Miller's Charge. Yesterday afternoon in the Police Court after ‘Tum Stan's report clorod im the case of Lieut, T. B. Amiss of the first police precinot, charged with an assault on William W. Fowler, Mr. | Davis continued his argument to the jury. He | cimimed that the lieutenant was not responsi- | ble for the arrest of Mr. Fowler. He bed noth- ing to say in commendation of the ection of Officer Nelson in making the arrest nor had he anything favorable to say concerning the offi- | cor's reason as given on thestand for preferring | the charge of suspicion. Hi spoke at length upon the testimony and the character of the @efendant and closed by | saying be was satisfied that the jury would do | their duty conscientiously and return @ verdict for the defendant. MR. CLAGRTT's CLORING Mr. Clagott closed the anguments to the Jury. He began by quoting, know he is burt.” Then be said be meant noth- ing personal, but merely gave it by way of i lustration. He said that Mr. Mullowney bad evidently said something that hart, for it bad taken counsel on the other side a ‘long time to try to explain away what he had said. He re- ferred to the testimony of numerous witnensem on either side and then came down to the ques- tion of motive which was discussed by the fense. He thought the intelligence of the jury could well understand the mot Then he directed his remarks to Lieut, Amin dae an officer | he aaid, “on this ocoust his position as lieuten | cnstomed to carrying a club, bat on this o | casion it wae necessary for him to heve that in- | strument with him, and when be lost his head | he used the club.” Mr. Clagett then je to aiscuss the evidence and said defense bad precented the mo-t abenrd theory be had ever heard put | forth inacourt of justion. He was equally | positive that the government hed made out the charge and he was willing to accept the verdict of the jury. He told the jury that their duty was todo Justice to the defendant, and that if they believed it was an accidental affatr th were to give him the benefit of ft, but follows this statement he argued to show that the blow could not have been inflicted in the manner described by Lieut. Amiss. JUDOE MILLER'S CHAROR, “Considerable time has been spent by coun sel on both sides,” said the Judge in his charge to the jury, “and the case bas been so thor- oughly and fally discussed that it is not neces- sary for me to detain you many more minutes, The defends ordinary assault and the case has portance not because the defendant isa lew inant, but be affair happened great public o ile. the defendan public officer, was in the discharge of his du | An assault is the intentional inflict P jerested in this case be- caure of the circumstances of the day on which | it happened, The citizens have certain rights |to which they are justly entitled. It ts your | duty, gentlemen, to take into consideration all surrounding circumstances. The officer, | you must consider, was there in the perform: ance of his official duty to keep the avenne clear as well as the performance of other police duty, and the result of the labors of the police goes far toward making a celebration of that kind a success, The public good is to be looked after, and when that is at stake individual rights must fall or be laid aside, On such occasions crowds will press forward and do things they would not do under other ciroumstances | “The public good on this occasion,” con- | tinued the judge, “was keeping the avenue clear so that the veterans would ma-ch without molestation or hinderance. The public bad a | right there and also had a right to all the fac | tics to witness the parade, but that did not give | them the right to #0 conduct themselves as to |interfere with the rights of those in line. | Crowds, however. never bear this in mind and therefore the necessity arises for having the po- | lice take change of affaira, j “The lieutenant was called upon to adminis- | ter the law with due regard for the citizens,and he had a right to uso his club tm making qertio- ulations and maneuvers to d. his tem endanger the heads of those in. the crowd, then he tt ailty. If he intended to hit this ‘man at all it is an assault, for he sets up no justification for ench an Clabes are put in the hands of officers to use only asa last resort. ‘They are not to be used for purposes of punishment, but simply to maintain an arrest, and an officer has no right to «trike a prisoner with the club ua- til he has exhausted every other means.” OFFICER NELSON SCORED, The jndgo said that he had made some re | marks on Thursday concerning the arrest of | Mr. Fowler by Officer Nelson, but bis remarks thon should have no influence or effect on this case. The action of the officer, he thought, was the most flagrant abuse of power that had ever | come to his notice. The ides of an officer ar- resting a man on “suspicion” and putting bim | behind the bars to keep him there to a lawyer |is imply horrible, although tho policeman may jhave thought he was performing his duty. | Under the law he said there was no such an fonse as “suspicion.” With these remarks the judge said be would rest the case with the jury. A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. Tt was 4:30 o'clock when the jury retired and thirty-five minutes later the jury filed inte court and returned a verdict of not guilty. _ NEXT FEAR. CHOLERA The Prospects Described by the London “Times.” The London Times, whose carefully prepared | letters on the cholera epidemic are attracting great attention in Europe and praises from the | highest English and continental physicians, | publishes an article on the prospects of chulere for thisandnext year. Iteays: “Weare already October and still the epidemic marches ily westward despite elaborate precaution and superb sanitary perfection, Probably the general public does not gather aclear ides of what is happening froma glance at the tele- grams announcing the occurrence of a few cases in Grodno and Odessa, These do not sound more important than the dispatches announcing the same condition of affairs in Serato and Baku. Allare somewhere in Russia, where cholera is an old story. Similarly the death of afew lighter men at Spandau, in Germany, secms a comparative trifle, while tidings of cholera ina small way from a dozen places in Holland and Belgium were only to be expected. Even the invasion of Budapest, the capital of ste ay Hl ie4 Ho if i H 8 i 7 i i { I ! i Hf Wt