Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1888, Page 1

BLESSINGS FOR BYRON The Poet's Centenary to Be Cele- brated By the Greeks. REMEMBERED AS THE SOLDIER. His Fame Not Dim With the Mist of Years. IMMORTAL THOUGH NO MORE. The Event Utterly Ignored By the English Public. HIS MORAL WEFECTS THE CAUSE. The Worm and the Canker Mixed With the Flowers and Fruits of Love—To Erect a Monument, The B; LCopyright 1958 by James ¢ Loxboy, Jan. 21, New Cable—Special to the Bex. | of Scott and Burns will be by the celel m Centenary. Bennett.) Yark He rdan The centenarics supplemented to- morrow he ion of the cen- tenary of By time when the hymus to freedom and the praises of his lov on, At avery of it are being sung and he charch at Bayswater, his grand-daughter will be mourning, near Tullamore jail, the captivity of her husband for contendingafter that liberty in ussemblage and free speech, Appropriately the Greeks will to-morrow celebrate the event at their church Aga Sophia, 1088 to the poct and more to the man and soldier who, in effect, gave his life to the foundation of the Hellenic kingdom. Aniericans visiting Westminster Abbey often express the wonder that no bust of Byron is in the poet's corncr, but the last three deans 1 refused their consent, backed by the archibishop. Inquiries made by your corre spondent to-day at the elubs and resorts most frequented by literary Suvage, Salisbury, Green Room, Arundel, Arts, Athenneum, Garrett and Hogarth clubs es- pecially—developed the fact that the English public scem to utte unlike that of § papers, however, devote great spa day. The Times' | this indifference thu “ Byron's English imagined oce ard in the Greek men—the ¢ ignore this centenary cott or Burns, The news- e to it to- ader gives the reason for admirers not some time m merited a na- tional commemoration. Protests were raised against any f demonstration on the ground of the moral defects in the man and poct, and his descendants took alarm. The dia to have their fllustrious ances- tor's life ripped up and mangled again by competing moralists. Daniel Defoe, in the pillory, was consoled by roses aimed at him, and Byron himself probably might have borne abuse for the sake of chaplets. The es nuturally are less inclined to bal- ance panegy They deprecated the contemplated festival, and to the praise of the designers the plan was aban- done ‘The Times' leader is pronounced at the clubs worthy of a place inany great review for its polish and finish. It is mildly de- s of the poct's life and genms, Not unreasonably since that the rmal not ea cs against contumely preciati 80 the Standard’s leader, which concludes : “The Greeks themselves must be allowed to be the final judges as to the debt they owe Byron, and on that point there exists, as there has always existed, complete harmony among them. Here in England Byron appeals to the imagination more as a poct than as a friend of Greece, and there- fore his grave in the church of Hucknall Torkard with the simple line, ‘Here lies the author of Chilae Harold's Pilgrimage,’ is a sufticient material token that he ever existed. The best known of our living critics has said that a choice may be made between Byron and Wordsworth, he himself awarding the palm to the latter, but he adds that these two at the end of the century will be pronouiced pur greatest numes. - But, after all, there is more of life, more about life, in Byron's works than in any of his contemporaries, He may lack the subtloty of this one, the lyrical noteof an other, or the pictorial effects of a third, but he has taken his place definitely among the greatest poets of the world, and all attempts to dislodge him are a mere waste of time." The Daily New: leader, clearly suggesting the pen of Justin MeCarthy, in which occur these sentences: “To Greece he is a kind of young Perseus, coming down from the blue to aid the An. dromeda of frecdom, and dying as they died who ave beloved by the gods. The affection with which the Greeks chierish his memor, as honorable to them as it is to him.” And again: “Byron is immortal, but as a Titian, not as u god. To foreign peoples Byron will always be, after Shakespeare, our greatest poet. Forcigners do not miss in Byron what we find in Keats and If ever England becomes less also furnishes a stirring Coleridge. literary and more m; ediscover in Byron what was found in n by Scott and Goethe. Yet who can be more essentially literary than Matthew arn old, und it is he who places Byron on a lonely eminence besids Wordsworth.” ‘This morning 1 called upon Mr. Demet- rian’s Stefanvich Shilliczi, a Greek mer- ghant of Loudon, in relation to his ro- ported gift of a statute of Hyron to be erected in Athens. Ile resides oun the classic Campden Hills, a sort of Athen- can elevation, and filled with ground sacred to artists and acstheticism. He at once cor- roborated in a modest way the report, and said the project was yet incomplete. He ‘would icave for Athens next week to choose the marble and the scuiptor. He had seiccted as his idea of the statue the ove in the new National Liberal elub erected o Nir. Gladstone, and he intended it to the existing statue of the Missitonghi, though hie should ask tie tuvor of def, Aps whole expense, the statue would uline, our dcscendants 22, 1888~ -y 'WELVE PAGES. countrymen in London of Upon his and de- i should be placed at your correspondent’s disposal for the memor Byron's fidelity to Greek liberty. return he would bring the design scriptions, whi — - A HUMAN HOLOCAUST. Terrible Results of a Boarding House Fire at Tower, Min Devurn, Minn, Jan. 21.—(Special Tele- amn 10 the Ber.]— At 20'clock this morning, while the thermometer registered 402 zero, fire broke out in the saloon and board- ing house of Nelson Barnaby, at Tower, 100 miles north of here, on the Vermillion iron range. The flames started on the lower floor of the building, which was a three-story frame and of light structure. They quickly enveloped the whole building soon shutting off every avenue of escape to most of the lodgers. There we bout thirty in the house at the time, and of that number five are known to have perished in the flames. Oue died at 10 o'clock this morning from the effects of the burning and from injuries re- ived in jumping from the second story, and three more are said to be missing below Those who escaped mainly did o by jumping from Two other buildings burned frame by A and the Powers as a This was the oldest and most substantial building in the place, which is a mining town of ubout 1,500 people, and the of the Vermillion 5 the windoy —one two-story Mordaunt as a boarding by Scott & n and boarding house. occupied house other center The names of the dead arc: Robert Whit- ford, who jumped from a sceond story win- dow after being severely burned about the face, body any limbs. He wasan old and well known explorer and woodsman living in this city; W. H. Burns, O'Connell, Mike Trump and Alex B 1 woodsmen. The scene of the ruins was a terrible onc. W& As the flames died away the trunks of the dead could be seen by on-lookers, all present- ing a horriblo sight. These bodics were taken out assoon as possible and at last ac- counts search for the others was being prose- cuted. The bodies recovered are destroyed to such an cxtent as to be unreeognizable Tower has recently invested in a fire en- gine, but it is stored in Duluth awaiting the building of the engine house and reservoir, and the only way of fighting the fire was with buckets, The extreme cold made this very dificult and it added greatly to the suf- ferings of those who escaped, most of whom were only scantily dressed. escaped from the third story say there were eight or ten behind them in the hall, all of whom were unable to get out. The stairway from the third story of the building was very narrow, and the men, rushing to it, became crushed up together and prevented any from getting out. Two of the burned men were lying together in a corner of the building in such a _position as would mdicate that they had died in_their beds while asleep. Seven eye-witnesses of the fire arrived here to-day, and report it a most terrible th m The men who ptala el The Samoan Situation. SAN FraNcisco, Jan. 21.—Samoan advices received by the steamship Zealandia to-day state that the natives have been forced to borrow money from the Germans to pay taxes imposed by the new government. The Germans have arrested and imprisoned the natives for for visiting friends and rela- tiyes in neighboring islands. King Tainasez maintaihs his authority by the support solely of German men of war, and it is stated that if this suppert were withdrawn he would be deposed in a day. Three German men of war left Apia for Hong Kong in November, leav- ing two to guard the islands. i A Minister Changes His Creed. ATLANTIC, T, Jan, 2L—[Special Teleg to the Bek.]-Quite a scnsation has b caused 1in church cireles here by the an- nouncement that Rev. Fred Harris, pastor of the Methodist church, has decided to leave Methodism and become pastor of the Presby- terian church of Lenox. He is one of the strongest men in this conference and his church here is large and influential. He has meditated the change for some time and it is believed is moved solely by sincere convie ions, as he goes to a small town and small church. He goes to the new charge at once. v e Dakota Blizzard Victims, Bis Stoxg, Dak., Jan. —The bodies of Koeckeritz and his hired man, lost in the blizzard in Minnesota, south of here, were found last night locked in each other's arms. Miss Little, of Geneva, reported lost, has been found safe and well with her school hildren with neighboring farmers, also orge Powell, who went to her rescue. Warsrrows, Dak., Jun. —The body of Charles Wilson, another blizzard vietim, was found in Hamlin county yesterday. He left stlewood one week ago Wednesday with now shoes ou. e The Weather at St. Paul. » Jan. 21.—Since its record of 522 0 New Y day, 1864, the mer- cury has not fallen so low in St. Paul as last 1it touched 43% below, as recor ofice. Brainard report has materially mod it Twenty-one Years for Murder. EvaxsviLLE, Jan. 21.—Red Giovanctti, the Italian who shot and killed Mrs. Alice D. Lewis, on October 15th last, while in a difti- cuity with the woman’s husband, was to-day couvicted of manslaughter and sentenced to twenty-one years in the penitentiary. et A Death of a Sociatistic Editor. New Yomk, Jan. 2L.—Dr. Carl Daniel Adolph Donai, editor of the Volkes Zeitung, the leading socialistic paper of New York, died here to-day aged sixty-nine years. His body will be embalmed until his wife dies, when both will be cremated. — - Coming Sculling Championship. JACKsONVILLE, Fla, Jan. 21.—A serics of sculling races will be rowed at Puntagordo, February 10 and 11, Teemer, Ham and Me- Kay ure to row for the American champion- ship. el Weather Indications. For Nebraska: Warmer, fair weather, fol- lowed by snow, light to fresh winds, increas- ing in force, southerly winds. For Towa: Warmer, fair weather, followed Ly snow, light to fresh wind, increasing in force, southerly winds. For Dakota: Warmer weather and suow, foliowed in western portion by colder, light 0 fresh, vaviable winds, becoming uortherly. BEFORE THE BAR. Some Interesting Cases Decidod ' in English Courts. LORD LYTTON'S LANDS INVOLVED The Estates Shown to Have Enor- mouely Increased in Value. A VERDICT FOR A COMPOSER. Failure of an Attempt to Cheat a Musical Conductor. A COUNTERPART OF COMSTOCK. An Aged Welsh Female Becomes Enraged at a Burlesque Company's Pictures and Paralyzes Them With a Parasol. Lawsuits in London. LCopyright 1585 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxpox, Jan. 21.—[New York Herald Cable pecial the Bek]—What are called y sittings of courts—and which Douglas hilarious for to > never yesterday and to-day evolved unusually interesting cases. The late Lord Lytton, having in view his wife's animosity, scttled his property by will on trustees, with nt minister to France a tenant for One of the trustees was Sir William on Harcourt. Within the past year cer- tain expenses in improving Knebworth, the well known Lytton seat, were incurred by the present “earl” in excess of the contracts. Trustee Harcomt declined to audit these, and some newspapers said from political feel- ings, but the fact is, most cordial social rela- lations existed between Owen Meredith and “Historicus,” although one is a strong Salis- bury man and the other a devoted Gladstone adherent. Jnstice Stirling had endorsed Trustee Harcourt's view that garl Lytton must bear the éxtra expenses from his life income. The appeal was heard by the lord chancellor and Justices Cotton and Bowen, who unanimously re- versed it, holding that the extra sum might be paid from the principai although the next tenants estate will be diminished because un- deniably the general cstate has been bene- fitted, which, in equity, would sufiice. On the argument it incidentally came out that by railway development in recent Bulwer Lytton estate has enormously in- ereased in value, Another appeal was heard by Master Rolls and two justices wherein a manager had un- dertaken to outwit a conductor who had com- posed some music and left his employ. He then gave him a check for the MSS., but then stopped the check. Instead of suing on the latter the composer asked the copyright penalties and recovered these, the judges holding that there could be no verbal pur- chase of copyright intercsts, which must be transferred by writing. “This result,” said o junior barrister, “is anew version of the well known old play, ‘turning the tables.’ " A chancery court next gave an injunction with costs against the great Smith News company for sclling a paper containing a copyright of the music to “Come Baclk to Erin.” The defendants pleaded ignorance of the contents as mere sellers, but the court held liability even as a mere news agency, which must take the risk of what the news- papers sold contained. years the In another room Lord Coleridge and two Judges gave a judgment against a plaintift who claimed the right of exclusive fishery ina certain port of the upper Thames by govern- met lease. They favored the disciple of Isaac Walton, who had been sued in trespass. The defense was the abandonment of right by long tacitly implied permission to strange fishermen. It scemed that only lately fish had abounded and had darted at the Westal hooks. In still another court room Justice Stephen gave a judgment in favor of the admiistra- trix of Sarah Ann Rogers, formerly of New York, who suddenly died having a large sum of money on her person while lodging with the defendants. They denied possession, but in time the rule of the Bank of Eungland to never redeem a note without the endorse- ment of the presentant caught them and now they not only have to pay, but are likely to be prosecuted for larceny. But the most an appeal, which, er the pellucid heart of Anthony Com stock. John M. Shine, the great comedian and provincial rival of Tootle, was on the road in Wales with the burlesque ‘“‘Little Don Juan.” He issued show bills depicting the usually scantily dressed ballet girls. The defendant, a maiden lady, well-named Keen, and with a Comstockian eye for in- decency, assaulted with her parasol several of these lithographed girls on the fences and indignantly scratched their limbs and faces beyond recognition with her virtuous para- phline. Mr. Shine then brought suit for The outraged lady paid a guinea into the conrt as covering the damage and the jury found that sufiicient, Shine having heavy costs put on him. He appealed. Baron Heidelstone, who, with Justice Man- esty, heard the appeal —one seventy-two and the other seventynine years old—asked Shiue's barrister to make a profile of the pictured placards. Counsel said he believed the ladies shown in the placard had the usual amount of drapery, but, in response to the bench, confessed that this usual amount was very scaut. One of the debated pictures was then subjected to the morally critical scrutiny of the court. As the result of a close inspec- tion it was judicially declared that the pla- card might ‘‘very readily convey the idea that it was indecent and that some of the figures in the right hand corner had scarcely any drapery at all, these being called Nautch girls.? In giving the judgment afirmed in a court room crowded with ap eager-looking lot of fewales;, Barou Heidelstoue said: *'It was interesting case was one on to read in exteusio, would ch trespass. quite clear that the jury had arvived ata proper conclusion. The plaintiffs were in a Welsh town, where the inhabitants were considered to be more fastidious and more particular than in more civilized quarters, and put all over the walls placards, exhibit- ing the female figure in its most attractive form—the nudé. The defendant, alady of strong religious views,who expressed herself as exceedingly disgusted at the exhibition, tore the placards down with her pa R " REFORMERS. asol."? TAR Give a Dinner and Endorse Cleveland's Message, NEW Youk, Jan. 2L.—The Tariff Reform club gave a dinner to-night to 450 guests, After dinner half a seore of guests discussod the issuc of tariff reform. Anson Phelps Stokes presided. The speakers were Hon. W. C. P. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, Hon. Melbourne H. Ford, of Michigan, Hon. Henry Watterson, of Kentucky, Hon' M. D. Harter, of Ohio, and a number of local speakers, President Stokes, in his address, said that the presidential election turned upon tariff reform, and J. P. Townsend's resolution endorsing Cleveland's messaze was adopted. Hon. W. €. P. Breckenridge then re- sponded to the toast, “Tariff Reform,” Mr. Breckenridge referring to his own reeorded against the abolition of thetax on tobacco. He suid that he would rather have it reduced than that no action should be taken in the matter of tariff reform. He spoke in scath ing terms of concessions to railways and said that the public credit had been handled by pect hanking privileges so that it was loancd for private emolument, This very month tee wool manufacturers and so-called woolgrowers met to determine the wool tarift to be adopted by the congress of the United State for their benefit, 1t had neveroceurred to them that there sixty million people who might be concerned in the matter. Mr. Breekenridge asked” how long the people would allow the wool to be pulled over their eyes in this matter. The Reading strike he attributed to the bad working of the pres- ent iniquitous system. Congressman Ford. of Michigan, spoke on “The Farmer and the Tarift.” Then came Henry Watterson, editor of the Couri Journal. His subject was “The Platform and the Outlook.” He said: *“The platform is the message—the president’s mossage. The outlook is most encouraging considering how the painted harlot of protection is whistling to keep her courage up as she stalks across the graveyard of the false vows and broken promiscs she has made, mainly to the work ing people. For more than a year my fear has been that we might not be able’ in advance of our national convention to close the ranks and move in solid column against the cnemy on distinct lines of our own deliberate choosing, and as I believe that nothing clears the political atmosphere like plain speaking right out in meeting, I have given the admingstration and the country the best the shop has afforded in the y of disagreeable persistency and sincerest 1t was obvipus to my mind that un- ould agree fn congress we should not agree in couvention, The tariff plank in the last national demoeratic platform was not intended to be strdddled, because although the platform comii”ttee had been adroitly packed in the iuterest of protection, the revemue reformers were still strong “enough to hold their ground and to carry all their points. But it was made to seem to straddle, hence nothing short of a declaration, which might not bear two constrtictions, would satisfy the demand of reform # the national platform, and any one cquld not be obtained without a fight,/and possibly a split. Just in the nick of time the president came to the rescue, with the wisdom of an impetuous courageyand craft of a common sense, deriving its®trength from its integ- rity, this brave andhonest man, this puzzle to the politicians a#d contradiction of all ex- perience, with a sidigte shake of his pen did what might for years have baffied the effc of the greatest stagesman and philosophe By this act? he has reversed the situation from éne of cowardly indecis- ion to one of enhusinsm and confidence. Upon the lines of that message, I would rather be beaten than win upon those of a lying substitute, | but we shall not be beaten.” Hon. M. D. Harper, gencral manager of Mansfield Manufacturing induftr re- sponded to *‘Ohio and the Tariff.” Local speakers followed until a late hour, phoe Lm e A GREAT ACQUISITION. The Milwaukee Road Moving to Se- cure Indiana Coal Fields. CuicaGo, Jan, 21.—The Times will say to- morrow: There was a confidential whisper in circulation to-day among certain interested parties of an important deal on foot which ‘would be consummated within the next three months, It embraces the sales to the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul company of the control of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois and the Chicago & Indiana Coal companics, St. Paul has no coal in quantities on any of its lines, drawing its supplies from the Illi- nois fields through Chicago connections or at junction poiuts northwast of here. Its main object in securing the Chicago & Eastern 11i nois and Chicago & Indiana coal system would be to secure aitself the Indiana coal fields tapped by the roads mentioned, which would give it not only an adequate supply for its own uses, but also excellent soft coal for shipment to northwestern markets, The first move is to be the consolidation of the Chicago & Eastern Hlinois aud the Chicy coal companies. Both rouds are practically controlled by the same syndicate, of which H. H. Porter and R. P. Flower are the principal members, and Porter is now in New York arranging for the consolidation. The syndicate bought control of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois last summer, paying Baston parties 110 per share for a majority of the stock. The same par have developed the Chicago & Indiana Coal company by building extensious until it covers the most important of the Indiana coal fields. As yet, the negotiations have been wholly informal. ——— A Big Suit. St. Pave, Jan, 21.—There was filed in the United States eireuit court to-day a com plaint of the Horm Silver Mining company against Dennis Ryan, demanding that he pay plaintiff the sum of 500,000, the amount of loans unlawfully made to themselves by Frank G. Brown and Charles G. Francklyn while co-director of the compuny with Mr. Ryan from 1550 to 1584, i e France and Italy Now Friends, Paurs, Jan, 2. —Flourens, foreign minis- ter, to-day announced that the dificuity be tween France and Italy, arising from the Husseiau incident at Florence, had leen settled, They e After a Forger, OrrawA, Ont., Jan. 21.--The department of Justice to-day issued a warrant for the extra- dition of T. W. Young, now held in Toronto, on the charge of forgery. Young is wanted in Detroit, ACIVILIZEDWILD MAN | ell and Jack Baldock, shortly after 10 o*clock The Rough Experience of an Amer- ican Negro in Berlin. WEARING A CLAW NECKLACE. Talking Gibberish at the Rate of Ten Dollars a Week. HE COULDN'T GO A SNAKE. The Terrors of a Hospital Preforred to Boa-Constrictors. POLICEMEN IN A PREDICAMENT. They Will Have to Order Their Gro- ceries and Other Necessaries By Telephone—Arrivals at the German Capital. A Hard Job to Fill. [Copyright 188 by James Gordon Bennett.] BerLIN, Jan. 21.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bek.] —Two Americen eiti- 7ens have this week had attention drawn to 1 amusing or unpleasant way. One —a darkey from Baltimore of the blackest Jim Crow type—applied for admission to the hospital and was forcod, the plain why he came here. From his replics these notes will serve as a warning to coons: “Yes, boss, T has been working here; got §10 a week to play wild man in a cireus; Iwas all stripped except de middle and wore a claw necklace; had to make outas if T couldn't talk. It was mighty tiresome to say ‘goo, oo, gerin’ all duy. Then times got hard; them in ore, to ex- had to eat raw meat and drink blood; the circus man stood off as if afraid of me and chucked meat on the floor to me. I had to lean over to pick it up in my tecth and worry it like [ was a dog. It was horse meat and’ pretty tough, massa, but it brought people a biling for a while. Then it got dreadful cold for a nigger with no clothes. They put a snake around my neck.. I couldn’t stand that, boss, and come to de hospital.” The fellow got clothes enough to cover him and will probably get into the hospital, The other American is named Auderale, but in Pullman, T1L, it is alleged, calls him- self Otto ——. He was in Chicago during the riot, but left three days after the bomb-throw- ing. ceived in Berlin it seems that he swindled Edward Eastmann, of Pull- man, out of §00. He scems to be suspected of belonging to a famous gang of Vienna so- From letters r cialists, who thieve on a large scale and send their more valuable plunder to America for sale through peddlers. Auderale will spend nine months in a German prison for slander- ing the emperor and will probably then be ex- tradited to Austria. The opera house has come in for unusual attention during the weck. Marcella Sen- brich is here singing to overflowing and de- lighted houscs. The Kleine Journal ma- liciously sitys of her, “Eine sacngerin erster grosse,” thus drawing attention to her only defeat. “The Monday dress coat evenings area moderate success,” so says one paper. In the stalls they learned to take customers’ tickets from their hired dress coats, which improves the appearance of the house. There has been much diseussion over the alleged deficit in the opera receipts for the year— 7,000,000 marks over and above the r sidy, nearly the smme amount. failed in their annual en al sub- The students attempt to obtain an rgement of the social privileges allowed them in the opera house. An odd law suit has just been decided at Frankf ‘When the kaiser was in Stettin a paper received this telegram: “Gehimrath Von Buelow ist hier. X.” In the raph language a cross means that the dispatch is ended, but in the newspaper language means deceased, so Von Buelow's obituary was printed. He is alive enough to bring suit for damages, which he has failed to obtain. German enthusiasm over the czar's Moscow peace letter is dampened by the recollection that the last two such Moscow utterances were quickly followed by wars; also, per- haps, by the enormous ‘contracts for ammu- tion which are being pressed to completion by German firms for Germany, Turkey and the Balkan states. Another thing which scares the peoples is the first item spoken of in the estimates as 250,000 marks, but in par- liamentary circles a bill to appropri 00,000,000 marks is expected. Specimens of Scheurlen’s cancer bacillus are on sale and have revived an old je A v present a picture of Sai starian here received as a Chri ah Bernhardt, stated tobe the patron saint of his faith, because 1 forty-three years without flesh. cle is allowed on Berlin str ng, if they are not a nuisance, bi- eyele permits will follow. From April 1 Berlin will afford the cheap- est transportation in the world from Spittle market to Buelow strect by omnibus for 11§ cents. she has hve The Next sp try A recent city order places Berlin policemen They are forbidden to buy at any store when in uniform, and now they are forbidden to be on the strects any time except in uniform. Among the American arrivals are Rev. G. inan odd predicament. Lefevre, of the Franklyn square church, Bal timore, whose son is a student here, Isaac Heath and family, of San Francisco, and the ‘Weir family, of New York City. A telescope to photograph the heavens, ac cording to the Paris has been agreed upon if the reichstag will appropriate 53,000 marks. o) Kilrain and Smith Spar. Copyright 188 by James Gordon Benawtt.] Losnoy, Jan. 21.—[New York Herald Cable—Specfal to the Bee]—A large com- pany at the Westminster aquariam this even- ing took leave ¢ Tne whole time they were on the stage during the fortnight amounted to but a trifte over three hours, and the work throughout has been of a very light descr:ption, considering the prices puid forit, When the two cham- congress, the champion boxers. plons made their appearance on the stage attended by Mr. J. Fleming, Charley Mitch- the applause was enthusiastic. After Mr. Fleming- had made a fow introductor, marks Mitchell approached the footlights and put in some vei trong assertion s on the character of J. L. Sullivan as a pupilist, and also on H. Bull, at whose hotel the sluggor is now staying. Mitchell us- serted that Sullivan was a man who had never done any good for the profession and that Bull would not allow a fair fight, viding that he (Miteholl) better of the encounter. Sullivan cheered. pro- getting the Soon after this observed in the hall and was On Smith and Kilrain coming were together the usual three rounds were gono through, and what little advantage there was at the end of the last round rested with Kilrain, but the work iption, little dam: being done either side when the men finally shook hands amid plaudits, Sullivan Liverpool this evening and begins training Monday morning. as not of a heavy des on returned from - M Was MR. GRAH RED. & Situation, Serisariern, Mo, Jan. 21.—Tn the Cora Lee trial to-day an effort was dirceted mainly to tracing aham and his wite after arviv- ing in Springtield. Much of the testimony wais the same as was brought out at the first trial orge M. Sawyer, register of the United States land ofice of this place, was the first witness cal He was present when the body was found in the well. He talked to Cora about the body and she said she did not believe it was Savah Graham, She thought Lee Breezo had brought the body from St. Louis and put it in the well, “Was any inducement held out by you to induce defendant to make such statement 7 was asked, but was objected to and ruled out, but before this could be done witness had answered “no,” whereupon the defendant sprang to her feet and with tears i s eyes said: “Mr. Sawyer, did not here she was checked by her attor The withess was there us the represen tative of the Herald, of which he was editor. Mrs. Plumb, wife of the Rev. J. C. Plumb, of this city, was called She first saw Cora Lee at her (Mrs. Plumb's) house, where she remained several times, each while Cora wus. there. Witness went to a room once during the time and saw Graham, Cora und Mrs. Malloy in bed together. Mrs. Malloy said George was tired and had laid down to rest. They had the covers over them. 1t was carly in the morning. Mrs, Malloy was holding a protracted meeting in the city at the time. Rev. J. C. Plumb, minister of the First Congregational chureh, testified that he mar ried Graham and Cora. He had | annoyed by Graham's intima while they were stopping at his house befor marriage. Several witnesses gave rather vague evidence about sceing & woman drive out toward the farm and back late at night about the time Graham’s wife was murdercd. Some witnesses said it was raining, while others declared that the moon was shining brightly. About a dozen more witnesses were called this evening. but they failed to bring forward any new facts. Adjourned until 9 a. m. Mond THE PENNSYLVANIA PYTHIANS, Probability That the Grand Lodge Will Be Suspended. CrxcrsNaTy, Jan., 21.—The commission to try the charges preferred against the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania Knights of Pythias consisting of Howard Douglas, su chancellor: A. R. Brant, of Gec w. W Blackwell, of Kentucky, and John C. Burns, of Ohio, were in session to-day investigating the charges. The Grand Lodge of Pennsyl vania pr 1 througn ¢! lor Colton & written answer in which it denies the right of the supreme lodge 1o enact any laws for its government or for the government of sub ordinate lodges under its control. The sole right of making and enacting suct vested as ig_claimed by the Pennsy lodge, in the Grand Lodge. that the commission has unanimously in favor of the suspension of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvonia and an edict to th will at_once ve issued. The supreme chan cellor is receiving large 1umber of letters ¢ from kuights in Penusylv. ledging alty and obedience to the laws of the supreme lodge. News SaN Fraw “The steamship Zelandia arri m Siduey via Auckland and Houolulu to-day. Honolulu advices say there is no foundation for the report that the king is about to form a new constitution, but that he is satisfied with the present one. The movement to rcorganize the supreme court by reducing the number of judges from five to three has been defeated by the court deciding against the constitutionality of the proceedure, Parliament_adjourncd sine dic December ow days before adjournment Prosi- G. Wilder was removed from office cround that he had absented himself kingdom for an indetinite period. stle was elected his successor. Jonathan _Austin been connmissioned minister of forcign affairs, Honolulu papers notice the visit of Robert Gareett and party to the islands. During their brief stay in Honolulu the gentiemen were entertained by King Kalukua at his boat house. The entire party we formally presented at court and made an inspection of the royal palac e Won't Furnish Cars for Coal. Des Moises, la, e peinl gramto the the Bee. attorney of AuduBon county, has sent a com- plaint to the governor that the Rock Island railroad will not furnish enough cars to trans- port coal to Audubon, making @ plea that they have no flats, while they have plenty of box cars lying idle at various points along the road. Five hundred tons, he says, nceded at onee, as many families are out of fuel and have to burn #5-cent col which is getting scarce, He usks that the attention of the superintendent of th alled J The governor referved the to the railway commissioners, Tele- , county After the Liguor Men VaiL, fa., Jan. 21.—[Special to the Bee.) he grand jury, which convened at Den ison some days ago, are doing their best to see if there is any vittue in the present pro hibitionary law. They have, up to the pres ent, indicted nearly every raloon keeper and every drug store in the county and are still at work. It is expected that’ every man in the county who has hundled liquors contrary to law will be indicted. These cases will come before Judge Connor, who is @ strong prohibitionist. - - Steamship A SOUTHAMPTON, Jan to the Bek.]—Arri York. QuEENsTOWN, Jan. 21.—Arrived public, from New York. - 00 in a Lottery. PIrrs ok Williwm Murdock, an old and well known citizen, was victinized out of £10,000 by 4 bunko maun this afterioon by weans of w lottery schew: The Ella, from New I'be Re- THE CUNNING CZAR. He Talks Peaco While Actively Preparing For War. STILL CONCENTRATING TROOPS. Additional Forces Being Dally Hurried to tho Frontier. THE WOCHENBLATT'S STATISTICS They Produce No Noticeable Change in Germany’s Tactics. AUSTRIA'S AWAITING MOVES. Bismarck Will Leave the Initiation of Hostilities to His Ally — The Socialist Project — Other Berlin News, All a Shan |Coppright 1888 by New York Beruiy, Jan. 21-Since the oficial organ of the German army, the Militar Wochenblatt, gave its luminons comparison of the strength of the frontier forces of G many and Russia, the discussion of the situa- tion ssociated Press.] licited nothing more definite than a semioficial - statement in several papers ¢ that, despite the arrival of additional Russian troops on the fronticr, the ( government for the present will not ord counter movement necessary to cqualize the strength of the two foree: one of several indications that the nment be- lie war The Mos- indicated the Pacific Russia. It declared that assured unless Russia should be provoked by aggressive acts of hor neighbors. The Svet, disputes the Wochen- blatt's figures and tries to that Ger- many can concentratea million men the frontier of Polond withing ten days while Russia’s huge areas of territory and imper- fect means of transportation render difficult work of mobilization. Postponement of the rupture is not in accordance with the strategy of the Berlin roftices nor the wishes of the Viennese but continues, due to the cireu- lation of the Austrian government, Although convinced that war is inevitable and that it would be preferable for Austria sooner thun later, Count Kulnoky persists in wasting Russia’s time, The truth of the position, however, is that Prince Bismarck has already fully possessed Count Kalnoky of the fact that a German initiative to wi impossible leaving the Austrin government free to open hostilities when it deems the time ripe. Another version is semi-ofiicially issued in Vienna to-night of the Russian military attache Zujeff 's recent stutement that two new divisions of Russian troops had arrived at the Galician frontief The first version of this statement, which was also semi- ofticiully given, was distinctly It is mow stated that Zujeff, while conversing with ofticrals only stated that the displa divisions would be effected gradually This is govel delaye yosterday of was has been zette policy peace cow prove on menucil M. Austrian ment of in the course of the present y e the 1 before new antisocialist project was the opposition has waxed strong from all parties except the con- “The national liberals scem t the modified. Them servative groups. 10 be tending toward a decision to re] unless it is greatly criticism of the project has become so bitter that the organs of that party assail the gens spirit of the measure. It is contended despite the luws the sociulist party grows, measur he result of the discontent among this por- tion of the government group will be that ob- noxious proposals will be abandoned, and the iod of the operations of the present law prolonged two years. The crown prince is writing much every day, and it is surmised from the immense quantity of documents and works he has con- sulted bearing upon campaigns of Koniggrata and Sedan, that he is writing a history of the Austriun and Franco-German wars, The Mercury in Michigan. Derrorr, Jan. 21--Reports from various points throughout the state show that the weather of last night was the coldest of the season and in many places the coldest for 50 years. Cheboygan reports 30 below, Ignac Tonia 20, Hersey st Tawas 18, and Alna 22 At Map- quette the temperature touched 25 below, and buck from the luke it fell to 40 below. e Pl Le y for a Forger. Wicnima, Kan., Jan. 21.—The scnsational forgery trinl of 8. 8. Jones in the district court in this city was closed this morning, when the defendant yvas found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for one year, Jones has been a leading contractor and builder in Wichita and wus worth §0,000. He went to the Wichita Banking company last November and presceuted a note for #5500 bearing the forged name of Charlic Gardner, of this city, and upon this he obtained o loan Other forgeries were soon atter- d and nea 000 in bogus forged by, e, and was dudge Reed gave hiin'the lightest ¢ possible under the law. Jones has a rewarkable history, which includes a ser- vice of forty-five years in the r He was a 1ading m@mber of the Preshy church, and was considercd substantial and honorable untid the forgery was discovered, simee which time it has becn learned that hé served one term in the lowa penitentiary for & siwilar offcuse. An F I Treso, Jan. 21.—A speci sys Uit an Apache Indian putin the guardhouse for asked 1o sce his wito and child, When they were taken to him ke cut theie thiroats, put them in bed and set it on fire an wade o 1us for the sergeant of the guard with a club and knife, but was riddled with bullets and kitled convicted senter, lin from San Carlos who had been geting into an Ly A Station Agent Suicides, Jun. 21~ Gabriel H., Meredith, agent und operator at Mound City for the Vincennes & Chicagy raliroad, com- 1 suicide this merning by shootivg hime vough the head. Deéspondency wus ;. lie lcaves & wile aud two chil