Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 3, 1888, Page 1

SEVENTEENTH YEAR. OMAHA, FRIDAY AHA e mn e TR il S o Y b v it " - Damy BEE MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1888, NUMBER 230, A COLD DAY FOR MR. KENNA. Sherman Makes it Very Chilly For ‘West Virginia's Senator. HIGHER RATES OF POSTAGE. More Discrimination in Sccond-Class Matter—Kicking on Newspaper Enterprise—Denis Kearney Hot —The British Treaty. Tackled the Wrong Man. WASIINGTON BUREAU TiE OMAUA BrE, } 3 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasnixaroy, D. C., Feb, 2. 1t is safe to say that no democratic senator will hereafter precipitate a controversy with John Sherman, of Ohio. The lesson he taught Mr. Kenna, of West Virginia, this afternoon will have a very potential influence upon all of the men who 8it on the west side of the senate chamber. Mr. Kenna is one of the brightest democrats in the senate. He is an orator and a clear thin For weeks he has been preparing a speech which was 10 be an endorsement of the policy of the administration on the surplus, customs due, and internal taxation, It was to be “‘an an- swer” to Senator Sherman’s speech of a few days ago. When Mr. Kenna arose at 2 o'clock this afternoon the galleries were well filled with his friends and almost every democratic senator was in his seat. The re- publican senators also gave him a good sudience, Mr. Sherman remaining in his seat throughout the entire speech, which was largely devoted to Mr. Sherman and par- took in @& surprising degree of personal itch. He charged Mr. Sherman with having changed his position several times, while in the scnate, on customs dues and internal taxation, etc., and with being responsible for the enactment of the immi- gration law in 1864, which had the effect of bringing a large number of foreigners to this count Mr. Sherman was on his feet in a twinkling at the conclusion of the West Vir- ginia senator's remarks, and the oldest ob- server of congressional proceedings does not remember of any man ever having so com- pletely obliterated the arguments of another as did Mr. Sherman wipe out the ussertions of the man who had just spoken. Mr. Man- derson occupied the chair of the president of the senate, and three or four times was com- pelled to admonish the people in the gal- leries that unless they ceased the uproarous applause he would be compelled to force them out. The applause at times was al- most deafening. Mr, Sherman edged that he had voted fora the wool tariff and an increase the tariff on wool, that he voted the internal taxes up and down; but he declared that in all the years he had stood in congress, and during the period of changing times that he has been a servant of the people, if he had never changed his position on’public affairs he would be un- worthy to serve any people. He acknowl- edged that he did all he could in 1564 to se- cure the passage of the bill which had brought a great many forcigners to this country, but that was during the war, when the north had 2,000,000 men in the south striving to_strangle the serpent of rebellion, He was willing at thattime to do anything he could to thwart the designs of the democ strike down the shackles of slavery, and put an end to the rebellion, The immigration Jaw passed at that time had done much to ‘bring about the desired end. It had brought us soldiers and labore and he never had occasion to regret that law. Mr. Sherman appeared at s best, and has probably never delivered a speech in the senate which will do him so much justice and favor as the one he spoke in a few minutes and which not only annihilat® the speech of Mr. Kenna, but exposed the hypocracy and weakness of the administration. HIGHER RATES OF POSTAGE. The house passed a bill to-day reclassify- ing second-class mail matter, which is of great importance to newspaper and other publishers, as well as the public gencrally, I'wo years ago, at the carnest solicitation of the newspaper publishers, the mail rate for regularly published newspapers and period- jcals was reduced to 1 cent a pound. The at- torney general so construed the law as to admit all publications issued regu to regular subscribers, and the yellow-back novels and quack medicine pamphlets and schewes, and all of the trashy periodicals came in at the game rate as newspapers and legitimate periodicals. The bill which the house passed to-day by a vote of 145 to 116 admits at 1 cent & pound only the legitimate newspapers and periodicals of the news and literary classes, and cuts out and requ to pay 8 cen! a pound all serials and novels and quack stuffs, published as ad- vertisements, etc., at stafed intervals and sent to regular addresses for the purpose of commg in at the cheap rate. There was a strong fight made against the bill on the round that the present law had increased e circulation to a large degree of much cur- rent literature, which was very desirable, but this was met by a statement that while novels and disreputable publications issued monthly could go through the mails at 1 cent a pound, the Bible and school books must pay 8 centsa pound. The postofice depart- meyt has found that the present cheap rate P e matter has been a great loss, and has advised the enattment of this law, which will exclude the illegitimate and undesirable publications, and yet admit newspapers and magazines at the lowest rate, as now. A TARIFE LEAK MAKES A KOW The democrats of the house committee on ways and means have been and are holding their tariff consultation in a private room at the treasury department almost every even ing. It came to one or two members of the committee at the meeting this evening that the Bee had published in these dispatches a orrect outline of the measure as far as pre- red, and there quite & snarl over it. me'of the members insisted that others had been leaking, and an agreement was ar- rived at by which none of them are to talk to outsiders about the progress of the bill or the features it will embrace till it has been laid committee on ways and means GROWS VIOLENT. the sumewhat famous sandlot 3 S Francisco, made an almost vidlent specch before the house com- mittee on foreign affairs to-day in support of the bill which was introduced by Cummings, of New York, absolutely prohibiting Chinese immigration under any and all circumstances, Kearney had with him a large map showing tho Chinese dens in the heart of San Fran- cisco, and his description of how the Chinese lived in hovels on rats, snakes and suails, burrowing under the min, and disseminating pestutance, driving people rom the vicinity, maintaining 150 gambling dens and’ Sixty-seven houses of prostitution within the coufiues of nine locks, almost made the hair of some mem- bers of the committee curl. clared that so long as the Chinese w lowed to exist on the Pacitie slope there was octable vocation in which the 7 school childven in San Francisco alone could enguge when they are thrown out upon their OWLL resources, as no white person would learn a trade followed by the Chinaman when he or she would have to stand beside the Moneolian and compete with him. During his delineation of the horrors of Chinese life in San Francisco Mr. Hitt, of Ilinois, who does not believe in extreme measures to exclude immigratiou, engaged Kearney in a cross-examination which en- raged the agitator and mwade him declare that he would go into Hitts' district during the campaign and wake his constituents pelt him Wwith dead cats, rats, snakes and baked snail ‘Which he said Mr. Hitts would have his cou stituents feed upo) Kearney is such an cvery-day, honest- taced, earnest Irishunan as oué meets on the Pccte aud i the workshops; is probably and forty years old, of medium height heavily buil has a broad but low forehe and expansive face, and a small brown moustache. He is going to ask for a hearing before the senate committee on foreign rela- :]mn« on the same subject he talked about to- ay. THE BRITISH EXTRADITION TREATY. Three s sessions of the senate have been held during the past week for the con- sideration of the extradition treaty with Great Britain, which is intended to give the United & s opportunity to bring back her defaulting bupik cash , county and other officials who have absconded with valuables, and to enable Great Britain to capture the feniuns who plot against Queen Victoria s in- stitutions, Each time Senator Riddleberger, of Virginia, has tuken the floor and occupied the time in demanding that the treaty be con- sidered in open session, where the country will have an opportunity to know what is said and done. sion has been words of an Riddleperger is violently treaty and says that it is an injustice to all Irish-American citizens and to all who favor home rule for Ircland. Scnators Vance and ustis and a number of others are on the side of Riddleberger in his opposition to the treaty, and it looks us though he would bring about the defeat of tification if his de- and for its consideration in open session is not complied with, Senator Riddleberger's fight for open session to consider much of the matter that is now acted upon behind closed doors is winning great favor through- out the east, where cxecutive sessions ure regarded as having no place in the events of the present time. LIFORNIA'S FIGHT FOR TITE CONVENTION. ‘aulifornia delegation to secure for San co the next democratic national nom- inating convention has arrived and is work- ing up the boom in splendid shape. They are a lot of brainy and enterprising and gentle- manly fellows, and are offering inducements for the convention which are sure to have an efféct. They guarantee round-trip tickets to Francisco fiom all sections of the east 80 thut those who are not delegates will be afforded e means of transporta- tion, while the delegates are to be trans- ported free. The national committee meets ere on the 22d inst., and the Californians will have a t deal of help in their efforts by states ve considerably to the cast of the Mississippi. FOR THE FOURTH 10WA VOLUNTEERS. Mr. Manderson reported to the senate to- day from the committee on military affairs, the bill of Mr. Wilson for the rehef of the volunteers of the Fourth regiment of Towa infantry. The committee recommends t action on the bill be indefinitely postponed, us the relief sought is provided for by a gen eral bill on the subjec SPEAKER CARLISLE AT THE CAPITOL. The speaker returned from Fortress Mon- roe yesterday much improved in health and visited the capitol this morning. He immed- intely his attention to the question of the libr. committees, and the house mem- bership will be reduced three as the statute prescribes. It is suggested that instead of endeavoring to_enlarge the numbers of the library committee, that the house shall create a new committee to co-operate with that of the senate on additional accommodations for the library. The matter may be scttled in this wa, In response to questions of his friends as to his health the speaker replied that he was much improved but still quite weak. He will likely preside over the house to-morrow. PERSONAL AND GENERAL, Mrs. Manderson received this afternoon, assistea by Mrs. General McCook and Mrs. General Dandy, Miss King and a number of other well known ladies of this city. Hugh Murphy and Councilman Lowi Omuaha, are in the city taking in the sight: Samuel W. McMillen, of Towa, was to-day promoted from §000 to $1,000 a year in the postoffice department and transferred to the offtice of the third assistant postmaster gen- from the money order oftice. The groundhog saw his shadow from a bright warm sun to-day and there are to be six more wecks of Winter here, PERRY S, HEATH, Nebraska and Iowa Pensions. WasINGTON, Feb, 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—-Pensions were granted to the following Nebraskans to-day: Ori George W. Howard, Chadron; Patrick Lally, Omana; Matgaret, widow of James A. Nelson, Sidney. Pensions for Towans: Original—Martin Koester, Malcom; Harvey M. Reed, Indi nola: William Ewing, Morning Sun; Lyman P. Minor, Rudd: William I Wing, Cincin- nati. Increase—Frank E. Landers, Webster City; Leonard V. Anderson, Anamosa: Arm- stead M. Reed, Lucas. Relssued—Napoleon Throw, Fort 'Dodge. Original—Melyina, widow of Aunthouy W. Mullen, Mason City. Mexican War ics, widow of Allen Major, Commerce; Thaddeus C. Seamonds, Andréw. opposed , of Army News. WasniNGTON, Feb, 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—Leaves of absence have been granted to Captain James M. Roper, Eighth cavalry, for twenty days; to Captain A. R. Chaffee, Sixth cavalry, for one month; to Captain James A. Haughey, Twenty-first in fantry, for six months. The orders of Junuary Licutenant H. E. Wat gineers, have been revo Colonel John G. Parke, corps of enzineers, superintendent of the military academy, has been ordered to repair to Washington on pub- lic business. The superintendent of the recruiting ser- vice has been ordered to forward fifty re- cruits to the Eighth cavalry, twenty-five re- cruits to the Fifth cavalry, forty ruits to the Tenth cavalry, and twenty-five recruits to the Sixth cavalr, - 11 last to First ‘man, corps of en- Senate Conflrmations. WasmiNaroy, Feb. 2.—The senate made the following confirmations to-day: Postmaster L. W. Geote, Independence, Ia.; Second Lieutenant McBlair to be first lieutenant Ninth regiment of cavalr; pgister of the land oftice—J. N. Markley, Niobrara, Neb, American Pork Barred Out, WASHINGTON, F ~United States Con- sul kholm, has informed the state department that the Swedish govern- ment has declared against the importation of pork from the United States unless it 1s well alted. The cousul says the order is founded on a report that a hog pestilence is raging in the United Stat The Bounty Bill. WasmNaToN, Feb. 2.—The bill authorizing the consideration of the claims of all holders and all their heirs who may have been denied the bounty of £100 granted by the act of April 22, 1872, under any construction of the °t which has since been modificd or re- aded, was to-day reported favorably by Senator Cockrell from the committee on wilitary affairs. It limits the benefits to be [ i from the bill to soldiers who enlist. prior to July 22, 1561, under the president’s proclamation of May 3, 1861, Veteran Legislators Meet, WasHiNGTON, Feb., 2.—The reunion and banquet of the survivorsof the Thirty-fourth congress to-day brought together twelve gen- tlemen of national fame and historie promi- nence: Two ex-speakers, Banks and Grow, Senators Sherman and Morrill, ex-Senator William M. Cumback, 11, Russell Sage, Abraham han, T. F.- Flager The reception of the veteran legislators was largely attended. Postal Chang Feb. 2.—[Spe he following appointed to-day WASHINGTC to the Ber.) wasters were Ricker, Colbergan, Pi liam Klitzke, resigned; — Keya Paha county, vice resi gued. The Defic! ial Telegram Nebraska post Ashley H o county, vice Wil Hould, McLean, William 8. Rowan, Bill Approved. WASHINGTON, Feb, 2.—The president to-day approved the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year cuding Juug 50, 1987, aud wmakiog appropri ions of t| The Pacific Railroad Committen, Wasttixaroy, Feb. 2-—President Ingalls announced the appointment of the following special committee on Pacific railroad funding bills and president's message and committee reports: - Messrs. Frye, Dawes, Hiscock, Davis, Morgan, Butler and Hearst. Denis Kearney in Washington. WasiiNGTo, Feb, 2.—Denis Kearney, of San Francisco, talked to the house committee on foreign affairs an hour this morning in supportof the Cummings bill prohibiting Chinese immigration. National Capital Notes. WasniNeron, Feb. 2.—The senate com- mittee on commerce has authorized a favor- able veport on the Dingley (house) bill relat- ing to navigation and for other purposes, without amendments. e DASHED TO JATH. The Terrible Fate Which Befell Two Sisters at Pueblo. Puento, Col., Feb. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—A terrible runaway acefient, which resulted fatally, occurred here at 1 to- day. E. A. Martin, a real estate agent, was driving on the “Mesa" with the Misses Flora and Charity Robb, two elderly sisters, who were examining certain property on which they were to loan money. While they were passing oyer the ground, the neckyoke be- came loose and let the tongue fall to the ground. The horses, a high-spirited tcam, started to run away. Martin held them for & moment, calling to the ladies, who werc sitting in the rear end, to jump. Thinking they had done so, he jumped himself and on turning around was horrified by seeing the ladics still sitting 1n_ the carriage. The lines were jerked from Murtin's hands and the team dashed over the country over half a mile, when 1t collided with some trees, smashing the vehicle into kindling wood. Flora Robb was thrown violently forward, her head striking one of them. Her neck was broken and she died in haif an_hour. Charity had her right thigh broken in two places, right arm broken and left ankle dis- located, and was otherwise severely bruised. Her recovery is oxtremely doubtful. Martin was slightly bruised by being dragged by the lines. ‘The mother of the girls died last weelc and was buried Sunday. They had disposed of the property here ‘with the intention of joining their relatives in Missouri and in- tended leaving to-morrow, or us soon as this real estate transaction could be closed. - ONE OF THE ATES. The New York Cripple Hospital Fired By a Little Girl. New Yonk, Feb. 2.—Last Sunday night there was a fire iu the hospital for the rup- tured and crippled which resulted in a panic among the children and the death of one of the domestics employed in the institution. It was evidently of incendiary origin, but there was not the slightest clue to the culprit. The fire marshal has been closely investigating the matter ever since and this afternoon reached a rather astonishing solution of the mystery. Since the fire of Sunday other at tempts to fire the building by placing matches on the register in such a way that there igni- tion would quickly start a conflagra- tion, have been made. This afternoon ‘another and nearly successful attempt was made by setting fire toalotof linen ina drawer. The fire department was called and another panic among the cripples ensued, but fortunately the fire was soon put_out and no- body was hurt. One of the patients, Mary Wilson, a pretty and engaging clild of eleven years, was discovered sncaking away from @ spot where the fire was discovered and the fire marshal, whose suspicions already pointed toward her, taxed her with the crime. She at first stoutly denied it, but finally broke down_and confessed that she haa made half a dozen attempts to burn th hospital. ~ She did not know why she did i A physician who examined her says she is afflicted with pyromania. o S IO PARDON ASKED FOR MACKIN, His Wife to Present a Strong Petition to Governor Oglesby. Feb. 2.—Mrs. Joseph C. Mackin, ebrated ballot-box stuffer, now serving a sentence in Joliet prison for per- jury, is in Springfield, and will at the first opportunity, present to Governor Oglesby petitions and letters praying for a pardon for her husband. Mre. Mackin has letters from Judge Blodget, who presided at the triul, Judge Tuthell,'who while district at- torney prosccuted Mackin, Judge Moran, who tried and convicted him in the state courts, Mayor Roche, Comptroller Barley, George R. Davis, George B. Swift, Judge Grinnell, ho, as state's attorney, prosecuted Mackin for 'perjury, every newspaper editor in the city, Senator Farwell, Colonel Abner Taylor, seven of the circuit and superior court judges, Charles L. Hutchinson, president of the board of trade, Lyman J. Gage, P. D, Ar- mour and a holt of other prominent business men, besides the jurors who convicted him in both courts. Cuic. wife of th — Josef Hoffman Not Overworked. NEw Yorg, Feb. 2.—Josef Hoffman, the boy vianist, underwent an examanination in the mayor's office to-day as a result of the complaint that he was being "overworked, made by President Gerry of the Society for the Pre ntion of Cruelty to Children. The doctors concluded the bo; physical and mental conditions were in good order. The mayor decided that the young player should be allowed to give four performancesa week. A T T L Trouble in the Coal Regions, Rening, Pa,, Feb. More trouble oe- curred in the coal regions this mogning. Some twenty-five foreignerswho were on y to work at the William Penn col- shot at und driven back home. and iron police are on duty heavily armed with carbines, and this force will be doubled to protect non-union men on their way home. — —— The Shock Killed Her. Cuicaco, Feb, 2.—Mrs. Alvah W. Briggs, postmistress at the Cottage avenue branch of the Chicago postofiice, died yesterday under distressing circumstances. On the previous ¢ her husband dropped dead after leaving house in perfect health, and when Mrs, Briggs was made aware of her bereaveme she went into a series of fainting fits which ended in her death, ——— The Gould and Sage Case. W Yorg, Feb. 2.—Couns Gould and Sage and for the bondholders the Kansas Pacific railroad compan, peared before District Attorney Fellows day to argue for and against an indictment for lar rainst Gould and The distric! 'y will probably give his de- cision in a fortnight e Sheridan Liomized in Boston, Bostox, Feb., 2.—General Sheridan was driven avound the city this morning and was greeted everywhere by tremendous crowds, who cheered him wildly. ption was given in weuil hall at noon and' the place was packed, the crowds extending far out into the strect, Tl s The Fire Record. Browx's VaLiey, Minn, Feb. 2.—This town, which has been so long blockaded by the blizzard, was visited by a fire carly this morning which caused a loss of 15,000, The block containing Barrel Bros'. hardware store was burned. - - Killed Two and Injured Four, Bauxesvivig, O, Fel e boiler of a portable saw mill on the farm of Lafayette Bolen exploded this afternoon, instantly kill- ing two wen and seriusly injuring four, ]BLL‘E BLOOD ¥ BUSINESS. More About English Ladles Who Have Gone Into Trade. THEY HAVE ROYAL CUSTOMERS. Their Standing In Soclety Not Injured By Their New cDepartnre—More Pugilistic Penmanship—Other Foreign News, Titled Tradeswomen, [Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxnox, Feb, 2.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Bee.]—No. 7 Granton street, old Bond street, a few doors distant from the residence of Cavendish, Bentick, Lord Byron and Henry Irving, is a house of his- toric interest. It wus until recently the town house of Sir Williath Harkenout. In its dining room there stood not long ago a round table at which often sat Sir George Otto Trevelyan, John Morley, Joe Chamberlain with eyeglass and orchid, Sir Henry James, and Lord Herschall. With Sir William they discussed unionism versus separation, How the conferences at the table broke up and what came of the talk that meandered around it have supplied plenty of copy to the news- papers of yesterday and will supply loads to the autobiographist ® or biographists of to-morrow. But that famous round table has gone and so has Sir William, The' handsome although somewhat sooty decorations of the house are left. By the first week in March Mrs. Charlie Polk- lington will have brushed away the soot, and the walls of No. 7 Granton street will then hear more about bonnets and tea gowns, with possibly a small amount of 5 o’clock tea gossip included, than they ever heard about politics. Mrs. Charlie Polklington, as she is known to society, is Mme. Lillie to the world of bonnets and tea gowns. Her hus- band was a captain in the Fourth Hussars. Unfortunately he had sn Irish estate, but Mrs. Polklington was plucky. She started dressmaking in a small linen a little draw- ing room. Her business increased, she took her husband into the firm, and now employs thirty-five hands. Captain Polkling- ton is now somewhat of an art- ist. and is not ashamed of keping accounts. She has taste in dress. They both have blue blosd in their veins and know lots of people. Therefore they are get- ting on. Success makes encmies, to be sure, but it does not prevent the Polkingtons from being admired for their plucky deflance of Mrs. Grundy. “No,” said Mrs. Polkington to your re- porter yesterday, ‘my going into trade has not affected us socially. Some disagreeable things were said about it at first, but then, you know, women can say such hateful things about their own sex. Ihave been treated awfully kindly by the royalties. Ihaven't been to a drawing room at Buckingham palace since I went into trade. I have no' reason for be- lieving, however, . that I could not do so. Lady Granville Gordon is in trade like myself, and she was at a drawing room last season. S “Who are your principal customers?” Princess Christian is one on my best. The Duchess Paul of Meclenburg-Chawerin is another. It's a treat to make anything for her, as she has such a perfect figure. 1 have also made tea gowns for the Princess of ‘Wales and Princess Beatrice.” “Do your listeners ever make you feel your position awkward?? 53 “Very rarely. Now and then some vulgar person turns up and is inclined to be rude. ‘Women who are accustomed to good society treat me just as they did before ¥ went into business. I am not ashamed of having to work, Iam not ashamed of attending to my customers nor is my husband. I don’t see ren should be ashamed of the g s sounds rather radical, but people must float with the times.” “Have you made a success of it?" “How could Charlie and I take this big house if we had not? We begin on awfully little and our prices are not high. Our av- erage price for a bonnet is but 35 shillings, but we are doing so much business that we have to get into bigger premises.” I suppose you will be off to Paris soon?” “Yes, but you know Brussels and Vienna supply the fashions now even more than Paris. I get few tips, however, in Paris, and ‘when I do over anything striking, such as a sleeve or a—— but what's the use of wasting one’s words on the mysteries of woman's dress upon & man—I get an artist to sketch it. When I return to London I evolve it. Iintend soon to use the taste Tam told I possess in giving consultation to women who want to dress well and don’t know how. But I must be off to my shop in Oxford street.” Before the days of professional beauties, when Mrs. Langtry was unknown beyond St. Haliliers, when Mrs, Cornwallis West was about to make her debut under the wing of Lady Virginia Sanders, when Lady DeGrey was still in the school room and Joe Cham- berlain was mayor of Birmingham, Mrs, Charles Gurney wasa celebrated beauty in London. Times have changed, but Mrs. Gurney, or rather Mme, Valentine, the dress- maker, as she is styled in the London direc- tory, has altered little since those days. Mrs. Turney, who is a sister of Val Prinzep, the artist, and a niece of the Countess of Somers, also joined the ranks of gentlewomen in trade, She now occupies a flat on Mortimer street, off Regent street, where, with the aid of some thirty young women, she dress- makes for the public. “Iam thoroughly ahsorbed in my busi- ness,” said Mme, Valehtine, “and talk more about brocade, tulle and satin now than T used to talk about balls and dinner parties. I have been only fifteen months in the busincss, but in these months I have paid heavily for the experience I have gajped. First of all, this flat is far too expensive and too out of the way. Then I paid my assistants salaries which I have now discerned to have been absurdly However, experfence is always an ex- ive item in the bill of life. Ishall leave soon, and if the matter cun be ar- ranged will take my clicatele to an old estab- lished business.” . “The artistic taste you inherited from your mother's family has, no doubt, helped you in dressmaking?"? “Yes, but it has drawbacks. You know English women won't spend now what they used to on their dresses. In my better days we thought nothing of giving £30 for a dress, Now women think twice before they will spena £10 upon one. What can one do if one is so limited to price. What can one do with Lady B—, who 1s fair and forty, if she insists on having a dress exactly like the Countess of C—, whe is dark, slim and twenty. 1 am sometimes driven to despair by such customers, Oh, if 1could have the freedom that such men as Worth' have [and Mume Valentine threw out her arms] I know 1 could do well. Still, I ought uot to com- Jylum. Thave very good customers inthe Princess of Wales, Princess Loul Princess Beatrice and the Duchess Paul. 1 have also made dresses for the tireo American beauties—Miss Chamberlain, Miss Winslow and Mrs, Richurdson—for Mrs, Vanderbilt and for Mrs. Wellesley Kate Vaughan, But, as T said before, I want greater expansion. T am a dilletante in dress- making. Tama hard worker. Give me the opportunity and I feel certain I can do some- thing with it.” — LORILLARD SF CER BURIED. The Wealthy New Yorker Laid to Rest in Paris. [Copyright 1858 by James Gordon Bennett.) Panis, Feb, 2.—[New York Herald Cable— Special tothe Ber.]—The funeral of Lorillard Spencer took place to-day at the American church in the Avenue d’Alma. Early in the day the casket was placed on a portable catafalque in the chancel. On and about it were heaped the fioral tributes of friends and the fam- ily, conspicuous among them the wreaths of the Washington and Travelers' clubs. The casket was of polished oak, fastened with huge silver screws and eight carved silver handles to the lid. On a silver plaque you read the words: “Lorillard Spencer, born in New York the 26th of June, 1520, died in Paris the 30th of January, 1888, The crepe pall was fringed with Parma violet, tassells depended from the corners, on top appeared the family arms of the deceased. The Princess Cenci, who is lady-in-waiting 0 the queen of Italy, received a message of condolence from her majesty shortly after 11 o'clock. The relations, including Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, Princess Cenci, Mrs W. A. Spencer, Mr. Charles Spencer, Miss Tracy, Mme. d’Agremont and Mr. George Ronalds walked slowly up the naive, the organ meanwhile playing an exquisite volun- tary. Rev. J. B. Morgan intoned the burial service, the choir singing the usual psalm, followed by the hymn, *Jesus Lover of My Soul.” After the blessiug the body was re- movedto the beautiful mortuary chape derneath the church, which was specially prepared for it. There they will re- main until arrangements are made to take them to America. Among the American residents present were Min- ister McLane, Consul General Rathbone, Eugene Winthrop, Messrs. G. Ledraper, Dana, Corbyn Hart, J. C. Vane, Clarence Walker, G. H. Shelincraft, Francis Good- ridge, Brulalour, Mrs. Ronalds, General Meredith Read and Mrs. Riggizzs Fairchild The fortune of Mr. Lorillard Spencer is esti- mated at over #4,500,000. A life interest of nearly half will be set aside for the widow, but the fortune will eventually be nearly equally divided between the children. Eeteags s TOM MORONEY. Still Determined to Remain Loyal to His Friends and Neighbors. |Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.| DusLix, Feb. 2.—[New York Herald Cable —Special to the Beg.]—While so many celeb- rities are now prisoners of state, people are likely to forget Tom Moroney, the caged Irish campaigner, in the historic Kilmainham jail. He has just celebrated the first anniversary of his incarceration the latter week in Jan- uary, 1857. He was sworn as a witness be- fore Judge Boyd to give testimony in the matter of the Herbertstown ten- ants, but he refused to testify and ineriminate friends and neighbors and has been a year imprisoned for contempt. Hoe declines to cry peceavi and expresses his opinion to stay in jail forever rather than break his nonorable pledge. Tom says he found it hard to bear up against the depres- sing circumstances of prison life on Christ- mas and New Years days. He thoughta deal about his brave little wife and children and about the eviction which daily threatens them. “However,” he went on, “I soon made the cell look pleasant. I imagined a monster meeting of the Herbertstown ten- antry and their friends and harangued them for a full hour on the merits of the plan of campaign that gave me much peace of mind. It seemed to please them, and I was myself again.” Tom had a good deal more to say, and while there was that in the cye and voice which told that he was only too keenly alive to the indefinite imprisonment, his wonderful flow of humor and boundless spirits never for an instant flag. When visited he is sup- plied by friends with books and papers, but lately United Ireland was denied him. When he had it he lent 1t to fellow-prisoners and for this had been punished with a bread and water diet for forty-eight hours. The gov- ernment officials say he is in for life, but his {riends exclaim: “Some day old Gladstone will come back, and then ) PUGILISM OF THE PEN. Two More Rounds By Smith and Mitchell. [Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] Loxpox, Feb, 2—[New York Herald Cable—Special to tho Bee.)—The pugilism of the pen continues. The following two rounds appeared this morning: My reply to Sullivan’s malicious and un- truthful assertions was couched in plain, business-like language, but he again favors me with an evasive, abusive and bombastic reply. I am not going to be bullied either by Sullivan, his organ or his monkey the hole and corner work. lay) Smith will attend at 8 o'clock prepared to sign articles to fight Sullivan to a finish any day that may be mutually agreed upon be- tween May 26 and June 9 for £1,000 or £2,000 aside. I post £300 to bind the match, Should Sullivan fail to put in anappearance, I shall refuse to take notice of any more excuses that may be advanced by him or his agents, J. FLEMING, And this is from Mitchell: 1 go into strict training Monday next. I am desirious to meet Sullivan or his manager or both together, at once, in order that some definite understanding should be arrived at before I get fairly to work, as I don't wish to be harrassed with business matters while I am getting physically fit for my encounter with the American. I can meet Sullivan when and where they may appoint, ouly it be soon, when 1 shall put up the whole of my money, which will be convincing proof that I, at least, am not the individual who is going to edge out of the conflict. 1 would suggost at the projected interview that some decision be arrived at relative to the battle ground in order that no possible Litch or man- ufactured dificulty should be hatched by unscrupulous and imterested parties, The fair play extended to Kilrain in his recent fight with Smith will assuredly be accorded to Sullivan. At the same time I must insist upon a limited number of persons being present, and those of a character beyond roach, 80 that 1, 100, shall ha that fair play which s equally my right with the American. Furth ermore, 1 am desirous of placing the fixing on @ basis firm and substantial enough to defy either party wriggling out of the contract by the myriad of loopholes which s0 often yawn at & particularly friendly and opportune moment a5 a harbor of refuge for those who have embarked ona forlorn expedition. Finally, let this prelim wary meeting take place at once, My ad dress is well known to all parties concerned and a word will bring me on the spot in- stantly, — The Crown Prince Improving. (Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.) SAN REMO, Feb, 2—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—Dr. Mackenzio has telegraphed more satisfactory reports of the crown prince to the queen and Prince of Wales, Since he was here in Decomber he noticed a great improvement on the left sido of the larynx which was alone most affected. It is in @& great measure due to separation of a picce of morbid t ally termed “slough,” which has become dec been throwing off the curative process which hae been taking te in an effort of nature to et vid of the disease. It is never seen in cases of cancer. A slight extension of thick ening has taken place in front of the larynx. Toward the front side the curative process is always accompanied by & certain amount of fever. This has now entirely subsided from the surface from which the slough was taken. The slough, which was about the size of an olive, was sent to Prof. Virchow, who, after’ examining, it to- day reported that it presented no cancerous symptoms. It seems almost certain the d case is perichardritis aggravated by achroni inflamation of the mucous membrane. The cure must be slow and may even lust throe or four years. The crown prince is still suffering from neuralgia in the face and does not sleep so well as before the passing off of the slough. Dr. Braman 1s still here waiting to perform a trachacotomic operation in the crown prince's throat. There is no more danger in the operation than in the pulling of a tooth. A silver tube will be in- serted in the trachea at the spot where the obstruction is noticeable, thus cnabling the prince to breathe without inhaling air through the larnyx. Celebrated]E nglish Botan [Copyright 1885 by James Gordi LoxDoN, F 2. [New Cable—Special to the Be comcidence the same death-day came to America and England’s great botanists—Asa Gray and Dr, Thomas Irvine Boswell. The latter died at Balmulo, Fifeshire, where his family bave resided in one successive line since the reign of David 1. His mother was the daughter of Lord Balmulp. He was many years curator of the London Botani socicty and rewrote Towerly's works on English botany, making twenty volumes, which took twenty years. He and Dr. Gray corresponded, though th were mnot altogether of one mind as regards Darwin, They met at the cele- brated dinner given in 1881at Lambeth palace v the late Archbishop of Canterbury to em- inent scientific persons. The recently pub- lished “Lafe of Darwin” contains several letters of Prof. G His death is widely commented on by the English press and the Times contains a long leaded obituary of him, believed to be written by Sir Joseph Hook whose botanical tour with Prof. Gray America, A. D. 1887, was largely reported by the Herald. st Dead. Benaett —— The Gould-Sage Investigation. (Copyright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] LONDON, #eb. 8, 4 8. m.—[New York Herald Cablg—Special to the Bee.]—Capel was interested yesterday over the Gould- Sage investigation. It will be more excited to-day when it reads two remarkable cables in the Standard and Financial News of this morning. Each complain of the unprecedented examination in secret, land one cable rather harshly criticized the district attor- ney. Mr. Gould has cabled London that there is nothing in the affair. It comes au- thoritatively now that the Western Union is before the stock exchange. I told sg brokers to-day that the grand juries in Amer- ica could find a bill whether the district at- torney wished or did not wish to. —— Arrived at Gibraltar, [Copuright 1888 by James Gordon Bennett.] GIBRALTAR, Feb, 2.—[New York He Cable—Special to the Bee.]—The Ame yacht Lady Orefeda, owned by J. S. Morran, has arrived. —— Ripon and Morley in Dublin, DusrLiy, Feb, 2.—At a meeting of the cor- poration to-day the freedom of the city w conferred upon the Marquis of Ripon and John Morle Ex-Lord Mayor Sullivan oc- cupied the chair and many members of par- liament, mayors and members of various city corporations were present. The mar- quis assured the corporation that the object of the British liberals was to see Ireland ac- corded, at the earliest opportunity, a full recognition of its legitimate political aspira- tions, There was a_growing conviction among the masses of England in favor of home rule for Ireland. Mr. Morley, in his remarks, said there would be no peace in Ire. land until the question of constitutional r form was settled. Leinster hall was crowded this evening. Ex-Lord Mayor Sullivan presided over the meeting and a large nnmber of Parnellite commoners were on the platform. Lord Ripon, in his remarks, said he wished to be perfectly honest and must remind his audi- tors that he had belonged to the government that voted coereion for Ireland, but had come to sec there was no hope in such measur Ireland had now the great party of England on her side and the time was near at hand when her hopes would be crowned with success. The its of home rule of the past and rime to dishonor Irishmen. The pr: answer to these men was for the Irish people to keep the temper and wrest from the hands of their foes the sharpest weapons they possesse He wished to assure the English and Scotch Protestants there was not the slightes reasons for fear the Catholic majority w interfere with thewr just interests Morley i the home rule question was rapidly approachi crisis. The government’s polic Cruel force had utterly failed to disc the commission of outrages; it benefited neither landlords nor tenants. He was not in favor of any socialistic extirpation of prop- erty and belicved an Irish parliament would be the last to agree to any such thing. In the heat of the struggle desperate men doubtless used desperate language, but that would cease when the struggle cooled. Forgers Caught, Loxnoy, Feb, 2.—Five fashionably dressed men were arraigned in the police court to-day charged with attempting to obtain £30,000 from the bank of England upon forged or stolen bonds of the Hamilton & Northwestern There was one other man who slice failed to capture. They also f capture the bonds, The prisoners were munded. M for Mobilization, Beruiy, Feb, 2.1t is reported that the Australian government has decided to ask the delegations to vote 120,000,000 florius for the first expenses of mobilization. To Arrest Father Fahey. Dunny, F t has issued for ther Fahey, of Woodford. neen nship A Dove, Feb. 2.—[Special Telegram to the Bek.| — Arrived—The Amsterdam, from New York for Rotterdam. Livesroov, Feb, 3,—Arrived from Boston, New Youk, Feb, 2 of Georgia, from Gla The Istrian, | from Antwerp, CONSIDER FREIGHTS ~ FIRST, Protest Against tho Iowa Two-Oent Pagsenger Bill. MANY PETITIONS COMING Wholesale Liquor Houses at Dew Moines Closed By a Ruling of Judge Given—A Swees Cider Question. Towa's Railway Fight. Drs Moixes, Ta, Feb. 2.—[Special Telo gram to the Bee.]—The railroad fight was formally precipitated in the senate this after- noon inalong and exciting session. The railroad committee reported favorably the bill to reduce passenger fares to 2 cents a mile, and the bill was warmly supported by Senators Young, McVay and Finn, A num- ber of other senators, while not absolutely opposed to the proposed reduction, held that the people of the state were more interested in securing lower freight rates than lower passenger fare, 8o they introduced motions and amendments of one kind or another to have the Dbill referred back to the committee until the freight mat- ters could be bought up. The whole consumed in fighting this proposition, and finally & motion prevailed to recommit the whole matter to the committee, with instructions to consider the freight matter first, or at least as soon as the other. Several telegraphic protests have been received from workingmen against this 2-cent fare bill, claiming that, if passed, the railroads would retaliate by cutting down the Mages of their emploves, Many business men ‘are_sending in protests also on the ground that they are more interested - gettin freight rates, enator Harsh received alengthy protest to the bill signed by SIXty-Six members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En- gincers and Firemen at_ Creston, The sentiment against the bill, or against having it considered first in ' preference to freight reduction, is growing in strength daily. Towa Legislati Des Moixes, la., Feb. 2.—One feature ot the Finn schoolbook bill adopted by the school committee i local option us to tho text book, giving independent districts or townships the right to vote free text books. The house committee on railways reported favorably the Russell bill repealing the law allowing townships to vote nid to railroads. The senate committee on ways and means report the billand recommend its passage, providing for the appointment of Gieneral Belknap as agent to colle r claims for the state amounting to over 35,000, . Barrett—Senate bill providing for vorks bonds by citics of Doings. cond class. Mr. Mattoon—Regulating charges of telegraph companies in the state, By Mr. Weber—A resolution instructing. the railroad committee of the senate to re- port a bill preventing discrimination in freight rates; also that it be acted on_before the consideration of the 2-cent fare bill, There was a debate by Messrs. Weber and Young at the beginning of the afternoon con- sideration of the 2-cent bill on tho substi tute offered by Mr. Young to postpone his bill till next Wednesday. By Mr. McFarland—A bill to provide for a department of public printing and binding for the state. ¢ By Mr. Ball—A resofution relative to the assesswent of railroads and requiring the railroad commissioners to iuvestigate the matter. Referred Mr. Weber gav ason for his resolu- tion that the diserimination measure_should be acted on beforo the 2-cent fare bill; that the passage of the latter would compel the railroads to make up the deficiency from the freight rates and such action should be pre- vented. Mr. Young spoke in support of hisDil ‘which, he said, was gimple and should come first. The freight bill was complex and needed time. Mr. Hutchinson offered a resolution pro- viding for the recommitment of the bill to the committee. Mr. Young offered a substitute for this, providing that it be the sense of the senate to favor the 2-cent bill. - The bill for the election of railroad commissioners by the people and that for a 2 cent f; will be made the special order for next Monday, and the committeo will report on the freight biil before Febru- staunch in_his support of Young, asserting that he would stand by the bill as he was elected on a platform binding him to such action. After further debate the vote resulted in the recomumitment of the bill by avote of 31 to17. The nays were Barnett, Bayliss, Bills, Chescbro, Cassatt, Dooley, Finn, Funk, Gronewoeg, Kelly, Mats toon, ‘McVey, Meservey, Schmidt, Seeds, Taylor, Young. A resolution was then offered by Mr. Finn that the railroad committee be instru report in a week on bills for the elec railroad commissioners by the people and fow the prevention of discrimination in freig) rates, but the resolution was drowned b) amendments and the senate adjourned in @ turmoil. The house bill prohibitin bacco to minors was passe he speaker signed the bill for an approprie ation for the soldiers’ orphans’ home at Dave cuport. the sale of to= —_— Liquor Houses Closed. Des Moixes, JTa., Feb, 2.—[Special Teles gram to the Bek.]—There is not a whole- sale liquor house open m the city to-night. ‘The three that had been holding permits to sell for legitimate purposes were all doing business under a firm name, such as ** Me- Cormick & Co.” Judge Given holds that a permit can issue properly to only one person, and that the person so named shall be the only e the liquors, Since these firms all have done business un- der the firm name, the judge holds that they have ated the permit, so their stock is now under seizure and their cases will come up at the pext term of cou A Sweet Cider Questic Dunvgrr, Tu., Feb, [Special Telegram to the Bee.|—Some days ago Collegtor Webs ster, of this city, received an iuquiry from J, E. Walker, of Dickey, In, whether sweet cider can be sold in lowa. The collector sent the let to Governor Larrabee fop answer, but it was to-day returned to him, Collector W as_therefore sent it back to the write ling to it the following s ,'The governor declining to ansy question, 1 would respectfully r Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, superintendent of lege islation, Des Moines, la, Asked to Be Just, Storx Ciry, la., Feb, 2.—|Special Telegram to the Bee. | —The Sioux City Jobbers' and Manufacturers’ association have prepared & memorial to the Towa legislature in which the legislators are asked to weigh carefully the railroad problem and act justly in dealing with questions uffecting the roads. The ate tention of the legislature is ¢ 10 the f that upon the action of the railroads depends largely the growth and development of lowa and especially the great northwest, e on Trial, Mrs. Cordelia J Hendricks, the BOITOWer, Was are raigned before a magistrate this afternoon to answer the chary of obtaining $3,500 from Joseph E. Van Meter by false and fraudu. lent means. Mrs, Hendricks had promised him $20,000 for his $.500. She pave him notes for that amount. Mrs,. Heudricks was released on her own ' recoguizance for 8 further heuring, . PrusavkLenia, b famous