The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 10, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1895 INFLUENZA IN BERLIN, The Duchess of Sagan a Victim of the Disease. MANY PEOPLE STRICKEN. The Epidemic Seriously Inter- feres With the Business of the Law Courts. OPPOSING GRAIN MONOPOLY. Emperor William Strongly Resents the Attitude of Agrarians in the Matter. Berury, March 9.—The Duchess of Sagan, mother of the wife of the German Embassador at Washington, died of in- fluenza to-day. The disease is still epi- demic here. The Duke of Sagan is only just overing from an attack of the same disease. Emperor William’s eldest sister, the Princess ot Saxe-Meiningen, is improv- ing. Two Berlin Judges, Willer and Hoff- have died from the effects of in- The epidemic is seriously inter- th the business of the law courts, and in several public schools, owing to the i of o many teachers and pupils, < have been suspended. In the whole of Germany last week Nurem- burg had the doubtful honor of heading the influenza statistics with the biggest sick list, with Hamburg next with 1485. The family of United States Embassador Runyon have all recovered from attacks of influenza, and on Thursday night a ball was given at the Embassador’s house. man, OPPOSES GRAIN MONOPOLY. Emperor William Expresses Himself Strongly on Yon Kanitz's Bill. Beruix, March 9.—The public is looking forward to the convening of the State Council on Tuesday with a great deal of interest. Emperor William will deliver a comprehensive address, defining the scope of the ations and the propositions to be tted to the council. The ques- tion of the re ion or prohibition of the entry of American cattle or meat into Ger- many will be one of the subjects which e fully discnssed. The Emperor per- ined exhaustive informa- Minister of Husbandry, during an dience lasted two hou His this occasion to familiarize with the leading topics to be dis- by the State Council, and he will * labors of that body as far as cir- attending m the s grain-monopoly bill, ac- - which the Federa- ade to the Emperor, n the Reichstag un- nsidered by the State ings. Emperor Wil- Department in ed hLis Majesty dignation rather freely 's bil It is stated casion of the recent banquet irz Diet the Emperor, mversing with Baron Y expressed his disap- »osed grain monopoly. version of the story the the anden strong, 1not expect me to engage in ith bread.” her account has it that the Empe- rked: ot help in making poor people’s dear.” 1 expression used with reference to the v debate by the Agrarian leader, Von Ohne Kanitz keine kaehne” (without Kanitz no ships), came to the e of the Emperor and was much re- sented by him. WANING BISMARCK’S HEALTH. The Prince Says He Is Not Equal to a Public Birthday Festival. BerLINY, March 9.—Prince Christian of Hohenlohe-Oehringer was the guest of Prince Bismarck at Friedrichsruhe on Sun- day and Monday last. The latter spoke of his waning strength and Dr. Schweninger’s positive prohibition not to excite himself and receive large crowds. In additiou Prince Bismarck expressed grave doubts as to whether he would be equal to the task of celebrating his eightieth birthday, as the people wish him to do, publicly and with all kinds of demonstration. The Emperor has informed Professor von Sybll, the histor- ian, he will personally participate in the celebration. A newspaper of Leipsic number of literary and pol ssion of opinion upon the idea of Pringe Bismarck an honorary of the German empire by an act of Parliament, and almost all approved of the plan. Dr. Schaedler, a member of the Center party, was rather pointed in his an- swer. He said: “I begto say that in mem- ory of the Kulturkampf and the oppression of the German Catholics at that time, your questions are of no interest in any way.” The Conservative, National Liberal and anti-Semite members of the Reichstag will celebrate Bismarck’s birthday by a com- mers, and will go to Friedrichsruhe to- gether on April 7 to deliver an address to the ex-Chancellor. ently asked a ical men for an GUELPH PARTY They Look for a Restoration of Their Former Prestige. BerLIN, March 9.—The long and friendly conversation which the Emperor had with the Duke of Cumberland while his Majesty was in Vienna upon the occasion of the funeral of Grand Duke Albrecht has re- vived the hopes of the Guelph party in Germany. In the court circles the opinion prevails that Prince George, the eldest son of the Duke of Cumberiand, will be the reigning Duke of Brunswick upon attain- ing his majority in October, 1898. The Prince Regent Albrecht, being very wealthy, is not enamored of his office. He harbors no intention of founding a dynasty for Brupswick. Heis, besides, an ultra- legitimist and never approved of the des- potism of the Guelphs. The Prirce Re- gent regards the regency as a provisional arrangement and absents himself from Brunswick as frequently as he decent!y can. Kokan and Yien Kow Taken. Yokouama, March 9.—The Japanese have occupied Kokan and Yien Kow, port of New Chwang, without opposition. The coast forts about New Chwang are still holding out. The first and second Japanese armies effected a junction at Yien Kow. The Chinese army, com- manded by General Sung, has retired to Thien Chuang Lai. Tt is officially announced that the safety of the foreigners at Yien Kow has be_en guaranteed by the Japanese, who are in- quiring into the personal injuries sus- tained. The foreign settlement is guarded by Japanese troops, the British and American warships Firebrand and Petrel, respect- ively, leaving their protection in charge of the Japanese. SACHER-MASOCH DEAD. The Austrian-Poland Novelist Who Was Decorated by France. Fraxkrurt, March 9.—Leopold von Rit- ter Sacher-Masoch, the novelist, is dead. He was born at Lemberg, Austrian Poland, January 27, 1836. He published in 1859 his historical ac- count of the insurrection in Ghent, under Charles V. His series of novels, entitled *‘Cain’s Inheritance,”” was translated into most of the European languages. After that he wrote a number of interesting works. Sacher-Masoch was a special favorite with the French. The French Republic in 1883 conferred upon him the cross of the Legion of Honor. g San Domingo and France Settle. Paris, March 9.—The terms of the set- tlement of the difficulty between San Do- mingo and France provide for the payment of 1,000,000 francs for the illegal detention of Captain Boimere and 20,000 ‘rancs for the murder of Caville, a French naval ofii- cer. Naval honors will be paid to the mur- dered man by the French and Italian Min- isters. The remaining question in dispute, which is of minor importance, will be - set- tled through the Spanish Minister, who is acting as arbitrator. Reported Resignations Confirmed. Paris, March 9.—The members of the Venezuelan Legation confirm the report that the French and Belgian Ministers at Caracas have handed in their passports. It is claimed the matter is the result of a personal misunderstanding with the Min- isters affected, and the action of President Crespoin giving the passports is not di- rected against the Governments repre- sented by the Minister: -— Shoe Operatives on Strike. Loxpox, March 9.—In consequence of the National Federation of Bootma operatives not obliged to give a week's notice. Ten thousand quit to-day. CUMMIN RECORD. The Young Train-Robber Tells Something of His Career. Lovis, March 9.— Superintendent B. Simpson of the Wells ! Express Company arrived | here to-day from Southwest City, Mo., where he has been superintend- | ing the hunt for the robber companion of | Jim Cummins, the desperado, who held | up the San Francisco train near Aurora, | Mo., February 22. Agents of the railroad and express company are trailing the man and Mr. 8impson expresses the conviction that he will be captured. Cummins gave a brief history of him- self. He Craft, was born at Briar, Tex., and would | be 21 years old next June. He led the life of a cowboy in Texas. Last July, when he made the acquaint- ance of a man named Wilson at Paris, Texas, they went to Claremore, I. T., where they worked for a time and then went into the train-robbing business. Their first attempt was on the San Fran- cisco, November 12, 1884, in which they secured $250 and thirty watches. Their next noldup was a Rock Island train i the Indian Territory on November 23, 1894, receiving very little booty. On the 31st of December last they held up a train on the Queen and Crescent Rail- road near Livingston, Ala., securing only $18. They held up a train on the Cotton Belt road near McNeil, Ark., January 24, From McNeil they made their way across the State of Missouri, and on February held up train No. 1 on the San Francisco road, near Aurora, Mo., and secured $58 and a watch. The robbers were on their way to Texas when they were run onto by the officers and the young one captured. — - Sr. over "argo Gowns on Exhibition. NEw York, March 9.—The exhibition of gowns of every fashion and date, ancient and modern, opened to-night at Madison- square Garden and will be continued until the 16th. The idea emanated from some of the ladies of the Young Women’s Christian Association and St. James Mission. The first exhibition was held a year ago and was a success. The garden to-night was well filled and interest in the exhibition was keen. SR o Of Interest to the Coast. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—The Navy De- partment has ordered &n inquiry concerning the accident to the Bennington on her recent trip to Acapulco. Judge Maguire and his wife left for San Fran cisco to-day via the Canadian Pacific. Repre- sentative Caminetti and wife leave Monday ions granted: California: Original— | William D. Hastings, Columbiz, Tuolumne; Luigi Ferrerri, San Francisco; William Snow. Fort Bragg, Mendocino; John Doyle, San Fran. cisco. Increased " Kopp, Veterans' Home, Napa tian von Meyerhoff, San Francisco. Reissued and_increased—THomas Mullen, San_Jose, Santa Clara. Mexican War suryivors—Edward Williams, Oskland, Ala- meda County. e No Duty on Cocktails. ‘WasnINGTON, March 9.—Solicitor Reeve of the Treasury Department, in an opin- ion rendered to-day, holds that a cocktail sinthe, etc., is a manufactured article within the meaning of section 9 of the tariff act of 1894, and therefore entitled to be manufactured in a bonded warehouse for export without the payment of duty. S An Artist-Burglar Captured. PrrrssurG, March 9.—After dodging the | officers for years John A. Heits, a news- paper artist, was arrested to-day and will be taken back to Kentucky to serve four years and a half in the Frankfort prison, from which he cscaped in 189, There was a reward of $500 on his head. He was known in Louisville as the “Dude Burglar,” and worked as a tailor, reporter and artist. S Pugilists in Jail. PocaTeLro, Idaho, March 9.—Deputy Sheriff Caldwell last night arrested Pugil- ists Thomas Brown. colored, and Joseph McCall, Referee McLone, Robert Maxfold, colored, and Ted Joseph during the progress of a prizefight to a finish for a §25 purse. One round had been fought and Brown had been knocked under the ropes. The five men were jailed. e Better Times in Kansas. Toreka, Kans.. March 9.—That better times prevailin Western cities is evidenced by the fact that twelve counties have noti- fied Governor Morrill that they are in need of no further outside aid. The Legislature had appropriated $100,000 to distribute among the destitute in these and other Western couties. ing the operatives to stop work on March | 16, owing to a complicated dispute con- | cerning the use of machinery, the Shoe | Operatives’ Union has called out all the | id bis real name was Joshua | Wi h b r. Wilde, | witness invited the Marquis to join them. | made of American whisky, bitters, ab- | WILDE ON THE STAND His Case Against Lord Queensberry Heard in Style. COURTROOM Objection Is Made to His Haughtiness’and Lan- gour. MYSTERIOUS LETTER OFFERED. | It Was Struck Out to Shield Some One and the Marquis Held for Trial. Loxpoy, March 9. —The Marquis of Queensberry was to-day at the Marl- borough-street Police Court formally com- mitted for trial by Mr. Newton, the sitting magistrate, on the charge of having libeled Oscar Wilde in leaving at the Marlborough Club on February 28 a card upon which was ‘written a disgraceful epithet. The Marquis declared in court that he wrote the card simply to bring matters to a head and to save his son, and that he abided by what he wrote. Edward H. Carson, Q. C., M. P., formerly Solicitor-General for Ireland, defended the | Marquis of Queensberry. The court was | crowded with well-known people. | Oscar Wilde, who wore a long dark blue coachman. Lord Alfred Douglass, son of the Marquis of Queensberry, but he was not allowed to remain in court during'the examination of Mr. Wilde. ; Mr. Wilde was finally placed on the of languid loftiness. When he was asked if he was Oscar Wilde, the author and dramatist, the witness replied, I think I am well known.” This remark made Mr. Newton interpose sharply, saying, “An- swer the question, please.” Thereupon the plaintiff replied, ““Yes.” The rebroof of the magistrate caused Mr. Wilde to assume a less important air. | own counsel | came acq | Queensberry plaintiff said that he first b nted with the Marquis of in 1893. He remembered | lunching with Lord Alfred Douglass (who | | is the Marquis’ second son, and who w. | born in 1870), in the Cafe Royal during the | month of October, 1892, when fendant entered the room, and by invita tion of his son sat down at the same table. | Continuing, Mr. Wilde said he did not see the Marquis of Queensberry again until 1893, when he and Lord Alfred Douglass were lunching in the same cafe. The de- fendant upon that occasion shook hands with both his son and Mr. Wilde, and the | At this stage of the proceedings counsel for Mr. Wilde handed hima letter, and the witness was asked if such a document had been placed in his hands by Lord Alfred Douglass shortly afterward. thought this document should be placed in evidence. terposed, saying that he did not object to | the letter being put in evidence. On the | contrary, he preferred that it should be | brought before the court, as he wished to | show the Marquis was acting in the in- terest of his son. Mr. Newton said that he could not then enter into the question. Mr. Carson objected to this, and asked | that the document be put in evidence in | order that the matter might be investi- | gated in the fullest manner possible, | Counsel for Mr. Wilde said that it was not intended that the letter should be read in court, asthe names of exalted persons were mentioned, and he did not think it right that their names should transpire. Counsel also explained that the mysteri- ous letter was introduced with the view of | additional libel, but as Mr. Newton in- sisted that in that case the letter shonld | be read in court, counsel for the plaintiff withdrew the letter. Mr. Wilde then continued his evidence, testifying as to how he was handed the card of the Marquis of Queensberry, upon | which was written the abusive words, by a porter at the Albemarle Club. Mr. Carson then cross-examined the wit- ness in regard to his acquaintance with Lord Alfred Douglass, saying that he wished to show that the object of the Mar- | quis was to end the acquaintanceship of his son with the plaintiff. The magistrate said he considered this defense to be a plea of justification and did not allow Mr. Carson to proceed. The Marquis of Queensberry was then asked if he had anything to say, where | upon he arose and declared that he wrote the card “simply to bring matters to a head and save my son.” He added, I abide by what I wrote.” The Marquis was then formally com- mitted for trial, bail being allowed in £1500. HARRY HAYWARD UNEASY. | Minnesota Legistators Applavd the Ver- dict in the Senate. | this morning before Harry Hayward was able tosleep, and at 10 he was still sleep- ing. He had packed his clothing in a valise while waiting for the jury's ver- dict. His only fear was violence from the crowd when acquittal should come. When | he reached his cell after hearing the verdict | his first remark was: “By —, I'll have to unpack this thing now. If I don’t my clothes will get wrinkled.” When he was removed to a cell on the second floor he seemed to realize more watch has been put over him. St. Pavr, March 9.—There was an un- usual scene in the Minnesota Senate yes- terday afternoon. Lieutenant-Governor Day said: ““In this lull of business you will allow me to announce the verdict of the Hay- ward jury, which has just been reported. Hayward is found guilty.” The verdict was received with a hum of conversation, and in a second the entire body broke forth into applause. —_— GENERAL HARRISON BETTER. The Condition Not Considered Dangerous, as He Is Impvoving. IxpraxaroLis, March 9.—The condition of General Harrison has not materially changed to-day. Dr. Henry James said this morning: “General Harrison has been working very hard recently in Rich- mond. He has taken a'bad cold, almost overcoat, drove to the Police Court in great | e in a carriage with a footman and a | Accompanying Mr. Wilde was | stand and began his evidence with an air | | | Replying to questions put to him by his charging the Marquis of Queensberry with | MixNEAPoLis, March 8.—It was 4 o’clock | fully his sitnation. A day and a night’ | the grip. He has acute bronchitis, and last Thursday he had pluerobynia, what are termed pluerisy pains. He is very weak. He is seriously ill, but I should say not in any danger. Overwork has a gooa deal to do with his weakness.” At 3 o’clock this afternoon General Har- rison’s condition was much improved. He sat up part of the day and said there was no cause for anxiety on the part of his friends for his condition. New York, March 9.—Mrs. McKee, daughter of ex-President Harrison, left for Indianapolis upon receipt of a telegram CROWDED. | advising her of General Harrison’s serious illness. —_— Schooner Seized in Florida. Ferxaspiva, Fla, March 9.—The schooner Jennie H. Parker has been seized here on account of defects in her clearance papers and rumors are afloat that she has contraband goods on board for Cuban revo- lutionists. Her papers have been re- turned and new ones will have to be taken out before the vessel can put to sea. —_— Women in Ohio Politics. Crxersyatr, March 9.—Specials report that primary elections for members of Boards of Education were held in numer- ous cities in all parts of Ohio and that the women were out in force. In nearly every case where there was competition between a woman and a man the woman won. g Matches Arranged. Crrcaco, March 9.—The match between | Choynski and Creedon has been arranged for March 21 and that between Ryan and Tracey for Maj 2 —_— The Treasury’s Condition. Wasninerox, March 9.—To-day’s state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $183,- 468,533; gold reserve, $89,723,015, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS IN BRIEF. Samuel P. Hill, the man who killed Robert Peaslee in Sydney, N. Y., in 1886, is dead. Frederick Douglass memorial services were held in Cincinnati by the colored residents. Boston’s Merchants' Association has sub- seribed 250 to the Newfoundland relief fund. The story of mutiny on the American bark Portland, wrecked near Juni, is pronounced a canard. Striking miners in Pennsylvania have gained their fight. An increase to 69 cents has been gracted. The hidden treasures of Peter Humphrey, who was known as & miser, were unearthed at St. Toseph, Mich. The golden jubilee of Very Rev.Carmody, Vicar-General va Scotia, was celebrated by mass and presents. The firm of G. A. Budd & Co. has failed in yria, Ohio, with $750,000 liabilities and half hatamount in assets. The experting of the books.of D. R. Markham, defaulting County Clerk of Clinton, Iowa, shows a shortage of $10,000. Frank Wenter, president of the board of | | the de- | | | | i | The magistrate here remarked that he | Mr. Carson, counsel for the Marquis, in- | directors of the Chicago drainage canal, has been nominated for Mayor of Chicago. A locomotive boiler exploded at Covees sta- tion, near Harrisburg, Pa., killing H. Pfefly, the fireman, and wounding the engineer, amed Funk. Plans for reorganization of the Cattle-Feed- ing Company have been made public. Bonds are fo be issued to retire the $1,000,000 of bonds now outstanding. Colonel Coit of the Ohio National Guard is upheld by the commission which investigated the shooting of citizens while defending a negro prisoner from being lynched. The officie] information has been received in Washington rezarding the rumor of contems plated request Consul-General Williams at Havana by the Spanish Government. The Lost Ice Ax. The valley above San Damiano is beauti- ful with a rare loveliness. Dcbris from the hillsides once filled the floor across and made a wide flat area. Through the deep bed of conglomerate thus formed the river has again cut a gorge, within which it gracefully winds. In long green or wooded slopes the mountains spread down on either side to the fertile valiey floor. Vil- lages are planted on the edge of the lower ravine, the sides of which are precipitous with birch trees growing on_their ledges, now and then a waterfall leaping down over them. The floor of the ravine again is flat, with grass lawns of wonderful verduré, contained by the loops of the clear and hurrying waters. As we drove along, zazing at the series of beautiful pictures thus revealed to us, we turned a corner, and a long tendril of wild rose in full blossom reached out from the rocks on our right and arched the pic- ture in. So entranced were we that an ice ax, my companion for eizhteen summers, leaped out of the carriage, and I did not s it till we reached the trysting place, where our men awaited us. Aymonod went back a mile or so to look forit. He met some peasants and asked them if they had seen such a thing in the way. “Yes,” they answered, “lying in the ‘middle of the road.” “Why did you not pick it up, then?” “Oh, why should we? It was not ours.” And ‘the next man we met said the same. “We saw it and left it; it was It lay where it fell till Aymonod { found it and brought it safely back.—The Review. e - o A new railroad uniting the Atlantic and Pacific is nearly completed. [t crosses the and brings Buenos res within Bours’ travel of Valpar: PROGRESS. People who get the great- est degree of comfort and real enjoyment out of life, are those who make == the most out of their ——opportunities. Quick b perception and ~good #judgment, lead such promptly to adopt and make use of those re- fined and improved pro- ducts of modern in- ventive genius which best serve the needs of their physical being. Ac- cordingly, the most intelligent and pro- gressive people are ~;found to employ ~the most refined N\ “and perfect laxative to regulate and tone up the stomach, liver, and bowels, when 1n need of such an agent—hence the great popularity of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. ~ These are made from the purest, most refined and concentrated vegetable extracts, and from forty-two to forty-four are con- tained in cach vial, which is sold at the same price as the cheaper made and more ordinary pills found in the market. In curative virtues, there is no compari- son to be made between them and the ordinary pills, as 2ny one may easily learn by sending for a free sample, (four to seven doses) of the Pellets, which will be sent on receipt of name and address on a postal card. (QuceUsed, They are Always in Favor. The Pellets cure biliousness, sick and ‘dilious headache, dizziness, costiveness, or constipation, sour stomach, loss of ap- ctite, coated tongue, indigestion, or yspepsia, windy belchings, ‘‘heart- burn,” pain and distress after eating, and kindred derangemensis of the liver, stomach and bowels. Put up in glass vials, therefore always fresh and reliable. One little “Pellet’’ is a laxative, two are mildly cathartic. As a “‘dinner pill,” to promote digestion, take one each day after dinner. To relieve dis- tress from_rnver-enm:g, they are v.mti equaled. hey are tiny, sugar-coate el BT S them. Address for free sample, WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSO- CIATION, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N, Y, Contemporary for recall of United States | EMBRACED I PEACE, Brazil and Argentine Bury All Their Dif- ferences. A JOINT MASS-MEETING. Minister Thompson Declined to Take Part in the Joy- ful Exercises. HIS POSITION PREVENTED HIM. Telegram of Congratulation For- warded to Baron de Rio Branco at Washington. R10 pE JaANEIRO, Feb. 16.—The following is an account of the mass-meeting held here on Wednesday, February 12, to cele- brate the decision of President Cleveland in favor of Brazil and against the Argentine Republic in the question of the claim to jurisdiction over the territory of Missiones: The committee, consisting of Colonel Zersallo Correa, Dr. Agostinho Dos Reis, Dr. Antonio Azeredo, Dr. Elhidio de Mes- quita and Senor de Vasconcellos, sent written invitations to the United States Minister, Thomas L. Thompson, and the Argentine Minister to be present. Mr. Thompson, during the afternoon of February 11, called at the Foreign Office and explained that as he represented the President of the United States in the affair of arbitration he could not be present. At 1p. M. the square of St. Frances de Paulo, just at the head of Onvidor, was solidly fuil of people, and Senor Marinho was selected as presiding officer of the meeting. Colonel Correa, an ex-Minister, under Marshal Floriano Peixoto, was the principal spokesman. The following telegram sent to Baron de Rio Branco, Washington, was reaa by Dr. Dos Reis: Rio Branco, Washington: The people of Bra- zil,ina vast meeting of acclaim, amidst psalms and your name send you enthusiastic greet- ingson account of the honorable decision of the question of the Missiones. The Brazilian republic and the Argentine confederation commemorating the victory of peace and of right by means of arbitration, establish the patriotic exemple of the real aggrandizement of AmericaL nations. The undersigned, in the name of the people who met and expressed the unanimous sentiment of the whole nation, salute you with the utmost enthusiasm, for the commission of which you are the worthy chief merits the heartielt praise of the fatherland and 'of Republican America. The message was signed by the commit- tee having the meeting in charge. Minis- ter Rio Branco sent a reply. After several minutes given to vivas the procession formed and moved on to the presidential palace. Colonel Correa made his address. In reply to the speech the Argentine Minister, Dr. Garcia Meron, made a few complimentary remarks in Spanish. In his turn the President of the republic, Dr. Prudente Moraes, said in Portuguese: Minister of the Argentine Republic and fel- low-citizens: Theenthusiasm that bursts spon- taneously from your bosoms is just, noble and patriotic. People are accustomed to crown and glorify their heroes and generals on re- turning conquerors from the field of battle, where they decide questions between nations. The hero whom you glorify to-day is more worthy than any great general, because repre- senting the Brazilian nation in a dispute of ages he has caused to triumph your right with- out leaving the field of battle strewn with dead. Netions maneuver with such skill and with great wisdom, and by our hero, in this well- foughtbattle,we have constituted the invincible and eternal principles of right. The general who conducted the bloodless battle has, there- fore, a right to the homage of Brazilians and of Argentines, who are enabled to leave off strug- gling and embrace one another. Your enthu- siasm, I repeat, is just. Let us profit by that lesson and show our- selves worthy of the majesty of the nature of the fatherland. Let there be no obstacle to the realization of our conquest; let us forget our individualities and look only to the holy image of our land. It only remains, fellow-citizens, after this brilliant and honorable termination to the question which agitated the souls of two brother nations for so long a time, to draw still tighter the bonds of friendship, sincere and fruitful, and bind them together as their rep- resentatives of this solemn moment. Saying this the President threw hisarms around the Minister of the Argentine Re- public in a warm embrace. President Moraes sent a telegram to the President of the Argentine Republic con- gratulating him on the peaceful settlement of the trouble. ORANGE-WO0D TOOTHPIOKS. They Are Made by Peasants in Spain and Portugal. “I wonder how many of the men who come in here and use the orange-wood toothpicks,” said a man in an uptown hotel, “know where they come from and how they are made? They are made by the cleverest whittlers in the world, and every one of them is of hand manufacture. The peasants in Spain and Portugal make them, and they first found their way into this country through the medium of steam- ship officers. It is a fact that hotels in all parts of this country are using these orange-wood slivers now in preference to either quills or the old-fashioned tooth- picks, and the demand for them here has been a perfect godsend to the peasants who make them on the other side. “A yearor so ago I was in Spain, and saw the peasants making them. They could turn one out with three slashes of the knife, and it was their custom to do them up in packages of twenty and sell them to tourists and steamship officers for the equivalent of 1 cent of our money. At that time the peasants made them in their leisure moments, but now I am told many peasants make their living manufacturing toothpicks. You see the demand for them has increased to such an extent that the peasants can sell all they make. The steamship officers sell them here at a profit of about a cent on each package, which amounts to considerable when a large number are sold. “A peculiar phase of the matter is that not a cent of duty is asked for or paid on them. They were formerly received in such small ‘quantities that no attention was paid to them, and the steamship offi- cers are still able to get them in free, be- cause toothpicks are the last things cus- toms officers are looking for. And as toothpicks they are really excellent. They are strong and flexible, and, instead of breaking, tear, so that there isno danger of the end suédenly breaking off and re- maining in the tooth, a characteristic of the oldirime toothpicks. It is a wonder to me that some one doesn’t make a busi- ness of importing them. T believe that steamship officers have a monopoly of the business up to date,and I am sure that there would be money in it for somebody if he snatched the business out of their hands.”—New York Sun. NEW TO-DAY—CLOTHING. ~ 9- 0, 0000 00 THIAT DOL- AR SALE CON- H=13-1S KERARNY STREET. ©-00000! = SEARCH FOR CHARLIE ROSS. vented Success Being Attained. 8o many years have passed since the child Charlie Ross was stolen from his home in Germantown that the crime is lost to the memory of many, but that has not deterred some people from still making the attempt to palm off a bogus youth upon the afilicted family as the lost son, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. The latest effort of this kind was made by a woman who represented herself as the widow of one of the two burglars who were killed at Bay of a judge of the courts. +The woman brought with her a young man, who, a relative of the no way have borne resemblance to what little Chariie would have been at manhood. She had the story of the disappearance pat enough —how the two children, Charlie and were decoyed from the lawn of the house, at Washington lane street, by the two men in a wagon, Mosher and Douglass; how_they were driven into the country, where Walter, the elder, was dropped, and how $20,000 ransom had been offered for the recovery of the younger but her scheme had nothing else in it. Many believe the boy to be dead. There have been a hundred or more allezed Char- lies, but in no instance has the father, who has traveled all over the country, had any youth produced. The secret of his fate probably died with the Bay Ridge burglars, one of whom ex- pired immediately after being shot, while the other lived long enough to say that his companion had known where the child was, that the lad was still alive. but that he himself knew nothing of his location. In ting some of the facts the rela- tives of the Ross family also shed more light ugon the efforts to find the boy, and made the important statement that once when success seemed assured they were frustrated by one of the police captains of New York, a man who was_charged before the Lexow committee with having = quired w ealth by the mcst corrupt means. It was there, he says, the sianapers had payment of $20,000. They had exacted the condition that Mr. Ross and those helping him should leave New York upon board of a special train, a locomotive and one car, bound for Albany. At one point along the road a colored lantern Iight was to be waved, and the money, at this signal, was to be dropped by the side of the track. and there the boy was to be delivered to them. According to the relative’s story, the rescuing party took along with them an expert rifleman, with the object of maim- ing the kidnaper, whoever he might be, and then effecting his capture. They made the trip as directed, but nothing came of it. No lights were shown and no other clew was obtained. i The police captain in question, the rela- tive says, gave the tip to the thieves that A Rascally New York Police Officer Pre- | Ridge, L. I., while trying to rob the house | Walter, | and Chew | son. Other facts she seemed familiar with, | hope after once seeing the alleged child or | arranged to deliver their prisoner upon the |, Further up the | line there was to be another light shown, | the sharpshooter would be on board the car. 'aSter Ross, the son who was dropped by the countryside, was married about two months ago. S G — | | = 2 | FACTS ABOUT THE PYRAMIDS. | l If the Monarch’s Reign Was Long His Monument Was Large. | The pyramids of Egypt. for long and to | this day included among the world’s won- | ders, are to be regarded as marvelous | triumphs of mechanical skill. Of these | there are many scattered over the Nile | Valley, some of brick, some of stone and of varied height. The two largest are in | the neighborhood of Cairo. They are, and | have been for thousands of years, the most | colossal monuments in the worid. |~ The largest, that of Cheops, in its origi- | nal state is said to have been 800 feet high, | and the length of its base on each side the | same. 1t is built of huge stones, ranging | from two to four feet in height. It is now | rugged and has the character as well as the* | appearance of a four-sided great stairway. | _The hollows between the steps are be- | lieved to have been filled in with white | marble, which would shine like snow | under the bright Egyptian sun. The py- | ramid is now much reduced in height, not being more than 500 feet. It is generally admitted that the pyramids were built for tombs, and on certain astronomical prin- | ciples. | There is an inner chamber where the sar- cophagus was placed. When a monarch | began to reien he commenced to build his tomb. When he died his body was placed in the sacred chamber prepared for it and the opening which led to it was closed. The pyramid was then completed. If the monarch’s reign was long the pyramid was !large. If short, the pyramid was small.— | Chicago Record. The Last English Duel. The last duel—thelast faial one, at least— was fought in a field in Maiden Lane in a solitary part of Holloway, in 1843. The district acquired considerable notoriety from the event. It was the duel fought between Colonel Fawcett and Lieutenant Munro. The former waskilled. The duel- s were not only brother officers—they | were also brothers-in-law, having married two sisters. The Coroner’s ‘ur{, on the inquest, re- turned a verdiet of]wi 1ful murder, notonly against Lieutenant Munro, but against the seeonds also. The latter, however, were acquitted. Munro evaded the hands of justice by seeking refuge abroad. Four years later he surrendered to take his trial at the Old Bailey. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. He was, how- ever, strongly recommended to mercy, and the sentence was eventually commuted to twelve months’ imprisonment. The neighborhood in which this duel was fought is no longer solitary. A wic: thoroughfare, known as the Brecknock road, runs through it, and a rifle ground besides the Brecknock Arms appropriately indicates the place where the final shot was fired.—Chambers’ Journal. ———— Nashville is the first city in the world for hardwood lumber, and the largest milling city in the South.