St. Louis Post-Dispatch
March 16, 1885
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Tne mystery of Gilgal is not more mysteri- ous than the mystery of Ep BUTLER’s water oe — —— Ir a man will not work, neither shall he draw his pay. This new version of an old text was strikingly illustrated in Washington last week. — — Ir Mr. Burtn has paid $5 a share for his certificate of water gas stock, and the compa- ny holds any written proof of the payment we would take great pleasure in publishing such | proof in fac simile. — . — ä (—(——— Tue Democratic office-seekers are waiting on Mr. CLEVELAND with the patience of sweet ex- pectancy. The indications are that no brick- bats will be thrown till after the last vacancy is filled. Tue Texas Cupid has thrown away the bow and arrow and supplied himself with modern shooting irons. An eloping couple were mar- ried in the open street of San Sabra the other day, the bridegroom armed with a rifle and the bride with a revolver. — — —ꝛä—— —— We fail to understand why it was necessary to call the Governors of three States together to settle the strike. If the strikers and the managers had met together with a copy of the Post-DisPatcu as a basis of terms, the strike would have ended several days earlier. —— —— Ir the Water Gas Company can give away of stock and thousand dollar = * — : Russian Indian frontier tition of the Sick Man's estate. and dangerous selves? This little arithmetical problem has to — — Tux annual report of the Pennsylvania Rail- road shows that the main line and its branches last year earned $97,849,874, the revenue of an empire, and that the net earnings were 888, 415,557, It pays a dividend of 7 per cent on its liberally watered stock, and after meeting all its pecuniary liabilities and the cost of better- ments, carries over a surplus, without reducing the wages of its laborers. [Eas As Mr. EWING was emphatic in his refusal to accept the Mayoralty last week, tnis will probably be the week for yielding to the sweet coercion of his friends, and for giving his coy and | Consent. We must confess that 4 nel am of the local Republican organiza- N mg. Amid the general demor- the only firm and solid ground in ‘the candidacy of BILLY Hoss for Reg- — — ke has been animated by no feeling of to the railroads. We realize the im- pot the services they render to civiliza- be all classes of our people. While re- ‘the late cut as a business mistake on the "part of the managers, we have always been ready todemand for them the fair con- struction, the justice and the protection that are due them. Le Tax Republican indorses the position of the Glabe-Democrat on the gas question. This is about the severest thing the Globe-Democrat has been called on to suffer in years. There is a good reason for the Republican's position; its owners are all owners of St. Louis gas stock and we do not expect them to be impartial ar- * — is on one side and their eighty per cent divi- ‘dends are on the other. But the Globe-Dem- dora does not own any gas stock, and the pub- lie have a right to expect that it will deal with ‘this and all other public questions on their merits, and not injure itself by claiming the ob- noxious approval of the Republican. erna of wrestling witha mob of office- Ses, and between that and the she has a railway in fourth of the way. postpones hostjlities. peace officer. has officially notified all his State that officers on the spot. time, terest in politics than in Society, the farmers of the with equanimity the to give place to some one else of Agriculture. The posit his handling of the New England : announcement that be is a halen - te . but a transparent effort to hide with the cry of | peace, when there is no peace, the naked fact that England is caught napping and is obliged to make a pretence of relying on assurances which amount to nothing and foo] nobody, Weare told that Germany as a mutual friend will easily hold back the belligerents Russia is too heavily burdened with debt Nihilism to engage in war, and England has no army to spare from her present engage ments. But with England itis simply a ques- tion of postponing a conflict which Russia has been long preparing to force on her. The Muscovite press and ministry openly tell her that she has her hands full already and can not help herself. For many years they have been working and waiting for this opportunity to meet her ondry land isolated from Europe, It was to get even with her for the wars and combinations by which she has so often driven Russia back from Constantinople that the start was made from the Caspian towards India, and khanate after khanate gob- bled up until now only Afghanistan intervenes between England's Indian Empire and Russia as the mistress oft Asia. To shrink again before the aggressive advance of Russia is to strren- der the last barrier and open the way for her to the Indian Ocean, which is to render and its successor or assigns, to pay yearly into the England’s frail tenure of power in the great peninsula too fragile and too costly to be worth another struggle. The popularity of a war against England for such Russian aggran- disement is the Czar’s most obvious cure for Nihilism, and Russia's debt would be as little considered in beginning it as it was considered | WaTeRnouse of Washington University, has because and in beginning the last war against Turkey, In fact, the situation is so tempting that vocate of jute culture a®@an element of national virtue cannot resist the oppor- wealth and prosperity, and his only reward is tunity. England is so isolated and her inter- the esteem of good men and the knowledge national relations are so complicated just now that she cannot possibly form any country. The following appreciative notice is European combination to assist or favor | from an artigie of Mr, Fectrx FREMERY, the her in a war for the protection of her against Russia. is reason to believe that the other Powers look with serene satisfaction upon the diversion of Russia's aggressive energy from Turkey to India, and that Germany and Austria especially would be relieved by this conflict from a good deal of anxiety in regard to the ultimate per- There Germany's efforts for peace, therefore, even if sincere, can succeed only through humiliating concessions from England. Russia has been long preparing for this war. Her troops from Odessa can reach the Eastern shore of the Caspian by rail and steamer in four days. Besides her railroads te the Mack she has 8 near rting practically unlimited. From the Caspian progress towards Herat, and now in operation about one- Nobody just how many of the 200,000 soldiers she has in Asia are within a week's march of Herat. Without enlisting another man she can proba- bly hurl upon Herat enough men to overwhelm the whole Angio-indian army before even the small English force at Quetta could reach the scene. And what swarms of Asiatic horsemen she might turn loose upon the country. short the outlook for an immediate combat on Afghan soil between the bear and the lion is dreadfully discouraging to the latter animal, and his appreciation of the fact isall that knows In — Tux Republican says Governor MARMADUKE ‘twas compelled under his oath to comply with the demand for troops to quell what was at first represented as an incipient riot.“ Who so represented or misrepresented the situation at Sedalia? Who made a demand for troops which the Governor was compelled by his oath to comply with? Not the Mayor of Sedalia, nor the Sheriff of Pettis County, nor any other What oath has the Governor ever taken which compels him to call out troops at the demand of any one else but the city and county officials at the scene of the alleged out- break? Governor Knott of Kentucky, who used to be the Attorney-General of Missouri, the even when called on him for military aid, he will not send it until they have faithfully tried the posse comitatus and found the lawless resistance too strong for it to overcome. In this Sedalia case there was no demonstration of mob violence, no warrant issued against anybody, no resist- ance of legal process, no summoning of the posse comitatus, no call for troops from Mayor, Sheriff or Judge. Yet in spite of the fact that there was no authoritative call for troops, and in the absence of any official evidence that troops were needed, the order tor them to march on Sedalia was issued at midnight, and the fact that the order was premature and un- lawful was admitted when they were stopped en route at the request of the city and county No harm has come of it except to the young men who have been taken away from their daily avocations for But we hope and trust that Governor DUKE will wait for better information, im As Dr. Lontxo has always taken gore | Sheriffs in they have 1 * — ye Wr do not object to the Republican standing by the gas monopoly which pays the proprietors of the Republican 80 per cent dividends an their gas stock, but we do object to their lying about the plain provisions of an ordinance which has already passed one House and which is being urged for passage in the other. We are at a loss to understand why there should be such persistent and stupid misrepresentations of a question of fact. Here is the Republican's The St. Louis company offers for a franchise for twenty years after 1890 to reduce the price of gas from $2 50 to $1.75 at once, and pruposes te pay the city 15 per cent upon its gross earnings after 1890, eee The Laclede Company offers to furnish gas at $1 75 and give the city 15 per cent an ite gross Carn ings at onee, and to continue for twenty years unt 1910. The language of the ordinance is as follows: And the St. Louis Gas Light Company shall, after the ist day of January, A. D.. 1890, pay yearly into the treasury of the city of St. Louis, until January 1. 1910, 15 per centum on the amount of all moneys received by said company during the current year from gas sold to private consumers. And the Laclede Gas Company agrees for itself treasury of the city of St. Louis, from the time this ordinanee takes effect until January 1, 1910, a sum equal to 15 per qt on the amount of all moneys received by said company during the cur- rent year from gas sold to private consumers. — — Our distinguished fellow citizen, Professor made himself the unselfish and unwearied ad that his fame is wider than the limits of his former publisher of the Rhenish Jacquard of Aix-la-Chapelle: The remunerative culture of jute bas been fully illustrated by one of the foremost savants of the United States, Mr. & Waterhouse, professor in Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. In «# letter from bis able pen, dated February 18, 1583, about tnis precious material, he says: “No vigor of language can too earnestly express my conviction that a great industry, productive of vast opulence, now awaits the hand of Soutnern enterprise. , Dae lapse of time has only strengthened my belief that the Seuthern states can, hy | produce a new vegetable fiber. which, ranking next to cotton in value, will met only enrich bub. eln imerease the textile rewurces of the Ty recommend the lecture of the special t of Agriculture of this — cote Culture and the Importance of the Ind ustry,“ to interested parties. — . WE congratulate the country on the raising of the freight blockade and the resumption of railroad traffic by the Gould system. Itisa most welcome relief froma business situation full of present distress and threatening more serious disaster, Buta still better reason for rejoicing is that the relief in this instance comes from a fair adjustment reached through the display of a reasonable and proper spirit on both sides, which made the intercession of the State officers of Missouri and Kansas possi- ble and successful. Such strikes as this one are serious things, and a demonstration of the fact that they can be peaceably adjusted isa great point gained forall concerned The railroads have learned that public opinion is a powerful arbitrator, more potent in fact than an army of soldiers, and the strikers have learned that, to have its support, they must not only make out a good case, but press it in a strictly law- abiding way. . 2 — AxRxw law of the State of Kansas makes every county attorney in the State a Star Chamber inguisitor, with power to summon any citizen to his office, and there extort testi- mony from him in regard to violations of the liquor law. The attorney has power to punish obstinate or unwilling witnesses as for con- tempt of court, and upon the ex parte evidence thus extorted he is authorized to arrest, arraign and prosecute any citizen he may choose to harass or blackmail in this way. is in conflict with all the traditions and max- ims of liberty cherished by the Anglo-Saxon race, and the admitted necessity of resorting to such means of enforcement stamps the law it- self as a fanatical violation of all the canons of free government. — — S G of the gas question, the Repub- licaſ says: The whole situation may be summarized as fol- lows: The St. Louis Gas Light Company has an exciusive privilege to furuish gas until 1800 in its district. No company ean in that district lay pipes or furnish gas at any price until after 1890. The only objection to this summary is that the St. Louis Gas Light Company has not an exclusive privilege to furnish gas until 1890 in its district, and any company which can geta charter from the city can lay pipes and furnish gas from the time when the charter is granted. — — General Grant's Disease. From the Springfield Republican. “slated” for Berlin, while have an important mission it) he desires one, the United States is figures to give called for. : This method of enforcing the prohibitory law itch * 9 n . Poe te * a am a & 9 N * * H LAse l n me ot => Becomes a Buddhist. ** An English Curate From the Pall Mall Gazette. The Rev. Cc. W. Lead beater. a literate, former- ly curate of Bramshott, Hampshire, who went he gad. I take my refuge in Buddha. in the law and fa the order.” The Pausil was administered by the high priest, to whom Mr, Leadbeater stated that his reasons for joining himself to the Buddhists were that it was his desire to arrive at the truth. “Christianity was all based upon hearsay evidence, and contained much that was unreasonable,” he said, “while the teaching of Buddha is that we should believe nothing which our reason cannot accept.” — POLITICAL DRIFT. Tus Pension Commissioner satisfies everybody. Mr. Vils learns with consternation that there are 51,179 post offices in the United States. Cononst Tom Ocui.tees may be given a light- house to keep somewhere on the Texas coast. Ex-Govesyor Fuster says: Ohio will go Repub- lican this spring as shock as greased lightn.ng.” Proresson Bam says that “the possession of a spot of land is the most powerful of all known mo- tives to industry." Presipent CLevecane is a great admirer of Walt Whitman, and it is reported the old poet will get a consulate if be wants it. Davip Dupuey Fm says he would not have an office, and would not goto England as Minister for a gift of the British Islands. Jon R McLean has just declared to a Washinz- ton interviewer that be means to be the next United States Senator from Ouio. Tue Democratic giris in Vassar College celebrated the inauguration of Cleveland and wrote irritating verses for the Republican giris to read. oCLELLAN is reported as Senator Stockton can GeweralL Gronot B. Int number of office-see¥ers born every day in given in the census, but Mr. Cleveland ani Ms. Arthur have some large ever the statistics shail be Ex-Congreseman Sumner of California would like @ Treasury bureau, and ex-Sepator Farley would not object to the post of er to Japan or Chima. Ex-Senator Slater of or the other of those missions. may have one Aut the recen’.2>77'-'* mea weds Ip Democratic thedsciven, States, and obviously intended to foist unsatis- factory men on leading points for another four years, will, it is whispered, be revoked, and the vacancies filled by other competent men in accord with the administration. Tue gossips say the Bureaus of Education and Labor with the Geological Survey in the Interior Department ere to be treated as having non-politi- cal duties; so also the Department ef Agriculture and the Bureau of Eagraving and Printing in the Treasury, with the Revenue, Marine and Life Sav- ing Sefvice also. Tus Albany Express (Rep.) has a good word for Secretary Manning. It says that “he has been a most successful busisess man, is well versed in the financial history of our country, and knows quite as much about the details of the Treasury Department as the late Judge Folger did* when he accepted the Secretaryship.“ “We detect no saying in the inaugural that means business,“ says the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. To which the Springfield Repubiican re- plies: “There is certainly a melancholy absence of sayings that mean business’ inthe Blaine sense, but if our Western contemporary bungers for that sort of thing it can read over the Fisher leiters once in a while.” Tux Atlanta, Ga., Constitution (Dem.) says: It is in the power of Mr. Cleveland and his advisers to bury forever the prejudice of section that has for forty years estranged our people, and this, if ac- complished, will be the chief glory of the restora- tion. It is neediessto say that with all its heart aud all its strength the South will hold up the Presi- dent's hands in this work.” — — MEN OF MARK. Genera Grant gets three kegs of artesian water from Terre Haute every week. | JupGE Davm Davis celebrated his seventieth birth- day at his home iu Bloomington Monday. Ir the Prince of Wales goes safely through Ire- land, he may then borrow a camel and visit the Mahdi. Re.iaious people in Paris are said to be scandal ized that M. Grevy should have given his late ball on the second day of Lent. Persons who remember the recent terrific winter trust that the court-martial will show General Hazen no mistaken leniency, Ricuarp G. Warrsis avery particular man. If a letter comes to him addressed as above he refuses it. The G. must be Grant or nothing. Sous one wonders why the treasurer of a gas company never skips to Canada. It must be be- cause our own laws protect him in robbery. Proris with lockson their doors will read with interest that an Englishman has invented a key that wiil open 22,600 different lock combinations. Concressman-ELgoT J. D. Richarpson of Tennes- see will be the tallest member of the next House. He stands nearly seven feet hign in his stocking feet. Tennyson's latest American visitor found the poet with a pipe in his mouth, as usual, and along- side ot him on the floor a jar, two feet high, filled with Virginia tobaeoo, the gift of James Russell Lowell. The Baron has no cancer as yet, Tuomas James Rawimes, who was age go yma an estate in Ww valued at £37,000. Young Rawlinzs , erty. and the estate had been in — eer time. He will start for Bugland at once to claim Lauretra B. Gibson af Mount Jonx Lxxxxs of father of five Auburn. Ef * hear Dr. Chester on Capitol Hill. Tuxre untrustworthy source would throw serious suspicion upon the reports of Mr. Gladstone's eccen- tricities, such as buying hats by the hundred, etc., were it not for the fact that fora month or two back the question of his sanity or insanity has been seriously aad anxiously discussed by his friends as well as his enemies, though for obvious reasons as little publicity as possible has been given to it. THE METROPOLITAN PRESS What the Editors of the New York Journals ; are Saying To-day. By Telegraph to the Post-Dispatch. New Tonk, March 16.—The Wortp says: “The improvement in bus.ness continues to make gradual but satisfactory progress. The policy of the new Administration, as far as known, has provided con- fidence, and there is more disposition to invest capital than for a long time past. The resumption ot work by industria) establishments of various kimtis indicates prosperity clearly. That the mar- kets have been cleared of tneir surplus and that consumption is fast overtaki roduction. This i just as true of iron and steul as it is of ads and other articies. It is expected that e weather will give a vreat impetus to generai trad aud that with the conservatism now prevailing in business circles, the return to merchants and manufacturers will be higuly satisfactory,” THE SUN. The Sun says: “We are sorry to learn that Viece- President Hendricks and the Hon. William D. Bynum, Democratic member of Congress for the Indianapolis District, have got into a contest respecting the appointment of a new Postmaster in Indianapolis. lu appointin, Postmasters the usage of tue Department is to pay ureat regard to the Opinions and wishes of the reseutative ef the 0 ional district; but as ir Hendriexs lives in Indianapolis. and as tue Postmaster of that town san important functionary, we suggest that it would be a zraceful act for Mr. Byuum to stand aside and let tue candidate of tue Vice-President be appointed without opposition, provided, of cou that he is a mau satisfactory tO the President an the Postmasier-Generai.” THE TIMES. The Times says: “The pubiic is informed by Mr. Dorman B. Eaton that there has been no interrup- tion iu the work of the United States Civil Service Commussion, and no sign that there will be any, Since March 4, certificates from the eligible lists have been made for eleven vacancies and five pro- moons, and four permanant appointments have becn made after probation Several of tuese have taken piace in the Treasury. Mr. Easton's infor- mation wil satisfy, pervaps, idle curiosity or the douvis of he be.ighted who supposed that Presi- deut Cievelund took ofiice for the purpese of violat- ing or suspending the iaws of the United States. We do not pretend to kuow how many persons are viciims Of this deiusion, but we hope there are not many. THE TRIBUNE. The Tribune says: “It astonishes some ili-bred that Mr. Blaine has called on the ent. Without pretending that his pedigree ume back of the flood, or that he gets up before „Mr. ane 1s 3 e eman to 7. e civilities of lite come natural Specimen Euglish Disloyalty.“ Labouchere in London Truth. So another massacre of the brave men fighting for their indepeudence nas taxen piace! Most oi tuem had never oeard of England. They were Mo- hanimedans aud Soudanese, and they fought blindly for their prophet and for their country. We are calied upon to admure our soldiers for uaving slain thein. ur soldiers, uo doubt, lougut braveiy, but superior aruis and superior discipline ef course, prevaied. Iam sorry fur Gen. Earie, but lam also sorry for the poor Soudanese. A Country Girl’s Home-Made Hat. From the Carlisle Heraid. A young gir! residing a few miles from this place appeared io our market oa Saturday morning with a cuzy, jaunty-iooking hat made soiely of oat straw and corn shucks that grew upon her father’s farm. It was tasiily but not gaudily trimmed with chicken feathers dyed in pokeberry juice and blue writing fluid. Several persons who examined this u ear provounced it really beautiful. — What She Meant. From the Boston Post. “] wish you would Charlie,’ murmured Claribell, as they sat in the front parlor. trying to find out which knew the least. “Ah, but ;ou know, darling. | am here every nigut.“ “Yes, I snow that, vut I wish you'd come oltener.”” “Weli, but don't you see, ff I did I would have to leave oftener, ha, hal Fe that was what | Said.“ Aud then he asked her if she knew where he had put his hat. come to see me oftener. A Cold Day For the Lone Star State, From the Teras Siftings. Austin Barkeeper—I can't whisky on credit, Colouel. cash trom nowon. ™ Col. Yerger—How is that? : Barkeeper—The latest news from Washington is, that Cleveland has iguored Texas in making up bis Cabinet. Your name is not on the list. ive you any more ou will have to pay And Still the Wonder Grows. From the Philadelphia Record. There are so many three-ply warranted fast-col- or all- wool Democrats cavorting about inside of the federal offices just now. or sunning themselves in ecstatic expectation on the steps outside, tuat it is not easy to understand how Cleveland's piuraiity in the popular vote last November happened to be so small. The Old Darky’s Philosophy. Froman Exchange. An old negro at Weldon, N. C., at a recent lectnre d: “When I sees a man goin home wid a gailon whisky. aud half a pound of meat, dat’s temper- ande lecture enough for me, and I sees it ebery day! I know dat ebery ting in his home is on de same scale —galion of misery to ebery half pound of comfort.” How He Got His Title. From the Louisville Times. The General“ Nicholas Beil of Missouri, who is having himself systematicaily boomed for First As- sistant Posimaster-Geverai, ig the vocal dude so couspicuous at the Democratic Conventions as read- ing secretary. His solicitations for votes make him a general nuisance— hence bis title. No, They're Not Females. From the Chicago News. issouri r Says Frank Davis, the tallest mT the ree eiature of that State, stands se feet in his stocein This is the editor's N making the proud boast that one maa in - souri Legislature wears stockings. New Definition of the Term „Bourbon.“ From the Atlanta Constitution It is thought that if Mr. 2 8 8 the Ina dent Repub. 3 wi Bourbon to office the epen „e the country in a vody. M in 4 cit when he votes the Democrat- Brain and Modesty to Match. From an Atlanta Letter. “] have the foot of any im the States, remark with which Mrs. sag Leslie mais a party of gentlemen who | were daucing attendance upon ber to-day. A Historic Question Settled. Anne bn . 2 85 meeting n Patterson on the head with & di and fatal injuries. All About the Duke's Night-Key. 4 8 ae 1 the basis for a fashionable boom, and he may yet decide to go to the unfashionable Presbyterian Church of Dr, Wyneoop in West Washington, or to eby Americans in Mexico, Speeches and Toasts. Special Correspondence of the Post-Dispatch. under veteran management, will leave Mexico Tues day morning, March 8, 1885, for a visit to the fa- mous volcano, to celebrate on the highest mountain in America the inauguration of the President of the United States on the following day. At the hour when the guus are booming in Washington a bottle of champagne will be broken and the health of the ‘President of the United States’ will be drunk under the American and Mexican flags. The jour- ney will occupy three days and two nights, Special attention will be given to the comfort of the ladies inthe party. A stove will be taken to the top, and hot coffee made from the snows of Popocatepetl will be served. Hot coffee and meats will also be served at the ranche, where the party will be obliged totarry two nights. Photographs of the party and of the scenery will be taken on the sum- mit in commemoration of the visit. Every possible facility will be afforded the scientists of the party to improve the oceasion by taking barometri- cal and other o}servations. rank Wol- lenstein, 3 Calle de San Fra jou and tickets may be had. In order to enlist the Mexican Government in the celebration, Mr. Woilensieia, the projector, called President Diaz and invited him to nominate some one to represent tae republic. President Diaz prom and a mounted A later Senor Emiliano Cerella. of Engineers and commissioned as Pro- fessor of artillery and fort:ficatio s at the Milit Academy, Was announced at Mr. Wallenstaen d AN OFFICER FROM THE P. escort, few hours r apartments. He presented his card, on written: “Appointed by President Diaz to accom- ay Mr. Walieusiein to Ppocatepetl. He said he come to receive instructions and orders. Wali- enstein replied that he had none to give, that he merely sought a privilege and w: ud obey orders. Arrausements were rapidly made a d early on fuesday morving the Americans andthe Major Were atthe station. The baggage and provisions were quickly aboard. Out from the city at 8 o'clock, or over the dead level of the Great Val- ley, curling and twisting amoug toe hills and mountains, the party reached Amecameca at 10:40. A rich dinner at the hotel destroyed the whole sixty minutes of an hour, when the order to mount was given, and tue excursion. sts were quickly in the sad- die. The city of Amecameca bad provided a guard of — police asa compiimentto the occa- sion, and the journey to Popocatepeti began as fol- loms: (1) Captau and four mountain EN on foot, but generally ou the trot: (2) Party of Americans wit Senor Cerella; (4) Chief Moga Rafaei De Mondiza- bal; (4) Puck train of mules and burros, led oy a sisneros; (6) Chief of mounted escort, N. Busadie: (6) Bix cavalrymen. After ieaving the city of Amecameca the mule train was dismissed to climb tue h Ils by a shorter route, while the party at- tendants took a longer and more picturesque one around, by the way of f THE “DEVIL'S BYEBROW.” Night came on as the tourists aud mule train agan met, at about en hour's distance from the Rancho De Tiamacas. ‘lhe tall pine looked silent and sullen, tue black yawnings intne hills looked biacker and more forbidding. Spectra! forms seemed hovering bet weea heaven and earth, in every changing vista; the valley below was sinking into nignt, and rapidly becoming lost to view. No word had been spoken for half an hour, but the entire party, muies and burros included, had steadily moved in silent Indian file in, around and among some of the wildest places on the Continent, when tne flash ef a bengal geht was seen. Anticipating darsuess, and a possi- bie emergency, Wollenstein had prepared himsel With a shout of approval at the unex evidence of forethought as well as tue grand scenic effect, the long line hurried on. The ranch was reached, hot coffee and meats were served, the blankets brought out and every mau cured up sleep. The last words uttered were: “Gentiemen, we rise at . and tuey rose at 3. Just as the first gray tint kissed the Eastern sky every man was In the saddle and on his way to the snow line. As the sun rose. one of the party gathered a ndful of snow and tossed jt at his mages, as 4 weicome. This was in accordance with an aucient Aztec custom. It feli several million miles short of the mark. but the sun suowed his appreciation af the act by risimg. He rose, end the Americans also rose and kept rising for four mortal hours at an angle of 45 degrees. Up. up, up, until they stood on the black sand of the crater ridge. A WILD * = was given that echoed and reechoed across miguky cavity. A fire was quiesly in blast, aud every man served witn a cup of the best coffre, milk aud sugar. The stove was set on the black sand next to the snow bank and water was made from the snow. As the igoked up, they saw, to their surprise, tuat the sialf which they were toid they would d on the mountain was not only there, but erected in a great mound of stones, most carefuily bea : and the Mexican flaz flying trum tue top. With an- other shout and a vote of thanks to President Diaz for bis thoughifulness and unex the Americans began ther . preparations for celebrating the inauguration as announced. The photograph apparatus was brought out, the sc entifie observation arranged and the tastes pon W ollensieia could vet hold in, but, wrapping tue erican ing two American arouud him pared sigs Bly back sand. He waved or 2 belt, he ran d iva in the snow hey bm When he could no lo walk, he lay down, and with bis sword scab in one hand and a 14 in the 1 r ange 2 bg — ‘ one, 8 snow fel! until he f dus 22 ards informed him, furtner towards top than any man had ever At this point the snow OUroke and he weut into à bed ot dry ashes up to his middle. It was about time to seek a sunny, not a suiphur- ous, clime, and ne backed out. There, nearer to the highest point ot Popocatepeti than man had ore Bane, he spare — 2 He Rung ous i wil e Mexican aa can them both with naked de, and 1g shout was heard across the n mae, returned Es N 2 res 1 i 4 WINDS and ope on with 9 Mexia Ong woes Wellen sald: pronouncing the toast Ar. 11 tative of the Repubiic of Mexico: It is with feelings of * — that we —＋ ia an event uo taxing piace in our own land. We do not cvme ip any Grand. A. sovely b hus n act which marks Cleveland’s Inauguration Celebrated A Memorable Affair—The Trip to the Icey Summit of Popocatepetl—The American and Mexican Flags Flungto the Breese— Crry or Mexico, March 7.—On the last day of Feb- | day the tenants were ruary the following notice was posted on the streets | lord bringing to the house a huge bundle, whi of Mexico: “Excursion to Popocatepetl. Inaugura- | Carried with evident tion of the President of the United States. A party, great care in the basement. which was | the ghastly picture fresh before me. HORRIFIED TENANTS. ; Peet) «Py A 8 Studying Medicine, u man Bone By Telegraph to the A Naw Tonz. March 16,—The house at 14 ly place, isa four-story brick, with walnut Mou doors, and silver bell knob. The vestibule H , laid in black and white tiles, and the gas cha . in the hall throws ita light througn delicately “ra globes. Each floor is occupied by a famil and the house is looked after by Mr. and Mrs. sin who room next to the roof. Ferdinand GJ Kneer of No. 8% Charles street is the owner. On Natur- surprised to see thei land- nh he He called 86 — to his aid, and after some consultation, Mr. 1 telias built a fire in a stove in the wash room at the rear of the basement. The attention of people liv. ing in the house was drawn to the movements of Kneer because be SELDOM CALLS EXCEPT ON RENT DAY. Mrs. Roden, on the third floor, was interested in his presence, because he borrowed her coal scut. tle, Mrs. Bowers, on the second floor, because he borrowed her wash boiler; Mrs. Webb, on the first floor, because she saw him coming, and two women in tho basement, because he kept the door of washroom closed. admitting only Stratellas The fire in the washroon stove had been burning about an hour, wheu a ter- ribie stench of burning hair rose through the house, It increased in volume, and several children on the up r floors were nauseated. Finding that the use ver. difficulty, and deposi ied in a little while, but several went to neign- bors and remained until night. Mrs. Rod en, whose curiosity got the better of her, went into the basement to investiga This was a room abont twelve by six feet in size, and is at the rear end of the basement hallway. Against the west wall stood ‘ & small cooking stove with a boiler on it. The smell in the room was simply horrible. Despite the terrible surroundin en reached for the boiler hd and raised it. As she peered beneath the rim, there rose bef ersiartied gaze a suman head and neck. a shriek of terror, she cropess the cover ran to her room, where she SEIZED WITH aud it wag with great di cult that neighbors were able to 4 her. ale d ad | never saw such a terrible sight,” said she yes- Pieces of flesh had been cut from the face and trunk of the body, and the hair I saw on the table must have belonged to that r creature in the wasb-boiler. I was more terrified at first be- cause I could not imagine where the body came from. All sorts hideous ideas passed tarough my mind, and every time | took my hand- kerchief from my nuse, the terrible 8 rouge len the odor first came up the stairs, it made us all so sick that we had to rush from the house.” Henry R. Roden, whose wife made the discovery, said: “If I nad come home at noon and smelled that stench, I woutd have calied in a policeman. 1 have 2 the matter, and from what I can learn, Stratelias helped Kneer to cut off the flesh, aud Mrs. Stratelias built the fire and dressed the meat. About two years ago we had a sitnilar ex- — 4 At that time young Kueer’s father wan- ered in there, and wuen he raised the lid of the boiler the head of a man and the head of a little g ri bobbed up.“ Stratelias said: “I was at work in Newark all day, aud went to hear He Irving in the evening. I suppose Mr. Kneer had a few bones boiling. He is studying to be a doctor. Kneer was found at his home, No. 300 Charles street. He is about 2 years old, owner of the house in which he lives and many others, and is CONSIDERED INDEPENDENTLY RICH. We cannot clean them there, so I brought it home. It was prepared with arsenic and other chemicals, and I did not think it would smell." | . you get ali the bodies you want at the ? . Every student has his body to practice on. There wasn't much meat on this one, just a asig Shas chung to the hopes, and I had to boil is “Who was it that complained?" But the news- not tell. Thomas Goodman, who lives Bogens op the Gre floor, bas written a ment, giving the de- ot i a stop de put to it. said * home, but he won't —— the smell himself and comes down here to doit. Why, they are making fun of us all around the neighborhood. I went to a grocery store on Sixth avenue last eveniag, and the clerk who waited on me asked me what kindof soup we had Saturday at our house. Its got all over the neighborhood, like the smell did Saturday. * TERRITORIAL CROOKEDNESS. County Olficers in Montana Discovered to be Defaulters. Heusen, Mowt., March 16.—The County Commis gioners of Lewis and Clark counties, assisted by ex- perts, during the past two weeks, have been making an examination of the accounts of W, K. Roberts, County Clerk; Alexander H. Beattie, Clerk of the District Court, and F. H. Sterling, Probate Judge. Tne County Commissioners in the case of Roberts declare that there is an appa: ent deficit of $36,000, which amount is deman from his bondsmen. Roberts declares that there is no deficit, and the it is looked forward to with great interest, as the accused has stood high in the estimation of the people. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. jim Harris shot and killed Arthur Coyle at Lost Pa. Coftrey and John McAvery had a prize insville, Fa. Rev. Dr. Burchall, the only mitred Benedictine abbot of Engiand, is dead A $16,000 fire at Norfolk, Va., destroyed a cloth- ing store cigar factory. Bismarck's suffer! from rheumatism are greater now than ever before. The German celebration at New Orleans had to on account of rain. itzeriand has ap Treaty for protection of trade mar A mission to the country is being by the propaganda tide in Rome. . walker, fell and killed him- sali or Benakton, Cal, while giving a street exhibi- tion. > ae | Blaine and — ens! their respects 7 — land Wi House reception to Miss Cleve at the mbrose Anderson was : killed in the —＋ Baltimore, Md., Willa: Wagner, a ~ : 17 N John L. Sullivan nas gone 2 he enh Me with and N r 8 5 re ls « vod the United States ks. * * 2 1 j De 2 3 * * ia Sunday seuooioa Uenat of the e 2 The rector rene a ae ~~ a children for their — — * aad * x n — . r 1 ee ~~ \ oly a * * 2 | Ha 5 * E E ?
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