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■JSa TOPICS. world »t Uricr, »»y» have ta MI ▼on, Bulow moat di«tinirul«hed BMtm la die muHicflfl world. Thoitgh be wm not « fiwnt oroetor. be wen whet to of equal Talue—a eplendld interpreter Of tbe works of morfoal gentue—and though big influence may die witp hini, that of his life and labor has leant »IK» marreHo* results on the growing generation. He will be fir™ » good pKce In the Welhslls of Ger- "tsi* KiTJi “vSf the roost remarkable and charajv genius of the test half tury. His Mrs wa« an enigma, his talantg dxtraordinanr, his elosing years ' if parotic brilliancy »t»d musical revelations. It is live or atx yearn alnce he w»« last In New York, when he gave i series of pianoforte ooncert* at thi Broadway Tth*atre, which wore attended by Urge audiences evety afternoon, and a few orchshtral oonwrts at the Metropolitan, when hia splendid edtwa- tfooal intenwetationa at KapeilmaUter, es|Nviioily of the Wagner numbers, crea ted art latte eurprisd and aatonlann»«i>t. Hia life as a ninaician was, however, embittered from hia early years. Strive as he might to achieve greatness, his brain could not carry him to suceetsful rivalry with the men who three and four decades ago made the musical con quest of the world. In bis earlier years he was as « pianist praised as the only living rival of Rubinstein, but he went no further, and the great fttissinn has nothing to fear from him from . the judgment ot posterity. He created nothing, nut nT» interpretations of the great musicians, classic, if modern, were the oaaas In the mnsion 1 eduoatlonal life of the pres ent dav. , The romance of life became Dead Hen fruit. ManrltHi to Opslraa. the 'daughfer iif T,tw*T and the Oftliitsm d’Agoult, (die was taken away fr<an him after n f<"W years of wedded misery hy a greater man, by Richard Wagner, whose indiapensahle helpmeet and alti»r ego she absolutely became. Not only did he regret this desertion, but he became one of the stanchest friends and adherents of the great musician of the future. Somebody hits well said that Von Billow was never a model husband “because he worship|»ed with stub frantic devotion n mistres* whose sway wwa more powerful than a w Ifv'-i imisi.> Mini to whom he remain ed constant!]? faithful. Moreover hi* Intimacy with Wagner, the man of cv cessive and extravagant genius; with his father-in-law, Kranr. idset, whose romnn- tlc imagination indulged in fantastic flight*, unfitted him more and more for a hnnwtnnn conjugal life*. In his exalted veneration of two such powerful and unconventional individualities the young man became .Wtranged from ordinary occnpatlions and commonplace duties, and when he passed from the heights ot enthusiasm to the prosaic Hain of do mesticity he became irrltabld. violent and n*>r<W One day Coal ran (now Mme. Wagner) quietly Informed him that she had grown weary of the life she led. and that she would no longer bear M* conflnuons iU»tetn|s*r. Further more, she announced not only her in tention of obtaining a divorce, but of contracting another marriage. 'Hie ,tnnn she had ihos»*i was Richard Wagner himself, Bulow’s laiaoni friend." “Lisxt opened his arms to his second son-in-law aa warmly as hf had opciust them to the first, without, liowcver. any alsiteutent. of his alMctlon for Billow. Stranger still, the two hnslwnds saw no reaaon why t^osima’s determinniion should alter in any way the tenor of their mutual friendship, which woa eon- tinwrd on the old footing, and. as it evfteythlng was to lie extraordinary in this singular episode. Mine. Richard Wagner, with the full ronoent of thetr father, carried away to her new home the three children bom of her union with Bulow. laiter on. when she was lying dangerously iU at Lucerne, after the birth of a fVuirfh child, slic begved her sissond husiwnd to aen<l for the flrat, who was brought to her bedslilc - by Ma aueeeasor." 4M Wagner’* chil dren it maytoiero lie said that only flic last one, Siegflrled, who is no net in in hia favor. Thla feeling of ad- mi ration began U> grow during hia two triala and increased upon hia condemna tion to death. Octave Miroheau and Tabarant praiflM him In Kn-Dohora; the )RcvoRe, after aome hesitation, vindicated him; M. Rani Adam euk>fi«wl hlm ln the Kntretlena, M. Ooullo praTaed him in L’Art Social, and so on After his execution hia .“faaM?* was still more increased. Some discovered a supreme logic—anarchistic—in bu differ cut crimes. They declared that be ( had given a definite ftjtm to individual insur rection'. It was‘settled that he;had ti«ao an amiasalu, the ghoul of the gtoveyaBl, the dynomiUuti, he was a tymbol—guil lotined. s . The “cplle" of Riiva<tioi was now born. -- The anajrchiata already counted among their martyri tlvw hanged in Ohioago, those garroted at Xerca, in Spain ; the be headed tlmueua, Reiimdorf and Kuchler. Tlie Frcneii n> volution iota, In, spite ot their internatlotialiaiu. were in need of a national martyr who ehouid have been guillotined t * '■ This one was nxVW^than a martyr—he was “Ruvachoi-.leMtis,’’ aa a writer of •the iwrty, Paul Paillette, styled him. A photograph of him, representing him standing, with a gendarme on each side of him, wns reproduced on thousands of liviflets. Another |>hotograph was even more, of a success, and bore his last wonda—“If then wisheat to i>c happy, num de Dieu! hang thy landlord.” Home pani|diU‘ts glorifying him were published, among them “Anarchist Rava- chol,’’ “Itarachol and Carnot—Haites.” In the almanac of l’m> Pejnard are to lie found fugitive pieces descriptive of the life of Ravacho], In the almauae arc a hymn and a symlioite portrait of ItavnchoL x"'' IT WILL BE fl PRECEDENT. WHY IBNATOR COMkl'IlT DID HOT VOTB Olf PICCKHAM’B NAMB. ‘‘Ha vac holism' 1 , tf> ^ ^ohiTriuejL "Pcre IVInard,” I .a Revolte docs not protest, hut looks gruffly at the “cult®.” The theorist* of the party are afraid of seeing anarchy proclalnusl by evildoers who hav* nothing symbolic of unanhy ftTsViit ti?lm7' , The UiodHsTit. WtmrrmnHiirwntf “writmr of tlie fsirty have forinulated a doctrine which is as far ns |Hwsii>le hoinogencoua and “iiitaunomil.” Very different is than wing of the iMiity, the partisans of the propaganda, known in Paris l>y the reran "Imptilsifs.'' They have neither doctrine nor principles. The^- are obstinate, a class by themselves, and have Invented a sii»s'ii>s of anarchy for theinselve# which is iH>nrer the old acccpt|kHoti of the word than the etymoiogir-al definition given hy Proudhon. They have made of their hatrrsls. their anger and their sufferings a doctrine wMcb.le imt the application of their passion* and their individual In stincts to an anarchistic-demand upon ®o- ciety. ’ - . The Vsllean’s Klnnnrtnl Crisis. Tim Kuropenn isljtioii of the Herald says; The Vatican is having its owli little financial crisis owing to the oon- tiuiial diiniiuithm of Peter's pence. Re cently the cardinals who administer the Vatican* funds held n meeting to consider the maiitcr of still further economiea in the Pontifical aduninistration, ami they will shortly submit a project in this di rection to His Holiness. At the pnaenti time the budget of the Vatican is 380,00<>f. jier nnmth, but the deficit for *ape time past has t>een 100,- OOOf. per month. This the Pope has to make mi ont of the ten uullimis which the Vatican still holds as capital. » The cardinals who oppose the liberal policy of the Pope point out that this is owing to the attitude of His Holiness to ward the Freiioh Republic, which has estranged the wealthy Orlmniot »"onnec- tlon. But His Holiness, who is above all things wilful, is said to have replied latety to swh a xeuionstrtmcc. *T would Vit change my pol^y >f ^ were to beg gar me.” • )XK O of bbock Beckwith * bcb- ORDIN VTEt S|B OB8TINATB. A Ntroag BBort to Defeat the Re- rl<-<-tl«n of Col- Breefclarldgo. . Washington. D. C., Feb. 18.-(Hpeclal). Collector Brock Beckwith Is having some trouble In tilling his offices in Savannah. He has a recalcitrant sub ordinate who refuses to be ousted, a young man by the name of Cd- barn. Beckwith called fot his resig nation and he refused to hand It In. Then Mr. Beckwith suspended him as being personally objectionable to him. Cobam then secured the services of a lawyer, and eent to the acuxtacy.Qf the* Treasury a protest against his ro- meval. The papers have not 1 yet been receive 1. Thla is the first case of this exact nature which h«« come to the Treasury Department, and in all like lihood It will form a precedent for any other which may tome up, and not being a civil service Case, will be ruled on so that a collector /n*y' choose his own assistants. The postofflee at Tedy, Calhoun coun ty has been ordered by the Poet master . ever, I® denied Mrs. Draw, for the Harris then backed toward* the 'don* iroBto^ifwr-qnSut as an a, There is considerable comment being made on the failure of Senator Col quitt to vote on the Peckham confirma tion. Senator Colquitt was conscien- sclous In the matter. He had commit ted hiinsejf not to oppose Peckham. and-affer The Convlcl Question. In North Carolina the convicts are worked on fiirma owned or rented by the Htute. They numbered last year about' 12.000. of whtim more than three-fourths were actually employed In fanr* laltor; 124 only were kept In the prison proper. The convicts employed upon the farms earned net,000. They prod need 50.000 bushela of th<* corn. 1,191 bales of eolton. 3.200 buahels.of representative of hi<j father in Bayreuth, wheat. 12.500 bushels of peanuts. 40.000 if the acknowledged offspring of the great composer Thd others, girl*, have all the eharaeteriatii'S of Von Bulow. 1%® storr of Von Billow's musieql .life, •cfueational and creative, nmy he.<»q!n- nosed In a very short space. He wn* norn at Dresdrti Janary K, 1 S.T0. He bogan hi* mflslesi edueatloih under Fried- erick Wioek. In 184S he was sent to the University of Lei prig to study Juris prudence. his parents having nlw, regarded music as a mere pastime, he continued his otudiea in counterpoint under Hauptmann. In the following year he entered the University of Ber lin. and took gmat interest in the politi cal movements of that time, contribu ting to a Democratic journal. Die Abend- poat. In tills paper he first began to defend the tniwaonJ doctrines of the new Herman school, led by Li*xt and Wagnpr. After hearting a performance of “Lbhengrin.” at Weimar, in ISfiO, he threw aside his law studies, went to Zurich, and nlaeed himself under the guidance of Wagner, in .Tune, 1851, he became a pupil of Llait, and two f ears later made hi* first concert, tour ’nun 185ft to IHiVt he occupied the post of prindptd master of pianoforte playing at the Uonserva tori urn of Profeasors Stern and A. B. Marx, at Berlin. In 1864 he was called to Munich ns prinel pal conductor of die Royal Opera and director of the conservatory there. He there organised performances of Wag ner’s "Tristan and. Isolde” and “Die Meiatersinger ron Numhetfg:*’ In 186!) he left Munich, and afterwards gave con* certs in Italy. Germany, Russia, Poland; England and America. In January, 18re. he was apiioiDted KoenigHchcr Hofkapellmeister at Hanover. Among hU most Important oompoaitlons are “Nirvana, Symphoniachea Stinimnngo- bld;” music to Shakespeare’s “Julius Caeoar;” "Des Sanger’s Finch,” “Vier Gharakterstncke fur Oreheater’’ and “11 Carnovale di Mila no." lore than for hia undisputed genlns n* intenreter and commentator of the works of the great maaters. Von Bulow * will always be remembered for hi« b'ting oarqasms. incisive utteranc,4i on his con- temporari e* and his capacity for creat ing hostility by his often too ou(S|K>ken malapropros. During his conee.-t tour in Florence years ago hia sueceas was enormous, hat he entirely destro/j'i his popularity just before he left by a vio lent condemnation of Verdi, who at that time waa considered by the Italian* l0 be a demigod. In Spain he exposed him self to a similar fate. When he returned to Berlin he wns equally caustic in his aritidsms. One day, somewh -e about 1871, he Ironically compared the orches tra of the Royal Opera to the orchestra of Rena’s rtfoma,’ and pronounced^ It shameful and disgraceful. The manager of the circus, incensed at what lie con sidered an affront to bis musicians took up the eudgeto and called Bulow to ac count in print. Von Bulow without a moment’s hesitation, again seised his pen ' and wrote a letter qf ■ spolgr to the manager of the circus, humbly begging his pardon for haring thoughtlessly compared* his excellent orchestra with tk* Interior on* of the Royal Opera. This occurred in 1878, when Bulow waa occupying the pent of Kapelmeister to the Emperor. The scandal caused by this indecent polemic ansa so great that intimation came to Bulow, to send in his realgnatton, which waa promptly ac- fiqoted. ** The I'arU Anarchist*. A- recent number of the Paris Figaro pubitohed a sketch of auarchism as it is understood in Franco. The article was Bhsrtrated with pictures juoiv or less grotesque. The trial and cxocuUoo of Ravacho! first drew attention outlaws. Ravachoi, because of hie WM frmraad upon hy party,- but quickly a reaction bushel* of pens, sod 50.000 pounds of pork. The superintendent In his repfirt says that he sees no pro*|>eet of convlets being em- ployed in North Carolina otherwise than on farms, which indicate* that the present system is generally approved. v - • The system now In. vogue in Georgia Is generally comlomned. atid Is now near its end. As to the system wfilch will slic- to ered it there Is no doubt, pur legislators show an unwillingness to take up the question a moment before they are obliged to do so. This reluctanee Is due to th«^ dlffleulty of settling the qlpwtlon properly, with due regard to the welfare of the State and of the couvtets. That the latter consideration' Is an Important one ta no longer den.ed. , In considering the question the expe rience of Norths Carolina should not be neglected. The figures we have given ap parently show that under the farm labor system the convlcta are self-supporting, whl,<h is as imich as should be expected In that direction. The death rate—29 t<* 1.182-la reasonably low, being about the same ns among the people of an American city \fhose sanitary condition Is good. Whether the conditions are faworable to the reformation of the convicts depends, perhui*. upon the wisdom, or want of It, In the management, which Is largely true of any system. The employment Is that to which most of the convicts were accus tomed. ' The Telegraph ha* lieen partial to the bleu that the couvtets should be employed on the roads of the State if it could be developed Into a practical system, and hopes that this may be done. But we are free to say that the North Carolina plan seems to o* a vast Improvement on that now working lu Georgia.-cMacon Tele graph. -*■ 1 ~ MEDICO-EDITORIAL PARTY.’ They Are Royally Entertained Ini Atlnntn. Atlanta. Go.. Feb. 18.-The Medico- Edliorlal party who have been ex amining the sanitary value of the Pied mont region, and *vho are guest® of the Seaboard Air Line, arrived on their special train at 6:30 Saturday evening, and were tne< by Dra. Gaston, Earnest. Westmoreland, Howell and Brandy, and , : .ti- t-— -jr— by the honorable .Mdses Howard"*^J^ y th . e “ttlers and leave the reser- mer and Barnett, by the Rev. 1 vallai1 ' th have n*ceivesi mi Barrett, and Mr. H. R. Barnett.' His Honor Mayor Broyles was of the re ception committee end extended the freedom o tot he -city. A banquet wes Served at Jpie Commercial Club, and soda! greetings c©n Inued till a late hour. Today - the ohyslcians attended the various churches, some of them hesrlng Rev. Dr. Monverie, from Lon don, and' others the eloquent dlvinea of the etty. in the afternoon the clubs kept open housi's. One party, under Dr. Westmoreland, 'unched ait the Driv ing Club, and others elsewhere. Pri vate houses were thrown open, anl Thomas Peters, with other private citi zens entertained on famlle.' The party Atlanta on Monday for Wllmingr ton.''-Their report will duly appear in the medical journals. _ , ; ,n. ~ >'■ The Six Aasrchlsts Coates a. * X* - * ... ^ ,». Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 18.—Six of the leading anarchists who have been ar rested. have confessed that they were iccompllces in the attempt upon the life of the Captain General. Thi* at tempt, they said, was an act of ven geance for the death of Pallas. They declared that their comrades who have not been arrested orlll avenge them. In the case 'he felt that he Could not conscientiously vote for his confirma tion. Both sides felt that they were due his support and 'fh the predica ment he simply refuse * - — ri his vote at all. - - .' The Pollard-Brecklnrldge cas.» has been set for March 8. The, preliminary skirmish was Important only for one thing, that it showed the line of the defence to be takeh by Col. Breckin ridge. Phil Thompson, tils counsel. In ask ing for a-postponement said: “This woman has lead a life of shame and disgrace for the past nine ymrs I can prove that. She has implicated the character of Col. Breckinridge, and he should be given plenty of time to gather Ms proof and sustain hlf defence.” .' Simple words, but meaning a great deal. The people' of Lexington and the outlying districts -ire .making a tre mendous fight to secure Breckinridge’s seat in Congress for Bill Owens, who was the temporary chairman of the Chicago convention. The silver-tongued orator still has many friends, and will fight to the last ditch for their candi date and erstwhile idol. It Is toCL_far ahead to predict, and the result will largely depend on ihe denouement of the trial. . *. Owens has hlh flaults. Whether they are as serious aa those of Colonel Breckinridge,remains to be brought out in the race. The fight will be a bitter one. and if Breckinridge wins RACE CLt’BS IN CONFERENCE. Improvement* to Arise From m Consolidation. New York, Feb. 17.—At a conference today , of a committee representing the he will feel himself and his past vln-_ in Clmuci'llor Von Caprivi’s program. d lea ted AT the polls. * The House of Lords. Can the House of Lords be Mended* Mr. Bagehot, one of the most enlightened stn- dentu of tbs Brttlsb Constitution, did not consider It Impossible to reinforc# the uppffr chamber with .life or elective mem bers, -and to convert 1 tlnto a body which might be most useful In revising measures enacted by the Commons. If Mr. Gladstone were younger and disposed to deal se- rlously with the question of House.of Lord*, that might be the gen eral direction which fie would follow. But no one can fall tb notice that the upper House has ceased to be a chamber of re vision for measures passed by cither party. It registers automatically the decrees of i ne party, and obstructs systematically *h» legislation of the other party. Logically one party ought to be as free to govert^ and to legislate wttHe it to In power as the other party Is; but practically the House, of Lords Is a superflous party ma chine when there is a Conservative .min istry. and nothing less than an obstructive brake when there la a Liberal ministry. The only effective method of mending It Would lie lo Convert It from an hereditary Into an elective assembly, and In tills way to Invest it with true representative char acter. 8o far aa the hereditary peers are concerned, this would be equivalent to end ing it. . He Obeyed Her. Mont American women have had em barrassing experience® in social ’ emer gencies. Perhaps none was ever more trying than the adventure of 'a lady noted in New Yostoassciety for her cour tesy and saroir faire. , One winter day she started on the train for Philadelphia, taking her seat in what she supposed was an ordinary parlor oar. There was but one other occupant, a somewhat stout mun, who sat with his book to her. Presently he lighted a cigar and began to smoke. The lady coughed and moved uneasily, but her hints had no effect. Sher said at last, tartly: _ “You probably are a foArncr. sir, and do not know that there"® a smoking car attached to the train. Smoking is not permitted here.” . The man. without reply, threw the cigar out of the window. A few moment® later the conductor entered and stared at her in dismay. “How did yon come here, madam?” he inquired. “Why, where am I?” ‘ “In Gen. Grant’s private car.” The mortified lady s usual tact failed her here. She looked at the dumb, im movable figure, and retreated without a word.—Youth’s Companion. Indlnna Want Their Money. 'El Reno. Okla., Feb. A.—The Klo* and Comanche Indians threaten to de grass pay since Octfibee. The .wir-^ fences are being cut and the eattl? are being butchered by the malcontents It Is feared the situation will become alarming unless they receive the mon ey due-them, which amounts to $60,000. Tb® Pope Celebrates Mass. Rome, Fob. 18.-—More than 100.000 per sons gathered at 8t. Peter's between 9:40 and J1 o'clock this morning to see the Pope celebrate the last mass of-hts jubilee year. During the niaijs the Pope wore the mitre given him by "the German Emperor, and afterwards the tiara presented to him by Emperor Frana Joseph, of Austria-Hun gary. The Pope looked exceptionally well, and hi* voice was clear and strong. Another World’s Fair Fire. Chicago, 111., Feb. 18.—Another of the too frequent World’s Fair fires broke out thto afternoon in the* east vying of the Illinois State building. It was un doubtedly of Incendiary origin, but prompt response on the part of the fire department prevented It doing dam age to any great extern. Goa. arly’s CoadMloa. HELD TP THE OFFICERS IRS DREW'SLIFE SIORY Aad Thea Made a Bold Break for Liberty*. < ^Buffalo* N. T., Feb. IL—Leroy Har- THE CELEBRATED PLAYER* WITH ris, alias William H. Clark, undergoing WHOM SHE HA* ACTED. examination in United States CommU- sioner Fairchild’s ofBod 1 , In the" Federal Building, held up the Commissioner, United States District Attorney Mao- key. Special Postoffl :e Inspector Latl mer.aud Deputy United States Marshnl Watt, at the point of his revolver, and then bolted and male good hi® escape Harris was arrested in the' postofilce at noon today by Special Agent Lati mer. on the charge of forging the name of Wm. H. Clark to a money order k Valpafraxo, ihd., some weeks ago. Th. Inspector® had been after him ever since, and only succeeded la spot tins; him today. He was biken to the United States Commissioner’s nfflci' o the third floor of *he iniildtng, and* was put under examination. Ever>- thlng was going on nbtetly when Har ris jumped to his feet, and pulling ; big gun, yelled "Haid up'your hands or I’ll blow your d—n brains out.” H had the drop on ill present, and they qyletly submitted. \ RECOLLECTION* OF THE ELDER BOOTH. FORREfT, !BAC RE\DY. if Edwin Booth, John B. Owens, and Other Punioua Men. “Every actress look® back with in terest and pride to her ‘first appear ance <®n any stage’ ” said Mrs. John Drew, to a Baltimore Sun reporter "but ;Htt)e does she think, probably, that -thq.re Is a gen'.letnan in Auguste whose memory turns back to her flrr. days on the stage, when she wa? known a* I^wtsa Lane. “Over sixty years ago I knew welt a pretty little singer, in Philadelphia and she is Just me year older than I.” said Mr. George S. HookCy. "and that it Mrs. John Drew*” The pleasure of recalling in memory her first appearance*cu the stage, how CARDEN AND Sp FARM SEEPS fpwd.1 ONsrtw trslid Cataloguei»th*te»toof •v*ryg*ra*n»r Mndfo , lt ;Z plants **ods ,»oi -Berea iraarovsdCst'aEffs*!—TY®* l * 11 $0 C#fltJ-SpccUi Off#r. ttofTEwk'ns** Km —tons— hv mall lew Bncksy* Stats Tomato.-Lsr^ast perfect form pack- H ImbCtas- King's So. '‘‘"“nd ZZ Pearl flUlet i lb 'h*- *°r *1- ft, postpaid. Buacnnbe (N.fc.) 22 Chafes lib J0c:4lbs. for fl. KatHrCof*. packet tecs Afor os^’Ot 22 MtulTiLUe. yrilow Mlllo Matte, African natitpUsr Onions, 1 qt. 22 Millst, Bad Kaffir Torn, Soja bean, J.pan ^ 22 Rice. Conch Yss, 1 lb. «0c; 4 lbs. for ft. c^-PUnt after oxtl. 22 ^TofiscooSeed— Long LeafOooch, Hester, a^derii^a (Hj^cro^rpUnted to •• Jou y nd »*;% pound, for fLPootpaid. with ht® revolver rtill covering th «>urt officials, and opening the don.- bolted Into the corridor, locking tho door after him. (Jim k as a flash In spector Latimer opened a window and fired his revolver In the air to attrac attention, and theny"elled, “Stop him; stop him.” A crowd quickly, gathere 1 but Harris had got safely outi of the building and was jone before the p<i lice arrived. Harris wns for years a.i empjoye of the New York postofflee. , .L—J3I. a committee reprei New Jockey Club and the Coney TsTahd Jockey Club it was agreed to advocate a junction of the two dubs in matters of policy. The eonimitfce of the New Cfuh on Twisted of the stewards of tile clubs. J. R. Keene, Col. W. T. Thomfi- son, John Hunton and S. K. Sturgio. The com mil toe of the Coney Island Jockey Club having full power to act, consisted of J. G. Lawrence, John T. 1 Hecksher and Hon. George Peabody Moore.' Since two more racing clubs in this state are handed together,* it f* to lie expected that great reforms will take place in turf pmUers. The laws will )>e revised so as to exclude 'the dis reputable element of the turf from fur ther participation in house racing and heavy punishment will be meted out to any offender. The one. two and three system of betting, which is disliked by a great majority of book makers and race goers, wiii also, it is thought, be abolished and many other minor abuse® rectified. GERMANY’S AFRICAN POLICY, Authority Sold to- Consist of lllp- ItopnltniiiuN \YIi!|»n. Berlin, Feb. 17. —-The Reichstag de bated today the condition of Germany's African colonies.' notably the Carueroons. On a table ih*«i- the president's seat, sev eral whips of hippopotami!* hide and Other Illstrnmcrrtw of east igiuion sere dte- playcd. They were' said to be speci mens of German authority.in Africa and were discussed as such by the spcakeix who attacked the government’s colonial policy. Eugene Richter, leader of the Radicals, complained that the colonial odminiatratten was merely military. Eco nomic interests bad no consideration The ChanceRor replied tltar the govern ment desired *4o keep the colonies and could do no at prescnti only by means pj’ a certain amount of military tern. It-Wt* of course, desirable 4hat tjie colonies be able to pay taxes and siiiq)Ort themselves, but this could not be accouqiltehesl at ouce. The lack of bureaucracy m the days of Major Von Wisstnann’s admiiiik^ tration might cause the empire to suffer financially for aome years. Eventually the East African estimates yere ap proved by the deputies. ( THE TERMINAL CASE. Umitus Booth didn’t care where you were^or anything about you, so that assoclatidu with him was not especially pleasant nor especially, unpleasant. His eccentricity at tivnos was very tryllia The Clyde n^d Ontvnl Trust Co. Cuae ConaolLInted. Baltimore, FeB. 17.—Judge Goff, sit ting in Baltimore today us-United States judge for the" eastern district of Virginia, heard argument iu the renowned l>an- ville railroad ease. The hearing was on two molaoua one by . the Carnegie Steel Co., limited, for a consolidation of the case of Wm. P. Clyde and others against the railroad with ^h'e ease of the Central Trust Co. of New York, also against the line, aiuh the other was on the part of the Central Trust Co. for a decree of sale. Adrian H. Joline and Francis L. Stet son. of New York, appended for the Cen tral Trust Co. and the Richmond Termi nal Reorganization coormittee respective ly; Henry Crawford, of New York, ap peared for the '■Hilrond company, Nicho las P. Bond for the Carnegie Steel Co., 'inch L. Bond for the Richmond and Danville receivers, and Frank P. Clark represented the Emergency Ixmii All parties represented except the Stell Co. favor a sale of. the road that the Termi nal reorganization plan may be fulfilled. Upon the conclmiion of argument the Judge granted an order as prayed by the Carnegie Steel. Co. consolidating the Clyde and Central Trust, Co. eases and fixed Saturday. March 3, for the hear ing in regard to the decree for the fore closure and sale. -. ' THE THIEF CAI GHT Ro- The Bontls nnd Jewelry Were covered. New Orleans, Feb. 17.—James J. i.ahn, the rmin ’^ho is charged with stealing ?71.«00 in negotiable bonds from his,sister, Mrs.Susan S. Schwartz, amt also $4,000 worth of diamonds from hisr wife In Natchez, Miss., arrived in this city this morning over the Southern Pacific road in the custody of Pinker ton detectives. He ^wa 4 immediately taken to the office of Chief (laston, after which he locked up for wfo keeping. The detectives and their prisoner will leave tomorrow morning on the Mississippi Valley read for Natchez. Hahn wns arrested in Guatemala City, capital of (iiiatamnta, and it was with much difficulty that the authorities of Mississippi succeeded In getting the Guatamalopn minister to promise to have H»hn vnirrendered to an American detec- tive. Forty thousand dollars worth dr bonds’and the jewelry were recovered by the detettivea. Gen. Early Is Ont. Lynchburg, Va., Feb. ,18.—To the sur prise of his physicians ind friends. Gen. Early today left his room and made the circuit of the city on the street „cax line. Despite his painful aceident of Thursday nnd his advanced age. the old general is apparently good for sev eral# years yet. Harris Captured. Buffalo. N. Y\, Feb. 18.—Leroy Har ris, the alleged portoifice swindler who held up five United States officials with a big revolver on Saturday afternoon and walked out of the room and locked the door: behind him. was captured at 11 o’clock at Cliffton. Ontario. Lynchburg, V«.. Feb. 17.—Gen. Julwl A. Early’s physician says that his pu- tient has rooted quietly today and that his condittos ie somewhat Improved Yellow Jack may be the peace maker ia | though it may *UU be regarded as aer- Milla Resume, Harrisburg. Pa., Feb. 17.—On Mon day morning the Bessemer-Blooming Rail and Merchant Mill* of the Pennsyl vania Steel Company, will ®t*rt up. The proapects for a full week are good. Bailey’s Puddling Mill in South Harrisburg, after a suspension of two weeks, will resume operation* ou Mon day morning. f The latest joke on Mayor Gilroy ia « cat from Cork. age of twelve months, or thereabout*. “I suppose,” she says, "I was brought on an Infant tn arms iu some comedy 1 Jv-Cns. I have been acting ever since. The ‘ever since’ means a good while in my cOse, for I have )-Juet passed my seventy-fourth birthday, having bi-en born in London on January 10, 1820, /<•--->/ “Where was I educated? Bless you,, 1. never was educated. I am not edu cated now. Oh. no, I am not; that Is, as* Tar KS~wligt~ tg~consldeTvd a systr- matlc education, for my school has been human nature, and my books were fhe pebple I met. L believe I was sent to school in London for one quar ter. when I was a very little girl, and I remember being sent to school In We issue this season tha largest Catalogue Seecls.hand- soinely illustrateci, ever issued in this section. Send for it. Remit hy clean postage stamp®. ££ respondent In' iEboT Wt effort, to pUa*. Aleiander Drag & Seed Co., SEED OEPMTMEIT,. Aipsti, Si. $$ n ’ MBNTION TMIB FAPffB. Baltimore. But my career a* a puplt here was brief. My mother discovered that, my school rnis’ress couldn't spell my name correctly, and- it occurred . to her that I wouldn’t gain much at that school. ■ ~ —' - “I don’t know how I managed to pick up an education after that. Som** how. or other I could spell by inptiflet nnd that faculty 'has never deserted me. As I have often heard that hard students ^re 'turned out’ without teeing able to spell much better than my Baltimore school teacher I didn’t worry much about not having time to go to school. I just made up my roirri to listen to the conversation of clever people, and to take In all I could cat *h lu this way In the' course of my varied experiences with all sorts of people the country—over. “Oh, I- forgot to tell you my name. It was Louisa Lane, and my mother was an’English singer. A ' singer in those days did not mean exactly wh.il it does now, for then the operas were THE BOILER EXPLOSION. The Official H^part Shows That It Could Not Have Been Avoided, (Copyright 181)4 by the Southern Assb- * dated Pres.) Berlin, Feb. 17.—The war ship Bran denburg has teen towed into the harbor, and this morning her chief eugiuee^ 5)was found dead on board. The Reiehan- Zeiger published the official account of the explosion. It’ says that the war-ship was outside the harbor and that all her twelve boilers were being used. Th* engine’s indicator showed that about being used. 7,300 horse power was Therefore, ft is 'claimed, there was no forced draught, as under forced draught over 10,000 horse power would have Ins'ii developed. The accident happened through the breaking of the connecting rod for turning ou und off the steam from the stariswrd engine. The. full head from all the I toilers Was thus con fined iu the main steam pipe, w hich was Mown to niece* and the sui>er-heated vap^r found free ingress into the engine room, whicif* was hilled with people. The steam spread instantaneously throughout the room, scalding every oc cupant and penetrating through the door leading to port engine room and thence through the stair ways into the upper rooms where the electrical machinery, distributing apparatus and stores were situated. Almost every person at work in .the rboms must have met with in stant death. Such accidents happen in ’ every navy as every one' knows who ... „.i,u c , _, „ tlH ‘ ; follows the published intelligence on such like conn dies, with songs and mui .i since such high sbam jires- Halogue. So I had abundant work to do dramatic work under my mothers eye. "In 1827 I w T as brought to this, coun- try. ami J made iny appearance ®f the acre of s^ven, la Walnut street. subjects. sure (in this case twelve atmospheres) is used, there is always a certain amount of dangers for the engineers and es pecially On trial trips. When it is neces sary to ascertain whether the machinery and the bolters meet tne requirements, Phiiadeiphia^vith ju nute Brutus BootP.4 «ui never U seen from the outside acting the little Duke ot York to hre I nffietherth^mternal ft* Richard HI. In lab r years I acte i t h ere f ore t ij e y must l>e tested and all a great deal with the elder Bocth, ini- p ()ss jb|f» precautions are taken. But such personating the leading female role.-- „„ aeoid^nt cmtld not have been av.-rted in the repertoire with which he was : and* if is gratifying to learn that in identified. With Edwin Forrest I was , spite of the magnitude of the disaster Ophelia. Deademona, Julie de Mortl- 1 the Admiral in command’of the oquad- mer, Pauline and the like. Edwin arete; ron was able to report that the behavior John Wilkes Booth and Macready I S+SO supported in tbebir range of c^Sr ■ ^ aoco niingly has taken the oppor- acu ts., - tunity to .send a telegram to Gapt. 9°n- Maeready was ilsagr®eable and dte I (U . ntnaun ^ Mlows: fteult to work with.- Forrest was •’ot ••q’he heroic death which the victims a particularly pleasant mau. but easy nM >t j n the faithful performance of theil 1 enough "to get along with. Junius [duty insures them forever a place of honor in the memory of their sovereign and in the annals of the German navy.” of the engine room Waff must lie de- • scribed as .most examplary. 'Hie Km- and some times very laughable. “I shall never forget dne nighl with Bredh when th* hfli wns ‘Hamlet.’ 1 was-Ophelia. Hamlet had flnlshedhis scene in the fourth act and ihe citf tain had fallen. When the time cam- to ring it up 1 again on the fifth act, which Hamlet was to open, the young Prince of Denmark was not forthcom ing. Attendantx reiahod hither and Thither in search of him. and the dela.v was becoming irksome • to every one. Nowhere was he to be- found. When we had almost' given up in despair some one found ‘Hamlst’ perched ‘way up on top one of the wings of the scenery, among, the rafters, crowing lustily? I do not know whether or not he imagined himself the ‘morning cock’ which crew when it was time for th 1 * ghrst fo depart. At all events we got him down and the play went on. At another time the play was ‘Orinooko.’ and Booth had to appear with darkened skin. For the last act he came before us with his bare feet ^and legs ni! blaekom'd, and insisted upon going on that way. Hi® mood did no) ®re>m to me to be, encouraging, so I refused to go on. and the net h,ad to be present el without mt^teo “Besides the tragic roles which I htyr mentioned. In supporting the •' trage- lians, f went,through the yvhoie range of comedy with John Sleeper Clarke, John,E. Owens, Mr. Drew, Mr. Jeffere sop and others, going from tragedy io comedy, melodrama to farce, ac- < rdiug to the popular demand at the ■ime. Oh, yes, aft actress hau to do that sore of thing. Acting wasn't then an affair ‘of m fe\V parts, ami the actors were* ready- f o ti*rn their hands th anything or everything in the d.s- .nalie lino.- The finst time I acted v’tli John E Ow?ns—-ah .hyt h* was a fine actriT—was in Baltimore, at ..the old j Museum, in 1840. T had a long season] with Mrs. D. P. Bowers, at the Arch tel reel Theatre, Philadelphia, and we used to act night after night, (there wire- no matlnres ihen, thank good ness!) saying our long-winded Speeches' in ‘Dougina’ until I wondered” that the people did not get perfectly worn out at the sound' of our. voices.” Mrs. Drew has been thrice married- The Emperor’s message concludes: “With firm trust in God. we must submit to the working of His inocru- tahln will and look to the .future tefluhff. cqnsoled a rid"-confident. I wi)l cause a • tablet to l>e placed in the Garrispn church at Kiel in memory of the killed. For the rest—full steam ate ad.” DOLE’S LETTER ARKIVES. The Interuni Revenue Figure* Are Mede Public. ~ Washington T>. : C.. Ffte • 17.—The* State Department has at last received the offictoi copy of. President Dole’s re ply to Minister WiUia, as telegraphed from San Francisco two days ago. It came tills morning by the regular mail -from Kan Emndeco the reply of Minister Wims. Copies of the correspondence received from the minister are being made at the State Department and will ps "10 Conifl't** aa boou n* they are finished, probably on Monday, and Mr. YN’ilHs’s letter wFlUbe made public through that course. A psekoce was also received by the some Sim F-rancisco mail from Rear Admiral ^ Irwin. It contained no interesting let ters. being made up principally of copiea of routine ordere affecting enlistments, etc. Immigrant Inspector Deshler arrived liere this morning froni Key West. Fla. He made a detailed verbal report to Su- j perinteident Sriimp regarding the Key - West Cul>an cigar makers’ trouble. He it wHI reiurn to Key Went next week to antinne the prosecution of cases against the alien eig->r makers. — Internnl Rex-enne. Tlie official statement of the receipts from internal revenue for the firsf^sev- en .months of the current fiscal year show a decrease of $12,265,784 as com- with the corre*>t»onding perioi of 180CL', The principal sources of internnl reve- rue were; Spirits. $47,862,322, a d**- rreose of $5),31!i.004: tobacco. $16,432,- 141). q’decrease of $2.7S7,4.‘t6; fermeiiieil liquors. $48.565.54)8. a doiTease of .$313. A DESTRICTIVE FIRE. Dr, Crnytbn. Sustnlu* a Lo** of OVer IFLtMN). Anderson. S. P.Dete 17.—(Special,) — A destructiv-e fire occurred two .mib® west of"berate oh ^ol. B. F. Crayton’s fa rim. Col. Crayton discovered hisMarge barn on fire Jhis morning about 3 o’clock. In it were sheltered about one hundred head of cattle including horses, mules and cows. Fifty fine Jersey cows and eleven horses and mules were burned to death. Besides this ten thous and bundles of fodder and a great quan tity of other nroducp wns destroyed. ; Auiong the horses that were burned were two fine blooded mares that he -had, just purchased at a cost of one thousand dollars. His loss will run' up to six or eight thousand dollars with only five hundred insurance. The fire is supposed to lie of an incendiary origin. - Y Ray St. Lonl* in Ashes. Bay, St. Ixiiiis, Miss., Feb. 17.—A dis astrous fire visited this placfe this morn ing and the principal business portion of the town is, in ruins. August Keeler lost his store and two dwelling houses. Potanee & -Co., dwelling*, store and warehouse, -Mr, Yanntoon. store ami dwrl’.ing, ami Mrs. Mary Huber ami Mrs.. Amer, store. Other parties who lost their dwellings are* Rinaldo Guerra, Ohs*. Sanger; Mas., Bassett, Mrs. M. Munig, Mrs. Bonden and Messrs; Pierce, Davis and Periro. 'The insurance was light. _ 343: and miscellaneous. $83,130 a de creese of $26,177. Iffie aggregate re ceipt* for Janua’-y, 1X>4, were $851),- 7<>ft less than for January. 1893. LIVE SEEDS FOR PLANTING. At this sonkon of the.year e.ver>- one ia thinking of Llii' r gantena. lioJd gr.'- dens can te' mad" better by planting aQSd serel. We «■«:! spes il attentioi to day to the ailvertiserneni of the Alexan der Drug and Screl Co. of Augusta Ga. This live, progr'anive firm have bi.ilt up the largr*t seed business in the South. They iauc a hand®om , 'ly illustrated Cat- akigue which deserilips nnd pfi<'e» all of the !>est varieties of Garden Seed. Inw proved Crrq* Corn. Improved Cotton Setsl. Seeds •for Forage Crop*. Water- melon and Cnnteloupo Seeds, Grasses and Ckmu-s.—Jltey mat) seeds in pa- ners at 2 for 5 cents, 25 cents dozen, or 50 papers for $1.00 (nseortrel as you wish them) postage or expressasre paid. If. you plant a garden, or need improved sissls for your farm, you shouldiwrite to them for thi* Catalogue. It is sent free. Please mention this paper in writing to them. A DOI'RLE TRAGEDY. Two Hen Shoot nnit-Wt Enoh Other to Deftfh. Montgomery.‘Ala..-Feb. 17’—A special to The Advertiser from Newton. Ala ^a>’.s: At Midland City, Morgan Ea< tming and John Weed shot ante cm: each rttli? r to deatfi.. Weed and ore Kelly, it seem®, emr.iged ii> a quarrel, when Easterling loined in and b?gan cutting Weed. Easterling cut ..eed in the neck twice, whereupon Weed; commenced shooting. Easterling pur- * sued him. shooting at almost every ' step, until both fell, Easterling died almost instantly. Weed was pronoun ed dying w-hen Thb writer left the scene. - ■ ' , There has been in old feud between Eas'erling and W*ed for something like a year. Both parties. seemreF ' be drinking, and to .some extent und»r the Influence of whiskey. WHEN ANARCHISTS FALL OIT. Pnrlainn Justice Trie* to Get It* , Own. ^ Paris, Feb. 17.—Before the examing magistrate yesterday Hanry and Ber- narel. the two Anarchists, were con fronted. -Ftoch prisoner had heetf pre viously informed thait the other had confessed and a violent soene was the result. Both Henry and Bernard be gan reproaching each other, in hitter terms, for the alleged traitorous course each of them believed the other to hare .adopted. During the exchange of biting cdhunents between the* prisoner*, the police -were able to obtain some valuable information. Her first husband was Henry—Hunt. an English opera singer, whom sh-» married in 1836, mrl, from whom sh" was subsequent'y :epnratrel. In 1848 she married G?orge- Mossop, a young Irish comedian, who died In 1849. and in '1850 she became ‘he wife of John Drew, the celebrated impersonator of Irish characters, with whom jshe acted f"i many years. Mr. DretT^died in 1*62. - ' ' Three of her children hrtVe acquire! prominence on the stage, one being the late Mrs. Georgie Drew-Barrymore, nnd ths others are Mr. John Drew, the comedian, and M r - Sidney Drev, wno is with Jier this seison. ‘ ■’ X-'...— Maney Indicted for Rurder. Chicago, 111., Feb. 17.—The Federal grand jury returned an indictment at noon today of Lieut. Maney, charging him with the murder of Capt. Hedteirg, at Iort Sheridan. As soon as the in- Ros* w** innocent, dictment was returned into court a m , capias was issued for the arrest of Chattanooga. Term., Feb. 17.—TTie de- Maney, the man who. since November velopments In the trial of the lour last, has been at large under $10,000 Skelton boys, at Scottsboro, Ala., today bail.—Contrary- to Expectations, there for the killing of R. C. Rosa, at Steven- was no eount in the indictment charg- *on. were of even more sensational ing manslaughter. The charge is simply character than on previous day*. A i- —i.: ji :i_ • « »» iiiwrvm A nrtio vQroltrm ' rn murder, which ordinarily is not a bail able offense. Lieut. Maney’s where abouts are at present unknown. »®5r Conarc** In Rome. Rome, Feb. 18.—-The Democratt-: Con grans began its sittings here today. Sixty-sev^n delegate* are preseut, anting them all' the Deputies of the extreme left. They will perfect an orginitrtjon “in th© defence of liberty,” wt.h h, they aay, is threatened by the policy ®f An Erroneous Humor. Loudon, Feb. 17.—A dispatch from Paris last evening, said that the Tri bunal on Commerce had declared the Copmtoir d’Kscompte bankrupt. The report was erroneous. -'Die concern which was declared bankrupt was the Rauque .d’Escompte, an entirely ^iflfer- ent Institution from the Compte d’Es- ccmpte. The Banque d’Escompte wa.* placed in the hands of a liquidator about ten day® ago. and Baron Sou- bey ran, Its chalrmin. was arrested, and Is now out on 300.000 francs ball. Meat jfor (he Army. Pari*, Fab.. 17.—Several Deputies t _ urged the Chamber recently to pass a despotism recently inauguraiod by the that the praierved meat used in the government. army be prepared In France under gov arnment control. The Army Committee. Nletheroy In (he HarHor. (Copyrighted 1894 by tha Associated * Press. J- Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 18.—The endser Nictberoy has arrived here alone and anchored outride the harbor. aays that the prestoved meat factories hi France ora too few to supply the army's demand and oioses with th* rec ommendation (hat tbs Boverassent tak® t* develop th* ipdnstry. letter from Annie Skelton, written to her brother Bob through Rosa and found on Ross’s dead body, was read in which she exonerates Ross and names as her funlnoM' a man prominent' In Alabama affairs. The girl is lying reryill at the Mary Howard Hospital in Cradtmati. The trial continues Monday. Tragedy in Alabama. Montgomery. Ala.. F»h. 17.—A special to The Advertiser *rom Linden, Ala., says; John I. Breckinridge shot and killed Wndc Nolan. Breckinridge waa also’ fatally shot. The cause of the trouble Is not known. Steamer* ta CoUlaloa. ^ London, Feb. 17.—Hie steamer* doxton and Clytha, both British, .have been in collision In Barry Roods. Th" Clytha sank and six of her crew were* drowned. Intensely Cold. ~ % T*'\ Hanover, N. H., Feb. 17.—The ther- to whom the proposal was referred, haaj mometer registered 20 degrees below reported on It adversely. Th* report zero here this moi morning. $4 below at Lebanon. 22 at Lyme. 38 at Norwich, and 26 below at Rutland. Vt ‘ ' McKane lost his temper and his liber ty, too.