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II HE DAILY PICAYUNE NEW ORLEANS, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1895. Orijc; Oail) picayune: kicholsox cc proprietors. V- GEO. XICHOLSOX. THE PICAYUNE Has the Largest Circulation in the iy Southwest.

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$1-00 6CKDAY. PICAYTKK BT MAIL. Tw1t $3 00 felx 00 BATTHDAT MORXIXG, 31 ARCH 30. Amusements This Evening. ACADEMY OF MrSIC "Sealed Up." Mr.

and' lira. Arthur Lewis. GRAND OPERA HOUSE "The Passport." Sadie Martinot and Max Firman. ST. CHARLES THEATRE Variety Entertainment.

The Lily Clay Gaiety Company. QUE PICAYUNES. Canadian statesmen will not "Winni-: peg byagitatlng the school question. Polities are so much things of" the future, that the spot cash politician i not thought much of. A lobbyist who is a good poker llayr is sure to make a deal with statesmen in The Lily Clay trapeze performer fell iii -liia work on Thursday.

The audi-, oice fell of! Mouday night. Forest fifes have cornnieneed -a lit-' tie too soon; but in some places they wilt, help to melt the snow. War is "so far from being funny that It, commonly spoken of as "griin- visaged," whatever that is. The Jflrf in China are till going on with" their killing. They bag dead loads of Chnauien wherever they make a lauding Race horses toil hard and are obliged to spin; but numerous sports "toil not, neither do they spin," and they follow the hprses.

It is said Spain is satisfied with the attitude of the United States. That is pleasant. If she were not satisfied, the attitude could be changed. Now that the smallpox scare is over, the spring robin can make its annual appearance in Hot Springs. (Arkan- saw Th6inas Carl) The train robber3 are doing enough of the robbing act before Hot Springs is reached.

all nonsense, dear, about wedding I put. an enormous piece under my pillow and dreamed of Well?" "And the next night I ate it and dreamel of everybody!" (Life.) It is possible she will marry a nobody. Lyman Hay, the popular manager the. Arlington, says he believes that i h6 women everywhere would cheer-1 fully fall into the habit of removiug their hats in public places if it were r' for the fear that they couldn't get thent back on straight. (Arkansaw Thomas Cat,) It is not that alone.

Women who have rented bangs and curls fastened to. the inside of their hats, to make themselves look youth- foJ, are af a great disadvantage, in an audience- when they take their high bats. off. At Frank's house they had quince jam for but Frankie had been ill, so his mother said to- him: "Frank, you cannot have any jam; it will make yon sick, and the you might die." Frank took this like a'Tittle man until he saw his mother help- herself to jam thft second time. Then he pushed his plate slowly toward the forbidden dish and said, with deliberation: "WelL if you are going to die, I might as well die, too4 Gimme some of it." (Har per's Bazar.) Th kid was willing to stand the A novel and useful brush for dusting piano keyboards is being manufactured.

The brush' fits exactly over and be tween the keys, and is so arranged as to clean the black and white notes simultaneously, a particular advantage claimed for the brush being that it dusts between the keys without loosening them in any way. It is made 6f different hairs, such as bristles, drafts, camel, goat, badger, hair, that portion which cleans the white notes being represented by white and the by black hairs or bristles." One would think the lively airs played on a piano ought to keep the dust off the keyboard. Tiite muslin and a single rose are coming in again, according to a Lon-. don dictum. At a recent important "first night" at a theatre many of the smart set present wore a single pink 4 rose in the hair, and though the gowns were not hite muslin, they! were more simple' in character than has lately een the rnle.

On the. stage one of the chief actresses wore in a dressy scene a white gown a spray of blush roses ajt the waist. A single rose- is not much of a dresstbut white muslin enn cover everything. r. Sweet Nixteen looks lovely in the simplest but the faded beauty tries to elaborate simplicity and makes an overdone mess of it.

In a letter from New Fran Sncher, the German prima donna, writes to a friend: found the ocean 'so unnecessarily so tiresomely big," '-to a surprised and injured way, as if se Were suggesting that when the manager engaged her he had men- tioned the Atlantic as a mere pond. Perhaps he dy.as.it is frequently al- luded. to as the, "herring pond," with vaguely humorou intention. "It was aeai sea, sea, all the time, and I thought would never get across. writes the lyrical laxjy to her friends In London.1 (Exchange.) Prima, don-.

nas were unknown when the morning t- stajrs first sang together, and the world was created. Had theyeen there the creation would have been different. The coroner of I'a has gone. On a protracted strike. The commissioners refused to allow him hi fees in a case in which they said his services were not necessary, and now he declares that he will sit on no more dead people until they pay up for all the work he has charged up to the county.

The coroner seems to have the advantage of the commissioners, for in certain cases a deceased person cannot be officially declared to be legal-. ljr rdead antil that coroner's jury pronounces upon it. Onr impression that the coroner would susj)end the strike long enough to sit on that board of cqmraissioners and not; charge a cent. (Exchange.) Any i nmlertaker who has a friend wahW to hold an office will undertake to, remove the. coroner for' and have a new man apiwlnted in his rlace.

THE FLS'AL EEPOET OF THE GE1ND JCET. The Grand Jury of the Criminal Court, which has been in session for the past three months, yesterday closed its labors and presented its unal report. This body- did not content itself with offering recommendations in place of transacting more serious business. It reported a large number of indictments for many serious offenses, largely in connection with the labor riots, and, having well discharged the most serious duties devolving upon it, the community will listen with interest to the recommendations and suggestions made in the final report of the Grand Inquest Oue subject upon which remarks both timely and pertinent are made is the fact that the laws against gambling and the Sunday law are not only constantly violated in the most open manner with absolute impunity, but indictments and informations found against violators of such laws mount up to more than a thousand, and although some of them have been on hand for years, they still are left untried, whereby the violators of such laws are doubly encouraged to continue and to repeat their lawless acts. On this head the report declares that "one fruitful source of wrong-doing is the open violation of certain statutes on the one hand, and, on the other, the apparent ease with which the liability to punishment is so often evaded.

A law not enforced becomes, as regards the suppression of the offense and the punishment, for its violation, perhaps, worse than no law at all, since such practice not only fails to correct the evil aimed at, but induces among all classes a feeling which varies according to oue's education and surroundings from mere indifference to the matter itself to absolute contempt for all law and all authority." This is most true, and the evil complained of has, without doubt, been one of the most prolific causes of crime and general lawlessness in this city. Lake consequences are most justly attributed to the extraordinary difficulty of securing any punishment official corruption. Unfaithful and dishonest public servants are additionally encouraged to commit crimes by the knowledge that, despite the most active efforts of citizens and the exertions of the officers of the law continued through many months, it has bceu found impossible to bring any one of even the most flagrant official punishment. These facts are sc prominent and so impressive that they have drawn from the Grand Jury an expression like this: "The good work looking to the punishment of official bribery and corruption so auspiciously inaugurated last summer has, through various causes, been checked, and the avenues of exposure apparently closed for the time being. Not only this, but the trials of the parties already indicted, with few exceptions, have been so delayed through the.

various technicalities of the law, that the public is fast growing in the belief that the guilty among them wilL after ad, escape their proper punieh-nient." This is a very, serious statement coming from so prominent a source; but it expresses a large public opinion, and it shows that the people have come to believe that the criminals in question are so powerfully fortified and guarded as that they can defy justice and violate the laws at their pleasure. It is a terrible thing for people to come to such a conclusion, since it is apt to drive them also to acts which would be wholly lawless and criminal, but yet would be undertaken under the pretext of rebuking and punishing lawlessness. It shows truly a most serious state of affairs, and one which cries out for a prompt jand efficient reifeedjr. How is it to be secured? TOE STRONG 11 OLD OF FEDERAL CENTRALIZATION. The growing demand that the members of the United States Senate shall be elected by the people at large has induced much inquiry into the nature of the representative powers of the two houses of Cougress.

There can be no reasonable question that the Senate was intended to represent the sovereignty of the Stages, while the House was established as a representative of the whole In the Senate, each State, little or big, is equal, having the same number of Senators that is, two each without regard to population. Mr. Harley, writing about Congress in the American Magazine of Civics, says of the Senate, it was for years a small body, the number of States increasing slowly, and even in 1810 had bnt thirty-four members. They regarded themselves as a Congress of ambassadors from their respective States, and often referred for instruction and advice to the State Legislatures. For five years the Senate met with closed doors, occupying itself chiefly with the confidential business of appointments and treaties, and conferring with the Cabinet Ministers and the President.

It was only in later times that the Senate voluntarily abandoned its functions as representative and guardian of the States against Federal encroachment, and it finally -became the greatest force engaged in making the politics of the country sectional, and in attacking and overthrowing the rights and powers of the States. Having finally wholly given up its true mission as the representative of the States, it vies with the House in originating and attempting general legislation, while in the Senate the centralizing tendency of the Government has been chiefly fostered and intrenched. The Senate has grown to be, to a large extent, a body of men, and it has been satirically styled "a rich man's club." So far as its original object and intention are concerned, the United States Spnate does not regard or consider, them. -v The House of Representatives was intended to give expression to the will and -voice ot the peopki at large-At first the members of the House were Dot elected by the people of districts, but by the people of the entire State, i The innovation was made in ISiU, when the election of Kepre-sentatives was restricted to people of the particular districts they were to represent. From time to time, 'as the population of the several States increases or changes, the population basis of representation in the House Is changed also.

This is done by Congress after the taking of each census. When a change is to be made, Congress first decides upon the size of the House, and then finds the ratio by dividing this number Into the whole population. This ratio is then divided into the population of the States in order to determine the number of Representatives for each State. On account of the fractional remainders resulting from division, the actual number of Representatives first agreed upon is not thus obtained. In order to approximate the number as nearly as possible, those States having the largest fractional remainder are each given an additional member, who is a Congressman at large.

In the new deal, some States get increased representation, others remain as they were, and some have their representation reduced. No State can have less than one member of the House, but it must have two Senators. The abandonment by the Senate of its proper functions and office has created, a great deal of popular indignation against it, and vigorous measures have been set on foot to take away the independence of Senators who are now elected by State Legislatures, and make them directly amenable to the people by having them elected by popular vote. As the time, place and manner of choosing Senators are under the control of the several States, each State can change Its methods, and there is no doubt that, in a few years, Senators will be chosen directly by the people. If, under the altered state of affairs, there should be a need for two, popular houses of Congress, it is best that the Senate should be wholly under the popular control.

It is a remarkable fact that the only branch of Congress where there is left any regard and respect for the rights of the States is the House of Representatives, and in the powerful movement toward Federal centralization which seems destined to sweep everything before it, if any relic of the sovereignty of the States shall be permitted to survive, it will be through the action of the House, and not of the Senate, which is now the focus and stronghold of Federal nationalism and centralization. ENGLAND AND FRANCE Df COLONIAL AFFAIRS. There has suddenly developed a very serious complication in the relations between England and France which may very readily lead to hostilities, unless temperate counsels prevail. It has been known for some time that France has been disposed to encroach upon what is generally accepted as the British sphere of influence in Africa, and on several occasions already there have been collisions between the colonial forces of the two countries. France has never ceased to display her displeasure at the continued occupation of Egypt by British troops, and it is generally supposed that her aggressive colonial policy is largely based upon a desire to emphasize disapproval of the British position in the land of the Pharaohs.

A few days ago a prominent Conservative member of Parliament questioned the Government as to the facts in the reported sending of a French expedition to the Nile valley. Sir Edward Gray, Under Foreign Secretary, replied that the Government had no reason to believe that France had any intention of sending an expedition" into the" Nile "valley. He declared that France had been plainly informed that England considered the entire Nile valley, from the lakes to the sea, within the British and Egyptian spheres of influence, and that England's position in Egypt made her practical possessor of the entire Nile valley. Any attempt on the part of France to invade the Nile valley would, therefore, have to be construed as an unfriendly act. This statement by the Liberal Government of Great Britain, is extremely significant, as, in the first place, it indicates the abandonment of the old Liberal idea of non-interference in foreign affairs, and the adoption of the more vigorous Tory foreign policy, and, in the second, it shows an open acknowledgment of England's practical protectorate over Egypt.

Both of these developments will be extremely galling to French pride, and may very easily lead to strained relations between the two countries. Almost immediately after the -announcement by Sir Edward Gray in Parliament, has come the news that two French expeditions have penetrated the British sphere of influence in Africa. If this report should prove true, a prompt demand for an ex-pla nation would no doubt be made at Paris by the British Government, and, lacking a satisfactory explanation, the violation of British territory in Africa could very readily be magnified into a "causus belli." Whether, or not serious trouble should arise between France and England over the present affair in Africa, it is more than probable that the rival colonial interests of the two powers in both Asia and Africa will sooner or later embroil them in war. England has long' possessed the best portions of Southern Asia, and of recent years she has so extended her domain in Africa that the most desirable portions of the Dark Continent are under British sway. Not only does Great Britain claim sovereignty over the Nile valley, acquired with the occupation of Egypt, but a broad belt of possessions extends from the southernmost limit of the valley through the heart of, the Dark Continent to connect with the vast empire built up in South Africa.

England thus possesses an unbroken domain extending from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Cape of Good Hope. It is no- wonder, then, that France should be incensed, and should seek to dispute British pretensions in the Nile valley. The rivalries of these two great powers may thus at any moment precipitate a most stupendous struggle, which would not fail to have important results upon the affairs of the entire civilized world. STREET. RAILWAY ENTERPRISE.

Last night the Committee on Streets and Landings of the City Council accorded a hearing to the advocates and opponents of a proposed ordinance providing for the sale of certain street railway franchises in the city. Certain Eastern capitalists who believe in the great future of New Orleans, and are convinced that this greatness will enjoy an early development and fruition, foreseeing the enormous extension of the city, desire to secure franchises for street railway lines which will give accommodation to the already rapidly developing districts. -They are asking the City Council to put up at public auction the franchises desired, and to 6ell them for the benefit of the city. The ordinance is very simple, and at the name time it -is entirely complete. It provides that the bidder shall put up a deposit of $50,000, to be held as an evidence of good faith, and forfeited in default of compliance with the contract.

The franchise will bring a large sum into the city treasury, and the construction of the road, which must be undertaken and completed within a reasonable time, will secure the disbursement in this city of several millions of dollars. The only reasonable objection made to. the enterprise is that certain parts of streets which are extremely narrow and are lined with churches and schools should be spared occupation by any ekefric road. Arrangements can be made to obviate these objections, and others, so far as the public good is concerned, -virtually vanish. Of course, there will be protests from competing lines; but the real competition is considerable, only on limited portions of a route of some fifty or sixty miles, and that cannot be avoided when every company is seeking to reach the heart of the city.

If foreign capitalists have confidence enough Jn the future of this city to desire to invest their money here, in either public or private improvements, they should be allowed to do 60 under proper regulations, and no unreasonable or narrow considerations should be allowed to interfere with the progress of the city. AN ARMISTICE DECLARED. The Mikado of Japan has announced a general armistice, which will bring about a prompt cessation of hostilities between China and Japan until peace negotiations are concluded. This certainly means that the negotiations are progressing favorably, and that the Japanese Government feels satisfied that its demands will be complied with. There can be no question but that the attempted assassination of Li Hung Chang has hastened the armistice, the Japanese no doubt feeling that some such move was desirable in order to remove the unfavorable impression which the wounding of the aged Chinese statesman created.

The Japs are, however, too wary to have granted the Chinese a respite unless they felt assured that their terms of peace would be in the main accepted by Li Hung Chang. The armistice put. an end to hostilities for the time being, and, as it is probable that terms "of peace will soon be agreed upon, -it may be assumed that the last important operations of the war have been witnessed. China will be spared the dishonor of having lost her capital, which, however, will not save her from the humiliation implied in the loss of her principal strongholds and in the presence of no less than three invading' armies on her soil. Among other things, there is little doubt but that the Japanese will insist upon China thrown' open to foreign trade.

The breaking down of Chinese exclusiveness, and the opening up of the whole of China to trade with the outside world, would not only do much for the Chinese themselves, but would also stimulate greatly general commerce. In that event the Western nations would be more than compensated for whatever loss in trade they have suffered from the war. A CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. Why has New Orleans no complete and efficient conservatory of music? Almost every year the generous people of this city are called upon to subscribe money for the purpose of sending young persons of meritorious attainments in music to European and Northern centers of culture to be educated in that art. In this way many New Orleans students have, through public' bounty, been enabled to prepare themselves for the lyric stage, or as teachers of music, and not a few of them have repaid thU bounty by attaining celebrity.

But, while that sort of thing is all right, and nobody complains of it, the question arises: Why has not New Orleans a complete and properly equipped conservatory, where these public proteges might be educated in any department of music, without being sent across the ocean or to distant American cities? The answer is simple enough. It is that nobody, has taken sufficient interest in the affair to secure the capital stock requisite to the establishing of such an institution. If the money spent in sending abroad public wards had been put in such stock, an institution of the right sort could have beeti created. There is here abundant musical talent and many excellent teachers, but there is no central point around which they can be gathered. This is.

something to be. considered, and it ought to be considered seriously. The Picayune makes suggestion, and hopes it will be taken up and acted upon. Another Assessment. Friends of Motor Keely will rejoice to lern that Keely has now completed his vibratory circuit of force, and 'soon show the wonderful 250-horse power commercial engine now completed, and which is now being 6et up in his shop.

The late Prof. Leidy, member of the National Academy of Sciences and President of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, once said, that "Mr. Keely's discoveries would astound the scientific world, and the great worth of them could not be estimated." Mr. Keely claims that the all-important connection has been completed, with the result that he has gained command of an accumulation of costless force drawn from the atmosphere, or, as he expresses it, "a sympathetic force of outreach representing in the full receptive circuit an accumulation of polar 'sympathy, of more than twenty-three tons when under rotation to be distributed." to the polar and dipolar circuits" of his machine. It is this "sympathetic force of outreach" that has kept Keely up and reaching out so long.

When he gets there the trolley will not be in it. The Eed Has Must Go. After waiting'two years, Chicago has gained one little point against her anarchists, and v'the police department may keep the red flag of the Chicago Debattir Society as a trophy or destroy it, for a jury has -decided that the police acted in accordance with -law when they took the Tanner out of the labor parade on Sunday, May 18U2, and arrested the men who were carrying it. The jury in Judge Baker's court, which tried the replevin suit of the society against Ex-Chief of Police McClaugh-ry to recover the flag or its value in money, returned a verdict, the other day, finding the defendant not guilty. By a special finding the jury declared that the flag was an emblem of opposition to law, and, as such, was rightfully seized by the police The anarchists moved for a new trial, and, of course, they will get it, ot raise red-handed anarchy with another red flag.

Ball Fighting Etiquette. In Mexico, at Sunday's bull fight, Juliet Je la editor of the Correo Espanola, became offended at the rulings of Jesus Contreras, one of the members of the City Council, who was the presiding judge at the function, and challenged him to a duel. Contreras has made reply that it is impossible' for him to seriously consider the challenge, as the offense is taken as the result of his official, and net personal, actions. The incident is one of the most interesting which has occurred since the re-establishment of bull fighting in the Federal district, and is "the first time a spectator has allowed his enthusiasm over the famous Spanfeh sport to run away with his reason in he direction of the judge, who is considered by the rules of the game to be above criticism in his rulings. Men in America who have been abused and slugged by irate mothers for rendering unpopular decisions in a baby show should step over to Mexico and try to referee a bull fight.

Wants to Be Polished. Tai Yin Chco, a student of the University of Michigan, writes to the Independent protesting against (the word Chinaman instead of Chinese He siys: "As to the word Chinaman itself, there is certainly nothing good or bad in it: but it somehow involves a sort of contemptuous idea which has been felt by many of our literary men." This objection on the part of the educated John will not wash. If a man born in China is not a China man, he ought to be. The Japs will attend to his case, and call him what they please. Another Race War.

Mrs. Rosetta D. Sprague, eldest child of the late Frederick Douglass and wife of Nathan Sprague, of Washington, has filed a petition in th Probate Court, District of in which she charges Mrs. Helen Douglass, her stepmother, and Lewis H. Douglass, her brother, with unlawfully retaining possession of her father's property, and requests the court to grant her letters testamentary upon the estate.

She further asks that temporarily the court appoint a collector to take charge of the property and compel her brother and stepmother to make a full and complete discovery and delivery of the estate. This is thought to be the beginning of a bitter contest between members of the family over the division of the estate. As the late Frederick Douglass, colored, not thinking too much of colored people, had allowed a white woman to marry him, the1 fight" over, the spoils may develop a race war. Better Than Losinsr Diamonds. As has been stated before, a telegram from Abbeville announces the discovery of a solid bed of rock Bait in Orange, which lies in the swamp off the south coast of Louisiana.

The land is the property of Joe Jefferson, the actor, and is very near the Petite Anse, or Avery's Island, where a large deposit of subterranean salt, the largest in the country, has been worked for years. Mr. Jefferson believed that there was a salt mine on his island and sunk a shaft 500 feet in his search for it. A second sinking struck a solid mass of rock salt at a depth of ISO feet, and penetrated several feet into it. This salt paragraph is being extensively copied and has caused any amount of fresh talk about the great comedian, who really has no need for such advertising.

4 PERSONAL ASP GENERAL NOTES. A. S. Johnston, of Meridian, la registered at the Cosmopolitan. W.

S. IngersoII. the Shreveport cotton merchant. Is stopping at the Grunewald. J.

n. Neblett, of Danville, a tobacco merchant. Is at the" Grunewald. C. II.

Haddock, a lumber merchant from Chicago, Is stopping at the Grunewald. A Montana woman has left her husband because he refused to buy her- a bicycle. E. 8." Conway, a leading Chicago merchant, Js In the city, a guest at Gruue-wald Hotel. Secretary Gresham is the oldest member of the cabinet.

He was 63 on St. Patrick's day. The Quarante Club' will meet at the residence of Mrs. Jas. W.

Hearn, 2728 St. Charles avenue at 2 p. m. Neither Bessemer nor Siemens wero trained metallurgists, yet their Inventions revolutionized the Iron trade. It Is said that not a newspaper of note In any of the American republics Is unfavorable to the cause of the Cuban patriots.

A wonderful black pearl Is about to be put on exhibition, la London. It, was found In Tasmania, and Is three-fourths of an Inch long. Among the guests of the. Pickwick yesterday were prominent Loolsianlans such as J. D.

Fischer, Warmofh and Andrew Gay. The Chicago Times-Herald says that "it Is a pity that Bob Ingersoli should mark with his fatal favor so good a man as Senator Allison." Fourteen horses for Mrs. W. K. Van-derbllt have arrived at Newport.

It is argued that she means to Inhabit her palatial residence A second attempt has been made to destroy the Episcopal church at Westchester, N. of Horace Greeley's son-in-law Is rector. A Mrs. Smith, of Colchester, advertises that she will not be responsible for any debts contracted by her husband. The new woman Is to the fore.

Why shouldn't members of parliament be paid? It la better to pay good salaries to-honest men than to have dishonest ones pay themselves by jobs. A New York paper thinks that the skipper of that Spanish gunboat must have been pretty drunk not to know the stars and stripes from the British flag. OUle Teall has Jnst been expelled from the Blaine Club of New York for nonpayment of dues. Poor fellow I that la the crime of all crimes In New York. Charles T.

Henry, of New York, an extensive of machinery, left for home last evening, after a stay of two months at the Pickwick Hotel. la 1874 the property of Chicago was assessed at over $3,000,000. In 1895 It is assessed at less than $2,500,000. though. It has nearly four times as manvf people.

Ex-Secretary F. Traf ey. who has been seriously ill with blood poisoning for several weeks. Is rapidly recovering, and expects to sail for Europe in a few days. It Is rumored In Washington that Mr.

Cleveland la anything bnt pleaaed with the action taken by Secretary Gresham In the Alliancla matter during the president's The negro- colonists at Naclmlento, Mexico, are having trouble with the Seminole Indians, who occupy adjoining lands. A battle is reported. In which six negroes were killed. Herr Max Nordau, a German philosopher, has written a book to prove that all the world's great geniuses have been, or are, Insane. He probably considers himself reasonably cranky.

President Faur is the first of the French president to practically recognize the fact that he Is ex-offlcio commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and the French people like him for It. A handsome slab has Just been placed over the grave of Katharine of Aragon In Peterborough cathedral, England. It was purchased by subscriptions from the Katharines of England and America. A Frenchman, M. Wlasemsky, has made a large wager that he will ride ail the way from Paris to America on horseback.

He proposes coming by way of Bearing stalts and crossing on the Ice. The heir apparent of the throne of Slam Is Prince Chowfa Maha Vajlraruhd. He Is a youth of "1G, and is "being educated in England. He is bright and attractive, and is becoming a thorough linguist. William Watson, the aspirant for the vacant laureateship of England, has been granted an additional pension of $oOO.

He is already getting $1000. This Is gome compensation for the lack of the laureateship. Prof. Gettlnger, of Chicago, who professes to read the future In the stars, says that McKlnley and Keed will head the Republican ticket In 1806, and wiU be snowed under. It needs no prophet to predict the snowing under part.

Joseph Ha worth, the actor, while playing "Richard HI" in a Boston theatre the other night, had his right thumb cut nearly off by Hichmoud's awkwardness. The actor fainted, and the audience enthusiastically cheered his realistic fall. The $70,000 left by the late Judge Edward O. Billings to found a new professorship of English literature in lale College, in memory of his wife, has been paid over to that institution. The chair will be known as the "Emily tianfurd Professorship." MISCELLANEOUS.

A Break: In Addtcka' Hnk. Dover, March 20. For the first time since the balloting for a United States senator began, nearly three mouths ego, one of Addicts' followers deserted him to-day and cast his ballot for James Pennewill, prominent Dover lawyer Before the two houses met to-day the air was full of rumors of desertions, but no oue thought for a moment that, after sticking to Addicks for ninety-nve ballots, any of his six faithful followers would desert him. Wheu the firet ballot was taken there was much excitement in the boue. ot the past few days it has been rumored that the Higglns and Addicts men would unite on i'euucwill, but the story could not be continued.

Today's developments, however, seem to bear out the rumor. The Addicks people profess to feel confident that there will be no more deser, tlons from their man, but it is probable that a climax will be reached In a few days. '-The legislators are becoming tired of the deadlock and do not hesitate to any so. The two ballots to-day resulted as follows: Hlggins. Kepubiican, Addicks.

ltepublicau. Masey, Republican, -1; Pennewill, Republican, Richardson, Republican, Richards, Republioitu, Ridgeley, Democrat, if; TuwieU. Democrat, J. G. Gray, Democrat, 1.

Tlie ElkaV Case. Cleveland, Ohio, March 20. The Jury in the Elks case came Into court ehurtly before noon to-day and reported- that they were unable to agree on a verdict, and asked that hey be discharged. Judge Hammond said that they must again retire, and either bring In a verdict or unanimously report their Inability to reach an agreement-It is understood that the point of difference is on the value of paraphernalia of the order. It was appraised at $300.

Several of the jurors, it Is sali, cannot agree that its sentimental value and special significance makes it worth $20u0, which i necessary- In order to keep the case in court. Already the members of the grand lodge have concluded terms of peace. They have agreed to a plan whereby both factions will be united and harmony will again prevail. Part of this plan includes the signature of both sets of officers and assets. Late this afternoon the Jury came into the courtroom and reported their Inability to agree upon a verdict, and were then discharged.

The Jury having disagreed. It will necessitate a new trial of the case unless the controversy is settled out of court, which now seems more than probable. A Test Case. Cincinnati, Ohio. March 29.

necelver W. H. Campbell, of the Commercial Bank, was before the' insolvency court to-day to testify on deposits received Wednesday afternoon after the clearing-house had refused to honor the checks on the Commercial Bank. Benjamin Dale, for himself and clients, deposited over at 2 p. ra.

that day. It was not entered in his bank book, bnt put in an envelope. To-day ho sued to recover the same, claiming it was oot deposited. Dale's suit will be made a test case for all deposits made after 1-30 Weunesday, the hour of the action of tue clearinghouse. Alleged Silver Find.

Huntington, W. March 29. Much excitement prevails in Waite county now over the supposed discovery of silver on White's creek, iu the western part of the county. During the past few weeks an immense slide has occurred In a hill there, which develops large quantities of the shining metal. The fact has beeu kept very quiet by the owner of the lands and was only this- morning made public A close guard is now -being kept on the premises.

A Summer Home for Mr. Blake. New York, March 29. A testimonial entertainment, in honor of Lillie Devereaux Blake, -was given last night In the residence of Mrs. Esther lierrman, end a large company of friends gathered for the occasion.

The programme consisted of music and after which Mm. Herrman, on behalf of the New York City Woman's Suffrage League, presented Mrs. -Blake with the deeds of a summer home at Shlnneeoek bay, which has been built for her by the league. Elkina In California. Los Angeles, March 29.

Senator 8. B. Elkins. -accompanied bv his family, arrived here from Mexico to-day. He says he became convinced during his star In Mexico that the United states suffers through lack of closer business relations between this country and Mexico.

He says it In our own fault, as the Mexicans are kindly disposed towards Americans. We allow Europeans to come across the Atlantic and take trade that belongs to us. The senator was entertained by President Diaz while in Mexico. Disappearance of a St. Louis.

March 29. Excitement is rife In Clayton and Creve Coeur, St. Louis county, over the mysterious disappearance Of Jerome Hllbert, a prominent business man and senior partner in the Creve Coeur mills. On Tuesday morning Mr. Hllbert left home and came to Clayton, He drew $4O00 from the bank and has not been seen since, his wife and Mrs.

Philip Gerhart, went to Clayton and had a consultation with Jno. W. Mcllhennv, Mr. Hubert's lawyer. This was the first intimation that me popular miller had disappeared.

The Diamond Robber. Washington, March 29. A Star special lrom Chattanooga. sayi that Assistant General Macager Leary, of tbe Southern Express Company, states that extradition proceedings have been commenced to get J. G.

Coleman, the nioud robber, recently arrested in Canada from the authorities there, ani to take him toWaynesoor for trial. A Fatal Disease. Jefferson, Ind March Whlr-fon family, living at Bridgeport, has been almost wiped out by a disease which ban been diagnosed as pneumonia; Heury Whltson died two week ago M. Joha McCory, bis sister and nujfse. died a week later.

Schuyler. Mrs. llcCory'a son. died two days later, and her sister. Aun Lutz, who nursed them allt Is dead of the same strange disease.

Several te-mainlng member of the fandly ara SlCk. ,1 DIED. THATEB la CoTtogton, La. -dpuce of Mrs. L.

GiiMeL THAYER, aired 2rt 1 Tie Interment vu made In t' graveyard. COGCEXHEM At New Ibert. Funeral will take plaea at Ber Sunday Morning, on arrlral of xXj MOEAXTO-On Frlla. March 5 a. nv, JOSEPH ilOBAXToTaxed beloved aou of iioranto ud friend and acquaintance of tie Moranto, John Ban vi lie and Uanjbia are respectfully invited to attend i' which will take place Thl.

at 10 o'clock, from tie parents' Sio. 10 li. Peters atreet, near McIXJUGHLIX On Frltlar M.ri. -at 3:30 p. ELLEN" McICGHLJV years, a naLlre of Maptbellan.

coantV' Ireland, and a resident of NeiToVi the last forty-three yearn. Her friends and acquaintance are fully invited to attend the funeral. take rlace from the reldcnc of te-Mra. Mary Swan, No, 48 Hmlra t-' tiers, at 3 o'clock This (Saturday) Af to BAKELER-On Friday. March 2 clock a El'QEXE J.XSeJh LER eldest son of Eugene late Laura Nasling.

The friends and acquaintances Chevalley, A. L. Nasllna and John I also of hla father, are respectfully to attend the funeral, from bis hu 3057 Magazine street, near Cans-. This (Saturday) Morning at 11 o'cU Blloxl Herald please copy. KOBTXSON On Pridav, March Mi 8 p.

GEORGE? LOCIS ROBINn7 7-4 rear, a native of WilmiD-rton, w' a resident of this city for tlie r'asr seven years. 1 Relatives, friends and acquaintance Robinson, Mallet, Audler, Blala and -families are respectfully Invited to i-funeral. which will take place ThU (S Afternoon at 4 o'clock, from his late rei corner Lapeyrouse and Dorgenols itrw Philadelphia. Baltimore and San 1 a papers please copy. CORE In this city, Friday March -1 at 4 a.

CATHERINE COilB. years a native of Ireland. Friends and acquaintances of the also of her daughter, Mrs. S. ET.

a respectfully invited to attend tlie which will take place This (Satunlsr) Ing at 10 o'clock, from the corner of i- and Fopcher streets. Interment in Et. r't" Cemetery No. 2. LADfES PIKE BEVEVOLEXT AS: 0 i.

TIOX. The officers and members cf burial committee are hereby, Dotial to semble at Odd FeUows' Hall This (F-t Morning at. 9 o'clock sharp, at funeral of onr late sister member, Mrs. CORK. By order: MRS.

S. SAVAGE, PreslC. MRS. R. LAXTOX.

Uec Sac'y. MANGAN On Friday, March 29. 8:50 o'clock a. TIMOTHT MA.VGA.N,' loved husband of Johcnna Mulrihlll, 62 yenrs, a r.atlve of county Kerry, parlsa Talbalt, Ireland, and a resident ot this for the past forty years. The friends and acquaintances of the Li-Ily are respectfully lrvited to attend funeral, which will take place from i late 2335 St.

Thomas sir between Philip and. Sorapara streets, 1. (Saturday) Evening at 4 o'clock. Penn Van and New York papers ci II ALL OF THE SCREWMEX'S. EEXK LENT ASSOCIATION, New Orleans.

U-30, 1S05. The burial committee ot thfe elation, without further notice, -will tici the funeral of our late brother member, TIMOTHY from his late No. 2335 Fulton ret. This (Satmd-) at 4 o'clock. By order of JAMES SHAW, Presli-t 'JOHN A.

DAV1LLA, Rec. Sec JENNY On Friday. March 20. 8:15 p. MAUGASETH FLICK of the late Mathnes Jenny, atn-d t-i a native of Germany, and a rtwideci i city for the yaat forty-four years.

4 Tba relativea, friends and aciuahiiancri the family and the members of tua Li Independent Benevolent Association 1 of 1 Third District are respectfully invited t- tend the funeral, which will take plac (Saturday) Afternoon at 4 o'clock, from residence of her son-in-law, William No. 47 France street, between Raytl Dauphine. 1 HALL OF LADIES' INDEPENDENT NEVOLENT ASSOCIATION Ot THB T. DISTRICT, Corner North Rampart and Streets The officers and burial association' are hereby notified to We at their hall This (Saturday) Ai: March at 3:30 o'clock, to p7 sad tribute of respect to oar deceased Mrs. ARGARET1I JENNY, from 1 I residence.

No. 47 France street, between and Dauphine. By Order of MRS. O. TRELLCE, Prf MBS.

LOUISA LANGKOPP, Rec See'T. THE ROBT. MANTELL CTBA1V HAND-MADE HAVANA CIGAK. THE- Successor to Finlay Bnnuwlfc SOLE tnh? Imedn A. CABD.

The mi-nagcrs of the rROTESTAXTO THANS- HOME. Seventh smet. i to the friend, of the Jul They will make their annual cslls 4r months of February and March bTping that they will meet with reception from all who have bitae assisted In the mhe WeFrSaSuMoTutap3 PROCLAWTIi MAYORALTY OF NEW OBLEaXi City Hall. March 12. 1803.

Whereas acts of biwlessnesa were committed on the lere of tWa this morning, and that there repetition ot such acta might occur. 'T John Fltxpatrlck. may or of New do -V J.nt proclamation That all citizens to work nndr. tnterfer they cbose to accept. eJt! and that in the TfVif eir race or co ar.

J''nd Tend totals and have the rlBbt to dem an protection necry the of -legitimate occapation ana ks bllng of gat nun.trsof PI not 'engapd 1 bus.n- crime and violence, I Upn the cltix" elty of New ooTirt lire of this c. to akl and lst "facli violence -in the suppressing nl Xreoof to from and dtsp. property si 1 solemnly Pngaged in la be protected ua foHow their pur occupation permlttea further 1 further prw-Um that Emitted in viola tion of tjLw law a W-Tass? tt: K.TSd"ihIu ewitne my band and -fc New Orleans, this W'LMlV Respectfully. ITZfA- mhia-TtCdp II.