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GORDON'S FRUGALITY.
The Tanner OF the Soudan's Disregard OF
Filthy Lucrc.
fLondon telegraph

[London telegraph
When the letter OF the King Of the Bel
,n,ns reached Gordon, inviting him to take
charge OF the Upper Congo and to endeavor
to extirpate slavery there. the General was
living on the Mount Of Olives, studying
day by day the topography OF the Holy
Sepulchre. People may wonder how, hav-
ing made preparations for his West Airi-
can expedition, and being on the point Of
starting for the Congo, he could so sud-
denly alter his plans and set forth for the
Nile. The fact is that Gordon despises
preparation" and dispenses with them.
When, being returned to London from
Brussels, he had an interview before de-
parting for Egypt with friend interested
In his mission. a conversation OF the follow
ing nature, il not in these precise words,
took place:
"Haye you got your kit ready, Gene
RAIL-"
~ have got what | always have. This
hat is good enough, and so are these
clothes. | shall start as | am; my boots
are quite strong"
And how are You off for cash? You
must have some ready money"
"Ah l forgot it. Yes; forgot that
had to borrow five and twenty pounds,
by the by, from the King OF the Belgians,
to get over. here. OF course must pay
this, and shall want little MORE"
Glow much Would one or two thou
sand pounds do, in notes and bills :"
"Oh, dear, MOI A hundred pounds
apiece for myself and Stewart will be
enough. What on earth do we want more
fOrf"
Thus the frugal hero departed, we be-
ieve, with no more than G400 in ready mo-
ney. but meeting an old and valued Sou
danese acquaintance i'm Cairo who was
very poorly of, Gordon could not resist the
claims OF "auld lang syne"-even when
played on the black keys-and lent or gave
his old African friend the greater part OF
his travelling mono He has always
shown similar con, IL. / for that which is
the object OF so many desires. AT one
time in his chequered life he possessed,
we believe, sum o, $4,000, and an init
mate friend pressed him to place it in safe
" at proper interest. Gordon replied
he himself could take all due care OF it,
but the sum became reduced to G2,000 by
secret charities and beneiactions within q
wear, and six months after that his friend
original amount. The rest had gone to
the poor and him that hath no helper"
1t might be thought that this generous
nature had for its background OF support
a robust and almost rude good health. The
contrary is strangely the ease. General
Gordon Is a martyr to some obscure form
Of hcart-disease, which has compelled him
to relinquish the sOlace Of smoking, and
ofttimes almost prOstrates him.
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GRAHAM'S VICTORY.
THURSDAYS DESPERATE FIGHT.
batants Join In the Fray-Tbe Arabs De
feated bnt Not Rohted-No Quarter Possible

Newspnper-Reporters and Other Ncn-Com-
batants Join In the Fray-The Arabs De-
reated bnt Not Ronted-No Quarter Possible.
nv cable TO the DIspatch.l
LONDON, March 14.-Further details Of
the desperate battle yesterday between
General Graham's forces and the rebels
near the Tamai wells continue TO arrive.
During the confusion which ensued when
the Arabs made their wild rush upon the
British lines and caused them to retreat
the newspaper-reporters and other nom
combatants took part in the fray and used
their revolvers freely and with deadly
effect against the enemy. After the
battle, Osman's camp and three villages
were burned. Among the trophies, Os-
mans standard was taken and Tewfik
Bey's was captured. The British losses
were considerably heavier than at first re-
ported. The number Of those killed
reaches 100, while the wounded were $50.
General Graham's forces are returning 10
Suakim. Osman Digna has fled to the hills.
The Arabs retired before the English
slowly and sullenly. They were defeated,
but not put to rout. They walked away
as il sauntering through bazaar, with
arms folded or swinging at their sides.
They were often shot down, but this did
not hasten their companions speed. Judges
of native character think that the Arabs are
so allied by family ties that the great loss OF
life will appal them and break their faith in
the Mahdi and their sheiks.
1t was impossible to take prisoners. The
wounded Arabs would lie motionless,
without uttering single cry or moan. and
watch their chance to stab the advancing
British with knife or spear. The victors
walked among the wounded as among so
many yipers.
A wounded Arab killed British marine
during the night. Another attempted to
stab Colonel Stewart while his aide-de.
camp was giving the wounded man water,
Admiral Hewett has to-day sent out a
fresh circular to the tribes, warning them
that il they do not obey the summons to
submit the fate OF the Arabs who fell al
Teb and Tamanieb will oyertake them.
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The Hollow Square.
New York Times.I


The "bollow square" formation that
won the battle OF FL Teb is undoubtedly
formidable one in these days OF long-range
rifles, when the assaiants can be eXtermi-
mated long before they ever reach the bayo-
net points. But that infantry squares
have been broken by cavalry on more than
one occasion is now matter OF history.
Authorities are still divided rs TO
whether Victor Hugo was right in al
firming or Siborne in denying that
the French heavy brigade drove in the
face of a British square at Waterloo. But
Montbrun's cuirasssiers broke q Russian
square at Borodino in 1872, aud Colonel
Caulanceurt's horse, in the same battle,
actually charged into an intrenched &C.
doubt. In the course OF the Anglo-Ara-
bian war that followed England's anneXa-
ton Of Alden, in 1899, an English square
was attacked in the open plain by a
mass OF Abdali horsemen. The Arabs
forced their way IN so far as to kill seve-
raj men in the third rank, and were then
beaten of with bayOnets ana dubbed mus
kets,5 an occurrence utilized by James
Grant in one OF his military novels. The
Irish brigade had similr experience at
Talayera. $50, my Connaught boys" said
General Picton TO them after the battle,
"you let the Frenchmen get into your
square to-day, did your" well, your
Honor" answered brawny Irish grena-
der, with stern significance, the black
guards got In, sure enough; but, bedad,
they never rot ont again."
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SEALED in THE MINE.
TAELATE co1LlERE HORROR.
me FIRST Reports OF It's Magnitude Con-
nrmed-one Hundred and Firtv-nve VIC
tims-Rclier Measures by the Company

The First Reports OF IFS Magnitude Con-
hrmed-one Hundred and flftv-nve VIC
ums-Rclier Measures by the Company
List or the Lost.
by telegraphso the DIspateh.I
WASHINGTON, March 14.-Latest advices
from the mine disaster at Pocahontas,
Iazeweli county. Va, confirm the first
reports OF its magnitude. Out OF the one
hundred and fifty-five men who went to
work on the nIght-shift not single one
mas come out alive, and there is no hope
that ANYTHING but dead bodies will be re-
covered.
RELIEF MEASURES BY THE COMPANY.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 14.-A spe-
cial meeting oil the Board Of Directors Of
the Southwest Virginia Improvement Com
pany, the owners OF the mine at Poca-
hontas, Va, where the explosion took
place yesterday. was held at the office OF
the company here to-day. Resolutions
were adopted authorizing the superlntend-
cnt OF the mines TO take all the necessary
means to alleviate the sufferings OF the
wounded, and TO furnish food and clothing
to the families OF the dead and injured
miners. The Board also considered the
ACCESSIBILITY Of Introducing electric light
in the mines TO guard against repetition
OF the disaster.
An officer OF the company said to-day
that there was no connection between the
company and the Norfolk and Western
Railroad Company except that the latter
acted as a carrier for the former. The I'm
provement Company owns the town of
Pocahontas and the mines, and the railroad
constructed N branch Hna 70 no
latter place for the purpose Of transport
ing coal. The company never suspected
the presence OF fire-damp i'm the mines.
There was no odOr. and the men were in
the habit Of going through the mines with
naked lamps. No cause can be assigned
for the explosion. In the future, however,
covered lamps will be used.
A dispatch from the superintendent. re-
ceived this afternoon, states that two eX-
pert mining engineers arrived this morn.
ing and agreed that the bodies could not
he recovered unless the mine be sealed and
the fire smOthercd.
THE MINES BEING SEALED.
PoCAHONTAs, Va, March 14.-The mines
are still on fire and the only means OF
eXtinguishing it is to close and seal them
up. This is now beng done, and the
mines will remain sealed for probably two
weeks. None OF the bodies have been re-
covered.
LIST OF THE VICTIMS.
CENTRAL. VA, March 14.-The news Of
the frightful explosion in the Pocahontas
coal-mines spread rapidly throughout the
surrounding section, and to-day crowds
have been flocking to the scene Of the dis
aster--many attracted by curiosity, others
having personal interest in those who were
in the mine.
The following Is as complete list Of the
victims OF the disaster as can be obtained
at this time
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BY Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, Narch IA, 1881.
Early trading az the stock Exchange to-day was
irregular, but in the main lower, the announce
ment tina, the trunk line managers had ordered a
reduction In east-bOund freight rates. The mar
ket yibrated between weakness and strength until
early dealings New York Cent raj declined Ca
1lSh. During the day sales at ll6&Mll7 were
reported. Lake Shore was a fraction lower; Cen
trail Pacific declined Union Pacific. = .acka-
wanna, &; Erie, z Northwest, -. Paul, Missouri
Pacific, Kansas and Texas, Oregon TranscOnu-
mental, and Western Union we're stronger. In tl"
afternoon II was rumOred that the Chicago
aud Northwestern Railroad Company had
agreed 10 submit the question Of percentage
In the Northwest pool 10 arbitration, ana this led
10 purchases for both accounts. Prices moved mp
k@I&-St. Paul. Pacific Mail. New York Central,
Union Pacific, Northwest, Lackawanna, Western
Union, and Missouri Pacific being the most con-
spicuous In the rise 81. Paul sold up Ia; Pacific
Mil. IL; New York Central, rs Union Pacific.
Pa; Northwest, Z Lackawanna. Ia: Lake Shore.
/; Missouri Pacific. Z Oregon TIanscOntlnentai,
IL: Northern Pacific preferred, y; western
Union The market closed strong at the best
figures Of the day. Pacific Mail attracted con-
siderable attention during the day. The stock
was I'm brisk demand. selling up TO 53s on u re-
vival of the report that the company VIII declare
a dividend shortly. II was also rumored that the
com pany, having cash on hand, had made an oncr
TO the Panama railroad 20 anticipate the payment
of its obligations not vet due the company. Conn
pareG with yesterdays closing, prices are ga Ia
higher. sales, $4,000 shares.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, March l4.-Virdnia SIS, cOnsol-
dated, 4O4: second series, 40; new 10-4O's. 80
new So, 557S. North Carolina G's, old III. Bid
to- day.
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A DefauIting Bank Teller.

by telegraph w Tue piSp"'ch'J
ST. LOUIS. March 14.-FrederiekJ J. Diet
rich, teller In the Laclede Bank OF this city,
is a deiaulter to the amount OF about
$4,000. Dietrich left the city two weeks
ago on leave OF absence.
Dietrich was arrested this afternoon.
His whereabouts was discovered bya Post
Dispatch reporter, who notified the Fideli-
ty and Casualty Company's representative.
A searcb-warrant was procured. and the
reporter guided the deputy-sherinf to his
(Dietricl's) brothers house, on Franklin
avenue, where the embeZzler had been
concealed for a week. The Lacede Bank
will lose nothing by the defalcation, as the
Fidelity and Casualty Company are on
Dietrich's bond for $4,000 and he had
given personal bond for the same amount.
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The Newspaper Copyright Bill.
GBy telegraph to the Dispatch. J

WASHINGTON March 14.-In response to
invitation Henry Watterson appeared be-
fore the Joint Committee on Library this
morning to make argument and answer in
Ouiries touching the proposed eight-hOur-
ewspaper. copyright bill. His interview
with the committee lasted nearly two hours.
All the members were present, and by
their questions cyinced great interest In
the subject. Al the outset Watterson said :
There has been a good deal OF misappre-
hension as TO the character and purposes OF
this bill, growing largely out ofthe fact that
original propOsitions-first TO take iorty-
eight hours and then twenty-four-Were
wholly untenable and unnecessary. Inc
bill. as il is drawn, Is SIMPLY designed 10
defeat convenient pirated puDllcatons. III
is universal in its application. IL embraces
all associated newspapers ana a'l separate
newspapers. 1t cannot aiiect Wnat Is cailed
the country press at all. Ii simply pro-
yides that from the hour OF going 10 press
a newspaper, or an association OF neWSpa-
pers, shall have exclusive right 10 the use
and profit Of matter which they nave
bought and paid for. For instance, II a
newspaper goes to press at O'Clock inc
eieht-hour term expires at III. 1bis uoes
not bar the publication OF the news from
the morning papers by afternoon papers.
Suppose for instance, said Mr.. water
son, / publish n newspaper in New YORK
and engage Kinglake and send him 10
Soudan. He, by enterprise, great outlay,
and good fortune, succeeds in furnishing
me a page OF matter describing great
battle in that country. That Is skilled
labor; that Is forecast. publish this mat
ter at 3 O'Clock in the morning, and a
newspaper right alongside OF me, pup.
lished at one cent copy, In the present
absence Of any law, may for the simple
cost Of type-setting defeat my enterprise.
Senator Hoar: Do you mean to protect
the form or statement OF facti
Watterson: You cannot copyright
fact. The mere statement that the King OF
Prussia is dead could not be copyrighted
but a full account, which might be EN-.
braced in hundred or more words, should
be protected.
Senator Hoar: You understand that you
get by this measure security for the COM
position, method OF the statement oil facts,
and for the facts themselves.
Watterson / understand that the clause
I'm This bill which refers 10 one hundred
words means that infringement shall EN-
brace the actual words, not the substance
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BALTIMORE.
CINCINNATI

ctucyNArI. March l4.-FlOur firm. Wheat
steady: No 2 red, 81 .06. Corn strong aud high
er: No. 3 mixed 63c. oats quiet; No. mixed;
36k@36ac. Pork firm AZ So Lard strong ana
0rIner. bur NOT duotaby higher Bacon unchanged
Whlskey quiet at si.l3. sugar unchanged. dog
weak: common and light. s5.25@$6.70; pack
ing and butcher, 1923 Gs7.2o.
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Representative Ellis yindica,cd.
Inv ,olnrrnnh 10 the Dispatch.l

wAsuIyoroN, March 4.-The House
Committee on Post-0fices and Post-Roads,
investigating certain charges against Re-
preventative Ellis, OF Louisiana, unani-
mously adopted this morning the following
resolution
RESOLVED. That, after an examination Of
all the witnesses produced before the COM
mittee, pro and con, and full investiga-
ton Of the charges rejecting upon the
Hon. T.. John Ellis. representative from
Louisiana, in connection with star.route
frauds, recently published, the committee
are OF opinion that the charges are utterly
groundless and unsupported by evidence.
The chairman was authorized to draft and
report to the House a resolution embody-
ing the substance of the foregoing.
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NEW BLOOMFIELD, MISS

Gentemen,-I have been suffering for the last
five years with a severe itching all over. have
used up four bottles Of your Hop Bitters, and 10
has done me more good than all the doctors
medicines that they could use on or with me.
am old and poor. but feel 10 bless you for such .
relief from your medicine ana torment OF the doc
tors. have had fifteen doctors az me. Ose gave
me fifteen ounces Of solution OF arsenic; another
took four quarts of blood from me. All they could
tell was that 1t skin sickness. Now. after
these four bottles Of your medicine am well, and
my skin Is well, clean, and smooth as ever.
HENRY kRoCHE.
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A Philadelphia telegram says: Over one
hundred OF The most distinguished priests
attached 10 the archdiocese OF Philadel-
mia assembled Thursday morning at the
Seminary OF ST. Charles Borromeo, at Over
brook, to participate in the formal act OF
comforting on the Very key. Dr. Corcoran
the honorary title OF monsignor, bestowed
on him during his recent ohdiai visit to
Rome. The title OF monsignor ranks the
reverend gentlemen along with the bish-
ops, but without the privilege OF iurlsdic-
tion. Right Rev. Bishop Vhara oficiated.
Monsignor Corcoran wore the robes OF his
Office for the first time.
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AdVerSe Reports.

by te1egrlph 10 Int DIspaICn.I
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE House
Committee on Post-Offices and Post.Roads
to-day ordered adverse reports on all bills
providing for the establishment Of postal
savings banks. Several members Of the
committee favor the system, but think it is
not expedient at present. An adverse re-
port was also ordered on the bill prohibit
ing the transmission through the mails OF
newspapers containing lottery advertise
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IIy telegraph 10 The Dispatch.I

TBy Telegraph 70 Ihe DlEDatVI'J
WASHINGTON, March I4.-Senator haxey
reported fayorably to-day from the Com
mlttee on Post-otfices and Post-Roads the
substitute for Joint resolution for the pay
ment OF southern mail-contractors, which
Ia substance IL similar TO the resolution
which passed the senate last Congress. IL
provides that the Secretary OF the Treasury
shall at once pay In full 10 late mail-con-
tractors OF the states Of Alabama, Arkan-
sas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi. Missouri. North Carolina, South
Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia. and
West Virginia. or their legal representa-
lives, the amounts which be shall find due
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Fire I'm Kansas City.
TBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

TBy ItItRTapH 10 IHt DIhTaICH'T
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March 1.-THE
wholesale drugstore OF Woodward, Faixon
Il Co., on Union avenue, was burned this
morning. The estimated losses are: On
stock, $4,000; insurance $4,000. On the
four-story building owned by Leach &
Omstead, $4,000; insured. The firm
was carrying stock worth $4,000, por
ton OF which was stored in an adjoining
building and escaped injury. A young
man named Alternately, who was sleeping
in the burned building, jumped from the
window and received injuries
which it is thought will prove fatal.
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KALAMAZOO. Mich Fehrusrv o. 1880

know Hop Bltters will bear recommendation
honestly. All who use them confer upon them the
highest encomiums. and give them credit for rna-
Ming cures-all the proprIetors claim for them.
have kept them since they were first offered to the
public. They took high rank from the first, and
10, and are more called for than ali
others combined. 30 long as they keep up their
high reputation for purity and usefulness shall
continue TO recommend them-sometling | have
never before done with any other patent medicine.
J.J. BABCoCK, ". ID. and Druggist.
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Execution in Kentucky.
IBy telegraph to the Dispatch

CINCINNATI, March IA Somerset, KY.
special says: &" Frank Slagle, who was con-
victed of the murder OF two men named
Adair in q camp in the mountains near
Cumberland last fall, was hanged shortly
after O'Clock to-day. Robbery prompted
the crime. The drop fell at Iii p. NJ,
and he died without struggle il, five min
utes. The mother OF the murdered men
was the only woman present at the eXecu-
81. =
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CEDAR BAYOU. TEX. october as. 1892

NNUkIt btss VtVOUtI
have been bitterly opposed 70 any medicine not
prescribed by physician OF my choice. My wife,
ffty-six years old, had come by degrees Of disease
10 a slow shutdown. and doctors failed 20 bene6
her. | got bottle OF Hop Bitters for her, which
soon relieved her in many ways. Ny Kidneys were
badly affected, and took twenty doses, and found
much relief | sent TO Galveston for more, but
word came back, None in the market. so great rs
the demand. But ] got some elsewhere. II has re-
stored both Of US TO good health, and We are duly
grateful. Yours, j. z. hAGET,
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Hog.ChoIera i'm Massachusetts.

by telegraph to the Dispatch.J
Boston, March 14.-Swine plague, or
hog-cholera, is reported quite prevalent in
Arlington and the neighboring towns in
this State. One farmer, who has between
800 and 600 hogs, has lost nearly 200, and
with others the loss has been very large,
in some cases half OF droves having died.
The disease is identical with swine-plague,
which was so prevalent in the West few
vpars oOO
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Miss Mamie Mcclellan Fry was lately
married In Florence, Italy, to the Marquis
Carlo Tarugiani. The bride is twenty
two years OF age, and was born in Phila-
delpbia. She Is the daughter Of Horace
Binney Fry, and the granddaughter Of
William Fry, proprietor Of the old No
tional Gazette, formerly published in
Philadelphia.
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Seven DAYS, Business Failures.

Dy 10 IIIU I1'7IIeRtN'''I
NEW YORK. March 14.-The business
failures Of the last seven days throughout
the country number: For the United States,
ia, and for Canada and the provinces II,
a total OF PIG rs compared with 212 last
week-a decrease Of Sc. The failures de-
crease principally in the Western. Mid
die, and New England states. Canada
had the same number OF failures rs last
wool
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Fatal snow-sIide I'm Colorado.

10y telegraph 10 The Dispatch.J
DENVER, March 1.-the Aspen stage
which arrived at Leadvile at midnight last
night brought the news OF a fatal snow
slide on the Aspen mountain last Monday
night. Three employees OF the Vale 10
mine-George Marshall, William O'Brien,
and John McGenney-were killed, and
Mike Higgins, another miner, is missing.
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lBy cable TO the Dispatch. !

ICY CADIt 70 INC DIspdIUI'I
BERLIN, March l4.-The Lasker incident
caused ripple OF excitement in the Reich
stag again to-day. Herr Stoecker, court
chaplain, who Is widely known for his
anti-Semitic activity, made a sighting allu-
sion to Lasker. DR.. Hoenel characterized
the allusiOn as Infamous; whereupon he
was called to order by the president.
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FOR EVERYBODY.
READ, MARK. AND rSwAsDLY DIGEST
AsunUnyuAM. Mass. January IA, 1880

have been very sick over two year,. and was
given up rs past cure. tried the most skiful ply
sicians but they did not reacffthe worst part. Ny
lungs aud heart would al mp every night and dis
trcss me very bad. told my children 1 never
should die In peace until had tried Hop Filters.
took two bottles. They helped me very much In
deed. | took two more; aud am well. There was
LOT Of sick folks here, who saw how they cured
me. and they used them and are cured, and feel as
thankful as | DO. Mrs. JULIA g. CUSHING
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under their respective contracts for the
years lSoS-'op Pei, and accruing before
the states respectively engaged In war
against the United States In the order In
which the claims are duly and legally pre-
scented. IL also provides that the appro-
priauon OF $4,000 made 10y the act OF
march. 1877, shall be reappropriated aud
made Immediately available for this pur-
pose.