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AN " Ift4f5T OF HlPPol-iTES ARMY
lateIl,n tho daily dispatches All this time
liippolyto vas advancing on Port au Prince
with 80 coo we'll armed men while Lcgitime
had but 2o,isD 10 oppose him, neither we'll
arnlc Iha' we'll drilled. The north has dc
teated the south in four bnttles las battles
60 in ll&I-tp, and at last accounts was invest
ing Port au Prince. The probabilities are
that by this time the capital is taken, Lcsi-
time dead or @ fugitive and liippolytn ruling
il! Ieace-as 'tpeacc" goes III iluyti
The western or French end of tho island Of
Sal Domingo is the part dis;inctivcly known
as Hayt, and by an in.rndins hay and line
Of mountains it is divided into two sections,
moro completely separated, us far as ease Of
communication goes, than New York and
Virginia Tho total population of the re
public Is little short Of $50 900, and the coun-
try is so rich that the exports formerly ran
up to many millions Even quito recently
the coffee crop has reached s3,00o,0o But
since the expulsion of the French the people
havo degenerated SO rapidly that their pres
ent condition is horrible. If it were not
proved by overwhelming testimony, no one
could believe that children were murdered
for the purpose of making lard from their
bodies, that snake worship and general YOU
douism have superseded Christianity in the
Interior and that human beings are sacri
feed, roasted and eaten ut these horrible
orgies Of superstition. Yet so it Is.
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ing of tho steam
boat Hanna ut
Plaquen,ine, La,
on Christmas morn
ing, was an Eng
lishmun by birth
W b O ca mo to
America when a
lad, and ten years
ago embarked in
tho Ouchita trade.
He was engaged in
steamboating up to
tho tinlo Of his hor-
rible death. It
will be remembered
that when the pilot
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Of tho burning boat saw that sho was doomed
ho deserted his post, and Givens sprang to
the wheel and 'held her nose to tho shore"
His action was one Of pure heroism, and the
the Mississippi rs long as steamboats, ply its
waters,
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longed TO what was called tho landed gentry,
removed to the United States with enough
money to buy small tract of land Oh what
was then the Blooninstlalo road north Of
the city Of New York, but is NOW included in
the city, par, Of Mr.. CroEers land being in
the upper part OF Central park. The house
in which tho older gentleman lived for
awhile is still standing in tho upper part Of
tho city. Richard was educated III the
schools of New York until ls3S when he c,i-
tered tho machine shops of the New York
Central railroad and mastered tic trade Of
mechanical engineer. His father entered the
army at the heginning of the civil var aud
advanced to the grade Of a captaincy in the
engineer corps, serving most Of the time un-
der Gen. SiCEles,
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The son entered politics very fauus. In
l,J', at the nge Of q, lie was elected alder
man to succeed James o Brien, who had just
by IN enormous majority, and c"ll-
tnucl in Office until 1870, when he
was lesislate>l out by Tweed and his tsso-
ciates whom Mr.. Croker opposed. lie was
soon after appointed marshal TO collect the
arrears Of taxes. and performed that worl;
with such ability that ho increased the re-
cepts in few weeks over $4,000 During
ell this time he wes consistent and ardent
member of Tainnlany Hall, great ndnirer
md firm supporter Of John Kelly; and when
tho Tweed ring was ovclthrown uud tho
city government reformed he assisted Mr..
Kelly III the general work Of reorganization.
They became very firm friends, and Mr..
Kelly once said of Mr. Croker: "Dick is the
uobest work Of Ciol--an honest man" In
1875, when Mr. Croker was in his 30th year,
he was nominated for coroner, an office then
of far greater Importance than now as the
coroner was paid hy ttcs. and the oH.cr was
worth a,uut S13.NlJ Il var. He was Of
course elected. That @it4lgnn IL riot &c
CURED near the polls in Ttlirt. avenue near
Thirty y-S1cond street. ale Eia!i named
McEcunI W,is Slot. y charge was brought
against Nh Croker CT h;tS !llls fired the
fatal Shot or Of instisatins, it, but after. Il
thorough investigation the authorities We're
convinced that he had nothing whatever 10
DO with ii, He isa man oi siugularly peace
full nature, and though possessed Of great
strength, is extremely furt,aaring il his inter
course even with those who attempt t. ilti-
tate him. He was rcnonIillHted for coroner.
but defeated ard went out Of Office .lnntHIy
!, 1880, He was then elected alderman, after
wards appointed fire commissioner. and now
it is expected that hn will le appointed city
chamberlain, the best Office al the disposal Of
Mayor Grant.
During all tho time OF his public career,
Mr.. Croker has been rising in influence il
Tanmauy, approaching the supreme leader
ship by gradual degrees rs the result OF hard
and enthusiastic work. When it became cei-
dent that John Kelly could not recover, :Ir.
Crocker Was advanced to deputy leadership,
and soon showed that he possessed sound
Judgment great foresight III politics and per
feet fearlessncss in carrying out the plans he
believed to be best. Lile Mr.. Kelly, he was
extremely direct i'll his replies to politicians
and his 'yes'' or mo- was emphatic and I.
settlement of the issue. Since he has been in
control Immediately after the death of Mr..
Kelly, tho affairs of Tuumany have beel
uniformly successful. lie is Ii man Of ey.
trenely domestic habits, lives i'll II handsome
brown stono house at Mount Morris ave
nue and Ono Hundred and Twcnty-thirG
street, opposite Mount Morris park, where
his wife and six children make his home very
pleasant He is an extremely temperate
man, quito student, devoted to genera
reading, and in religion is devout Ro1nal
| Catholic. His aged father died in 1851. Hi
mother is still living.
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o''' y ''' 't'' ! 's'7'' cnce and finished
educaton He served as judge of the su-
preme court, senator and general in the Hay
tian army, and was two years In Franco on a
special mission. AS he was appointed min
ister to the United States April %, 1870, he
is by tho rule ''dcan of tho diplomatic corps"
there-thnt is, tho minister of longest stand-
inn
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HAYTTS REVOLUTION.
GEN, HIPPOLYTE HAS PROBABLY
LAID OUT GEN. LEGiTiME.

a Laud of Revolutions, Yellow Fever and
Enrthguplies--hlso Of youdouism, Can
nibai Sacrifices and Queer Customs--A
Rich Land Full of Poor People.
To the average American reader there is
nothing, startling in the newspaper headline
"Another Revolution in Hayti." If he
should read "Hayti Peaceful and Indus
trous, it would certainly raise astonishment
and put him on inquiry, Eighty-four years
have passed, taking the date usually assumed,
since the l1ayti;ns became independent Of
France, md in that time they hnve allowed
two presidents to serve out their terms in
peace-that is, comparative peace They
have had moro revolutions than Mexico and
moro disputed elections than all the A1ncrl-
can states together Old Solomon ruled
them long time with considerable success.
He had a tolerably efficient corps OF spies
and detectives, and his method was to know
in advance when u revolt was brewing, to
grab the leaders just rs they began their mis-
chief, and shoot them the next Sunday after
high mass By this simple process he long
maintained what he called Order"
But they proved too much for the old man
at last and he fed to France, where he died.
Nearly all the generals in the republic tand
Hnyti is full of them) wanted TO succeed him,
but the contest finally narrowed dox'n TO
Gen Legitime, of the south, and Gen Thec-
nlaque, of the north. Now, the Haytians Of
the north are fur more civilized than those of
the south. and somewhat moro honest and
moral but the latter are moro numerous.
The usual riot followed, and Thelcmaque wns
shot while in Port au Prince tho capital
Then tho members from the south III the
national assembly declared ull the seats Of
the northern members vacant, on the ground
that no fair elections could be held there while
tho disturbances We're i'll progress. and de-
clared Gen. Legtilno president. But he
had but thirty votes, while Il full assembly
consists Of eighty members, the north al once
reroltel and declared Gen Iiippolytc prtsi-
dent.
l.agiimo proclaimed Il blockade Of all the
northern ports and here is where the Amcri-
can steamer llaytian Republic got into
trouble, she was seized while trading to the
northern ports. condemned and coniiscated
by L"sitime'a government, and released on
demand Of the American navy, rs fully TO-
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French railways are reported to bc suffer-
ing from competition with canals. So acute
has tho situation become that tho railways
are demanding tho reimposition Of tho tolls
taken off tho canal traffic in 1880. In that
year the French government abolished all
taxation upon canal and river transport with
tho result that tho total carriage increased
from l,s75, ,O0n 900 tons carried hlometer in
1880 to S,073. 100000 tons carried q similar
distance in 1887. In the same period trans
port by the main lines of tho French railway
system fell off from 0,064 ,0o0, 600 tons car
ricd klometer in 1880 to s,967 600 GOO tons
In lsS7.-public Opinion.
An agent Of the Rothschilds has purchased
for a nominal sum u newly discovered gold
mine in tho Batapohs district In Mexico o. AZ, "a,
vance rumors say that there Is SO, 5,coo,ooo
worth CT gold waiting to be uncovered
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vf the STONE age and the asc
Of bronze, specimens Of Tie
tree dwellings Of various
Savages, Of the improved
cave and the house TINT Was
Il rare Imitation of a cave
There will also DO reprcsen-
tttions Of all the peculiar
dwellings, Of today; the mud
Luts Of Egyptian fellaheen
t;:d Syrian peasants, the
wattlcd cabins OF Africa
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The mississippi River Hero.

James Givens, the latter day "Jim Bludso,
who raYa his life to saYe others at tho burn
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\ Laud of Revolutions, yellow Fever and
Enrt lso Of Voudouism, Can.
nibai Sacrifices and Queer Customs--A
Rich Land Full of Poor People.
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The above statement does not take into account
In the liability column, the capital stock OF
the company, which amounts to 81, ,050,OOO, con-
sisting of $780, 900 in preferred stock, which was
issued in sS4 to the creditors in the failure OF
the company in 1881, and on which 2 per cent
interest has been paid, and s50O,O00 in common
stock Adding this capital stock to the liability
account would leave an apparent deficit OF
sb4s.Issl3. The report OF the committee
appointed 10 make an appralsement may cnahge
Somewhat the figures in the asset column, as
tbose given are taken from the books OF the
company, which are based on the original cost
price. .hr.,
IN nnpraise all the property OF the company ana
fo formulate plan OF organization. Mr. beer
asked the withdrawal of the resolution, ana oneicd
series Of resolutions instead Insy psosiusu ey roa-
terials be continued in operation under the super,
intendence Of Simon Seyfert +. Q. SminK ana
abraham s. Patterson; that IL any creditors to9S
steps TO secure preference Iae oreosoGs
and that Mr. Hopkins should have charge OF the
warehouse In Philadelphia. These resolutions were
passed Mr. sss RSs anS sSfse'eSd sSus. the With III
creditors for sums under $1,000 an
those having Claims over 81, 200 TO receive 4o
per cent in second mortgage bonds and oV per
interest-bearng and the latter only TO bear IN
terest. IL earned. Then cancel the common Stock
and issue deferred stock the holders OF tne toe
~ he third mortgage bondhodcrs. No action
was " taken on this a creditor wanted 70 keow Rssy
said tthat the balance sheet showed the figures IN
tbs last three years to be So00 1000, and the iia-
bilitieS had increased s5sl, 900 from December f
thss worlxnS operations last year showed loss OF
$4,000 =. .,,,.o,.,,,atc the
affairs of the company, make an appraisemene on
ali nronerty and report at subsequent meeting
81 creditors and another com mmittee was spp9in.ea
IN formulata q plan Of reorganization. Efsnk lls
Sishnrse ali money, subject TO the direction OF
Messrs. Seyfert and Patterson The tact tnas a .no
furnaces and all other establishments essS e,.h
cation is GOOD news for the people Of Reading.
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baltimore. March epecIaD.-The question u
raising the educational standard in the hetnoais'
Colleges Of this country was discussed In tho D"
more Conference today Tho Rev. DR.. Charles IL
PAYNE Of New. york secretary to the Board Of Edue@
ton said that lt was iptsndcd to raise the standard
IN Methodist colleges so,that they VIII be second %
none IN the land There arc numbers Of schools ana
colleges strueeling along In sections where thele
should be but one That mistake. no hoped could po
avoided In the futars. II the board was pera'uee =
have n. way. 10 suggested that ehIdren's day 30
appointed for the month Of june. when each sunday
school sohalas be asked TO contribute dime. Ine
board would tbsn get 100000, fye times as nucn
AZ Il receives now The money 70 ever sse0S
10 the soeth 70 ne seaoo " nc foreign a Haoss
Conference adopted his suggestion.
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4 LONG SERIES OF RoBBEfrEs.
THE STOLEN PROPERTY SMALL IN VALUE. BUT
THE ruEFTs CAUSE UNEAsNEss

There have boon during the last month at least a
dozen burgares and about half as many attempts at
burglary in the houses In Fifteth, Fftyfrst, Fifty
second and fIfty-trd sts between Eighth and Ninth
aveA THIS Is respectable part of the city and nearly
all tho houses are private dwellings, occupied by single
families Tho thieves have had an excellent oppor-
tuny to work In this locality as there are vacant io
the block and this gave them access 20 tS re.,
of tho dwellings without the fear OF detection. An
the work has been done evidently BY the same men and
they have stuck to one method Of gaining an enrahce'
usually by prying open back window on 'no p@se-
ment floor. .,
Among those who have been viatsd BY the toieys.
are Jacob Hoffman, No. 343 west fny-nrst ~ !,
s. G. Hawkins NO. 3as west Finy-frstst.; wnnam y
Hicks, No. s0s West Fityarstst simon so. sou ,yoot To
345 West Flftiethst4 William Heay, no. o.
ftfeth-st Martin Higgins, No. S1o West
and Mrs. Mary Nsusenan, Of No. eos West fn,y' y.
sccondst. The amount of property Obtained Dy sns
burglars has been small The clothing Money s',u
jowelry taken nom all tho places would NOT amount %
$780, and the losses were so ralng that oog tnreo %
tho robbefes were reported 70 tho Yves,
st station. Those who appeared az tne sts''on mo1o
Mr. HOFFMAN, Mr.. Hawkins and MT HeaV'
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THE NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY.
FIVE OF THE MEMBERS BELONGED 10 THE o.

oABISEr-cRrsPI PRIME MINISTER.
Rome. March 7.--Acting under the advloe OF s,s'
nort Biancherl and Farinl, the former OF wnom 90
cllnsd the task of forming Ministry King huinDO.'
has accepted the Cabinet arranged by signor onspl
Tga nav Cabinet Is composed al follows:
President Of the Council, Minister OF tho in"ri0r
ana Minister Of Foreign Ahairs-signor Crispi
Minister Of Ftnanoe-6lgnor Doda
Minlstsr ot she Treasury-sgnor Zoiesu
Minister of Justice and Ecciesiastic1 Anais-e's'
nor Zanardelli.
Minister OF war-GenerA Vlale
Minister OF Marino-signor Brin.
minister Of Commerce, industry and Agriculture
sgnor Miceli
Minister Of Public works-senator Finaii
Minister Of posts and Telegsphs-signor Lacava
OF the now Ministry, signori CrispL vlaie, Brn,
ccu and zanardelli retain he portfolios held oy tncn
" n r. believed that the Cabinet VIII command
conslderaSle majority In the Chamber o. ad
sstbn,igh II VIII bo confronted BY the Old Rlsht Sou
The Extreme Leh.
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THE FUTURE OF THE DOMINION
SIR CHARLES TuPPER SAYS THAT MR. BLAINE

ADAIHkS THE OANADlAN fOLlOls
Ottawa, Ont, March 7.-Sr Charles Tupper, Min
lister of Fsheries, resumed the debate the Budget
In the House Of Commons this afternoon. He spoke
Of what outSders thought Of the destiny Of Canada
and read extracts from an article written BY Pro-
lessor schumsn, OF Ithaca, n. Y, to show that
Cansda is 10 be the home of millions Of immigrants,
and has future equally great the United states.
rhe Dominion had made great progress since tho Con-
federation. Tho Americans would like 70 secure
Canada as slaughtermarkot, although they would be
wiling to grant Canada reciprocal advantages The
home market was tho most valuable, and II would be
wen 10 build up foreign trade after establishing
domestic industries Sir Charles said that Mr. Blaine
admired tho Canadian policy, and in support Of hs
statement be read extract from speech delivered
by the American Secretary OF State.
Mr. Weldon asked what instruction, II any, had been
given to the shppingmaster In 81. John n, b., as TO
the shipping Of ssamen ia United States vessels.
He desired 70 know II the Government has received
any Official notice, has otherwise been informed,
Of letter Of the Secretary Of the Treasury Of the
United states, TO the Secretary OF state upon tho
subject, in which he sasd;
And should the Canadian GoveEnmsnt approve Of the
action Of the shipping. master at st. John, Sha deem
IL my duty 70 instruct tho oeefs Of this Department 70
require aIl shipments Of upon British vessels In
American ports 10 be made before United States Com
rnissionors and before foreign consular oncerG
SIR Charles Tupper stated in reply that he haa
not issued any Instructions on the subject, and VA
existence Of letter from tho Secretary Of the United
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FRANCE AND THE PANAMA CANAL

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT lNTEbfEbiJAtESD ~
TO IT'S POLICY TOWARD THE ENTERPRISES.
paris. March Tho Cabinet decided that me
Government would reply Interpolation 70 Dc SUD-
mlttsd I'm the Chamber Of Deputies by ID. Vhlalh' TO
earding the Panama Canal Company. but would nos
give details Of the action 1t has decided upon' 0"B
n tbs international character Of tho question.
NJ Villain submitted bis Interpolation OF tho Gov
srnment regarding the Panama Canal Company. he
urged thai the canal scheme should not be aoanaoneo'
sud that meeting OF shareholders OF the company
should o convened for The purpose Of discussing means
for the continuation Of work on tho canaL ,sa m'
yfIIsin said that the savings OF France were
elert 10 build the canal assistance should %
Fton other countries He suggested thst an 10
tonsi Conference OF engineers pe aeumolic1. ~ ~
noves a., orfer OF the day appealing 70 toe yoEtrh
mani IN safs9 9uafd the interests OF toe snapsoass
M Rouyier Minister Of Finance, osci@mvY ans az
rcsponsibl,ity on the part OF the HoveInm Hs.ng ~
sad the Government had no means
thouah IL approved OF every ehort msoe y no1sr
and companies 10 prevent the collapse OF INC a""'
Prime Minister Tirard, replying to NJ de ~ ,te
noe s,d th overureut would do its UTMOST Aor ln0
snct.ess. 81 t,se canal but be could say no nne
f,s fh arnber t,en BY vote OF 344 70 loS anoptS"
Government order * tho day IN regard 70 Ine caL
Asplnwali, March 1.-THE British vessel "a ns." DOl
e7o tons burden, has passed thrpngh tne fsnsinA @
Canal from Asnipvau to chnes, distsnce OF esH
niles This II the first foreign yessei Ar tnSs n
through the canal from one port 70 sno'neh
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THE PARNELL INVESTIGATION.
By ANOTHER AMERICAN SPY FoA
THE GOVERNMENT.

THE GOVERNMENT.
London March I. Al tho sitting Of the Parnen
Commission today an sx-Amoficsn Fenian named
Coleman now Lying IN Ontario ard employed ng nc
ssasesss fstsass sssafce1s asnaErsf yns paksgos M
which he took part while in Ireland He stated
that Macau,ey told him the League had paid him
.tArscaulay) 600 pounds for shooting BurkA
On s,ess examlra alton Coleman testified that he came
from Acrfca Of his own accord 10 give evidence before
tho Commission Nobody had promised him money.
He had received 1000 pounds from the Government
for artsng a q Spy In America with this money he
bought property IN winnIrg.
M soalnes, sTho Times's" solicitor, testified that
walsh said he could produce documents to prove thas
Messrs Parnen and o'Keily were connected with tho
iportaton 81 arms into Ireland, but he did not know
Walsh's whereabouts. (Lsughter1
Attorney General webster applied for an adjourn
,rnt until T,esdty on the ground that two important
zftnesses for The Tfmeas were III.
The Court granted the application and adjourned 10
March 12. ..-.o..h,Do
oIoze Of 6Tho TiInes'ss case. Sir Charles huseeh
"a ready 70 mako an elaborate opening address IoI Le
Paneiiites He is determined not 70 risk an nnvorse
6erasion on any grounds. Most Of the witnesses
subpyenaed from Ireland have promised ther Sor''eS
free
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-08
THE READING IRON WORKS
AN EXPLANATION TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
A STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS
SHOWN BIZ THE Booxs-pART OF THE
MILLS TO BK KEPT AT WORK.
yRY rrIRaRAPH TO THE TkfBCAK.l

A
SHOWN BIZ THE BooKs-PART or THE
MILLS TO BE KEPT AT WORK.
iBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rkIBUsEl
Reading Penn, March 7.--George Brooke, OF
Birdsboro presided at the meeting OF the creditors
Of the Reading Iron Works in Philadelphia to-
day. he stated that George T. Baer had been
chosen by the directors to explain TO the creditors
the condition Of the company. Mr.. Baer read
long statement, prefscing it by saying that up
to last Monday o week the directors were ignor-
ant of the true standing of the concern. At
q meeting then held by the directors it was sug-
gested TO increase the bonded Indebtedness to
nquidate maturing obligations, but no definite
plan had been carried ont; that $4,000 was
needed to pay the liabilities Of the company
the week previous This sum was not raised
OF this meeting of the directors. Mr.. Baer said
some Of the executive officers suggested an increase
Of seoo, 1000 in the bonded Indebtedness, others
an increase Of 100000 At that meeting Of
the directors IL was also ascertained that no
balance sheet had been made out in January.
The directors, Mr.. Baer said then appointed
a committee to confer with the Reading Railroad
Company, which in 1857 had taken preferred
stock In liquidation Of its claim against the iron
company. Upon consultation with Mr.. Corbin,
this committee, Messrs. Keim and Baer, was
authorized to make an investigation Of the true
standing OF the Reading Iron Works, and II In
th. opinion Of the committee the Reading Iron
Works would be able to tide over its difficulties,
the PhiIadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
might again make the concessions asked for.
Mr.. Baer, who was one Of this committee after
having examined all the balance sheets since
1850, informed Mr. Corbin that the company
could not go ahead, and suggested meeting OF
the directors Of the railroad company. This meet
ing was held Mr.. Baer added that the $4,000
Judgment Of the railroad company was entered
In good faith only to prevent indiscriminate
attachments and to protect creditors. The rail-
road company refused to advance funds to the
Iron Works, would take no advantage but would
stand ON level with all the unsecured creditors.
The statement of assets and liabilities is as fol.
iOWR