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Telegram-herald., 1890-02-01
PRESIDENT CLAASSEN.
He Is ARA gned and win Have an Ex-
animation Today.

lie Il ARA gncd and VIII Have an TX
animation Today.
New York, Jan. 3I.-About 6 O'Clock
this evening President Claassen, of the
Sixth National Bank, appeared before
United States Commissioner with his
counsel and two Deputy United States
Marshal-, and the warrant charging
hnn with emb Element and msapro-
prlatlOn of funds was read to him. 1t
was arranged that Claasscn's cxanina-
ton should take place at 10 g.. m.
tomorrow, and meanwhile ho was
parolcd IN the custody OF the ma ,hals
and his counsel. This was IN accord
ancc with an arrangement made 81 IL
vance tnat, il Claas>cn would give hIm-
self up tonight. hc should not be put Iu
jail tonight. Broker Pcli passed to-
night ia Ludlow-st. jail, beng unable
to obtain atstac;Ory bail.
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-01

MENoMINEE, Mich, Jan. 3l.-Thurs-
day morning, January 30, the wife of
George Lcmerade, living in Stephenson
township, gave birth 10 four babies,
three boys ad one girl. All are
healthy, brig and active, and with
proper care may 1--we.
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-01

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BIS HUsIrICEsCE
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NeWsboys al the Kagle.

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MAP OF CAPT. BINGER's ROUTE.

agricultural implements beaten out Of single
piece OF II on. and their pottery is remarkable
i was on Feb. %. 1858: Just year to day
after he eft France; that Capt. Bnger entered
the city OF Kong. Here is his description:
Several hours before wo reached Kong
there were evidences that we were approach
had been cut down. and the soil, IMPOVERISHED
Dy bi Hns cHlS9eon vas 6arren; isaw not Even
Which appears on ali the G maps exIais only in
the Imagination OF some incorrectly I'M formed
mosques and the llat roofs Of Kong. As en-:
tered the city. modesty mounted on steer. /
eager to see a European. The roofs the
iGs of hS od and the wSSd not
been able to force my way, through i
the s"y or OF the She of Kong had mot
ami vigorously lnshed all who Jagged in the
path. In chairs under two great trees in the
Karamokho Oule and his friends. aud on the
lelt Dlarawary! chief OF Kong and his officials.
which / estimated to number about a
thousand persons. 1t was an assemblage OF
Ssatiy dressed In Arab costume. ho@sh they
cessiyely presented myself to the chiefs OF the
two Groups' the Ming coniduetsd me to MS MS
Attendants who endeavored with only Partial
success to SHE Id me from public curiosity.
confess That Wfen saw hong when i
was the first to visit did not feel any OF the
emotions WHICH some other travellers on the
Niger and at Timbuctoo have described. And
yet Kong and its supposititious mountains
have greatly perp!eXed Reographers and have
large. unwalled town. whose buildings are OF
clay. with fiat roofs. 1t Is built in u most ir-
regular manner. and its narrow tortuous
streets radiate from q large place about 700
feet square. which serves II, the market. The
town has a population OF about $4,000.
all Mohammedans. and there are five
large mosques. surmounted by. minarets.
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though the world has known OF the city for
many years. nobody had any idea how it
looked except that 1t was supposed to be
buried among mountains. which proves to be
a very incorrect notion. In this article two Of
these pictures are reproduced. together with a
portrait Of the explorer and map showing his
route; and in this description OF his wander
inGs his words as he addressed the Geographic
cal Society are followed to q large extent.
capt. Binger was we'll fitted for the difficult
and dangerous mission he undertook. for his
quality rs an African traveller had al
ready been tested in three previous Jour-
neys to Senegal, during which he had
lived long among the natives and I'M
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derstood several OF their languages. He
left Bamaku, the principal French post on the
Upper Niger in the spring OF 1887. and his first
mission on his journey through the unknown
to the ivory coast was to attempt to mako
peace between two powerful negro kings both
of whom had accepted the protectorate OF
France. Samory. the famous Mohammedan
prophet. and Tieba. Binger found that Samory
was besieging SikRso. the chief town Of his
enemy. Thither with his modest little escort
OF ten men in charge OF eighteen well-lOden
donkeys. tho explorer wendell his way. War
with all its horrors was everywhere manifest.
War and famine" says BinRer. had mace
vast charnel house Of the many provinces In
this great region. The dead were scattered
everywhere. Many villages We're deserted
The first day / entered the stricken region l
counted fifteen bodies along the road. Later l
was able to count them by the hundreds. In
every little thicket, In all the huts OF the de-
populated villages found the dead. and many
q skeleton was bleaching in the sun, On some
river banks where there was only one boat TO
convey the fngitives fleeing from the enemy
the frightened crowd had fought for the pos
session OF the boat, and the weaker had sue
cunbed and died on the bank. too feeble to
win the other shore by swimming across the
deep swift stream. These rivers gave me q
great deal OF trouble. for / had to unload the
donkeys and put our trade goods In smaller
Packages. which | placed in large calabashos
that my men pushed before them as they swan
tho rivers; uo,,,a o,,oo, hour, ,ou,or..ron
days reached Sikaso, the chief town OF King
Iieba. place OF about 5000 inhabitants. sur
FUNDED by groa, clay wall iianked Py, huge
a. as 6
the blacks. In these siegeS. therefore, the aim
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GENERAL VIEW OF KONG.

lar trip he reached Kong again. His convoy
included only seven men and ten donkeys well
laden with presents Tor the chiefs and goods
for the purchase Of fotd. His purpose was not
only exploration. but also. II possible, to make
treaties placing al iiese unknownn regions
Bobo- Diulasu to be II larRe place with an i'm
portant trade. He was nUGh Interested here
In the travelling BARRIERS and manicures. The
latter, with poor pair Of scissors. made in
the country, trim tho mills Of fingers and
toes, charging each Gus oner u price in cowry
shells thatis about a nth Il y cent.
lie had great diaiculty in advancing further
north, as the people are Ncossiyely super
stitious, pit Of PAPER thrown on the ground,
bound his bundles, hlled them with terror
They accused him Of sOrCery,and he mad to
be very adroit in his question: % get any in
formation about the country All thi, region
on tho borders OF AloSSi VIA in complete
anarchy. having been rayaGed by hands from
Ioussa and Soughap. ar nortk II was i'm
possible To secure protection frOm u sins
chief The hnrhaG" Is more rank and savage
than along other parts Of Bngor's route, and
offered an excellent theatre for theoperations
In Mossi, however. Can't Ringer had a ROYAL
reception, the KinG loading tue LITTLE eXpedi-
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ton with food. giving its leader horse and
accompanying him In all his excursions, An
unfortunate incident occurred. however. show
ing the ncklenesss OF royal favor in inner
treaty with BinEer, whom the news came that
a German expedition was approaching the
country The rumOr scared the King nearly
out Of his wits He thought his county was
much treuidation he requested Cant. Binger to
take his departure. The explorer spent a
month in Mossi, and he regards that country
as one OF the most promising lie has Visited
He saws II Is beautiful land oil plains; very
well adapted to cultivation and cattle raising
and thickly populated. lie estimated the popu-
lation nj about thirty 10 the square mile.
On his way hnck to Kong BinEer visited the
well known town OF Salaga, q place ui ABOUT
drtiest place he ever visited. This town, not
very far IRON the large Volta River, has long
had relations with the European colonies on
the coast. II 1t is very dirty the citizens may
urge that they have. not particle Of water 1T
for drinking or bathing purposes in their neigh-
borhood. They carry nearly all the water they
use distance OF about eight miles. and tho
trade in water and wood engages considera-
BILE part OF the population. It 49, however,
chiefly famous, and an enormous region
derives its entire supply OF salt from
the mines Mt Salaga. The fact that the natives
wished to be near the SOURCE OF their salt sup
peculiar circum stance that they built their
town SO far from water;
In his little party BinRer had in tho way OF
firearms only one rifle, towing piece, and TWO
known peoples he visited, the explorer depend.
ell upon his handsome supply OF presents AMI
he also found to be very serviceabe letter
from n high authority in tho Mohammedan
world OF that region commendnE MIN to ths
friendship and hospitality OF all followers Of
the iroDhet
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Education is we'll advanced In this
region. In Kong there are few men
vel versed in the Koran. and. 10. my surprise.
Isfeund that they are not fanatlcal ike the
Peus and ArubS They recognize three great
religions which they call roads-the road Of
Mose'. that OF Jesus and that Of NIohammed.
In conversation upon religious topics no one
periUr TO the othor religions. Many OF them
told methey considered tho three religions to
DO practically Identical, because they all lend
10 the same God. They said there were great
and holy prophets among the champions OF all
these religions, and there WAS no reason to
proclaim one better than another.
The commerce o; Kong very tiourtshing;
The market Is u veritabe fair Besides all
sorts of provisions one may procure there
European articles coming from the coast. such
as cloths. guns. powder. and hardware. There
ket.. The money consists OF cowry shells aud
gold dust"
Capt. Finger remained In Kong about three
weeks and then set ont for the unknown coun-
try northeast. and after making II long circu-
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away, and then it was seen that It was
but n temporary affair. But there was an
other sacrifice to make. and more IRE was
needed. Did that bother the TROJAN maidens
Not bit. one OF them Coolly took n tin cup
from behind one oil tire affairs, poured some
colorless liuuid unOn tie sand on the tor OF
tho a tars and immediately the flames again
shot heayenwnrd. she had simply replenished
the supply OF alcohol.
The temrle was n screen covered with dark
shnwls. and II bountiiul supply OF fur robes and
pOrtitres from dozen different sources made
luxurious furnishings for the palace. The
couches, when barred, proved to be shoe boxes
pronued up at one end, with pew cushions on
ton. The table on which the banquet was served
was made OF two fruit boxes ] he Tyres which
the slaves hold were Of pit cardboard. and the
pipes were tin llageOlots tied with white ribbon.
The censor was n pu2Hler at first glance the
flames and smoke issuing from the golden
mouth destroying its identity. But eXamina-
ton revealed q pinno lamp without the lamp
Tho din Of battle was a browning success.
The entire company, with the exception Of
Eueas and tho ghost of Creusa, who were ho-
fore the audience. were in the cellar making
all the noise that lay within their power. Tho
girls screamed. and their male assistants. who
had acted as ushers, let out their deep
voices. some shovclled coal against the sides
OF the bins others banged on the furnace
pipes with clubs; others dashed empty boxes
upon the floor. and others ratified tin pans.
The girls have given two performances, and
are urged TO repeat 1t again. The second per-
formance was for n charitable object, and
about 500 was nettei.
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come celobra'e ed far beyond their, expectations
or desires. but they Yielded to the wishes of
their friends and altered their plans to suit the
occasion. Aid was protferel from all sides.
but they declined it. They had started out to
arrange the details. and they stuck to their
resolution. OF course thcre were some things
which they were physically unable to accom-
rliSh The heavy carpenterng and tho ar
rangement OF tho curtain were paid for The
rest was their own work.
When the curtain rose on the first act 1t
revealed the banquet hall in Queen
Ddo's palace. Queen Dido, beautifully ar
raycd. was reclining uron u couch surround
ed by her slaves and attendants. .Eneas and
his friends were the ., dressed in Trojan cos
tunes. The low banquet table was spread with
all the fruits mentioned in stories of historic
feasts in those countries: 1t was real fruit. Old
theatreGoers declared That tho scene was a
success from M artistic standpoint.
In the second act heau,iir! Venus appeared
before Fnoas in II deserted street In Troy.
warn ne him to flee: the excitement attending
tina removal of the aged Anchises and the Pc
yates: tho ghost of Crrusa .Eneass beloved
wife: the wild shouts Of tie conflicting armies
when the Greeks finally secured an entrance to
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Of the investing army is to reduce the town by
famine. or to win the mastery through the
treason OF some Of the Inhabitants. Tieba is
an energetic negro and as fast as Samory
erected wooden Qualifications around the town
he threw up ,redoubts opposite, them outside
the walls. and he even succeeded In preventing
Samory from completely investing the town
l. was therefore difficult 70 reduce tho place by
famine, as II was impossible to prevent Tieba
from bringing in provisions. About once in
eight, days q large force OF Tieba's soldiers
would come from the country with fresh sup
ply OF food; He. kent in the town only sum;
cient number OF men TO defend the place and
the est OF his troops were engaged in keeping
up the supply OF provisions"
T., Capt Binger's efforts to restore peace were
in vain Samory said no told tho peonle OF his
capital when he left them that be would never
return Without the head OF Tieba, and no in:
tended 70 keep his word, Twelve thousand Of
ms poople were scattered around the walls OF
Sikaso;, OF whom 5000 were soldiers armed
with hintlocks. The others were laborers,
hostlers and women. Most OF his cavalry
horses died for lack q proper and sufficient
difficulty, for, Samory thought it would help
lin TO spread the rumor that the white man
was the messenger from great army OF whites
who were coming 10 aid him to overthrow Tieba.
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MEADING A BROKEN NECK.
A Woman Who May Thank Her Lucky
Stars TINT She IL Alive.


Mrs. Mary DOnaghue will soon be dis
charged as cured from the Pennsylvania Hos
pital and she may consider herself very lucky
~ she came into the institution one cold day
last Septembor with her neck broken. Tho
cervical vertebru. tho bony covering OF tho
spinal cord vas fractured aud dislurated. hut
by some lucky ,reRk the Suinal cord itself
that organ on which life depends. was practi-
cally uniIJured.
year; old son. she was living in Blue Anchor, y:
j. There VAS cherry tree on the ground and
one day she was up in the tree picking fruit.
A particularly fine bunch hung just above her
head. She reached out to pull them missed
her footing and fell to tho ground. She was
stunned tor few moments. but soon regaincd
consciousness aud. getting up, went OIL about
her household duties. apparently none the
worse for her her tall beyond slight stiffness in
moved to Philadelphia, taking a house near
Forty-second street and HayeIford Roads. Her
as well as ever. Ono day, late in the fall, she
was cleaning some windows. To get at the
topmost nanes she climbed upon high step
ladder. stretched out her hand to rub u speck
missed her footing, and fell, When they picked
her up they found that she was hurt. Just
wabbled around and fell over on her breast as
though it. was fastened on to the spinal
was put in bed and stayed there for six
weeks. Her husband wanted to send for a doc;
get wen without medical aid. Whom sitting up
with her head hanging down she could eat
nothing. and was only able to take food when
lying down. After six weeks her husband per-
suaded her to go to an hospital. They tried tho
Presbyterian, but that, was full SO one day In
ecGmber she was bundled NJ. her head
bandaged in position; and they came down
to the Pennsylvania There she was exam
med by tn physicians in charge. and 1t
was decided that tho cervical vert0bra Was
dislocated and fractured, but the. spinal cord
was apparently intact. She was PLACED in ono
since. She had a headrest in her bed, but she
says that when ,he Int up she could only Keep
her head erect by holding her hand up to Eer
chin. The bone has seemingly knit and she
now has but little trouble. 4 lew days ago
rastcboard apparatus WAS placed abound her
neck to Keep Of any undue strain from tho
entity as vol as ever. and can 90 out whenever
she chooses to press for dismissal.
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the stage. The acting was realistic. and
though q trile amateurish at times. left
doubt in the minds OF the spectators as
what was intended to be represented.
guard against any misunderstanding. and
order that people who might come from 9th
cities might understand the plot the story
each act was told in English before the rise
the curtain. Ex.Gow John d. Longs transl
ton of the Fnoid was used and when Il
play was first produced ex-Gov. Long hims
read the story
This little play has been called the Feast
Dido" The scene is laid in Queen Did
court at Carthage. Fneas is the guest OF I
Carthugenian Queen. and at her request
relates the story Of his wanderinGs after I
fall of Troy. Tho first and third acts repres'
tho scene in the banquet hall ut the feast Civ
by Dido in honor OF her guest. Tho secc
act is a series of tableaux illustrating the ST
which .Fneas is relating. The task OF arrai
ing the play was done by the girls with'
assistance. it is claimed. Their ages are
tween IS and Is years They committed,
memory several hundred lines OF Latin. stud
the characters until they wero thorouE
familiar with the roles thew were to assn!
arranged their own costumes. and provN
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The Empress OF Germany at Church.


BERLIN. April % When one Coos to
church with an Empires and when that En-
press Is the Empress OF Germany. ui course 10
should tell about it.
1t was last Sunday. cool bright morning.
and tho Dome Church was throngod. IN" Im-
press. with lady OF the court. cnrc IN at - A.
NJ. taking n sent IN a loGc or r"yaI Ga.IcrY on
tho right Of the nave. She is OF medium sic.
and there was nothing in her aiG "arar"o
to indicate that she was Othcr than Il middle
class woman who could not nlford expensive
dress She was drossud In lnHS. dnrh -mlNei
garment with n cape, sort OF wool en- ulster,
dark gloves and hat. Slo knott as she "i,t"r Il
her sent, and IN few moments van;
ritual. When the choral soivi op,nrd shG
arose with tho rest e tn" cungrcg atom and
joined In the responses. ! noticed that sHc"N-
ercscd her eyes freely ami InsIec'"i the c0r-
EreGAtion between tho Iapses OF melody. >hs
IL n connolly Young er-on, with somewhat go
we're countenance, which s@e lolaXes when u
conversation.
An Empress in church is quito like ANYBODY
else in church, only more plainly and oconumi-
cally dressed. ] think there were few ", mcu
in the Church Of tho Dome in Eerlin last sun.
dar 50 plainly blessed 70 tho Empress o:
Germany.
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Cold Rolled Steel.



A new industry which promises to become
OF vast importance is the rolling of cold steel
bars into wire. few years agu wire manu-.
facturers and metallurgists would has sald
such thing was an impossibillty: that cold
rolling would destroy the hbro o. the steel ana
ticnl value. Experience. however has proved
these preconceiyed notions 10 he in"o'rc".
pished with ease. and insteal Of The wire be-
ing weakened by tn" PRO esH, practical tests
have demonstrated that it. tensile strength II
nearly doubled. In other words. the tensile
strength OF hOt-drawn rleel wire is 5jiip
pounds to the square inch, while that OF cold
rolled steel wire is 100, 500 pounds,
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ber7roch is q PAPER published monthly by the
School. The .iabber,rocE publishes reading
matter that Is q great deal nicer than Its
name would imply. But tho JdhberIrocE did
not attract quite enough attention to ray all
tho expenses. OF exhibiting him, SO this play
was evolved from ditor BarrOwss brain, and
the JdbbeItrOck'S lilo was saved. The girls
netted SIS by their first performance OF the
Feast of Dido" Tho expenses were $40.
Tho girls had neither the time nor money for
elaborate preparation. When the scheme was
first suggested 1t was intended to produce it in
an attic. Then one OF the girls secured per-
mission to give 1t in tho pnrlors at her home.
The scheme became noi-ed abroad. and q
friend offered her larger parlors Tor ths per-
Torrance. Then the demand for tickets be-
came 50 great that outside Influence was prof.
fered. und the parlors OF the Rev. DR.. Hale's
church on Newbury street were secured. Then
the young actors realized that they had be-
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CAPT BINeER,s GREAT JOURNEY
HI. own story OF His visit to KonE and
an UnknoRn Fart Of Africa.

Last month the Paris Geographical Society
gave it's grand medal OF gold, the highest
honor IL has to bestow to Capt. BinGer the In
trepid explorer. who has made the most nota-
BILE journey for years in the interior OF Africa.
TUE Sun has already told OF his visit to the
famous city OF Kong, which no white man ever
saw before: OF his discovery that there are no
Kong mountains, and OF his long journey from
the Niger River TO the Gulf OF Guinea through
wholly unknown lands. But many In
teresting details OF his journey were
not known until his long address be-
fore the Paris Geographical Society last
month. Sore OF the pictures he brought
home with him have also been published In
lie Monde IUstrS. one Of which. the view OF
Kong, is particularly interesting because
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full wine bottles are water carafes. But this is
my triumph" and she hold w golden lewelled
wine cur. Guess what II is
The newspaper mans Imagination was not
equal to the TASK.
tell; but IFS really lamp shade with gilt
pasteboard bottom. our grove was made Of
Christmas trees. The affairs gave US the most
trouble We though OF everything from drain
pipes to umbrella stands from starch boxes to
tin ash barrel-. but wo finally made them Of
wood at Cambridge hoX factory,
These affairs. at which AndromaChe offered
her sacrifices. were very realistic The flames
shot upward more than a foot and the effect
upon the dainty maidens with the back ground
OF FIR trees was very pretty. But before the
conclusion OF the scene the IRE died