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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-25
IMPRISONED IN A SALT PIT.
The Predicament Of a Hunter While
Stalking Deer.


Rapid City, S. d. March "a singular
adventure which might, except for q
happy chance, have had a tragic ending.
recently occurred to William r. Kenney-
worth, wealthy stockman of this
county, while out hunting in the outlying
peaks of the mountains north of this
place. Mr. Kennepworth his son.
young man of IS or -, and his brother-in-
law from Boston started from the Ken
neyworth ranch early one morning last
week, well armed and seeking herd Of
blacR-tailed deer reported to be in the
neighborhood.
Mr.. KeenuywOrth himself cares but lit
tie for hunting, and was armed only with
a light rife, but the others, MIR. Lawrence
especially, being fond of such sport. car
ricd hunting knives, as well as guns and
smaller arms The party was not long in
finding the trail OF the deer, and, with a
couple of good hounds, followed fast after
them until they reached small creek
flowing down from Bear Butte. and here
the trail was lost, owing to the animals
having crossed on the thin ice, which had
broken under their weight and had scat
tered them.
The dogs searched the banks for the
missing scent, and the men dispersed also
TO the right and left, arranging 10 fire a
oiOb W lEdW Ltlb pdt W tOSGbuef again as
soon as one should discover the direction
the deer had taken MIR. Kennyworth re-
naming on the near side of the little
stream, soon found what he thought were
indications that the herd had turned back
after having broken the ice and had taken
again to the rougher country to the north.
Hesitating TO recall the others until he
was sure that they had done this he did
not give the signal agreed upon. and fol-
los. n 1V1fr fta..N
he had noticed, purposing to return as
soon as he had satisfied himself that he
was right.
He had gone nearly half mile and
had mounted a somewhat steep ridge on
the top of which he paused to look about
him, and then thinking that he had seen
a group of animals some distance of.
turned to retrace his steps, but the rock
on which he placed his foot gave way
suddenly, aud with it he rolled on down
the incline. He threw out both hands to
grasp at something that might stay him,
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SUSAN shall hate to be y awful.
Alce-But you can't be put in peril Of IL a
second time-Raymond Monthly
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MIsER1Es OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
In No other Army Are the Men
Treated With Such Barbarity.

With the exception of the regiments of
the Guards-a mere plaything Of the ear
the Russian soldier is a misera ble-look-
ing object, sickly, and dressed in a uni
form out of all proportion to his stature.
He is Wretchedly paid, always half
famished and in fact, appears more
qualified TO be defended than to defend.
One has not to 90 far to find the reason
for this The Russian commanders have,
almost in every instance, sought their
positions, not in the hope of proving use
full to the state, but with an eye to the
riches which will accrue to them in the
shape Of plumber sfrom the government
and from their unfortunate SubOrdinates.
Forage, equipments, remounts, and
lastly, the soldiers rations offer ample
scope for plumber, and these are the
sources from which large fortunes are
amassed. BY regulation each battery
must possess IS horses, and the govern-
ment provides the commander with the
funds for the purchase of that number.
As matter of fact, however, only 40
horses are purchased; returns showing
the expenditure for the full number
are forwarded to the CommisSariaJ
Department, and the difference finds its
way into the commanders pocket. A
somewhat similar system is followed in
regard to the forage. The horses are
=
the soldier, unable to obtain tho requisite
supply of forage from the proper quarter,
is compelled to make up the deficiency by
theft from neighboring peasants.
Each soldier is entitled to one quarter
of pound of meat, three pounds of black
rye bread, one-third Of pound of greats.
and one farthing with which to buy such
luxuries as salt and pepper Even this
scauty table furnishes its quota TO the
commanders pocket. In the first place,
the contractor for meat, by means of u
tempting bride. prOcures the acceptance
of an article of the worst quality and not
infrequently substitutes horse for OK
flesh In order to permit of a still
further gain the commanders di-
rect the dough to be well watered, aud
the bred issued TO the soldiers is, con
seuuently, of the worst possible-qualiuy
pasty and half decomposed
The -four saved by this watering process
is accumulated and disposed of to private
persons. The regulation quantity Of
greats resolves itself into about one spoon
full. Reduced by hunger and starvation,
it is no wonder that every Russian soldier
suffers severely from one form or another
of dyspepsia.
In no other army are such cruelties
praCticed upon soldiers as in that Of
Russia. The thrashings are interminable.
and even trumpets and other musical
instruments are made use of in these
castigations. l have known man to be
thrown under a horses feet for some
imaginary offense, and I well recollect a
case were a single blow of a fist of an
officer ruptured the drum of mans ear
and rendered him deaf for life.
SUSAN shall hate to be * awful.
gtHF TfIf. IA hQ I'D Nor n q
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Henry Irving's Enormous Profits.
From the New York Press.

Henry Irving closed ia Boston on Sat
urday night the fourth American tour of
the London Lyceum players. In twenty
eight weeks American playROers have
paid 1895, G93 50 TO see him, an average Of
S21 ,274 a week, or about 200 for every
performance. His -FOUR began in San
Francisco Sept. T.
This sum is certainly more than double
that which the most prosperous Ameri-
can actor and manager has received this
season. Barring the Edwin Booth-Taw-
renee Barrett company, which was dis
banded by the latter's death four years
ago. such earnings have never been real
lied by any actor in the world. Mr.. Irv-
ing's London audiences do not pay half
as much TO support the Lyceum theater
The highest art pays well, and il pays
better here than anywhere else in chris
tendon. The admiration Of Mr.. Irving's
methods is so general and the esteem for
him AS a man is so sincere that no Ameri-
can actor or manager belittles his success
and no playgoer begrudges IT, This fact
is, perhaps, the most remarkable feature
Of his triumph. He naturally proposes TO
return to the United States next season.
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Steamer"St Augustine" is.
appointed 10 leave VituSville.
daily. except Sunday, $50 o.
m. due Rockledge $3.50 am.
Melbourne ~ noon.
Steamer "St. Lucie" OF "St.
Sebastian is appointed to-
leave Titusvllle for Jupiter on
arrival OF train No. II 400.
p. m. daily, except Sunday
due RoclledRe $3.50 p. m. 4
Jupiter l2noon following day..
""...... /" ! 90 pms 0 90 am
on 49,, d pa n,,,
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HOW HANGING FEELS.
4 Man Who Has Had the Experience
Describes the Sensations.

Moments of Fearful Pain-He Denies
THAT Death in This Form is a Pleas
ant One.
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Poverty strclxen Suitor-Be mine. Aman-
da and / will treat you ike an angel.
Amanda should think 50! Nothing to
eat and still less TO wear. I beg to b. ex-
cused.-BOston Home Journal.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 90.
Prize contest in Ing picnic in Jones
Wood.

No doubt many win confuse this com
ing New York occasion with The annual
music festival which opens In Cincinnati
on May ~, and continues five days 1t is
but an evidence of the elaboration and
hugeness OF the efforts of the singers that
they can arrange two such occasions
within such a short time, in spite of the
Iact that there will not be the same rep
resentation in each. All who have fol-
lowed the Cincinnati festival proceedings
heretofore and those who have merely
vague ideas of them will see from the
mum bers already announced that it will
stand in worthipess beside the New York
demonstration. The oratorio elijah" will
be produced on May %. The day
following comes Parker's "Hora Novis-
sima," declared the first among Ameri-
can choral works. On the evening next
succeeding will be heard Beethoven s
Choral symphony" and on the 25th Ru-
binsteins Moses" third and fourth
parts, and Brahms "5ong Of Destiny
The night of the Goth will be devoted to
Berlioz's Requiem" the magnum opus Of
France in that line.
The rest of the Cincinnati work will be
on plane with these. Thus do the sing
ing societies justify their existence.
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N York and Port Taupa
D.
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MADE BOGUS DRAFTS.
Banks Victimized by InsoIvent
Lumber-Dealers.
They Had a Shrewd Scheme and
Cleaned Up Thousands of
Dollars.

KANSAS CITY. Jan. 27.-The Grand
Jury here has been investigating de-
liberate scheme to defraud the National
Bank of Commerce of 100000. and it is
known that two indictments have been
returned. The fraud, which has caught
banks in several commercial centers Of
the United States. was brought to light
by its Kansas City ramfications, and its
extent. so far as traced, is between $500
and 100000, with all the details rot yet
ascertained. The parties charged with
the swindle are the lumber firms of J. II.
Bemis & Co. of jefferson, Tex, and
one of his in this city.
Banks in Connecticut, Missouri,
Tennessee, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois
are known to have been defrauded, and
the full extent of the fraud is not YET
known. In Kansas City the National
Bank of Commerce was caught for $50, OO0.
The manner in which the swindle was
perpetrated was not complicated. Each
firm drew accommodation drafts" on the
other, due principally in thirty, sixty and
ninety DAYS respectively. The firm on
which draft was drawn would accept it.
| The draft was drawn so rs to make the
amount in odd dollars and cents for the
pu rpOse Of giving it the appearance of a
draft drawn for the sale or purchase of
lumber in the ordinary course OF business,
and not for an accommodation draft.
| These drafts were issued several months
age, when the firm had good credit, but
were really in falling circumstances.
The next step was to 90 to the banks
and under false representations get the
! drafts cashed, and about the time the
drafts came due The firms failed. The
fact that the drafts were time drafts and
not sight drafts prevented attaching bills
| of lading TO the drafts, rs is usually done
| in sight drafts.
Among the banks which got some oil
! this bad paper were those in Dallas, Gal
weston and Houston. Tex; Memphis,
| Tenn; Chicago; Atchison, Kans.; St.
! Louis, Omaha. and some in Connecticut
by rediscounting the Western banks pa.
per. 1t is also stated that some of 1t found
its way to Boston.
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SCUTTLED A STEAMER
Attempt to Sink the CAPTAIN
Weber at Stockton.
Many Auger-Holes Bored i'm the Hull,
but They Were Discovered i'm
Time to Save the Vessel.

STOCKTON. Jan. pa dastardly at
tempt to sink the steamer Captain Weber
of the Union Transportation Company
was made last night as she Law at the
wharf of No. warehouse Of the Farmers
Union Milling Company. The steamer
has been undergoing repairs since De-
cember 20, and the painting was finished
yesterday.
Two painters slept on the steamer and
they retired al 10 o'clock. At $50 this
morning they arose and found the steamer
settled TO such an extent that they sun
posed there was an unusually low tide, but
an examination showed three feet of water
In the hold and the steamer filling rapidly.
1t is quarter of a mile TO the steamers
Office at the head of the channel, and by
the tina the alarm was given and pumps
set TO work there was nearly six feet of
water in the steamer.
On the sarboard side were found fifty-
three holes bored in the hull, ranging in
size from an inch upward, some being as
large as mans arm. In the fore part of
the hull the water was Of less depth. and
as the pumps worked the carpenters
plugged many of the holes. The pumps
are-still running and the company had the
water out by shutdown. The officers are
sanguine OF catching the men implicated in
tile Job.
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scheme for home rule proposed from the
Headquarters of unionism and favored by
eminent Tories. This scheme. The Speaker
says, is now under con sideration by both
sections of the Irish party with the view
of making 1t Unionist plan for solving
the question at the next general election.
These proposals. summarized, are: The
abolition OF the castle and the Lord Lieu
tenantcy: the formation of five great ma
tional eouncils-iwo for England and one
each for Ireland, Scotland and Wales; the
endowment of the Catholic University for
Ireland and the establishment of four
provincial councils in Ireland similar to
English county councils.
The Speaker calls it daring and very
ingenious scheme, well baited, especially
for English and Roman Catholic con-
sumption. But, it asks, what will the
Ulster men, the old Tories and fanatical
Liberal Unionists think of it?
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CREEDS IN THE DOMINION.
Bitterness Caused by the Protestant
Protective Association.

New YORK, Jan. 27.-The Posts Mont
trea special says: The Protestant Pro-
tective Association continues to spread in
Ontario, and is further tending 10 create
bitterness among the different creeds in
the Dominion. One year ago the associa-
ton had So lodges with 10000 members,
and at present the lodges number 400 with
a total membership of 10000. At the last
provincial election 100000 votes were
polled. and the association controlled II
per cent Of the number. and before the
next provincial election the coming sum-
mer or spring the association expects to
control 80 per cent of the legitimate voters
in Ontario.
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REPORT OF THE RECEIVER.
Financial Standing of Big Land
Development Companv

SAN BERNARDINo. Jan. 27.-The report
Of Receiver E S. Rowley of the Semi-troplc
Land and Water Company shows that
nearly the entire real estate owned by the
company is subject to a mortgage held by
the San Francisco Savings Union upon
which is owing about S240, 600. The bank
has agreed to The conditions for releasing
il. making it possible to go on and adjust
matters more satisfactorily. The report
shows the assets as follows: Bills receiy-
able In possession OF the receiver on
November q. 1898. So, 529 rs; bills re-
ceivable In possession of the Los Angeles
National Bank, $50. S41 "a; bills receivable
in possession Of the Farmers Exchange
Bank of San Bernardino. $40. 233 81; notes
IN litigation. 81, 455 "a; bills receivable in
possession of w. c. Kaelin of San Fran
cisco, 1892 ~; bills receivable in pos ses-
sion of +. n. Mcdonald of Wilmington,
SS4.54S Is; personal property, Sits % ::
real estate, 1913. 041 81; stocks and bonds.
1929, $50; due from miscellaneous sources.
SS6,027 80; total assets, s., 421, O7S rs; liabni-
ties. exclusive of the capital stock. SSH.
212 IL.
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PECULIAR RAILROAD WAR.
Passengers Carried Free on a ParaI-
lei Line in Utah.

DENVER. Jan. PA peculiar railro ad
war between the San Pete Valley road
and the Rio Grande Western is reported
from Manti. Utah. The former line is
forty-four miles long. and runs down the
valley from Nephi. where it connects with
the Union Pacific to Manti. For over half
this distance it parallels the Western, and
for the purpose of compelling this line to
come to terms, on local rate, the San
Pete is carrying all passengers and freight
free. The manager declares he is able to
keep this up seven years. unless the West
tern comes to time. The San Pete road is
owned by an English company and is
narrow-gauge.
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AN OLD BUILDING BURNED.
Fire Sweeps Through a Noted Ma.
sonic Structure at Visalia.

VIsALIA. Jan. 27.-The Elias Jacob
building, corner of Main and Church
streets, was burned this morning at $50
o'clock. The fire is supposed 10 have
originated in tho lunch department of
Marine Brothers saloon. The building
was occupied by Marine Brothers, whose
loss is $4,000. insurance $1,000; George
Langrick. butcher-shop, loss $780, fully
Insured; \. Il. SOogan. shoemaker, loss
$40; Rhlnehemer 81 Farley, paintshop,
loss $500. insurance 500; L. Jacob. loss
on building S3000 no Insurance. The
building was an old landmark. II was
erected in 1853 by the Masonic order.
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MARKET FOR THE RAISlNS.
A Most. Vital Subject Considered by
Fresno Growers.

FRESNO. Jan. pa mass-meeting of
raisin-growers was held here this morn.
ing, and adjourned till February with.
out taking any decisive step as to the
method of marketing the next crop. Two
years experience with commission packers
and sellers has dem onstrated To growers
that unless some better means of market.
ing the crop be forthcoming. the greater
portion OF those who are now growers will
be bankrupt. A resolution to indorse the
lately organized State Raisin Exchange
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BUTCHERED IN HIS HOUSE.
An Iowa Farmer Murdered for His
Money

CREsToN, Jan. PIP. G. Goodale, an
aged farmer, living near Alton, in this
county, was found butchered in his house
Wednesday night. 1t is supposed the
crime was committed Saturday night. The
deceased was in good circumstances and
had lived alone IN cabin over twenty
years. He kept considerable money in the
house. The body when discovered lay in
a corner Of one room with sixteen wounds
on the head and neck. any one of which
would have caused death. A Ratchet was
found by the bedside OF the body. The
object of the deed was undoubtedly rob-
berry. 1t is not known how much was OBJ
tanned. A search of the premises re-
vealed a considerable sum secreted which
nad been overlooked by the re bbers. There
is no clew whatever to the murderer.
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CHECKED JUST IN TIME.
A Dependent Doctor Tries to Drown
Himself.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27.-Dr. Franks.
who has an Office at 4171a K street in this
city. attempted to commit suicide this
morning by drowning himself in the Sac
ramento River. He was seen acting in a
strange manner on the Yolo bridge. and
just as Constable Todhunter reached him
ne was about 10 take the fatal leap. The
would-be suicide was arrested and locked
up in the City Jail. Several weeks ago
his wife left him on account OF his brutal
ity and he became so respondent On this
account that he determined to end b is ex-
iStence,
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PENSION APPROPRIATIONS.
LoChren Submits His Estimates to
the House Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.--Fhe amount
recommended by the Pension Commits
sioner for the pension year 1894 is S151,-
$4,000, which is S14, 949, 600 more than last
years appropriation. The Commissioner g
report shows that the first payments for
the year ending June so, 1898. were
$50. 756, $40. aud the first payments for the
first six moptns OF the present fiscal year
were S34. 100, 80 IS. The number of pen
sioDers on the rolls on December 81 last
was $50 more than on the 1st of July. The
number of cases pending is I'll, $50.
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A PECULIAR FAILURE.
Liabilities Twenty Times as Much as
the Assets

MARYSvILLE. Jan. 27.-Leach's labili-
ties, as given in telegram last night will
exceed 100000. and his assets will not
realize $4,000. III. Levi. San Francisco
merchant, is heavily interested in some
projects with which Leach was formerly
connected, but it is understood that Levi
is not bound in any way with Leach and
is amply secured for all advances made
him. 1t is impossible to give any particu-
lars of the schedule until the matter is
heard in courts.
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FELL FROM A BRIDGE.
An Inmate of the Soldiers Home
Loses His Life i'm the Night.

SANTA MONICA. CAL, Jan. 27.-About Z
o'clock this morning the body Of Joe Hart
was found in one Of the guIches on the
boulevard between Santa Monica and the
Soldiers Home. From appearances he
had, during the night, which was very
foggy and dark, fallen from the bridge
that spans the gulch and broken his neck.
He was an inmate of the Soldiers Home,
and had for some time past been on the
police force of the nome. wheTe the body
was taken. An inquest was held this
afternoon
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SCHOONER CAPSIZED.
Tragic Fate of Pleasure Party on
the Southern Coast.

MILWAUKEE. Jan. 81. = Mrs. Robert
Lunde of this city received a letter to-day
saying that the schooner Florence of Hol-
land, Mich, capsizeG near New Orleans
and seven persons on board were drowned.
The party was on a pleasure trip to Flor
ida. The reported dead are Henry Brooks,
aged about 50 years; George Brooks, aged
10; Eddie Brooks. aged II; John Howard
and wife, aged 30 years, aud their son
James, aged SO. Captain Brooks is Mrs.
Lnndn'a faih
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FRACTURED HIS SKULL.
Fatal Injuries Received by Lad
Who Gfota a D;da

Who Stole a Ride.
SACRAMENTO, Jan PA 13-year-oid
boy named Willie Crowley, whose parents
reside at Front and r streets. was taken
to the Receiving Hospital this afternoon
suffering from a fracture of the skull and
minor bruises about the body. The un.
fortunate boy. in company with number
of companions, this morning boarded q
freight train on Front street. intending tO
steal Tide to Brighton. When the latter
place was reached young Crowley and bis
companions jumped from the train. Crow
ley struck on his head, and received in
juries from which it is feared he will die
His skull was fractured.
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POSTAGE ON "THE CALL ,,

This issue of ''The CALI consists of tbir-
ty pages and weighs within a fraction of
eight ounces and consequently , cents
postage is required on each copy mailed to
points in the United States, Canada or Mex
leo. 10 foreign countries, other than the two
last named, cents postage is necessary.
copies wrapped ready for mailing can be OBJ
tanned at the publication office, SIS Mont
gomery street, or the branch office, 7fO Mar
ket street; price cents each.
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SEVENTY TRAMPS IN CAMP.
Now Feasting in Bakersfield, but
VIII Soon Be Here.

BAKERsFIELD. Jan. 27.-About seventy
tramps arrived here this evening on the
freight train from the south. They de-
manded food and got Ilenty of it. Many
of them are recognized as being in the
bands that passed thr ough here some time
ago who claimed to be going East in search
of work. They are in camp near the
Southern Pacific depot and say they are
going North
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DEATH OF AGED TWINS.
Two Remarkable Women Died With
in Few Hours of Each Other.

SAN DIEGO. Jan. 27.-Mrs. J. d. Palmer
has been notified of the death of her
mother, Mrs. Amy Swift. at Washington
County. Ohio. and of that Iady's twin sis.
ter, Mrs. Pedro Evans, two and hall
hours later in Morgan County, Ohio. They
were aged 90. and were the oldest twins in
the United States. They had never lived
more than three miles apart, and in death
were reunited
The morning call., 1894-01-28
Infringing Edison's Patents.

PHILADELPHIA Jan. 27.-Judge Acheson
has granted preliminary injunctions to the
Edison Electric Light Company In the
United States Circuit Court restraining he
Spreckels Sugar Refining Company and
others from using certain incandescent
lamps alleged to infringe on the Edison
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Salvage ON the Harold.

VICTORIA. B. c., Jan. 27.-In the case OF
Dunsmuir against the ship Harold. demanding
$4,000 for salvage of the vessel when on Race
rocks, a judgment was rendered yesterday fol
$3.50 and costs.
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Wreck of the Hayelock.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The National Line
steamer France, which arrived here to-
day, reports the rescue, during the hurri-
cane on January Is, of seven teen persons
on board the wrecked Norwegian bark
Havelock. The Havelock was fast break
inn
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TORY HOME RULE.
The Irish Party Has the Matter
Under Consideration.

LONDON. Jan. pa Gladstonian
weekly journal, The Speaker, which gave
the first reliable forecast of Gladstone's
home-rule bill. gives, from what it terms
trustworthy source, the outlines of the