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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
PERSONAL.

Dinshar Pestonjee Ghadially. known In india -
the "Parsee Edison" late electrician to His High.
ness Maharaj Rama Sahib OF Dhoipur Cenua
india and also late telephone superintendent OK
Dhopur State Is now in this country, on his way
around the world He Is Theosopn't ana . az
representing the psychic forces at Work IN the unl'
The eightieth birthday Of the Right Rev. Dr.
Richard Hooker Wilmer the second Protestant
Episcopal Bishop Of Alabama. was celebrated last
Sunday. Speaking Of the event THE Mobile
Register says: His life has been an open book.
He has not been simply a spectator or but part.
ner with in our joys and sorrows, until ne mas
become almost well Identified with ALABAMA
and with Mobile her mountains hills and va-
evs her stately forests and her wide-rolling rivers.
Not love only has been the tribute we have paid
him. but admiration as we'll for ms Is the strone
intellect the eye ana s.
addresses Of profound learning yet OF smpie ss
stamp OF utter sincerity and love Of the truth"
The committee which is to decide upon the monu.
mon, 70 the memory Of Pasteur. to be erected at
Alas has chosen the model furnished by NJ. Tony
Noel It Is to be finished In July. The pedestal %
to be about nine feet high and tho statue ABOUT
eight. 1t will be unveiled with appropriate cers-
monies in August
Tho late Duke of Ienster on q certain occasion
met one Of his laborers and said to him. II regret
owing to a report made by my steward, at having
to dispense with your services. as there is not.
believe sufficient work for ALL" Upon hearing this
the man innocenty remarked: Faith. your grace.
tbere ia no necessity to dismiss me on account Of
scarcity of work. as very little would Keep me
busy" His ready reply amused the duke' VINO gave
orders for his retention
Lieutenant F. G. Fisher. who took part In the
ChitraI campaign. says that at Malakaiand there
was a man with the enemy who had been marker
in a native regiment. When the attack developed
he stood on the top Of sungar with red nag 10
his hand Every one. Of course, took pot-shots a
Miss BY the risht or by the LETT until i, one
moment, s!gnalled "Burs-eye," and then dropped
dead
One Of the italian papers tells the following story
about King Victor Emmanuel In 1860 His Majesty
went 70 Pisa to visit the cathedral The arch.
bishop forbade the clergy to receive the King. ana
he himself pretended to be ILL., Followed by 10y
men the king appeared in front OF the catnedrai,
the front door OF which was closed Inc people
began 10 cheer him. Turning about, ne notced .
snail door and then starting toward It. exclaimed:
NV friends, the narrow way leads to Paradise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

as che does that of the King Of Prussia. D"'
IL she has the right, she ought to nave Tue 'on,
age TO yIndicate IT, She ought 10 seuu III
Gent force at once 10 crush the reo'iS an" "
reestablish her authority. or the authority Vi "o'
Ecvntion Drotfge 1t would have meant nio"e!
saved and lives saved il she had done 50 !''i'
400 instead of waiting until now. IL VIII mean
money saved and lives saved if she Will 90 IL no"
instead of waiting few years longer. Anu 'h''
ehc must do II. some time or other. II she IN ~
maintain her hold OF the Red Sea n,tOral anu
Eqvnt e 70 remain civilized is evident. ne
.rahs are now shut up in the interior. l MI
,bov can regain access to the coast. or 'in' the.
are thoroughly whipped and subducd. there Will
he no peace in that part of the World
A, nrosant il looks as though the British
Government were in earnest at last. \ s'ronS
expedition is being prepared TO ascend 'ne -'''
IFS objective point is sad to be DonGola-'lther
o,d or Now There is reason TO believe how
eyer tha, it will go on further. to Berber. Inc
dervishes have been raiding Egyptian WI Ivy
a.. far south as Wady IIalfa. TO occupy Don
COLA would not check them, for theF se' ~ """'
uo,f, NOT bv way of the Nile. but by short cut
across the Nubian desert from Az" ii"i''"
What is needed. then, is to occupy TIE ""o'e
line Of the river. around the great doupi' Coi'o'
from Ncw-Dongoll TO Berber. That wo"id pre-
vent raids upon Egypt by either of the only TWO
practicable routcs-across the NuDlan desert
from Berber and Abu Hamcd. and across 'he
Bayu(la desert from Khartoum. such line IL
ihe only logical and effective frontier Tor the
defence of Lower Egypt But. OF course 10
establish and maintain it would be to wage IN
cessant warfare against the dervishes. IN Il ie"
wears such warfare. though purely defensive
would prove far more costly than a Doiu' Oh
fcnsivc campaign TO Khartoum. to Norooiah'
or even II need be- to the mountains OF Dariur
which would forever break the Khalifs power
and make peace throughout the Egyptian SOL"
dan This latter course would be great I'M
dcrtakinc. but il would be in the end the casies'
and best possible solution Of the Soudan prop
lon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18
EIGHTEEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rOpEICN-Jn the Italian Senate motion
changing the British Parliament for Its sympathy
was nassed amid great cheering; the Anglo
I,cvntian expedition Is creating much adverse
o.;.,o;sr, In Paris The examination or
Dr Jameson and his feow-officers In the Trans
vaa, raid was resumed In the Bow Street Police
Court - More than 100 persons were frozen
20 death IN one night in the Government OF Orei'
Russia.
CONGRESS.-Both branches in session. -
Senate. Mr. Morgan finished his speech IN iaVor
of recognizing the Cuban insurgents as peilger-
ants - House: The bill amending the GUS
toms administrative law was passed
DONESTIC-The Kentucky Legislature ao-
tourned without having elected Senator. -
Assembly District Republican conventions IN
var,ous counties Of the State indorsed Gov
ornor Morton for the Presidency. - Action
an the Greater New-York bill has been de-
,orred nv the Assembly - The Controller OF
Naw-York City has asked the State TO pay the
cost NJ the police bribery trials growing out OF
the Lexow investigation - The oatte-shiP
Massachusetts started from the Cramps varos
on a builders trial trip.
CITY AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES dls-
coveries of the X rays in sunlight ana IN DARK
ress were reported 80 The usual observances
of ST. Patrck's Day were held - Ex-' uose
charles p DAILY told the story of his connection
,,,,,h tho Trent affair The trial OF Ponce
Cantain Deyery was begun before Justice
Snovth In the Criminal Branch of the supreme
Court - Stocks were spirtless ana lrreSu-
lar. r.,.
THE WEATHER-Forecastf for to-day FAN
and warmer The temperature yesterday; high'
est 80 degrees: lowest. 80; average 1928
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

or course Mr.. Plat carried the primaries. ne
could NOT well do otherwise. They were ai
held under the I.auterbach enrolment. anu me
Iauterbach enrolment is conceded TO De from
% TO a. per cent fraudulent. Ihat Is 10 say u
consists of Mr.. Platts followers ana enough
Tammany people to give him absolute coh'toi
Of the organization Consequently the primaries
were entirely in his hands and were Douhu ~
90 as he desired That they did not i'll ever!
Congress district is probably due TO the ''''
that his Democratic allies deserted him through
fear Of becoming cntangled in the mcsheS VI
the Election law, which was invoked by soihc
Of the more resolute opponents OF the machine.
The probable election of Mr.. Bliss ana 'oiohei
Cruper in the NIIth is accounted Tor III 'hiS
wav. for In no district were the rolls pauucu
more outrageously than in the one which 'hes
seek TO represent in the National Convention
Naturally. the Boss feels disappointed tha' any
district should escape his grasp, ana Inc report
which credits him with determination 10 ei'c'
his representatives in the conventions to-hlSh'
nv secret ballots, bogus returns ana o'her ue-
vices peculiar to him is entirely credible lie Is
in desperate straits; he will do anything 10
carry q DOnt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

lame and impotent outcome OF the agitation ,n'''
has been in progress The plan OF state HIGH
wav Commission was abandoned some tn'e
ago. and when the proposal to do away with Tue
system of working out road taxes ""' D.o" 49,
forward # met with much opposition. Not less
than twenty eight Of the counties "'ie oN'np
ed from the operation OF the ac'' anu 'n," ,r,
ator Hlgbie decided to lay the matter as,'e
prejudice against paying road TAX r"'n'i ',1A
working il out is doubtless strong ohc' D"'
every advocate of good reads knows tna' '''c
old-fashioned method Of road making Is SI''e
obstacle to the Improvements which are con-
coded to be desirable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

has had the enlightenment to provide nm asnssee
as far as possible with breech-losdins weapons
and to call in the aid of Russian drill sergeants
and officers. So armed and led. the Italians VIII
find them hard to whip. and so will anybody else
who tackles them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

Assemblvman Sanger makes good point III
his declaration that the confidential agents
TO be appointed under the Raines Liquor lax
hill should be placed under the civil service
regulations But 1t Is not point that VIII MAKE
a favorable impression on Platt and the Platt
leutenants. The very idea in making them
"confidentiar Is that they may be appointed on
a political rather than Civil Service Dasis
Whether this device will succeed, in the light or
the recent decision Of the Court of Appeals on
the meaning and scope Of the Civil Service sec
ton OF the Constitution, is clearly an open ques
ton. TO ask the Plat Legislature to make
these Civil Service places, however, is like ask
ing the leopard to change his spots to order
ONLY three votes were recorded In the Assem-
b,v Yesterday against the bill to compel the
Manhattan Railway Company to provide its
elevated cars with better lights. But single
ono NJ the three was from this city, the other
two being cast by a Brooklyn and rural men,
her Mr. Butts's negative vote may be accept
al nc representing the strength Of the Opposi-
t,on 70 this reform among those people In the
Atv who have knowledge Of the facts and per-
sonol experence with the lights now supplied.
,rbo demand for gas or electric lights Is an emil
nant,v reasonable one and the conditions on
which they are to be furnished are not onerous
This bill ought TO become law.
The trial of exPolice Captain Devery, which
was begun yesterday, will command more than
ordinary interest on account OF the recent al
drmation of the conviction Of Inspector NC
Laughlin, who was found guilty OF crime al
most identical with that charged against Devery
Deyery was indicted just year ago. We pre-
sumo the delay in bringing him to trial has been
caused by the desire that the conviction OF NC
Laughlin should be passed on by the higher
courts. The prosecution is In the hands OF
Messrs. Rollins and Fox, who had charge OF the
previous case and who are thoroughly familiar
with the testimony and with all the facts.
vigorous prosecution is confidently looked for
from them. That due care Is being exercised In
the selection Of the jury may be inferred from
the fact that fifteen talesmen We're examined
Yesterday, and only one Juror was seated.
II is with regret We record the probability that
there will be no legislation In behalf OF good
roads at Albany this winter. The action OF the
Senate yesterday indicates that this will be thu
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II is with regret We record the probability that
there will be no legislation In behalf Of good
roads at Albany this winter. The action Of the
Senate yesterday indicates that this will be the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

Kochs tuberculln comes in for vigorous de-
nunclation by the faculty in mis- own country VIM
speak officially and very much out loud IN decia'-
Ing that 1t never and often Kills being mus
a perilous and pernicious delusion only Mt 70 De
unanimously abandoned and condemned now tha'
II is found out So passes another OF the discover
lea intended TO circumvent and checkmate DEATH
which. Notwithstanding. works Its raVages as
usual. preserving regular statistical averages all
along the line in spite Of all prophylactic ana re-
medal opposition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

Reports Of renewed trouble IN Cre'e arc ~"
nous Karatheodory Pacha, the Ho'e'"o
eral. resigned his place some weeks aso'
cause the treasury was empty all orhc'a'S nav
teen unpaid for year. and the Porte "ou'u ~
could do nothing to make matters oe''ei
this time practical anarchy prooapiy pre'""'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

German pOllceneH aPPie''"'0 ~'''
business about as thoroughly as anybody One
Of them arrested an Englishman the other gay
for publicly declaring the Emperor was ee'eia,
kinds Of blank BANKED fool. Ihats AL
right" protested John Bull; 1T wasn't your
Emperor. but the Emperor Of China was TAIN
Ing about" That won't CO." replied the po-
,iceman: there's only one Emperor VINO IS
what YOU said"' And he had the Britisher hheu
n dollar and quarter for describing the Eli
peror in a way that fool, though wayla''"s
man. might understand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

Ex-Mayor Schieren has been lecturing In Brook
Iyn on what he learned when In the Mayors
chair OF course. he did not tell All he learned
during his two years at the City Hall. com
plete disclosure OF his experience IN that period
would undoubtedly make mighty interesting read
ipp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-18

There would be no special propriety III ''e a'
tournament Of the Legislature on Aprh 3D. ""'0"
happens to be Shakespeare's pirthuay D'' or
early adjournment is desirable from every pom.
y, view Even the Boss OF the Legislature must
- ,,,., ,ha neon,e are not enamoured OF the
81 ,h,ch his creatures are turning out.
The herald., 1896-06-14

about the Mckinley headquarters and
no reports about combinations or any
action on the part Of the field against
the favorite" seem to cause any alarm
on the part Of the Mckinley men.
The harmony in the Ohio delegation
Is q feature that has not been seen at
national convention for twenty years,
not since solid delegation went to the
cincinnati convention in 1875 for r. B.
Hayes.
There have been many surmises as to
what the silver men will do when silver
Is knocked out by the majority in the
convention. The silver men in the con-
vention will fight for free silver In the
platform committee. If beaten there
they will fight. for. It, in the convention
and will oppose anyplatform that is
against free coinage. and any man who
Is nominated on such a platform. II
beaten in the convention, as they ex-
pect to be. they will take the case back
to their people and let them decide what
they wish to do-whether they will vote
the Republican ticket, organize a third
party or stay away from the polls. This
Is the course that was decided upon in
the several conferences held in Wash
1n1gton between Senator Teller of Colo
rado. Mantle Of Montana, Dubois Of
Idaho and Cannon of Utah, and Repre-
sentative Hartman of Montana, and this
COur1e Will most likely be agreed upon
Monday at a conference of silver men,
together with Senator Carter and 9TH
ers now in st. Louis. Senator Mantle
arrived from Montana today whittier he
went upon a hurried trip after leaving
Washington. He knows the sentiments
OF his constituents and what he saws
may be depended upon as expressing
their views and those of all the silver
standard bearers. The declaration
which the Republican party makes
against the free coinage Of silver. said
he, must necessarily be distasteful to the
silver men and all talk Of attempting
to conciliate them by Offering them duty
on wool ana other western products
Is futile for the simple reason that there
are enough western Republican senators
to compel just recognition of every
western interest in any protective tar
IN legislation which may be hereafter
proposed.
The simple fact Is that the eastern in
terests which have in the past and are
now most clamorous for a protective
tariff will, in all probability, be en-
tirely dependent upon the free silver
Republican votes of the west in order
to be able to secure II.
The herald., 1896-06-14
Oil Lamps Bad Substitute for
Electricity
FIVE BUILDINGS BURNED
Together With Every DoIIars's Worth Of
Their Contents
A Coal OIL Lamp Explosion Causes liesvy
Loss At Herced-Two Persons Are
Slightly Injured ss4
Associated Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
MERGED. June 13-One of the most
destructive fires that has ever visited
Merced broke out tonight at o'clock in
the dry goods store of ]. Simon Of San
francisco. located on the corner of Ca
nal and Main streets in the Oicese and
Garibaldi block. The loss will amount
to 100000 Within ten minutes after the
fire was first discovered the whole build
Ing, including several stores, offices and
lodging houses, was one mass OF flame
The building and it's contents seemed to
burn like SO much paper, the fire making
such intense heat that the firemen could
not get close enough tofight it effective
ly. The managers of Simon's store re-
Gently dispensed with electric lights and
began using coal oil lamps as matter Of
economy. The origin Of the fire is claimed
to have been caused by the explosion Of,
lamp while a clerk was lighting 1.-THE
building was one of the finest in the city
and was built in 1888 at cost Of $50, 900.
I. r. Stones confectionery and notion
store, d. ]. Pendola's barber shop, r.
Harris tailor shop, F. NJ Ordway's book
store and news stand were completely
destroyed, not a dollars worth of any
thing being saved.
The upper part of the building was oc-
cupied by Mrs. e. M Ward and her
boarders and dodgers and the dental Of
flee of DR.. j. e. King. The occupants
barely escaped. They rushed through
the smoke. the only one injured being
Mrs. Bours, wife of the Episcopal min
lister. Her arm was slightly scorched.
After the fire had gained good head
way in the Olcese ;and Garibaldi block
it spread to the Galliano building ad-
Joining on the south. The lower part OF
upper part was Mrs Agee's lodging
house and DIR. c. III. Castles office. Ev-
erything here, as in the other buildings.
was completely destroyed. DIR. Castles
instruments, ETC., valued at over $4,000,
were destroyed.
During the conflagration the big Simon
Jacobs block across the street caught
fire several times, but was saved by the
heroic efforts of the firenen, no loss re-
sulting to any of the occupants of the
building. The total loss Is in the neigh
borhood of 100000 but it is impossible
to even approximate the insurance. Sew
eral families are homeless, having lost
everything of value they possessed in
the world but they will be we'll cared for
by the people of Merced. The only ac-
cident that happened was to John Gra-
ham, a fireman, whose hand was nearly
cut off by the falling of glass window
on it. Fred Costa, the clerk in whose
hands the lamp exploded, is prostrated
and his life Is thought to be In danger.
He was not severely burned but has been
suffering from heart trouble. and the
present excitement has overcome him.
The herald., 1896-06-14

So far a. the nomination of Mckinley
Is concerned he said that was already
done by the expressed preferences of q
large majority of the delegates.
Gen. Grosvenor was more emphatic
in stating that Senator Foraker is the
man wanted, not only by Ohio but by the
Mckinley men. for chairman of the COM
mittee on resolutions. and Gov. Bush
nell Is of the same opinion.
: It was admitted that there was also
discussion Of the resolutions by the Ohio
delegates at large. All favor the last
Ohio plank on the tariff, which express
es McKinley's views. but the financial
plank will be much more positive in
its declaration. While all deny that any
financial plank has been agreed on by
McKinley's Ohio friends. yet there was
general concurrence in the money
resolution that was given in these dis
patches last night and which is being
largely circulated as well as discussed.
Senator Higgins Of Delaware and ex-
Senator Warner Miller of New York and
H. Clay Evans Of Tennessee were with
Mr. Hanna during the day.
The herald., 1896-06-14
DOWN SIX STORIES
A Failing Elevator seriousiy Injuries
Southern Pacific Officers

Southern Pacific Officers
SAN FRANCISCO. June 13.-One of
the elevators in the Southern Pacific
railroad building on Market street drop
ped six floors this afternoon, and in
jured DR.. M. Gardner, chief surgeon of
the Southern Pacific; j. B. Wright, di-
vision superintendent Of the company
at Sacramento, and Sam Leake, ex-
postmaster at Sacramento. The eleva-
tor fell from the fifth floor into the base
ment. Charles Naylor and the elevator
boy, who were also in the cage, were
unin5ured. DR.. Gardner, when taken
out OF the elevator, was unable to move.
lie complained of severe pains in the
back and 1t was thought his spine had
Deen broken. An examination showed.
however, that his back had been only
severely sprained and he will recover.
wright mad one of his ankles sprained
and Leake suffered principally from the
shock. The party got into the eleva tor
at the sixth floor. Naylor had lust Or
uered the boy to stop at the fourth floor
and the next thing they knew the men
round themselves at the bottom of the
smart. Leake's hat was jammed down
over MS nose so tightly that it was with
difdculty removed. He said:
when the elevator struck the rub
per bumpers below. 1t rebounded sew
eral feet. MY head struck the TOP of
the cage and fell on top of DR.. Card
ner and Mr. Wright. The elevator bow
says that he noticed as soon as he left
the sixth floor that the lever would NOT
work, and that the safety clutch would
dropped" ee