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still rising, especially in South Germany.
where the price of bread is so per cent
above the rate that prevailed in January
last. The Liberals and Socialists claim that
this condition of affairs is the result of
agrar1aniSm and blame the government for
not reducing the import duty on grain.
some papers urge that maize should be used
more largely, but the socialist press con-
dennis this and declares that maize Is nm
hsalthful and unfit for human beings. They
express the hope that all German workers
Will refuse to buy maize bread.
The speech of Emperor William at the
closing OF the Prussian Diet on Wednesday
last, in which he praised the Prussian state
railroad system, has been sharply criticised
on all sides. Even the semi-ofticial papers
say the speech has met with, contradiction
and amazement everywhere.
The Foreign Office incumbents say they
have received no information in regard TO
tne repeated stories or troubles in Samoa,
and they do not credit them.
The Prussian government has issued a
new decree, urging the provincial authorities
70 pay the strictest attention to the inspec-
tion or American pork and other meats and
citing the alleged frequent recurrence of
cases OF trichinosis. 1t is pointed out that
stxty-four cases of trichinosis occurred in a
single suburb of Berlin and that 127 cases
nave been discovered within six months in
the district of Stettin. -
Mr. Andrew ID. White, the United States
ambassador, gave dinner on Wednesday
last in honor of Rector Schneider, of the
Berlin University. Two score of noted pro-
fessors were present, including Virchow,
Mommsen and Harnack.
The Hamburg American line steamer Au-
guste Victoria will have as passengers on
her next trip to New York Herr Lieber the
German Centrist leader in the Reichstag.
and DR.. Koch, the president of the Reichs-
bank
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has
conferred the grand cross of the Order of
st. Stephen on the Crown Prince Frederick
William of Germany as a mark of favor in
connection with the prince receiving the
sacrament of confirmation, which ceremony
is to take place tomorrow in Potsdam.
Prince Eitelfritz, the second son of Emperor
William, is also to be confirmed on that
OccaS sion
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
One Soldier Killed and Others In
jured in a Railway Collision.

CHICKAMAUGA PARK, Ga, May H.-A
passenger train on the Chattanooga, Rome
& Southern Railroad, which left Chatta-
nooga at $40 o'clock this morning, ran into
the third section of the military train coh-
veying the First Missouri Volunteers, who
arrived in Chattanooga last night, near
Rossville,, Ga, killing Private George M.
Walker, Company D, and painfully injuring
A. Maynard Lane, Company M; Howard
Brolaski, Company D. and slightly injuring
several other occupants Of both trains.
1t appears that the passenger train had
orders to run through to Rossville, and the
second section of the military train, with a
portion of the First Missouri, which was
expected to run through to Rossville, was
| delayed at a switch about mile from
Rossville, ON account of the congested con-
dition of the tracks, just beyond wooded
| curve. The conductor of the military train
sent back f1agman to warn the passenger
train, but the fiagman did not so far
enough, and the passenger train came
around the curve at the rate of about TWEEN
ty miles an hour. The engineer did not see
the danger signal until within a short dis
lance of the military train. He reversed
| his engine and put on brakes, but did not
| have time to stop his train, which crashed
| into the rear of the military train.
The rear car was a palace horse car, in
| which Walker was riding, and was COM
pletely demolished. Three of the horses
were also killed Next was baggage car,
| in which Brolaski and Lane were stationed.
This car was badly torn up, but none of the
occupants seriously hurt. The wreck
was cleared up by o'clock and trains were
resumed. Following are the killed and in
jured:
killed.
HOWARD BROLASKI, Company D. left
hip injured.
ED LARANSBURY, Company A, null
tiple Commissions; not serious.
A. M. LANE, Company NJ left hip dislo-
Gated; not serious.
r. D. LEIDEL, Company H, back
sprained and leg bruised; not serious.
DIR. G.. A. Baxter, surgeon of the Southern
Railroad, was put in charge of the wounded
and had them taken to st. Vincent's In
Urinary of the Catholic Sisters of Charity,
where all are doing we'll in pleasant sur
roundings Engineer Wheeler and Fireman
Handy, of the passenger, were arrested by
the lieutenant colonel and taken under
guard to the park. They were afterwards
turned over to the civil authorities A trial
will be held tomorrow and a judicial inves-
tigation ordered %
General Boynton, John Jacob Astor and a
number of officers were on the passenger
train, but none was hurt. Several passen-
gers were bruised by being thrown against
the seats, ETC., but none was seriously in
jured.
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ROCKEFELLER is MUM.
Doesn't Have to Explain How He Got
COrriEan's Million.

CLEVELAND, o., May 21.-J. D. Rookie
Teller scored his first point to-day in the suit
commenced against him by James Corrigan,
the well-known vessel owner, to secure
Standard Oil certificates, valued at more
than 81 100000, which he alleges that Mr..
Rockefeller got possession of by fraud and
Misrepresentation. Corrigan alleged that he
held $500 shares of Standard Oil Trust stock
valued at $500 per share, and that j. d.
Rockefeller got possession of the stock by
taking an undue advantage of him. The pc
tition did not state clearly in what manner
Rockefeller secured the securities, and in
the answer filed by the attorneys for the
defendant all the allegations of Corrigan
were denied, but inasmuch as Corrigan did
not make clear in his petition the manner
of securing the stock the attorneys for
Rockefeller refused to state in their answer
the manner in which Rockefeller came into
possession of the shares This answer was
derurred to by the attorneys for Corrigan.
Judge Neff decided to-day that the attor-
neys for Rockefeller could not be compelled
to answer to anything but that set up in the
original petition, and dismissed the de-
murrer He gave the attorneys for Corrigan
until June IL to file further answer in the
matter.
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CHARITIES CONFERENCE.
Scheme for Uniform Law in Defining
Residence of Dependents.

NEW YORK, May 21.-The twenty fifth
National Conference of Charities and Cor
rection began the third days session this
morning. Richard Guenther, president of
the Wisconsin State Board of Control, on
behalf of the committee on immigration and
interstate migration presented a report
recommending that a standing committee be
appointed to take steps to bring about a
uniformity of the laws in the several States
with reference to the legal settlement or
residence in States of dependent persons
that the responsibility for the support of
such dependents can be readily eStab-
lished. The matter was referred to the COM
mittee on organization. This brought the
business session to a. close, after which the
conference resolved into five sectional meet
ing as follows: The committee on insanity,
DIR. William Stearns chairman; committee
on municipal and cocharities, Homer Folks
presiding; committee on organization. of
charity, John M. Glenn, chairman; commit
tee on the duty of the State to delinquent
children, Peter Caldwell, chairman.
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POLO WAS ASKED TO GO.
Government Intimated His
Presence Was Offensive.

NEW YORK, May 21.-A special to the
Herald from Montreal says: 1t has not
been possible for Spain to postpone the de-
parture of Senior Polo Bernabe any longer.
To-day he sailed, with all his staff, by the
steamer Dominion, for Liverpool. Senior
Polo went on board the steamer last night
and will go from Liverpool to Madrid. He
said before leaving that, though he had
been detained here for some time by bust
ness, he had respected the declaration of
neutrality, and left this country voluntarily.
He leaves behind, however, the Spanish
consul to try to continue gathering infor-
nation for the Spanish government relative
to the United States military and naval
movements. The authorities here are close
" watching the consul, and he will be
promptly placed under arrest if the slight
est deviation from the neutrality laws is de-
tected.
Senior Polo y Bernabe has been loud in
his declarations that no official protest had
been lodged against his proceedings here.
but he now practically admits that he was
requested to return to Madrid. for it was
learned last night from an unimpeachable
source that the Canadian government adj
vised his departure. Owing to diplomatic
fiction that such questions are not dealt
with by the Canadian Cabinet, it was pos
sible for our secretary of state to say that
the government had not interfered. The ac-
ton was taken by the Governor General
who is the Queens direct representative
here, and who, in such matters, is supposed
to, but never does, act without knowledge
of the Cabinet.
Lieutenant Carranza, who left this city
Immediately after Downings arrest, is, ac-
cording to statements by some of Senior
Polos staff to be sent to the Philippines
however, assert that Lieutenant Carranza
went to Madrid with important papers, and
will endeavor to join Cervera's feet, or the
MiQuelon.
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we were always glad of it. They were four
or five inches shorter than the rifles and
they weighed somewhere from half a pound
to q pound less.
From a muzzle-loading Enfield rifle.
rather slightly sort Of gun as ii was to an
up-to-date breech-doading, repeating carbine
for our new guns were repeaters too-was
a tremendous change, and we were greatly
pleased with the handy little guns, and
mighty proud of them. With them we got
new cartridge boxes, smaller than the old,
and suited to the carrying of metallic cart
ridges, which were used with them, and
the man who has never used any other can
scarcely realize the great difference between
metallic cartridge and the old-fashioned
paper cartridge, with the folded and dou-
bled-over end. OF course. there were no
caps, and so we got rid of our old percus-
sion cap boxes, and, being carbines these
weapons had no bayonets
The muzzle-loader seems pretty old-fash-
Toned now, but while, the war went on,
more and more troops, besides the cavalry,
We're armed with breech-loaders, yet l i'm
agine that large majority of the infantry
regiments that served in the civil war
served throughout with muzzle-loaders
only
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THE GUNS THEY HAD.
Veterans RecOlIectiOns of the Arms
Carried in the Civil War.
New York Sun.

Il don't suppose there's such a thing in
use now" said an old soldier, that is, in
the armies of people that can afford to buy
anything else, as Misunderstanding rifles; but
they were used almost altogether in the
armies in this country in the civil war,
al the outset, anyway. Many of them were
imported from England and from Belgium,
as there were not arms enough in the coun-
try to equip all the troops fast they
were needed and they couldn't be made
fast enough at first.
,''Our regiment was armed excepting the
two flank companies, with Enfield rifles,
which came from England, a pretty fair
with a three cornered bayonet; it was
something like the old Misunderstanding
Springfield rifle of this country. The cart
ridge was made UP with paper case at
tached to the bullet to hold the powder,
and this case was sufficiently long to be
folded down into an end about as long as
the part containing the powder over which
1t was doubled. When a man loaded his
gun he took a cartridge from his cartridge
box, tore off the doubled-up paper end.
poured the powder from the cartridge into
the muZZie of the gun, tore off the rest of
the paper and put the bullet in the gun and
drew the ramrod from its place In the stock
and rammed the bullet home. This gun was
fired with percussion cap, and a man car
ried on his waist belt a separate pouch for
caps.
with breech-loading rifles of a kind then
widely and favorably known. A number of
regiments that went out from our State at
same manner. Not enough of the breech-
leaders could be got to arm whole regi-
ments, and so they were distributed in this
way. But in the course of time something
happened that pleased US very much; the
whole regiment got breech-loaders.
This was when we had been out about a
year and half. The country had got set
tied down to war then, and to making arms
and ammunition at a great rate, and as fast
as possible troops We're supplied with
breech-loading guns Still, there were not
nearly enough to go around, and somebody
had to be selected to receive them. Ours
was one of the regiments in our corps that
got them. The gun that we got was of a
kind that came into somewhat extensive use
before the close of the war. 1t was made
as q rifle for infantry troops, and as a car
bine for cavalry. Ours was an infantry
regiment, but we got the carbines.
'There might have been various reasons
for this. Perhaps the government had car
bines that could be spared right then and
not rifles, or it may be that carbines were
issued to us with view TO their more con-
venient use in boating expeditions but any
how, we got carbines instead Of rifles, and
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THE "P1CNIC" is OVER.
General Brooke Now Clicking" the
Volunteer Army Into Shape.

General Brooke Now Clicking" the
Volunteer Army Into Shape.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May 21.rAll the
regiments now in camp at Chckamauga
have settled down to hard work and are
undergoing practical training in the art Of
war. The business-like methods being pur-
sued by General Brooke will make the army
available for active service much earlier
than many army officers believed possible
Supplies of every description continue to
pour in. Carload after carload of provis-
ions are arriving and a vast amount of
clothing and equipage is also being re-
ceivcd. The indications now are that the
entire army will be equipped during the
next two weeks. Capt. w. X. Wright, as
sistant quartermaster, received notice to-
day that 4,5000C0 rationS, in addition to the
first order, had been purchased and are now
en- route Prosper, LaZard q Co, nave be-
gun work on an immense bakery in the
park This firm has a contract to supply
the army with $1,000 loaves of bread daily.
A Chicago firm will begin constructing an
immense cold storage warehouse during the
next few days.
The chapiains of the various regiments
have started a fight against the liquor sa-
looms scattered all over the camp They
have strong backing and the saloons will
probably be abolished.
During the last few days a number of Sc
rious depredations have been committed by
the worst element of the volunteers. The
offenders have been so severely punished,
however, that no further trouble is ex-
pected
The formation of the Third Army Corps
was begun to-day. the Fourteenth New
York, Col Fred Grant, the Second New
York and the First Missouri being assigned
to the First Brigade. The brigade. will be
commanded Professionally by Colonel Grant,
who is the senior colonel in the brigade.
The Second Kansas. which arrived to-day
will be assigned to the Second Brigade.
Inspector General J. c. Brenckinridge and
staff arrived at the park this morning Gen
eral Compton was to-day transferred to
command the Third Corps.
The quartermaster' department an
nounces it's readiness to supply all uniforms
and equipments.
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NIGER QUESTION SETTLED.
There Will BE No War Between
France and Great Britain.

PARIS, May H.-The Figaro publishes
the important announcement that the deli
cate Niger question, which threatened to
lead to an Anglo-French war, has been
settled, and that an agreement between the
two governments will be signed this week
at the French Foreign Office. The agree
ment will be satisfactory to both nations.
1t involves mutual concessions, the chief
being that the town of Boussa, which the
French occupied, but which England
claimed by earlier treaties, would be given
to England, while France will retain Nikki
and two towns on the middle Niger The
line of demarkation starts from lilo, on the
Niger, and runs southwest, leaving Nikki
inside the French sphere The Importance
of Boussa lies in the fact that it is the
highest town to which the Niger is navi-
gable.
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over numerous bitches, which confront one
unexpectedly in many parts of the camp.
Quartemaster Robert Oliver had a similar
experience with a wagon train after dark,
and one Of the wagons was forced to camp
out till daylight.
Thursday night the battery received It's
first batch of straw, one bale for each tent.
These tents are too crowded for comfort.
In one small tent is the ..All the Comforts
of Home" mess, with Quartermaster Oliver,
with his assistants. Macintosh, Hutton,
Worries and Forsythe, in it. The quarter
masters office is directly opposite. A
double quartet from the battery entertains
in the evening men from the Ohio cavalry
and the Missouri battery, whom they have
met at encampments in years past. During
one Of these concerts a reckless lad dropped
lizard on Quartermaster divers barred
breast, and that night the doctor had to
give the quartermaster quinine for his chills.
The artilleryists are looking forward
anxiousIy to this afternoon or tomorrow.
when they are to receive their quota of
mules. They promised to give the web
feet" some information on the method of
rendering mules docile. The menu in the
old Battery mess tent to-day, says Boni-
AaCo Oll"eI, VIII pe ueNoteQ exclusively "
fried potatoes hominy, bacon, coffee and
hard tack for breakfast; for dinner, coffee,
hard tack, beans, rice and potatoes for
supper, corn beef hash (the finest thing in
camp, soft bread and butter. Bacon grease
serves instead of butter. The boys say they
are so ashamed of their equipments that
they do not want to visit much at other
camps =
The e-hundred-and-ff ty-eighth Indiana
is hopeful of nearer water supply in a
few days when the government completes
a new well at the corner of the regimental
camp. There is one small spring within the
ground. G. L. p.
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Dewey Day at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, May 21-The city gave It.
self over to-day to a celebration of the
Dewey victory at Manila. Flags and
bunting fiuttered from almost every
house, pictures of the hero ap-
peared in many windows, street cars
horses vehicles, even bicycles were deco
rated with the national colors. Business
was wholly suspended in the afternoon, and
everybody who did not appear in the mon
ster parade crowded the streets and win
dows along the line of march to witness it.
1t was a most overwhelming display or pa
triotism and exultation.
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LONDON, May z2.-The Paris correspond
ent of the Sunday Special reports an inter-
view with Secretary Sato, of the Japanese
legation, in the course. of which Secretary
Sato declared that there was absolutely no
foundation for the statement that Japan
had protested against American occupation
of the Philippines. The Japanese govern
ment, he said, after the Chinese war signed
a convention with Spain renouncing forever
all territorial rights south of Formosa.
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British to Occupy wei-Hai-wei.

PEKING, May 21.-The arrangements for
the transfer of Wei-Hai-Wei have been
completed The Chinese will occupy the port
on Monday Immediately after the last of the
Japanese withdraw. On Tuesday, British
force, which is to occupy the place, will
land from three war ships that are now in
the harbor, when the British and Chinese
flags will be hoiSted side by side. Soon as
the buildings, arsenals and forts are taken
over by the British forces, the Chinese flag
will be lowered
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CONSTANTINOPLE, May 21.-United
States Minister Angel has entered a pro-
test with the Turkish government against
the action of the authorities in refusing to
the interior The refusal Minister Angel
holds, is in contravention of existing
treaties. These passports are withheld only
from American citizens and British SUBJ
iects
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WASHINGTON, May 21.-Upon receiving
news of the disaster resulting in the death
of and injury to a number of the Missouri
soldiers near Chattanooga to-day Secretary
Alger sent the following telegram to Major
General Brooke, commanding at Chicka-
manga saying: 1.-THE secretary of war di-
reefs that every care be taken of the
wounded and that the dead be buried with
all the honors of war, and immediate steps
be taken to prosecute the railroad RESPONSE
BILE for the disaster"
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Senior Dubosc May Return.

MONTREAL, Quebec, May H.-Senor
Polo, ex-Spanish minister to Washington.
and party, sailed to-day on the steamship
Dominion for Liverpool en- route to Madrid.
1t is understood Senior Dubosc, exchange
d affaires at Washington, will leave the
boat at Quebec and either remain there or
return here. A United States secret service
man was passenger on board the Domin-
ion
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ST. LOUIS. Mo-, May 21.-The First Mis-
souri, Volunteer Infantry whose train was
wrecked near Chattanooga to-day, is st.
Louis regiment. 1t is composed of the
flower of st. Louis's young men, who, to
the number of 1850, responded to the call
of President Mckinley for volunteers.
Thursday evening, under command Of Col.
Edwin Baldorf they left Jefferson Bar
racks, near this city. over the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad for Chickamauga.
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CHICAGO, May 21.-Gross earnings for
eighty American railroads for the first week
of May aggregate ST. O65, an increase as
compared with the corresponding period of
last year of $747, 027, or 11.33 per cent For
the second week of May sixty-three roads
report gross earnings of &c. 1868. an in
crease of $3.50, 1877, or 10. SO per cent.
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Ask the first member of the AS
ISOLATION with whom you may trade
for your "RAILROAD FARE
REFUND TICKET"
Fares will be refunded at Huder's
Drug Store, corner Washington and
Pennsylvania streets.
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Purchased by the Lake shore.

CLEVELAND, o., May 21.-It is learned
from good authority that the Lake Shore
has purchased the entire property of the
Elkhart & Western road. Indications are
that it will be conducted in connection with
the regular line of the Lake Shore, and that
the purchase is but an opening wedge to
secure other and more valuable railway
property
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AT CAMP ALGER.
Over 5000 Volunteers Now COncentra'
ted Near Falls Church, Virginia

WASHINGTON, May q. - With to-day 5
arrivals $500 volunteer soldiers are under
canvas tonight at Camp Alger. the mobi-
lization point. near Falls Church, Va. The
enthusiasm of the soldiers over the depart
ure of the First Regiment of District of CO.
lumbia volunteers was dampened by the first
death TO occur in the camp, that of Private
Thomas Bloodsoe of Rock Island, ILL.,. one
Of the popular volunteers from that State.