‘ THECEVENIN exaizs..sa- . KRUGIHIIMHREWD. lie Badly Outwits Chamberlain at the Latter-’8 Own Game. BRITAIN HAS TO GIVE IT DP. President of the Transvaal Couched His Refusal to Visit England In Such Terms That Nothing Can Be ‘ Done—Other News Notes. LONDON, April . 28,—The secretary of Ltate for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Cham- berlain, was present at a cabinet meeting today, held to consider the terms of the reply of President Kruger of the South African Republic to the invitation of Mr. Chamberlain asking the presidentto visit England. After the matter had been dis- " cussed it was decided that the colonial secretary should make a statement on the subject this afternoon in the house of commons. The decision of the cabinet having been announced in advance, much interest was taken in the proceedings, and when Mr. Chamberlain rose to make the statement in the house this afternoon there was a much larger attendance than there has been since parliament reassem- bled. Mr. Chamberlain said that President Kruger's reply to the invitation must be considered in connection with the com- munications which had preceded it. The most important point was that the presi- dent says, referring to the request for a definite reply to the invitation, that he feels confident that the secretary of state for the colonies will recognize and appre- ciate the difficulty of his position, and that it appears to him wiser not to press the question of his proceeding to England any farther at present, but to leave the matter open, especially in view of the coming session of the volksraad and the. desirability Of his presence at least at a portion of the session, when important measures are to be considered. Under the circumstances, continued Mr. Chamberlain. the government was reluc- tantly withdrawing its invitation and had asked Sir Hercules Robinson, the governor of Cape Colony. to send Sir Graham Bow- er, the imperial secretary at Cape Town. to England in order that the latter might receive instructions regarding further ne- gotiations. In conclusion Mr. Chamberlain said that the government hoped to lay the cor- respondence on the subject on the table during the course of the week. He could not, however, furnish any further infor- mation at present, saying that Sir William Harcourt Would agree with him in the statement that it was not expedient to discuss negotiations which were still pro- ceeding. Osman Digna's Retreat. SUAKIN, April 28.-—The retreat of 09 man Digna from his camp at Horasab, as a result of the demoralization from sick- ness and famine among the dervishes, is confirmed. Before starting for Adarama the dervish leader dispatched a body of picked troops to raid the Tokar district in order to procure food and forage at all costs for the margip on Aderama. \Vant Lueger to Decline. VIENNA, April 28. -—Emperor Francis Joseph gave an audience today to Dr. Lueger, the anti-Semite leader, who was recently elected to the ofi‘ice of burgo- master of Vienna by the municipal coun- cil. Count Badeni, prime minister, was present and advised Dr. Lueger to decline the office. Dr. Lueger has been elected burgomaster three times. ; "" Faure \Vants Meline. PARIS, April 2 8. -President Faure sum- moned M. Melineland offered him the task ' of forming a cabinet. In the event of the latter’s failure to do so, it is believed that M. Dupuy or M. Freycinet will be in- trusted with the task. The Radicals and Socialists protest against M. Meline being at the head of a ministry and demand a Goblet cabinet. Insurance Discrimination. LONDON, April 28.—The chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, in the house of commons today, answer- ing a question, said the government was not prepared to remedy the discrimination against American life insurance com- panies in respect to the income tax, which. he added. was based upon act of parlia- ment. Banquet's Rider Dying. LONDON, April 28. —R. M. Ripley, the well known gentleman rider, is dying as a result of Banquet, the property of Cap- tain Aikin (formerly owned by Mr. Mi- chael F. Dwyer), falling at the first hurdle in the Great Sandown hurdle race, at San- down park, on Saturday last. Socialism In Germany. BERLIN, April 28.—-Herr Bueb. Socia‘ist member of the reichstag for Muliiause, was arrested at that place charged with concealing prohibited Socialist pamphlets in his house. The pamphlets were found in the house of a friend of Bueb, and he was thereupon released. A Baroness Strangled. LONDON, April 28.-——The Chronicle has a dispatch from Brussels which says that the Baroness Merry, a lady 80 years old, was strangled, her body mutilated and her home then robbed at Ixelles, a fash- ionable suburb. The murderer escaped. Dutch Shelling Lampisang. AMSTERDAM, April 28.—-A dispatch from Batavia. Java, says that the Dutch forces are now shelling Lampisang, the chief village of Toekoemar. the leader Of the Achinese, who rejected the ultimatum of Holland. To Abandon Abyssinia? LONDON, April 28.—A Rome dispatch to The Chronicle says, “The cabinet def . cided against reopening the campaign in Abyssinia in the autumn on the ground that such a course would be disastrous to - Italy.” Thread Magnates to Combine. eugeow, April 28. —It is reported at . Paisley that the Coates and Clark thread manufacturing businesses will be amal- gamated and that a central agency will be . established in the United'Statcs. The Elections ”In Spain. MADRID, April 2b.—-The latest returns from the senatorial elections report the 'choice of 103 Conservatives, 31 Liberals, 2 Carlists and 2 Independents. Bomb at Palermo. PALERMO, April 28.—A bomb was ex- ploded in front of the French consulate, Iloing no damage beyond breaking a [few Windows. ~Advertise in 11.6 Gazer-131:. mums ALLEN PERBISTS. Says She Murdered Montgomery Gibbs Because He “'ouldn’t Wed Her. WAUPUN, Wis. April 28.—The confes- sion of Minnie Allen that she murdered Montgomery Gibbs at Buffalo in April, 1894, has been repeated by her before the state board of control. A letter from W. W. Spearsons of Buffalo says that he has been retained as attorney by the Robin- sons, who are serving a life sentence for the crime, to secure their release. The confession of Minnie Allen is that she met Gibbs in California. ‘ Gibbs re- him. 'In April, 1894, she was at the new Tifi't House in Buffalo and met Gibbs.c0n the night of the murder he took her to the theater. They left early, and while on Del- aware avenue she asked him to marry her. He refused, and she asked him for his re- volver. He handed her the weapon, and she shot him, threw the weapon beside his body and went to the hotel, going from there to New York. She left her trunk at the Imperial hotel in that city. She came West, was arrested in Laporte, Ind, for theft, was released because she successfully feigned insanity, came to Racine and was arrested and sen- tenced. She went to Buffalo, after the ar- rest of the Robinsons. to confess, but think- ing that they would not be convicted she came west. She did not learn of their sen- tence until she was in Waupun prison. A COLORADO HOLD UP. Robbers Attack a Mining Company’s 0f- fiees and Get 84,000. . TRINIDAD, Colo, April 28.——0ne of the boldest and most successful highway rob- beries and hold ups ever committed in southern Colorado took place near Ber< wind, a mining camp about 18 miles northwest of this city, in which John Aiellc and Robert Mackey were robbed of nearly $4,000. The money was sent to Frankfort by express on the Gulf train and was conveyed to John Aiellc, man- ager, and B. E. Mackey, assistant man- ager of the mining company's store at Berwind, who placed it in a satchel and put it under the seat of the buggy in which they were riding. When within about 1% miles of the camp, four men, wearing black masks and buckskin cover- ings on their hands, heavily armed, com. manded the two men in the buggyto throw up their hands. Aiellc made an attempt to get his pis- tol, but was stopped by a shot from one of the bandits. which passed through his coat and cut his vest. The firing of the shot frightened the horse, and Mackey at tempted to get out of the buggy when an- other shot was fired. The second shot caused the horse to make a sudden turn, almost upsetting the buggy and throwing Aiellc and dragging him some distance. ’The robbers then secured the money and fled. The Kansas Cyclone. KANSAS CITY. April 28.—The following additional victims of the cyclone in Clay county have been reported: Dead -— Eli Belthazer, Mrs. Eli Balthazar, Julian Trimbly, J. S. Hazen. Injured—Six chil- dren of Eli Belthazer. The number of in- jured will reach 25 and may go to 50. The wires are all down and details are hard to obtain. Kindling \Vood Factory Burned. WATERTOWN, N. Y., April 28.—The Standard Wood company’s kindling wood factory at Natural Dam, St. Lawrence county, was destroyed by fire; loss, $17.- 000; fully insured. The factory was built two years ago and gave employment to 45 hands. The New Steamer Mohawk. NEW YORK, April Bil—The new Central Vermont railroad line freighter Mohawk, which is to take the place of the same company’s steamer Metropolitan on the New London route, arrived here today from Chester, Pa., where she was built. » One Day’s Government Receipts. WASHINGTON, April 98,—Natlonal bank notes received for redemption today, $438,« 224; government receipts from internal revenue, $692, 985; customs, $447,943; mis- cellaneous, $51,001. Wales Holds a Levee. LONDON, April 28.——The Prince of Wales held a levee this afternoon. There were the usual state procession and a large attendance of ministers and members of the diplomatic corps. ' The Weather. Rather threatening, but probably no rain; warmer; winds shifting to southerly. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. - New Yoax, April 27.—Money on call easy at 2% per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 45121536. per cent. Sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at 84.88l§@4.88% for demand and 84.87%34.87% for 60 days. Posted rates. [email protected]}§ and [email protected]}é. Commer- cial bills. 84.86% Silver certificates. 67%@63%c.; no sales. Bar silver, 6250. Mexican dollars, 540. Government bonds firm. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds firm. Closing prices: Atchison .......... 14% New England..... 48 Bur. & Quincy. . . . 2% v N. J. Central ...... 109 C.. C., C. & St. I... 35% North American" 5% Chesapeake & 0.. 17% Northern Pacific“ 1% Chicago Gas...... 69% Do.pref........... 114 Cordage..... ‘ 5% N. Y. Central ..... 98% Cotton Oil.........16% Omaha. .......... .. 4556 Del. & Hudson.. . .128% Ontario & West. . 15% Distillers’ Trust. . 19% Pacific Mail. ...... 27% Erie ..... . .......... 15% Reading........... 1.2% General Electric.. 37% Rock Island....... 73% Hocking Valley” . 18 Silver Bullion..... 68% Lackawanna. ..... 159% St. Paul........... 79 Lake Shore ........ 150 Sugar Refining...123% Lead .......... 27% Texas Pacific...... 8% Louisville & Nash 53 Union Pacific.. ... 8% Missouri Pacific.. 28% Wabash pref...... 19% Northwestern . . ”106% Western Union. .. 86% General Markets. NEW YORK, April 27.—FLO UR—State and western quiet and barely steady: city mills pat- ents. [email protected]: winter patents. $3.90@4: city mills clears. $L15®4.fil; winter straights. $3.60 03.75. . WHEAT~N0. 2 red declined under lower cap bles and heavy world’s shipments. afterward recovering on demand from shorts; May. 70% (a 7560.: J uly. 7U%@70 15-160. CORN—No. 2 quiet and steadier with wheat; ! May, 35 13-l.6@85%c.; J uly, 36%c. OATS—No. 2quiet: May. 2l%c.:July. 2450. PORK—Dull; Old to new mass, $931.10; fam- ily. [email protected]. LARD—Dull; prime western. steam. $5.15 asked. BUTTER—Steady: state dairy. 11©14c.; state 5 creamer-y, 10@14}éc. I CHEESE—Steady; state, large. some; I small. 414 @10c. ~ EGGS—Quiet: state and Pennsylvania. 11c.; western, 10125110. SUGAR—Raw quiet: fair refining. 3%@3%c.: ~ centrifugal. 96 test. 4 5-16c.: refined steady: 'crushed. filfic; powd cred. 5%,". ' TURPENTINE—Steady: 29@29%c. MOLASSES—Quiet: New Orleans 29@37c. RICE—Steady; domestic. 3%@6c.; Japan. 3% ‘. @4V40- / ‘ I TALLOW—Quiet: city, 356m country.-3%c. HAY—Quiet; shipping. 703750.; good to i Iaoice. 90¢.950. ~ ’ Advertise in the Gamma. ' 4 . fused to marry her, and she lost trace of. SILK FROM wooo PULP. A New Industry to Be Started in This Country. Reference has already been made to the method of making silk from wood pulp, the discovery of Dr. Lehner, of Switzerland. Companies have been re- cently formed in England and Mont- real and factories will be erected to manufacture the silk, says the New York World. ' In the process of manufacturing the new fabric the principal ingredients used are spruce wood pulp, cotton or jute waste, etc, combined with a large quantity of alcohol. The use of the substantial or solid materials men- tioned creates a market for what was hitherto of no use whatever, being burned in factory furnaces to get it out of the way. Spruce sawdust now has a. market value, for this, as well as the other ma.- terials, are digested by a. chemical proc- ess, in which alcohol plays an impor- tant part. . The material thus digested is so much like the cocoon spun by the silkworm that when the two are placed side by side in a finished state it takes an expert to determine which is which. The artificial material at one state is a liquid, and of a. density about equal to the ordinary sirup of commerce. When in this state a machine Of Dr. Lehner’s invention, which may be called an artificial silkworm, comes into play. This machine, which is very sim- ple in construction, requiring so little attention that it can be kept at work with about as much labor as is devoted to a. tryonty-four-hour clock, performs exactly the same mechanical work that a silkworm does. It draws from the liquid a continuous, unbroken thread of even diameter and unlimited length. As this thread is spun, another portion of the machine takes it up and twists it into any desired thickness of yarn with perfect regularity. Thus the fabric can be made of any desired weight or thickness, so that it will be seasonable at all times. This artificial silk has been spun in Bradford, England. and worked up into a large variety of fabrics. In the dye- ing, weaving and finishing of these no special treatment has been found neces- sary. It has been dyed in all imagin- able shades and colors and, owing to the peculiar qualities of the material, it takes a. dye more readily and gives a. more brilliant effect than the natural article. In texture it is equal to the' best of Chinese and Indian silks, being soft and silken to the touch. It is ex- pected that it will be used largely in combination with natural silk and cotton for producing brocaded effects. These latter have been so expensive lately as to be out of reach of all but the fattest purses. The invention ‘will greatly reduce the cost. a... in... FORTUNES EASILY MADE. ‘ Some Men 11ch: Riches Without'Any Serious Struggle. The three principal matters which have all to do with the increase of wealth in society as at present ’consti- tutcd are the natural bounties ,upon which man constantly exercises his fac- ulties, and everything which enables himto use them to better advantage; the means of transporting the products of his labor to all parts of the earth with ease and cheapness, and the me- dium which facilitates exchange of commodities between men—money. The study of these three principal sources of wealth to a community will reveal two facts—that the people have been as indifferent to them as the money-makers have been attentive; and that while the indifference of the one accounts for their ever-diminishing wages, the attention of the other ac- counts for their immense fortunes. It is from the natural bounties that all the wealth of any community springs, writes Edward McGlynn, D. D., in Donahoe’s Magazine. The land and its resources, the forest and its riches, the rivers, seas and oceans with their teeming life are the first and only sources of real wealth, and upon them depend the artificial values which so- ciety gives to the beginning of all so- cial wealth. He is the unit of value. It is his exertion which creates all val- ues, and the Object of his exertions is the support of his own life, the accom- plishment Of his own destiny, here and’ hereafter, as his Creator ordained. The natural bounties must always, there- fore, be open to him in every society, no matter how complex its organiza- tion. The necessity implies a right- the right of getting at the natural bounties with ease and without serious hindrance; the right of using these \bounties without tax to any power save society, directly onto its agents. Now, at this point we get our first glimpse of the manner in which enormous fortunes are made. ‘ We take possession of these natural bounties, to monopolize them under cover of law and custom, and to make all men who would use them pay be-‘ forehand for the privilege, have been the aim of the money-makers since time began; by getting hold Of the natural bounties, which really belong to the community, and should never leave its jurisdiction except in the most prudent fashion, and then only to revert reg- ularly to the same community, -the builders of great fortunes have been able to enrich themselves at pleasure without any labor worthy of the im- mense prizes they win. ‘ New Uses for Electricity. A well-known New York caterer who owns a. large restaurant gives to the electric fan the credit of saving him from bankruptcy. The smell of his kitchen became so pervasive that it was driving all his customers away. After vainly trying different remedies. he had a. large fan so fixed that all the fumes of the cooking were drawn“1 up a shaft and passed into the , outer air. The difference of the at- mosphere -Of the restaurant was not lost on the public; the business re- turned and soon went beyond all form- er records. A writer in an electric jour- nal tells of an experience in a factory gallery were huge vats were simmering. The coolest man in the factory was the attendant standing over the vats, who was'briskly blown upon by a. little fan motor. . , . Reciprocity In Trade. -. The Boslon Slore is in ils Eighlh Year'of Business Life, and we‘inlend .lhal lhis shall be our grealesl. Why? Because we are now in a posilion lo buy‘lrom-manu? lecturers and imporlers—from lhe same people lhal lhe lieu Yorlf houses buy lheir, 9 goods-and we buy lhem al lhe same prices. Therefore ii is easy for us lo sell lower _, Bus onSIMuwaI‘ ,IIEW YORK. OFFICE, 442 BROADWAY. ...... ma. _ ._ Builds [lilies as ‘ 4* . .Well as Gounlrios. - lhan lhey do, for our expense is .nolhing compared wilh lheirs. HERE ARE soME or THE nuns FOBCTHIS WEEK? IN OUR CLOAK ROOM - 50 of these Beautiful Figure-d Brilliantines. wide skirts, lined with rustling and interlined, we shall sell one each to a customer for $2.25, ' 10 Ladies’ Black, Fine Diagonals, $4.98. ~ 10 dozen Check Percal ————’ ‘ I 25 Ladies’ Covert Jackets, $5.00 each; we shall sell at $3.49. 15 Ladies’ Black Cloth Jackets, $4.25 each; we shall sell at $2.98. 20 Silk Capes, $6. 50 ones, for $4.25. 15 Black leet Capes, $6.00 ones, for $4.50. Light Colored Broadcloth and Covert Capes, at $4.50, 4.98, 6.50, 1.50 and 8,98. Children’s Jackets, 980, $I.25, L49, L98, 2.25 to 5.98. Children’s Suits, $I.15, 4.98, 5.15 and 6.25. WRAPPERS We have just put in stock one hundred dozen new spring Wrappers. 25 dozen Print Wrappers, best quality, 65c. 20 dozen Cambric Wrappers, 930. SL49- _5 dozen Dresden, $2.25. 25 dozen Lawn wrappers, I96. 10 dozen Fancy Prints, $I.25. 10 dozen Fancy Percales, $|,98. 5 dozen PersianS, $2.75.- SHIRT WAISTS“ We were obliged to put ten saiesladies behind our immense Shirt Waist counter last week. No Wonder ! Our styles and prices are all right. , Waists with or without detachable collars and cuffs, 29c, 39c, 49c. 69c, 15o, 98o, $1.25, 1.49, l.98 and 2.15. : BUSIUN SIIIIIIIIIUII Main andWaIl Sis. I1 Real POINTER... Is your plate glass or safe insured? I will write you a policy in the Mutual Plate Glass and Safe Insur- ance Company. Glass will break and burglars use dynamite. case of Fire You shOuld be insured. Apolicy in the Reliance 01 Philadelphia; Phoenix Of Hartford; Scotland Union of Scotland; New Hampshire of Manchester; Rochester German of Rochester; United States and Pacific of New York; Security Of New Hampshire or Granite State 01 Ports- mouth Will protect you against the fire fiend. w. E1. 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