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The News and Observer. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 70. TOE mroffiEST ©DtMßttJJtLSnrQ®®] ®F AOT MCBTO ®/TO®[LoM!£\ [MOO'. MR. ST. JOHN EXPLAINS SAYS Ills ORDERS ARE TO CRE ATE EFFICIENCY AND RE -I)IJCE EXPENSES. NO PROTEST HAS BEEN ENTERED. The Committee of Engineers that Called on Him were Simply Desirous of Changing the Rules Under which They were Working—itten who can not give lull Service will he Dropped From the Pay Roll—This is due the Company and Stockholders. Norfolk, Va., April 13.— A dispatch was sent from Raleigh, N. C., yesterday saying that the Brotherhood of En gineers had entered a protest against the placing by Vice President St. John of Western men as engineers on the Georgia Central and Northern road to the detri ment of local engineers. St. John says concerning the Raleigh telegram that the statement is a “fake” of the poorest kind. “A committee of engineers, desirous of modifying rules under which they had been working, and which to them had proved objectionable, met the su perintendent of motive power and ma chinery for a discussion of them, and that the mterview was most pleasant, may be assumed from the fact that this same committee, or a mem ber of it, extended the Super intendent of motive power and machinery an invitation to dinner im mediately following, but a reporter wanted to be present and asked admis sion to this private conference, and ad mission was declined and properly. No such request as that stated in the Ral eigh dispatch was ever made by the committee, and it all grew out of his imaginative brain, and the committee cannot and wiii not state otherwise. “Our orders are to create efficiency in all departments; promote those in theser vice of the company who are worthy and have ability to fill positions vacated as created, and this has been done and will continue, and with it all, to reduce ex penses wntre it can be done without in jury to the service. This is in the in terests of the company's stock and stock holders who aie entitled to some consid eration in view of the fact that they own the property. “If there are men unable to give full service, or any services, who have been dropped from the pay rolls because of old age, no injustice is intended them, but the company cannot do business in that way.” TIRED OF THE BOYCOTT. The Southern Railway Expresses a Desire to End the Rate War. New York, April 13.—A Tribune spe cial from Baltimore says : Representa tives here of the Southern line express a desire to call off the boycott recently de clared by the Southern Railroad and Steamship Association against the Sea board Air Line, and thus end the rate war which has become more threaten ing since ihe Southern Railway Cem pany asked permission to meet tbe Sea board’s cut to Atlanta without disturb ing rates to intermediate points. Overtures have been made to officials of tbe Seaboard, with a view to having that system join the association. President Hoffman, however, said that he was not contemplating joining any organization. President Walters, of the Atlantic Coast system, also President of the New Southern States Passenger Association, is said to favor the effort to settle the differences amicably, and other prominent railroad officials in the South take similar views of the matter. President Hoffman has gone to Ports mouth, Va., to confer with Vice Presi dent St. John and other officials of the Seaboord relative to the situation. It is believed the Seaboard will make a further cut in rates. FOUR DEAD, ONE WOUNDED. A HlooJv Battle Betwee t Te 1 Men in the Choctaw N«t on. Paris, Texas, April 13.—News of a bloody battle reached here today from the eastern portion of the Choctaw Na tion. Ever since the Jones Locke war of two yt-ars ago, murderous enmity has prevailed between men of different po litical belief. Only a couple of weeks ago the Choctaws who caunot speak Eng lish, learned of the troubles that existed between Gov. Jones and Dick Locke. Last Monday Arnold Islitche, was shot down by an unknown man in hip own yard. He had been an avowed friend of Governor Jones and was a man of prom inence. His assassination aroused the whole community, and the Cooper brothers, who had always been warm friends of Locke were suspected of the crime. Day before yesterday So o non Lana ker, Stephen Lanaker and three of their friends laid in waiting two miles frem Eagleton in tbe Choctaw Nation, for the Coopers After the latter came up, the Lanakers opened tire from ambush. Their fire was returned. There were five men on each side and for thirty minutes a deadly fusilade prevailed. The results were not known until this morning, when Gov. Gardner, of the Chocktaw Nation chanced to pass the place. He found Solomon Lanaker and Simpson Lanaker, Cornelius Cooper and Tom Forbes dead in the road within a few feet of each other with Winchesters in their hands. Near his dead brother lay William Cooper shot in a do zen places, but alive and conscious. He gave Gov. Gardner a detailed statement of the wh’Te affair. SI N’S COTTON REPORT. The Weather in the South Good and Planting Progressing W ell. New York, April 13.— The exchanges here and in New Orleans will be open on Monday. The Liverpool exchange ! will re-open on next Wednesday. The London Financial News says: “It is to the conditions affecting the supply and demand that we must look for an explanation of the sudden of ac tivity in raw cotton. This year's Ameri can crop is estimated to be very large indeed, but the stocks of Indian, Egyp tian, and Brazilian are unusually small, and there is a strong impression that the acreage under cotton in | America will be very naturally re duced after this season,* planters seeing that there is less profit to be made out of a heavy crop at low prices than out of a smaller one which may command better figures. The quantity of Indian cotton whteh reaches this country is immensely small er than it was a few years, the bulk be ing retained for home manufacture or sent to China or Japan, while mueb more Egyptian cotton is absorbed direct ly by the east than was forrady the case.” Tbe Chronicle states that the weather in the South during the week has been favorable; that planting is progressing very well now in many districts, but not so well advanced as last year, and that advic s from Southern Texas and from a few other points indicate that early plantings are coming up. The experts from the ports thus far this season are 5,885,876, against 4,556,662 thus far last season. In New York prices for some cotton goods have advanced during the past week. THE ARMENIAN MASSACRES. Claimed that Most of Ihe Stories We-r-e invented by Interested Parties. London, April 13.—The Armenian committee have imported three refugees from the alleged massacres in Araaenia, and these worthies were received by Mr. Gladstone to day. The Globe's correspondent in Con stantinople asserts that most of the stories of the Armenian horrors have been invented by interested persons, and are part of the propaganda of an organized political campaign against the Porte. The Speaker's Constantinople repre sentative, who claims to speak on au thority, admits that the Armenians in Sassoun rebelled in 1893 and fought a successful.battle with tbe Kurds, of whom they killed more than 200. This is men tioned as showing the ground for the expedition of Kurds against the Armen ians in 1897. | |The same correspondent attempts to vitiate the effect of the coming report of the Armenian Commission of Inquiry, by asserting that a mass of false testi mony has been furnished, including that of thethrre priests, who were paid large sums for their evidence, and that other witnesses have been hired in large num bers to swear to a long list of atrocities committed by Armenians upon Turks in Moosh and in other places near by. A UNIVERSITY CLOSED. The President was Unpopular ami the Students Refu-ed to Remain. Chicago, April 13 —A special from Little Rock says: The trouble involving the fortunes of the Little Rock Universi ty have finally resulted in that institution being closed. President W. F. Shedd, the belli has left city, and the faculty is without a job. The property is owned and entirely con trolled by the Southern Education Soci ety at Cincinnati, O, a child of the Northern Methodist church. When the recent trouble and differ ences arose between President Shedd and the students, resulting in the re fusal of the latter to remain in the school while he was president, the fac ulty endeavored to continue school, but President Shedd locked and barred the doors of the recitation rooms, gave the resident students notice to leave the building within four days, notified pa rents of day pupils to keep their children away if they wished to avoid trouble, and kept a deputy sheriff on the prem ises to enforce his commands. A week ago Prof. Sanford, of Ohio, one of the faculty, told President Shedd he intended to bring suit for past due salary. Miss E. M. Nowell, another member of the faculty, says she learned Monday that Mr. and Mrs. Shedd had departed. Steamship Croatan Sate. Wilmington, N. C , April 13 —The Clyde Line steamer Croatan which sprung a leak while enroute from New York to this port, arrived here this morning, having jettisoned about 75 tons of her cargo of merchandise. The remainder is badly damaged by water. T.ain Robber Refused New Trial. Fredericksburg, Va, April 13 Judge Wm. S. Barton, of the Circuit Court of Stafford county, to-day refused a new trial to Charles Morgan, the Aquia Creek train robber, and his case will now be taken to the Court of Ap peals. The Reply is Satistactory. London, April 13.- An answer to the British ultimatum to Nicaragua has been received at the foreign office. It is said the reply is so satis: actory that the ac tion which the government threatened to take on Monday next will not now be taken. RALEIGH. N. C.. SUNDAY. APRIL 14. 1895. A REHEARING ASKED A MOTION THAT THE INCOME TAX CASE BE AGAIN TAKEN I P. PROBABLE ACTION OF THE COURT. Whether the Motion Will be Granted or uotis Prob!ematicaG~The Action at the Court Mav Depend Upon Jus tice Jackson’s Ahilityto Reswniehis Seat I r pon Ihe Bcacli—The Presi dent Will Make his income Tax Re turn “at Large.” Washington, D.C., April 13. Amotion for a rehearing of the income tax cases ! decided by the U. 8. Supreme Court last Monday will be raade by Mr. W. D. Guthrie of counsel for the stockholders in the Farmers’ and Continental Trust Company, and the printed raotiou will j be distributed auaoDg the justices next Monday. The proceeding will be doue without the personal intervention of counsel,and I no record of the filing of the motion will I be made unless it should be granted. The probable action of the court is a I matter of pure speculation. To grant I the motion, under the practice of the ! court laid down in the case of the St. j Louis Public Schools vs. Walker 9th Wallace!, would require the request of | one of the four justices who voted to uphold the constitutionality of the law, j and whether one of these would do this cannot, of course, be told until the de cision of the court upon the motion shall be announiel In tbe St. L>a i s case the court said that “where the court does not of its own motion order a rehearing, it shall be in order for t&e counsel to submit a motion, without argument. If any jus tice who concurred in the opinion of the court asks that it be done, a rehearing will be granted; otherwise it will be de nied as of course."" Should the motion for a rehearing be granted by tbe court, it will, in all prob ability, be accompanied by an order set ting aside the judgment announced last Monday, and restoring the case to the doe set for reargument. This would have the effect of reviving the law as passed by Congress until the case was again disposed of. The action of the court may depend upon the ability ot Mr. Justice Jackson to resume his seat upon the bench, inas much as it would probably require his co-operation to make a change in the at titude of the court towards the law. A letter received from him yesterday sta ted that he was feeling fairly well, but that he had no expectation of joining bis associates here before next fail. Makes His Return “At Large.” Washington, April 12.—-Commissioner Miller, head of the Internal Revenue Bureau, was at the White House to day, and passed some time with President Cleveland It is stated that during the interview the President solved all ques tions as to the particular domicile he should claim in making his income tax return, New York, Buzzard's Bay or Washington, by making his return “at large,” and handing it to the Commis sioner of Internal Revenue in person. BTEVF.NISON AND MeKINLEY. They now Lend in Ihe Race lor the Presidential Nomination. New York, April 13.—1 n a canvass of the Republican and Democratic national c ommitteemen, printed by the Evening Telegram today, William McKinley, Jr., and Adlai E. Stevenson lead in the race for the respective Presidential nomina tions. The figures are: Republican—Wm. McKinley, Jr., 13; Benj. Harrison, 4; Thos. B. Reed, 4: William B. Allison, 2; Levi P. Morton, 1; John Sherman 1; Henry M. Teller 1. Democratic—Adlai E. Stevenson, 9; Governor Boies, of Towa. 2; Matthews, 1; William C. Whitney, 1; C. S. Thomas, of Denver, 1, and Postmaster General Wilson, 1. Chicago is in the highest favor as con vention city, and the tariff and financial questions are believed to be tbe issues on which the campaign will be conducted MAILS INTERFERED WITH. A Great Falling oil iu Them Owing to Trouble iu Cuba. Washington, April 13.—Owing to the troubles in Cuba tbe mails for that country and vicinity have fallen off to such au extent that the post office de partment has permitted the plant sys sem to make one|trip less per week from Savannah to Tampa, by rail, and the same permission has been granted on the steamboat line from Tampa to Cuba. T n consequence of the prevalence of yellow fever in Cuba the Department is making arrangements to fumigate mails from all the tropical countries, which is an unusual precaution to be taken so early in the season. Insurgent Leader Killed. Havana, April 13. — Tne Governor of St. Jago de Cuba reports that the insur gent leader Flor Crombet was killed in action at Palmarito. Georgia W hitecaps Found Guilty. Atlanta, Ga., April 13.- The jury in the trial of John Quarles and David Butler, returned a verdict of guilty to night. The jurors were out 24 hours. These defendants were tried for conspir ing to hang Henry Worley, an informer on illicit distillers in Murray and neigh borhood. Several indictments are pend ing against Whitecappers charged with Henry Worley’s murder. SIIEMVI ELL’S HEALTH FAILING. Ilis'l’rial lor the Killing of Dr. Payne to Take Place in July. Special to the News and Observer. * Lexington, N. C , April 13. Baxter Bhemwell, the slayer of Dr. R. L. Payne, Sr., is said to be failing in j health. It will be remembered that he i was taken to Charlotte some weeks ago, | and placed iu prison there. The trial will take place dn July, and ; will be one of the most noted in the an nals of the State. Business seems to be reviving; or is ; expected to greatly improve, for jour mer chants, who are very conservative, are ! buying larger stocks of goods tnau for several years for the spring trade. A stock compauy has been organized for the manufacture of furniture at this ; place, and will eoimmepce work at an early day. Our cotton factory is running on full : time aud the output of goods from it annually is something wonderful. Not more thau one third, perhaps, of the new magistrates for this county have qualified to this date, and it is hoped | that for the best interests of the country they will not. The average Fusionist in these parts is suffering severely from nausea just now. The doings of the last Legislature are enough to make them “sick and tired,” as Mark Twain says. The lecture bureaus throughout Amer j ica will be delighted to learn that our most distinguished citizen. Col. William j F. Henderson, is writing a new lecture, which will surpass his well -known mas terpiece “American Manhood."’ The lecture will perhaps be delivered for the i first time the 4th of next July. Rev L. E Thompson, pastor of the Methodist Church in Burlington, accom panied by his family, visited Mrs. J Thompson’s father, County Treasurer McCrary here this week. Mr. Chas. Duly, of the Charlotte Ob server, is here. Mr. E S. Parker, Jr., of the Alamance bar, is iu town on legal business. Mr. C. R. WatsoD, of the Richmond State, is here for a few days. Mr. R. C Harrison, who has been sick here for some time, left yesterday for his old home in Virginia. THE FATE OF A FOOL. A V ouug Irishman Jumps from the Brooklyn Bridge and is Killed. | Brooklyn, N. Y., April 13. — A young man, supposed to be James Duffy, a native of County Craven Ire land. jumped from the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon about 2:30 o’clock and was drowned. From what can be learned the act was but a case of bravado, he havirg declared that he had already jumped from Waterloo bridge in Londonand from the high bridge at Newcastle-on Tyne, and wished to add this feat to his for mer exploits. Duffy according to Patrolman Donnelly, who hap pened to be standing near the place where the man jumped, which is considered the highest part of the structure, emerged from the crowd on the promenade at the objective point and swung himself up to the board walk over the tracks, from which an iron lad der leads down to the roadway. A mo ment later Donnelly saw Duffy run across the roadway and climb upon the railing that separated it from the outer cable which helps to support the central span. All of Donnelly’s efforts to stop the man from his intentions were of no avail. Duffy, balancing himself upon the cable, threw off his coat and sprang out into the air. In his descent he turned over and over .several times. One looker-on said that be saw Duffy's body make four somersaults before it struck the water. He did not come to the sur face afterward. Duffy stood in Park Row near the bridge entrance early this afternoon, and announced that he was about to jump from the bridge at its highest point. He asked half a drzen different men to go along and see him jump as he wanted to have witnesses to prove that he really made the leap. LITTLE HARM W AS DONE. Two German Nobles Fight a Duel Without Serious Consequences. Berlin, April 13. —A duel wasfougl t to day between Baron von Reischach, one of the court marshals and Freiherr von Kotze, formerly court charnberlair. Freiherr von Kotze received a bullet wound in the thigh, which, though pain ful, is not serions. The encounter grew out of the scan dals involving the arrest of Freiherr von Kotze some time ago on the charge of having written letters to prominent per sons accusing them or their relatives of gross improprieties. TO SAVE HER IIAIIE. A Negro Woman Perishes iu hii At tempt to Rescue Her Child ■ Chattanooga, Tenn , April 13 —ln a hovel in the suburbs of this city, Glennie McFarland, colored, and her two months old babe were burned to death, and I their charred bodies were found after the flames were subdued. The mother had escaped, but discover ing her child was still inside, heroically plunged through smoke and tl ones to save its life, and fell dead at the thresh old of the room wherein her infant lay, already dead. London, April 13. —A committee of ladies, headed by the Marchioness of Queensbury, has been formed with the object of reviving agitation looking to the release of Mrs. May brick from pri son. PEACE IN THE BALANCE J A 1* AN II AS AT L AST PRESENTED HER ULTIMATUM TO CHINA FOR PEACE. ONE DAY GIVEN HER TO DECIDE. The Refusal of Ihe Viceroy to Sign the Treaty Means a Renewal of Ihe W ar --The Sum Demanded as Indemnity Reduced by One Million Yen--Tl»e Chinese Government Divided us to the Acceptance of Japan’s Pro posals--Russia May A Iso Object. London, April 13.—A Central News despatch from Shanghai says: A tele gram from Pekin says that Japan has presented her ultimatum giving China | one day in which to accept or refuse it. Japan has reduced the sum demanded for indemnity by one miliion yen. The government are divided as to the accep tance of the Japan proposals. The peace party is willing to accept the terms but the iloiiand party is holding out. The position is critical. lK ussin May Object. 11. Ft. Petersburg, April 13. -It is stated on excellent authority that Rus sia has determined to make diplomatic opposition to the annexation by Japan of any portion of the Asiatic Continent. The Russian army and navy in the far East are being reinforced with the view of supporting this decision. The Rus sian government has also resolved not to i interfere in Armenia in order to have a free hand in the far East. China, considering it impossible for her to accept the Japanese conditions ; for peace, is sounding Russia and the other powers as to whether they will in tervene. Effects of Peace on Trade. Washington, I>. C. April 13 The effects on Japanese trade of the s guing of a treaty of peace are already being discussed. That peace would give an immense impetus, it is asserted, there can be no question, though it has been ; found that Japan's trade has not only . not suffered the check that was pre dicted on account of the war, but its to tal volume in money value in 1894 was very nearly 30 per cent over that of the preceding year. Iu the case of some articles the war has done some injury to the foreign trade, but on the whole it has exercised little influence. The greatest increase in tbe export trade of , 1894 was in the case of raw silk, of the quantity sent abroad exceeded that for 1893 by as much as 11,000,000 yen. BASEBALL YESTERDAY. Wake Forest Beaten by the Not folks in a Seven Inning Game. .Special to the News and Observer. Norfolk, Va., April 13. j The Norfolks and the semi professional team from Wake Forest College played ' an interesting game of ball in the rain this afternoon. Wynne, Honeycutt and ! Stafford of the champion Petersburgs played with the collegians but the local team put up a very good game aud scored an easy victory. The game was called at the end of the j seventh inning. A very small crowd watched the players. Score: Norfolk 0 0 2 0 0 I—3 Wake Forest 0 0 0 0 0 2—l Batteries: Bernard and Tenley; Wynne and Honeycutt. The University Wins. Special to the News aud Observer. Chahei. Hill, N. C., April 13. The game here between University of and North Carolina was greatly in’erftred with by the rain in the beginning of the game. Lehigh earned one run in tbe first inning. Until the ninth inmug each held the other when the University came last to the bat and two runs brought them out the victors. Hud for the Farmer Boys. Special to the News and Observer. Greensboro, N. C., April 13 The Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege team of Raleigh was butchered by ! the Guilford College team this afternoou ! to the tune of 19 to 2. The spectators were disgusted with the game. Yale 16; University ot Virginia 9. Richmond, Va., April 13 - -Yale and the University of Virginia played a loose and uninteresting game here this after noon which can best be charcterized as a comedy of errors. Carter pitched four innings aud was freely batted. Score: University of Virginia, 9. Yale, 16. Batteries: Cochran, Nelson and Neely; DeForest, Green way, Carter, Sp.>er and Truedeau. FRED. DOUGLASS’ W ILL. It i» Admitted to Probate and Letters ot Administration Granted. Washington, April 13 —The will of Frederick Douglass was admitted to probate by Judge Hagner this afternoou and letters of administration were granted to Ihe widow and Louis H. Doug lass, a son of the deceased. Bond was filed at |70.000. It is supposed that this action of the court will close the contest over the es late and compel the interested parties to j reach an amicable understanding. j PRICE FIVE CENTS. , I)R. ROYALL LECTURKfL Dr. Taylor Preaches the Anniversary Sermon Before Missionary Society. Special to the News and Observer. Wake Forest, N. C., April 13. The bust fortnightly lecture loathe Bible Bands was given Sunday afternoon April 7th by Dr. W. B. Royall, Profess jor of Greek. The subject waj “The j Characteristics of the Four Gospels.'’ This was Dr. RoyalPs second lecture ox. that subject. dtt The Woman’s Missionary Society of 1 the Wake Forest Baptist Church observed | the eighth anniversary of its tion on the evening of the 7th inst. I President Taylor preached by request, a ; special sermon,, ehoosing as his text Mat 4:8,9, from which he derived the sub , ject, “The Temptations Which Assail ut ij in Doing the Lord’s Work.” The report of the Secretary, covering the history of the Society, showed a membership of 53, and the total amount of money collected i I $1,023. The faculty allowed the petition of > ! the students for holiday on Easter Mon day. A Dumber of them have gone > ; home for Ihe day. The ball team are away, but the com munity is not without amusement ic j that line. Two games which excited [ some interest this week ware one bc ’ | tween two of the boarding house** and one between the College and “the HilL” The latter brought out into the diifmond , our staid townsmen and merchants Messrs. T. E. Holding and N. 8. Dunn. A new graded track has been com ; pleted for the sports of Field Day. which comes this year on the 26th inst. Prof. J. F. Lanneau is able to meet his classes again after about a weekV , confinement with a serious ©old. ANNUAL DEBATE AT ELON. A Short but Strong Speech bv Ex- Governor Holt. Special to the News aud Observer. Elon College, \\ C., April 13. The fourth annual debate of tbe Clic : and Philologian Literary Societies of Elon College came off last night. 'There | was an unusually large crowd of visitors present. The exercises of the evening began at 8 o'clock by an instrnmenta; quartette by Misses Price, Williamson. Clements and Edwards. Alter appropriate remarks of welcome ! by President 8 M. 8m th, Secretary J. | P- Lee read the programme for the* oc casion. Query: Resolved, that North Caro lina should have compulsory education The affirmative was debated by Messrs. I. W. Johnson, of Virginia, and Vs. Dy Howard ot North Carolina. • The negative was defended by Messrs F. A. llolladay, of Virginia, and Jobrj T. Cobb of North Carolina. These young men acquited themselves well. After these speeches the audience were entertained by a vocal dneti from j Misses Sears and Williamson. The sec ond speeches were enthusiastic and well | delivered. The judges of debate were ex Governor Thomas M. Holt, Prof. Whitsitf, of I Fairview, and Hon. W. N. Pritchard, of j Chapel Hill. The decision was in favor of the nega tive. An interesting solo by Miss EdT { wards closed the programme of the even ing. Ex-Governor Holt was called upxm by • the audience for a speech. The venera ble ex Governor arose amid was eagerly listened to in a short but very appropriate speech. He expressed himself as delighted at the exercises of the evening, and while physically unable to make any lengthy speech, eoxJd but observe with keenest delight the growth of college work, and the development w all educational lines in North Carolina for the past few years. Education was absolutely essentially to our liberty and the development of our resources. He deplored deeply the fact that our last Legislature tore the head froos our whole public education system, arid he hoped that the time would soon romt when all would see it to their interest to educate, and when we would nave * Legislature that would strive to perfect and not to tear down our system of j>nV lie schools. He had always, m public and private life, used his infinenw for the upbuilding of our public schools and the education of the masses. The ex Governor’s remarks were timely and enthusiastically received b> the large audience present. After half at hour spent iu a pleasant social way the fourth annual debate was declared over aud the house adjourned. President C. D. Melver of the State Normal is to lecture for us soon. There will be appropriate Easter ser vices hereby the little folks of the village and community. College exercises, art suspended till Tuesday. Dr. W. T. Herndon, financial agent for the college, has been very ill for days, but is now well nigh recovered. Til E OSCAR WILDE CASK.- Two More Men Arrested and Tkcis Diary Found. London, April 13.—The Oscar WjJdt case has led to the arrest of two met who were implicated in the Cleveland street scandal. In the rooms of one of them, X D Goodchild, the police found a diary ro cording the foulest of acts, but nothing was discovered relating to Wilde. The revelatious, however, show tbafc the ramifications of a popular type ol vice are almost past belief. It has transpired that Wilde’s i’w«nd Taylor is the son of a London merchant. He inherited an income of 3,500 pound; a year, but dissipated his fortune iir profligacy.