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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1895)
IHE STTNDAX OREGOSTCAW, PORTLAND JAmTARY 18. 1895. NOWTflEBuELMGTOH ITS THROUGH P.VSSEXGER. THAI!? KELTS UP IX IOWA. Tlte Robbery Was Carefnllr Planned iind Coolly Carried Out by Two Very Hold Men. OTTDMWA, la.. Jan. 12. Highwaymen got in their work tonight. It -was one of tho most daring train robberies ever at tempted. It wes executed on the Burling ton passenger train No. 4, near this city, tonight. No. 4 is the Burlington's through passenger train .from Denver to Chicago, and carries large quantities of mail and baggage. It was not generally known that the train carried a more valuable cargo of mail or express tonight than usual, but it seems that two bold robbers knew that the express would make a valuable haul, and they planned to bag it. They held up the train, but molested nothing but the express. After they had finished this Job they stood for 10 minutes and waited for tho train to start long enough to have robbed the mall cars or passenger coaches. The agent at Chllll cothe, a small village several miles west of here, says he saw two men about the depot in the afternoon, and when No. 4 arrived, at 6:30, they were on the platform, but disappeared while the train was stand ing at the station. "When the train began to move out of that station, Express Mes senger John Page stepped to the end door, at the front of the car, to lock it, and was just about to do it when the men sprang inside. The express messenger, his as sistant, mall clerk and baggageman were covered and overpowered. Then the rob bers looted the safe at leisure and filled a sack of coin. They left the train as It slackened speed at a crossing, and es caped. The express officials say only $8000 was taken, but It Is believed the robbers secured more. HE GAVE I1I3ISELF UP. Coxliln, the Alleged Smuggler, "Sore Out on Bond. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. D. M. Cash In, ex-customs inspector, charged with complicity In the Neuberger-Krelss frauds, who fled to British Columbia, returned on the steamer Walla Walla this morning and declares he can prove his Innocence. It is believed the government has made some arrangement with Cashln which will result In his escaping punishment. Cash in delivered himself up to the United States marshal this morning and was Immediately released on bonds of 510,000. There aro five Indictments against Cashin, but ho will be tried on but two of them. His bail, which was originally fixed at 550.0M on each count, was recently re duced to S10.0QQ.jfl.na It was agreed that he should be alloJcoto go on his own recog nizance on three of the counts. Cashln's alleged crimes were malfeasance in ofllce and smuggling. It was pretty clearly shown that ho was Involved in the smug gling operations of both Neuberger, Reiss & Co. and Liebes Bros. He was indicted April 20, 1S94, and again on the 25th. The evidence was that he had lent himself, as deputy collector of customs, to the ex tensive operations of Neuberger-Reiss, by which that firm evaded duty on importa tions. In the same month he was jointly indicted with Reiss twice for defrauding the government. The cases against Reiss were compromised, and he was let off after being mulcted for $5000. The joint indictment of Cashin, Jacob and Louis Llebcs, for smuggling high-grade wrap pers In the guise of cheap tobacco, was begun in February last, and the charge was conspiring to defraud the govern ment. The case Is still pending. In view of tho leniency extended to Reiss, the friends of Cashin think he will escape very lightly. District Attorney Knight said this morning that he had not yet decided on which of the counts Cashin will be tried, but It would be one for mal feasance and one for smuggling. There is a tacit agreement that the three other counts should be dismissed. A Clmse After McLean. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. The chase after E. W. McLean, the manager of the Emerald gang cf smugglers, promises to be a lively one. He was followed to the Sound, but went over to Victoria, and thence to Honolulu on the Miowera last November. His departure was reported to the federal olflclals here, and Marshal Baldwin sent a warrant for his arrest. "Word was received from the islands today that McLean had left for Victoria on the Warrimoo before the warrant reached the islands. The lookout for smugglers on the islands Is just now keen, and considerable dillieulty attends the landing of contra band opium. The Norma, 45 days from Victoria, was recently sighted off land, but she failed to land, and it is thought that she has given up tho attempt. SOUTH DAKOTA'S TREASURER. It Is Now Snppo.xcd That Tnylor Took :i Great Denl of Cash. PIERRE, S. D., Jan. 12. It was ascer tained that the actual shortage which would have been revealed when W. W. Taylor, the defaulting state treasurer, came to transfer his office to his suc cessor, was about $170,000 In cash. There fore It Is believed he must have appro priated about 5200,000 mpre when he found out how matters stood, on the theory that h'was in for it anyway. Another sensation was sprung today, which ac cuses Mayor Ruth, of the school-land com mission, with complicity with Taylor. In June last, It is alleged, he held back his semi-annual apportionment of school-land funds for several months, and then only pakl over a part of It. When the No vember apportionment bill became due, he refused to pay that until December 27. Then it was too late for the county treas urers to make requisitions, and $99,000 went with Taylor. They were close busi ness associates; FRISCO'S FESTIVE BURGLAR. He First Fonstcu and Then Robbed a House of Its Valuables. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. The three men who so boldly robbed the house of Julius Franklin Friday morning, are still at large, but the search for them has brought to light another burglary equally as daring. The houe of Thomas Brown, cashier of the California bank, was en tered three weeks ago, and valuable art icles were taken from every room in the house, except the sleeping apartments. Clothing was found which answers the description of that worn by the men who entered the Franklin house. In the Brown residence the burglars lighted the gas in the dlnlng-reom. brought wine from the cellar and had a feast. They also smoked some choice cigars which they found. The police carefully kept the knowledge of this robbery to themselves. In the hope of catching the thieves, but the plan has not proved successful. OTHER CRIME XEWS. Senator Foley's Slayer Sentenced. RENO. Nov.. Jan. 12. In the district court today, Alice M. Hartley, who had been convicted of the murder of ex-Senator Foley last July, was sentenced to H years In the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was denied in a lengthy deci sion. Mrs. Hartley appeared in court, ac companied by friends and a nurse, who carried the 2-months-oId child of the de fendant The sentence was received quietly Her attorney made a motion for a stay of execution, pending appeal to the supreme court. Judge Cheney finally de cided to admit Mrs. Hartley to ball in the sum of J35.W. pending an appeal, her bond to be approved by the court. Anotbcr Lynching: in Louisiana. NEW ORLEANS. Dec 12. A negro named Edgar, who shot and dangerously wounded Manager Kirth. on the Kirth landing plantation, a few months ago, was found hanging at the end of a grass rope yesterday In front of Bartholomew's church, nine miles north of Bastrop. The coroner's jury has not as yet reported on the death, and it is not probable that it will be discovered who the men were who lynched Edgar. An Escaped Convict Returned. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. The state prison directors met today at San Quen tln. It was noted that a burglar linown as "Fatty Ohio" had been returned, hav ing escaped in 1SSS, with 9 years to serve. He Is wanted in Chicago on many charges and at Joliet, from which he Is also an escape. He was arrested in Los Angeles as a su'pect in connection with the On tario robbery. The Indian Territory Outlaws. MUSKOGEE, L T.. Jan. 12. Last even ing Deputy Dobson, of Fort Gibson, wired to Muskogee that Cook, French and five confederates were riding up and down the main streets, flourishing their six shooters and Winchesters. Dobson asked assistance in driving the bandits out. The deputy marshal decided it was too dan gerous, and did not go. STEAMER CHANGES. The Queen Will Take the State of California's Place. The steamer Queen, of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, has been placed on the Portland and San Francisco route in place of the State of California, which was disabled on her way north last Thursday and was towed back to San Francisco by the Oregon Railway & Navi gation Company's steamer Columbia. The Queen sailed from San Francisco yester day with the State's passengers and freight, and is due here Monday evening. She will leave on the return trip Tuesday night, two days later than the schedule sailing time. The Queen will remain on the route until the State is entirely re paired. . Report of the Benninjrton. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. General W. H. Dlmond, president of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, has received the following official report of Rear-Admiral Beardslee of the search made by the United States steamer Bennington for the missing colliers Keweenaw and Montser rat: "The Bennington, which has been en gaged In the search for the missing col liers Keweenaw and Montserrat for two weeks, returned last evening. I send to you, to be used In such manner as may seem best to you In showing to the rela tives of the men who were probably lost with these steamers, a chart, on which data concerning the efforts for their re lief is given, and the area of ocean, some 20.000 miles, which the Bennlgton has ex amined, is graphically shown. In this connection, I would say that the zeal, energy and thoroughness exhibited by Commander Thomas In conducting this search is, in my Judgment, worthy of high commendation." The Prescott Thought Lost. LONDON, Jan. 12. The British steam ship Prescott, from Sunderland, for Mar seilles, Is believed to have gone down in the recent storm. No news of her has been received since January 4, and a lifeboat, filled with water and marked "Prescott," was seen January 8, floating about six miles off Spunhead on the coast of Yorkshire. The Prescott was a 1200-ton vessel, and carried a crew of 23 men. ARrnnml in Chesapeake Bay. BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 12. The British stpamer Londonderry, bound from Balti more to Dublin, ran aground at Windmill Point, Chesapeake bay, this morning. Boats have gone to her assistance. Refuse From the Gale. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 12. Over 12 steamers have sought refuge here from the force of the gale. A terrific heavy sea is running outside the harbor, and the shore is strewn with wreckage. Marine Kotes. The Marion Ballantyne ioaded flour at the mill yesterday. The British ship Sierra Parima entered out at Liverpool December 20, for Port land. Ships working ballast yesterday were the Glenlin, at the elevator; Clackman nanshire, at Shaver's dock: Scottish Dales, at Sand dock, and Harland, at Greenwich dock. The City of Hankow took wheat stif fening at Montgomery dock. Other wheat ships working were the Samaritan, at the elevator; Bracadale and Auchencairn, at Victoria dock, and Donna Francisca, at Greenwich dock. Domestic and Foreign Ports. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Freights General Fairchid, 1356 tons, and Rufus E. Wood, 150S tons, coal from Nanalmo for this port. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12. Arrived Australia, from Honolulu; Belgic, from Yokohama and 'Hong Kong; Areata, from Coos bay; barkentine North Bend, from Gray's harbor. Cleared Willamette, for Nanaimo; Queen, for Astoria; bark General Fairchlld, for Nanaimo; schooner Sophia Sutherland, hunting and fishing. Departed Arawa, for Honolulu and Syd ney; Al KI, for Tacoma; Oregon, for Astoria; ship B. P. Cheney, for Seattle; ship John C. Potter, for Nanaimo: bark Rufus E. Wood, for Nanaimo; schooner Webfoot, for Gray's harbor; schooner Sailor Boy, for Gray's harbor; schooner F. M. Merchant, for Coos bay. NEW YORK. Jan. 12. Arrived Umbria, from Liverpool; Paris, from Southampton; Weser. from Bremen. Sailed Furnessia, for Glasgow; Auranla, for Liverpool: La Champagne, for Havre: Scandia, for Ham burg: Maasdam, for Rotterdam. Sailed for New York La Borgogne, from Havre; New York, from Southampton; Saale. from Bremerhaven: Amsterdam, from Rotterdam. Arrived out Baumwell, at Naples; Werkendam, at Rotterdam. Sighted La Gascogne, from New York for Havre, passed the Lizard. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Nine deeds, aggregating 5TSS2. were filed for record yesterday with the county recorder, as follows: Riverview Cem. Ass'n to L. P. Vial, lot 07. sec. 9, Rlvervlcw Cemetery $ 500 It. AVeelca and wife to same, part Wk 79, Carter's add 3,259 D. V Hoelblng and xvlfe to F. Itekate. lot 7. Germantown COG I. Horer and wife to H. Keene. Jots 1. 2, 3. -I. blk C: lots 5. C. Mk 5. Harlem 1,200 lav. Co. to J. M. Mead, lots 0, 11. 13. 13. blk 21. IrUngton Tark 675 Same to J. II. Damn, lots 21. 23. Mk 23. same GOO Same to K. B. Totvnsend. lots 34. 30. blk 32. same 400 A Barman ana husband to SI. L. Van Houtcn. lota 7. S. Mk 11; let IS. Mk 12. Good Morning add 1 C K. Henry and wife to L. E. Kern, lots 3. 4. 5. blk 1. Henry's Fifth add 1.200 Total 57.SS2 Titles Exnmlned and Insured. Money to lend on Improved city property. The Title Guarantee & Trust Company, Chamber of Commerce. Disastrous KlRlit for Shannon. In a fight resulting from a heated argu ment between lodgers In a cheap-bed house on North First street. Dan Shannon had his arm broken, about midnight. Two men Quarreled with Shannon, and as both used clubs in the fight he cannot say which Is responsible for his Injury. Both men escaped from the house before Offi cer Endleott arrived to quell the disturb ance. Shannon was taken to the Good Samaritan hospital. m The merit of Hood's Sarsaparilla is proven by its many wonderful cures. THE EYES OF RUSSIA EVERY XA.V IK THE E3IPIRE T3DEB POLICE SURVEILLAXCE. Her Secret Service Is Conducted "With the Greatest Mystery and the Highest Skill. (Copyright. 1S35. by S. S. McCIure. Limited.) The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Chronicle wired to his paper a few days ago that Nicholas II intended to abolish the secret police. If the czar car ries out what is thus proposed It will be a long step forward toward Russian per sonal liberty a much longer step than that which Loris Mcllkoft proposed in 1SSL in the shape of constitutionalism, or that which Ignatleff endeavored to intro duce, under the name of parliamentary government, at a somewhat later period. One of the largest suites In the public offices of St. Petersburg is occupied by the minister of foreign affairs. Almost Immediately adjoining it are the depart ments of the minister of the Interior. Be tween the two suites are two small rooms, one an inner room opening into the vesti bule, the other looking out upon the Nevski Prospect. These two rooms are devoted to the use of the chief of police "The White Terror," as he is called and his personal staff, consisting of a private and two ministerial secretaries. The po lice system of Russia may be divided Into three sections. The first section consists of the ordinary "gendarmerie" (the com mon metropolitan police of the cities), whose duties do not differ materially from those of our own municipal police. The second section, consists of the rural po lice (the uriadniks, appointed by the state, and the sotskl and deslatskl, appointed by the peasants). The "third section" con sists of what are called the political po lice (originally Instituted by Nicholas to control corruption among officials, but now a vast organization having its representa tives In almost every city of the world), and with Its spies in every house, in every town, and almost in every family. There Is no country in the world where the police play such an important part in the every day life of the richest and of the meanest, the nobleman In his palace and the moujik in his hovel. They are the omnipresent and omnipotent regulators of all human conduct a sort of Incompetent bureaucratic substitute for Divine Provi dence. The present Russian police force, with the minister of interior at its head, control, by means of passports, the move ments of all the Inhabitants of the em pire. They keep thousands of "suspects" constantly under surveillance. They as certain and certify to the courts the lia bilities of bankrupts. They conduct pawn brokers' sales of unredeemed pledges. They give certificates of identity to pen sioners and other persons that need them. They superintend repairs of roads and bridges. They exercise supervision over all theatrical performances, concerts, tableaux, theater programmes, posters and street advertisements. They collect statis tics and enforce sanitary regulations; make searches and seizures In private houses; read the correspondence of sus pected persons; take charge of the bodies of persons found dead; admonish church members, who neglect too long to partake the "Holy Communion," and enforce obedience to thousands of multifarious orders and regulations Intended to pro mote the welfare of the people, or insure the safety of the state. The "uriadniks," or rural state police, are supposed to wear uniforms and are armed with sabers and revolvers. The salaries they receive are simply miserable from $50 to $100 a year for a private, and from $200 to $300 a year for a chief of the district. II va sans dire that they are expected to make up their income by "bribery and corruption," and it Is quite unnecessary to state that they generally succeed in doing this to perfection. In New York city every morning of the year all the members of the detective force either collect personally in Super intendent Byrnes' office, or are so near to him that he can summon any one of them before him and direct him to attend to certain Important business. But in Russia It Is not arranged in this way at all. There is no such thing as a dally marshaling of the police at the office of their chief. They are scattered all over St. Petersburg at their own homes. They are all the time "on call"; but It Is only when a plain yellow envelope comes to them, making an appointment for their immediate presence somewhere, that their active duties begin. It may be that they are directed in the inclosed order to call at a certain dictrict station and get their instructions from the pristav, or from some other inferior officer of the law. Or it may be that they are summoned to the house of some high official. The most ex traordinary part of it is that nine-tenths of these secret police agents do not know who the tenth man is or what he is doing. It is the policy of the whole system to prevent the dissemination of knowledge of their individual movements among its employes. Panln, the most adroit detect ive on the force, disappeared mysteriously about a year ago, and nothing has been known of his movements since. There Is no knowledge of his death, and, although he was one of the best known on the force, it has become oi.ly too apparent how little he was known. Of course, this ability to at once pick out and possess adroit and skillful detect ives and have them perform services re quiring the utmost tact and shrewdness without being known to each other or to the public at large shows a high degree of skill in the police management of the Russian empire. And this very fact that they are kept apart as much as possible; that they never all collect together; that messages are sent to them In a secret way, giving them a mysterious appoint ment all this shows how admirably ap pointed is the service to best discharge the purpose for which it is intended. In case of war between Russia and any foreign country, and much indeed in the form of preparation for such work, the services of this secret police force become invaluable. Scattered all through the large and small cities of Europe they shad ow high officials and diplomatic agents alike: obtain cognizance of the existence of state papers of importance; secure copies of such papers, if possible, or ac quire their gist in some adroit manner; and transfer all their knowledge rapidly either to local underlings of the chief of police, or to that official himself in St. Petersburg. In time of war there is also a certain number of the force drafted out of the main body to play the part of a Russian secret service, who live in arsenals, biv ouacs and beleagured towns, and report to what is known as the head of the "In telligence Service" of the Russian army. Much misapprehension prevails as to the exact course pursued In the detection and imprisonment of criminals and polit ical suspects. Crime, as a general rule. Is ferreted out by the common uniformed gendarmerie, but where the criminal is exceedingly able and elusive, the matter of his discovery and Imprisonment is en trusted to the secret police. Photographs of him, if possible, are obtained and dis tributed broadcast throughout the empire, and in other countries. His known haunts are hunted up and watched. And the very secret organization of this secret police is an immense help In point of time. The method of procedure as regards po litical suspects is much the same. But this Is entirely under the management of the secret police. Some nihilist 13 sus pected of plotting against the life of the czar, or some high personage has in cautiously given rise to the belief that he is in league with the nihilists; or he may really be in league with the nihilists; or some enemy of his. In high quarters, may "trump up" a charge of nihilism against him. Under any of these circumstances, his whereabouts are discovered, an Impe rial warrant is served upon him, and he Is at once transported to that dread dungeon, "the Schusselberg." This kind of imprisonment is what is known as "prevention- or "preventive imprison ment." The man thus imprisoned, be he high or low, lies for a certain amount of time In jail, just like the common criminal. But a time comes sooner or later, soon er if he Is Influential and later If he Is not. when he is brought before the high of ficialshis judges, and either convicted or acquitted of what he has been charged. If convicted he may be indefinitely im prisoned in this same dungeon, or he may be sent to Siberian mines. If acquitted, and yet still suspected by the police, he may be exiled to some Si berian town by what Is known as "ad ministrative process," and compelled to stay there, though not "in durance vile." There is probably just as much justice In Russia as anywhere else, though It Is not unlikely, from the cumbersome nature of the machinery and from the Immense territory over which its ramifications ex tend, that Its processes are unusually slow. What I mean to say Is simply this that in the majority of cases those arrest ed for political causes are really and prop erly chargeable with the offenses set down against them. But when a man Is unjust ly Imprisoned, either because the suspi cions which he has aroused are unfounded or because the charge upon which he has been seized has been "trumped up," the time invariably comes, quickly in the case of the powerful, and more slowly In the case of the insignificant, when that man has a perfectly fair opportunity to prove that he has been falsely arrested and incarcerated. And he is discharged. And if his accuser has been shown to have acted with entirely malicious Intent, he is seized and thrown into prison, and has just as little mercy shown to him as was shown to his temporary victim. The fund at the disposal of the Russian department of secret police is absolutely without limit. Valuable information is al ways acquired, regardless of cost. The chief does not hesitate to pay fabulous sums to gain the sympathy and assistance of the powerful and of the trustworthy. The agents of the force are recruited In all ranks of life. They haunt the rose and orchid bowers of the "winter palace," as well as the squalid hut of the meanest moujik. Nor Is its membership confined to Russian subjects' alone. The hand some and clever women of all nations are among the most efficient members of the service. Englishmen, Frenchmen, Span iards, Italians and Americans all may draw their pay from the same source. S. MILLINGTON MILLER, M. D. YESTERDAY'S MARKETS. Condition of Locnl, Eastern and For eign Business. The only important change in local Jobbing circles yesterday was an advance of c per pound In package coffees. This rise Is the re sult of the remarkable firmness in all grades of coffee. The cgetable market is almost bare, in consequence of the delay of the California steamer. Oregon eggs were generally sold at 22c yesterday, and the market was weak at that. Poultry quotations were unchanged. The local wheat market did not show the ad vance which was expected in some quarters. Quotations remained about steady at 70c per cental for Walla Walla, and 77"47S&c for Val ley. At San Francisco, the market was quiet, with the prices quoted: S7c per cental for No. 1 shipping, and 8StIo for choice; milling quali ties, 0297c; Walla Walla wheat, 7576ic for fair average quality, SOSSTic for blue-stem, and 7072VJc for damp. Beerbohm's Liverpool report was as follows: Wheat Steady; Califor nia spot lots, 5s 2d5s 3d; cargoes off coast, quiet but steady: on passage, dull; wheat and flour in Paris, quiet. At Chicago, the wheat market opened rather sluggish and with very little change from the closing price of the day before: but very soon a number of buyers started up, and the price rose buoyantly and ad vanced steadily from 3S&Q-3Siic at the opening to 5S'i5S'ic in the course of the next 40 min utes. The statement by Bradstreefs, confirm ing to some extent the views expressed Thurs day by the Cincinnati Price Current, with ref erence to the smalln'cs3 of the visible supply this year, compared -with the year before, was the principal causeifor the firmness. The other marked influences werevof a mixed character. Foreign markets were quoted about steady, and the export clearances of wheat for the last 24 hours from Atlantic ports and New Orleans were the lightest that have been recorded for a very long time. Receipts were light. The market ruled strong all day, and May closed at &S2s3SMc bid. January closed at S5c At the New York Stock Exchange, stocks at the opening were dull, except for Chicago Gas, which ran off from 77 to 75 on liquidations, said to be for account of Interests about to re tire from the directory. Lackawanna also dropped -Vi per cent to 159, but the stock quickly bounded to 1C3',J. The rise In the stock straightened Delaware &. Hudson and New Jer sey Central, the former moving up from 130 to 132, and the latter from 91 to 93"-;. No new reasons were assigned for the improvement In the stocks. Reading was quiet, and sold at 13't 13. The unfavorable report for the year had absolutely no effect on the stock. The grangers were firm on the belief that the senate will take up the Patterson pooling bill Tuesday and It will soon thereafter receive the approval of that body. The moderate exports of gold, and an impression that there will be no currency legislation at this session on the lines hereto fore announced, led to some covering of short contracts. While the bank statement was not considered favorable, it had no Influence on the Inactive stocks. Speculation closed firm, with prices for the prominent issues anywhere from J4 to 1 per cent higher than on Friday. Chi cago Gas. Sugar and Distilling & Cattle Feed ing lost U to per cent on the day. The clos ing bids were: Atchison Chi., Bur. & Q... Canada Southern. Canada Pacific ... Central Pacific C. C C. & St, L.. l&IXorth Am. Co 3 71iKorthern Pacific... 5A 4Vi do pref 17 50 (Northwestern ... 1)6 13iiOregon Nav 19ft 37a-4,Oregoa Imp 11 D. L. & W. 162Pacinc Mail ziyj eric ...... U7i!neauuig .... Wclls-Fargo Ex.. .103 Rock Island .... Gr. North, pref... 103 St, Paul Lake Shore 137 Texas Pacific .... 12 56 Louis. & Nash.... 33Unlon Pacific .,. N. Y. Central 9S"i Western Union 87, N. X. Sz N. Eng... 32:t The official closing quotation? for mining stocks at San Francisco were, as follows: Alta ...- $0 4S'Justice $0 24 Andes 41Gould & Curry... 40 Alpha Con lOiHale & Norcross... 1 00 Belcher COKentuck Con. 0 Belle Isle , Best & Belcher.., Bodie Con Bullion Bulwer Con Caledonia Challenge Con... Chollar Confidence Con. Cal. & Va... Con. Imperial ... Crown Point .... 5 Mexican 1 lOlMono SO Mt. Diablo 1 03 10 lSlOphlr 2 10 10,Overrnan iO OJPotosl 03 41 .Savage 47, Sierra Nevada SO.SIlver Hill .... 4 OoiUnlon Con l'Utah Con C5!Yeliow Jacket A Survivor of the Grand Army. London Daily News. It is seriously stated In the Russian pa pers that a survivor of Napoleon's grand army which went to Russia on the disas trous campaign of 1S12 has died at Sar atoff, on the Volga, at tho age of 125 years. The man's name was Nicholas Savin. He was captured by Cossacks during the re treat across the Bereslna. It is said that he was born In Paris on the 17th of April, 176S, that his father was In the regiment called the Gardes Francalse3 In the reign of Louis XV, and that he was educated at the Jesuit college at Tours. He used to speak of the reign of terror and the execution of Louis XVI, which he well remembered. After his release from cap tivity Savin settled down in Saratoff, where he is said to have been greatly re spected. In 18S7 the late czar presented him with 1000 rubles on his birthday. Harmless Chimney- Blaze. A chimney blaze at Fourth and Ankeny streets occasioned an alarm from box 54. about 1:15 o'clock this morning. Owing to the high wind, the box did not ring in correctly, and the department was sum moned by telephone. No damage was done. Frightened by Earthquakes. ROME, Jan. 12. Several earthquakes shocked Southern Italy and Sicily today. The Inhabitants of many towns are so frightened that they are erecting huts in the fields, where they Intend to pass the rest of the winter. Dvsnensla's victims find nrompt and per- i manent relief in Hood's Sarsaparilla. A SHABBY OLD TOW CITY OF KINGSTON, THE CAPITAL OF JAMAICA. StreetScenes Eccentricities of Head- gcar Historic Catastrophes Engllah as She Is Spoke." KINGSTON, Jamaica, British TV. I., December 1, 1894. Special Correspond ence.) Itwould be hard to find another city which illustrates so forcibly as this the oft-quoted phase, "'Tis distance lends en chantment to tho view." Situated on a sloping hillside, in the far recess of the lagoon. Kingston is seen for hours from the deck of an Incoming steamer before the circuitous passage is traversed; and with the untroubled blue of sea and sky, and the Impressive background of the Liguanea mountains, wreathed in mists and clothed in changing colors, the town Is transfigured int.o surprising loveliness. But once ashore you find it dull, unplc turesque and shabby, with few trees and Httle display of tropical vegetation, ill designed buildings, mostly of wood, fouled by the slime of open drains. Kingston has been many times devastated by fire, hurricanes and earthquakes, and after each disaster has been rebuilt in the same inartistic, ramshackle fashion. About 12 years ago a conflagration swept the busi ness portion of the city, and since then two terrific wind storms have made addi tional havoc; so that now square after square Is filled with masses of debris, with here and there new buildings of the most common-place architecture set hap hazard among the ruins. A great many of the houses are unoccupied partly, no doubt, because in Jamaica empty build ings are not taxed. The saying, "An empty house is better than a bad tenant," may have originated here. At any rate, the law is no tenants, no taxes, and the occupants are required to pay assess ments and water rates. The thorough farespoorly paved or not paved at all, and dimly lighted by gas are generally ankle-deep In dust, notwithstanding a faint effort to. sprinkle them, which leaves traces like the ineffectual discharge of a poorly perforated pepper-box; while the few sickly trees and ornamental shrubs In the parks and gardens bear luxuriant layers of accumulated dirt. Our English cousins have not done well In all respects by Jamaica, nor made its capital to com pare with those of tho French and Spanish islands; but at least they have built an ad mirable system of wharves along King ston's water front, where steamers can re ceive and discharge their cargo with facility, and passengers have nothing to do but walk ashore over a gangplank, without being put to the danger, annoy ance and expense of a canoe-ride between ship and shore, as is the case at most Spanish-American ports. Hardly has the steamer approached the wharf before a rlngular procession comes swarming upon her hundreds of female stevedores in line, each with a great basket of coal on her head, prancing up one plank and down another that have been thrown at a steep incline between the ship's deck and the coalyard. The baskets, when filled, weigh from 80 to 100 pounds; but the women swing them lightly to their heads and march erect as statues, with a step a& elastic as a race norse's, laughing and shouting jokes to one another as If it were the greatest frolic In the world. Round and round they go, all the long summer day in the blazing sun, keeping up the jolly clamor as if weariness were a thing unknown. Seven or eight shillings apiece is the day's wages for those willing and happy beasts of burden; and the earnings of most of them will be spent before mid night by their lord and master for rum. The principal landing-place leads into Victoria market, at the foot of King street. Directly in. front of you is a hand some bronze statue of Admiral Rodney, who achieved a victory oyer the French fleet of De Grass, in 17S2. The market, built about 20 years ago, is the pride of the island It is surprisingly clean and well ventilated, with stone floor and well-arranged stalls for meat and vegetables. Printed placards are posted all around the walls, warning buyers against being cheated In weights. Among the stacks and cords of fruits and vegetables, yams are particularly conspicuous, most of them being big enough for backlogs In an old fashioned fireplace. The venders are most ly women, black and greasy, as only Ja maica negresses can be. Occupants of stalls pay fixed prices per diem, propor tioned to the quality of meat or vegeta bles vended, those selling the best quality paying the most; thus, as It seems to the unsophisticated, putting a premium on poor food supplies. Kingstreet.theprlncipal thoroughfare in Kingston, runs straight up the slope to the parade-ground a central square which Queen street crosses at right angles, Har bour street (spelled with a "u" because "so English, you know") running parallel with Queen street, but down near the water-front, is the principal retail busi ness section; while Port Royal street, farther up. Is the quarter of the wholesale merchants. The heat is intense seldom less than SO deg. in the shade in Kingston, and the uphill streets are full of inequali ties as Chicago was before the great fire, making sightseeing a wearisome under taking; therefore it is best to take a 'bus, as the common vehicle of transport is called, dozens of which stand waiting for customers just outside the market place. They are rather shabby concerns, with rheumatic springs and melancholy-looking horses; but their modest charges are only an English shilling to any part of the city, and $1 an hour for country excursions. For a city of more than 40,000 inhabiants, Kingston has remarkably few attractions. Though one of the largest centers of popu lation in the British possessions in tropi cal America It is the most backward and least attractive of southern cities. I know of no coast town of equal pretensions in all Spanish-America where the streets are so badly paved and lighted, the majority of buildings being poor, and the sanitary conditions so utterly neglected. The longer the foreign visitor remains in this Island which nature made so lovely, the "more is he impressed with the fact that Anglo-Saxon civilization is a failure in the tropics, compared with that of the Latin races. Not one of Kingston's public buildings is worth a visit, unless It be the small library and miniature museum, on East street. The museum contains a fair col lection of the animals and plant-life of the island, and many relics and curiosities. Among the latter is the cracked bronze bell that hung in the church tower at Port Royal at the time of the famous earthquake which killed nearly all the people, and an Iron cage with cruel spikes in it, such as were sometimes used by plantation overseers In which to hang up refractory slaves. The spikes were thrust under a rib, and the wretched creature, with hands and feet securely tied, was suspended inside the locked cage, to die by slow torment, as a warning example to others. When this cage was dug up It had three human skeletons in it. Architectur ally the courthouse Is, perhaps, the best building of the lot. You should take a peep Into the law library; the court of vice admiralty; the colonial offices; the great hospital with its 230 beds, and the chancery reglstar's office, where you will see a curious piece of tapestry, represent ing the royal and Island arms, which used to be carried before the governor on state occasions. Following King street up to the broad open space crossed by Queen street, you come to the parade-grounds and a quaint English church, the oldest on the island, built in 1692. In the burial ground behind Is the grave of Admiral Benbow, who died In 1702, and the tomb of William Hall, bearing date 1699. The streets are swarming with black soldiers, the First West India regiment, in zouave uniform. They are small, hardy-looking men, not unlike the French Chasseurs d'Afrique In appearance, and reputed to be savage fighters. Their barracks on the hills just opposite the city are spacious buildings, with extensive grounds. The white troops at present a regiment of Royal Scots are In cantonment at New castle, far up In the mountains a pictur esque nook inaccessible to wheeled ve hicles and said to be so delightfully cool that blankets are needed every night la the year, though the city is so hot that the people are longing to "sit in their bones." The most astonishing thing you will find in rambling around the streets of Kingston is the endless variety of curious headgear, and a hundred times a day the slang expression of the American ga min. "Where did you get that hatr comes to your mind. A certain amount of license in regard to clothing is always allowed in a tropical country, and no clothing at all for the younger ,memben of society; but Jamaicans know nothing at all of any restrictions in taste, and certainly a more fantastic display of head covering was never gotten togeth er in any part of the world. Almost ev ery person you meet has a different fash ion of hat or turban, and no matter how atrocious its style, it is always quite "correct" here. Perhaps the most pic turesquely ugly in design and general appearance are the pith hats and helmet3 supported by newly- arrived Englishmen, Colonial officials and their haughty or humble imitators among the blacks and Creoles. For those whose business keeps them much out In the sun, the pith hats are the best possible protection (next to a wet cabbage leaf), being from half an Inch to an inch thick, but very light. They are in all shapes and sizes some like the ordinary policeman's hel met, but with an abnormal development of brim; others measure 20 inches or more fore and aft; others, circular discs the depth of a washtub, with a small flat crown; others huge pieces of pith with no crown at all, like an exaggerated clam shell; and others resemble nothing so much as a big snowshovel. They are generally covered with linen, white, brown or gray, twisted around, festooned or tied in bow-knots, according to the taste of the wearer, with long ends dang ling down the back or flapping in the breeze, and others trimmed with an ad ditional band of pith, an inch thick, around the crown. These nightmares of the hatter's imagination do not fit snugly, but have a framework Inside that allows a wide space all around the head for ventilation; so that the man who wears a No. 7 Derby requires a 10 or 11 pith hat, and it gives its wearer the appearance of an overgrown mushroom. There are sun helmets and dress hel mets, and official helmets and helmets of every variety. The swellest Jamaicans affect the big white felt sombrero, with a highly colored silk scarf tied around the crown. The West India coolie men hang around the street corners with their heads swathed in immense white turbans, and the coolie women wear several yards of white cloth picturesquely draped over their blue-black hair, with the ends float ing out behind. The negresses envelope their wool In gaudy bandana handker chiefs, and on top of that perch an old derby or straw hat, or any sort of hat, male or female, they can lay hand on; while the coaling women crown their heads with a twist of straw, when at work, and with a half-gourd shell when off duty. On Sundays and fete days the colored ladles often appear In truly mar velous creations of millinery, but always as a secondary adornment with the ban dana. Occasionally one sees a tall silk hat of antique design, or an old plug with a band of bright calico streaming out behind, on the head of some proud darkey. The policemen wear little round peaked caps, and the black soldiers an extremely becoming zouave turban of red and white, with a yellow tassel. All the negro sentences appear to be constructed on the "baby talk" plan, and it rolls out in an oily stream from their thick lips, wholly unintelligible to the newcomer. The poorest of them are very polite to one another, as well as to strangers, and It is amusing to hear a .half-naked wretch, hatless and shoeless, bowing low to another in the same con dition, and saying, "How do dis morn, marm; hope um do be well, marm?" and the response invariably is, "Quite well, um, dis morn, sar, tank um, sar." The use of "um" Is not understood, but Is constant, and it is always "sar," Instead of "massa," as In slavery days. FANNIE B. WARD. BUSINESS ITEMS. If Baby Is Cutting Teeth, Ba sure to use that old and well-tried remedy, Mrs. WInslow'a Soothing Syrup, for children teething. It soothes the child, softens tho euros, allays all pain, cures wind colto and dlarrnoea. is largely an "outdoor product. Fresh air and exercise usually pro duce sound appetite and sound sleep. Sickly chil dren obtain great benefit from of cod-liver oil with Hypo phosphites, a fat-food rapid of assimilation and almost as oalatable as milk. Prepmd b Srntt&BowpB.y. Y. All druggists. 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