The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY. .....SEPTEMBER 16, 1893
OBJECT LESSONS.
It is not necessary for protectionists
' to present arguments in favor of the
economic oolicv thev suDDort. Since
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the inauguration of Mr. President and
the Democratic control of both
branches of congress wonderful
; changes have taken place because the
shadow of free-trade has fallen upon
American industries. This was an
ticipated by Republicans, and they
warned the people of the disastrous re'
suits of the operation of the Chicago
platform upon the growth and pros-.
perity of the country. Inspiration
could "not have foretold events more
truthfully. : Before six months had
elapsed from the 4th of March the
nation was passing through the worst
financial crisis that had been exper
ienced in its history. . Factories closed
. , and all departments of trade seemed
paralyzed. The streets of our larger
cities were thronged by thousands of
unemployed wage-earners who were
clamoring for bread, and the most con'
servative citizens stood aghast at the
terrible financial depression. While
on the Pacific coast our laborers are
not soi dependent upon manufacturing
industries for employment, the stagna
tion in the market for raw material
has caused great losses to farmers and
flock-owners. ',
: The wool industry is one of the
principal factors of prosperity in East
ern Oregon, and this has sent little, if
any. money in circulation during the
nmsnk uunn. TCvArv VAftr thprft 18
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handled about 5,000,000 pounds of
wool in The Dalles, direct from the
.,' producers, and last year this brought
. 16 cents. Very few sales have been
made this year, and the highest price
offered has been 10 cents. This makes
; a loss to the usual annual circulating
"medium of $300,000 in this city alone,
and perhaps in the Inland Empire it
will reach $1,000,000.
But Oregon is not the only loser in
this regard, and a Chicago exchange
says: "The price of wool in Montana
is 6 to 7 cents per pound; the price in
Chicago on Tuesday was 14- to 16
cents per poun i for fine, and 13 to 15
for Coarse. The average price of fine
wool was 33 cents and for coarse 31
cents during the year 1891, and 30 for
fine and 29 for coarse duriog 1892. So
that there ia a remarkable falling off
in the price bf tbe raw material. ' The
Montana price, 6 to 7 cents, in far bo
low the lowest duty, 11 cents, levied
on imported wool by the McKinley
law. So that in tbe present juncture
'free wool' could 'not mean 'cheaper
wool.'," And here is the way it works
in Pennsylvania: " 'Nice, straight
spring lambs' are reported as selling in
Washington county, Pennsylvania
. which has been a great sheep and wool
district at 80 to 95 cents per head; a
year age they sold at $2. Good 2-year-
old ewes were sold at $1.20, a year
ago they brought from $2.50 to $3.
Ohio, Texas, California' and other
states must be placed in this list, and
their losses will be larger than the
others. ; ;
- This cheapraw material benefits no
one except . the manufacturer, for
clothes cannot be purchased any
cheaper than they could a year ago,
and laborers have less, money with
which to purchase them. The ques
tion so often asked, Does protection
protect! has been fully answered in a
dozen different ways, and the people
have object lessons that they will not
easily forget.
THE "ROBBER TARIFFS
During the campaign last year the
Democrats never tired of speaking
against what they were pleased to
term tbe "robber tariff," and promised
the people that tbe party when once
in ' power would relieve the public
from this burden. - In their platform
they stated as a doctrine of Democracy
that tariff for any purpose except
revenue was uncenititutianal, and all
such laws would be repeated if the
opportunity presented. Since Cleve
land was inaugurated six months only
have elapsed, and. Secretary Carlisle
says the receipts are not sufficient to
pay the expenses of the government,
and there is a daily deficit of $170,'
000. ..Those who listened to Demo
cratic eloquence last year will be anx
ious to find out in what manner the
(ana taws proauce any extravagance,
wheu they do not furnish sufficient
revenue for the running expenses of
tbe administration. It is true that
during Republican control of affairs
the receipts were more than enongh to
meet the exigencies of the nation, and
they furnished a surplus fund to be
used in public improvements. The
same robber tariff" is in operation
now as when Mr. Harrison was pres
ident the McKinley bill has not been
repealed, and if, under its provisions
there is not enough money received to
support the government what will it
be when free trade is inaugurated and
nearly aU sources of revenue are
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stopped! So far Democracy has not
redeemed a single promise, and the
shadow of the Chicago platform has
not only paralysed the industries of
the land but is sending the nation into
bankruptcy at the rate of over $2,
000,000 annually.
ITS DEATH KNELL.
The recent overwhelming defeat of
the home rule bill in tbe house of lords
is the first time for half a century
that that body has dared, to array it
self against the wishes of the British
people as expressed by the house of
commons, and it may have committed
a fatal error in so doing. During the
last few years the power of the masses
has been largely increased in Great
Britain, and the tendency has been to
greater advancement. The English
are always conservative; but, like
their infantry squares in battle, they
never recede from any position they
have gained. By their votes they
have emphatically stated they desire a
more liberal form of government, and
larger powers to the countries com
posing the empira - This they will ac
complish at all odds. The house of
lords cannot retard this movement,
and if it has the temerity to attempt
such a thing it will be rudely thurst
aside. Cromwell and the revolution
are not forgotten, and it would be well
for the lords spiritual and lords tem
poral to heed the warning. English
men have defended royalty and nobil
ity by deeds of the greatest heroism,
and they hive also banished and be
headed kings and degraded nobles to
the lowest level when necessary for
their freedom. It will not do to play
false to the wishes 'of the people, for
when their tempers are aroused they
are not easily calmed. J.ne future
course of Gladstone is not known. He
may dissolve parliament and go to the
country, or he may still retain the
reins of government, and give some
other test of his popularity with the
electors. But this will make little
difference. Home rule for every mem
ber of the British empire is decreed,
and this will be inaugurated sooner or
later, if the house of lords has to be
obliterated and even royalty itself
dethroned. The revolution has begun,
and it will succeed in the accomplish
ment of the objects desired..
The Evening Telegram gives utter
ance to Democratic logic in the follow
ing: "There is a new issue before
congress which overshadows all others.
It is the probability of a big dencit inj
the treasury, which is estimated to
reach $50,000,000 by, the end of the
year, xnis is a new experience in
bur national affairs. We have watched
with a great deal of interest the ef
forts of tbe effete nations of Europe
to make ends meet, and often smiled
at their ridiculous attempts to main
tain armies and navies without a rev
enue to. meet the cost. Yet all this
time w were meeting expenses of
even billion-dollar congresses,, were
paying off our national debt and pil
ing up a surplus in the treasury. But
conditions are changed. For tbe first
time in our history we are face to face
with a deficu. The expenditures of
the government are more than its re
ceipts. TheiCninese wall of . a tariff,
hich McKinley huilt, has done tbe
work. It" ut down the revenues of
the government but didn't cut down
the price in manufacturer. Now it is
Itoth the people and the government
who are being. robbed." High import
duties depleting the treasury and
'cuttings down . the revenues of the
government is so absurd that any
ten year-old school boy would ridicule
the idea. It is simply a contradiction
in itself, and is its own refutation.
Mr. -Cleveland is not carrying ont
the sprit of the Chicago platform, and
some membeis or bis party criticise
him severely for the course he is pur
suing. The Democrats who nominated
him at Chicago knew that his Dem
ocracy was simply the thinnest veneer,
and that he was nearly as much of a
Republican in principle as a Demo
crat, and they must have known what
to expect in the event of his election.
He was nominated because he was the
only prominent member of the party
who had the least chance of success;
but tbe . belief was general that his
policy could be controlled. In this
Democrats were mistaken, and his
Btroog individuality has asserted itself
in tbe chair of the executive. It may
be a fact that he is not fully carrying
out the doctrines of the national plat
form; but it was well known that he
was not a " bi-metallist or free-trader
when put in nomination, and those
who' placed, him in power should
patiently bear the consequences.
The foreign policy of Mr. Gladstone
has always been weak and vacillating,
and the prestige of the British empire
and tbe peace of Europe has been jeo
pardized during his premiership. Rus
sia had advanced to the gates of Herat,
and tbe brilliant failure of the Soudan
campaign had cost the country some of
the bravest soldiers and best generals,
during his former incumbency of the
office, and Salisbury took the portfolio
and saved the nation from further
disgrace and averted a threatened
Eurapean war. Now Franca toys with
British interests in Siam as a boy does
with a foot ball, and again Europe is
preparing for an anticipated struggla
Mr. Gladstone is a giant in reform and
tbe extension of universal liberty; but
he is easily matched when interna
tional complications are to be unrav
elled.
We have received a copy of resolu
tions passed by a citizens' mass meet
ing held at La Grande on Sept. 9th,
in reference to the exclusion of Chi
nese, in which unequivocal ' language
is used in favor of their deportation.
The Geary law is very sweeping in its
provisions, and the enforcement of it
is what these citizens of Union county
demand.-. We fully endorse the senti
ments expressed if the measure re
ferred to only excluded any more
Mongolians from -coming to this coun
try; but when it drives the Chinamen
out of the land who failed to regis
ter on the advice of the minister of
their government at Washington City,
and this presumably at the request or
sanction of the president of the
United States, it -savors somewhat of
persecution and barbarism.
The senate talks and does nothing.
It makes little difference to the mem
bers -how much they are criticised by
the people, for their tenure of office
does not depend upon the whims and
caprices of the public. The Ameri
can house of lords is almost in as bad
repute with the masses as the English
body, and there may be a change
effected in this branch of the national
legislature before many yean.
UNIVERSAL FRATERNITY.
The world's fair will do a good work
in its attempt at the fraternization of
mankind, and in this it will be suc
cessful to a certain extent. No one
believes that by - bringing together
Saxon and Celt for a few days or
weeks that either will completely for
get the prejudices or pride that have
attached to each race through long
centuries of history. It is true that
the Saxon and Norman, though bit
terly opposed to each other at the time
of the conquest, have long since buried
their animosities, and both enjoy eqnal
pride in the modern conglomerated
type of mankind known as English
men. But while this commingling at
Chicago may not break down the walls '
of caste, it will at least introduce dif
ferent neonles to each other, and will
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afford an opportunity,by careful study.
to all philanthropists to take a broader
view of the human race. When the
American meets the Italian, German
or Frenchman of cnlture and refine
ment, he must know that the native
of this country, although privileged
beyond others in the enjoyment of
free institntions, is still on no higher
plane in the amenities of civilization
or the development caused thereby,
than he who was born on ehe shores
of the Adriatic or of the Baltic The
fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man will be the lesson taught.
and it mav be expected that this will
be heeded in a certain measure in fu
ture international relations.
But in no line can we expect greater
advancement than in the realm of re
ligious thought, for differences in this
regard have caused heart-burnings and
bitter hatreds for centuries. -The
world's congress of religions will bring
Protestant and Catholic, Buddhist
Confucian and Moslem together in
free expression of opinion, and may
smooth down in some instances the
ruzsed surface in each which have
heretofore caused continuous friction
f raternization among religious men
should lead all other advancements.
for if people cannot meet on an equal
ity in matters which concern the wel
fare of the soul and a future state of
existence, how can it be expected that
they will harmonize in temporal affairs
where the interests of the individua
or nation are purely selfish! Progress
is the spirit of the age, and most
covered ideas have been trampled un
der feet and superstitions which have
been venerated for ages have
been ruthlessly dispelled. The world's
fair is presumed to be the high-water
mark where modern .civilization' ard
hbera'.ity will have reached its highest
point; but it is to be hoped that the
tide will never recede, and when the
next great international exhibition
shall be held this mark will vet be
raised.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The advoeates of silver in the sen
ate are still "holding the fovt" in favor
of free coinage and tbe Chicago plat
form. ;
The Dallas Newt, calls Senator Mills
"the lion of the tribe of Judab," and
calls upon him "to rebuke Governor
Hogg and all his tribe of Texas Dem
ocrats who favor free silver.
The members of congress talk while
the people starve. - Tbe president did
not call tbe special session to afford an
opportunity for the display of elo
quence, but for legislative action.
Perhaps there is less truth ' than
subtle irony in the report of a suicide
in a Boston paper, as follows: ' "It is
quite certain that he was unmarried,
and there' is absolutely no- apparent
motive for the self-destruction. '
A Democratic exchange apologises
for the large number of wage-earners
being thrown out of employment this
snmmer on the ground that factories
generally shut down during this sea
son. But last year under Republican
administration they ran full time.
War, with all its horrors, is raging
in Brazil The chief city, Rio Ja
neiro, was bombarded yesterday, and
it may be expected that - blood flowed
freely. These Spanish- Amercians
must fight, whether enjoying free in
stitutions or suffering under the des-
positism of monarchies.
The Cleveland Democrats and those
who support the Chicago platform and
its notions on the tariff and the mon
etary qnestion are not in the least har
monieus. Their wranglings create
considerable amusement to Republi
cans, who are delighted to see this fac
tional war in the ranks of the enemy,
May it continue until , November,
1896.
. The Grand Army . veterans were
taking pretty good care of , themselves
when Hoke Smith was making mud
pies in a back yard in Georgia. - The
veteran still knows how to look out
for himself, as Hoke and his party will
find ont He is old and feeble it is
true, but he has a lot of stalwart boys,
who will one of these days show tbe
blood in their veins.
A portage railway to overcome the
obstructions to navigations between
this city and Celilo, is not what the
people expects from the government.
This will afford only temporary relief,
and require the samehandliag of grain
as now. The river 'should be open
from its highest navigable waters to
the ocean, and this cannot be accom
plished by any such temporary means
m a portage railroad.
The state fair, now being held at
Salem, is not as generally patronized
as usually. It cannot be expected,
when there is such financial distress
as is now being suffered all over the
country, that there will be the' same
attention paid to public exhibitions,
even of livestock and farm products,
as formerly. Business depression is
general, and this will cause men to
economize in every regard.
' Hon. Hamilton Fish, who was sec
retary of state under President Grant's
administration, died at his residence
in Garrison, N. Y., on the 7th. He
was 85 years old, and had not been
actively engaged in politics for several
years. During the time he was at the
head of President Grant's cabinet he
displayed rare qualities of statesman
ship, and his name will always remain
among the honored ones of the nation.
jftThe Breckinridge-Pollard sensation
affords a nice morsel of scandal for
people who cultivate an appetite for
such filth. If the newspapers would
leave the affair where it properly be
longs the disgusting details would not
be known outside the courts of justice;
but there is an abnormal appetite to
be satisfied, and our wives and
daughters must read in reputable
public prints stuff that can have no
other effact than that of vitiating their
tastes in literature.
"Is that you, Davy Crockett!" Well,
"don't shoot; I will come down."
"Secretary Hoke Smith and Commis
sioner Lochren," says a dispatch, "in
response to a demand of Colonel Chas.
P. Lincoln, have promised to Bet an
extra force of clerks at work in adju
dicating the claims of veterans whose
pensions have been arbitrarily sus-
nt,ndad ." Now. watch and see that
the honest pensioners who have been
robbed of their dues are restored
the lists. Promises are cheap.
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The Oregonian indulges in some of
its usual boasting about the "port of
Portland" being the natural market
for the wheat of the Inland Empire.
Of course, everv one must admit that
the Columbia river is tbe natural
highway of commerce for the interior;
but it flows to tbe ocean, ana tne pro
ducts of Eastern Oregon should find
market at tidewater. When the locks
are completed at the Cascades, the pro
ducts of a portion of the northwest
will follow the channel of the Colum
bia to its outlet, and will not be di
verted np the Willamette to any in
land seaport.
The Grand Army of the Republic
lately in session in Indianapolis, has
taken notice of Hoke Smith and his
unwarranted attack on the pension'
era. Old soldiers do not want pen
sions granted to any who are not de
serving the bounty of the government
and have not been disabled from gain
ing a livelihood by wounds or disease
but they claim that those who spent
years in the service of their country
and suffered disease and wounds for
her preservation are entitled to more
recognition than those who enjoyed
the comforts and luxuries of home
during that terrible epoch in our his
tory,
The people are losing interest in the
debates in tbe senate, and tbe numer
ous Congressional Records sent over
the country containing these speeches
are rarely read. If the silver men in
congress will heed the wishes of their
constituents, they will repeal the sil-
ver-parchase clause of the Sherman
act, and then do their' fighting for the
white metal. The nation is becoming
bankrupt at tbe rate of $170,000
every day, there are hundred - of thou
sands starving all over tbe land, and
citizens tax-J-payers do not wan
any more "fiddling" in Washington.
Work was the obiect for which the
special session was called, and it
time the members did .some "busi
ness.
TEUEGEAPHI0 HEWS.
Tbe Rebels Repulsed.
Montevideo, Sept. 12- Brazil's naval
rebels are havjog a bard time of it. Hem
med in witbin the bay of Rio, they fear
to run tbe gauntlet of tbe fort and tor
pedoes at tbe entrance . and put out to
sea, and an attempt to land baa been re
pulsed with coasiderable loss of men
Tbe Brazilian minister here received a
telegram yesterday saying that tbe rebel
squadrons bad fired upon Nictbcrey, a
suburban town near tbe entrance to the
barbor of Rio. Tbe insurgents then
tried to effect a landing with someSof
their men in small boats, but were re
pulsed by the police, reinforced by some
troops with Krapo guns. Fifty -one of
tbe rebels were killed and thirty more
wounded. Tbe government losses in tbe
encounter are ot reported. The land
forces and tbe garrison in the forts re
main loyal to President Peixoto. Rio
and Nictberey have been declared in
state of seige for tbe last ten days, and
the - condition may be extended to any
part of Brazil where it is deemed neccs
sary. Toe rebel sqasorun snows no in
clinution to leave tbe bay. Tbe Brazil
ian gunboat Bahia has gone up to Par
aguay rival, with orders in case any of
tbe Bbipt at Matto Groeso join in tbe re
volt against Peixoto to engage with them
A. Iilght JDay In Conaress.
Washington, Sept. 13 In the senate
Stewart's resolution for a committee to
ascertain whether any senator was finan
cially interested in any national bank
went over till tomorrow, The repeal
bill was taken up, and Mitchell of Ore
gon addressed tbe senate against the bill,
While Mitchell was speaking, Stewart
called attention to the absence of a qno
rum. Fifty-three senators responded
Mitchell resumed bis speech . Be favored
free coinage, and. while be would be
willing as a last resort to change tbe ra
tio in order to secure free coinage, be be
lieved it should be decreased to lojf to 1
m THE house.
Hepburn of Iowa asked immediate
consideration of a resolution calling on
tbe secretary cf tbe treasurv to inform
congress what amount of . merchandise
in bond bad been transported from one
point in tbe United States to another
through Canadian territory in 1892.
Hilborn of California objected and the
matter went over.
The bouse decided to participate in
tbe ceremonies of tbe centennial celebra.
tion of the laving of tbe corner-stone of
tbe capitot on tbe 18tb inst. : Adjourned
A Smooth Voioc Swindler.
Sar Fbaxcisco, Sept. 12. Frederick
W. Smith, a young msn formerly em
ployed in a large local stationery house,
rented offices in tbe new Donohoe build
me. Market street, representing himself
as a special agent of tbe i Uoited States
treasury. The janitor allowed him to
enter into possession of tbe rooms with
out caving rent in advance. Smith claim
ing he expected a voncber from Wash
ington. The janitor also went security
for a . quantity of- higb-art office furni
ture. Smith next hired two clerics, ana
finally ordered a lot of fine stationery
Irom a ' number of stationery bouses,
which be received on time, pending tbe
arrival of . bis voucher. Ho is supposed
to have skipped out, as tbe omce pas
been closed for some time. Inquiry at
Washington is to tbe effect that Smith is
unknown there. He also claimed to be a
nephew of Daniel Vorbees, of Indiana.
Tw Burned t Death.
Rochester, N. T- Sept. 12 News
has been received of a doable murder at
hotel at Brighton, a suburb of this
city.. Also tbe hotel was fired and two
persons burned to death. During a
drunken row among some Italian labor
ers quartered in an old deserted hotel on
tbe Erie canal, near lock 64, in tbe town
of Brighton, Sunday, Locktender Curran
says, one was shot and killed by an Ital
ian named Tony Rosa. Tbe fighting
was renewed last night, and one of tbe
Italians was stabbed. This morning tbe
hotel took fire and burned quickly. Two
men who boarded in the boose are miss
ing since yesterday, and it is believed
their bodies are in the ruins. Tbe names
of tbe missing men are Jack and Guis
eppe Seno.
Attached by a Hoh.
Rome, Sept. 12. A mob of Italians at
tacked Hungarian peasants at Deslyees
and tried to burn the town hall. Tbe
riot was quelled by troops after 25 were
wounded. Tbe trouble was caused by ,
radical animosity.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Bold Train BobbeiH.
Kendallville, Ind., Sept. 12 An -other
daring and successful train robbery
is on record. The ' New York express
train on tbe Lake Shore road, which left
Chicago at 7: 45 last night, reached a sid
ing at Keslar, five miles west of here, at
1 o'clock this morniog. Approaching it,
Enfcioeer Enapp noticed a red danger
signal light at the switch, and stopped
the train. As be did so, twenty men,
armed with Winchesters, sprang out of
tbe woods, scattered along tbe train and
covered the trainmen, while one fired at
the engineer, inflicting a wound in the
shoulder. With everything in band, the
robbers proceeded to blow open the for
ward express car with dynamite; then,
knocking the express messenger sense
less, exploded five dynamite cartridges in
succession against tbe safe before it
yielded. They helped themselves to its
contents, tbe whole performance occupy
ing an hour, when without making any
altemot on tbe other express car, or in
terfering with the passengers, who re
mained in tbe cars, panic-stricken, they
tired a few warning shots and disap -peared
in the woods. It is rumored tbe
robbers secured $250,000 in transit from
one of tbe Chicago banks to New York.
The rumor is not yet verified. The train
came on here and tbe alarm was given,
and the sheriff at once summoned a poese
and started in pursuit of tbe bandits.
Engineer- Enapp brought the train
here, but was unable to go farther on
account of bis wound. It is believed be
will recover. There were two safes in
the express car, one for through matter,
to which tbe messenger had no key, and
one for local matter. The robbers com
pelled tbe messenger to open aU the
safes, irom which several thousand dol
lars in currency were taken. They then
blew open the big safe with ' dynamite.
In tbe outer compartment was $250,000
in gold, with which tbe robbers loaded
themselves, not stopping to open the in
ner compartment, in which was a lot
more money. In their haste to get
away the robbers also overlooked two
gold bars. The train js the heaviest for
express on the road, and frequently car
ries $500,000. It is believed this fact was
known to the robbers. When they left
tbe train they went in a southerly direc
tion. Tbe point at which the - robbery
occurred is a deeo cut in tbe woods; but
all tbe country around is thickly pop
ulated, with little timber, and it is be
lieved impossible for the robbers to es
cape. Posses are scouring the country
in search of them. Tbe papers earned
off by tbe robbers consisted , mostly of
settlements with agents, receipts for
money, legal papers, etc, done np id
packages about tbe size and shape of
banknotes, marked 1000, 2000, and so on
to indicate tbe amount receipted for. etc.
He says only five or six men were con
cerned in tbe robbery. President Newell,
of tbe Lake Shore, this afternoon offered
a reward ot $1000 for tbe capture and
conviction of the robbers.
Fire at Pnl'man. 111.
Chicago, Sept. 12. A fire in tbe
town of Pullman last night damaged tbe
lumber yards of the Pullman Palace Car
Company to the extent of $250,000.
Between 9,000.000 and 10,000,000 feet of
lumber were burned. The burned area
covers nearly 20 acres. ,
Fonnd Dead ia Bed.
New; Yobk, Sept. 13 Frederick L.
Ame, vice-president of tbe Old Colony
railroad and a director of tbe Union Pa
cific, was found dead this morning. He
left Boston last evening to attend a meet
ing ot tbe Union Pacific director here.
Today be was found lying in his berth.
He evidently died some time during the
night . Tbe coroner visited tbe boat and
made an examination, but has made no
report as ye.t. Reporters were excluded
irom tbe boat. Rumors are prevalent of
an official examination and that the au
topsy would reveak the cause of death
was entirely different from that given the
puDiic. tie is reputed to be worth SU5,
000,000- He held immense interests in
railroad stocks, and is said to be a direc
tor id at least stxty railways. - At one
time he held a vast amount of Union Pa
cific stock.
Tbe coroner viewed tbe remains, and
is ot the opinion death was doe to apo
plexy. He rolled from, the bed to the
floor at 3 o'clock this morning and died
instantly.
Charles de Lesrps Released.
Paris, Sept. 13 Charles de Lesseps,
who was sentenced to five years' impris
onment for cemplicitv in tbe Panama
canal scandal, was released from prison
yesterday. Tbe sentence of five years'
imprisonment wss set aside on an appeal
to tbe court of cessation, which decided
that tbe prosecution had not been inaug-
arated witbin tbe time set by the law
Subsequent to tbe above sentence, how
ever, a sentence of one years' imprison
ment was passed' upon Charles de Lesseps j
on bis conviction ot bavingcorrupted tbe
ex minister of public werka, Baihnt, to
support tbe .Panama lottery bonds bill
Tbe court ordered tbat this sentence
sbonld run concurrently with the preced
ing one. This : last sentence prevented
bis release when tbe court of cessation
decided that tbe five years sentence was
illegal. He bad served about six months
ol tbe sentence when the prison officials
were yesterday ordered to release him
Most of bis time was spent in the prison
bospital. -
matter of Chinese Exclusion.
Washington, Sept. 13 The bouse
committee 1 on foreign affairs met this
morning to consider the Chinese exclu
sloo matter. Chairman McCreary laid
tbe bill introduced by Everett of Mass
acbuaetts, which is understood to be tbe
administration measure before tbem, and
suggested tbat, inasmuch as Several bad
deemed it advisable, it bad better be re
ferred to a subcommittee. After some
discussion this action was decided upon.
and tbe bill was referred to a subcom
mittee consisting ot Chairman McCreary
and Everett, Pitt and Harmer. Tbe sub
committee will meet Thursday. Tbe
Everett bill simply provides ftvaa exten
sion of tbe time ot registration one vear,
It is probable tbat tbe subcommittee will
reduce tbe time limit to six months, and,
as there is alto some question about what
constitutes a Chinese laborer, that. term
will be specifically defined. Other amend
ments will look to tbe perfection ot tbe
bill and will not affect its import.
Mow Secretary Carlisle's Turn.
Washington, Sept 13 Within a day
ot two Secretary Carlisle will submit to
an operation. A large lump baa devel
oped on bis right arm above tbe elbow.
This has resisted all the treatment look
ing to reduction. Sod Dr. Bryant and Dr
Ford Thompson, of this city, have de-"
cidtsd that it most be removed by tbe sur
geon's knife. Mr. Carlisle has suffered
mucb agony from the enlargement. The
lump has grown on the muscles and
nerves of tbe arm and has so firmly taken
bold of tbem tbat the secretary is vir
tually deprived of tbe use of bis right
band . Mr. Carlisle presented himself to
Dr. Thompson tobave the operation per
formed Monday afternoon. Tbe surgeon,
however, refused to undertake it until
softening applications bsd been applied
for a day or two. Tbe fact of the ap
proaching operation has been most care
fully guarded by tbe secretary and mem
bers of bis family.
Bombardment oT Bio.
Rome, Sept. 13 The Italian govern
ment has received a dispatch from Rio
Janeiro, dated yesterday, saying Admiral
Demallos bad informed tbe representa
tives of foreign powers at Rio Janeiro
tbat tbe vessels of the insurgent squadron
would open fire on the city's defenses at
9 o'clock this morning (Wednesday).
Tbe forts in tbe bay will .be first attacked
eparatety, it is believed, and upon tbe
result of this bombardment tbe future
movements of tbe rebels will be decide I
In. consequence of this announcement,
arrangements have been made to send tbe
foreign warships and merchant vessels at
Rio to positions outside of thu line of lire.
A British gunboat was to leave the bay
early this morning to warn all incoming
vessels to stay off coast, until the result
of the bombardment is learned. Much
anxiety is felt in Rio as to the fate of tbe
city in the event ot tbe success ol tbe reb
els, for, in spite of the dispatches sent by
the government, there are doubts as to
the Toy alt ? of tbe forts in tbe bur. It ia
asserted the garrisons will exchange a
few hots, haul down their colors and
join tbe rebels. The government, how
ever, seems confident ot the garrison's
loyalty and that of the troops in tbe city,
even if the forts surrender.
, THE NEWS CONFIRMED.
New York, Sept. 13 Advices to the
Associated Press from London and Pans
confirm tbe report from R'lme turn the
rebel -.warships propose to bombard Rio
this morning. .
Against the House ot lords.
London, Sept. 13 Tne National Lib
eral Federation last night issued a circu
lar against tbe bouse of lords. . In this
circular tbe federation declares the seven
years' discussion and 82 days' consider
ation by tbe house of commons definitely
ascertained tbe wishes of 2,000,000 elec
tors. Yet this counts for nothing when
opposed to tbe views of 400 conservative
peers. Continuing, the circular declares
the mending or ending of the bouse of
lords is now in tbe front rank of tbe lib
eral programme, in accord with Glad
stone's declaration at Newcastle. Tbe
circular concludes that as tbe home-rule
bill passed tbe bouse of commons and
was rejected by the house of lords, it is
doubly certain to become a law. It also
says that not only will the Irish question
be settled, but that a real era of reform
is dawning tor democracy in tbe United
Eicgdom. ' '
The Kevol In Brazil.
Montevideo, Sept. 13 News has
been received from Rio that the revolters
of the Brazilian navy made another at
tempt to bombard Nictheroy. Tbe gov J
ernment troops, which had been sent
from Rio, succeeded in again repulsing
tbe invaders, but the defeated rebels
withdrew without great loss. While tbe
government .won a victory, its success
was not as complete ns the repulse of tbe
first attempt to land a force from tbe
rebel ship:. Owing to the embargo on
telegraphic communication, it is impossi
ble to obtain the details of tbe attack or
repulse. It is doubttul if tbe forts ot
Yiilagaigman and other forts near Rio
are loyal to tbe government. It is be
lieved that the garrisons there sympa
thize with the revolutionists of the navy,
and when opportunity offers will openly
join the rebels.
The Bevolatlonlats Victorious.
Valparaiso. Sept. 13 A Buenos
Ayres telegram says tbat the revolution
ists in the province of Tuciman and tbe
government forces bad a battle in tbe
province of tuciman and tbe government
forces had a battle io tbe main streets ot
Cordova. After a desperate fight tbe
revolutionists won tbe victor; and cap
tured the .un8 of tbe government troops.
Tbe federal troops have left the capital
for Cordova. They will be used for
maintaining open communication over J
railroad and telegraph lines. -.
Word has been received that tbe dis -affection
is spreading. A revolutionary
uprising is immioent in San Juan de la
Trontars.
Choked to Death. '
Kat.ama, Wash., Sept. 12 A Russian
fisherman, R. Mattison, living in a shanty
about one mile south of here on the bank
of tbe Columbia, committed suicide last
nlgbt by banging. During tbe night be
left tbe shanty without awakening the
other occupants, and, going to an out
house near bv, took a strap be had been
using as a belt and, after adjusting
around hts neck, fastened it over tbe
window casing. By holding up his feet
be succeeded in cbokicg himself to death
fie nad a razor and a pistol lying near,
presumably to insure a good job.
Nome Grain Injured.
Eugene, Or., Sept. 12 Considerable
threshing remains unfinished in Lan
connty. Tbe grain that is in the stack
of course is unioiured, but tbat in tbe
shock is being injured eomewbal, while
standing grain is also .becoming in- bad
condition.- Some threshers have yet 10
days to run to complete their work.
4- A Steamer on Fire.
Leamington, Ont., . Sept. 13 Tbe
steamer Byron Terrace, lying at the dock,
caught fire early thia morning. Tbe cap
tain, purser and cook jumped overboard,
and were drowned. Two dock bands
were burned to deatb.
. The Flaht Has Begun.
Washington, Sept. 14 Tbe . galleries
of tbe bouse were well filled it anticipa,
tion of the preliminary skirmish over th!
Tucker bill for tbe repeal of the federal
elections law.' At the conclusion of the
chaplain's prayer, Burrows of Michigan
one of the Republican leaders, surprised
tbe house by beginning a speech of co
vert filibustering to prevent the ' report
ing of tbe bill to the bouse. . He asked
unanimous consent that a call of tbe com
mittees for the report be dispensed with
Tucker objected . Burrows then moved
the call be dispensed witb without ask
ing nuanimous consent. Tucker called
for tbe yeas and najs. It was apparent
as the roll call proceeded tbat tbe Re
publicans were grimly resolute. Tbey
remained in tbeir seats, refusing to vote
in order to break tbe quorum. A num.
ber of administration Democrats, reflect
ing tbe While House opposition to the
present consideration of tbe bill, also re
fused to yote. The result was announced
Yeas, 4: nays, 106: no quorum. A call
af tbe bonse was ordered, resulting in
tbe presence of 160 members. Tbe doors
were ordered closed. Messengers were
dispatched in all directions to bring in
tne aoseotees, and tbe bouse settled down
to a long band-to-band contest .
Tbe second call showed tbe lack of ;
quorum. Tucker moved a resolution in
structing the sereesnt- at-arms to bring
aosentees oeiore tue oar or tbe bouse.
Reed flanked this movement by a mo
tion to aojonrn, and tbe roll was again
called. The expressed determination of
the Republicans to force the Democrats
to produce a qnorum of their own before
tbe Tucker bill can be reported dead
locks the house. Reed's motion was
lost. Then Tucker's resolution provoked
hot, bitter debate of bait an hour.
Finally tbe resolution was adopted and
tbe house adjourned. The Democrats
are badly demoralized, and tbe tact that
tbe administration Democrats are ac
tively assisting tbe Republicans in an ef
fort to keep off the federal election dis
cussion has awakened lively indignation
among tne silver JJemocrats.
Dnel With Shotguns.
Marion, S. O, Sept 14 Captain D.
R. Smith owns one of the largest lumber
mills in tbe South. It is in tbe big Per
dee swamp. Adjoining bis property is a
tract owned by W. A. Atkinson. Tbe
two men quarreled about lumber on the
line between tbeir lands. Atkinson
rowed up the river last Wednesday,
where be met Smith and two netrroea.
also in a boat. Both men bad shotguns,
Atkinson's being loaded witb squirrel
shot and Smith's with buckshot. The
boats were about thirty feet apart when
Atkinson fired at Smith ; Smith returned
Ibe fire: Atkinson followed with bis sec-
ond barrel and Smith replied. Yester
dsy Atkinson's body was found in bis
boat drifting in the swamp. There were
sixty buckshot in the body. Smith is
badly wounded. Tbe coroner's jnry bss
held him for murder. Smith's family is
now in tbe North. '
TJBLEGEAPHIO KEWS.
Thousands Have Vied.
Tunis, Sept. 13 Of the 19,000 pil
grims that left here and other ports in
May last for Mecca, only haif have re
turned, tbe others having fallen victims
to the cholera. Fully 12,000 fr:ends and
relatives met the returning pilgrims on
their release from quarantine, and there
were many heartieuding demonstrations
of grief by the relatives of those who had
succumbed to the disease. The surviv
ors tell terrible talts of suffering. June
24,100,000 pilgrims were gathered on the
saored mount to hear a solemn ao dress
prior to tbeir proceeding for Mecca.
Many of the multitude were sta-ving.
Tbe mount resemolef a battle field, being
strewn with tbe corpses of victims of the
pes'ileoce, among whom were lying bun.
dreds of the poor wretches who were dy
ing from the dread disease. So fright
ful was the condition of affairs that no
one dared approach the place. Finally
a battalion of 700 Turkish soldiers was
sent to bury tbe dead and rescue the liv.
ing. Five hundred of these soldiers lost
their lives as a lesult of their devotion to
duty. Of tbe whole battalion only 200
men escaped the pestilence.
Systematic Child Slurder.
Vienna, Sept. 14 A sensation was
caused by the arrest ot two women liv
ing in septft-ate villages in the district of
Euttcnburg. Bohemia. It seems they
engaged systematically in the business of
murdering children whose parents de
sired to have them out: of the way for
any reason. They contracted to dispose
of tbe bodies effectually, guaranteed sec
recy, and did a thriving business at 5
florins per child. The discovery was
made by accident. One of tbe women
actually kept account books, in which
sbe entered tbe sums received, from
whom, the age and disc rip tion of the
child and tbe date disposed of. By the
belp of this horrible record the author
ities expect not only to convict tbe wo
men, but also a large number ot guilty
parents.
The Bombardment of Bio.
London, Sept. 14 It is now admitted
here the news exclusively cabled by the
Associated Press of tbe proposed bom
bardment of Rio Janeiro, and tbe fact
tbat tbe forts were in sympathy with tbe
ibsurgents, is correct in every particular.
'i ne attac.t on the torts began at 9 o'clock,
and tbe garrison of the largest and
strongest fort at once declared for tbe
rebels. The bombardment of tbe town
uegao at li o'cioce. The town has a
desolate aopearance, only those who can
not get away remaining. All business is
at a standstill. Tbe air is full ot alarm
ing rumors. Tbe admiralty ib besieged
with anxious inquiries from people who
have large interests in Rio.
Fighting ac Bio.
Washington. Sept. 14 Secretary
Gresbam has received tbe following from
.Minister Thompson at Rio Janeiro: .
At 11 o'clock this morning tbe revolu
tionary forces bombarded the forts com
manding the entrance to tbe harbor, also
the arsenal wharf in tbe center of tbe citv.
A few ahells were fired into the ctty, and
a woman was killed in her residence.
Commercial telegrams have again been
forbidden. The Cltarleston has not yet
arrived.
The dispatch practically disposes of
the hopes of the navy department that
the cruiser Charleston had reached Rio,
and it is now believed sbe went direet to
Montevideo without touching at any
Brazilian port, r
Fire at Moore station.
Mabysville, Cal.. Sept. 14 A fire at
4 o'clock this morning at Moore station,
about 14 miles rom here on tbe line of
tbe railway between Orovill and this city,
totally destroyed Waters' hotel and sta
ble, S. X. B Smulleot's eeoer&l mer
chaodise store, in which place the fire nr
igioated, a blacksmith shop sua tbe post
office. The origiu of tbe fire is supposed
to be incendiary. Total loss estimated
at 110,000, Coveied by insurance.
. Multiply ins the Baee.
St. Louis Republic.
Mmc. de la Biva of Florence, Italy,
gave birth to eight children on Septem
ber 9, 1507.
Mme. Frescolaldf, another Florentine
lady, who died in 1570, was the mother
of nfty-two children, no fewer than three
being born at any one time, four and five
at a amgie Dirtn oeiDir nomine unusual
with the madame, and at one time six.
In Aubrey's "Natural History of Wilt
shire', (kngland) we nod an account of
tbe Boubam family, Thomas and Editb.
Eaitb bad twins sod triplets on nomtr-.
ons occssioas, and finally astonished all
Wiltshire by giving birth to seven chil-
dren at one time. "There is a tradition
(I quote from Aubrey)' wbicb in re-
rnrrieri in Lhn unriah ryiato that oil th.
seven children were brought together to
tne iont or tbe church and there bap
tized.
Mrs.' James . McElmore, who lived at
Texarkana, Ark , in tbe year 1888, had
become tbe mot ber of a family of nine
children, all within tbe space of three
years, the last arrival being a trio of
girl, -
Mrs. Phoebe Lynch, who wss living at
beymour, ind.. in tbe same year 1883,
had seven children at two births, eighteen
months apart . Tbe last four, two boys
and two gills, were born on Apnl SO,
888. v
But tbe palm for multiple child bear-
: i . i . t . i
Miner, of coid sPring4, n. T., who has
been marriHd !mi tnun ten vpmfs hnt I
Lb.!lLAp'" "f .tLm,lh"
The last addiiion to this famiw o re-
markable in tbe line of fecundity was a
set of triplets born on Marcn 12th of this
year. ' Mrs. Miller was married on Octo
I
ber 19, 1883 and since that time hai
given birth to this numerous family.
which is divided as follows: Three sets
of triplet (9), (bree sets of twins (6), and
two singles (2) . Mrs. Miller is not yet
31 years of age.
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;
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