r i
I:
I'y
lull
llebelo Surprise a To wn
Near Manila :
Tl'.f ' raral V i .
comerence mm-rW..-r' :. " "'v AV 4-t5 Pn. .ia4M.r,u Lttaiii :
Son-in-Iawr. jas
locating a drWt ZZJ P"aonea on -Angmt 29. iagr. 'ana was
bia river nH .t-.; . "JTO-tent nwnc. Me was. a tew weeks later,
same? lct,nf or committed to .the insane asyrum-anj
' Sfnnr f -r-, , --- ii now coaonea in that itwituuon. -
senator McBncfe s amendment to tbi t,. t- :-. - t; ; At.,
cificaf,v Dn,,h7. ' WI jW Emma G Hanna. who shot another
Vli3?! ?,rovr6?s hat a svey and eH woman at Scio aboat October I; iSot;
T'wOuLli'GirLCOIiDu
TUB DirtWCT ATTORXETSHir ISO
TTOK& 6F TUB SOXI5XZS.
1 trniate
canal and locks!
irucwon in utie Columbia river from
the Dalles to Cehlo, shall rw. .tiKo;.
. . . . . iuuc vi men uivi ure inixni,
tetl IV t nnvrKB' lufoM. TLi 1 - .. .. . . .
tti i o"" crimes ana tne counties wnere trie a. are
Aiiiurxcaii v uiunieers Are r-rr: eiowi
i T . . . , . i-'ifc rx a r. a ma
Urt Uh dad a Mm Sw
. VkU Jffr Ha
while in a fit ot jealous frenzy, and bet
conviction followed. t . - l
The life termers, together with the
dates of their arrival at the prison, their
Killed.
lojurreati Attire! Near the Seat oil
: Government -JJareh It Cats
Ifijjrlffnlnaldo. ".
WILL COME HOME.
Rathbone, die Cuban Postal Director,
sails lor Mew York.
Hetwv Brown, received Jcme 8. 18SS:
murder; Lake county.
11- tiL Bailer. September &
mmrder. Malheur. .
J. A- Bailer. teDtember 8. iSni. mar
der: Malheur. '
Wim. Beckmao, (March 3P. mur-
MANILAj.-May 3i.--(TIiursday, 5 a.
m.) -Tuesday night the insurgents
rushed Sao (Miguel -De- Mayumo. pro
vince of Bulncan,' Luzon, garrisoned bf
Ihree companies of the Thirtr-nfth volunteer-infantry.
They swept through
the surprised town shooting right and
left, killing five Americans and wound
ing seven. : Capt Oiai les D. ! Robtrts
and two privates fare ' missing.) No
Filipino dead were discovered.
San Miguel' De Mayumo is a few
miles from Manila.! (While Ihe band un
der the ecort of the troops ti Frrrtv
sixth infantry was; moving from Hang
to Silang, wkhin j twenty-five miles of
Manila, it was attacked, by Ladrones,
three ol he party beinj? killed.
lMaor March's I van1! of the Thirty-
from Benguet: after the hardest of
mountain travelling.- The men were ex
hausted and ragged, having followed
rfersistently oh the supposed Aguin
aldo's trail. They had several encount
ers with rebels, but found no 'signvof
Aguiraldo. ,
New York, May 3a A dispatch to! der: Douglas.
the Herald from Havana says: E. CI Vm. Barre, October 23. 1806.
Kainoone, lormer Lnrector ot rosts oil der; Grant.
v-uoa; announces toatr fce wtl ya for! f E. R. Carver, December 12,
Aw lork on i Saturday. This course murder; Union. -
1$ understood to wave been decided up-1 'John Catnpo. September, 2$,
on ty tne advice c tnends. It hail murder; Clatsop.
Deen stated- that Mr. Kathbone, while I John Campbell, October ag,
not under arrest, would not be; per-
maiea to leave tne tsiand. . 'He cannot
be detained without definite '.criminal I Grant.
murder: Crook.
t m. Fay, , May ao.
igi.
1896.
1S06, nrordef :
charge being laid against him, and if
be carries out "his purpose of (easing,
a otrect issoe will be raised as to whelb-
tWonor Gee. October 2x1 1808. murder:
Union. " ' i
Court land Green. 'November 10, tcgal
er the authorktes. tiave anv cbarire on I murder: Lane
which he can be held. i I W. A. Henderson, May 8 1893, mur
V4nle the investKratioii into his - af- Ider: Clackamas.
fairs, showed the grossest carelessness, I i Mrs. Emma G. Hanna, Nevember 30.
so far nothin? criminal has been dis-1 iQ5: murder: Linn
closed. Mr. Rathbone intends goinl ( Frank Ingram, 'March 22, 1892,. rau:
to YVhshmfftori. UrW.il a Xw riav aero Ider: Linn. . s. - ... : . -
he believed he would be reinstated. , I Jos. Kelly (Bunco), February 12, 1095,
Atulitor RwvM i4v after mnlriner I murder: Muhnornah. , i "
a confession of what .he knew of Chas. I i Theo. C Luebeke, March 21. 1856,
F. VV. NeelfvV wneratirm. wm iHmvr! I murder: .Multnomah.
to be at krge under survcuance. , has I i AL Lawsott. (colored), December 29.
been rearrested.
-A determined effort is being, made by
the friend erf, Neely .to re: Corrratm
! 'Rich, whose- conie9sion enabled much
of Neery;rfirged stealmg 0 be traced.
a war front the authorities in Cuba and
-ii. 1 ,1 : .
torn.- murder: Baker. : .. - c
1 Ceorge -Morey, June 22, 1104, murder;
JiTohn McMahan, .'May "20, 1897, mur
der; -Grant. ... ;. ' .'- .;, 4 t
-1 J. M Olberman, April I899; ur
der k,l Dotigjas. . f " ' .--.
Frank Lawrencfe Smith; May jo, 1805.
murder j Jackson. - r'i' i :
in : v-'f: ' - ' -:--'Si:id!tAN;HOXJRv:-! I f -D aiageioepiomper 4. TOV -niur-
crui.en' a gmifi twrpedo boa de- IIS
. - . .a . r v . m . ; . . l r 1 v w v w v war- j - - - -
Ctrl KOMI I siroyeT'Oi Bgw duiki, wwi Kanij c"Coimnbla.-. r;:-:.; :'V tS
HE APPKOTRIATK0 TRC
TICKETS or THREE BALEMITES.
( IL Wintzengerode. April 8, 1881, mur-
ftold Tbaaa sad Took rwti for tk Oold
rrttr
cqinppwi ' wnn an anromcm ot "Klder' Washington,
guns anu torpedoes, uti iw j, James Weaver, November IS,
'that hen Amensaons are about douWej'-HM.. .HrH
rhose of the thirty-knot destroyers, with! l . . . " - - .
plate of -double thef thsckness t and ipALMISTRY DRIVES
1898,
(From -Daily Statesman, May 31.)
TO SUICIDE,
specially strengthened to correspond
with the increased size length 4- Sect;
beam, 42 feet; maximum draught, -14
feet; dispfecemeTrt 2.860 ton; indicated
T3ie JrHrwine incident of mi solaced horse power. 80.000: flKTe' wouid be
confidence, in wlrich three- Salenv paf. ers oi water inoe ooi.erv, tnese,
v. . . . . , . with the enirineJ paeei coal bunkers.
cs are represeweo w tiave oeen ,c cc1npr tw of the fchumb and the reatfri of -b canfa
victims, appearcu in tne u-ortianu i-iower portoon of the vessel; he; crew s Mforetoki a violent dkrath. Mrs. Jennid
,Voom Fearing a -Prophecy of VSo
lent Death, Takes -Ponon. -
Because the Hfe line-on her hand was
en before it reached the base of the
peUers of nine! feet' in diameter revolv
ing at about 400 revolutions per minute.
and her speed wourd be about forty
fowr-knots 4 - 1 .:
Sh could' carry coal at h speed
for about efgl hours, but she wouk
be able to" steam at front ten to fourteen
knots with a small ectkrt of theboHers
more econornca?br than other vessels
of ordio-arv 4ype Wnd power, ami. wpcti
required, wll the boilers could be used
and full power exerted in about half an
hour. . ADDleton fodut science
MontMy, . .
cgrara Tuesday evening:
'"Three citizens of Salem are mourn-
in at the departurtf -P. A. DamelL an
aged , fellow-townman, who. left for
Nome Saturday night, without, account
ing for three first-class tickets on t4e
: Eider wbach they had given him, to dis-
pose'Ot..?'.-v -'l-fA'.' ;1r-'-' '
fit seems that the.three, Salem ct ti-
mentioned f determined to go to
Nome', and purchased their tickets early
to avoid the rush. , The tickets were
of rJTe first-clas and cost $100 each.
When tliey. learned the" : proportions, ol
he i rush to die f new Eldoradbi tltey
changed their minds about going-. Old
Darnell was coming to Portland and.
!' TJSZSl .r: THE STATE'S PKISON
comtrrission.' f ."'- -:.?u--:
"Darnell htd-a hankering himself to
go to Nome, and dig oat heyellow MKUOKtAts DAT vTAS MtTiwotr ofl-
dirst, so wwen neTcacnea ronianu ire
placed two of the tickets in the hands
of El Ra-i. the chief clerk of "the E-
moud hotel, to-eW. Mr. Baird so!du,ol urTtnen la th nig iMtitaUoa
tlKia, turning the money over to uar
nell. U "
"Tlie latter then invested in an out
fit. He is vegetarian, -and hi$ pur
chases consisted entirely of health foods
patent tntwllfes, peanut butter and honey.
He bought a lot -of udh stuff, and got
it aboard the boat.
quarters and gun would he on the up-j Pamquin commimed -STjicide a i tier
pew UcckS.T ijwtc woow te eigtw pro- ibame in Chelsea, Mass. She and John
SERVED TESTE RD AT.
Show m Dtoer Slae tMt
- Tear.' ' t ' a " " :
PaitTtkmin. a barber, were majTied three
years ago and their married life setif.ed
to be a ong honeymooni Two nrmiths
Ated thev took as a boardet Wirnant
j Young,, a traveling agent for a sewing
machine com-pariy , ,: tv., ';i :'. X
' Young was , an ardent , student of
inalrnistry and card reading and; .'Mrs
Patriquirt became an irtfere-ated student
iand learned ro read ot nctsvit. ! fM. :
scoffer sh became a confirmed, belfev
er in flic dark prophecies of tSie card
Tha -stories they told; preyed on her
mfnd and she wa despondent. !
Then Mr. Patnqusn objected to ,her
devoting H her time tt 'thunTbin'g'lthc
cards and titdVine pahnistry and'tlw
other night they had a quarrel over it.
Shd became? disconsolate ;and sl tnia
ed five spoonfuls ofc Pan green ina
glass- of water and awo it. ... . ;..
Mm. Patriquini a taken to wre
FroA hosoital. wliere before . she died
fhe told how th card-s and her life
Bnc had foretold 'her violent death in
middle age and tsmte sand ae did i not
care to worry any more aoout n.
Death came after -houps t leartui sm-
fering. -'h " . . .
tr N'ify
-Uc .icr-
1 4 rai e-in :'.. rrnuue
;i tie un ita jw'
,'ohr rfnlniittr ft Friac.jaij
"I Ui:loi7--dWa'ih'i-out an iststant I
, . . . i- J. i 1 1 i j I. ft WDtI
ant saxuas iereiy;co fsajiHj my cn-i.vncq ,MnwiiMii';,,i'n
jsrty? concerning the racan you m-rrccsr.y' of :s sc. ng itne ii
A I.. .
JO X!t-
ployed to obtain possession liie meuns and wrote to Prer.deat Jefierfon m
you emploved: to obtain, possession of November. 1802. that a special expedi
my story, 'The Vision of a Phantom. tion was being fitted out to .fail to ana
rtaitrnt Career,
Mt tritk
UUteSaeeeW
-
.Mr; Jeffrey's evening organ is con
tinually blowing, that he possesses suf
ficient legal ability to prosecute "big
Liimuidts ini tEiiu& slum i 9 .
when the fact is. as published in his owa
party papers at his former home in
Southern Oregon, be. does 'not know
enousb to convict a "little criminal or
7a small ballot box' stuff er.
The Statesman- has I heretofore ; puo
ished the record of Jeffrey from his
own home party papers ' They show
that "he had only seven convictions,
Where there was a contest during the
two years that he tried to act as prose
cuting attorney out there; and'in vmost
of thoe lie had the aid of another at
to'rnev. ',. tj.' " '1 -V;1 ::v ; a
During the year and a half , that . he
has Jived in this district his-record in
eighf cases is,, that he lost six and wn
two. This is certainly not a very good
showing' for ia man who aspires to be
electedtakan omce wnere big enm-
nals' may have to be prosecuted be
fore the bar of jastice: i -
The record of Julius N. Hart, the Re
publican nominee, is much more iavor
able. .Jus tond in sevenry-e f en
cases shows I that twenty-five of them
were not . contested, iand than ot the
fiftv-two contested cases. Mr. Hart won
forty-one and lost only ejevea.- The
records of both candidates . show that
Mr. 1 Hart has been eneatrcd in about
one-fifth more civil and criminal cases
than Mr, Jeffrey, and it further shows
thatjMrT-Hart has been, by tar. more
successful than his opponent.. , ,?
I h would seem, from the record given
Jeffrey in the Southern Oregon papers.
that he is at home t when it comes to
makinir a Populistic stump speech, but
in the matter of knowinar -any, thing
about the law either civil or criminal lie
is not at home or any wnere else.
"rjmtr n" ch rsnvt. I nrmnv the orovince.
I anx ! of course, highly eattered,' ; October 16. 1802. Don Morales, hpan
he pursued, ironkraWy, that you should ish intemftint of lxcisiana. u-ueu .
have selected on ts ments tnai wn.cn proclamation prociio:wnS
every publisher in the country lailedl use by the UnKM sue cuy "
to discover, but 1 am none toe -res 1 aw urxans as a pic ui
i:cjt- I mhmit;v a iruarancd by the
J . - . . .. . .t I. . . 1 f - . J n. .1... T T
She looked at him wnar stanieo eyes.i treaty t 1795. mi v--
! -l - . t. il.. hrin " lil nn!n nr TiHTf nil : the riVCT
"tike lamb in the lion's grip. he
reflected.
, "And you mean to denounce mef
io: -simoiv. 1 am ennuuj.
Oh. be patient with me. I will relnv
burse wl; 1 would do it now, only the
money has gone for necessities for my
bure you afterward, indeed 1 will, she
insisted, noticing Haled's gesture of
dissent. He was oegtnrung to rcgrei
rvtSr nnmt or; niace nn rne river
frw such rurtos. Great exciu ment
ensued throughout the United States.
The Legislature of : Kentucky remon
strated, and public meetings tre htld
fort the same purpose, congirs 4S
remonstrated,-and The right was after
ward 'restored.' ;
President Teffcreon, Dember 15.
1802. notified Congress of the cesion
his presence there, but a silvery voice 0 Louisiana to France, and if tiie ac
and sunny hair compensate for much, tion of the Spanish auFlritw? l New
so he aayed on. . . . Orleans, txcjtemen " -
. 'I w II indeed, so reoav tou: oesKies.i cress, out nnar.y rc'.uctr.
I
,,it ux-imr urnf.hU first-born forth I ed with an appropnation 01 2Xi,oaa)
tinsignrd.) I found it ia a closet ai 1 to proceed to , i-ranee, ana in
Glenn-Reid when my mother needed Iti on wKh lr. j-inngston,
MintMer of
itw thimrs. and I was so worried I
could think of nothing to write. I cop
ied it. . But I"
"Elsie. Elsie, where are your came
a tremulous voice through the door.
Here, mot hen dear " and she ran
from 'the room.', -
tlie editor of the Illustrated Con-
She United State at Pans, Xo treat
wirh France forj the cession ot : roew
Orleans and the island of New Or-
1ran and Florida. Mr. L:inKton
held to th opinion at that thve that the
Umted State would never oe anie to
acquire New Orleans by treaty or pur
chase, and that it ought to be taken at
once by force. Mr. Monroe, ttpon ins
forter - was much surprised the follow- arrival in France,; found Bonaparte
intr taw to receive a propositKm to meartating on am in ojiirvi -i''-
oublish a serial story to be written by
James Halsted and Evelina-Montresor.
Th raltaboration. on tlie latter' part.
Sd been the sine qua nor of her for-
. . ... : : ....t.n..'t. ALU ivmuk Tin-
A year later tne crrttcs. comimmrag 1 .v ."Vc. . i l
, 4. trv wnite - . , , . I intention of the Umted Stat as he
medrtating on and in danger of a rupt
ure with Great Britain. Jut beiore. nis
arrival, M. Tally rand, had requested
Mr. Ltvimnrton to make an oittr on
belialf of the United States kr the
province of Louisiana entHe. Tin' wai
1 ne
Fraud as a Friend
j James Jialsted started ncr-ousiy as
Che train whctfc shrieked announcing
ifaci hour ofdeparture. r James Halsted,
on the storr. wrtte
"In former years Mr. Halsted1 fasci
nated by the charm of his style, but left
his readers, heart empty, amr uncoiv
vineift bv- hi love oasaces. TW d
feet he has remedied, ami e btest
oroduction from hi - pen - came it
mpAsaire at sincerity to every one.
The novelist -smiled as he glanced
at the troHen Qxad across ; the room:
then, inferruoting- the rilvery vokt
i-prlinir tnu notice, he remarked':
"Mr dean k' very dishonest and Hu
moral, no doubt: but fraud is the best
friend I've ever had. It gave me the
familiarly known as Jimmy, was a feuf- happiness of my life, and taught
how to talk to them - sincerely.
what would yustcei say ? roni
French of J. Verrier.
me
Bvt
4-sful nowlistv so successful that his
last book had put a very appreciable
profit in his pocket and a disinclination
fori sleep n 1 braini that threatened
to transfer that profit to the physictan's
hambi. The? doctor had prescribed a
trit South, and.' therefore. Mr. Ha-
stcd wm ensconcea in raie corner, ou-c :H ..! rx.m
TJ1E L0UI8IAKA PURCHASE.
train surrounded by -newspapers
periodicals. wUh which 4t wh5e away
the ftours rha-t HI! .stretchctf between
hint and the coveted sleep., . 1 '
The rrrr heat against the r wirkfdw,
bhirring the landscape, as he Aitrned
wM a yawn to xns papen Deiore nim.
Picking up the firs one at band, a
Boston ! weekTv' knowrt as the Illus
erated ' Comforter, that had no as yet
won tfremrai ; recognition, he . glanced
th list of contents. "Affairsi in
T,rVnr." 'Prosncrt ol Fjurobean; In'.ct
feirence." : ."Sah 'Porkj a Marketable
Commodity,", "The Viton. xA a nn-
r ;m ter in imeriean Hlitory.
torn.
( j . Name' of that last sound familiar ;
The Waslunirton ; Times , is already
pushing 'to the front ' Cong-ejm:tn.-t-
I ro ,alilha Al Lrtow PS a prouerij
dominant figure in the propjsed cele
bration in St. Lout ; of the ceMtnmal
anniversarv on Aoril .to." toot. Of "Th
Louisiana Furchase. ana im oy rea
son of the fact that, while that notable
event ;in the continued expansion of the
American ReouWic took ilace tt-enty
year before the-venerable Pennsylvani4
statesman . was born, yet much: c. f th
development ot that ewlyacquircd
wonder where I've heard it before? By "5 Vm. J-T. X
Evelm. .Montresor. L B stock- -P --J' m
wig wKft a f romantic turn.- suppose. VI i "t .t ..,,!
I II have a try at the lady $ nniicT.
Chat fforncthinf5 was wrong?, and got out
a warrant for his arrest- ine poace
did hot know htrr, however, and he vs-
(From Daily Statesman. May 31.)
At the Oregon 1 penitentiary, yester
Mav Memorial Dav was observed in a
'Saturday the Salem parties uspected - manner, if bn tnc occasion
t firs hrintrinir into use the new uag-
staff recently erected. tAt aooui j:.yj
....v.. v., ..- v.ct.rHi mnrninir. a ;-snri
caoed -detectrom .. .The assertion that " "v.".. of the
he was disguised not orrect. He L B ti s Df the prison gathered around
was seen a short'ttme before the boats M"3 , fl.nfti- and the Stars and
sailed on Front street, by persons wlw c. .r hni.ted and left as half
knew Bum. 1 1 f mast in honor of the day.
"A -Fmntifeet commissionp man ... , - m the nrisoners were ma
mnml Meikle' aso mourns DarncH'sl ,t,,f.j : '.h'rhaoel. when Hon. Qaud
i1.a 1,ttr rarriA lvlr- . 1. t .u:. , AmWvrrfA an-address I
.i.8itirMk!ie' best nnrbrelki. J Dr-, ,u -.nr.rr.nri ate to the occasion, t a memlrrs of the ftssociaUon.VV'hen a
ne!l is said to be -bctweerr 65 an? 70 He was closely listened to. and receiv
years old." ' : l ' " j ' . cd a round of applause at the conclusion
No such pefson a P. A. Darnell tsjof the lecture.
c..L.m t w., i Trv.rtl thatl i- Vi. nrinn there are to5 men, scv
-the name as it appeared in the Tcfle- ng sentences. varying ml ength from
cram ti the result of a typographical one year to life terms. Of the Jatter
frrr. fTis sakf the man's correct elass there are twenty-seven P".
Zni is P A lKarnelr, who was tor- all of themwith ' 't"pt,onf
merlv eniraced in the comnTSSfon pus- been convicted of tmtrder. i.n5"f
."riT MC.H.. Hews .for exfjgk-l.-. ,Todd co .
I,-.. 1 .u- T T.l ftstv rnurL i
1 (lie uj . ,
I a crn trwtav. the Statesman pub-
a! tut of the life prisoners then
111 Ji v ) w - Tt .
serving in the prison. ,'.c,c
thirty-one at that time, and since tacn
- ..-- rrrr-vrA t wo men died:
one was sent to the asylum, and two j rjOMB TO DESTROY AN ARMY
were pardoned. J . ' ' J
TT.. nvn VrPWCfl WIS .11 n .t. . ...
IIC . r, 1.-,
. ihi rison on 'iriTimrei
20. 1800, having been convicted of the
i ; VW Adootion of Important murder of a tinhorn gambler in mmt
rirfmrt to ihe Emergency City. The prisoner.
. t ... s 1 m-rivei at inc pin"
. R rrf and iiaiOOr . ncgiu." . .
one month alter ne conniiuru
manr rears a
It was mposHk yesterday to obtain
the names ot Karnell s victirm.
THE NOnTinYE$T PHOflTS.
SENATORS M'BRIDE ANDfTUR
NER ARE SUCCESSFUL
WILL ENCOUR i i
AGE MATRIMONY.
11 1 . 1 j
Insurance Society to Start the Young
Coupre in a Furnished House
The Marriageaiy.e - - Benefit Associa
tion of Oiarrrpaign,' lit., has received
its Charter and is prepared to encour
age nwtrimony by making it posibV
for) young persons oi ItmKeM means to
secure enpowrh CZ5ti to -start' with a
homa by taking out a pot icy in fire new
concern.
OixV unmarried persotrs- are eligible
member is marrie1!! and get his imur
ance money he cease to belong to 1fle
orgmzation, tts end having beerr - at
tatned so fr as he is concerned. . '
"Beiore a member cati receiv he ben
efit (irrsuranceV due him lie rousr tfarc
hs marriage certificate, to or produce
his marriage certificate. The plan is
to - enable young mei and womerr to
I-"' " ... .
start into maTrioa rue wini enongn
redv cash) to fit 1 home.
The incorporator ot rnc a-sooiacion
re A. L. ami M. Li YVrUaatTiS ana j
W. Cleveland. The f head offices will
be 'totaled m Champaign.
young
USt
the
WASHINOiyK'1 n(;"m 'take in drawing the-in-
at vhc rH''"''t; ji.. j.-.t. in. ti,;. mute an
trass oracvea uh-" V 7-' , r ... 1 .v. -.t, done in the case ot r rans
eluded in the right of JotjImU . smith in the nrst Judicial
w- irtil r be made spectai. I Lawrence 5niiin.
This mmrcs
oi the abstracts
IrcnKa4re-Jo: that u would sUnd
hibking fhe cstabmnmenr otju,c .1 ' ..
tional torert reserves :nT". '" "rf- runainahanM.the 1'endieton
-Attorney . -uenerai nw , first one stick
oj Ktprpcm.u, - .. . imr-ovement over
7 t i.-I.t . .1, mh in the case of rrank
pui lire " . .
Pe speciaL Lawrence Smith, in th
amirrataon district, where the distrn
t pos-iWe compelled to have his
T1 1 tr n I 1 irl ir f ri VI 1IU iwa
- Jt-. RmrfSiTltallTe' JOIKS ; W, Kr " ." 71 " it-..
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A mirfd artillery (officer of the Bel
irian arnrv has invited a number of fii
cers, and engineers w an cxowiihw
Antwerp of an invention ;ne conteno
will revohationize warfare. The :n
v.nfr.r a Mr. .Reulinjr. says that his in
vention is so deadly that the army
against which it is? directed would be
entirely destroyea in a icw imnm
i a spetfies of bomb, foaded with a ter
rible explosive, the name of which the
:.....r 4iit nrt yret divnleed. He has
promised to give tacontestible proof ot
nal 2Jn district where th? district attorney wa, destructive powers of the invention
.nrt Kv frniDTtss S uvorawryi . ,1,-, . :.,. asv-H
Allium in j o 4 1 j -ra . ariraTrvLP t v 1
- t . 1 rmiriiri k. - - -
... aA. iSoo. and ne is n
harbor bilk which confined tnere rcccr
THE IRON TRADE.
Senator 1 umer s wmtimi
now
c
the; oldest prisoner in.
muracr.
the age cl
u..t;. iltill who was serving
fiti examinations, am PJ3 rVfe Sentence for rape also died m tne
eme-for.Th;innprovenrrt IS, l8go, and was
toVhe buried at the prison veyaru f
Ie uir. a vum r-
ncy hyw iiiiv. -. " !,. i. Cfrtcrhton the; oiaesi pn
ZLvoiM . board to k r. 'T.rtfn aiillih-.
he has
conference,
Snake river, in Idaho and Washi
t dvwl of navigation1
iiviii-.'iu ' . " : r , 1
unction with - the Columbia, wrth ia r o. . -ed on July 8. i8Q7.
J.- , t.ibseouent appropriation for Portlana. was deportel.
New York, May 3a Discussing the
J th rrn and Steel indus
tries, the Iron Age says: The best that
w. caii irrr the iron market at pres
ent ia that a feeling of fopefulness 1
displaying. The demand seems tow
- tw-H-r in some branches ol the
trade and buyers " disposed to . place
1 - Kr nmri- Sreehr. This is par-
Ocularly true of the WesL When this
1 1 - homever. tt covert about
the most encouraging conditions to be
Hi eve wandered Idly dowrr the page
then he started, "and scanned! the paper
more closely-:""-'" :"r'".
rTmj' devil! Why,: that s , my own
stot-v; wnttt-n when-1 1 was at coAege
The hours of labor, oownngm liura
work, that nng cost me, and fle ie.
spair every time Whej postman bTvnjght
rt Hack - t:an t be arrv miistaice, ukk i
know. Wonder where tlie lady got it?
For to my certain knowledge It was
never published.HLat time; I remem
ber seeing: it ? was that "summer's day at
r.lcnn when I vowed Id waste rio
more postaare' on it. Some cheeky.
trtir!Ie-tiin4 JsoinKtW. I suppose.
Tettins the credit. ; '
D . . . m a
WeM, nry lair LvcHtia. w. iww
aloud, ." wlioever 3K r. I
enjoy yourselfmuch longer; ; trust' me
;tts Tintinv -'Halted to plan and to
act were one a rai to ich he pet
hao owed much of hi Ruccessi He
3rfi the train at tht first stop, maw ln-
nu'mx at ch -station) regarding the
i rains to fJoflrorV and reached that city
fete m the afternoon of fhe same day.'
r -Hurrytrrg to tlie 'oniceis of rhe Hlus-
tfated Omnforrer w tk-mamfCvi ne- oef-
wired information concerning ; twerf na
Montreson's' real t name and Idetrtky.
Owed by the great novdif.'-. presence
rhe -chief smilingly acceded to all W
Otiiiaridt. -.
"A iMi Trtn-or. It ; Blank street.
Xiirt onartraenf. vow know. Lives
there with her invaMd mother. Young?
W v.-i-v -rrntr. And a littte. er
cTude. offWA wr ay obviou, but a
promising writer, tiooo ay sir. uoni
rnentkm t. v Gad to be of any servioe
-rmt " Arxl tte BOHtcry Doweo vn im
i I V . . - tr- . - .: ..
natren wsitor trom cr oince. i iny
little maid opened tlw door in answer
tn: Halsrrry ha-rv rinc r
fc : "Yes Miss Trevor live here, but Ht
ladie see1 no one. ' .
i "Tefl her I must; see bef on tmpor
tant bukinei," Halsted 'insisted; imv-
tienthk1'l.;'jr 'j-'U-i.-.-r ;t '-''
1 The kittle maid stared at him, then
t?"-ntr- ti'herer him into a small room
and left hint. The furnhure- was simple.
but jt had a cozy home-iie Joor.
hVl hi luxurious apartment lacked.
Evidently she didn't reap a very ricM
harve5f fromi her p3fenng he reflected
inA hpcran to wfah lie had not come.
Jtrst then the door; opened, and a tafL
sienoer ' gxn.
rhe -room
1 or
bowing srifHy to the yonthful appari
Tlis ! Trevor," ; replied a silvery
foicer yoit to see me
so 4thi .ws'lhe tmcf! Well, if sue
aia ha rforiou ham a silvery voice
nd a Sweet smte, she shouM pay the
.nvt iiKr b if she had been rhe
sentimental oSd spinster he had p-ct-nred.
'''lie mentioned his name, expecting
is.idui -vaurv ivao uccir ui nnwtn.
There is rmuch talk of "The TMiisiana
Purdiase in these days W! disrtusiort
rrtrarrrinir exnansioU and nti-exnftflsk)rt
and yet how many among yorf are fully! triye,
Understood, was to purchase only New
Ortcans and island and the Fiord?, 'or
the western part of vhem. These nego
tiations were conducted under the per
sonal supervision of the rir vcnUJ.
He said he wanted money tor war, tnat
he would only cede the whole province
of Lounsiana, and tha he imM 50.
000.000 of francs for it. Secrecy w
to be obsened. Mr. Ltvinijst.-:i re
fused to offer more than 3i.butvto of
francs, and then asserted thit he had
no poa-er to treat for the ccssiair of the
entire province.
v ' . v
It was supposed at that tine llat in-
the I struct! oh were issued to our minutcrs
'.tint the treaty 01 cession y spaut to
France included the entire p-ovince of
Louisiana and the Florid ns. o-tt it was
found shortly afterward that It ceded
Louisiana ohly. If France tVclincd to
eH. our Ministers were to opca nego
tiation with Great Britain. so as to
prevent France taking possession of the
prov"inec4 M. Barbe Marboii (Marquis
of Barbe), who was then at the head of
the Treasury of Frapcc had conducted
the1' negotiations with Mr. Livingston.
He had formerly beep Serr-Urv nf the
French Legation to the . United State.
and was personaHy ., known to Mr.
Monroe.; . .; ,; -: ,, ;
Mr. (Monroe arrived pril 12, i8o,t.
M. Marbois, flie next day. asked imme
diate action. After consultation, the
two ministers, on behalf of the United1
States, offered Franc ro.ooo.orio , of
franc, with an offset in the shape of
such claims in5 favor "of citirens of the
United States against Franre s should
be established, estimated at from 20,-
000,000 to 25.0no.000 of francs. This
wa declmed. The ministers of the
United State wtre cmbarras;d by the
fact that the tender of territory was
beyond their instructions t" l-u'y or re-
Rumors of a large knghsh fleet
acnuainted with the' term that extm
pHhe the most signal development -of
the Republic of these Unitsd Ststes
from the days when the original thir
teen colonies joined hands H common
cause against thetr mother cottntTy,
The story of "Pile' LbuUiana Pur
chase forms one of the iMost import
ant and interesting chapter .n Ameri
can history. It is very exhaustively
treated of in that remarkaole book,
The Public Domain," ,utlishd un
der authority of the .United States
government . by Thoma Donaldwort.
aho died a little mone than 1 year ago
n this city, and all too early. He dtf-
votes many pages of the nearly a.000 oom of francs, which was agreed rj
sailing for Louisiana for-Ihc purpose of
capturing it were rife, ami rlie Engiislt
press were urgent in demanding sucli
action. J ..' -
: Bonhparte had no doubt intemleJ
just before? tlris periotI to "send the
French fleet, then at St Dornnngn, to
Louisiana, to receive and hold it.
Bernadotter afterward King of Sweden,
was tfc be Governor' ,Thet negotiation
were eiti rcry secret. Spain linP not
yet transferred the province to the pos
session of France. In the . treaty of
San Ifrcforwo re was a provision for
prefcrerice ia Spain in future diypmi-
tion. M. Marbo insisted uikmi 80.-
vhat form the volume to an exhaustive
history of the buying from France of
the vast province of Louisiana. Hc
enkomizes the 'events . proirct-sively
JeadStrg to the coJoniration of 'that part
of the province winch ts now the c:ty
M New Orleans1 as follows: - - ?
. , In 1541 De Soto reached fh Mississ
ippi-river. : i ' M
In 167.1 iFatner Marquette descended
the Mississippi ia it mouth. j
In 1680 La Salle descended the Miss
issippi river and took possession of the
country adjacent to H in the name of
Lout XIV. of t ranee, and called ft
"Louisiana." '. . 7 .!
In 1600 Lemoinc d'Iberville founded
the first colony at , Biloxi. but dying
soon after, Henille took command.
In 1706 these colonists made a' new
location on the ske of what i now the
lity of New Orleans. 1 I
In 1712. September 14th. Lou:, XI v.
made a grant to Antoine de Cro'xat. a
merchant of Pari,' who had amasied a
fortune of 40,000.000 livres in the India
trade, the grant beingf for fading privi
lege. - - - - -
VVjihoitt going fnto the eatire volu
minous history of the province of Lou-
ri'.ana, we can, learn from Mr. Donald
on'i. exhaustrve research- thtt . after
the cefinite trtaty of pea re with Great
Britain. September J. I78j.up to the
yep 1800, the question ot tee pertna
nence of the .United State and the re
tension of her va area emed to be
L'wtA isunnr hair entered of prions interest to Europe. he w
B . J menaced with war by. France. harased
' Mr. Trevor?" hte asked, tGrem Britain, -and had navigation
and , boundary , trout es . win ' Spam.
There were many reasons why the
United States fhould acquire Lo't'siana.
and ihe control of the Mususopi there
by. and a many on the side of France
that she shou'd te'J it-' The inin.slrr
of the United State at Paris. Mac'rid
itkt I -or Jon had been charavd.! aftT
the alliance between France jnd Spam,
to prevent, if possible, the cession to
France by Spain 01 - ioaisiana ano
ihe cession 01 i?uitiana was
to see rrr.gwi "' tr.,, nnr 1. ifioo. and
u'lin thr hnrdk it.
"Mr HalitedV she said, wondcTing-
ry,' "the noveh? ;
"Precisely. . I have come
that country was
treaty, to consent
urgrd, after this
to :ue sile l the
on condtitoni Mist 20.000,000 ot francs
of tlie sum sflioulnl be assigned to the
pay ment of claim thte by ; France to
citizem tif the United State, if . tlrey
shouM amount to mtich.
7 It is said that" when Botiaparte'gavd
instruction to M. Marboi in regrr
in lino cesion he stated that from the
natatre of t( flew cornintkn .Vrming
tagarntit hrt in Europe: he was forced
to M"?i the entire province, or Ivohl it
at a great sacrifice of men and money1,
and probably be compiled t see it
captured. 1 He prefernorf to trarnsfer it
to "the United State, adding ilwt what
ever nation held the valley of the Mis
sirsipin wauld eventuaHy be the nvt
powerful 011 earth, ami that conse
qum!y lie preferred a friendly nUtion
AwAUI possess it rather lhan an enemy
of France. - .
: .'., a....," : f
The cession was .madc in three sep
irae treaties or convent ion-s of even
date. April jo, i8o.t. First, a treaty
cefcsfort;! next, a conventknr stlpuUndng
metlKwI.! manner and, time of payment
of the purcliae moey, and fcrst. a con
vention I providing . thut the claim of
a..'.-. r .1.. ir.iii - c . . 1
Francr Were to be faid at hf United
State Treasury to the amount of
$.1,750,000 on order from the mini'ltr
oi the United State to pranqe. wh'.cli
were to be given on rt joint )s&mtvA.
or conclm'on- of the French- bnreiiu tr
ach these clairrw were referred, and
a board of fhree commifoncrs tm t
hnlf of the? Uniud State to be- appoinr
ed; final Ateisfon. on certificate of dif
ference of opwron. to he in tlx? minister
of Finance of 'France. !Ma -
Wltat sort of a country would this f
ours be today had it ft been for the
Louisiana pitrcha-e? Han - not that art
tHf expansion warranted Bnaparte'
predictsort that e transfer of that vast
piece Ol trni7 w nic iwnnivr .iiaur,
or any other "nation, for the matter , o(
that, would eventoa'Vy make it the most
powerful on" earth provtn true a'tirost
in orday. and can rot those wlio be
tre in the acquisition of territory cap
tured from and ceded by Spain ee ir
th culminati'rn of their wHiew the f til
city k New Oriean and the Lland of;fi:irntnt of Borraparte' prediction?
noted. ... -1 '