The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 01, 1886, Image 2
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A new use for tobacco ba9 been found
The stems .^nd waste of the plant are sai<
to be equ^. to linen rags in the mauu
? facture of paper. Tibacco waste sell
for less than $10 a ton, while linen rag
brinsr 170 to $80.
The city of Paris during the lastthirt;
years has increased from a population o
905,000 to 2,500,000. Her area has mon
than doubled. The city has expende<
the enormous sum of $335,000,000 oi
improvements outside of the ordinar;
administrative expenses.
One of the results of the Charlestoi
earthquake is the loss of animals fron
terror. Many of the milch cows hav
gone dry since the earthquake in th
country about Charleston, and one mai
lost seven horses from the effects of ter
ror.
The spot -where the first blood of thi
American Revolution was shed has beei
appropriately marked by the Aldermei
of Boston at the leijuestof the Bostoniai
Society. This blood spilling occurrec
on March 5, 1770. aud is known in his
tory as the Boston Massacre.
Kid dinners, at which nothing but th<
" flesh of young goats is served, are one o
the fashionable follies of New Yorl
city. These "kid" dinners were firs
given at the Alexandria Palace in Lon
don in September, 1880, by a society or
gani'ed in the latter part of that year, o
which the Earl ot ftosalyn was Presiden
and Baroness Burdett-Coutts a patroness
The flavor of kid's meat is said to b<
very dainty.
Christmas is not celebrated in Mexic<
with a tree, but with a pinata. The lat
ter is a large earthen vessel, gaily deco
rated and filled with toothsome daintiei
. ' or candies, hung from the ceiling in th<
middle of the room. The children an
blindfolded and armed with sticks t(
break the jug, when it is shattered thej
throw off their masks and scramble foi
the scattered goodies. Presents are thcr
distributed, and dancing follows.
Sleep-walkers suffer comparative!}
few accidents, and an explanation of this
is thought by the Lancet to be found ic
the fact that it is a state of semi-sleep ic
which the sleep walker makes his excursion.
He is sleeping so far as part of the
cerebum is concerned? The rest of his
brain is awake, and, therefore, it is
really not a strange feat to walk carefully
and escape injury, doing all the
necessary acts of avoidance, while carryin?
out some dream purpose, just as a
waking purpose is fulfilled.
Garrett P. Serviss, the astronomical
lecturer and writer, notes in a recent
newspaper letter a curious sensation
which he has experienced in gazing
through a telescope, and which doubtless
has been felt by others. He says:
"Looking iato another world from a
safe perch upon this one?for that is
what the observer with a pawerful telescope
seems to himself to be doing?is
in itself an occupation that almost takes
one's breath away. I have more than
once gazed at the full orb of the moon
through a telescope until the palpable
rounding of its globe under the eye made
one positively dizzy, as if one should be
held over the edge of the world with a
4,000-mile drop beneath him."
* . A careful and patient French observer
has foimulatcd some conclusions on the
subject of vocal laughter which arc interesting.
He has ascerta'ned that the
yarsons who laugh with the sound of A
in father are frank aud loyal, fond of
noise and movement, and frequently of
a versatile and changeable character.
Those who laugh with the sound of A in
ape are phlegm itic, with a turn toward
melancholia. The laugh in E is that of
children, and adults who are simple,
pliant, timid and irresolute. The laugh
in O signifies generosity and robust boldness.
"Look out," says the French observer,
"for those who laugh in U, because
they are the misanthropes.''
From Paris another wonderful surgical
operation is reported. A little girl,
twelve years of age, was brought to the
Hospital Trousseau, wasted almost to a
clroWnn The child w.is in the lasf
stages of consumption. Dr. Prengraeber,
an Algerian physician, determined tc
perform an operation, as the last chancc
of saving her life. He made a cruciform
incision between the fifth and six righl
ribs and burned out three cubic centi
metres of the diseased portion of the
lung with a red hot iron. In three
we2ks the wound healed and the blooc
coursed healthily through the child*!
vein9. Thus hope is held out in the fu
fure to sufferers who, until now, hac
naught but a speedy grave in stoic foi
them.
Europe has been described as breaking
down under her weight of armor, ant
when we consider that the expendituri
of the six leading Stales last year, upoi
their armies alone, was more than $500,
000,000, and that the navies under th
same flag* were an addit onal expense o
over $100,000,000, we can begin to real
ize what the ncccssity of preparing fo
war, a9 a means of preserving peacc
means to the jealous powers of the 01<
World. Europo may summon more tha
10,000,000 men, more than one sixth o
the population of the entire L'nite<
States, to slaughter and be slaughtered
These then, too, are all in the prime o
manhood, the bone and sinew of thei
respective countries, so that the death o
the hundreds of thousands who must in
?wUnhW fall moans more even than th
sentimental loss to wives, mothers an
children. It is a great question wha
these ten millions of men might accom
plish if war was a relic of the past, an<
they might turn their attention to pre
ductive labor; but it is, unfortunately,
question that we can scarcely hope wil
be solved without delavsaud bloodshed
i CHESTER A ARTHUR.
s The Ex-President's Sudden Death
in New York City.
p Account of His Last Hours, and
f SVatnVi nf TTis f!a.rfiP.r.
wavuuu V/J. MIW wW.?
B
^ Ex-President Chester A. Arthur died on the
1 morning of the ISth at his residence, 123 Lesy
ngton avenue, New York City. His health
had not been good for the last three years,
and he had been under the doctor's care most
j of that period. He had been suffering from
a complication of ailments, of which the
1 most formidable appeared to the medical
e men to be Bright's disease of the kidneys.
2 Up to Tuesday night, the 10th, he had rei
tained all the physical improvement which
. was manifest since his return from New
London on October 1, and his do:tor was
well satisfied with his general condition. At
B bedtime oa Tuesday ho seemed to his family
to be in, if anything, better health than
1 usual, and after spending the evening pleasj
antly ha retired to rest at half-past twelve.
At half-past six WeduesUay morning his
1 attendant entered his room and at oncc per)
ccive.t that something was wrong, aud it was
soon evident that the ex-rresiaenc was sui
fering from a serious attack. Dr. Peters, his
medical adviser, was at once sent for, and on
bis arrival pronounced the patient to be suffering
from an apopletic stroke. His right
side was at th: time quite paralyzed. He was
- unable to speak, but he seemed to be ablo to
f recognize people.
All dav Wednslav his condition kept
C growing worse, au l "his immediate family
t then in his hous9 know that he could not survive
much longer. Wednesday night he was
- quite unconscious, but ha lingered during
. the night aud succumbed at 5 o'clock Thursday*
morning.
f His sisters?Mrs. McElroy, of Albany, and
t Mrs. McCaw?were at his house during his illness
aud at the end, as wero his sou Alan
and his daughter Nellie. Mrs. Hainswortb,
, another sister, and his brother, Major Ar'
thur, were telegraphed for, but did not arrive
in tiaie.
j The News in Washington.
The first official information received by
" the President of the ex-President's death was
. conveyed in a telegram from Mr. James C.
Heed, the latter's confidential secretary. Tho
5 Preado.it was affected at the intelligence,
? and at once indited the following telegram
of sympathy to Mrs. McElroy, the ex-Presii
.lanfV cicfar*
) "Executive Mansion*.
"Accept my heartfelt sympathy in your
7 personal grief aud the expression of my sorr
row for the death of one who was my kind
and considerate friend. The people of tha
i country will sincerely mourn the los? of a
citizen who served them well in their highest
trust, and von their affection by an exhibition
of the best traits of true American charr
acter. Guover Cleveland."
j The flag cn the White House was placed at
half mast immediately on receipt of the
1 news, and soon the ?ags on all the public
l buildings in the city were placed at
half mast. The work of draping the
White House was begun at once.
( All the members of the Cabinet arrived at
about twelve o'clock. Tin death of General
l Arthur was the only subject of discussion at
, the Cabinet meeting, and it was agreed to
issue an executive order announcing the
d?ath of thi cc-l'resident, and directing the
, Government buildings to be draped in mourn1
* p " j ol?a fuof"
mg lor a penuu Ol luirty uuya, auu ?? uuuv
public business be suspended on the day set
apart for the funeral.
The President in tha afternoon issued the
following proclamation:
"To the l'eoplcof the United States:
"It is my painful duty to announce the
death of Chester Alan Arthur, lately the
; President of the United States, which occurred
after an illness of long duration at an
early hour this morning, at his residence in
the city of New York. Mr. Arthur was
called to the chair of Chief Magistracy of the
Union by a tragody which cast its shadow
over the entire Government His assumption
of the grave duties was marked by an
evident and cons -ientious .sense of his responsibilities
and an earnest desire to meet tnem
in a patriotic and benevolent spirit. With
dignitv and ability ho sustained the important
duties of his station, and the reputation
of his personal ? worth, conspicuous
graciousness, and patriotic fidelity will
long be cherished by his fellow-countrymen.
In token of respect to the memory
of the deceased it is ordered that the Executive
Mansion and the several department
buildings bo draped in mourning for a period
of thirty days, and that on the day of th3
funoral all public business in the department*
hA sMsnonded. Tha Secretaries of
War and of the Navy will cause orders to bo
issued for appropriate military and naval
honors to be rendered on that day.
'"Done at the city of Washington this ISth
day of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousaud eight hundred and eighty-six.
and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundreth and
eleventh. By the President,
4'(.rrover Cleveland.
"Thomas F. Bayard, Secretary of State."
The following order was issued from the
War Department:
"In compliance with the instructions of the
President, on the day of the funeral at each
military post the troops and cadets will be
paraded aud this order read to them, after
which all labors of the day will cease.
' The national flag will be displayed at halfmast
"Atdawn of day thirteen guns will be
fired and afterward at intervals of thiity
1 minutes between the rising and setting ot'
the sun a single gun and at the close of the
day a national salute of thirty-eight gun>.
"The officers of the army will wear crape
on the left arm and ou their swords, aud the
colors of the Battaliou of Engineers, of the
several reeriments and of the L'niteJ Statas
Corps of Ca-lets will bo pat in mourning for
the period of six months.
[ "The date and hour of the funeral will be
communicatd to department commanders by
, telegraph, and by them to their subor'
di:iat9 commanders.
i "By command of Lieutenant-General Sher.
idan.
"R. C. Dbcm, Adjutant-General."
Provident Cleveland and several of the
> members of the Cabinet announced that they
would attend the fune.-al. The following
! Senators were also appointed to attend the
i ? funeral on behalf of the Senate: John Sber,
man, George F. Edmunds, John A. Logan.
' Wm. B. Allison, M. C. Butler, James D.
- Cameron, D. W. Voorh.'e*, Warner Miller,
George G. Vest, A. P. Gorman, Jo cj.li R.
! Hawiey aud James K. Jones.
A gentleman who formerly occupied an
I official position Aery near to Mr. Arthur
during his occupancy o: the executive Mans
sion, in commenting upon the news, said
that hs was surprised to note the length of
time the ex-President had borne up under
1 bis fatal affliction. Although possessed of n
. strong constitution and a maguillcent
physique, his habit of life was such that a
complete wreck of his health was inevitable.
It had teen Mr. Arthur's practice, said tlii?
i gentleman, not only while holding the Fres?
idential office, but for many years prior, to
' turn night into day. He never retired bej
fore 2 o'clock in the morning, and, beginning
his work late in the afternoon, continued it
a through the midnight hours. During tho
. last six weeks of his residence at tho White
House his health was in a deplorable condie
tion, a fact which hi fully realized.
Governor Hill's Proclamation.
News of the death of General Arthur was
r received at Albany with profound regret.
, Governor Hill immediately telegraphed his
' condolence to Geueral Arthur's son and isj
sued the following proclamation:
n State ok New York?Proclamation by the
f Co-em or:
1 By tho death of a distinguished citizen (he
.1 people of the State are again called to mourn.
Chester Alan Arthur entered into rest at his
" l resideneo in New York city early this mora
I ing. He had always mado his home witlir
in our State, and from his early manhood
had o-cupiol within it places
f of official distinction. As a citizen
of New York State he was elocto:l VicePresident
by the whole people. Upon the
e death of President Garfield ho became Presic]
dent by succession, and with dignity to himself
and with honor to tho country he filled
t that highest office in our government. In
all his life he bore without abuse the name of
gentleman.
d Remembering the services and admiring
. the character of President Arthur, it is fitting
that we should, by such action as may
o be deemed appropriate, oxpress our sorrow
|i in his death aud snow respo :t for the high
official position which he neld by choice of
1.1 his countrymen.
Done at the Capitol, in the city of Albany,
on this eighteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six. David B. Hill.
j By the Governor:
William G. Rice, Private Secretary.
]
The Funeral. '
It was announced that the funeral would
take place on Monday, the ~-d, at the Church J
of ths Heavenly Rest, on Fifth avenue. New
it?i. nf Philadel- 1
X UTJi L' 1 by i Vyuiwuoi iuviu(vui?v*?
phia, who was the Marshal of the District of
Columbia under Mr. Arthur's administration,
was place 1 in charge of the funeral arrangements.
The surviving menbers of Mr.
Arthur's cabinet, seven in all, and five personal
friends, were invited to act as pallbsarers.
The surviving mambirs are: Messrs.
Gresham, McCullo.-b, Lincoln, Chandler,
1 Hatton, Teller and' Brewster. Two of Mr.
Arthur's cabinet, Judge Folger, and Mr.
Freliughuysen, are dead.
Major-G-enoral S?ho ield, commanding the
Division of the Atlantic, offered the six batteries
of artillery stationed in New York
harbor as a guard of honor to the body. The
offer was accepted. It was announced that
no other civic or military body would parade,
and that after the funeral services the
body would bi conveyed to Albany, and
buried in the Arthur family plot in the rural
cemetery near that city.
The Ex-President's Cireer.
Chester Allan Arth ir was born in a log
cabin in Fairfield. Franklin county, Vt., on
October 1, 1833. His father, Dr. William Arthur,
was a Baptist minister. He studied at
Union College, under Dr. Eliphilat Nott, and
in order to defray the expense taught school
Hegraduate.1 in 1S18, and than" b>gan to
study law. He came to New York in 1850,
and entered the law o.'lice of Erastus D. Culver.
In 18T5 he formed a partnership with
Mr Wonrv n Clnr.liner, and soon after that
married Xlis-: Herndon, daughter of the late J
Lieutenant H rndon, of the United States I
navy. Two children, a son and a daughter,
were born to them. Mr. Arthur's most noted j
Jaw case was the Lemmon slave case in 1853. .
The de.ision in this ca;e was the first blow
in the co:irtsa.7a:n5t thetlave-holding rower.
In lSfi.5 Mr. Arthur entered into a new part- J
nersbip. the firm bsinj Arthur. Phelps, Knevals
& Ransom. Previous to the war he was 1
Judgo Advocats of the Secon 1 Brigaie of i
State milit:a. Early in 1861 he was ap- <
pointed Engineer-in-Chief on Governor l
Morgan's statf, and on January 27, ISri'i, (
was promoted to Quartermaster-Ueneral.His J
first vote was given for General Winfleld t
Scott in 1VW for President. In 1871 he was f
appointed Collector of the Port, and on July
21, 1878, was suspended from o.lice by Mr.
Hayes, with whoso administration he had
not baen in accord. In 187!) ho was Chairman
of the Republican State Committee, and was I
nominated for the Vice-Presidency at Chi- j
cago in Juno, 188 ). On the death of President
Garfield on September 1!), 1881, he be- i
came President. After retiring from the _
White House Mr. Arthur resumad his con- ,
nection with the law firm of Messrs. Knevals f
.e- Poncnm hilt: owinC to th9 coilditioa of his !
health he never took active part in the business.
In personal app3arance General Arthur
was a notable man. He was slightly more
than six feet in height, and his physique was
that of an athlete. Arter he had served his
term as Pre ident he showed a considerable
gain of flesh, but the sick ies?, which was
soon to prove fatal, removed this indication
of health, an 1 when he was last seen in public,
at the opera last seasoi, he showed
all the signs of physical decay. He wat
noted for his tastj in following the
fashion, and to him frequently wai
accorded the double distinction of loading
the policy of the government and the
fashions at the same time As an epicure he
was equally famed and his dinners at the
White House, given to personal friends or to
officers of the government, were known as
the finest ever given under its r.iof. In manners
the ex-President was a gentlemaa in
every action, his attention and regard for
ladies being chivalrous to a degree that won
for him an instant regard froui his newest
acquaintance. 1
General Arthur was an ardent fisherman. 1
ills collection ui ruus, i?u,
is one of the linest in the. country. He was ,
one of the originators of the Reitigou'-hs
Salmon Club, and p s;el two or threo wholes ,
every summ?r casting flios on the biuk; of ]
the Saguenay, in Canada.
General Arthur's immediate family, be- .
sides his son and daughter, consists of one
brother, Major William Arthur, U. S. A., J
who is stationed at San Antonio. Tetas, aid
five sisters, Mrs. Mary MiSlroy, wife
of John E. McElroy, of Albany; Mr?.
Mnloma Haynosworth. wife of Hjnry I
J. Haynesworth, of Phiadelphia; Mrs. Regina
McCaw, a widow; Mrs. Amelia Maston, wife ,
of James H. Marten, of C >hies, and Miss ,
Annie E. Arthur,of Schenectady. The estate
left by General Arthur is valued a'/ ?i00,.;00. (
I
OUR INTERNAL REVENUE. 1
Fijyures From Commissioner Miller's
Aunual Report.
Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, has submitted his annual report to j
iie Secretary of the Treasury. The total re- 1
jeipts of internal revenue taxation for
;he year ended June 3J, 1888, were !
$116,902,669. As compared with the ,
preceding year there was a large increase in
-1 m *- * ' <r
ail arui ieb ui uuuttiuu wiuepo &uuu, ui v> uilu <
there was a decrease of 195,747 founds. The
principal increase was in cigars.cigarettes and
spirits distilled from grain. The cost of collection
during the year was $1,299,485, being ,
a'lout 3.0 per cent, of the amount collected. i
The collections during the previous year
coat $4,455,430, or about 3.9 per cent, of the
amount collected. The receipts during the
first three months of the prevent fiscal year .
were $28,901,904, an increase of $230,441 over
the receipts during the corresponding period 1
last year. . !
It i5 estimated that the sum of $118,000,000 J
will be collected during the current fiscal
year.
Eight hundred and sixty-eight violations
of internal revenue laws have been reported ]
during the year, 537 persons have been ar- <
rested on their information, property to the c
value of $136,805 has been reported by them
for seizure, and $124,020 for assessments for (
unpaid taxos and penalties. ,
The number of illicit stills seired was 564, :
and the number of employes therein arrested
was 1,314. The seizures were princi- .
pally in Georgia. North Carolina, Tennis- J
see, Kentucky and Virginia. The amount (
expended in detected and punishing persons ]
for violations of internal revenue laws was '
$42,561. Property to the value of $286,982
was seized. j
AttkonlnssnMU 1(1; ?<r:
XXV VUO V.1W33 VI UUV liO U* J OOl id; UllltOid, V
clerks, messengers and laborers were employed
in this bureau, and the aggregate
amount paid for their salaries was J34&S10. ]
. i
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. 1
t
A new tenor, named Guille, is said to huv? 5
made a hit in London, England.
Edwin Booth has been drawing crowded .
houses at the Star Theatre, New York.
Rose Eytinge has been eugaged by Au (
gustin Daly as a member of his company.
Henry Irving will produce "Faust,: in j
New York and other American cities nexl ,
falL (
Tiie Buffalo (N. Y.) citizens are agitating
tho snbicw?t nf hiiilriinor a mneai-vnif.ri; nf
music. ' ?
Mahel Jordan, auother American, bai
been engaged at Toole's Theatre, London,
England.
Christine Nilsson has the bronchitis sc '
bad that she has bad to abandon her fare- '
well concert tour of Europe. s
Sionor Rossi, the Italian tragedian, will <
shortly effo t an extensive production of i
Shukesi>eaio's "Julius Casar'' iu Milau, i
Italy. . i
It is said that Verdi has not yet completed ]
the or< hestrnt.on of his new opera, "Othello,'
and the task is still occupying liim from 1
seven to eight hours daily.
Tkkre are over three, hundred and fifty
companies now on the road in this country, j
au increase of nearly one hundred over the |
number traveling at this time last year. ,
r Among the recent deaths at Paris are those
of two once well-known opera stars?Marcho,
the basso, who made a great hit in 1654, and ,
Koenitr. the tenor. who oulv rejentlv retired
from tl'io lirand Opera.
Ukai.ism in stage representation appear
to have run mad in London. At one theatre \
! there tlicy liavo a real horse race on the (
stage, and at another they liavo a boat race (
in lull sight of the audience. j
Ok Edward Scowl, the American tenor,
who is now singing in English opera, a correspondent
says: "Carl Kosa seems to havi (
discovered in hiin a lara avis among Englisb
; lyric artists?uanely, a tenor wbo can u>tb J
uugaudacL"
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.
By the bursting of a boiler in Mapes's mills i
iear Sheffield, Penn., two jjersona were
iilled and three seriously in jurod.
Fire has destroyed the Konma ^atnouc i
Cathedral of St Petei-s, at Pittsburg, Penn.
The handsome stone edifice cost $125,000,
ind with its contents was vc.lued at $175,000.
M. Bartholdi, thesrmlptarof the Liberty
statue, was compelled to sail hastily for
BVance, owing to a cablegram announcing
;he serious illness of his mother.
Clfm "Walls, a railroad official, knocked
lown Bill Hughes, a well known turfman
ind politician, in a quarrel at Orangeville,
Penn. Hughes drew a revolver and shot
Wells dead.
Doty Place, the oldest inhabitant of
31ou- ester, R. I., a fanner and business man,
lied the other day aged 103 years.
The trial of Arthur J. McQuado, one of
the New York Alderman of 1884 charged
with selling his vote to give the Broadway
lorse-car company a charter, began on the
15th in the metropolis. Alderman McCabe,
ivhose trial was to have pre;edwl McQuade's,
i?A ?1? ? KTT omarfa
JUL WUU WHS DUJUUgCU lu?uu yjj ?,
3as been released on heavy bail.
Michael Davitt, the founder of the Irish
Land League, was given a reception a fovr
lays since at Pittsburg, Penn.
There are in New York city at present
10.197 saloons, 447 churches and 121 public
ichojls.
Wild animals have been seen quite frequently
this fall in the Catikills. A bear, a
panther and a deer were recently killed.
A recount in the Second Assembly Dis;rict
of Now Jersey gives each candidate
},2S4 votes. Had Jones (Rep.) been declared
ilectoi the result would have b?en to make
;he Legislature stand: 'Republicans, 40;
Democrats, 40; Labor, 1. This would have
jiven Donahue, Labor-Assemblyman-elect
Torn Monmouth County, the casting vote
"or United States Senator.
Eleven* prisoners cut their way out of the
New Castle (Del.) jail and escaped.
Mr Blatne has written a letter in which
jc denies that be ever repudiated reform in
;lio Civil Sorvico, or declared that the British
2i ril Service was better than that of the
United Scutes. The letter has been called
>ut by a circular issued by Massachusetts
tndef endents during the recent election I
louching Mr. Blaine's position on the ques;ion
of Civil Service Reform.
South and West.
Official returns indicate the election of
Byrnes, the Republican candidate for Congress
in Colorado.
Albert G. Bayxtoj?, who murdered his
ivife and J. B. Kipp, was hanged at Los
Angeles, Cal. Baynton beat his wife, and
?he lied to Kipp's hou-e for protection. Bayn- I
ton pursued and shot her and then shot Kipp,
tvho attempted to defend her.
Pleuko-pxeumonia is spreading among
:he cattle of Northern Indiana. The farmers
mve killed and burned hundreds of cattle in
their effort* to prevent the spread of thedis- '
sase.
The striking employes of the Chicago
stock yards rec ivcd an order on the 13th
from General Master \Vorkman Powderly,
declaring the sti ike off and advising them
to return to work. About 20,01)0 men were
iflected by the strike, which was against a ,
eturn to ten hours as a clay's worn:.
Two men were blown to pieces by the explosion
of a boiler in St. James's parish, La.,
irid a third was fatally wounded.
Incited by an appeal of Dennis Kearney,
l crowd of about 15,000 persons assembled
before the county jail in can Francisco with
the avowed object of lynching the twentythree
murderers imprisoned inside. A large
:orce of police, armed with riles, finally dis- .
jersed the ciowd.
Three Mexicans attacked two Americans
!n a store at Antelop e Arizona, and one man
Evas killed on each hide.
The First National Bank of Pine Bluff,
A.rk., has suspended.
A large party of substantial New York- ,
:rs are about to settle in the vicinity of j
Rome, Ga.
A fire which origimatsd at 3 a. m. in a
Durham (N. C.) grocery store burned a large
rart of the business portion of ;he town, j
rhe loss is $.500,000.
Ninety-nine business men of La Crosse, 1
Wis., hare been arrested for violating the
Sunday laws.
John Lisbon, of Lisbon, Iowa, fell from
l railroad train, was run over by the cars,
md his body partly eaten by wolves.
Messenger Fotheringham, who had
charge of the Adams Express oar robbed
ibout three weeks ago west of St. Louis, has
been arraigned in t hat city for fraud larceny, ]
nnrl ntonrlw not oniltv.
Washington.
The President has appointed (Villiam D.
Burnett, of Cincinnati, to be Attorney of
the United States f?r the Southtrn District
af Ohio; Timothy W. Jackson, of New York,
to b* Indian Agent for the Stnte of New
York; Amos A- Brown, of New York, to bo
Consul of the United States at Cl.fton, Ont.;
Francis A. Hoffman, to be Appraiser of Merchandise
in the district of Chicago; Charles
W. Irish, of Iowa City, to be Surveyor-Gensr*l
of Nevada; Samuel A. Walton, of Kentucky,
to be Consul of the United Stales at i
Asuncion. ;
?Thk net gold holdings of the Treasury, '
coin and bullion, now amount to i
040 as compared with $142,338,589 this time
last year.
The President has made the following ap I
pointments: Samuel D. Leavitt to be Col- I
lector of Customs for the district of Pas3a- |
maquoddy, Me.; Louis J. Woller, Surveyor
:>f Customs for the port of Michigan City, 1
Ind., in the district of Chicago.
Foreign.
The Chinese steamship Takataman burst j
;ier boilers in a gale off Nugata, and ninetyiix
persons on board perished, including the
>fficers, who were Englishmen.
General Boulahger, the French Miniser
of War, in an address said that France
vas continually preparing for war, that beng
the only guarantee of lastin M peace.
The steamer Normantore foundered off
Pashima, Japan, with seventy-two persons
)n board, twelve of whom reached land. She
vas laden with tea for New York and
Canada.
Six American citizens have bejn arrested
n Southern Russia for preaching in an
jrthodox assembly of Russians.
RrciiARD O'Brien, ajrailroad employe at
White River, Ontario, killed Ciarles Williams,
a storekeeper, his father and mother
md two little children. O'Brien completed
lis bloody work by killing Mrs. Williams,
(rith whom he had sustained improper relations.
Wages of Welsh coal miners havo teen
educed five per cent
The Canadian Parliament hat dissolved.
New elections occur December 2J.
The Swiss village of Frimsteiu has boon
iestroyod by fire.
Ten workmen were killed and six others
njured bv the collapse of a build ing in pro
;essof erection at Grenoble, France.
A THEON?_DKCLENED.
Prince Walrteniar ItcfuM:? 10 De- .
come Bulgara'a ltulcr.
The llulgarian Sobranje (Chamber of
Deputies) having elected Prince Wahleiuar,
the third sou of the King of Deumurk, ??
successor to Prince Alexander ot the throne
'A Pulgiirm, the honor hits Iwn
resjiectfully declined. The King of Dmimark,
on he-half of his son, IYiu?**? WnhUtnar,
sent a telegram to Tjruovu expressing
tlmrfks for the honor conferred upon Ins mm,
but declininn, upon any condition, to alio*
liiui to accept the throne.
The St. Petersburg llureUe stys thnr. th?
Pi in o of Mingrelia is the only |H>ssibl?
llussiiiu cumlidato for the liul^ariari
throne, ami thinks his Selection woitlil
bo sure to ho approved by tli? other
powers. The same paper j^nys: "It
will be some time befoie rjuiet is restored in
Unlirurii tfi rwnrlnr IIim AlMftiiin
at dTpriiice itossible'under ciiudiliuus ?vt.ii,h
llosaia would recognize as lejjaL"
A man in Quinoy, III., has subsisted for
tho last six month* 011 raw Drunos, with a
iup of tea three times a day." Ho has not
snly maintained his excellent health, but has
gained throe pounds in weight
Milt/tonairk Teiirt, tho richest man in i
Dubi, who recently died, legan business as a
meddler. He got rich at that, married mora 1
noney, and died worth 130,000,0^0. 1
' ww W ' \ -<si
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
Oneratfons of General Drum's
Oflico the Past Year.
Facts Kegarding Deserters, Enlistments,
the Militia, Etc.
In h;s annual report of the operations of
nis oflice (luring tlio past year, AdjutantGeneral
Drum says in regard to tbe unsatisractory
quality of the shoes manufactured in
the 7/eaven worth Prison, it is stated, that
the trouble arose from defective last
models, and in details of construction
that have, it is believed, been remedied.
Touching tbe removal of charges of do ertion,
the report states that at the close of i
the war there were 230,000 meu against whose <
names the charge of desertion had been en- 1
toned. Prior to the passage of the law 1
for their relief, 100,(WO applications for i
miiuiwdI hail h^rtii for action, and .
up to October 1st of this year 47,:tt4 applications
had been received under the
law. There still remain S3,(XX) inen charged
with desertion who have not tiled application.
lu a ro[>ort to the Lieutenant-General
of the Army, Adjutant-General Drum
e.tprea-es the opinion, based upon an examination
of reports, that the present voltm- <
tary school system in the army is a failure,
and from inherent radical defects will <
remain so. The total number of ;
enlistments and re-eulistmeuts in the
army during the year was 6.M41, including i
1,(514 for special regiments. Of the 5,3x1 i
rtjgular recruits, 3,8'Jti were native Itorn and
<5,021 of foreigu birth; 4,847 were white and
480 colored. Only twenty-three per cent, of i
the applicants were accepted as possessing ;
suitable physical and meutal qualifications. (
The Adjutant General also gives bis views '
on the improvement of the militia of the J
various States, making the following recom- I
xueudatioris:
"State encampments, to be of absolute i
benefit, should ut least be of ten days' dura- 1
tion and, while established at convenient
{ obits looking to economy in the concentra*
tion of the troop, should be a sufficient dis- ]
t*uce from the nomas of the members of fhe I
command in order to overcome busiuess and <
aocial influences which teriouslj' affect 1
efforts at impacting instruction and hold* 1
tr?g the men in hand for drills, tar- <
gat practice, guard duty, etc. Camps i
should bedivested of every appearance of j
holiday character. The programme of rnili- ]
tnrj xerciscs should exclude elementary i
company drills, and the time of the eneampmnut
should be devoted to instruction and
practice iu skirmish ami battalion drills aud
guard duty. As most of the flghtiug in tho
fiitura must l>e doue in open ordor, a thorough
acquaintance with the skirmish drill is
of the highest importance.
"Obsolete arms and ammunition In the
hands of State troops should be replaced by
improved guns of the same pattern as in the
hands of the regular army, and suitable ammunition
provided. Exhibition drills,while
Interesting * showing to what Ue- 1
gree of mechanical precision a
Liody of innu cau be trained to attain iu j
movements and motion, are an undesirable I
feature of military camps. In many in- 1
stances the development of extreme smart- '
uess in drill involves the neglect 'of some of I
the most important and solid parts of a 1
soldier's tmlnicr." <
LATER NEWS. !
F Mayor Grace has appointed two ladie?
members of the New York Board of Education.
An
attempt has baen ma le to p3ison the
family of Armour, the Chicago meat packer,
by sending to his kitchen a sample bag of 1
buckwheat containing a large quantity o{
strychnine. A servant's vigilance frustrated '
- 1
iae design.
One of the worst snow storms in ten years
has been sweeping over the Northwest, causing
great delay to travel. At St. Paul th9
storm raged forty-oight hours. In Dakota
tho thirraomater fell t) tea degrees below
zero.
Prominent De nocrat? attended the an"
nual banquet of the Iroquoia Club in Chicago.
Letters of regret were read from President
Cleveland and others, and among the speakers
were Speaker Carlisle, Senator Beck and
General Bragg.
Two firemen were killed and a third fatally
injured by falling from a ladder at a
fire in Baltimore. j
Tas President has appointed Director
James Fulton to be Chief of the Bureau of j
Provisions and Clothing and Paymaster General
of the Navy for four years. I
The Attorney General ha; directed the ^
United States Marshal at St. Louis to inves- .
tigate the report that agents are at work f
among the unemployed laborers in that city
to secure recruits for an alleged filibustering ]
expedition against Mexico. s
Consular appointments by the President:
Charles Jones, of Wisconsin, at Prague ; C. j
T. Grellet, of California,at Algiers; Edmuud
' ? - T ?? IT?UI. AUrnn.la,.
JOUDSOD, OL new ueiscjr, uu nvw>( <uu.o>uiav. j
C. Jones, of West Virginia, at Chin Kiang. 8
A mass of earth and rocks became detached
by the heavy raius and tumbled down ;
a precipice forty foet upou a passing express
train on Ihi outskirts of Pittsburg, Penn. 0
One Pullman steeper was nearly d inolished t
and two others were badly damaged. Eight r
per: ons were seriously injured. ,
A cyclone whivh swept through portions j!
of th? EosLcm nu 1 Middle States the other c
day caicd a great (leal of damage to a
prjperty. Tha loss was particularly ^
heavy in the mining region surrounding
Wilkesbarre, Penn. At Kingston, ?
Penn., a new Catholic church was s
totally destroyed, causing a lo-s of $12 000. 1
Lightning struck the J. L. Thompson's Sons ^
chemical works at Watirvliet, N. Y., aud
c1
they were destroyed. Six of the eight per- ^
?ons inside wera badly injured by escaping ^
vitriol The pecuniary loss is $40,0J0. 1
Official returns in California give Bart- ^
lett, (Democrat) for Governor, 032 plurality, j
The Legislature is Democratic by ten major- 1<
r
tty on joint Dauoc.
The Chicago District Assembly of tha
Knights of Labor have passed resolution8
declaring their belief that the Anarchists recently
sentenced to death were unfairly con- .
v ir ted.
John Moore, Lieutenant-Colonel and As- 6
Istant Medical Purveyor, has been appointed r
Surgeon-General of the Army. .
APALLING LOSSES, "
Scores of Vessels and Many Lives
Lost in the Lakes.
The rerord of marine disasters on the
Lakes during the recent heavy gale is an appalling
one. Reports received in Chicago r
show the following vessels foundered: Bargo t
Emerald, near Kewaunee, five lives
lost; b:irge F. M. Dickinson, neir f
Kewaunee; Iwo unknown schooners, l
near Port Sherman; an unknown schooner
near Hog Island Reef, and barge Star of the <
North near East Tawos, late of the crew uu- j
known. The vessels kn >wu to have been
driven a-hora are: Barges Wallace a:il .
Consor:, on Chcco av Bea h, east <>f Mar- '
quette, crews probably lost; several ve .sels
at Presque Isle, names unknown,
many Jives lo t; schooner South Haveu, near t
Kharmmi badlv injured: t
s.-hooner Mary, uear Blenheim, "Ont.;
schoouer Pathfinder, near Two Rivers, cargo c
and vessel a total loss; s.-liooner Cuyahoga j
and two scows in North Hay; schooner P. S.
51a: sli and an unknown schooner at St Ignae: i
an unknown schooner south of Muskegon
Pier; propeller City of New York near Cheboygan:
schooner Kolfago near Goderioh,
Ont., all broken up; profiler Nasliua. on
Grass Island, Green Buy; barge Bissel near 3
Kewaunee, leaking badly; sch oner G dden ?
Age,below China Beach; "pro.eller Belle Cross
and barges across f.toni Chin's Bea h; I
schooner F'orida on Marquette Beach, a total h
Ions; bar-es Buckout, McDougall, Baker, ii
Golden Harvest, near East Taw as: two un- o
Irnowii schooners on Old Makinaw Reef. d
V -.X'iv
UNITED STATES ARMY.
Synopsis of Licutenant-Gcncral
Sheridan's Annual Report.
Lieutenant-General Sheridan has submit,
ted to tho Secretary of War his annual report
showing the operations of the military
forces duriuj; the past year. From the re
pure iu appears mat, ac me a'lie 01 tae Jasi returns
the army of the United States con*
sistedof 2,102 officers and 23,910 men, distributed
as follows:
Officers, Hen.
General 10 ?
General staff 573 1,212
Ten regiments of cavalry. ..411 6/J42
Five regiments of artillery. 272 2,4TO
Twenty-tive regiments of
iniantry 830 10,721
Indian BDouts ? 5'J5
Detachment?, recruiting
parties, etc ? 2,033
The adjustment made with the Cheyennes
and Arapahoes by the President, through
the medium of tbe Lieutenant General, in I
Juiy, law, nas auay ea au lrruat.on in
the Ind'an Territory, but the troops in
that region have been kept constantly
employed in the prevention of unlawful
settlements in the Oklahoma country,
and its invasion by herds of cattle. Unless
some legislation is had which specially fixes
the status of thd Oklahoma lands he fears its
many advantages in the way of beautiful
lauds n,pes and fertile soil will prove a continual
temptation to an adventurous population
near its border, which in a short period
could make it a prosperous State.
Under tha head of the Division of the Pacific,
after alluding to the preservation of
peace by the prompt arrival of troops at
points where auti-Chinese riots were threataned,
Lieutenaut-Gcneral Sheridan turns his
attention to the campaign against Geronimo.
He states that it was his idea to remove to
Florida th? Indians held as prisoners by General
Crook list November; but that he deferred
such action upon the recommendations
of General Crook and Captain Crawford.
The report then relates in detail the circumstances
attending the qualified surrender of
Geronimo to General Crook upon terms
whr h were not approved by the President,
and the subsequent escape of the chief with
twenty warriors aud thirteen women. The
Lieutenant-General says:
"General Miles went to work with commendable
zeal. HLrtroops followed up the
tiostiles with vigorous eqprgy, broke up their
camps by attack four or five timers and gave
them no rest until they surrendered, on September
4, under circumstances and
conditions, however, that should not
in my judgment permit their being
turned over to the civil authorities for
punishmeut. as was intended by the Presilent.
On September 8 the/ were started by
General Miles to Fort Marion, Fla., without
authority, but at a later date stopped at San
Antonio uutil their final disposition could be
decided upcn."
The report states that the arrest of tha
Chiricahua Indians and their removal to
Florida had been ordered by the President
notwithstanding the objections of General
Miles that it might be charged that the GovtunmAnf
folron a# T m
iians, and that such action would necessitate
Et war of extermination against the hostiles
then tA Old Mexico.
The report states that the army generally
is in a very healthy and gratifying condition
and the discipline excellent. But few officers
have been tried by courts-martial during the
pear, and the opinion is expressed that there
lias not been a period in twenty-five years
when so little necessity has existed for the
correction of those holding commissions. It
is suggested that CoDgress open the retired
list to the extent of embracing officers now
jxcluded from it for want of vacancies.
FLOODS IN FRANCE.
Mucli D.nn??e Done nt. I'arnons
Frencjli Watering Place*.
The city of .Nice. Frauee, h*s been rislted
by enormous wavwj front the Mediterraueau.
1'he water swept away the quays and
Lho promenade on the Anglais plantation.
Upward of a hundred people
were carried off their feet and the
juays arid promenade covered with sand,
the devastation wrought by the waves ??x
lends two miles along Nice's water front.
At Cannes, which is twenty-two miles
from Ni< ?, a fierce storm has been raging,
and two vessels are knowu to have been
nre<:ke<L Men standing ou the quays were
tarried out to sea on immense waves. The
Uroisette promenade was destroyed.
A nliiH'.k of earthquake was experienced on
Lb? same day in the province of lieira, PortuBjnl.
Much alarm is felt in Lisbon in cotisojueuce.
^
THE NATIONAL GAME.
This last club to disband was the St. Louis
League nine.
Two nines of professional players have
joue to Cuba.
Wili-Iam Knox, of Lawrence, Mass., has
jeen made President of the Hew England
[>eanie. I
As a rule, the very players who were tha
ast to sign last your aro the first to sign this
eason.
The srarf pins presented to the St Louis
Browns for winning the world's championthip
are to cost $600.
At the meeting of the New England
league the Portland (Me.) nine were formaly
declared the champions.
A kkcknt public game of baseball played
n Sydney, Australia, has enthused many
tud a club lias beeu formed there.
15r January 1 every manager in the coun- j
ry will solemnly assort that his team will I
vin the championship next season.
Yuting players have the call now, and the
Id oues who have been on the diamond for
ho past twenty years will be compelled to
etire.
Mamtn Sur.r.iVAX, who is said to be the
est all-around baseball player in the Now
Ingland league, has been signfd by the
'huago management for next season. The
ew man is stalwart in build and is a fine i
atter and biisa-ruuner.
The St. Louis American Association i
hnmpinns wept through tlio whole of the
resent season with fewer men oil their 1
alary list than any team in the country,
'hey had an even dozen players, and wdl j
ave the sumo nninber the coming season.
Tilk Boston team may now be considered
oniplete for noxt year, although some other
ood players as may bo available may yet l>e i
jcured. But as now slated the team will bo: |
'itchei s, Radboam, Stemmyer Bufiintonnnd i
Ion way; catchers, Daily, Gunning, Tate and
J'ilourke; first base, Morrill; socoud base, i
[iggins; tliird basj, Mash; short stop, Wise;
?ft fluid, Hornung; centre field, Johnston;
ight Hold, Poormau; substitute, Sutton.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
New YonK City uses 2,000 beeves daily.
The wheat crop of Russia is reported to be
l failure this year.
Eight million umbrellas aro made anmally
in the United Stale?.
Prince Bismarck is named as sole heir by
i rich Mexican bachelor lately dead.
Duke Erxst, of Coburg, recently shot his
me thousandth stag in the Kalleuberg
orest.
Japan is manufacturing jackets of paper,
ineii threads being introduced to give them
trength.
A CROP of 25,000 heads of cabbage was
akoiI fin nno form near Rosandale. Wis..
iTis year.
Cattle -worth $30,000, afflicted with
ileuro pneumonia, were recently slaughtered
u Canada.
Large numbers of cattle are dying on the
Sioux reservation ia Dakota from some unmown
cause
A Dead\vood|(D. T.) man has made $r0,003
y gathering up aud selling empty beer and
vliisky bottles.
Squirrels are so numerous and tame in
be woods of Concordia, La., that they can
ie killed with sticks.
Southern- California will show a wiue
irop of 17,000,000 gallons this year, and r.
aisin crop of 7,00u,u00 boxes.
The Executive Committee of the Paris 1
Exhibition has granted l,.r)0J,iKW francs with i
,vhich to construct a tower !ti>4 feet high.
Rospionol, a Paris detective, has been I
lecorated by President Grevy. He has made
,200 arrests of noted criminals during his j
ervice of eleven years..
Stefaxo Meriatti, who is now fasting in
'arts, is a youth of twenty-two. He prepared
imself for his fifty days' abstinence by eat- i
ig a large goose, ornes and all, two pounda <
L Uvtji,a uiffu ui. >c^Mtuivsauu oy rciU4 i '
ozen walnut* with their shells. j
?q
A SUSPENSION REVOKED. I
The President Reinstates Dfe-' *1
trict-Attorney Benton. -
Mr. Cleveland's Views Concerning *
Officeholders in Politics.
.
The correspondence relating to the rein- -;.\
statement of M. E. Benton, United State* >-~
Attorney for the Western District of Ml*
souri, who was suspended fr m office for
"pernicious activity" iu politics, has been
made pablic by the President. * . - '< *
Mr. Benton, on receiving notice of his sur .j
pension, wrote to Attorney-Oenerai Garland
a statement of the fact? regarding
his rampaien sceec-hes. the substance of
which was that he did not allow his
labors in the campaign to interfere -v
with his official duties, which wee* . '>
always promptly performed. When hefound
that his appoiutments to speak during the
latter part of the campaign would actual'
ly interfere with his attendance at court,
be got other speakers to fill them, immediately
returned to Kansas City, and. ' :
announced himself ready for trial th?-, (j
hour tbe District Court docket wa? 3
called. Hercma;ned in court and attended
to the case until he received the President1*
letter suspending him from office. He say* >
he relied on tho following clauses of the President's
order of July 19 in making his ap- - :
pointments to speak:
"Individual interest and activity in political
affairs are by no means condemned.
Officeholders are neither disfranchised nor
forbidden tho exercise of politi. al privileges,
but their privileges are not enlarged, nor i>
their duty to party increased to pernicious,
activitv dv office-holdine."
He concludes by re guesting that bis letter
be referred to the President, and by sayine
that he had no idea that making political
speeches was a violation of the President"?orders.
The President's letter in reply Is as
follows: *?:' V
Executive Mansion, ) c
Washington, Nov. 16, lm )
Hon.' If. E. Benton.
Dear Sir: Your letter of the 10th irat,
addressed to the Attorney-General, lias beexk
submitted to me and carefully considered.
Its frank tone and all I know of your char*
acter convinces me that the truth is thereinx
related touching the matters which lei to
your suspension from office.
When I issued the warning to officeholdersto
whi. h you refer as an "order" I expected
to be much harassed by all manner of looseand
frivolous tales, originating in malice or
disappointment, and a deliberate design on
the part of political enemies to annoy and
embarrass concerning the indulgen e by
appointees under the preierit Admin- >
istration in the ' pernicious activity" in
a^aiusv nuuu ujj nwutug mw vm
rected. I hoped, however, that by a careful
consideration of the spirit as well as the- --language
of such warning those in good faith*
intending to respect it might not be in donbfc- i.-yl
as to its meaning, and Woald themselves apply
it to condition* and circumstances which
it was impossible for me to specify.
1 did not intend to condemn the making of
a political speech by a Federal offical to Ida
neighbors and friend?, nor at any time and
place where it was merely incidental, if the-sp
eech itself was decent and fair. But 1 do
not think that su:h an official can enter as a
business into a political campaign, and, con*
senting to a long list of engagements to address
political meetings, widely separated
and of daily recurrence, fill such engage- *
ments, without neglecting his duty, it Beholds
an office worth having, nor witbodt
taking with him in the canvass his official
power nnd influence. Therefore thiscoorse
Is conde.nned. The number of speeches thaP *
can be properly made cannot ba specified,
nor the time when, the place where, nor the ni'nAnnicfnn/too
in TvVli, V? tlhotf flrA ni'mW HOT"
VlIV.UIilOU?UV.VQ ?U ?U? .M vuw^ m v gr- . J ,
can their character be prescribed. Bu$ a cor- '
rect line of conduct can be determined
oa without difficulty, I believe, ia the light
of a desire to follow the spirit o* the admonition
given by di orcing the oonductof a
citi en from the use of official influence in
political campaigns illustrating at all times
the truth that o.licial duty is j aranoant to
partisan service, maintaining the dignity of
officeho'ding,avoiding a:iy pretence of control
over the politu al action of others by reason of
official place, and teaching the le&on to the
people that public positions are not bestowed
or held un ;er a pledge of active partisan
service. A printed list taken from a newspaper
and submitted to me contained engagements
to speak, male by your consent,.
daily for quite a long period, and not unfrequently
twice a day, in different parts of
the State of Missouri, and I was led to believe
that on many of the days specified v - )
coui-t at which you had duties to" perform
was in session. This seemed to me to pre. ent
a case of flagrant, defiant neglect of official
duty and propriety, and, even with thei explanation
given, your cour*3 appears to be
thoughtless and at least subjoct to criticism.
- But the statement in your letter showing
that you did not permit campaign engagements
to interfere with the performance of
official duty, your satisfactory discharge of'
such duty during your term, and a belief In
the truth of yonr allegation that you honestly
supposed you might properly do all
that was actually done, nave inaucea nw.w
rest iud the order suspending you from officeand
to reinstate you to the sa ne. Yours very
truly,^ Grover CleveCand.
Hon. A. H Qarlani, Attornry-GeneraL
Sir: Having fully examined and considered
the statements contained in the letter
of Maecenas E. Benton, which you submitted
to mo at the time of oar consultation concerning
the matter therein re errjJ to, I have
determined to rescind thj order suspending
Mr. Bentoa from the o.tice of Attorney of
the United States for the Western district
of Missouri, and t j direct that he be notified
of his reinstatsmeut to that office. Very respectfully
yours, Grover Cle ,'eland.
A FATAL RIOT?
Huns and Poles Fightlnjj Fiercely A
in the Coal Regions.
A sanguinary riot occurred at Gilberton,
near Shenandoah, Penn., the other night.
About twenty Huns and Poles spent Sunday
In drinking, carousing and dancing, and at
ibout 10 o'clock at night engaged in a free
Bght, in which clubs, stones and an axe were
used. The house in which the fight
started was completely wrecked, and in les3 t
than fifteen minutes after the fight began fully
forty men aud women were in the street
engaged in a fierce hand-to-hand conflict.
Ti,n Komii<rh nnliffl force, to the number of
six, attempted to quell the disturbance, bat
tbeir appearance on the soene enrage J the
rioters, who drew their revolvers ana began
to shoot indis riniinately. Policeman Doyle, ?
who led the force, foil with a bullet in his
ne:k, and Joseph Brown, a Pole, received a
ball in the chest and wa? subsequently
picked up in a dying condition. Two
other Poles were injured, one of
them being shot through the nose and
another sustaining a flesh wound in the shoulder.
The Lolicemen were uuarmed. After
removing Doyle from the field thev returned
with reiufoivements and captured, six of the
rioters, one of whom was identified as the
n.?au who shot Doyle.
When the riot was suppressed it was found
that, beside the four m?n who were shot, six
were seriously injured by being beaten with
stones or clubs, and a seventh liad his skull
ci u he 1 by a blow witli an a\e. Of those into,
, aya irnmm. audoueof these was so -h
kadly beaten l hat it was thought she could not
recover. Brown was in a dying condition. It is
not kuown who shot liira, although it is cerlain
that he received his death wound at the
hands of one of his own party, as the police
did not lire a shot. The six men arrested '
were committed to jail without bail pending
an investigation, and two others who are seriously
in ju:ed will be arrested a? soon as
th -y cau be removed from their homes.
THE FAK EAST.
Anarchy in Burniah?Cartloads of
Kclx l Heads in Afghanistan.
The civil law is iua.lo.iuat? to restore order -J
in Burmah, and severe measure; of repression
are imminent. Tha Dacoits subject to
cruel torture all nati vej who are suspected of
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loyairy to i?uc r>riu>ii. aucj ua?c ??? , ivi
the purpose of arousing hostility to the
British, spread false repor.s that the Brit'sh
intend to lostore King Theebaw to the <
throne and tken leave the country.
The Gh 1/ai rebels in Afghanistan bar?
been attacked by the Afghan General sent to /
subdue Ihem, aud badly defeated. The GenBral
sent to Cabal t>n cartloals of haads of
rebels killed in the battle, as a token of the
victory his forces had won.
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