The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 16, 1891, Image 2
"VALPARAISO CAP*
Balmaceda's Army Routed by
the Insurgents.
The Demoralized Government
Troops Fleeing to Santiago,
A dispatch from Washington says: Th9
first official news from the seat of war in
Chili reached the State Department thi3
evening, in the shape of a dispatch from the
uuictxi otaies uonsui at \ aiDaraisi. iis
contents put a new and surprising face on
the contest which has been carried on for the
last six months or more between the Government
of President Balmacadi and the socalled
Congressional party. According to
the s.otement of the American Consul at
Chili's chief seaport, that city, the mr>st importanS
in the Republic, has fallen into the
nand< of the Congressional army, and Balmaceda's
forces have sustained a defeat
which is almost certain to prove fatal to the
Government cause.
The Concessional army, which boldly
lande 1 north of Valparaiso a few days ago,
seems io have crushed the forces with which
Balmaeeda and his Generals hastened
to the defence of that ciJy; and the
victorious Congressional troops, after a
hard struggle, are now in possession of
the jrreat port- on whose control the maintenance
of a Government at Santiago, only
thirty miles distant, absolutely depends.
Consul McCreery's dispatch to
the State Department is unequivocal as to
the outcome of the battle between the Congressionalists
and the Balmacsdists, and the
subsequent surrender of Valparaiso. Here
is what he sends to the State Department by
the cable line, which apparently has just
been reopen d:
"Valparaiso.?Battle fought near this city
this morning. Government forces badly
beaten. Heavy losses both sides. City sur
i a a w..?. *9 a a
1 <711UOX DU L'J UppUSlblUU, UUU 1U uauu VI xxv*mirals
American, German, French and
English fleets for good order. No communication
from Santiago. Opposition forces
now entering the city. McCreery."
Mr. Julio M. Foster, who is assisting the
Congressional envoys in this city, received
the following dispatch dated at New York:
"B&lmaceda is defeated. Valparaiso in
our power. Viva Chill Trumbull."
The sender is Richard Trumbull, one of
the Congressional agents, who is now under
indictment for violation of the neutrality
laws in connection with the equipment of
the Itata.
An hour after the despatch from Mr.
Trumbull came to hand the following despatch
from Mr. Viel, the confidential agent
of the insurgent party at lama, Peru, and
addressed to Mr. Pedro Montt, the principal
Congressional envoy in this city," was received
at the headquarters of the party
her?:
"Triumph complete. Valparaiso surrendered.'^
The Chilian rebellion Degan in January.
There had been a straggle for many months
between President Balmaceda and the
majority is Congress, each charging
the other with unconstitutional conduct.
The President dissolved Congress;
thereupon the majority of
Congress went on board the fleet, which
hoisted the banner of insurrection. The
army remained faithful to Balmaceda. The
fleet took possession of Iquique, in northern
Chili, and made that city headquarters
of the insurgent forces, with Montt,
Silva and Barros Luco as a governing junta.
The most interesting naval engagement
of the war was the destruction by torpedoes
of the insurgent flagship Blance En'i
calada. Owing to intervening descent and
mountains, Iquique was safe from land attack,
and up to the present expedition against
Valparaiso there had been no important land
engagement.
Rafn?a f Ka rakolo efflrfArl frtP VfllnAMIOn. ftp.
to give the exact landing place, Vina del Mar,
they gave commissions in their forces to a
number of adventurous Englishmen and
Americans of some military experience. Upon
their first attack at Vina del Mar upon the
Balmaceda army of about 12,000 men, the insurgents
were repulsed, and upon this fact
the Balmacedists caused to be tele'
graphed throughout the world the statement
that the insurgents had been completely
defeated. It appears, however, that the lat- I
ter were only strengthening themselves for
another attack, which has now proved successful.
Fighting for their lives, they
oould hardly hope for mercy; whereas
the Balmaceda party, with legitimacy
on their side, could hardly expect
&*>y severe punishment to follow defeat.
The rebels, therefore, proved victorious,
and the absence of any dispatches from
a Balmaceda source goes to show that they j
nave wuu.
The successful insurgent commander was
formerly a Colonel Cantor in the Chilian
army, and is said to have been dismissed the i
service. He distinguisaed himself in the |
Peruvian war. All the Generals of the j
Chilian array have been with Balmaoeda,
not one deserting to the rebel cause.
I PROMINENT PEOPLE.
The Countess of Dudley was a shop girl.
j Kaiser Wilhelm is growing a full beard.
' The late Mrs. James K. Polk was a very
uuidsorae woman in her youth.
8cppe, the composer, is seventy-one yeara
old and has celebrated his silver wedding.
Count Alexander Grigarievitch StooiJOnofk,
the oldest General in the Russian
terries, is dead.
M. d'Enneby, tb? French dramatic author,
has written 200 plays. He is now a cheerful
old man of eighty.
The Duke of Cambridge, Commander-inChief
ol her Majesty's army, is known as
"'Umbrella George."
r-dward l.ytton cclwer jjigke.vs, tq0 |
poungest son of the great novelist, has been
sleeted to Parliament in New South Wales.
The most prominent of surviving Union
Generals are Schofield, Buell, Rosecrans,
Butler, Pope, Banks, Howard and Slocum.
John Caldwell* who died recently in
Indiana, was the man who first conceived
the idea of distributing the mail on postal
cars.
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, attributes
bis continuid in health to the prolonged
night sessions of the Senate last
winter.
It is reported that tho death of the Turkish
Minister 01 VVar was the result of wounds
receive 1 in a duel with the Minister of
Marine.
The oldest living Congressman is Senator
Harris, ot Tennessee. He was born in 1818
anu was in the House of representatives as
earlv as 1S49.
Miss Mary Proctor, daughter of tha
late Richard A. Proctor, has appeared in
the newspaper field as a contributor ot scientific
articles.
Fatoer Mollinger, whosa miraculous
cures at tne Troy Hill (Penn.) shrine have
maae him famous, has accumulated a fortune
ot $3,000,000.
The old Duke of Nassau, who at seventyfive
ts uaie and active, has a fortune of $?>, |
000, UiO. and is consequently set down as tha
richest prince in Europe.
Mrs. Jclia Ward Howie tackled Greek
after she was seventy years of age, and now
that she is seventy-two she can read the play
of "Sophocles" in the original with facility
and satisfaction.
By the death of Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Grant and
Mr.-. Garfield become the only surviving
# widows of Presidents. Mrs. Tyier, the
econd wife of President Tyler, died in Richmond
in July, lSStf.
The little King of Spain does not know his
letters yet, and all mental education has
be mi foroidden h:rn. Ho is so fragile and
puny paysically that tun slightest exertion
of tne mind fatigues him.
According to advices received by the
Bur- .u vt American Republics, the (ioverumen.
cos.a Rica i:us granted to Minor (J.
Keith, the tamous contractor, one-sixteenth
of the national territory, the concession
amounting to eight hundred thousand acres.
The Rev. Dr. Isaac Crook, of Louisville,
Kv.,who has accepted the presidency of the
University of tbe Pacific, at San Jo6e, California.
is the seventh clergyman to be called
from the Falls City to a place of thic sort.
Dr. Crook has been pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church in Louisville for many years.
Work on the Mont Blanc (Switzerland)
observatory is progressing, although workman
are bard to obtain, owing to tneir sufferings
from the cold.
THE NLTS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
Much damage was caused in Newark, N.
J., by a tornado which swept through part
, of the city.
The President delivered speeches at Rutj
-and and Proctor, Vt., leaving the last named
I place at nignt on his return journey to Cape
May. N. J
Thirteen* of the victims of the Park Place
(New York City) disaster were buried together
in Evergreen Cemetery from the
j Morgue, where they had been since they had j
been recovered. They had not been identi- [
I tied.
John* Baxter, a painter in New York
City, committed suicide, after the murder in
C01Q OlOOfl Ol UIS wile, Jiai j, aim uu V..V.
children, Kate, aged five, and John, aged
j three. No reasons for the crime were
i given.
Crops were destroyed and houses were
! carried away by a storm at Berlin, N. Y.
j Miss Addie Taylor, aged fifty-five, and
Cbarles Smith, a young boy, were drowned,
and others had narrow escapes. At Hoag's J
Corner?, Dunham's mill, one tenement
house and two iron bridges were washed
away.
Mcch damage was done by a storm along
the New Jersey coast.
The engines for the new armored cruiser
Maine were successfully tested at the Brooklyn
(N. Y.) Navy Yard.
A hand-to-hand fight occurred afc Clearfield,
Penn., among a large party of tramps.
Clubs, knives and stones were used. "Pete"
Scaddins and an unknown man were fatally
stabbed. Three others were badly hurt.
Frederick Bushenhagen and his wife,
an aged couple living on a farm at Bloom
field, Conn., were brutally murdered and
their bodies thrown into a well. The crime
is attributed to a tramp.
Five days after the search for the dead
had been abandoned, two more bodies were
taken from the ruins in Park place, New
York City, making the total number recovered
sixty-three. Mayor Grant issued
orders to have the place cleared up al
once.
Policeman John J. Sherman was killeo
in the discharge of his duty in New York
City. His throat was cut by Noah Richards.
a vicious, drunken colored man, who
had made a disturbanca in the house, and hi
bled to death in a few minutes.
Governor Page, of Vermont, received
from the Treasury Department Vermont's
, portion of the direct tax, amounting to $17,y47.
South and West.
Shortly after midnight a gang of neighbors
took James Dudley, a colored man,
from the jail and lynched him at Georgetown
Ky. Dudley murdered a farmer named
Frank Hughes in Scott County.
Large quantities of dynamite have bee)
exploded from the highest peak of the So
corro Mountains, in Sew Mexico. A3 a re
suit, the heaviest rain of the year fell, break
ing the drought.
Survivors of the Black Hawk "War helc
i their first reunion at Laua, 111.
At Hazel Green, Ala., Constable Overton
was serving a peace warrant on one Steel
man, when the culprit ran, and Robert Fisk
at the request of Overton, fired at and killed
Steelman.
Mrs. C. R. Laxgsdale, of Creston, anc
her niece, Mrs. Lizzie Ludwick, of Freeport.
111., whale crossing the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy road at Creston, Iowa, were run
down and killed by the fast mail. The3
were killed before the eyes of a thousand
people.
twa tad Wnr riu T Ttt.t.va v Pnshipr ol
the Falls City Bank, Lquisville, Ky., and
one of Sinking Fund Commissioners of Louis
ville, bas left for Detroit, and is believed to
be in Canada by this time. H. Sanders, assignee
of the Falls City Bank, has found a
shortage of $37,000 in Tillman's accounts.
O. P. Wisely, the son of a prominent
farmer, was found dead in his father's birn
near Findley, Ohio, with a bullet hole in his
head and a revolver bv his side. He had
secretly married a Miss Marvin at midnight
against her parents' protests.
The Tennessee Legislature met in extra
session at Nashville to consider the State
convict labor system.
a wreck occurred on the Louisville.
Evansville and St. Louis road near Tell
City, Ind. Four passengers were killed and
-blrteen injured.
Winnemucca, Nev., has been nearly detroyed
bj fire. Loss, $190,000.
A northbocn'D express while rounding
i curve at (Jbardon, Ohio, dashed into a carnage
containing Alonzo Knox and his daugh;er.
The carriage was completely demol'sbed
and the occupants burlea fifty feat into
the air. Knox was killed instantly and hit
laughter lived but a few minutes.
John Young Brown was inaugurated
Governor of Kentucky at Frankfort.
Andrew Murrell, one of the two men
jngaged in the robbery of tbe Bank of Corder,
~.t Corder, Mo., was taken from the
Sheriff's posse and hanged to a tree a mile
from the village.
Washington.
The Canadian census returns show that
the population is in the vicinity of 4,900,000.
Nova Scotia, Ontario, Manitoba, the North
west Territories and British Columbia show
an increase of population, but Prince Edward
Island, New Brunswick and Quebec are
about stationary. Montreal ranks as the
first city in Canada, with a population of
nearly 250,000.
The Ministry of Saxony has decreed that
drunkenness shall be considere 1 a criminal
offense.
The only surviving officer of the battle of
Waterloo, General Whichcote, died on a
recent day in London.
A tremendous hurricane prevailed
throughout Great Britain all night. Seriom
damage was done in England ani Ireland
by the storm.
The Solicitor of the Treasury has given
pn opinion to the effect that an appeal from
a decison of the Board of General Appraisers
is valid only when taken within thirty
days from tha date of said decision.
Postmaster-General Wanajiaker ha.' I
sent a personally signed letter to the postmaster
at each county seat throughout the |
United States asking him to make a personal
visit to each posto/fice in his county and
make a detailed report upon its condition.
Negotiations will be renewed by the
State Department in regard to a reciprocity
treaty between this country and Venezuela.
Census bulletin No. 107, the fourth oE a
series devoted to irrigation in the arid 8tatei
and Territories, relates to the State of
Wyoming, in which there are 1917 farm3 irrigated
out of a total of 3346. The bulletin
shows that the value of land has increased
under irrigation from $9.4$ per acre to $31.4(
per acre.
The trouble over the removal of six plate
frinters at the Bureau of Engraving and
'rinting, for alleged insubordination, has
been settlod by the re-employment of the
men, placing tnem on the "chance" roll.
It is estimated at the Treasury Depart
ment that there has been an increase of over
$6,000,000 in the cash holdings since August
1, representing a decrease of the public debt
to that amount, according to the old form of
debt statement.
The reciprocity agreements with Cuba
and Porto Kico and with San Diego have
gone into effect.
The State and Navy Departments at
Washington received official information of
the flight of Balmaceda.
The monthly debt statement shows a reduction
for August of $5,581,895. Customs
receipts for the month were $15,164,674,
against $20,312,879 in August, 1890.
The International Congress of Geologists
in session at Washington adjourned, to meet
in Switzerland in 1894.
The Census OQlce issued a bulletin on tho
population of the State of Indiana, by minor
civil divisions, which shows that the population
of the Srate has increased 214,103, or
10.82 percent, during the decade.
Foreign.
At the Electric Works in Posen. Germany,
the conductors on the roof of the works were
i being repaired by a number of employee,
' when by some mishap the full current was
, turned into the wires and three of the men
received fatal shocks.
Marie Taglioni, the famous danseuse,
who retired from the stage in 1866 and was
married to Prince Joseph Windisch-G raetz,
died at the Chateau-Heiligen, near Taschau,
Austria, in her fifty-eighth year.
A collision occurred inside Fort Phillip
Heads, Melbourne, Australia, between the
steamers Gambier and Eaaby. Seven minutes
after the collision the Gambier gave a
forward lunge, her bows rose high out of the
water, and she sank stern first, carrying
with her five saloon passengers, fifteen steerage
paseengers ana six of the crew. All
were drowned.
The Congress party is in possession of Santiago,
the Chilian capital; the country is
tranquil. Overtures were made by friends
of Balmaceda as soon as the news of the
capture of Valparaiso was received. A Provisional
Government will be formed immediately.
Practically the war is over.
iHE ouiiaa w xurKoy oaa jrieiueu lu an
Russia's demands respecting the Dardanelles,
which henceforth will be opened to
Russian vessels when closed to others. The
Sultan has abjectly apologized for the recent
detention of a Russian vessel, has dismissed
the officers responsible therefor, and
ha3 promised an indemnity forthwith.
President Diaz, of Mexico,has appointed
a plenipotentiary to arrange a reciprocity
treaty with the United States.
Quiet has been restored in Chili and General
Baquedano has bean recognized as
President ad interim.
Violent gales of wind, accompanied bj
furious rainstorms, continue to sweep ovei
(ireat Britain and Ireland. Dispatches from
Dublin state that the crops throughout the
Province of Ulster are in a pitiable condition,
and that in many parts of Ulster anc
elsewhere they are almost entirely sub
merged. In other neighborhoods the crop?
are in several feet of water and will be completely
destroyed.
Eight members of the crew of the British
steamer Dunmurry, of Belfast, from New
York for Antwerp with grain, lost theii
lives through the capsizing of the vessel in
a hurricane off Halifax, Nova Scotia.
LATER NEWS.
Frank Scofteld, who lives about seven
miles from Cold Spring, N. Y., shot and
billed his father and brother while quarreling
over pickle crops.
George Ellis, aged ten, capsized a boat
on Lake Gardner, Amesbury, Mass., and
was drowned. James Higgins,aged trwentytwo.
who went to his aid, was taken with
cramps and was also drowned.
Secretary Tracy visited President Harrison
at Cape May, N. J.
The President's daughter, Mrs. McKee,
and his daughter-in-law, Mr>\ Russell B.
Harrison, arrived at New York on the
steamship Majestic from Liverpool. Mrs.
Harrison, who had come on from Cape May,
N. J., to mset her daughter and daughter-injaw,
was taken down tho Bay on the revenue
steamer Grant, to which the distinguished
passengers were transferred.
Five thousaxd acres of hay-land at Gran 1
Forks, North Dakota, studded with stac!cs,
were swept clean by a prairie fire. Sparks
from ? "Vorf.ViPrn lnpnmrttfVA arfl SllD
posed to have started the fire, which burned
to the banks of the Turtle River.
Two men were killed by the explosion of
powder on a train, near Danisoa Station,
Arizona.
Seven blocks in th9 caatre of The Dalles,
Oregon, wore destroyed by fir.?. A roujh
estimate placed the loss at $300,030.
United States Commissioner A. Brazee
died in Denver, Col., aged sixty-five. Ho |
went to Colorado in 1874 with a commission
from President Grant a3 one of the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the Territory.
Secretary Foster issued a notice extending
the time for the presentation of four and1
half per cent. Government bonds for extension
at two per cent. Very few of the four
?nd a half Government bonds have been presented
for redemption, while many have'
been continued under the new rate of two per
:ent.
Superintendent Kimball, of the Life
Saving Service, has put 011100 extra crews
ilong Atlantic ani Gulf coasts.
The river Barrow in Ireland in consequence
of the recent heavy rain storms has
jverflowed, and that its waters are flooding'
thousands of acres of land and destroying
*-he crops. The Welsh rivers are flooded and |
nuch damage has been done. The storms
lave half ruined the crops throughout Scot- I
and. and the harvest is at a complete standstill.
The twenty-Ant anniversary of the battle
>f Sedan was observed ia Germany, the
papers making pessimistic comments on tha
prospects for peaoe.
Emperor William, of Germany, started
<o meet the Emperor of Austria at the
Austrian manoeuvres.
Miss Lincoln, daughter of the American
Minister to England, was married to Mr.
Isham, her father's Private Secretary, at
London. Cannon Farrar performed the
ceremony.
The financial condition of Guatemala is
very bad, and the troop3 threaten to revolt
unless they are paid.
The miserable harvest in Western Russia
a as compelled the withdrawal of a portion
Df the garrison stationei therd, owing to
lack of food to support them.
Deputy Verduga, one of ex-President
Balmaceda's friends, was captured at Talca,
Chili, with over a million dollars in ban'*
notes and drafts.
A riot broke out at Ichang, China. All
the mission and foreign property was
burned. No fatatities were reported.
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They Secure a Large Sum ot Money
and Escapc Into Mexico.
Telegraphic advices from Samuel, Texas,
a small station on the Southern Pacific Railway,
situated in a thinly settled section,
give an account of a daring train robbery
committed by six masked men at that place
shortly after midnight. Dynamite and
Winchester rifles were used to intimidate the
express messenger and to gain entrance into
his car.
All the money and valuables in the safe in
the express car were secured by th e robbers,
as woll as several sacks of mail matter, including
registered packages. The amount
of money obtained cannot be learned, but
it will doubtless reach into tens of thousands
i of dollars.
The train was just pulling out from the
station when six masked men, who had selectei
their positions, simultaneously
mounted the engine, mail and express cars.
| Over forty shot3 were fired into the baggage
and express car, without injuring any one,
when an unexpected mode of procedure was
[ adopted, that of exploding a dynamite cartridge
against a small window in the express
car. The effect of this was to tear the
window out and otherwise to damage the
car. i
j The express messenger was stunned, but
[ recovered in a few minutes, only to be overpowered
by the robbers. He was made to
give up his safe key. The train was delayed
several hours. The robbers took thoir time
J in doing the job and went through it with
I the utmost coolness. Horses were in readiness
tor them, and on the completion of their
work the bandits rode rapidly away. They
are now in Mexico beyond taa reacii of the
authorities.
Evert car works in the country Is full ol
orders and the roads are so short of cars
with which to handle the grain that tha
movement will be delayed, ana so far from
finding it necessary to hold back grain, the
railroads themselves will be forced to post*
pone shipments. (
sr> ace9 are so abundant and tronblesoma
In tbo country about Taloott Mountain In
Connecticut that the farmers in the vicinity
have clubbed together to hira a man to kill
the reptile;. He ia paid five cants a head,
and manages to make from |8 to $5 a day.
HELD UP THE EXPRESS.
Seren Highwaymen Rob a
Train of $3600.
Bold Exploit of Desperate Bandits
in Colorado.
Seven men on a recent night held np the
Denver and Rio Grande train from Ogden,
about four miles west of Texas Creek, Col.,
and secured fiiCOO from the safe in the baggage
car. The robbers had laid their plans
carefully, their method of operation being
somewhat different from usual train robberies.
About nine o'clock that night they captured
the night tjpck walker and secured all his torpedoes.
When the train approached he was
made, at the point of a riile, to get upon the
track and flag the engineer to stop.
As the train slowed up the engineer and
fireman were covered with seven rifles
and made dismount from the engine.
Their pockets were then searched. Auer.
the fireman, was relieved of a gold watcb
and some money. He was then forced to
proceed to the baggage car and with a crowfcar
compelled to break in tbe door.
In the meantime Express Messenger
Angel, who became suspicions of
trouble when the train slowed
up, began to make preparations to defend
himself and the property under his care. He
was not keDt lone in anticipation, for he |
.heard the men's voices outside and the blows
of the crowbar against the door. Accompanied
by a demand for admittance came a
bullet through the glass in the door.
Angel replied with his revolver and a hot
fight began. It only lasted a few minutes,
however, and none of the shots from either
side took effect. The door was soon broken
open and the robbers rushed in. Angel
made a brave resistance, but the pressure
of a revolver against his temple ana threats
of immediate death compelled him to scucumb
to their demands and open the safe.
The money wa3 found in small packages.
The $3600 was all the money in the safe.
The robbers immediately after securing
their booty took their departure. No attempt
was made to molest any of the passengers,
very few of whom had any idea of
what was going on in the baggage car.
Horses had Deen placed in readiness by the
highwaymen, and a3 soon as their work was
accomplished they mounted the animals and
fled in the direction of Wet Mountain Valley.
A posseB was organized by the Sheriff,
who went to the scene at once. They are ail
determined men who have seen service of
this kind before and will make short work
of the fugitives if they should come up with
them. A number of trained bloodhounds at
Trinidad have been telegraphed for to aid in
the chase after the criminals. They will be
hurried to the scene on a special train and
put on the trail as soon as possible.
Pinker ton's Detective Agency wa3 called
upon for assistance to hunt down the men,
and a number of their employes were soon
on hand and placed under the command of
I Detective Kramer, of the Rio Grande company.
A special train was hurriedly made
up at Denver, ami at four o'clock that morning
they left for the scene of th-3 robbery,
accompanied by the chief surgeon Of tne
road.
Very little is known of the men who committed
the robbery, though it is believed, by
the cool manner in which the job was done,
that they are no new offenders in the crime
of train robbing. One of the highwaymen
was described as a man about forty, wearing
| a dark stiff hat, and another as a heavily
built man about tne same age. una 01 me
seven was a boy about nineteen vqars of age.
He wore a checked shirt and was in his shirt
I sleeves.
The plac9 selected for the robbery was a
lonely spot. Torpedoes secured from the
track walker were placed oa the rails to
hasten the engineer in stoppigg the train.
J The mail car was also broken open, but
none of the bags were touched, the robbers
seeming anxious to depart after all the contents
of the sax'e had been secured.
00R0NEL_S_ACKED.
Chilean Deserters and Miners Commie
All Manner of Excesses.
Exciting news is brought from Chili by
the Straits steamer which came up from
Talcahuano. The two regiments of Government
troops which were taken to that "port
recently from Coquimbo by the transport
[mperiale revolted when they beard of the
iefeat of the Balmacedists at Placilla.
They shot to death all of their officers and
disbanded. Nearly four thousand coal
miners joined them, an J together they have
practically taken possession of the town of
Coronel, on the coast, about twenty-flvo
miles 90Uth of Conception. All sorts of excesses
have been committed by them. Houses
and stores have been sacked and burned.
The slightest protest against their actions
is met by rifle shots.
In fact mob rule in its worst form prevails.
Some outrages have been committed
also in Coocepcion and Talcahuano, but the
force at the disposal of the authorities there
has been sufficient to save thom from the fate
which has overtaken the six thousand people
of Coronel.
Senor Jor^e Montt, General Canto and
others of the Congressional chiefs arrived in
Santiago. They were received with the
greatest enthusiasm by the people of the
capital. General Baqueadano, the acting
President, received them officially.
They will at once proceed to Santiago, when
the question of a new election and the reorganization
of the Government will be considered.
There is no disguising tho fact that there
is a very bitter feeling against the Americans
on th? part of the successful revolutionists.
This feeling is so strong that unless it
is placated in some way it may seriously affect
American commercial interests in Chili
tor some time.
TWO MEN ROB A BANK.
They Cover the Cashier With Revolvers
and Rake In the Cash.
About 3:30 o'clock on a recent afternoon
j the American Bank, at Corder, five miles
east of Kiggmsville, Mo., was ribbed.
T* -c atAYinarl
1 WO H16D, Olie UL butriu uiuonc^ H?VJ/J;V?
into the bank with drawn revolvers. Cashier
W. L. Groves was ordered to throw up
his hands. They had the drop on him, and
he obeyed.
One of the men held him nnder cover of a
I revolver, and the other speedily proceeded
to place all the cash in sight into a large
grain sack, which they had brought with
them.
Having completed their work they rushed
through the back door and mounted two
horses hitched in the alley. They were seen
by several persons, and were Area npon.
They returned the fire in regular James
boyB style. They then dashed up Main street,
firing right and left, and in a few minutes
were out of sight. They secured about $700
in cash.
Thev were seen by no less than forty people.
The man under a partial mask is described
as medium sized, with sandy hair;
the other as a youag man of probably
twenty-tour years, with light hair, light
complexion and smooth face.
The town is in a state of wild excitement
and the robbery is considered one of the
boldest ever committed in that part of the
( country.
A FATAL TYPHOON,
Over Two Hundred and Fifty Lives
Lost in Japan.
The Canadian Pacific stoamer Japan, from
Hong Kong and Yokohama, arrived at Vancouver,
Vi'us'i.in^tou, and reports a typhoon
at Kobe, Japau.
All the steamers in the harbor dragged
their anchors, and many native boats weru
cast ashore aud their crews drowned.
Tho German steamship Helen Rickmers
was driven ashore ami oighteen of the crew
drowned. Tho Indian hark Smgla3 was
also wrecked and all on board were lost. H.
M. warship Tread al/o sank.
Of natives and foreigners it is thought that |
not less than 250 lives wero lost. The wind
also did much damage inshore. In one coast I
town forty-five persons wero killed by fal*- j
ing homes. I
PLANT WONDERS.
FACTS ABOUT SOME CURIOS
TIES OF AGRICULTURE.
Roots of the Calla Lily as Food
Caterpillars Which Bear Masarooms?Edible
F'ungi Growa
ia Decayed Wood.
A Dew vegetable is about to be intrc
duced to the people of the United Stat<
through the Department of Agriculturi
It is nothing more nor less than the roc
of the calla lily, which resembles some
what in appearance the ordinary Iris
tuber, with the addition of a few whisi
ers that have nothing to do with th
other qualities cf the article. A sectio
of it is so potatolike that you would n<
be likely to remark any difference. I
cooking it has first to be boiled, in ordi
to destroy certain acrid properties, aft(
which it may be fried, roastedT bake(
or what notr according to taste.
Farmers in Florida have begun (
raise these calla roots for market. Ti
plants grow readily in swamps, and 5
thickly that the yield of a single floode
acre is enormous. They reproduce then
selves by the multiplication of their bull
underground,, so that the grower n:
simply to dig up the offshoots and lea\
parents to propagate anew. For centu
ies the Egyptians have cultivated a sim
lar crop during the seasons ot the Nile
overflow, and at the present time cal
lily bulbs are a common vegetable i
Japanese markets. 9o prolific and pah
table are they that their propagation i
many parts of the United States,, whei
conditions are favorable,, may reasonabl
be looked forward to as an agricultun
industry of the future.
The Department of Agriculture is cot
tinually engaged in trying to discovi
and encourage the cultivation of ne
and desirable varieties of fruits. Latel
it has come across a sort of giant goosi
berry that grows on trees, and withi
the last few days a long-sought prize hi
been obtained from Benton. Habo
Mich., iu the shape of a really thornlei
blackberry. The picking of this delicat
fruit has hitherto been interfered with I
some extent by the spikes with whic
nature protects the branches, but in tt
future, it is hoped, people will be ab
to go blackberrying without danger <
nrickintr their finzers.
o V
Experiments are making for the fir
time in the grafting of pecan trees. A'
cidental seedlings in Texas and Ne
Mexico have developed nuts of th
kind as far superior to the ordinary on
as the shellbark is to the pignut. Fu
thermore it has been demonstrated th
these improved varieties can readily I
perpetuated, and even bettered, bygraf
ing. Only a little cultivation is nece
sary to produce pecans of five or six tim
the size of the usual specimens and wii
shells so papery as to be easily brok<
between the forefinger and thumb. T!
writer saw a good sized pasteboard b<
full of such samples in the office of tl
United States Pomologist yesterday, ar
ate a few to make sure of their delicioi
1-A.? mmA in rvrvool Vi
qil&ULjr* IUC same puu&OO u
with chestnuts, which grow to the si:
of a horsechestaut in some parts of tl
United States. They, too, are beii
grafted with a view to securing the i:
crease of their size and the iraproveme
of their edible qualities. In a certa
Illinois valley hickory nuts used to gro
as wide as the palm sA one's hand, at
efforts are being made to obtain a su
riving plant so as to propagate fro
them.
The Department of State has just r
ceived from Consul Jones at Chin Kiaaj
China, a small bottle containing son
specimens of the curious fungus th
grows from a species of caterpillar, lite
ally transforming the animal into a. vei
etable and causing the unhappy insect
serve the purpose of a root. it is ti
larva of a moth, and when the cold
winter approaches it makes its way do?
into the soil to the depth of three or fot
inches. There it is attacked by a r
markable disease and sprouts, sending \
a long shoot which appears and fruct
fies above th? ground like any mtwl
room. The natives in Thibet and in tl
province of Sze-Kuahn go about lookit
for the fungus near myrtle trees of a ce
tain sort. They dig up such specime
as they discover and make them in
little bundles, tied with red thread;,
this- state they are sold as a medici
which is esteemed, if possible, mo
highly than the famous ginseng,, bcii
considered a powerful curative agent f
diseases ol the throat and lungs.
This luncrus has no other method
growth, than the one described. T
fructifying top- that is above groui
scatters its spores around under the set
let-flowered myrtles on which the cate
pillars feed. When the latter burrow in
the soil to hibernate, they are apt to si
up some of the hostile germs, whereupi
they are at once attacked and speed)
transformed into vegetable tissue. Ti
substance of their flesh is metamorphesi
into stalks sprouting from their head
Of course, a sufficient number of tl
iarvae escape this fate to perpetuate t,
species from year to year and to supply r
productive opportunities for the fungu
Curiously enough, the common whi
grub, which is the larva of. a beetle,
in many parts of the United States a
tacked by a fungus in a similar manne
It has been suggested that measur
might be profitably taken to artificial
inoculate this destructive worm on
large scale with the disease, with a vie
to bringing about its exterminatio
Thus far no economic use has been fom
for the sprouts produced. In New Ze
land there grows out of the body of
big caterpiller a surprising edible mus
room, the stalks of which are eight
ten inches long, and are much prized 1
the natives for food. The latter al
burn it for use as a coloring matte
There is a similar fungus in Cost* Ric
The Japanese grow several specics
edible fungi in logs of decayed woe
after a lashion peculiar to themselve
One species of mushroom, which is ut
lzed in Europe for killing flies, being r
garded as one of the most poisono
forms, is v.sed by the northeastern trib
of Asia as a substitute for ardent spirit
a single large specimen being sufficie
to produce a pleasant intoxication for
whole day. By the Quinese stii! aaoth
variety is made to serve as a dye f
sjlk. These are only a few of tile exis
ing curiosities in the fungus liue.Washington
Star.
One of the largest pearl-fishing groun
in the world is near the Uuited Stati
It is in the Vermillion Sea, so-called,
the Gulf of California. Huudreds
small boats are engaged in the busiue;
The dims arc nearly all Iaduus.
| Gotham's Costliest Coach.
The costliest coach ever built in New
York has lately been sent to W. K.
I- Vanderbilt at Newport, R. I. It is a
Berlin coach with a perfectly unassuming
exterior, the body being black and
_ the wheels and other portions of the
running gear, including the pole, dark
green, with fine black stripes.
The interior is of special design and
its fittings are believed to be more elegant
than those of any carriage ever con>
structed. The cushions, backs of the
58 seats and side panels of the doors are
J. upho'stered in uncut royal purple velvet,
>t and the silk hangings of the same color
!- arc relieved by tufts and valances of deep
h rose pink. The top is finished in the
same materials. / The semi-ovals and the
ie back and cushion of the rear divan are
n stuffed with down and re-enforced by
>t hundreds of small steel springs made
!n especially for that purpose. The front
jr seat, being intended for menr is upholsr
stered with the finest curled hair.
1, There are completely furnished dressing
cases for two- persons, having miniato
ture carafes for water, small bowlsr velie
vet brushes, mirrors and manicure outfits
so of ivory mounted with oxidized silver
:d and dull gold. The card case and writi
insr taWets are of the same materials,and
)3 there are a cigar and cigarette ease, an
is ash tray and a match box to correspond.
re For the ladies exclusively there are- silver
r- mounted ivory scent and smelling flasks,
i- The coach is the first to be supplied
's with an electric call bell. The current
la is derived from a dry battery under the
n coachman's seat and the wire to the push
i- buttons are concealed beneath the velvet
n upholstery. The belL is a. signal for. t\.e
e footman to listen at the speaking tut is,
iy which are so arranged inside that ,nj
iL occupant can readily reach them.
The two lamps at the front of the
l- coach cost $150 apiece. They are of the
jr tulip- pattern,, being made of six leaves ol
w cut glass, shaped like tulip petals and
y inclosed in frames of silver supported bj
j- sockets of oxidized coDDer.
a This equipage is well called a "boais
doir coach." Mr. Vanderbilt will paj
r,. $3500' for. it.?New Orleans Picayune..
Bare Old Manuscripts.
Christopher Columbus wrote a lettei
ie to Luia- de Sant' Angel, Escribaao d<
le Racion, of the Kingdom of Aragon, and
it was dated February 15, 1493. It tolc
all about the discovery of America ant
wa3 penned by the discoverer oc boarc
c_ his ship when it was off the Canarj
w Islands. At that time Columbus had n<
js idea a copy of it would be worth $8750
ca but that is the price Bernard A. Qua
r_ rich holds it at to-day, and he has th<
at original copy that was found in Spaii
3e eighteen months a?o by a Spaniard. I
t was sold to a French bookseller for j
3_ small sum and th;n passed into the hand:
eg of the bibliophile, Bernard Quaritch, o
ll London. Its great value lies in the fac
ta - <. - it?
lUtU IL is bUC UIOl UUUUUiCUb IU CAIOKUV
that tells of the discovery of America
)X There have been Latin translations founc
twenty-five years ago,. but it was no
l(j known until two yeare ago that a Span
U3 ish translation was ever printed.
je In 3000 words he tells of the strangi
ze country he thought was Asia, the rativei
ae and their habits, both in trade and man
ner of living, of the great riches, and h(
signs himself "The Admiral." The cop;
nt has been pressrved in an old manuscrip
j_ bearing the date of 1496. The transla
w tion is by Michael Krarney. Among th
1(j other rare books Mr. Quaritch now ha
r_ in his room at the Auditorium Hotel i
m an Aztec picture chronicle of Champo
allan. It was written on leaves of i
coarse paper, made from the mague;
e" fibre at Tezcuco in 1529. It is though
9>? to have been prepared as an assertion o
the claims of Emperor Ixtilxoch II., thi
last King of Texcuco,. who lost his king
r" dom just before the arrival of Cortez
V- ' . ' '
3 ana Dy wnom ne was re-esiamiaueu..
t0 This copy was preserved in a Mexicai
convent and passed into the hands o
? Brasseur de Bourbourg, and later to A1
,n phonso Pinoit. Its commercial value i
ir $1600. Another rare book is the'*Dee<
e* of Nobility," printed in Granada in 1593
tP It contains a striking1 likeness of Phili]
,l" II., painted by the hand on vellum. Th
original manuscript now in the city i
ie worth $450.
lS _
life In the Twelfth. Century.
to Whilst architecture flourished and th<
in monks of the twelfth century wer
ae housing themselves- in palaces, it wa
re hard times aor the people. All belov
)g the class of barons, merchants and trad
or ers, writes, Mr? W. H. Beckett,, in hi
"English Reformation of the Sixtecntl
of Century,.'' were living in wattled cot
he tages of but one sto-y,. and with smoki
j Vi /iJ na inat-nnrl r>f plli mnftCR?hovels O
;u - ----ir.
such a kind that Henry II could orde
ir_ that the houses of heretics should be car
to ried outside the town and burned. T(
;jr those "who delved and ditched an<
3n dunged the earth, ate bread of corn anc
,ly bran, worts fleshless"?i. e., vegetable
^ but no meat?the times were about a
jti hard as they well could be. The stat
l3i utc-book declared th:it he or she whr
10 labored at the plow or other service o
lie husbandry, till they were twelve yeare
e_ old should not ba permitted ever tc
3> leave that tabor for another kind. Thcj
te were serfs bound to the estates upot
w which they wero born, and regarded ai
^ much a part of it is the cattlo of the
r% field.?Oncc-a- Week.
es 1
ly A Comparative Stranger,
a While the crew of the steamer Laun
w were drawiug its fish trap near Province
n- town, Mass., a huge tish bioko wate
id close alongside. One man exclaimed
a- "Theresa finback!" The tish disap
& I peared, only to return again in a mo
h- ment, when it showed almost its entiri
to length above the water. It was thei
jy seen it was not a finback, but an im
so rnense bone shark. The Provincetovi
r- Beacon sayr : 4'These tish arc seldom seen
a. ia these waters, though m;iny years *c<
of one was stranded on tha flats, and ft:
>d liver filled three hogsheads. Old fisher
ss. men say the liver of one of these fisl
il- makes oftentimes twenty-five to thirt;
e* j gallons of oil."
us
e3 A Famous Japanese Temple.
The temple of Ilom-mon-ji at Ike
! garni, be.un in 1252, aad finished ii
! 1307, is one of tue most famous re
o_ ' ligtous structures in Japan. It is tin
. ! burial place of Nicheren, the founder ol
" l the llokke sect of Buddhists, ami is em
j bowered in sacred groves of the oryp:o
j meria and other rare trees. Licuteaanl
' Charles A. Foster, of the Unite I State,
ds steamship Mouocacy, has written a poe:i
?3- commemorative of the soldiers and sail
iu ors wno perished on the United State
steamship Oneida, January 24, 1S7U
w. | whose remuius lie at Ikegatni.?Jitcc Yor
I WiAid,
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. \
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BBAIUS WITH TABTAB SAITOB. \ ;
The blanching and frying processes
are the same, whether the brains be
served with a sauce, a l'ltalienne, tomato,
brown or tartar. For the latter
they require to be dished on a napkin'
laid on a hot dish and garnished with
parsley, the sauce being served separately
in a boat. To make A tartar sauce drop
a cold eggyelk in a bowl, with salt,pepper
and nutmeg, and mix with a wooden
spoon, adding the while slowly half a
pint of table oil; when the sauce gets too
thick dilute with vinegar: finish with
0 ,
fancy minced gherkins, capers, parsley
and chervil and a tablespoonful of made
mustard. It should be a little thinner
than a mayonnaise. The imported lace
papers are a great saving in the laundry
work if used instead of napkins for entrees,
both hot and cold.?Cincinnati
Enquirer.
IRELAND'S- BOILED CHICKEN AND BACON.
Though potatoes are always associated
with "ould Ireland," boiled chicken and
bacon with greens are found in every
household that can afford it. While the
"tlindstew"?little else than potatoes
stewed with fat?aad plain potatoes form
the chief articles of diet for the peasant;
chicken with parsley sauce,, and always
bacon, is seen alike on the table of the
richest and that of the well-to-do when[
ever it can be had.
; The fowl is first singed and dressed,
i trussed and put ia sufficient water toL
cover it, in which a few scraped carrots,
; a leek.. sprig of parsley and some pepper
i corns have been dropped aad then
allowed to boil uatil tender.. A. sauce
made from an ounce-of butter and half
an ounce of Hour is-put in a. thick stew?
pan (to avoid burning) and stirred, over
. the- fire for three minutes,, when three;
gills of water and a pint of. salt, ore
[ added.
r These are allowed to boil ten minutes'
and the yolks of two eggs,, well beaten*.
, stirred in to thicken it.. A.tablespoonful
r of chopped parsley is sprinkled in it,,
and all noured over the chicken as it U
seat to-table. A piece of boiled bacon
(not smoked) and cabbage always accompanies
it.
^
* HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
The juice of a lemon rubbed over the '
j kitchen table removes all grease.
I If camphor gum is placed, with silver,.
r it will prevent the ware from> tarnishing.
) Copper wire is better than cord for
, hanging pictures,as it is moth proof and .
- wears a. life time.
3 When putting up dried fruits, place
1 sassafras with them, and the vermin will
' not trouble them.
* Place a few nails or cold steel pens in
f the writing ink, and then pens in dailjj.
use will not corrode.
3 To keep garden walks clean, sprinkle
with weak brine through a water sprin<
[ kler or scatter coarse salt along the
t walks.
Use no soap in washing jelly bags;
wash in.water hot. as-the hands can bear;
B rinse in boiling water, and wring as dry
j as possible.
To remove berry stains- from paper,
hnnlra hold ft lirrhted brimstone
j match close to them and the fumes, ret
move the stains*
"When hot grease is- spilled, oa the
e floor, pour cold water on it immediately,.
3 to prevent it from striking into the
3 boards;, then scrape it up.
To fill unsightly nail holes in the
1 walls, take one part plaster of paris and
1 three parts of fine sand; mix with cold
fc water and apply with a case-knife.
Never let the whites of eggs stand
3 during the beating process, even for &
moment, as they return to a liquid stata
> and cannot be restored, thua. making the
cake heavy.
^ The best and easiest method of removing
mildew is. to place the article} in a
s warm (not hot) oven for several minutes,
^ when the moisture of the mildew will
have evaporated and may be brushed off..
a. To. remove Iron ru3t from white goods,
a cover the spots with fine salt;, squeeze
3. lemon juice over it and lay it in the sun.
If the first application does not remove
the iron rust, repeat it until it does,, as
it will not injure the fabric.
j. For a burn or scald, make a paste of
c common baking soda and water; apply
s at once and cover with a linen cloth.
? "When the skin is broken,apply the white
_ of an egg with a feather; this gives in3
stant relief, as it keeps the air from the
x flesh.
To make a good polishing paste for
j britannia or tinware,powder some rotten
f stone very fine, mix with it some soft
r soap until it is a stiff paste. * Add to
half a pound of the pa9te two ounces of
- - ? ? -3 I. -11 _
> oil of turpentine, i'orm into rouna oaiis
j and allow it to harden. When using it
j mii a small piece with water, and rub
s over the articles with a woolen cloth.
3 Afterward rub oil with a dry cloth and
. polish with crushed newspaper. Wash
, the articles all clean first, then apply the
f polish while they are still damp. This
t is a first rate article to sell, and as it is
, quite inexpensive, large profits accrue
r from its sales.
Fireless Nations.
, According to Pliuy, tire was a long
time unknown to some of the ancient
Egyptian tribes, and when a celebrated,
astronomer made them acquainted with
that element and how to produce it,
4 they were wild with delight. Tne Persians,
Phoenicians, Greeks and several
r other nations acknowledge that their ancestors
were once without the comforts
" which tire bestows; the Chinese confess
* the same of their progenitors. Pompan3
ion, Mola, Plutarch and other ancient
1 writers speak of nations which, at the
time when they wrote, knew not the use
1 of tire, or had just recently learned it.
1 The inhabitants of the Marian Islands,
1 which were discovered in 1551, had no
s idea of tire or its uses. Their astonishment
knew no bcunds when they saw it
1 applied to wood; mo3t of them taking it
1 to be some kind of animal which the
sailors had brought with them, and
which must bo fed ou wood.?Boiton
Transcript.
The Spanish Main.
Buccaneering romances teem with
j references to the Spanish Maiu, yet how
f many people nowadays know what or
where the Spanish Main was? Main is a
contraction of Mainland, and was ap
plied to the part of the north coast of
t South America washed by the Caribbean
Sea. The name is a relic of the time
when that part of the continent belonged
s to Spain, and was used to distinguish it
, from the West India Islands, which also
? then belonged to that country.?Detroit
Fru Frea. 4