Bloomington Progress, Volume 19, Number 10, Bloomington, Monroe County, 6 May 1885 — Page 1
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TUB TRIBUTE TO THE "MCLNOTAUR." .... 'Iwasthua Idreamna,'' said my friend to me. "Mote girls for Minotaur!'' said be. Bat where, said I, Is the trolley fair. With gilded oar, the wave d.vidiUE, And mast enwreatbe t wt h rosea rtire "Tween banks o blossomed myrtle glwing?.... Its hapless freight their sad eyes hiding "By different routes," said my friend to me. "They travel all wide-aake!" said he. But where, said I, is the hlgh-walled town. itseruRl gates behind them closi ng. Its deaf, white temples looking down On the pale victims. some roposingv In terror's death-like st upor doziiJg? "The cities thn leave," fi!d my friend to me, -Are onus In different style, ,r8aid be. And where, said I. is the monster's own All-bldeotis den? with black step leading Up ' neatb the gloomy arch of stono? With foul an i Dapping vultures feeding; Where is that borr.b e place exc. edlotf? "Inabrown-etone front." said nyfriendto
said be.
me, "II. Tanr, 8 quire, lives now.
What, said I, is the ma-b"asfa guise? Joins he to glorious form celestial Hot beUowiBiX mouth, and mad brute eves. And curled ferocious forehead bestta:? Loethliest of all on globe terrestrial! Toole makes his coats," said my friend to "And'ISndersand JohnKm his bats," said he. And Ob! said I, yon defcate malA. In happy homes long fond!,- tended. So f airbeneath their g inting brails. So young, so meek all undefended Must they in merciless maw be r ended 7
Tou're behind the times. ' said ray friend to
me; "He doesn't eat 'em now." said be. "As did the original old 31. X. He'll marry one of the lot twill be VhA mntAh of the season, decided iv.
....Thereat? they'll be picked up, don't you
fee, TAv pten1a nt Tmirr nrriAentlv:
And they'll all have out trousseaux from
Worth, said he. Editors Drawer, in Harper' t Miaaunt.
A NEAT. JOB. A Burglar's Story.
Vt nrofession isn't a popular one.
Tlieie's considerable; prejudice against it I don't myself think it's much worse than a good many others. However,
that's nothinsr to do with mv story.
Some years ago, me and the gen.leman rho was at that time connected with
me in business he's met with reverses since then, and at present isn't able to
set out was looking around for a job,
being at that time rather hard up, as you might say. We struck a. small eouutrv town I ain't agoin' to give it away by telling where it wits, or what the name of it was. There was one bank there; the President was a rich old duffer; owned the mills, owned the bank, owned most of the town. There wasn't no other officer bat toe Cashier, and they had a boy who used to sweep
out and ran of errands. The bank was on the main street,
tty well np one OTd of it-nice, snug I that" gee
gone tip to his house to get another let
ter he wan tea w answer.
"Well, why don't yon go rignt onf
says he.
"I've (rot almost tnrougn, flays J,
"and I didn't want to finish up and open the vault till there was somebody here."
"That's very creditable to you," says
he. "A very proper sentiment, my
You can t, he goes on, coming
round by the door, "be too particular
about avoiding me very suspicion 01 evil."
"No, sir," says I, kinder modest like. "What do you suppose is the matter
with the lock ?" says ne.
"I don't richtly know yet," says l;
"but I rather think it's a little wore on account of not being oiled enough. These 'ere locks ought to be oiled about
once a year."
"Well, says he, "you might as wen go right on, now I am here ; I will stay till Jennings cornea. Can't I help you 1
Hold your lantern, or something of
that sort?" .
The thought came to me like a flasn,
and I turned around and says:
"How do I know you re tne rres-
idmt? I ain't ever seen you afore, and
you may be a-trying to crack the bank
for all l know."
"That's a very proper inquiry, my
man," says ne, "ana snows a musi -
markable degree of direction. I con
fess that I should nave tnongni oi me
position in which I was placing you. However, I can easily convince you
that it s aU right Vo you Know wnat the President's name is ?"
"No, I don't," says I, sorter suriy. "WelL voull find it on that bill,"
said he, taking a bill out of his pocket, "and you see the same name on these letters," and he took some letters from
his coat. . I suppose I ought to have gone right on then, but I was beginning to feel interested in making him prove who he was, so I says: "You might have got them letters to put up a job on me." "You're a very honest man," says he, "one among a thousand. Don't think I'm at all offended at your persistence. No my good fellow. I like it, I like it," anr) he laid his hand on mv shoulder.
"Saw. here." savs he. taking a bundle
out of his pocket, "is a package of $10,000 in bonds, A burglar wouldn't be apt to carry those around with him, wnnid Iia? I houn-ht them in the city
yesterday, and I stopped here to-night on my way home to place them in the vault, and, I may add, that your simple and manly honesty has so touched me that I-would willingly leave them in rniir hands for safe keeping. You
noadnt Mush at m? praise."
I suppose I did turn sorter red when
1 see them bonus. "Are von satisfied now?" said he.
I told hira I was thoroughly, and so
T wM. So T picked up my drill again
and arive h!m ihe lantern to hold, so
tne aoor. j. nearu
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1885.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
NEW SERIES VOL. XIX. NO. 10.
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Orcalates Among the Best Fwbw1 Monroe County,
Ann is Read by Every Mem
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piaceon the corner of across stroei,wun i j. M j hijQ 0Btside nothing very near it We took our ob- . t iike o have I
servations, and there was no trouoiew . thintina how he must be
all about it There- was an old tongz- derj what going on inside. I ton bottle of a watchman that wa.ked d kt plaining to
up and down the street nights, wHea ne . T -.trvimr to do. He
didn't fall asleep, and f orget it. She 1 interested in mechanics,
vault had two doors; the outside one via drilled iron and had a three-wheel
combination lock ; the inner door wasn't
no door at all; you could kick it open. It d dn't pretend to be nothing but nre-
proof, and wasn't even that The first thiixr we done, of course, was to fit a
kav to ihe outside door. Is the lock
oa the outside door was an old-fashioned
h ii. and he knowed as I was a man
Tin fn raw business bv the way I went
to work." He asked me about what
warns I cot and how I liked my busi
ness, and said he'd took quite a fancy to
taa. I turned around once m a wnue
and looked at him a -setting up there as solemn as a biled owl, with a dark lan-
om in his blessed hand, and in
Baoon lock, any gentleman m . mT. j blamed if I didn't think I should have
proiessHiwu - "T -TV to holler right out
article will now just .now easy i"" t eot throueh the lock pretty soon.
was, and how we down it. x may say , , . d oveni
here tliat the gentlemen m my lme of
three foet high, and found myself among some duties that were picking np scraps from amid the garbage with which tlie damp floor was litlored. The sole tenant of this hovel wiw an old woman who had a hacking cough. In another hut the rain-water dripped from th broken roof and flooded the only room in which seven people sat coughing. One niight reasoncbly expeot to find that the peop'.o who livo in such wretchedness are wtuntid nnd evillooking. But they are not. They are a thick-set into) igent race, and somo of tho girls aro models of buxomness, although before middle-age all the no-
I men booome withered, lhey are long-
lived, too. Their faults are that they are idle and saturated with superstition nnd prejudice. In only one out of at 1. ast a score of crofters houses which I entered, did I sea any sign that the inmates regularly devoted tliemsolvos to remunerative hcivie employment. Jn that one, two women were weaving 1 nmn-snnn tweed, and capital cloth
they made on their awkward loom. I am glad to he able to say that mot of ihe Skve landlords wear this tweed
when they are able to get it; dui
UemlnlFocnros of His I'lfc ,n ,no To"u Which Henri) 111 Name. This little city, writes a Lincoln, Illinois, corre.ipon.ient to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat which bears Lincoln's name, was not laid off until tho year 1853, but tho county seat of this (Logan) countf was established and located at Pokvillo as early as 1837, and there it was that Lincoln beeamo known to the residents of this county. Postville was about one mile west of where the court-honse now stands, and
now is a p irt ot tne city oi jjihcuiu, and is generally known as the Fourth
ward. Tho eonrt-house and tho hotel opposite, built in 1887, are still stand ng, the former in a good state of repair, used as a residence, while the latter is a tenement-house in the full sense of the word, containing a number of families, some of which turn an honest penny occasionally by pointing out to visitors "Lincoln's room." For it was in this house that Lincoln often stopped when practicing in this county.
Fostville was tnen a smau viungoi
anrl the attorneys came here from
Bloomington and Springfield by stage there were ft wider demand there wouJd
and put in my wire and opened it.
Then he tooK noid oi tne aoor auiu
business, Having time, a gooa ODened the vault
leisure on their Hands, do onsiaeraow ., . vnda in.
reading, ana are pa;uiai Zltm home.
Mimm m w " - . 'O ' ,
of literature I hare found among em-
says he, "and
Yon can look up and wait
J till Mr. Jennines comes. I dont
' em :ii i" tl,a InnV
however, this being a digression I drop "J
H, and cro on with the main iob again.
This was our plan: After the key
was fitted I was to ao into the bank.
and Jim that wasn't h s name, of eourse, but let it pass was to keep
watch on the outside. When any one
passed he Tas to tip me a whistle, and than 1 doused the glim anil laid low.
Attar thrnr rot bv I goes on again. Sim
ple and easy, you see. Well, the night we selected the President happened n 1v nut of town cone down to the
erty. as he often did. I got inside all "jjjL -sA ta. . .Kla lontni-n a breast nI?"
snp-
to-
I told him l anonian t ao bdjiuiuk
more with it now, as we could get in
before morning.
"WelL I'll bid you good nignx, my
mas," says he, as I swung the door to
Just tnen x nearo oim, uy name, whistle, and I guessed the watchman
was a-coming up the street.
Ah. savB J. "you nugnt speas to
the watchman, if you see him, and tell him to keep aa extra lookout to-
nnnnli. or on horseback. Many of tue
men who were then young attorneys are still living and occupying high positions in their profession and in the politics of the country, while many have died after acquiring stato and national reputations.
Among those living, and wuo is iouu of telling a "Lincoln story," is Hon. S.
C. Parks, or this city, tie is now uu of the associate justices of the Su
preme Court of Wyoming, ile relates
the following story characteristic ot the acts that won for Lincoln the sob
riquet of "Honest Abe :"
At one term oi court in ! to named Hoblit had brought suit
against a man named farmer, iue suit had been appealed from a justice of the peace, and Lincoln knew nothing of it until he was retained by Hoblit to
trv the esse in the circuit court, t-t. A.
liridky, then of .Bloomington, appeareu
for the defendent. Judge Treat, now nn the United States bench, was the
presiding judge at the trial. .Lincoln s alient went noon the witness-stand and
testified to the account He flau agams
the defendant, gave the amount due
after allowing all credits ana set-ons, and swore positively that it hod not been paid. The attorney for the defendant simply produced a receipt in full, signed by Hoblit, prior to the beginning of ihe case. Hoblit had to admit the signing of the receipt, but told Lincoln he supposed the man had lost it Linooln at once arose and left the court-room. The judge told them to proceed with the case, and, Lincoln not appearing, Judge Treat told a bailiff to go to the hotel and call him. The bailiff ran across the street to the hotel and found Lincoln sitting in the office
with his feet on the stove, apparently in a deep study, when he interrupted him with: "Mr. Linooln, the judge wants you." ' Oh, docs he?" replied Lincoln. "Well, you go back and tell the judge I cannot come. Tell hini I have to wash my hands." The bailiff returned with the message, and Lincoln's client suffered a nonsuit Lincoln came to this county a few times after the removal of the county seat to Lincoln, and for one case he tried here he received as a fee n deed to a lot on the south side of the sqnai c. The lot he never sold, but it is leased to a man who has a wagon factory on
it. Secretary Lincoln collects the rent through an agent here, and has never expressed a desire to sell it, although
it would now bring a good price. Thrsino- tne campaign last fall when
the train bearing Gen. Logan and
party passed through here Secretary Lincoln spoke briefly at the depot, and said he would always kindly remember
the little citv that bore his father's
name.
right, with a slide lantern, a breast drill, a small jimmy, a butch of skeleton keys, and a green baize bag to stow thA owaiz. I fixed mv light and rigged
lay. breast drill, and got to work on the doer right over the lock. "pTnhahlv a great manv of your read
an is not so well posted as me about
hrTk locks, and.' I mav sav lor them.
that a three; wheel combination lock han three wheels in it and slot in each
wheel. In order to unlock the door you have to get the three slots opposite to each other at the top of the lock. Of eourse if you' know the number the lock is set on von can do this, but if
yon don't you have to depend on your
ingenuity, xnere is m eaca n uiobo
small hole, through which yon put a
wive thronc-h the baek of the lock when
on change the combination. Now, if
"I will," says he, and we both went
to the front door.
"There comes the watchman up tne
street," says L "Watchman, this man has been fixing die bank lock, and I want you to keep a sharp lookout to-night He will stay here until Mr. Jennings' return."
"Good night, again," says ne, and we
shook hands, and he went up tne 1 saw Jim, so-called, in the shadow on the other side of the street, as I stood on the step with the watchman. "Weil," says I to the watchman, "I'll go and pick up my tools and get ready
latent baek into the hank, and it
didn't take long to throw the door rn, nn t AT tlmm tionds into the bag.
ThAra was some ooxes .ywk
yon can bore a hole throagh the door Qnd ft sae j gBmld have liked
ta,k-!i Vmt it seemed UKe tempting
Providence after the luck we'd had. I
lookud at my watch and see it was just TIibtb was an express went
tiimmrh at 12:30. I tuoked my tools
it i ,. Iah rC tha rrti
steady enough; only stopped . wte, Jim the front door, -which, as I said, wasn't his real Wn ., on the steps.
namewmstiea outsiae, ana T don-t believe I'll wait for Mr. Jenman toddled by By and by. when I'd i,".' j ,.j mppoae it will be all g0t?re"wf!IlT JLflS right if I give yon this key." speak, wnutied agarn. 1 stoppea, ana W,.,,, 'eh says the watchman.
and pick np those wheels by running a wire through those holes, why yon can open the door. I hope I make myself dear. I was boring, that hole. The door was chilled iron, about the neateat stuff I ever worked oa.. I went on
bonds and
The
pretty soon I heard footsteps outside, and I'm d , I mean Mowed if they didn't eome right tip to the bank steps,
and I heard a key in the look. I was
ao dumf bunded when I heard that, that
you could have slipped the bracelets light on me. I picked np my lantern, d 111 be hanged if I didn't let the
slide slip down and throw the light right onto the door, and there was the President Instead of calling for help.
as I supposed he would, he took a step inaidn the door, and shaded his eyes
wh hla hand and looked at me. I
v-AMd I ought to knock him down
and cot out, but. I'm bleat if I could, I
was that surprised.
from the
"I won't go away very far
bank," says I- , ,, . "No, 1 wouldn't," ys be, "111 stay right about here all night" "Good night," say8 i mA 1 shook hands with him, and me and Jim
which wasn't his ngnt name, you
understand took the 12:30 express,
and the best part of tnat jod was we never heard nothing of it
It never got into tne papers. -crater
Ocean.
' says lie.
Influence of Home Plants.
TW J M Anders has reached the
AonAlnaiona that onlv flowering plants,
nnm in woll lichted Places, generate
-Who are Ton?" says I, thinking that ozone ; and that the most odorous nowWhoare yonj lM,-. nrollnBB the neatest Quantity. The
menced rta-trytok att the time to ozone attacks the organic matter of the mencea n, ana air and bv oxidation renders it inert;
collect myseu. . ., I tw a,i a nt doubt that
r with the lock?" " enougu oi raw nswrm P""V"B ter wnn tnetocar w t.nnj. .ina in innr
m n. ri'b. ijtm mmn in ma i Mm v w himww ,
T umirii: I j- "141 v ij:.nn
thsn "Yen. sir " savs I. touenmg my xomhs Jre""B Sp "Mr J'nirlgs! he teleg LVeaHMnl' thfs morning the lock w.s ,out of order -ftetenanceof aheal
and he eouldn t get m. ana rm " ' ' ' r
tn mum ft for him." I rooms.
7
lock
"1 tald Jennings a weak ago,"
he, "that he ought to get that d- Where is her
"B'a been a-wrjxjng Mmh and he's
HvnWDROP Nature's delicate 6.0
nounoement that she is coming out in
foUdraa
How the Crofters Live.
I will describe atypical Idrigil house,
which is occupied by the aged daughter and three grown-up grandchildren of a fisherman named John Mucdonald, who
has been dead for many years, luo croft upon which it stands slopes southward toward the bay of Uig, and is one
of some 350 that belong to Mai. iraser.
of Kilmur. It is about two and a half
a or es in extent, and pays a nominal rental of rather more) than $5 ; a temporary
reduction of 2f per cent off that sum
having, however, ueen conceueu aurmg the last two or three years by the pro
prietor. Nar the center of the croft is a
sea of sticky mud; ana amiti tne siougn are two very small stacks of corn, each about nine feet high by six in diameter,
earefnllv thatched, and covered with
old nests to prevent their being scat tered to the winds. Close at hand if
tha house a building of rough, uninor
tared stone, measuring perhaps ten feet bvtwentv. and very thickly roofed:
first with "divits" of turf, then with a close thatch of heather, and finally with fragments of coarse netting weighted witn lumps of gray trap.
The door is broken and will
not shut properly: there is no chini
ney; and the sole window, consisting
of a single pane of glass, has an area
of not more than three square feet. From the doorway, and from a small
hole in the low roof, volumes of peat
smoke escape; and when I entered tb
hut I could not for several minutes
distinguish anything within, owing to the dense fumes that rose from a seanly smoldering on the floor in ;ho middle
of the gloomy room. At last my eyes
became accustomed to tne emi-uaK-ness, and 1 was able to make oat Ihe
forms of the inmates oi tlie hovel. They sat huddled together on a low black settle, warming themselves, and greedily watching a battered pot, that suspended from an improvised tripod
above the fire, contained a quantity oi thin broth : the main ingredients of
which were, as I afterwards discovered,
potatoes, and fish. 1 snared tue poor people's meal of broth and oaten cake, while the smoke curled upward and hnng beneath the roof in an impenetrable oloud; the whole making with the festooned fishing-nets and tattered oil
skins on the walls, an interior wiuon Teniers would have delighted to paint, if there had been any jollity in the
scene. There was no table ; but at one
end of the room" there was a shaky
dresser on which was arranged a poor display of cracked crockery and rusty tins. The inside of the house wai divided by means of rotten partitions about six feet in height, into Ihree
small chambers: one being the living
room, a second a bed-room and the
third a lumber and store room Iu
the bed-room the clothes were simply old rags and sucking, barely sufficient to c 'er poor humanity; and the floor Oimnrrhont was formed, so far as I
could we, of the hard earth. Yet this house of the Macdonalds was a palace in comparison with some of the huts I visited elsewhere. One had neither door nor window. I crawled in'o it through an irregular uperturolees than
be a larger supplv, and tha islanders
would be proportionately uc-nentea.
Until quite recently there were weavers in almost everv township, and the
art might be easily revived. tne crofters now get. cheaper material for
themselves from Manchester, and it is
almost exclusively the richer class who
nse tweed of tha island. ot. Jamea
Gazelle. A Young Man, Attention.
Boys, let us have tvsensible talk about life. Why is it that society insists that woman shall be pure, and does not care
if man. as a rule, stifles his moral nature and, as the world terms it, "sows a few wild oats ?" When will tlie bell of progress ring out tho false notion that our boys shall have liberty and
license nnd our cr.rls hardly have
chance to earn their daily bread and
bo respected. The harvest time is sura
to come and with it the fruit of our do
inn".
Yonnr man. when vou got ready to
seltle down in life and have a home of
your own, you will choose a companion
If yon have 1 d a pure life you are worthy of a good woman's love If not,
how dare vou ask a pure-minded WO'
man to share vonr .lot, to be the mother
nf vonr children, who will, perhaps,
bring her trouble aad sorrow through
inherited vices and the evil con
sequences of your life, that may sadden th home hearth for generations to
come.
Then consequences of our acts are too lightly regarded by many, but it is of the most vital importance that our
influence should be pure and elevating,
else life is a fuilure. Boys, begin when
vmi me rornit' to do right from prin
ninlp. as'soon iia vou reallv understand
right troni wrong, tiont won uuwi von are men. tn be true to the best that
lies in vou. When vou have reaoneu
thoughtful boyhood. taKe an inventory
of yourselves : then count up and seo
how much vou are worth. Bemember
that only sterling virtues count. Then try to decrease) the evil and encourage
and bmkl nu all that is trne.nouie, ana
and useful in your character. To-day
vonr opportunity. Tho present,
whirn will soon bo your past, will bring
ts lnmnv or ni.nlnl memories, uon t
wade through folly and vice until satiated, and iu very disgust you give
them up and cnooss tne rigut way,
"Better late than never," I grant; but
oh ! the scars we have take with us
wo sin, and they are always making us
think f "what might have been.
Bov.s. don't wade through the mire
and slough of sin, only to find it does not p y in any sense. You will do well to aim to have every thought pure.
We oiuinot nee good things if our
thoughts are evil God's gifts are for us to use, not abuse. You should feel
ashamed to do anything you would dis
like to have your sister do.
Every true mother delights m a true-
minded, conscientious hoy. He is the promise of a nohle manhood and an honor to her. You must preach the true gospel of saving yourself, and help others to the right way by the elevating influence of your life, and thus show to every one that the right way is
the best and most pleasant for boys
and men. Phrsnologicai Jotmiai.
HE WILL BE A FAILURE
ttasnu4 Why I'l'onlilt'iit Cleveland's Ad-
nuntsuimou win He a ureal raiiun-. ri.ettcr in Cleveland Herald.)
A Senator of the United States, whose
name 1 can not give because our conversa
tion was a private one, said to mo Inst night: "If I am not gieatly mistaken, this ndminititration will bo the "greatest failure
in our history.
-wiry.-" "I will tell you why. Because it has of
itself no cohesive elements, and becnuse,
founded by a great party, it is disregarding the party, calling to its support ankiiown and ineffic.ent men, and because all its
iews on public aueslion are taken through
the wrong end of the opera glass. There
ill always be two great parties in tne hitod States, and one or the other of these
is boned to rule from lime to time. When
President elected turns out to be a trim
mer aud attempts to hoe a middle row be
tween the two greit party hues, he is sure
to ran.
He loses the support of his own rarty,
and the oiher party, while pretending to ad- - I : ... , , ..... 1. 1. : ...
miro mm, tuugus in its tiw v uuu auius. uuu in the back. Cleveland so far has totally disregarded the Democratic party. The boys
oi tne party, tne great masses, tne men who carry the banners, who influence the immense vote of the lower olasse.-!, are getting nothing, and they will surely inifo
Cleveland as noon as tney got a cmnce.
Thev will do it in New lork this fall.
Mark my words! The State will go Hepublican by more than 40,000, and there will be the same tesuU everywhere an election is held. Grover Cleveland is cuttirg tho
heart out of the Democratic party, s.nci u he goes on. and he probably will, the party
will 00 neany ruiueaoyiooo. ins ju;juulicans are laughing at his adniinistiation now, and the Democrats themselveii will laugh between their intervals of cursing before two years have passed. Look at
this Ada Sweet matter. Ada Hweet naa
been in office for more than a decade at a
cood salary. She expected to go out, and
the itenubucans expeotea ner to go
Cleveland allows Black to write her a letter that puts his administration in the hole of
ttmiiu cuutrarv iu iu Luiuuiurca. mum on.) o t
biacK ana wnue iuui mure m uu cnunu mi
her removal. Then, again, that postmaster at Borne. The postmaster was guilty of
misdemeanor. ana tue rresiaent
should have turned him out on that ground
without a word. Instead, he puts out: a iet
ter of half a column to the country apologizing. The early rising and the carriage
business is another farce. Lamar, for iu
stance, the most arrant demagogue south of
Mason and Dixon s line, makes a grand namcle about selline S700 worth oi' car
riage, and on the next day spent moie than that amount in fixing up a private bathroom in his department for himself which would have been an extravagance in the
days of Caligula, the Roman Emperor, who
fed his horses in marine troughs ana snoa
them with shoes of gold. Even hi,
The
Foraior Threatens an Immediate Dash on Herat in the Event of Further quibbling.
Stupendous Preparations of Both Powers for the Struggle That Seems Inevitable.
Bowio andl the Merman. It is said that Bowie was as gentle
and chivalrous as he was brave and regardless of human life. One night, years ago, while tiding in a stage to
ward Uuio, on tne Old national pute, a poorly-clad old woman nnd her little boy of about 10 years were for miles the only other passengers. Bowie did not speak to them, but, wrapping himself np in his own coat, slept as well as ho could under the jolting of the stage. An hour later a big, burly German entered the coach at a way-station, and immediately took out a clay pipe, which smelled as though it had been smoked since the days of Sir Walter Baleigh. This he filled with tobacco of the vilest brand, and began to smoke. The stage was soon filled with his ex
halation?, and the smoke began to make tho old lady sick, and she opened the window mid sought ralief from tho fresh air which poured in. But tho weather was bitter cold, and she had to
close it. She then asked the boy to beg the man to stop smoking. This ho
did, but the Herman loudly saia : "ii the old woman don't like it she can get out. I paid my passago and I will smoke what I please."
In tho meantime James Bowie had
been awakened and had seen the whole procedure. As the German uttered
these words Bowio pnt his hand at tne back of his neck, and, drawing out one of his famons bowies, said coolly : "You aro mistaken about your smoking. You will pul. out that pipe at once and keep
your mouth shut, or by tho eternal i will rnn you through t he ho..rl! I
would have yon understand 1 am James Bowie, and James Bowio means what he says!" With that ho slowly began to advance his knife toward the German's stomach, and the latter frantically tlv ew his pipe out of the door and begged 'or his life. During the next lia'f-hotir tlie German said nothing but looked pale. As Bowie thought over hits action and noted the sickness of the old woman ho grew still more angry, and at tlo next station he forced tbo smoker lo get out of the stage and rit'le with tlm driver for the remainder oi tho journey. More Than the t'lreiis Cosier Advertised. An eanestrieniie in a Eussian circus,
after going through f.evtral daring and difficult i'nats flourished a rovolver, placed the muzide to her temple, and while her horse was in full oaroer fired and dropped djad upon the sawdust.
Such an uttraistion must bo fear
fully draining o i the company, but it is sure to draw like a corkscrew or a porous plaster. liQslon Transcript.
horse-selling reform been a good sh u . foils because only one or two of the i
engage in it. Vilas, tne youngest nvu in the Cabinet, holds on to his horses, a- lithe others, with the exception of Garh-v i and Lamar. The people of the eounti .. , not fools. Cleveland must do somethii. if ; he would have their approval. So far i iadministration has been ono series of -ui : taken, and it has failed utterly to show an
BigtM of the rcioim it has promisea. "It has not turned the rascals out," said I. "No," replied tho Senatorial friend. "It has not and neither the President, his Cabinet, nor the people aro aware where the rascality exists in tho departments. There is no doubt but that there is wruption. but this corruption does not cxiist with the heads of bureaus or the high-priced clerks. It is the middle men, and (ho fellows who get low salaries that do tho stalling. These men hoodwink their chi&fs and K'ay into the hands of the jobbers. Clevend is keeping thoso men in office, and is putting new men over them. .Men, too, in most cases, whom it is far easier to deceive than tho ones he has turned out. They are men who are now to Washington, and are totally innocent of the ins and outs of the departments and tho capital. They go into the departments dependent upon ths clerks under them for their knowledge of the departments, and the result will be tluit whatever rottenness therti is will be covered,
and thnt it will increase. This is but the
history of the past. Tho President and Secretaries could not discover the rascality of Howgate, of the Signal Service, and of Carrigan, of the Navy Department, until hundreds of thousands of doliars had been Knrmrulprfirl. When their attention was
called to tho matter they did not give heed to it because some of the confederates of the tliinvps in office were busy shielding the
culprits. There are many Howgates and Carrignns in office to -clay. The removal of the Chief Signal Officer alono would have given Howgate a broader field on uhich to operate under a new chief, more ignorant
than the one displaeetl. me removal oi Snnreon General Wales would not have
stopped Ccii-rigau's operations. Bering the campaign the Democrats claimed that the
departments were rouen wiui uurruyuuu. Hendricks tha Vice President said on the
stump that one-third of the clerks could be dispensed with without trouble. Now neatly two months have passed, and the departments remain as they were, and the clerkK who have been cut off can be num
bered on your fingers and toes. "Cleveland's biggest mistake," the Senator went on, "lies in his Cabinet. He is a
good executive officer himself, but ne should be aware that this country is too big, and it has too many ramifications for him to personaUy supervise the whole of it. He should have the best executive officers in the country to help him, and should rot rely on a set of dreamers, theorists, and impractical men who know little of business and less of the ins and outs of Washington departments and Washington men. Cleveland's Blunder. Cleveland's attempt to revoke the order of President Arthur iu regard to 'he Crow
Creek settlement m Dakota am ranis 10 much more thin a gross lack of courtesy
toward his predecessor, it is uiwuiicm by some of the beBt lawyers iu Washington sb absolutely without authority aud certain to be set aside bv the Supreme Court if ever taken before that tribunal. If oixe President o.n set aside the linal decisionK made by another there would be an end of all. law and regularity iu th adininistrat on of tho Government, and everything would depend on the whims and caprices ol the mnn who hq poiieil to be iu power for the time being (. levela id seems ,. imnnino (lint Ira minority as President
did not begin the llh of Maivh last, but that he can go back aud wrieir and reverse the acts of any of his predecessors. He has ju6l as much authority (o reveiso decisions made in WashiugfojV time as iu that ot Arthur. It would only be going a step farther for him to project h's authority in advance of his torai and undertake to decide nvitter-i tint will properly holon? to
h,a ji,.-f riesideiil. At this ra t u ui
enm, lin lifleossarr for th" Suureiao Court
(o interfere and teach Cleveland tci confine himself to the du'icn of bis own lerai.
Vkieagtt Tribune.
No Wonder Tliey Arc Kicking.
rint nf seventy-four fiist-ciass appoint
ments made by the President the Nor.h has thirty-nine and the So tb thirty -five. Of th Northo n appointments New York takes
..inn Illinois uuu i euiisvivauia ue ,
Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Connecticut three each, New Jernoy two. Ma h ichusetts, ii;,.i,iii Veimmit. II hod Island, and
Nevadione each. Of th Sou them up. ,in,ftiitfi Cieorifiahas four. Mississippi,
Kentucky, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana three each. Arkansas,
Tennessee, and Xoith Carolina two aeb, .,,,.1 Tiftliiw.ii'. West Viiciniu. South Caro
lina, and F oiida o-.e each. The i olioeablo feature of these apv ointments is lhat while every Southern S-tae e jefpt Alabama has i.,, rer-nrniized. the Democrats of nine
Xortbern States Culilornia. Colorado, Kansas. Mail:, Mini-esota Nebraska
New Hampshire, and Oregon hi ve not yet
I11G a OIMJ Ul HiiyiuiuK w. J vwv, , "w
dor that they are kicking -..
The European war cloud grows darker day by day, and it now seoms almost certain that the lion and tho bear will soon engage in a death grapple. Mr. Gladstone has 'given the world to understand that England will mnke no further concessions, and right on the heels of this comes the statement to Parliament, from the Under Honr.-tii.iT for Poreisn Affairs, that ihe Gov
ernor of Herat fends word that Russia has advanced upon Meruehak and is construetirgaroad to Herat, and the statome t is
coiihrmea oy news lruju cm himself, itt is also stated th it the Czar has sent an ultimatum to Great Britain demanding that iho latter shall accept Russia s
proposed tounuary line uovweeu j-ui "" and Afghanistan, and that if Great Britain refuses to accept this boundary Russia will proceed to occupy Herat.
This not nnlv (shows that liussia. wnue ne
gotiating about tho Penjdeh affair, has
been moving ner rroopb u ju south from their original position at PuhKhiKti hut that she has iavadod territory
tvVtiMi in imlisnntablv Afehan and which
England has guaranteed tne Ameer bus wiu protect. This" is certa nly an aggressive act, and it establishes beyond question the certainty that Russia is actually moving on Herat Meruehak is on the Murghab River, narlir inTAniv.fivn miles south of Penideh,
and is nearly half that distance south of
ih tinnnriarv line as cuumeu ov nuwm
herself. In a direct line it is only about
120 miles from Herat, with a level country
all the way, until tho pass in tne raropami-
san Mountains is reaenca.
FroparlnK for the, Conflict.
-,r..., .. i..,.. , ...r nvan&r&tkins beina made
by both powers are on gigantic scale, so that when the clash of arms does come it will shake .i nt v.nmiw ftiiRfiia lias ordered the
moblization of her southern army. It is thought . . 7 - .. . IT- . . n 1 yv mvAilahla lTt ft
tliat WUJHW SQiaiera can ue iuituc a""-"""; Tl, har oaniirahnftiwyMl raised tO
war rates, and she Is reported to have purchased five additional steamers from Americans. The arsenals and shipyards are overwhelmed with work. MtT-tary orders hsve been issned ttn .11 mn Hurtle to duty in the
first reserve. Eleren vessels of the Cronstadt tieet have gone to the Baltic Fifty heavy guns have been sent from Kieff to Finland. The Czar has signed orders for the equipment ol the whole
Russian fleet. The Minister oi mhiobuhiw Dieted on inspection of all the forts at Cronr.. -i. in i,Di,,Ma tntTiuu-Hnnn now beins en-
ruiuv. .k. .j..'...' . - - -- - . tered into at Russian ports are undertaken iiect to heavv war rinfes. Til ' ' :u;.i. i:'
'. .!.)-. 1 ' ws'.ru fcil..t' i; : ( ,- al , , i:!iJ..aV r.ir'ius--. i"'1 !! '" .e:. -ii -jnily a :.i-:i,.n i ' i-,:-f. i': ;bi :-".! t,u e i. ,!... 1 .'."! 1 '..s . r.f.- ,i ,nt". !imili.t-n -s rtl c. i'mi.iI.,-1' f.otv vth r l.Um .r a-le i :) tor :iu s t-t i '' ... ., tivin. ..t ,-, : Tl- 1 -1 t.t th- X -iv Mi-.i'". Wai. - :-m-rt ., nt !, .1. n..i'lin 1m -en .e, ,1, iieii-'. ! . !. ia. !. no. Tlv -.-'.11- : i. ...tins itl'-ui are - "'li-d wm'i if : 'n-t f-.-v ! .oiu.. -it ! vock. i..- ii fl-! art'l I'1 . auv tw. tr: 'h jr varatrfm '! hs Pie : !.. i: -- 1 v,r i:- v w i i -ni-ti. l ai -'.I'i.'Oli.t. iioit;', ,i ri nnw addition to tho Brit-
bsh navy carrlea ten guns, and will have a crew of 5 men. The Howe Is a twin-screw, steel armor-plated birbette ship of 9,7Pi tons burden and 7,500 horse-power. The Admiralty is negotiating for the purchase of twelve of tho best
available steamers, is ue tuuvicu w B
boats.
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
Portraits of Some of the Newly
Appointed Foreign Ministers.
THE OKLAHOMA BOOMERS.
Capt. Couch and His Followers
dieted for Engaging In -Rebellion and Insurrection.
jK?!afilnnVanMBalia
BafiKUB B. AKDEBSON, MINISTKB TO DEII-
MAHK. Vmf T! P. Andereon. of Wisconsin,
whom President Cleveland has selected as
. MiniBtAivio Den mark, in a well-known
Amr.ri.xiri siliolar. ivhose translanons or
Scandinavian author have made his name
Vnmun to Rrtolars svervwnere. e is a
pfcni- in t.iie Lmversiw at aiaiuBoa,
Wis., where- ho was born in 1846. His father, Bjora Anderson, was among the
first large company or emigranw w "
from Worway to tms country.
ISAAC SSm, MINISTER TO
THE NSTHKB-
Kon T Sln
P.. 1 I.-.' ,. l-h
:,lSt.
i3
SIMMON
1 , - - -l
tKanea City special to Chteano Timet I Tha Tlnifatrl Sintos flnild JurV. WmchBaS
been in session at Topeka for over a week,
considering tne umanoma quesuuii, found separate indictments agninst aixty-
eight of the colonists, who for several weess were in camp at Arkansas City, and one sweeping indictment has been found against the renin inder as a v-hole, charging them
with inciting, assisting, aad engaging inrebollion aud insurrection against the authority of tlie United S ates. Before these indictments were returned Gen. Hatch and several prominent citizens of Arkansas City were before the Grand Jury and save their testimony. Prior
this lime THstriat Attorney-Halkrwell
in receipt of a letter from Attar ey General Garland, at Washington, caning upon him to at once proceed agatcst the colonists and prosecute them bo far as possible. under the law. The point by which it to
hoped now to hold and convict tne men w that, by remaining in camp at Arkansas
City, tney were inciting eu ww rebellion'' in opposition to P resident Cleveland's proclamation. It to a fact that 'the men did remain in camp as charged, and to also a fact that some of them used harsh language in their denunciations of the interpretations of the law which kept
them irom ouierinjf uw
lands when rattle barons ana swe-
men were not omy nw enter, bnt were protected after they got
there. Dint. Atty. uauoweii, m w-
versation to-day, said that he nan nnt one course to pursue, and that was to carry out the instructions of the Attorney General.
He had written Atty. Oen. uanana w information hod been received that tbo
MilnntGta had left Arkansas City, and
much as it would entail upon the department heavy expense if the men were arrested and brought to Topeka he shoold wait for further instructions before having the indictments poshed. He believed, however, that tho final result would be that Capt Couch and ten or a dozen of the leaders of the movement would be arrested, brought to Topeka, given a hearn g. and placed under bonds, and that the re"" ing indictments would be held over. Thisto him seemed the best thing to do in the present situation of affairs. CATTLE INTERESTS.
. :u.,.'iiit -d as .Mints
w.!v. I mi hi .lew. I -till r si i-s tiiere. I .m - (ior.lon llonv..',. He tos t';iti ,::iitt;,lftt joi
fr-nii Uhode Is.and.
Mr. Gladstone's Speech. Tk arwanh a? Mr. (lladstone la the Rouse of
Commons upon the vote ot credit of $5B,oiio,000, says a cable dispatch, was received wlih .profound interest thronKhout all Europe, and was
uubllshed in mil in all newspapers, n una umticH,(t uny Idea that may have lwenonteitaincd heretofore that Encland will make concessions to Knssia. Tho general opinion of the press it that the speed mokes war ccrtnin. The newssiioi with discussions of the proba
ble alliances -he resiecttve belligerents may form hi the event of tlie war, now thought so near at hand, not beiner confi ned to Asia bnt be-
inx extended tato Jiurope. Tho British Presa Hot for War.
The London Post says it thinks the time has come for the diplomatist to stand aside, and that England, It she wants to suardherown lntcrosl6.bc6l .tes lulflMihg her duties to the
Amrer. must lave recourse to the sword.
i he Timex . in a review of the r. cent i:ast ac-
,.4 T),,oq1, ran thmt. the srtirir. thus re
MVU. ..I.-....-., J - - -. . . , . vealed leaves little hope that kn ana s last a. av. wii vmvIta & sattsfaetorv r-Piv. A
refusal to treat upon that basis will involve a diplomatic rapture which is bnt little removed
irom actual war. , ., , T v,,Miv. raferrina to the occupation Of
Mertubak by :he Russians, la an editor .at savs: "There can be no question of Afghan provocation in thin instance. Tho occupation of Merachak stands out broadly and undisguisedly as a clear in vasion of the territory of Arghan.n without, even the vretcnse Of military ne
cessity. Asst ming that the news pf the occupation of Meinohak is correct, tho;e m little roo n for doubt that it can bo considered anything else than a deliberate act of aggression. I"T .u.., ..r ...n.'n ku the arn?aran(e
of being siieclally chosen, in order that there mav b no possibility of mrther mistake . It is a dul.ljerate breach of a solemn covenant a
flagrant violation of Russia's promises ana as surances." England's Quick-Firing Gnn.
A recent dispatch trom London says: The
guns now pre-parlng for the royal navy anci ine merchant ernisers include a large supply of the new six-pounder quick-firing guns. In appearance the weapon resembles a light held gun. out
It 11 res a metai carmctge na-o " ; and it is loaded at tho brecot). It is, capable of .i,u,i.n n, twelve rnnnds ner minute, ihe
.. 7 n,o uovcTi tret lontf. and weighs
seven hundre :l weight Its barrel has a bore of
two and two-renins meura, "-- v.
which Is more than a foot in lengut, is pre-
vtAil fnim enti-nntr enureiy uj a. laujcw
ing rim, which is caught rjy an for the purpose of dislodging the empty case after firing. The guns are chiefly inteuded as a defense against torpedo boats, and they will be , .. .1 . n .1 tnrntf, nfl
mounteu on sue upper uuv. "" ' . -if necessary, to the riggiug also. Oood pi-ogress la being made in the manufacture of the ilve-inchbreech-Madingguns at Woolwich for the armament of merchant cruisers and the ship-) . . HHnrniinitio miTnryif riiiV
?ng alroad"len completed. This gun is eleven felt seven and one-half Indies long, and seventeen and one-half inches in diameter at the toeech. It has a ave-lnch bore of j leugt 1 1 of twenty-five oUibres. It is co""
or tougn hwwi. uu wuw4o -- -- , Jacket without the usual intervening tubes and ooiht, the Joint being bound by a key -ring coveref with a hoop. Shells for this gun, weighing
titty pounds, are aiso ikiuk """-hers.
I H- H, .! .!
I liru. --' tb ; - ! i. ,....!!. !': liein i
Viiite-I SI-.-- - r
E. v. c. LEWIS,
Edward l'arko
lluia' BeW. Tha dabt of Russia, as stated In the Year Book
for 1U83, is as follows: Foreign loans. Interest from 3 to m
Domestic. loans'. V.V."V.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. llwso.tlOO PnS cans, or paper currency. . . . S78,ooo,OCO
Hallway debt . tw.uw.wu
Totaj $3,810 000,000 The foreiga loans of Russia were issued at a.
ruiuous d'sconnt, tnat oi irer-i urmginu uut percent, of its face, and previous if sues being taken at from 61 to 75 per cent, of their face. Debts so contracted are as ruinous to Governments as to individuals, and indicate a condition not far lemoved from bankruptcy.
vrNISTEH TO l'OBTVOAli.
Hiistis Lewis, who has
ia ooloetPil ns iiiuister to Portugal, was
born in Virginia iu 1H37. He was farming ;., n,t si ,t xviien the war broke out, mid
thn r'nnl'ederate army, rising to
... ..r rtninmil. Afte r the war he re
.TeiNcv. and has since resided
in Hoboken. He is of old revolutionary
stock hi grandiather, Lawrence liewin, - ...Ci,.,w dntwoe Washinston.
II,. Lewis has bee-a a member of the tew i'erney legislature and of tho Democrafao
State Committee. THE VICKSBURtt H0RB0E.
pnnrl nf tho Tle tims of the Recent Iftwa.
Vicksburi (Miss.) disDatob.1
This 1ms been a sad day in Vioksburg.
The fun -ral of ihe thirty-two Uetims of the horrible fire of Tuesday night last took place at I o'clock, and was the largest tarnavo? known in this city. Many
persons were pressut from the surrounding
c0S;min nf W. H. Phelon. 3. M.
Dent, W. E. Malcahy. Daniel Q'Keefe, and Peter Btrber wero all identified. All were ne (i, enlnnteer fire denartment
ill L ill I l 1 O V. . . of the eitv. Their bodies wera all taken out of the ruins of the building occupied
by Mrs. Kosa H!oom, a ary goww and woi e placed in handsome caskets and ii,i in -data in the halls of the various fire
companies of tho department The caakttswor ? covered with rare flowers. Iho
remains were borne to the cemetery m iuur hearses. The fire department headed tho procession, followed by at least two thousand pimple. . ... Six of the remaining twenty-seven bodies have b en ideutitied. all colored men, residents of tho citv. The remaining twentyone have not leen identified. The remains were so charred that it was impossible toll whether they were white or CThe total number of bodies recovered is thirty-seven, one. it is known more are in the m ns. The work of exhuming tha victims was suspended yesterday evening, havim been conducted up to that time by the Firemen's Charitable Association. Two other white per ens known to be lost are
Claude Sipes, ag.Hl li. ana uaaries .ruumy. Sever t en of tho bodies recovered aro unknown, but six of thfl crew of the Belle
Memphis, who were Iron? St.. lows, are
tunou! tnem. it is impoBsiuio w jgo u
name at present, uno or tno uuiaennneu
victirii was a woman. A eonvmereiai '.ravo!ar who had reijif tered on the Bel e Mem
phis, nnd put bin hugs-age on board her. was among tho victims. It is believed that his
name was Slidrtleton.
The Governors; of Iowa ami Montana Fire Proclamations at Pleu.ro-Pneumonia, ;Pes Jloiaos sprcial.l Gov. Sherman, of Iowa, isuned the following proclamation. HVHfURV, KoliaW- information frum tlie State V-i'ritaaiy Snrgeon ana other!! hos joahet mc !iat the dread epiUemie leuroime.menla exists in virulent and contagion-
form ! t .7HIRV ut 'ho States ol tne t,iuB anon
li.-oH.!i'hci--t;ani . Win i;eas. In view of the i n miuf nt nos'ttoa
hfl.; h low ft as a cat.ic prcrtu mg aaa taitieteeuiai State, being first in value and rank therein among all theStates andT reitortofc and the immense investments in such atocaa
held by our people; ana , , tVT,i..i t, i. At tb. matest imnortiuice
that this vast interest involving many mtlliooa of valuable property should be protected to tho j
people of the mate, ana vj w u mm, , nameot the Stite rs a tock-and-food-ptwlnc-
iug district snau oe mainauneu ; n--
now, tnereiore, i, oiur n. ov.-, " -- nor of the State of Iowa, by virtoe of the authority in me vested by the Conslitationand taws of the State, do hereby deo-awan ?! Mabj ltsh onaranUne at the hoondadee thmof against aU animals Infected with the said dfease, plenro-pneurhonla, or that have wen exTjoaed thereto, and I do hetMiy abaoratrty proMbit the importation lntetoa &re jM oatUe hipped or driven from the States harinaftsr named unless accompanted tga certuicate ot 'lealth by the -J Vet erinary Snrgeona ot sa d Btates, who ehaBhate first indeultaintaaof gr-. vis. : The States of Connecticut KewrkNeW Jereoy, Pennsylvania. Marylandi , VirBlnla. yft Virginia, Delaware, Ohio, Kentucky, Teniwwee. IndSrT minoi., Misaonri, and the D
cmnpanSare herebyfedento 1J this State any cattle from the toeaWtMi ahem n.-vi tmieaa the Droncr health certtooate as
enforcement hereof, and sBecMIr Sheriffs, constables, .and other peaMoeaoers and the Boards of Health thionghout the Stat, aad the Stato Veterinary bnigepn iind h depattes ahaU see that this proclamatioa be obGov Carpenter, of Montana, has isaned a proclamation prohibiting the impartatae of cattle into that lerritory. A dispatch from Lexington, Ky , fy that pleuro-pneumonia has ogam appeared rr,,o mie Jerseys at Cvnthiana. A nno
assist hi the
i.ii jni.n oiva avmDtoms Of the dlS-
ease, and half a dozen animals in imam have it in the chronic stages. A St. Louis telegram states that the recent proclamation of Gov. Oglesby, of Illinois, prohibiting the introduction into Illinois of cattle fromMisaourr, has eausj-d quite commotion in various parts of the State and strong condemnation of ana opposiiion to this action to cropping outin all directions. Gov. Marmaduke baa totegraphed Gov. Oglesby atking hte to reconsider his action in dec aring quarantine against Missouri. .i. The executive office of the Natinjal-': tie and Horse Growers' Associates ifWr. nishes the following live-stock buuetm ror the week ending April 30: Vice Presidents Milne and Btorawwd. of Wew u.m an vHhwaiidnooJeeaee. vmb-
I Ue and' horses are doing 8plend.Th earty
spring rains ana tne v" 2Z-Z grass and stock indicate JJSfSSS! Season ever experienced ?3&l22fc men. The unlTereal senUment 's?l tions is adverse to t?wiltaJ2?&SI5 condemn, the Unitod 6tanur 1 relaMng
to final proofs on una 1SrLr m will be requested to chentArta(h rains have prevailed,! tta arnwr now, the araw i ' o??
ward, but catue """"'-f- - and no disease Is reported.
PEACE AT PANAMA.
Neutrality. A Berlin tlisuateh states that Frauca. Oer-
mmiv, ana AUBtrm uove ure uimus project lor the promotion of a noutral league, and have invited Italy and Turkey to join them.
but neltlicr c i tne latter powers u jo k. u a decided roply. Hweden and Norway aro usgiug upon Iienm irk the e-tpedleney of nniting with them in the issue of a proclamation, in tho event of war, declaring a strict neutrality. Ireland's Opportunity. A long interview with John Boyle O'Reilly, of Boston, on tho relations of England, Ireland, and itussia in the event of war, is telegraphed from that cluy. He said it would a'lord Ireland It grand opportunity to demand home rule, and thit if i ; should continue two years witliHome mmoession like this Ireland would de-
clnre her independence. In tho event of this concession Kngland would Iind in Ireland a
brave assistant against the Muscovite. Looking; to England.
A Itawii-Plndi letter states that the Ameer of atehanietan regar.ls the Russians as enemies anxious to i- eoure Herat. The whole pe pie ot Afghan-Turketan and Baduksh-d, therefore, look to England, apparently in all sincerity, to
am tne Atnesr in repeuing uussia. No Hopes if Peace.
'the Russian advance Bouth of Penjdeh and the occupation of Merucbak, fays a Loudon dispatch, i? regarded in parliamentary circles as dlsiK-.laiu the last hopes of peac:-. and as a pr-tu-sor of a Russian advance upon Herat.
WASHINGTON NOTES. iui,.n,.,t frnm 1.I10 Wftshlnaton dispatches.
Tito Presidei l, has been annoyed by the
reports that he is ovorworked. A leading Albonv i.hvsit- un who colled upon him
savs: "There are no signs of President Clot eland brea tiiu! down, nohyithshtriding all the stories I' that kiwi that are being so freolv oiroul ited. He ts as ught on his
.i .. . h ,, -viis. I have seen him ai
most even da from the first time he came
to i.lluinv'a Governor of Newport.
have no hedtal on m eayiugtnat ae is as well to-tlay in very respect as he has ever been since I have known him. There is no evidence of bi.ionsucss or malarial fever of
am form about mm, ana ne roa
n.. n I n ciuifcf!
his health. Ihe h ads -.if the various depart menns ha-'o bad uude: oousideralion tbe ptopositio i to curtail 'hi thirty days' annual leave, allowed tho ,-.erks. The Treasury Oommi ision nave- r '"d special attention to this
subject, and lutve come to the conclusion thit the thirty days' leave is not excessive. Ex-Gov. W. D. Blosham, of Florida, has co ncluded to teclino the Bolivian Mission, ai,d has so not tied Secretary Bayard.
mo that
iomplaint in regnrdto
A l.niilH
Satlaett wim " . i Panama disTjatch asv8: The final
meeting of the Consular corps in eonjnnction with Admiral Jotiett, Commander Mc-
Calla, and tne contenaing powera wmm
place this afternoon, wneu ine pw possible solution ot the present political difficulties was arranged. Aw
puru surrenders unconditionally, ana, together with his followers will retire from the city. According to the treaty agreed upon, the city, together withnuwwutionary armament, wiu be delivered oyei to the
government troops nnaer tm Col. Keves as soon as fte Government troops enter the city. Col. Monytoy wUl then assume the civil and military governorship of Panama. Until the reorganuation of the State Government all polities! offenders will receive a fall pardon -Wpt. ing those implicated in the recent Colon incendiaries. These latter will be apprehended aud tried as criminals. A Washington dispatch states that Seen, tary Whitney is not disposed to criticfaa Admiral Jonott for his course at Panama. He says that the instructions of the Admiral were not to interfere in the local government oi any established order ot things except so far as -jight be necessary to protect American ettuens and American property from violence; that when Admtoht Jouott saw that barricades were in process of erection in the streets, which wee certain indication ot impending mob violence, he very properly took practical pea. session of the town and prevented an oat., break and nroteoied the interest which he
was tent there to serve; but, tcm OMtK
cades having neen iemovea ana i
ing been restored, ne witn eqt tvithdrew the marines to their I
Wwpuaavk'
Thb rumor that the King of Sasony daitred to sell Baphar Sistine MsdocaU is. denied by tha Dresden avrMti. Th picture is the property of the sMi, t t King. It is TMued at iWOO.tJ :o.