Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1894 — Page 2

®lje?fmomitif Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - Pctjlisheb.

ONE MAN WHIPS FIVE.

DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH BURGLARS. lowa Lover* Opposed by Their Parents, 1 Hang from the Same Limb—Kossuth, the Hungarian Patriot, Is Dead—Record of Disaster. Hot Reception to Thieves. ~ Five armed robbers entered Philip Jacobs' saloon at Chicago at a late hour Tuesday night, and at the point of their pistols boldly demanded the money from the till. Single handed, Proprietor Jacobs, who was standing behind the bar, resisted them. He drew a brace of revolvers A desperate battle was waged between the six men. only ending when two of the robber* had been shot and one severely cut by the flying glassware. Four of the robbers got away. One man. who has been partially identified'as a member of the gang, Is loc <ed up at the Stanton avenue station, wounded. The police think that two of the other robbers, who were also shot, will be captured. They will need to have their wounds bound up. One of them was hit by four bullets, and Is believed to be dangerously If not mortally hurt DEATH IN A FREIGHT WRECK. Two Men from Chicago Killed In a SmashUp on the Nickel Plate. A Nickel Plate freight train broke in two two miles west of Fort Wayne. The two sections came together with a crash, and two cars, loaded with oats, were telescoped. John Mulqueen and Harry Leroy, both from Chicago, were Instantly killed. It is suppo ed they were stealing a ride. The record of the Idaho division of the Union Pacific Road for the last week has been one of floods and washouts A Nampa dispatch says: No trains have been able to get through since a week ago, but arrangements are now completed for transferring at Owyhee The first delay was caused by a landslide near Mountain Home. Three tramps were killed and the engineer Injured. Great damage was then done by the breaking of the Orchard irrigation dam. The wreck of a freight train at Huntington and another flood between Shoshone and Pocatello complete the mishaps. The great amount of snow In the mountains and a Chinook wind has made It impossible for stages to reach Silver City or Idaho City for several day%

SECRET CONFERENCE HELD. Cripple Creek Mine-Owners Will the Strikers. A secret conference of mine-owners has been held, at which the situation at Cripple Creek, Cot, was thoroughly discussed. They are determined to adhere to the original schedule of nine hours at S 3, and will have nothing to do with a compromise, Baying that the matter Is now In, the courts. The Sheriff has put the Governor on record by sending him a telegram stat- 1 ing the serious consequences likely to ensue If the militia forces were withdrawn. The owners have also memorialized the Government, asking that the troops be retained to protect life and property. GOV. RICH SUSTAINED. Michigan Supreme Court Indorses the Removal of State Officers. The Michigan Supreme Court rendered a decision sustaining Governor Rich In removing Secretary of State Joachim, State Treasurer Hambltzer and Land Commissioner Berry for gross negligence In failing personally to canvass the returns of the amendment election of 1893. The court holds that it was within the power of the Governor to remove such officials under the Constitution and he has power to determine the facts. A judgment of ouster is entered. WANT BLAND'S BILL VETOED. Boston Bankers Urge President Cleveland Not to Sign It. A document signed by over fifty prominent Boston bankers has been forwarded to President Cleveland urging upon him the necessity of refusing to sign the seigniorage bill and stating that it will ruin the banking business, create distrust and In a measure ruin the financial standing of the country. Such firms as Kidder. Peabody & Co., Lie, Higginson & Co and many others of equal prominence aresigners of the document.

An lowa Tragedy. The bodies of John Reed and Etta Shaw, son and daughter of Cyrus Reed and John Shaw, respectively, farmers near Oskaloosa, lowa, were found late Monday night hanging from a limb of a tree near their horses, eight miles from the city. Their parents refused to permit them to marry on account of their youth. The deed was probably committed Sunday night, when they were last seen driving in the neighborhood. They unhitched the horses, and, standing In the buggy, threw a rope across a limb, and tying one end to each of their necks swung off Into eternity. Hungarian Patriot Dies in Exile. Louis Kossuth, the exiled Hungarian patriot, died at Turin at 10:55 Tuesday evening, after a long illness. His end was extremely painful He showed signs of consciousness until the last He expired In the arms of his son, and died pressing the hand of the Hungarian Deputy, KarolyL The members of his family and a few of his Intimate friends stood around the bedside of the expiring patriot Editor Rosewater Held for LlbeL E. Rosewater, of Omaha, accused of libeling Mrs. George A. Bennett was bound over by Judge Btorka to the District Court in the sum of S7OO. Treaty Goes Through. The German Reichstag passed the RussoGerman commercial treaty by a large majority. Opposed to the Tax. The Building Association League of Pennsylvania has appointed a committee to prepare and forward to Congress and members of affiliated organizations a memorial praying for the defeat of the proposed clause of the Wilson bill imposing * tax on building associations. Before the Committee. Democratic members of the Finance Commlttee having completed consideration of the tariff bill, It was. submitted to the full committee of Democrats and Republicans Tuesday. The most important change made In the bill Is In the sugar schedule, ' Father and Children Are Killed. At Dresden, Ont, the boiler In the Vales planing mill exploded Monday evening, killing, Adam Cornell, the engineer,’ and his thrfee children, who chanced to Igs with him at the tlma The force of the explosion hurled the boiler 100 feet Cornell’s wife. In Detroit is so overcome with grief that her Jlfe is despaired ot Cyclone on the Strip. Particulars have been received of a disastrous storm which devastated a small •action of the country In the Cherokee Strip, southwest of Pawnee. After a heavy rala the cyclone blew terribly for about tan minutes, leveling everything before it.

t UNION DEPOT BURNRp. Denver's handsome Stone Building Vnlned at •300,000 Totally Destroyed. The Denver Union Depot was totally destroyed by lire Sunday morning, tbe loss being $300,090. The flames were discovered at 12:30 a. m. In tbe baggage department In the sor.tb end of the building. At 1 o’clock It reached the central portion of the building and in a few momenta the tower was In flames, and portions of It began to fall This caused the northern portion to take fire. The walls in many places fell In. The entire city was Illuminated. Tsenty streams of water were playing on the burning building at a point where the flames were advancing, but It was impossible to save it, and threequarters of an hour from the time the blaze was first discovered the handsomest and most costly depot structure 'ln the West was in ruins The depot was about 800 feet long and was built about twelve years aga It was built of stone. JEERED BY COLLEGE BOYS. Comstock Lectures In New Haven and Meets with Rough Treatment. Anthony Comstock lectured on the street to a crowd of New Haven, Conn., boys on “The Evils of Drunkenness and Dime Novel Reading." Several thousand boys gathered around Mr. Comstock and cheered and made such a noise his talk could not be heard. Some Yale students were attracted to the lecturer and finally rushed at him and handled him in a rough manner, putting their arms around his neck and rushing him out Into the street, amid the cries of the mob of boys and others who were attracted by the excitement. There was no police interference. EMPRESS EUGENIE'S CROWN. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt Said to Have Bought It for #300,000. It is reported that Mrs. William IL Vanderbilt has bought a wonderful crown which once adorned the brow of the Empress Eugenie. It is described as a marvel of workmanship, which cost Mrs. Vanderbilt $300,000. It contains 2,000 stones, finely mounted in old sliver, lined with gold. The crown Is made in imitation of violet leaves surrounding a bunch of violets. It measures twelve Inches in circumference. Non-Suit at Madison. The sensational roster suit at Madison, 1 Wia, came to a precipitate termination Thursday afternoon when non-suit was granted without even the formality of an argument by the defense In support of the motion. The big room was crowded, as it was “in the air” that "tlie trial was ap« preaching a climax. The end was not unexpected. It was presaged by a vital ruling made by the Judge before the noon recess, wherein he held that the plaintiffs who were suing as the victims of a fraud were perfectly well aware of the enormous profits Involved In the roster contract, which they bought and that the determination of such knowledge wae a question of law for the court and not a fact for the jury. He further held that the objection of the defense to the Introduction of evidence showing those excessive profits must be sustained.

Gold Found in Great Grains. Since the discovery of the rich placer beds at Torres, Mexico, many prospect borings are being sunk. The gold comes up on the auger as largo as grains of w'heat and thq soil gives evidence of being as rich In gold as any over discovered In Mexico. Native and American prospectors are flocking In by the hundreds and many are meeting with good results, although they are jealously watched by the Indiana . Test of Tuberculosis. Professor Otto Lugger, In charge of the Minnesota Experimental Station at St Anthony Park, has discovered what is likely to prove a valuable test for tuberculosis In cattle. Numerous experiments show that if the animal Is healthy no rise In temperature will follow the Injection of Koch’s lymph, whjle If afflicted with tuberculosis, even In its Incipient stages, there Is an Instant rise In temperature Decline In Values. R. G. Dun & Co. ’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Prices of commodities are this week on the whole the lowest of which there Is any record, having declined 12 per cent In March, and averaging 11.8 per cent, lower than a year ago. so that more than a third of the decrease In volume of all payments is due to decline In prices of things consumed. Five Deaths Caused by a Tornado. A tornado swept over portions of Brown and Coleman Counties. Texas, wrecking buildings and leveling fences. At Trickham, in Coleman County, W. D. Watson's house was razed to the ground. Mrs. Watson and four children were killed outright An infant escaped unhurt while Watson’s Injuries will prove fatal. Kentucky Miners War. The trouble at the Middlesborough (Ky.) mines continues The tragedy of Tuesday, in which Ike Miller, a union man, killed a non-union miner, was followed Wednesday night by another shooting affraA, In which Bill Lasley shot H. Collins, a non-union man. Crazy and Bound for Dublin. John O’Neill, of Napa, Cat, became demented on an eastbound Union Pacific train and was placed In a hospital at Laramie, Wyo. He had a through ticket to Dublin, Ireland, and also a draft on the Bank of Dublin for £BO, besides about SIOO in currency. No Rebates. The fruit Importers of New Orleans have organized an association and agreed to reject the claims of customers In other cities for damaged fruit

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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4* THE FASTER SYMBOL. 1 think of Easter as a dawn: The flashing skies, the passing cloud. The feeling of a sorrow gone, A presence pure and gentle-brewed. There comes the gloom of morning rays. There passes all of gloom and sin, And down the dew-bejeveled ways The god of summer enters In. The past is bat a shriveled leaf, A writtea scroll to fade sway. With all it held of joy or grief Merged In the glory of to-day. Sweet hope goes down into the tomb And takes from death a grander Ufa Joy rings across the voice of doom. And peace Is gained by every strife. The egg expands its pulsing wings. The twig awakens Into flower*. And from the soul of man there springs The perfect age of fullest powers Over and over all is told. 1 he stars their orblt< still repeat, Eeaseu to season buds unfold. And worlds and atoms meet and meet. There Is no loss, there is no gain; There is no waste of time or force; And every act and thought and pain Are meeting points in nature’s course. And death is not! the very rocks Await the resurrection morn; And fire or storm or change unlocks The old, and thus the new is bora Bo may we live In perfect trust. And In the tempest stand serene, For God will re-create the dust Though countless ages intervene. The wrong shall vanish In the right, The evil melt into the good; For as the day includes the night, The false is true when understood. Thus all is rounded in a song The song of hope, the song of youth, The music of a mighty throng On the eternal hills of Truth. O Spirit of the Easter time. To all the sjyeet assurance give, And swell the sound In voice'and chime: “Though be ye Dead, yet shall ye Live." —•Richard Lew Dawsoa

EASTER MONDAY EGG ROLLING.

A Custom Which Is Peculiar to the White House. Egg rolling on Easter Monday Is a custom which is peculiar to Washington,’ D. C. No one appears to know its origin, but every Easter Monday, within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, hundreds, and now even thousands, of children have gathered in the “White House lot,” the grounds south of the President’s house, bringing baskets of gayly colored eggs and spending the day rolling them down

EASTER EGG ROLLING AT THE WHITE HOUSE

the sides of the green knolls and 1 B slopes. The day has gradually : ped into an almost universal holidav. The White House grounds are given up to the children from dawn to dark. Fathers, mothers, sisters, aunts, and cousins come to look on, and it is indeed a beautiful sight to watch them as they come from all directions, from near and from far; even before sunrise many may be seen waiting at the closed gates; at 8 o’clock these are opened wide, and the eager children, dressed In holiday attire, flock in, each one carrying a basket or box of colored, hard-boiled eggs. There is no distinction; all classes and conditions are equally welcome. There is no limit to age; the child who can scai cely walk alone and the girl and boy of 1G are alike welcome. Many of the wee tots are accompanied by colored nurses, who, if we can judge by their dusky faces all aglow with smiles, expect to enjoy the pleasures of the day quite as much as the children. Some very elegant carriages are driven to the grounds; in fact, before noon there is a long line of them, and the drivers wait for hours while the little people enjoy the sport. There is a certain way of rolling the eggs, and the tradition is that those who roll the greatest number without ' breaking any are to be the most successful in life. It is interesting to watch the young folks whili they engage in this game, all seeming to fully appreciate the honor of playing hen. They are truly the happiest or children as their merry laugh and joyful exclamations ring and. echo throughout the entire domain; nothing rude or discourteous is heard or seen to mar the innocent, festivities. The inclosed grounds consist about twenty acres, handsomely laid out, containing .fountains and many ornamental Shrubs and Epees, all kerp't in perfect order. The White House is situaled upon a little rise of ground admirably adapted for this recreation of egg-roll-ing. When the sport ceases the lawn is covered with broken egg shells of various colors. At 1 o’clock the children partake of their luncheons, which consist largely of cold-boiled eggs. At 2 o’clock.the President has a reception for them; he always stands at the door leading from the east room into the large hall, and as they pass through he smiles, sneaks a word of we'come to all, and shakes hands with as many as possible; since there are hundreds passing through, it Is quite pardonable if a few are overlooked. This is the only dav during the whole year thi-t the little folk are given free access to the White House and its grounds, and they heartily enjoy the privilege.

An Easter Processional. Let us slug of bright morn breaking From the glorious east; Lilies fair their sheaths forsaking; Larks in light their music making; Sing the song of wings and waking That befits onr feast! Apple boughs In white are dressing. And In heaven’s blue arch Little Clouds, like cherubs pressing Rank on rank with cheeks caressing, Shed tnelr softness like a blessing On our joyful march! —St Nicholas.

NEW EASTER CARDS.

A Variety of Offerings that Are Calculated to Fit All Tastes. The display of Easter cards,, that have become as much a feature of the religious festival season as the Christmas holidays, is more lavish this year than ever, says a New York paper. Not many new striking designs are to be seen, but the shops given to that sort of thing have filled their windows with a variety calculated to fit any financial poelbility, from the humble nickel to the haughty gold eagle. The beauty of the offerings only to be attained by the latter coin is beyond

IN FAVOR WITH YOUNG PEOPLE.

question, but there are plenty of charming things in the smaller and more modest that can happily fulfill their mission as a token of remem-1

brance and regard. One that is especially taking with young people is the novel arrangement of a dove on a card so that when the card is set upright by

“A JOYFUL EASTER."

means of the rest at the back, the handsome bird tilts forward and has an unusually natural appearance of flying. An old church tower and the moon rising over the trees at the back, with other doves hovering about, carry out the pleasing effect. A more expensive token is in the form of a garland of Easter songs. This has several trees attractively illuminated with flowers and children amid the words and score of the songs. Another is a framework of gold and silver, from which hang three bells. Vines twine about the timbers, and doves and flowers below w fill put the picture. Perforated cards with the lettering ornamented with gold and. silver and angels’ heads at the corners are catch-

RINGING OUT THE GLAD TIDINGS

ing. They are small and cheap. There are also very pretty ones in folding

AN EASTER IDOL.

shape that display flowers and appropriate verses when opened* ' A graceful card with exquisite coloring is of two calla lilies and clustering

forget-me-nots, with a moon and cross in the distance. The sentiment is “A Joyful Easter.” The tints are delicate grays, blues, greens and gold. It is as pretty a card for a cheap one as could be wished for.

EASTER KISSES IN RUSSIA.

On That Day Even a Peasant May Salute a Princess with His Dtps. There are records of very many curious Easter customs. In Russia, every female, even a princess, must submit to be kissed by the lowest boor who presents her with an egg; but in some parts of England a still more curious, and, if possible, more senseless custom prevailed. A chair, gayly decked with ribbons and artificial dowers, is placed in front of some inn or house of public resort, upon the seat of which is a raw egg. The chair is attended by a number of gaily dressed damsels, who seize upon any man passing, and, despite his kicking and struggles, seat him with a good hard bounce upon the egg. He is then grasped by a dozen strong hands and lifted bodily, chair and all, in the air, above the heads of the assemb’ed bystanders; lowered, and raised again. This is repeated three times. Instead of being allowed to depart, however, he is embraced, perforce, and kissed by every one of the attendant graces.

It was nearly dusk. It had been a typical Easter —a beatiful, sunshiny morning. The well-dressed throng of church-goers on their way to morning service had stopped again and again among themselves to comment on the beauty of the day. In the afternoon it had still been clear, but the fresh western wind had begun to blow. And now it was growing late. The fog—the cold, damp, nasty fog—was rolling in from the ocean. The wind made her shiver as she stood on the street corner. She was not big enough to be out at that time, when every one was hurrying homeward, even if she had been clad to withstand that western wind. She couldn't have been more than seven. He came whistling around the corner. He must have been ten, and no cold could get in through the thick overcoat he wore. “W hatcher cry in’ for?” “I’m cold.” He came up close, looked around to see that no one was looking, whipped off the overcoat and put it around her. “I’ve got lots more home.” Then he vanished into the modest little home up the street. “Where is your overcoat?” “Lost it." He got a whipping for being careless, but he'd sooner take ten whippings than confess to anything like sos t-h eartedness.

How to Prepare Easter Eggs.

One way is to put them for a few minutas in hot water, and then write with tallow a name or design, flower or ornament, on either side of the egg. Then boil it in water in which a colored solution or dye has been put. Tne color will not adhere to the part of the shell which has been touched with the tallow, and whatever has been drawn will be quite white. Eggs boiled in logwood will be violet or purple, and with a pin or knife one may scratch on the shell any design desired. i

Teacher—“ Let me write the songs of a nation, I care not who makes the laws.” Do you understand that? Bright boy—Yes’m. Lots of Congressmen died poor, but the composer of “After the Ball* male a hundred thous--Teacher—Next.—Good News.

FROM A GARLAND.

An Easter Whipping.

Understood It.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HgUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makera and Wnat They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed. Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress, The Senate spent considerable time on tbe seigniorage bill Wednesday, and in executive session confirmed tbe nomination of J. Marshall Wright as naval officer at Philadelphia, but reserved tbe right to reconsider if found desirable. In tbe House forty pages of the sundry civil bill were disposed of. making In all eightythree In two days, and leaving only sixteen pages more, exclusive of two paragraphs, those relating to the coast and geodetic surveys and the Missouri River Commission. which were passed over temporarily. No amendmenteof importance were adopted, although the Northwestern members made a vigorous effort to Increase the amount for the survey of public landa The seignorage bill passed the Senate Thursday by a vote of 45 to 31, after an Interesting debate. The Senate then took up and passed the bill to amend an act authorizing the construction of a high wagon bridge over the Missouri River at 81oux City. A'charter was also granted the lowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company authorizing it to build a bridge across the Missouri River near Sioux City. After an executive session of thirty-five minutes the Senate passed a bill granting to 'the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad Company a right of way through the Chippewa and White Earth Indian reservations in Minnesota. Bills to extend the time for completing a bridge across the Missouri River between Kansas City and the town of Sibley, Ma, and granting right of way to tbe Duluth and Manitoba Railway Company across the Fort Pembina reservation in North Dakota, were passed. In the House the bill to ratify the reservation of certain lands In Oklahoma for the Agricultural College passed. Consideration of the sundry civil bill was resumed.

In the House Friday morning after the passage of a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to measures taken by him for focal supervision and Inspection of public buildings the House went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of tbe sundry civil bilk An amendment offered by Mr. Loud, directing the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to survey San Francisco harbor and approaches thereto, was adopted. To the paragraph appropriating 1750,000 for expenditure by the Missouri River Commission Mr. Broderick offered an amendment setting aside $75,000 of tbe appropriation to strengthen and improve the river banks at Atchison and Leavenworth. Mr. Mercer offered a substitute for the amendment, being to set aside *150.000 of the appropriation for the Missouri River, providing that it should be used for the construction, repair, and maintenance of revetments between the mouth of the Platte River and Sioux City. He insisted that the commission should be made to understand that there was something besides the sixteen-mile reach at Jefferson City which needed attention. The river between Omaha and Council Bluffs should be looked after. In the House Saturday the Senate amendments to the Senate bill to charter the lowa aud Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Company and to construct a high wagon bridge at Sioux City, lowa, were agreed ta The House then went into committee of the whole, and the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill was resumed. Mr. , Bowers offered an amendment to the appropriation of $20,000 for special council to aid district attorneys so as to provlde-thatssoo of this be expended in the employment of special counsel in the cases of the Southern Pacific Railroad to set aside United States patents now pending at Los-Angeles. The Chair ruled the amendment out on the ground that it changed existing laws. The committee then rose. A resolution authorizing the etfllsted men of the army i\nd navy to wear a badge on public occasions, on motion of Kir. Outhwalte, was agreed to. The remainder of the day was devoted to eulogies unon the life and character of the late Representative W. H. Enochs, of Ohio.

The House Monday devoted the entire day to the consideration of the sundry civil bill. There was no Important business transacted In the Senate, the entire day being consumed in the consideration of bills on the calendar. Most of these were measures of small • importance, among them being several of immediate Interest to the people of the District of Columbia. A number of bills were taken from the calendar and passed, among them a bill to “regulate the making of property returns by officers of the government” and an act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway Company to bridge the Calcasieu and Sabine rivers in the States of Louisiana and Texas. The Senate received from the President a message in regard to the occupation of Bluefields, Nicaragua. and also a message relative to Hawaiian affairs. The sundry civil appropriation bill was passed by the House Tuesday without division. The amendment of the appropriation for the General Land Office, amending the provision of the act of 1891. repealing the timber culture . and preemption acts, which was adopted In the committee at the suggestion of Mr. Holman and which was bitterly opposed by the western members, was defeated in the House. The clauses which sought torequire an accounting by the disbursing officers of soldiers’ homes to the Treasury Department and annual reports by the boards to the Secretary of War fell under Mr. Black's point of order. The bill as passed carries 1217,000 more than it did as reported from the committee on appropriations. The four appropriation bills passed by the House (District of Columbia, pension, fortification and sundry civil) carry a net reduction of $24,315,958 as compared with the same bills for the current fiscal year.

Helped Morse with the Telegraph.

The recent death in Hartford, Conn., of Mrs. Albert Vail calls attention to the fact that her husband, who died in Morristown, N. J., in 1859, aided Morse in inventing the electric telegraph. In fact. Mrs. Vail for thirty years exerted herself to secure for him proper credit for share in that great* work. At the World's Fair he received recognition by having his name displayed in letters of light among those of eminent electricians.

Soapmakers Long-Lived.

In manufacturing operations the average life of soapboilers is the highest and that of grindstonemakers the lowest.

Personal Paragraphs.

Miss Frances Crosby, who is best remembered as the author of “Safe in the Arms of Jesus," has been blind since she was 6 weeks old. She is now 62. Lucas Malet, the English author, is of a family of writers. Her father is Charles Kingsley, and her husband is William Harrison, the successful novelist. - Three generations of the Benham family followed the sea. The admiral’s father was a commodore in the United States navy, and his son Harry is a lieutenant in the service. The late William Harring von Ammon, of San Francisco, is said to be the father of the art of lithographing in colors in the United Stat as. He was a Prussian and died at the age of 82. Sir Julian Pauncefote, like many of his countrymen, is very fond of athletics. He'is a member 'of an athletic club in Washington, where he is taking lessons in fencing and boxing. Johann Schaub, of New Haven, Conn., has received SI,OOO from the Peruvian Government for injuries sustained at the hands of a mob while singing at a Masonic funeral in Peru in 1892.

REBELS SURRENDER.

BRAZILIAN WAR HAS COME TO AN END. Almost * Fearful Tragedy at Its Close Strange Action of President Peixoto— Admiral Mello Was a Traitor to Da Gama. Surrender Without a Shot. The Brazilian rebellion is crushed, and in its stead there bids fair for a time to be inaugurated a carnival of slaughter and butchery. Seeing the hopelessness of continuing the struggle, deserted by Admiral Mello, who with the warship Aquidiban was in parte unknown. Admiral Da Gama of the insurgent forces first sought the servicss of the Portuguese charge d’affairs in negotiating with the government for peace; but that official, acting under orders from the home government, assumed a neutral attitude. Da Gama then, in direct communication with President Peixoto, offered unconditional surrender of all the warships and forts and garrisons with Rio harbor, accepting for himself and officers expatriation and sentence of exile to a foreign land, on condition of amnesty to his soldiers and sailors. When this news became known the government fleet entered the harbor quietly. As the vessels made their way up the bay they were saluted by the various government batteries. The greatest excitement had prevailed in the city. The streets were crowded with people, and all the available trucks and hand carts hid been busy carrying household goods and

PEIXOTO, PRESIDENT.

personal effects out of the city. The people had fully expected a shelling of the city by the insurgent forces, and it was generally believed that a terrific naval battle was about to be fought in the Rio harbor. Da Gama’s offer of surrender changed everything, and everywhere could be heard shouts of “ Viva Peixoto!” and general acquiesence to the requests of the insurgent admiral. There had been much suffering in the city. All business houses had been closed'and it had been very difficult to get food. The whole available police force was on duty constantly. Probably 100,000 persons left the city. Railroad transportation to the suburbs was free, and the government was feeding the poor. Naturally the populace cheered the news which they believed heralded the close of the long and stubbornly contested insurrection. But joy was changed to consternation by the announcement that the government had refused the terms of Da Gama, and would open tire upon the insurgent vessels and forts at noon Tuesday. The exodus from Rio again commenced, and at 12 o’clock precisely the bar fortress opened fire on Fort Villegaignon. In a short time the Government forces at Fort Armacao and Fort Gragoata joined in the bombardment. The fire was not returned by the insurgents. The bombardment was continued until 3 o’clock, when it ceased. Castello, San Benito, Saude, Curvello and all the city batteries then opened a furious fire upon Fort Villegaignon and the insurgent warship Tamandre. The fire was also directed upon the insurgent works at Cobras Island and at other places. The forces at Enchadas lowered the hospital flag and hoisted the insurgent ensign. Thegarrison at Governador Island also took part in the attack on Fort Villegaignon, which was badly hammered by the Government guns. The works on Cobras Island took fire, but the flames were soon extinguished. The firing of the batteries lasted for an hour. No great damage was done. The insurgents did not fire a shot.

At 4 o’clock the Government fleet steamed slowly to close action, the torpedo boat Aurora leading. The other vessels in the fleet were theNictheroy, America, Itaipu, Bahian, Tiradentes and Parahyba, and two steamers and five torpedo boats. Immediately the' rebels hauled down the white ensign from one of the ships which was lying. at Enchadasand hoisted a signal, wnich was answered from ashore. A launch containing an officer then went from one insurgent ship to another, and each vessel lowered the white flag. Twoboats from the Government fleet outside then entered the bay. One of them went to Fort Villegaignon, and it was shortly followed by the launch from the rebel ship. A few minutes later the white ensign came down from the fort, and.at 5:40 the Government fleet steamel up the bay. The insurgent war ship Aqu'diban was not in this harbor. Admiral de Mello has proved false to the emperor and to President Fonseca and President Peixoto. His last act was treachery to Admiral da Gama. The officers of the insurgent fleet took refuge on board French and Portuguese war ships. One French vessel put to sea with many of the rebel officers on board. It is said that Admiral da Gama is on board the British war ship Sirius. Peixoto’s action in not acceding to Da Gama s offer creat-d the greatest surprise, abroad as well as at Vt ashington. Such conditions were freely accorded in any honorable warfa e in. civilized lands, yet to the surprise of our administration they had been reiused by Peixoto. In spite of its best e Oorts to be exactly fair and neutral, yet in the contest in Brazil oar government, in its desire to protect American interests, has given color to the belief that its moral sympathy lay with the Peixoto government. So the news that civilized warfare had been disregarded and that brave but defeated hemmed in on all sides were to be refused the chance to surrender on honorable terms and forced to throw themselve i upon the mercy of the government without any guarantee of their lives, fell with disagreeable force uoon every official in the government here who has had to do with the trouble in any capacity. Undoubtedly;the moral sympathy of the United States has been a valuable aid to the Brazilian Government ever since 1892, when the first symptoms of the rebellion were manifested in the southern proviuces, but if Peixoto had persisted in maintaining an unrelenting and vindictive attitude, that measure of support wag certain io be withdrawn.