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THE PZDTSBURG- DISPATCH, FRIDAY OCTOBER 9, 1891
9
THE EIYAL LEADERS.
Cleveland and Hill Address a Big
Salification Meeting.
BOTH ARE EQUALLY AITLAUDED.
The Governor Gracefully Introduced by
the Ex-Fresident
JIILL DEaOUSCES THE SHER3TAX BILL
Xnw York, Oct 8. The Democrats of
tins city assembled in mass meeting in
Cooper Union Hall this evening to ratify
the nominations made at the Saratoga con
vention. "When the doors were opened
there Mas a wild rush that Captain Mc
Cullough and his 100 policemen were utter
ly unable to control. They shouted com
mands to stand back, -waved their longnicht
sticks, and even brought them down with
force on many heads, but all was in vain.
The struggling inas of humanity forced on
and in. and itliin ten minutes every seat
and even- inch of standing room in the
large hall was filled.
Then the gates were cloed and
policemen held the fort againt
large enough to fill three halls as
the one s-elected for the mass
lines of
a crowd
large as
meeting.
Among the large assemblage of
men were
libont 100 ladies, who were accorded seats in
the front row and on the platform.
CLEVELAND NOISILY WELCOMED.
It was 8:20 o'clock before the meeting
was called to ordei by Charles "W. Dayton"
He read a long list of Vice Presidents and
Secretaries, embracing the nnnifs of most
of the leading city Democrat--. The list
was headed by the name ot ex-President
Grover Cleveland, as President of the meet
ing. A eomniitie sent to escort Mr. Cleveland
to the stage reappeared, conducting him.
Tumultuous applause creeted the appear
ance of the Democratic ex-President. In
all parts of the lull men stood up and
waved their hats, cheered, clapped hands
and pounded the floor with thir canes, He
said:
"The Democratic.party has at Ml times
been by profession aud by tradition the
party of the peonle. I say by profession
and tradition, but 1 by no means intend to
Iiint in the use of this expression that in its
eondnct and action it has failed to justifv
its profession or been loceant to its tradi
tions. It must, however, be admitted that
we lia e had
on: si- vo-s or revival,
when fhi consciousness f what true Dem
ocracy really means has been especially
awakened, and when we hae lieeu unusu
ally aroused to a Inch appreciation of the
aggressiveness ami activitv which con
science exacts of those ho profess Dem
ocratic faith and ho aie thus enlisted in
the people's cause
"We contemplate to-nighf such a ret ival"
ana the stupendous results which have thus'
lar attended it. In view of these things wo
cannot be honest and sincere aud lail to see
that a stern and inexorable duty is now at
our door.
"We saw the mouer of the people un-'
necessarily extorted from them under the
jruise of taxation. "Wo saw that this was
the lesult of a scheme perpetuated for the
purpose of exacting tribute from the poor
for the benefit of the rick "We saw growing
out of this sthenic the w holesale debauchery
and corruption of the people whom it im
poverished. "We saw a partv which advo
cated aud defended this wrong gjining and
holding power in the Government by the
t-Homt-b-ss appeal to selfishness which it
mvil.il. Wo saw the people under the
bond of tui.srepresent.it ion and niiseoncep
i oh. and we saw sordidncss and the pervcr
Mrtii of all that constitutes good citizenship
n every liand, and sturdy Americanism in
jwwrdy.
a charge of evtrwa canoe.
'Ve air a partv planning to retain
partisan ascendency by thiotilmg aud de
s roving the freedom and integrity of the
5M"oplr through the most radical and reckless
.gelation. "Wo-aw waste and oti-aagaucc
rsHing the public Treasury and justified in
official places, while economy in Govern
ment expenditures was ridiculed by those
who held in trust the people's money.
-rWe iw the national assemblage of the
people's representatives transformed into
the were semblance of a legislative assem
bly br the brute lon-c ot a violently -created
m.ijoritj and ! unprecedented ar
bitrary nil iugs, while it was jeeriugly de
clared by those who usurped its functions to
he no longer a deliberi'tn e body.
"Then it was that the Democratic partv.
Ftaading forth to do determined battle
against these abuses which threatened the
wellaivand happiness of the people, 'called
i'pon tlwrn to trust it and promised them
i !mt the warfare should be relentless and
vBcomproHiising.
Tar j.AMisTiiir or last rvi.L.
As results of the sirugsrle then entered
upon, never has the resistless loice of the
awakened thought ot our countrj-nien been
more completely demonstrated, and neer
has the irresistable strensth of the princi
ples of Democracy been more fully exem
plified. From the "West and from the East
eaiBe tidings of Uitorj. In the popular
branch ol the net I'-oncress the party
which lat'-ly iinpudenth r.rroiteil to itself
the domination ot ihat fiodv, will fill hardly
more than one-fourth of its seats. Demo
cratie Governors occupy theenemv's strong
hold in Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio, "Wis
consin and "Michigan. In Pennsylvania the
election of a Democratic Governor presented
((inclusive proof of Republican corruntion
exposed and Republican dishonesty de
tected. "Rut with all these results of "a just and
fearless Democratic policv our work is not
yet completely done, and I want to suggest
to you thatanv relaxation of effort within
the lines established by the National De
mocracy v ill be a violation ol the pledges
we gate the people when wc united their
co-operation and undertook their cause.
a good wont) rvit the Ticunr.
"I do pot forget that we aie gatheied to
gether to ratify the State nominations, and
that we are immediately concerned with a
State campaign. It seems to me, however,
that while national questions of the greatest
importance are yet unsettled, and when we
a" on the eve of a national campaign in
which, they must be again pressed upon the
attention of the voters of the country, the
Democracy of the great State of New York
cannot and w ill not entirely ignore them.
If we fail to retain ascendency in the Em
pire Mate, no matter upon what issue it is
lost, it will be claimed us the verdict of our
people nrainst the principles mid platform
of the National Democracy." Then fol
lowed a handsome tribute to the candidate
for Govcruoi, Hon. 1LP. Flower.
At the conclusion of Mr. Cleveland's
Fpeiwh Governor Hill appeared, and turn
ing toward him w ith a bow, and then to the
audience, Mi. Cleveland said he had iiow to
perform a work of usefulness and superero
gation, but he did not think it necessary to
twy more, and he could not say less than
tfekt Goi crnor Hill was there.
goyt.iu.oi: hilt, hehins.
As Governor Hill stepped forward to the
reading desk, lie ttJS greeted by an out
burst of applause similar ti and as pro
longed as that with which Mr. Cleveland
was received. He said the present cam
paign involved the samecontestas in recent
years n contest between political honesty
on the Democratic side and political hypoc
risy on fie Republican si,t.. He then re
viewed the points and planks urged in and
by the Democratic and Republican plnt
loiiHs. Closing his discussion of tariff measures,
Governor Hill said: "Our opponents, not
withstanding thi-popular uprising of last
fall, not only r-fuse to app -al ine McKinley
billhut hate the sti'.liiiie jsst.rai.ee toas
scrt that the tariil ijuimIou ,'s settled. I
tell them that no question cap be regarded
as settled in this country until it has been
rightly settled. They will discover that
the agitation will continue until justice is
done, and that all their efforts to prevent it
will prove unavailing. The question is here
to stay. Its discussion is demanded on
every hand."
THE SHERMAN SILVER L AW.
In dealing with the currency questions,
the speaker said: "The Democratic party
has planted itself firmly and soundly upon
the principle of bi-metallism. "We denounce
the present Sherman silver law, not merely
as authorizing the coinage of a silver dollar
whose value is constantly fluctuating, but
also as a false pretense and an artful
hindrance of a return to free bi-metallio
coinage, and as tending only to produce a
change from gold to silver monometallism.
The Sherman law is a degradation of the
currency, a prolific mother of unequal dol
lars, a miserable makeshift, an unworthy
subterfuge.
The Democratic party does not believe
that parity of the two metals or equality of
all dollars can be attained by any law
which encourages daily speculation in
silver; which regards one metal not as
money, but as merchandise; which pre
scribes how much a Secretarv of the Treas
ury shall buy and how much ne shall count
out to the people; which establishes not
coin but a paper currency a new-fangled
legal tender--each dollar protected by
whatever the 371! crains of silver may be
worth in the market.
THE LOSS OP TIIE WORLD'S FAIR.
Governor Hill next recurs to the subject
of the loss of the "World's Fair to New
York. Referring to the Republican candi
date for Governor, Mr. Fassett, and to ex
Senator Piatt, in this connection, Governor
Hill said: "Senator Fassett was teaf to the
appeals of the Citizens Committee. He
cared nothing for the interests of
tbe great citv of New York. It
was an exhibition on his part
of the meanest, narrowest and most
contemptible nartisi
isanship. He deprived
New York of the "World's Fair because he
disliked the local officials whom the people
had elected. He hated New York be
cause it was a Democratic city, and he de
sired to humiliate it, and he succeeded. He
his not entitled to the support of any seit-
rcspecting citizen of this great metropolis. "
In closing Governor Hill recalled the
purchase of real estate in Chicago by Mr.
Piatt's friends, State Senators Vedder and
Erwin, earlv in 1889, and cites the fact as
explaining in part why New York lost the
Fair. The speech closed with a discussion
4 crnor Hill's speech, Frederick R. Coudert
of local issues. At the conclusion ot Uov
pwas introduced and addressed the audience.
CLAEKEON ISSUES A CALL
To Art on Quaj's Resignation and to Fix
the Next National Convention.
"Washington, Oct. 8. Special The
Hon. J. S. Clarkson to-day issued a call for
a meeting of the Republican National Com
mittee at the Arlington Hotel, in this city,
on Monday, November 23, at 11 A. M., to
act upon the resignation of the Hon. 31. S.
uny as chairman, fill the lacancy caused
by his resignation, to determine the time
and place for holding the next National
I!epublivn Convention andto transact such
other business as may properly come be
fore it.
"The committee," the call says, "is called
to-meet in November, instead ot December,
as heretofore, in order that the National
Con ention may be held at an earlier date,
or in the last week of the mouth of May if
it shall be deemed proper to do so, the rules
imposed by the last National Convention
requiring that the call for the convention
shall be issued six months iu advance of
the time set for its session."
TIPS FOB GENERAL EEEDER.
Chairman Warrcs Tells His Sabstitnte How
to Rail a Campaign.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8. Special Gen
eral Frank Iteeder was a close observer of
business routine at Republican headquar
ters to-day, and Chairman "Watres opened
the way to every material point necessary
for the General to be acquainted with when
he comes to take up the work of the
campaign.
The Chairman pro tern virtually took
charge to-day, as he met all visitors and
s'mred in the duties of the executive.
Chairman "Watres expects to leave the city
to-morrow for Pittsburg, and will not re
turn to take control of aflairs nutil the Sen
ate allows of such a thing. .
CAMPBELL'S LIBEL SUITS.
Two of Them Are Launched Against
the
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
Cincinnati, Oct. 8. Governor Camp,
bell, through his attorneys in Cincinnati,
has now filed two suits for damages against
the Commercial Gazttte, each for s3o,000.
Both are based on publications concerning
the Governor's indebtedness and his pay
ment of the expenses of a Democratic club
from Columbus to Cleveland at the time of
his nomination. It is said he contemplates
bringing a criminal charge against the man
aging editor of the paper.
IV. I.. Scott's Successor on the Ticket.
Erie, Oct. 8. The Democratic County
Committee met here to-day to fill the va
cancy on the county ticket caused by the
death of "W. L. Scott, who had been named
for delegate to the Constitutional Conven
tion. T. O. Marshal, of North East, was
named to fill the vacancy. James Hallman
haing resigned from the ticket, his nomi
nation for Jury Commissioner was given to
H. I Spierman, of Corry. Resolutions ex
pressive of the loss sustained and of the
great sorrow felt over the death of Hon.
"William L. Scott were adopted by a stand
ing vote.
TV right and Tllden at Greensburg.
Gkeenshueg, Oct. 8, Secial. At the
meeting of the Democratio County Commit
tee this afternoon the liveliest contest for
years was held over the nomination of a
candidate for Poor Director, to fill the
lacanev caused by the death of Albert
Crawford. "William "Welch secured the
nomination. To-night an immense mass
meeting was held in the Court House, at
which candidates Tilden and "Wright dis
cussed the issues of the campaign. At
torney General Hensel and Mortimer F.
Elliott were billed to appear also, but'failed
to show up.
RESULT OF BLIND OBKDIENCE.
now the Heathen Chinee and the Unedu
catcd Freetlmen Carry Out Orders.
St. T-otilsGlo'ie-Democrat
Tiie uneducated negro and the Chinaman,
when obedient at all, are apt to obey orders
blindly, no matter with what result.
There is an authenticated instance of an
aged colored man who plucked a live
turkey and defended his action on the
ground that the cook had not told him to
kill it; but a Chinese tailor once beat even
him all to pieces for literal obedience.
This was during the Commodore Perry ex
pedition to China, and one of those on
the trip had a suit of white duck clothes
that pleased him immensely. He wore
them every day for months, slept in them
for several nights in the open air, and not
unnaturally wore a hole in one of the
garments.
This was neatly patched and answered all
purposes, but before leaving the country
the gentleman thought he would like to see
cure and bring away with him half a dozen
more suits like the one that had pleased him
so w ell. He went to a tailor with ah inter
preter, and gave the order for six suits jut
like the one he left for a pattern. So
literally was the order oljeyed that even the
patch was reproduced six times, to the pro
lane amazement of the customer, but the
smiling i-atisfaction of the Celestial cloth-cutter.
A STATE REDEEMED,
Times Too Good in Minnesota for the
Third Party This Year.
m MOBE AID TO THE DEMOCRATS.
P Protection Is Found to Benefit Farmers as
Well as Others.
MANX SIGNS OF THE RETUENWG TIDE
rSPECTAt TELEGBA5I TO TltB DISPATCn.
St. Paul, Oct. a "What effect are the
large crops, good prices and general pros
perity of the farmers having upon the
Farmers' Alliance political party?" is a
question that is being discussed, at present,
not only in the East, where the Alliance is
comparatively unknown, but also fn the
"West, where it Is, perhaps, too well known.
In Minnesota there is no election ahead
this year, either county or State, that will
absolutely show the condition of the third
party movement.
The farmers of the State are only taking i
care of the greatest crop In the history of
the Commonwealth and have no time for
"calamity" speeches, or even meetings of
their local Alliances. In fact, they seem
to have lost all Interest in the movement.
The good crops are not altogether respon
sible for this condition of affairs. The Al
liance wave which swept over the State a
year ago threw the Legislature into the
hands of the Democrats and Alliance men,
neither party having a majority, but the
combination when effected, outnumbered
the Republicans by four in the Senate and'
82 in the House.
A BAD START FOR A TARTY.
The record of the past session shows it to.
have been one of the most corrupt in the
history of the State. It made the most
lavish appropriations for all sorts of objects,
and made the raising of a tax levy a neces
sity. The tax levy was raised from 1 milt
and 7-10 to 2 mills and 2-10, although the
assessed valuation had largely increased
during the previous two years. This dis
posed of one of the main campaign argu
ments of the Alliance and Democratic par
ties, which was that the Republican party,
which had controlled all departments of the
State Government and every Legislature
in 30 years, w as corrupt.
Another strong card in the Alliance cam
paign of 1890 was tbe misrepresentation of
the McKinley tariff act. The "calamity"
orators, among whom were all the broken
down or retired politicians of both the old
parties, traveled from one end of the State
to the other, telling the farmers that the
cost of every article needed by them would
be greatly increased by this act. A series
of poor crops and low prices combined to
discourage the farmers. They rallied to the
support of the new movement, thinking
that their condition could be no worse
while it might be bettered.
NOW ALT, IS CHANGED.
This year, however, all is different. The
farmer's supplies have cost him less than
any year in his experience, and for his un
precedented crop he is finding a ready sale
at prices far in advance of any that have
prevailed since the introduction of self
binding reapers and other labor-saving ma
chinery that have reduced the cost of farm
ing so greatly.
The country merchants of Minnesota are
extremely sick over the part they played in
last year's campaign. This year the State
Alliance organization started what they
called a purchasing agency, which,
while it furnished an inferior
quality of goods, thus displeasing the farm
ers, took a vast amount of trade from the
local merchants. The merchants of Minne
sota will not pay for advertising space to
boom the free trade movement next year.
In addition to these causes for disaffection
in the Alliance party, there is another
which will probahly exercise a greater in
fluence in turning the farmers back to the
old parties than either or both of them. It
is a probable split in the partv. "When the
new People's party was launched at Cincin
nati last summei, one of the leading lights
in that movement was Ignatius Donnelly,
the Baconian scholar and the President of'
the Minnesota Alliance.
IGNATIUS DONNEMVYT'S FIGHT.
He was on the National Committee on
Resolutions and had more to do with fram
ing the wonderful platform adopted than
any other one man in the "body. He was
appointed Minnesota's leprcsentative on
the National Committee of the new partv,
and on his return to the State set about the
difficult task of turning, the Farmers' Al
liance ot Minnesota into the People's
party.
Uy means of some clever work he suc
ceed in supplanting the State Central Com
mittee, which managed last,year's campaign,
by a new Committee of the People's
party. This was not accomplished
without considerable opposition, es
pecially from that quarter of the State in
which the Alliance polled its heaviest vote
a year ago, the Fifth District, in which the
only Alliance member of Congrese from the
State was elected. Iu this district the
Baconian Statesman has few supporters and
largelv on account of the feeling against
him. the Alliance men will refuse to be led'
into the new party.
For several years the Alliance in Minne
sota has been a sort of a Democratic side
show, and last year it started with the same
object in iew. All they hoped to do was
to draw votes enough from the Republicans
to give the State to the Democrats.
TUSION WITH THE DEMOCRATS.
In many counties the Democrats and Al
liance fused on local, Legislative and even
on Congressional tickets. Both these
parties made free trade' campaigns and had
nothing to say against each other. The
Legislature and four Congressmen of the
five elected were taken away from the Re
publicans in this way, but the scheme failed
as far as the State ticket was concerned.
There were about 1D,000 dissatisfied Demo
crats in the State who voted either for Gov
ernor Merriam, the Republican candidate,
or Owen, the Alliance nominee.
Then, again, the criticism that the Alli
ance party was working in the interest of
the Democrats forced the latter to make
some sort of a fight on Democratic counties.
Owing to these causes the Republican State
ticket pulled through, but it was a narrow
scrape. The vote stood as follows: Mer
riam, Republican, 88,111; "Wilson, Demo
crat, 85,844; Owen, Alliance, 58,513, Pink
ham, Prohibition, 8,424.
In 1888 the vote of the State was larger
by 20,000, and was divided as follows: Mer
rfam, Republican, 134,355; "Wilson, Demo
crat, 110,251; Harrison, Prohibition, 17,026.
In 1888 Governor Merriam ran 8,000 behind
President Harrison, so that the Itepublican
vote of tho year was really 142,402, while
the Democratic vote, as cast for Cleveland,
was 104,385, while the Prohibition for Fiske
was 15,311.
REPUBLICANS WERE TIIE LOSERS.
This shows that while the Democrats
lost less than 19,000 votes last year, the
Republicans lost 54,000 and the Prohibi
tionists 7,000. This is a conclusive proof
that the Democratic scneme was an right,
but that there were more Democrats in the
Alliance movement than had been expected.
There will be no fusion between the
Democrats and Alliance next year in Min
nesota. "While fusion may be necessary
and advantageous in local and county con
tests," said President Ignatius Donnelly, of
the Alliance, to The Dispatch reporter,
to-day, "I can assure you that the People's
party will enter into no combination with
the Democrats next year, on either the
State or electoral tickets. The course of
the Democrats in the Legislature last win
ter, in refusing to aid the Alliance in pass
ing needed railway legislation and a bill
reducing the rate of interest, settled thaH
point."
"While the Democrats are anxious to de
feat their old enemy, the Republican party,
even though it may require a sacrifice of
party principles, to almost any extent, they
are not betraying any more anxiety, seem
ingly, for a coalition with the Alliance than
the Alliance leaders.
NO AID FROM THE DEMOCRACY.
The dominant faction in the Democratic
party is strongly opposed to any scheme of
that kind. In case no combination is effected
between these two parties, tbe Republicans
will have an easy victory, owing to the fact
that thousands of those Republicans who
voted the Alliance ticket a year ago will
return to the party, as they are thoroughly
convinced that they were deceived and be
trayed by those who pretended to be their
friends. In case the Democratic and Peo
ple's parties do combine, the drift back to
the Republican party will be much stronger.
Probably three-quarters of those who
voted the Alliance ticket in the State a
year ago were Scandinavians. The emi
grants from the Scandinavian countries are,
perhaps, the most intelligent, and, taken all
in all, the best class who come across the
water. Thejr arc naturally Republicans.
They may drift off to the Prohibition party,
to the Alliance, or anything else, bnt they
cannot be led, persuaded, cajoled or driven
into the Democratic camp. They are an
independent, thoughtful class of people, and
if the leaders of the People's party should
attempt to join hands with the Democrats
it is safe to say that at least 75 per cent of
the Scandinavians in the People's party
would return to the Republicans.
BACK TO PROTECTION.
Now that the farmers of Minnesota have
had time to see and study the effect of the
McKinley tariff act they are rapidly reach
ing the conclusion that it is a beneficial
measure for them as well as for all Ameri
cans. The increased tariff on wheat pro
tects them from their .British competitors in
Manitoba, and prevents the millers of the
State from bringing in wheat from the Sas
katchawan Valley to mix with Minnesota
wheat
As long as this was permitted the milling
interests encouraged the growing of the
soft varieties of wheat in Minnesota. This
they graded down low and mixed with the
finer quality obtained from the British
provinces with considerable profit.
In the single matter of potatoes the'
farmers of the Northwest were benefited
last winter and spring to the tune of sev
eral hundred thousand dollars, at least.
The crop was a failure in Minnesota and the
JJaKotas while unusually large in .Manitoba.
Had it not been for the protection afforded
by the McKinley bill the cities of Minne
sota would have been flooded with cheap
potatoes from the British provinces, and
the Minnesota farmers would have realized
low prices for the small crop they did raise.
AsMt was, there are numerous instances in
which Minnesota farmers realized enough
on their potato crop of 1890 to pay the en
tire cost of the land and leave them a fair
profit besides. ,
FACTS TOO STRONG FOR THEM.
Facts like these are toomuch for the Al
liance and Democratic free trade combina
tion, as the leaders of these parties freely
admit. A short time ago a well-known
Republican rode through Southern Minne
sota in the same train with President Don
nelly, of the Alliance. Harvest had just
commenced, and signs of prosperity were
to be seen on every hand. Pointing to
the waving fields of grain waiting for the
reaper the Republican said:
"What are you going to tell the farmers
next year, Mr. Donnelly? You can't talk
poor crops and low prices as you did last
year. "
"God only knows," said the Sage, "but
we'll find something for them."
And this is the situation in Minnesota
at present. The Republicans are again
secure and the Democrats and Alliance
leaders are hunting for something which
shall take the place of the much-misrepresented
McKinley tariff bill in the campaign'
next year.
UTAH'S SOIL IS SOAKED.
It Has So Much Water la It That Irrigation
Ts Now an Easy Problem.
"The question of a sufficient water sup
ply has been permanently settled in Utah,"
says Joseph M". "Walker, of Salt Lake City,
in the New York Telegram. "We have had
our irrigation ditches full the whole of this
year, and it looks now as if the ground was
thoroughly soaked. Yon know that the
great trouble with us has been that evapora
tion is so rapid, owing to the heat, that
much of the water that should have helped'
the crops grow was taken off into the clouds.
"With the ground so full of water that it has;
a good soaking, and a fair head of water to
keep the top moist, it is little trouble to
feed the crops. "Under such circumstances
it takes but little water to keep things run
ning. "The proposition to bore through the
mountains and turn some of the rivers of
the Paoific slope into our country will never.
be carried into ettect, and as It is now does
not need to be done. The snows in the
mountains, with the water the ground has
'in it now. will be plenty to give us our cus-
tomary big crops. There is no doubt, that.
. i - . " . w . . . ...
we have the largest crops of any Western
jState, and the way that Utah has been
brought before the country in the discus
sions of the recent irrigation congress has
been of invaluable benefit to us."
LIC0EICE OF COMMERCE.
How It Is Collected and Prepared Along
the Banks of the Tigris.
Harper's Young People.
The word licorice means "sweet root, "and
is of Greek origin. Most of it comes from
Asia Minor, where it is found.growing in
great abundance all along' the flat, unculti
vated, and almost uninhabited lands of tho
rivers Tigris and Euphrates. It is a small
shrub not more than three feet high, with a
light foliage, and is never found far from
the water.
The season for collecting the roots is gen
erally during the winter, although it is pos
sible all the year round. "When the root is
first dug, it is full of water, and must be
allowed to dry, a long, tedious process,
often taking a year. It is then sent to Bag
dad, where it is pressed into bales and
shipped to London, and from there to
America, quantities of it being used in this
countrv in the manufacture of tobacco.
The black licorice sticks or rolls which
we see in the confectionery and drugstores
come mostly from Spain, and are made of
pure juice mixed with a little starch, which
prevents it from melting in warm weather,
and before packing, each stick is wrapped
in hay leaves.
A H0UTZDALE BOBBER SUSPECT
Arrested in Toledo on Evidence Procured
by Mere A ccident.
Toledo, Oct. 8. This evening a man
named George A. Dixon was arrested on
suspicion of complicity in the robbery of
the Houtzdale Bank of J60.000.
There is a citizen of Toledo of the same
name to whom, through mistake, a letter
was delivered intended for the other man.
It was from Miss Annie E. Ross, of
Waverly, "W. Va., and referred to the
iioutzdaie roooery ana tne conviction ol a
man named Hamilton for that offense.
Dixon came here a week ago, and haB been
subsisting by odd jobs around the docks.
An Oregon Stage Bobbed.
San Feancisco, Oct. 8. "WeUs, Fargo
& Co. have received information that the
stage between Linkville and Lakeview,
Ore., was robbed last night by two men
about a mile west of Lakeview. It is not
known how much money the robbers se
cured, b ut it is stated that the mail was not
touched.
The New .Alps Tunnel.
The Simplon tunnel, accoiding to the lat
est plans, would cost 16,000,000. It would
pierce the Pontine Alps, in the Canon of
Valois, at a height of 11,124 feet above the
sea. Its length would be 117,000 feet, or
2A1 miles.
UGI FKOM ALASKA.
Schwatka's Party Returns After a-
Bold Trip of Exploration.
OPENING UNKNOWN TERRITORY.
A" large Collection ofTcry Valuable Speci
mens Was Made.
THE SHOOTING OP DANGEROUS EAPIDS
Victoria, B. C, Oct. a Lieutenant
Schwatka has just returned from Alaska
and gives the following account of his trip.
""We struck Lake Ahklain June 1C,
up to which point information has al
ready been given. "We found the lake to
bo 95 miles long. It is drained by the
River Newbery, whioh is 145 miles long.
"We shot the Rink Rapids with waves run
ning eight feet high in canvas boats. At
Fort Selkirk we hired Indian packers to
take us to the Copper river country. "We
traversed about 235 miles and reached the
foot of the St. Elias Alps, which are from
12,000 to 15,000 feet high. Glacial ice
stretched as far as the eye could see from 50
to 60 mile's on each side.
"Here the Indians left us. The white
men of the party then took 75 to. 80 pounds
each on their backs, abandoning all other
property, including scientific instruments.
In a march of about 80 miles we managed to'
breas through the St. .Ellas Alps on a
glacier, which brougTit us to the east forkf
of the Copper river. This stream is a
perfect boiling mountain torrent, impeded
by glaciers every few miles.
SHOOTING DANGEROUS BAPIDS.
"The last day's march, from 4 in the
morning to 8 at night, was only 2 miles,
and so fatiguing as to almost exhaust tbe
party. "With the canvas covers of our bed
ding we built a boat 16 feet long, with ribs
of willows. In this we started down Neese
Gnar, a fork of the Copper river, hoping
that a few miles would take us out of the
enormous rapids. The rapids, however,
proved to be 35 miles long. The boat upset
several times and the men were nearly
drowned. At one place we went over a
dangerous waterfall.
"Five miles of this stream ran through'
an enormous can von with perpendicular'
walls from 600 to800 feet high. "We were
not more than two hours making these rap
ids. The speed was very great. It con
tinued to be rapid foranother 60 miles until
we struck the Indians. By this time we
were out of food completely, having for a
long time had only flour and tea. The de
scent down the Copper river was much
easier. "We got to the mouth of the Copper
river about the middle of August. The
men were almost shoeless and without
clothes. This really completed the expedi-
tion, striking white men lor the hrsf time
since May.
UNKNOWN -TERRITOEY OPENED.
""We opened about 500 or 600 miles of;
totally unknown country, and, of course, a,
good deal each side. We have secured a
thorough map, which was taken bv Dr.
Hayes, of the Geological Survey at "Wash
ington. At the back of the St. Elias Alps
were over 50 peaks from over 10,000 to 16,
000 feet high. All the upper fords of the
"White river were mapped out, and many
signs of mineral were observed, especially
copper. "We saw 55 lakes in one dav, from
5 to 100 miles long.
"A large collection of botanical speci
mens was made and photographs taken of
everything of interest. The most important
feature of the whole trip was the successful
breaking through of the St. Elias ranges, a
feat never before accomplished by man. All
the par' v are well. The journey -was haz
ardou in the extreme and full of great
dangei dt times."
OLD HUTCH PITCHED PENNIES.
How the Mania-for Speculation Led Ilim to
a Game "With Tramps.
NewTorkSun.l
No quainter character than Mr. Hutchin
son was ever framed by Dickens. Perhaps
the policemen down at the Battery know,
more uuuut ins jiiu tsiuce no iias ueen in
New York than do his brokers. The Bat
tery sea wall is a favorite haunt of the grain
speculator's, and the policemen down there
all know his long, lank figure, with its flap
ping Prince Albert coat, and when he ar
rives the officer on the beat greets him with
a "Good evening, Mr. Hutchinson." If
Mr. Hutchinson is in trood humor, and the
market is with him, he returnS the greeting
and asks: "How's business?"
Mr. Hutchinson has made friends with.
many of the people who frequent tho Bat
tery" benches. Not many weeks ago he
stopped one night to watch a couple of
young tramps pitch pennies down there.
He became much interested in the game,,
and in a few minutes he made himself the'
umpire. The boys got into an angry dis
pute about a pitch, and Mr. Hutchinson
swore at them roundly and brought them to
terms. Then he said: "Say, boys, I've got
some pennies; will you let me in?"
The young men sized him up, and, con-
-eluding he naa capital enough with him to
pay any tosses, tney let mm in.
MANY FISH IN THE AIB.
A Stream Where They Leap From the
"Water to Escape anEoI-IJko Enemy.
The most unique locality to"be found by
the sportsman, a writer in Forest and Stream
says, is probable that surrounding the town
of Linkville, in Klamath county, On. The
town nestles at the foot of a large mountain,
and lies right on the bank of what is known,
as Link River. This stream which is
quite large connects the upper and lower
Klamath Lakes, is alive with fish, which
are constantly jumping out of water insight
of the town. They are of all sorts and sizes.
Some of them appear to be cutting up
these antics for the fun of the thing, and
some to shake some kind of an eel-looking
creature which attacks them in the water,
and becomes attached to their sides, causing
the fish apparently much suffering. It is
no uncommon thing for large fish to be
taken there whose sides are all scarred up
in consequence of these attacks.
It would not be surprising if many fish
were thus destroyed. Probably there are
not in the world two lakes more numerously
stocked with trout than the Upper and
Lower Klamath -Lakes.
THE DIAMOND GLASS CUTTEB.
Troperly Died the Stone Never Wears Out,
No Matter About the Work.
I have a diamond my father used for
years for cutting glass and ti ith which I
have cut thousands of feet, yet it is iD per
fect order and apparently as sharp as ever,
says a hardware man in the St. Louis Olobe
VemocraU Properly used, a diamond never
wears out, though an apprentice will often
injure one badly in less than a month. A
notice bears heavily on the glass, under the
idea that by cutting deeper he can breakthe
glass the more jasily and secure a more
mathematically straight line. This is a
mistake he gets away from when he discov
ers thtt he can't really cut glass, but merely
scratch it, and thus commence a crack which
can easily be extended through the entire
substance.
It is for this reason that no successful
substitute for the diamond has ever been
discovered, all cheaper articles failing to
make the scratch readily and being worn
away in futile efforts to really cut into the
glass.
Meeting of Veterans.
The Central Club of tbe "War "Veterans
political club met last night in lower AUe
gheny to perfect arrangements for the
soldiers' meeting in Old City Hall on Oc
tober 21.
EXPEEIENCE WITH CAHD3ALS.
How the Iter. Edmund Ilassctt Camo Near
Being Boasted and Eaten.
It is more than 15 years ago in February,
1876 that I started away from Zanzibar
with a score of natives, says the Rev. Ed
mund Bassett, English missionary to Congo
Country, in the 8t. Louis Olobe-Democrat. I
had a journey of over four months before I
reached the chief village of the Aryumenari
people. The King, who was afterward con
verted, treated me kindly, but the day after
I arrived went away with moat of his peo
ple, leaving me to the care of the women,
children and a large guard.
On the fourth day I noticed that the men
in the King's guard acted strangely toward
me and my people. They watched us, but
would not approach us. The next morning
one of mymen was found dead from a spear
wound, and the Aryumenari replied sullen
ly torny accusations, neither admitting nor
denying the crime. I made arrangements
to bury the poor fellow that afternoon, but
during a temporary absence the Aryumenari
beat the guard I had stationed over the
body, took the corpse, and when I returned
all the people of the village were gathered
abont a great fire, over which I learned
they were roasting a human being.
I did not see it. I dared not look at such
a horrible sight, and the Aryumenari mo
tioned me to stay awry under pain of death.
There was a great festival that night, and
during its wildest moments I tried to steal
away with my people, but the camp was
guarded, and one of tbe guards said I was to
die next day. That was a night of torture.
In the morning the King came back and
saved us. "When I told him what his people
had done, he pretended to be very angry,
and made a show of punishing them, while
I left as soon as I could. A converted Aryu
menari afterwards told m? that the King
himself partook of the flesh of that poor
helpless Zanzibar!.
AS ATHLETIC MIHISTEB.
Story About the College Bays of Rev.
Alexander Mann, of Orange, N. J.
New York Sun.
The Latin professor at Hobart College
was a popular pedagogue who did not
(neglect tho culture of his muscle while busy
developing his intellect, and he could hit
out from the shoulder in the most approved
style of the manly. In one of his classes
was a brawny specimen of young manhood,
who could put on the gloves himself. It is
a glorious tradition that the Latin professor
accommodated his young scholar with a
private seance with the mittens one after
noon after recitations. Next day the Latin
professor electrified the class room with a
beautiful black eye, and smiled benignanlly
but significantly upon the student who was
handy with his hands. It is reported that
the Professor good-naturedly admitted the
corn. "The young man who did that," he
said, "is every inch a Mann."
The young athlete who polished off
Hobart's professor was a fine type of the
muscular Christian that Tom Brown so
cordially admired, and everybody in Orange
knows him as the Rev. Alexander Mann,
the assistant rector of Grace Episcopal
Church. It was the Rev. Dr. Rainsford, of
this city, himself an athlete and an expert
sportsman, who exploited the Orange clergy
man's physical worth in a recent sermon, in
which he said with some pride that Orange
had. a young clergyman "who boxes with
his-parishioners as well as labors with them
for the salvation of souls."
NEW WAY TO SMOKE CIOABS.
A Practice of the Klmberley Kaffirs That
May Find Its Way Hither.
Sober Englishmen, when they light a
cigar, do not put the lighted end into the
mouth, but even-this strange practice may
be said'to be on the way hither. Colonel
Knollys has taken a first lesson from the
Kimberley Kaffirs, and has given in Mlaek
viood an account of the experiment which is
eminently calculated to excite the curiosity
of those who run after new fashions. These
interesting South Africans are extremely
fond of cigars, but their habit is to smoke
them in the manner described. "When this
peculiarity was first mentioned to
Colonel Knollys he supposed that his in
formant was cracking a joke, but to his
amazement he saw numerous instances.
The native, it is stated, first lighted his
cigar by the ordinary method, then turning
it round, he deftly arranged the hotly glow
ing end in his mouth, and tucking away his
tongue in his cheek proceeded to inspire
and expire the fumes, very gradually con
suming the whole of the cig3r. The smok
ers assured their visitor that the process
was warm, comforting, delicious, and far
superior to the usual mode. On subsequent
trial Colonel Knollys found, he says, that
the knack is less difficult to acquire than
might be supposed.
H0WKEELEY GOT HIS 8TABT.
A Commendation by the Venerable Editor
Medill First Brought Hira Patients.
Something like a year ago Mr. Joseph
Medill, the venerable editor of the Chicago
Tribune, had his attention attracted to Dr.
Keeley's method of treatment, and he had
an examination made of it. "What he
learned influenced him to make a practical
test ot the alleged cures. He therefore se
lected several men in Chicago who were
looked upon as hopelessly addicted to the
habit of drinking liquor excessively, and
who also appeared to be wrecked by this
long-continued intemperance. These he sent
to Dwight, and engaged to pay their ex
penses while undergoing treatment.
The result was so satisfactory to him that
he indorsed the methods employed by Dr.
Keeley in an editorial article in his paper.
Naturally enough, this indorsement, a most
unusual thing from a paper of the class of
the Chicago Tribune, attracted very general
attention, and soon afterward there was a
tide of patients turned toward the little vil
lage of Dwight, whither hopeless men trav
eled in search of something which before
had seemed beyond their reach.
A TALE OF TWO DOGS.
Each Being Unable to Beach Water Alono
They Pooled Their Issues.
Harper's Young People. ,
A very quaint incident, and one worth
repeating, is that of two little dogs, who,
while out for their afternoon airing, be
came thirsty, and,finding themselves near a
city park fountain, decided to have a drink,
but neither of them was tall enough to
reach the water. So, after talking the mat
ter over in true dog fashion that is, by
running round and round, jumping up,
standing on their hind legs, and indulging
in all sorts of strange antics they suddenly
solved the problem, and in the funniest
way.
One of them ranged himself under the
edge of the basin, and the other, by resting
his forefeet udou his companion's back, was
just able to reach the water. When he had
finished, he hopped down, and taking his
companion's place, allowed him to satisfy
his thirst as he had done. Then they both
trotted off to meet their master, who had
stood by in silent wonder and admiration at
his pets performance.
Variety in the Diet.
One thing is certain that however we feed
ourselves, a change of diet is not only
wholesome but necessary, and the practice
of living twice a week or so upon fish, as a
piece de resistance, is to be recommended
for hygienic reasons, apart from any re
ligious motives which may incite to such a
rule of diet, says Dr. Andrew "Wilson, in
the Illustrated Xcvcs of the Wmld. I go far
ther than this, hone ver, and aver that our
food Habits all round demand reform, chiefly
in the direction of greater simplicity of
living, but not less in the way of our util
izing many sources of diet at present despised.
SUICIDES OF HISTOEL
Eomans and Athenians'TVho Set tho
Example for Gen. Bonlanger. ,
SAMSON THE FIRST ON RECORD.
Men Usually Called Great Wlo PreferreS
Self-Destruction.
SOME CABES 0P A M0EE MODERN -DATU
Boulanger and Balmaceda, each of whom
played for high stakes and committed sui
cide when the game was lost, had many
noted predecessors. From the days of th
Roman Empire down to the present time
men who had staked their all and lost have
capped the climax of their defeat by self
destruction. Rather than endure disgraca
they have acted as their own executioners.
Balmaceda, the would-be Dictator of Chile,
shot himself when convinced that escape
from the victorious insurgents was impossi
ble. Boulanger, after making a brilliant record
as a soldier in Algiers and in the Franco
Prussian war, and being idolized by hi
people, aspired to overturn the Republic
and found an Empire, of which he would b
the head. A traitor to his country and
branded as a thief, he was ontlawed. "When,
at last the woman who was his companion
in exile died; he ended his strange career
by shooting himself on her grave.
It is only a few months since Prince Ru
dolph of Austria and Marie Vetsera ended
their liaison in a manner that shocked tha
entire world. In the days when Romans
believed it a disgrace to be killed by a foe
in battle suicides were common. Cato
stabbed himself rather than live under tho
despotic reign of Cxsax, and when Thermis
tocles was ordered to lead the Persians
against his countrymen he took poison.
REPOSED TO BE-PEISONEES.
Hannibal and Mithridates poisoned them
selves to escape being made prisoners.
Samson wps the heroic suicide of the Scrip
tures for, in order to be revenged on his
enemies, he pulled down the temple in
which they were reveling and perished
with them. Many of the most noted sui
cides of history are due to the philosophy
of heroism rather than insanity.
Zeno,the founder of the Stoics,lived-untiI
he was 98. Then, when he fell one day and
put his thumb out of joint, he decided that
he had lived long enough, so he repaired to
his dwelling and hanged himself. Homer ia
said to have hanged himself because he
could not solve the "nsnerman s naaie.
Terence stabbed himself because he had lost
108 translated comedies. Brutus threw
himself on his sword. Licurgus took poison
and Nero cut his throat.
In China suicide has been a fine art for
several centuries. If a Mandarin is guilty
of misconduct he is requested to put him
self out of the land of the living. There
is a distinction, too, in the manner in which
the Oriental may die. If he is of exalted
rank, and entitled to wear the peacock
feather, he is privileged to choke himself to
death with gold leaf.
This is regarded as a distinguished man
ner of ending life. If the Mandarin is only
of the rank that is entitled to wear the red
button he must be content with strangling
himself with a silken cord. Such are the
distinctions of caste. One of the most re
markable cases of suicide was that of the
King of Falaha on the west coast of Africa.
The King was attacked by a Mohamme
dan force, and, finding resistance impossi
ble, assembled his family and principal of
ficers, and after addressing them and inti
mating his determination never to accept
Mohammedanism, and inviting those who
did not agree with, him to go away, he ap
plied a match to a large quantity of gun
powder collected for the'purpose and blew
into atoms the palace and all who were
in it.
IN ENGLAND'S ARISTOCRACY.
Suicides among the aristocracy in Eng
land are rather numerous. The suicide of
the Duke of Bedford in January last
shocked society circles of both continents.
He was one of the largest landed proprie
tors in England, immensely wealthy and
was 72 vears of age. Lying on a sick bed,
from which he had no promise of immediate
recovery, he succumbed to the agony of the
moment and sought relief in death.
The fact that it was a suicide was, care
fully concealed from the newspapers,-but
the secret leaked out after the body had
been cremated.
Lord Congleton, who nas Mr. Parnell's
great-uncle, hanged himself in 1842. In the
same year the Earl of Munster, one of the
illegitimate sons of King "William IV., shot
himself in the head. In 18G9 Lord Clon
carry, the last of his house, jumped from a
window and broke his neck.
In 1873 the last Earl of De la "Warr
drowned himself and in 187G Lord Lyttlo
ton, the insane brother-in-law of Gladstone,
escaped from his keepers, threw himself
off the staircase of his own house and was
killed.
A story of suicide in which sentiment is
mingled is that of Prince Bandouin, heir to
the throne of Belgium. The youthful
Prince loved beneath his station, and find
ing that love could never be realized, sought
peace in the eternal silence of the grave.
Commercial disaster to any member of
the Rothschild family is as great a disgrace
as crime is to any other family. This was
illustrated in the recent attempts of Baron
Gustav de Rothschild to end bis existence.
His attempt at self-destruction followed
close upon bis loss of 40,000,000 francs on
the London market. The attempt was a
failure, and in that respect resembled his
speculation. His was not the first affair of
tne kind in the Rothschild family. Baron
James de Rothschild, crazed by ill luck,
some time ago blew out hi3 brains in the
presence of his mother.
A LORD'S suicide.
Only last May Lord James Edward Shelter
Douglass, brother of the Marquis of Queens
bury, committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. He had been traveling
from Ireland during the night and behaved
in such a strange manner that tbe railroad
officials ordered one of their employes to
accompany him to London.
Upon arrival in that city Lord Douglass
put up at a ho' el, and when the attendant
was not looking he cut his throat. The
tragic death of Lady Brassey, who plunged
into the sea from her yacht while Buffering
from fever, will be long remembered. She ,
was one of the most ambitious of women and
remarkablv talented. When she jumped
overboard last year her husband dived after
her, and it was with some difficulty that he
was rescued from sharing her fate.
Suicides are common among defaulters as
preferable to facing the charge of dishonor
and trying to live down the record. Poli
ticians smarting under the sense of defeat
have ended all with a bullet. Disappointed
lovers by the score take their lives wnen
jilted by the object of their choice, and so
the category runs. Disappointment of
everv character has prompted all kinds of
people to end this brief existence with a
bare bodkin.
What Napoleon Cost England.
American Notes and Queries.
The steward of Napoleon L'shonsehold at
St. Helena received 1,000 a month for liv.
ing expenses. Every fortnight there landed,
for the table of His ex-Majesty, 84 battles of
ordinary wine, 266 bottles of strong wine
(Constantia, Teneriff, etc) and 44 of porter.
In all, tbe period of his stay on the island is
said to have cost England 2,000,000. Of
course, there were no poor wretches starving -either
in England or in France at the time.
Ocean Steamship Arrivals.
Steamer. Where From. Destination,
Quceiisniorc Baltimore London.
iiritnmiii- New York London.
Wyoming New lorn..
Dubblrtom New York..
Vorkendam New York,,
Priin.vlvjinln-. NeWYork..
.London.
..London.
..London.
..London.
Canada...... .......New York London.
Cllv orarla Mierpool New York.
Columbia New York Sonthampton,
Lahn New York Bremerhaven.
AVerra New York Soutliampton.
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