Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1893, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAROH 6, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS. Senator James Smith of New Jersey will be Popular in Washington. He is good natured and weighs 225 pounds. If Mr. Smith has quired the art of drawing one’s self into one’s shell and double locking the door he does not Manifest it. ‘The next new Senator from New Jersey is a man a trifle above medium height, whose smooth sunny face reflects a genial disposition, and whose rotund form evidences an apprecia- tion of canvas back, pate de fois gras and truf- fies. He has a strong resonant voice, a clear, brilliant dark eye that searches yours, walks a graceful carriage. | He is ly. amusing sur- arprise to me and to state as one can imagir six months ago that I would be this the over McPherson Park. i atagonia. In fact had it hat time I should have at ['m in Washington her le in my little Thad no more id the looking ou f being in Jered to me a' he honor. rm, military coats vther as closely as beled box. A short, k of bis head, hur- mad dive for some Then everbody, made a dive for ort gentleman, and both he and bis his- brown side whiskers were out of sight ina because all present wanted to shake ds with Gov. Flower of New York. But he A carriage was waiting for him T intend to offer a trophy to be shot for as a special prize next year at Creedmoor?” he repeated to. Tae Stam repre- sentative as they raced down the hallway d the swinging glass doors. ‘Yes: it is hat's more,!'m going down to Creed- oor to «hoot for it and win it myself—that is, Unless some one can shoot better than I can.” I like the good things of life.” said Gov. Pattison to Tue Star’ representative at the Arlmgton as he placed his glossy silk tile on the hat rack outside of the dining room, “but sometimes—when you are in a hurry espec- ially—eating is a bore. My trips to Washington always give mea fine appetite, however, and I like to come here.” “I look forward to my participation in the ceremonies with great pleasure: it will bea memorable day in my life, as it will be in the lives of thousands of other people in your lovely city. Mr. Clevelund’s cabinet selections were very pleasing to me and I, in common with the democratic party at large, am only too willing to put my faith in his judgment. “No, Lam not a idute to succeed myself when my term expires. To be governor of the great commonwealth of Pennavivania twice ought to be an honor which should satisfy the ambition of most any man. especially a demo- rat. I believe in the travlitions of the country that two terms are Among the many newspaper men in town Taz Stam representative noticed Stanhope Sams at the Oxford this morning. Mr. Sams 4s private secretary to Gor. Northen of Georgia. Mr. Sams was connected with the Atlanta Jour- nal daring Gor. Northen’s campaign. The governor delivered what he considered the ertcial speech of the campaign and it befel Sams to report it for his paper. Mr. Sams evi- dentiv “‘iaid himself ont on it,” for so pleased was the governor with the report that he sent for Mr. Sams. Finding him an agreeabie, talented young gentleman he appointed him secretary, though he had never seen Ms. Sams is a linguist and an oriental scholar. In fact he would like to journey across the des- erts of Persia to Teheran as minister of the United States. West Virginians are making bids for offices. Prof. Marcellus Marshal from that state wants to be commissioner of Indian affairs. He has lived in New Mexico, had considerable ex- perience with Indians and border life and thinks he could administer the office satis factorily. Col. Thomas Jepson, president of a bank in Wheeling. and who has never held office, wants tosee his signature as treasurer of the United States on treasury notes. He hopes to succeed ‘Treasurer Nebek Congressman Butler of Iowa will present to the President one of the most remarkable peti- tions that has ever appeared before the execu- tive ere. From the floor of the House he Wishes to step to the desk of the superintendent of railway mail service. He has secured the siguatures of all the democrats in Congress except five indorsing his application. Ferdinand W. Peck of Chicago, one of the ost prominent citizens of the windy city, vice President of the world’s fair commissioners, ebairman of the executive committeeand presi- dent of the Auditorium Hotel Association, is at | the Ariingtor. Mr. Peck exme to Washington purposely to fee Mr. Cleveland inaugurated. although he is a Fepublican. “Ihave the greatest respect for Mr. Cleveland,” said Mr. Peck, “and admire him very much.” ‘that Illinois is in the democratic column for good. It was a landslide, you know, and next time it is just as :kely to slide back again. ‘The fair will open promptly on the morning of the Ast of May. It is absurd to say that we would Break faith with Congress and keep it open on Stn Weare business men and have re- spect for our word. and will keep our engage- ments with Congress as we would keep our bus- inees contracts. Of the many bandseme aids in Saturd: @ession none attracted more attention than Col. William F. Cody, or, as he is better known, “Buffalo Bill.” Last evening at ‘Tue Stax represen “Iwas in V pro- Chamberlin’s Col. Cody told tative the following story: in May, 1590, at the opening and visited United States S trian court is s Europe and the Ans trian officers the ost gaily and elegantly uni- formed of any army in the world. “Fred was determined that there should be ene Americun officer in his party at the oper- fing of the exhibition whose regulia at least ap- hed the elegance and giitter in which would mingle. So he said to me: “Colonel, you ettire yourself in your uniform as brigadier of Nebraska, and then cut off all the ww cord, gold lace, buckles, tassels “I did this and took the horsehair from my @olonel’s helmet and pnt it with the horsehair ef my brigaer general's chapeau. I wore also @ pair of high-heeled cowboy boots that lifted we up about rix inches. Iwas the most gor- geously dressed man at the opening of the ex. rae ‘and the rest of our party were tickled death ‘They thought that I certainly must be the gen- eral-in-chief of the American army, and it was emusirg the next morning to see my various Bigh-sounaing and conflicting titles in the mewspapers. “ll tell you something more about Jobn Y. McKane,” said a prominent Albany democrat to ‘Tux Stan representative last night, “and at the same time will give you a bit of interesting {inside political history and show you how he elected Harrison President. “It was the last year of Cleveland's term. Hill was governor. The state central commit- tee was holdings very important meeting at ‘the Delavan House. The committee were al- ‘Most e tie in a fight for the control of the ma- I do not think, however, | at the way the Austrians regarded me. | McKane and Hill were then on the ‘most intimate terms. Hill had, in fact, prom- ised that he would do most anything reasonable for McKane. Kings county delegation to vote against Hill. Mchane was « delegate from that county, broke away from McLaughlin, refused to obey his dictates and supported the Hill faction. “4 bill was then pending in the legislatare which gave McKane $500,000 to spend for im- provements at Gravesend. After the fight was over McLanghlin first learned of the bill. He went to Hill and told him that he must choose between himself and McKane. The bill was passed and it was vetoed. “This action of the governor so incensed MeKane and the attitude of McLaughlin had been so antagonistic to him that he afterward left the democratic party and went over to the republicaus. In the campaign following the republicans were very much discouraged about carrying New York. You will remember that they were suddenly encouraged and became confident of their ultimate mecess. It was the bolt of MeKane, with his 2,500 votes, which Being ' taken from ‘the democratic party and transferred to the re- publican party meant_a total loss of 5,000 from the democrats. This bolt also inspired the republicans with such confidence that it was used asa basis for the raising of a fund of 1.000.000 in New York city, most of which was spent in Kings county as ‘soap,’ and which, to- gether with the moral support and strength and confidence inspired by MeKane’s action, carried the state for Harrison. “But John got his $500,000 after all. And it was Hill who signed the bill. There was a bill passed subsequently giving the town of Shan- daken some money. In order to make it a gen- eral measure other appropriations were in- cluded. John’s $500,000 went in, and he is now spending part of it for clectrie light works at ¢ town of Gravesend.”” Of the several governors in town Gov. Northen of Georgia is noticeable. Gov. Northen 1s a plain, simple farmer. He raises Jersey cattle down in Hancock county and what know about that breed of stock isn't worth knowing. He has made a fortune out of it. He is a Baptist, prominent in church affairs, and an old school’ teacher. He possesses the distinctive honor of being the only man who ever ran for governor in the United States who was twice unopposed in his convention, an in- stance without precedent. Gov. Northern has long brown whiskers and looks like a cultivated, contented, well-to-do country gentleman. He has a soft, gentle, per- suasive voice and polite manners.’ He received s0 many applications for favor from men who had been to school tohim or with him that he jocosely remarked one day that he had taught every man in the state of Georgia or could be | claimed as his ciass mate. In the party of Gov. Robert Reynold’s of Delaware, at present at the National, is Gen. W. H. Stevens of Seaford, who will be un- doubtediy the next candidate for governor in the litle state. Harvey Wightmen of Wil- mington, speaker of the legislature, heads the legirlative delegation, and Speaker Charles Houston of Millsboro’ heads the senatorial dele- gation. Of theseveral Congressmen-elect who havear- rived in town this morning Tue Star repre- sentative recognized ex-Judge Maguire of the fourth district of California, San Francisco. Judge Maguire is a velf-made man, He waca schoolboy and playmate of Senator White of California. He became a black«mith and studied law while working at the forge. He was judze of the superior court of San Francisco for many years and was highly regarded by the bar. He is one of the most eloquent advocates of the single tax theory in the country. He was raised in the golden state. Congressman-elect G. W. Wilson of London, Ohio, who will represent the Springfield dis trict, is a lawyer of prominence in his commu- nity and hus been state eenator. Congressman-elect G. W. Hulick of Obio is also a republican who is on here to see the pa- rade. He is a lawyer. was probate judge and elected in a democratic county. He is very bald with a fringe of long white hair flowing out beneath his hat not unlike that of Richelieu Robinson's, Congressman-clect Henry A. Coffeen repre- sents the entire great state of Wyoming, he hailing trom Sheridan in that state. He is a storekeeper, a leading man in his community and was a member of the Wyoming constitu- tional convention. Quite a number of the new Congressmen hav never before held elective offices; among these is H.C. Van Voorhis of the fifteenth Ohio dis- trict, his home being at Zanesville. He suc- ceeds Col. J. G. Taylor, and is a republican. He is president of the Citizens’ National Bank at that place, and was a delegate to the Chicago convention in 1884. Congressman-elect Philip G. MeCulloch of Marianna, Ark.. who was three times elected attorney general of the «tate, and Congreseman- elect T. B. Cabauis of Georzia are also in the city. “The solid ranks of Tammany which are now marching through the streets of the city,” said an anti-snapper leader from Syracuse, to THE Sau representative at an uptown hotel this morning, “and the hilarious enthusiastic affec- tion that they displayed for Mr. Cleveland reminds me of how they bad the thing all planned to do the same thing for Senator Hill. “So sure was Mr. Hill and_ his followers, at the time the Hill fever raged throughout New York state so violently that he would be the nominee of the democratic party last year and subsequently President that promises were made right and left. In fact, his campaign was conducted to a large extent upon the promise | of office and such were the incentives that stim- ulated the ardor of his followers. “Ex-Congressman Perry Belmort, who wason the committee on foreign affairs, was promised the Secretaryship of State. District Attorney | James 8. Ridgeway, who went through the south with Mr. Hill’on bis tonr, was to have been Attorney General. I have other names in mind, but these are authentic. Mr. Cleveland, however, entered the fight and remained through it to the end without making a single romise or pledge. And Le enters the White Ffouse today'with his judgment unbiaved by campaign contracts.” Dr. Mott Smith, the Hawaiian minister pushed his way through the crowd at the Ar- lington last night,followed closely by an elderly gentleman with long white beard a head taller than himself. Dr, Mott's friend is Charles R. Bishop, the head q@ the great banking firm of Bishop & Co., Honolulu, and who is one of the wealthiest men on the island. | Mr. Bishop lives in a magriificent tropical palace in the center of a square of ground, a ter of amile on each side, rivaling in ole- yal palace and grounds. He is an American by birth, went to Honolula in the early days with the missionary contingent, and married the Princess Bernice Pauahi of the Hawaiian roval blood and of the Kamehameha Which reigned in the islands for a cen- She died recently, and Mr. Bishop has endowed with princely fortunes several schools as memorials. He bas been for a great many years and still is the president of the board of education, and has held other important posi- tions of trust under the government. tury. “In all the asserablage of men,” said ex-Gor. Swinford of Alaska at the National, any, have done more for humanity than Rev. | Wm. Duncan, an Episcopal missionary at Metlakabtla, Alaska. This man is just as much ja king in his way as any of the big | political bosses in town, but administers the daties of bis rank in a different manner. “Thirty-five years ago he went to Port Simp- | son, British Columbia, took hold of a savage tribe of natives which is today civilized and christianized. In 1887 the Episcopal bishop representing the English church sought to take | control of these natives. Both Mr. | and the natives rebelled. ‘The government sus- | tained the bishop, holding that the Indians could not acquire titles to their lands. moved them ly to Alaska, 1,500 where he built a town with indi saw mills, salmon canneries, and other trades were established, » | government organized and a model | considering the disadvantages and “Iam informed that fire bas destroyed portion of the village, which is to be gretted. Mr. Duncan bas given his prods among the ishabltante in mong tants enon py Sopa otal . clerk and schools which ‘are | ¢ McLaughlin had instructed the | They dono work on Sunday. They are tem- te Several of their; brought ‘ore me at Sitka whisky smugglers arrested 500 miles away and in all that long journey, fraught with hardships, nota drop of liquor was touched. speak English, all can read and write, but unfortunately cannot become citizens, which they greatly regret, for they fly an American flag. No village ‘in New England is better governed, nor is filled by a more tem- te, industrious, educated and more desira- lope of citizens than at Metlakahila. The influence of this settlement is doing more to civilize and christianize Alaska than anything else. Alaskan natives are constantly making applications for admission. They are received on probation and if satisfactory aro retained. The difference between other missionaries and Mr. Duncan is that the others turn the natives loose when they leave their schools. He sets them up in business, furnishes them employ- ment and looks after them as closely asa dis- trict leader looks after his voters on election aay It would require a magnifying glass to dis tinguish the fine minute tracings of the signa- ture written last evening on the Ebbitt House register by a young man with glasses, thin face, long brown beard and whose stooping shoulders indicated indoor application and desk work. The young man had a literary look, his name is William Churchill and he is one of the editors of the Brooklyn Times dan author of merit, his last book, Princess of Fiji,” having been particularly well received. — ‘Mr. Churchill spent several years in the south Pacific, and his experience with the natives of that quarter of the globe rivals that of Robert Louis Stevenson. In fact, Mr. Churchill's style resembles Mr. Steven- son’s very much and he is a gifted and talented young writer. One of the best stories heard in the hotel cor- ridors for along time was told by Capt. Jack Hayes, the Indian fighter and friend of Col. Bill Cody, to Tux Stan representative this morning. Capt. Hayes is from Cleveland, Ohio. He is the bosom and lifelong friend of Gov. Fitzhugh Lee and in the parade he occupied the honorary position of chief of Gov. Leo's staff. “It was in the winter of 1860, at Camp Colo- rado, Texas,” said Capt. Hayes. “Our scouts reported a body of Indians that had massacred settlers and driven off their stock. Gen. Van Dorn—then major—was in command. Gov. Lee was a heutenant and I wasabugler. It wa: night and snowing hard. We started after them, made eighteen miles that night, fifty miles the next day and camped. It happened that the Indians we were pursuing had camped but three miles ahend of us. As I said, it was very cold and the Indians had their blankets up over their heads, so they did not hear us, as the next day we came upon them sud- denly, and they would not have discovered us until we wonld have been right on top of them had not one of our men accidentally discharged his revolver. charged. The Indians scattered. There was a ridge of timber afew miles awa braves made for) the timber. Gen. and I pursued them. We killed one. We pursued the other fellow through the timber for veveral miles, his trail being visible in the snow. When we reached the open plain he had disappeared. We knew that he was hiding in one of the gulches. Ina few moments we discovered his pony. Turning we saw him on the other side of an undulation in the prairie. Asho reached the top of the divide he waved his shield and yelled defiance at us, We put after hi could not find him in the ledges of rock.’ Lee then proposed that we separate, which we did. “Itseems that the Indian was but about thirty feet from Gen. Lee at the time hiding behind a ledge of rocks. As Lee came upon him he fired an arrow at him. Lee saw him in time to dodge and the arrow went through his arm, breaking off. The Indian was a chief—a big, tall, powerful, muscular fellow, over six feet in’ height. Gen. Lee was then n small man, but he is the bravest and pluckiest man in the city today. In a moment other's arms ina death struggle. The general was carrying his revolver in his right band. The Indian grasped the barrel and the weapon was discharged, but he was not hit, ‘The piatol dropped to the ground. Lee knew that his only salvation was to hug the Indian, for the lntter bad his knife in his band, and ‘as they swayed toand fro packing the snow beneath their feet he was unvble to plunge bis knife in his adversary’s body. I started to his rescue they were twisting and writhing so that I was afraid of killing my comrade, “In another minute they were on the ground and Lee on top. As Inek had it they fell near the revolver. In the second of time allowed Lee seized the pistol and discharged it, the ball go- ing through the ckeeks and mouth of the savage without even knocking out a tooth, for his mouth was open in a yell. In another second, however, the next ball crashed in his brain. As the gen- eral disengaged himself from the tight embrace of the savage and rose to his feet he shook himself and felt of his body to see whether he was wounded, for the knife had cut his coat. Iwas fearful lest he had been in- jured and asked him how he felt. He replied ‘Oh, Iam all right; just getting my muscle up, raising his arm as if he were tightening the bicep. ‘When I went to college,” he continued, *L used to be very fond of wrestling and it came in very good service toda} I thought of the ‘Virginia back heel” trip and down the redskin went.’” es Important Decision. The corrected deeds by which the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians convey to the govern- ment their equity title to the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands in Oklahoma, for which the turned to the Interior Department unsigned. The President, in his letter returning the deeds, re- iterated his disapproval of the — legisla- tion by which this appropriation — was made, and which, it will be remembered, was the subject of a message to Con- gress. Both houses, however. concurred in a resolution that no further or different legisla- tion was necessury, and hence the matter stood in the same condition as when Congress made the appropriation for these lands. Objection was made to these deeds by the Secretary of the Interior and they were returned for cor- rection. About a week ago the cor- rected deeds were sent to the Presi- dent, but they were held under con- sideration until Friday, when they were ro- turned to the Interior Department with the statement in effect that in the press of business during the last hours of his administration he had had no time to examine the deeds and hence he was compelled to return them without hisapproval. ‘This takes the matter over to the incoming administration as unfinished business. —$—$$ Secretary Tracy Serenaded. The United States Marine Band following » custom that has long been ia vogue of serenad- ing the outgoing Secretary of the Navy, paid that compliment to Secretary Tracy Friday night. The full band,under the leadership of Prof. Fanciulli, visited ‘the Secretary's residence about 8 o'clock and taking a position in front of the residence rendered a choice selection of airs, which were not only enjoyed by the in- mates of the house, but by «large crowd of people who had gathered.on the outside of the mansion, At its conclusion the Secretary made a few brief remarks in which he expressed his thanks for the compliment. Robinson. The funeral of Chief Justice Alfred P. Rob- inson at Georgetown, Del., was attended by a great throng Friday. Services were held in St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church. ‘The funeral procession was made up in this order: Sussex, tand New Castle County Bar Asso- ciations, Gov. Reynolds, Secretary of State Haw- kins, ex-Governors B. T. Biggs and Charles E. Stockley, members of the state senate and house of representatives, state and county officers, clerg¥men and ——— the remains of the dead Jurist, palibearers, honorary pallbearers, family of the deceased, relatives and friends. Burial was made in the family lot at St.George's Chapel, Indian River Hundred, five miles from this place. Lee | but | more they were locked in ench | but did not dare to shoot as I advanced, as | At the last moment | last Congress appropriated $3,000,000 were re- | IN MEMORY OF ROBERT EMMET. THE GREAT SOUTHERN CYCLONK. Irish Nationalists Meet in New York and Denounce the Home Rule Bin. ‘The Irish nationalists of New York met Friday evening at Cooper Union, New York, to cele- brate the one hundred and fifteenth anniversary of the birth of Robert Emmet. The hall was crowded. Judge E. M. Shannon of New Rochelle, N.Y.,presided. Others on the platform were Gen. Michael Kerwin, Col. P, J. O°Kelly, George Sweeny, Wm. Lyman, M. B. Gallagher, M. St Clair and Michael Carew. An address was delivered by Judge Shannon. eulogizing the great Irishman. A resolution was adopted in which the Irish nationalists renew their faith in the cause for which Emmet's life was sacrificed and stigma- tizing as deserving of the reprobation of all Irishmen the declaration purporting to be issued by a majority of the parliamentary rej resentatives that the home rule bill relieves wrong Ireland has suffered. The resolution further touched upon the die- honest and deceitful spirit in which the home rule bill was conceived, and concluded with a request that the United States government at once take measures to secure the release of Irish rs who are American citizens in British » who have been the victims of police intrigue. AN ADDRESS To THE NATIONALISTS. O'Connor McLoughlin read an address from the Irish nationalists to their fellow country- men in America. In part it was as follows: “Irishmen, the time has come when it is im- Perative upon us to resume our work stayed nine years ago, in order that the Irish parlia- mentary party might have free hand in what is termed ‘constitutional agitation.’ We aided in the building up of that party and made the Land League and the National League posei- jilities, “The traitors to Parnell, who now constitute the Irish parliamentary party, arp many of them perjurers, as some of you are aware. And yet these men have the presumption to de- clare on behalf of the Irish people that Glad- stone's home rule measure is a full and com- plete settlement of the Irish question. “Gladstone's home rule measure would carry our country back to the year 1494 and place it under the act passed at the direction of Sir ing’s uct. It was againt his act which placed the Irish arliament under the control of the lord lieutenant and privy council that Grattan and the volunteers arose in 1782 and declared that ‘We do consider the practice of suppressing our bills in the council of Ireland or altering the same anywhere to be another Irish cause of discontent.’ e volunteers assembled at tho famous convention in Dungannon declared, ‘That a claim of any body of men other than the king, lords and commons of Ireland to bind the kingdom is unconstitutional, illegal and a grievance. That the powers exercised by the privy council of both kingdoms under coior or pretense of the law of Poyning are unconstitu- tional and a grievance.’ “Shall we allow our country to be governed by a re-enacted Poyning law or shall we follow the teachings of a most illustrious martyr of Irish independence? The traitors and the per- jurers ask you to be satisfied with what even | Grattan, who was loyal to the crown, ie: stroyed and \dstone, remember _Iri! men, has declared against restoring to Ireland the constitution of 1792. Away with them, fel- low countrymen. Ireland can never be happy or prosperous until all connection between her and Engiand has ceased and she has been es- tablished asa free and independent republic. | We therefore ask you to organize and affiliate yourselves with us, so that when the appointed momentarrives we may be ready.” — DISCREDITABLE TO HIS LORDSHIP. Testimony In the Divorce Case on Trial in London, Subsequent evidence in the divorce court in London in the case pending between | Baron Howard de Walden and Lady Blanche, his wife, confirmed much of Thursday's testi- mony. Mrs. Borronghs, a sister of Lady Blanche, testified that his lordship was often rude to her when she was nursing Lady Blanche. He was in the habit of cursing her and exclaimed to her on one occasion: **Go and nurse your sister in bell!” ‘This remark shocked her feelings very much d had an unfavorable influence on her lady | ship. he servants, who scem to be inevitable in English divorce cases.either as “Peeping Toms” or John Thomases with active memories, were next brought up, one after the other, to sus- tain the charges of Lady Blanche. They tes- tified to the habitual “booziness” and_ filthy habits of Lord Howard de Walden and gave evidence corroborating Lady Blanche on various peints, ——_—__+e+—_____ cocK FIGHTS A CHURCH, Considerable Excitement Caused by the Report at Lancaster. Considerable excitement and indignation | was caused at Lancaster, Pa, recently, when it became known that the steeple of one of | the leading churches has been utilized as a cock pit while the pastor was holding services in the auditorium below. It is said that a number of cocking mains have been held there. The handlers of the chickens entered the the building ostensibly for the purpose of par- ticipatmg in the worship, but instead of going belfry. Just how the chickens were smuggled into the place is not known, but it is suspected | that the pseudo worshipers bad them secreted beneath their conta. ———___+e+_______ TERRORIZED THE TOWN, A Single Crow Indian With a Rifle Reigned for = Whi A single Crow Indian terrorized the whole town of Wilsey, Mont., for . Several hours Thursday afternoon and was finally shot dead himself. He went to the store of Thomas W. Smith at 3 o'clock and demanded whisky. Smith refused and went to a store house a few feet distant. The Indian followed him and drewa large knife and attempted to stab him. Smit son, who was in the store, covered the Indian with a shotgun and the red man left. A short time afterward be returned with » rifle and com- menced a general fusilade on the street, firing a number of shots into Smith's house, saloon and store. ‘The ‘people had seen the Indian returning and took refuge in the Northern Pacific section house. Seeing that his+hotsat the other build- ings produced no effect he turned his attention tothe section honse. firing whenever any one appeared at the wind ranchman fired five shots at the Indian, one or two of which took effect. Smith then fired at him with a shot gun and he fell mor- tally wounded. There were a number of Crows camped at Wilsey who threatened to avenge the death of their’ companion, but the viligurs have armed themselves and are prepared for an attack. A Novel Decision in Insurance. Anovel rule of law was laid down by the Supreme Court at Boston Friday in the case of Henry W. Haskins against Phebe B. Kendall. The court decided that when a beneficiary named in 4 policy of life insurance dies before the in- sured the interests of the policy become vested in the executor of the insured and not in the next of kin of the beneficiary. In the case un- der consideration the insurance was in the Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society for $4,000 upon the life of the late Jonathan H. Haskins of Amberst, and was payable to his wife, who died before him. ‘The court’s decision reverses a decree of the New Hampshire Probate Court. ———_~+-e-___ High Rallway Charges Close Mines. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan mines at Ward- ner, Idaho, probably the greatest silver lead prop- erty in the world, closed down on Wednesday ht indefinitely. The reason is the ih salbed cuecase oa ora itiareeered tant other Caur D'Alene properties will also shut wn —__+e+—_____ Remorse for His Crime Killed Him. tothe auditorium they would steal infto the | Damage Caused and Lives Lost sippi and Georgia. The destruction to property by the cyclone which swept through Georgia on Friday night is much greater than at first reported, but there has been no further loss of life. THE vicTIMs. The dead are: At Piedmont, Miss Daisy Hawkins and a negro woman; at Odessa, six Persons, names unknown; at Molena, Mrs. Felt and four negroes; at Woodbury, a white child and two negroes; at Greenville, a negro woman, and near Barnesville, Mr. Andrew Revire. The number of injured is great and the probabilities are that half has not been told. It is impossible to give a complete list. At Greenville the greatest damage was done. Of the 200 houses of the town not over fifty remain intact. Great suffering is reported from there. The center of the town is completely de- molished. Half of the houses of the town have been razed to the ground. That there ‘was no greater loss of life is remarkable. ‘The reports trom the center of the cyclone disturbance show that the great destitution caused will call for relief. Many of the cyclone sufferers are in adestitue condition, having been rendered houseless and homeless by the wind, with no vestige of clothing, except the garments they had on their backs. They were ex to the biting cold. itarvation stares some of them in the face. At a meeting held in Greenville it was resolved to appeal for assistance. and the following statement was given out: “The facts are brief but terrible. The town is now a scene of desolation. Many of her clegant homes, as well as her humble cottages, are destroyed, and numbers of fami- lies are destitute, penniless and homeless. Four of her churches and_her beautitul college have been leveled to the dust. This is a calam- y which cannot be relieved by the sufferers ling back upon insurance companies, but relief must come, if it comes at all, from the Promptings of a Christian beneficence and juman pity and generosity. It is to such sen- timents, in the bosoms of our feliow-citizens of every kind, that we appeal.” THE DAMAGE IN MISSISSIPPL. The mayor of Meridian, Miss., issued a proc- lamation yesterday calling upon the citizens to contribute funds for the relief of the distreseed victims of the cyclone at Marion, Toomsuba, Keewanee, Pachuta and Barnett. Ithas been impossible, 80 far. to even ap- proximate the financial loss occasioned by the eyelone, but it will go in the hundreds of thou- sands. A, J. Keeton, one of the richest mer- chants at Toomsuba, is left penniless, all of his property having been swept away by the storm. A child was biown out of its mother’s arms near Marion and instantly killed, the mother escaping without injury. The funeral of five of the victims of the ¢yclone’s wrath occurred at Marion yesterday. ‘The injured are doing well, and the them will recover. ‘The only deaths re from Marion yesterday were two negroes, who had been injured by falling trees. Nine bodies have been recovered from the wreckage at Barnett station, thirty miles south of Meridian, on the Queen and Crescent raii- road, seven of them being members of the family of Daniel Burnett. Mrs. Sarah Harrington, an aged widow, who lived with her daughter at Barnett, was blown away, and her body has not yet been recovered. PRANES OF THE WIND. Many pranks of the wind’s fury are reported. The water was blown out of the tank at Bartlett, while the tank itself was not damaged in the least, A fine Jersey cow was blown a mile at Pachuta and alighted on the Baptist Chureh uninjured. ‘The cyclone struck Marion at about 5 p.m., traveling around the southwest to northeast! It is deseribed by eye witnesses as a whirling ball of fire and traveled in a zigzag course. ‘the main track was 300 yards wide and every- thing in that track was swept away, wreckage ‘of houses being scattered for miles along its course. That the los# of human life is not greater is something wonderful, but can be ac- counted for in part by the fact that the cyclone struck only the northern portion of the town, which is not densely populated. SWEPP A HOUSE Away. The first house in the storm’s path was that of Millard Hasselle, which was completely swept away. ‘The family miraculously escaped, Mrs. Hasselle receiving slight injuries. J. Har- rison’s house was the next to be demolished. Harrison was badly hurt by falling timbers. yp Misste- Mrs. Harrfson’s arm was broken and she sus- | tained internal injuries prove fatal. George Nailor’s house was the next to be razed, and not even the foundations were left. ‘The family escaped with their lives, Nailor re- that will probably ceiving severe wounds about the head and | shoulders and Mrs. White, his mother-in-law, being badly wounded over’ the right temple, thought to bea fracture of the skull. Her re- covery is doubtful. ‘The two-story residence of Mra. Mahan was next to go, but fortunately its occupants were unhurt. Mra, Barnett’s hou i path of the storm. | moment's warning. Seizing her child she shut herself in a closet, and, althongh the house was converted into kindling wood, they both es- caped unhurt. ‘The Meadow homestead was last to be struck. Here lived Mrs. Burton Meadow, seventy years of age, and her daughter, Miss Myra Meadow, forty years old. ‘They were instantly killed. Several other houses and outbuildings were blown down. The cyclone passed from Marion tothe swamp, uprooting timber, crossed the i hio railroad a mile above town, ing half a mile of telegraph wires and blocking the road. After destroying Marion the cyclone cuta swath through the swamp until reaching Good Hope Church, two miles east, which it wrecked, also destroying four settiements of negro cabins. But threo persons were fatally hurt. MeNair, & negro preacher, was severely bruised. P Repol’s house was’ laid waste and two children maimed. A. Robinson's place, five miles east of Marion, was ruined. Mr. Robinson's mother is severely injured and wili hardly live, having her right arm broken, right anklo shattered and other severe injuries, Miss Robinson received ‘a ecalp wound. ee WKECKED THE WASHINGTON FLYER. Many Passengers Shaken Up, but No One Badly injured. ‘The “Washington Flyer” on the Lehigh and Hudson River railroads crushed into a freight train near Butteville, N. J., Friday afternoon. The train, which starts from Boston and runs over the Lehigh and Hudson track into Phila- deiphia, was ten hours late, owing to the snow- drifts along the route and to a large number of specials which are running on all the tracks, The train consisted of six Pullman vestibule cars and a combination car. ‘The sudden stop- page of the cars threw many of the passengers from their seats, but none of them were in- jared. All, however, received ® severe shak- ing up. ‘The heavy engme of the express: te the caboose*and the last car of the freight train and ve the second car into the third. ‘The wreck taught fire and burned. ‘The cars were loaded and the greater portion of their contents destroyed. Fireman Cullen, the only man injured, was carried into one of the Pull- man coaches, where his injuries were attended to by a surgeon, ——_—_ reo ___ Sold His Heritage for a Song. ‘Vico Chancellor Pitney of New Jersey has issued a decree awarding William Wright, son of ex-State Treasurer Wright of that state, 825,000 from his father's estate. Young Wright su; the estate to be insolvent and sold his interest therein to a brother-in-law for 250. Subsequently the son learned that the # left by his father were worth over UNDERMINED THE TOWN. Sangate, England, Shaken and Made to Settle Several Feet. Late Saturday night the people of Sandgate, county of Kent, England, were aroused by the | rocking of the housesand loud rumblings under ground. Walls split, teilings fell, foundations | sank and roofs collapsed. As the inhabitants | fled to the streets they found large rents in the ground and were almost overcome by noxious | vapora. Everybody supposed that the town | was being shaken by an earthquake, and as the | rumbling continued hundreds fied in a panic. A few remained behind to remove their furni- turo from the falling houses. The reports carried abroad by the fugitives caused the troops in an adjacent camp to hasten tothe aid of the people still in Sandgate. Soldiers and citizens worked for two hours in moving the most valuable property from the houses and in erecting tents in the fields about a mile outside the town for the women and | children. At the end of that time the rumbling | had ceased andan investigation was made in the town by the commander of the troops and several citizens. SETTLED SEVERAL FEET. ‘They found that the ground on which Sand- gate stands had sunk several feet and that a leas subsidence had extended throughout the #ur- rounding district, affecting in all about » square mile. ‘The gas mains had been broken and the con- nection of water pipes had been disturbed so | that supplies of both gas and water had been | stopped. Many cottages had been wrecked | completely and the better built houses had been cracked and thrown out of plumb, so that they could not be occupied with safety. Neverthe less many of the inhabitants returned to the town toward morning. Between 5and 6 o'clock, however, they were frightened away by fur- ther subsidence of the ground and the recurrence of the rumblings, These phenomena were repeated several times during the day and the town is now prac- tically deserted. As far as known no lives have been lost. The cause of the subsidence is un- explained. ‘The town is built upon a comparatively low cliff close to the sea, ‘The waves are believed to have undermined the cliff, which then settled and slipped toward the water, carrying with it the town, Two hundred houses were de- stroyed. ——— MILLIONS TO HARVARD, Mr. Gordon McKay Has Willed able Estate. The fever of speculation which bas pervaded the wide circle of which Harvard University is the center ever since the quasi announcem was made ata dinner in Washington last week as to the identity of the “retired New England manufacturer” who had made over to the col- liege in trust an estate valued at from two to four million dollars has been somewhat allayed by the positive statement that Gordon McKay is the man. Gordon McKay made his money by his inven- tions. He is nota Harvard man, or, indeed, a college man of any sort, but a eelf-educated mechanic, like the Slaters, Smiths and other New Englanders who have enriched the cause of education *o bountifully in the last few | years. He is now traveling on the Nile and, modest man that he is, he is probably thanking his stars ut this very moment that many miles separate him and the grateful constituency of Harvard. Mr. McKay is well past what is known as “middie age.” He was born in Pittstield, Mass., but the first that local history records of him is | that away back in the forties, when railroading was new, he was emploved as a machinist by what was then the Boston and Lowell railroad, Some of the locomotives which now ply between those cities on the southern: division of the Box- ton aud Maine road were designed by him. intuitions in mechanical eubjects were even at that early period productive of astonishing re- sults, It is said. even, that he once made an estimate of the weight of n locomotive as it would stand complete, coaled and watered and with aman on board, and that when the ma- chine was finished and weighed under these conditions his estimate was only a few pounds out of the way. is Valu- HIS START AS AN INVENTOR. Mr. MeKay owed his actual start as an inven- tor to Mr. L. R. Blake of Abington. Mr. Blake was in search of some one who could put into | execution his ideas as to ceriain machines for making shoes. ‘The result has long since revo- lutionized the hoe industry, and for many years Mr. McKay has been a very wealthy man. He made the first’ machine for sewing shoes, and hand sewing became a thing of the past in manufacturing. It made possible the assem- bling together of n hundred workmen in a fac- tory, subdivided the work among them, and, in ord, made the shoe industry what it is to- y. Nearly if not quite all Mr. McKay's in- | ventions have been in the line of this manufac | ture and the McKay machines are indispensable adjuncts to its prosecution, It is not known how much Mr. McKay is worth. His income from royalties bas been, manf years now, enormous, and as the heaviest owner in the various companies wh have been formed he has gathered in the larg: share of their Income. ‘Those highest in the councils of the univer- y were not consulted in the making of the will, It wasall done voluntarily and without advice, and only by accident wa: vealed while the generous testator | | land of theliving. Mr. McKay has been abroad all | | the winter traveling in the orient with Mr. and | Mrs. Charles Wood of Boston, and as he is free | to goand come as he likes the time of his re- turn to America is not known, MIS PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS. Possibly Mr. McKay isin no burry to come home. He has had his full share of disappoint- ment and unbappiness. Two marriages which be has contracted have been failures, and there now | lives in Washington the lady who was last his |.wife—a Miss Treat of Cambridge—who was | barely out of her teens when, having passed sixty, he made her Mrs, McKa’ Nevertheless all Mr. McKay's friends «peak | very warmly of his personal character, his | modesty and his kindliness. Though « deadly | foe to extravagance he is not a bit niggardiy, and his home, whether in Florence or in Paris or in Cambridge, is always filled with the lux- uries which educated wealth craves for its wsthetic enjovment, A residence is now build- for him in Aiken, 8. C. Though his brown hair and full beard are whitening with age he is tall, straight and well preserved and would be immediately conspicu- ous in any compan, How Nebraska Has Been Robbed. ‘The special committee of the Nebraska house has made a partial report of its investiga- tion into the state asylum steals by contractors who furnished coal, flour and provisions. The committee from its partial investigation estimates that the state has been robbed in these items alone of a sum not less than $25,000 year for three years past. Following the report of the committee a bill was introduced empowering the governor to expend $15,000 in making a complete investi- gation and in prosecuting the criminals. All the contractors are Liucoln men, who have been indicted by the Lancaster county grand jury. The bill introduced will be pushed, and there is little doubt of its speedy passage. f REO E SOO Ae Order for the Naval Review. Rear Admiral Gherardi has issued his order for the naval review. His personal staff | will be Capt. W. R. Bridgman, chief of staff; Lieut. W. P. Potter, flag lieutenant, and Lieut. | Ridgely Hunt, secretary. ‘The fleet will be composed of the “squadron for special service,” the naval force of the South Atlantic station, the naval force of the North Atlantic station, and such other vessels as may hereafter be attached to it. The com- mander-in-chief of the South Atlantic station 100,000 and he then brought suit for the re- | and the commander-in-chief of the North At- covery of his share. lantic station will, on receipt of the order, report to him by ‘letter, stating tho location | thinking tnd fhe work required tolpepare them for" the to lor service with the review fleet. ——___+e+ —__ ‘Washington's Stringent Cigarette Law. Both houses of the Washington legislature have passed a bill making it unlawful in the vell, give away or ‘or cigarette & LAMONT UNDER SURVEILLANCE, A Ticket Agent Thought He Was a Crook and Needed Watching. Secretary-elect Lamont may be a bit sur- prised to learn that he was under surveillance as a confidence man on one of his recent visits to the “little white house” at Lakewood. It was this way: Col. Lamont reached the ferry too late to buy a ticket for Lakewood. He slapped down 3 cents and «printed for his boat. When he reached Jersey City he asked for an exeur- sion ticket to Lakewood and threw down a ten- dollar note in payment. Before Ticket Agent Bird could get the change Col. Lamont in his haste had left the window. Mr. Bird qidn know the impetuous colonel and be shouted | out: Here, there! don’t vou want your change?” Col. Lamont rushed toward his train without responding. Mr. Bird suspected that there was screw loose somewhere. The man's actions were a little mvsterions. So Mr. Bird put on his coat and rushed after him, catching Col. Lamont as he was entering the car. “Here, you,” said Mr. Bird, “you forgot your change.” “Ob, did I?” replied Col. Lamont, carelessly, as he held out his hand for it. Mr. Bird was certain then that this man needed watching. He called the conductor of the parlor car to one side and, pointing out Col. Lamont, said: “I wish you would watch that man, I think he may be a crook. ‘The conductor appreciated his responsibility, and he looked at Col. Lamont #0 closely often that the colonel finally changed Then the conductor walked past him half @ dozen times and saw that he seemed to be very hard. When Lakewood was reached and Col. Lamont left the ear the con- ductor followed him, debating whether he should get the station agent to cover the stranger or whether he should boldly ask him what bis business was, When the conductor saw Mr. Cleveland step forward and gveet the suspect as “Dan” he came to the conclusion that the laugh and anything else he could get was on Ticket Agent a. MONTHS. SH Barning of a Tonsil Cures a Curious Case of Lethargic Sleep. A curious case of lethargic sleep, which lasted five months, has jast come to the attention of the Hypnotic and Psycho! Paris, which both they and the doctors # fo explain, A thirteen-year-old girl of an| After this recrestion the ex excellent provincial family is the subject of this | Tema quietly at his home am Mr, Harrison's en ! curious experi While at boarding school she was sudd med and became ill. ¥ the celebrated Prof, Ch: cot and admitted to the insane asylum of Dr. pau at Verinet. At this time the girl uttered a ser: f hoarse barks and her widely open mouth disclosed a highly «wollen right tonsil, Every five min- utes she was seized with a «spasm, during which pbed her | nd that she hard with her she brow arly wore it away. artificially by means of a stomach tube. ‘Three days after reaching Vesinet she fell into syncope, which it was impossible to disturb by any physical pain, Magange and hydropathie treatment produced a visible im- provement, but it was not until a few days ago that the proper remedy was discovered. — Dr. Raffegeau cauterized the swollen tonsil with « red-hot iron and, at the same time treated the muscles under the jaw with massage. The girl gave a little scream when the iron was ap- plied. P’Some hours later she was induced to repeat the vowels after the physician, Next morning she suddenly awoke, asking ere am T She had absolutely no recollection of what curred about her. She is now more lively than before her illness, talks incessantly weems anxious to make up for the time she has lost by amuring her-elf as much as possible. TAINE. The Distinguished Author of the “History of English Literature.” Hippolyte Taine died in Paris yesterday afternoon, slowly. On Friday he rallied and there was some expectation that he would recover. end came very sudden! Hippolyte Adolphe Taine was born at Vouzire He made a fine gecord at the College Bourbon, where he acquired his early education, and subsequently was equally suc- He received his In 1863 on April 21, 1828, cessful in the normal school dipioma as doctor of letters in 1847 he was appointed examiner in literature at the mulitary school of St. Cyr and in 1864 professor of the history of art and wsthetics at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He wi ndidate for the seat in the academy left vacant by the death of M. Thiers, but was defea In 1878, how- in the room of ‘M. de The work by which he is best known among the English people is his “History of English Literature,” published im four volumes, in 186 Among his other works are “English Positive- Philosophy ot Art,” “Philosophy ot Art nef Modern France, ‘The Danger of High B: A lecture recently delivered by Gen, William Sooy Smith before the students of the political economy department of the Northwestern University at thought on practical lines. The lecturer spoke of the riski nu-ing steel as. framework for tall buildings and the danger of placing them on insecure foundations. He described the typical great building now going up in Chicago asa gaunt skeleton of steel rising aloft, which is gradually clothed from to story witha Tigid flesh of stone and brick, tile and mortar, and with such integument becoming a habitable eiitice. The lecturer said that with each change of temperature the steel skeleton expands or con- tracts and becomes creeping, crawling thing, apparently striving to throw off its clothing, expecially if exposed to such heat as results from the burning of great quantities of com- bustible goods stored in it, or from the burning of neighboring buildings. There is great danger from these in spite of the means usually em- ployed to protect the metal from heat—namely, the tile covering put upon it, for this covering will become 80 hot as to conduct enough heat to the steel to expand it and crack off the tile. There may be steel buildings in which the fire proofing was so well done that they will pass through ordinary fire without such failure, but if the steel becomes even moderately heated its stiffness will be measurably diminished, and the strength of the upright members so much re- | duced as to cause them to bend and yield tothe unequal expansion of the horizontal beams due tothe same change in temperature. In such case the building will be likeiy to come down with a crash. The Tribune building at Minneapolis was utterly destroyed as a result of the expan- sion caused by heat. a oer Abolishing Convict Labor in Arkansas. The Arkansas senate has passed, with only one dissenting vote, the house bill abolishing the convict lease system. It is expected the governor will «ign the bill, ———_or—____ Ex-Treasurer Hyatt Very I James W. Hyatt, who was United States treasurer during President Cleveland's former administration, is suffering severely with gout at his residence on West avenue, Norwalk, Co1 His friends fear the worst, but the tending physician hopes that the patient may eventuall recover. Saturday evening a report gained credence inthe Norwalk Club that Mr. Hyatt was not expected to live until Tumor was unfounded. Mr. Hyatt bas been a very sick man for several weeks and has been confined to his house since early in January. His stomach will not sustain food and recently his eyes have been so affected, as the result of his disease, that he can scarcely see. Owing to the nature of Mr. Hyatt’s malady it is generally under- stood that he can never again be restored to complete health, although with careful treat- ment the family believe he will live for many morning, but the | cious and had to be | He had been confined to his bed | for some time and was thought to be dying His nston contains much food for | MK. HARRISON'S SUNDAY. | With Him, | The special train bearing Mr. Harrison and | his party arrived about S o'clock at East Liberty, Pitsburg, yesterday morning. The greeting between the ex-President and Dr. Kamles was very cordial. After a short drive the party | were welcomed to the parsonage by Mra. Kum= | ler, who was. lifelong intimate frend of the | late Mrs. Harrison. The family and guests im- mediately prepared to attend aervices at the East | Liberty Presbyterian Church, of which Dr, Rumler is pastor. It having been publicly announced that the ¢x-Preaident and party would attend the morn- | ing service, people flocked to the edifice, and | by 11 o'clock fully 2.500 people occupied the space calculated to accommodate hundreds were unable to even reach the out | mde vestibules, With the closing reverberations | of the organ prelude Mr. Harrison and Mew Kumler walked arm in arm up the richt aide | to the seventh pew from the front in t block. Mr. Harrison remained standing me | bis daughter and son-in-inw bnd passed inte the pew, and then occupied the feat next to the About the same moment Ir. Kumler 4 the entire ¢ gation joined in singing the doxologs Lor irl. stepped into the pulpit ar « | Ate short invocation the | peated in unison, Mr. ing part in this servic of the morning le mn had sung» h prayer, in which be tne f God upon the President, * Praver 2 Peveren his cabinet, logielature and rulers, that thoy might prove themselves God-fearing men. Dr. Kumler chose xt Luke, xxiv Sub- ject of the eminence of Christ.” At the close of the sermon hymn No. 415 wae : bere co wae sung dhetio the request of Mr. Harr Was pronounced and the A few people who knew Mr. Harrison pressed | forward. Mr. Harrison received them all with ja ce hand-rhake. When the aisles were cleared the party ret Dr. Kumier, whe: ned to the residence of awaited them, a number of prominent J upon Mr. Harrison, ex-President briefly ver his are with Mr 2 Compan bunting an | outlined hie y rival at India on tue Stanford Universi requ ly f each year, lectures’ on prude During next winter th Fote his time to writing Mr. Harrison say i by time out will deliver law and Juris about Daring his term be imternational ex-President w & book. ate specially te that the public have not They are, be says, of such @ nature that, notwithstanding their im | they will not become a matter of history, and jis bis intention by this means te Jcertain things of which the public nat of ubjects were Mr. it this time care to indi returned to their train, where they re= | mained. At 10 o'clock last might the journey to Indianapolis wus resumed, see SIGMA CHS « ¥ A Handsome Badge Presented to Presideat Cleveland. At the Arlington Friday evening the President was presented with a badge in honor of bis election to the Sigma Chi Greek letter frater= nity, mto the mysteries of which be was initie ated several months ago. ‘The presentation was made by a committee consisting of Regi nald Fendall, grand corful of the fraternity, and Wm. B. Newman of Alabama, who were very graciously received by Mr. Cleveland, who assured them that he very deeply appre= ciated the gift and would, as requested by the committee, wear the aymbol of his fellow- ship with them when again inducted into the | chief magistracy of the nation. ‘The badge is said to be one of the finest ever manufactured. Itis a Roman cro of gold and white enamel, with diamond arms, crows setting and jour iarge diamonds between the jarms, with a center of dinmonds, and, itis euid, could hardly have cost loss than @500, — - ALLIGATOR. He Was a Pet of a Southern Family for Over 100 Years. In the bayou flowing through the large sugae | plantation of Gabriel Montaigne, lying seven | or eight miles south of Thibodeaux, La, there was recently killed an alligator known to be | something over one hundred and twenty years j old Mr. Montaigne’s father's grand- father, immigrating to this country from France, purchased this tract of land from its original Spanish owner, and in an attempt to | clear the bayou of the ferocious and aggressive | alligators which filied it to the number of thoa- | sands succeed in killing many of them, and among them the mother of several young ones, which he killed also, but the fourth v. Ie or six inches of his tail This « | three of as afterward by this miss: grew to be generations, who, how Keep him ata distance despite his friendly ad- vances, but it has been a favorite task with the Montaignes of the family to go out | anor meal uth tadbits for Old Shorts, as he was called because of his deformity. This age of 120 years is not unparalleled with these | Animals, many being, said to attain the age of 200, though this is difficult of proving, excep’ in tucks eves where the creature is marked ia some such way as Old Shorty was. coe MAKING HIMSELF DICTATOR. President Hippolyte xecutes a “Shotgun Policy” at the Polls. According to the Haytien press the late eleo- tions in the black republic were a farce. Hip= polyte, the president, named his own official candidates for congress im every legislative dis- trict, and by the rigid application of his shot- gun policy at the polls procured their “eleo- i ‘The people's nominees were defeated’ district. candidates of the population of L’Anse, A’Foleur and Port Mogot have been detained at Cape Hastien, the people's candidate of Grande Riveire was arrested, tied with ropes, a having narrowly escaped being shot, was finally sent to Cape Haytien with his sister and cousin, where all three are in the dypgeon of the Prxt Port de Paix the physician of the port, |who was the people's candidate, was im- | prisoned under, they sav, the most unlikely pretexts, At Quartier-Morin all the relatives and friends of Mr, Magliore (the people's saaiete)Giisieh wits upnrd of a0 electors, with uj self (the candidate), with upward of 800 clectors, | most daring menaces, leaving bis opponent to | be acclaimed by a few soldiers. 5 In other electoral districts the people's can- | didates felt it prudent to retire quietly from the | unequal strife. At the Cape the populace bad | put up only one candidate. Affairs were con- | Jacted there with loss pressure and more ealm- ness, but frauds were perpetrated there very freely and with euflicient show of authority by ‘a great statesman and also by a great doth of whom were chiefs in the goverm- The ‘are universally disgusted with ded oficial measures, Le Reveil, ! } ‘of , commenting editorially upoa fhe recult tape: "Let no one Gooeive. Mimeclf, the elections as they have conducted im F ; f i i i it a I ? i ] i $e 1 i il i I if fib? =