Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1894, Page 6

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T HER NEW oy 13TH reds base bought, perhaps some this is your last Exeur- EMONADE,AND ler, get a bottle Today, In Judge Kimball's court, three cases involving the sale of watered milk in dining rooms were heard. The dining -ooms are on Louisiana averue between 6th and 7th streets, and their owners are Daniel Roeco, Frank Miller and Samuel D. Pastor- field. Inspector Shepherd of the health of- fice procured sarrpies of milk from the Places and Chenust Hird analyzed them, finding the milk in each case contained water. Defendant Rocco said he wanted the court to protect him. He did not water the milk, and he was certain it was not water- ed by the wholesale dealer. In selling the milk and dipping it from the can he thought the richest of the fluid had been sold and the inspector got a sample from the bottom of the can. ‘That may ‘have been the case, the judge said, but the removal of cream did not fause the addition of water. Defendant Pastcrfield sold the milk as he Feceived it, the prosecution claiming that ice had been put in the can, and Defendant Miller said he had the milk for cooking pur- and not to serve at the table. ‘This, Eowever, was denied by the inspector, who gaid he saw the milk served. Judge Kimball informed the defendants that under the law they must serve the pure article or none at all, and fined them $10 each. ——— Te Edit the Chicago Mail. Mr. Charles M. Pepper, for many years the Washington correspondent of the Chi- eago Tribune, has purchased an interest im the Chicago Mail, and will assume charge mext Monday. Naval Orders. Naval Constructor Lloyd Bankson has been detached from duty at the Dubuque Iron Works and ordered to the Norfolk navy yard. Ensign W. D. Brotherton, from the New York to the Portsmouth. Ensign H. C. Kingsley, from the New York to the Columbia. Ensign R. H. Leigh, from the New York to the Raleigh. Ensign Waldo Evans from the New York to the Cincin- ~~ @ 1oesseeseoee: ANOTHER FEATURE National Championship Shoot at the| tremski, Unitea States consul at Callao, in Little Rock Encampment. LOCAL TEAMS T0 ENTER THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1892-TWELVE PAGES. TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA. It is Restricted Becuuse Transporta- tion Facilities Are Lacking. It is shown very clearly by Mr. J: a report to the State Department that the small trade existing between the United States and the Pacific coast countries of South America is due almost entirely to lack of proper means of transportation. He says he has discovered no natural causes operating against the extension of American commerce in these counties. Fair Sponsors for the Fencibles| On the contrary, the natural conditions and Emmet Guards. SPLENDID CAMP GROUND As an additional feature of the interstate drill and encampment to be held at Little Rock next week the Little Rock Drill As- sociation has decided to have a national championship shoot. It will be open to teams of four from each military company enter- ing the drill, state and national, and will prove a very attractive feature to what promises to be the greatest military event that has taken place in the United States for many years. It will be a regular mili- tary target shoot, 20u yards range, offhand, open sight, and will continue through the week. The prize will be a handsome $100 silver cup, to be offered under the auspices of the drill association. There will also be granted an individual cup or medal. The | range will either be. inside the grounds or | immediately back of them. All companies that have entered for the drill have been notified that they may make the necessary preparations. Little Rock marksmen are taking a great interest in the event. Considerable enthusiasm has been awak- ened among the members of both the Fenci- bles and the Emmet Guard over the an- | nouncement. Each company Includes in its | membership a number of excellent shots, and there {s no doubt that @ strong effort will be made to bring the trophy to Wash- ington. The team of four to represent | Capt. Domer’s command will probably con- | sist of Messrs. Boyer, Stott, Crist and Swi- gart, while McAnally, Reagan, Gately, Hol- den,Walsh and O'Connor are the Emmet Guadsmen from whom the team of four representing Capt. Walsh's company are to be selected. List of Entries. The final and official list of entries in the ‘state and maiden classes of the drill | | \ are: ; Interstate drill—National Fencibles, Capt. Cc. S. Domer, Washington, D. C.; Sealy Rifles, Capt. Worthy Boyd, Galveston, Tex.; Branch Guards, Capt. C. S$, Sinclair, St. Louis; McCarthy Light Guards, Capt. C. M. Wing, Little Rock; Emmet Guards, Capt. Harry Walsh, ernor’s Guards, Capt. . Austin, Tex.; Boullene Guards, Capt. E. C: Wagar, Kansas City; Louisiana Grays, Capt. P. Percy Viosco, New Orleans; Lima City Guards, Capt. Frank M. Bell,’ Lima, Ohio; Phoenix Light Infantry, Capt. Jonn A. Miller, Dayton, Ohio; Governor's Guards, Capt. T. E. Patterson, Memphis, Tenn. Maiden drill--Governor's Guards, Capt. ‘r. E. Patterson, Memphis, Tenn.; Governor's Guards, Capt. R. C. Robberdean, Austin, Tex.; Boullene Guards, Capt. E. C. Waga: Kansas Cit: company D, A Guards,Capt. John A. Mitchell, Little Rock; Lloyd Rifles, | Capt. A. B. Kelly, Fort Worth, Tex.; Lou- isiana Grays, Capt. Perey Viosco, New Or- leans; Helena Light Guards, Capt. D. Hargraves, Helena, Ark.; Hempstead Rifles, Capt. Ruff Bovett, Hope, Ark.; Faulkner Light Guards, Capt. W. H. Willers, Con- way, Ark.; Jefferson Guards, Capt. J. H. Hudson, Pine Bluff, Ark. A Splendid Camp Site. It is claimed that the site of the encamp- ment is far superior to any stmilar location in the United States, West Hind Park is the property of the Citv Flectrie Street Railway Company, is situated in the, southweste-n | portion of Littie Rock, and is easily acces- | sible. It is furnished with’ an entrance snd an exit gate and also an entrance’ for = riages. The inclosure émbraces, thirty-six acres covered with a growth of young oak and pine, ts supplied’ with a level parade ground and also a small artiticial lake. The state trovps are to be massed in one portion of the. grounds, while in an entirely part, scattered about in companies, ing troops will be encamped, in separate camps. One of the prettiest spots in the park is the parade ground. It is as level as a floor and of a sandy nature. It | does not hold weter, and within an hour af- ter a heavy :ain it is as available as ever for drill purposes. It is 500 by 300 feet in area, and while not large enough for bat- talion maneuvers, is amply sufficient for all ordinary drills. On three st les are trees, af- fording an excellent coyer for troops in sham battle. At night tne campus will be lighted by nine are lights, making it almost as brilliant as day. The grounds are fitted up with commo- dious grant stands, moss halls, kitchens, and an amusement pavilion and pipes have been laid, furnishing 1 unfailing supply of water. In addition to the numerous hy- drants, there are three springs and one well inside the grounds. Forty are lights and thousands of Chinese lanterns hung among the trees will furnish the means of illumi- nating the camp. Fair Sponsors, The sponsors, maids of honor and chaper- ones for each compuny in attendance at the encampment beve finally been announced. M>. G. H. Van Etten. president of the drill association, in a letter to Capt. Walsh of the Emmet Guard, says: ‘ “It is my pleasure an@ honor te announce to you that Miss Cassie Newton has heen selected to act as sponsor for your com- pany during the forthcoming drill. Miss Newton ts one of this season’s debutantes, is a young lady beautiful in person and charming in manner, and she, with her maids of honor, should furnish the inspira- tion necessary to carry your edlors to vic- tory. She has selected for her chaperone Mrs. Frank W. Gibb.” Writing in a similar strain, President Van Etten has informed Captain Domer that for the Fencibles Miss Mary Whitte- more will act as sponsor; Misses Hattie Waters, Blythe Wilson of Cincinnati, and Gertrude Bell of Cobden, IL, as maids of honor, and Mrs. Fred. Hanger as chap- erone. The sponsors will be introduced to the companies at the parade sround Monday afternoon, July 2, by the officers of the drill association. Miss Whittemore has a ranged a reception and dance for the Fen- cibles, to take place on Tuesday evening, but the affair will undoubtedly be post- poned until later in the week, because the champions, it is thought, are to drill on Wednesday, and Captain Domer is of the opinion that his men would not be in proper condition to confront the ji after an evening devoted to dancing. Thursday evening Miss Newton will entertain the Emmet Guard. A well-known society lady of Little Rock is authority for the statement that the most “fetching” toilets ever seens in the Arkansas city will be worn during the week of the drill. The Fencibles have ordered two hand- some silk guide flags ahd also a quantit: of silk company badges. White duck trou: ers and white helmets are to be carried a part of the equipment of the Emmet Guard. —— ae Chicago’s Latest Tragedy. Mrs. Carrie Reid, who was employed as bookkeeper in an office at Black Hawk street and Cherry avenue, Chicago, was shot and killed yesterday afternoon by an unknown man, who immediately after shot and killed himself. The murderer rushed into the office where Mrs. Reid was at work, and calling his victim outside the office, a short and excited conversation en- sued. The man suddenly fired five shots at Mrs. Reid, killing her instantly, and then sent two bullets into his own brain, falling dead on the woman's body. The only clue to his identity is the name Hunt found on his underclothing, and the fact that Mrs. Reid called him “Fred.” Mrs. Reid's husband, who is said to be a fugi- tive from justice and a defaulter for $20,000, is now, the police think, in Bismarck, S, D. see. = She Swims in Her Sleep. From the Morning Oregonian. A young woman of Crab Creek, Adams ‘county, indulges in frequent freaks of som- nambulism. One of her recent exploits was as follows: She arose from her bed about 3 o'clock In the morning and was seen to ap- proach Crab Creek tn her night robe. Upon reaching the stream the young woman waded in for a short distance, as if feeling her way, and swam safely across. Upon reaching the opposite bank she awoke, half frightened to death, dripping wet and shivering from the cold, and made her way to the house of a neighbor, where she was cared for and taken to her home. | should be established for the South Amert- favor it. Yet commerce is carried across the American isthmus and Gulf of Mexico and thence across the Atlantic to the dis- tant ports of Europe. The explanation for this diversion from natural channels, his mind, is found in the following compari- sons of distances from New York and rates of travel for first cabin passage, viz: To San Francisco, by Columbian and Pac} mail lines, via Panama, twenty-nine day: 5,100 miles, $120; to Callao, by Columbian and English or Chilean lines, via Panama, fifteen days, 3,362 miles, $167; to Valpuratso, by Columbian and English or Chilean lines, via Panama, twenty-two days, 4,628 miles, $225; to Liverpool, by Cunard steam- ers, seven days, 3,500 miles, $60. It will be observed, he says, that these rates of pas- sage from New York to Callao and Val- paraiso are virtually prohibitory to the average American tourt: prospector and commercial traveler. They .nust operate icans tho, the United States and eventually form commercial 1 Jations there. Th classes are the picn- eers of international trade, and their ab- sence in both regions ts explained by the Preceding rates. The conveyances between the United States and Colon are the Columbian line steamers, carrying mails and departing every ten days from New York. Relying, doubtless, upon these infrequent depart- ures, which bar competition, the Eurc pean steamships plying between Colon and Eu- ropean ports, which occupy nineteen days on the voyage, charge passengers 40 (about $190) for the trip. The stoppages at Callao and the waits at Panama Kenerally prolong the voyages to thirty Jays irom Valparaiso to New York. Add to this seven days to cross me Atlantic, making a@ total of thirty-seven cays, and It Is secn at a glance, he says, why Chilean travelers to Europe avoid the United States. 5 A young American, who called at the con- sulate recently, while on his way from Valparaiso to New York, expressed chagrin at having taken the Pacific route. He stated that he could have gone from Val- pariso over the Trans-Andine rallway to Buenos Ayres, thence to Europe, and from Europe to New York in nearly the same time and for exactly £3 more; that 1s, for $15 more he could have traveled over 12,000 miles on the Atlantic side, against 4,633 miles on the Pacific side. A change in this curious condition, | the consul sald, would turn the tablos, as’ the trip from Valparaiso to New York could easily be made in sixteen days. Adding seven days to cross the Atlantic, Chilean travelers could go to Europe via the United States in twenty-three days. From Colon to New York the voyage of 2,026 miles is made in six days. Thence in seven days to Liverpool, making thiticen days from Colon to Europe, a saving could be made of six days in time and about contrasted with present conditions. Ne Orleans {s 1,350 miles from Colon, and the days; thence to New York it ts forty hours by rail. American travelers in t same time as above stated and at little move cost could by this route see a great portion of the United States. To quicken and cheapen transportation from all parts of the United States with the Pacific coast of South America, the consul says, a weekly steamship and mail service should be established from both New York and New Orleans, arranged to give a steamer semi-weekly from these two ports and from Colon. Another Ameri- can mail line of fast steamships, he thinks, = e can Pacific cozst to operate in conjunction with the first named lines. Quicker time and reduced rates by these lines, the consul says, could not fail to bring about a radical change In our trade relations with these countries, whose com- bined population amounts to not less than 9,000,000." Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Chile are included in this calculation. ——_——_+ e+ —______ HERALDRY OF THE PLAINS. Some of the Social Bearings of Cattle Branding. From McClure's Magazine. ‘The subject of the brand discovers itself, soone: or later, in one way or another, in most of the affairs of cattle-country life. ‘The uncompanioned children of lonely and | remote ranches play at roping and branding each other. The wife of the kindly, Mberal- hearted cattleman will nearly ‘always be given her own brand; often his litle girls as weil. ‘ iu ‘These brands may begin in a Nttle bunch of cows or a few brocd mares; but with no demands upon the “increase,” they soon grow to very respectable herds of cattle or bunches of horses. It sounds wonderfully picturesque and western to hear a dainty little ninety-pound woman, speaking of some feminine or ar- tistic luxury, remark, “Well, I can haye it it I can sell off some beef this fall;” or to have a bright girl, discussing the relative desirability of a course at an art school, or an eastern pleasure trip, assure you that she can easily meet the expense of which- ever she decides upon by selling her 13W crop of colts, which are now four years’ old, and just broken. You would not suppose that the small, blind, insufliciently-clad deity of the bow and quiver would ever neglect his classic and barbarous a utensil as a branding iron. Yet such things have been. I have heard the tale how that, away back in the seventies, there appeared (along with the rest of her family), in one of the far-out plain counties of the Texas cattle country, @ fair one by the romantic and mellitlueus name of Lilybei Plunkett. For the capricious and uncertain favor of this the only marriageable young lady in the district, all the susceptible and unat- tached cowboys (cf which class the popula- tion almost Wholly consisted) strove to- gether eagerly and without ceasing,-mave- ricking right and left everything they could lay their hands on, with a running brand LIL, until, when the tenderfoot she had all alcng been engaged to came out and married her, she brought him great herds of LI L cattle, with which they ly set up a ranch beneath the noses of the férlorn, celibate community. o / Also, there was Buck Redmond, who, when he had a quarrel with his sweetheart (old man Drake's daughter, known’ face- tiously as “the duck”), proceeded to singe upon the hide of an incidental maverick his burning resentment of the scorns, gibes and indignities she had heaped upon him in the baa of her anger and the immunity of her sex. It was a delicate example of cowboy re- fartee, the retort bucolic, to catch up this unfortunate third party, brand it all over its helpless bovine side in great sprawling letters, D U C K, and turn the capering bon mot loose where it could not fail of meeting Se eice the cruel fair one. e formance served its purpose of Geadly affront; the Drake boys holding for some time that the obligation was upon them to kill somebody about it, as no fluid less expensive than heart's blood could Froperly wash out such an insult. And I bm rang did porated death—before any- is @ reconciliation cou! about—the calf. Bra ———+oo______ The Power of Lightnin, From the Ashton Reporter. On August 1, 184, St. George’s Church, Leicester, England, which was a new build- ing, was entirely destroyed during a thun- der storm. The steel having burst asunder, parts of it were blown to a distance of thirty feet in every direction, while the vane rod and top part of the spire feil per- pendicularly down, carrying with them ev- ery floor in the tower, the bells and the works of the clock. The falling mass was not arrested until it arrived on the ground, under which was a strong brick arch, and this also was broken by the blow. The gut- ters and ridge covering were torn up and the pipes used to convey the water froin the roof were blown to pieces. Mr. High- ton calculated the power developed in the discharge of the lightning which destroyed the church with some known mechanical force. He discovered that a hundred tons of stone were blown down a distance of thirty feet in three seconds, and conse- quently a 12,220 horse-power engine would have been required to resist the efforts of this single flash. 02 In the house of lords yesterday Lord Rosebery, the premier, gave notice that he would move an address to the crown ex- pressing sorrow: at the death of President Carnet and congratulating the Duke of York upor the birth of his son. A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says that @ revolution, under Gen. Bosch, is upon the point of breaking out in the province of Buenos Ayres. Weapon to concern himself with so gross | FOR NEXT YEAR IN OHIO Senator Brice Laying Plans to Succeed Himself. Ex-Speaker Hysell, Formerly a Coal ’ Miner, May Run for Governor— Coxey’s Prospects. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25, 1894. A rumor that is receiving general cre- dence here has it that the democrats of Ohio are not to hold a state convention at all this year,and that this is the real mean- ing of the recall of the notice for a meet- ing of the state central committee of the Party here two weeks ago, to prepare the call for the convention. It is known that Senator Brice has suggested that the con- vention ought not to be held until after the adjournment of Congress. It will in all probability be too late then to hold a con- vention, and the central committee will Nominate a ticket. So far only one demo- erat has signified that he would like to be laced on the state ticket this year. This State Senator William C. Gear of Wyan- dotte county. Gear is not a strong man, but if a convention were called to make the ticket he would no doubt secure the nomination he desires—that for secretary of state. If the state central committee makes the ticket Gear will not be on it. Senator Brice, whose interest in the cam- paign of this year goes to the extent of making preparations for that of next year, will see to it that the party organization is kept up now and no factions formed. The legislature that will choose his successor in the United States Senate will be chosen | one year hence. The republican legislature, | which has just adjourned sine die, produced a great deal of excellent party ammunition for the use of the democrats. If used in the campaign of this year it would be “burnt powder” next year, when the Sena- tor will be in need of campaign matter. In this may le the Senator's reasons for wish- ing a merely formal opposition to the re- publicans this year. There ts not the shadow of a chance this year for the democrats to elect a candidate on thelr state ticket. National issues and conditions press so heavily now that it were useless to try to make the contest on state questions purely, however logical it might be to do so; so they will really lose rothing and save some money by making only a formal opposition to the republicans this year. Senator Brice is evidently arranging to have ex-Speaker N. R. Hysell of the Onio house of representatives made the demo- cratic nominee for governor, to succeed McKinley, next year, Hysell’s name at | the head ‘of the ticket will vastly aid the | Senator in securing a democratic legisia- ture. Though row a lawyer, Hysell was a cecal miner until he was nearly forty years of age. Then he was elected to the legis- lature. This was when Mr. candidate for the United States Senate. shrewdly offered to make Hysell speaker of | the houge by throwing his organization to him, if Hysell would announce himself tor Erice for Senator. The deal was made, and Brice at onc? secured the support of a large labor element. After retiring from the legislature, Hysell bought a small news- paper, but soon after laid down the pen to take up the study of law. He was soon ad- mitted to the bur, and has been practicing here for about two years. He was one of the lawyers who defended the Belmont county miners tried before United States | Judge Sage here last week for contempt of | court. While a miner Hysell was a prominent | organizer of his fellow craftsmen, and was | at one time president of the state organiza- | tion. If nominated he would poll the solid | democratic vote, and draw heavily from | th The miners, who now have a grievance against Gov. McKinley for calling out the | State troops, would go to him solidly. There ‘are about 25,000 of them in the state— | probebly one-haif of them are republicans. Probably no stronger candidate could be selected by the democrats. However, they | nominated a miners’ leader to head their | tcket once—John McBride—now president of the United Mine Workers of America— and he was badly defeated for the office of secretary of state by Gen. J. S. Robinson of Kenton, now dead. The prediction made in this correspon- dence some weeks ago that J. S. Coxey, the commonwealer, wno had just been nominated for Congress by the populists of the eighteenth congressional district, would | be indorsed by the democrats is about to | be fulfilled, Dr. J. V. Lewis, who was chairman of the congressional committee of the democrats when Dr. Ikert, the pres- ent Gongressman, was elected, is out in a card announcing that he will support Coxey end urging his indorsement by the party. | One of the defeated republican candidates for the nomination has come out as an in- dependent candidate, thus _—_ increasing | Coxey’s chances, should he succeed in hav- ing himself made a fusion candidate, as seems probable now. — NATIONAL FINANCES. The President Issues a Statement in Regard to Them. The President has recelved so many com- plaints against the administration for al- leged apathy and indifference to the ef- | forts of the New York bankers for the pro- | tection of the government gold balance | that he has been impeticd to issue the fol- | lowing statement in regard to the national | finances: “The offer of certain of the New York banks to replace from their vaults gold drawn from the government treasury for shipment abroad 1s certainly thoughtful and patriotic. It not only tends to maintain the treasury’s gold reserve in good condi- tion, but it adds to the stock of popular confidence, which is at all times important. “The elements which make up our actual situation do not justify any apprehension; and the administ-ation still adheres :o its pledge and determination to protect our na- tional credit at all hazards and to keep the quality of our money equal to the best, so far as the limits of executive power permit. “Of course, croaking and spread of disquieting tales ts calculated to injure the strongest financial conditions. I assume, however, that there is too much patriotism among our people, and too much familiarity with our resources and capabilities to per- mit our reserved force and financial vigor to be discredited. When the last govern- ment bonds were issued to replenish our stock of gold it was nearly as low as now, while outside of our goid we had as avai able money to pay ordinary expenses of gov- ernment only about $19,000,000. We have now beside our gold and in money applica- dle to government expenses more than $53,- 000. “I understand that it is charged in certain quarters that the payment of matured obll- gations is postponed to the amount of $50,- 000,000 or $75,000,000. This is not true. We are paying a8 we go in the usual way. “Last year, up to June 1, the balance against us, arising from the export and ‘m- ports of merchandise, excluding gold and silver, was $64,552,46. The balance in our favor for the same period this year was $62,060,562, zepresenting a change in our favor of $127,512,608. These ccnditions, teken in connection with the willingness of our banks to help the treasury during any temporary and un- usual drain of gold, ought to satisfy the Most conservative of our safety. “It must not be forgotten, as another favorable feature in the situation, that we are no longer purchasing silve> and issuing gold obligations in payment therefor.” The Speech W From the Utica Observer. it was in 1847 when the free soil state convention was held at Herkimer. There was a great gathering of free soll demo- erats and abolitionists. In the ball room of the hotel (it was called a tavern in those days), before the opening of the con- vention, were gathered the leaders, who were constructing the new party platform, slating the officers and committees and doing other prelimnary work. tilted against the wall was Prince John Van Buren running over the manuscript of the great speech he was to deliver. Oc- casionally he arrested the work of his as- goclates with an invitaton to listen to a paragraph which he considered especially good. His readings each time produced jaughter and applause. Finally he read a passage which excited shouts of laughter se. When this had died away believe it was the Hon, Churchill _C. Cambreling, said: “John, you ovght to have that part printed in italics.” Prince John dryly affected surprise at the suggestion. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I want you to understand that this speech is all italics!” in Italics, In a chair oo The czar has gone to Borki, South Russia, in order to attend the opening of the memo- rial church erected to commemorate his es- cape from death during the railroad dis- aster of 1888, when a number of people were killed and wounded on the Imperial train. Brice was a! He j¢ labor element in the republican party. | BOUND FOR AFRICA, Nearly Two Hundred Will Sail for the Republic of Liberia. Colored people in Philadelphia are eager- ly watching for the arrival at that port cf the steamship Capulet, from Hamburg, which has been chartered by the Iaterna- tional Migration Society to sail July 6 for the infant negro republic Liberla, carrying 820 colonists and a large general cargo. Of those taking passage fer Afrita oniy 170 are from Philadelphia, the others having been collected throughout the south, and are now gathered at Savannah, where they will board the Capulet after it leaves Phila- delphia. W. ©. Brockmeyer, the acting Liberian consul in that city, will take charge of the emigrants and cargo. and in addition to his other duties will spend sev- eral months in Liberia gathering specimens of animal and plant life for the Academy of Natural Sciences. In conversation with a Philadelphia In- quirer reporter yesterfay, Mr. Brockmeyer said that the eagerness to enlist in the move- ment looking toward the population of Liber- ja with educated colo: people tz becoming greater every year, more especially in the southern states. This year, no doubt, the stagnation of industrial affairs has com- bined with the glowing accounts of Liber- tan prosperity to boom the emigration busi- ness. According to the graphic description of one of the settlers in Grand Bassa coun- ty, Liberia, contained in a letter to his colored brethren in this country, it is “the Garden of Eden; the paradise of God.” Natives Not Hostile. “Our wild beasts,” he writes, “are very docile—the leopard, elephant and different species of the deer and bear and many oth- ers of the quadruped family ars very quiet. They will all run from us. The natives are not hostile.” The steamer Capulet will carry in its hold @ quantity of household goods, tools, farm- ing implements and muachine-y. Among the latter are an ice machine of twelve-ton ca- pacity, which wili be espectally welcomed by the denizens of the hot little republic; a coffee huller and a rice fuller. Hcretotote the work of hulling the lurge coffee crops has been done by hund, it being a part of the domestic duties of the women to grind out the beans with the afd of a mortar and pestle, resulting in breaking many of the 8-ains. In spite of this drawback Liberian coffee has been raved very high in the United States market, about 60,000 bags be- ing imported annually in New York city alone, selling in that city at from twenty- eight to thirty cents a pound unroasted. With the introduction of {mproved ma- chinery it is expected that the African colo- ny will begin to rival Brazil and other Amprican nations in the output of not only coffee, but also sugar, rubber,” cotton, to- bacco, and other warm country products. A Premium on Wedlock. Most of the emigrants who are to leave Philadelphia are marricd men and their families, the laws of Liberia putting a premium upon wedlock by donating to each married man twenty acres of farming land and a bullding lot in either of the settle- ments he may select, while unmagried men get each a ten-acre farm and a town lot. Most of the immigrants flock to Monrovia, the capital, which has free schools, a col- lege and churches of several denominations. “Monrovia,” says Mr. Brockmeyer, “looks like Camden at midnight.” It is about the size of the New Jersey city, but all the citizens with the exception of four are black, the laws of the nation prohibiting the transaction of business by white men within its borders. The four exceptions are the ambassadors of England and France, with their families, who are ving in Mon- rovia. There are no restrictions placed upon Caucasians staying in the couniry ror health or recreation, however, and the Migration Society has on foot a project for building a sanitarium for consumptives on the high- lands in the northern part of the republic. Nine persons who were in the first stage of the dreaded disease were sent there two years ago, with the result that all of them entirely recovered, and one of them, a ni tive of Philadelphia, Frank G. Hartz, has returned in excellent health and is now engaged in business there. The claim !s made that the ocean voyage of 4,166 miles, which now consumes sixteen days, can be made in less time when traffic with the little republic increases, and that the water voyage will be much less expensive and | Jess trying to invalids than travel by rail to the mountain resorts in the west. A Giant President. ' Upon his return voyage Mr. Brockmeyer will enrich the Academy of Natural Sciences, not only with the animals end plants of Liberia, many of which are of peculiar species, but he will try to obtain relics of the tribe of giants known as the Mandingos, who are most prominent in Liberian affairs and who have furnished the president of the republic, J. James Cheeseman, who is shorter than most of his tribe, but who stands six fect. four inches in his stocking feet. President Cheeseman is but thirty-three years oid. He converses fluently in seven iunguages, is a lawyer by training and ts sali to be a man of remarkable ability. Bishop Tur- ner, who has becn in this country for the last year preaching and lecturing under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Coloniza- tion Society, will return to the field of his work on board the Capulet. -———_—_+e+ BOYCOTTING THE PULLMANS. Fight of the American Railway Union Regun, At noon today the American Railway Union began its fight against the Pullman | Palace Car Company. Orders for the boy- cott were issued to all local branches of the organization, and preparations are complete for what it is said may be the greatest railway strike in history. Strikes yester- day at Ludlow, Ky., and St. Louis leave the Pullman company with only its shops at Wilmington, Dei., to conduct repairs on its cars. Anticipating the threatened boycott against Pullman cars by the American Railway Union the general managers of all the roads which have terminals in Chicago practically decided yesterday that either all Pullman cars would go out with the trains or the trains will remain in the de- pots until they can go with their usual Pullman equipment. This decision was reached by the General Managers’ Aaso- ciation, which was called together at @ special meeting for the purpose of con- sidering the proposed boycott. The association is the strongest organiza- tion of rallroad officials’ in the country, consisting of the general managers of each of the twenty-two Chicago terminal lnes. Resolutions were adopted at yesterday's meeting condemning the boycott. Many of the company’s employes were present at a resting | heid in the amphi- theater at Chicago last night to consider the strike. The proposed boycott by the American Rallway Union was heartily in- dorsed, and speeches by President Debs and others were enthusiastically received. The speakers were emphatic in their condemna- tion of the Pullman company and confident of success in the impending struggle. The Pullman company last night issued a statement regarding the strike and pro- posed boycott. After reviewing the situa- tion and stating that the strikers have al- ready deprived themselves of more than $200,000 in wages, the document concludes with the statement that the boycott is threatened because the company cannot agree to submit to arbitration the question as to whether or not it shall operate its shops at Pullman under a scale of wages which would cause a daily loss to it of one- fourth the wages paid. -— -+e+—___ SINGERLY FOR GOVERNOR. The Philadelphia Publisher Out for the Democratic Nomination, Wm. M. Singerly, proprietor of the Phila- delphia Record, will be nominated for gov- ernor of Pennsylvania, without opposition, at the democratic state convention at Har- risburg on Wednesday. The rumors con- cerning Mr. Singerly’s possible candidacy culminated in a positive announcement last night, after a conference between A. K. McClure, editor of the Times; Wm. F. Har- rity, chairman of the national democratic committee, and Mr. Singerly, in the latter's office. At this meeting the situation in che state and the expediency of Mr. Singerly’s candi- dacy were discussed. Mr. Singeriy ts considered a strong man for the place. Morris F. Wilhere, chair- man of the democratic city committee; Magistrates Donnelly and Hughes, Sam Josephs, City Commissioner Sensenderfer, Harbor Master Thomas J. Ryan and John R. Read, collector of the port, left for Har- risburg last night to start the Singerly boom in earnest. They took with them a ton of Singerly badges, banners and other campaign materials. ABOUT MOROCCO A Land Abont Which There is Little Known. it Has Great Resources, but They Have Never Been Developed—in- terest im It at Present. Written for The Evening Star. Once more in the whirligig of time the eyes of the civilized world are turned to- ward Morocco the terra incognita among nations, and the increasing trou- bles at the old Spanish town of Ma-/ Mila, or Melilla, as it is now called, may prove to be the spark which will set aflame all the hatred so long kept in the background for the past centuries felt by the Moor for the Christian. Morocco, corrupted from Marra- kush, is that country in the northwestern corner of the great African continent, hav- ing the Mediterranean sea on its northern boundary and the Atlantic ocean on its west. Little Known of the Country. With so little known concerning the coun- try it is difficult to give much data, but «nough is matter of record to say that the area of the sultanate of Marrakush is about 305,500 square miles, but information in detail about this portion of Africa is so meager that even the maps to be consulted are composed for the most part of un- scientific material eked out by probabilities and conjecture. The four great cities of the country, historical ‘landmarks from the days when civilization was young in the world, are Tangier, Fez, Mequinez and Morocco, but even in the country inclosing these monuments of a glorious past a few miles either way from the beaten track of European travel for centuries the country remains practically unknown. Melilla is a fortified town, built on a high rocky peninsula, and framed by for- bidding heignts against which the winds of untold centuries have beaten until the cliffs are worn and gnawn, as though by the tooth of time. The place has been held by the Spaniards since 133, and is but a short distance from Fort Rosario, to which it is connected’ by lines of rampart. Be- tween Melilla and Point Quiviana rans a jow, sandy shore in front of a great salt marsh, from which, under the sweitering a. aa ee bay smngery Ranged eman- The Spanish government ecoupies several Bits, cn‘ eottat Crnee wep 5 ‘s Vv without a sturdy fight. 5 gine = Its Population. The population of Morocco is supposed to be in the neighborhood of six and a half millions, but exactness cf statement is £0 difficult to attain that these figures may be modified at will; no one can controvert a Statement when knowledge 1s at a discount, —— was overrun and conquered by the Vandals in 429 of the t not fall under Arab Gtpeaticn he een years following, and was called Mauretania, and its inhabitants were called Mauzi, or Moors, an appellation retained to the present day, and which is believed to signify “black men.” Following the conquest of the Moors by Ferdinand and Isabella, large numbers of Jews, expelled from Spain, sought refuge in Morocco, and their progeny have so in- creased and flourished that they form en important element in the population. Eve-y city has its ‘Jews’ quarter,” and today the Jew forms the great commercial’ class of the country. They are said to. number from 150,000 to 200,000, and speak a curtous jargon in which are many words cf pure Spanish. For various reasons England, France andé Spain have been particularly active in push- ing for supremacy in Morocco, but up to the present time Spain seems to have main- tained the advantage due to several cen- turles of occupancy, and it is not tmproba- ble that before the ending of the present Succes tee ee of Isabella the — olic in a fair way to t red flag of the sultan. sa a Tangiers, the White. Tangiers, often called “The White,” from its number of whitewashed houses and walls, is within plain view of the Spanish coast opposite, and is the official residence of the representatives of nearly every civi- ized country in Europe. On most maps the interior of the country is represented as mountainous in the ex- treme, but while more than one strongly defined range traverses Morocco from east | to west. the greater part of the surface is really occupied by undulating praitrie-like | areas diversified by low hills. The backbone of the country is the great Atlas range of mountains, extending in nearly unbroken line from one extremity to the other, and reaching a maximum of 13,500 | feet in height. Snow lies on many of the summits until late in the summer, but so far as is known none of them retain their snow throughout the year. The principal rivers take their rise in this range of mountains, and their channels are alternately flooded or left dry as the snow among the defiles is melted by the summer sun or frozen by the cold of winter. The camel is the great beast of burden in Morocco, although great numbers of asses and mules are employed. The Arabian love for the horse is still shown throughout the country, and the breed. famous from remote times for its purity, retains the mark of excellence so well defined across the border, in Arabla. Some Products. Immense quantities of cork are annually sent to market from the interior, am@ the forests producing this essential article are of great extent, but are ruthlessly freatéd ry! the bark gatherers, so that a gradual sintf ' | nution in quantity and a falling off im quai- ity ts noted from year to year. 1 The prickly pear forms one of the promi- nent features in the landscape from the coast up to the slopes of the mountains, and its fruit, difficult of preparation and com- paratively tasteless, is much sought after | by the natives of the country. The grape is widely cultivated, and the | manufacture of crude but palatable wines is a leading industry among the Jews. Hemp and tobacco are largely grown, the former used as hasheesh and the latter as snuff, the followers of the prophet being averse to smoking. 3 Mineral Depost| Mineral deposits of great value and va-; riety are belleved to exist in Morocco, but from the peculiar notions held by the reign- ing power no explorations are likely to be made until the advent of more enlightened fdeas shall prevatl, and the hidden wealth of the country can be submitted to the en- terprise of more civilized peoples. | Immense deposits of rock salt of fine! quality exist in various parts of the sul- tanate, and trade in this precious commod- | ity Is carried on far into central Africa. | To the south of the Atlas range valuable | deposits of antimony are known to exist, | but no attempt has been made In thodern times to survey or work them. From all of which it appears that Mo- | rocco is not likely to be of any particular | value to the world at large unless forcible | entry is made through the wall of reserve | with which she has surrounded herself und | her natural rich nd the process will | undoubtedly be so slow that the present | generation may not see even the beginning | of attack. car | If, however, the affair at Melilla, now | being worked up into an international in- cident, shall have the effect of directing the | attention of the civilized world to the value | of the country at this stage in its history, | the lives lost and the treasure wasted will | not have been expended in vain. | ing @runkenness much more quic the natural Changes Geography. | Looking across the narrow space of | water between Gibraltar and the opposite | coast, it is difficult to comprehend the! enormous difference between the Europe of today, as expressed by the gray “head-| | jand beneath the folds of the English flag, and the dim, white couatry stretching | away to the distant mountains of Morocco. Facing Gibraltar, across the well-known | “straits,” les Cape Spartel, the northwest | angle of Africa, and the light house crown- | ing the cape built in 1864, at the cost | of the Sultan of Morocco, and has been maintained since at the joint expense of England, France, Italy and Spain, and ts the only one on the western coast. The! | Prehistoric antiquities of the country are of | considerable interest, a recent French ex- plorer having found regularly shaped ar- row heads in an ancient cave near Cape | Spartel, and it is certain that the numer- ous dolmens, barrows and cromlechs found | throughout the level portions of the sultan- | ate are so many evidences of occupancy by a race long anterior to any mentioned jin history, and whose leading character- [istics were not dit | @Tapes, there are various dang: rent from the inhabi-! qualities by his sure and delicate processes, tants of other and far distant parts of the globe, where similar remains continue to excite the curiosity of the archaeologist and antiquarian. Present Deplorable State. The present political and commercial State of Morocco is simply deplorable, the government being an oriental despotism, under an independent hereditary sultan. Of education, as lerstood by the rest of the world, there 1# none. The distribution of Justice is entirely arbitrary. in this re- Spect, iIndee@, Moroceo has not yet emerged from the barbarous practices of a thousand years ago. Fo! commerce beyond & few points on the Mediterranean coast, scarcely exists, and what little tbere is is so hampered by vexatious prohibitions and restrictions @s to possess but a feint re- semblance for what is used for the term elsewhere. The thorough lawlessness of the rural districts can be comprehended from the fact that the peasant at work in the field has his gun beside him as be ploughs. The only substitute for a postal system is a class of running couriers. In fact, the Morocco of today presenws 4 survival of the government, practices and life of the civilization at the begin- ning of the Christian era, and the tide of Modern progress stops at the eates of Tan- ae ie h 3 = the umcompromising ice ousands of years isolation. —— once A RADICAL cuayck aT YALE. Prcposition to Abolish Commence. ment Day Addresses, A surprising innovation at Yale Univer- sity is to be considere@ at the corporation meeting Thursday. For the past few years there has been a growing feeling among college men that the commencement exer- cises have been tedious, and this year the faculty concluded to do something of a de- clsive nature. A committee was appointed to report on some more interesting forni of commencement ‘€xercises. The report of this committee has been approved by the faculty, but awaits the sanction of the cor- poration before becoming operative. The Plan practicaliy abolishes commencement exercises. Hereafter such exercises will simply consist in the conferment of degrees and there will be no valedictory or salute- for the DeForest prize will take place early in May, forming a senior continuation to the junior exhibition. The arguments in faver of this radical departure are that the weather of June is a very unpleasant feature of the day and offers little inducement to listen for several hours to addresses of favor in'a collere men tion to get the exercises similar to what is known as tions. tee of the Connecticut bar will be aban- doned, according to the decision of the jaw school faculty, but the seniors ‘will have to stand @ more rigid school than heretofore. - ——+or—___ A RACE FOR LIFE. How the Prompt Action of a Young ‘Woman Averted a Bad Accident. ‘The presence of mind and quick action of ® young lady saved 4 number of lives Sun- @ay night by averting what would have been a serious accident on the Lehigh Val- Jey road. The train due at Wilkesbarre at 11 o'clock was stopped on signal at War- rior Run station, at the foot of the ninety- six-foot grade on the mountain coming into the valley to take on board an invalid, €n route for Buffalo. While the station hands were busy lift- ing the invalid on the train Miss Mar- guerite McDonald thought she heard the rumble of an approaching train coming down the mountain. She listened agin, and her fears were confirmed. Seizing a lantern, she rushed out, sent a brakeman at full speed up the track to flag the train, ordered the other train hands to set the in- valid down, and then signaled the engineer of the passenger train to go ahead The order was obeyed not a second too soem, for as the train got under way the ors Saw af empty engine coming down the steep grade behind. The engineer of the parsenger train quickly realized his danger ay hoa at full speed, hotly pursued by ying locomotive. It was a chase for life. Half a mile down the track the iocomo- tive caught up, but such was the speai of the passenger train that the collision was scarcely felt by the passengers. The empty engine was standing further up the moun- tain when the passenger train went by. As it seldom or never stops at way stations, the engineer of the light engine started down the track soon after, having no thought {hat the ‘train ahead je rate of speed, net have stopped in time to avert @ collision. in the scramble to get out of the way several passengers were left behind with the invalid, and a special train was sent ior them later. -————_——+e-+ DOCTORING WINES. It is Done im Almost Every Stage of Their Mygnufactare. From McClure's Magazine. Thus no one of the rooms I visite] was busier than that devoted to wine. In fn 1889, out of 18,217 analyses made, 4.40 were of wines. The proportion is only .o keeping with the coasumption of the city, Which averages about $150,000,000 a year, and it is in harmony with the numberiess evils which, from the beginning to the cad of the Iife history of a bottle of Prenca | Wine, combine to ruin its character. These evils begin with making. Even uf the natural process be foilowea, and the wine made honestly by fermenting fresa TOUS Stages Which make manipulations necessary. Sup- pose that the grapes have been, perforce, Bathered before properiy mpe. anere is aa excess of acid in the ferment which must be counteracted, and the sugar musi ve .a- creased. Where are Geacuce and u Methvds lol wCCusapusnse are Net always maa yebUoUSiY, aid BOLE of Lue tunity for a surt of otticial 4%, prescribe @ Tornua whic . Wine and demands cnough wacer to douc.e the viniage. if the wine escapes in making, it .s suo- Ject lo @ mustituae of masadies ulte Ward Walch must be Weales; Bau Kk nappous sometimes, ag in humau megicne, Ua « | Femeuy ts worse than Wwe diseare. Linares, tor example, 18 agded to coumerect auu- ily, and 45 Wansformed sno woetute of icaa. Awwm 1s frequenuy uses in Sed Wie to give them 4 certain youtmiumess; sas ama plasver are standard remedies. but «a excess of any one of these substances, their employmeat in connection w tain other substanges, may result bounds posiwesy ruinous tw the ne With such manipulauons it is a abusing them, wiliully or ignorantly, that the harm lies. There are < > ok oak themseives harmful, and the ch.er of them is watering. Thirty years ago this was done in a bold and gtoss way, simpiy by adding so much water. It was a iraud, but nobody's health was injured by it “4 day science has come to the aid of the de- frauder. Wine weakened by er strengthened by alcohols or a itles, made from grains and beets, proguc- thaa alcohol, and To restore t rows coloring matter a le, are used. The very bouquet is imitated. But science does still more for the frauder than this. All of these proce: suppose a basis of grape juice. Science h found a way to make a Wine without this Supposed essential, and so perfectly thot connoisseurs and chemists hesitate to pro- nounce it false. By mixing alcohol, water, saline an@ c oring matters, and a substance known the oil of French wine, a composition produced which many an expert will pass as a natural wine. There is one serious diih- culty about this product, however. The oil which furnishes its savor end bouquet {s, unhappily, a dangerous poison, a sma!l quantity of Which injected inte the veins of a dog kills him in less than an hour. It is the business of the laboratory to de- cide tf any of the manipulations an‘ falst- fications hinted at above have been practic- ed on the samples sent to it. Expert tasters begin the work, and give thelr judement on savor. color, bouquet. The chemist then takes it, testing all its fixed and ‘Ne ce CCCCCé............. 335