Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 20, 1883, Page 1

=Wp Lam A bort Tll Kiva . YEAR FRETET Y L w e wr Y " FROM FOREIGN LANDS. Faurther $ad Records of the Great Storm, The Alarming Condition of Things in Egypts Frenoh (‘-hlr:. 'r (‘;mr‘uxon and the Tonquin War, THE HURRICANE'S WORK, St. Jouns, N. F., November 19.—The ship Portland, lumber laden, a schooner and two brigantines, bound for France, have been driven upon the reefs and wrecked, Several vessels wero driven from their anchorage and partially wrecked. Trepassey advices report that several bodies have come ashore there and at St. Shotts, but none have been identified as yet. All are mutilated, the heads, arms and legs being severed from the trunk. At St. Shotts a large vessel drove by and looked abandoned. The steamer Caspian was detained four days by the hurricane, and was unable Saturday to face the Northerly gale. Three schooners went down in Trinity bay, and one in Cagstain bay. The steamer Missouri, of Boston, for Liver- pool, passed Cape Race Sunday and re- ports frightfully stormy weather. Reports of the disastrous effacts of the F‘\lo last week come in daily. The fol- lowing fatal accidents are reported: Two sailors named St. Jean, residing inSorel, were drowned. Mr. Fousignant, with his wife and tive children were drowned while crossing the river in aboat. Victo: Venillette, a sailor on board the schooner Charles Browa, was thrown overboard and drowned. It is reported that the barge Abrahamhas been found abandoned on Lake St.Leuis. The gale played havoc with some light ships on Lake St. Louis. Haurrax, November 19.—A telegram from Arichat states that two brothers, named McDonald and D. J. Doyle, fishermen, were drowned at Gros Nez Friday by the upsetting of their boat. The same night the Norwegian bark Plovmander went ashore at Green island. The steward and one sailor were saved, and ten others lost. THE FRENCH MINISTRY., Paris, November 19.—Challemel La- cour has resigned the office of Minister of Foreign Affairs, on account of ill health. Prime Minister Ferry has been appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and M. Falliers, Minister of Public In- struction as a successor to M. Ferry. A COWARDLY SOLDIERY. Carro, November 19.—The Governor of Snakim has telegraphed the Khedive that, although the Bedouins are numeri- cally inferior to the Egyptian troops, the latter attempted no stand, but divested themselves of their arms and clothing and rushed naked into the sea, forsaking the Turkish officers commanding them, who were killed. The Governor urgently de- mands reinforcements, biit says it is use- less to send Egyptian soldiers, because they will not fight. A council of Minis- ters, the Khedive presiding, discussed measures for protecting Snakim and sub- jugating the hostile tribee. It was de- ci\ged to enlistZBasha Bazouks,and 150 of them have started for Snakim, companies of black troops will be dis- patched from Massowah. These will raise the garrison of Snakim to nearly 1,000 men. A council of war will alsogo to Suakim to inquire into the disaster and punish the guilty. The wildest rumors are again rife respecting Hicks Pasha, owing to the defeat of the Egyp- tians at Toka, His forces, however,and the force slaughtered at Toka, were en- tirely disconnected. The latest official accounts of the tight- ing at Toka state that the Egyptians lost 11 officers and 142 men besides six Turks, several Greeks and .also lost one gun and 300 rifles. At 3:40 they re- gained their ship, The Egyptians during the fight formed a hollow square when a small number of the enemy locked their shields together and rushed through the Egyptian line, A panic among the Eyyptians resulted. 1t is doubtful if the black troops can be spared from Mas- sowah, which is in the same oritical posi- tion aea¢ Snakim, The British gunboat Ranger has been ordered from Aden to Snakim, BEVOKED THE ORDER, LoNpex, November 19.—An umcon- firmed report is current here that orders for the purpose of refitting three transports for conveying Brit- ish troops home from Egypt, have been countcrmaunded, owing to the recent Euzyptian defeat, and the alleged oritieal positicn of dlioks Pasha, THE PRINCE DEPARTS. GenNea, November 19.—The Gorman ©Crown Prince embarked and departed for Spain_amid much ceremony. The Italian, German and Russian vessels in the harbor were dressed with On bidding adieu to the Mayor of Genoa, the Prince gawe utterance to bis friend- ahip for Italy and the house of Savoy. A WOMAN AN THE CASE, WieNNa, November 19.—A woman was recontly arrested om tho Warsaw railvasd the police having been informed that she came from Paris wmeke an attempton the life f the Czar, A MATTER OF #WECEDENCE. Pasts, November 19.—During the sit- ting of the committee en the Tonquin credit en Monday, whiok was a secret sitting, Admiral Peysee said the mili- tary must take precedence of the diplo- matic, on the question, M. Ferry will on Tuesday prosent the diplomatic side of the question. 1t is expacted that a public debat+ of the Tonquin question will begin Monday or Tuesday mext. In case of war with Chinait has Leen de- cided to employ the steamers of the Leneral Trans-Atlant'c company, and Mesnagenes Maritimes as trausports, AN IMPRESSION, A general impression prevails here that the government has recently receiv- od bad news from Tonquin, THE ARMY NEEDED, Loxpox, November 20.—The Times in leading article concludes that the eontinued presence of a substantisl Eng- lish garrison in Fgypt is essential to the interests of civili-ation. CONFIDENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS, Rowme, November 19,1t is stated that fresh confidential instructions have been sent the Catholic Bishops of Treland en- joining them to endeavar to create a sen- timent influencing Catholics to act with the government, The recent orders for- bidding the holding of Orange and other meetings are cnminfercd due to the good oftices of Mr. gton, English agent. s THE INDIAN METHOD, Carcurra, November 19,—The Ameer of Afghanistan has executed a number of porsons suspected of favoring Ayoob Khan and banished others. THE WAR IN TONQUIN, Pants, November 19.—Report that the French government has presented an ultimatum to China is semi-officially de- nied. A committee of the chamber of deputies to report upon a bill for Ton- quin credits, examined P’rime Ministor Ferry and the minister of marine, who ex- plained the military situation in Tonquin and aflirmed that offensive operations by the French forces are imminent, if not already begun. BOTTLED e, Kuarrovm, November 19.—1t is re- ported that the forces of the false prophet have surrounded the Egyptian troops under Hicks Pasha, who is short of provisions, THEY RAN AWAY, Loxnoy, November 19 —Later ac- counts from Jeddah state that the Egyp- tian soldiers fled before the enemy dos- pite the efforts of their officers to rally them. The soldiers saw Commander Moncrieff, surrounded by insurgents, de- fending himself with a revolver. The Egyptians lost eighty-six men and two ofticers. A SALVATION ARMY ROW, Kincsron, Ontario, November 19.— A terrible row occurred last night at the Victoria music hall. An ex-member of the Salvation army who was intoxicated entered the hall and struck several indi- viduals. Capt. Thompson, aide de cam| to Major Moore and commander for all America, undertook to quell the disturb- ance and was knocked over and choked on the bench. Then four policemen entered the place and arrested the man. A small riot followed and the crowd surged and pushed about the hall. Officers of the peace and army were sur- rounded and kicked. One “was knocked down while scuffling with a prisoner and eventually retired without the prisoner, finding much difliculty in forcing a pas- sage out. GREAT DAMAGE BY STORM. Sr. Jonn, N. B.,, November, 10.— Saint Pierre announces a furious snow storm Friday and Saturday last attended with loss of life and property. Many ships were driven ashore and their crews per- ished, e ——— THE FIRE XECORD. Newarg, N. J., November 19.—The country residence of Geo. V. Hecker, on Orange Mountain, was burned yesterday with the furniture. Loss, $60,000. Siovx Crry, la.,, November 19.—A fire broke out inthe musical instrument and undertaking establishment of G.R. McDougall, about 9:45 thisevening which for a time threatened serious damage. The Times office adjoining was badly damulgnd by the removal of its contents. The Daily Journal was also threatened but the fire was speedily got under con- trol. McDougall's stock is totally ru- ined by fire and water. The Clifford Company was giving an entertainment at the Academy of Music, and came near causing a panic,but it was avertedand or- der restored, by a gentleman near one of the entrances, who stated that the fire was a block and a half away LouisviLLe, November 19.—The Cour- ier Journal’s Elizabethtown, Ky., special says: May’s hotel was burned this morn- ing, ALl the guests escaped in their night clothes. Charles Rich was injured by a falling wall and will probably die. A grocery store in the lower story was also burned, The total loss 18 $60,000," well insured. The fire was incendiary. Fanco, Dakota, November 19.—Five warehouses and two dwellings were burned this afternoon. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $14,200, e — Busir ess Droubles, Cnicago. November 19.—Henry Sim- ons, wholesale notions, has aesigned, li- abilities $40,000, assets $25,000. It is alleged that the failure was precipitated by stealings of dishonest employes of the oftice. E. & C. Eldred, a heavy lumber firm with mills at Bluffton, Mich., was taken possession of by the sheriff to-day on an attachment in favor of Curren & Wolf, of this city for $2,000, and were subse- quently released on replevin. The sheriff took possession of the property of Charles L. £pps & Co., mal- stersand grain commission to-day, on confession of judgment for $8,600," The | attended meetin, liabilities are estimated at from $100,000 to $123,000, and the assets estimated, are $40,000 to §/0,000. Epps says he was taken by surprise, and expects to re- sume in a few days, New York, November 19,—An assign- ment was filed to-day for the benefit of the creditors of Moses Herlein & Co., men's furnishing store. The preferences amount to 850,726, A schedule in the assignment of Simon Lauterbach has been filed. Liabilities, $171,600; a:tual assets, $62,315, o —— Tho Ciwil Rights Decision, 81. Louls, November 19.—A largely of colored citizens wae held at Mercasstile hall to-night to hear 4. Milton Turner, ex-minister to Liberia, discourse on the late decision of the Su- preme Court on the civil rights bill. He made a long and cather desultory speech, in which he tosk etrong grounds agaiust the decision and gave the negroes a good deal ¢f valuable adeice on general sub jects. A series of gasolutions had been prepared, but owing o the latenes: of the hour they were not offered and their purport even not knows, An Uy ol Exhibit Bosroxn, Kovember 19-—Reports from 27 leading clearing houses in the United States for the woek ending November 17 give the total clearances as $1,079,142,. 347, being a decrease of 20.1 cent us compared with the correspouding week of 1882. The exhibit of this week, though showing a larger volume of trans- actions than last week, is still decidedly unfavorable, when compared with that of the corresponding weelk of last year. THE RAILROADS. That Pusshle New Brige at §0 Lonis, The Eastern Pool Increases the Rates. A Mecting Which the Chicago, Mil. wankee & 8t, Panl Broke Up. RALLROAD MATTERS, A POSTPONED MEETING, Curcaco, November 19.—0 xing to the withdrawal of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul railroad from the Towa freight pool, on account of dissatisfaction with its percentage of stock traftic from the northwest, the meeting of that pool, which was to have been held for the pur- pose of further considering tho matter to-day, did not occur. Notico of the withdrawal was received Friday, and the commissioner at once sent out notices to other members indefinitely postponing the meeting. THAT ST, LOUIS BRI 1. Louts, November 19, —Regarding the proposed new bridge across tho Mis- sissippi river at Chain of Rocks, above this city, licenso for the construction of which has been issued by the Secretary of State of Illinois, it ;may be said that the project is an old " one and if the bridge is built it will be used for freight only and will be controlled by the Chi- cago & Alton, OChicago, Burlington & Quincy, Indianapolis & St. Louis, Cairo short line and poseihly some others. Should the Gould 1. crest build the bridge it probably would be at Arsenal Island, three miles below the centre of the city, where the ground will bo ac- «quired as a contingent site for the cen- tral piers. EAST BOUND RATES, Cuicaco, November 19—Representa- tives of the east bound pool roads met to-day and made up a_schedule, advanc- ing rates to the seaboard and interior points, to take effect November 26 in ac- cordance with the decision of the Joint Executive Committeo at a meeting at commissioner Frink’s oftice in New York, November 1 The local committee also issued a circular toshippers contain- ing the following points of interest to those outsido of Chicago: Property consigned from the west di- rect to points in the east prior to No- vomber 20th, in which shipping direc tions have not been changed, go forward at the old rate. All consignment from the west to Chi- cago previous to November 2Gth, and re- consigned to the east upon which direc- tions have changed at Chicago, must ac- tually be in possession of theeastern road previous to November 26th to take the old rate. ——— CRIMINAL RECORD, A SUSPICIOUS TRAMP, Jamaica, L. I, November 19.—The police arreated a young tramp this morn- ing who is supposed to be the man, who murdered Murs. bee and daughter at Brookville. They took him to see the bodies. The authorities think the fellow drunk or crazy. A SUPPOSED DEFAULTER. Osweco, N. Y., November 19.—Fred. North, sub-treasurer of the Oswego Falla Manufacturing company, left that village Thursday, ostensibly for Syracuse. and has not been heard from since. He is said to be a defaulter. It is believed he has gonto England. He leaves a wife and two children. STOLEN TICKETS RECOVERED, Cuicaco, November 19.—Five years ago a considerable number of Chicago & Alton unlimited tickets from Chicago to Galveston via New Orleans, worth $60 each, were stolen from tho down-town oftice. Soon afterward William Bryce, the ticket agent, disappeared and has not been heard of since. Several of theso tickets have been passed upon the company, and to-day = the remainder turned up in a scalper’s office inthe hands of A.D. Meacham. When arrested he told a story of their wandering through anumber of hands after having been left as collateral by Bryce. It is not probable that any one can be convicted, but the road has recovered the wissing tickets. A REQUISITION REFUSED, 8r. Paut, November 19.—The Gover- r to-duy refused toissuearequisition on the Governor of Illinois for General Wil- liam Meyers, charged by Daniel B. Ver- milye with adultery with the latter’s wife. The ground on which the Gowernor de- clined was that the crime is outlawed by the statute of limitations. WURDERED KY A TIE CUTTER, Denver, November 19.—The Repub- lican's Leadville special says: Last eve- ning 8. H White, civil engineer on the Denver & South Park railway, was mur- dered by a tie cutter at Robinson, HOW NELLING DIED, Cuicaco, November 19,—The Inter- Ocean's, Oxfard Ind., special says: the hanging ot Nelling this morning just before he was awung off owe of the mob said kim: ‘‘Nelling you must die. Have you any further confession to make or anything to say?” He replied: *No nothing more than I have.alread; said, but I want you to make a half way decent job of thisand cut off my wind as quick a6 you can.” Five minutes was given him when he was strang up and a paper pinaed on hisbreast with the words, ‘A Waming to murderers.” At 10 o'clock to-day the body was teken down, The Corouer’s jury returned a verdict of “Death by violence at the kands of a band of masked wen, un- kaown to us”. The body was interred in the county grounds west of Oxford, A MURDEROUS (OOK. Ceticaco, November 19, The Inte Ocesn’s Springfield (ill.) special say James Cook and wife, living three miles southof here, quarreled. She left him, went ko Arkansas to visit bee former hus- band, returned and stopped at the house of a neighboring farmer, Caok visited her to-day, caught her and held her head hotween his knees, while he cut her throat with a pen knife. She will die. Cook surrendered. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Torepo, November 19.—This altes- noon S8amuel Henry, an old farmer liv. ing near Swanton, this county, killed his wife wnd then himself. He married = PAETINAYS AN N TYARE . AL A e s THE OwMAHA DAlly BEE ——xT OMAHA, NEB. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1883. her a year ago, she being a widow, and has lived unhappily with her acousing her of unfaithfulness and abusing her shamefully. To.day he had a serious quarrel with her and she threatened to have him arrcsted, when he seized an ax and attacked her. Her dl\l}hh", by her first husband, Mrs. John Liba, at- tempted to stop him and received a ter. rible gash across the head and arm. He then struck his wife a blow which nearly sovered her head from the body, killing her almost instantly. He then entered the house, cut his throat with a razor, dying in a few minutes. The daughter, n{llmugh seriously injured, may recover, | — COHICAGO CATTLE SHOW, Prizes Awarded — The Butchering Contest. Curcaco, November 19.-<There was a much larger attendance at the fat stock show this morning than is usual in the fore part of the day. The center of at- traction was the ring in which awards for miscellaneous special prizes were to be made. Moroe interest was taken by owners in_this competition than any other, for the reason that it called for the best in the different oclastes, Her- fords have wup this time been awarded more blue ribbons than their opponents, the short- horns, and hoped to secure additional in this contest. The first lot led into tho ring were for the McCormick harvester prize, valued at $200, which ealled for the best five head of fat cattle, steers or speyed heifers, three and under four years. It was awarded to John B. Sher- man’s herd of short-horns. For the best. five head of fat cattle, steers or speyed heifers, two and under four the prize, a cesnpoy top on valued at $100, was offered by the Moline Wagon com- pany, and was won by John Ross & Son’s sho t-horn herd. The St;;:ehke‘: Wagon company’s jrize, a par] wagon, valued at $200 for the best herd, one and under two years, was taken by Morrow & Rennick’s shorhorn herd. The Marshall, Field & Co.’s prize, $250, for the best herd of five of any age or breed, was awarded to John D, Gillette, of Elkhart, Ills, The slaughtering of beeves will b?in at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. The entries in this competition number twenty-five of the best cattle ever offered in a siwilar contest. The number of polled Angus and Herefords in the: list were fattened in_Scotland and land oupeulnllg for this competition. They are said by good judges to be extra fine. e ———— ‘Threatening Violence. MrnwAukEeg, November 19.—An Iron Mountain dispatch says the 1,600 men of the Chapin and Ludington mines who struck Saturday are still holding out, but threatening to destroy the works if the company does not come to terms to- morrow. Captain Rundle held ‘them in check to-day by promising a compromise if the agent did not come frem wau- kee on the noon train, of the wisest advise _continuing strike peaceably, but the majority want to fill the mines with water. The men threaten to kill Superintendent Cody if he re turns. They paraded to-day bai ners and band, _The cause. 18'a cut of 84 in the monthly Saturday shift has not been down for some time, but their pay has continued till recently, when the superintendents of the mine decided to withhold their time. J. H. Van Dyke, president of the Me- nomines Mining company, loft to-night for the scene of the minera’ insurrection, twelve miles from Florence, Wis. He says he is inclined to use passive meas- ures, as the company feels that 1,600 hungry mouths are In endent uponthem in every way, and while he will not say a compromise is likely, the inference is that all trouble will be averted by his mission, 4 ——— Died of Joy, Newrorr, R. 1., Novembor 19.—Geo. C. Munroe, a prominent citizen, died suddenly this morning. Joy on recover- ing a verdict against the Aquidneck bauk about 10days ago, it is thought, had much to do with his death. 1t had been in the courts since 1805, il Mrs. Grittiih's Will, Dusvque, Towa, November 18.—The, will of Mrs, Griflith, wife of J. M. Grif- Gith, who died a year ago, was probated to-day. She divides her estate, valued at $250,000, between various relatives and friends, the Episcopal church and the Gniffith Home for the Friendless re- ceiving 820,000 to $25,000 each. Killed vy Ga Cuicaco, November 19,—The Inter- Ocean’s Streator (I11.) special says: As the miners were entering Peanut coal mine this morning the gas accumulated over Sunday, exploded killing T homa Jones and slightly wounding five other.. — SaN Fxancisco, November 19.—A combination walking match, between O'Leary and Hart versus Harriman and Mclntyre, 142 consecutive hours for $4,000 and the gate money began at midnight, The score at ten this even- ing was: O'Leary 88 miles, Hart 107, McIntyre 108, Harriman 92, o — Death on the Rail. BostoN, November 19, —The New England railroads killed the past year 221 persons, Five hundred and !iir:x-fiva were injured, Sixteen of the killed and fifty-two of the injured were passengers. ) A Baptist Minister's Experience, “ T am a Baptist minister, and before I over thought of being o clorgymun [ graduated fn medicine, but left a lucrative practice for my present profession (nfl.{ years ag any yoara a sufferer from qui 1 was for T'h Lelectric Oil cured wwe. 1 was with hoarseness, snd Thomas’ Felectric Oil ul- ways relioved me. My wife aud child had diphtheria and 2%owmas’ / clectric Vil curec them, sud if taken in time it will cure seven times out of ten. 1 win confident it is a cure for the most obstinate cold or cough and if any one will take s small teaspoon and half Gl it with the Cil, and then place the end of the spoon in one nostril and draw the Uil out of tho spoon futo the hewd, by suiffiug ws hard ax they can, until the Uil fulls over into the throat, and practice it twice » week, 1 don't cuxo bgw affensivo thelr head may b 1 will clean it ot and cure their cstarth. For deaf- ness and earuche it has done wonders to wy certain kuewlodge. It is the only medicine dubbed patent medicine that | have ever felt like recommenning and I am very auxious to see it in every place, for I tell you that I would not be without it iu my hoiwe for wny consideration. I am now suffering with s pain like rheumatism in sy right Jimb, and noth- ing relieves we like Fhomas' Eclecirio Oil.” Dr. K. ¥, Oraue, Corry, Pa, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Some Postmasters Who Need Disci- Dlining. An Important Texas Land Case Decided. | How Somoe of Unclo Ssm's Servants Ald Swindlers, CAPITAL NOTES. THR PENSION SWINDLES, Wasninaron, November 19.--The fol- lowing official order has boen made by Postmaster Geperal Grosham: It appear- ing that certain persons have been prac- ticing mystomatio frauds on Union sol. diors and their widows and orphans, or other helts, by making false representa- tions concerning pensions claims and ex- torting illegal fees for sarvioes pretendod to have been or promised to be rendered, and this Department having reason to believe thatjsome postmasters have bepn aiding these fraudulent claim agents by furnishing them lists of names of ox- Union soldiers and others, supposed to be entitled to pensions and distributing their unaddressed circulars among this class, therefore, pestmastors aro for- bidden to furnish such liats or distribute any oirculars of the kind indicated unless they are addressed to seme individual and are prepaid as required by law. A LAND CASE DECISION, A decision was rendered by the Su- preme Court of the United States to- day in the important Mercer colony land caso of William C. Walsh, commissioner general of the land oftice, State of Texas vs, William Preston. This was a suit originally brought by Preston on an al: leged contract between the republic of Texas and one Charles Mercer, by which the latter agreed to bring into Texas a large number of emigrant families, and settle them upon unoccupied public lands, and the republic of Texas agreed to give Morcor and his associates, by way of compensation for his work, (40 acres of land for every family thus brought within its limits, Tho court holds that inasmuch as there is no proof that Mercer ever brought enough set- tlers into the republic of Texas to consti- tute oven a shadow of compliance on his part with the terms of the contract, the State of Texas is released from all obliga- tions which the republic of Texas may have assumed by virtue of such contract, and that the complainant has no valid claim to equal relief. The judgment of the lower court is reversed, and the case ramanded with directions to dismiss the bill, The opinion is by Justice Miller, Justice Harlan dissenting. Ferry's Wonld-be Assassin. Paris, November 17. — etorda; afternoon a great commotion was produ- ced in the Chamber of Deputies by the announcement that an attempt had been made upon the life of Premier Jules Forry. M. Camescasso, Prefect of Po- lice, haatily left the building to ascertain the meaning of therumor. As he was crossing the Salle des Pas Perdus a dis- patch was handed to him, stating that his presence at the office of the Commissaire de Police, Rue de Generle, attached to the Mairie, would be desirable. The following dotails of the case are related by an usher of the Ministry of Public In- struction, who helped to disarm the would-be murderer of M. Forry. Several times yesterday a young man presented himself at the Minisiry, ask- ing to have a personal interview with the President of the Council, and at a qarter-past 3 p. m he again presented himself, and on being asked whether he had received a letter of audience, he re- plied that he had not, but that the na- ture of his business mado a private conference necessary. M. Loroy, pri- vate Secretary to M. Jules Ferry, then came forward, and the young man again said: “‘I again repeat, that [ have no need of a demand for an audience. 1 am here as the represcntative of a group of Socialists of Lille, and when people have at their comwand as much dyna- mite and nitro-glycerine ns we have-— passe partout. M. Leroy then told the usher, M, Philibert, to conduct the young man out of the buikding. The young man made believe to go away, but remained a fow minutes in the cour d’honneur, and pro- fiting by tho arrival of sevoral visitors slippea behind them, intending to reach the CUabinet Minister. Unobserved by the usher, he entered the library, which he had mistaken for M. Ferry's Cabinet. Finding no other issue he passed back again through the door by which he had entered, when he was again met by M. Phillibert, and again asked to leave the building, “On this the youth changed his tone, and said, excitedly: ‘I came to see M. Jules Ferry, and to kill him, As I can not kill him, I will kill you.' Buiting the action to the word, lie pulled out a revolver, and placed the muzzle against the breast of M. Philibert ry luc- ily, before he could fire, M. Philibert mana- ged to close with him, and both rolled, struggling, on the floor, In a moment several otticials and visitors threw them- selves upon the youth, and after con- siderable resistance managed to disarm him. The young maa then drew two pieces of paper from his pocket, which he quickly put into mouth, Oue pieco ho swallowed before anybody could rovent him. A portion of the second jicce was saved. Lt was his register of I,mh, and on the saved sorap was read “Ne a Haguenau”. Howas taken to the police station of the Seventh Arrondisse ment, A loaded six-chambered revolver was found npon him, and twenty-five cartridges. M., Banlucci, the locsl commissaire, brietly interrogated bis or whild awaiting the Prefect of Police, After some hesitation he unswered that his name was C ad that he was a ns tive of Haguenau, in Alsace, His tradc he declared to be that of & journeyman baker. He had been commissioned, he added, to kill M. Jules Ferry by a group of Anarchists, The manner of the pri soner in no way betokened innnig, al- though he sppeared to be under in- fluonco of liguor, This may have been produced by excitement. After beeing intorrogated by the Prefect of Police, Curion was_taken off to the depot of the prefecture,” —— The Puma and (he “Bricsh Lion," Such a vast country [United States] should surely, with its unlimited ro- sources and all that “enterprise” that is 80 much talked of, be able to furnish something botter in the way of a lion than the puma, It is true that in South America the puma or *“cougar,” has been known to kill a human being. But then 80 have wasps—froquently. While as to general habits of life this animal is far from formidable. 1t is very ecasily kill- od, In the Pampas the Guachos chase it with the bolas (thongs weighed with iran balls) entangle it, and then, riding up, lasso it and drag it along the ground till it is sonseless. Othors again drive it up into trees, and shoot it with arrows among the branches. Others again hunt it with dogs, a kind of long- legged terrier, and bait it to death. Moreover, the Guachos eat 1t, and travelors—Mr, ‘Darwin, for instance, who tasted it—declare that the American lion makes excellent veal. One of the creature’s customs is very curious, After it has killed a victim it oats much ag it wants, and then covors ovi the carcas with rubbish and lies down in the neighborhood to watch, so that the jackals and condors will not make awa; with it. In consequence of this habit the puma is very casily betrayed, for the Guachos, whenever thoy see the condors wheeling over a spot in the manner of birds that see or scont foot, but are evi- dently afraid to fly down to it, suspoct the presence of a puma on guard over its Iarder and mako for the spot. Another peculiarity of the puma is its compara- tive silence, for, as visitors to Regent's park can easily satisfy themselves, it sel- dom utters a sound. ‘‘They never roar,” mf's one who has observed them well, ‘like ‘other large ecata: never, in fact, get beyond a sort of hoarse grunt; but when angry they spit and and ‘swear’ in precisely the same man- ner s furious tomeats.” In this respect, then, as in many others, the Awmerican lion differs very conspicuously from its Asiatic or African relatives, who are very easily provoked to roars and growls. "It squats in the sumo manner as the leopard when eating, instead of lying down to its meals like paws to assist it in holding its food. **However difficult of manipulation the bone may be, however it may slip about and object to be crunched, it never seems to occur to the puma that it might use its pays to steady it.” Watch the pumas when they are going to be fed, for a peculiarity of the species is then very conspicuous. They remain si- lent, In the din cf the lion house, the roaring of somo animals who have net yet got their rations, the growling of others who have, the pumas arevoiceless. They are just as active as any, but, food and roaring have have no association in their minds, When thux were wild they caught their prey by tl stealth, Their victims knew nothing of their vicinity till they felt the suddem, fatal weight upon their backs. ‘mals, utter a * = case, is an exaggarated oatorwaul otherw'se they roam the pampas and underwood silent and unsuspected. Nor in it oasy for their victims to guess from which direction the sudden danger of attack may overtake them, for, let the sentinels of the grazing herd of deer be never so vigilant, the puma may bafile all their caution by being in t{m tree overhead. KEast, west, north and south, it may be impossible, with such outposts and sentries os the antlered stags keep, for anything to appproach, but, by and by, the herd will go I\ruwnin‘znltmg under a tree, and then, lo! like a bolt from the sky, the puma descends. [ts patience in ambush is very remarkablo, and when once determined to stalk u selected quarry, the crafty manner of its progress is one of the marvels of wild beast when in purs ma's procedure wanting in merit, monkey, it is notorious, is a very evasive beast, and has a shrewd way of getting about among the branches of trees. It is not easy for a four-legged animal to c.imb after and catch a four-handed one, eepecially when it has a long prehensile tail in addition. Yctthe puwa leads the monkeys a sad life at tines. For the four-handed creatures, though very nim- ble, are deficient occasionally in' judg went. And there would appear to be something in the puma’s appearance which throws the monkeys off their bal- ance, so to speak, and makes them act foolishly. For when they see a puma clambering and leaping along toward them through the tangle of bough and creeper in which they live, the monkeys, instead of getting out of the way of the persccutor as promptly as_posible, stop to make faces at it. The puma, of course, pays no attention to such con- duct, but comes steadily on, and, though the majority discover their danger in time, there is always one monkey who always stays too long, to make just one more face, and gets caught, Itis the same in a crowd of streot urchins, One or another is sure to stop behind hiscom- rades just to throw one more stone, or to give one more derisivo shout, and finds to his cost that it was just one too many. It is & curious international fact that 80 many countries should insist upon hav- ing a lion of their own. In the far east, for instance, they call the ’nnv.har a lion, and the leopard of our African colonies often arrives at thesame dignity of title, with just as little claim to itas the puma +f the far west. For, as a recent trav- eler in the States writes*‘ the American lion is about as much like the original article as an American ‘muffin’ is like the thing from which it takes its name.” It is the least imposing of all the large cats, and cannot m general appearance compare with its neighbor and fellow-countryman, the jaguar, and would not be recognized by the larger carnivora as a kinsman, I'hey would eat it just as Darwi d So that it is just true of lions as is it is of a certain starch—'*When you ask for it, see that you get it.” It must be ad. mitted that it is verg creditable to Amer- ica that in the great competion of nations she should refuse to be left behind even in the matter of lions; but surely it would be more becoming to her claims upon the world's regard if she ported something more suitable in size wnd ferocity to her other natural feat- ures. The Rocky Mountains are worth something better than & puma, —Loundou Telegraph. 3 the lion, and is said never to uso its|l eir astonishing cunning and | P IN THE EVERGLADES. Tie Perl of The Times-Democrats Expedition, Some of Their Experiences in the Swamp Recounted. The Baw-Grass Fired —Have the Party Perished Vainly? LOST OR SBAFE? TIHE TIMES DEMOORAT'S EXPEDITION, New Onieans, November 19.—The Times-Democrat has received the follow- ing: IN e EVERGLADRS, VIA JACKSON- yitLe, November 12, The Times-Demo- crat's expedition through the Everglades reached lake Okeechobee November 1st. The expedition encountered two severe gales on the lake, by which two boats were swamped, but nobody was lost. r found eight large rivers running m the 'ake south into the Kverglades, which we partially explored. We made six unsuccessful attempts to cut through the swamp borderingthe Evergladas, and on the 10th of November went up T. D. river a distance of two miles. This river, which we named for The Times-Demo- crat, is on the extreme southern shore of the lake, From the banks of the river we cut through the surrounding marsh, The expedition is now within half a mile of the great saw-grass, and going at the rate of a quarter of a milo a day. There is neither water to float the canoes, nor land to stand on, nothing but mud and marsh, . The grass is ten feet high, and we are going through if it is in the power of mortal man, 1 well, A subsequent dispatch from Myers indicates that the expedition is in great danger if not lost because of great fires in the saw-grass, This information comes from a gentleman who accom- panied the uxpufiitinn to the edge of the saw-grass region bordering on the lake. The telegram is as follows: “Fonr Mevers, Fla., November 19, accompanied The Times-Democrat’s expedition until it cut a two days’ jour- ney through the border of the everglades. The second day after leaving the party, and while eailing the Okeechobee, 1 dis- covered that the saw-grass marsh had been set on fire, and the country for miles was now one raging fire. If the expedition fired the grass purposely be- fore getting in it they lfllc; wisely, If aone by accident after entering it, or wagt set on fire by Indians, not one of the e pedition will ever live to tell the tale. Signed, | 8. H. Mansn.” 0 Times-Democrat telegraphed the Diston eor:émny now dredging along the upper border of Lake Okeechobee to send a relief party in search of the ex- edition, and discover if it had been in- Jured by the fire. An DId Guardsman, Prrva g 0 ), — evening, to the roldier, , survivor 3 of the old guard of the First Napoleon, in honer of the 96th nnnivarng of his birth. Milon remained with Napoleon on the Isle of St. Helena until his death; went to South America, where he spen* ; several years, From there he came’ this city. mission on parchment, now yellow with age, as second lieutenant Sixth company, Old Guards. The document bears the legible seal of Napoleon. e Beven Lives Lost. Burraro, November 16.—The opinion prevails that the schooner James Wade, from Detroit October 25, with the schooner H. F. Merrie, which went ashore near silver Creek, has foundered with all on board. The crew consisted of seven men—D. W. Brown, master, E, Bashaw, steward, James Sharkey, all married_and of Detroit; two sailors named Martin and Grece. The vessel was insured for §6,000. Railmaking Stopped, Pirrsnura, November, 19.—Bessemenr steel works at Homestead closed down the rail deparment Saturday night for an indefinite period, The remainder of the establishment will continue operations until the present orders are worked off, when there will be a general suspension unless there is an improvement in the trade. In addition to the iron mills in this city previouly reported to have shut down werk, was to-day. sispended at Chesscook & Co.'s establishment, and two-thirds of the men employed at Graff, Sennet & Co.’s three mills were’ suspended. This adds 2,600 more to the number of idle men. Some manufac- turers say the depression is due to im- perfect tariff laws, None anticipate an- other strike, Boston, November 19.—The execu- tive council has confirmed the nomina- tion of George L. Ruffin, the colored law- é"’ : Justice of the Charleston District ourt., o ——— The Silver Shiners. WAsHINGTON, fNovember 19,—The issue of silver dollars last week amounted to $339,000 against $040,000 for the same time last year. SCROFULA 4 R Probably no form of disease 18 so generally dis. tributed among our whole population as Almost every Individual has this latent poison cours- ing his velns, The terrible sufferings endured by those aficted with scrofulous sores cannot be understood by others, and the intensity of thelr gratitude when they flud & remedy that ecures the, astonishes & well person, We refer by par- ’ mission {0 Mise flood Sarah C. Whistier, of Warer, N, M., P Sarsaparillais:szs é The old soldier has his dom-