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VOL. XXXIII.-NO. 353, HELENA, MONTANA, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 30, 1893. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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THEY FAVOR ANNEXARION
Prominent Men in Washington Give
1 heir Views on the Hawaiian
Question.
The Importance of the Islands to
This Country Generally
Conceded.
A Wurship Dispatched From Ban Fran
delco and Others to Follow-Com.
mnente of the English Papers.
WAnIInNOTOw, Jan. 20.--Th Hawaiian
revolution lnes been the absorbing topic of
diecussion all day. A g.,neral protest is
stated to have been sent by the deposed
queen, declaring that she yielded only to
superior force, and appealing to the United
States to reverse this nation and reinstate
her in rothority. It was expected the spao
cailly chartered steamer which brought the
news of the revolution would also bring a
dispatch from Minister Stevens or Consul
General Severance. It was also expected
the commander of the Boston would trans
mit to the navy department some detailed
reeort of his vigorous action. Nothing
has been received, and the inference is that
detailed reports from these olfloers are on
the way by mail. In the meantime, some
of the members of the committee on for
eign relations, before whom the matter
will eventually come, are expressing their
sentiments with remarkable freedom. Sena
tor Morgan makes no secret of his desire
to acquiesce in the request of the Hawaiian
committee and annex the islands. More
significant even than this, however, is that
Senator Sherman, chairman of the senate
committee on foreign relations, in the
course of the executive session yesterday,
spoke to the same purport. Senator Butler,
of South Carolina, who is also a member
of the same committee, said to a reporter:
"Of course there can be no question of the
great desirability of the islands as a naval
station. Unless they are purchased, as
were Alaska and Louisiana, it will be neces
sary for congress to pass a regular not of
annexation, as was the case with the re
public of Texas. Hawaii would then be
made a territory, but not, I imagine, with a
regular territorial government."
Judge Chipman of Michigan, a promi
nent member of the house committee on
foreign affairs, openly favors annexation.
"I favored it in the Ffty-first congress,"
he said, "in a report and speech upon the
Hawaiian cable. I consider it not only
possible but highly desirable. The Sand
wich islands are extremely fertile. The
intelligent among its people earnest favor
union with the United States. As a
naval station and a point of commercial
advantage in the Pacific they are
vital to . u. . We .weuld need
them in war and we need them in peace.
Sheir possession would go far toward en
abling us to control the sugar situation of
the would. Of course a contest with Eng
land could not be avoided, but that should
i not effect the matter one way or the other.
This country will never amount to any
thing more than a second-class power so
long as it whisks around a corner when it
soos a foeman approaching. England takes
whatever she wants, wherever it may he.
I do not believe in a bulldozing policy.
But America must know its tights
and maintain them at all hazards. I hope
to see the limits of this country extend
northward to the Arctic regions. I hope to
see It with a strong defensive and offensive
station in the West Indies, be it in Cuba or
Ii another of those islands; and one of emilar
str.,nth and usefulness in the Pacifdo. The
time has come whoen the governmeant of the
United States must assert itself."
It is possible the so iousnees of the ma
ter, as involving ,elations with England,
mnad:, the subject fonel up;on which no mwm
btr of the diploimatie cor, a in this city felt
at liberty to sl oak to-day. An interesting
incident, as possibly showing Bilaine's attl
tudoe toward the subject of the annexation
of th.e Lawaiian ilandi, is recalled at this
time. When tihe Pan-American congro.e
Im:et iri Octtrbe', 188,!) or about that time,
r;,nini discovered tha:t ltaweii had not been
incluhded tI the countries invited to parti
cilrt.. ini. he sPoke to the executive
,ift.eer of the congress about the omission.
"liut Hawaii is not an American republic,"
he wlas told. He replied: "But it will be
before long." By his request, therefore, a
resolution was introduced in congress by
H1oplesentative Hitt, and passed, authoriz
ing1 the president to send an invitation to
LHawaii. The invitation was accepted by
the Hawaiian government and
Mi nirtor Carter desinated to act
ns delepate, which he did through
out tire meeting of the congress. When
the urman of American republios was es
labilshed as it result of the deliberations of
the crungroes, Ilaine instructed that Hlawati
should be iclulode.i anud treated ca one of
the hovor el Aimcrica.n reptiblicri anld its stn
tistilo incel:i,l in the handtbooks published
by the biuroau.
0}1"I1 FOR IHONOIUIU.
'The 3ull 1o4n 'r nl:. iand | titer - Governmnent
Ships Will Follhnoc.
h.IN Fn\NcIa('o, Jan. ".9--The United
Stites flagehip MoLicano, iHoar Admiral
iSker,itt, sailed for tlonohlui early thes
morning. T'Ihe tagror is expected to loeave
to-morrow, and tho Adams will lonave Mare
island 'lnasdnay. 'I ha gratest activity is
toen at the navy yard.
The coast dohflan vea.el Montorey. which
Ihas just hoCUi conmplste l at the Union irou
.o rls., wdill ie turlned over to the govern
iltent to-latrrow, anti tkaan to the navy
yard lat 1aroe island, where she will be mado
tendy for sea.
At. a couferenco last night be
tween thie lawiainn commiasioners
and representativen of several firma
internsted ili the lewaiian trai:e. the com
alissionora oxplained the pupoaes of the
levoltlounary movement nll detail nud do
clrred that on the day the ql.au was over
throwl lho only thing that p evented an
outbreak amolg the natives was the landing
ol tie anilore and muanini Ha frUom the United
(tlteo steuamer Bloeton. Atter a full dil
caiiiio the business amell 1rasent agreed to
itke action in urging cou:Ifless to annex the
islands.
1 lie morning papeor to-day devote great
space to the l1ewnlian matter. luterviews
witll business mall, etc., show lthat viewn
diftter, but the IIeris editorials are a unit in
ogian a determiniied policy on the part of
ill, I nited HBtatli government, which will
prevent any other foreign power gaining
poseesaiou of the isllnds.
An tile Englil lI'reis View It.
LONDO., Jan. "2J.--The Daily Graphic
says of tho Ilawalian revolution: "Beyond
dispute thorn has been alsAovernment in
Hawaii, but exeapt the lurid stories pub.
liehed in Ban Francisco nothing hae o
curredl to our knowledge to juetity the
quelen's deposition. iThe revolution seems
to be purely the work of a usetion of imm,
urante, numbering at the outside 1,500.
The fact that the revolutionists were in so
grant a ihuny to ask the United Htates for I
sanextion wears an ugly look."
'ghe Morning Poet says; "The annasa- I
tion of Hawaii by the United States might
be regarded as a counter move to fortify
ing Esquimaalt. The bulk of the Hawaiian
trade being with the Uniteil tastes we are
not surprised there should be a desire for
oloser union with that power."
The Daily Telegraph says: "The affair
wears the aspect of a successful attempt by
American intriguers to subvert the existing
order of things in favor, first, of them
selves, next, of what is impossible, annex
ation. We could not allow the United
States to annex the islands, even if the es
tablished policy at Washington permitted
the idea to be entertained. The native
government ought to be restored, for the
revolution is the work of discontented, self
ish foreigners, chiefly Yankees."
The Daily Chronicle says: "Europe has
not any great concern with Hawaii. Never
theless the queen has rights which seems
to have received scant respect from the
leaders of the movement. Events had not
given to a section of the foreign population
the right to oust the lawful sovereign.
Anxiety for the welfare of the natives
seems to have been loss of a motive with
the Amerloan party than a desire to further
their own interests."
The Sitandard says: "It is not likely that
the good sense of the Americau people will
pormit them to assume this responsibility
which would be found onerous and un
profitable, or to claim an extensive influ
eonce which would be opposed and resented
by other powers having equal interests at
stake. It is true the United States could
not allow any other power to annex the
islands, but none has such an ambition."
The Times says: "It is dif.icult tb see
how a compliance with Mr. Dole's request
can be be reconciled with existing Amer
Ican institutions. It seems plain, how
ever, that the state of things that existed
lately cannot continue longer. Something
must be done. The question is what, and
by whom? 'Ihe h amoan precedent is not
altogether encouraging. Nevertheless, it
seems possible some such scheme may be
executed ultimately."
The Daily News says: "Theoverthrow of
the queen seems to be an American coup.
Hiawaii being the key to the whole group
the Americans, once they are in possession
of it, would not find any difficulty in
making themselves masters of the others.
Europe, however, has necessities in the
same quarters and Honolulu is the only
coaling station on themail route between
ban Francico and Auckland."
TILE JBLAINE FUNERAL.
Though Private it Wtill Still Partake ofa
National Character.
WASHmNoTON, Jan. 29.-The body of the
late ex-Secretary Blaine was removed this
evening to the parlor on the north side of
the second floor of the residence. During
the afternoon and evening a number of
friends called and took a last look upon
the face of the departed. The expression
of the fase was peaceful and the lineaments
of the well known countenance showed few
traces of the ravages of the disease that
carried him off. The casket was almost
buried under the mass of floral tributes re
ceived, many of them from a distance. It
lies in the room where the first prayers of
the funeral service will be said by the Rev.
Dr. Hamlin, of the Church of the Coven
ant, at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Notwithstanding the fact that the funeral
is to be private, some of the attendants
will make the service ao truly national in
their representative character as if a presi
dent were being buried. The state of
Maine will send a delegation of
fourteen headed by Gov. Cleeves;
Massachusetts will have a dele
Ration of five members; the Union
League club, of New York, will send
twenty-five members to represent that or
annization, and the Union League club of
Philadelphia twentr. From various other
points of Pennsylvania will some several
delegations. Altogether a hundred or
more of these representatives will be pres
ent. I'eosonal friends to the number of
sixty-five have notified the family of their
intention to be present from various parts
of the country. The services at the church
as well as at the house will be strictly pri
vate and no one will be admitted who has
not received an invitation. The family re
gret this. but the limited seating capacity
of the church and large number of delega.
tions and oflicials to be provided for, leaves
no room. The pallbearers will be Senators
Frve and Hale, of Maine, and Morgan. of
Alabama; Representatives Reed and Bon
telle. of Maine; Hitt, of Illinois, and Bing
ham, of Pennsylvania; Gen. Thomas Ew
ing, of Chin; John Hay, of Washington;
Joseph H. Manley, of Maine; Almet F.
Jenks. of Brooklyn, and P. V. P. Ely, of
Ifoston.
A Monument to Blaine in Chicago.
C, ictoo, Jan. 29.-At a meeting of the
u Chicago Blaine club last night appropriate
- resolutions were adopted and a committee
a nppointed to co-operate with committees
from the various political and social clubs
of the city In calling a memorial meeting.
a It was also decided to take steps towards
the collection of funds for the erection of a
Blaine monument in Chicago. During the
moeeting one of the members who was In
timately acquainted with Mr. Blaine read
an interesting letter received from him
several weeks before the last election. In
it, referring to a question, Mr. Blaine said
that since the death of his son Emmons
he had felt quite satisfied with the action
t of the Minneapolis convention.
They Think Ady May BIreak In.
Torinrk, Kan.. Jan. 29.--The republicans
Solaim,, that they elected a Unitnd States
senatur in joint session of the two houses
bet Wednesday. They claim that none of
the Iembers of the populist house were
t legally sworn in, and consequently had no
right to vote lor senator; that
the state sunatore, including the,
populis .ieembers of that body,
Stoether with the nuembers of the republi
Scan lhouse, nonstituted a iquorum, or a uma
a jority of a lquormn, and that Ady was there
fore elected senator. Adv will be tirnihied
with o:ednutiale signed by .Speaker l)oug
lass, of the republican house, and by each
of the republican senators.
Colgresa This Week.
WASurtnro.r Jan. 2..--The most notable
event of the week in congress will probably
be the disposition of the anti-option bill in
Sthe senate. By agreuiment the final vote
Saupon the bill will be taken at two o'clock
ST'ueday. It then, in all probability, will
be sent back to the house with its many
Samenldlen.lts. The first two regular ap
propriation bills are now on the calendar
of the hi-nate and it is the eipectation of
the lmanagerd also to call up the Cuiloni
bill making amendments to the interstate
commueico lawn. 'l'te housoe leaders intend
to keep at work on the appropriation bills
to the exclusion of all other businuss.
(Ile.,t Amnllesty 1ieanonslltratlton.
)lnumlN, Jan. 29.--'l'he eoanesty demon
stratiou hiro to-day surpassed all expecta
tions. Mire than 20.4),.) men with bands
and bannors marched in a toichlitiht pro
nession. 'l'1hs eIvening John Isedwoud. I)r.
Henry, lierco Mahouney, amid Jnlues Egtan,
the dynaunttar 5ecently released from I'ort
land prison, aittd eased a great meeting at
the customr house.
'I he Totatl Ieaths Now.
hT. Lotus, Jan. 2-1.-Two more were to
day added to the death list at Alton, John
lka.ke, of Fosterburg, and Louis Mcntosh, I
of Alton Junction. The total is now twenty
eight and several more will probably die.
The Ohio itlver Rising.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 21.-The Ohio river is
rising very rapidly at Cincianati. The ice I
is coiing down freely and great damage ls
feared.
TROOPS ARE CALLED FOR
The Sheriff of Chautauqua County,
New York, Wanted Them at
Dunkirk.
He Thought They Might Be Needed
at the Brooks Locomotive
Worke.
One Company Seat, When the Sheriff, on
Annurances From the Strikers,
Chismnge His Mind.
])NrrNxtm, N. Y., Jan. 20.-At one o'clock
this morning SheriffJenner, of Chautauqua
county, came to the conclusion that the
strike at the Brooks Locomotive works was
so serious as to warrant oalling for troops.
IHe telegraphed Brig.-Gen. Doyle at Buf
falo that he could not handle the strike
without military assistanoo. The Thirteenth
separate company, of Jamestown. pro
ceeded to Dunkirk this morning. There is
intense excitement here to-night and
trouble of a serious character is antici
pated. The Brooks people evidently intend
to bring in a force of men sufficient to run
the works. The strikers have made serious
threats.
The strike, which began a month ago,
was caused by the riveters in the boiler de
partment refusing to work under certain
contractors, alleging inhuman treatment.
Lack of boilers made it necessary to lay off
men in other departments. and now aboot
600 men are out of employment. The
Brooks people engaged Philadelphia men
to take the strikers' places and brought
them here yesterday by special train. Yes
terday President Hinman received infor
mation that threats had been made against
the worke and the new employee, and the
protection of Sheriff Jenner was asked.
That official at once appealed to Gen.
Doy le as a precautionary measure.
The Troops not Needed.
DuNKIBx, Jan. 80.-At one o'clock this
(Monday) morning the sheriff stated that
he could now get along without troops, the
strikers having waited on him and assured
him that nothing was further from their
thoughts than violence.
POWERLESS TO IN1ERtFE.E.
Carnegie Tells of His Connection With
the Steel Works Trouble.
PrrITsBSR, Jan. 29.-For the first time
since his return from Europe, Andrew Car
negie consented to talk in regard to the
Homestead affair. and spoke freely this
afternoon to an Associated Press corre
spondent. He said he desired to make one
point olear at the beginning. Four years
ago he retired from active business, and no
consideration in the world would induce
him to return to it. "The great error of
Americans," he said, "is that they endure
the harrassing cares incident to business
until they break down, when they should be
in their prime." He believed in retiring
and giving younger men a chance. He had
sold portions of his interests and was
gradnally selling more to such young men
in their service as his partners find poe
seesed of ability. He said he was
not an officer in the company but
only a shareholder, and to the numerous
appeals he received urging him to give in
structions in regard to the recent trouble,
he says he had no power to instruct any
body connected with the company. The
ofifoers were elected for a year and no one
could interfere with them. Even at the
next election, if he desired to make a
change, he would be powerless to do so. as
he was sure he couldn't find one share.
holder that wouldn't vote and stand by the
present officials. "I elect to retain my
capital in the manufacturing business. I
have helped build it up," said Mr. Carnegie,
"because I have great pride in it, and for
the further reason that my capital is thus
made the direct employer of labor. It fur
nishes many men with steady work at good
wages. I don't know any form of philan
thropy so beneficial as this. I
have not taken money out
of the business for investment
in outside things. I never intended to do
so, but since I retired four years ago, the
money that has come to me beyond that re
quired for living expenses, has been de
voted to public uses. I have boarded none
and never shall.
"Much has been said about my fortune,
I have plenty only if the works in Pitts
bore are prosperous; unless they are, I have
nothing, and that is how I elect to stand.
1 take chances with my partners and have
the satisfaction of knowing that the i:st
charge upon every dollar of my capital is
still the payment of the highest ennings
paid to labor in any part of the world for
sir.nilar service."
Mr. Carnegie eulogized General Manager
Frick in the highest manner, aaying his
four years' management stamps him as one
of the foremost managers in the world, and
be (Carnegie) would not exchange him for
any manager he knows. "A good workman
or an able tman," said he, "who wishes to
do what is fair and right, will learn to ap
prroiate Mr. F"ick. Ineitlciont olfficials or
bad, unreonsounble and violent workmen he
does not like and these will not thrive with
him,"
They Are lHld In Conolempt of ('ollrt
CINoCNNATr, Jan. 29.-The United ritatre
court has taken positive action in the case
of the miners strike, the result of which
will be interesting. Some time ago L. C.
Bllhck was appointed by the federal court
receiver of the Great Western Coal and
Mining company, operating muines on lig
Sandy river. When he discha:god the
check weigher the miners struck and re
fused to permit any one to take their places.
Judge Taft has found them in contempt
and issued an order that they must cease to
Interference with the new imein slid vaUlIto
the company's houses by Feb. 1.
Ti,,, I.ait Ih llt ( ll.
(tlmctoo, Jnll. 29.--C(ol. George E. (trover,
representative of the Blritish royal World's
fair oemmission. rwas found dead in bed at
tihe Virgiuia hotel this morning, of heart
disease. C(ol. U.over loaves a widow, two
eons and it daughter in Irondon. One of
iis soios is iii the IEnglish army and the
other in the navy. Col. Grover had a record
for distinguished servce in the Engullih
arnmy fromi lrtr, to 18r:2, when Ire retired.
lie was deeoratod tor especially gallant
service in the iaukr eand Tel-el-kebir at
fair.
The City of l'ekinu Overduiii.
SAN liINCtai'iiri, Jan. 2ll.--The Paciflo Mail
steamer City of 'Pekin, which left Yoto
haniu Jan. 10 for this port, is five days over
due, and people expecting friends on her
are somewhat aiilrrehenelve. At the com-i
pany's offloc it is thought she has been d
layed by rough weather.
(!larkeon lit li New York.
New Yoai, Jan. 29.-Gen. J. 8. Clarkson,
ex-ohairmin of the republican nationalI
committee, is at the h'lacs hotel seriously I
ill with rheumatism and malaria. I
FIRIi, AT GREAT FALLS.
The Clothing of thie Firemen and the
Itulned Bulltding Incased Jis low.
GUaAT FALraL, Jan. 2t.-[[pecfal.]-Fire
completely gutted the two story brick
veneered buildings at the northeast corner
of First avenue south, and lecond street.
this morning. It cnaught in the second
story from a defective flue and spread rap.
idly. An alarm was turned in about t:30 a1
m., and by the time the firemeln had water
on the flamroe the wood work and piantering
was burning on both floors. The firemen
soon had the fire under control, and by
hard work prevented the adjoining build
ings, which are frame, from being de
stroyed, though they were more or less
damaged by water. The intense cold was
hard on the firemen. They worked likel
beavers and their clothes were incased in
ice. They kept several streams playing on
the flames until the lest spark was ex
tinguished. The building was owned by
Dan Condon, of Neihart, and is
a total loss. It was fully insured.
W. J. Casey ran a saloon and faro
tables on the first floor and used the sec
ond story for a club room. lie managed to
save some furniture and part of the bar
fixtures and goods. His loss is about
$1.500, partially insured. The loss on the
building in about $4,000. A small barber
ahop on the east arid a pawn shop on the
north were damaged by water and ice to the
extent of about $300. The walls of the
ruined building and the adjoining side
walk are completely covered with a heavy
coating of ice which makes a eight worth
seeing. The bfllding will be re-built.
OPPOSEDI TO DIVIblON.
The People of Park County Object so Los
Ing Part or It.
LrVINasTON, Jan, 29.-[Special.]--Rumors
that a movement was on foot to divide JPark
county have been in circulation in this
city for several days past and excited con
siderable adverse criticism. When, how
ever, TlrE INDEPENDENT arrived to-night
conveying the information that Senator
Hatch had introduced a bill to ereate anew
county by taking part of Park there was
great indignation among the citizens. Re
monstrances that had been previously pre
pared were immediately circulated and are
expected to be signed by every taxpayer in
this locality. A mass meeting was held in
Red Lodge last night and the protest of
that section will also be sent to Helena.
Itrmonstrances will be sent in from nearly
every other portion of the county also in
the hope of accomplishing the defeat of
the measure. It is charged that the bill
been sprung without any notice and that
Senator Hatch and Rtepresentative Van
Cleve, who are attempting to have it
passed, were both pledged to work
against county division. It was this issue
that defeated Dr. Fox, of Red Lodge, dem
ocratic candidate for the senate. The pas
age of the measure would be regarded as an
act of great injustice by a very large major
Ity of the tax-paying citizens of the county,
and it is not regarded with favor anywhere
except possibly in Pig Timber. which in the
bill is designated as the county seat of the
proposed new county.
Ihe Athey-Cockrlll Contest.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 29.-[Special.]-Judge
Armstrong, of Bozeman, arrived here to
day to try the Athey-Cockrill election con
test case. The trial commences to-mor
row, and promises to attract considerable
attention, Ex-Gov. Leslie. of Helena, is
here to represent the defendant, W. M.
Cookrill. The plaintiff has retained a lo
cal firm of attorneys. As Judge Benton
is a defendant in a similar contest and did
not care to sit on this case, both sides
agreed on Judge Armstrong. If Cockrill
wins, the contest against Benton by W. T.
Pigott will probably be dropped, though
the latter has filed his oath of office and
olaims to have withdrawn from active
service until it shall have been finally de
cided who was elected judge of the Eighth
judical district.
Pretty Cold at the Falls.
GREAT FALLS, Jan. M).-[Special.]-This
has beew the coldest day this winter. The
mercury never got above 15 below at any
time to-day. It moderated a trifle towards
evening, when the wind changed towards
the south, and many think the we at of the
cold snap has passed.
BUT TWO AIER CHOSEN.
Carlisle and Lanemont the Only Cabinet Cer
t:lnties ,So Far.
LAKEI:WooI), N. J., Jal. L.-It was learned
to-day that (leveland had filled only two
positions in his cabinet with certainty,
C(arlisle for the treasury nlld i.aront for
the navy. It was understood here last week
that Bayard had accepted the state port
folio, but it now seesre the report was pre
nIature. From one in close touch with
Clevuiand it was learned that the
president-cleat would probably select
his former partner, Wilson S. Ilissell, uf
Iluitalo, for the attornery generalship.
Amoug others who, it is sail, are bonug
considered for cabirlet Iositloins by Mr.
t'loveland are Geo. V. (Gray, of Indians;
Senqtor Morgan, of Alabama: (oy. lRussell,
of Massaolusetts: Hoke Smith, ofl Georeit ;
Patrick Collins, of Malsaechusetts, and Don
M. Dickinson.
in alr interview to-day Cleveland sail:
'lThe date is now at hard when 1 moast
hav, umore time to mysolf than sincei the
elhotiou. Most of my time hars bIon de
voted to interviews which were not oln
pleasant antd not unprofitable, but other
things are now pressing whloh require tmy
uninterrupted consideration. Say for me
through the press that 1 shalll
he at mny otnli in New
York every day, with perhaps
one exception, during the week comeueo
ing liin. :3o nud after Feb. 4 I shall reimain
at I akewood. where I hope to be urdis
tulbed tI the work which will imperatively
dermand my attention. I also especially
leslre that from now until the 4th of
March letters be addressed to me at the
Mills building, oew York."
,larl1rnes Cet.a retl by lsaeaptlu (Ill.
FliIANttOlior, Ky., Jan. l9.-Oil escaping
friom tilet gai works, ran into the sewers to
day, andl becomintg aceidentally ignited, a
cories of explosions followed which did
mrruoh damngir to property and caused the
irhuttinr down of the gas works. The city
s dt rlarkness to-llight.
'I he P'rlice et Whi*ky Lowered.
New Yotis. Jan. '.--At a meeting of the
American ltsatillery and Cattle Feeding
company It has been decided to redlee the
price of whisky 18 lents a gallon to take
fo'ect to-luorrow.
Wheel Works irurned.
P'OInTHTaUTItI . ).. Jan. L9.--The mammoth
plant of the L'ortsmouth wheel works were
bhrned tIli evenilng. The loss is estimated
at $100,000; insutance unknown.
LATEST LONDON GOSSIP,
The Barmaid of the Metropolis as
She Appears When She
is on Duty.
An Ingenious Slot Machine Which
It Pays the Publio to
Freely Uso.
Nearly a (treat Soelety Scandal-A Replica
of Lot's Wife-R-umors About Prince
(George's Marrllage.
Loring, Jan. 2.--Untraveled but well
read Americana will probably have formed
their ideas of the Engliah barmaid from
Dlickean' handolined ladies at Munby Junc
tion, or tfro, Anthony Trollope's slyly
humorous descriptions of barmaids' man
ners and customs. 'Those who have visited
England are hardly likely to have realized
much better what the life of the barmaid
really is, their experiences, unless they are
doinu the town, being confined to the rail
road station refreshment rooms or to the
better class hotels or restaurants. In these
they see the pick of the profession, and
probably come to the conclusion that the
English barmaid is a fine, healthy, often
handsome, young lady, smart at repartee,
fond of chaff, not averse to flirtations in
terchanges, on the whole well situated and
happy. The realities lie behind the pic
tore. For one barmaid thus employed
there are a hundred in this city whose lives
are passed in the publio house trade in all
its gradations fiom the ordinary hoteldown
to the beerhouse of the slums. What kind
of a life that is may be judged from the
fact that although the majority of them do
not enter it before they are young women,
the average duration of life of this class, as
shown by reliable statistics, is not over 34
years. lix days in the week the public house
barmaid is on duty from eight o'clock
in the morning until midnight, with inter
vals for refreshments and an occasional,
probably once a week, two or three hours
for recreation. On Sunday she will not be
on duty so long. As a rule she is well
housed and well fed but poorly paid. The
physipal atmosphere is which she lives is
bad and the moral surroundings but little
better. The temptations to drink are
strong on every side, from the demand for
artificial stimulants against fatigue, to the
constant invitations to drink at some cus
tomer or other's expense. She is constantly
exposed to temptations of other and worse
character, cannot but overhear much pro
fanity and obsenity; too often it is directed
at her. It is no wonder, then, that bar
maids are no often lightly thought of, and
lightly spoken of, and yet those who are
earnestly interesting themselves on their
behalf, say that although they cannot help
learning of things it is not good for a young
woman to know, public opinion grossly ex
a gerates the number of them that "go to the
bad." Nevertheless, it is gratifying to
know that American common sense ideas of
propriety have decreed against the bar.
maid as an American institution.
The latest application of the penny-in
the-slot principles is characterized by com
mon sense, ingenuity and utility. Hith
erto the public has fed the automatio ma
chine with coppers in return for values. In
the latest plan the process has been re.
versed. The public will receive pennies in
stead of giving them. The Idea is this: To
the person who turns a crank 100 times the
machine yields up one penny. The crank
is conneceed inside with a dynamo, and the
hundred revolutions of the handle manu
facture and store a quantity of electrical
energy, which is to be eventually retailed
by the owner of the machine for the pur
pose of producing illumination. The plan
appears to be feasible enough, and would
certainly, in districts where unemployed
labor abounded, be productive of consiler
able good. No man need go in want of a
meal who canapply himself to the electrical
automatic machine. And the invention
might be capable of wide application. If
every household was provided with one,
each member of the family might, in the
name of exercise, give the handle so many
turns a day-sautictent, if that were pos
sible, to plovide electricity enough for the
purpose of lighting. The turning of the
crank might supercede dumb-bell practice
in the mornines, and during the summer
months It might be possible tostoreenough
electrical energy to tide over the winter.
From the point of view of the man in the
street, it would be interesting to know
what income he could make in a week by
a reasonable expenditure of effort. Even
if only 10() revolutions could be performed
in live minutes, the operator would be
working at the rati of a shilling an hour
s scale of remuneration much in excess of
that paid in some industries involving quite
as much physical exertion.
Another appircation of olectrieity is to be
soon in London. The ticket inspectors of
the various 'bus companies arc furnished
with an eleotric lanlltrn. Under present
circumstances, and espaclally during a spell
of the London "*articular," as a real Lon
don fog is oalle.. they have found the
proper dischargo of their duties is ti.e
eventug to be attended with imuch incon
venionce. Hlence this innovation. Tne
contrivance is oun of the neatest and most
effective that the Ingenuity of the elec
trician hase produced for a loug time. The
lantern is affixed to the lappel of the Iln
spector's overcoat, and has commnuniortic a
with a small battery carried in the breast
pocket. When the man bas flished inspec
tion of the tickets. hio has simply to switch
off the current until the next 'bus conies.
This refo:m which has excited some inter
oat amongst the vatrous of London 'bstses,
will probably have a large extension. An
otffrt is being made to secure the adoption
of the lantern by the metropolitan police
and the railway companies. As an illa
uinant it certainly compares favorably
with the old "bull's-eye."
There is a swell club here called the "Cor
inthian," which admits both sexes to mem
berhbip. It was started with the object
principally of provrdlnir entertainment and
iefreeahnent to members in a strictly 1 roper
and respectable way, but a "fast" set joined
it at first and have gradually pushed out or
disgusted the better element. The doings
at the club have, in the absence of any re
straint. broadened from liberty to license
until they became the subject of general
urosip and the ca.e of much scandal.
Frially things became so bad that the po
lice authorities were compelled b)y the force
of public opinion to interfere. They raided
the club, but chose as the time to make the
raid an hour whlen it was certain that there
would be few members of male sex, and
badly likely to be auy "ladies" there. so
that the raid was after all a fiasoo except in
the way of a warning. It is said that had
it been deferred for two or three hours, the
police would have been much embarrassed
by the rank of some of the prisoners they
would have made.
What an irreverent wag has called a
"replica of Lot's wife," is being seclptsued
in the Chekire salt district just now. It is
at reduced reproduction of the C atue of
Liberty in New York harbor and as being
oueat out of white rook salt from a CheIstr
mine '200 fet deep. It is intended for ex
hibition at the World's fair, end will be
finished next month. The height, lanld
nlg the base, is twelve feet si tiooes The