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SUNDAY. DEC. 29, 1889.
Blaine'* Jingoism rut to the Teat.
We wonder if Jingo Blame ia waiting
for some of the European powers to lead
the way before he takes steps to recog
nise the Republic of Brazil? It looks
something like that, and yet one would
suppose, from all the ante-election fuse
and blußter about Blame's rampant
Americanism, that he would have been
glad of the opportunity to show some of
it when so fine an occasion as the erec
tion of the great Empire of Brazil into a
Republic presented itself. If the revolu
tion were not complete and reaction ut
terly out of the question, there might be
some excuse for the Secretary of State's
dread and ominous silence on the Bub
ject. The new Republic of South Amer
ica had the right to expect that the
United States would not be slow in giv
ing it its moral support. That the revo
lution was bloodless and without any of
the ordinary sacrificial attendants of rev
olutions showed emphatically, from the
start, that it was led by men of no ordi
nary ability, and acquiesced in by tbe
people because (hey were ripe for it and
reposed confidence in their leaders. An
act of grace on the part of the Republi
can administration of this country would
have been to hare recognized the facte
that have been recognized by the whole
world, and given Brazil a hearty wel
come into the sisterhood of American
Republics as soon as the revolution had
been made complete by the abdication of
Dom Pedro. No one doubts that tbe
people of Brazil are quite able to
sustain the position they have as
sumed; but it would have been
a strengthening of the hands of
the new government if the adminis
tration at Washington had been timely
and generous in its recognition
of the new Republic. This is
not a caee in which the revolu
tionized country is distracted by wide
and embittered differences of opinion
amongst its people, or where actual civil
conflict would show that delay would be
in the interest of peace and help to pre
vent the effusion of blood. It is re
markable in the annals of revolutions
for its freedom from opposition. The
provisional government has tsiten its
utand with a bold determination. It has
told the world that there is no question
in Brazil whatever as to the character of
government that shall henceforth prevail
there. Imperialism is altogether out of
the question, and a Repnblic is alone tbe
autonomy that can prevail. There may
be, and there necessarily will be, great
difference of opinion as to the personnel
and the policy of the new government,
but there is no difference as to what
principles the new government will
carry out. They will be based upon the
rule of the people, upon popular sover
eignty as declared by the electoral voices
of the citizens. Why, then, does the ad
ministration of the United States hesi
tate to recognize Brazil's new status?
Why does it not send the message of
congratulation and recognition to the new
Star of Scuth;America? Is Blame's jingo
ism only a swear and a swagger as in
Great Britain, or is it what his friends
have claimed for it—the real, genuine,
unadulterated, original Jacob's Ameri
canism ? To our mind it is the reverse.
It has the Brummagem texture of
the swagger, and no one now donbts,
with the facts of the unrecognized Re
pnblic of Brazil before us, that it is coun
terfeit and un-American. It served its
turn when there was a chance to turn
nitre beds to personal account, but when
it comes to a mere question of the honor
of the nation Blame jingoism lapses into
its native and false condition of bun
combe.
The Board of Supervisors has had an
excellent piece of work done in a tabu
lated statement of the work' done on
roads and bridges in the past year, and
the cost of the same. The work has been
done by Mr. V. J. Rowan, and is com
plete and systematic. The amount of
.money spent in the county, and this ex
hibit does not include any work done in
Orange connty, which has recently
been cut off from Los Angeles, is sim
ply enormous. The total is $97,403 99.
Nearly $100,000 spent for roads and
bridges 1 Over one-third of it all was
spent for bridges, for which the expenses
are $27,173 for new bridges put in by the
Supervisors; $4,971.96 for new bridges
put in by the Road Overseers; and other
expenses for painting and repairing old
bridges and salaries to inspectors. Be
sides this $3,692 50 was spent on the
rivers to protect the bridges from floods.
Nearly $7,000 was spent for rights of way
for new roads and for viewers' pay. There
was a total of 356 miles of road re
paired, 12 miles graveled, and 94 miles
tornpiked and graded. The total ex
penses of these works were nearly $37,
--000. In the sums spent for bridges, for
rights of way, viewing, repairing, grav
eling and grading the roads nearly
$80,000 went. A good many bridges
have been built, some of them costly
affairs. The mileage noted above
aggregates over 460 miles of
road. That is a long stretch.
It will be a sorry reflection to the tax
payers, that made by Mr.- Rowan, to the
effect that the recent storms have left
the roads in rather worse condition than
they were prior to this great outlay.
And this reflection, the great cost of
a THE LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD: SUNDAY MuKBISfG, DECEMBER 29 1889.
keeping up the roads, and the great |
mileage in the connty, lead to a serious
inquiry as to the best policy to pursue in
the future. There is a great deal of
work done on the roads that is money
thrown away. Carting soil from some
barley field a mile or ten miles to
fill holes in the roads is a case of money
thrown away. Making a road in such a
way as to create places for water to
accumulate in ponds along their hides bo
as to make a veritable slough of despond
to all passers is a case of the same kind.
It is quite probable that if the Board of
Supervisors were to attend to the whole
matter of the roads more would be got.
from tbe money than is accomplished by
the present method. A more intelligent
policy with more lasting results
would be pretty sure to follow. Then
there is much frittered away in side
issues. What the county wants is a few
really good arteries in the way of main
roads tapping the most important sub
divisions of the valley and connecting
with this city. They ought to have per
manent work done on them year by
year nntil good roads are provided.
Then pay more attention to the
lateral branches ramifying into
the less important sections of the county.
Untie, tbe present system the taxpayer
does not get the worth of his money.
The board has done some really good
work in the way of bridge-building dur
ing the present year, and it is gratifying
that these have withstood the floods of
the past month.
Republican politics are so like
* * "the equivocation of the fiend
That lies like truth."
The Mugwumps, for whoEo votes Re
publicans fish in their insincere preten
sions of adhesion to civil service reform,
must often quote the bitter words of
'"Macbeth" when he exclaimed:
"And be these Juggling fiends no more be
lieved.
That palter with ns in a double reuse,
That keep the word ol promise to our ear.
And break it to onr hope."
Mr. Harrison, in his message, has a
good deal to say about civil service re
form, and about his devotion to its prin
ciples. No Democratic office-holder is
to be removed until bis term of office is
over, nnless charges are preferred against
him. Ah, the saving clause of these
charges! It leaves a gap wide open to
drive the Republican official chariot
through in sheer defiance of every
principle involved in the civil service
laws. The latest victim of this hypocrit
ical insincerity is Postmatter Preuss. No
more competent, careful or honest official
holds a place under the Government
than Ed. Preuss. His term is not ex
pired, and no charges other than
trumped up rubbish could be brought
sgainEt him. He goes out all the same,
long before his term of effice hen expired.
It is seme consolation in the change to
know that the one Republican who
wanted the place, so far as we are in
formed, whose appointment would be
acceptable to tbe people, is the one who
gets It. John W. Green will no doubt,
with his long experience in the effice,
and with his general good nature and
capacity for business, administer the
effice well.
j TnE recent severe storms have doubt
less done great damage in individual
cases. We hear of the destruction of
valuable orange orchards in the vicinity
of Rivera by the change of tbe course of
the Los Angeles river, and there is talk
of holding the city responsible for it. It
is claimed, we believe, that because the
city author.'/.,id the construction of levees
in the lower portion of the river, its
natural course had been changed,
sending it in the direction of the eld
Downey road, and causing dam
age where nothing of tbe kind
could have occurred had it not
been for the work done on the levees.
However this may be, it is certain that
no reliance can be placed in the steady
course of our streams during great and
phenomenal storms. The Los Angeles
river has changed its bed before, and
will probably do so again. The New
river is a branch of the San Gabriel,
which not a great many years ago, dur
ing a freshet, divided and formed another
stream. Unless it can be shown that tbe
city has purposely deflected the natural
flow of our river by ill-advised woik
upon the levees, it is hard to Eec how we
can be held responsible for its vagaries
during the late tremendous storm.
Parties who have got in from the line
of the railroad in tbe Soledad can on,
report very serious damage to the track
and the bridges. They say that the tor
rent has cut out new beds in its course
from Southside to Saugus, and left
bridges in air in several places. The
Southern Pacific Company have dis
patched a large force of men and a great
deal of material to the scene of die
aster to put the road in condi
tion; but those who have come
in are of the opinion that it will take
several days to even make provisional
tracks around tbe worst places. The
washouts all along the canon are tbe
worst that have occurred there since the
winter of 1884, and the damage done to
railway property will even surpass that
I which was experienced during that
severe winter.
The changed aspect of the weather has
now continued for two days. From dreary
and incessant dampness, from a sky that
had been surcharged with water for sev
eral weeks, we have emerged into clear
sunshine, accompanied by a cool, crisp
atmosphere which assures us that the
change has come to stay. A few days
of such weather as we are now enjoying
will dry the surface of the soil and enable
our farmers to plow their acres with
facility. This will mean very extensive
planting of crops and a season of great
promise for abundant harvests.
The epidemic which has ravaged En
rope for some time past seems to have
reached the United States. It has
broken ont simultaneously on the At
lantic seaboard and in Western cities,
and the rapidity with which it traveled
in Europe causes ns to fear that it will
appear on this Coast before long. The
French have given it the significant
name of la grippe, but it is better known
to us as the influenza, although of a more
aggravated character than we have been
usually acquainted with. Those who
take good care of themselves, are regular
in their habits and careful to keep them
selves comfortably warm and free from
exposure, will probably stand a good
chance of escaping the epidemic if it
should come.
It seems ill-advised to include, in the
movement of our citizens to encourage
the Utah railroads to come here, any
thing touching upon the controversy
about the Marble-Scott franchises. These
are not pertinent to the present action of
our citizens, and they may be, for all we,
and perhaps any one else, outside of the
parties themselves, know, held in the
interest of one or perhnpß both of the
railways coming here. Wo shall scon
know whether these franchises were
Bought in good faith or not. The City
Council will, of course, if it per
form its duty, see to it that
the terms, upon which lands and
light of way were granted to the
parties named, are fully complied with
and in default of which declare their for
feiture. What we have now to do in re
lation to the new railroads is to encour
age them to come here by pledging our
selves to secure them right of wav
within the corporation, such terminal
and depot facilities as we have the power
to grant, and in all other ways give them
a cordial and substantial welcome.
When we know exactly what else they
expect of us, then we can see how far we
can go to meet their expectations. Just
now we ate too much in the dark to do
more than promise that we shall do
all in our power to facilitate them in se
curing terminal and right of way facil
ities.
The ex-Empress of Brazil is dead.
This will prove a severer blow to Dom
Pedro than the loss of his throne, for,
a'ter all, he is one of the few Bragonznß
who haß proven himself a man of feel
ings, affections and love of his kind.
They Honor the Judge.
Yesterday when the term trial jurors
in Department 5 of the Superior Court,
who have served for the past term of the
court, were discharged, headed by Mr.
Chamberlain,of Santa Monica, the who'e
hody vHted the courtroom, where Mr.
Chamberlain proceeded in the name of
the otLers to express tbe deep sense of
their appreciat ion of tbe uniform courtesy
j with which they had been treated while
serving before the Jn.dge.
Judge J. W, McKinley, who presides
, over the department, replied in a brief
speech, assuring the jurors of his deep
sense of tbe compliment thus tendered
him, and saying many complimentary
things of the way in which the jury had
done their duty.
An Installation.
The installation of the officers for the
ensuing year in the Loa Angeles Council
No. 11, of Royal and Select Masons, took
place last evening at their hall in the
Los Angeles National Bank building.
The following officers were installed:
August Watkerbartb, Th. 111. Master; J.
C. Haskell, Dep. 111. Master; P. A.Me-
Kannß, P. Cand. of Works; W. H. Hen
derson, Captain of Guards; W. T. Jef
fries, Cond. of Council; A. Vignolo,
Steward; John Mcllmoil, Sentinel; H.
8. Orme, Treasurer; R. T. Millard, Sec
retary.
Vernona Jarbeau.
The coming week at the Grand will
be devoted to Miss Jarbeau in her im
personations, songs and dances. She
comes with two brand new comedies
which admirably suit her in all respects.
In Starlight and Strictly Confidential she
has perfect opportunities to develop all
her peculiar talent. Her songs are all
new and her dances graceful as of old.
Sne is supported by a very good Com*
pany, and will no doubt afford the play
goers of the city a great deal cf enter
tainment.
The Kill ii.
The reports of the rain up to the pres
ent time from three stations in the city
are as follows: Signal Service: Storm,
7 05 inches; month, 15.80 inches; sea
son, 24 72 inches. Germain Fruit Com
pany, commencing with October: Storm,
6.41 inches; month, 14.69 inches; sea
son, 21.79 inches. S. P. R. R. Com
pany : Storm, 7.08 inches; month, 16.88
inches; season, 25.62 inches.
A Burglary.
Fitz Publick, an ex-saloon keeper, left
hie store, on Wolfskill avenue, at 11:30
o'clock yesterday morning, securely
closed, and after doing some business up
town returned at 3 o'clock to find that
hia place had been burglarized and every
portable article abstracted. An entrance
had been c ffceted through one of the
windows, which had been broken open.
The Board of Supervisors.
Deeds of residents along the National
boulevard for the widening of the exten
sion of Wushicgton street were ordered
recorded.
The report of V. J. Rowan on roads
and bridges was ordered placed on
file.
Bonds of the Eagle Rock school dis
trict for $500 were ordered issued.
A Dining Car's Load.
What a Santa Fe dining car actually
atarta out with is 175 pounds of freßb
meats of all kinds, three dozen spring
chickens, two dozen ducks, two dozen
partridges and fifty pounds of turkey.
Canned meats are used to some extent.
Ten or twelve quart cans of consomme
are stowed away Bomewhere for emer
gencies, though it is the pride of the chief
to prepare his own soups. There are
forty to fifty pounds of fish, two hundred
pounds of clams and the same of oysters,
the latter being only for breakfast uhh
and an occasional plate for dinner. Of
fresh vegetables the prominent features
are eight or nine dozen of green corn,
five or six bushels of potatoes and a crate
of tomatoes. In their season there are
taken a bunch of bananas, four baskets
of grapes, four dozen oranges, two bas
kets of peaches,seven dozen pears, half a
dczen watermelons. Within the cupboard
of the pantry are some twenty quart jars
of preserves, five dt zen loives of bread,
thirty ponnds of butter, twelve pounds of
cake, fifteen pounds cf coffee, ten pounds
of cheese, four pounds of tea, fifty pounds
of sugar, eight to ten gallons of milk,
five gallons of cream, thirty dozen eggs,
fifty pounds of salt—used largely for the
packing of wine and ice cream—l,ooo
quill toothpicks, estimated three for
every passenger, not to mention flour and
meal supplies for kitchen use.—[Topeka
Capital.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
The Railroads Getting Back
in Shape.
AFTERMATH OF THE FhOOD.
Victims of the San Francisco Fire.
Postmaster for Los Angeles
Appointed.
1 Associated Press Dispatches to the Bibalo.
San Francisco, December 28. —The
exertions which have been put forth by
the railroad companioa to keep the roads
in order during the storm have been well
rewarded. The Oregon line trains are
running up to schedule time, and the
only lines on which great irregularities
still exist are the Santa Fe and Southern
Pacific roads south of Bakersfield. No
trains from that section have come
through yet.
San Bernardino, Cal., Dacember 28. —
The first eastern train left Colton this
morning over the Southern Pacific.
At Oro Grande the storm did great
damage. George Downey's ranch of 800
acres is over half washed away. The
ranches of Mr. Davidson, Arthnr
Kearney and Harley Swartout are en
tirely washed away.
Three miles of track at Cajon summit
is buried under ten to twenty feet of dirt
and rock.
Tho first train left here for San Diego
over the surf route today.
Toy and Lawrence are damaged sev
eral hundred dollars at Cosy Dell by
washouts.
The railroad bridge at Barstow is
washed away. The first train from Los
Angeles since Monday arrived this even
ing.
Bakbrspield, December 28. —Passen-
gers for tbe East and other points have
been delayed here for several days on
account of the heavy rains. No trains
from Lib Angelas have arrived here
since Christmiß, but the route is now
open over the Atlantic and Pacific
road, which enabled a train to leave here
today for the East. Thirty or forty
passengers are hero waiting to go to Los
Angeles and the South.
Ventura, Cal., December 28.—Frank
Buzzell was drowned while attempting
to cross the Santa Claru river.eight miles
eatt of here today. No mails have been
received here sinco Monday. There is
no damage bore in town by the storm,
but much to the surrounding country by
the washing our of roada.
I'IRE VICTIMS.
Tne Three Women Burned at
Sun Franciico Identified.
San Franciscj, December 28. —The
identity of the unfortunate women who
lost their lives in the fire at the old St.
Ignatius' church building on Market
street last night, was fully established to
day. They are: Miss Abigail Copeland,
a native of Massachusetts, 63 years of
age; Mrs. Anna J. Crowell, a native of
New Jersey, 36 years of age, and Miss
Ida Piatt, a native of California, 19 years
of age. The body of Miss Copeland was
so badly cbarred that the only means of
identifying it was through a plain ring
she wore on the third finger of her left
hand. She was in the employ of Dr.
Rogers, who had an office in the build
ing. Mrs. Crowell was suffocated to
death by smoke, and the fire was ex
tinguished before it reached her body.
She had not gone to bed when the fire
brcke out, and she lost her life saving
her 18-year-old son, William Crowell.
Miss Piatt has relatives living in Liver
more. She was employed in the Electric
laundry, and had ooly gone to bed a
short time before the fire broke out. She
was considerably burned about the body
and face. The financial loss is esti
mated today at J50.0J0. The origin of
the fire has not yet been determined.
TOOK I.H llAMiin
How a in an with a mormon Wife
Ended file Troubles.
Sacramento, Cal., December 28.—A
man named William Martin, over 50
years of age, took a dose of laudanum
today and died at the City Receiving
Hospital. He used to live in Salt Lake
City, where he has a wife and six chil
dren. The family own a farm near the
city of Salinas and are well to do.
It appears that Martin's trouble in life
dated from his marriage. His bride was
a daughter of a prominent Mormon, and
when Martin refused to join the Mormon
church her folks refused to recognize or
assist him. He consequently sank lower
and lower in the social scale until his
death.
THE POBTOFFICE PEllffl.
Ex-Postmaster Ureen Gets the
Coveted Appointment.
Washington, December 28.—John W.
Green has been appointed postmaster
at Los Angeles.
The Pilot's mistake:
Portland, Ore., December 28.—Pilot
George Pease, who was in command of
the steamer Oregon when she ran down
the British ship Clan McKenzie, has
made a statement to the Board of Local
Inspectors, in which he states that he
mistook the lights of the Clan McKenzie,
as she lay at anchor, for the Govern
ment light at Coffin Rock, and shaped
bis course accordingly.
Will Sue the mine.Owner.
Marysville, Cal., December 28.—
Several of the Chinese engaged in hy
draulic mining, who were released today
on the payment of a fiae, assert that they
will sue R. W. Tuliy, the owner of the
Omego mine. They claim that he mis
represented to them that he had an un
derstanding with the Anti-Debris Associ
ation.
A Chinaman Hnrled Alive.
Sacramento, December 28.—A China
man engaged in mining at Folsom, went
down into a shaft and was buried alive
by earth caving in. The shaft ia an old
one, about thirty-flve feet deep, and it
was his intention to run a drift from the
bottom. He was buried under twenty
feet of earth. . Men are digging after the
body, but have not yet succeeded in se
curing it.
Sprinting at Modeita.
Modesto, Cal., December 28.—A foot
race of 100 yards, between W. O. Trine
and Charles Gibson, today, was won by
Trine. A 200-yard race for $500 between
Trine and W. A. Ross will occur tomor
row.
Young Jteaaup la Out.
San Francisco, December 28.—The
Supremo Court today denied the petition
for a rehearing in the Jessup case. The
last decision left young Richard P. Jes
sup without any interest in the $150,000
estate of his putative father, Gersham
Jessup.
EXECUTIVE OLEIB.ENCY.
Governor Waierman for the First
Time Pardons a Woman.
Sacramento, December 28. —Governor
Waterman today granted executive
clemency to a woman for tho first time
in his administration, in pardoning
Rosanna Core, alias Marshall, sentenced
to twenty years at San Quentin, for rob
bing a sailor on the water front in Sin
Francisco. She has served nearly thir
teen years, reckoning credits. The Gov
ernor says he has doubts as to whether
the woman was guilty, and that in any
event the sentence was excessive.
DECLARED A DMAW.
Corbett audCampbell'i Teu.HouiiH
Bout.
Portland, Ore., December 28. —A
ten-round glove content between Dave
Campbell, of Portland, and James Cor
bett, of San Francisco, took place at Me
chanics' Pavilion tinieht. Referee
Donaldson declared it a draw. Up to
the ninth round honors were nearly
divided, but probably a trifle in Cor
bett's favor. In the niath and tenth
rounds Campbell went after his man hot
and heavy, and landed some telling
blows on nia wind and neck and face.
Corbett did bnt little work in these
rounds. Campbell played chiefly for
Corbett's wind, and Corbett for Camp
bell's face. The first blood was given
Corbett in the sixth round.
Fire at New Westminster.
San Francisco, December 28. — A
special dispatch from New Westminster,
B. C., say h fire broke out there thiß
morning in a wooden building occupied
by the Columbian Printing Company,
Lyal & Co., stationers, and Wolfenden
Bros., grocers. Tho flames spread
rapidly and the building, with its con
tents, and James Cunningham* tinsmith
shop and stove depot wore destroyed.
Tbe principal losses are:
Wolfenden Bros., $18 000; insurance,
$12,000.
Lyal & Co., $15,000; insurance, $4 000.
Columbian Printing Company, $18,000;
insurance, $6,000.
James Cunningham, $9,000; insurance,
$3,000.
Agle, Campbell & Freeman, $4,000;
fully insured,
A misting; man's Roues.
Ban Diego, December 28. —The bones
of George Defaunsi, who mysteriously
disappeared from Wildomar in August
last, were found today about two miles
from bis borne in a canon. He wa>
summoned from Riverside by a telegram
aanounciug that his mother was dying.
Alter reaching home he left again to se
cure a physician, but was never heard
from alive again,
A Respected Citizen Mint.
Uriah, Cal., December 28. —An old
and respected citizen of Centreville.
named Carter, was shot and killed in
Potter valley yesterday by Frank Low
oer, whose wife claimed Carter was in
debted to her for boarding bis motherless
child. Mrs. Lowner represented to her
husband that Carter struck her, where
upon Lowner sought out Carter and shot
him.
Home for Destitute.
San Jose, December 28—The home
for destitute dependents of Union vet
erans and army nurses at Evergreen,was
dedicated this afternoon, General Solo
mon delivering the address. The home
will be ready to receive occupants next
week.
Poisoned Meat.
Portland, Ore., December 28.—The
family of P. Bertrand, residing nt Brook
field on the Lower Columbia, were
poisoned yesterday by eating canned
corned beef. The family numbers four
teen persons, several of whom are in a
critical condition.
Death of an Oregon Judge.
Baker City, Ore., December 28.—
Judge L. B. Ison, one of the State Circuit
Court District Judges, died this evening.
The city will be placed in mourning.
Shoe Factory Burned,
Portland, Ore., December 28. —A
large shoe factory and machinery near
this city was totally destroyed by fire
tonight, by the explosion of a lamp.
Total loss, $35,000; insurance, $10,000.
Expert Prospectors.
Tub Needles, Cal., December 28 —
Captain Isaac Fothamus leaves tomorrow
with a party of English mining experts
to examine all the mines in Southern
California along the Colorado river from
the Needles to Yuma. These gentlemen,
it is stated, are backed by an English
syndicate.
Browua and Bean-Eatera.
Bam Francisco, December 28.—The
Boston-St. LouU game was witnessed by
a large crowd today. The former won
by a score of seven to four. Radbourne
pitched for Boston and Baldwin for the
Browne The work of both men was
effective, and the game was a good one
throughout.
Attempted Suicide.
Pomona, Cal., December 28—John 8.
Sinclair, living near Cucamonga, and
who was at one time in the United States
geological survey, attempted suicide this
afternoon by shooting himself through
the forehead; the bullet, however, did
not reach a vital part, and he may live.
The cause, it is alleged, was news that
his young daughter, Julia, was in St.
Louis in company with doubtful charac
ters.
Tbe Wlelande Sell Out.
San Francisco, December 28. —Ne-
gotiations have for a long time been
pending between an English syndicate
of capitalists and the Wielands, of this
city, for the purchase of the Philadelphia
brewery. It is rumored that the agent
representing the English syndicate in
this city received a cablegram from Lon
don confirming the purchase of the
brewery for $3,000,000.
—
A SQUATTERS' HAID.
Ait rjnsuccesaful Attempt to Steal
liiallau i.andi,
Pierre, S. D., December 28. —Great
excitement prevails here because of the
discovery this morning that a band of
about seventy-five settlers had attempted
to found a townsite across tbe Missouri
at South River. It is learned that the
scheme has been in embryo for sev
eral weeks, and a number of prominent
residents of East Pierre were concerned
in it. Work commenced at 12 o'clock
last night, and all night thereafter men
with teams and leads of lumber were
crossing and recrossing the river, the
people being unconscious of what was
going on until this morning at
6 o'clock, when a half-breed, who
farms land whereon the squatter* had
located, discovered them. Securing a
band of followers, ha attacked the squat
ters with guns, pistols and lassoes. They
lassoed the boss carpenter and severely
injured several of the home-seekers.
Finally the latter took flight, being un
able to hold out in the battle.
;To add to their dismay a storm of rain
and sleet set in and one by .one they
came straggling across the river,
drenched, almost frozen, and a
number of them bleeding from
bruises and wounds. The half-breeds
took the lumber, piled it up and set fire
to it. All that marks the prospective
town is the smoke visable here, while
the yells of the victorious half-breeds,
mingled with occasional pistol shots,
can be heard on this side.
A SHOWER OF LEID,
moulders Horribly Burned by an
Exploding Flask.
New Orleans, December 28.—The
Picayune's Dallas, Tex., sp9cial says:
Nine men were horribly, some fatally,
burned by a shower of molten met. 1
from an exploding mould at the Mqshier
Machine Company's foundry this V.f;er
noon. The names of tho victims are
J. A. Dobbins, moulder, heaa and neck
fairly riddled bymeltingmet.il; left ear
burned off, and injuries will prove laul.
John Burns, moulder, had the cloth
ing burned from his person; bath eyes
filled with redhot metal. He is burned
from head to foot, and bad to be wrap
pad in cotton, saturated with oil, and
opiates applied.
The foreman of the foundry was fear
fully burned on the neck and breast, but
escaped injuries to his eyes. The metal
ran into one of his shoes, and almost
cooked his foot before he could kick it
off. He will recover.
Charles Hurst received two terrible
wounds in the back, from which tbe
flesh fell in strips. The blood oozed out
as the clothing was torn from him. Hia
injuries will koep him disabled for some
time.
Jyhn Wheeless, a workman, was se
verely burned about the Lead and
shoulders and knocked senseless by fly
ing bricks.
Ed Ayers, Wiley Jones, Mack Haney,
Jake Mitchell and other workmen were
all more or less burned about the head
and shoulders.
The cause of the explosion was the
generation of gas inside a mould, which
was prepared to cast a 1,600 pound piece,
and when the hot metal was poured in
the mouth it exploded, sending a thous
and pounds of molten metal in a perfect
shower among the men.
The First Genuine Blizzard.
St. Cloud, Minn., December 28. —
The first genuine blizzard of the season
struck the city this afternoon. The
storm began at 1 o'clock and is still
raging with unabated fury. Much snow
bas already fallen and trains will un
doubtedly be blockaded.
Duluth, Minn., December 28. —A
heavy snow storm, accompanied by a
high wind, has been raging all night.
Fears that the railroads may be block
aded are entertained.
Ingalls Heard Something Drop.
In an interview in the Washington
Post Senutor lugalls, of Kansas, said.
"I want to i oa tbe tariff reduced to a de
gree that the revenues of the country
will only meet the expenses. I wish to
see the tax on whiskey and tobacco con
tinued, because they are unnecessary
luxuries, and because every dollar raised
upon them relieve the tax on necessaries
of life to that extent."
This is sound doctrine; but the mis
fortune is that Senator Ingalls, who has
thus expressed himself before, always
turns up with his party fn Congress on
these questions. In the Fiftieth Con
gress he votod for the Senate tariff bill
which proposed to reduce the tax on
tobacco and increase the taxes on the
many necessaries of life. His action
then' was in direct contradiction
with hiß utterances then and
now. But probably, this time
he mesne to stick. At any rate, his dec
larations afford no slight indication of
the advance of public sentiment in Kan
sas on the tariff question. Senator In
galls is a statesman who keeps his ears
very close to the ground to catch the
faintest rumblings of public opinion in
distant Kansas. As be is again a candi
date for United States Senator it is likely
that be has recently heard something
drop.—Philadelphia Record.
Beyond the Grave*
Colonel Robert Ingersoll, writing .of
another recent work on immortality,
makes the most liberal statement of his
belief in the possibility of a life bayond
the grave:
"If we admit tbe existenceof a God
or infinite wisdom and compassion we
may say that there must be a
world better than this. But how
do we account for one worse than
this? That is to say: If injustice
triumphs here,why not there? If honesty
goes without bread in this world, why
not in another? Certainly God will be
no better then than now. Still, it may
be possible that a God of Infinate love
and compassion will so reward those
who suffer through suffering itself—that
all that happiness will bo consistent
wisdom and compassion. Love and
hope are universal so long as
men love and so long as they
hope there will probably be in the
heart and brain a splendid dream of im
mortality. It may be that we live no
more; that we go back to unconscious
dust, and yet the heart will always say:
'Perhaps there is another life.' But
whether there is or not, let us all paint
on the canvas of the future a picture that
dalights and satisfies the soul. We know
that in this world after joy comes grief,
as after day comes night, and it may be
there is soma world where after grief
comes joy, as after night comes day."—
[From a New York letter.
The Repose of a Room.
However impossible it may be to win
for a r com ont of chairs and tables and
furnishing!, the look of repose and cozy
individuality that it mv t possess to be
attractive, there are certain, accessories
that are well nigh indispensible in pro
ducing this effect, and here are some of
them:
Plenty of air and sunlight.
A big easy chair.
A foot cushion.
A couch and a big pile of cushions.
A few well-framed pictures.
Some books and newspapers.
A woman's work-basket.
A tea service.
A growing plant or a few cut flowers.
An artistic and orderly disorder.—New
York Sun.
Three Strikes and Oat.
Citizen—Hello, there, Grimes; why
ain't you and the boys at work ?
Grimes—Why, you see, there's a lock
out up at tbe factory.
"What, another? Well, well, I guess
it'll be arranged; soon, and you'll be back
at work."
"No, it won't; we're out for good this
time."
"Why?"
"We've had three strikes, you know."
Rheumatism originates in luetic acid in the
blood, which settling in the joints causes 'he
pains and aohes of the disease. Hood's Bar
sajmrillu cures rheumatism by neutralizing tbe
acidity of the blood, and giving it richness
and vitality. Try Hood's Sareaparilla.
Sberwln-Williams' floor alnta are tbe
moat reliable. P. H. Mathews, corner Second
and Main streets.