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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06
An AMERICANS ADVENTURE IN JAPAN

Mr.. Charles Schmitz, of Herman frost g.
Co.. IN private letter 10 his firm, dated May 81 relates
the following experience which beie him in Kanasawa
Kaga, Japan;
/ recently left KOto for this distant Province. The
road is bad, very mountainous, and one must either
walk or be carried in kangO. The accommodations at
the Inn arc of the most primitive knd the food Is fish
and ice or rice and fish; the bed Is straw mat. Yes
terday there was great excitement In the city the
Minister OF the Interior. AIr. OkubO, murdered IN
Toxic ON the 14th believed by officers from here
One OF the assassns ore si az large and sup
posed 20 returned 10 ts city. All dwellings and
hotels searched The presence OF foreigner IS such
a here that was eyed with suspicon aud at
9 o'clock In the morning my interpreter, frightened
almost 10 DEATH awOke and said that high police
agent wanted me, VINO Indeed Immediately made his
appearance, followed by his myrmdOns was invited
10 come Immediately TO the central Office which de-
cined politely but firmly 70 do, quietly examining my
uDlOadad and never-by nehred revolver, as was not
sure whether fellows might not be brgaads instead
OF officers OF tue law. They departed but az O'clock
a. N. a higher official appeared, asked for my pass
port found all right and very politely apOlOgzed for
the trouble gwen me- bowling himself out IN really grand
stye. then at liberty TO retire 10 my mat and get
what further sleep might
Kanasawa Is u city OF about 100000 Inhabitants and
has very bad climate. auI told that II rams or SHOWS
twO-thlfds OF the year. The city surrounded by high
mountains all OF them still covered with snow Japan
ese officials invariably polite 10 foreigners, but
travellers have 10 undergo all manner Of priyatons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06
AccrDENT no A NORTH RIVER BOAT

The steamboat Chauncey Nlbbard met with
a slight accident yesterday on the return trip from
Albany. When the boat Just of Poughkeepse, the
engineer passing under the shaft heard slight noise,
and upon examination discovered a narrow crack
about ten inches in length After consultation, the
officers OF the Yibbard decided, account Of
the delay that would result from proceeding at
half stea to send her passengers and baggage 10 New
York by rail. The boat accordingly put to POugh-
keepsie transferred 10 the Hudson River Railroad
about passengers and their baggage The boat then
continued her voyage and arrived after 10
pierNO 22 North River IL Is expected that the dan
age Will repaired In for the boat 10 resume
her trips by the last OF the week Tue Armenia viii
take the place OF the Ybbard until the repairs the
latter shall be completed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06

ing was so successful the Mystic Boat Club and the
American Scotisb-American Painheld and Harlem Ath-
letic Clubs.
The meeting given at Newport this month
under the auspices the westchester Polo begin
August % and win last three days, which Will be
devoted polo lacrosse and athletics day to each
The meeting viii be interesting one, sits understood
that the Buffalo Polo Club will visit Newport to play
the westchester men, The lacrosse matches will be to
decide the championship Of the United States, and,
though no Canadian clubs will compete the most pro-
mnent clubs in the United statessuch as the Ravens
wood the NewYork the Prospect Park, and the Union
Club OF BOs0n-wi be represented by the best teams
they put in the field and the matches promise TO De
exceedingly close and spirited The entries 20 the
athletic sports, which should be made to Mr. Herman
Oerehs at the Union Club in this city, are said TO he
filling up very WELL and good games may DO anticipated
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06
ARREST OF POOL SELLERS IN NEw-JERSEY.
DESCENT ON CHAMBERLAIN g. LEoNARD's BARGE
AT wREBAWKEN.

The pool sellers were driven away from
Hoboken recently being threatened with arrest and
Imprisonment for violation Of the State laws Chamber
lain Leonard removed TO weehawkon. The barge
Chicago was lifted up and moored near the ferry slip
on the barge they deed the law by selling both French
CON animation and auction pools. Complaint made
before Justice Strong of HObOken, and ho Issued
the warrants for the arrest OF the gamblers Yes
terday JOhn Dexter and Andrew Anderson auctiOneers
John EgbeIt, cashier ana Philip Lambert clerk, were
arrested ON the barge, which was crowded with
prisoners were taken TO HObOken and arragned before
The Justice who accepted bonds for their appearance on
Gain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06
DEPREsSION's CAUSES.
MANY THEORIEs AND SUGGESTIONS,

MANI IHEOhIf1o hIf4I oNIN3N17'71 -111''7'
TESTIMONY BEFORE TIE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT
TEA BROOKLYN CAPITALISTS VIEWS OF A
BANKRUPTCY RING"-REBiEDIEs PROPOSED By
SOCIALISTS AND wORKINGMEN.
The Congressional Committee on the Depression
of Business and Labor continued its sessions yester-
day. although only two Of its members are now
here. William Hastings who calls himself a eapl-
talist, was the chief witness, and vehemeitly OPP
posed what he called tho bankruptcy ring" Several
workngmeu and members Of Socialist and La
borers' Associations gave their views of what the
Government should do to restore prosperity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06
BASE BALL.

The League Chicago Club defeated the In
tenatiOna Utica CLUB in game at Utica, N w. yester
day, by a score OF TO 2 The was called az the
end of the eighth inning, on account OF RAIN
At Baltimore, Md, yesterday, the lnterna-
Club easily by a score OF 13 toe
The international championship game be-
tween the Worcester aud Haymaker Clubs, at Troy, N
Y, yesterday. decided in favor Of the Haymaker
Club by of to O. In the eighth inning the Wor-
cester Club abide by decision OF the umpire
relative 70 foul ball. aud left the field, the score at
which time stood Haymaker g. Worcester.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06
TILE uNIoN Mills no BE SOLD.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 5.-The advisory
committee Of the Uaion Mills held meeting satur
day at which, IL is understood Il decided start
lfoDerty for sale,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06

TIE WANING OF THE HoNEYMooN.-An-
Rena (suppresslng an inclination 70 yawo); How
nice * would be n some friend 10 turn up, wouldn't
H. Edwin ~ Edwin tafter yawnjng elaboTatey1 |:
q Ye-e-es, OF even some enemy Pa Punch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-06

The creditors scattered as follows; Ia New-Yor
thrty-eght; IN Cincinnati, iOrty-ntne; IN Philadelphia
six; IN Baltimore. two; IN Boston, fOuri IN Buffalo, W.
I'm Chicago three ia st. Louis, two IN Petersburg, VI
towns.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

THE British Government has ordered a
million pounds weight of lint and other
applia1c ces for wounded.
CoRBETT & MCCLYMoNT, builders, of
London, Putney, Surbiton and Westgate-
on-the-Sea, have failed. Liabilities, 81 ,000,-
900; assets, upward of one thousand houses,
valued at from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
AN affray has occurred between Russian
and Turkish soldiers near Darid Pasha
barracks, about two miles beyond the fortii-
cations of Constantinople. Eighty men
were wounded on both sides. The Scrask-
ierate has, consequently, prohibited the
Russian soldiers from crossing the line of
demarkation.
THE Vienna Political Correspondence has
letter from London stating that the British
Government still considers it possible that
Russia may appreciate to the full England's
earnestness. In a contrary case, England
will take into her own hands, at her own
risk, the rectifcation of Russia's work in the
Balkans, the Peninsu a, and on the Adiatic
coast of the Black Sea. 1t is possible,
before embarking upon this course, Eng
land will summon conference in London.
THE Pal Hal, Gozette, in a leading ed
itorial, says: The solicitation to us of Ger
many, Austria, and Italy, to propose plan
of our own, amounts to neither more nor
less than verbally modified offer of the
principle of equivalents as basis of settle
ment for the Eastern question. That offer
has been again and again declined by her
Maiesty's Ministry during the progress of
the late war, aad we have no fear of their
accepting it at time when they would in
cur more conspicuous discredit by SO doing
than on any past occasion.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
ASCULPTURED A EFFIGY.

There exists in England sculptured
effigy of Napoleon 1, by Canova, viz the
colossal statue. sixteen Roman palms
high, in Carrara marble, completed and
sent to Paris in 1911, and now in the pos
session of the Duke of Wellington, at
Apsley House. The statue is nude, and
holds in the right hand globe sur
mounted by winged figure of Victory.
This statue has brief but curious his
tory. When the Allies entered Paris in
1915, for the second time, Canova, who
was in the train of the allied sovereigns,
was extremely anxious to know what
had become of his masterpiece. Baron
Demon, Curator of the museum of the
Louvre, denied all knowledge of the
work, nor could the intendants of the
ex-Imperial palaces furnish any infor-
nation. One official, however, had a
hazy recollection of the Empress Maria
Louisa having expressed herself as ex-
tremely shocked at the representation of
her august consort in so complete state
of divestiture from his traditional boots,
buckskins, and gray great coat. AT
length the statue turned up, half un-
packed, in lumber room at the Garde
Meuble. The triumphs of 1911 had
been followed with terrible swiftness by
the disasters of Moscow and Leipsic, and
the colossal memorial had been wholly
forgotten. Of course it had now become
the property of the French Government
Louis XVIII, however, would have none
of it, and presented the marble to the
Prince Regent. Had Canova's Napoleon
possessed so much as kilt, the figure
might have been retained by royalty
but, like Hans Breitmann's mermaid, i
had nodings ON" so George Nv Rre
sented it to the Great Duke, and at tn,
foot of the grand staircase at Apsley
House the sumptuous effigy stands II
this day.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
A Plucky Clerk Shot Dead by a Chi.
cagO Rag.Picker.

About IL: Is o'clock on the forenoon of
the Goth of April young man named
Nicholas McCue, employed by the Novelty
Manufacturing Company at No. 80 State
street, Chicago, while unloading some paper
boxes from an elevator near the sidewalk,
sack from lot of boxes that were piled
near by. McCue ordered him away, and
threatened TO call an officer. The Italian
filled his bag and started Oh the run across
State-street, followed by McCue. The thief
ran through the alley south of the fremont
House, the young man at his heels shout
ing, " Stop thief" and as they neared Dear
born-street the Ita ian, finding his pursuer
was gaining on him, dropped the bag and
Dearborn-street McCue grabbed him by the
shoulder and whirled him around. At the
same instant the Italian drew revolver
and fred, the shot taking effect in MeCue's
left breast just below the nipple. He let go
his hold of the murderer's coat and stag
gered to the sidewalk a few feet distant,
saying, "My God, Pm shotV Mr.. Strong,
of the firm of Strong & Maynard, seeing him
stagger, sprang to his assistance and helped
him into the store, where he sank upon the
floor and expired almost Immediately.
After firing the fatal shot, the Italian ran
south a few yards, followed by the crowd
who had collect d, and the air was filled
with cries OF " Kill him J" Shoot the muir
dererE Hang bimW and finding the crowd
too much for him, the murderer threw his
revolver over into vacantlo on the corner
of Randolph and Dearborn-streets, where it
was afterward found, but before he could
run any further, he was grabbed by three
or four citizens, and held until the arrival
of Officer Jamison, who was Immediately
joined by two other officers, who secured
the murderer. He gave his name as Louis
Samaalt, but he could not be induced to tell
any thing more, except that he was an
Italian. The murdered man was about
| eighteen years of age.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09

Freedman's Bank building in Washington,
from S14, 900 to 10000. Several amendments
were rejected, and, the reading of the bill
being concluded, the Committee rose and
reported the bill to the House, but no action
was taken
In the House, May 8, the special pension
bills passed at night numbered Just one
hundred. Among them are pensions to the
widows of General Robert Anderson, Gen
eral Charles L. Lowell and Admiral Charles
Wilkes. Mr.. Stephens, from the Committee
on Coinage, reported a bill to retire the five
and three-cent silver pieces, and to stop
their further coinage, also providing that
fractional or subsidiary silver coin shall be
legal tender to the extent of twenty dollars,
and shall be exchangeable at the Treasury
for the other legal tender money when pre-
sented in sums of twenty dollars or over.
Ordered printed and recommitted. The
House then took up the unfnised business
of yesterday, being the Legislative Appro-
priation Bill. An amendment, offered by
Mr.. Gibson, appropriating $1s5,000 for the
re-establishment of the New Orleans Mint
was agreed to--yeas 125, nays e5. The bill
was then passed.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
Terrific Explosion and Loss Of Life at
MINNEAPOLIS.

At Eve O'Clock on the evening of May 2
the city of Minneapolis, Mimi, was shaken
as by an earthquake by terrific explosion,
which was promptly traced to the group of
great Touring mills in what is known as the
platform, just above st. Anthony's Falls,
where the entire -four district of the city is
concentrated. The explosion came from the
great Washburn Mills, from which column
of flames was seen to shoot up several hum
dred feet, followed by crash which crushed
the immense structure like an egg-shell.
Secondary explosions Instantly destroyed
Thompson Hoyt and Humboldt
Mills, and flames Immediately burst out,
communicating to the Galaxy Mills, those
of Petit, Robinson d Co., Cahill, Ankeny
& Co., L. Day & Sons, Day & Rollins, Buell.,
Newton & Co., Carton, Hayward & Co., the
Washburn A and B Mills, and lesser struc-
lures down the bank of the river, nearly to
the Minneapolis d st. Louis Railroad shops.
The destruction from the shock of the ex-
plosion extended much further, glass being
wrecked for several squares, and buildings
shaken throughout the city At $40 the
fire was raging within these limits, and the
iremen were working valiantly to subdue
the flames.
The immediate theory of the explosion
is that it took place in the gas generated in
the patent middlings purifier process.
The number of dead is placed at seven
teen.
Many thrilling incidents and narrow es-
capes are reported. Daniel Day was blown
| the whole length of Petit d Robinson's
| mi and through a rear window, and es-
| capped.
One poor fellow who could not be recog-
nized had escaped alive from the explosion,
and was observed crawling through the
| darting, hungry flame toward the track of
the Minneapolis & St. Louis Road. directly
| in the rear of the Washburn Mills. He
| managed to reach the rail, and then evil
dently became exhausted, and fell back into
the raging hell behind, where his agonIes
| instantly ended.
| 1t appears that most of the day force had
gone home, and only the smaller night force
remained.
The loss of property is enormous.
Rough calculation places it at 81 100000 OF
which $1,000,000 Will fal> upon the milling
interest. The l'ss throughout the city by
the breaking IF glass, etc, is $4,000.
Five mills and planning mill were de-
| stroyed, besides adjoining property in
cluding eighty-seven out of one hun
dred and ninety-seven runs of stone in the
| city.
The shock of the explosion was felt il
st, Paul nine miles away.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
Shipping Goods by Mail.

For one cent per ounce, or sixteen
cents per pound, parcel may be sent
per mail from New York to any part of
the Union. Printed books and some
other printed matter are charged at the
rate of one cent for two ounces, or eight
cents per pound. The one cent per
ounce class includes almost all kinds of
merchandise and samples of merchan-
disc, seeds, cuttings, roots, scions,
models, Autographs, engravings, etc.
Packages must be so wrapped or en-
veloped with open sides or ends that
their contents may be readily and thor
oughly examined by postmasters with
out destroying the wrappers; but seeds
and other articles liable from their form
or nature to loss or damage unless
specially protected, may be inclosed in
unsealed bags, or boxes which can readily
be opened for examination Of the con-
tents and reclosed; or sealed bags made
of material sufficiently transparent to
show the contents clearly without open
ing, may be used for such matter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
An Army of LOcusts.

Toward the beginning Of the present
century prodigious body of locusts was
precipitated across the Black Sea, upon
the steppe lying east of Odessa, where it
committed indescribahle devastation.
To destroy the invaders, columns were
marched down from the interior, but on
arriving at the scene of action, were al
most paralyzed by the phnomenon wit
messed. For miles the whole surface of
the plain, converted into black color,
seemed to be alive and in motion, for the
scaly bodies of the locusts, closely pressed
and locked together, presented the ap-
pearance of a huge, dusky cuirass, re-
flecting with strange glitter the rays
of the sun. The mass being in motion,
advanced inland, slowly but steadily
murmuring like the surges Of the ocean,
putting the sheep, the cattle, the horses,
and the inhabitants on all sides to flighs.
As the host crawled forward, the living
devoured the dead for lack of other
provender.
Putting their mattocks, spades pick
axes, and other implements into imme-
diate requisition, the serfs speedily ex-
cavated trench several miles in length
across the track of the iocusts, but ere
they had finished the enemy was upon
them. and soon demonstrated the futility
of their device. In the course of few
minutes from their reaching the brink
of the excavation, the foremost ranks
had been pushed into it by those that
followed, and filled it up from edge to
edge, so that the multitude continued
its march apparently without Interrupt
tion; then everything combustible was
collected, and set on fire in front of the
column, with the same result.
The whole Black Sea seemed to be
transformed into locusts, which, from
its low shores, came up in countless
myriads, setting at defiance all the arts
and.industry of man. Several columns oil
the invaders filed off towards the east
and alighted amid the vineyards of the
Crimea, which they soon changed into 8
waste Of apparently dry and sapiess twigs
| Russia seemed to be on the eve of a ca
lamity like that which fell upon it about
| the middle of the seventeenth century
when the destruction of the harvests Oc
| casioned famine, which was followed
| by plague, so that the population Of
| the whole provinces was thinned almost
to determination. In the present in
stance, the elements came to the deliver
ance of man. Before strong west wind
masses of black clouds came pouring
from the Bosphorus, which covered the
atmosphere, and ultimately descended
in floods of rain. The locusts were para
| lyzed, and as the celestial moisture con
tinued to drench them in pitiless fashion
they gave up the ghost, and bequeatheC
their corpses to the husband man fo
| manure
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-09
Boiler Explosion on the Mississippi.

The Lowry Line towboat Warner, with
barges, from New Orleans to St. Louis, ex.
ploded her boilers oppo ite the foot of Beale
street, Memphis, at half-past nine o'clock
on the morning of May l, while under way,
close to the Arkansas shore The whole
boat was blown to pieces, and the cabin
drifted down stream to Presidents Island
The following is list of the saved and lost
by the explosion Lost-Captain George
Dawson, Pilot Dixon Kennett, VIM. Petit,
William Ratcliffe, and unknown deck hand,
all of st. Louis, and William Radcliffe, en-
gineer, of Pittsburg. Saved-John w. Poe,
clerk; Jacob Cox, pilot; Chris. Anchutz,
engineer; Barney Cassiday, mate; Clara
Peyton, chambermaid; Larry Cassiday,
deck-sweeper; Mike Keefe, Henry Meyer,
Albert Benecke, James Bortino, Charles
sullivan, Mike Cassidy, Henry Boelker,
William Fletcher, Henry Smith, George
Long. William Campbell, Chris. FRANKIE.
deck-hands; Pat. Thompson and Pete.
Connolly, firemen, and VIM. jerks, carpen.
ter The latter saw Dick Kennett in the
water after the explosion, and showed him
plank, but Kennett was badly wounded
J and soon sank. Captain Dawson assisted
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Birds of a Feather.
1Frcm sothern,s New Book.I


"You remember" said Sothern,
"that in one act 1 have a by-play on
my fingers, on which I count from one
to ten, and then reversing, begin with
the right thumb and count ten, nine,
eight, seven, six and five are eleven.
This has frequently been denounced by
critics as utterly out of place in the
character, but took the incident from
actual life, having seen notoriously
clever man on the English turf as
quick as lightning in calculating odds
completely puzzled by his ridiculous
problem. My distortion of the old
aphorism has likewise been frequently
caviled at as too nonsensical for an edu-
Gated man. Now see how easily this
thought was suggested. A number of
us some years ago were taking supper in
Halifax at performance, when a gen.
tleman who had now retired from the
stage, but who is living in New York,
suddenly entered the room and said,
'oh, yes, see; birds of a feather etc.
The thought instantly struck me on the
weak side, and, winking at my brother
actors, and assuming utter ignorance, /
said, What do you mean by birds of a
featherp He looked rather staggered,
and replied, What, have you never
heard Of the old English proverb, Birds
of feather flock together ?'' Every
one shook his head. He then SAID, Il
never met such lot of ignoramuses in
my life That was my cue, and / began
to turn the pfoverb inside out. / said
to him, There never could have been
such proverb-birds of feather! the
idea of a whole flock of birds having
only one feather! The thing is utterly
ridiculous. Besides, the poor bird that
had that feather must have flown on one
side; consequently, as the other birds
couldn't fly at all, they couldn't flock
together. But even accepting the alb
surdity, if they hocked at all they must
flock together, and no bird could posi-
bly, be such fool as to 60 into corner
and try and flock by himself.'' Our Wis.
itor began to see the point of the logic
and was greeted with roars of laughter
l made memorandum of the incident
and years afterward elaborated the ides
in writing Dundreary.' have quire,
upon quires of memoranda of similar
character, but whenever / play the par
the public seem SO disappointed at mo-
hearing the old lines, that fear l shall
never have the opportunity of getting
them to accept what would really be |
much better version"
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Wild Beasts and the Smell Of Blood.

An old tanner of wild beasts says: As
for the smell of blood maddening them,
know there is popular notion to that
effect, but it is not true. l have had
occasion enough to know, when II was
nv blood they smelt. Lions and tigers
raised in captivity are more dangerous
than those that are well broken when
taken wild full grown. When a cub
born in cage grows up he will become
imprudent, saucy, aggressive, and is too
familiar with men to be easily cowed.
But the wild beast never forgets when
he has been once well whipped, and
though his instincts will still prompt to
attack, he viii have his doubts about
the results of his getting into fight.
You may handle a young lion for years,
and it will be harmless as Newfound-
laud dog, until suddenly, without any
apparent reason, all its ferocity will be
developed.