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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
FIRST GUN I'm INDIANA,
Hon. Carl Schurz at Tndianapo-
lis.
Especial to the Cincinnati Commercially

Especial to the Cincinnati Commerciall
INDIANAPOLIS. IND, July 2O-Mr.
Schurz spent the day at the Grand
Hotel, aud was called upon by all
leading republicans during the FIRE
noon and early hours after dinner.
Among his callers were Gen. BeD.
Harrison, with whom he had quite an
extended conversation. Later in the
afternoon, in company with some
special friends, he rode about tbs city
and took tea, returning to the hotel In
the evening. A number Of republicans
from different parts Of the state were
present, and it was reported that an
engagement at Brazil, Clay county,
prevented Hon. Albert @. Porter from
attendance. Before dusk, the Grand
Hotel was surrounded with vast
crowd of people, and the streets were
lined with the throng which.
early crowded their way
to the Wigwam. A salute
was fired and fireworks were displayed
from stand near the place OF speak
Ing. But these adjuDcts were unnec.
essary to draw an audience, for before
o'clock, aud " hile the fuss was going
on outside, the Wigwam was crowded
with a splendid audience, waiting the
arrival OF Mr.. Schurz. A large nuns
Der OF ladies were present, but vast
msi ority OF the audience were voters.
Germans notably dotted throughout.
The speaker, escorted by a procession
of citizens, reached the Wigwam at O
| few minutes after S O'Clock, and when
Mr.. Schur2 appeared on the platform,
| the ,warmest applause, repeated for
some minutes, greeted him.
General Geo. H. Chapman begged for
quiet that the people might hear, and
then introduced Mr.. SchuTz as o re-
publican well known, not only in this
| country, but in the old country, and
after ripple of cheers, the secretary
proceeded with his speech.
He was eagerly listened to and fire.
quenuy interrupted with moderate
applause, the most hearty being at his
characterization Of the emptiness oi
the democratic party.
After having spoken fer half an
hour slight disturbance occurred by
what seemed to be the efforts of q
crowd of hoodluns to break up the
meeting. The Wigwam il In the
democratic portion of the citv, aud
these were neighborhood roughs.
They yelled outside of the building,
and finally tried to elbow their way
into the crowded room. Mr.. Schur2
was compelled TO cease speaking for g
few minutes, but the fellows con.
cluded 1t was best to stop short. and
left the locality.
That portion of the speech ernpha.
sizing subordiLati0n OF military tC
civil authority and the danger OF po-
litical ambition was listened to with ar
interest almost painful, aud made {
profound impression.
Mr.. Scurz spoke that paragraph with
great earnestness. and was fully re
sponded to by the audience. Thret
cheers were given at the close Of tn
) meeting for Schurz, three for Garfield
and three for Porter.
Loud cries were made for Harrison
but the General declined to speak, ans
; the meeting adjourned
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
nessee, Admiral Wymsn, has arr
rived here for Havana.
THE EXPRESS WAR.

ST. Louis, July 21.-The Iron
Mountain railroad company to-day
sued out an attachment against the
Southern Exl ress company on &C.
count of the transportation of exS
press matter for the month of June,
in the sum of upwards of six thou
sand dollars. In executing the
writ this afternoon the sheriff could
find but a few hundred dollars
worth of property Of the Southern
Express company, the Adams Ex-
press company claiming that the
horses, wagon ETC., used by the
Southern Express company be-
longed to them. ,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
PHGNIX,LIKE FRANCE.

LONDON, July 21.-A Paris dis
patch to the Times says: The min
istry of finance has published list
of reductions of taxes since 1872,
showing a reduction Of 307, 100000
francs, more than one>half of which
was taken off in 1879. II reduc-
tions continue at this years rate,
the remaining SIS, 100000 francs of
the increase Of taxation entailed by
the war will be cleared off in three
wears.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
THE QUAKING EARTH.

MADRID, July 21-Terrestial dis,
turbances IN the Island of Luzon
commenced on the 18th inst. and
up to the Goth there had been re-
Peated shocks of earthquake, the
tlrst and last beng the most vio-
lent. The cathedral and barracks
at Manila have fallen and the troops
are encamped outside the city.
Two shocks occurred on the 18th
inst, Que Of which lasted seventy
seconds and the other forty seconds
Eleven natives have been killed and
sixtyrone injured. No Europeans
have been hurt. The inhabitants
of Manita have fed to the fields.
The earth has opened in several
places, and jets of boiling water and
showers of ashes are elected.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
TIE DEMOCRATS.
New YORK, July 81.

New YORK, July 21.
The democratic national execus
tive committee returned to the Fifth
avenue hotel shortly after o'clock
from the headquarters hunting ex~
pedition. 1t was stated that they
had not yet agreed on the head
quarters to be chosen. The CONS
mittee will not resume their session
until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
When the committee adjourned
to>day it was stated that resolu-
ton had been adopted requesting
the national democratic campaign
congre ssional committee to appoint
an auxiliary committee to work
with the democratic national execu-
tive committee. In conducting the
campaign, the committee selected as
iIs headquarters No. 138 Fifth
avenue. It was stated that the
committee took no action in regard
to the question of the two demos
cratic electoral tickets in Virginia,
although the matter has been dis
cussed.
ST.. LOUIS, July 22.-The demo-
cratic convention, after two re-
cesses, reassembled at 1880 p. m.
The platform reported by the COM
mittee on resolutions accepts and
endorses the principles embodied in
the platform adopted by the national
democratic party in June, 1880. It
declares that the nomination of Han
cock and English is a matter OF
earnest congratulation, not alone to
democrats but to all patriots ire
spective of party; that it means
strict and constitutional subordina-
ton of military to civil power, and
that sectional asperities will dis
appear and an era Of good feeling
will again return throughout the
country. 1t congratulates the peo-
pie of the state that the adminis>
tratlon of the state government
by the democracy during the last de-
cade has increased her population.
national wealth and means Of
social happiness; that its institutions
of learning are taking rank among
the best in the union; that nowhere
is there surer reward to hones
labor. 1t declares that the demo
cratic party will ever encourage in
situations of learning established BY
the state. It recommends the strict
est practice of economy in every
department. of the state government
consistent with the growth, devel'
opments and necessities of the state
together with the most exacting &C.
countability on the part of thos.
entrusted with the custody and dis
bursement Of public revenues. l
recommends the reduction of inter
est on the state debt as soon as i
can be honorably and legally done
It closes with o tribute to Goyerno
| Phelps.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
ILLINOIS,.

SPRINGFIELD, July 21.-The first
state convention of colored men
ever held in Illinois met at the state
house yesterday, 1876 delegates be:
ing present from different parts of
the state. John G. Jones, of
Chicago, was chosen temporary
chairman, and, subsequently, was
elected permanent chairman. A
committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed and reported set Of reso-
lutions, among which are the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That, as colored men
who have emerged from the condi>
ton of slavery to enfranchised citi-
zens through the agency of the res
publican party, and all the rights
and privileges exercised and en-
loved have been secured
by republican legislation in.
dependent of acquiescence and
support from the democratic party,
we hereby reafirm our devotion to
the said party and pledge it our
hearty and unanimous support in the
present campaign.
Resolved, That We recognize in
the candidates of the republican
party, national and state, that states
manship and patriotism which is SO
essential in men who are called upon
to discharge such high and import
ant functions. That tn cir past serO
vices, in time of peace as we'll as
war, are such as to commend them
to our national defenders and pro-
tectors, irrespective Of party; and,
whereas,
1t has been charged and currently
reported that this convention has
been called in the interest of the
democratic party; therefore,
Resolved, That we disclaim any
intention or purpose to give aid oI
comfort to the democratic party
either by thought, deed or action
but on the contrary recognize in i
a lifelong enemy to the negro
seeking while in power to perpetu
ate his derogation, and since out o
power to h nder and retard his ele
vation. AS it has not yet ex
hrbited that repentance which in
J spires confidence, in politics as wei
, a. individuals, we will continue t.
watch it with su-picion, and avoi(
) it AS a deadly poison.
In the evening the convention wa
} addressed by Gov. Cullom an
others.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
VIRGINIA

PETERSBURG, Va, July 21.-In-
formation is received here from diff
ferent sections of Lunenburg and
Brunswick counties, which reports
the condition of the crops to be
very promising, especially corn,
which is the finest seen SO early in
the season for fifty years back. A
continuous rain here to-day brings
great relief, as there has been q
scant supply Of water in the city
reservoir.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
FIRST EDITION.
1890 p. M.
A BUDGET
OF the Busy Worlds DOings.
BURIED ALIVE.
Horrible Account Of 81 Great
Disaster.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., July 21.-
Thos. L. Vanvastead, one Of the
men rescued in the waste>lock gave
the reporter a thrilling account OF
his narrow escape. He said there
were. % men at work in the tunnel.
They went in at II o'clock last
night for an eight hours shift. |
was at work near the east end of
the waste lock and in the west end
of the tunnel. It was at about 4:3O
o'clock that I heard bolts snap and
braces give way, at the same time
felt a rush of air in my face. l
started back with seven of the men
who were near me, and into the
waste-lock. The air pressure crowded
the door shut at the east end
At first it was blocked by
a ioist. which we pulled out,
and then the door slammed to. The
lock has doors at both ends and
glass dead eyes to admit the light.
Through the dead eyes we could
see men inside the tunnel; the water
was rushing in. Peter Woodland,
city assistant superintendent, stood
at the door outside the waste lock,
which was stationary; it would not
move with US without knocking out
the dead eyes. This would be fatal
to the men outside, as the water
would rush in and drown the men
in an instant.
Woodland knew this, but stood at
the doors. His face was CHASTITY
white and he real zed the terrible
danger. He said to me !: "Tom,
quick; burst the dead eyes and do
what you can for US knew it was
death to US all if | did not do it, so
l obeyed the order. AS the glass
broke, the air rushed in, and the
waste-lock shut out into the main
shalt, leav ny the men TO drown, rs
the space occupied by the shaft
filled with water In an instant. We
were wholly stripped Of our clothes,
when we crawled out.
heard the rush Of the water
at our back. 1t filled in fast, but
the obstruction kept it back long
enough for US to escape from the
main shaft. 1t was all we could dc
to save ourselves. Woodland wa;
standing in water up to his waistwher
/ last saw him. It was sure death
and l had to knock out the dead
eyes, as l told you. He knew a!
well as | that it was all over will
them. l shall never forget the look
on his face or the sound of his voice
as he told US to save ourselves
though the very act was to insure
his death.
JERSEY CITY, July 22.-At 8:3(
o'clock last night as the workmer
were trying to put the cylinder en-,
of q pump in position over tn
shaft, it fell from the beam upo'
which it rested into the shaft, i
consequence of which the work hat
to be suspended until diver coul
60 down the shaft and find the cyl
inder. 1t being impossible to get
diver before this morning, no worl
was done after o'clock last night
At 8 o'clock this morning, Josepl
Warnberg, diver, went down th'
shaft, and at 9 o'clock the cylinde
was found, when work was imme
diately commenced to put it il
position. The officers of the com
pany state that if the cylinder en'
shall be placed in position withou
any extraordinary delay, the waite
will be taken out by a late hour il
the afternoon and the bodie
reached by early evening.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
"THE CHINESE MUST CO."

LONDON, July 21.-A Berlin dis
patch to the st. James Gazette
says: According to reports from
St. Petersburg, the czar has deS
clined to receive Marquis Using, the
Chinese ambassador, declaring that
in view of the Chinese rejection of
the former treaty of st. Petersburg,
there is no longer room for q solu-
ton Of the Kuldja difficulty.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
DR.. TANNER,


New YORK, July 22.-Dr. Tan~
ner complained of vertigo, and
sickness at the stomach this morn>
ing, but at noon was feeling better.
He received a letter from DR.. w.
B.. Lee, of Marion, Illinois, who
says he, himself, has tasted %
days, and another from Philadel,
phia woman, who pleading leap
year privileges, offers him mar
riage. When last taken his
pulse was 72, rather weak, and
more compressible than yesterday.
Temperature SO 3 5, and respira-
tion 16. At noon he entered on
the 25th day Of his fast.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23

PoRr ROYAL, s. c., July 21.-
The United States flag ship Ten
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
NO STATESMAN.

DENVER, Col, July 21.-Hon.
Il. M. Thompson, secretary of the
navy, delivered q political speech
here last night. While highly
ccmplimenting Gen. Hancock as a
soldier, he declared hs was no
statesman,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23
MINOR DISPATCHES.

DENVER, COL, July pa Lead
vile special says: E. w. Fay,
county attorney Of Lake county,
was arrested last night on charge
Of forgery, committed in Galveston.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-23

The latest novelties in Perfumes.
Toilet Powders and Toilet goods gen.
orally, at LYONS & McCAAPBELL's.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12

From dark corner, with their arms
twined about each others Leck, the two
little beggars watched the windows of
the brilliantly lighted halfway up in
the sky it seemed-watched the gay
figures that frequently appeared in rich,
dainty dresses, and smiled to think that
it was all for the poor and needy.
''They dances for us and for others, -
murmured Tibby, ssfor those as in want.
Maybe the beautiful ladies will find us
here tomorrow, and give us some
bread
eyes" said Tosey; "and the poor lit
tie girl as had the sick mother. P'haps
they'll find them, and help them, too.
The Cold Night waved his hand above
them, and they both shivered, and said
how cold it was. Tosey tried to play
note on his violin, but the strings creak-
ed so dismally that he laid it aside. Then
they sang together the sweet little song
of charity which Tibby had sung to the
rich people; and, as they sang, the Cold
NIGHT spread his mantle slowly around
them until they were fast asleep.
tsOh, STRIP cried Kitty, "spare them,
and let them live"
'sNo," said Cold Night, 'they are too
poor to live. They must die.
Kittie fell on her knees before him.
':Oh, s1r," she pleaded beseechingly,
ssI am rich and will take care of them,
and relieve them from suffering"
But the Cold Night raised his hand
and pointed upward, saying:
''To late, to late?"
AS he spoke he took the beggars in his
arms, slowly rose up toward the stars and
leaving Kitty sobbing on the ground.
AS she knelt there she heard, high in the
skies, the song that the beggars sang, the
song of sweet charity, swelling to a
mighty chorus, as one would think to
celebrate mighty deed-mighty in the
sight of heaven. She tried to rise
her head but could not, she seemed
bound to the earth by great weight, as
of gold, while above the song grew faint
er and fainter, till at last it ceased, then
she fell into deep swoon.
It was broad daylight when Kitty
awoke, and the sun was shining brightly
into her window. In the hall the maid
humming subdued song as she went
blithely about her work; while without
the white smoke of morning fires-slgns
of stirring life-curled upwards from the
chimney-tops into the cool air as if glad
to meet the light of day.
cit was only dream; yet, oh, how
vivid?" thought Kitty, as she rubbed her
eyes again and again, surprised to see
the walls of her own pretty room actually
around her.
"Only dream, only dream; yet how
full of TRUTH cheerily rang the milk
mans bell as Kitty donned her morning
dress; while, as she passed down the
broad staircase the great hall clock SEEM
ed to say:
"Only dream, only a dream; yet
there's lesson, yet there's lesson" and
Kitty pondered.
A year from that time Kitty passed by
the same old clock; but this time it said
as it ticked, licked away:
'sOnly dream yet it's made her an
angel-angel of mercy to suffering need. y
Her name so dear to us, is name of love
among the poor. All, happy, happy was
the day when, to her eyes, a dream re-
yealed true charity.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12
The Limited Ownership of London.

1t is curiously significant of the limited
ownership of London that there are not
more than four, if indeed SO many. of the
British dukes inhabiting houses in the
metropolis. The Duke of Portland, the
eccentric millionaire who died last
month, possessed vast metropolitan es-
tate; yet Harcourt House, the vast,
gloomy mansion in which he lived and
died, belonged to Mr.. Harcourt, M. P. for
it from his maternal uncle, Earl Har-
court. Even the far-famed Stafford
House, the palace of the Duke of Suther
land, stands on land paying ground rent
to the crown, as does Montague House,
the vast mansion of the Duke of Buck
cleuch. The Duke of Bedford, whose
London rentals are about $50O000 year,
had stately abode, the same to which
the patriot Lord William Russell fondly
turned when on his way to execution in
Bloomsbury. This, much to the regret of
beginning of the century, but now he
pays rent to his brother, the Duke of
Westminster, as does the Duke of Rich
mond, whose grandfather's house occu-
pied the site of what is now known as
Richmond Terrace, near the House of
Parliament. That Crabbas of the West
End. the Duke of Westminster, does oc"
cupy house of his own, as did the Duke
of Northumberland until Northumber-
Land House. Charing Cross, was pulled
down; but he, too, now pays rent to his
brother Westminster, who, like the
Browns, of Providence, buys, but never
sells. His own house stands in an excel
lent situation, but is architecurally un-
worthy of his estate. The handsomest
thing about it externally is a stone screen
dividing it from the street, which was
brought from Carlton House when that
palace-now as completely efaced as
though the Prince Regent had never ex-
isted-was dismantled,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12
The Fashionable Kaffir.

The Kaffir women wear piece of blue
calico, tied by the corners round the neck
SO as to hang like a cloak over the shoul-
ders and down the back, but their princi.
pal garment is made of hide, folded round
the loins, and reaching the knee, for orr
binary wear; second petticoat consider
ably longer being always kept in reserve
for dancing. Young wives assume an ad-
ditional garment, consisting of the skin
of an antelope, with a strip of hair peeled
off down the center. ornamented with q
triple row of buttons and brass knobs in
rows of four, sewed as finish at the
lower end. 1t is tied over the breast and
under the arms and hangs down straight
in front. A belt encircles the waist, and
they all wear bracelets, anklets and arm
let's. In early times, when they had
nothing better worth their wearing, they
used to cut circlets out Of ostrich eggs, of
which they wore a number together like
bangles. They now deck themselves
other ornaments of glass or metal beads.
Their hair appears as little esteemed by
them for its decorative character as it is
by ourselves, for the married women
shave their heads leaving only one small
tuft at the crown, which they dye red.
This practice of cutting off the hair on
marriage is also in vogue among the Pol
ish Jews, who wear in its stead wigs as
undeceptive as any pinned on wax
dolls head.
The friend who escorted us over the
store-house in question pointed out the
white, undyed fag-end of thin blue muslin
before named of about an inch in depth
on every piece. This unfinished termina-
ton, he observed, was an essential char
acteristic of the material, on which its
purchase by the over-suspicious natives
was entirely dependent. Were the mus
lin dyed to the extreme edge of the
piece, the negro trader would conclude
that some portion had been cut of, and
that he had been defrauded of the full
quantity originally manufactured. So
each piece is opened, and the white end
looked for before any bartering is made
The Queen.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-03-12

The risk of sudden death, says the
Journal ct Chemistry, is very trifiing COM
pared with the inevitable injury sus-
tanned by every individual who has to
make long journey by rail- The tray.
eler really takes his life in his hand
whenever he sets out. The danger is less
from accident than design, less from mis-
placed switches than from misplaced ven
tilators, less from bad road-beds than
from bad air. We are not now speaking
of the barbaric nuisance of having to
smell, breathe and bathe in the smoke.
SCOT and cinders pouring from the engine,
which, until some other method is found
to obviate the difficulty, ought to be in
the rear of the train instead of the front.
OF all conductors, brakemen, porters and
passengers, probably not one in thou
sand understands the vital importance of
pure air, nor do they know what pure air
is. To the conductors mind, as to that of
the majority of his passengers, the COM
fort of the Car depends upon the temper
ature-it Is a matter of warmth and cold
entirely. A warm car, or more commonly
hot car, is the one desideratum, albeit the
warmth is the product of animal heat
from fifty bodies, many of them not very
clean, and of exhalations from fifty pair
of lungs, with little chance for the escape
of vltiated air or the ingress of pure air
condition OF things tending to produce a
state of "blue blood" not contemp plated by
the hd,n ton. When the life current
comes up to the lungs to be changed from
blue to red, to throw off there the car
bonic acid and take in oxygen-and the
whole volume of blood makes this circuit
| once in every half-minute, or over one
hundred times an hour-if there is a lack
of sufficient ventilation in the car or sit
| ting groom or sleeping-room, the blood
cannot undergo this vital transformation.
1t goes back to the heart, and from thence
is pumped through the arte les from
crown to sole. throughout the complicated
mesh-work Of the capillaries, in state
entirely untitled to perform its functions
of supplying oxygen to all parts of the
body, of carrying off the waste particles
resulting from the "never ceasing DEATH
of the atoms composing the body, and ol
replacing these with fresh, living atoms
or, as it is usually put, repairing the
waste"