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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-12


to an end
.Now that was rather lively, hey? unused
the captain; "but I'm sorry we scared him SO.
l wonder what's in his boat. We're pirates
now, to all intents and purposes, and may as
well take our plumber. A bag of potatoes
no, oranges, just what wanted. No wonder
he ran so-he's been into one of the groves
over there. / wonder if it's stealing to steal
from thief. Let's have some supper.
nearly forgot about supper"
A loose plank was taken from the dug-out,
and out of the wonderful depths of "Baby
Mine'' emerged the following items:
A quart bottle of cold coffee.
A can of condensed milk.
Some loaf sugar.
A tin box of cheese.
-Four biscuits.
A pot of marmalade.
Some Clipped beef.
A halle dozen boiled eggs.
Pickles.
Pepper and salt.
Spoons.
Knives;
Tin cups.
Etc.
1.-THE company will please sit down, and
excuse the holes in the cloth, and not put
their elbows on the table, said the jolly cap
tain, as he held the coffee over the lamp,
while set the table.
"Now, here we go! What an appetite Pve
gotl Don't lean back in your chair, my boy,
one of the legs is gone; you might upset. l
wish that chap had stayed. He might have
taken tea with us, at least. Halloo! I've
struck bottom. We're right in shore. /
guess the tides about ebb !" and so the merry
fellow ratified on, taking look at his watch,
which hung upon some peg in the cabin of
s'Baby Nine"
+ What surprisingly beautiful place we had
drifted into A cove, surrounded upon three
sides by great water oaks that bent their long
arms do wn towards the tide, draped in sad
but rich festoons of gray Spanish moss. The
pale forms of dead cypress trees, swathed in
wild grape-vines, leaned over, and fragrant
magnolia branches mingled their dark and
glossy leaves through all the fairy tracery of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03
THE AONAPARTIHTH,
Prince Ierome'a first Attempt 10 ReGuT.
rect The Old PnEiY.

rect the Old Party.
PARIS, August 2.-Prince Jerome Ma.
poleon, emerging at last from his long
retirement and seeing In the approaching
elections an opportunity Of at least testing
the strength OF the Bonspartlsts, has
issued an appeal TO the people. or an
electoral programme, In the form OF a
latter addressed to bis fellow citizens.
He appeals to the country 10 recall the
glorious history OF France during the
rule ol Napoleon bis immortal uncle;
also the wonderful prosperity Of the
country under his cousin, Ma.
poleon III. lie contends that the nero
title oi the Government is unimpoFtant;
Il should be q government thereby the
destiny oil France among nations can be
best accomplished. The present govern.
ment, he asserts, has not realized the ex.
pectatonB cherished for It. The Bo.Called
democratic progress deCeiveB the country,
encourages the worst passions and dlgFe.
CARDS oil The principles upon which lie
former prosperity was founded.
The Prince ends his manifesto by de.
manding a revision Of the Constitution BO
as 10 admit OF pebisCite to elect chief
ruler, post to which he, as head Of the
great Napoleonic dynasty, aspires.
The le ter has produced a profound
effect throughout Paris. The Radicals are
terribly exAsperAted and are talking 10.
night Of asking for the arrest of the Prince.
The moderate Republicans pretend 10 de-.
ride H. The Legitimlsts regard II with
favor only because II AnnoyB the Repub.
licans and Radicals. The lIonapsitIsts
who, since the killing Of the Prince 1m.
pefial, felt them elves without a leader,
Welcome IL % the frat indication Ot the
resurrection oil their party.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03

How He Appeared when Asked 10 capt.
BAtcheIOF's BRuateI,

How He Appeared when AAked 20 Capt.
BAicheIOF's banquet.
ST.. Louis August IA special TO the
Globe Democrat gives the following descrip
ton OF Sitting Bull when he reached Bis.
marck, where Capt. Bachelor and Others
gave him banquet. "To.dAy he was
dressed In the traditional blue blanket,
sswed In the form OF haltcivillzed patita.
looms, with great gaping places at the
proper location Of the pockets, and,
when he walked, often displayed a
brawny lex. Over this he simply wore
what was once q finely made aud nicely
lAundried white shirt, bit which had be.
come greasy and dirty from wear. The
shoulders Of the shirt sleeves hud three
long streaks OF red war paint with
which the neck, entire lace and
the scalp OF the parting OF the hair
was covered. His hair is Jet black and
reaches below his shoulders and hangs In
three btaidP, one on each eide and one
pendant from the back and braided from
q circular part Of the crown oi HE broad
head. The two bfaids hanging over the
shoulder were thickly wound with red
flannel, and the only ornamsnts Sorn were
his two bfaSs rings one each on the little
and second finger Of the left hand, and n
lAdy's cheap bracelet oil black gutta perChR
OH The wrist. This lack oil armament, In
comparison with his better looking and
moi & gaudily adorned chief advisers, IL Tor
the purpose OF impiesssng the sentimental
white men Of his poverty. His mocc sins
we're OF The most common pattern, dotted
with few beads here and there, While
on the boat, and a greater portion Of the
lime, he kept his eyes covered with pair
OF huge smoked glass goggles.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03

LoNDoS, Angus! 2 1t Ia stated that
Bndlaugh will 60 the Commons wednps.
day with friend just before the speaker
enters the House A meeting will he
held in trafalgar square this AZ.
ternooh, to protest against Brad.
laughs exclusion. It is expected 10
be short and there will be little speaking.
There are Numerous delegates already In
London from Plymouth, Manchester and
other towns, and after llst Of these Ia
read Bradlaugh will addFeeR the meeting.
A meeting in Trafalgar square 10 pro.
test against BtAdlSugl's exclusion from
the House oil UjnnOns, was very largely
attended. BfsdlAuRh said he would 20
home Wednesday, (o mottow). AteF
The close oI BradIaugh's speech, the ebor.
nous crowd Of his listeners proceeded Ia
the p.lace under the Impression that he
had gone thlther, but they found all sp.
ptoaches 10 The palace closed, and Tie
ctoWd then diabpfatd
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COMMISSIONERS RAUh.
His Annual Report 70 the Secretary Z
the TFeAauFy.


WAIHlNGFoN, August 2-0ommisslonsr
Of Internal Revenue Raum has addressed
his annual communication to Secretary
OF the Treasury Window;
During the past facal year $lS5, ,229, 500
was collected and paid into the Treasury,
Ihs sum collected during the past i've
years was 500, $40, 1857; the entire amount
without any loss by deiAlCAtion has been
paid into the Treasury, The expenses Of
the internal revenue service for the past
hacal year, a. has been shown upon fnal
adjustment Of the accounts, do not exceed
So,OoS,SSO. The entire expense for the
past year was $2l9,92S 80, being 3 and
81 lU0 per cent upon the amount collected,
and In the disbursement OF this money
there will be no loss to the Government.
This satisfactory result is due to the in.
telligence, capacity and fidelity OF the
officers and employees oil the Internal
Revenue Service, to whom l de.
sire TO convey nv appreciation
for their laudGble efforts 10 reach
and maintain the highest standard o
excellence. Taxes are assessed and col.
leCted In oil the States and Territories In
the Union, There are engaged in this
work l26 collectors and 226 deputy col.
lectors, with separate offices and financial
responsibility. There are besides 94s
deputies, S6S clerks, 643 storekeepers,
], ,l06 storekeepers and gaugers, sos
gaugers and IS internal revenue agents,
who are charged by law and the
regulations with impoE ant duties
In connection with ths assessment and |
collection ol revenue. The increased |
knowledge Of the laws and regulations by |
both the officers and the tax payers has
to greater harmony between
tax payers and the Government. The
hrment or cement laws has almost over.
come organized resistance, and | believe
that the day 10 not far distant when in.
Iernal revenue taxes will be collected
throughout the country with as little fric.
lion as those Of the Stale, county or mu,
The District Attorneys and Marshals
IRE entitled 10 Communication for their aid
n the enforcement Of the laws. | am OF
he opinion, however, that greater Ger.
atnly 10 the prompt trial aud punishment
u the guilty by some Of the courts ol the
United States would aid to materially
'sduce the number OF offensea.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03

Brave Men C0nIendISE for Their Lives,
but Overcome By superior Numbers
and slaughtered.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 2.=-Ambrose
Lamprax, Of Natchitoches, La, has ar.
rived In this city from Mexico. He was
with the party Of surveyors that were at.
tackled by the Apaches south ol Fl PAso,
State Of chihuahua, and thirteen killed.
Lamprax says he joined the party the
day before the attack, and the night be.
fore The massacre he lost a horse and
hired boy and thought he saw Indian
signs. Next day The party started on,
and he fingered hall mile behind. When
the party arrived amOng the Sand Hills
the fighting began. Mr.. LSmprax says
the party were well armed aud brave
msn, but had no leader and did otknow
how TO Aght Indians. He tried 10 Join
the party, but was taken prisoner by the
indians, and would have been killed, but
bis lost Mexican boy appeared and
told the Indians he was very
wealthy and could be ransomed. He
was secured and could not see the fight
The surveyors fought desperately against
the Indians, who numbered forty five, of
whom SIX were killed and nine wounded.
All the whites were killed six ofthtm being
dispatched while lying on the field wound.
ed. Lamprax says the Indians were under
q rigid discipline. After the battle the In.
dians took Lamprax into the Sierra Madrs
Mountains, where they buried their dead.
For more than week the Indians depre.
dated, under Enris, In Sonors, committing
number OF murders. They went down
Il o coast to the Gull OF California, and in
crossing 10 an island L,mprax made his
escape and got sate'y to GuAyalnss, after
severe FIVE days tramp. Lamprax says
that the Indians were under the command
OF Victoria, as he knew that chief very
well by sight. Lamprax is on bis way to
Washington to lay the subject Of the
massacre before the Government.
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VISITED BY IHE VIRGIN.
The Alleged Vision OF . Philadelphia
Hind GIFL


PHILADELPHIA, August la great sen
Saticn has been caused among the Roman
Catholics in West Philadelphia by the al
legged appearance OF the Virgin Mary
frat to Mary Agnes Dunn, . girl eighteen
years Of sge, who has been blind toE
twelve years; then to the girls family
and finally to crowd Of visitors MAry'a
father, A. ]. Dunn, keeps q small grocery
store at No. 1858 Market street. His
daughter lost her sight from scarlet fever
when about six years ot age, and lour or
i've years ago Tuptured the ball ot one
eye by striking 1t against the edge oil =
chair, Notwithstanding which she can
now ses ordinary objects dimIy and
claims to see the appariLion oil the Virgin
distinctly,
Three Sundays ago she told her parents
that she expected 10 see the Virgin Mary
that evening, and crowds of sympathiziug
Catholic neiRhbors visited the h0use to see
II her expectation Would he realized. AS
midnight approached many OF them be-
gan TO pray Iervently, and presently, 80
her father says, q halo Of light appeared
on the Whitewashed wall Of her room, and
soon afterwards q womSn's figure, about Q
foot high, clothed In q white garment and
attended by two kneeling angels waH
clearly portrayed, A crown, gllttering
with golden rays was on the head ol the
figure, and suspended above 1t was Q
cTucihx, This was not the Ast time the
girl claimed to have seen the vision, but It
was the first time II Was seen by others,
A number OF Witnesses declare they saw
IT, Since that night Mary and the family
have seen similar visions three or lour
times, but by the DOCTORS orderB visitors
have been excluded. t.ttt
DR.. Hughes, the attending physician,
says the girl 10 In a complete STATE oi hyS'
terra, and IL liable to imSglne anything.
As to the testimony Of the other persons,
it ia supposed 1t 10 something similar TO
the Lourdes and Knock traditions. It Is
possible that superstitious piety, evoked
by the utterAnCes OF the cir, o strong moon
beam ora ray from the lamp falling on
the lines OF whitewAshed wall, and plenty
Of Imagination may account fir the vision.
II know the amily 10 perfectly rsspeCta.
BILE, said the Doctor, "but do not think
II possible that the girl could recover her
sight, for one eye is totally destroyed and
the other has no pupil, while the eye is
badly deiOrmed." Father 0'Nail, the
parish pastor, was also visited, but de
cIined to express on opinion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, August IA aensa.
tionNl case Of poisoning came to light this
morning. At1l o'clock last night well.
known jockey, named Ford, fell on th 9
street In couvulsious, but was recuBsitated
sufficiently 10 relate that he had been told
TO lose certain race In Missouri last W week, ,
but the horse ran away with him and
won. The owner gave him bottle Of lin.
imen,, with instructions TO bathe the
horses legs and drink the balance Of the
liuimsnt Iimself, which he did. He man.
aged to reach his home, but the physicians
Say he has been poisoned with belIadonna
aud cannot recover.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-03

GENERAL WALRgRs figures In the CEN
n, report now approaching completionr
,hoS that the proportion Of foreign born
TO the native population in this country Ia
t.GiisOOto 43 475,5OGi but, OF Courae, the
dsceuisnts Of the Ioreign.born rate az
Among the natives. The largest number
Of foreign, l,2ll ,43S, is In New York
PsuuyIyanIa stands next, with 5S7 ,533;
Illinois third, with 6S3 592; Massachusetts
fourth, with 443 003; then Wisconsin,
Ohio end Michigan, with 4O5. Az, 1884. 743,
spd Sss $40, respectively. California has
MSN Iorsign and 572,0O6 natives. In
the Northeast, various manufactures and
sSlul iron mining have drawn immi.
Yuio1, mainly Irish, German, and
French Canadian, with some Welsh; In
the Northwest, agriculture has been the
i.tndion, and 1t has been mAiLly ielL by
Tie Germans and SCandinavians; Ia the
extreme West aud the Territories, min
iug has been the great moving force.
Nevada has the largest number ol
foreign to 10000 native, 70.0lBi then
Arizona, 6j.Ol3; then Dakota, 69,ll2;
then California and Minnesota, 81 1857
G1d 49,l79. A group Of eight States
and I've Territories, headed by Wisconsin,
with 4i,jlS, and ended by Colorado, with
95,6S0, have 25 to 50 per cent Of foreign to
native. A group Of ten, headed by New
Jersey, with 24,sGB, and ended by the Dis.
trict OIL Columbia, with 1862. have for
sign equal to 10 to 25 per cent OF native.
Nine States and one Territory have 2 to
lOPeF cent, and eight have lees than per
cent. In 1870 Arizona and Idaho had
lOg2 and ll0,S3S OF foreign to 100000
native; thege were the only sections where
The native population was oulnumbefed.
These figures represen! proportions mere.
W Is entire population WIS only 1858
10 Arizona and IA 900 In ldaho-4 274 Of
The lag: namel being Chinese. This has
changed Nnce AriS1na having now about
tEothfds as many foreign rs native, and
Idaho having less than half as many.
There Is now no State or Territory where
the natiyebon population does not large.
y Outnumbet the foreign; n the
United States the number per 100000 Of
native Ia hut 1889, against 1886 In 1870.
In Ihl''y.hvo StAtes and Territories natur.
al lnc'eS.e-oI Couae, of foreign as we'll
rs o. native born-hSs gined upon immi.
paIlot, Immensely IA the latter has been
increasing In twelve only hiss the foreign
FAMED upon the native. Oi these twelve
DDAkola stands Hfst, then Oregon, Colorado,
hew Hampshifc, New Mexico, Rhode
Island, Michigan, Maine, Massachusetts,,
Florida, Arkansas and Washington. All.
ionS, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and
umG, where the proportion OF settled
immigrants was largest In 1870, show the
M!Hest rate Ol decline In this respect now.
ihe IaCtoties Of New England, the wheat
lelde Of Dakota and Oregon, and the
mines ln Colorado and New Mexico, &C.
count ioF the relative increase ot immi.
giants In those sections.
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CIScISNATI, August IA special from
Oarrollton, village few miles south OF
Dayton, says, at nine o'clock last night
the boilers Of Friend & Sons paper mill, at
that place, exploded, demolishlng the
boiler house and bleaching house. No
person WAS In the building, the fireman
having just gone out q short distance.
The explosion was terrific, and threw
fragments 10 q great distance In every di.
reclion. The lOss is Rbqut So 900. No
person was injured. The explosion 10
supposed to have been caused by alkalies
used In the bleaching house, eating away
part Of the boilers and weakening them.
The boilers have been in use four years.
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AUGUSTA, KY, August 2.-The town
was scene Of disorder at the election
yesterday. Many fights occurred ct the
landing, In which pistols were used, and
one man is known to have been wounded.
The Marshal. in making arrests, met with
resistance, but secured his prisoners. AT
Lexington, Captain O. N. Hendricks, oi
the police force, was shot dead while at.
temp pting the arrest Of Charles Steel, q
negro saloon keeper. Steel, tue murderer,
was arrested.
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DAYLIGnr nEYILs.
Terrible AtFuEEle with u Thief In RFoaI
Daylight.


Daylight.
NEw YoRE, August 2.-Daniel Shea, OF
No. 0 Mulberry street, was assaulted by
three thieves to-day at bis own thresh.
hold and almost cut to pieces with q
dagger ltappeSrs that the thieves had
broken into shes's room for the purpose
of robbery, and Mrs. Shea, who was the
only one there, made an outcry, which
was heard by the neighbors. Word was
conveyed TO Shea, who was not far away,
and he started for the house. At the
street door he met and seized The frat
thiei, who, with All oRlh, attempted 10
shake him Otf, but failing, drew q knife
and plur ged It into SheGs body. Histwo
companions tugHed at his victim and en-.
deavored 10 free the villain from his
grasp, bat he held btavely on, his shouts
for help minylng with his cries Of
pain Gs the kniis was plunged
again and again into his body by
the merCiless ruffiAn. At the sixth
blow, that buried the dagger In bis side
10 the hilt, Shea sank exhausted on the
blueWAlkI Dut 30 determined was his grasp
that the murderer, as be shook Of bis half
insensible burden and fed, LETT one Of the
sleeves Of his blue Il ,nnel shirt 10 his vic.
time hand. The lhrae thieves q sd together
but soon separated, the man with the
knife running alone up Mulbury street,
pursued by large crowd and the police.
He was soon captured. The murdered
man was taken with the prisoner 10 the
police station, where the latter was identi.
fed BY the victim The surgeon dressed
sheas wounds, which we're elk In number,
each deep and dangerous, and the mans
chances Tor life are lew. tfanything was
missing to confirm the murdeTer's guilt,
bis sleeveless arm and missing sleeve held
ftmly by the victim, furnished the proof.
He gave the name Of Jas. A. Wells, aged
%. plumber. lie was committed to await
the result Of SheA's injuries. Detectives
are looking Tor the two accompliCes who
escaped.
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Canada "ApprOpTiatInE" Our aail Bags.
WAsHINGroN, August 2-Canada hav'
ing used Tor the local aerVice so many
OF the United States mail bags and pouches
the Unitsd States officers recommend the
adoption Of an international mail bag and
pouch, to be different from any now In
use, and easily distingulshable, and each
Government to furnish its equitable pro.
portion. Also that the inspector Of each
service he designated to order oil mail
bags and pouches brought to some point
In Uanada, and those which can be ldenti.
fed a. belonging to the United States be
sorted out and returned to this country.
The recommendation in regard to iuspsc
tors will be adopted by both govern
mentB.
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WAsHINoroN, August 2.-The Commits.
sioner OF Patents, to whom Edison appeal.
cd, has finally confirmed the decision
given by the Examiner Of Interlerences
and by the Examiners in Chief In favor
Of Mr.. Maxim, one OF the electricians OF
the United States Lighting Company, 10
the case apainBt Mr, Edison, involving the
famous platinum lamp, which created a
panic In gas stocks two years ago, and
caused boom in the Edison Company's
Rtnrka
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An oG.r IN u.c.,ya ,,.. ,,,,a

BsookLYS, August 9.-Miss HyneS, of
st. Louis, mother Of the child left two
weeks ago on the doorstep Of the house OF
Mr.. Greenwood, iather.in.law Of the pu.
tative father OF the child, John Mccoy.
ern, has written TO the Kings County
Commissioners OF Charities aud Correc
tion Offering 10 receive the child at her
home In st. Louis, II one half the expenses
ot transportation are paid. The Commits.
Bioners have decided 10 accept her offer.
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ST. Louis, August 2.-Jobn 4. Jost, a
German, shot himself In Lafayette Park,
about seven o'clock last evening. He wSS
taken 10 the City Hospital and died about
midnight Ths p.cnliAfi,y OF this affair
was that Jost WiS reading The account In
N evehing paper of the suicide Of Chatlss
schlieper 10 The morning, when he sud
denly drew a revolver from his pocket,
placed II 10 his head, about az sChIspeF
had done, and bl'5sd away, sending The
ba into his brain,
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PARIS, August an. Rouher, a Bona.
psttist, has published letter to bis con.
sLituentS, Withdrawing from politics.
NJ. Rouher says: II do not ask you to
appoint inc 10 represent you sgain. NY
reasons are these: After the death Of the
Prince imperial conceived the idea OF
shortly terminating tny political career.
After long years employed 10 The labor Of
politics, | have the right Of not proceed.
Ing further. My retirement 10 an act OF
dignity aud homage towards those who
afs no more. | sincerely thank my friends
Tor their sympathy and confidence"
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DENVER, Col, August 9--Lste tonight
the Colorado Iron Works, with nearly all
the machinery, was destroyed by FIRE.
Loss about $l25, 900; insurance, al 900.
DETROIT, August 2..Batens Bros. AAw
works At Muakegon were burned to-day.
Insured for 81 5000.
Burglars also entered II. B Smiths
grocery and blew open the sale, setting
Are to The building and damaging the
stock 10 the extent Of 81. 600 Insured for
90. 100,