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The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
NEW YORK.
A Desperate Attempt at ESuicide and Re-
markabIe Prevention.

A Desperate Attempt at Esuicide and Re-
marhable Prevention.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Thoma- Burke, con-
fined in Essex Market prison, made a desper-
ate attempt at suicide yesterday Keeper
Brady hearing screams from his CELL entered
it to learn the cause, when Burke slipped out
and ran up stairs to the third tier of cells
slamming the tier gate behind him. Before
Brady could secure assistance to force the gate
Burke threw himself headforemost to the stone
floor of the corridor, 30 feet below. Brady ran
down stairs, expecting TO pick up the iifeless
and mangled corpsesof his charge. He found
Burke fighting fiercey with two keepers, who
had entered the hall just as he made his
leap. These keepers said that the n ans life
was saved by an iron brace, which extends
fIom the balcony to the wall on the second
tier. In his. headlong descent Burke's shoul-
der struck against this bar, and his body turn
ing completely over in mid-air, he landed on
the floor on his side The fall hardly stunned
! him, for almost before the keepers could reach
him he had regained his feet and was trying to
force his way out of the main door. With
Keeper Brady's help the would. be suicide was
overpowered and put in safe place until the
arrival OF the ambulance from Bellevue Hos
pital. He was removed to the hospital, where
compound fracture of the spine was discov-
ered The result of the mans injuries cannot
be foretold. They may result in death and he
may be out in two weeks. Nothing is known
to the police concerning Burke, except that he
10 O u lNOAAAuus lAO 1CAuSCu W say WUtE6 u0
lived.
Ostrich Farming in Florida.
The stock for the first ostrich farm in the
United States was shipped from this city to-
day. 1t consisted of three pairs of three-year
old ostriches The destination of the birds
was Sylvan Lake, Orange county, Fla. The
birds weighed from $50 to 200 pounds each. and
stood about seven feet high, without any
stocks. They are natives of Nubia, in Upper
Africa, and were captured while young. Mr..
Charlton Jones will be the guardian of the
flock on their arrival in Florida. He has set
apart 100 acres of his 500acre farm for the
purposes of this experiment in farming.
Er. Tanner, the Faster, Under Arrest.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, Oct. 2O.-Dr. H. S. Tan
ner, of fasting notoriety, was arrested yester-
day on charge of having failed to properly
register as a physician. His certificate, dated
1859, is that of an eclectic medical college,
with an Endorsement from the New York Med
ical College, said not TO be legally organized
This is the third arrest ordered,by the Chautau
qua board of censors. He says he will make
this test case, The examination will take
place to-day.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
The Mackarel Catch.

The quantity Of mackerel landed during the
past week by the New England fleet foots up
7717 barrels against 8212 barrels last week and
1854 barrels year ago. The catch Is still con-
siderably smaller than last year, and there is
no prospect of it gaining much more this sea-
son. The fleet have been operating mainly in
Barnstable Bay, but high winds prevented
much of a catch, and large percentage Of the
fish landed run small. A few vessels have al
ready hauled up, but most Of the fleet will re-
main ont as long as there is prospect Of CATCH
ing any mackerel.-Boston Journal
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22

An attempt to wreck the Worcester hourly
passenger train leaving Boston at O'Clock was
made Ia tl'e city limits Saturday evening. A
sleeper secured on the track was discovered by
freight train on another track and danger
signal given. The train struck the obstruc-
tion but not with sufficient force to cause
serious damage
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
LABOR AGITATIoNs.


GALVESTON, Oct. 20.-A special despatch
from Dallas says: "The swiichmen at the
yards OF the Texas Pacific and Missouri Pacific
Several freight trains in the East Dallas yards
were abandoned in consequence of the strike.
Telegrams have been sent to Fort Worth and
Marshall for men, Who it is thought will reach
Dallas today. The strikers are stubborn and
say that no one shall touch a car until their de-
mandS are allowed.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22

ed to be poison. The guilty party has cleared
out No names are given though the CONNER
cial believes the story we'll authenticated.
Rev. G. w. Quinby writes to the Gospel
Banner, thanking his frinds for their sympa-
thy. He has been confined to the house by
cold nearly all the time for the last four weeks,
but is pronounced by his physician decidedly
better.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
THE DOMINION.
The Color Line i'm Canada.

TORONTO, Oct 20.-The action brought by
Mr.. Dunn, colored man, against the Wind
sor school board, to compel that body TO admit
his daughter to the public central school, has
been decided in favor of the defendants. The
trustees pleaded that the girl was refused adj
mission on account Of want of space.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
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The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
SOUTH AMERICA.

Treaty of Peace Between the Gillian
Government and Gen. HgIesias.
LIMA Oct. 21.-A special bulletin from Di-
ario Oticiale today announces the signing of
a treaty of peace at y.45 O'Clock last night at
Ancou between the Chilian government and
Gen. Iglesiaa.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22

ton, Robert T. Bicknell of East Weymouth,
Quincy Bicknen of bingham, zechariah 4.
BickDell Of East Weymouth, Rev. George W.
Bckuell of Lowell, George F. Bicknell OF At
tlahoF0.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22

PRovNcErowN, Mass, Oct. PA heavy
Northeast squall struck the fishing feet off this
port last night Schooner w. Henry Hackett
lost four men, who were afterwards picked up.
Schooner Helen M. Crosby of Gloucester lost
eight men, who have not yet been heard from.
Possibly they were picked up by other vessels.
although grave fears are felt. Many vessels
lost seines, dories and utensils, and the total
damage will amount to several thousand dol
lars
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
LATEST MARINE NEWS.
Loss Of the EIlen H. Nrunroe.

HUNS OF INC EfteM HI NNUmrOe.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 21.- Brig Ellen H.
Munroe, reported ashore yesterday on the west
end of the ietties, has gone on the beach and
the sea is breaking over her. She will prob
ably be total loss.
1.-THE Munroe is vessel of 1851 tons, and
halls from Machias.-ED
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
satmrday,s Bam Gsames.

At Cincinnati-Cincinna 5, Buffalos /.
At st. Louis Providence 4, st. Louis 5.
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22

The Bangor Commercial reports that a mar
ried man residing in town in Somerset coun-
ty recently compelled a girl whom he had Sc
duced to take some medicine which he had
procured by drawing revolver and
threatening to shoot her if she refused. The
girl died soon after taking the dose which PROV
The Portland daily press., 1883-10-22
Verdict i'm Favor of belfast.

BELFAST, Oct. 20.-In the case of Sarah G.
Morse against the city Of Belfast, for damages
by an alleged defective road, the jury in the
Supreme Court rendered verdict for the de-
PENDANTS.
A 500 Loss at Belfast.
BELFAST, Oct. 20,-The house of A X.
Woods, on Congress street, has been burned
accidentally Loss $500; no insurance.
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
other

THE erection Of large oil refineries in
San Francisco by Ex-Governor PER-
EINS, CHARLES GOODALL, Captain
KNOWLES and other capitalists, will
enable the Pacific coast to handle the
entire whale product Of that section, in
stead of shipping it 10 New Bedford.
About SD OF the lj1 vessels engaged
in the whaling trade are employed in
Pacific waters. American whaling
dates from 1874, and the tonnage has
increased from 4, l29 tons in that year
to 81, SO2 in lSS2. At present the chief
use of whale oil is for lubricatiug axles
and machinery. The sperm is used for
candles, fancy and toilet articles. The
Old-time abuses on whaling vessels have
almost entirely disappeared. The sea-
men are well treated, they have an iH-
terest in the catch, and il is to the in.
terests OF the officers and the men to get
along tremendously. Men get from 81
to $40 month. The perlls Of the bust,
ness are very great, but the profits are
proportiOnately large, especially as the
Price of bone has gone gradually uD
from 80 cents per pound to between
- 80 and 3
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
CONGRESS.

II we are to believe the correspon-
dents, the present Congress will be one
of the most interesting and important
in the history of the country. If we are
10 Judge by experience the correspon-
dents are mot altogether reliable. In
what they say and de- the wish is gen.
orally father TO the thought. Sensation
is the meat upon which the correspon-
dent feeds. He strives solely to interest,
to astonish, TO startle. ard he does not
give too much heed to the way in which
be does il. We are led TO these reiiec-
tons by the announcement that Con-
gress will make vigorous effort to SET
tie the tariff difficulty; that it would
take up the currency question, and pro-
vide for the indefinite extension OF our
bonded indebtedness; that it will mod
ify the silver law; that it viii change
the coinage act; that i. viii widen the
scope ard powers OF the interstate COM
merce bill; that will fix upon more
acceptable basis the homestead law;
thar it will provide new safeguards for
the National domain. There is NO
denying, if it does all these things, that
it will be one OF the most important
sessions in the annals Of National legis-
lation.
But THE REGISTER has no idea OF
anything of this kind. There are few
specific questions which Congress will
certainly discuss. Among them will
probably be the tariff and the silver
law. But it will probably end in little
or nothing. Both parties are watchful
and jealous Both are distrustful and
each will LOOK to see the probable effect
of any and all measures upon the
national canvass. Ii is unfortunate that
these circumstances exist. We need
useful legislation. The House will
probably pass wise measures, but the
policy of the Senate will be to do moth.
ing. The range of questions We have
mentioned il important. The Interests
OF the country require their adjustment.
The public welfare would be prompted
10y 1t. But, as We say the peculiar con-
ditions of politics are not prOpitious.
We shall have to wait. In the mean
time the correspondents will be more
the less active. They will nave much
to say and say it well. The aspirations
Of the various candidates for the Presi-
dency will be discussed. The hopes of
parties, the fluctuations Of political
opinion are incessant themes, and the
changes will he rung on them with
earnest and entertaining brilliancy.
But as for any really useful and import
ant legislation upon the subjects which
now constitute political issues, we do
not expect it.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
The PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Elsewhere will be found in full the
Presidents annual message TO Congress.
Barring the changes which the Incl.
cents Of tweivemonth would suggas,,
il differs little from its predecessor. II
gives utte-ance 20 no great ideas aud
advocates no great changes in national
aitsir>: on the contrary it lacks in az
gresSiveueSS and i conservative ~ a
FAULT.
II shows that the President has kept
country Uotn III home and abroad, sni i
Just such q docum ent as we would ex.
pect from q man like ARTHUR. II
lacks in force, in pOintedueSS, in
in strength, aud shows a desire
TO steer clear of those things
which, if approached in strike-right-
Observation-Disclosures way, would not
tend altogether to the peace and har-
mony of the administration. At other
times, especially in its reference to the
recent Supreme Court decision on the
Civil Rights Bill, it shows desire to
cater for popularity, which, to say the
least, is out of keeping with the time
and place.
However, it has its good points,
abounds in suggestions which Congress
would do well to recognize, and deserves
a careful reading by every thinking
niti1an
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05

the direct opposite-that IL was the full
est vote and the fairest election ever
held in Virginia since the war began;
vet il continues to make the statements
and assertions mentioned. There Is
none of Webster's "want ofknowledge"
in all this; neither does the paper lie
remember that the Intelligencer no.
toriously never does liel; and hence it Is
perfectly guiltless, and to be excused for
thus stating that to be true which 1t
knows not to be true. As ignorance
alone can excuse (LqnoTontid .e,rcus1t)
in such cases, il follows that stating
thing to be true which one knows not to
be true is merely q phasis or form of
jgporance-now for the first time de-
fined by your correspondent.
Example second-There is another
newspaper published in Wheeling,
called the Evening Journal. 1t also Is
"a well informed journal and never tells
falsehoods. For many months past it
has been telling and reiterating in all
the varied and interesting forms OF ex-
preston at the command OF its cultured
editor, that the people OF this state are
a tax-oppressed people and that they are
robbed Of taxes, at the hands OF the
Democratic administration, upon pro-
perty that has no right to be taxed.
Now, being a well informed Journal, as
aforesaid, it knows, as well as every
well informed person knows, that the
direct reverse of what il says Is true;
that is, that the people of this State are
not a tax-Oppressed people, but are
about the most lightly taxed people OF
any State i'll the Union, and that they
are not robbed Of taxes upon property
that has no right 10 be taxed, but are
taxed only Oh that property peremptori-
~ required by the constitution to be
taxed. But for all this, that paper, with
all full knowledge, does not falsify; lit
never does, as We have seem. By what
principle is it saved from the guilt of
falsehOod? By the principle OF ignor-
ance, as defined above; for ignorance,
in one of its forms, consists in the
knowledge that what is not true is true.
,. e. d.
In view of the persistency and loud
mouthed vigor with which the above
statements and assertions are reported,
the following citation from the poet.
philosopher, Pope, seems not inapt:
There never was any party faction,
sect, or cabal whatsoever in which the
most ignorant were not the most vio-
lent; for bee is not more busy than
blockhead. However such instruments
are necessary to politicians; and per-
haps it may be with states as with
clocks, which must have some lead
weight hanging at them to help and
regulate the motion OF the finer and
mere useful parts SCHoLAsT!KoS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
DOOMED O'DONNELL.

The friends of O'DOSNELL, who has
been found guilty of the murder Of in.
former CAREY, need not harbor any
hope that he will De singled out for the
c'emency of the crown. He will be
killed by judicial and governmental
order. But what good will his legal
strangulation accomplish? Is the Brit
ish Government absurd enough to sup
pose that while there may be hundreds
of CAREYs in Ireland there are not also
thosands of O'DONNELLs? There will
never be peace between the two coun-
tries, the two peoples, the two races,
untiljustice is done. The spectacle of
political and governmental vendetta,
such as is now being waged between
England and Ireland, is a stigma upon
tie uiuteeuth century. England should
rvrquer Ireland 10y kindness, by justice,
~ hrotherly love. She can never do it
~ fnrpe
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
WEBSTER SET RIGHT.
a Brief Pathological DisauiSItion.

To ts Et'i.r a. tie R,gS'"f.
Webster defines ignorance thus
The want OF knowledge in general, or
in relation to particular subjects"
This l maintain to be, not false, but
sn incomplete definition. ignorance,
in some Of its rhases, as l shall by in
fallible proofs demonstrate, is not in-
consistent with, and in no degree in
wolves want of knowledge. Ignorance
may exist eon.mingled and permeatei
with knowledge, or stuffed with it as
full SIS Thanksgiving turkey. 1t Is,
furthermore, q positive quality; not a
mere negative condition, aud is subject
to transfer aud communication in all
respects the same As knowledge.
How to frame a definition of igno-
IaLce, in its positive form and beyond
Webster's hating conception, is what
gives me pause. venture the follow
ing-guotIug Webster and adding, in
his usual manner of putting things. the
IeuuiSite supplementary definition:
Ignorance is 1.-The wart of knowledge
in genera, or in relation TO particular
subjects; knowledge that what is true is
not true, or what is not true iStrue; per.
eeption Of the im perceptibte; knowledge
gone to seed; knowledge soured."
But the proof2 you say. Well, it will
be found in very few but striking ex-
amples, viz:
First exsmple-There is a newspaper
published in Wheeling called the Intel
hgeneer. It is Journal, a. its name
implies, Of much intelligence, and mo-
toriOusly) it never does lie. That ps-
per, for weeks past, has glowed with
statements and assertions, original and
borrowed, to the effect that the result
Of the late election in Virgins was
brought about by intimidation, the pre-
ventiou Of negro voting, and other uu-
fair means used by white Democrats.
Now, that paper has full knowledge of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
LIVE rELEeKlPH ENTEKpRIsE.

The manner in which the Postal Tel
sgraph and Cable Company is setting
about its business shows that there is 8
fixed determination to give the public
sn efficient ss well as 8 cheap service at
sn early date. The jugglers, like JAY
GOULD, who start such companies for
the purpose of jobbing them OFF to the
bloated Western Union and cable mo-
nopolies have been kept out of the Pos
tai Telegraph and Cable Company.
There is no business enterprise in which
3 fair interest on investment can be
more certainly secured than in the cree
ton and sarrying on Of telegraph lines.
A fair interest will not suit the jobbers,
but it will do for the sound business
men in the Postal Company, with Mr..
MACHEY at their head, and it vii. do
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
Bright and AeWSy.
Fdvstts DcaGcrat.

TIE Wheeling REGISTER. published daily
at Wheeling, ". Va, is one Of the most
ably edited and candid political pUb.ica-
tiCns now extant in the United States. No
Democrat in Fayette county should hest
tste any longer in providing himself with
a copy OF this vslgsble family journal. Il
is always bright and uewsy, keeping
abreast with the times, and gathering
items from the four corners OF the earth.
Call at this office at any time and you can
examine copy for yourself, and you can
also see fac simile copy Of the map OF
West Virginia, which they propose to
give to every subscriber for the additional
sum of ten cents.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05

for the public who will flock to the
company giving the lowest rate and the
best service. With Mr.. JAMES Cor
DON BENNETT and Mr.. MACKsY stand
ing like rocks between the monopolists
and the people in the telegraph bust
ness We are likely to see great changes
within q year.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05

THE REGISTER has, by sew
eral thousand copies, a larger
circulation than any newspaper
published in the two SirSinias
or Eastern Ohio. Its adyanta-
ees as an advertising medium
are therefore apparent.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-05
. announcement.

JOHN HUNTINGTON, of Cleveland,
some years ago put $4,000 into the
Oil Company, and has drawn large
dividends ever since. The other day in
New York he was offered Sl,OO0,OOO for
his interest and he sold it. He went
home with deed for SlOe, 900 in one
pocket and drafts for 100000 in the