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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
MR. EDISON HAS 4 NARROW ESCAPE.
HIS HORSES RUN AWAY WITH HIM. DAsHING
HIM TO THE GROUND AND SCATTERING

HIM TO THE GROUND AND SCATTERING
THE BUGGY TO PIECEs-HIs COACH
MAN DANGEROUSLY INJURED.
Thomas A. Edison had q narrow escape from death
early yesterday morning while driving from bis lsbors-
tory in Menlo Park to his homo In Llewellyn Park,
NJ j. He had been working in his laboratory usual
until nearly a. m, when he started to drive homo
IN buggy
His fine pair OF grays showed signs Of being rest
less and soon became ugly Mr. Edison took tho
reins although his coachman urged him to let him
drive the spirited animals. The horses started to run
away and were soon dashing along at terrific rate
The buggy dashed to pieces and Mr.. Edison and
the coachman thrown to the ground. Fortunate
ly Mr. Edison escaped with slight bruises although
he was severely shaken up The coachman, how
ever. was badly cut and Injured internally. Ono
of the horses broke both front legs and had TO b shot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
MIR. PARNELI, AGAINST aTHE TIMES.

Edinburgh, Nov 24.-The judgment passed by Judge
Kinnear in the of Parnel against The Times"
allowing proof the question Of arrestments, and
from which The Times appealed, has been unan-
mously upheld by the Judge Of the First Division
of the Court of Session
London Nov 2%.-The fund for the defence Of Mr.
Parnell and his associates in meeting the charges Of
The Tines now amounts to 10000 pounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
A sUCCEssOR TO MR. PyNE.

Dublin, Nov. 24.--It Is announced that Frank Man
deville, brother Of the late John Vaudeville whose
death is said to have been due to hardships suffered
in Tullamore JAIL will be the National candidate for
the seat in the House of Commons for West Water
ford, which was made vacant by the drowning vt
Jasper Douglas Payne.
Several intimate friends of Mr. Jasper d. Pyne do
not believe the story that he was drowned. They
incline to the belief that his disappearance is a
practical joke his part.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
TRYING TO FIND A

TRYING TO FIND AN ACCEPTABLE CANDIDATE
New Bedford, Mass, Nov. "a (SpeciaD-The Joint
committee from the Citizens and Temperance parties
appointed to nominate candidate for the Mayor.iy
agreed upon two uAmes, Oliver p. Brightman and
Isaac Benjamin., but both refused to run Now the
oorppittoe have appointsd . suhspumistAe q kur q
do the work -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

Philadelphia Nov. "a (specaD.-An Engish-speah-
iuc ChInaman is authority for tho statement that the
ImperiaI Government has ordered the 800 China
men living in this city to return to China at
SINCE under the Restriction Act signed by President
(1evcIand tbe Chinese Government cannot In honor
allow It's subjects 10 remain in the United States
He further states that the Cinnamon now here will
not obey the order - they could not 1--we hall 90
veu Al home a. n this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
FELL 100 FEET AND WERE NOT KILLED.

Lawrence Mass, Nov. 4.-John Roche and Patrick
Cavanagh, while working on the chimney Of the new
Pacific mill fell 100 feet with the elevator. at noon
to-day The timbers holding the blocks to which tho
elevator attach 81 broke ou thcie fasert1Ss aud
the went down with the frame. Roche received
bad wound on the hip, and Is injured internally.
Csvanaghs injuries are serious Thomas Ford. who
Just about TO take the elevator, was left clingng
to tho staging, and escaped injury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
A GERMAN OFFICIAL TRANSFERRED.

Berlin. Nov 24.-Baron Won Icdtwttz, Secretary OF
the German Legation at Washington. has been trans
ferIed 70 the German Legation In Mexico.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
BAUM AGAIN IN COURT.

s,erbrooke. Que, Nov. 24-Chares ID. Dc Baum
was araigned to-day a second charge OF forgery.
preferred against him by officials Of the PARK National
Bank, Of NewYork, Of which DE Baum was ass'stah.
c..h,er No defence being offered he was committed
for .rtradition. His counsel have Msen aaSs ~
lnterposs objections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
THE FRENCH TO CoLoNIzE ToNouIN

Paris, Nov. 24-Tbo Grand Council at Saigon has
opened negotiations for loan OF 0000 900 francs,
which is to be guaranteed by Cochin China The
money is be used to the first expense Of the
establishment Of colonies in Tonquin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
DYNAMITE FIRED FROM ORDINARY

London, Nov. 24.-It IS stated that an American
has submitted to the French Government contrivance
by which dynamite shells be fired from ordinary
guns, exploding at the target
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

Superintendent Evan, of tho Bee Line. is himself at
work in the freight yards OF his road, and In tho
last two days has done much switching. w. X.
McKeen, president of the Vandalia, was moro 10
learn the situation He regarded the outlook as salts
factory. Orders have been sent along all OF me
fourteen lines that trains should be hold al the
yards In other cities until relief Is aforded bore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
THE BRITISH MEDICAL, ASSOCIATION.

London Nov. 24.-Dr. Sir william Jenner has re-
signed from the British Medical Association.
An influential committee has addressed protest
to the council of the association against the publca
ton by The British Medical Journal of tho late
Emperor Fredercks note TO DR.. Mackenzie.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
A RTREL OUTBREAK IN VENRZUELA,

Panama, Nov. 16'-A runor which tho Venezuelan
Consul at Colon has to credit has reached here
10 the effect that a serious revolution has broken
Venezuela II is reported that General Crcspo,
supported by General Scrga Camargo, has landed in
tho East with an army of 1000 men.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

TO PROTECT THE PHILADELPHIA CARH0RSES
Philadelphia, Nov. "a tspeciaD.-The Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals has begun a
crusade against the srcetcar companies for overwork
ing their horses and using animals ply ysicslly UNIT
for tho purpose. The officers Of the society viii
Arrest Ill employees vhs drive evArvarkad animals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
rHE SWISS PREsIDENI LOSES A LEG.

Berne Nov. 24-M. HeFensten, President OF
switzerland, mad his right leg ,mputated to-day. The
opel alton necessary bectuse OF disease Of the
farie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
MIR. BALFOUR OUT AGAIN.

London, Nov. PA meeting of the Caoinet was
held to-day Mr. Bafour Chief Secretary for Ireland,
was present. He pale and evidently had not
entirely recovered from his Illness. Ho was heavily
muiied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
A GREAT WILL CASE SOON TO BE TRIED

Waterbury, Conn, Nov. 2%-Judge Andrews, IN tho
Superior Court to-day overruled the demurrers Of tho
defendant in the celebrated Bridgeport Hotchkss will
case involving an estate Of $4,000 900. This re-
moves all the technical defences, and allows the case
10 go before the superior Court on Its merits
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov. "a (specisD.- President
Neal Mitchelrs Official bulletin for the last twenty
four hours ending at six p. is New cases. nine
deaths none number OF cases to date 467A; number
OF deaths TO date 4O7.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

THE GREAT EASTERN BRINGS $4,000 POUNDS
London, Nov 24.-The receipts from the sale Of the
Great Eastern amount to 900 pounds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
MISS ULMAR THROWN FROM HER Fl

London, Nov. 24.-Miss Geraldine Ulmar thrown
from her horse in Rotten Row to-day. II is expected
that ahe will be confined TO her room for a week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

THE
London, Nov. 24.-sir Charles Warren who recently
resigned as Chief Of Police OF London has been
offered the command OF the brigade at Adershot This
shows that the Queens confidence In him has not
abated He will doubtless accept the offer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

London, Nov. PA bulletin this evening says that
Mr.. Bright has had relapse and is In critical con-
dition. Three doctors holding consultation at
his bedside
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
MIR. BR1GHTs CONDITION CRITICAL.

THREE DOCTORS IN CONSULTATION AT THE
STATEsMAN's BEDSIDE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25

The election Of the London School Board for
the next three years occurs on Monday, ana 1eel-
ing runs as high as if the contest was political,
which in part it is. Religious or rather eccle-
sastical and sectarian, prejudices are appealed to-
The majority of the last School Board were
elected to cut down expenses and stop extrava-
rance Their chairman, the Rev. Mr. Diggle,
,ays they saved a quarter OF million sterling
vearly Not nearly so much answer their op-
popents; and il you did, it was by reducing the
efficiency of the schools and giving Church schools
unfair advantages against Board schools" The
,rv of reaction has been raised loudly by the re-
cent Noncomformist conference and every effort
is made TO persuade the electors that the existing
educational system is in danger; of which there
ls little evidence The truth is that under the
former Board money was spent at a rate which
alarmed the ratepayers This did provoke a re-
action which might, If continued, have carried
the question back into Parliament.
Two of the three invalids whose health the
oublic watches are decidedly better. Lord Ten
ovson has been moved from Haslemere, where
the climate is extremely injurious. to the Isle Of
Wight He bore the journey fairly well, and has
had no serious relapse. Sir Andrew Clark thinks
he will now recover though slowly
Mr.. Balfour is downstairs, and expects 10 leave
the house to-day TO attend CABINET COUNCIL
Mr. Bright has rallied from the last attack,
the fever has abated, and his strength keeps up;
but the bulletins issued by his two homeopathic
doctors are extremely cautious
Mr.. Gladstone, whose husky velcs m the House
On Nsaday alarmed his frtsndA. 10 sshexw'se per-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12
The Burden of Criminal Exile.

1t is manifest, think, that when a food
of 10000 Migrants, thieves, counterfeiters,
burglars, highway robbers and murderers is
poured into a colony, the class most injurious
to the welfare of that colony is the liberated
class If a burglar or a thief is sent to Siberia
and shut up in prison, he is no more danger
Gus to society there than be would be if he
were imprisoned in European Russia. The
place of his confinement is immaterial be-
cause ne has no opportunity TO do evil. If,
however. he is sent to Siberia and there
turned loose, he resumes his criminal activ-
ity, and becomes at once a menace to social
order and security.
For more than half century the people Of
Siberia have been groaning under the heavy
burden of criminal exile More than two
thirds of all the crimes committed in the
colony are committed by common felons
who have been transported thIther and then
set at liberty, and the peasants everywhere
are becoming demoralized by enforced asso-
citation with thieves burglars, counterfeit
ers and embezzlerS from the cities of Euro
pean Russia. The honest and prosperous in
habitants of the country protest, Of course
against n system which Hberates every year,
at their very doors, an army of 1900 worth,
less characters and felons. They do not OBJ
} lect to the hard labor convicts, because the
latter are shut up in ja!s They do not OBJ
ject TO the political and religious exiles, be
cause such offenders frequently make tbs
best of citizens Their protests are aimed
particularly at the compulsory colonists. -
George KEENAN, in The Century
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12

SIT is difficult to realize" said lady who
has resided in St. Paul from the early days,
THAT we had such a scare about the Indians
II this city twenty-six years ago. during the
Indian troubles. There was good deal of
excitement all over the city for two or three
days. / remember one day an old colored
woman came in great excitement to my
house and said she had heard the governor
had ordered the whole population to leave the
city at once-the Indians were marching on
Us, fully armed and thirsting for our blood.
She rushed away, saying she was going to
pack up and leave. A German woman who
lived on the other side of the block, and
whose lot was opposite mine, barricaded her
door with her bureau and bed, and got her
AK ready to defend herself and, in an extrem-
ity, to chop down the fence and take refuge
in our house. She was fully convinced an
attack would be made that night.
Toward evening on that day several of
my neghbors began to pack up, having heard
that the Indians had captured st. Anthony
and were about to give their attention to st.
Paul One or two families living near me
packed up what they could conveniently
carry and rushed down to Bridge square,
where many persons were assembled, expect
ing every moment to hear the war whoop OF
the savages. Our carriage horses were taken
by the state for service during the campaign.
One of them, very fine horse, was shot dead
in the first battle with the Indians. l con,
fess l was somewhat nervous. These were
really very trying times; but st. Paul, OF
course, was in no danger of attack The
Casual Listener in Pioneer Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12
Danger of Malaria in Cities.

1t is a common idea that greater risk Is run
from this cause of disease in the country than
in towns and cities, but there are strong res
sons for doubling that such is the case, so far
as any unhealthy influence of the country it
self is concerned. If farm house be placed
in low, swampy situation and town in a
similar locality the dwellers in the one will
be no more liable to malarious diseases than
the inhabitants of the other. In large cities,
where the ground is being constantly turned
up for the purpose OF laying water and gas
mains, constructing sewers or for any one of
the hundred other purposes for which a con-
tinual upheaval of the pavements goes on,
diseases of malarial origin will almost con-
stantly abound. Some parts of New York
city, or Of Philadelphia, for instance, are
nearly as full of malaria as are the worst
parts of Florida. There is nothing, there
fore, to be gained in this respect by hasty re-
turn from the seashore or the mountains to the
pent up atmosphere of large town in which
excavations of some kind or other are at GER
tain seasons of the year carried on with more
than usual vigor-Dr. VIM A Hammond in
New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12

DR. Price, of Oconee county, Ca, suffered
for years the pangs of rheumatism, vainly
trying ali remedies Six years ago one OF
his soEs in Texas heard that & hairless Mexi-
can dog, II allowed to sleep at the feet Of a
sufferer froIp Rheumatism, was a sure cure.
He bought dog and took it home to his
father. Tho old gentleman laughed at the
IDEA Of such cure, but to please his son tried
the dog. The account says that as soon as
the doctor lay down in bed the dog ''sprang
in and cooled itself around his feet. In less
than an hour the dog gave him evident re-
lief, and in short time effected cure.
Wherever the pain struck him be made the
dog lie against the place, and the heat from
the animals body drew 1t out Like a mustard
plaster. Every night for six years tho doc
tor has slept with his hairless bedfellow, who
now begins to show the effects of age, and
Dr. Price says that after its death, if the
rheumatic pains return, he will at once send
of for another Mexican dog. York
Sun
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12
TIE BANANA BUSINESS.


Preparing tho soil-Putting Out the
'sut'.ers''-Deadly Foes.
Mr., Kennedy took me in charge early, and
on the wharf ron the shady side of the she'd
gave me the account Of the banana business
that | shall try 10 reproduce | cannot do
better than imagine that the reader is about
10 settle in Jamaica to engage in raising
bananas, and That am telling him what l
have learned about the industry. The land
used is likely to be either an unused sugar
estate, or what is known in Jamaica as
''ruInate,' thai Is land that has stood idle so
long that it has become overgrown with tall
bushes and small trees The first cost of
land Of the latter sort is of course much less,
but the expense Of clearing it is so much
greater that ii Is doubtful whether good cul-
uVable land is not cheaper in the end.
Inc ground having been cleared and
plowed, banana suckers are set out the
distance between them depending very much
upon the quality Of the land In from ten to
fourteen months after planting the tree has
reached lis tuli size, ten 10 twelve feet in
height tine stalk then being about eight
inches i'll diameter at the base, and the
bunch OF fruit Is ready to cut for shipment.
The fruit is always cut while yet green, and
each stalk produces only one bunch. When
the fruit is cut that is the end of that
stalk, and tne stalk is cut down, Fresh
suckers" are produced from the roots, how
ever, and several OF these are allowed to
grow for the next crop. For the first few
months coed deal of cultivation is necessary
IN the banana field to keep it clear of weeds,
but when the stalks groa and the leaves be-
GIN to spread they etfectuaily choke down
the weeds, and little more attention is needed
From $50 to $50 an acre is fair estimate of
the cost OF blowing, planting and cultivating
for one year, but where the land has to be
cleared of trees this increases the cost con-
siderably. Once started, the plantation is
good for five or six years without much fur.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12

Poet Edmund Stedman, stock broker,
when not counting the MUSES. has hit upon
new idea il connection with interviews
The New York Herald published recently
several columns Of extracts from Miss Amelia
Rves' closet tragedy of '.Herod." The tai
ented Virginia lady is still Miss Rives in the
literary ra1ss, though she has become Mrs.
Chauler, A reporter was then sent to Mr..
Stedman 20 get his opinion Of the tragedy
In the form OF an interview. The reporter
found Mr. Stedman, but did not get the
interview. Did you bring a check
with YOU" the poet broker asked.
No, the reporter did not bring check. News
papers are not in the habit of sending
checks by reporters 10 pay for interviews.
Very well; no check, no interview said
Mr.. Stsdman. Ii the Herald wanted an III
terview with him about the book of Miss
Rives, it should be willing to pay for it. His
time and opinions were worth money. The
Herald itself reports Mr.. SteGman this way
Possibly thu poet LIS already obtained oil the
newspaper fame he wants Possibly he
thinks the interview business has been car
RED too lar II that IS his opinion, a good
many others share it with him. But there is
still pretty large number Of men, of various
degrees Of greatness, who would be glad to
give interv lo0s gratis, just for the glory of
getting ito print The craving for that
kind OF giOrv probably will never die out
New ACEk Cor, Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12
Retreat of Niagara Falls.

Although the retreat of the fall is slow, it
will in very brief time, in the geological
sense of that word, lead TO certain momen-
tous consequences. When the hard layer of
Niagara limestone passes below the bed Of
the river, the stream will then cut upon
rocks of another constitution, making for a
time certain small falls at higher geologi.
cal level; but in the course of ages much Less
long than those which have elapsed since the
birth of this waterfall, the gorge Of the river
will extend up into the basin of Lake Erie,
draining away a considerable portion of that
fresh water sea.
We shall then, if the continent retains its
present height above the level of the sea,
have another system of cataract5 in the
passage between Lake Erie and Lake Huron,
| which will also in time be worn away
| Other cataracts will then form at the exit of
| Lake Michigan; and thus the lower lakes of
| our great American system would be di-
minished in area, or perhaps even disappear
| At a yet later stage, we may look for dimi-
mutton in the size Of Lake Superior, though
that basin owing to the strong wall which
separates it from the lower lakes, is destined
| to endure long after the last Damed basins
have been diminished or entirely drained
| away-Scribner's Magazine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12

The great character Of our party was the
driver, Charley-a chap who is as hard to
catch asleep as an old weasel. He is as trim
built as an Indian runner, as quick as a
greyhound, and can so exactly initiate the
hound in full chase that it will puzzle an old
hand 10 tell which is the real hound. He
seems made of whalebone, trimmed with
india rubber He will start out towards the
east with couple of dogs attached by a
chain to his waist, another he leads, and his
own two travel in front, with them he holds
general conversation on the way. Within
three hours he will start each dog after a
separate deer, and by short cuts or by some
hocus pocus, he will be up with one or more
of them coming in from the opposite direc-
ton, join his voice, and by tho time the deer
is killed, he is on hand to join in the hilarity
and fun usual on such occasions. This in
imitable fellow has but one fault, and do
not know that you would term it such; you
might say it was proof Of his gane-he can
not eat venison; it makes him sick, and we
had to feed him on pork-Forest and Stream
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-12
one MORE VICTIM.
The Fearful Increase of Disaster from
Small Beginnings-A Prominent Elk
ample and the Warning that
II hrinCs

Colonel y Y. Whitman. of Brooklyn, returned
from his vacation feeling in perfect health. As a
result he was careless. The next thing was a
cold then pneumonia; then death. Nearly all
physical troubles start with cold. and this is
just the season when il is most easily taken.
Some sudden change checks the action of the
body, close the circulation. and lays the founds-
ton of death. Stop the cold in its start and you
stop the disease. a cold requires the stitch in
time"
There are many ways of attempting to stop q
cold bnt all physicians now agree that there lie
only one sure way and that is, by the Of pure
siimulants. The pores must be opened the cir.
culatiou arous d and vgor awakened Nothing
now known to the world does this 30 certainly as
Dufy's Pure Malt Whisky. 1t is q remedy
not beverage. 1t has been used for years and
is the most popular remedy before the public
Doctors clergymen, and temperance people gen
orally, endorse it for its hesitn-givng qualities,
and it has become family necessity
Rev. B. Wills, Of Meade Centre, Kansas. says
Il am Presbyt rian clergyman, q Doctor of Di
vinity not of medicine. bat am nor afraid to say
that Duff's Formula and Duffy's Pure Malt Whis-
ke are the purest and most effective preparation,
as medicines, ! know Of, and my experience is {
largesone."
Manv unsrrupnlous dealers claim they have
something lust good" Bewaae of all suct
claimants, and secure only the genuine.