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but soon after Judge Robertson astonished the
public by declaring that as he knew his dis
trict to be anti-Grant, he should disregard
the instructions. This was the beginning of
bolt, which finally broke the unit rule and
defeated the nomination of Grant.
The long struggle at Chicago and tho re
suit are familiar to oil. President Garfield
appointed Judge Robertson collector of the
port Of New York, and Senators Conkling
and Platt opposed his confirmation They
resigned, alleging unfair treatment by the
president; and the struggle for their rc-
election occurred at Albany, while Judge
Robertson was member of the state senate.
In the midst Of it he was confirmed as col
lector by the United States senate, and so the
triumph Of his branch of the party was sup
posed to he complete. A little later President
Garfield was assassinated, and Senators Conk-
ling and Platt were defeated for reelection.
Judge Robertson is a native Of Bedford,
Westchester county, N. Y, is about IS years
old and in good physical preservation. He
was "Blaine man" in 1884. and would have
been in 1883 had that statesman been before
tho convention, aud has the backing of tho
Blaine men in New York for appointment:
to his cid place.
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Agents Of the oystermen find them wander
ing around the docks, without money and
searching for work. They ply them with
liquor, and the next time they wake up they
find themselves locked in the foul, vermin
possessed hold Of an oyster dredger, with
the swash of the Chesapeake against the sides
Of the vessel in their ears. When the vessel
has gone out on the bay beyond the hand of
the law the captain of the vessel usually
gives the captured men a kicking and club
bing, in order to show them what they may
expect in the future. When the oyster beds
are reached the men are compelled to work
from sixteen to twenty hours aday. If they
show any signs of weakness or exhaustion
they are clubbed by the captain. Some Of
the neil are clad i'll their summer clothes,
all they have, and the spray dashes over
them aud freezes the clothes. They are half
starved. They are obliged to sleep on hard
planks down in the hold. with the rats and
vernin. without blankets. ard the horrible
smell of decayed oysters in their nostrils.
When the boat goes near the shore the men
ore locked in the hold to prevent any az
tempt ut escape. And when they have gone
through all this agony for months, they are
nlarooned; that is, they are placed on some
wild part of the Maryland coast to save
themselves US best they may. Some manage
to crawl to town CT village. and escspe
with frozen limbs. Many perish. Cases are
not unknown where men. who have become
too ill to work at the dredges. have been
thrown overheard and drowned :is~ dogs.
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~ ~. ;"a,',d. Rear ADMIRAL LUCE
Morse, owner Of the Haytian Republic, who
is permitted to 60 as guest to look after his
property, or two newspaper r,en, or Rear
Admiral Luce, who makes the Galena bis
flagship.
Rear Admiral Luce, commander OF the
North Atlantic squadron, U. S. N, is re-
markably active for one who has grown gray
in the service He spends most Of his spare
time writing and studying up plans for the
improvement of the naval service. He is
witty writer and personally full of fun and
life, and his book, 'Luce's Seamanship," is
much read and admired in all the sea ports
Of the world. He is called the father Of the
American naval apprentice system, takes a
great interest in the lads and is always
ready to help them along. His pride is
tho United States Naval Var college at
Coaster uarbor Island, near Newport,
which be founded for an advanced course
of study in naval affairs. He had little
'.unpleasantness'' with Secretary Whitney in
1857. while watching American interests CT
Halifax. The secretary's orders were neces-
sarily somewhat vague, and the whole mat
ter Of the fisheries was in such an unsettled
state that the admiral had to use his own
discretion almost entirely.
In this case his instructions are to proceed
to Port au Prince, where the captured and
condemned Haytiaa Republic is lying in the
harbor. and respectfully demand her release.
on the ground that there was no blockade at
the port she entered II the Haytians, or.
more strictly, the Legitime adherents. re-
fuse, be is then to hitch on and take tho
steamer away. II the black and tans fire on
him while at this, why somebody will get
hurt. 1t is almost pity that such action
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canvass made under the supervision of Cliss,
Plummer and Ammidoun made this organi-
zation powerful one within sixty days, the
membership, main and branch, being re-
ported ut moro than one hundred thousand.
Bliss plan of work was si;nila: to that first
started by the late Samuel j. Tillea.
Pamphlets, tracts, books aud newspapers,
which contained arguments i'll favor OF high
tariff, wero sent as far as possible to c-ery
voter in the manufacturing states. Profess
sional speakers, or spellbinders as they since
have been felicitously called. were employed
to lecture upon this subject exclusively, and,
to make tie matter more sure, n library was
formed, and addresses written by tho clever
est litterateurs in English, German, Italian,
Swedish, Danish, Hungarian, Bohemian,
French and Spanish were purchased at prices
higher than those paid by cur best magazines.
Such remarkable feats as speeches in Irish,
Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, Rouma;ian and
Canadian-French were accomplish! hy the
League under the general direction cf Mr..
Bliss and his colleagues. Tho expense of
this work was tremendous Much Of it was
betrayed by liberal subscriptions from all
over tho land, but the largest amount was
given by Mr. Bliss Outside of this he was
constant attendant at the League headquar-
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PRETTY ROUGH TREATMENT.


beat carries two dredges, with wind!ass
for each. They are thrown OF ut tho side
while tho boat is in motion, and hardly have
they touched the bottom when the men at
til. windlasses begin to turn the crank, AT
w comes the dredge with its net full cf
oysters They are dumped on the deck, eni
while the .iredse goes over again the work Of
culling is undertaken.
\ boat that measures over ten tons is rated
as u dredger: all under that tonnage are
scrapers or tongers. Dredgers are permitted
to operate in the main waters of Chesapeake.
bay, and under no circumstances may they
enter the rivers or minor inlets for oyster
gathering. They take out license from tho
state, for which they pay s. ton, custom
house measurement. The scrapecs take out
their licenses from the county where they
work The rate is S. for all boats of i've
tons and under. and So a ton for all boats
measuring over five tons. No boat Of moro
than ten tons may gather oysters in county
waters There are many other minor laws
regulating the oysterman's trade = laws
which he considers detrimental to his inter-
ests, end which he endeavors to evade i'll
every possible way.
The owners of the big boats want to dledge
in the richer beds of the inlets and rivers, and
that is exactly what they are doing and what
has caused all the trouble. The owners OF
the big boats, for the most part are men who
carry on an oyster business in Raltimt're
Some of them own many of these oyster
boats. and as they are quite we'll aware that
the dredging part Of their business is unlaw-
full, and that in order to carry it on the n'as-
ters Of their boats have got to do fshting-
and have little compunction or milk OF hu-
man kindness, they employ as captains sone
of the most arrant ruffians and rascals to oe
found on the Atlantic coast
1t is well known that there are few honest
oyster boat captainx Honest neu would not
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THE SAMOAN AFFAIR.
HOW ENGLAND, GERMANY AND THE
UNITED STATES ARE INVOLVED.

Delightful islands, Fertile Soil, Even Cli-
mate and Agreeable People-The Amer.
lean observation-disclosures Interference.
Civil War and General Condition OF Misery
For three years or more curious kind Of
triangular quarrel has been dragging along
in the Samoan, or Navigator's, Islands in
the South Pacific. There was first an Amer
ican protectorate, then native rebellion,
next German usurpation, and finally reg
ular reign OF terror, in which the Germans
and the chief of one party are opposed to the
English and Americans, the legitimate king
and the mass of the people, Successive con-
suls have reported and American men-of-
war have been stationed there, and yet there
is no settlement, and now Senator Frye in
the United States senate makes vehement
attack Oh the state department., charges that
tho United States is disgraced, and insists on
action. So the case excites popular curiosity.
The Navigator's Islands are nine in number,
collectively known as Samoa; and these
1900 square miles contain but %, 600 people,
The soil, however, is Of extraordinary fer
tility, the climate delightful beyond language
to describel and there is room for great de-
velopment in the line of tropical products.
At present the natives live almost without
labor on natures bounties; they are a tall
and splendidly formed race, ,cleanly and peace
full, and profess sort OF Christianity. As
the islands are on the direct line from San
Francisco to New Zealand and Australia, the
United States sixteen years ago by treaty
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CORNELIUS N. BLISS.
The New York Merchant Who Did So
Much for Harrison.

The New York Merchant Who Did So
Much for Harrison.
Among the men mentioned for q promi-
nent place under tho Harrison administra-
ton is Cornelius n: Bliss. He has face
very familiar on Broadway, is about so years
of age, medium sized and well built aud re-
semb!es the English squire as he appears on
the stage. His career as a merchant has
been remarkably successful. He was among
the first to perceive tho future importance OF
American textile fabrics, and years ago
started a commission house, which soon took
a prominent place in the dry goods world.
As q member Of the various firms, tho lres-
ent one being Bliss, Fabian g. Co., he built
up u large and very lucrative business, and is
ranked by the commercial agencies at
million credit and personal income varying
from 100000 to $780,
For many years Bliss has been one of the
most influential Republicans in the city Of
New York. In the county, state and ma
tional committees he has long welded a
powerful influence, and has contributed as
much as $4,000 in very exciting campaigns.
In the recent contest he fOrcSa. " that the
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THE ARIZONA KICKER.

Editorial Isrcezes Culled by the Detroit
Free Press.
We Gull the following from the last issue of
The Arizona Kicker:
SUSPENDED this issue we suspend
the agricultural department, established five
weeks ago. We instituted this feature as an
experiment, and to help out a literary
tenderfoot from the east, who was bare
footed and penniless, but who was fertile Of
suggestions The experiment was failure.
We have hidden the tenderfoot a perma-
nent and lasting adeu, aad We now bid fare
we'll to agriculture as set thing. We shall
occasionally refer to the subj ject in reckless,
offhand way, taking chances on results, but
there will bo no further studied ."ttempt to
make the sandy plains get up and hump
themselves into fields of waving corn, and
we shan't cover the rocky hillsides hereabout
with vineyards or patches of deceptive buck
wheat. Good-by, tenderfoot-good-by, agri
culture!
NOTICE TO CoSTEIDUToRs.-We cannot
return rejected manuscripts. If not accom-
panied by stamps we use them to light the
Office fire. II stamps are sent we use them
on our business letters. Ii the author Of
''Seven Buckets of Blood, or the Corkscrew's
Revenge" will send her address to this office
she will hear Of something to her advantage
We have received sketch entitled "Bob-
tailed Bob, or the Bobbers Of Bobbers Hiu,"
which we will publish on receipt OF the au-
thor's check for $50 We must respectfully
decline tho stories entitled "Her Father
Booted Ne" and IAN Adventure with In
dams in Franco" They seem to have an i'm
moral tons.
STEADILY IMPROVING. Since our last issue
Col Fairbanks has had three rods Of beauti-
full picket fence erected in front of his adobe,
and the Gem saloon has received three bar
rels of whisky and new pier glass. We
chronicle these improvements in no boastful
spirit, but simply that outsiders may know
that the spirit Of progress is not dead within
u.s. We are going right to the front as
town.
Acc1DENr.-We regret to learn that Maj.
jackson, one of the pioneer residents OF our
little city, kicked at his dog last Saturday
and drove his big toe back into his heel by
hitting the corner stone Of the new Masonic
temple.
The major was our second subscriber. We
sympathize with him in his dark hour OF
trial, and trust that he may soon reappear
among u.s. Should his condition become
critical We shall issue daily bulletins from
this Office
Go HEScE.-A correspondent wishes us to
explain the meaning Of the term: 'From
Alpha to Omega" We shan't do 1t. We
have had politics enough for one season, and
propose to let up on the machine. Wo never
heard Of Alpha, anyhow, and as for old
Omega, may he be d!-Detroit Free
Press.
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and late in November one Of them knocked
down Mr.. Ritchie, an Englishman, by blow
with musket. 1t would he curious indeed
il this petty official should involve two or
three great nations in war: but such things
have often happened.
The accompanying llap shows the ilupor-
tant position of the islands in the South
Pacific and their relation to each other The
engravings give good idea Of the people of
Samoa, who are of the best stock of the
Polynesians Some very curious facts are
given by the early missionaries in Samoa:
One, that these people, unlike all other
heather, believed in one supreme God, con-
sidering all others as mere chiefs Nearly all
the younger generation can read their own
language, which has been reduced to written
form by the missionaries; books abound, es-
pecially Bibles and hymn books; every vii
lage has its Christian preacher, and the mis-
sionaries have great influence. Of the dried
meat of the cocoanut, some 10000 tons an-
nually were exported before the troubles
began. Sugar cane is native to the soil and
the yield Of sugar per acre is very large. In
short, the possibilities of the islands are very
great, and they would prove highly valuable
to Germany.
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tAnswer the purpose of the vessel owners and
ms captains that own their own vessels are
cruel and merciless.

The oyster police boats, locally known as
.the navy number eight sloops and
tHo steamers 1.-THE navy" has become
the laughing stock of oystermen and
The shame of earnest citizens Early in
~ history it fell into the hands OF place
hnnters, and while there are still good men
Il tho service, there has been too pientiful'
supply Of commanders whose efficiency was
nlDre marked in political primaries than
3sboari ship. Aside from this, what could be
done with fifteen paltry third rate boats,
even il they were perfectly commanded and
manned. against a determined band of hum
Flreds Of oystermen with fast sailing crafts,
the commanders of which are as familiar
with the waters Of Chesapeake bay as New
], ak man is with Broadwayl The battles so
tex have been undecisive- slightly
In favor Of the oystermen-and until ''the
navy" is vastly improved this is bound to be
the case
But tho men who work on these boatsl Do
they voluntarily offer their services on these
boats for the winter? Are they we'll paidl
How are they treated7
They do not always deliberately enlist in
the oyster service. They are often kidnapped.
Nest Of them are not paid at all; those that
are, wretchedly. And they are treated with
an abominable cruelty compared with which
the treatment Of the victims Of the lnquisi-
tion or Of the French revolution was mercy
itself.
OF course the poor wretches arc of very
low order Of society, but they can feel stripes
and blows. Many Of them are immigrants,
ignorant of the English language, whose pit
iful protestations and prayers for mercy
have no moro effect upon the hard hearts Of
their torturers than If they were dumb.
They are usually secured, or, as it is called in
Maryland, ''shanghaied," in Baltimore.
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Conccrnin. Isur;:lls 1t Sea.

The Funeral Directors association. whose
members are among the undertakers Of the
Tinted States and Canada, in their recent
annual convention at Baltimore received
report from a committee on burials of those
who die ct sea, and Undertaken 1.aube, on
the committee, in tho discussion that fol-
lowed said: II want to call especial atten-
ton of the press to this. Steamship compa-
MES refuse to bring corpses to home ports for
proper burial, alleging superstition OF sailors
rs an objection. Against fearful protest OF
moor people their dead have been cast into
1bc sea. but who ever heard of this DISPOSE
10, of the rich. and prominent! At Balti-
more. New York and Philadelphia steamship
companies have refused to listen to US, and
W., want the common people to know bodies
ca, be safely brought home. me."-New fork
Elln,
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Americas Various War Inventions.

Here the first rovolviHs pistols were made.
Here the first repeating rifles invented
aud used; and today, When all military na-
tons are adopting. magazine rifles, the Brit
ish, after the most careful and urotractcd
trials, have fixed upon an american model
US the best. The first machine gun ever
made was the earliest pattern of the Gat!n,-,
constructed in 1861; Il weapon which in lil-
proved form is now used the world over, and
which i'll rapidity OF fire has never been aI,-
preached. Another machine gun, the Card
ner also an American invention and equally
Of world wide fame, has qualities which make
it i'll some respects even supeli ior to the Cat
ling; it is Of simpler construction, more
durable, lighter, easier to work and more ac-
curate. Finally, the Maxinl the latest ma
chine gun which, all qualities considered, is
as far superior to the Gardner and Gatlins
as these to tho mtrailleuse used by tho
French in 1870, is the invention of American
Unfortunately, the want Of encouragement
he received in his own country compelled tho
inventor to establish his workshops in
Europe as Hotchkiss, the inventor OF the re-
volving cannon, had previously to do.
Almost alone among American war invcn-
tions to which government encouragement
has been accorded is the pneumatic torpedo
and developed by Capt Zalinski 1t is true
that tho impossibility Of retaining the ex-
elusive use Of this weapon for the United
States has already been shown, the Germans
having constructed pneumatic gun which
IS apparently capable of equally efficient
work.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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in order to have it retained, bethought them
selves of the provision in the law i'll Boston
empowering the women to vote on school
questions, and brought out tremendous
female vote Against the fair cnes in favor
of the book were arrayed ether fair cnes
equally opposed to it. Bat the book won,
and the influence Of its friends, being all in
favor of T. N. Hart. the Republican candidate
for mayor, be was also elected over Mayor
O'Brien, the Democratic incumbent, who had
hsld the Office for several terms. Tho fair
women Of Boston say they enjoyed voting
immensely and mean to continue to exercise
the suffrage as long and as often as they can.
A portrait Of Mayor-elect Hart is here given.
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OFFICERS OF THE EXPEDITION.

CAPT DAVID COMPTON. CAPT. SUMNER
LIEUT.. CRIFFES. ". II. REEDER
Gen. Pierrot succeeded, there was rebellion
and he abdicated. The soldiers chose Richie
president and. he died within year. Then
the renowned Soulouque came to the front
and made himself emperor in 1S49. Ten
years later he was dethroned and Geffrard
restored the constitution" till 1867, when
Salnave drove him into exile. In 1870 Sal
nave was shot, and the four year term was
decreed. Nissage Saget held one term.
Dominique followed, was shot but not killed,
and went into exile. Boisrond Canal ruled
while, but was banished in 1879 by the noted
Salomon. who held on by various tenures,
defeating all revolutionists till last June,
when he had to fly to France, where be died.
Two candidates stood for the succession, but
Gen. Telemaqus was shot in q riot. OF the
eighty delegates to the constituent conven-
tion all fed but thirty, and these elected
Gen. Legitime The other party pleaded
''No quorum" and "rallied" under Gen. Hyp-
politel So there you are again. But now
Hyppolite says he does not want to be presi-
dent; he and his only want a separate
government for the north side Of the island
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A Trick of the Trade.
AT scHuFELDT's BREWERY

Isell shoe that costs me 81 at the original
price, ard use it as leader Then mark
my $l25 shoes at $15O, the 81 at $3.50, the
s2.o5 ct 81 and the $260 goods ut So Sect A
customer wants to look at my low priced
grades show them, and bring out all my
principal lines. Likely as not persuade him
or her to pay IS, and this secures me fair
profit. No, don't sell many at 81, and even
il / did, the less economical buyers make it up
TO me by giving me handsome profit on tho
batter shoes.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
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WHOLE NO. 1915.
must be taken. There is such a lua,crou!

must be taken. There is such a iudlcrous
contrast between the greet republic Of soEae
Go,coO,CU !eoplc and the little anarchistic
lriuci.allty Of black, GROWN and yellow,
which only claims 500, ,0co i'll its most hilari-
GUS moods. And it split iu two factions by
a rebellion. This is really the reason, how
ever, that Gen. Legitine has not already
given up the steamer; for his hold upon the
mercurial islanders is so precarious that if he
weakens his prestige is gone, and with it his
power. And Gen. Hyppolite, nominally ''tho
REBEL" but really tho ruler of the north side
of the Haytian end of the island, is watching
to denounce hin, if he weakens and to seize
his territory if he fights. Verify, the head
is uneasy that wears crown in Hayti; and
wears it long.
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