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THE KEARSARGE.

900, and enough was retained to defray all
local expenses. There is no deep mining
now, and only little washing of gold sands
by the poorest class of people. The island Is
easily capable of supporting ten times its
present population, and in great comfort,
but there must be q more efficient govern
ment
The late difficulty appears to have grown
out Of the fact that the Haytian authorities
declared blockade of the ports held by the
insurgents without giving other governments
the notice required by International law.
The British schooner Alta sailed from New
York Oct. 10 with a cargo largely composed
Of arms and other munitions OF war, which
were supposed by the firm that furnished
them to be designed for Venezuela. She was
found cruising in Hsytian waters, and was
seized by tho Haytian man-of-war Toussaint
L'Ouverture When the Haytians found that
she had on board 1876 boxes of rifles and a
corresponding amount of fixed ammunition
they at once began vigorous hunt among
other vessels from the United States and
seized the Haytian Republic, steamer
owned in Boston. The offense charged
against this vessel was that of carrying some
armed insurgents from one port to another
Other American vessels were put under an
annoying surveillance, and the relations he
tween the two republics became, as diplomat
lists would say, strained" Hence the dis
patch Of the Kearsarge, ordered by Secretary
Bayard. -
The American steam sloop Kearsarge is
the same that, under command of Capt A.
Winslow, won such renown by sinking the
famed privateer Alabama, Capt. Raphael
day, June 10, 1864. Even for that time the
Kearsarge was not war vessel Of the first
class, aid Capt. Winslow had armor plated
her middle section by the naval device Of
wrapping them with cable chains, which
were planked over. Capt. Semmes after
wards complained bitterly of this deceit"
as it practically drew him into a fight with
an armored vessel, his own having bare
wooden sides But it is not for a civilian
writer sw.nty-four years afterwards to de-
eide how far strstegem and deceit may hon.
orably go in war. The public applauds the
man who succeeds.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

KING GEORGE OF GREECE-THE PALACE.
court celebrated the twenty fifth anniversary
of King Georges accession. All classes joined
heartily, and the wealthy Greeks OF the
neighboring countries contributed literally.
In the morning the king and crown prince
rode in state to the cathedral where the Te
Deum that is, the hymn in the Greek church
which corresponds to the Catholic TIE Deum)
was performed in the presence of the royal
family and many guests. At the palace the
king spoke from the balcony to an immense
crowd in the street, thanking the people for
their loyalty The day closed with grand
reception in the throne room of the palace OF
all the foreign representatives and dis
tinguished guests Among the rest Mr..
Fearn, United States minister, presented
congratulatory telegram from President
Cleveland.
The Palace Of Athens, the royal residence,
is among the most striking buildings in the
renewed and half modernized capital. 1t is
magnificent three story dwelling of white
stone, near Mount Lycabettus, and its archi-
lecture and general style are those OF
pleasing compromise between the modern and
the classical or antique. One of the interest
ing facts about the Greece Of today is that
while the kingdom itself contains less tnan
three million people, OF whom nearly half
are non Hellenic, the neighboring countries
contain about six million pure Greeks, and
thew all look to Greece as the land of their
patriotic pride Thus Greeks Tor, more
properly, Hellenes) who have lived In
Smyrna, Alexandria, Constantinople and
other ports for several generations, still look
Oh Hellas as the "the home Of the soul, }" the
fatherland. So it was, their Oldest histort-
ans tell us, $500 years ago, when the Greeks
of Gaul and Libya, Egypt and Asia Minor,
and the ports of the Black sea, spoke Of
themselves collectively as sporadic Hellas,"
and were proud of their privilege to contend
in the Olympic games, Among these Greeks
of neighboring countries are very many
wealthy merchants, who contribute literally
to the institutions Of Greece, and the result Is
that Athens is now more fully furnished with
schools and libraries than any other eastern
city Of its size
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

the daughter of Clarence X. Stockton, who
was for many years a successful merchant at
Hong Kong, where she was born twenty-s1
years ago Her mother died while she was
babe, and her father died fifteen years ago
She was then sent to Europe, where she was
thoroughly educated, and then, seven years
ago, made her home In Wheaton, near Bos
ton, the old home Of her family, where she
has since lived. Her tastes in literature have
been for books of social and economic nat
ure, and she is u great student.
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the service in 1857 "Ar'LI'N u" '"'r"l'''
and set about the study of philosophy and
literature. He eventually went to England,
and found warm friend in the great Thack-
cray. He was also intimate with Herbert
Spencer, and many other Of the famous liter
airy men Of the day. He was given charge
Of the foreign department of The Pail
Mall Gazette, on which Journal he
did some admirable work, especially during
the Franco russian war, when he wrote
some strong and picturesque letters from the
seat Of war These letters stamped him as
an acute observer, bold forager for news,
and clear historian After the war and
downfall of the commune, Mr.. Thieblin in
creased his reputation by contributing to The
Pail Mall Gazette series Of letters over the
signature "Azamet Batuk," which were af-
terward published by the editors of Punch
under the title of IA Little Book About
Great Britain" He also contributed to sew
eral magazines He translated and edited in
the Russian language all the works of
Macaulay, Buckle, Darwin, Huxley, Guizot,
and several of the works of the German
philosophers. He visited Spain and wrote
two volumes about Spain and the Spaniards,
which were published both in England and
the United States. He became the Paris cor
respondent of The New York Herald, and
was subsequently the Madrid correspondent
Of the same journal. He was afterwards
sent to join the army of Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, as war correspondent.
At the close of the war Mr.. Thiebln deter
mined to make tour of the world, depend.
ing upon correspondence with English news
papers for the means with which to travel.
When he arrived at New York he found his
calculations at fault, and accepted position
on The New York Sun. This was in April,
1874 He made his first mark in a series Of
articles called 1.-The Strangers Note Book,
in which he discussed American men, man
ners, customs, and resorts, from the foreign
ers standpoint, and in the caustic picturesque
style that was peculiarly his In 1878 he
began his famous financial and business series
under the name of "Rigolo," which he kept
up until year and half ago
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

PROPOSED GREELEY MONUMENT.
Wrinkle himself Thought is depicted in the
features His right hand holds u newspaper,
which he has been reading and which hangs
down by the side of the chair, the contents OF
which give him the thoughtful mien which
the artist faithfully represents. The left hand
il thrown against the corner Of the chair
The arrangement of the clothing and neck
wear is of the unstudied character which
made Greeley remarkable figure wherever
he went. Greeley was not slouchy. His cos
tune was simply neglige. His famous throat
whiskers are shown up in fine style. The old
dilapidated white hat will be missed. 1t is
no more 1t has gone giimmering down the
dreams of things that were, that hat 1t Is
gone forever, and the naked brow must be
exposed to sunshine aud tempest. The statue
will be placed on granite pedestal OF chaste
classic design Of the severest simplicity. Or
namentation of the pedestal will not be per-
mitted to detract from the effect OF the statue
itself. The figure will not be quite SO large
as those of Scott and Burns in Central Park.
The statues of Scott and Burns in Central
park are considered very bad. The statue
will cost $4,000, perhaps more. The Typo
graphical union originated the idea Of elert-
ing the monument.
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O n d Vienna for
twenty years. He
is by descent a HUI
guenot, and in ap-
pearaDce he is a dis
tinguished looking
man of about IS
years, and is emf
nently well fitted
to represent his
government. He is
highly esteemed by
b is countrymen,
and Is noted for his
phil t b ropy,
W b i ch is wild e.
reaching and effec-'
tive Besides hay-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
ANOTHER WOMAN CANDIDATE.

Miss Alice Draper Stockton Was Named
for Governor Of Massachusetts.
Miss Alice Draper Stockton, Of Wheaton,
Mass. was nominated for governor Of Mass
achusetts by the Equal Rights party just be-
fore the election. She is unique among the
women sutfragists. Most people have in
their minds eye set picture Of q woman
sufFragist. They imagine woman OF UNI
certain age, with sharp nose, thin lips, hair
short and brushed straight back, mans
collar, masculine stride, and general air Of
pity for her weaker sisters and absolute con-
tempt for the male sex collectively Whether
or not this picture is a true one. it has at
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

only Il year. Back
agar at the Pacific
coast, like all nd
venturers of that
period, Mr.. Flood
Ii a d troublesome
times, disappoint-
ments and failures,
and plenty Of hard
work.
In 1854 he began
TO emerge from OBJ
security as the lead
ing member Of the
firm of Flood a.
O'Brien. The part
nara mazda money
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an open book, and stands upright, with the
mantle draped over his left arm. On the
front of the statue are the words william
Shakespeare, l564-l6l6." The sides are orna-
mented by four sickles, and q garland Of diff
ferent fruits entertwines a ribbon bearing
the names Of Shakespeare's chief plays At
the unveiiing Of the statue speeches were
made by MIR. Knighton, Lord Lytton. N.
Jules Claretie and NJ Mezieres in tho name
of the Academic. NJ Mounet-Sully, the &C
tor, recited passages from the poets works.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
Making a Quick Trim,

The following conversation took place in
Detroit one day:
~ would rather live in Paris than any
other city in the world"
"Why don't you &C to Paris, thenr'
"No money. If | bad S., 900 would DO in
Paris tomorrow
How was that for rapid transitl-Detroit
Free Press
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MAP OF THE ISLAND OF HAYTI.


lumbus He landed there in December, 1892,
and named it Hispaniola, meaning Little
Spain" The simple and unwarlike natives
died Off rapidly under Spanish rule, and were
replaced by negroes to such an extent that
the latter grew too strong to be kept down
In 1852 1897 the French obtained possession
of the west half of the island, and developed
1t so rapidly that it long furnished all the
cotton and sugar consumed by France, and q
surplus was sold to the rest Of Europe. The
division between French and Spanish sections
continued till this year, the former known as
San (lnore correctly Santo Domingo, and
the latter as Hayti. The French revolution
resulted in the emancipation Of the negroes;
Bonaparte in 1901 attempted to restore
slavery, and then rose the great Toussaint
L'Ouverture, who maintained Independence
till he was betrayed and taken to France,
where be died. The wars that followed were
long and terrible, but in the end both sections
of tho island became independent
There has since been, on the average, q
revolution once in seven years, and two or
three short wars between the two govern
ments. The island is 405 miles long, its area
5000 square miles and its total population
10000, Of whom nearly 200, 600 are whites or
nominally so, the rest Of all shades from pure
black down through griffe, metif, mulatto,
quadroon aud octoroon to melanoid and leuco-
melanoid, the last two known to have African
blood only by their family record, as none
but an expert could trace the trturation.
No other tropical island can compare with
Hayti for general healthfulness; the average
OF life is equal to that of the United States
Only once In ten years the mercury rose above
95 dogs on the central lands, but it has gone
to 104 dogs at Port all Prince. The soil is Of
inexhaustible fertility, the forests abound in
the most valuable hard woods, the mountains
are rich in minerals Of all kinds, and the gold
mines were once SO productive that from a
single district the viceroy Of the Spanish
province sent home the annual tax Of $500,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

W a k down the
Boulevard Hauss-
man to where it is
intersected by the
Avenue de Messine,
his eyes will now DO
greeted by a statue
of the immortal
bard. This statue
of Shake $ peare,
which has been but
recently erected,
was presented to
the city OF farls
by M r. William
Knighton, and is
the work Of Paul
Fournier. AS i 5
shown by the cut
of the statue given
herewith Mr.. Four
nier has repre-
sented the poet as
he is CO IN m onl y
known to us. 1t
is cow entional.
Shakespeare holds
In hic ripbt hand
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
JAMES c. FLOOD
A Member OF the Celebrated BonaDsa
big Four.


James c. Flood, one of the "big four" Of
"bonanza" fame, was some days ago reported
at the point of death in Europe The first
member of the noted quartet to be called
was w. s. O'Brien, who died ten years ago.
John W. Mackay and James u. Fair remain.
Flood was born in the city Of New York
about 1926 He received a plain, common
school education. How his time was occu.
pied between school days and his majority
is not known, though 1t is understood that
he passed some years in William Webb's
great ship yards, where he acquired a con-
siderable knowledge Of the carpenters trade.
When he was about rs years Of age, in ls49,
with w. 8. O'Brien, whose family was init
mate with the Floods, he sailed the long jour
ney around the Horn. With 5000 be re-
turned to New York, but resided in that city
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

ing been engaged in MINISTER DE cLAPARED
a great number Of Swiss charities he is presi-
ident of the Aid Union of Swiss societies in
Europe. When in Berlin he was honored by
the degree of doctor of laws. He is also cap
tain in the Swiss army. Capt. Clapared is q
married man and the father Of five children
His family, however, will not live in Washing
ton, and his wife will not have an oppor-
tunity of entering Washington society dur
ing the coming season
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
TROUBLE AT HAYTI.
1T HAS LED TO THE SEIZURE OF
SOME AMERICAN VESSELS.

They Have Been Detected, So 1t Is
Charged, with Conveying Arms and
Munitions to the Insurgents, and the
Kearsarge Goes to Look After Them.
When President Grant attempted to annex
the San Domingo end Of the Island Of Hayti,
and was vigorously opposed by Senators
Schurz, Sumner and Others, the American
people were suddenly awakened to the fact
that they had at their very doors, and wait
ing to be taken, one of the richest and most
interesting islands in the world They were
literally surfeited with information about it.;
for annexation was made an administration
measure" and fought over in the senate dur
ing all of 1870 and early in 1871 a commits
sion sent to the island by vote Of congress
was accompanied by corps Of keen eyed
correspondents All agreed that the prov
ince was literally full Of undeveloped wealth,
but it was assumed that, 1--WE really do not
want the country il We have to take the
people with it" -
The excitement ceased as suddenly as 1t
rose, and for seventeen years Americans ig-
nored Hayti; then 1t was announced that
they had had another revolution there and
the two districts Of the island were united
under one government, and now it appears
that there is an insurrection, that the
Hsytian rulers have seized some American
ships on the ground that they took arms to
the ''rebels," and that Secretary Bayard has
sent thither naval cruiser, the famous
Kearsargs that destroyed the Alabama. So
interest is revived in the black -and-tan
republic,
Hayti is historically the most interesting
of islands, for on the first islet off its coast
was land in the New World sighted by Co
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10

A unique milk cure is established in Nor
mandy. The cows, being made to drink fer
ruginous water, give indicated milk which
nourishes and strengthens the system at the
same time. Milk in France has become the
panacea of all diseases, perpetuating youth
and regenerating age.-Chicago Herald.
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least been dis
proved for once in
the m a 6 II | fcent
person Of Miss
Stockton. She Is
tall and queenly in
carriage, with fine,
placid, regular fea-
lures and a superb
figure, Her hair,
of which she has a
rich profusion, is
brown, and her eyes
are large, almost
black and very ex
nraCsiya Sha was
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
Minister Alfred De Clapared.

The new representative Of the Swiss gov.
eminent at Washington, Capt. Alfred dc
Clapared, Is a diplomat of long standing
having been engaged in the service i'm Berlin
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
A WELL KNOWN JOURNALIST DEAD.
Napoleon l.. Thicblin, Whose Signature
Was "RigolO."

Napoleon l.. Thieblin, who died in New
York city the other day. was man with an
eventful history. He was soldier, author,
war correspondent and editor, and he passed
his life in many lands.
He was born in 1884. His family was
French, and one of the oldest royalist fami-
lies of Lorraine. His family was driven from
France during the first revolution, and set
tied first at Bologna, Italy. When he was a
boy his father was appointed court architect
at st. Petersburg Young Theblin was sent
to Russian military school, and finally en-
tered the Russian army rs sub.leutenant Of
artillery. He had just completed his educa-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
shakespeare's Statue in Paris.

II the European traveller and lover OF
Shakespeare, when he stays over in Paris for
the conventional sight seeing, will take q
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ton at the outbreak
of the Crlnean
war, in which he
distinguished him
self. Before Sebss-
topol, when only
20 years old, he
commanded forty
cannon, and at the
fall of the city was
decorated and
transferred to the
Imperial guards.
He withdrew from
1855
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
IN GReELsY'S MEMORY.
A Monument to Be Erected In City Hall
Park, New York.

Park, New York.
A monument TO the memory OF Horace
Greeley, tho great editor, is TO be erected m
New York city II will staHai in City Hall
park, just across the way from the magnih'
cent building of The Tribune, the newspaper
which was founded and built Up by the genius
and labor of Horace Greeley.
Alexander Doyle, the celebrated American
sculptor, has the work in hand. He has Just
completed the model The monument will
consist OF bronze statue in sitting posture
in the proportion Of a nine-foot standing
figure. In sculpture it would thus be classed
as heroic. In the design model Greeley is
represented sitting in an easy and natural
position in large leather covered arm chair
Of the old fashioned type His attitude is as
careless and uustudied =" that Of old Rip Van
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succeed his Danish
father as soon as pos
sible. And as they
do not feel free to
hurry up the old mans
death, they are quite
willing to see him alb
dictate. A few days
ago the people and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-11-10
KING GEORGE OF GREECE.
He Has Recently Celebrated the Twenty
nth Anniversary Of His Reign.

King George of Greece has announced his
intention to ahdicate as soon as his son reaches
the age of twenty -one; and the Greeks ap-
pear so willing to let him go that they are
making the closing months of his reign I'M
usually splendid There are good reasons for
all this, King George himself is Dane, but
his wife, Queen Olga, is Russian and a
niece of the car and very much beloved, not
only because there is IN affinity between
Greek and Russian, which is lacking as to
the Dane, but because she is woman OF rare
ability, piety and charity. Add that her son,
the Prince of Sparta, is a born Greek, and it
Is nlain why the Helleues Shonld wish him to
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-03-02
NO soLpIERs NEEDED.

A Feature of the National Capital That
Surprises European visitors.
There is one thing that surprises
me about America and especially about
Washington, said an English gentle
man, land that is the feeling of abso-
lutte safety which seems to pervade the
atmosphere in0an directions. i refer
more particularly to the condition of
your treasury. By the courtesy of the
officials was shown through the vaults,
where almost countless millions of sill
yer are stored, aRA T. was allowed the
privilege even of entering the inner
most recesses of the strong rooms
where your public funds are stored,
and there were no guards but the
clerks employed there.
Then, too. 1 noticed in passing the
treasury building last night. that all
was as quiet as a grave. 4 few glim-
mering lights in some of the windows
Waterman inside of the building,
but there was no sign on the out
side to show that any precaution
had been taken TO prevent a
Wholesale robbery. The Bank of Eng
land, which is the great depository of
the city Of London. and IS. perhaps,
the financial institution of the world, is
conducted on far different princi-
pies. Every night a visitor who
happens to be in the neighborhoOd OF
Threadneedle street viii find squad
of soldiers from the barracks in the
West End fling down to take their
positions as the night watch These
men are kept on duty from the time
the bank closes until it opens on the
following day. They are posted at all
sections, and pace the streets surround
the bank with a regularity of sentries
around camp. do not know but
that your system is far more attractive
10 q foreigner, although the absence
Of every thing military here is ex-
tremely strange TO one familiar witt
what your politicians term the effete
monarchies of Europe. - Washington
Cor. Indianapolis journal,