The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-28
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
SUBJECTS OF THE DAY DISCUSSED BY
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nouIsneers n apoIeonic Opportunity Hig-
gins, of Maryland. vs.. Higgins, of Della
ware-No Com"romise by the Demo
erat. on the Tariff Bili-HoIne and For
eign Topics
ANOTHER LITTLE NAPOLEON. --Bou-
LANCER IL smallonan who may have a
: large opportunity, and that was the pre-
else measure Of his chief model, Louis
Napoleon Mr. Smalley. with unerring
discernment. describes him in his cable
letter as a weak and incapable advent
urer. who is thought dangerous because
he has not yet been laughed into OBJ
scurity, and who owes his prominence in
French affairs purely 10 accident with
out having in him the stuff Of dictator,
or even of a constitutional leader That
is a characteristic silhouette Of Bou-
LANCER. who is supposed to be raising in
Paris to-day the signal for political revo-
luton but it is also as striking photo
graph OF Louis Napoleon during the in
terval between the Revolution OF 1913
and the coup d'etat.-Nep York Tribune.
While Higgins, Of Maryland, goes into
private life in his State Higgins, of Della
ware, comes to the front in the Senate.
The name of Higgins is not TO be forgot
ten by either party.-CLeoeland PAN
| Dealer.
And so differeth the Higgins Of Kansas
/ from all other Higginses. In GWlielmus
nan suni H,usc0, which is the Santa Fe
way Of saying at Topeka headquarters
there a'e no flies on Bill.-Kansgs CITY
/ Times
Il Is curious, though unQuestionably
true, that the man who leads a double
/ life has a singular existence-BHgA
ton Republican.
DEMOCRATS DETERMINED. 1t ia now
reported from Washington that the
Democratic leaders will firmly oppose
anv compromise on the Senate Tariff
| bill They could not well do otherwise.
None would be possible that did not in
volve the abandonment Of the principle
embodied In the bill passed by the House.
But none will really and in earnest be
proposed by the Republican managers,
who have laid out their course and have
shown no serious disposition 10 vary
from It. That being the case, It is the
plain duty Of the Democrats not only TO
permit but 10 constrain them TO assume
the full responsibility for such course.
Ii IA best that the issue shall be made and
, sept-Nee YoJk 7'mes
HiGH.CosT PLEASURES Mrs Harri-
son-there is of course, but one woman
Of this name now-gives the gay society
whirlers something TO think about In her
observation TO a World reporter: Il
can't be made to realize the profit Of
pleasures purchased al the expense of
rest and health ! am oldfashioned
enough to believe that two hours OF
beauty sleep before midnight are
worth more to woman's youth, temper,
and general health than treble the
amount after daylight ~ J. World.
A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF
THE NAvY.-Secretary Whitney says 10
a letter TO Secretary Bayard on the Sa-
moan affairs:
From the correspondence heretofore
held between the Department of State
and the German Government, and from
the reports received from our naval Off
GERS and the Consular Agency at the Is
land, it appears clear that the conquest
Of these islands Is intended by the Ger
man Government in the interests of a
commercial company, and is being con-
summated by overt acts, which are null
tiplying day by day. There is no longer
any other pretext upon which can be
explained the interference OF the Ger
man men-Of-war in the contest in pro-
gress upon the Island of Apia."
FREE TRADE FoR THE RICH.-The
Republicans came very near the line OF
free trade when they came TO deal with
such articles as pearls, diamonds and
other precious stOnes.-C0urier-J Journal
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett
are among the principal stockholders Of
the Emmensite Explosives, Guns, and
Ammunition Company, capitalized at
S5,O0000O The company is about TO
erect factory at Pittsburgh, Pa.-E1-
change
A cable dispatch says the Pope's health
Is causing alarm. He has had serious fit of
Inconsistencies lasting over half an hour,
and the College Of Cardinals ia prepared
for eventualities.
A Berlin dispatch says the sensational
trial Of Oscar Moeller, who was charged
with sbducting a minor, Miss Elsa Elias,
a New York helress, was concluded In
the Cassel Court to-day. The trial,
which lasted three days, resulted In the
conviction OF Moeller, who was sen
fenced to nine months, imprisonment
A dispatch says Superintendent Hams
worth, OF the Pittsburg Steel Casting
Company, inventor of the steel cast gun
that failed TO stand the government
trial has Just completed some tests of
the fragments and admits fatal defects
IN the material
A cable from London says the Anglo |
American Telegraph Company has issued !
a report stating that since the fixing OF
the rate at one shilling a word for tele /
grams between England and America /
the revenue of the company has IN |
creased seventy,seven per cent, while its /
traffic has decreased twenty-siK per cent !
The directors Of the company are as yet |
undecided whether OF not the rate will /
be financial success. So far, however, |
the results have been satisfactory.
William O'Brien had not returned 10 /
Carrick -on-Suir on Friday last, but that /
did not hinder the court from proceeding /.
with the case and sentencing him to .
four months imprisonment for such
conspiracy ss the defendants lawyer
maintained Lord Salisbury and Mr., Bel
four had been guilty Of Exchange
The FRENCH ELEoTIoNs Paris has
been for week past more like a seeth-
ing cauldron than like the chief centre of
the art, education, wealth, society and
literature Of great nation. To- day, the
day for the election OF delegate 10 the
Chamber Of Deputies from the Depart
ment OF Paris, the confusion will rise to
its height, eliminate possibly In the
election of General Boulanger, and then
will subside until the time for the gen.
eral election. AT that time the ruling
party will assert itself, and the future