The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-16
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
LEADING PAPERS DISCUSS LEADING
TOPICS % THE DAY.
Cannibalism In Uayti -- The Proposed
Bounty I'm Sugar. The Lord sackvilie
Incident iTarrison's Inaugural Address.
News from stanley. sc.

Bounty Is senator Allison
has taken the sugar bounty plunge after
shiyering over IL awhile lie Yesterday
introduced the lOng-expocicd amend
ment 10 the sugar schedule of the Senate
tariff bill. The amendment provides that
until April, 1900. bounty of one cent
per pound shall be paid upon all sugar
manufactured from cane sorghum or
hceis within the United States, the bOun-
ties to be paid annually from the duties
collected on foreign sugar Senator Al
lison was originally opposed 10 the
principle Of paying bounties on sugar or
any other native product. but in order 10
the maintenance Of high duties on manu-
featured goods. IL became necessary TO
reduce the revenues somewhere else
PAila Times
THE KAISER Kaiser Wilhelm would
have done we'll 10 refrain from the SEN
tentious periods concerning the con-
tinucd blessings of peace ~ which were
contained in his inaugural speech 20 the
Prussian Landtag yesterday. They are
singularly inopporiune az o moment
when the five great Continental powers
are spending millions upon mil ions OF
dollars in hurricdly laying down treble
and even quadruple lines of railway
tracks for the more speedy conveyance
of their troops 10 the frontier. The
clause In his address regarding thealleged
reduction of taxation is equally distant
from the tuth.-Erchangc
FNGLAND AND THE RrpUBLcANs -
Tn announcement is made with semi
Off ial solemnity that the vacancy ere
aIcd by the cXtrusion of Lord Sackvhle
T ON the British Mission 90 Washington
will not be filled lurinr the present adj
mini TRITON When Mr. Harrison sue
G eds Mr.. Cleveland it will give Lord
Salisbury leasurc, if he is then in
p ,sition of influence with the Queen, 20
7 commend her Majesty to send some
suitable person 10 reside near her great
and rood friend that is 20 be after the
4 b Of March.-Nec Tork Iimes.
THE CANNIBALs or HAYTT-Canni-
0alism in the Republic Of Hayli ! Those
two words cannibalism and Gre
public indicate conditions, principles
and customs so far apart that their com
lnation naturally creates surprise. We
lasten.. therefore, to say that while
human sacrifices are made and human
lesh is eaten bv certain classes in lIayti.
{ has never vet exhibited any of the
of a true Republic.
The story of our special correspond
nt-whO seems To- have disregarded
LANCER whilemaking bis investigations
s simply horrible and blood curdling
lie porirays the supcrstitions and vile
PRACTICES of NOudOOism with the pen of
pre- aphaeliie When YOU have fin
shed the frrhtful but still fascinating
ecital of facts YOU will open your eyes
n wonder that i'm this nineteenth cen
ury, and within gunshot of the highest
orm of civilization on the planet the
radlions of the Kingdom of Dahomey
re retained and its practices prevail
Y. J. HTad
THE INAUGrRAL ADDREss.-The ri
aid reporter gives Gen. Harri-
ison's methods of composing the inau
ural address as follows, assisted by
.ige Haliord
II begin" said the General. with
ONE remarks in a Centennial vein
Standing at the bright portal Of
mother century of national splendor and
uccess. and looking back with glistening
,ut rejoicing eyes upon the wondrous
panorama of prosperity, Of heaven. /
.razing oaks sprung from the acons OF
hundred years ago, of fields now white /
With richest haryests-'
Pardon me, but in March they will F.
probably be white with snow
The General did not hear. but went on /
which. within the memory of men I.
low living. were shrouded in the gloom .
# primeval forests, the home of blood /
hirsty savages-lOOking back. say I
At that moment the Private Secretary /
eally looked through the window be- /.
lind him inio the back yard. Great /.
GOODNESS, 80 he cried, Bose is chewing up I.
he coon q,
AFRICAN WARs-Tho New York Sun 4
lives an outline account of tho bloody I
var between two tribes OF East Africa /
The Nasal are the great warriors and .
attic stealers of that country. The .
Yakwat are another enterprising tribe .
# cattle lifters and they recently I'M
luced their relatives, the Mir Nasal, 20 .
tart on a great cattle stealing expedition
ar south in UgogO While the war
Tors Of the Kilima-N iaro region were
bout 200 miles away on this enterprise
he Wakwaf invaded their defenseloss
ZONES, slaughtered al the old men and
women. burned all the villages, and 4
nded their cowardly exploit by carry
ng into captivity all the younger women
nd driving of 1900 head Of cattle.
The chronicler Of this incident says
hat the outraged tribe returned and
Proceeded at once on a mission of ven
eance which is likely to cause q disturb
nee of English interests in that vicinity
The Boston Journal SAYS that the first
IN offered in the Connecticut Senate
vas a secret ballot act IL provides for
citing in envelopes Suitable rooms are
o be provided; electors are TO be fur
ished with one Of each of the ballots that
re before the people, and are 10 enter q
ertain room and there put there ballots
ltO the envelope No voter can STAY
yer three minutes Counterfeiting or
marking envelopes is punishable By fine
nd Imprisonment.
News OF STANLEY.-A cable dispatch
ON Brussels says that the Movement
eographique steamer Stanley has prob
bly, brought news of Stanley from Stan
Y Falls TO LeopOldyille. The steamer
fl the Falls for Stanley Pool on Sep.
mber 30, with Lieutenant Kerkhoven
ed the vanguard of an expedition
larged with forming a camp on the
anks Of the Aruwhimi. A dispatch rel
i've TO Stanley left Banana on Deem
II Il.
The Fashion Review says that for
III dress black coat and trousers, with
white OF delicately tinted vest in either
the STYLES, would make an attractive
Iit but if the coat were of blue, lilac
wine color, with trousers of a lavender
ade and a white vest, the suit would be,
c think, one of the most elegant and
tistic that can be devised
\ dispatch from Pans says that the
anarchists of this city have issued a !
anifestO to the electors of the Depart I
ent Of the Seine In which they appcal ,