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, 1890-02-20
ExCITEMENT AT CORNELL.
The Freshman Glass President Kid.
mapped by sophomores.

ITHACA, n. y, Feb. ls.-Ihere Is
great excitement at Cornell university
tonight. Tho Freshman class prcSi'
dent, Chaplin, was kidnapped by the
Sophomorcs and up to midnight had
not been found. II was the evident in
tention to spoil the Freshmen plans
for banquet at Auburn Friday. night,
as the Sophomore intend TO hold one al
the same place and time IL Is Thought
that attempts viii be made TO kiinap
other Freshmen, when there Will be
trouble.
, 1890-02-20
A SUCCESSFUL OPREAT ON.
Ben Buffers Dropping Eysiid Gu
Away.

LOWELL, Mass. Feb. Is. General Ben
jamin Butler to-day submitted 10 an
operation upon tho dropping eyeild,
which tas been 80 prominent a feature
for caricaturists. oflate years IL has
grown more and more troublesome. ana
recently hung So far over the cyebali as
10 practically destroy the sight while
il caused great doai of min. The oP,
Grafton was suce essiul, apart ot the ia
being cut away. lie expects to 90 70
Washington on law business next week.
, 1890-02-20
DAKoTA's LnTrERY SCHEME.
A Rumor That u New BiiI VIII Bs
Introduced.

ST. PAUL, Feb. ia Pioneer Press
Bismarck. n. d., special says: The
rumor Is current tonight that the
friends OF the lottery bill will inirod uce
new measure tomorrow to provide
for the puy nlent to this state of $3.50. 900
per year instead of $40 900.
one oil tho strongrst opponents oi the
measure said that he thought the report
was c'rrcct. aud icared the result as lac
did not think tho lottery people could
make another attempt, unless absulutei y
SURE oi their ypunsl. Others think there
is noihi nH in the ru NOR.
, 1890-02-20
THE SIOUX SETTLERS.
Arrival of the Force for the New
Land Once.

CHASDERLAIs. 5. D., Feb. 1s.-The of
ficials Of the land office. with force OF
clerks, who were sent out from Wash
ington, arrived to-day, and were ten
dered u royal reception by the citizens.
1t Is expected thai the office will be
week.
S. q. Sherman has just returned from
twenty miles In the interior. bringing
fine samples Of coal. Sherman repre-
sents that u syndicate of Western CAPT
talists have located II number OF coal
mines, and Is so enthusiastic over the
prospects that lac has ordered an outfit
with which to begin mining.
, 1890-02-20

LEBANoN, \. IT., Feb. Is.--DuriDg q
prayer meeting at Edward RandAIls.
iiye miles soa,h OF herr, last night an
unknown miscrcnnt fret shot through
jn.l. The family Is one OF the most
prominent In the county.
, 1890-02-20
THOUSANDS ARE COMING.
-Four Great scandinavian Excursion
for Spokane Falls.

for Spokane Falls.
Two Scandinavian excursions have
already left st. Paul via the Northern
Pacific lor Washington. Two more W i'll
be started before March 1. The early
starting of these excursions betokens a
tremendous immigration Tor the ensuing
year. On the excursions that have
already left 81. Paul, the bulk OF the
travellers are headed for spokane Falls
The firm OF A. r., johnson & Co., immi-
grafton agents, is the promoter of these
excursions. An enploye of the North
ern Pacific is authority for the sta e
mcnt that $4,000 worth of Spokane
tickets have been sold In st Paul and
Minneapolis,
, 1890-02-20
A LETTER FROM MR. CLIFFORD.
lie Has 10000 Letters OF Inquiry
About Washington.

About Washington.
lspIANAroLIs, Feb, ~.
To THE FpiTop or THR REVIEW;
Your editorial on the large issue OF
your paper Is deserving OF thought.
am doing all IN my power to present our
state but already II has cost nc over
- t,O0, ami will not care to spend much
mOru-so something like that you pro-
pose would do good. | have over 5000
letters from people who are looking
toward the West and who have asked
for invitations Each one Of these Is
interested evidently, and u paper sent to
their residence would bo read. Believe
me am anxious to serve you and your
country, so command inc.
| am to speak at the Academy of
Music, Philadelphia, February 81, on
the future OF our iron industry in
Washington. | want to talk TO tho iron
rings. HENRY II. CLIFFORD.
, 1890-02-20
GENERAL BOULAN ER.
His nequs.t FOR Divorces Refused by
tho Sacred Congregatiou.

PARIS, Feb. l7.--Boulanger was noti-
fled to-day that the sacred congregation.
TO which 1t was referred At Rome, had
decided against his application for a di-
vorce. I he generDi has sent to the
papal nuncio at Paris entreatipg him TO
ASK the holy father 10 overrule the de-
cision. should the application be sue
cessful, the general will marry Mime.
bouremain, to whom he owes 100000
lruncs.
, 1890-02-20
GIBBONS. THE HIGHwAyMAN


He Was Held 60 Answer Before the
Grand Jury.
Justice Dunning's rather crlmped
courtroom was crowded to its ut
most capacity Saturday when the
case was called of the
man who bound, gagged, and
attempted to rob *. \. Kinney,
The prisoner, who was finally
pursuQdcd tn give his true name,
which is Martin Gibbons, was
brought into court ut ] p. NJ. by
Deputy Sheriff Pugh. All eyes inn
mcdiately conferred upon the pris-
oner. He h man apparently
so or past and wears full
beard, which Is tinged with gray.
He has rather pleasant face, but
when he speaks, even II he utters
but single word, he displays his
ing, and leaned over directly In
front of the witnesses so as to be able
TO catch their every word,
The first witness was Kinney. He
gave u very graphic description Of
the binding, gagglng aud ransack-
ing of the house, closing by fully
identifying the prisoner. He
was followed 10y Thomas
Smith, George Miles, Harry Dewey
and r.. y. Peters, the four young
men who came to Kinney's rescue;
all testified. They all identified
Gibbons as being one Of the robbers.
Justice Dunning held Gibbons to
answer before the grand Jury, with
bonds fixed at $500.
, 1890-02-20

PEsrn, Feb. is.--Couns julius Anl-
rassy, welt known Hungarian slaies-
voioscia, near Fiumc, died to-day. lie
was u years old.
, 1890-02-20
A pERrLous EXPERIENCE.


Wilbur Register: Mr.. j. l., Stub
blelleld, of Lincoln, who was re-
ported lost, has turned up, but In u
somewhat battered condition. He
paid us visit ON Sunday and was
somewhat amused TO read an ac-
count of his Disappearance in the
paper. He states that he was trnv-
cling around for four days, the
greater part of the time with only
one snow-shoe, the other having
been lost through an accident. 1t
Psccms that he was walking along
the wall of the coulCe when, COM
ing to n place whore the snow drift
ovWhung the wall IL broke oil and
fell into the cOulee, a distance of
$50 feet, carrying him with 1t. AL
made an effort To extrlcate himself
after several hours, hard work
had the satisfaction Of once
more seeing the blue sky
still six miles from home and SUR
rounded with snow four to seven
feet deep. Such n situation was
enough to appal the stoutest heart,
but Stubblofleld seems to be en-
dowed with an indomitable will,
and he at once made an attempt to
rcach home. What he suffered may
he conjcctured better than described.
For tour days and three nights he
struggled on, never sleeping, eating
or seeing anyone, but all the time
aware of his position and distance
from home. To the latter fact mis-
safety Is most probably due, had lie
been at all uncertain rs to his where.
abouts he would In nil probability
have despalrcd Of his escape and lain
down exhausted, never probably 10
have made another attempt to reach
IA place of safety.
, 1890-02-20

PAkis, Fcb. rs. Sarah Bcrnhnrlt is II
and has discontinued her performances 81
, 1890-02-20


Idaho County Free Press From
Warrens we learn that Bobby Smith,
the l4-year-old sou of :. :, Smith,
of that camp, had pcrished In the
snow while attempting to go 20 Al
ton with the mail. At the time the
last mail left Warrens his body had
not been found, II search party being
out at the time. w. ID. Kelly ar
rived out from Warrcns on Satur-
day, having bccn hired by private
parties there to bring out some mail
which they could not afford To- wait
10 have transported 10y the means
afforded by Uncle Sam. But four
|mails have been received In the
camp since the lst of December and
the citizens are very indignant over
the condition of the service. Mr..
Kelly reports that w. d. Ynndell,
the mail carrier from the ferry TO
Warrens, left Warrcus on the 2ith
Of January and had not reached
the ferry when he passed through
ON last Thursday, and had undoubt-
edly perlshod In the snow. In the
mail which the carrier was bringing
out was considerable registered mat
ter, containing In the neighborhood
of $1,000. Mr.. Kelly reports the
health Of the camp rs generally
good. Snow Is about five feet deep.
, 1890-02-20
TOO HrGIr FOR wALLA wALLA.

Union Manager Baumeister Is
In receipt of u telegram from Charles
Il. Locke, at Portland, which docs
not require any explanation. Ii
reads: "At Il meeting of the prom-
incnt citizens Of Spokane Falls yes
terday they guaranteed Junh and
entire company $4,000 for three
nights. Could give Walla Walla
Junh in Faust, March 8, If citizens
will guarantee 81, 900, Extra travel
is 5000. Answer"
1t is hardly necessary to say Man
agcr Baumeistor tclegraphcd Man
hger Locke that the people left the
revival meeting In great crowds to
give the required guarantee, and are
fighting for the first choice of seats.
Fifteen hundred dollarsl Hal Hal!
HAL! We hear ii jungle, Jingle,
Jingle In the snow.
, 1890-02-20

Asotin Sentinel: The stock men
Of Asotin county have indeed beon
fortunate this winter. We have
met many of them and have yet to
hear II single anima, dying Of starva-
tion, although small loss was
caused by sliding on steep hillsldes.
When We consider what u poor sea
son last was for preparing feed, this
Is "a remarkable showing.
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The increase of force has hardly kept
pace with the increase of population.
American police officials who visit there
find matter for amazement and amusement
in some features of the city government.
Charles Dickens speaks of the sympathy
the lower classes of British feel for drunk
man; Americans think the sympathy ex-
tends to all classes, for a drunk man is
never arrested unless his conduct becomes
utterly uncomfortable. Similarly the worst
possible class of women ply their trade un-
checked; they are not interfered with as
long as they molest no one else Liberty
of the subject" again.
On the other hand, however, when the
London police do go for man they mean
business and are no respecters of persons
Ex-chief of Police George w. Walling, OF
New York, reports that on certain great
day in London titled captain in the Cold
stream guards tried to ride through line
formed by the police. When resisted he
struck the officer with his whip. He was
promptly arrested, and though his friends
pleaded that he was intoxicated and offered
any required sum for his release he was
convicted and sentenced to a term of i'm
prisonment. His noble relatives then ap-
pealed to the queen, but in vain. She made
answer that the higher the rank the better
the man should know the law and his duty,
and the noble captain had to serve his term.
Macaulay's history of England gives
amusing instances of the absurd length to
which respect for precedents and personal
liberty has been carried Savoy and White
friars were two London districts in which
no one could be arrested for debt or mis-
demeanor The natural result was that the
whole district became so lawless that no
process could be executed there without
file of musketeers "a creditor who vent
ured there was knocked down, stripped,
tarred and feathered. He was dragged
naked up and down the streets. Finally he
was compelled to kneel down and curse his
father and mother, after which he limped
home without rag upon him" The evil
at last became unbearable "liberty of the
subject" was strained little too far An
act of parliament abolished the local priv
ilege, a royal proclamation warned the law
less to flee, and "when on the prescribed
day the officers crossed the boundaries they
found those streets where "A few weeks be-
fore the cry of "A writr would have drawn
together Thousand raging bullies and
vixens as quiet as the cloisters of cathe-
dral."
There are no such corners in London now
There are large districts given over to vice
and crime, of which Whitechapel has lately
attained a name of horror, but there is no
place where the police hesitate to CO. Slow
ly but surely the spirit of modern progress
transforms even the darkest parts of Lon
don, and thus it becomes easier for the
small police force to guard the great city.
You are always safe in good company" is
London motto which is almost literally
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his struggles His first formidable cam
paign in the valley began with disaster
He was commander of the department,
was met on ground of his own selection by
an obscure Indiana colonel, and was round
ly whipped and driven from his position in
total rout The colonel won a generals
star by his victory, and became, later, Brevet
Maj. Gen. Nathan Kimball.
The prize at stake was the commanding
position of Winchester and the control of
the rich valley of Virginia, and Col. Kimball
undertook to defend it without guidance
or instructions from his superiors.
On the morning of the battle, March %,
1862, Jackson sent message to his chief,
Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston, saying
with the blessing of an ever kind Provi-
dence hope to be in the vicinity of Win
chester this evening"" He was in that vi
cinity, with his face turned the other way,
however, and not "kind Providence" but
plain Col. Kimball, U. S. A, commanded
the situation.
The forces in "Stonewall's" ranks at this
time numbered about 5000 men, and CON
sisted of three brigades of infantry and one
of cavalry The Union forces in the valley
ut the time consisted of two divisions of
Banks corps, under Gems. James Shields
and A. S. Williams. Williams command
was moving out of the valley and Shields
troops were posted around Winchester
watching jackson.
The game to be played was this; The
Shenandoah valley a generally open coun-
try, threaded by the Shenandoah river and
extending from Staunton, an important
railroad junction, on the south, to the Po-
tomac on the north, and accessible every
few miles through passes from the country
east and west, offered admirable hiding
ground for body of troops adapted to
rapid movements. The valley is broken by
several ranges Of hills, on one of which
stands Winchester, thirty miles up the val
ley from the Potomac. Twenty miles fur
ther up--i. e.. south-near Strasburg, the
valley is cut across by fork of the river
and Cedar creek, flowing in from the west,
and here successive ridges, steep in places,
form good battle grounds.
Again, thirty miles south, near New Mar
ket, pass is formed by two forks of the
river, bordered with mountains, the single
valley pike being along exposed plains be-
tween. Staunton, at the head of the val
ley, is well covered from attack from the
north by streams that wind around it on
the north, east and west. Jackson's place
| of refuge would be Staunton, where re-en-
| forcements from other armies could reach
him, and the railroads from the south could
bring up military supplies. From this
| point he could play hide-and-seek in and
out and up and down the valley.
When Banks crossed the Potomac early
| in March, 1862, to enter the valley the Con.
federates retired before him, Winchester
was abandoned and to all appearance Jack.
son was concentrating his men at the up
| per end of the valley. Banks then sent
half his men, Williams division, across the
Blue Ridge to other scenes and ordered
Shields with the remaining division tc
/ which .Iacksnn IL xvas nnIN that the lattnl
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LUNNON boobies.
Police System of the Largest
City in the World.
THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT

There Is Supposed to BE One Policeman
to 400 People-Slow Growth of the sys-
tenn from Constantine the Great to VIC
toria-The Lord Gordon Riots of 1880.
London is the largest city in the world"
SO much every one knows, for even those
who cannot read have heard statements of
the fact since childhood
But apparently every one does not know
that London is also the greatest city of the
world in many other respects. containing
more wealth, learning and fashion, more
poverty and intemperance, more great Ii
braries, churches and museums, and last,
but not least interesting, more odd people,
outcasts from other lands, "cranks," re-
formers and political exiles than any other
city. And not the least interesting fact is
that these enormous masses are kept in
order by police force that is probably the
smallest, in proportion, of any city in the
world
About 1900 regular policemen TO about
100000 people is one way of stating it, but
the statement needs some qualification, as
there are never so many in the line of duty
at once, and on the other hand there are
many private and special watchmen. In
one important point the "crook" has an
immense advantage in London, and indeed
all over Great Britain. 1.-The liberty of the
subject" is there respected to a degree that
would be surprising In America and
thought perfectly ridiculous in France or
Germany. 1t is an admitted fact that pick
pockets and sneak thieves by the thousand
are well and personally known to the po-
lice, talk familiarly with them and walk
past them with impunity as long as they
are not caught in the act Again and again
has the city chief declared that "a mob of
10000 rascals might gather in Trafalgar
square with the avowed intention of sacking
Buckingham palace" and the police could
only stand around till the attack began.
Some ludicrous results follow, and his
tory records few episodes of unparalleled
horror and havoc. When Lord George
Gordon's Protestant army" Of 10000 be-
gan its march on Parliament house the
police did not feel free to interfere; when
their leaders addressed them, with an ex-
hortation to burn the Catholic churches,
no arrests were made, and when the mis-
chief actually began the police were power
less. For six days the great city was at
the mercy Of the widest mob of modern
times. The prisons were broken open. All
the professional criminals Joined the orig
inal rioters, and hundreds of shops and
dwellings were plundered. At one time
thirty-s great fires were blazing in the
city. Then troops began to pour in from
all the garrison towns and the riot was
put down by the killing and wounding of
about five hundred people. In "Barnaby
Rudge" Dickens has given an account at
once graphic and accurate of this affair of
June 3-s, 1880
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K1mDan to cover Jacksons thanking move-
ment. But Kimbsll believed In Jackson's
presence on the field and had proper respect
for his abilities In anticipation OF some
such maneuver on the part Of his opponent,
he sent word to Tyler, who was advancing
along the valley pike from Winchester, TO
turn of to the right and occupy the ground
that jackson was aiming 10 seize. The Con-
federate artillery had already taken post
tions and was cannonading Kimball's lines
The field toward which Jackson's three
Confederate brigades and Tyler's Union
command were fastening from opposite
directions was TO be the scene of "StoDe-
walls" stunning defeat, and veritable
stone wall was there TO play its part as
bulwark against the tides Of battle.
The ground was plateau, presenting on
its northern edge line obliquing south
east and northwest to Kimball's position.
Along this line was a stone wall, with
broad, open fields south of IT, where jack
son was advancing, and having on the
north a strip Of wood, obscuring the view
toward Winchester. When the Confeder-
ate line reached the stone wall and sent
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-05-23

The common notion of the French
peasant as a narrow minded, penurious
and not too moral person receives no
support from Mr.. Frederic Harrison,
whose personal study of French rural
life has nevertheless been very consider
able. The indomitable endurance of the
French race has, he reminds us, enabled
France to surmount crushing disasters,
losses and disappointments under which
another race would have sunk. She
bears with ease a national debt, the an
nual charge of which is more than dou-
BILE that of wealthy England, and taxa
tion nearly double that of England, with
almost the same population-ap permanent
taxation that exceeds 100 francs per
head, and is greater than has ever before
been borne by any other people. She
lost over one war a sum not much short
of the whole national debt Of England,
and she has written of without a muir
mur loss Of e4s, ,000,0 900, thrown into
the Panama canal. If France is thus
strong, the backbone Of her strength is,
in Mr.. Harrison's opinion, found in the
marvellous industry and thrift OF her
peasantry.-London News.
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"F. O. b." and &c. Z. T."

These expressions, which have become
quite usual In trade. have a well defined
significance. "F. o. b." means free ON
board" and &C. (. l." stands for "cost,
freight and insurance" Accordingly a
bill of goods purchased in New York to
be shipped to Boston IF. o. b." means
that they are to be placed upon vessel or
cars, as the case may be, free of all
charges up to that time; if purchased
80. {, l." the seller must pay the insur-
ance and freight until the goods arrive
in Boston.
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BLOOMSBURY. PA, FRIDAY. MAY %, 1890.

form.7 In 1856 the force was consondatsu
under one commissioner and two assistants,
and on the first day Of 1874 the existing sys-
tenn was pronounced complete On that
day there were twenty-six superintendent,
972 inspectors, 992 sergeants and $500 pri-
vates-a total of 1883 men. They patrolled
6,612 miles Of street, covering 6s7 square
miles, with 3,s0S,360 inhabitants, and the
arrests for the year preceding were 1851.
At present the metropolitan police force
consists of thirty superintendents, 1893 in
spectors, 1869 sergeants and 12,020 con-
stables-a total of Ia, PSI all under the direc-
tion of Commissioner James Monro.