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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08

poisoning could be perceived Nevertheless. the
strong suspicion which attached 70 the Duke OF
Orleans could hardly have been wholly paseess
His contemporaries and particularly the PcoPie
Of the Court knew his character, ana shonto nave
Deen fair Judges OF what he was cNaDle o. -noI'-
over. poisoning was very real crime' anu NV
cases of tbr Narouise de Brinvilliers. OF SAINT
CroiX OF Lavolsln and Lavisourena' were qui'e
sufficient n ustify dreadful doubts when men
and women OF prominence who s'ooo IN inc way
of INSCRIPTIONS and powerful persons suddenly
died The horrible practices Of the Italian poison
crs Snora and Torhania had been emulated by the
two Frcnch women named above, and the scan
DIAL which in $50 resulted in their trial and pun
isbment also BROUGHT 10 light the startling fact
that they had accompliccs 10 the number OF hity
some in Paris and some in other large clticS
The Countess of SCISSORS was charged with adj
ministering or attempting TO administer the sue
cession powder to the Queen OF Spain. Inc
Cardinal de Bouzy and Penaniicr. wealthy
and influential person, were under similar accuse
tions There was therefore, nothing IN me gem
cral circumstances of the time TO render the Sis
melon directed against Orleans absurd or uhica-
sonable.
Contain Bingham has made his book as enter
tanning as possible and it abounds IN description
and anocdote though some may think the de-
tailed accounts OF state cercinohlcs anu O'''
and decorations somewhat overdone. But 1t Is
a curious series of pictures. or rather dlssoVlns
views. in which experience goes for nothing, and
selfish ambition clings constantly to methods ana
systems the futility of which is exposed by every
carefully planned state marriage. To the end the
royal spectators never learned wisdom or prac-
tised moderation and the Bourbon marriages
differed in little from royal alliances throughout
Europe Unhappily it was the people every
where who paid for the mistakes Of their rulers.
and thus the blind struggle proceeded until the
time was ripe and the Revolution convulscd the
Continent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08

From The Washington Post.
Having a severe cold in the head. literary frens
Of mine had taken a hot bath before retiring ana
dose of fine whiskcy. - slept like log he say .
until about 3 o'clock When ! awoke INV head "as
as clear 5 a bell and found myself interested ~ w.,
peculiar story which, In all symmetry. was pa,sine
through my mind. The plot was somewhat coz
plicatcd, but thoroughly artistic wa, a'ioNl,nn',u
and at first thought that nv memory wits re ain'
some tale that had read. ~ | reviewed the s,or,
however, l realized that ii was emlncnily orsi.".
"Much pleas d at this &c ,ming pr sentt,ion from
gods OF literary nugget composed myself 10 ' iix
and In the morning found that the tale wa s'','
mine. Some weeks lafcr received an order iion. /"
syndicate for story of 10000 words had 'mI ~
six hours, in which 10 produce the manuscript ~
plot had Been the outcome Of hot bath. whi.hcs
and sound sleep now came into play, and naa "a
difficulty In completing my story within the euo s,v
time As received $3.50 for II, / am now patish''
awaiting another cold in the head
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08

This when Southern journalism was still in the net
OF A sleepy conservatism His carly failure was
clearly dine 10 the fact that he was IN advance
of his section in his methods "iadualN ne edu-
Gated the latter up 10 ms own luta'' ara 1'cn
material success came VIVA. ~ "c'phpHssne''
for the South was. OWING 10 NJ nh'incN taxing
of much less than that of when ne gave promise
hui he Started his people III the ri-hl WtNi anu
this was service they cannot DE 700 SIa'clni loI.
Mr. Harris does Justice 10 his IoNaple ,iualitts
and his intellectual force and scoP' so l'i as u
feasible in the space allowed him. As to the
second Life" of Grady, to he no'lccd mere, hov
much need he said II purports 10 ne written
by one who enjoyed the friendship OF Mr' pFaoy
~ who bad at his disposal q mass OF data
frs, which 10 draw interesting facts ana details
nd i is claime. for the sketch tnat II Is com,
prehcnsivc and truthful containln@ many person.
Incidents and "reminiscences rcNcE utiorr pun
ijsbed and which will appear In no o.hrr "ori..
However this may be, II Is cviGent th't 'r "4ltI
has nut no restraint upon his pea III nv very
first sentence the reader l. told INA, 'r u'.'n
If Henry w Grady struck from mes I'u''H.Il
the most picturesque figure in AMERICAN nis.orI,,
on the first page IL is asserted that ne nau IL,
ready reached the summit OF human ars'!hesc.
and on the second page he is compared 20 AZ
" Glen Rofanar;c The literary style Of this
ife" may. perhaps. ne gathered from the fol-
Io,,inc sentences: - The somhrc-winged vntnrc OF
hare which had preycd on the remains OF The
Iost cause took fight ut his approach. and me
snoyy-b breasted doves OF peace loVln3E nestie'l
hove the chasm In their stead Aitcr tha' II
sbould scarcely be neccssarr To- say una, an aec-
ouate biography Of Henry Woodtin Grady remains
10 ho written.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08
CAP AND BELLS.

From The Household Monthly.
The tester sang IN the banquet hali'
Ills wit obeyed no bride,
ue rallied AZ all. both great ana small
The rich the poor. the Idle
And mIrth al every merry Joke
Rang out from floor 10 rsfter
II mattcr,d not whate'er he SPOKE.
They answered all with laughter
Tia Ia, no no.
II merrilv, merrily swells;
They've never a care who motley wcsrs
And don the cap and bells
lie preachcd sermon true and wise.
They only thought he TESTED
They Ian ghed and with their streaming eyS
The witty Quip attested -
perchance his heart had felt Despair
But how were they 10 know II
They only saw the motley there,
they never read below II.
The wears passed by, the Fool lay dead.
His Laughter stilled forever:
lie WAS the king OF all" they said.
1--WE shall find his equal never
Rnt hid away they found one day.
4 lest that silent made them
A clove--a hower-a tress of hair
non his heart they laid them
LA ha no no.
II mer1ly. merrily swcs
They've never a care who motley wear
And don the cap and bells
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08

oute unlike his other tales, both IN suojec, anu ucaV
IT, hn. ~ nust bo recognized as an admirable piece
., work ard as occupying high place in fiction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-08

JOEL. CHANDLER HARRIsS LIFE OF HENRY W.
GRADY. including his Writings and SpeecheN \
memorial volume compiled by Mr.. Henry W. Grady,
co-workcrs on The Constitution" and edited by
Joel chandler Harris. sv0 PIP G@-. Casscll Pub
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
To Mark Historic Spots.

An organization has been perfected
Daughters Of the American Revolution ("
The purpose OF the society is TO secure and
preserve the historical spots Of America
and TO erect thereon suitable monuments
TO perpetuzte the memories OF the heroic
deeds of men and women who aided the
revolution, called constitution n govern
neni, In America. Mrs Benjamin Barri-
son has been elected president general Of
the society and Mrs. Flora Adams Dar.
charge OF the Organization. A list of vice
presidents general and a number of on
GERS including an advisory board, wa.
also elected.
The first undertaking by the society will
be the completion Of the monument TO the
memory of Mary Washington. mother OF
George Washington, and every American
is asked 10 send in a contribution to the
treasurer, Mrs. Colonel Marshall ,sicDon-
aid, of Washington.
Resolutions were adopted fsvoring the
passing OF the bill introduced in the House
by Representative Sherman OF New York,
arranging for the marking by the govern
ment, OF the historical spots of the reyolu
ton; setting apart the iith of October as
the permanent anniversary or meeting
day OF the society In commemoration of
the discovery OF America and requesting
that a special building or space be set
aside in the Worlds Columbian E1posi-
tiou for the exhibition of relics and other
things illustrative OF the period Of the
American revolution, under the care OF
the lady managers, which exhibit shall af.
terward be brought TO Washington and be
permanently continued here.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
Something New in Safe Opening.

A safe opening test which in sensa-
tional Accomplishments double discounts
the wonderful feat of Paul Alexander
Johnson, the mind reader, took place in
the Wayne hotel Chicago, Tuesday morn
ing.
The operator was Henry E. Adams, q
young man from Minneapolis, who came
to Chicago some weeks ago and took rooms
at the Wayne, on Michigan Street There
he became acquainted with young man
about his own age who was cousin TO the
hotel proprietor. The fact of the relation
ship was not known by Adams.
Within the past few days Adams pro-
posed to his new-found friends scheme
to make money. They would rob the safe
in the hotel. The whole plan was deftly
arranged. Adams was to get up at four
o'clock in the morning and open the safe.
Meantime the hotel proprietor had been
told of the plot by his cousin, who pre-
tended to take the part of an accomplice
in the robbery.
1t was little after midnight when two
able -bodied detectives were let into the
Hotel Wayne and secreted behind the
OLlCc Couulers 1Hty Waltcu pdlleubAy lOt
four O'Clock to arrive. Just as the big
clock in the Northwestern depot rang out
the appointed hour, the safe robber came
tip toe to the hotel office. The detectives
all but refused to breathe for fear of dis
turbing him
Without tools or explosives the waiting
officers watched young Adams cody pre-
pare to open the massive iron receptacle,
although it was clearly evident that he
did not know the combination nor was he
mind reader. He had simply resorted
to an ingenious plan, and depended upon
nature for an open sesame.
Adams had pared the nail Of his index
finger on the right hand until-the blood
vessels were exposed and then by placing
the sensitive wound on the knob of the
combination lock he distinguished the
movement of the tumblers as they fell.
For an hour he worked while the per-
spiration dropped in balls from his brow.
At last there was sharp click, and as the
first streaks of dawn came in through the
windows, Adams swung back the door.
With sigh of relief he reached into the
safe and laid his hands on package of
bills.
The detectives sprang forward and the
would-be robber was under arrest
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
No Crime to Steal LIQUOR.

A Columbus, Kansas, special SAYS:
A peculiar case, with a peculiar defense
came before the court in that city.
James Wilson was arrested for breaking
into a saloon and stealing quantity of
beer and whiskey. He was caught
in the act and placed in jail. The
grand jury found an indictment for bur
glary and he was placed on trial. The
case was fully proven by the prosecution
and the act was not denied, but the de-
Tense set up the plea that as the selling or
keeping of spirituous liquors was contrary
to law and was crime, the act of taxing
the goods was no crime.
The Jury deliberated only half an hour.
when it returned a verdict for the defend
ant and he was released.
He was Immediately rearrested on the
charge Of stealing the bottles which con-
tanned the liquor. AS the stealing was
virtually admitted in the first case, he will
in all probability be held for the grand
jury, and as that body adjourned last
night, he will have to remain in Jail until
January.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
A Good Haul.

TYLER, Tex, Oct. 15.-At Lindale
last night as the International agent at
the office was closing after the IL O'Clock
train had passed north and just as he blew
out the lamp and turned to go from the
Office, he was confronted by two masked
men who ordered him to ''hold up and
tell them where he kept the money. The
robbers received in all 81, ,4s5, of which $50
belonged to the Pacific Express Company,
800 TO the agent and the rest ticket sales
of the international The burglars were
not green men, as before leaving they took
particular pains to remove the bars from
the telegraph instruments and took them
with them, showing that they were &C
quainted with the workings of the tele-
graph apparatus. In doing this they left
the agent without way of giving any
signal or message. The first news of the
affair was brought on the passenger at
AIS a. m. Dogs were sent down from
Mincola this morning, but no further par
ticulars have been announced.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
News from Asia.

SAN Francisco, Oct. 11.-Japanese
.av,ce. state there is q movement on foot
to plant q colony of Japanese In McAico'
Mr.. yogel, of Mexico, has been IN japan
trying to induce the government 70 aeeeuo
TO the scheme He received some omeiai
sanction and expects to send over 2,oo
laborers before the end OF the monln
wages of 90 to 10 cents q day.
Chinese advices state there has oeen
great gambling in silver in Hong Kong.
and that the Hong Kong and Shanghai
bank is said to nave made rnfihon ous Vi
the deal. When Mexican dollars were
valued at "a cents, and before the SILVER
bill passed, the bank purchased all the
Mexican dollars it could get; when the
silver bill became law the value Oh she
Mexican dollar took & jump and the oanx
sold all IL had at " cents Before the
deal the bank shares were qoted AT si-eei
since, they have been almost unprocuraoie
at S. 70.
The last time the revenue cutter Ling
Fong came in, says an Annoy paper, she
reported having seen, oetween Foocho"
and here, u large pirate junk nrinS on
peaceful tradesman. A gunboat WAS
sent out and returned with eleven prison
ers from the piratical craft AL were be-
headed
News has been received at Annoy OF
frightful atrocity, pirate craft having
seized trading junk and nassaered In
cold blood the whole crew OF thirty-nine
men
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
Abuses in Turkey.

VIENNA, Oct. ia dispatch from
Coustantinople states that arrests of
Armenians are still being made and many
of those who have been taken into custody
have been shockingly maltreated and tor
tured. Among other cruelties to which
the prisoners have been subjected is the
withholding from them of all food. They
have also been deprived of sleep. Persons
suspected of disloyalty are arrested upon
information being lodged against them by
any spy.
The Armenian recently arrested for at
tempting the murder of an archpriest in
the Kooen Kapou quarter of Constanti-
nople was to-day found dead in his cell. 1t
is alleged that his death was the direct
result of the tortures inflicted upon him.
The officers at Van are still arming the
Turks and outrages upon the Armenians
there are of frequent occurrence.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
Dillon and o'Brien in Paris.

PARIS, Oct. 15.-Ld Presse says:
"Dillon and O'Brien, after their fight
from Tipperary, took passage on a sailing
vessel, landed at Lac-Sur-Mer, on the
coast Of Normandy, Sunday, and passed
the night at the residence of Raffalovitch,
banker, whose daughter is the wife of
O'Brien. On Monday they came to Paris,
and thence proceeded to Mafalovitch's
country residence at Gif, department of
the Seine ct Oise, and returned to Paris
last night. Their address in this city is
secret If news received from America is
favorable to the Irish mission to that
country, they will start for New York at
the end of the week. If it becomes mani
fest that it is their intention to remain in
Paris the government will request them
to leave.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
a Bold Robbery.

Elisha Smith, farmer from Split Log,
Missouri, was robbed of his pocketbook
containing money and checks to the amount
of $4,7s5 at Portland, Oregon, Tuesday
Just as the Southern Pacific train arrived
from California, Smith was putting on his
overcoat, and other passengers were pre-
pairing to leave the train, when three men
seized him and while one man held, an
other put hand into his pocket and re-
moved the pocketbook. The robbers
escaped. 1t is supposed they followed
him from San Francisco. He had s., 900
in currency in another pocket which they
failed to get.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
DEATH OF A JuRlsT.
Justice Miller of the Supreme Cour
Passes Away.

Samuel F. Miller, associate justice
of the United States Supreme Court, died
on the 18th of paralysis. He was seventy
four years old, and had served on the Su-
preme bench since 1862, when he was ap-
pointed by President Lincoln.
The Washington star, in speaking OF
Justice Miller, said; .Of Pennsylvania
stock on his fathers side, and North Car
oljna blood on his mothers, native OF
Kentucky, citizen of Iowa at the time OF
his appointment Justice Miller has united
the characteristics of strength, solidity,
intelligence, conscientiousness, that char
acterized the people from whom he sprang.
Appointed TO the associate jus ticeship o
the Republics supreme court in the midst
of the gigantic struggle of the Unions ex-
istence, he was one of the foremost figures
of the federal Judiciary in the settlement
of the important questions growing out Of
that contest A sincere and earnest Re
publican from the Fremont campaign in
1856, he supported the policy of that party,
in those measures which firmly established
its supremacy and determined the course
of the reconstruction. Among the opin-
ions written by him at their great period
was that in the New Orleans slaughter
house case, which maintained the validity
of the national power under the new con-
stitutional amendments.
"In the twenty-eight years of his success
on the supreme bench, Justice Miller has
held opinions on a large number of cases
involving high questions of government
and his lucid and weighty words have
settled them perhaps permanently. In
the kilbourne-Thompson case the delimi-
tation of legislative power and personal
rights of the citizen was more clearly made.
The right of the national legislature, how
ever, was upheld by him, and the court in
which he was spokesman, in the matter of
interstate railroad transportation. So
clear cut have meen many of his judicial
and unofficial utterances in favor Of the
constitutional rights of the States in the
union, that by some State rights men, even
of an extreme school, Judge Miller has
been regarded as the tirmest friend on the
Supreme Court of the reserved rights of
the several States.n On the other hand,
his position on the electoral commission of
1877 gave more satisfaction TO Republicans
than Democrats, but to those who have
watched the career of the stricken Justice,
his impartiality seemed as conspicuous as
his common sense and legal ability. One
of the longest in service OF the great tri-
bunal, he has been exceIled by none in
| dignity, in faithfulness TO his trust and in
all that makes up consummate judge,
He was eminent like Bushrod Washing
ton, for his practical Judgment, and IL not
SO learned as Story was as luminous, wise
and iudicious as any of the great who have
adorned the bench from the days of Jay,
lredell and Ellsworth TO the present time.
Twice considered for the place of chief
justice, if the strong reasons advanced
had operated for his promotion, he would
have been worthy successor to Chase or
| Waite. A great iurist there was no posi-
ton in the world of Jurisprudence he
would not have adorned"
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
AN AWFUL FIRE.
A Aklarge Hotel Burns at Syracuse,
New York.

What proved to be the most dis
astrous fire that has visited Syracuse for
many years, was discovered in the Leland
hotel at 1880 O'Clock Wednesday morn
ing.
An eyewitness of the fre says it is pos
tive that at least fifteen persons lost their
lives, and that many more have been
more or less injured.
The building was provided with both
iron fire escapes on the outside and ropes
on the inside, which were the means OF
saving many lives.
Many people, crazed with fright, lost
their lives by jumping from windows
One man says he saw six people jump
from different windows on the Fayette
street side of the builing within a space OF
four minutes, and the sight sickenec MIN
with it. horror and he was compelled to
leave the spot
A woman was found with a nursing baby
in her arms, crouching in stairway,
where she had been overcome by smoke
She was removed by the hremen, but has
not yet regained consciousness, and it is
impossible to say what her name is or ex-
perience was.
The trightful shrieks of the guests and
the crackle of the flames could be heard
for blocks away. The building burned SO
rapidly that most of the people on the up
per floors were obliged to use the fire es-
cape or jump for their lives.
The fire is said TO have started in the
kitchen The building will be total
loss. 1t was built two years ago at a cost
of sl5O, 200. 1t was six stories high and
contained 400 rooms. 1t is impossible to
learn how many guests were in the hotel
at the time the fire broke out. The total
cost will not fall short of S50O,ooo and is
partially covered by insurance, but it is
impossible to learn how much insurance
was carried on. the hotel, furniture or
what the individual losses will be.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
A Lost Opera.

Strauss. the composer. has suffered
a severe loss. The third act of his new
opera, Ritter Pazman,' has disappeared
in most unaccouutable way. The opera
was complete and was about to be given
over to the artists. The composer. before
ne left his country house for town, thought
he had locked it safely in cabinet, but il
can be found nowhere. Some time ago the
composer gave heap OF old manuscript to
his valet to be burned, and he now fears
the third act was in that heap. As he has
destroyed his notes, and has to compose
the whole act over again. the first per-
formance OF the opera will have 10 be pui
of Indefinitely.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18
Work for the Supreme Court.

The October term OF the United
Supreme Court began on the 18th. The
familiar face of its oldest member, Justice
Miller, was missing. In the last four years
and more there has not been a frl bench
save for q very short time last spring.
The most important OF the cases which
come over from las, term are those DO
tween Colorado mining corporations, in
volving a construction Of some very In
portant mining questions
The coming term Of the court, II is eS-
pected, will be a busy one. A number OF
interesting cases xili be pressed for hear
ing Notice has already been given that
an effort will De made TO irnpeach the
eonstitutionality OF the New York electro
cuIion Law on the ground that 1t is cruel
and unusual punishment The Japanese
Jugigo is the man in whose behalf this
point will be raised Another case which
will attract attention win be an appeal
brought here to secure the release Of one
of the Chicago anarchists, now in prison
under heavy sentence
The liquor laws OF various states, how
ever, will furnish the largest number of
cases of interest The court viii early be
given an opportunity TO reanirm the dos
trines laid down in the original package
decision. After the lower opinion in the
Iowa cases, three dealers were Arrested
for opening original package houses in
Kansas. They were arrested and con-
victsd in State court and the question
now TO be decided is as to the Legality of
the order OF one OF the United States
Judges declaring their arrest contrary 10
law.
The Lamar register., 1890-10-18

IT is the selfish interest OF every in
telligent newspaper to deal fairly.
frankly and honestly with the public
1t is responsible to ITS readers; it ought
to be able to bold responsible those in
turn who supply it with the commodity
of which it is a purvey yor-news. Pri-
vate malice is forever seeking oppor-
tunity to be vindictive and does not
scruple at inventing falseheods in or
der to secure the defamation of polit-
ical or personal enemy. 1t is not al
ways possible to avoid being imposed
upon, but newspaper ought to be
able to punish those who do impose
upon it.