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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-04-03

President Harrison last week prccipitated a
surprise to the Army by nominating Lieut.. Col.
William Smith, Deputy Paymaster General, for
the appointment of Paymaster- General with
the rank Of Brigadier-General, 90 succeed Gen.
VIM. ID. Rochester, who was retired Feb. Is for
age.
The surprise was in two chapters: first, be-
cause such vacancies in the staff departments
Of the Army are seldom filed 50 soon; and
second, because Of the selection made for IL
was not understood that this particular Col.
Smith was an applicant for the appointment
The senior officer of the Pay Department,
after Gen. Roehester's retirement, was Col Rod.
ney Smith, Assistant Paymaster- General, and
that officer. who is brother Of the appointee,
was strongly in the field for the appointment.
and was followed by Col. Wan. A. Rucker
(brother of Gen Daniel II. Rucker and uncle OF
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-04-03
Remedies

Jan. 2, 1890.
, 1890-10-29

through virgin wildS amid the heat of the
tropical noon and the bowling drearineSs
OF midnight in the Jungle.
There is terror in the mist of She swampS
that must be traverSed: in the deadly vi
per that sinks from the hole at the ira
veller'S feet: in the chatter of the monkeys
and IN the eyes Of the tiger shining back at
the freight but the terror hat hangs
over the missionary in Surlnam is all of
these, one after the other, and beyond and
above them like a frightful nightmare,
bTOOdS the shadow of the curse of God, the
the fear of leproSy.
The government has established a leper
STATIC at Batavia, on the Coppenamp riv-
eT aud there among the wrctched patients,
a priest of the R~edemptorist order is dying
the death OF the martyr Damien.
His fingers are gone, aud the rest of
his body will fol,ow piecrmeal.
Priests Of his order are near him, doing
the work chat the advance Of his frightful
malady has c mpeIled him to lay down,
doing it with cheerfulness and energy,
among patients few OF whom are even Of
their own faith.
Suict as The laws of isolation are, the
wings of the Sc0urge are spread 50 wide
that there is no hope OF separation, and
there ale more IepcrS in ParamMiho to-
day than in tJr / per station at Batavia.
Bishop Wuitngh is Il native Of BoiS-le-
Dnr, IN Holland. He entered the conr e.
CATION of the Redeemrr at the age Of -,
and was finally appointed Bishop ofCamby-
NopnlIS ana vicar apostolic OF Dutch Gui-
ana, He bears his - years with sturdy
energy, AMI ljy"s exclusively for the pro-
pie ol his DIOCESE.
AZ the service in The Mission church to-
morrow night Rcvd. Charles Carrier, Eho
has timSril been a missionary IN SuIiuanp
will p,rach a sermon on the needs of the
country and offerings Will he received at
that chuIcII during the stay of the Bishop,
aud also after his departure. He VIII so
list to Reading, Penn, to visit his brother,
and JULY 2 he sails for Holland, returning
to SuliE"m in the fall.
Thu" foregoing information was obtained
hy The Globe from one who had know
the Bishop, Intimately in his native county.
aud who has also lived tor some time ia
Dutch Guiana.
, 1890-10-29
m s C e e o u 9.
from the Spectator, 20 Sept

Lisbon is in connection, the Progresslsts
and Republicans making common cause
agGinst the Convention with Great Britain
as too unfavourabIe to Portugal. Lord Sa-
llsbury has consented to give up the clause
preventing any transfer of new African terri
tory 10 any Power but Great Britain but
the adversaries of the Portuguese Govern
ment refuse to be comforted, and insist that
Portugal has been plundered. The Foreign
Secretary has even resigned, to appoase
public feeling, and there is talk Of postponing
the ratification OF the Convention. Lisbon
is carefully watched and guarded, troops
have been sent to Oporto, and some British
sailors who accidentally landed have been
compelled to retreat to their ship. 10 judge
by external symptoms, the Portuguese are on
tho brink of a revolution, and will begin a
new regime by q war with England but
appearances are not wholly to be trusted.
The country Deputies are of 8 different tenn
per from the inhabitants of Lisbon, and most
of the abuse of the Convention is directed
against the King, who is not popular, and Is
lying weak and i'll at lCintra. The Portuguese
have got their heads filled with dreams OF a
new Brazil in Africa but their statesmen
are we'll aware that they nave already more
territory than they can govern, and that
without French assistance, which they
would have to pay for, resistance is impossi-
BILE. The Spanish. Minister, it is stated,
who watches Portugal keenly, declares that
there is nothing in the agitation but noise.
Europe has been interested this week,
rather than disturbed, by q revolution" in
Canton Ticino. Whenever 900 electors in
81 -.a #F'# III .t -.~<f. -.- r -
, 1890-10-29

Calls Nescs Letter says that perhaps no
other branch of industry is so much talked
of and less practiced than the decortlcation
of 6brous plants, with which Jamaica is 50
enriched. We might say the same in N
tigua, nearly a our waste lands land they
represent msge than two-thirds Of our entire
area4 are covered with profitable fibre
growths. We understand that the Govern
ment are interesting themselves in the mat
ter, apd we are awaiting developments from
which we hope for great results.
The Jamaica Institute has offered $50,
which has been supplemented by ss15O of
government grant, making a prize of G2OO,
for the best suggestions of Machines adapted
to the dccortication &c of the different des-
.crgptions of fbres.-lbid.
, 1890-10-29
Barbados News.
agricultural Reporter.)

1t is again our pleasing duty to report &
continuation of favourable weather for the
growing crop, although the Rainfall has been
rather capricious, some parishes having heavy
rain when the adjoining parishes have had
none. On Thursday, 2nd, q waterspout was
observed off St. Lucy, and a portion of its
contents fell on the coast line Of that parish
and on one or two estates in the vicinity.
The record at District Z. Station was 2
inches 10 parts. The Average Rainfall, as
recorded at the Police Stations for the week
ended 9th instant, was l.O2.
We find by tha PtgnterS' Gazette that the
Rainfall in the Eastern District Of St. Philip
for September was G'13, and for the year
1924 against 1874 and 44'6l for last year.
In the Southern District 467 for the month,
and 5Ci02 for the year; against 1880 and
4I.58 same tine last year. In ST. Andrew
4'0S for the month, ana 32GS for the yea,
which is less than any Of the preceding
Is Years save in'62 and IS. In St. Thomas
S.45 for the month, and 40.4 for the wear;
against l1.9I and 47.lI for last year. In
Christ Church 6. Is for the month. In st.
George 6.34 for the month, In St, John 6.59
the month. For the year 80 Is.
we are also gIau 10 lepOrU tnaU every where
the improvement on the canes is very appar-
ent, and the provision and fodder crops are
well reported of. The produce shipped to
date amounts to 84,05O hhds. Sugar and
so, AL puns. Molasses, against "a, 745 hhds
Sugar and 10, l00 puns. Molasses at the cor
responding period last year.
At $40 on Monday morning, the iuhabi.
tants all over the island were alarmed by
the shaking of their dwellings, and a rum
bling noise, and it NaS at once fell that We
were experiencing The shalpeSt shock OF
earthquake known to the oldest liver.
Some people assert that there were two
distinct shocks others say there were
three shocks; and others again positively
declare they felt a shock between IL and
y on Sunday night. All, however, agree
that the shock at 24O Il. III. was the most
severe they ever felt. Tho oscillations were
from North to South. Many persons were
Noubled with nausea; some few actually
threw up. Clocks were stopped and walls
were cracked. The NEST serious injury we
hear of is at the Carlisle, Broad Street.
where the wall in some places has left the
beams. 1t is reported that about 6 acres
Of land at MellOWS, ST. Joseph, opened
about 3 inches, and sunk abont 5 it,, and
the walls of the Church School seriously
cracked. The sh ock was also experienced
at Demerara, Trinidad, Martinique, st.
Vincent, St, Lucia, and CT NADIA.
, 1890-10-29

tor publication. Ed. 81. CrolX AVIS.
Rt. Rev. William Wnlfu4h, bishop Of
SuIinam, will ~tficiatr Sunday night at the
Mission church, RoXburN.
He is here to obtain aid for the establish
ment OF mission posts in the wlidrrue ) ct
Dutch Guiana, and for such help as Chris
tian sympathy and zeal mal siHc 10 the
moSt hopeless and wrttehed OF the human
3ace, the lpprrs OF .SNrinam.
The area Ul Spliuam Is about equal to
the State of Georgia. 1t has a population
Mf about $4,000. mixed Otlnany RACES. There
are Coolies and Chinese IudlanS, NJ grots,
and a few white Adventures.
Moral leprOsy is there, Stalking side by
side with its visible and horrible hrotllpr.
Children are corrupted at the ago of Z.
Marriage is the exception, concubiuage
the rule.
The Maroon negroes are blacks who ran
away from their masters some 200 years
ago, and after waging a guerrilla war against
the Dutch, finally succeeded III obtaining
their independence. They live almost in
the same manner as their cousins in the
African forests.
The Indians are the descendants of those
that saw Columbus.
1t is said that some OF them are cannibalS.
Those that live i'll the mountain forests
Mear Brazil have never yet seen the face OF
civilization, and the journey to their hauDts
is as difficult and as dangerous in some re-
spects as. Stanley'S wild work in Africa.
Homes for homeless children must be
supported. by the missionaries: stations
must be made and manned so as to lessen
the privations of long Journeys from the
fertile alluvial lands Of the coast to the
mountains, that stand guard on the confines
of Brazil: Journeys that mast be taken
, 1890-10-29
ANTIGUA

AS a matter Of course, consequent on the
dry spell, much distress exists among the
lubourers, for whom there Is an insuficiency
OF work, consequently a shortage of cash to-
gether with q scarcity aad DEAFNESS of native
roots. In some districts this shortage is
severely felt and many Of the Children are
kept from school through want Of apparel,
and which their parents cannot afford 0 sup
ply them with. We have letters painting a
stronger picoQre, but we take the mean as
the most truthful antigua Observer.
, 1890-10-29

New York, October 28th.-The Dublin
Press, speaking of Mr.. BaIfour'S journey
on Saturday, says that it was made in a
fierce storm and that he had a vivid expe-
rience of the terrible condition of the West
of Ireland which maintains q struggle for
existence, his reception everywhere was
respectful and often cordial,
At a meeting of Liberals at Edinburgh
it was advised to give to subordinate bodies
a proportion of the work which was now
overtaxing Parliament. The Meeting
blamed The Marquis Of Salisbury for send
ing, General Simmons to consult with the
Pope respecting the rights of the Church
in Malta, which, he said was too nearly
supporting the Papal claims in the Domi-
Mon.
1t is said that Italy praises the Marquis
Of Salisbury'S action III South Africa.
M. Roche has given notice III the Frencl,
Chamber of Deputies that he will introduce
a bill according to the French Colonies
The benefit of he most favourpd nation
clause in commercial treaties, and the
admission into France duty free, or half
tariff rates of products raised in the Colo
MES which are not raised in FRANCE.
NJ. Moreau will present a bill to the
Chamber imposing a heavy tax on Crests
and Titles of Mobility.
The flour OF Jones of New York is rXrep-
tionally firm in consequence OF a report
that a break has occurred in the machine
~ of their mills, which will take a mouth
40 rel air,
New York October 2Sth
Flour, ST. Law renee, rcI hl}. IS 25
Meal, best brandy w,ur, pei hrI. $40
neayy Mess Pork, per brI, not qno.oI
, 1890-10-29

Through out the island We have during the
yast two weeks had heavy rains, which our
planter friends say have come in time to
save next years crop, which was beginning
to shew signs of suffering from the excessive
ly dry and hot weather we were experience
ing, The opinion is general that our pros
poets for next year are now assurod.-An-
tigua Standard.
, 1890-10-29

The new Harbour lights were first used on
the 1st. instant That on pillar Rock or
the Southside is Green, chat at "Fort James"
on the Northside is Red.-Ibid.
, 1890-10-29

Europe has been interested this week,
rather than disturbed, bya revolution il
Canton Ticino. Whenever 1000 electors il
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
Where Can She Be e?

Several days ago the seventeen-year-
old daughter of William Tyre, black
smith, suddenly disappeared. 1t was at
first thought that she had elOped and
got married, as she was seen going
toward the union depot with strange
young man. 1t now turns out that this
young man closely resembles a man
who makes his headquarters in the
vicinity of the COmique, and who is said
to be on the lookout for recruits for the
Northern Wisconsin dives. An acquainI-
ance says that this man resembles the
police have Searched tie pe houses of III
fame, but were unable to find her, and
have come to the conclusion that she is
in Wisconsin. The girl is said to be
very good-looking, but inclined to be
glddy and fond Of the company of young
men.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
LIVE sTOCk.
Union Stockyards.

Receipts at south St. Paul were $500 hogs,
$50 cattle. 90 calves, 1.OJO sheep. 70 horses.
Hogs steady on good. others easy TO shade
lower. All kinds of quality showed up III tx
receipts and Il Cd deal or d .ckering followed
between uuyers and sellers. Sales were at
S3.75@4.l 10; nix at $3.50.
Cattle-Suong on fair to good: COM
mon steady but slow. Butchers picked
up a good many bargains Good cows
and butcher steers sold quite
readily. Sales: Butcher steers 1.1sJ lbs at
$3.50; calves. 22S lbs, at $3.50, and good
1873 lbs at So. so; 10 COWS of fair quality.
1882 lbs, at Sl.75, while % head of range
cows, 1,143 lbs brought 81 20; IT'S Id can
ners brought 9Uc per l'0 lbs, and 10 butcher
steers, 1, 1u6 lbs, brought S2.4O; bulls, $50
Old lbs, at $1.4 @I.55.
Sheep-Steady, few sales. Quotations:
Muttons, $3.60@4; lambs, So S5@4. %
feeders. S3M3. g.: mixed. s. 5On3 90
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

Wheat opened with rise and began at
once to advance. Trading was not especial
ly heavy, and yet good general business
was transacted. Receipts from farmers were
rather more and larger interior accumula-
ton this week is expected. There was much
of general confidence of higher prices in the
future, and long buyers are disposed to ne
less nervous than short sellers when prices
turn against them. In other years shorts
felt secure in the long future, but they are
not easy now in view of small surplus and
possible manipulation.
December wheat went to ST. at 10:45
o'clock, and then, with mich offering. fell
back about l2c, though ralIying subsequently
and iuctuating lightly to the close. Chicago
was said to be running ST. Louis that caused
the early bulge. Cables were firm Follow
ing are the closing wheat quotations: No.
hard, October, S1.olH2; on track, $1.O2@
LOB: No. l northern, October, &c; No.
vember. 97lac; December, 99c; on track.
9SI2@99c; No. 2 northern, October, 93c /;
December, 95c: on track, 94@94I2c; May.
$l.O54.
CASH WHEAT.
The demand was fair for spot wheat and
the early sales of selections that were first
bought were well up above yesterdays figures
with some No. l northern reaching about
ST., though if taken in lots it was offered
under that But usually the selected cars
were wanted first, which left others of the
same grade to go cheaper. Buyers of other
sorIs were in the market but generally claim
ing that it was held too high for them Later
the trade got together and, with mutual con-
cessions, moved the stuff with rather more
freedom.
GENERAL PRODUCE.
The butter market is quiet and firm, with
good demand for fancy makes. Receipts
of choice dairy are small. Packing stock is
active at quotations and mediums are closing
up we'll. Creameries sell fairly with fair
supply. Stocks OH hand are light. The egg
receipts are very small. and holders are firm
on fresh stock. The demand is good for
fresh eggs at 1s12@19lac. Some dealers are
occasionally getting more in a small way
The market is steady on potatoes with large
offerings. Outside quotation hard to get Out
side orders are not plenty, and buyers are not
doing much above inside figures. The veal
market was steady, with fair supply and de-
mand. 1t requires a very fancy calf to bring
top quotations, and only a few are good
enough to do so. Most of the offerings this
morning were selling at 506c, but they were
not extra fine. Mutton quiet and steady,
with good supply. Spring lambs in less
| supply and selling well at quotations. Heavy
| receipts of chickens yesterday and this morn
| ing and the market is weaker Outside quo
tations are extreme. Few coops of turkeys
were on the market. Very little dressed
| poultry is coming in.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
New York Produce.

New YORK, Oct. 2I.-Flour-,Receipts So
o4l pkgs; exports. IL, 10 bbls, 1900 sacks;
active, stronger, 5@lOc higher asked; sales,
%. 300 bbls.. Cornmeal firm, quiet. Wheat
Receipts, SO, 400 bu; exports. none; sales,
3,64u.UoO Blu futures. $4,000 Blu spot: spot
market unsettled. 1s@lac higher, closing
easy. dull; No. 2. Sl.OSs4 elevator, SI.1 SIS
afloat Sl.095s@l.11A f. o. b.: No. 3 red,
$l.ol; ungraded red, 81 .oo7s@l. lOl4; No. |
northern, S1.1lla; No. 1 hard. Si.l7Ia;
options advanced 1ls@1Ac on decrease in
amount on passage, and higher cables re-
acted 7sc ON realizing. closing barely steady at
ssc over yesterday: No. red, october, closing
SI.Oeas; November. closing at Sl.O9ls; De-
cember, Sl.097s6n1 1oa4. closing at SlIO
January, 81. lOs4@1. l1ls closing at 81. lOA
May. S1.l3@I.l37s. closing at Sl.l3; July,
closing at l.U6l2 Rye quiet firm; West
ern. 70@74c. Barley quiet, firm: No. 2
Milwaukee, 77@7 lsc; ungraded Western
75@S9c Barley malt nominal; Canada, coun-
try made, 90@95c. Corn-Receipts 1895
bu; exports. 49.095 bu; sales, 1856 1000
bu futures. $4,000 blu spot: spot market
quiet, 5s0s4c higher. closing easy No. 2, 59Ia
@6Qc elevator, 59A@61lsc afioat; un-
graded mixed 59l3@6lAc; options ed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
THE MECHANICS LIEN LAW.
An Attempt to Prove 1t Unconsti-
tutiOnal Fails.

Two lien cases happened to be on trial
yesterday, one before Judge Young and
the other before Judge Lochren. Almost
at the same time Judge Fish in one case
and McAdams in the other, moved to
dismiss them on the ground that the law
was unconstitutional. The two judges
agreed to hear the argument together,
and in the afternoon they went into the
new court room, where large crowd OF
attorneys had assembled to hear the ar
guments. The law is generally thought
to be an uni uSt one, and the attempt to
knock it out was watched with great III
terest.
The law of 1889 gives to the contractor
or owner unlimited authority to bind
the owners property for labor, material.
skill or machinery which may be sup
piled by subcontractors and in viola
ton of the owners contract, thereby
giving the contractors the power to in
definitely charge the owners premises
for labor or material in excess OF the
contract price and for which he never
contracted. no limitation being made by
the law for the projection of the owner
by bond as provided by the old law of
1857.
Judge Fish made the argument,
which proved TO he an aDle one. he
took an example of man wishing to
construct $1,000 building. He let the
contract, and that contractor sublet il
to five more, who would hire five work
men each. until there were in the neigh
borhood of 200 men looking to that one
piece of property for payment. and the
owner must satisfy them all. If the first
contractor failed to do so.
They might put on any amount OF
work they pleased, running the cost up
to three times its original contract, and
he was obliged to pay it, or the statute
gave each individual claimant mort
gage upon his property, giving them a
right to take it away without redress
and without process of law.
| After the arguments had been heard
on the other side, the motion was taker
under advisement until the afternoon
when Judge Lochren decided that the
law was constitutional i'll the cases OF
| trial.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-22
STRENGTH IN WHEAT.
Trading More or Less Spas
modie, With a Gain at
the Close.
Corn Active and Excited, Oats
strong and Higher, Pro-
visions Weak.
Some Of the Big Bull Opera
tors Unload on the
Bears.
Stocks Open Weak and Close
Stronger, With Gains
on Spots.

CHICAGO, Oct. 21.-The wheat market
started off this morning as If the price was
going to S1.25 before night. 1t was q rous-
ing big bull market until there was an adj
vance of lie over the close last night when
there was wheat enough for sale to cause
set back Of s4c. and at o'clock the net gain
IN prices for the day was I7c with De-
cember at $l.05la and May at Sl.09ss, or
exactly opening prices. December sold
$1.05H2, to $1.C5A, to $1.O61s, to 81. O5ss to
81 .O5l2 May, $1.c9ss, to ST. .U9ss, to 81. 1Oss,
to Sl.I912, to S1.69ss at O'Clock. The feat
ure of the early trading as noted by the
operators was The covering of large line of
short wheat for the st. Louis parties. The
big buying early by Mccormick & Co., Al
drich & Vance and Hutchinson was credited
to this source There was buying by
other shorts also. There was no
conspicuous selling early. AL offer
ings were quickly taken and the price
reached the high point before IL o'clock.
Mccormick d Co. sold large block of De-
cember after the price got to S1.05s4. The
turning OF the market back was due to gen
eral realizing sales around $1.O6 for Deem
Der and Sl.lO for May and to heavy selling,
supposed to be for Hutchinson through nu-
merous houses while his own brokers kept the
market firm by bidding, The news was not
specially favorable TO either side. The wheat
on ocean passage decreased S4s, 900 bushels,
but the Russian shipments increased the past
week to 2,9b9, 900 bushels, against 1850, 900
the week before. India shipments were very
light at 1S4, 900 bushels The Liverpool
cables were I'D up on futures and I2d up
for spot at the opening. and closing cables
were strong at the advance. Minneapolis
and Duluth together got about 800 cars.
New York cleared no wheat and Bal
timore no wheat and no -four Liverpool
| received no American wheat for three days.
| Receipts here were over the estimate. The
wheat market did not again rally after 1
O'Clock. In fact the low prices OF the day
were touched at S1.O5A December, and
| $1.O9A May, and the close was at ST. .O5as
ana Sl.O9ss, or A@Ssc over the close yester-
| day. Corn was strong and everybody who
| was short bushel wanted to buy. During
| the latter part OF the session the market be-
| came quiet, closing 34c over last night and s4c
| off from the top of the day. The Liverpool
market was l2d higher, and 10 boat loads
were reported worked from here for ex port
Oats were also excited and higher Hutchin.
sons purchases. which were very heavy.
May. the active option sold at 4Sc, the top
| price of the season. The close was 1@IAc
higher. Receipts, 246 cars The provision
market was again active, and but for the
| heavy sales of the packers would have
recorded considerable advance. The close
was 215c lower for pork, 21sc higher for lard
and unchanged for ribs.
The leading futIlras ranpad az follows.