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Snicided While Enroute.

HAMILTON, O., May 2l.-Near Monon,
Ind. about midnight last night, young
woman on the vestibuled train, which left
Chicago last evening, tied rope about her
neck. fastened the other end to the railing
of the car and threw herself off. As soon
as the act was discovered the train was
stopped, an engine sent back and the re-
mains found in pool Of water No one
knew her
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The Unlucky Boys would like to hear
from the Washington School ball club for
a game on Joe Campbells lot, Saturday
morning, May "a. If acceptable answer
through this paper
There was no game between Wheeling
and Mansfield yeaterday afternoon on ac-
count of rain. The news came over the
wires that Manifold had made nine runs in
the first inning and Wheeling nothing
This caused Nature to shed such copious
tears that the game could not be finished,
and we were saved
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WAsniNGroN. ID. c., May IL Secretary
Window to-day ordered the revenue cut
ter Bear now at Seattle, TO the Berhing
seas 70 protect the fishing laws Of the
United States. In order 10 prevent the
farce Of Last year where prize crew of
one man was carried away by the vessel
seized. an vessels now taken viii be dis
mantled and the skins seized.
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A Zig Reservoir bursts.

AUGUSTA, Me, May 9l.-The MoXie dam,
at the outlet of Moxie pond body of water
about six miles long and two miles wide,
near the forks of the Kennebec, was carried
away yesterday afternoon. causinga rise OF
nearly ten feet in the river. There is a
good deal Of excitement here, and property
on the wharves and in cellars has been re
moved to places of safety. About 100000
logs. belonging to different parties, are in
the lake. and it will now be difficult mat
ter 10 drive them ont
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A Circns Tent Blown Down.

HoLYoKR. Mass, May 2l.-Screams of
women and children and frantic shouts OF
men could be heard far away yesterday az
ternoon when Washburn n Arlington
circus tent was blown down.
Hundreds Of people were under the canvas
when il was struck by the heavy wind.
The seats were overturned and the audi
cnce was whirled into a hoap. II was
thought wonderful that only one person,
Mrs. Della Syms, was hurt, and she was
not badly injured.
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recommit the bin To the Committee on
WAYS and Means with instructions TO
report the same back TO the House at
the earliest possible day, which was de-
feated by vote OF lG4 TO $50. The bill
was then passed, yeas 164, nays l42,
amid applause on both sides of the
House. the Democratic applause being
derisive i'm its character.
Mr.. Coleman. of Louisiana. and Mr..
Fcatherstone. Of Arkansas, voted with
the Democrats i'm the negative. Mr..
Butterworth voted aye The Speaker
appointed Z. b. Taylor Of Ohio, Stew
art. of Vermont, and Bland as conferes
ON the antitrust bill.
The House then adjourned.
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soncht Death In a VOL.

SDIrilI ItIfDFNH 70 ne HtJl8IsF
PARKERsDURG, May 2l.-Report was re
ceiyed here to-day that Edward Williams,
formerly delivery clerk at the Parkersburg
postoffice. and brother of 4. y. Williams
ex-postmaster, attempted suicide at Bar
low. Ohio. to-day, by throwing himself into
the well of DR. Cook, under whose treat
ment he had been placed. His brother has
gone after him. The report says he IS IN
am unfortunate condition mentally.
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The Bell Telephone Case Delayed.

BosToN, May 2l.-In the United States
Circuit Court, yesterday, the time for tax,
ing testimony in the case of the United
States vs.. the Bell Telephone Company
was extended to October /, the Court or
derinr that no testimony be taken from
.Inlv Il TO August 30 inclusive. The eX-
tension was asked by Mr. Roberts, who
has charge of the case before the examiner,
because the condition of his health necessi-
tated vacation during July and August.
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pensInns Awarded.

Special telegram 20 NE RfgiSfe"
WASHINGTON, May May2l-Original-George
W. Thompson. Lucille; John Douglass
Benwood Increase William I. Harvey,
Randolph; Charles X. pickering; Lone
Cedar: Harrison Thacker (deceasedl' Zen
treviIle. Alexander Flanagan. Charleston
Thomas Turner. Kerweysville; Steward
Hvre. French Creek: AlOnzO T. Morrison,
Beach Hin: Charles W. Davis, Limestone
Hill, James Conely, Amos. Reissue
Thomas Martin deceased. Cairo; Mary,
widow of Thomas Martin, Cairo.
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sand Bagged by Runians.

Special T.lsgrdm 10 The Register.
PARKERsBURG, W. VA, May 2l.-Geo.
Brookover, an employee Of Squire Thomas
Butcher was coming to the city last night
with wagon. when he was sand bagged
and nearly killed by unknown parties.
Ween Brookover came to his senses ne
was in Pedrotown, an outlying suburb.
The team was found wandering about
town
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Rcbel Iowa United workmen.

CorNcm BLUFFS, Iowa, May 2l.-The
Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order United
Workmen of Iowa. began its annual seS,
sion in this city yesterday. The report oil
the Grand Recorder shows a membership
of 5000 in the State. This is the rebel
Grand Lodge which succeeded from the
National order in 1881. \ proposition 10
re-unlte with the Supreme Lodge met
with universal opposition.
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Negro Duel.

GrruRIE, |. T. May 2l.-Two negroes
fought duel with Winchester rifles near
King Fisher to-day. Each laid claim TO a
quarter section of government land ana III
d;scnssing the merits of their cases they
6acame engaged in a quarrel and began
shooting at each other with their winches-
ters one of them, named Moore, receiv-
ed a bullet in the heart and dropped dead.
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RECORD OF THE DIAMOND.
How the Various Ball Games Turned Out
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
The following is the result Of the various
league ball games yesterday:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York-New York II, Pittsburg
/; base hits, Z and 4; errors, and q.
PLAYERS LEAGUE.
At Brooklyn-Buffalo 6, Brooklyn 81;
hits, each; errors, each; pitchers, Van
haltra and Keefe.
ASSOCIATION LEAUGE.
At Rochesters ?, St. Louis .;
hits, ) and TO- errors, 3 and >; pitchers,
Barr and Stivetts.
tSyracuse-Stars l, Columbus 4. Game
lost through inability TO hit Easton.
At Philadelphia II, Toledo 3;
hits, 10 and $; errors, , and 3; pitchers,
Green and Smith.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn ., Louisville 4;
base hits, 4 and 6: errors and earned runs,
each.
PENNSYLVANIA CLUBS.
At Scottdale-Sc -Scottdale II, Greensburg
4; hits, l2 and 3; pitchers, Neves and
Donahue.
At Meadville-Bradford {, Meadyille | !;
hits, Q and 4; errors, . and q; pitchers,
Jones and Alexander.
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Called Upon Cle,eland.

NEW YoRK, May Ex-Governor Ross and
a delegation Of prominent citizens Of Texas
called on ex-President Cleveland tonight
TO tender him an invitation 10 visit the Dal-
las exposition Mr. Cleveland replied ina,
fit could by any means be made possible
for him to be away he should be glad TO
acceDt and make the trip.
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nnptist rublicatlon society.

CHICAGO, May 21.-The second Of the Sc
ries of Baptist anniversary meetings began
here this morning when the American Bap-
tist Publication Society convened in annual
session. There was very large attend
ance The Rev. George c. LOrimer, pastor
of Emmanuel Church, this city, delivered
the address of welcome.
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Waiting for the Duke and Duchess.

VICTORIA. B. c., May 21-The steamship
Abyssinia having an board the Duke and
Duchess of Cannaught, is expected daily.
The party will be met by Mayor Grant and
the reception committee and transferred
10 the city by the tug Lorne. Arrange
ments have been made to give demonstra-
tion in connection with the celebration of
the Queens birthday.
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Ravages of Fire in West Charleston.


CHARLESTON. w. Va, May 2L-Two
small houses in West Charleston were de-
stroyed by fire early this morning. The
fire was first seen under one of the houses,
where it gained rapid headway, spreading
to the adjoining house. The household ef-
fects of VIM. Harold, the tenant OF the
house where the fire started, were lost and
uninsured. The house was insured and
belonged TO w. a Thomas. The other
house was owned by w. II. Reveal and was
partially insured Total loss about $1,000.
i,e,,,.ap moo II OQO
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Tin Plate Tax.

PrTrsBrRG, May 21.-Half million dol
lars will be invested in the erection of tin
plate mill in this vicinity If the Mckinley
tariff bill passes. 1t will be one OF the
largest i'm the world. j. Davis Lewis, for
merlv a tin plate manufacturer in Wales,
is at the head of the projected enterprise.
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Trade I'm BOTTLES Active.

PIrrsBuRG, PA, May 2l.-The Flint and
Green Glass Bottle Association met in
regular monthly session at the Hotel An
derson. They reported trade in bottles
active. but fruit jars, etc, were little more
than sluggish. No change will be made in
nrices. as it is not thought justified by the
present condition of trade.
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Suffering From Pulmonary Trouble.

Special telegram 70 ne ReQiSfer.
CoLUMBUs, O., May 2l.--A private tele-
gram from Hon. u. X. Hissell, Speaker of
the Ohio House of Representatives, who is
now at Hot Springs for his health, states
that he is suffering from hemorrhage Of
the lungs and will be obliged to go TO
California at once, to rid himself of his pull
mOnarY trOuble.
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FOR NERVOUS DISEASES
r-.ouorsford's Acid Phosphate.

DIR. F. G. Kelly, Alderton, w. I says
- have prescribed it in a large number OF
cases of restlessness at night, and nervous
diseases generally, and also in cases OF IN
digestion caused by lack of sufficient gas,
tric Juice Of the stomach, with markeu
success. and consider it one OF tina pes!
remedies known TO the professional world
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CAPITOL GOSSIP.
some Hitch in the appointment of the
Charleston Postmaster.

81 I'D. ArtrNNNNt 90 Gee nfHtN'ffs
WASHINGTON. d. c., May 2l.-Thomas
j. Wilson, of Charleston, who Is here plac
iug stock i'm the kanawha City corporation
nearly opposite Charleston, says he has
placed S,5O,OOO of the 500 600 capital stock,
and that the balance will soon be placed.
There is some hitch in the appointment
of Walter Hammer as postmaster AT Charles
ton NcGnnis recommended Hanner, but
the opposition has been so persistent and
determined that the wOuld-be Congressman
from the Third district is hesiteting.
Senator Faulkner to-day introduced a
bill 20 pension David +. Low, Of Wetzel
county
T NJ Cheuvrant has been appointed
postmaster 40 Rock Cave, Upshur county,
vice NJ NJ. Rice, removed, and =. *. Given
no Wclch Glade, Webster county, vice
Lindsay Sans resigned
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To Advance Rail Rates.

CncAeo. May 2l.-Adviees were receiy-
ed here to-day to the effect that the trunk
lines and the lake and rail lines have agreed
10 advance lake and rail rates from Ohica-
90 to New York to the basis OF . cents on
class freight. taking effect June }.
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Lanp.toD 10 Get the Seat.

WAsmIyoroN. May 2l.-The sub-commit-
tee OF the Elections Committee having un-
der consideration the case OF Langston lcol-
ored) against Venable, In the Fourth Vir-
giuia District, have decided in favor Of the
and LangstOn will get the seat
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Returned to His Former Faith.

ROME. May 2l-Count Campello, for
merly Canon OF St Petersburg, who be
came convert 10 Professionalism, has re-
turned 10 the Catholic Chnrch. He will
perform three weeks penance in a convent
after which il Is expected his abilities as a
diplomat will be utilized by the Vatican.
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Triple Birth in the Horse Family.

MARSHALL, Mo, Map 21.-A case of triple
birth in the history of the equine family
occurred here yesterday. fine brood
mare belonging to VIM. Barnes, of this
city, dropped three colts. They are small,
but all are alive and doing nicely, being
perfectly formed and Us lively as crickets.
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Colored Reporter Honored.

Bosrox. Mass, May 9l-Robert Tea
mon. colored reporter of the Boston Globe,
was Yesterday unanimously elected a mem
ber of the Boston Press Club. He is prob
ably the first colored man ever elected to
am Incorporated white mans club in Bos-
ton TeamOn has been connected with the
Globe for about year.
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Youngstown Playing Ball.

CANTON, o., May 2l.-The visitors won
again to-day in closely contested game.
Score:
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Davton sin Winning.

Batteries, Springfield. Chase and Haller;
McKeesport, Miller and Cote.
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u,a rroI,ht Wreck at Altoona.

ALTOONA, PA. May 2l.-A freight wreck
at Elizabeth Furnace. three miles east OF
here last night, resulted in the demolition
of seventeen cars, an engine and many head
of cattle. Engineer VIM. Boyd, OF Harris
burg. was caught in the wreck and instant
lv killed. his body being found buried ueeP
I'm the ruins.
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, ponuv saved is Twopence Earned.

4 rttle SOZODONT, used right along
every S day, costs but little trouble and is
nleasant always. 1t saves years OF suffer
mo from diseased gums and teeth in later
DAYS Its use is economical of time and
comfort Use SOZODONT.
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Xvreck the Lake Erie Road.

PrrrsBURG,. Pa, May 2l.-A construc-
tion train on the Lake Erie road ran into a
freight train at Aliquippi this morning.
Thos. Rogers, engineer, was instantly killed
and conductor and brakeman are seriously
injured
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Increased to $50, 200. 900.

New YORK, May 2l.-The directors of
the Richmond and West Point Railroad to-
day authorized the increase Of capital stock
10 so 000, 600.
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Can sbeafon the Montana Outrage.

HELENA. MoNr., May 2l.-The Supreme
Cour. to-day decided the Silver Bow coun-
ty Sherif's Sontest in favor Of John +.
Lloyd. the Republican candidate.
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DAYTON, O.. May 2l.-The home team
won easily to-day by the following score:
Daytol. ...............4 0 3 0 o o 3 0 90
Akron . 0 0 0 0 / 3
Hits, Dayton II, Akron 6; wo-base hits,
Speidel and Berger; three base hits, Motz;
home runs, Hazen; earned runs, Dayton |,
Akron ). errors, Dayton ., Akron 3; bat
teries, Wilson and Sehert, Ramsey, Van
domeils and Pike; umpire, England.
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FAILED To AGREE.
Republicans Stm Divide on the Pension
Question.

Question.
WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The confereeS
ON the pension bill had another meeting
to-day. but came 20 no conclusion. The
opinion has been growing that the Sen
ate dependent pension bill will be re-
ported to the two houses as the result
of the conference.
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Springfield Loses.

Youngstown, Doty and Cody; umpire,
Jamison.
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SPRINGFIELD, o., May 2l.-The home
team was beaten to-day by the following
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there had not been that con-
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bill
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House iu these closing moments
tle amendment proposed 10y
gradually reduce duties "hlch
excess of hity per cent. lie Salu
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05

to get homes in other parts OF the country.
where they could improve their condition
and relieve the congestion in the south.
where there Is too much of that kind OF
labor. The idea of their going to Africa
came up incidentally and rather as corol-
larry to the other. The question is asked, if
the contact of the two races in the south is
intolerable, why does not the white race
moves The answer to this is very simple
and conclusive. The white race will not
move. They own the soil for the most part,
and will not abandon it. That Gisposes of
that proposition. Then, say the negroes
we will not move. The south is our home
also. Very well; my reply to that is, re-
main where you are, if you are content to
continue the ''scullion race as your col
ored Bishop Turner says-so be it. My own
opinion is, your condition in life would be
much improved by moving to other parts OF
the country or to Africa, but, of course,
you must judge of the wisdom of that opin-
ion and govern yourselves accordingly. !
can stand it if you can. Nobody is attempt
ing to compel you to move.
Now to my motives. | have never pre-
tended to be negro worshiper NV own
conscience tells me that l am not q negro
hater, and therefore | am actuated by no
feeling of animosity or aversion to the
negro. | am not dishonest enogh to lie to
him, to curry favor with him by appealing
to his preiudices, or TO wiffully mislead hin
by hypocrtically processing greai devotion
to him to get his vote. This canrot stand
and will not do, whatever the consequences.
The negro has done nothing to me 10 max
me hate him. On the contrary, with rare
exceptions. | have received nothing but
kindness at his hands, and in the excep-
tional cases he was more the victim of mis-
placed confidence in vicious and designing
men of my own race, than the actor on his
own impulses. So that my sympathies
rather than ill-will go out to the negro l
know the white man is able and will take
care of himself. Perhaps the negro can
and will. We shall see.
| Meantime he will learn that his best
friends are those who tell him the truth.
however disagreeable and unpalatable it
may be for the time being. He will learn
that his safety lies in the paths of honesty
and self-denial, and in the acquisition Of
knowledge, and that full and complete JUS
tice will come to him from all parts of the
country, south and north, when he aban-
dons the pursuit of false gods, the advice of
/ false friends, and deals with the problems
of life as they are, and not as ideallsts and
sentimentalists present them.
NC. BUTLER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05
WHITES AND BLACKS
Butler Recommends the Entire
Separation of the Races.
A REPLY TO SOME CRITICISMS
Why the White Race Does Not Move-The
Blacks Will Always be Scullion Race
in the South.

WASHINGTON, Oct, l, 1S90-[Special cor
respondence of The HERALD. THE grow
ing interest manifested throughout the
country in the race problem, and the dis
position to discuss it camly and fairly, en-
courages the hope that whatever there is of
a problem" in it, will be properly solved.
The bill introduced in the Senate by me
in January last for "the emigration of the
colored people from the Southern states"
has been criticised from various points of
view, and with variety of motives some
times fairly and approvingly, sometimes
harshly and unjustly; but it has put both
races to thinking-and that Is one point
gained.
Many false impressions have been made,
unwittingly in some instances, designedly
in others, as to the objects contemplated,
and the motives which actuated the mover.
1t has been studiously asserted that the
object of the bill was the deportation" OF
| the negroes in this country to Africa, and
that my motives were controlled by hostll-
ity to the negro. In regard to the first, L
may say, Africa is not mentioned nor sug-
gested in the bill; and in point of fact,
was not in my mind when the bill was
drafted
In the discussion 1 referred to Africa as
a country to which negroes might migrate
because 1t was suggested to me in CONVEX
sation with very intelligent and influential
men of the negro race, and because the en-
tire separation of the races was recon-
mended and advised by Mr.. Abraham Lin
coin and other prominent abolitionists.
These facts as to Mr.. Lincoln and others l
ascertained in the investigation of this sub
iect made after the introduction of the bill,
Mr.. Lincoln is, therefore, much more en-
titled to the credit or discredit according
to the stand point from which it is viewed)
of this idea than myself, so that those who
combat the wisdom, or propriety, or advis-
ability of separating the races, and the re-
moval of the colored or negro race from
this country, must 'try conclusions" with
Mr.. Lincoln's arguments before assailing
mine. My original purpose in the intro
duction of the bill was to enable the negroes
in the over populated sections of the south