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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
Charged with Smuggling.

NEW York, June 10.-Five men arein
Ludlow street jail and two out on bail,
arrested for smuggling Sunday. Inspec-
tor Britton expects to have ten or twelve
more arrested Immediately, and there
after the receivers of the goods and those
who managed the operations. 1t is esti-
mated that prominent merchants and
officers of the lnman line of steamers
are implicated. The steamers now in
trouble on account Of the smuggling are
the City of Chester City of New York,
City of Berlin and City of Chicago,
Chief Officer Allen, Of the Chester, who
evaded arrest on the last trip of the YES
sci, il Is believed, will return and an
swer the charges against him.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11

A burglar in French village got into tne
rooms of two men while they were absent,
and, fastening the door from the inside, pre-
vented them from getting in when they
came back. The police psnt for the village
locksmith But be. very strangely, couldn't
be found, 50 key burst open the door just as
the burglSf got upon the roof Of the building.
He was seen aud pursued down to the street
and into a canal The shock Of the cold bath
made htIn unconscious, and he died in short
time When they wasIaed from his face the
black with which he bad disguised himself
the riddle q The village locksmiths where
abouts was solved. He was tina Burglar him
sill. Philadelphia Ledgur.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
Famlly's Fearful Experience,

LoCKPoRT, N. Y, June 10,-At Hos
mer road Joseph Bacon and family were
seated in their room when a thunder
storm came up. The air was suddenly
filled with blush light so that they could
see each other and articles of furniture.
Balls of fire ran over the tops of the
furniture and mantel The members of
the family were paralyzed in their limbs
from the overcharge of electricity in the
air. For four hours this state of things
existed until the storm passed away.
When they recovered the use of their
limbs they were nearly frightened to
death.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11

Condensed milk, which is so much used for
the food Of infants, is prepared by slowly
eVapoFating the water Of milk by moderate
beat. There are two varieties-the plain,
which is condensed to about one-fourth of its
bulk and superheated, and to which no sugar
Is added, and the stronger variety, which is
more condensed, aud to which cane sugar Is
aaded IN excess, yielding about IS per cent.
OF sugar among It's solid ingred'e sts This
excess Of sugar prevents the decomposition
OF the milk, and It viii keep fresh for nans
hours after the can has beer opened. Mon
treAi Star
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
TO PROMOTE ROBBERY.
A Band With That Object in View I'm
earthed In Tennessee.


KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 10.-James
Beal, we'll known in the vicinity of
Strawberry Plains, has been arrested on
the charge of larceny and house-break-
ing. Deai had hearing before Squire
Moulden, when some startling revela-
tons were made by witness named
Pleas Bryant. For the past three years
the citizens in that section have been
missing articles of different kinds.
Nearly every farmer in the community
has lost something. About thirty men,
banded together under the head of
Labor Knights, have been doing sys-
temetic stealing.
They had regular officers and binding
oaths. One Of their provisions was that
each member should steal something at
least once week or pay q fine. An OBJ
legation of force was not to support any
candidate for Office who was not well
loaded with financial argument. Mem
bers of the band understand each other
thoroughly, and always reported thefts
to headquarters. Articles stolen were
sold and the money divided. A number
of arrests are expected and some spicy
developments looked for.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
MoNsrsR skeLgroN fouNp.
The Celebrated Newbnrg Eastadon Dis
counted by Discovery in Canada.

The Celebrated NewbnRg Mastadon Dis
counted by Discovery in Canada.
OTTAWA, Ont, June 10.-The skele-
ton of monster colossal animal has
been discovered near Highgate. The
whole of the teeth. eight in number,
four in the upper and four in the lower
jaw, have been found complete. They
are eight inches long and rather more
than three and one-half inches in
breadth. The structure of the teeth in
dicates that they have served admirably
for the grinding and mastication Of
tough, hard vegetable substances. A
broken piece of one of the tusks meas
ures abont nine feet eight inches. In its
complete state it must have been from
twelve to fourteen feet long. 1t is
slightly curved, and its circumference
at the thickest part is twenty-four
inches.
These are some of the bone measure
ments: Hind leg, from the thigh to the
knee joint, AZ inches circumference, 80
inoees; two fore leg bones = the
humerus-from the shoulder blade to
the knee joint, 3 feet inches in length,
and 3 feet A inches in circumference.
The atlas joint, upon which the head is
set, has breadth of 10 inches. The
shoulder blade measures feet inches
by 2 feet inch in the widest part. The
longest rib is 81 inches, and has a cir
conference of 10 inches. The lower
jaw, the inferior maxilliary bone,
measures feet. The length of the
animal, gagged by the measurements Of
the bones found, is, from the point of
the nostril to the root of the tail about
twenty-five feet. This is greater than
that of the celebrated mastodon dis
covered near Newburg, N. Y, in 1945.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
HORRIBLE, IF TRUE.
The Cause of 5-Year-Old's Disappear
ance at Columbus, o.

ance at Columbus, o.
COLUMBUS, o., June 10,-Mrs. Matte
J. Bradford, who lives On Williams
street, reported to the police that her
boy Elmer, aged years, had been miss
ing since last Tuesday, during which
nothing has been heard or seen of him.
Next door to Bradford's lived together
as man and wife, Martin Bryant, col.
ored, and Sarah Williams, white, and
the daughter of Mrs. Williams, child
10 years. This child says that she saw
the body of the missing boy in their
house, and that it was all cut to pieces.
The next day, Wednesday, the body
was put in bag and taken by the old
folks to Groveport. This story was re-
ported to the detectives when they Wis
tied the Bryant house, and the couple
were at once placed under arrest. The
little girl was taken along and held as a
witness. No feeling of enemity existed
between the families, but there was an
insurance on the life of the boy, which
it is thought by the officials was what
prompted the killing,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
ceorce ". Pen sentencel,

New York, June 10.-George II. Pell.
who was convicted of the larceny of
thirty-one bonds of the Lenox Hill hank,
in the bank wrecking enterprise Of Sim
mons Classen and himself, has been SEN
fenced 10 state prison for seven and one
half years at hard labor Pells counsel
will take an appeal in the case.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
A CASE OF YELLOW FEVER
At the Chandelier Hospital Station at the
Mouth of the Mississippi.


Mouth of the Mississippi.
NEW ORLEANS, June 10.-The press
dispatches Friday night brought intelli-
gence Of case of yellow fever at the
Chandelier hospital station. This station
reports direct to Washington and is not
subject to the control of the marine
hospital here, consequently little in
formation concerning the case could be
learned here. DIR. Carter, who has
charge of the Chandelier hospital, in a
letter to DR.. Armstrong of the marine
hospital service as New Orleans, men,
toned the case. The vessel came from
Rio Janeiro. The remarkable feature
of the case was that it developed thirty
eight days after leaving Rio. This is
claimed to be most unusual, and a
direct exception to the theory that the
case must develop within ten days after
the infection is had No further par
ticulars of the case are as yet known.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
BICYCLE RECORD BROKEN,
Il. u. spooner Wins the 1OO-Mile Race IL
Chicago,

CulcASoT
CHICAGO, June l0.-Saturday night Z,
E. Spooner simultaneously smashed a
record and won the chief event Of the
bicycle tournament which had been in
progress at the exposition building. 1t
was the 100-mile race, and Spooner
made the distance in 8 hours, 80 min
utes. SO AS seconds, the best previous
time being hours, 80 minutes, 40 sec
onds, by Spooner himself. Yan> Wag-
oner was second by two feet, and G. @.
Peabody close third. lTnere were nine
starters, including X. H. Van Sicklen,
who retired at the end of the sixty-ninth
mile. All others, except Spooner, Van
Wagner and Peabody were then out OF
the. race. In the finish Spooner was at
the rear, but coming with a wonderful
burst of speed carried the day, Several
thousand people were present.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
MExlCO'S DECISION.
She VIII Demand That Uncle Sam Punisl
Those Filibusters.

Those Filibusters,
SAN FRANCISCO, June 10.-Senor Tor
res, governor of Lower California, in an
interview at Ensenada, says he has been
in constant cipher communication with
the Mexican government since the fill
clustering disclosures were made and has
sent full report, spbstantiating all that
has been published. The Mexican gov
eminent, he says, has decided to demand
that the United States punish Frederick
Hall, Edward Kill, RRpfora Wooden,
August Merrill Walter G.. Smith, and
Others for their part in the conspiracy,
Torres will soon send his government
proofs that an English corporation was
undoubtedly guilty of completely,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
a Case of puye Cussedness.

BUFFALO, N, " June 10.--Charles
Albrach, tailor. was arrested late
Saturday night, charged with wilfully
misplacing switch ON the belt line
railroad A passing train would have
been wrecked had his act not been dis
covered. 1t Is said Albraoh admits tina.
he committed the deed from pure
righteousness.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
To survey the gulf OF st. Lawrence.

HALIFAX, N. s., June 10.-Capt. Smith
and Col. Anderson have received in
struetions from the department of
marine to proceed with survey of the
Gulf of St, Lawrence, and to take
elaborate observations of the tidal move
ments Of the gulf. This new survey will
be of great value to ocean shipping, and
especially to New England fishermen.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11

Farmer Ito new hand)-Hans, you may
give the roam critter jag o. feed.
HAns-Votl
IL thought you said you could under
stand English"
II can English lit.le understand"
CEndeavoring to GermRnize i'd well,
throw the horse over the fence some hay"
Chicago Tribune.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11

The New York Herald's City of Mexico
special SAYS. tfIat the Mexican government
has grated A. X Owen, head of the
ToR0fobampo cooperative colony zone
of 81, 600 square miles of land stretching
from the Gulf of California to the Rio
Grande, together with a concession Tor a
railway, telegraph and telephone system
1000 miles long, with a subsidy of $4,000
mic, Owen has gone to New York to
capitalize the concession,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
FIeven-Year-oId Boy Suicides,

CLEVELAND, o., June 10, willie Bow
man. the 11-year-old son Of Editor W,
f. Bowman, of The Weekly Bulletin,
committed suicide by taking doss Of
rat poison. The only known cause is
that his parents went to NeTwalk on a
short visit, leaving the boy at home.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
Fears Annexation TO America.

PNas. june 10.-The Economist Fran
caise. edited 10y Leroy Ballieu, advocates
the acceptance of the English offer to
COMPENSATE the French fishermen in
Newfoundland, and to make a conces-
sion elsewhere. II suggests that En-
arland renounce the most favored nation
CLAUSE in Tup's which hampers French
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11

trade, or concede territory in Gamola.
1t expresses the fear that unless France
accepts compromise she will eventual
ly lose her rights without obtaining com
pensation, through the annexation Of
Newfoundland to America.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
WEBSTER'S
UNABRIDGED
ANCIENT EDITION.

A so-called Webster's Unahridesd
Dictionary" Is being offered 10 the public
at avery iowprioe. The body Of the book,
from Alto z, Is a cheap reprint, page Cor
page, OF the edition Of i847, which was In
lts day, available book, but In the pro
uross Of language for over FORTY YEARS,
has been completely superseded. n q
now reproduced, broken type, errors enf
ali, By photo Telegraph process, isprinfse
On chsse paper and flimsiiy bound. A
brief comparison, page by page, betwnsn
the reprint and the latest and enlarged
edition, win show the great superieflsy
Of Che latter. These reprints are as oaf
Of date a. last years almanac. No hes
orabls dealer win alloy The buyer q EneA
10 suppose that he Is getting lhs webster
which to-day q eccepiea a. the Standard
anf THE BEST every copy q wkleh
hears eur imprint ~ given belew.
- II persons VIE have bcen ineaosd b
purchase tho I" Ancient Edition ~ aRY
uizFnpres1nlsliBus va ndVisa uB e ~
klgiz. " yin unaartake - seo lhai rs
aalssg Il pnnisheG - Ne deserves
c. 4 q. MERRIAM AGO.
sHN4NuttNIus W1s&.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FOR CIRCUIT COURT CLERK.
e n naniaf-w We arr authorized = an
u W BntttCt nounca ID. Daniel "a a
candidate ~. fe-election for Circuit Couss
Clerk II thu ensuing August eeetion.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-11

The Tone of the London Times
In Regard to Behring Sea.
British War Vessels May Be
Sent to Those Waters.

Uncle Sans Ownership Of Alaska n Thorn
In the side of John I-our Progress
Menace to the System of Glass Privil-
eye In England The AngIo-French
Newfoundland Contention.
LONDON, June 10.-The warlike tone
of The London Times in regard to the
seal fisheries of Behring sea finds no
echo in any influential quarter. Never
theless, the fact that The Times is in
close sympathy with Lord Salisbury's
government gives a quasi-ofiicial charac-
ter to its utterances, and it is the inn
preston in well-informed circles that
British vessels of war will be found
cruising, at an early date, in the waters
where sole jurisdiction is claimed by the
United States, but that this action will
be taken without parade or noise, and
not rs if seeking any conflict with the
Americans.
The ownership of Alaska by the Ameri-
can republic is very sore fact for
Englishmen, interfering, as it does, with
the access from the Canadian Dominion
to the Pacific ocean. and preventing the
vast possessions of Great Britain in
North America from reaching squarely
to the northern boundary Of the con-
tinent. The bitterness over this condi-
ton Of affairs, which has existed ever
since Russia sold Alaska to the United
States, has been much stimulated by
the developing of the great wealth
70 the waters adjoining the terri
tory, and England is determined to pre-
vent, if possible, Americans from having
n monopoly of that wealth. But popu-
lar sentiment in Great Britain, at pres
emit, us during the American civil war,
favorable to the United States, would
not countenance any hostile attitude or
act toward America, however much,
now as then, the Tory aristocracy would
like to strike blow ut the great repub-
lie, whose institutions they abhor, and
whose prosperity is standing menace
to the system Of class privileges in En-
gland
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

Crecs, but since TINT time the same syl-
lnbary, with minor variations. has been
made use Of by the missionaries among
the Chippewus. SautcuX Eskimo and
Montagnais.
~ more curious set Of characters
than this Cree syllobary are the hero
glyphs complied by the Rev. Chris
iian lie Clercq about 1860. aud
which have been in use among the
Indians of the Northeast Canadian
provinces for more than 300 years
These characters are arbitrary. and
each has to bc mcmofiZud.
The craze among book collectors for
old Indian publications has had unfor.
tunatc results so far rs the poor student
is concerned, for the prices Of these
books have assumed proportions dis
couracing TO the slender purse. The
Eliot Bible Of The first edition has sold
as high as 81 800; and 81 600 is not an
unusual figure for II to bring at auction
Perhaps the best collections of ma
,crial of this kind are those in the
IenoX library in New York and the
Carter Brown library in Providence,
H. !. DR.. J. H. Trumbull of Hartford
ranks among the best. known students
If Indian languages and has large col
lection of these works. Next to DR..
Trumbull, probably the largest private
collections are those belonging to Major
Powell of the Geological Survey and
Mr.. Pilling, the latter having on his
shelves, perhaps. 800 volumes in the
various American languages.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

he corrcc, this Is the first book printed
on our shores. From that day until now
the Mexican press has been prolific In
works relating to the Indian languages
of that country.
Early in 1900 books In the language
of the Florida Indians were printe
abroad. In the United States the first
Bible printed was In the language of
the Matte Indians Of Massachusetts, com
posed by the Apostle Eliot aud printed
at Cambridge, the New Testament in
1861 and the Old Testament in 1853.
During the succeeding fifty years many
other books were printed. some In Cam.
bridge and some abroad, by the same
Jealous missionary. In tho setting up
of the type Of the Bible the printers were
aided by an Indian boy who learned
the trade, and who was given the name
Of james Printer. 1t is q little re-
markable. don't you think? that almost
everywhere throughout the country
among the first books issued were
those for the use OF the Indians
Most of the carly prints are very
rare now. some have disappeared en-
tirely. and of many Of them but single
copies are known. Frequently these
are found in unexpected places; for Ia
stance, the only copy of one Of the
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

and the further question, why, is there
more than one?' This indicates in
general way the opinion of persons who
have not looked into the subject. The
idea seems to be that if Columbus had
thought il worth while to study the
languages of the Indians of San
Salvador he would have been
equally capable of talking with the
Indians of Hudson's Bay, and that the
Abraki of New England would be able
10 talk with the Aleutian Islanders.
The fact is that north of Mexico there
are between fifty and sixty distinct Ian
guages, each as diverse as English and
Chinese, and no one having any relation
TO the other Within these groups of
languages there are probably 500 dla
lecis, each as far apart as French and
Spanish or English and German"
"To what extent have these languages
been put on record ~ was asked.
previous TO the advent of the white
man the only record of the Indians
was upon bark or stone, and the charac-
ters used were hieroglyphic and mainly
topographic. They had no means
Of recording spoken language
as such, Among the early voya-
gers TO this country were the
missionaries, and almost their first
work was the recording of vocabularies,
dictionaries and grammars of the respect
i've languages. The early missionaries
were all Catholics in Mexico and
mainly Franciscans. Within forty
years after the discovery of America
there was printed in Antwerp a vocab.
ulary of the Nahuatl language. About
1910 the printing press was set up in the
City of Mexico and, beginning six years
afterward, quite number of religious
works were issued therefrom. II Is
probable that the first book printed on
this continent was in the Mexican Ian
guage. for although no copy is known
TO be In existence there is record
made in one of the official publications
of Spain of Byeue doctriHa Cristiana,
printed in Mexico In 1889. II the record
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

dent, this is somewhat OF 40 innova.
tlon, and one ! do not like 20 make
without your approval" "Well, them"
said President Harrison, II will simply
say that IL Is high time such on innova-
ton was made"
Mrs. Harrison, though not suffra-
gist by name, Is said 20 be In full sym.
pathy with the advancing cause of
women, oil of which indicates that the
pioneer days Of the movement are over
and whether or not women get the bal.
lot, leading women Of the country,
abettcd by their husbands are max.
ing demands for IL, ergo. "fe-
male suirragist' is no longer o
crank. Suffrage is cult, 1t is lifted
to The plane Of the "best people" 1t
has entered the charmed circle. Wo-
mans suffrage has become a respectable
c use. Ilorriblel 1t begins TO look as
If this thing might become popular
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

logue of the languages of the In
dians preliminary TO Il comparison of
the languages themselves. He had
moi zone far into that subject before he
found that the study of the Indian
literature alone would tax one mans
capacity, and he has since mainly de-
voted himself to a compilation of a
series of photographers. which include
titles and descriptions Of all the books
and manuscripts now or previously in ex-
istencc. relating to Indian languages
north of the Isthmus of Panama. This
has neceseiiated visits to public and
private libraries in this country,
Canada, Mexico, England and France.
And wherever l 60" said Mr.. Pill
ing, ~ am asked, DO you speak the
Indian laneuage2' always answer the
question Yankee fashion: Which oneY
l am usually met with surprised look
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

Eliot primers. that issuel in 1860, is in
the library of the University of Edin
burgh; the authorities thereof have
kindly furnished me fac sia'iie of the
title page"
"What was the nature of some of
these early publications.
The first book printed West of
the Rocky Mountains was in the
Ncz Perez language and called the
Me- Perez First BooL. This was issued
from small hand printing press
brought from the Sandwich Islands,
ana the type was set by the mission
aries themselves Among the first
books printed in Canada was prayer
in the Montagnais language. The re.
suit of all this zeal is that there is
scarcely an Indian language on this
continent not represented by one
or more of these religious pub
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16

LEGATIONS. Among the most re.
markablc efforts in this line was
that of the Rev. James Evans, an
early missionary Of the Northwest Brit
ish provinces. In 1910 he invented a
syllabary, simple in its construction
and without much attempt at the re.
finements of sound. He cast font of
type from the lead Innings of tea chests
found about the posts of the Hudson
Bay Company, and from crude press
of his own manufacture issued several
The Washington critic., 1890-02-16
| OOKS OF THE INDIANS.
uIeLE LITERATURE IN THE LAM
GUAGE OF THE RED MAN.

MIR. james G.. Pilling's Collections OF
Curious old IBooks--He Talks In
terestiugIy OF Them-Advent of the
Printing Press.
Anybody who has known the red man
My rs he is depicted by Cooper. and
who appreciates the Aboriginal only for
the exciting material he furnishes the
novelist, will be surprised to learn that
The literature of the Indian is no less in
leresting.
TO the North American Indian, per-
haps belongs the distinction of being
responsible for the first book published
IN the continent. The interest in these
old Indian books has extended from
he student TO collectors of the curious.
Of the former class no one is better
known, after his many years pursuit
Il The subject, than Mr. James G. Pill
lDg, Of this city Like other scientists,
hc has settled down into n specialist.
lie started out 10 make cata-