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, 1891-04-02
SHATTERED BY A SHELL
Hot Naval Battle on the South
American Coast.
A Tug and Torpedo Boat At
tack an Ironclad.
Both of the Smaller Vessels
Blown to Pieces.
uot NnrnI Engagement.

SAN F~RANcIsco, April Private adj
vices from Valparaiso state that the iron
clad Blanco, belonging to the insurgents.
recently attempted to blow up the armed
government tug Florence with q torpedo.
The torpedo missed the tug but struck a
floating dry dock, blowing it to pieces.
The Blaneo then retired from the harbOr
amid u hot fire from the forts. That
night the tug Florence and a torpedo
boat went out to attack the Blanco. The
iron-clad was accompanied by the sloop-
of-war Chiggins. and both ships dlscOv-
cred the government vessels Simultaneous
lY. A heavy shell from the Blanco struck
the Florence. blowing her entirely out OF
the water, every one of her crew OF seven
teen being killed or wounded. A broad
side from the Chiggins knocked the tor
pedO boat to pieces. The two insurgent
vessels coming 10 range OF the foTts, a
lively battle ensued. The vessels retreated
after the Chiggins had been terribly Gam
aged by shells from the forts aad nine
men blown to atoms.
, 1891-04-02

TACOMA. Wash, April Lit has Just
been discovered that James Darcy, the
crazy sailor aboard tho British ship Mac
duff, Is an English u~obleman, and received
a thorough education while young. HIS
manner and knovledge Of history aud GER
tain of the sciences indicates that this is
true. The story, as told by the crew, is
to the cfie-t that Darcy incurred the dis
pleasure OF his father and went TO sea to
escape disgrace. He had evidently made
several voyages, as the geography of the
East Indies and Mediterranean seems per
fcctly familiar to him. Darcy signed with
the Macduff at Cardiff, Wales. last
autumn. and was hen pei ectlY sane. On
the voyage be told the sailors that he had
once been insane Tor a short period, The
ship stopped at Santa Rosalia, Mex to
discharge cargo, where Darcy went ashore
with the sailors When he returned to
the ship his mind was cloudei. and has
remained so ever since. Mr.. Alexander,
the British vice consul. was in Tacoma to-
day and arranged, in company with capt.
Jones, TO have the man taken to the
asylum at St. Ellacoom. The trouble all
through the proceedings since the vessel
came into pnrt, about four weeks ago, has
been the apparent unwilllngness Of the
captain to give any guarantee that he
would take care Of the man when the ship
sailed. Finally a pen was fixed up Tor
the man in the vessel. and there he would
have been left to die a slow death had it
not been for the humanity of a reporter in
calling such public attention to the case
that u became a pretty severe rcfectIon.
, 1891-04-02

A man who was well acquainted with
General Sherman the other day said
THE things that General Sherman
seemed t. have excelled in in later life
were those in which he wa the most
deficient while at West Point. Dur
ing the time he was a cadet lie never
was selected as a cadet officer or even
a non-commissioned officer. as lac vas
eve deemed soldierly enough.
AS 10 the generals standing in his
class when he graduated he was seventh
in engineering. seventh in ethics, fourth
in minerology and geology, twelfth in
infantry tactics, eighth in artillery tao.
tics and in department lie ranked PIG
out OF "A class Of 233. Now the idea
that a good scholar will not mike a
good commanding officer is disproved
in this case. Had it not been for the
generals low average in conduct he
would nave in all probability been IA
star scholar; that is. lac would have
had Il { affixed to his name, as the
first five men are given this honor. The
generals low grade was not due 10 bad
conduct. but TO his unsoldierly appear
ance. philadelphia Press.
, 1891-04-02

ROME, April United States Minis
ter Porter yesterday called to see Marquis
Dl Rudini, Italian premier. who. however.
was absent from the city. Mr.. Porter
then saw the under secretary Of foreign
affairs, Signor Darco. The United States
minister expressed regret at the fact that
the Italian government had thought fit
to recall Baron Fava. Generally speak
ing, he thought the United States govern
ment would not deny any request OF the
Italian government if there was reason
and fairness in such demands. Porter also
promised to place before the United States
government at Washington the substance
OF conversation which took place between
himself and SiRnor Darco. Incidentally
Porter suggested that the Italian govern.
meut should wait before taking further
action in the hope that a satisfactory
answer might be received.
Before Mr.. Porter left Signor DArco's
Office the latter said; Suppose a dozen
American citizens we're murdered in an
Italian city and we pleaded impotence to
punish the murderers because the city in
"ulcu tuc mufueIs CcuTTeu tuJOltu hu
autonomous form OF government. What
opinion would you in the United States
and what opinion would the civilized
world at large have in regard to our
plea?"
Porter thereupon tried 70 make clear to
Darco the relations of our government to
the individual states as fixed by the con,
stitutioD. But Darco was not satisfied,
aud replied with heat: We have moth
ing to do with yolr constitution. If it is
found wanting you must mend it. You
know it is no constitution worthy OF a
free, civilized country if it does not Sc
cure punishment for crime and protection
Tor the weak"
Later in the dav Baron FavI sent n
cableRram to Marquis Di Rudini, stating
that he had seen President Harrison. and
there was an improvement in the outlook
nf affairs
, 1891-04-02

The question has been raised occa.
sionally whether the Indians learned Of
the white settlers to make maple sugar,
or the white men from the Indians.
According to Professor Henry w. Hen
shaw, who addressed the American as.
ISOLATION on the subject, the Indians
were indebted to their W powers Of
observation and invention for their
method of sugar making.
They collect the sap in birch bark
vessels, which hold in some cases a
hundred gallons. They take advan.
tage of cold April nights to freeze the
sap, and in the morning throw out the
ice. They evaporate it by throwing
hot stones into the sap.
The sugar is eaten mixed with corn.
Sometimes the pure sugar is their only
diet for a month. They boil venison
and rabbits in the hot sap as they, eva
crate it. They also make sugar from
the silver maple and box elder
Youths Companion.
, 1891-04-02

The webs of those spiders which spin
snares out Of doors, as the geometrical
garden spider, are formed of two sorts
of silk, one of which is used for the
main cables and the radiating threads,
the other for the c%oncentric threads.
The latter are thickly studded with
minute globules of II viscous substance,
which retains the fly, gnat or moth
that may blunder against them, while
the former are quite dry and harmless.
A third kind of silk is produced by the
busy little spinner when some such
large insect as Il wasp has become en-
tangled in the web and threatens to
break the delicate structure in its strug-
giles. This takes the form of an envel-
opiug mass, which is suddenly pro
duced, and which eiTectually prevents
any further gyrations on the part of
the captured insect. -Cornhm Maya
zine
, 1891-04-02
LEGAL NOTICE.

To AlopZo Blackmore, a nonresident
OF Wyoming, whose last known place OF
residence was Denver, state of Colorado,
but whose present whereabouts is un-
known to the undersigned plaintiff: You
are hereby notified that you have been
sued in the district court for the Flrst
judicial district of the state Of Wyoming,
within and for the county of Laramie, BY
Addle Blackmore. vour wife, in which
court the petition of said Addie Black
more has been filed. The object and
prayer Of said petition in said cause is to
obtain a divorce from you by the said
plaintiff, and to dissolve the bonds of
matrimony now existing between yourself
aud plaintiff; also for the custody of minor
son. Herbert Blackmore. The grounds
upon which said divorce is asked
are: Let, that you have been guilty of
cruel and inhuman treatment towards and
uDo plaintiff as set forth in said petition;
I'd. hat for the period OF one year and
over, Immediately last past, you have will
fully deserted said plaintiff; Bird, that for
the period OF one year and over you have
wiltully neglected to provide plaintiff with
the common necessaries Of life and that
such neglect is not occasioned by poverty
on your part which reasonable industry
could avoid. You are hereby required to
answer said petition on or before the l4th
dav Of May A. D., 1891.
lsEAL. SAMUEL ATKINSON,
Clerk of the District Court OF the First
Judicial District of Wyoming for Lara
mie County.
, 1891-04-02
BURNED TO A CRISP.
BURNED To 4 CRISP.
Horrible Death of Mrs Geo.
Davis at Fort Worth.
An Euglish NObleman Ships as
a Common Sailor.
GOmpers to Take Charge of a
Strike at Pittsburg.

FoRT WORTH. Tex, April While
Arranging a gasoline stove at moor today
to prepare dinner. Mrs. George W. Da-
Wis. the wife of a conductor on the Fort
Worth aud Denver rozd. was burned BY
an explosion. She was attempting to ill
the stove after the fire had been lighted
by pouring gasoline into tho reservoir. As
the gasoline exploded it blew out over her
dress. and in a second she was a living
stream of fire Preserving her self pos
session. she screamed to her husband,
who was IN an adioining room. To bring
a blanket and smother the IRE. Rushing
into the room he discovered the cJndit on
of his wife and threw the blanket around
her. It.. however, Immediately b'a2cd up,
and MIR, Davis returned 10 the bedroom.
secured another blanket, hurled that
around his suffering wife, and succeeded.
after rolling her 10 and fro on the floor. in
extinguishing the flames. lie then car
ried her to "A neighbor house and sent
for a physician. The agony of the woman
was horrible. She lay upon the bed a
charred. blackened semblance OF a once
beautiful woman, gasping Tor breath and
praying for rebel. There was not a pOr-
ton of her body that had not been kissed
by the flames and SCARED and scOrched by
the heat. Notwithstanding the noble
efforts OF the physician to relieve her az
onv and save her life. she suffered until
about s O'Clock this evening. She was
about Is years OF age aud leaves three
Children
, 1891-04-02

LONDON, April IA dispatch from
Nice says hat a regular press bureau is
maintained at Monte Carlo by and in the
interest OF the gambling establishment at
that place. Most of the stories OF large
winnings and people breaking the hank
are sent out BY the bureau for the pur-
pose of attracting wealthy tourists from
Europe and America. The stories, it is
said, have generally no foundation. The
bureau is not permitted to send out re-
ports of suicides and other cases OF sud-
den death except 10 very rare Instances.
The bureau was started as a permanent
department of Monte Carlo gambling in
terests about three months ago and has
added greatly to the business of the
place by effect of advertising. Previous
to that NJ. Blanc had several Parlsian
men in his pay and the press
business was handled through Paris iu-
stead OF as now, directly from Monte
Carlo. NJ. Blanc claims that some of his
Journalistic friends in Paris were so exorbi-
tant and persistent in their demands that
one or more of them threatened to effect
the closing of his establishment unless
their demands were complied with.
, 1891-04-02

the SpinniHg mAchine oil IA spider
The spinning machine is situated I'M
der the hinder part of the spiders
body. 1t takes the form of a slight de-
preston, which a close inspection shows
to consist of six small bodies resem-
bling tubes. -Four of these contain an
immense number of minute openings
as many as a thousand can be counted
in each-and from every one of these
openings a viscous fluid issues, which
hardens on exposure to the atmos-
phere. The whole 1000 threads are
united into one line, which is some
times so fine that 1000, 900 twisted to-
gether would not have a combined
diameter greater than hat of an ordi-
nary hair from the human head.
1t is impossible to conceive the ex-
cessive slenderness of one of the four
thousand threads which compose such
a line. The pare statement that each
one has a thickness only one sixteen
thousand millionth of hat of a human
hair does not in any way convey the
impression Of its wonderful flneness.
The mind can no nor grasp the mean
ing of such figures than it can under
stand the immense distance of which
astronomers talk so bly.-CornhiIl
Magazine.
, 1891-04-02

BALTIMORE, Md, April bob Fitz.
simmons has left Baltimore for Buffalo.
He says of the Astoria, Ore, Athletic
purse for a fight between him and Hall:
The chance has come a. last. Now
for an opportunity to pay off old scores.
| beat Hall once two years ago in Aus
tralia. l then knew very little about
fighting. I'll give him the prandest
thrashing this time he ever had in his
life. He IS a better man than Dempsey.
but Jack was an easy mark and | had him
licked the first time | punched him. Hall
is very heavy at present, and the training
he will be forced to undergo in order to
get down to I54 pounds will take more
energy out of him than a spell Of sick
ness. My engagement with George
Clark will close 10 nine weeks and after a
good long rest | intend to train Tor the
fight
George Clark telegraphed from Chicago
to Charles Ross, his agent here, that he
had a guarantee purse of Sl7 1000 and
furthermoreEthat he would back Fitzaim-
mons for $4,000. -Fitzsimmons SAYS il
he defeats Hall he will make Ted Prit-
chard, Eugland's champion, his next
mark and then retire from the ring.
, 1891-04-02
The Feeling Abroad.

ROME, April THE evening papers
IN briefly on the Fava incident.
The utterances are marked by calmness
and moderation. The Opinion and Oh
s%erratore Romano simply published the
kilograms re ceived from America.
Fdnfutd asks whether Baron Fava
could return to his post if Italy limited
her demand for reparation to the pay
ment OF indemnity to the relatives of
the murdered men, adding; This is
the only satisfaction the United States
government is in a position to give"
Ltdhe SAYS the Italians and citizens of
the United States have the greatest in
terest in maintaining friendly relations,
and it will be best for the two govern
ments to come to an understanding as
quickly as possible.
The position of the court of King
Humbert of Italy. during the present
strained relations existing between Italy
and the United States. is unpleasant.
The court at present is unduly exposed to
malevolent attacks owing to the known
and much commented upon partiality OF
both the king and queen OF Italy for
America and for Americans. In fact,
some OF Queen Margaret special favor
ties among the ladies of the court are
Americans.
, 1891-04-02

Conversation with Gordon was not a
colloquy an interchange of ideas.
When interested in II subject he talked,
and you listened % his monologue, de
liTered in a low, monOtonous tone.
without apparent excitement. for he
was very seldom animated. The stamp
Of earnest sincerity and strong cunvic-
ton was on all his u~tterauceS, but he
did not care 10 argue or discuss any
question, and you saw it would be use,
less t. attempt to change any Of his
opinions OF beliefs. Nor did he seem
To care much what your appreciation Of
his views might he. On mems Iudg
mentS lac set but little store.
On ON occasion when we were sit
ting together near a window he rose up
suddenly nul snid. 1t is rather dark.
and to my great surprise thrust his
hand through a pane OF glass to open
the outer sIIutter-not remarkiug that
the Sls'r was down. He cut his hand
ia severed places, bat tying it up in his
handkerchief paid no further attention
to il. but resumed our conversation re
,.sting my attempts To see whether any
pieces Of glass had remained in the
hand
My wife was a great fayoritc Of his,
and lac would call at Shepherds hotel
to see !ur shortly before the dinner
hour II engaged in earnest
ton hr would entirely ignore the gong
for diunar and refuse Il dine al the
table q Tote with us, but would fire.
quentlS remain an hour longer, utterly
oblivious of dinner and its duties.-E.
lie Ia.nn
, 1891-04-02

dressed his last letter on the subject OF
the New Orleans tragedy to Marquis I'm
periali, charge d a~ffaires, is OF signif-
canoe. demonstrating that the government
does not regard the rupture OF Diplomatic
relations caused by Baron Fava's recall as
complete. Had that view been taken.
the communication would have been ad.
dressed to the Italian government direct.
or through the medium Of Minister Por-
ter at Rome. How the matter is viewed
by the Italian government will be dis
closed by the reply that is made to the
secretary's letter. 1t the charge d at
fairs replies as such it must be construed
as an acknowledgment that the Italian
government is still represented in the
United States by its legation. But il he
announces that be is without authority 20
reply. and suggests the transmittal Of the
secretdry's communication to Rome. it
may be taken as evidence that direct dip
lomatic relations between the two coun-
tries are at an end.
A careful perusal of the secretary's
letter seems to warrant the assumption
that from the very beginning of the cor
~respondence and negotiations on the sub
>ject treated, the Italian minister assumed
an aggressive attitude. The secretary
says the baron has more than once in
tmated this purpose TO depart speedily.
which clearly demonstrates that the min,
lister threatened to leave Washington early
in the negotiations IN a cautious N
diplomatic manner that might be expected
10 a ease where the facts were still officially
unknown to the United States govern
meut, although it has taken all proper
steps to secure a speedy report from its
owl officers, in addition to any statements
that might come from the authorities of
Louisiana.
Attorney General Miller said to a rep
resentative of the Associated Press this
afternoon that instructions were sent to
the United States district attorney at New
Orleans to make a thorough investigation
of the case. He was asked to report in
detail the nationality of each of tie men
killed, and how many, their connection
with the murder of Hennessv, what evil
dence there was hat any of them had
anything to do with the alleged bribery OF
the jury, and, in short, to get all the facts
and report rs soon as possible.
, 1891-04-02
stock, ana Carrre Markets.

NEW York, April In the stock
market this morning the hears e~ndeavored
to make some capital out of the Italian
complication and sold stocks down at the
beginning of business. but the effect upon
prices reached no further than the open.
ing. The market then became intensely
dull until the afternoon, when Evansville
x Terre Haute rose from I2I to 1875. and
sugar advanced on the belief that an ar
raugement had been made between the
trust and Spr,ckIes. The market closed
dull and firm at insignificant changes from
last night. Sugar Is up
Governments steady.
Petroleum-Nay closed at 723.
Money on call easy. closed offered at >.
Bar Silver. 81.
Copper-StaVnant Lake, April. $II.75.
Lead-Dull. Domestic. 81 So.
Tin-Frm. Straits, $50 80.
Following are closing prices OF stocks.
T.. 5. Is. registered. 2l3 L. :. As.
coupons, 2Ii; Pacific 6s. no. American
Express, llG. Canada Pacific. III.
canada Southern, 49,. Central Pa
cjhc, %! Burlington, 49,. Delaware.
NAhNhhNdlhA n NENtlAs 4IlHa l''LNEI ~
RIO Grande. III. Erie, lSt. Kansas 4
Texas. II, Lake Shore, 1893, Louisville
4 Nashville. 49, Michigan Central. 90! 4.
Missouri Pacific. 6f3 Northern Pacific
2Gs; preferred. ~, Northwestern. IO4i:
preferred, 1872, New York Central.
lO24; Oregon Navigation. -, Oregon
Improvement. -, North American. TX.
Pacific Mail, 36!, Reading, 3Oi, Rock
Island, 69s Milwaukee Il st. Paul
So, st Paul x Omaha, "a; Texas Pa
citc, 1874 Union Pacific, 44a Fargo Ex-
press, a; Western Union, SOl; Oregon
Short Line. %. American cotton oil 24I.
CHICAGO, April I.-Cattle-Receipts
$4,000. Market irregular. Steers. top
prices, $6.l5; good to extra, s. OO(G5.9 5;
others, 50 OOCG4 95; cows and heIfers.
81. 6j(g4 90; stockers. So 5OCG 3 50.
Sheep-Reoeipts 9 1000. Market active
and steady Natives, s.. OOCG5.S5: West
ems, s.. 25@5.75; Mcxicaus, $500,
lambs. 8 5O(aG %.
, 1891-04-02

PITTsBURG, Pa. April Samuel
G%omprrs, president OF the American
Federation o. Labor, has decided to
make his headquarters in this city until
the carpenters strike Tor an eight hour
day is settled. He ]anrouncrs his intcn-
ton in a letter Just received by a member
of thc Builders Exchange society. Mr..
GOmpers was expected here, but it was
understood heretofore he would come
simply to preside at an eight hour demonA
s%tration, at which Mayor Courlay was II
make a welcoming address. The aus
nouncement that he will stay with III
men during the fight will RrsZt1y
strengthen the movement Mr.. G6mpefs
will arrive next week. A strike, or rather
a lockout, is now inevitable. The de
mand for eight hours has been made and
refused. The member of the Builders
Exchange will act as a unit. and when
the carpenters strike there will be a com
plete cess .tlon of building operations.
Every workman allied with the Building
Trades council. which is directing the
workers movement, will be locked out,
and consequently other tradesmen CON
nccted with construction work will be
made idle. The lockout will be extended
to include even ]planlng mill hands. The
battle ground will extend through the
neighboring counties of Armstrong,
Beaver, Butler, Laurance. Westmoreland
and Washington. The builders are not
Directing to the oight-hour day, but to
the nine hours pay for eight hours work.
Should the men win the cost of build
ing will be so increased that it is expected
little capital will go into construction work
for some time to come. The carpenters
are not a unit, and to bring IN those that
are lukewarm will be:Nlr. Gompers' first
work.
, 1891-04-02

WASHINGTON, April l-Secretary
Noble has directed the commissioner of
the general land office to publish notice in
papers circulating in the vicinity OF lands
forfeited by the recent railroad land for
fixture act, requiring all persons holding
contracts for the purchase OF such lands
from railroad companies to indicate at the
local land office, within sixty days. the
particular lands which they intend to pur-
chase under the act.
, 1891-04-02

Mrs. Il j. Towslee is still very ill at
her home.
Warren Richardson, Jr., is getting
along nicely and will be around in a {, W
days.
George Pierce was resting comfortably
last evening and expects to be about in a
few DAYS.
The family of T. Fl. Castle is down with
the grippe.
Mrs. F. j. Robinson was taken seri,
ously i'll at a late hour last evening.
, 1891-04-02

An article has appeared or the com,
ing Millionaire. Now, writes Mr..
Hurley, of lronmonger street, London,
whoever wrote that article cannot
possibly have any idea what a billion
means-not even in farthings. A bill
ion of farthings would amount to l, O41
millions of money. Perhaps the writer
will get a comprehension of the amount
when he learns that a million seconds
are a little less than twelve days, where
as a billion seconds would be over
thirty thousand years. London Tit
Bits
, 1891-04-02

BERLIN. April IA meeting OF
prominent German merchants and manu-
facturers and members of the reichstag
will be held tomorrow. The meeting
will declare that the participation of Ger
many in the worlds fair in Chicago in
1898 is a political and economic necessity,
and will invite all important German in
dustries to join in asking the imperial
government to demand from the reich
stag the funds necessary.
, 1891-04-02

Bids fer the rubble stone work for the
Walker Emporium" will be received at
the architects office until s p. in. Satur-
day, April. 1891.
Plans and specifications may be seen at
architects office.
Right reserved to reject any or all bids.
j. s. MATTHEWS, Architect.
, 1891-04-02
india. Do Not Iniure the SKIN

and complexion with camphor and car
bolic acid preparations. They dry and
darken the skin, also i%rritate. Arnicated
Eureka Cream contains neither, delight
fully perfumed and makes the skin soft
and white. LarVe bottles twenty-five
cents, druggists.
, 1891-04-02

Is the finest and most effectual lotion for
chapped hands. rough and sore skin, es-
p%ecially prepared for thus climate and
pleasos everybody. Try it. Twenty five
cent bottles. Druggists.