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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-14
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A Man Shoots His Brothers wife and
Then Himself

Then Himself
ST. MARY's, o., Oct. 14-Word has
been received here of terrible muir
der and suicide at Holgate, Henry
county. Ray Burke fatally shot the
wife of Frank Burke, then fred three
shots into himself. Mrs. Frank Burke
sent Ray to the bank to deposit some
money and instead he went to Defiance
and spent it. Returning home, trouble
arose between the two, and the shooting
occurred with the above results. Jeal-
ousy is supposed to have been The main
cause that led to the murder.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-14
"sAM,L OE PosENn .

Held to Answer for the Murder of Polico
Officer Grant.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.--Maurice b.
Strellinger, or Curtis, the actor, charged
with the murder of Police Officer Alex
ander Grant, was held to answer before
the superior court by Police Judge Rex.
Only three witnesses were examined. In
conclusion Henry Fraust Gardner stated
that he had worked for Strellinger and
knew that the latter was in the habit Of
carving q pistol.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-14

CANTON, o., Oct. 14.-A woman
named Taylor was dangerously burned
by her clothing igniting from blaze.
She was trying 10 burn out grease spot
on the carpet with the aid Of gaaolins
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-14
DT lid.

October -, 1891 all the
Clothing and Shoe Men
of Middle Tennessee ex-
cept McGehee Bros, 81
Franklin street, Clarks-
vile, Tennessee
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-14
MAY Use Corn Bread for the Army.

BERLIN, Oct. 14.-Charles j. Murphy,
special representative in Europe of the
United States agricultural department,
has arrived in Berlin, with instructions
to bring to the attention of the German
government the value of Indian corn as
food product. An outcome of the
visit of Mr.. Murphy is said to be the ap-
pointment of select committee, com
posed of officers from the medical and
commissary departments of the army,
to inquire into the subject of the use of
Indian corn bread by the army. 1t is
further said that the German govern
ment has already called upon its con
sular officers in the United States, as
well as the diplomatic representative
at Washington, for full reports re-
specting the use of Indian corn for
food
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
A Square Breakdown.

Mr.. FAssETr's refusal to meet the Hon.
THOMAS f. GRADY on the stump for q joint
discussion OF the influence that sent the
Worlds Fair to Chicago. is based on the
pretext that Mr.. GRADY is an irresponsible
Democratic speaker. II cannot accept O
challenge from any irresponsible speaker
like Senator GRADY" says Mr.. FAssETr to
a Tribune reporter. II should make the
same reply to any other irresponsible DEM
ocratic speaker"
The reason alleged by Mr.. FAssErT for de.
clining would be sufficient and valid IL the
circumstances were different. Had the
challenge proceeded from Mr.. GRADY. Mr..
FAssETT might very we'll have replied.
"You are neither a candidate running
against me. nor the authorized representa-
tive OF any organization with which I have
business at present. Pray excuse me; Just
now am very busy"
But the challenge came from Mr.. FAssErr,
not from Mr.. GRADY, and in Offering to
meet Mr.. FAssETr on the stump Mr.. GRADY
was merely accepting a general invitation
issued by Mr.. FAssETT at Clean on Oct g.
Somebody in Mr.. FAssETTs Olean audience
asked him what he had to say about the
Worlds Fair. The candidates reply was
thus reported by the Rochester Democrat. a
FAssErT organ:
This put Mr.. FAs'rrr on hts mettle He again adj
vanced to the verge OF the platform and very earnestly
spoke as follows:
~ want to say TO the coward who turks in the
dark that the Worlds Fair located In Chicago by
Democratic votes In Congress challenge any Demo-
crat to meet me on any platform to discuss with me
the Worlds Fair lies"
This was an omnibus challenge. Mr..
GRADY had right to accept 1t. and to ex-
pect that his acceptance would be honored.
Now Mr. FAssErT finds 1t convenient to
dismiss Mr.. GRADY as an irresponsible
Democrat" Wo think most fair-minded OBJ
servers will ngree that it Is Mr.. FAssErr
who Is irresponsible In this matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
IIiA One Qualification.

Mr.. HENRY A. MEYER. the Plat candi-
date for Mayor Of Brooklyn. stands about
seventy.four inches high In his dress boots.
and is too big To utter such childish stun as
| this, which he talked at the Brooklyn Union
League Club:
some unlind snssrs have been uttered regarding
my business tits true am . grocer and even retail
grocer but one who takss pride In the fact that his
father was grocer before him. and made an honorable
tradrsman. and am proud Of the trade"
Mr.. MEYER knows perfectly well that
nobody has sneered ct his business. No
body doubts that he is a respectable men,
ber Of most respectable trade. The OF.
lection to Mr.. MEYER is not that he IL o
grocer. but that he has been put up and Is
running for oflcc as grocer who Is sup
posed to have q great influence with
the groccrs .! whose association he
10 the head. II Mr.. MEYER were
known to have any peculiar fitness for the
post Of Mayor Of Brooklyn, any especial
knowledge Of the details OF municipal ad-
ministration. or any large capacity for
affairs. his friends would not have to insist
so much upon the fact thst he Is q grocer
with great enthusiasm at the Union League
Club meeting. It seems to be tho solo
qualification Of Mr.. MEYER that he is u
grocer There are large number Of people
in Brooklyn who must DO excused for their
inability to see why Mr.. MEYER is entitled
to be Mayor because he is grocer. or why
1t is more meritorious to he grocer than
to be a car driver or lawyer.
Until Mr.. MEYER or his friends can demon
strate that grocer is per se a statesman.
hnancer. and municipal reformer. the quail
iflcations Of Mr.. MEYER for Mayor must be
regarded as doubtful. and the responsibility
OF his business cannot conceal the fact that
as O candidate for Mayor he is in partner
ship with THOMAS c. PLArr, Wholesale
dealer IN Republican politics. municipal.
State, and national.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19

Uncomplimentary printed or written COM
ments on Russian affairs do not usually pass
through the Russian mails unscathed Mr..
KEENAN, complained that the Century was mu-
tilated before It reached his hands when he
was in Russia. although he had presented let
tiers and passports OF exceptional strength to
the Russian officials. The american Hebre,o of
the current issue prints q fac-simile Of ono OF
its pages as 1t appeared after the Russian CEN
sor got through with 1t. Two para
graphs had been covered with black
ink in such q way as to completely
destroy them. One paragraph thus obliter-
atod referred to the sympathy expressed for
the Russian Jews by stepniak and KEENAN,.
standing Of the Russian Question. The CENSOR
is said to have several ways OF striking out OBJ
iectionable passages in periodicals or books.
Sometimes they are cut or torn out, but the
small. IS to eayisic them. In thi s Process e
they are blacked out by means Of rectangu-
lar stamp which has about tho width OF an Or
y way Sss WEN sh nsed
pressed upon the paper it makes a close net
work OF white lines and black diamonds.
The peculiar mottled or or erhined appear,
out %fh hp stamp 1a.
the Russian readers n descriptive slang term
for It. namely. cayiare' Any one who has
ever seen the black salted Sayiare Of Russia si
appreciate the felicity of the metaphorical
comparison. From the noun verb has been
formed. and every Russian, now understands
that Snyas to bk S Gh
upon 1t the censor's stamp
The American HeIre,c had a number OF sub
scribers In Russia. but complaints, OF non de
livery became 80 numerous thut they had to
be abandoned,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
The Confession of Defeat.

After a great deal OF noise and buster
the New York Republicans have begun
their usual preparations for defeat. The
cry OF Tammahy" having failed to
brighten the State. it becomes necessary for
them to drop with such grace as they can
muster from the lofty pretensions and
boastful predictions which they have been
making. and drum up an explanation for
the whipping which is in store for them.
So they have begun to cry Fraud " and
to make the customary hullabaloo about
the corrupt practices Of the enemy This
is the old Republican game in this city.
When the leaders see that there Is no
chance or o mighty slim one OF victory.
they begin to discover tremendous mares
nests OF colonization and fraudulent regis
tration.
Evidently Mr.. PLAT is not pleased with
the way in which things are going. But
while his organs are shouting Fraud"
the Democrats must keep sharp eye on
the force Of DULLES and bogus detectives
that his agents are employing to frighten
Democratic voters and to commit fraud I'M
der pretence Of preventing it.
Mr.. PLATT and his man FAssETT are the
frauds which this city has to punish.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
The Changing Fashion In Beauty.


France. says the GaulOis. has a revolution
every fifteen or twenty years. so the beauties
can be cassed by regime. Each group has is
was ,diyinely tall. and classic IN her feature
OF tho RESTORATION was, less In inches and
waist waist She > was Simple and unpretending
and nobility q race. Eugene, Louis hns
immortalized the beauty Of the. monarchy
OF July. She. too. was graceful and ele-
In the annals OF the Citizen King Of the
Duchesse do DINO. the Maruuise de Tallyrand
PeriRord. one OF the most famous OF court
beauties. Her rivals were the Princesse de
Iicben, the Princesso Bolgiojoss. Baronne. de
vatry. Duchcsses dc Dalmatlc and do FitZ-
james. who used to call herself Queen Of Eng
lRnd-a harmless usurpaton-the Countesses
Leon anu de la Relorte. There still survives
Guelph blood. Nine, Liardieres has an ad-
miring salon still. her features arc hand
some and her manners charming, The
most imposing beauty OF Louis philippe's
time was the, Duchesse d'!stre. who
always wore white satin; scarlet rib69oTps g., in
monds. The Comtesse. dc Ntz-James had
are other names of less prominent note, Mar:
quises and Duchesses Of beauty and wit or
the professional beauties" there was the
Duchesse d Elchingen. one Of the most perfect
models that ever sat to, painter or sculptor;
Nine. Odin comes SECOND. Her blond trosses
measured Q yard and half Tonga record OF
dcna ri ed gloreS,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
RETURN or THE 81. MARY,s.
The Longest and Most saecessfhi Cralss the
Vessel Has Made.

Inc A<Ouke1t ana u ODt SuGCe0BIul erase TN
Vessel Has Made.
The schoolship st. Mary's anchored in the
East River near Thirty.irst street yesterday
noon after an absence Of five months and two
days. This has been the longest and most
successful cruise the vessel has made since
she became q part Of our school system.
Seventy.six days have been passed at sea, and
the remaining time has been spent in ports.
THE Sun Of Oct detailed the cruise to Lis.
bon. which port was reached on Aug. 10. On
Aug. II the ship left for Cadlz arriving on the
18th. and leaving for Gibraltar on the oath.
Although but eighty miles. to the latter port,
contrary winds and tides were met, and
se9 ssp % SEsd Garfield swH days 81 the the rs
current ALMOST upon the rocks, and here, Com.
use his full knowledge Of soamanshlp, whilo
vessel remained .five days ut Gibraltar, where
the boys visited the. fortress and were re-
ceived with much courtesy. Funchal. Madeira,
hsm sf IL
New London. q distance Of APO miles. was
miles day, On Sept. 2s the run logged Of
league Island. where the Despatch went
ashore. but 81 miles were made. Since Oct,
tho vessel has been at New London. while the
boys made ready for the annual inspeeton
OF oyer a hundred. While at Fayaf in June
SCHOLAR named Hooper fell from q yard and
winter cruise to the West Indies is con.
tempated. II it is carried out some repairs
must be made to the decks.
To-day. at ! O'Clock; the Nautical School
2dvsory COMMITTEES Of the CHAMBER Of in Come ane
merce Will conduct the annual examinations.
The graduating class numbers about twenty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
DIR. soHs HAZE DrD NOT RESIGN
He IL stin a Director OF the Union Theoier-
icnl SenInAry.

icai Seminary.
story published yesterday In two newspa-
pers that DR.. John Hall had resigned his place
as director OF the Union Theological Seminary
Mt special meeting OF the directors. held In
the office OF Brown Brothers 4 Co. on Friday
is not true The directors came together to
consider the report Of the Executive Committee
in relation to the course to be pursued when
the Board on Oct 20 shall meet the committee
appointed BY the Detroit General Assembly to
confer with IL on the veto by tho General As
sembly Of Prof Briges's appointment or
transfer to his present chair in tho Union
Theological Seminary. Tho committee in its
report recommended that the Board should.
1t. hear with courtesy and respect what tho
committee had to say and should reserve It's re.
ply until Il might have opportunity to consider
what had been set forth. This report was
ter adjournment DR.. Hall said:
came TO this meeting prepared to offer
my resignation rs director of the seminary,
although with regret and great pain. After
hearing the report Of the Executive Commit;
Dr. Hall says that he can construe in only
the and tRe General RssemBiy sv
ing the latter the power Of veto over appoint
ments to the faculty of tho seminary. What
eyer legal technicalltles may DO urged In favor
Of the contrary view. he believes that the sem.
irary Ia bound to stand By its agreement, and
Il II finally resolves not to do 50. he will feel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
Steam Power ON Earth.

fpom fhf Lfip.iDSf Id9eTW.
Four-tlfths Of tho worlds steam engines at
present In operation have been constructed
within the last quarter OF q century. France
Possesses 1880 stationary engines. 1000 To-
comotiyes, and 1;e5O marine engines; Ger
10000 locomotives, and 700 marine engines
Austria, only 12,OO0 stationary engines. and
Gines in Operation in the United States Is
equal to a2ooH0 a horse power. OF these AN in
N France to s.ooo,oOo. and IL Austria 70 800
horse power Of locomotives 10 not
INCLUDED; in the beginning OF 1880 the
AMOUNTED to 105,O90, representing, from
total horse power OF tho whole Of the steam
100000. The horse power Of steam engine
may be estimated as equivalent to the power
equivalent to that OF seven men. Tho world s
steam engines, therefore: represent the enor-
number Of .workers In the world. the total pop
OOO,OOO souls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
The ElEht.hour LAW

To THE Editor OF THE sUS-Sir As the issue be tweeu
capital and labor only be settled by legislation al
low Inc few lines In your paper upon the national
Eight hour law which obtained through Congress
June 1898 and soon after its passage those whose
duty It was to enforce the law began 10 violate It,
Under IN act Of Congress Of 1872 bill passed to
pay all claims up to that date arising from its viola.
ton: but very small amount of 1t paid for tho
reason that Congress the bill to tho department
officials enemies OF the law to settle. Therefore bin
sSs1 nss has Kept In 70 sas the
III syt rnsed ih ss s"ss sr employing
n a. s
xs hs BY s ,Ss .aa
began to ~, turn by ,sndins wsshns;sn
5 e suS Sgsh a A " ia.
i S,o A INT iii 4; Rssss
backing had IsTasrns ~
any n reS sy
ssss =
nt H 81 s rsiG Ssi ssf@ only ansr
e not e and ask GS, them the r. law
;noad $SsySit sasS Is no.pI!.i seward. stssPasss
ss ne men ss sns %any
ssy " q h Il s or Y
s.yss 4:
ing the period 1871 and Tor years after t ali &c.
aa would Ssi sa ssa ptsT Tx
law I'VE We Ask what 4, The original proysion. q
more men u these men have NOT The COURAGE or
% sn se NJ q ne s's .s ssr d ss
mitteet For II took the most severe measures TO
sam , TO again establish y, and thl. labor noysmsnt
Congress Aud will further say any man who does not
wish all the violations Of this law since June 1863.
EiEhshoar law hu. sa.6 q tie n,s. water They
great service to them ultimately as Is also the bill to
prphlblt contract labor upon uovernment premlnes.
Ia closing Will say II III To be hoped by all the other
arsensl. this substitutsd bill will be Sithdrawn BY
from this hrmory or else the Navy Yard men will only
carry their own claims through Congress. and the
knowing ones viii have TO paddle their own boat up
salt River. CLAIMANT, Springfield, haaA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19

torpedo craft and llght-draught gunboats
on some Interior lake OF New York, to be
connected by canal with Lake Ontario. and
similar provisions would send such vessels
70 Buffalo for service on Lake Erie.
II this is not enough. n notice OF six
months would be sufficient to procure On
honorable and amicable annulment Of the
treaty OF 1917. Thereafter the lakes could
be covered with war vessels Of any size;
and the fact that Michigan firm was
ready to build the Naval Academy practice
vessel. and that an Iowa firm on the Mis-
sissippi is to build Torpedo Boat No. 2.
shows that the West could construct all the
war vessels required for this purpose. But
adequate defence can probably be secured
without disturbing the treaty OF 1917.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
sIr. Fassett's Moral Certainty.

s Our esteemed contemporary, the Herald,
published conversation between one OF Its
reporters and the Republican candidate for
Governor. Tho reporter asked Mr.. FAssErT
why his charges against Tammany Hall
! wero vague and general. not specific and
4 accompanied with names. dates. and figures
ere unable to furnish detailed proofs OF the corruption
ron dscry 90 persiseny there other reason
ksr your silsncsr
"nr HAssrrr thought in,entiy before answering the
question. Finally he said: 'Tammsny Hall 10 so
strongly intrenched and well able to cover no its
bfimss that II IL dicut II not impossible. to furnish
what might be called thematicsi demonstration OF
~ nfamiss To arrive at conviction. how
Ovsr. amounting to moral certainty that such infA
ss DO really exist, 10 an easy thing for any one who
g1vss shs slightest attention to tho matter"
Mr.. FAssErr has spent good deal Of the
States money In hunting up facts to sub.
stantiate his accusations against Tammany.
but no has never been able to find them.
The long report Of the FAssETT committee.
which burrowed md pricd into the munich
pal Government OF this town Is substan-
TALLY confession OF failure on tho part
Of bitterly hostile investigators and an
admission that tho town Is we'll governed.
Mr.. FAssErr's conviction. amounting to
moral certainty" must DO. therefore. a
mere assumption for political effect.
The FAssETr certainty" moreover. Is
usually guess or an impression. He was
certain that he voted for the confirmation OF
MIcHAE1 RICHARD as Railroad Commits
si0ner, but no was Obliged to admit that
he was mistaken. He Is continually
repeating his silly tale about tho cor
ruptiun or favcrtism shown in the dis
tribution OF New York's share OF the direct
tax refund. Mr.. DANroRTH and others
have shown that tho tale is baseless gable.
but Mr.. FAssErT will not give 1t up. He Is
morally certain Of everything and anything
that it suits his purpose to assume or in
vent. He does not distinguish between fact
and fiction. or else he belongs to the class
of people who think too much Of the truth
to tell 1t very often.
II Mr.. FAssETT. depending on his moral
certainty. had made against any citizen OF
this town such malicious and unfounded &c.
Cusations Us he has made against Tammany
Hall. he would have had to ask Mr.. PLAT to
bail him out on a charge OF criminal libel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
Our Navy on the lakes.

According 20 recent estimate, Great Brit
nin has f!ty gunbonts or other war vessels OF
druught light enough to allow them to en-
ter the great lakes on our northern from
Tier by way OF the st. Lawrence and the
Canadian canals.
To meet them. the American navy has
there a solitary old craft. the Michigan. u
fourth-rate paddle-wheel vessel OF only Gs5
tons displacement. carrying four guns.
One of the problems Of the day is whether
this inequality In preparation shall con.
tinue. 1t Is the result Of treaty entered
into seventy-four years ago. limiting the
naval force which Great Britain and our
country can maintain on the lakes. At first
this compact might appear to he for our
advantage by removing the danger OF a
naval attack Mt the north. But II 1t was
oncc so regarded. the advantage has been
largely offset by the construction Of the
Canadian canals. Now England with her
powerful feet can control the mouth OF tho
st. Lawrence and introduce scores OF gun
boats and torpedo boats to the lakes by
that route. while, even II we had such a fleet
to send into the st. Lawrence. 1t could not
make its way up.
''''Nioi tHhuBH tuu NC uOut lOT llle ueIelce
OF this line without disturbing the treaty.
In the first place. British vessels can be
shut out from the upper lakes by suitably
strengthening Fort Wayne on the Detroit
River. Then the st. Lawrence could be
closed as an approach to Lake Ontario by
the erection OF fort on the New York side.
mounting heavy guns and mOrtars. The
third step Is that OF providing the means
for Ialding upon the Dominion canals be-
fore they could be used by hostile vessels.
With view to creating the nucleus OF
such force. the fort at Plattsburgh Is now
undergoing enlargement, and new post at
Swanton will be established. The regulars
at these points could be rapidly reinforced
by volunteers or militia. while suitable
armament for Fort Montgomery at Rouse's
Point will protect Lake Champlaln from at
tack. Finally. there is nothing Ia the treaty
to hinder the construction Of . aotilla Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-19
A Few Census Replies,

"a census without error is an impos-
-pibillty." said Mr.. ROBERT P. PORTER at
, Boston last Friday evening to the American
Statistical Society.
Very true, but a census without de-
pberately dishonest misstatement is a
possibility, and any other kind Of census
ls national scandal.
Certainly" said PORTER. 1.-THE public in
terests have not suffered from any lack of
enterprise on the part Of the public press to
expose the alleged errors and so-called
I frauds Of the Eleventh Census"
Very true. and the exposure Of those err
rors and frauds has adeimpossible repe-
ftion Of the crime OF $780, The Twelfth
Census will be an honest census. like the
Tenth and unlike the Eleventh.
b The Eleventh Census" continued Mr..
PORTER, Twill make not less than twenty
live quarto volumes OF 1000 pages each.
The amount Of detail covered by these
| volumes Is stupendous."
Very true, there will be not less than
twenty-five thousand pages Of alleged sta
tisdcs costing more than $lOOOOOOO. and to
not q single statement in any one of the
twenty-five thousand pages can any person
refer with absolute confidence in its trust
Worthiness. Twenty-Five volumes OF WORTH
less and fraudulent stuff Is the measure Of
PoRTER's achievement. The original nppro-
!, priation for tho Eleventh Census was voted
by Congress on the strength Of direct
promise from the author and pro-
moter OF the BILL the late SAMUEL
3. Cox. that instead Of the twenty-five
volumes OF the census Of 1880 the undertake
Z lug Iii 1890 should he restricted to seven
volumes. promptly published. Under PoR-
TIERS extravagant management the seven
volumes have grown to twenty-five or more
Heaven only knows how many moro than
twenty-five there will be: but II there
should DO fifty they will all he worthless
The faint OF PORTER will run through nll.
The remedy for all this" said Mr.. PoR-
TER In conclusion. lis permanent Census
Bureau. lam preparing Il report and a bill
y for n permanent Census Bureau which will
remedy much OF the decennial census
trouble and put great public work on
business basis"
Not much! No permanent PORTER for The
v taxpayers OF tho United StatcS