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Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
The ELEPHANT of Cedar Fork,

GALEsBURa, ILL.,, Sept. 90. Local sci
entists are excited over the discovery of
the remains of an elephant in Cedar
Fork valley, in the western part of the
city. Immense vertabr@ were found
and subsequently three teeth discovered.
Two of these teeth are in fine state of
preservation. The larger one is ten
inches long, five and one-fourth inches
wide and six inches high and weighs six
pounds. There were found portions of q
tusk and some fragments of other bones.
These remains were discovered ten feet
below the surface of the ground next to
"A bed of gravel.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
AUSTRIA AND OUR PORK.
Minister Grant Has Hopes of the EARLY
Removal of the Prohibition.

Minister Grant Has Hopes OF the Early
Removal Of the Prohibition.
VIENNA, Sept. 23.-In an interview
with the United States minister to Aus
tria, Colonel Fred Grant, in regard to
the reported intention Of the Austrian
government to remove prohibition placed
upon the importation of American pork,
Colonel Grant said:
II have great hopes that American
pork products will soon be admitted in
TO Austria Hungary, but no definite ac-
tion can be taken until parliament
meets, later in the season. There has
been much official correspondence ON
the subject, resulting In position
which leads the United States to expect
an early and satisfactory settlement Of
the question"
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
nREW Their GUNS
And Robbed q st. Joseph Hotel Cashle
of Eight Hundred In Cool Cash.

And Robbed n st. Joseph Hotel Cashier
of Eight Hundred In Cool Cash.
ST. LOUIS, Sept, pa special from
st. Joseph, Mo-. says:
At 2:3o o'clock Monday morning three
strange men, with silk handkerchiefs
over their faces, walked into the Office
of the Pacific hotel, the leading hotel in
the city, and drawing large revolyers
ordered the clerk to throw up his hands.
A number of guests who were in the
Office were marched to chairs, where
they were guarded by one of the robbers
with a revolver in each hand. The
clerk was made to unlock the safe, and
two boxes containing $500 in cash and
valuables were taken Tho bartender,
who happened in, was relieved Of dia-
mond stud and $50 in money. The men
then coolly walked out. The police
have as yet no clew TO the robbers.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
WIN. T. DoRTcH.
=.AGEHJ JGY=

Bailey Block lis South Second Street. Clarksve. Tenn
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENCY: Careful
attention given this department of business Rep
resenting the very best companies
GENERAL REAL ESTATE AGENTS.: Buy and sell
others commission in city and surrounding
ties receive property for rental and collect rents InVe
stigate titles and furnish abstracts.
Negotiate loans and sell land notes Parties having
money to loan good mortgages are invited to
consult with we have opportunities OF
placing the very best property and excel
lent terms. No charge to the lender.
Agents for the Northwestern Mutual Life insurance
Company, Milwaukee Wis.
We solicit correspOndence
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
Sensational trial .. Bardwell. Nv,

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 2s.-At Bardwell
the trial of o. NJ. Shelby, for the muir
der of Mrs. Moon, began Tueday. Evan
Shelby was lynched for this murder
and o. M. Shelby's friends are all at
Bardweli armed, and say he shall not
suffer like fate. They declare he is
innocent and only wants fair trial.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23

particIpanJ never looked harder than
some of these, The hotels, printing
ofices, stores and shops are taxed to their
utmost capacity. Some establishments,
especially the newspapers, are seriously
crippled on account Of their help leav-
ing and joining in the race The Daily
News was issued at IL o'clock Sunday
night. and then seventeen Of the twenty
one people left the Office.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
THROUGH THE NORTHWEST.
Interview with a Man Who Has Been
Travelling Over That Country.

Interview with a Man Who Has Been
Travelling Over That Country.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23. - Frank
Thomson, first vice president of the
Pennsylvania railroad company, has just
returned from long trip through the
northwest, undertaken partly to observe
the business and railroad situation and
partly for pleasure.
An Immense Wheat Crop.
In answer to inquiries Mr. Thompson
said the published accounts were not
exaggerated, and in the northwest he
passed through thousands of acres of
wheat in perfect condition, and more
wheat to the acre and better in quality,
than ever before. The railways, Mr.
Thompson ys, will be taxed to the
full capacity of their equipment for
months to move this tremendous ton
mage. He found the railway managers
of the northwestern lines all fully alive
to the situation, and making every pos
sible arrangement to meet the unusual
demands upon them.
The Worlds Fair Prospects.
On his way westward, Mr.. Thomson
stopped in Chicago, and he was very
greatly impressed with the excellence of
the plans and arrangements of the
worlds Columbian exhibition, and he
predicts, without the slightest hesita-
ton, that the Chicago worlds fair will
be largest, most important and most
magnificent ever held. He was particu-
larly pleased with the scheme for in
terror water transportation, and says it
will prove to be the most useful to
visitors.
Beauties of Yellowstone Park.
Mr.. Thomson visited Yellowstone
park and is most enthusiastic in saying
that it affords more of interest and
pleasure to the traveller than any other
part of our country. and that a fort
nights trip from the sea coast will en-
able one to make the excursion with
every comfort, and have six days in the
Yellowstone, where arrangement for
stage transportation through the park
and the conveniences of the hotels are
unexcelled, and that the long rail ride
from st. Paul, over the Northern Pacific
is made with every possible comfort and
convenience.
Railroad Extension.
The changes in the far northwest,
brought about 10y the opening of James
J. Hills Great Northern railway, Mr..
Thomson says, are wonderfully striking,
and the extension of that line to the
Pacific coast will make it one, of the
most prominent arteries of the traffic
across the continent.
Vast Resources of the Country.
Mr. Thompson returned more impress
ed with the vastness of the wealth and
resources of the country than after his
many previous western visits. and he
does not lose sight of the fact that the
condition of foreign markets will give
our farmers such an opportunity as they
have never had before, and the addition
to the wealth of the country this year
will probably be greater than any prev
ious year in its history.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Sept. 28.--Five
persons men, one woman and a
little girl-were drowned in the Hudson
river, opposite Low Point, twelve miles
south of this city Monday afternoon.
They were all Poles and were strangers
in the locality, 30 their identity is not
known,
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
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Now Pronounced Frauds.

BROOKLYN, Sept. ga special to The
Eagle from Jacksonville says the couple
calling themselves Mr.. Thornton and
Miss Jewell are frauds. They came to
lack Jacksonville He by train ms Sunday , night;
family and have left. Officers are in
nllral1it
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
The cresoent CITY chtppviess.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept, e3.-This city ID
now rid of the English sparrows, a 90
we're storm sweeping these pests into the
surrounding water. There are scarcely
any left.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
sohnol. Cloeed on Acoout of Heat.

ST, PAUL, Sept. 2s.-The school board
announces that on account of excessive
heat, the city schools, including the
high school. will be closed
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
CHILDREN AND LIQUORS.

Cardinal Manning Thinks They should
Be Reared Total Abstainers.
LONDON Sept. 23.-In a pastoral letter
read in all the Catholic churches OF this
city, Cardinal Manning points ont the
necessity Of rearing children In the Eris-
ciples and practices of total abstention
from the use of intoxicants. The letter
concludes with an earnest appeal to par
ents to 30 train their children that they
may live the lives Of sobriety.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-23
Beauties of Yellowstone Park.


The changes in the far northwest,
brought about 10y the opening of James
j. Hills Great Northern railway, Mr..
Thomson says, are wonderfully striking,
and the extension of that line to the
Pacific coast will make it one. of the
most prominent arteries of the traffic
across the continent.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
AN IMPRESSIVE LIST.

The record of deaths by drowning in
the rivers around the city during the sum-
mer months of the past three years, which
appears in the local columns of this issue,
tells an eloquent story. The total OF
deaths during the period named is 1S4, ,fof
which an even 100 were furnished by the
two cities. The fact that the vast ma
jority of these deaths occurred while
bathing makes the lesson complete.
1t has long been plain to the dullest OBJ
servation that the banks of our rivers az
ford very dangerous bathing places.
Nevertheless it cannot be expected that
population of 400, 900 people will swelter
through tie heat and dust Of the summer
without efforts to enjoy the purifying
and cooling effects of bath in
the rivers. The alternative which the
conditions of life in Pittsburg offer
to the vast majority of our workers is to
endure the CRIME and heat of our summer
or to hazard the perils of being drawn by
the river currents under barges or into
deep holes. The results of the alternative
are seen in the hundred deaths that river
bathing has cost in the past three years
and one month.
1t is one of the points that is not credit
able to Pittsburg, that with the confessed
need for free public baths the workers OF
the city have had their want unsupplied
all these years. The roster Of deaths
caused by this lack gives the neglect a
terribly grave character.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
THE EXPLOSION AT ROME.
Art Treasures Lost ForeverIThe Havoc
Worse Than Was Supposed.

Art Treasures Lost ForeverLThe Havoc
Worse Than Was Supposed.
The explosion of the powder magazine at
Rome on April % worked irreparable havoc
among the art treasures of the palaces and
churches. Ada NJ. Trotter, in Chambers Jour-
nal, draws @ graphic picture of the disaster,
and cites many incidents not covered by the
news reports. One instance of courage al-
most rivals the fable of the sentinel found
at his post at Pompeii. When the sentry
who guarded the magazine was ordered to
leave the spot, he hurried out with gun and
baggage. He threw himself fiat on the
ground when the explosion took place; and
when it was all over, though horribly in
jured, took up his gun and walked back to
his post, where he was found by the first
rescue party. The King, who, as already
said, was one of the first on the field, found
the brave soldier, dusty, black in the face,
with the clothes almost torn from his body,
but with his gun, presenting arms. 1t is
said the hero Is to be presented with gold
medal for valor, by request of the King.
The damage done to Rome has not yet
been correctly estimated. In the eye of the
artist and tourist it Is apparently incalcula-
BILE. We hear that the rare vases of the
Etruscan collection in the Vatican gallery
have shared the fate of the windows of
Rome. Nearly all the galleries, palaces and
churches are closed for repairs. Some have
suffered more damage than others: and it
6toIlS dS bn0 uuOSU NaludDl6 VI tuo
stained glass windows are most hopelessly
wrecked. The streets glitter with crystals;
so do the aisles of such churches as one can
still enter.
Only week ago we were luxuriating in
the beauty of st. Pauls fuori muri. We
could not tear ourselves away from that su-
perb nave with its five pillared aisles radi-
ant in the gorgeous flames oflight shed from
the colored windows beyond. Raising our
eyes we confronted the gaze of these stately
Apostles In their robes of purple, crimson
and gold, their grand heads looking with in
efable peace, ineffable dignity across the
shadowy aisles. And now! all are q memory,
for of st. Paul's not one window remains to
tell postertty of the beautiful works of art
our eyes that day had seen. And Moroni,
the artist who created these stately figures,
whose cunning hands designed these treas
ures of st. Paul's-alas! he Is now but dust,
and has carried his secrets with him to the
grave.
So it may readily be seen that an Eldorado
of gold could not repair the damage done to
Rome by this terrific explosion.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
MORE HUMAN THAN BRUTE.
Short Stories Illustrating the Sagacity Of
Animal Pets-A CoIored Woman Makes
Friends With Rattlesnake-A Dog That
Ffshae for hs

Short Stories Illustrating the Sagacity of
Animal Pets-A CoIored Woman Makes
Friends With a Rattlesnake-A Dog That
Fishes for Crabs.
I have seen mention in the Forest and
&reon of one dog that caught suckers and
another with preference for catfish, says a
writer in that periodical do not for mo-
ment doubt either of these dog-fsh-
ing stories, for I once knew two
dogs that took great delight in catch
ing crabs, not soft crabs, but 1usty,
hard ones, capable of making good fight.
When about 12 years of age used to spend
my VACATIONS at a large farm on tributary
of the Chesapeake Bay. Besides myself
there was another boy and two dogs at this
house. One of the dogs was a large New
foundland and the other was one of those
medium-sized, puzzling combinations of
short hair and no particular color-probably
an all-around dog, as concerned his breed
ing.
One day noticed the large dog wading
ABOUT In the shallow water at the foot of the
yard and evidently searching for something.
found that he was looking for crabs. When
a crab was discovered he would prance
around 1T, and, after making several at
tempts, seize it in his mouth and bring it up
on the beach, and then play with it, much as
was either dead or helplessly exhausted.
He seemed to do this for the mere sport of
the thing, barking all the time in tone that
denoted excitement rather than anger. He
never ate the crabs after killing them. The
crabs fought back to the best of their ability,
and it was often difficult to say which had
Gne tlghtest grip, dog or crab, for the crab
mouth with both of his powerful pinchers
and 1t would require much shaking before
he would drop Off.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
NOT SO ABSURD. EITHER.

A correspondent in yesterdays DIS
PATCH writing from the sphere of the Bal
no0ceda influence in Chile, noticed the
claim of the Congressional party that the
President of Chile is a usurper, and dis
missed with the phrase (which is absurd. Z"
i is not well to expect too great political
insight from woman who is travelling in
Chile: but with reference to a correct view
OF the Chilean struggle, it is worth while
to notice that the claim is not absurd at all.
: usurper is one who, in the exercise of
governmental power, seizes and exerts
powers to which he is not entitled by the
Constitution under which he holds his
position. If President Harrison should
undertake to exert by Presidential decree
the powers of Congress, this country would
have no difficulty in recognizing him as a
usurper But that is what Balmaceda has
done by his own statement.
He justifes it by the plea that the Con-
gressional party had refused to supply his
Government with the necessary revenue.
But, however the original quarrel may
have arisen. that is a power which repre-
sentative government places in the hands
of the Legislature The right to authorize
taxation and raise revenue involves the
right TO withhold it. Consequently all of
Balmaceda's s subsequent steps in arresting
members of Congress, raising money by
arbitrary decree, calling together Con-
greSs of his creatures, and establishing a
military despotism, are indisputably acts
Of usurpatiOn.
A delegate of the Congressional party
in Chile is in this country trying
10 secure a recognition of belliger-
ent rights from the administration.
Its not the business of our Government to
take sides in the quarrel; but the policy of
strict neutrality is not to be preserved by
taking it for granted, as some. of the
organs of the administration have done,
vat the Congressional party are mere
)els. If our professed championship of
publican institutions is worth anything,
'tever sympathy we show should be on
r. side of the party that is uphOlding the
E Is of representative government.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
oUR ROYAL VISITORS.
Something About Prince George, of Greece,
Who Saved the Czarowitz's Life.

Something About Prince George, of Greece,
Who Saved the Czarowitz's Life.
New York Commercial Advertiser.l
The advent of the young Prince is looked
forward to with something more than the
interest which attaches usually to members
of the families of foreign rulers, from the
manly part played by the visitor in the late
attempt upon the life OF the Czarowitz in
Japan.
Prince George is the second son of the King
of Greece, and was born in Corfu, Ionian Is
lands, June L. 1869. According TO the un-
written law of monarchies, as a second son
he was assigned. to the. navy. After a
thorough course of study in Greece and at
the naval school in Copenhagen he received
the grade of Lieutenant in the royal Greek
navy July 10, 1889.
From the official reports of his instructors
and superior officers, he has made the tor
pedo service special study, and holds a
beryet rank in this department. of his pro-
fession. 1t Is unofficially stated that one of
the reasons that governed Prince George in
his determination to visit this country was
the chance to see the torpedo station at
Newport.
Prince George speaks English fiuently,
and is generally spoken of as self-con-
tanned, level-headed young man, who takes
after his mother, Queen Olga, both in feature
and personal characteristics. Queen Olga Is
the daughter of the Grand Duke Constan-
She married King George of Greece October
10, 1867 Prince Georges elder brother, the
heir-apparent to the throne, was born in
Athens, July 21, 1858. Prince Constantine
married the Princess Sofia of Russia, Octo-
Der 10, 1889. A prince was born to them last
year. From the above it will be seen that
there are three lives between Prince George
and the throne of Greece, and If the author
his position in the navy will depend upon
his own efforts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
Runners, FLYERS and swimmers.

A PORTLAND, Mich, man has q chicken
that has comb, spurs and all the trappings
OF q rooster, including the ability to crow,
yet lays an egg every day in the week.
A CADILLAC, Mich, smart Aleck tied tin
can to dogs tail the other day, and the
brute showed his superiority of mind In
time of trouble by taking the can In his teeth
and trotting Off with it.
A coLoRED man of Orlando. Fla, is respon-
sible for saying that large mud fish fell
from above during the heavy rain, coming
very near striking him on the head he
states that he picked 1t up and had IL
cooked.
A HIVE Of bees swarmed in a corset that
had been hung out to air in North Atchison,
Kan, last week. The owner OF the corset
tried to coax the bees OFF by beating tin
pan, but they settled down to business, and
she had to go without her corset until her
husband came home at night and smoked
the invaders off.
Two Florida men killed an alligator and
pulled it out upon dry land They went Off
some distance, and upon their return they
saw some % alligators around the dead one.
Ihey watched their movements Tor some
time, and finally saw the live alligators carry
the dead one into the water and some dis
tance from the Shore
"MIsCHIEvoUs mice nearly ruined me about
a week ago." said Oscar Yost, retail grocer
of Mt. Vernon, Ill. 81 had several boxes of
matches on shelf with jellies and sugar,
and in searching for the sweets the mice got
after the matches. They gnawed through
the box into the matches. The matches be-
came ignited, and in the scare the mice
jumped from the shelf, drawing the matches
with them, and all fell in heap into an
empty vinegar barrel. The next morning I
found two mice in the barrel one dead and
the other badly burned don't know why
left the barrel there, but 1t was lucky thing
for meu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Thomas Deegan, of the Sterling Boiler
Company, returned to Chicago last evening.
He says the iron busines continues to be
dull but it can't last much longer. The sup
ply OF pig iron in the country is about used
up, and O boom in the near future is sure to
come Chicago is lively enough getting
ready for the Worlds Fair.
Captain w. S. Spurgeon, of West Point,
passed through the city last evening on his
way East from the West. The Captain was
off on his vacation, and said he would VISIT
Washington before he returned to the mill
tary academy.
General Passenger Agent. G. o. Scull, of
the Baltimore and Ohio road, was in the city
for short time yesterday. He returned to
Baltimore. last evening. Mr.. Scull thinks
this will be good summer for the excursion
business.
Henry Phipps, son of Major Phipps, in
charge of-the Allegheny Arsenal, left for
New York last evening on a pleasure trip.
James w. Refs, of New Castle, and Will
lam Rodgers, Jr., of Springfield, are stopping
at the Monongahela House.
w. E. Rice, of Warren, and Colonel E.
d. Meier, St. Louis brewer, are at the Du-
quesne.
Mrs. Judge Wilson, of Clarion, is among
the guests at the seventh Avenue Hotel.
DIR. Reisinger, of Uniontown, was in the
city yesterday visiting friends.
James Atwel went East last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-29
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG, MONDAY, JUNE %, 1871.
A APOLTTICAL COMPACT.

An Ohio correspondent elsewhere devel-
OPS, from the political gossip of that State,
an interesting account of a treaty between
Mckinley and Harrison. Mr. Mckinley
valves Presidential aspirations for the
term of at least two years; while the Ad-
ministration turns in its forces to aid him
in his present canvass; and as result Sec
retary Fosters hand controls the throttle
of the machine.
All Of which is very interesting and not
altogether improbable without having any
very great importance as affecting the
nomination next year. Early in the pres
ent year Mckinley Endorsed the m0dus
ciceadi, by which, together with
Mr.. Blaine, he permitted it to be
understood that the Presidents candidacy
comes first &C it is possible. But
aspiring r. olicans can easily sub
scribe to such agreements. The basis
of all these bargains is that they hold so
long as the President is a candidate. But
tie President is not candidate. He may
think he is, but he is not; and the latest
inside gossip from Washington is to the
eject that the perception of that fact has
10 0hOH OnC
circle
Events will have great deal more to do
with naming the next Republican candi-
date for President than any such COM
r..'ts. If Mr. Blaine's health keeps him
from the field, and if Mckinley wins
croditable victory in Ohio, he will be desig-
mated by the logic of the situation as the
Republican leader If he wins the victory
and blaine is in the field, he will be
strong recond, but long distance behind
the Secretary of State. If he does not win
tins year, he will be a dead duck next
year.
II is, therefore, his present task to carry
Ohio If compacts like that rumored will
help him, he can make them with full con-
fdence that before the convention of 1892
is over he will be fully released from agree
ments regarding a denomination of Presi-
dent Harrison.