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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
rs THE Either Iy.LAW 4 GOVERNMENT WlRD

General O'benic We to-day received letter HUI"
Ernest Ricncck. Austrian, whose daughter '"''
red standing Bear, one Of Buffalo Eill'N ihd'ah''
standing Bear married his wife In Vienna anu ~.
a. far as Chicago with his llttc halfbncd boy a""
his father law There the party got Sl'''""'''
They we're on their way to Tie Pine RIDGE AEc"'l
and Eic.eck and in his letter that wien nc T J
Austria he suppD, he had cnougi money ~ ,,.'I
tho cutrr ouiIi - Pine Ridge. but wa G,'cit'''
4, father in-law of one Of the ward %. ~. .''''
Ricncrk thought THAT General O'bcrnc ought u io'
ward the family 10 Ru~hNill'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
Jcr FIELDS COMING FROM THE NORTH

Incoming vessel, yesterday reported That ic' hc''
extend a, far south A. latitude - degree IA INC -
Atlantic. The tank steamer bur1erhi'i,'cI
from Hamburg when approaching longitude % gre .
ma, . i,rre steamship which signallcd that she iiad
,r.t ro.scd through large ice fields. The Peterson
,hcrcnnon bore TO the south Is far a latitude 10
aerrccs The Chariot, from Amsterdam had 70 s''a".
on February II 100 miles to me 7"u'n"T a, - m
,r-c in order 10 avoid immense lee ileh. IT,,
surcc 81 the North German Lloyd Line saw hei' ~
and Two immense bcrgs In latitude - degrees Oh '
-.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
FyRMIyG 4 TOEtcc0 TRrSr

Louisville, KY, Feb. 27.-Thc National Tobacco
Works here, belonging TO Phngst. Derhocfer q CO..
and incorporated at 100000 has been sold 10 a
cigarette syndicate in which Kinney Brothers and
Allen Il Cinter leaders. II is believed TO be the
beginning Of 4 great combustion 90 tobacco manu-
featuring interests,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28

Liverpool Feb. - $50 p me- ~ aar In, u.r -,
extra Itita -t,adV at &C.; pfIn' hc-H 'O''i ~
is ork Ia poor demand n!mr mes M,steti, IN.
it at =, I'd do MEDIUM duh ~ 3S> "a. nam, III DOR
donand Raccn-Thc demand !, myroshg 'n Hen,,d
Rain i'm f1ir t,uand Lart--uot And lllur III lo!r
drnind Wheat good demand flour ne utman NAM
i,nuroNinp t'Dri-SIO. AMI futures ~ lalF G'nlhi'
nix N7.,.rn mt steady 1T - OEd hops NJ i-ohcoh-
~ Tic a 1 Ni lIllIu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28

or Citv Penn. tcD. -s.-NatiOial Transit certificates
o.cr.t -G.c hcic, 1GL: lowest. 1jJi closed. - &c.
sales - 600 bbl, crarmcc' 10000 boIsi -.lIm'it''
A., nv, bbls runs 81. 40 bb>.
piitsburg. Penn red 2i-Petrolcun dun National
Transit certificates opened at 1O; closed at 1oc hlghe L.
16.c; loves. .
Badford Penn, Feb :5N1tienai Transit eeitlheates
orened q, 7Cc closed al 15'sr highest 16ec; lowest,
Tte,c; ceaIsnco-- s'US 600 bols,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28

THE SPREE Is COLLISION WIN : H4RA'
Tho steamship spree. OF the North German L!oyn
inc which arrived at this port Yesterday from FRENCH
,cport, that when nine hours out OF hcr hoAi'
o,, sbc WAS run into By the British bark ohlil
n Liverpool. The Chill was bound from L'efpooi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
= ! n y y.
....Gl- Low Misd.inS
IL. MIl.t-Int -

GOOD OrIli. rv.......G- Low Mtdling .........1 ,
strict Good ordinary. U', M!dains .......e 10
Op,lon. eye noe especially brisk. and the market ruled
A hit % irregular. though the gcurIM dlit favored me
az "l."nL IN" start wa, az points DECLINE an
,,olud 81, a further slight loss. Nh'h
thc heavy interior movement became known now,
th-rr wa. con,dcrlbl, liquidation, and near months
.r.d 10 5a7 lont- low the final 81 Yesterday. The
large ,turk- at Liverpool. md easter telling, u",''
,olird with tha fu domestic receipts. also hid dr,
pressing influence Near TIE close there NlH the h'u',
amount of local covering and inal neu'> were hn NJ
3aj point, dcr!n. on tGls crop and hanged on ~"
fnu IL 10 bush
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28

,7n,
del erie. since February J. 1871 New DIX,
3i3 $50 bags; Baltimore. i2.2Gj bags; NewOrcaas,
ALE bags; total, $50 500 bags.
COTTON-On tn spot continues dull. but prices rc
nlin a. quoted last Sales 1872 bales for consumption
ot receipts bales. agail Il % 912 bales this day
la. wee and or bales TIL, day last Crop move
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
SUICIDE OF A RAILROAD MAN.

Chicago Feb. 27.-Albcrt 4. liOvcy, transfer acch'
OF the Rock Island road committed suicide yc-icr-
day by cutting his tmoat. No cause for the deed
I, known. lie has i brother living in Bridgeport
Conn.
The news OF Mr.. Tovcy's suicide was the subject
OF much remark among Wall street men, to whom
he was well knOE1 While in this city lac acted
q, transfer ccrI, OF the Chicago and Rock Island
Railroad, and went West when the railroad centre
was transferred 10 Chicago lie had been III the
service Of the company for more than twcnE years
His wife was Mis- Merchant Ills brother / super
incndcnt for schuyler. Hartley 81 Graham. at their
Bridgeport cartridge factory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28

TO Bremen. The bark'S head sails md 1b-bOom
carried away and several dcadehts were broken
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31
A STREET IN AJACCIO.

avenger does not consider it necessary
to expose his own life; shot from
ambuscade is quite as efticacious; a
stab in the back will kill just as
quickly az one in the breast; and thus
the brutal system of assassination goes
ON. The murderers of Corsica are the so.
called brigands, but they differ materi-
ally from the brigands of Italy The
object of the latter is plumber, but the
former disdain to rob; their friends and
relatives are not slow to provide all their
necessary wants, furnish them with the
simple food that satisfies their hunger,
and warn them of the approach of the
gems 'armes; so they want for nothing;
their sole object is to avenge death by
committing another murder. The wild
desire for vengeance seems to have ex-
tended even to the women of Corsica,
and their funeral songs, the dirges sung
over the dead body of murdered kins-
man, comprise a whole literature, the
literature of cursing, bitterness and re-
venge; not mourning for the dead, but
curse directed toward the living.
Crimes against property are few, but life
is held in so slight esteem that some
years ago when an English sheep farmer
had difference with neighbor, the
manager of his flocks came to himMui-
city and intimated that for SIS he could
have the man shot. But such is the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

sortatjon either pleasant or profitable.
But they have some good qualities: they
are liberty loving, open-hearted, gener-
Gus, and hospitable. The Corsican peas
ant at whose house you stop for meal
will be insulted at the offer of pay The
torsican shepherd. will go miles out of
his way to direct you in the right road,
and will haughti;y refuse d gratuity for
his services. Even the Corsican inn
keeper will not make you out bill, but
will, as late tourist expresses it. "give
Il shot," apparently off-hand, at what he
thinks you owe him, and his charges are
always extremely moderate. The man.
ners of the middle ages prevail in the
heart of the island, a sort Of feudal sys-
TEN, without the feudal rule or restraint
The humblest Corsican considers himself
the equal of the richest land owner The
laborer will treat his employer on terms
of perfect equality Thus, while the
Corsicans make fine irregular troops, it
is extremely difficult to discipline them
on account of the license which prevails
in social life; for, while the Corsican rec
ognizes an officer as his equal, he is
!oath in the extreme to admit that any
one may be his superior. Nominally I'M
der the control of France, the people of
the island have practically been left to
their own devices, and govern them
selves as they please, In the towns
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

character of its inhabitants; they are
not fond of farm work, and, out of the
more than 100000 acres of arabic land
in the island, less than 6Oo 900 are culti-
waited, and this very badly A large por-
tion of the island is covered by forests;
still larger portion by species of brush
wood, plants Of a hundred kinds, mostly
fragrant boomers, combine to produce
the densest thicket or jungle to be found
outside of India Here and there the
brush is cut down or cleared out in order
that grass may grow for the benefit of
the herds; but as the Corsican sheep and
goats browse upon the mountains, some
times far above the timber line, where
the grass grows with great abundance,
even this precaution for providing them
pasture is generally neglected, and
they pick up their living where they can.
The population of Corsica is mixed
race, for the island has been ruled sue
cessivey by the PhGnicians. the Cartha-
ginians, the Greeks Romans, Goths and
Vandals, to say nothing of the old
Pisans, the Genoese, and the French,
who have come in later times, and the
unfortunate Corsicans seem to partake,
in manner at least, of the combined
bad qualities of all their ancestors.
Their faults are innumerabe, and have
too often been dwelt on to render dis
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

ginning of long series Of murders. A
man is killed: his relatives would con-
slider themselves dishonored If they
failed to kill his murderer; then the
friends of the murderer retort by
killing the second slayer, and so goes the
blood stain, from family to family, for
generation after generation. So preva-
lent was the vendetta system during the
early part of this century, that, in the
twenty years beginning with 1891, over
1000 murders were committed in pop
lation of less than 100000 men. As a
traveller of that time stated, it seemed
as if half Corsica were avoiding or seek
ing the lives of the other half. The
| slayer of man becomes by his own
choice an outlaw, for he knows that the
relatives of his victim are constantly on
his track, so he leaves his home and
takes to the dense growth which covers
the Corsican hills, and there for the
time being is safe. But only for the
time, for the Corsican's vengeance never
sleeps, never tires. Men have been
known to live for years behind the bat
Elements of their own houses, not dar-
ing to set foot without their own doors,
and at last, when they thought the
avenger was far away, went forth only
to fall at their own doorsteps by mus
ket shot from the hidden foe. But the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

reputation Tor crime. For many rea-
sons, however, says the Globe Democrat.
Corsica is interesting to the enterprising
traveller who sees fit to undertake an
examination of it's rural districts. and a.
tour through the heart of the island will
well repay the curious student of human
nature. The territory to bp traversed
is by no means considerable, as Corsica
is about ll6 miles long by fifty broad in
its widest part, and contains 3, 900 square
miles, being therefore about as large as
Delaware and Rhode Island together.
Within this comparatively limited dis
trict 1t comprises, however, as large a
variety OF scenery as can be found in
any other part of Europe.
Although situated under favorable
climate, although blessed with q fertile
soil capable OF bringing to perfection the
vegetable productions of any part of the
globe, Corsica is little favored in the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

a. narwhal the -whale-or q
seal Reindeer and musk OK will tumble
before his bullets if has the luck he hopes
for.
ioa nle eomoht to- to be accomplished by the
eynedition is the solution Of the prob
lem whether Greenland is an island or q
continent. "If it is continent, and 1t
seems to me that the weight OF the evil
dence is that way" Lieut.. Peary con
tinued, athe vexed question Of the lind \ d.
ine of the north pole will have been an
swered in the affirmative, for it will De
necessary, in order to reach me- I pGi -,
onIv to penetrate further and further
into the frozen country along the line OF
the western coast Of Greenland. II 1t
shall be proven that Greenland is con,
tinent many lives of explorers who
might seek to reach the pole by sall'ns
north will be spared.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

munition whatever to be sold in Corsica.
The soldiers went from house to house
collecting guns, pistols and daggers.
The whole island was swept from end to
end, and murderers were captured.
Some were put to death; more were sent
to prison for long terms; and some were
exiled and forbidden to return. The
measures were effective Not being al
lowed the use of firearms even for sport
ing purposes, and the possession of a
dagger being penal offense, the ven
delta declined, only to revive, however,
after the abrogation of the edict. The
many virtues of the Corscans, their no.
BILE traits of character. all pale into in
significance in the light of the fact
that the most cowardly forms of assas-
sination are daily employed to crafty
private vengeance. 1t is the worst stain
on the history of the island and on the
character of its people, and, although
this land so favored lies at the very doors
of France, it must still be considered as
in semi-barbarous condition.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31
MAP OF pEARy's PROPOSED ROUTE,
be made.

be made.
This craft, to which the party commit
themselves and their hopes for period
of about four months, is bark built, but
barkentine rugged, and, though equipped
with all the sails vessel of her size can
possibly carry, she has an engine and
propeller. She relies chiefly on her can
vas, but the steam Is useful in eXtri-
eating her from ice.
The Kites dimensions are 117.6 feet
over all, 1914 feet beam, and IA feet
hold. Its tonnage is $50 gross and 100
net. The engine is fifty horse power,
and, being vertical engine, the builder
was enabled to place it we'll aft. This
gives the propeller short crank shaft,
and lessons the liability to breakage.
Its normal speed is seven and half
knots with steam, and with both sail
and steam fully nine knots. AS pro-
lection against ice while running free
the Kites bows fifteen feet back are
solid mass of wood, the timbers being
dovetailed together A vertical strip Of
iron passes from the bowsprit down the
nose under the water line and some dis
lance along the keel. The iron is 4
inches wide and inch thick. Straps Of
iron 4 inches wide and q inches thick
to snub the ice From the stern two
thirds Of the way forward the sides are
doubly planked. Both sides down to the
keel forward are also doubly planked.
She has had plenty of experience among
the icebergs. Mr.. Bowring, of the ship
ping firm Of Bowring & Archibald, of
New York, the agents of the Kite, says
that if she hit an iceberg it would be'a
very bad thing for the berg
Whalers of this kind go north, loaded
to the gunwales with coal, and if they
are specially fortunate and catch their
whales quickly, they heave the coal
overheard to make room for the oil.
The Kite may bring back a whale or
two, but the plans of the party are to
make its geological prices much more
varied than those of a whaler. DR..
Hughes expects to have carnival
among the birds of Greenland and fill up
large part of the steamers tween
decks with bird skins, eggs and nests
DR.. Sharp will carry Winchester rifle
of bore sufficiently large to enable him
to bag with ease polar bear, walrus,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

the best towns in the island, and the
future Emperor was born in one of the
best houses of the town, for the Bona
parte family were by no means so poor
as they have been represented. The
house is still famous show place, for
although the French affect to despise
Corsica, and the Corsicans have no love
for the French, thousands of Frenchmen
every year visit the spot where their
greatest ruler first saw the light. Much
OF the furniture used by the Bonapartes
in Ajaccio still remains, though not in
It's original condition, for relic hunters
have bought or stolen piece by piece,
until, of some of the chairs, only the
frames remain, and although the great.
est care is exercised in the preservation
of the property, little by little detach-
able portions disappear.
Although France was his adopted
home, Napoleon had great affection
for Corsica. He loved its mountains and
valleys, and said he could detect the
smell OF the Corsican flowers miles out
at sea. He made many plans for the
improvement of the island and to better
the condition Of its population, but
never carried them out, for he could not
spare the leisure from his vast CONT
mental schemes to perfect measures for
the Improvement of Corsica. Far more
was done for it by Napoleon Ill. Roads
were built to every part of the island:
bridges were constructed over the
torrents, and on each side of the
French highways wide clearings were
made, so that lying in wait with intent
to murder was made more difficult than
it had ever been before. Roads were
constructed for the passage of French
troops and in order that brgandage
might be suppressed, Napoleon thus
hoping to abolish the vendetta. In fur
therance of this plan, an edict was
passed forbidding any firearms or am
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

therefore, is one huge iceberg factory as
well as a refrigerator which, with its
stock of millions upon millions of tons of
Ice stored up for eternity, has tremen-
dous effect upon the temperature of
everything within hundreds of miles of
1t, and no doubt upon the climate of this
country.
Lieut. Peary gives the following brief
outline of his plans:
In July the party, numbering five or
six, will gointo winter quarters at Whale
Sound, to make "Reminiscences and Law
in supplies for the journey toward the
pole. Next spring an advance party
will be sent forward to establish de-
pots of supplies, and the main party
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

=; a. 'e M two others have been fitted ont
=, IN. Northern or Europe. Each, howey vu'
u u,;1, It's Us separate mission. While there
c win De DE- to certain extent, scientific
, Hmompetltlon, the expeditions ara nat
11s..y 10 come to blows, or even to meet
NV na.rl .n Americans will, of course hone
.na1 the Heilprin party will carry Of f' The
tra nns !; Kite, in which the party will
w. NO. IS q typical whaler, not beautiful
10 .ne eye but powerful, seaworthy. and
Just about as unsuitable as vessol cnn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31
THE STEAM wHALER KITE.

the advance party will retrace its steps
to Whale Sound, taking up the various
depots, and seize the first opportunity to
return home.
The whole theory of the project is
based upon the fact that the interior of
South and Middle Greenland is known
to be covered with an uninterrupted ice
cap and the more than probability that
in North Greenland the conditions are
the same and the ice cap practically CO.
extensive with the land.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

In some parts of Greenland, particu1
lariy the north, the ice and snow, coli
iectlng for ages, has accumulated until
1t IS mile thick in some places. AS it
never melts, the surface is tolerably
smooth. 1t is the discharge of Ice by
means OF glaciers that keeps the supply
down. ff''
The weight Of the snow pressing from
the center to the edges forces the ice
INTO the sea- 1t flows down the valleys
as rivers do. and. reaching the sea, is
broken off into icebergs. Greenland.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

French authority is recognized, but in
the country and in the villages the
French Government is acknowledged
only when the authority of magistrate
is supplemented by that of regiment of
soldiers.
The nominal character of the French
authority Is best seen in the light of the
fact that the vendetta is still recognized
in Corsica as an acknowledged method
OF administering justice. The vendetta
is an outgrowth of centuries of malad-
minfstration by the Genoese and Pisans.
The Genoese conquered the island so far
as the sea coast was concerned, and put
down with remorseless hand all attempts
at open rebellion, but during their adj
mlnlstration the execution of the laws
was merely nominal thing; the Genoese
judges held up justice for sale, and that
at a price which made it unattainable by
the poor. Rich murderers could escape;
those who had no means were punished;
the poor had no recourse against the
rich, and these took the law into their
own hands. With due allowance for the
difference in the national characteristics
OF the two people, the vendetta is to
Corsica what the administration of lynch
law was some years ago in certain por-
tlons OF the mining States-a protest
against the law and inefficient admins
tration of justice.
At present the vendetta prevails in
Corsica with as much virulence as ever.
All classes of people go armed to the
teeth; the shepherd, elsewhere peace
able, in Corsica carries loaded musket,
pair OF pistols in his belt, and usually
has concealed somewhere on his person
a murderous stiletto. The slightest in
suit is sufficient to provoke deadly
feud; quarrel which elsewhere would
end in a few blows in Corsica is the be-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31
will follow, proceeding as far north as

will follow, proceeding as far north as
possible.
Here second depot will be estab-
lished, and two or three of the party,
with full sledges, will push on, the others
returning with light sledges to Whale
Sound.
The advance party will push on from
Petermann ford to the head of Sherard
Osborne ford, establish depot there,
thence to the head of De Long ford, es-
tablish depot, thence to the northern
terminus of Greenland.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-07-31

popular esteem for the honor Of thosS
who have avenged murder by themselye5
becoming murderers that the brigands
are safe in their brushy Businesses. II
The greatest honor of Corsica iss IL
having given birth to Napoleon. and its
greatest show place is the house wherd
he was born. 1t is in Ajaccio, one of