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The state herald., 1891-05-08
Germany and France,

A Berlin dispatch says that strong
war feeling has been aroused by the
proposed maneuvers OF the French near
the German frontier The Kaiser 10 about
to mako thorough inspection Of fortresses
in that direction and the garrisons will be
materially strengthened. From Alsaoe-
Lorraine comes word that not less than 80
per cent. Of the young men In the frontier
towns eligible for CONSUMPTION In the
coming year have made their escape from
the country md that many Of them are
known TO have enlisted in the French
army. Should they be captured in war
they will be dealt with Us traitors. The
repugnance to everything German seems
to be growing with years instead Of the
population becoming reconciied, us had
been hoped, and it is stated that many of
tho people quietly observed the funeral OF
Won Moltke us holiday Of pleasure.
The state herald., 1891-05-08
A Conflict in Lyons. France.

LYONS, May IA number OF exclt-
Ing scenes were witnessed In this city to-
day. The disturbance occurred while a
big crowd OF worlfmen, followed By large
number OF women and children md bear
ing banners containing various sentiments
with reference TO the rights claimed by
the laborlng people, were Attempting to
hold procession. The authorities had
decided TO prevent any marching, and as
the men refused To disporsc when ordered
tho police were directed To make an attack
on tho ranks OF the paradcrs. The mon
made u desperate resistance md general
melee followed In which u policeman was
seriously wounded. The noise Of tho con.
iiet attracted n great crowd and the work.
mon were soon reinforced by many synipa-
thiIcrs. The authorities finding the police
were unable TO cope unalded with tho
increased force OF workmeu, called upon
tho militia for assistance and u body Of
cavalry were dispatched to his place.
iiorscmcn cha recd upon the workmcn.
who assaulted them with volleys OF stones,
The workm On were unable TO withstand
the attack by the cavalry mud police, and
were finally compelled TO retreat suddenly
and with defiant shouts. A number Of
arrests were mado md several OF tho
prisoners were found TO DO heavily armed.
Subsequently tho mob ma, ched to tho
cemetery, headed by number Of men
carrying black and red flags. The visit
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The state herald., 1891-05-08
Trouble In South Africa.

The London Globe published dis
patches from tho Transvaal, which state
President Kruger, although anxious TO
keep his promise to the British govern
ment In regard to preventing Bocrs from
invading Mashonaland or Manica- Land,
Will be unable 10 cope with tho 10000
Beers who are now said to be upon tho
point OF trekking into the territory In dis
pute between tho English and tho Portu-
gucsc. Instead Of tho 5000 Beers who
were supposed to compose tho trckkIng
force. which number President Kruger
promised To keep In check, II now appears
that til. force has been quadrupled, aud II
will not be possible for the Trnnsvaal
authorities To command u force large
enough TO keep them from carrying their
designs into effect
The state herald., 1891-05-08
Senator PETER in Boston.

BosToN. Mass, May L. About
1900 persons attended the mass meeting
Mt Fanuoil Hall tonight to further the
eight hour movement. Senator PETER OF
Kansas was tho principal speaker. He
said the laboring people were beginning to
know their rights and they would not be
enslaved much longer. They must organ
lie against monopoly. The time is not far
distant when the people will take posses
sion Of every public function Of the gov
eminent. Many other speakers addressed
the meeting, after which resolutions en-
bodying the aims Of the meeting were
adopted.
The state herald., 1891-05-08
Wouldn't Toast tho Queen.

United States Consul jay Ewing,
nephew OF Secretary Blaine, at tho Board
OF Trade banquet In Vancouver. refused
to Join In drinking toast to Her Majesty
tho Queen. When MI explanation was
demanded ho said that hc was nm oilicial
representative Of tho United States. lie
had acknowledged no right OF the British
sovereign to this courtesy.
Hostile feeling against him Ia so strong
TIM, petition Ia In circulation asking tho
authorities ut Ottawa TO make nm inquiry
Into tho matter and To represent tho cir
cuins,nncus TO the American government
demanding ut tho same timc Ewlng's
withdrawal.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

TiE opening Of our first century
WINS nm age Of great men. The ending
Of that century seems 10 be mn ngo OF
little mon. Tho stately forms OF WISH.
ingion aud Hamilton and Jefferson and
Franklin appear 10 dwarf tho leaders
Of to-day. Tho opening Of our first
century seems 10 us 10 have been
animated by fine and lofty spirit.
Society was simple. Money counted
for comparatively little. Men wcro
sealed by other weights than by shck.
els. The close OF that century IA mn.
mated BY u spirit BY no means 70
noble. Money making has become
tho supreme concern Of our people.
An arisiocrncy has grown Into cxls.-
encc, created not by letters patent but
Ny kAak pheeks
The state herald., 1891-05-08
HAVE THEY cor HIM7
Supposed Capture Of the New York
"Jack the Ripper"

''Jaek the Ripper"
Inspector Byrnes has made public
statement to the effect that tho man
known a. "Frenohy No. l" was ascer-
tanned to have slept In tho East River
hotel on the night Of the murder. The
murdered woman, Carrie Brown, occupied
room No. 81, while "Frenchy No. l" slept
In room No. 49,. On the evening Of tho
night Of the murder Carrie Brown was
seen going into the hotel In company with
q strange man. Tho man left tho place
before midnight. 1t Is believed that
"Frenchy No. /" then went to Carrie
Browns room, that they quarreled, and
that the result of the row was the murder
Of the woman.
The belief that the murderer has been
found Is substantiatod by the following
facts:
When "f'renchy No. /" had completed
his murdcrous work hc recrossed the
hall and entered the room No. IS. In
that room he left the evidence Of his
guilt. When the police made their in
vestigntion traces OF blood were TO be
found on every side. Tho only chair the
room contained was covered with blood,
smeared over 1t from he clothes tho MUIR
derer wore, he having sat down upon II
when he entered the room. The bed
clothes were found to DC covered with
blood, the murderer Sometime during the
night having thrown himself upon the bed.
His stockings, he having removed his
shoes TO do his bloody work, were soaked
with blood and his clothing was also
soaked with blood. On the walls and
ceiling Of the little room many small spots
Of blood were found, the man having
evidently entered the room with his hands
reeking with blood and In his desire TO
remove 1t he had shaken and snapped his
hands and fingers, thus literally distrib-
uting the blood about the room. When
the fellow was arrested Inspector Byrncs
examined his hands and finger nails. Tho
latter he carefully scraped and found
plain md distinct traces of human blood.
Topositively establish the fact the scrap
ings and dirt found under the nails were
submitted TO u chemical analysis. From
the time the man was arrested but little
could DO learned from him. He has made
q few statements, but all have been so
very contradicting that the police have
been able TO make but little use Of them.
An Official police statement was made
substantiating with greater details the
story gathered in the day time. Joseph
Franks, an Arabian, who is believed to
have been the man who accompanied the
aged woman to room 81 the night of her
death, has been arrested.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

The eos, OF coal production In Eng
land has increased very largely OF late,
necessitn,ing much higher prices. AZ
the same time the demand for it. owing
TO the rapid extension OF manufactures,
has some n, las, to equal. II no, exceed.
the supply, md fears are entertained
even now that fuel will have to be
imported from abroad 10 that 1t will
not be long before we OF the United
States can compete on more than even
terms with the home product. All
that We need now is the vessels with
which 10 conduct this trndc.
The state herald., 1891-05-08
In Temporary Suspense,

Jack Smith wa. caught by miners
u, Gilman, Washington. with n bottle Of
kerosene In his possession, acting In q
suspicious manner. Tho miners claimed
he Ind boon hired by the coal company TO
create u prejudice against them aud 10
furnish prc.est for having guards at The
mine. The miners, therefore, hung Smith
TO ,rco with a rope around his neck until
no confessed that he had been sant by a
man named Brundasc for tho purpose Of
burning tho buildings, Ito WAS then 10,
down spd ,sseA to isll
The state herald., 1891-05-08
A coiorcd Man Lynehod.

A Columbus, Mississippi, special
says Monroe =. Walters, colorcd, who
was tho leader In tho attempt TO poison
captain Bsrrctine, was being brought
here from BIrming,on, Alabama, where
he was rnplufci, 10 answer Tot the crime.
~ the Georgia Pacific train came INTO
Hudson, n station near hers, twenty mon
boarded the train, overpoworoi tho of /.
Ico's, took the prisoner out 10 sens woods
near by nnd presumably lyughod him, No
isfIher erlpllars can BE- salped.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

WHEN man knows in part, he is
eager TO know in full. He is sure to
make effort to know. His mind works
from the known toward the unknown
by varied processes. He reasons He
traces analogies. He imngincs. Ho
adds surmises 10 his ceriaintics. And
nftcr while ono Is puzzled to know
now much OF his story Ia drcam-stufl
and how much the substance out OF
which true history is made.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

CONFIDENCE in the courts is one OF
the most important guarantees OF good
order II the habitual criminal be-
lieves TINT punishment is reasonably
certain in case Of detection, he will DO
slow to commit crime. and II tho
reputable citizen" feels sure OF tho
tribunals of the law. he will be slow TO
take the law into his own hands.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

IT is very clearly the intention Of
nature that man shall rustic" for his
living. Nature abhors drone almost
as much as vacuum, and every crea-
ture whose physical or mental forma-
ton denotes n fitness for activity is
placed under the necessity Of exerting
its powers,
The state herald., 1891-05-08

THERE is no excuse in these days OF
newspapers for any sane person Of
ndult age getting victimized by green
goods men, or pocket-book choppers,
Or sweaters, or card sharps, or sham
beggars, or bogus rciormers, or any
other such frauds. Not to know OF
them is to be convicted of gross lack
of information, for which there is no
The state herald., 1891-05-08

PUBLIC opinion in the United States,
stimulated by innumerable and glazing
miscarriages OF justice, for many years
has been steadily ripening to the con-
viction that radical remedies are need
ed in our system of trial by jury.
Events are imminent, international in
their character, which inevitably must
WELD powerful influence toward
focusing this sentiment
The state herald., 1891-05-08
Strikes In New York.

New York, May 1.-The threatened
strike, fixed for May !, began In earnest
this morning, so far MS the house smiths
are concerned, and with them all Incl
dental trades are out. This morning it
was stated at least $500 men, representing
different trades, are on strike.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

NINE years ago n resident Of Call
fornia imported the first ostriches from
Africa, and from these birds have been
bred 46s ostriches now in the state.
One man, who runs an ostrich farm in
Santa Monica, and has forty-five birds.
says that each bird yields 5000 year.
making his gross revenue 50, 900: de-
Quoting expenses, he has clear 81, 500
on n tl5. 900 investment.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

WHEN some Of the alleged fraternal
beneficial schemes arc fairly looked at,
1t suggests whether the American
eagle, supposed to DO emblematic Of n
sharp-sighted people, is not really u
gull
The state herald., 1891-05-08
The Cause Of tho Maripur Ma,sacre

Mrs. +. st. c. Grlmwood. the wife
OF Mr.. Grimwooi. late British political
agent NJ Manipur. who was murdered
when Chief Commissioner James ouinton
and the other British officials .o,t their
lives, has arrived nj Calcutta. According
to Mrs. GrImwood's account Of tho Mani
pur massacre, the whole disaster was en-
trcly duo 10 the rashness Of Chief Com
missioner Quinton. In refusing To listen 10
sensible advice which was given him In
regard 10 tho negotiations being conducted
with the native chiefs concerning tn, dis
position OF tho maharaiah.
Mrs. Grimwood adds that tho Brltl.h
have littlo right to complain OF tho scnu-
putty's threachcry, inasmuch as the scna-
putty (second brother OF tho dcpo.cd
maharaiah md commander In -chicf Of tho
Manlpuris forcas,) was invited by Chief
Commissioner Quinton TO attend the dun.
bar with tho direct Intention OF taking
him unawarcs and placing him under ar
rest without the bloodshcd which would, 4,
was supposed, have resulted from nm at.
tempt 10 openly arrest tho chloftain.
Tho scnnputty. Mrs. Grimwood says, ia
some way or other became suspicious OF
Mr.. Qulnton's intentions nnd con eaucn,ly
did not appear at tho dunbar. but th,
willy Mnnipuri. on tho other hand, 40 we'll
planned u chcckma,o movcmcn, that In
attend ofallowing tho British commissioner
10 arrest him tthe scnaput,y) arrested
Mr.. Quinton md bis stan. and II would
seem, by previous reports received alter
wards. allowed the Manlpuris 10 wrcak
bloody vengeance upon hls eaptlycu.
Mrs. Grimwood's story, which nobody
sccms To doubt Ia tho truo version OF tho
events which lcd NJ TO the Maulpur mas
sacrc. has caused severe reflection. to be
cast upon tho manner In which tho entire
Manipuri Incident has been handled from
the time tho maharaIah was doposod down
70 the apparently incsplicable delay In
pushing forward tho British forces.
The state herald., 1891-05-08
MAY DAY DEMONSTRATIONS.
Many Strikes In America and Many
Riots In Europe,

Although May 1stw not the occa-
sion Of as great disturbances as was feared
1t will nevertheless be remembered for
some time because of the great number Of
strikes inaugurated in this country and In
ERyope. There was also considerable
spilled in Europe in conflicts between
eiug mon and police.
The state herald., 1891-05-08

~, VI rather singular fac, that tho only
p rosn mo shoe plnehos Ia ius, over tho
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25

lation arc so poor that they have never had on shoe or stocking. It is estimated that 95 per cent of them never buy an imported article. (Eaw Mckinley and his followers would bow down and wor- ship such . people, But cotton cloth is the one thing that more or less of 1t generally less everybody must hayo. With free trade Fall River could supply it at five cents yard. But, as 1t hap pens, this article is protected. The price of An inferior quality of it ranges be- tween ten and twenty cents yard, and the mill operatives work fourteen to fifteen hours day for from thirty-fve to seventy cents. The manufacturers 1t may be needless to add, have become very wealthy.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25
VOLCANOES.
Some of the Terrible Things they Have
 Done When Reused.

Some of the Terrible Things they Have Done Whom Reused.
 In 1888 Cotapaxi threw its fiery rockets 5000 feet above its crater,
 while in 1737 the blazing mass, strug- gling for an outlet. roared so that it's
 swful voice was heard for distance
 of over 600 miles. In 1797 the crater
 of Tunguragua. one of the great peaks
 of the Andes flung ont torrents of mud and lava. which damned up the river and opened new lakes, and made de- posit 600 feet deep and twenty miles long in valley that was over 1. 900 feet wide. The stream from Vesuvius,
 which in 17y7 passed through Terre del Greco contained 3S. 900, 900 cubic feet of solid matter. In 1793 when Ierre del Greco was destroyed for a second time the mass of lava amounted to 45. oOo, 900 cubic feet. In 1860 Etna poured out hood, of melted stone which covered eighty -four square miles of surface with boiling lava from ten to forty feet deep. On this occa- sion the sand and scoria formed a mountain (Mount Resini) neor NichoA losa cone two nsiles in circumfer- ence ard over 4,00o feet high. The stream thrown out by Etna in 1s1o' was in motion at the average rate of . yard day for nine months after the eruption. In the eruption. of Vesuvius. A. D.. 79.. says the St Louis Republic, the scoria and ashes somi- ted forth far exceeded the entireabulk of the mountain, while in 1860 Etna disgorged over twenty times it's own mass. Vesuvius has sent it's ashes into Syria Egypt and Turkey It hurled stones 800 pounds in weight to Pompeii, & distance of six miles, dur ing the eruption of 79, A. D. Cotopaxi has projected block of stone contain ing 100 cubic yards distance of nine miles. and shot out a solid stream to Insight of over 1000 feet on more than one occasion. In 1915 volcanic eruption in Java covered 300 square miles with ashes and lavy and out of a population of 15,0 only twenty es- caped with their lives. During tho terrible earthquake ef 1888 not less than twenty large and small Javanese volcanoes were in eruption at the same time; fifty square miles of land and two villages entirely disappeared. and a section Of mountain chain sixty five miles in length and twenty in breadth was wholly engllfed and q lake left in Its stead.
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25
SONG LEE PAINTS.
It Suits Him, and tho World Must Make
 tho Best of If.


 Song Lee keeps a wash house on Larkin street between Ellis and Eddy. says the San Francisco Chronicle. It Is quite pretentious two-story frame structure, with peaked shingle roof. Its owner conceived the idea recently Of adding to it's attractiveness by sum- dry exterior coats of high hued paints.
 So now the thing is a perpetual nightmare to all the neighbors and passers-by who sec 1t for the first timo. They are startled almost into breath lessness and seized with queer optical illusions and visions of awful phantas- les that haunt the brain until the dust of Larkin street is shaken from their feet.
 The painter tried to make the rool white. but the dirty shingles have de fed his skill. With persistency born of dust and soot they still show through the white paint in occasional dark patches.
 Only a man with the nightmare could have painted the front The background Is dark. rich green. The door and window frames are yell low. trimmed with red. The blinds are blue. the cornice pink. the window stills black and the door-steps cream colored. Other pigments abound in profusion, but even the artist who compounded them is unable to call the wondrous colors by name.
 The rainbow is simply not in it when compared to the front of Song Lees wash house.
 But that is not all. There is a side view yet to be described. Every inn aginable shade and tint that a brain suffering from the effects of plum pudding or mince pie supper might produce has hero been laid on the weather boards in stripes. The effec, is simply maddening.
 Seen for the first time shock like a thousand volts of electricity comes over one. and color blindness ensues at once. Some of the neighbors com- plain that the colors are so loud as to disturb their slumbers at night
 Song Lee is not unconscious of the attention his wash house has excited in the neighborhood. He comes out takes a glance at the awful thing. and then goes back smiling.
 Me likee, alice samse.~
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25
KICKING AT TRUSTS.
4 PROTEST FROM THE PITTS
 BURG CROCERS

Condemning Trusts and Com bines-Crack- .
 CTS, Jellies, Preserves, and Fruit Butter
 Held at High Priccs-Trusts Protected
 by the Tariff.
 The Retail Grocers' Association of Pittsburg, Pa, has been having a mild whack at trusts and combinations Alter commenting the action of the sugar retiners in reducing the price of sugar as the result of the removal of the duty last April, the association says:
 We regret to say that there are other manufacturers of staple goods which are largely consumed, such as jellies, pre- serves, fruit buffers and crackers of ali kinds, who maintain former prices, not withstanding the great reduction in sugar and the bountiful supply of wheat and fruits of All kinds"
 The association further believes "that crackers of all kinds, jellies, preserves, and fruit buffers are entirely too high, and that prices are maintained by in- fluences other than the law of supply and demand," and that "all kinds of fruit products can be maintained and manufactured Ut greatly reduced prices. |"
 In commenting on this, tho New York Merchants Review. a stern foe to all our tariff trusts, says: "Therecan be no ques- tion as to the tariff being involved in this matter of the prices of the goods mem toned in the resolutions of our Pitts. burg friends, and it may be said without exaggeration that the tariff is responsi- ble for the condition of which the gro cers complain They appear to be thankful for the reduction of sugar prices-a result of the passage of the Mckinley law--but as the same measure, by it's provisions which maintain or in- crease the duties of certain other goods handled by grocers, is chiefly responsibe 6 for the existence of manufacturers trusts and combinations, or at least gives them power to maiLtain prices above the level of foreign markets. the quarrel of the Pittsburg Association 1t would seem, ought to be with the tariff and those responsible for it's onerous provisions
 IL should be added that the cracker combine fs protected by duty of 20 per cent; the combines controlling jelly, preserves. fruit butter. etc, by duty of 35 per cent.
 In England the poor working people buy fruit jams, marmalades, etc, as substitutes for butter If 1t were not for our protective taxes on these arti- clcs, would not the trusts be compelled to sell at lower prices and thus put these articles in reach of poorer people than can now indulge in them?
The Forrest City times., 1891-09-25
A Merry Monopolist.

The pocket knife trust, which calls it- self the American Pocket-Cutiery Asso- citation. has been gradually moving up prices ever since tho Mckinley law was passed One of the leading spirits in this trust Is Thomas w. Bradley. of tho New York Knife Company, Walden, N. Y. In letter to the New York trade journal, Hardware, he writes In . merry way about the good things that the Mckinley law Is doing for the pocket knife monopoly, He says:
 American manufacturers of pocket cutlery have, under the Mckinley tariff, an opportunity to sell their product In an American market such as they have not had for years American makers arc extending their works, in creasing their output and getting slightly better prices. < Life is sight more worth living since Major Mckinley and his colleagues framed a protective tariff to protect"
 How much this merry monopolist and his friends have advanced prices may Do seen from the following statement made by prominent New York dealer in a recent interview; "Here." he said, ais threc-bl knife which has had a very large sale in the West, retailing at T5 cents A year ago we bought this knife at S4.a5 dozen. but on Oct Is tho price was raised to S5.ao. Last January further advance to s6 was made, and l see here that we bought 1t in June at S6.To. At this latter price. after the knife has passed through the hands of the jobber. tho retail merchant will not be satisfied with less thar 8 dollar as tho price to the final pur- chaser"
 These higher prices arc the natural result of raising the old duty from 50 per cont to Mckinley duty running all the way from n to ll6 per cent The knife trust simply takes what Mckinley gave 1t; and tho thousands of consumers all over the country must pay more for their knives