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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

divers Of Juan Hidaloo watched twontv.
EIGHT caratsl and was sold q paris -,
SO 600 This war there hovo beor
sent over $50 600 81 near,s 70 paris anl
| New York and the season "a not 10,
THROUGH
| The nearls Of this section were hold i
great esteem in Mexico and Perm three
hundred wears 400 DARING rio arat
lsouarter 81 the seventeenth centnrv A..
fonio de Castillo . snan,sh colon;st VIC
W. liv;nvs lsaonrh Of Mazatlan made j.
enormo,s fovtnne IN the naarl f;sb.r,es
About this. time also Canta;n Tt,,rhs
| Oyteoa ENGAGED ~ tho Same hns;noss \
| took some verv val,,ahle naarls A. Mex;oo
one Of which 81 sold for $4,000 Tai.
gave GREAT imnet,,, g the ;rdr.trv
The most precious pearls Il be found
TO-DAY among the crown levels 81 snain
were taken from the fisheries near Ia
Paz before the French war 81 inter
vention. and they have ALWAYS been in
great demand since the time Of Correz
In 1867 an American embassador to the
Court of Spain said that he had seen
pearls of the size of ployer's ere amonu
the crown Jewels of that country and
that they were esteemed "a amonu the
most valuable of the Spanish levels
The value of the mother of pearl shells
is from $40 to S12 per one bundled
pounds. The proceeds of these are suffi
Gent to nav ali the expenses of the fish.
ing, and the pearl is net gain when
found. Several wears AGO it was ouite
problem to find some use for the pearl
oyster shells, and they accumulated
rapidly on the hands of their owners
But now they are sent to Eurone whence
they are returned to America in the form
of buttons, knife handles and several
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
AN ILLINOIS CYCLONE.
The Little Town Of Redbud Demol.
fshed "A Number Of Fatalities.

A cyclone visited the town of Redbud,
H., Thursday morning and the little
Z hamlet is now scene OF wreck and
tiop. Houses, barns, fences and
l \ nxa leveled to the ground and
N "a oY&f the Gufroundine country.
4 4 IaFge doubIe bffck houso occupied 81
2. 2. Perry e ! dwelling, once ana
composing room M entirely destroyed.
The family were buried in the ruins, but
managed 10 extricate themselves without
serious injury. Peterson's agricultural
warehouse was blown down and fourteen
other residences destroyed. The eleven
year-old son Of Mrs. Jacob Koch was
killed instantly and his mother fatally in
jnred. The others injured are Mrs.
Peter Harden, Mrs. Louis Bager, Julius
Honn, Mr. Beitman. Alden Starr, Miss
Emma Crow and Mrs. John VANDERBILT.
Many Of the people are without clothing
and shelter in driving rainstorm. Alto.
gether thirty-fve houses were DESTROYED.
The property loss is estimated at 800, 900
A London cablegram says; The Irish
Times, in its issue of Thursday, contains
sensational article in reference to the
bankruptcy of the widow of Charles
Stewart Parnell. The article states that
Mrs. Parnell has been driven into insol-
vency by adverse circumstances. The
article states that when Parnell died
there was not enough money in the
house to bury him and friends betrayed
the expenses Parnell had expended
forty thousand pounds in freeing the es-
tate at Avondale from mortgage and in
fruitless attempts to make the mines on
the estate profitable. This left Mrs. Par
nell with no other resources but small
annuity from her aunt
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

whose chief industry is pear
fishing, presents very animal
cd spectacle between rh
months of May and November, when tn
season is on. The port, says the Globe
Democrat, is full of fishing boats ane
smacks of all dimensions and builds
which are moving continually over the
placid waters of the Gulf of La faz, ano
the piers and other landing places ART
full OF people preparing to embark, OF
awaiting the return of the fishermen.
At least two-thirds of the entire popula-
ton OF La Paz is engaged in the pearl
fisheries.
The oyster beds OF fisheries which ex.
tend from Cape St. Lucas to Bunlege
were divided By the Mexican Govern
ment into four sections in 1872, and O
law was passed which only allowed one
section to be worked upon every two
years. This measure was taken to pre-
vent the exhaustion of the fisheries.
The barques which engage in this indus
try are boats of from two to three tons
burden, manned ordinarily by six men
including the diver, who is of course,
the most important parsonage on board.
de is usually provided with water
proof suit, metal hemlet, lead weights
for the breast and shoulders, or copper
Or lead shoes, which weigh altogether
some $50 pounds.
Inc boats generally gather in groups
OF twenty and leave tho port at midnight
SO as to reach the oyster beds at early
dawn. When all have arrived, cannon
shot Is fred as a signal, and the diving
commences. When the diver is below
his companions watch the signal and
haul up the baskets of oysters as rapidly
az ne can fill them, aud finally bring up
the exhausted diver himself, as he can
rarely remain under water over eighty or
ninety seconds, though some have been
known to resist the enormous pressure for
q longer time
Before the divers suit was introduced
IN these parts it was the custom Of the
native fishermen to anoint their bodies
with oil and dive to the bottom With
nothing about them but a belt to which
the basket was attached 10 which the
oysters were thrown. Even now the
practice exists among some few divers.
but the sword fish, the sharks, and the
devil fish, Of different varieties. which
abound in the waters OF the gulf, render
TINS work extremely dangerous.
me diving goes on from six o'clock 10
the morning until midday, when anoths;
si8nal y hred to announce that the fish
Inn Ia 80 .
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
Aluminum Horse Shoes.

A French paper gives the results 81
experiments recently carried out in the
Finnish Dragon Regiment to test the
value of aluminium for the shoeiog a
cavalry horses. ID order to ens,,rs
thorough impartiality 10 the tests esch
horse wore three ordirafy iron shoes and
only one of aluminium, he foot selected,
Tor the aluminium shoe bSinQ az con- 8
varied with certain prop6rtion Of the
horses. The horses SO skod were IN.
ployed on all sorts Of services. Affes|
SIX weeks wear the shoes were removed &
when those made Of aluminun were forp6
to be in quite as good condifion q NM
iron ones; In fact, in many cases fbsv
were even in better condit}o6S r. "a
single instance were the aluu3iS INN .hoes.
broken. Doubts were ut ilra6 ~ rssssd
as TO whether the new shoS1 jyould M.
suffer from oxidation, but 81 fea1S
were not realized, even attn be of ~
shoes had been kept in wate{ Z WIZ
month. The result Of thsse nsrfrnos;
seems to show that no a. 4 Sl3y
tage y possessed by atami1 g ~
the mere wear, and q nv iISs
necessarily higher the coun( S
advantages must be looked ID !.
n the first place, the cont ~ ~
as less heat i required 70
the shoes.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24

Keyless watches, now SO popular. have
long been known, but have not been II
general use more than dozen wears
Napoleon |. was the owner OF q wonderful
specimen OF this species OF keyless time.
pieces. 1t was continually kept IL IN.
ming order By small weight at the end
Of . lever which worked on veal
spring. Every step taken caused 4 small
dog to drop into the cocs Of 4 t;nv
rachel wheel, this in turn ACTING * y
the barrel to which the mainspring ~ q, !
attached, ordinary movements about H.
house were sufficient to keep the snr;ro
tightly wound up. In the Kensinotoe
Museum, London, there ii a pedomstsr )
opcreted in similar manner. comb;rrd
With watch. 90 that the one ipstrl,rS 81
selis The time and Tho distance W.1f9 4
by the Wsarer in ! day Of a6s a.her G'7S1|
time. There is 4 watch 81 81 I1
the unitpd 9tatee Patent 01
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-11-24
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
The News Of The World Condensed hh
PihY and Pointed PaagIaphl

lAG NUM- VI uG Uu[M Uunu6uSG4 Ww
Pihy and Pointed Paragraph
The strike of dummy engineers In
Birmingham, Ala, has ended, the men
returning to work at their old wages.
The strike was against reduction.
The Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad shop, at Richmond,
Va, with the machinery and ten freight
cars, was destroyed BY fire Tuesday
morning. Loss, e2o, 900; insured.
A special Of Thursday from Rockville
Tenn, says: From reliable sources it Is
learned that the United States Express
company had secured the express prrivil.
eye on the Louisville and Nashville rail-
way and allits branches, and the opera.
ton Of the same will commence January
l, 1893.
a San Antonio, Tex, special says: Il
is claimed by federal authorities along
the Rio Grande border that large num-
bers of Cinnamon are crossing the river
from Mexico into the United States each
week, and that the customs officials are
unable to prevent it owing to lack of
river guards.
A meeting Of business men OF San An
tonic, Texas, was held Wednesday, at,
which it WAS decided to raise fund of
81, 600 to add to the 81, 600 fund al ready
provided by the government for the rair-
making expedition and expend it in pro-
posed experiments by General r, g.
Dyrenf0rth and his party.
A Montgomery, Ala, dispatch says
A bill was introduced in the senate
Wednesday authorizing any qualified
elector to begin proceedings OF contest
over the state election of last August
Goodwin was elected as Kolb man and
this bill is regarded as the opening gun
from Kolb's side in the contest over the
governorship.
News has reached Raleigh, N. c.. OF q
terrible murder in Yadkin county Thurs
day as q result Of which four negroes are
IN jail. They are Pleasant Dalton, John
Long, Sidney Dalton and Wiley Hunt.
and they murdered Esther Edwards. an
aged woman with whom they had had a
trivial dispute regarding the hauling Of
some corn.
Bishop W. q. Miles, senior bishop Of
the colored Methodist Enisconal cbn,c ~
in America, died at Louisville. XIV.
Qpday morning. The bishop was
tuckian and at all times enjoyed the
1ence Of the whites a we'll Is tb s,se
kwn race. He was the oruan;zsr
Y kurch and bishop for twentv.
He preached more than for3~11
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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-25
THE SETY1BD- COUNTY MUIR
DER CASE.

Tbs. lRrcla.y of this week attempts
to criticize in sarcastic manner a
ruling made by Judge Vanflivert in
the trial of the Dunn murder case in
Seward county recently, and Eerers' to
comments upon the railing that it says
appeared in several daily papers. AS a
matter oEfact all that the papers men
toned, contained in refessnrs - the
ense, was II dispatch which was sent to
the principal daily papers of this state
and Kansas City by the same person.
as tile dispatches i'll all u4a- papers
were substantially the same. We
are Informal on good authority that
all the dispatches We're SQsls by Judge
Botkin, who was inceused because
Judge Vundivert did not run the court
at Botkins dictation. The ruling that
was made by JmEge Yaudivert would
not be criticized by any one who had
the slightest knowledge of the elemen-
tary principles of criminal ;aw. It
requires no argument to show that a
man who had formed an opinion that
Dunn had been unlawfuIly killed by q
mob, had Il preconceiyed opinion upon
one of the essential ftcts in the case
which the prosecution were required &c
prove, ami therefore could not posi-
bly, be Rn impartial juror. We have
not space to argue the question, but
amy reasonably intelligent person can
NOT but see that the Judge was in nc
way responsible for the failure to pro
Sare a jury. If lac had ruled other
wise than lie did,a verdict of conviction
would have bssn set aside by the su-
prene court. The Mercury made nc
kick wheu it. was found impossible K
secure jury to try Brennan the cold
b;oodel murderer Of sam Woods, bsts
nov that one Of the other crowd char,
ged with murder is discharged for the
same reason, it becomes q horse o.
another colOi.
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at the present time.
But We want to inform tile editor Of
the Capital right here, that by his
course, he is doing most effectuaI work
in the forcing of such IA coalition be
tween the alliance ana the democracy
even down to state affairs.
We would mildly suggest that the
editor Of the Capital will have his
hands full in his eudeavor to carry
Kansas for the Republican party this
fall on a gold-Lug, Wall street, high
protection platform, without going ont
OF his way to wantonly insult Tie
friends Of a leader in the democratic
party, David b. Hill, who is the peer
in purity, moral life, and in all ele-
ments that go to make up man, of
any statesman or politician OF which
the republican party cam boast.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-25
A BRAvn a. Kan

From the Kansas Democrat.
The Capital finds i'll Banker UarteT,
of Ohio, a man after its own heart 1t
styles him a brave man, because he
stands up and fights for Wall street on
the floor OF the house.
The Capital knows perfectly we'll
that this scurvy dog, this sham demo-
GRAFT, is simply defending his own sell
fish interests, lighting for his own
bread and butter, and is uttely un-
worthy of the compliments our contem-
porary sees fit to shower upon him.
The best thing this fellow TTarter
aud his hand full OF followers in the
house can do is to go direct to the
goId-worshiping, gold-bug party-the
party of Harrison, of corporate greed,
and of Wall street-and no longer
masquerade as democrats.
The Capital once had brave words to
say in favor of the champions of silver
and was earnestly in favor OF free
! coinage. Only two years ago the re-
/ publican party in this state iucorpor-
ated a ringing free coinage plank in
its platform, ana the Capital said
amen to it.
/ The republican party and the Capt.
tai alike only two years ago had the
courage of theiI convictions. They
fawn now upeu the money power, be-
cause the republican party is in the
clutches of WaE street, and President
Harrison is its servile tool in oppres-
sing the masses of the people of the
country.
II will only be a few weeks now
when the Bland free coinage bill will
| go over to the senate. 1t will be 4
struggle of giants over the silver issue
in that chamber.
We will agree to then show our CON
temporary some brave men, on the
republican side-not pigmies like this
puppet ITarter, who is, today, the
laughing stock of the house-but in
telleCtUal giants like Teller, of Colo
RADIO, men who can deal sledge-ham-
mer blows, and who are as immovabIe
III their convictions as the Rockies
themselves, that conceal the veal Ia,
which, if poured out and dihused
among the masses, would bless with
new life the people of the republic.
Oh, for the Iamented Plumb to lead
the charge against the gold bugs on
the floor of the senHtel
Phew! Take away a sheet that holds
up the fraud and mountebank Harter,
either rs an honest man or as a states
mani
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-25
IsvTp1Me AoRU5HIHa DEFEAT.

From the Kansas Democrat.
The republican party OF the state of
Kansas is a minority party of the YER
lest minority stripe.
Its existence or death now depends
upon the single proposition as TO
whether or no the opposition viii form
fighting coalition.
we would think in such an emer-
gency as this,when party existence and
party power are trembling in bhe bal
ance, that the leading organ Of the re-
publican party Of Kansas-ths Topeka
Capita!-would, to say the least, exer-
else some Judgment in its editorial
comments and criticisms Of its polite
al opponents il this state.
But what do we see?
Day after day walls OF wrath, I'M
called for billingsgate and vile abuse
are beIehed forth by the seemingly
frenzied Capital against the alliance
measures and men,
Not only this. but, while praying on
one hand for democrats to stand by
democracy and refuse to form a fight
ing coalition with The alliance, this
self-same frenzied sheet belches forth
the most outrageous insults against
the democrats Of the state and nation.
We would not attempt to advise the
editor Of the Capital how to conduct
his paper
Far from it.
But We would like to sdviss him as
to one point
We stated months ago that there
would be, at least a coalition between
the peoples party aud the democracy
on the electoral ticket
Our prediction has been verified
'ghat much viii ba done.
How much further the aghting Goa
lition viii go we do not know, nor is it
cur intention t9 discuss that question
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rage are thus pEactieed upon the
small shippers of Kansas ia common
with sf.ese Os tile other states meis-
toned, and certain localities and great
commercial Interests are built up at
the expense and To the positive injury
of others
All this confirms what the Champion
has for some time claimed, that the
railroads .zre buccaneers who despOt-
icalIy set ut naught the will Of the peO-
pie whenever it is to their interest to
do 50.
The facts bsouglt eIFs by the 1Ti-
bie3se Iikesise show that the claim set
forth in b. 2 Waggoner's recent
answer to the suit against the Trans-
Missouri Freight association. tnwit:
that the zaiiroads organized that COM
bination to enable them the better to
obey the provisions of the interstate
commerce law, is q fraud and Il lie out
of whole cloth
These corporations have no respect
for any law which interferes with
their schemes of aggrandizement and
despotisrn-
y not surprising fact is developed
in connection with the I11J,e,e's expos
ures, that is, that RIA Iroad Commits
Toner George L. Anthony, of Kansas,
is the apoTogist and champion Of these
violators Of the law. In reply to these
intsrrogations of the .T5fbnue's agent
concerning the workings of tie law in
Kansas, Commissioner Anthony boldly
declared: The railroads are III posi-
ton where it becomes a desperate
struggle for self existence. To Say
that the officers of these roads, when
they endeayor to increase their bust
ness, are criminals is all wrong"
Thus this man Anthony, one OF the
commissioners of the state-of Kansas
appointed 10 assist in protecting the
rights of the shippers Of Kansas
against corporate aggress5ons and
iniustices, with q brazen ehrontery
justifiss the corporate methods of dis
elimination and outrage, and endeav-
ors to make what is manifestly crime
virtue. And this is the creature whom
the people of Kansas are compelled to
/ tolerate.
The Champion trusts that the out
come of the 1rtBu0,e's timely Efforts in
behalf of the people will result first, In
50 strengthening the interstate COM
merce EssE as to make it answer the
true end of its enactment; that Sc sOnd
it will create powerful public sent
inisnt in favor of new board Of inter
state commissioners who viii have the
nerve to honestly and feariessly
enforce its provisions, and that, third
it will start movement that will
remove from the Kansas board thai
Old political parasite and railroad tool
Anthony, and his accOmp3ices on the
board, and supply their places with
men who will be the servants of the
people and not the abject, seryile agent!
Of these cor PoratIons.
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TEE REPUBLICANS AFaALD

From the Atehison Patriot.
The Republican papers are very
much concerned about the probable
course of the Democratic party III Kan
sas this year. They do not like the
prospect Of IL '.fusion'' with the peO-
ple's party. They say such a course
would be an abandonment of the
party's ancient traditions and repu-
diation of its integrity. They think the
party ought to make straight fight,
and let the peoples party do the same,
of course. But unfortunately for the
Republican party the Republican pap
ers are in disfavor in the opposition
ranks, ana their advice is wasted. The
defeat OF the Republican party is the
common object of the two other par
ties. They may differ on some ques-
tions of policy, but they agree that the
Republican party is the enemy of hon
est and economical governments and to
the end that it might be overthrown
they will form a coalition in the year
| of grace, 1892. And it is not the busI-
ness of the Republican papers, whether
In the article of co-partnership the
| Democrats shall receive its''fIir share'
Of the partnership ticket, or none at
all. The Democrats will took after
that matter to the satisfaction of the
party, without any advice from the
Republican camp. And the coalition
project shall be carried out, the Re-
publicans may be assured, unpleasant
as the days MAY be, that it will be sue
cessful before the people The Re
publicans will save nothing out of the
wreck-state officers, congressman leg
islature, United States senator, and
everything else win be carried by the
coalition. To accomplish such a glOri-
Gus result the two parties can afford
to make concessions to each other. No
faithful Democrat will be deceived by
the arguments Of the republican pa
pers. They areterribIy afraid Of what
they are pleased to term fusion. ''and
will bring every influence possible &c
bear to prevent it.
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ONE HUNaaHD THOUSAND MHN


From the Alliance Tribune.
One hundred thousand men in the
state OF Kansas have left the republic
can party since November 4, 1888.
On that day the voters of Kansas
registered 1872, 800 votes for Benjamin
Harrison r)r president and ISI, 8ls
votes for Lyman U.IIumphreY for gov
ernor.
On November I, 1890, the vote for
Humphrey for reelection as governor,
footed up by the republican counters
at 40, $50.
On November 4, 1891, the aggregate
vote by counties for the republican
tickets WAS 90 1888. There was also at
this time ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
fusion vote Of 80, S5s.
To those who are acquainted with
the circumstances of the last cam
paign it is not necessary to say that
many former democrats for the first
time voted the straight republican
ticket. a reasonable estimate of that
vote would probably be about %, 900
and this number would probably just
about balance the republican, vote
which figured with the democratic in
the above mentioned fusion vote of
80, s5s.
Thus the statsment with which this
article commences, astounding as it
is, is fairly born out by the records.
Can any sans man offer any ade-
quate reason for this stampede other
than that tbs course, of b!ie leaders of
that party has been deliberately re-
pudIated by the great mass of think
ing reasoning voters?
lave these hundred thousand men
taken this important action through
thoughtiessness or temporary piquet
ImpossiblsI These men tie the very
best element OF the patty. Every
proposition upon which division
has been caiAsd, has been freely, ear
nestfy and fully considered.
| The sehooI-houses have -rung with
! the economic discussions OF the
farmers. The assemblies of the
knights Of Labor Rslve ecllosd with
the '-agitations of the working me1
who haEs.learnad to think. It is not
the ignOramases who have made this
stampede The old party speakers
are often sGFprisedtO End themselves
confronting audiences better posted
than themselves. Flambeau club:
and brass bands have passed out Of
date. The man who to-day talks pol
tiles ia Kansas must be loaded will
facts and have his authorities al hand
This is not revolt, 1t is a revolution.
Under no circumstances could one Ot
these men be induced to psturn t.
his Si5n party.
Yet uuder this surprising situation
it is wonderful that those Isaders
have learned nothing. It has never
occurred to them to change their pol
/ icy They are as sabservient 10 the
money power ia Wall street as though
they were owned bOiy and soul 10y
that power. They have become sim
ply the apologists and l!ekspittles OF
their eastern masters
It IS well for the country That thess
lea 1ers'' have been rslegatsd to the
tshadcs of innocnous desuetade.