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1NHuMAN uNDERsrRApPERs.
Martinets In the Prussinn Army Guilty OF
Infamous Crimes.

Martinets in the Prussinn Army Guilty OF
Infamous Crimes.
BERLIN, Feb. 2.-Ihe socialist journal
Vorwarts publishes copy of the order issued
to the Twelfth army corps by Prince
George of Ssxony, calling upon the ottcera
to put stop to the sinhuman treatment of
the men by non-commissioned officers, she
prince adding that socialism, public dan
ger to Germany, is only strengthened by
such treatment. The order gives instances
of nine specific cases of cruelty. In some
primitive drills the men are compelled to
present arms 800 times. In one case man
was obliged to raise can of burning coffee
until he became SO exhausted that he al
lowed the cans contents to run over his
head and shoulders. In another case u
sergeant named Pelug habitually kicked
the men and struck them with his sword
wantonly forced them to perform hard
tasks and tortured them until they screamed
with agony. Gases arc inStanced where
men were paraded and drilled at midnight,
in the depth of winter, wearing only their
shirts, until they tainted. In addition,
many cases of blackmailing are mentioned.
The guilty serRennts have been sentenced
to imprisonment from two to five years
each. The revelations OF these cruelties
have caused much indignation among the
public.
The Vorwarts mentions some cases whore
the men were kept at knee drill till they
had performed the movement 1000 times,
or till they tainted. In one instance re-
cruit who had become bathsd in sweat in
consequence OF his exercise was unable to
continue. A sergeant poured Jug OF cold
water over him and then thrashed him ill
the whip broke. The recruits legs were
covered with welts, and as result of the
treatment he had to be placed in the hos
pital whore he lay in a high fever. Ser
csant Lohel fractured u mnn's COLLAR bone
from benting him with a rifle. He after-
wards tried to commit suicide. fearing he
would be found out. In addition to other
crueltieA Sergeant Pelug compelled tho men
to chew dirty socks, and forced the recruits
who failed to stretch their knees properly
at drill and lie ACROSS two chairs in cel-
tain position. He would then sit on their
unsupported knees till they screamed from
pain, whom he would hive them gagged.
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Abducted for Spite.

JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. 2.-The little
daughter of w. II. Hinrichsen. of this
city, formerly editor of the Quincy Herald.
WAS accosted by stranger while on her
way to Sunday school yesterday, drugged
gained consciousness she was stwo
miles in the country with her abduotor,
who threatened death if she made an out
cry. He was under the influence of liquor
and sitting down to rest. went to Sleep
The child ran away and followed the rail
road until she came to Alexander, twelve
miles distant, where her grandmother
lived. I he abductor has not yet been ap-
pretended. The little girl says he told
her he had RrudRe against her father.
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VOORHEES, MAD.
AT the Report That He offered to Trade
With Republicans

At the Report That He offered to Trade
With Republicans.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2--Many memorials
were presented during the morning hour in
the senate for the closing Of tho Columbian
exposition on Sunday. Mitchell, from the
committee on privileges and elections, made
q report in the case of the Claggett- Dubois
contest for seat in the senate from Idaho.
The resolution declares Dubois entitled to
tho seat. Mitchell asked that the resolution
and report lie upon the table and gave no.
tice that he would call them up at Il very
ea,lv day. Vance gaye notice of minority
report, which he stated would bs presented
day after tomorrow. Palmer introduced a
! joint resolution to amend the constitution
to have the United States senators elected
| by popular vote, and gave notice that he
wou d, at some convenient occasion, ad-
/! dress the senate on the subject.
| Voorhees,, rising to personal question,
| sent to the clerks desk and had read u
| Washington dispatch to tho philatelphia
Press with the heading, "'l'he senate wast-
ing time in obedience to senatorial cour-
tesy. Voorhees, fails to sustain his cha rces.
His scheme to defeat Judge Woods nomi-
nation not supported by the republicans he
had counted upon." The dispatch went on
to state that the senate judiciary commit
| tee had wasted another session out of "sen-
atOrlNl courtesy To senator NOOrno0Ss 6nut
tho attempt of Senator Voorhees, to form
coalition with republicans was fiat fail
ure; that some of the republicans, like
Quay, Cameron and Higgins, were opposed
| to Dallas, of Pennsylvania and Voorhees,
proposed if ''these disg republicans
would induc6 enough of their party to aid
| the democrats defeat Judge Woods. tho
I democrats would IeciprocAte and aid in the
defeat of Dallas.' The dispatch ends with
the statement that the plan would not work
and that it is now reasonably certain that
all nominations will be confirmed next
Monday without dissenting vote among
republicans.
Voorhees, said grosser lie than the al
legged plan it would be hardly possible for
his satanic majesty to conceive. Bad as he
thought the appointment of Woods, he
would feel himself disgraoed beyond re-
demption II he received, let alone made, u
suggestion to defeat an honest and compe-
! tent man like Judge Dallas for the sake Of
getting clear Of an appointment like Woods.
Seuators Cameron, Quay and Higgins said
there WAS no truth i'll the story and the
matter ended.
The printing bill was taken up, discussed
| for over two hours, aud went over without
final action. On motion OF Teller the house
bill to define and punish blackmailing.
which WAS reported last week, was taken
from the calendar and recommitted to the
| judiciary committee teller making II re-
mark to the effect that it had been re-
ported through mistake.
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READY TO UNITE WITH CARA.
At the Proper Time Mexico Will Witness
II Big Uprising.


u Big Uprising.
LAREDO, Tex, Fob. PA correspondent
who has been travelling through northern
Mexico. said he found small detachments
Of men who at given signal will unite At
some designated spot on the Mexican side
OF tho Rio Grande and join
Garza's standard. In the meantime
they are ut work among the runchmen, who
are their friends. Tho correspondent adds;
Speaking to one OF their leaders, a man
higher than Cara, he told mo the grievance
OF the revolutionists is not 40 much against
20 placed in power, and they
hold Diaz responsible for his
subordinates' acts. Yhsy have plenty OF
money and know where they an get more
If they need 1t. They are not backed by
any one party in Mexico, but have good
friends among all and will fight to the bit
ter end to secure reforms in the admins
tration. The same reforms for which
after obtaining, they abandoned. They
count on the general bad state of business
and the failures of the crops to aid their
cause, ana say If they pursue no operations
now it will only break out anew in
the spring. when their agents will have
convinced the United States of tho neoes-
sity of remaining neutral, as they want to
be on good terms with that country. The
rebels also claim that at the proper time
prominent leaders will come to tho front"
The money for the rebels is evidently
coming from ring Undoubtedly cattle
barons and mining kings Of northern Mex
ico1, whose headquarters are in New Yoik
and Washington, and some of whose mem
bers are prominent in politics and fin
ances in the United States. All tht
bands the correspondent saw were
we'll armed. They say their next
attack will be on the large cities o.
Mexico. When asked what he thought
I of the American troops trying to stop them
they said: ''They are deluded by the Dias
agents, who have deceived tho American gov.
eminent, the press and the people. The
military have no heart in tins work in tavol
Of Diaz. Docs it not seem strange that al
t he United States soldiers now here have &c
far been unable to catch Garzn, knowing
him to DO within ten or twelve miles from
| thein?''
Many prominent ranchmen expressed
wishes for the success of the revolution
which they said must come. The business
of the whole country, they say, is alta stand
still. Prices of prime articles of food have
risen SO high as to entail great suffering OIL
the poorer classes, who. while not starving
still are suffering greatly. The people OF
Durango will be the next to move.
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SILVER CAUCUS GIVEN Up.
The Conference Of Democratic Mem
bers of the House Will not
Be Held.
It Had Been Determined to Meet
Friday Night to Talk Of
Silver.
Hartor (O.) and Bland (Io.) Hold Dia-
metrically Opposite Views on the
Subject-Capital News.

WARRINGTON, Feb. 2-,Ihe democratio
caucus which WAS to have been called for
Friday evening next to consider the silver
question has been abandoned for the pres
ent at least. Harter (O.). who WAS lead
ing spirit in circulating the call, said to-
day: II decided not to push the caucus for
the reason that democratio opinion ID
changing very rapidly, not only upon the
wisdom of passing the silver bill, but upon
the merits OF the question. While last
Thursday nine out Of ten men would have
predicted that a free silver bill would pass
the house, to-day venture the opinion that
no bill providing for the free and unlimited
coinage of silver will pass this session. The
most earnest of the free silver people recog-
nize the fact that free silver plank in our
platform would break the party in two and
that We would have to say goodbye to
New England, to the Middle states, and
such states as Wisconsin. Illinois, Iowa and
Michigan. The leading German papers in
the country have served notice upon us that
the German vote will leave us in
body on that issue and go to
the republicans. We expect to
sweep the whole country if the fight is
made on the tariff issue. but it would be
hard work to gather seventy-flve men in
the house who would 20 upon record as be-
lisving democrat can be elected preside
in 1892 upon platform which would give
the citizens of Colorado 100 cents worth OF
property, or the service of everybody else
in the land, for what is supposed to cost
less than 74s4 cents.''
Bland, in an interview later, said, in
part: "Harter has ascertained to his salts
faction that the democratic party cannot
be bulldozed by the national bankers OF
money power of this country. Instead OF
there being change against free coinage
bill, the changes are all the other way. The
party says, Now, if We onot pass free sill
ver billwe will be stulifying ourselves and oul
record in the last congress- This house
will pass free coinage bill, and the coun-
try can rest assured of it. If the demo-
Gratis again act the part of duplicity or
this question and permit the republicans
again to step in front Of them, they viii
lose not only the presidency, but beyone
all question, the house of representatives.
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On Short Ratfons.

LONDON, Feb. "a bottle, found floating
near ono of the Shetland islands, on Brosay
sound. was picked up, containing message
from Foula island, OF the Shetland group,
eighteen miles west of the other islands,
stating that owing to the absence of COM
munication with the other islands, caused
by oxoeedingly stormy weather the past five
weeks, the inhabitants of Foula were on
theverge Of starvation. They had, at the
time the bottle was thrown into the water,
only few potatoes and a little meal left.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-03
on California Business.

Com ions Oh CALIFORNIA BUSINESS.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Chairman Finley, Of
the Western Passenger association, issued
a decision to-day on the question of COM
missions to be paid on immigrant traffic,
New York to California points. This is the
Rock Island appeal case. in which the board
CT nrpitratoes declared appellant en-
titled to relief but did not tix
the extent of the relief. The chairman
concluded that extreme measures must be
taken to secure equality. He therefore per-
mits each line to pay such commissions as
may be required to meet the competition OF
outside lines. Tho immediate effect Of
this ruling will be to force all roads not
having trans Missouri lines of their own
out Of the business. The commission
now being paid in New York ID
SIS. Ono dollar is the authorized
commission, New York to Chicago, ana 50.
Missouri river to the coast. Add $40 to
these amounts to meet outside competition.
and tie entire rate betwean Chicago aud
the Missouri river is absorbed. The proba-
bilitv is thGt lines in interest will now get
together and make an ironclad commission
of reasonable amount,
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-03
BIG PRICES FOR HORSES.
Thirty Eight of Them Sell for Over $780,
900 In Kentucky.

Thirty Eight of Them Sell for Over $780,
4-@ 900 In Kentucky.
LEXINGTON. Ky., Feb. 2.-At the second
day Of the Brastield sale thirty-eiRht horses
sold for over $4,000. Among the best sales
were Constantine, bay stallion, four years
old. By Wilkes Boy, dam Kinoora. BY
Mambrino Patchen. Graham g. Comfy.
Briar Hill stock farm, Lexington, Ky,
$4,000; Administer. BY Wilton-Louise,
Cody, $500; Seagrit. by Wilton
Julia Patchen, Buford d TarI-
ton. $500; s. A. Lion, by Wilton.Julia
Pstchen, John Weloh, $2,O5O; Miss Wilton,
by Wilton Miss Lane, Rickford & Leathers,
g., 500: Sister c.. by Mambrino Boy Bonnie
S., d. j. Cameron. $1,000; Constance. by FL
lersie Wilkes kincora. G. B. Harvey,
$500; Moss Rose. by Anteo-Luella,
j.. B. Smith, $3.50; Arbiter, by Ad.
ministrator-Alma Mater. a. Kitsmiller,
$2,525; Ethel Wilkes, by ,ienree Wilkes
Ethan. BoweIman Bros, IS. 300. Marieold
Wells, by Wilkes Boy-Lula Patohen, John
Madden, So, 3,175; Abbadone. by Wilkes Boy
Lulu Patchen, j. L. Easton, $2,75O.
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The Fleeing Robber.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. "A private dispatch
received here Late last night from Port
Townsend, Wash., states it :s believed there
tha' Marion Hedspreth, the notorious
leader of the gang which robbed the ex-
press train at Glendale, had been in that
city, where he is said to have been tracked
by the detectives. The trail was Lost at
that point. In letter received at Port
Yownaend tho Pinksrtons agent at Port
land, Ore, gives it ns his opinion that
Hedspteth bonrded a lumber vessel at Bur-
rsrd's Inlet for Valparaiso about two weeks
ago, and is now beyond the jurisdiction Of
the United States.
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Talked Over the prelim,n.r,es.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2-Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, the British minister. called at the
state department this morning in company
the British Bering sea commissioners.
Baden Powell and DR.. Dawson, who have
just arrived in Washington from Canada.
They had conference with Secretary
Blaine and arranged certain preliminaries
of the joint confe: ence to be held between
the United States and the British commits
sioners, who visited the Bering sea last
summer for tho special purpose of invests
eating the seal industry.
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Despoudent Over Poor Business

IRoNro, o., Feb. 2.-It now appears that
the death of Wilbur Folsom. a travelling
salesman residing here, was not caused by
the grip. as at first reported but that Fol-
som committed suicide on account of de-
spondenoy over poor business, Folsom ia
said to have been ,elative of Mrs. Grover
Cleveland.
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20 Repeal Mail Subsidies.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The house COM
mittee on postoflices and post roads o-day
authorized, by strict party vote. favora-
bio report on Representative Enloe's bill
repe aling the mail subsidy act of the Inst
congress. Enloe was authorized to prepare
a report embodying the views OF the ma
jority on the subject, which he will lay be-
fore the committee oil Tuesday next.
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Negotiations Progress slowly.

PARIS, Feb. Negotiations for COM
meroial treaty between France and the
United States are progressing slowly and it
will be another week before they are COM
pleted. The Temps speaks deprecatingly
of the new tariff, saying: French trade
and the unknown" The Liberte and other
journals speak in similar vein.
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uourht by tho Chesnp,,,k., q, ,

New York, Feb. "A morning paper
saws the terms of the purchase of the Eliza
bethtown, Lexington q Big Sandy railroad
by the Chesapeake Il Ohio havo been made
public. O. p. huntington has turned over
hs VI, 600 shares of stock in the Big Sandy
to tho Chesapeake X Chic on advantageous
terms, which the purchasing company ex-
tends to other holders of like stock seour-
tiles.
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Adverse to FREQ Coinage

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The senate COM
mittee on finance to-day decided that on
next Tuesday the Stewart free coinage bill
will be reported to the senate. There is
little doubt ms to the nature of the report,
for the discussion this morning showed
that two democratic senators would proba-
bly, join with the republican majority in
recommending an adverse action upon the
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-03
Surrounded tho Outlaws.

PARIS, Texas Feb. News from Bruner-
town, in the Greek nation, states that Esna
Gordon and Case Bruner were killed by
deputy United States marshals, and one
deputy was seriously wounded in the fight.
The officers surrounded a number of out
laws at Bruner' q house with the above result.
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This Ends the Matter.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Feb. 2.-The house COM
mittee, which has been considering tho res
olution providing for an investigation of
the right of Brics to seat i'll the United
States senate, reported to-day. recommend
ing that the whole matter be left to the
United States senate. with the request that
Senator Sherman proceed in accordance
with the rules of that body.
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Saren DAYS Adrift.

Pu1LApE1pH1A, Feb. 2.-The last two of
the men washed out to sea from New York
on the garbage scows were brought to this
city to-day by schooner which picked
them up. Seven days and nights the men
were on the scow, with only fewlbiscuts
and milk can full of water to sustain
them. Inoy were almost frantic with
hunger and thirst. The skin on their faces
hnd become hard and cracked with the
cold aud they presented most pitiable
sight.
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Found by the Man II Was Left To.

WICHITA, Kan, Feb. "A fortune lost
for dozen years to tho heirs of old John
Wise, late of Summer county, was dis
covered yesterday by John w. Wise, n
grandson OF the deceased, while digging
for Il foundation for new structure on tho
farm on which the old man died Thirty
five Thousand dollars in gold is said to be
the amount recovered. Ola Wise was a
miser during his life In tho keg in which
the gold was found was wall, and by its
terms the finder. John w. Wise, gets all
the treasure.
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Historic Appomattox.

RIoHhIoNp, Va, Feb. 2.-The historio old
Appomattox court house building burned
yesterday and all the county records were
entirely consumed. The loss of the records
leaves the county in bad straights. The
Mcl4ayne house. in which Gen. Lee signed
the terms of surrender to Gen. Grant, at
one time was threatened with destruction.
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wt,, Collect Toll.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 2.William b. Lee, pat
entee of the seed separator. has been given
verdict for $4,000 against Pillsbury and
Others. Lee says -four mills all over tho
country have been using his invention
without paying him any royalty and hs
contemplstes requiring other millers to ~
count for his patent.
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No Pros poets Of n strike.

OMAHA, Neb., tsb. 2.--Assistant General
Manager Dickinson, OF the Union Pacific.
has sent n letter to the grievance committee
asking more time. The request was com-
piled with ana the men declare there are no
prospects Of strike.
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Two Miners Enton.bc...

LEADy1LLE, COL. Feb. "A snowslide
covered Deer Lodge tunnel, destroying the
cabin over it. Two miners named Cronnn
and Mcguire are pupr osed to have been in
in the mine at the time, and il NO are un-
doubtedly dead. kesuuets nre romovin Y
the debris in scar oh of them.
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ORIENTAL NEWS.

Tho Rebels in China Completely Put
Down. Earthquakes.
BAN Francisco, Feb. 2.-The steamship
China arrived this afternoon from Hong
Kong. The vice admiral of II. N. s. Por-
poise which went to the scene of the sink-
ing OF the steamer Manohow. made q brie:
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1t is said Gov. Thayer. of Nebraska, will
vacate at once should Gov. Boyd make de-
msnd for the gubernatorial office.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-03-06
WONIAN,s SPHERE

Rabbi HIESCH believes that womsn's
place is the home. There las mother,
wife or sister. is her field of duty; not a.
8 breadwinner.
The rabbi would be undoubtedly right
II the world were organized on the
proper basis, and the conditions We're
such that every woman would have
home in which she could live happily as
mother. wife or sister. Then woman
would be universally happy.
But facts stand in the way Of the
rabbits theory. Older communities are
denuded by the enforced emigra-
ton of men, and women are left TO be
neither wives, sisters nor mothers. What
can they do but become bre adwinners,
except to 90 TO the pOor-house or
starve?
II, moreover, the women who, even as
mothers, wives and sisters, are nObly
and unselfshly winning bread for those
dependent on them should cease TO do
so and fold their soft hands beautifully
in the lap OF idleness, we should not
have to go to Russia TO find tens Of
thousands dying Of want.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-03-06
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND SPEAKS.
And He Doesn't Say Anything Very Con-
soiing to the Gentlemen Who Wrote to
Rome

And He Doesn't Say Anything Very Con-
soIing to the Gentlemen Who Wrote TO
Rome.
ROME, March SIN speaking of the
appeal to some Catholics in the United
States from the decision of the Arch
bishop in reference to the proposed
Catholic Congress IN Chicago during the
progress of the Worlds Fair in that
city, Most Rev. John Ireland, D. d.,
Archbishop Of st. Paul, Mimi, who is
now in Rome, said:
The whole matter is tempest in a
teapot Anybody may send a letter to
Rome on any subject. Whether the
communication receives attention, how
ever, is quite another question. Ger
tain people attain in their own fancies
an Importance whish the outer world
refuses 10 endorse. The letter sent by
Messrs. Dunno, Pallon, Kuhlman and
others will not create the slightest ripple
in the stream of current Roman ecclesi-
astical thought.
The idea is absurd that an appeal
by a few disgruntled, Self-concelted
men against the decisions Of the Arch
bishops will be listened to in Rome.
The Catholic Congress from the very
name 1t bears must be directed by the
Catholic hierarchy, or else be con-
gress of DUNES and the others, and
nothing more. They are free to hold a
congress of this kind in our free coun-
try, but it in no wise could represent
the Catholic laymen OF America"