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The National tribune., 1892-07-21
pARpoNEp BY THE PRESIDENT,

A. n. DeFord, who was convicted in Wis
consin in October, 1890. Of raising" silver
certificates was pardoned by the President.
which will take effect July IS. He also granted
amnesty to E. A. Box, convicted in Utah of
polygamy.
The sentence in the case of Geo. T. Sanders.
convicted in kentucky of forging has been
c0mmuted to 10 months actual imprisonment.
The application for pardon was denied in the
case of James Casey, convicted in California of
passing counterfeit money, but the fines and
costs were RENTED. The application for par
don was also denied in the case of Lee G.
Snedaker, convicted in Utah of adultery.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
AN UNIQUE MEMORIAL.

A memorial Of the most unique character was
presented in the House last week by Senator
Call. 1t was prepared by Mrs. Charlotte Smith,
President of the Womans Industrial League,
on behalf !of 1900 dressmakers, milliners,
sewing women and merchants of New York
and Brooklyn, asking for an amendment of
the exclusive society tariff act in the pas
sage of the House bill. The memorialist
called on Congress to protect the working
women in this country engaged as milliners
against the competition with Partisan dress
makers under existing law, demands protection
for individual women. department of indus
try in the Worlds Fair exhibit, and protection
for cosmetic art.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
ANOTHER ON GEO. WASHINGTON.

1t will be remembered that the statue of
George Washington in front of the Capitol sits
with his right hand uplifted in reproving style,
as if warning Congress not to make fools of
themselves. Between the third and fourth
finger Of this hand some Fourth-of-July joker
inserted the remains of Roman candle, evil
IDENTIFY with tho idea of assisting the statue to
join in the general jollification. The effect,
however, was ludicrous in the extreme giving
George the appearance of having just removed
a gigantic cigaret from his lips. During the
Marine Band concert the other evening little
boy. who had evidently just been lectured on
the evils of smoking. happened along. Glanc-
ing up at the statue. hesnudged his mother and
said There, Ma, you needn't talk to me any
more about cigarets; George Washington
smokes 'em."
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

You piH haze to pay So per 100 for ordi-
nary G.. a. r. cards, but THE NATIONAL
TRLBUNE wiH furnish you 100 with q fine
picture of yourself on each for only So. See
advertisement in another column.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

The comrade ,rho comes to the National En-
campmeat without supply Of THE M
TIONAL 1RIB UNE'S portrait-cards roiH be
at great loss. al his comrades wiU haro
them, and they riU be disappointed if he does
not add to their collection of pictures of the
dear old 60gs.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

Gov. Abraham J. Seay, of Oklahoma Terri
tory, was in Washington last week, and had
several interviews with Secretary of the Inte-
rior Noble regarding the passage of what is
known as the Brown bill, which provides for
q general election in November next in Okla
homa Territory, to select Representatives and
other Territorial officers. 1t appears that for
some reason the Oklahoma Legislature. at its
recent session, adjourned without making any
provision for an election this Fall, and Gov
Sesy is anxious that the people Of that Terri
tory shall enjoy the same right of suffrage uext
November as viii the citizens Of the other
Territories, and he has consequently framed
BILL which was introduced In the House by
Representative Brown, Of Indiana, which will,
IL passed this session, rectify the omission of
the Oklahoma Legislature. Efforts will be
made to call up the bin and pass it before final
adjournment.
ess
Secretary Of the Navy Tracy desires to have
1t distinctly understood by interested parties
that there are no vacancies In the List of Cadet
appointments for 1892 at the Naval Academy at
Annapolis He has been greatly annoyed re-
Gently at the reports emanating from Annapo.
Lie that there IRE great many vacancies In the
Cadet Corps. All the Congressional appoint
ments that can now be made within the law
have already been flied, which leaves the Sec
Rotary bat six vacancies TO provide for. The
persons TO fill these remaining vacancies have
already been selected, and their names will be
announced in a very few days. There is not
the slightest use In making application for ad.
IN he Mas A (,~.
come.
sss
According to presidents in the House of
Representatives, the report Of the Raum Inves.
tigating Committee, which was made to the
House on July IL, lost the privilege of con-
sideration because IL was not Immediately
taken mp. u therefore goes on the calendar
and can be reached only by special rule Mr..
Enloe provided for thst, however, in the resolu-
tion introduced and referred tho same day.
making the report special order of consdera.
tion for Wednesday.
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1t is now certain that Russia will be repre-.
scented in the international Monetary Con.
ference. as the Secretary of State has received
official notice TO that effect. The Conference
WIN SSHs1NSis anonB otncf questious, an en-
larged use of silver coin in commercial trans
actions. As all other European countries
having previously taken similar action, moth.
ing now remains but the formal preparations
for the Conference 1t is understood that these
arrangements, including the selection of place
and date Of meeting and the selection of the
American delegates. viii be completed By the
President this week.
Proceedings have been instituted against the
oteri by this Government for violation Of the
neutrality laws In the Spanish Honduras in
surrection. Upon demand of the Hondurian
Consul in New York Secretary of the Treasury
Eoet1r
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
A BILL AGAINST WATERING STOCK.

Senator Sanders has been working upon q
| bill for some days past, which will 60 great
| way in removing the burdens of the people
| He thinks there is entirely too much watering
of the stock of corporations.
| In speaking of this matter, he instanced the
case of one of the local street railroad companies
having a valuable franchise through the city,
given it without cost, which, when it came to
improvements, issued certificates of stock and
then bonded the road for the amount Of the cost
of the improvements. The interest upon this,
he said, could not be carried without making
the people who used the road shoulder the bur-
den.
The bill, which is an important one, provides
that no corporation. association, copartnership,
| joint stock company, or other company in the
District of Columbia, organ zed to con-
struct or constructing any street car or other
railroad, telegraph, or telephone line, or other
business of a common carrier, which is given or
may be given the use of any of the streets or
public grounds, or which may exercise the right
of eminent domain, the capital of which is rep
| resented by shares Of capital stock, shall have
or issue any greater number of shares than at
their nominal value shall equal the actual and
necessary cost of the construction of such rail-
road, ETC., which sum shall first be ascertained
and authorized upon petition therefor to the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia I'M
der such rules and regulations as the Chief JUS
tice and Judges thereof shall prescribe efficient
to limit the stock of such corporations in the
aggregate to the actual and necessary cost.
II it shall be desired by said corporation, ETC.,
to issue bonds upon its property, secured by
mortgages or otherwise, upon petition there
from to the court, setting forth the necessity
thereof, and the amount of stock issued and
outstanding it may be and shall be lawful for
such court, upon public notice, to remit the
issuance of such bonds and mortgages if desired;
provided, however, that an amount of stock
equal to the bonds so issued shall be first can
ceed.
The provisions of the act are also made to
apply to railroads, telegraph and telephone
lines within the District when owned by an
individual, and no exorbitant compensation
should be paid to any officer or employee of
any such owners whether it be corporation,
copartnership association, or person.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.

The forty-six rural free-mail delivering ex-
periments will be continued until June, 1893.
Two in Pennsylvania gave such satisfaction
that provision had been made for their continu-
ance by private enterprise.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoris.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
No Malice Intended.

Counsel-Then you think he struck you with
malice aforethought2
Witness Indignantly told you twice
he hit me with brick. There wasn't no mall
lets nor nothin' OF the kind about.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
Riddles and yioiins.

[Srest aud Smiths Good Neuos.l
Boy-Is this instrument called fiddle or
violin?
Proiessor-ven blay it, it's violin. Ven
you blay il, it's fiddle.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

opes are furnished by White, Corbin & Co., of
Rockville, Conn.
Postal cards cost the Government % cents
per thousand, while the stamped envelopes,
according to contract, range from 81 cents to
$6.76 per thousand, according to size and quail
ity,
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
NEGROES, MoNGoLlANs, INDIANS.

The Census Office has issued a bulletin on
the subject Of tho colored population of the
United States in 1890. The bulletin shows
that the total colored population, as returned
under the census of 1890, is 7,G3S,36O. OF this
number 7,4700i0 are, persons OF African
descent, 10Y 475 are Chinese, 2,039 are Japanese,
and 5SS06 are civilized Indians
Considering persons of African descent, it IS
seen that there has been an increase during
the decade from 1880 to 1890 ofSS9, PAT, or 1851
per cent, as against an increase during the
decade from 1870 to $780, of 1,700,7S4, or 34.S5
per cent The bulletin says:
The abnormal increase of the colored popu.
lation of the South during the decade ending
in 1880, led to the popular belief that the
negroes were increasing at a much greater rate
than the white population. The present census
has shown however that the high rate of in
crease in the colored population, as shown by
the census of $780, was apparent only, and was
due to the imperfect enumeration Of 1870 in
the Southern States.
There has been an increase in the number of
Chinese in the United States during the decade
from 1880 to 1890 of only 900, or 1.9l per
cent, the number returned in 1880 being 1885,
463 and the number returned in 1890 being
107, Ats. The Chinese increased 66SS per cent
from 1870 to 1880. and S091 per cent. from
1860 to 1870.
In 1880 the japanese in the United States
numbered only 14S. while in 1890 they num-
bered 2,039. In 1870 there were only %
japanese returned under that census.
The civilized Indians have decreased during
the past 10 years 1901, or LAS per cent, the
number returned In 1880 being 60,407, as
against Sc, 800 returned in 1890.
The National tribune., 1892-07-21
THE WHEELMEN MAKE A KICK.


The wheelmen of Washington are tired of
the bells and lanterns which they are COM
PEELED to wear on their wheels, aud have pc
titioned the Comm ssoners by the Capital City
Club, yesterday, aski~', that section 3, article
TO- of the Police lie. ulations be amended by
striking out the word shall" and submitting
may" making the section read:
And all bicycles and tricycles in motion after
shutdown may display suitable light, and also have
light gong or bell so attached thereto as to be
readily sounded 10 warn persons OF their approach
1t is contended by wheelmen that the bells
and lights fail to accomplish the purpose for
which they are adopted. The very fact that
the rider has a bell on his wheel makes him
more careless, as he thinks that when he has
sounded his bell he has complied with the law,
and pedestrians must clear the track. The
sound of the bell at the same time startles the
pedestrian, and there is more danger of q col
lision than If the wheelman had glided noise
lessy by.
AS to the lanterns it is urged that they are
expensive. costing from So to $40 each, and
unnecessary. The requirement. that all wheels
must carry them after shutdown is source of
great incon venicnce to riders Parties taking
a days ride out into the country return late in
the afternoon. They have no lanterns on their
wheels, and are liable to arrest for violating the
law, se
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

Proceedings have been instituted against the
oteri by this Government for violation Of the
neutrality laws In the Spanish Honduras in.
surrection. Upon demand of the Hondurian
Consul in New York Secretary of the Treasury
Foster yesterday directed Collector of Customs
The National tribune., 1892-07-21

The House Committee on Indian Affairs last
week agreed to resolution authorizing a SUBJ
committee to proceed to the Indian Territory
during the coming recess and make an investi-
CATION into the conditions prevailing there
among the people, the object of the investiga-
ton being to ascertain the fitness of the Terri
tory for admission into the Union as State.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

On the Sd the levee in front of the
Bell Chase plantation, on the right
bank of the Mississippi river Is miles
below New Orleans, caved in. and in a
few minutes a crevasse of fiftyfour feet
wide and six feet deep was raging.
The break will cause great loss to many
planters in the lower coast
The Tennessee militia has been re-
called from the Oliver Spring mines
with view to a peaceful settlement OF
the troubles in the mining region.
BUSINESS failures occurring through.
out the country during the seven days
ended on the Sd numbered for the
United States lis, and for Canada 81. a
total of 207, as compared with 1893 the
previous week and 224 for the CORE
spending week of last year.
WHAT is believed to be, the largest
aerolite ever known to have fallen is
lying in the Caspian sea short dis
tance from the peninsula Of Apsheron
So enormous is it that it projects twelve
feet above the water, and save for its
fused black crust, which gives it Che
appearance of having been vanished,
it has the appearance of being one of
the usual rocky forma tions met with
along the coast.
great Calumet and Hecla copper mine
in upper Michigan. The company
threatens to discharge all employees who
are members of the Knights of Labor
or any other labor organization. A
long struggle is expected, as the unions
are very strong at Calumet.
THE French government is calling
the English government to an account
for recent massacres of French Catholic
missionaries in Africa by British Protes-
tant soldiers.
A SHEPHERD dog, the property of ,Io-
seph Langin, of ST. Louis, plunged into
the river at the foot of Soulard street,
and seizing Joseph Reinhart, Germnn,
21 years old, who had jumped in WITH
suicidal intent, by the collar of his coat,
swan with him to the shore, thus res
cuing him from certain death.
IT is stated that the Pittsburgh Forge
and Ircn Co., which employs 1000 men
in their Allegheny (Pa.) works, have
notified their men that on July gen.
eral reduction in wages must be made,
irrespective of any scale or rules the
Amalgamated association may deter
mine upon.
THE board of trade and citizens re-
lief committee of Pine Bluff, Ark. have
notified the public that no more help
is needed there.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Mrs. HENRY THOMAS, of Cadiz, O., sent
her 9-year-old son Willie to a store tc
buy snuff on the Sd. Later the boy was
found dead near his house with his
mouth full of snuff. 1t is supposed that
he had Undertaken to use it was stran-
gled to death.
AT o'clock on the morning OF shs
5th, Oil City and Titusville Pa.) were
visited by a terrible calamity. The
bursting of a dam seven miles up Oil
creek caused sudden food which in
undated large portion of the cities,
resulting in the destruction of much
property and the loss of many lives.
While the flood was at its height, the
bursting of several oil tanks and the
ignition of the fluid, which spread
abroad upon the surface of the waters,
carried death in its most terrible form
and devastation everywhere. The loss
of human life was horrible, various esti-
mates placing it at from fifty to nearly
200.
EDITH GoRDAN, of Little Rock, Ark.
who was under arrest charged With
putting poison in the food at the Woot-
en- house. where she was cook, has beer
held to await the action OF the grand
Jury.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 9Th, Ed
ward Mcmillan, the wife murderer, was
hanged in the Jail yard The drop fell
II 1925 a. M. and in nine minutes ne
was pronounced dead. His neck was
hroLan He killed his wife, while
drunk, on February 30, 1891.
AT Grayson. KY, Austin Porter, q q
wife murderer, was taken from the ]ali
bv mob, at o'clock on the morning
of the 9th, and hanged to a railroad
bridge.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11
A NEBRASKA CYCLONE.
1t Demolishes n Church Filled with Peo
ple-Other Damages.

pIe-Other Damages.
McCooK, Neb., June 5.-A well-de-
fined cyclone struck this city about 4
o'clock yesterday, coming from the
southwest out of clear sky. 1t struck
the Congregational church, frame
structure and completely demolished it..
Rev. w. c. Stevenson and about forty
of the teachers and pupils were in the
church at the time. None were killed
though the following were injured;
Rev w. c. Stevenson, seriously in
jured on the head and hip.
Ruth Creswell, bruised about the
spine.
May Creswell, leg and jaw broken.
Danny McAlpine, bruised about head
and face cut.
Harry Campbell, injured on head and
hip.
Maud McMillen, shoulder injured.
Mabel Perry, arm and leg injured.
Others we've more or less injured, but
not seriously. Many outbuildings,
awnings, chimneys and porches were
torn down and scattered about the
streets. Wagons were upset and a
number of teams ran away, causing
consterna ton and confusion.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

| THE House on the sth passed the bills
| for the admission of Arizona and New
Mexico as States.
A CYCLONE struck Cleburne, Texas,
on the 9th, demolishing forty-two
houses and fatally iniurlng DR.. Prescott
and his wife, A number of other per-
sons were more or less seriously hurt by
falling walls and flying debris. Crops
were greatly damaged.
THE bodies of five dead infants have
been found secreted under the stones of
the walk by the Chicago police, who
will make further investigation. The
police think they were left there by the
agents or generals Of some lying-in hos
pital.
JUDGE C. REED has been challenged
to fight duel by Nicholas Bird, we'll
known lawyer of Wichita, Kansas. So
anxious was Attorney Bird that his
written challenge should not miscarry
that he sent it as registered package,
and when this was returned unopened,
he employed a friend to personally de-
liver a note to the Judge.
ANDREW CELL and his wife were ar
rested at Wheeling, w. Va, on the 9th,
for burying 4-year-old baby alive in
slack coal pile near a mine dump. Some
railroad men heard q whining noise and
dug the child out The only explana-
ton the parents gave was that the baby
was mo good.
The Hatch anti-option bill passed the
House on the 9th by a vote of 16s to 46.
HENRY BALDWIN, colored, convicted
of train wrecking, and sentenced for ten
wears in the pen, escaped from the jail
at Helena, Ark, on the 9th, in broad
i day light. The jailer sent him in the
ward for tub in which to deposit the
trash swept from the cells. He scaled
the fence in jiffy, and was out of sight
before the jailer missed him.
NEWS comes from Grayson, KY, to the
effect that mob of $50 men came in
from Willard on the 9th. The men
went to the Jail and demanded Austin
Poiler, the wife murderer. Securing
the prisoner they returned to Willard
and hanged him from bridge near
there.
OWING to the numerous fires that have
occurred recently at Helena, Ark, and
which bore evidence of incendiary
origin. the city authorities have adver-
t:sed reward of $500 for the capture
and conviction of any party who has
committed the oTense.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 4th Secretary of State Blaine
rendered his resignation to the presi-
dent, and it was promptly accepted.
In an interview Mr.. Blaine was made
to say that this action was in no way
the result of the near approach of the
Republican national nominating con-
vention, but was caused by the false
light in which he was made to appear
before the public by reason of his con-
slant mention in connection with the
presidency and its implied treachery to
the administration, of which he was a
member, becoming unbearable.
IT is believed that the coming confer
ence between the czar of Russia and the
emperor or Germany has deep politi-
cal significance.
UP to the 4th no advices had been
received from Capt Lugard relative to
the alleged excesses committed in
Uganda. The East Africa Co. has de-
cided to withdraw its expedition at the
end of the year, and has notified the
church missionary society, which sub
scribed E16.000 toward the cost of the
Lugard expedition and to protect the
after fight their own battles.
Gov. FLOWER of New York has par
doned the labor agitator, Joseph Baron
dess, who was sentenced to Sing Sing
for blackmail in obtaining 800 from the
cloak firm of Popkin s. Marks, New
York city, on the promise that he would
send their cloak makers back to work.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, who has
been there, describes the government of
Samoa as sort of comic-opera affair.
On the 9Th the house of representa-
tives passed bills admitting New Mexico
and Arizona into the Union.
On the 9th the Baptist ministers Of
New York voted confidence in Rev.
Thomas Dixon, now under arrest for
libeling an excise commissioner.
The governor of Pennsylvania has
issued proclamation asking for relief
for the storm, flood and fire sufferers of
the northwestern portion of the state.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11

RUSSIAN exhibit which will be ex.
amlned with great deal of interest at
me Columbian Worlds fair will be
mat made of the products of its sugar
INDUSTRY. The government itself will
make the exhibit. and. it is to be hoped,
VIII exhibit also the machinery and ap-
phances by which sugar is produced in
mat country. Russia is such vast
country that it embraces almost every
variety of climate, but our idea of it.
oelng gained from the frigid north, is
ehtreiy opposite to that of ita as sugar
producing country. Thousands OF peo-
PIE In the United States will certainly
oe interested in knowing just how Rus
sla makes sugar.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11

YEN. MILES is becoming an enthusiast
on 'he subject of the bicycle for army
use lie has followed up his expert
A!sht OF sending message by relay
.luers to New York by another trial of
'ne wheel, in which regular soldiers
Mefe sent out, carrying covering, pro-
,; 'slons and cooking implements in addi-
~, ,,oh 10 their arms and accoutrements.
-ne ride from Pullman to Chicago
seells 10 have been more of success
aohl practical standpoint than that
non chicago to New York. The ten
soiuiers made the trip from Pullman in
me ana one-half hours, distance for
nich the regular infantry would re-
ebl dbl.e nve hours. Apparently the only
oos'acle to the use of the bicycle by the
oa 10y IN this country is the villainous
e'hoition of the public roads.
Huntsville gazette., 1892-06-11
HUNTSVILLE. ALA. SATURDAY, JUNE II, 1892.

The victims of the fire IN the Berkeu-
berg mine at Przibram, Bohemia, are
now estimated at 500
On the 9th the dead at Oil City and
Titusville, Pa. were estimated at from
$50 to 200 in the first-named town and
at about 100 in the latter. Not half of
the bodies had been recovered. Help
is urgently needed by the suffering and
homeless families.
DIR. BUCHANAN, of New York city, has
been arrested, charged with killing his
wife by poison.