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ment has repeatedly been set forth. in cable DIS
patches and otherwise. But il was mere nretcyt
A' the moment, now many years ago. when France
began the work Of colonial expansion in Tonauin
ana adjacent parts, at that moment was the pres
ent campaign against Siam begun, in intent if not
In fact The scheme then was to absorb. in one
way or another, all doubtful or disputed territory
IN lndo-Chlna, and TO bring the boundaries OF the
French colonies TO march with the boundaries OF
Siam, and Of Siam in the narrowest sense There
would be- just enough OF the latter left 10 serve
as buffer between France and England as AZ
shanistan serves elsewhere between Russia and
England.
The basin of the Semoun. which is a portion
OF the Me Kong basin is separated from the basin
Of the Meinam which represents Siam, properly
so called, by mountainous and desert region.
his region constitutes a natural and scientific
frontier between the basin of the Ne Kong and the
basin of the Mcinam. This mountainous frontier
should he looked upon by France the natural
limit Of her lndo- Chinese empire in the direction
Of Siam"
Thus wrote NJ J. L. de Lanessan, Governor OF
the French possessions in lndo-China, sever years
ago. His scheme simply contemplated the con-
iscation Of half of Siam. 1t was as though New
York should say the Connecticut River forms a
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property he left her and her husband to make home
on It best they could. Willis Wells. now nearly
pntrS trade YESTERDAY said Major Dent Used to
give Grant work his farm along with the negroes.
when he rode ont among the men on his pony, 1t is
evident however. that Wells has never yet bee IN.
said he Grant couldn't talk at all lie belonged TO
a little deban club down here, and all he could ever
brothers. though could debate with any of ON. They
were enough sight Snartern he ever was; Grant wa.
mnn than Grant. Buell. used TO own forty acres
right over here Just across one forty from Grants.
An old neglbor who was Il schoolmatc Of Julia
Dent. and who has been a resident of the vicinity
for seventy three years saws he spent many an even
Ing In ne cabin In Grants time; ana dancri many
at the l"i Of the front ID door Which was used as
parlor and Siting-room. Grant" he said. was not
fond Of dancing but preferred quiet game of cards
casions:" captain. Grant. as the old neighbors
sim call him. was fond Of hunting when he lived herr
and often went out after wildcats and coons He
was always ready. said one old man. - TO get up and
com" ont With us II We called for him In the night to
20 coon hunting H. enjoyed chasing the hounds as
much n any OF us
g. {. Cannon was among those who attended the
anciion S,l, to which General Grant audes IN his
Memoirs" and 1t was he who bought The wagon with
which Grant drew wood to 81: Louis. The old wagon
Common a.,aadoncd it, and has preserved only one
relIc. Noah Reavis. Of Old Orchard, has in his pos
session stil an od.fashoned - bullion gnes plough
which he received from Grant IN part payment for an
amount due ReaviS for cutting cordwood. III re-
calling those early pioneer days With Grant Mr..
lesson said:
" knew Grant we'll. and there was better
npighbor or a more industrious man. While he lived
here he was very poor. but he was hard worker,
and respected by MS ncighbor>. lie conld ,wns
an axe with any OF the BOYS. and the first turner
In hi, section that hauled cord and hall OF
wood to i. Louis with two horses once. "hrn pc
came back after the To visit III" old lay an me
iows maj never lad any u.s. for HIN when H. was
moor and had said all OF mean things about him
were Tho first TO crowd around him ana shake nanca
win him ! didn't jdn In the crowd because didn't
want him 70 think any more anxious 10 see him
because he WAS President Of The United states.
was sitting ON a box BY the barn. and after while
he saw me. He left the crowd and came over to
where I was lie grabbed my hand and said. How
are voH Asa old fellow | knew you too proud
TO come To- me- so came to YOU We had grand
time that day. 1t was the last time we ever met"
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CHILDREN'S LTLT5BIES.
PHILOSOPHER DISCOrRSES on THE DEGEN
FRACY or SONG.


The dcgencracy Of the present age said Mr..
Grcathcad softly, us 10 my mind better exempt
fed than In IN" songs sung 10 the children. Now.
when | Il yorng~ter. such melodies ~ tre"nvle,'
Come Whore the Lilies Bloom We Will Gather 10y
the River and 'IIuSha-by Baby I'm the Treetop. wer"
considered TO Doe the proper lunbcs lou can imngne
my surprise my dear sir. when. I'm course Of nth"
Oung, | heard some Of the songs which ar" us"d
nowadays to supcrinducc feeling "i slccpfi'"s
in the young. / walking In one of tn" parks
when heard young mother grooming To her infant
child. The strains seemed strangely AT variance with
the low sweet and drramke notes Of the conventional
lullaby and | drew nearer. Sir You haN" never had
ca,i0n before question my veraciy, ana trust
in thi, case that | shall not ovcrtaX your powers
Of belief.
As | am standing here, sir. that yonn1 "'fnan'
with The brow 0f Madonna ana complexion Ua'
would have held tine admiration OF Titan was sing
Ing 10 that child a topical song rm lInihe Dur
lsquc which has been running Tor the lat wv" vars
II u maudn song OF the Bowrry >, ,.,.. $500
Then the youns woman sang oi u hlhlInu'i' pr,
named William. who ha1 been 80 d''lI' NuFp,,"
In vice that he was III II every minute. /" cap uh
climax tho last strain, which greeted my 'aiN ~
hurried from the scene were III" notes o u Weir"
song made D. pular IN this country by an hhehs1 en-
cert-hall singer. II Is lao wonder; sri, .ra' Wv, ~,
Younger GENERATION arr pr,tnatur'N GU WIFI 'l
an early period their brain hbrr> hi" ihui n""" u,
tie yicous tendencies of a degencrat" age.
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item priest to be King. Then the King OF
Bramah, deeming it easy task to overthrow a
priest King invaded the land and sought to AFRO
cate 10 himself the exalted title of Lord OF the
White Elephant He marched with eight hundred
Thousand men, five thousand elephants. and 4
thousand pieces Of cannon, drawn ny bu1aoes ana
,hinoceroses With this stupendous force, the
muster roll of which calls TO mind FIrdusis pct
urinQs of Rustem's wars and the avenglng armies
Of Kai Khosrau he laid siege to the capital city
of SIAM Then followed innumerable and lncor-
ceivahlv desperate assaults and rcpulses. and such
furv and destruction only truth or an alto
pether matchlcss liar could relate. And in the
end the King of Bramah was fan TO raise TN"
siege and retreat to his own land; and the hins-
dom of Siam once more had peace.
Such however was the pcrversity OF the tribes
in the UPPER valley of the Me Kong that no lasting
neace WAS 70 he had. Again and again the chiefs
of Laos and their allies made trouble and again
and again were subdued by the King of Siam
Most notable of all these conflicts was that IN
1929. in the reign OF Chao Prdsat Thong. That
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nitude-the King Of Siam marched vigorously
against the Laotian marauders and crushed them
with mighty hand; and then returned TO meet
The fate of AgamemnOn, 10 the great sorrow OF MS
people A mighty pile says the portuguese
.was forthwith erected made of sandal, aloes,
ralembaa and benjamin. on which the body Of
Che deceased King being laid. fire was put TO H.
with a strange ceremony: during all the time that
the body was a-burning, the people did nothlhg
Int wall and lament beyond expression. After
a time the Queen and her paramount were sain'
at great banquet by Oyaa Passilico, King OF
Cambaya and Siam was thus left without ruler
until, fearing anarchy the mobiles elected one Pre-
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10 be seen. That any other power will interfere Il
not 10 be expected: and IN the ab>cnc" oil suca
interference Siam can make little resistance. \
few French gunhoats and half dozen regiments
Will quickly do what th" King of Hramah ana his
eight hundred thousand men failed 10 do. France
has now some fifteen warships in thoS. waters
none of them very formidable, bat cutie lmpn %
deal WIN the Insignificant navy Of siam ne
French commander il Rear-Admiral Edgar ~
mann. ana his flagship j. the Tromphante inns
IL q single screw arlnOrcd cruiser of i,l10 IONS
carrying SIX nine-inch and seven smaller guns
Then there are the Annamit" a transport the pr
fat, wooden cruiser: the inconsistent. a singh
screw wooden dispatch vessel the AlCuett", SOW
paddle dlspatch-boat, built OF wood the Lh,Ih'
Comete and Lion, single--crcw composite gun-N
sells; the Joaquin and Moulun. paiir ennnod,'
buiit OF steel; and five steel twin--crcw gunp'a,'
me Arquebns". Caronade. Cmrterrc. E'toc ana
Mutn'
AGAINST these, what has Siam to present? III, inc
navy possesses one protected cruiser, the VIA
Chahkri. which has been designed u serve AIS
as n royal yacht, and which. with a displacement
OF 2,lOO tons, carries four 4 finch and eight D.
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monarch ravagcd all Laos, and put the hedu c,i''
of it TO death with marvellous reiinemeh's VI mn
gerine torture. Thenceforth 1t was a9reeu ''"'
whoever bore sway in Laos must DO so uh"'' WV
approval of the King OF siam
Now many things have come TO pass
the days Of Mendez Pinto and these times anu
vast changes have been made throughout all lhu"'
China England has taken Burmah for hef own,
and SINGAPORE and France has set up coio"''',
empire in Tonquin, with suzcranty over Aha'n "'''
Cambogia The ease to-day is therefore '''i'
That Siam alone maintains its old integrity wiz ~.
the turbulent tribes of Laos still thorn !" =,
northeast side. Aad this thorn being uo"o.,,
pointed. has prcked the French as wen, a"''
stirred them up TO action in the Me Kong 'ane''
with a determinations since Siam in four cen,
turtles has failed TO do so, 10 subdlie ior an
time these people who are. or were, ali 'o''
eigns, exceeding rich and mighty in estates
The immediate provocation OF the present "''N
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/ LITERARY PR0DrGr ~ CHINA.

From The London Daily News. +, a., ,,,.
The marvellous child mrntlon'i IN me iii.,'
co~ics who ot lour wears old able 10 rccite the
$50 verse, OF T." Tang poetry a, wei aS r Ahcirht
Book OF OGcs has been rclipN'd ny an inah, proulsy
OF The s,," .e" who has presented himself nj the
recent LicrntIatc examinations a IiohS hong as a
candidate for literary honor lnr rnSu ""hs ,"
personally examined This tiny candidate ana Iound
that The child could write concise essay on lhe SUD
jecf that hid hen given him. although. OF course In
an infnntiI scr,wI II Is observed by Il local com
menininr t,,t II now remains only for the Literary
Chancellor to PAS the prodigy he can be styled
n having entered the portals OF ne DriIo gale
late
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FOUNDER quck-iring and fifteen machine guns but
this vessel constitutes the whole of its serious
strength. In addition there are two wooden cor
eight guns and the gunboats Apollo. $50 Gladys,
800; Coronation, 2s5: Phra Tabong, 60, and Rukit
Linga, 80 tons. together with the small dispatch
vcsSl Mahat Ralkunis. and tho yachts UbDn Bl-
rakit, 4j3 Vcsatri. 263. and Ndhai Rljahith. so
tons. These arr practically the only Government
craft which could he employed in defensive opera
tions. nor are the land forces particularly for
mdable. The standing arlaY numbers only about
$4,000 men, though of course the whole Of the
male population is liable 10 be called out in case
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lapes Of his realm, absolutely alone ana un- =,
I'd, with perfect safety. There is not nSno =.
all the kingdom that would be turned at"'"''
him. Nor does any one think of asking nun ~
change the form OF government IN any
The people are TOO faithful worshippcrs OF 'nc ~"
~ things as they are. Beside tlat they ar d"
courteous folk. and assurcdly il would ." 20"
form 70 suggest 10 their monarch that every mn
/. not lust as right a. right can be. n1ou'''u"
the kim would he very glad to ma"e various
forms if he were asked to do 90, II the ne'" VI
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THE FATE OF SIAM
FEUDS OF OLD TINES STILL TROUBLESOME
THE TRIBEsNEN OF LAos-sIAM AND THE
GREAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
NAYAL STRENGTH OLE TILE
EASTERN KINGDOM

EASTERN KINGDOM
I'm the mean time very certain news came 70
the King of Siam that the King of Cbiammav
allied with the Timocouhos, Laos and Gucos noo.
pie which on the northeast hold the most mart Of
that country above Capimpcr and Passiloco. and
are all sovcrcigns. exceeding rich and mighty in
estates, had laid siege t. the town Of Oultcrann.
with the death of above thirty thousand men. and
OF Oyaa Capimper, Governor and Lieutenant ( en-
eral Of all that frontier"
Thus far that redOubtable adventurer, Ferdi-
nand Mendez fInto, the Portuguese, from whose
"Perigrinacao, says Professor Arninus Vambery.
"we may derive much that is instructive and in
, terestlng We may assurcdly derive this at any
rate That q good three centuries and half ago
the tribes oil Laos and of the upper Mekong Valley
were thorn in the side of the King OF Siam. Il
We further credit him-and why not though Con
greve dubbed him type of a liar Of the first mag
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make no effort TO pay Of their ndebtc nc>s, but
are entirely willing to be- seized and cnsavcd
The greatest evil Of this system is. Therefore. IN
the fact that il encourages shiftlr,snc>s AM I'M
providence and 50 dcmoraliz"S the industrial me
of the nation The remedy for il will be found IN
the growth of foreign enterprises. Europeans set
Ting there hire Chinese and Malay laborT-, wip
are better workers than the INDECENT Siamc>'. II
will pr ,cntly, therefore, be- found that FREE labor
is actually cheaper and more effective than slave"
labor and the latter will give place to the former
Practically, there is between Franc" ald
Siam How far the Republic will push it remains
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Of emergency Every male in the country. with
few exceptions, above the age Of tweniy-one years
has to rv. with the color, Tor thitF month, every
veal Tl, Government is said 10 POSSES over
81. OO1 stanG of arms and scveral cannon >, me
Siamesn army i 10 some extent cilccrcd by Faro
pcans and Of late years 1t has largely Increased
It's equipment But it could make no serious stand
AGAINST a FrnncE force. numerically by taf It's IN
t"rOr -,
cially regrcttahe between France and Siam, for
reasons of sentiment and ancient association: IL
is true that the Portuguese 'lrst visited the Ldhd
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Of the White Elephant. But France was first to
establish regular diplomatic relations thrr"wlth 10
s.ud fbithcr an embas-y. AMI to receive il return
a stately embassy of SlamcSe. Tins came 10 pass
- lono ago A. the reign OF Louis XIV The Great
Monarch h:-l in view the conversion OF the siam,
49,. KIM 10 Christianity. a. we'll rs n polllical
,llionr. and he sent 10 Bangkok ar ambassador
and a number of priests The ambassador was re-,
c,iVcI with such attention ~ had newer been PAID
10 any other visitor, and told by the wise men
If tu,. cort TO nI> great Wondrrm"nt, that II" hdd
visited Siam thousand years before, in an earlier
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incarnatlOn Nor was any ack OF courtesy Shown
10 the Slancsc embassy AZ Versailles whcrr indeed
is app arancc commanded TN" Greatest admiration.
At that very time. moreover, Frcnchman was
the Foreign Minister of the King OF Siam and, by
odd chance. another Frcnchman holds that place
TODAY. while Siamr>c royal prince Is now visit
ng th" French Republic Vet all such things
count little when once hostilitcs have well brgun.
The killing of Il French commissioner on the No
ll6ne the forcing of the fort, on the Mcnau, aai,
perhaps above all, the dcSir" for colonial "\pan-
sion and the erection Of scientific frontier IN
mcasurably outweigh all the fair words Of the
Great Monarcl. and il il ato-rth"r 10 D' "N-
pcctcd that before the present incident is ended
the map Of Siam will greatly have been remadc.
The record-union., 1893-01-03

Decision IN Railroad Case in
Oregon.

Decision IN Railroad Case in
Oregon.
SALEM orr. Jan. I'm the Supreme
Court to-day, in the case of T. E. Hogg,
receiver of the Oregon Pacific VS.. Will
lam Mackey, Sheriff Of Benton County,
the decree of the Court below was re-
versed, and the complaint dismissed.
This is a suit to enjoin the Sheriff from
collecting State and county taxes as
sessed and levied upon property of the
plaintiff for 1889, and involves the con-
struction of an Act providing for the con-
struction of the Willamette Valley and
coast railroad, which Act provided that
the twenty years following its passage
no taxes should be assessed or collected
by the State upon the railroad company's
property.
The decision says the construction is
that this section is in violation of the
provisions OF the Constitution of this
State THAT all taxation shall be equal
and uniform"
The decision was in favor of defend
ants. The taxes involved amount to
$40, 900.
The record-union., 1893-01-03
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

special TO the RECoRD-UNION.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. "A little after 8
o'clock this afternoon Harry Ii. Morgan
of the Laclede Gaslight Company, high
in society, shot and badly wounded his
brother-in-law, A. P. Edgerton. 1t can
not now be told whether the latter will
live or die. The parties concerned are
among the most prominent society people
in the city. Morgan is a son OF Judge
Morgan of New York.
Trouble began some time back with
discussions between Morgan and his
wife, Mrs. Morgan charging her husband
with subjecting her to indignities and
cruelty. He in turn charged her with re-
ceiving attentions from other men, and
said he intended to bring a suit for di-
vorce, threatening to summon as CO.
respondents five of the best known So
ciety men in the city, whose names he
mentioned at the time
A truce was declared, however, and a
separation determined upon, the only
living child remaining with the mother
Last November Morgan kidnapped the
child, and Mrs. Morgan sought legal ad-
vice. Saturday a warrant was secured
for abandonment, and another for abduc-
ton. y writ of habeas corpus was also
served upon Morgan, requiring him to
produce the child.
Tonight Edgerton, Mrs. Morgan's
brother, and Morgan met. Hot and angry
words followed. Morgan drew a pistol
and fired, with the result already told.
Mrs. Morgan will sue for a divorce.
and it is expected the sensational alIega-
tions made by her husband will take the
nature of a cross bill.
The record-union., 1893-01-03

Special to the RECORD MON.
SAN FRANCIsCo, Jan. "A fire in the
stable at 362 Natoma street at 9 o'clock
this morning caused the alarm from box
81. One woman perished and another
had very narrow escape from death by
sutfocation.
The infialnmabIe nature of the contents
of the stable rendered it impossible for
the firemen to check the flames before
the two-story wooden building had been
completely Quilted.
Directly over the stable were a number
of rooms. which were occupied last night
by Mrs. Murphy and a visiting friend
named Mrs. Johanna Hayes. Last night
the two women celebrated New Years
by getting tipsy and retired this morning
very much under the influence ofliquor.
Mrs. Murphy did not know this morning
just exactly how it happened, but says
that she left a Christmas candle burning
in an adjoining bedroom in the front of
the building. a stableman who was
down stairs before the fire started says it
must have been a lamp that caused the
destruction, for he had distinctly heard
an explosion just before the flames broke
out. At all events the partition in one of
the two upper front rooms facing Natoma
street took fire and the flames penetrated
rapidly to the twenty tons of hay below.
When the smoke began to issue in
black volumes through the cracks in the
floor of her bedroom Mrs. Murphy reused
herself, and throwing up her front win
dow, yelled Justify for aid. Before assist
ance came, however, the frantic and half
delirious woman had showed herself
through the open window 4 was hang
ing on the sill. a crowd gathe4 rapidly
and ladder wasrun up to the rescue.
But the smoke gave the unfortunate
Mrs. Hayes, the visitor, no such warning,
and she perished miserably in the hor-
rOrs Of sufiocation. She had occupied a
room in the back of the upper floor, and
1t would seem that her excited hostess
had forgotten her friends presence, for
she told the rescuers nothing of Mrs.
Hayes, and it was only after the firemen
had arrived and made their way through
the volume OF smoke to the upper story
in order TO pass a hose through that
the woman's terrible position was ascer-
tanned.
black smoke which filed the apartment.
and choking and gasping, seized the pros
trate form on the bed and rushed to the
front window with his burden. The
crowd outside cheered as they saw the
lifeless form borne to the street below.
but the fireman's efforts had been un-
availing.
The woman was put into waiting
patrol wagon and driven quickly to the
Receiving Hospital. There, upon exam
ination, it was found that lite was extinct.
The dead woman was the divorced wife
of Police Officer Maurice Hayes.
The horses and wagons were got out in
time to save them, but sixty tons of hay
and grain went up in flames. One thou
sand dollars will cover the loss ON both
buildings and contents.
The record-union., 1893-01-03
HARE AND HOUNDS.
Results of Yesterdays Coursing Match
at Bay View Park.

Results of Yesterdays Coursing Match
at Bay View Park.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 2-The second
days meet at the Pacific Coursing Club
to-day brought together larger crowd
than on Sunday. The races We're as fol-
lows: Kerrigan's Chicopee beat Tiernan's
Catherine Hayes; Hunters Play Boy
beat Wieland's Examiner; Tiernan's
Glen Farren beat Periga's Wee Lassie;
Pinard's Cleverness beat Hough's Dexter;
Gerdes' Judge Morrow beat Perigo's
Longtellow; Byrne's Nellie Bly, beat Nc
Cracken's Donard, who had been sub
stituted for Darragh's Peacemaker.
First ties-k errigan's Chickopee beat
Hunters Play Boy; Pinard's Cleverness
beat Tiernan's Glen Darren; Byrne's
Nellie Bly, beat Gordes' Judge Morrow.
Second ties - Kerrigan's Chickopee
beat Pinard's Cleverness; Byrne's Nellie
Bly, ran bye.
Final-Nellie BLY, beat Chicopee, get
ting the first prize of $50; Chicopee sec
ond, so; Cleverness third, $40.
The record-union., 1893-01-03
MURDER OF SMELL.
Tascott Plays the Part of Scapegoat
to shield q Prominent Chicapnan

Tascott Plays the Part of a ScaDepoat
to Shield a Prominent Chicagoan,
CHICAGO, Jan. "A morning paDer
has an interview with Detective DYER.
who probably knows more than anybody
else in regard to the murder of A. J..
Smell, millionaire of this city. The in
terview grew out of a statement tele-
graphed from the West. that Jules Beau
vais, miner recently returned from
Alaska, declared that w. B. Tascott. for
whose arrest as Snelrs murderer big re-
ward was at one time offered, was there.
Dyer declares that Tascott is not the
murderer of Smell, but consented to act
the part of scapegoat in order to shield
a man who did and who is a prominent
man still in Chicago, and has spent for
tune in covering up the crime.
Dyer declares that Beauvais knew Tas-
colt in Chicago, and therefore should
know what he is talking about.
He says the real murderer hired Tascott
to go with him and rob the Smell resi-
dence; that Smell heard them and came
down stairs. and that the man mentioned
killed him.
Tascott. he declares, could have been
arrested many times over if really
wanted.