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Evening star., 1893-10-07


A reporter Of the Chicago Times collected
together a few details Of the denouement
of the story of Mrs. Glover's adventure,
but border fights and mining tragedies are
so common in the newspaper records of
the west that the tragedy of Topping 8
Gulch did not count for much suppose in
Chicago, and there were side lights and
of the early history Of Gunnison City that
seemed to me worthy of a personal inter-
view with Ebenezer Topping. and prefer
to relate the finish of the story in his own
words:
1T was this way. You see. I never took
much stock In the friendship Of Abner Dig
ges He might hev been kinder square
at fust, because he meant to have Silas for
his pard, seein' as the Young feller seemed
afeard of him and as he could insure him
agen hostility In the camp: not as Silas
wanted that, but as / said before, he SEEM
ed kinder fearful OF the Enifer, and with
reason SEEM as he was the fighting boss
of the camp, and nary man cared to go
agen him.
.'Silas would arsk me curious questions,
to get rid Of him. Would ! kill him? And
how?- a quarrel, or what? Likewise
whether I'd give him a chance: And 1 re-
members that said. Well. I'd most likely
bust him in the snoot fust AMI drop bullet
into him after
And the lad would say he murdered the
dearest friend he had in the world, and
more'n once I'd see the tears coursin down
his cheeks which told him was womanish
and unworthy. though ! confessed as I'd
given way myself when poor Ned Glover
was buried
And l took the lad and showed him
where we planted his friend, and see as II
took him all his time to hold off piping his
eyes afresh Well, that's how things went
on, except that every time [ see the knifer
alone he generally contrived to say a nasty
thing or two, hoping to provoke me- but
wouldn't have no truck with him that way
"One day it was kinder holiday in the
CAMP bein a birthday, OF the report of
striking a new lead, or some other excuse
for a spree, and thought i'd just go up to
the Bend and see about Il barrel of -four as
oughter hev come to camp the day afore;
and l left Abner Digges havin' a sort of
sham fight with my young rard and a-teach-
in him lodges with the knife and how To
be wary Of the man who covered you with
his gum and on: l was takin a drink "A
piece away from where the two opposite
looking Inhabitants of the camp was a
sparring in a friendly way; and he certainly
did appear to be a-showin Silns some sub
tie guards and attacks both with knife and
pistol; and there was a ring gradually form
in round in front of the bar; and there was
O'Malley's cart awaitin', and OF goes to
the Bend q -givin' the tip to Kentucky Rust
one Of the best fellows in the camD tcs keep
an eye on my pard and tell him where I'll
gone and when I'd be back.
"Well. don't suppose I was gone more'n
an hour when coming back to the camp
Evening star., 1893-10-07


That night the woman lay in the very
bunk in which her husband had slept. Top
pings hut was the best in the camp He
worked the largest claim; indeed he was
the pioneer of the Gulch, and was the most
prosperous man of the entire community.
Moreover, he saved his money. He had no
great faith in the permanence of the
famous find of gold, though it promised to
be the making of a city.
He had taken to Ned Glover soon after
the young fellows arrival, made him first
his companion and then elected him-the
very day before he was killed-to be his
pard, at the same time holding out to him
hopes of a future in which there might be
a division Of profits past and prospective.
Trial had Of course, to be made Of Glov-
er's bona fdes, and the result would as
suredly have been satisfactory had not the
bully of the camp suddenly widowed the
loving wife of the Industrious and worthy
adventurer from Chicago.
Mrs. Glover could not sleep. She eX-
| amined every crevice of the cabin which
had been relegated to her. Ned's pistols
still hung over the truckle bed. His hat
and boots, his pick and shovel. were laid
upon his oak chest, IL ready for use
The young widow sobbed silently as she
kissed the commonest thing he had touch
ed. In leather bag, of which Topping
gave her the key, she found her own let
ters a lock of her own hair and few
small nuggets of gold, the last results of the
dead mans labors.
Il felt as somebody'd come along as
knowd him, and its kinder lucky that you
should be the feler to fulfill what l was a
thinkn', though l never hoped to have a
new pard was his friend and a new pard
that reminded me of him, his ways and his
sayinS; and l score one in my calendar
agen Mr.. Abner Digges that'n hev to be
wiped out one of these days. But there. let
that red-letter item stick by the wall. Good
night, pard; We'll talk of Digges the Knifer
tomorrow"
The next day Old Top introduced the new
con er to the boys, and it was plain to see
that the murderous Digges took agen"
Silas Goode. The fact that the lad knew
Ned Glover was agen him; his clean and
decent dress and manner were agen him;
and Digges noted with a curl Of his ugly
Evening star., 1893-10-07
THE SUPREME COURT
Recent Changes That Make 1t
Almost New Body.
STORIES ABOUT TIE JUSTICES.
Interesting Condolences Found in
Their Lives.
MEN OF FAMOUS ANCESTRY.
STORIES ABOUT TIE JUSTICES
MEN OF FAMOUS ANCESTRY.

8Jl
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
PRESIDENT AND SENATE.
Cleveland Still Determined Not to Give Up
the Battle.

Cleveland Still Determined Not to Give Up
the Battle.
louisville, KY, October 16-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Courier
Journal says of the attitude of the ad-
ministration toward a compromise on the
silver question:
Late this Sunday evening the Eve
ming Journal correspondent called to see
the Secretary of the Treasury and those
Democratic United States Senators who
are known to represent the views of the
President and the administration upon
this interesting topic, which for the last
three months has absorbed nearly all OF
the public mind These gentlemen assert
Dositiyely and emphatically that SO far as
the Administration and it's friends are
concerned, no proposition whatever look
ing to the continued purchase OF silver
bullion will be entertained. They say
that the President stands tonight-and
two of these gentlemen talked TO him
this afternoon-where he has stood from
the start. for the unconditional repeal of
the Sherman act.
"These gentlemen say, furthermore,
that the President believes that the situ-
alton in the Senate at the present time
involves a more SERIOUS dilt lilOIt luOlucH-
tous issue than the simple question OF
the repeal of the Sherman act. 1t in
wolves the question of whether or not the
Democratic party will be allowed to re-
deem it's pledges to the people by passing
a tariff for revenue only and repeating
the Federal election laws. In q word,
the question is not whether the Sherman
act can be repealed, but whether Dem
ocratic majority in the Senate shall be
ruled by personal interest and selfish
minority.
aThe President and the Administration
believe that they must hold their grip
upon this qustion and not loosen their
hold until it is settled by the passage of
the unconditional repeal bill, even if it
takes all of this year and next to accom-
plish it.
1.-THE Courier Journals correspondent
asked the Secretary of the Treasury to-
night if there were indications of waver-
ing among the friends of repeal in the
Senate. He answered in the negative
and added that he believed the sentiment
for repeal was stronger in the Senate to-
day than it was at the beginning of the
fight. Under these conditions compro-
mise, or rather surrender upon the part
of the Administration, is not in sight,
all reports to the contrary notwithstand-
ingn
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
OUT AND IN.
Employees at Kittery Navy Yard Removed
and New Men Appointed.

Portsmouth, N. H., October 16.-No-
tice of the following removals and ap-
pointments has been received at the ma
Wy yard, from Washington, today: D. A.
Hill, Kittery, Democrat, writer in the
naval constructors Office, at S1017.25 per
annum, removed, and D. Webster Barna-
hes Of this city, Republican, appointed
to the position, from which che was re-
moved few months ago; Moses A. SAT-
ford, Kittery, Rep, clerk in the equip
meht department and clerk of the board
of registration, $1,000 per annum, re-
moved, and D. A. Hill, Kittery, Dem,
appointed; Thomas F. Staples, Eliot,
Rep, clerk in the steam engineering de-
partment, S14O0 per annum, removed,
and succeeded by Ed Chase of Kittery,
DEM; Albert McKenney. Eliot, Rep,
skilled laborer., in the department. of
supplies and accounts at the general
store, $2.56 per day, removed, and sue
ceeded by Samuel j. Keene. Kittery,
DEM; Benjamin F. Curtis, Newcastle,
Rep, messenger, $500 per day, removed,
and Alfred NJ. Lang, Of this city, Rep,
appointed
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
Were the Jurors Bribed?

San Francisco, Cal, October 1e.-The
Examiner publishes a four-column arti-
Gle in regard to the bribery of four mem
bers of the jury in the last trial OF M. B.
Curtis, and the attempt of the bribers to
collect $4,000 from Curtis, under threats
has appealed to the sheriff of Of Fresno res no
county for protection, and deputy has
been assigned as his body guard. The
story, as told by Attorney Wilson, who
defended Curtis, implicates one McMan,
us. a notorious politician, and Senator
william j. Dunn as the bribers. and
Tom Mcfarland and nd 9. $. Coy as two Of
the four iurymeein ~ VINO I, We're to be brlbed.
claimed a9o sso6o for bribing McFariana a 9an and
Gov and two other jurors, whose names 1rsals
lad S aauthcffzsd them Is W doit, it, Sartis is
denies this allegation.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
LOST IN THE WOODS.
A Bay State Sportsman Found senseless
in Maine Forest.

Bangor, October 16.-A man who
arrived in this city last night from the
woods reports that man named Sutton
of Springfield, Mass, whose full name
he could not learn, had just finished a
long and weary tramp after having been
lost. He was one of party of Massachu-
setts and New York men who were stay
ing at a lumbermen's camp near Mt.
Katahdin. They had guide and cook,
and were enjoying life hugely.
One morning the first of last week SUIT
ton arose earlier than the others and
word for the others, thinking he would
shoot deer before breakfast. He had
had nothing to eat SO he took a couple
of biscuits in his pocket, expecting to be
gone only an hour. He had only small
number of cartridges with him and no
compass. He had not gone far when he
discovered traces of big game, and,
was on the other side of pond. He
started off at once with all speed and
much caution to get around to place
where he could obtain a good shot. He
travelled some distance, but the deer be-
came aware of his presence and darted
into the woods.
Sutton followed the trail for some six
miles, SO intent upon the chase that he
neglected to take any bearings or make
any mark upon the trees which would
facilitate his return. Finally, after
giving up all hopes of getting any big
game that morning, he set out upon his
return. He went on, he thought, in the
path by which he had gone and tramped
and tramped without coming to any
place which looked familiar. After some
time he began to realize that he was lost
in the trackless forest and then he tried,
as coolly as possible, to :" find himself"
After vainly endeavoring for long
time to find some track which would
lead him to camp, he took to shouting
and firing bis gun, in the hope the noise
would attract the attention Of the other
member Of his party He shouted him
self hoarse and nearly exhausted his
ammunition with no success. Then he
started off again on his weary tramp,
finally bringing up in the place from
which he started. His walk in circle
was repeated several times. The day was
His cartridges finally became exhausted,
and then he threw away his gun.
Darkness came on, and with no shelter
but the trees and nothing to eat, he
passed the most miserable night OF his
existence. He said afterwards that he
would not repeat that experience for
untold wealth. Completely unneryed, he
spent nlBnG OF Terror, Ioarlug w o1oso
his eyes. The night was cold and he
suffered severely.
In the meantime the other members of
the party had become worried at his long
absence, and went in search of him.
They stayed out all day and the next
morning returned to the search. About
dark on the second day, they came upon
Sutton lying unconscious beneath tree.
He was taken back to camp many miles
distant. and given the best attention
possible. For three days he was delirious,
but on Friday he managed to tell his
story. He is very weak, but will
probably recover in time.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
SENATE and PRESIDENT.
Teaching Cleveland to Request, Not
to Give Commands.
ONE EXPLANATION OF THE FAIL
URE OF THE REPEALERS.

The Administration, on the Other HAND
Reported To Be Still Determined on
Unconditional Repeal of the Sherman
Law-The Talk of Compromise Goes
Steadily On, However, and One May
Be Offered on Wednesday,
New York, October 16.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Press sends the
following:
The chill air of this October Sunday
has been warm with all sorts OF rumors
of compromise upon the silver question.
There have been many private confer
ences of Senators at their houses. The
hitch about silver compromise entangles
itself in the mooted question as to an
ultimate limit to the total amount OF
coinage, and as to the amount to be
coined each month.
IL appears to be generally conceded that
the future compromise, if one can be
reached, must include the increase of the
gold reserve, involving an issue OF bonds;
the removal of the prohibitory tax upon
state bank issues, which are to be
guarded by careful restrictions as to the
Securities for such currency; the coinage
of the seigniOrage now IN the treasury,
and the forcing of silver coin into general
circulation by the retirement OF all paper
notes of less denomination than $40, ex-
cept national bank notes, which are to
be issued at as low denomination as SO.
These are only general features, however,
and cannot yet be announced as definite
ly decided.
1t is almost impossible to describe the
CONSERVATION which pervades the inner
circles surrounding this highly exclusive
administration. 1t is we'll understood
would be impossible if it were not Tor
the strength of the anti-C Cleveland
faction in the Senate.
Unconditional repeal has been beaten
by its own professed friends, and chiefly
by Democratic Senators who wish to
impress upon Mr. Cleveland's mind the
lesson that they have it in their power to
thwart his plan and policy at any. time
and upon any subject. This is the un-
deriving political meaning of the present
situation. Hereafter the Presidents II
he wishes anything of Congress, must
ask. and not command; must peJlJ1oD,
and not threaten.
In retaliation for his refusal to remove
Republicans from office whose terms
have expired, and to appoint IN their
places the Democrats recommended by
Senators who oppose unconditional re-
peal, the senatorial foes OF Mr.. Cleveland
have been able to "hold up" his nomina-
tions in committee. 1t has been, for ex-
ample, source of great annoyance to
the administration that the confirmation
of Mr.. Hornblower as a justice of the
Supreme court has been prevented from
passing beyond the room of the commit
tee on the judiciary. The chairman of
this committee, Senator Pugh OF
Alabama, is pronounced friend of sill
yer. and he is also one Of the anti-Ad-
ministration Senators who have had the
courage to go to the White House and
tell MI. Cleveland what he has thus far
refused to believe, that he could not force
his policy Of unconditional repeal
through the Senate.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
FLOWER DEFENDS MAYNARD.
He Thinks 1t All Right to Steal If You
Think You Are Robbing THIEF.

New York, October 16.-The principal
e,b;act which claims the attention OF
politicians now is Governor Flower S
surprising interview given on Saturday
evening and printed in several Demo-
cratic papers in which he undertook a
defence of Isaac II. Maynard for stealing
the Dutchess county election returns
from the state controllers office, and put
forward the remarkable theory that it
was a.proper thing to steal if you believed
that the person you were robbing was
a thief.
Il admit that / am not lawyer" the
Governor was quoted as saying, "but l
fail to see wherein the people have been
injured one iota by any act that Judge
Maynard may have performed. On the
other hand, | can see that they have got
back what was stolen from them in 1883.
The truth is that Judge Maynard was
instrumental in recovering tn goods
which had been filched from the people
during the past eight years Because he
succeeded in accomplishing this fact ne
is denounced as liar and thief and
scoundrei. / tell you it is an outrage, slr,
a damnable outrage!" and the Governor
pounded the table with his clinched fist.
The Governor got all mixed up on
dates. He said that when he appointed
Maynard to the court of appeals none Of
the judges objected. This attempt to
make it appear that Maynard's associate
Justices had no protest to make on ac-
count of the stealing of the returns falls
through when it is remembered that
Maynard's wrong doing was not known
until after his appointment. Then the
Governor said that as Maynard's act
made the legislature Democratic and so
made HIPS election to the Senate possi-
BILE, HilPs enemies were now fighting
Maynard AS matter of fact, it was the
previous legislature which, being Demo-
cratic on joint ballot, chose Hill senator
Richard Croker, the Tammany leader,
told some of his intimate friends yester-
day that Flower had mades a terrible
mess of it, and it is said blamed the
Governors private secretary, Col. I. s.
Williams for permitting him to come to
New York alone Usually the private
secretary is at the Governor's elbow W
when he is allowed to talk to newspaper
men, and is able to prevent such breaks
as the Governor made on Saturday night
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
CAPTURED HALF A MILLION.
Remarkable swindling Operations of
Which a Boston Man Is Accused.

Boston, October 1e.-The Herald says
an indictment warrant is in the hands
of the police for the arrest of George B.
White, 226 and 22s Purchase street, who
until recently represented in Boston the
largo Pennsylvania tannery firm of VIM.
S. White & Co. Mr.. White is accused of
obtaining nearly $500,O00 by false pre-
tences. alleging thet he had assets which
did not exist. 1t is alleged that New
York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg in
stitutions are out about $3O0,000.
Mr.. White covered his transactions with
SO many complications that it is difficult
to seSJust what the loaners, almost ex-
clusiyely banks, are going to do about it.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
WHAT THE TRoTTERs ARE DOING.
october Meeting Over at Mystic and Be
gun at Franklin Park.


Boston, October 16.-The Mystic park
races wound up today with five heats in
the free-for- all, purse $500, which was
won by B. B., Fox), in seven heats, Gil
Curry, (Brock), second. all others drawn;
best time, 2114 by Paul, (Manley); win
ner's best, 2.13 3-4.
The October meeting at Franklin park,
Saugus, began this afternoon. The 2.45
trot and pace, purse $500, was won by
Mambrino King, (ONeiD, in three heats;
Prince Albert, (Abbott), second; Alcedo,
(Dore). third best time. 2.25 IA. The
stake for foals Of 1890, $1,000, was won
by Corner Belle, Fnyder), in two heats,
Leola. {Cushnan), second; Capt. White,
(Harris), third; best time, 2.2S. The
foals of 1891, trotting stake of $1,000, was
won by Coincident, (Snyder), in two
heats, Alcyo, Golden, second; Clara
Madison, (Platt. third; best time,
O. 20 "a
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
POINT FOR THE CHINESE,
The House Passes the Bill Amending the
Geary law.

The House Passes the Bill Amending the
Geary Law.
Washington, October 16.-At 8 p. M,
today, in accordance with the special or
der, the House proceeded to vote upon
the McCreery bill and the amendments.
The first amendment, defining a Chinese
merchant and containing the photograph
ic feature, was agreed to with practical
unanimity. An amendment was agreed
to providing that no Chinese person
heretofore convicted in a court of the
United States shall be permitted to reg
lister. The question then required on a
lengthy substitute offered by Mr.. Mahon
of Pennsylvania, the purport of which
is that it shall be the duty of the master
of any vessel carrying all Chinese OF
other alien immigrants to receive a state
ment from each passenger. This was
lost
The question was then upon the final
passage of the bill, and on standing
vote there were 1877 in the affirmative
and nine in the negative.
Mr.. Loud of California raised the
point of mo quorum" in the hope of
being able to get a yea and nay vote
The vote by tellers stood, 17S to /, so the
bill passed without struggle.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-17
BOMBARDING Rio.
More Like Real War than the First
Reports Indicated.
THE PEOPLE PANIC STRICKEN AND
MANY KILLED.

The Dead, 1T is Said, Include Many For.
eign Observation-Disclosures Suspended
Promptly When the Shells Began to
Fa1l-The Government Doing Its Best to
Suppress the Facts-A Rebel Cruiser
Stranded and the Crew Made Prison
ers-
New York, October 16. The Herald's
Montevideo special says the Brazilian
arnaored cruiser Sete de Setembro. which
was bound for Rio to join Admiral
Grande.
All of the crew escaped safely, but as
soon as theysxwere landed they were made
prisoners by Peixoto's forces which were
stationed there.
Further details have been received Of
the bonn mbardment of Rio by the insur.
gents. There was great excitement in
the city. as the fire from the ships was
directed against the custom house. The
government forces suffered heavy losses,
but the government is suppressing all re-
ports OF the casualties. The bonn bard
ment was very destructive. Many build
iuSo WOlO .lduAJ uetludSCu 1tCSluOnOs VI
the city fled In terror. Several of the
shells from the insurgent feet struck in
the heart of the city, killing many of the
inhabitants. A shell fell from the
Trajado in the centre of the city. The
buildings occupied by the Rio News and
the American Bible society werewrecked.
Wounded on1 9mong the buidnss sa whioS
suffered greatly from the bombardment
was the police barracks, which are
situated near the custom house.
The government forces numbered 1000,
and replied vigorously to the fire from
the feet. The land batteries had a few
old Krupp guns mounted, and.these were
trained on The ships. They were not
effective, all Of the shots falling short.
None of the ships were injured.
The insurgent feet also bombarded
Nichtheroy, Dominos, Icarahy and Santa
Rosa, suburbs of Rio. The fire on all of
them was destructive to property.
In the semi-official newspaper, Paix
Tempo, are daily printed columns
of falsehoods concerning the progress of
the revolution and abuse of everybo
connected with the hostile forces 1t is
very difficult to get at the facts.
Business is paralyzed and the streets of
the capital are deserted. The situation
is extremely critical. Rio has become
what is known in international lawssas a
fortified city, by orders issued by Presi
dent Peixoto He directed land batteries
to fire on all rebel vessels withinsreach.
This makes Rio a fortified garrison town,
open to BON bardment by a hostile fleet.
The issuance of this order and realiza-
tion that the city was subject to bonn
bardment caused all the business houses
to be closed temporarily. Notices were
issued by the insurgents two days after
the fire on the custom house that the city
would be bonn barded again. Immediately
all foreign consulates issued warning to
residents of their respective Municipalities.
Bulletins were posted urging all foreign
ers to fly from the city.
Admiral Mello was in command of the
fleet and personally directed operations.
He kept up a continuous fire.