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Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ANICEs from Minister Thompson at
RoJaneiro indicate that plot is on
foot secretly backed by the European
powers, tooverthrow President Peixoto
and re-establish the monarchy. This
would result in the abrogation of all
existing commercial treaties between
the United States and Brazil, which
are of great advantage to this country.
Gov, BoIES of Iowa has pardoned out
the Fort Madison penitentiary Alden
Hawkes., the notorious confidence
man, forgcr, insurance swindler and
Ggamist, who was sent up from the
district court of Kossuth county in 1888
Onone count for six years and on an
other for four years.
AyovEL wedding occurred at Gale,
Ga, few days ago. The groom was
Kev' John Carter and the bride Miss
Lulu Dixon, and the groom also acted
SOficiating clergymen. He made the
usual promises, the bride responded
and theminister thereupon pronounced
himself and the lady man and wife.
VHARLEs K. FLINT & Co. are said to
nave purchased for the Brazilian gov
'rnment ErlcsSon's submarine torpedo
Mt Destroyer, the most terrible en-
sne OF warfare afoat. The DESTROYER
Ndt Newport, whittier she went sew
sfal months ago for tests under the
supervision OF United States officers to
e'ermrne whether she could be made
apart of the navy.
RESIDENT CARNOT of France has de-
ton. ->''' " ~ : NV
"lSs ANNIE HOWARD, who was to
-sre ave been married to Mayor Harrison
1Vnlcago' is dangerously i'll. and there
-V great fears that she will never quite
'Vo'er from the dreadful shock she
sustained by the assassination of Chi
'go's mayor.
y 'he 10Th, in dedicating the new
,y s4oOl u, ana n sisters home of st. Alphon-
p- fhiladelphia) parish, Archbishop
h. aI predicted that the day was COM
Il IN America when the parochial
nunity. 00 "iAeo oy ehe COM
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04
'hlMES AND CASUALTIES.

n, 'ne nth fire in the manufactur-
h., g,uiluing connected with the Ne
nI1 aa a state penitentiary near Lin
.. so6 0o6estroyed property to the value
ga,a '.'VVV' one-half belonging to the
bag ana uninsured; and the other
iiridnSS M insured, owned by firms and in
.p5 ls. saa d. SILVA, the trusted cashier
tord duu.letary u Of the Rainwater- Brad
a,r "a. a Oo.' OF st. Louis, is a defaulter
tsetrsa extent exceeding sloo, 600, and de-
Rsinns are searching for him. The
brs;na ba'er- Bradford Hat Co. has failed
saba1nls bsss as result of this gigantic
anoa- a-'eilent, and its affairs have been
assss;e a over to Christopher P. Ellerbee
ssr ydri. raelfc Mail steamship City Of
csco ~ aOrk' which sailed from San Fran
Point pe .ne 18th, went on the rocks at
probshI'O. IOnlto in a dense fog, and will
os'9ls q fly be ss; total wreck. N''
lspepS S4,, 3a tailor, while walking from
easmn laying down on the track
Esin ana killed by passing
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04
VIEWS IN BRIEF.
conpiled from Various Sources.
ooxcrrssfoNAL PROCEEDINGS.


sorate on the a5th Legislative day of
49, I'm continuedl, house joint resolution ten
the ~" .bn acknowledgements OF the govern
an, usl,t9 and people of the United states to tue
mem snn goroion Governments for their gener
',s 'as and effective contribution TO the Chlcago
ous ai,t atm was passed Further discussion of
eApoiIr nurchase-repeal bill occupied the re-
tH' nj the session. In the house the
nal'"s ,'.;or Looking to q consolidation Of land
IssVi I IN california was passed. The bank
ou,. In was taken up and discussed in COM
rup.'s - ,he whole until 4:55. when the COM
ni..o ni..oo arose and the house adjourned.
.,no sonate on the Goth Legislative day of
~ ~ continuetp. after routine business, the
-. i'.a. rnrchase-repeal hill was taken up, the
su's, I'M, opestion being on the amendment
- 80 hr Mr. PETER reviving the free-coinage
~ ts3- The urgency deficiency bill was
"s, ID nrinted The bill for the marking and
a,.;r5 NJ dcreicts and house bill appropriat-
~, n10 for n first-class steam revenue cut
' N tor tho New England coast were pass, d.
In tbe house the death of Chaplain Had
,..,r ras suitably noticed. and the joint reSo-
,',on nroviding for the printing or engrossed
s,denrolled bills was passed.
- tho senate. on the 27th Legislative day
.,,,o nth continued. the silver-purchase re-
.a.I till was early taken up. and after several
f.,ocbns had been made, a vote was taken on
y. amendment offered by Mr.. PETER providing
The eoin3pe OF silver bullion deposited ny
~ ounar thereof as under the act of January
s,sg- and reyiying and rc-enacting that act,
"a renealing all acts in conflict therewlth,
AIN was defeated by the decisive vote OF 81
MS By unanimous consent vote was tnen
,tsr on Mr. Voorhees, substitute with The
--,.-sanding that 1t would then be treated as
nsmirinal measure open to amendment, ana
huagreed to: Yeas. IS: nays. 80. In the
hns no business of general interest was
,71acted. and adjournment was taken until
hs3lth
In the senate, on the oSlh Legislative day of
the nth continued. the urgency deficiency Dill
vas reported amended and passed. Inc JOINT
resolution for the transfer to the state OF In
nois. for the use of tho naval militia OF that
state. the model battleshin Illinois, was re-
ported and passed. The silver purchase repeal
bill was then taken up and a number of amend
nents, offered hy yfree-silver-coinage advocates.
were voted down by more or less pronounced
majorities At 5:15 the senate went into exec
utive session and soon after adjourned.
The house was not in session on the 2Sth
lythe senate. on the 3)th Legislative day of
The l7th), the silrer-purchase repeal bill was
nken up and after a whole day spent in
geech-makng on the part of the repeal men,
sallOt was reached at 730 o'clock. and result
ahthe passage of the bill by vote of 43 to
a. In the house resolutions on the death of
wzHarrison mayor of Chicago and an ex
u-igd congress. were passed.
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04
THE REPEAL BILL.
Text OF the Voorhees, Substitute for the
wilson Bill Repeating the Silver Pur-
chasing Clause of the Sherman Law as
Passed by the Senate.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.-The follow
ing is the text of the Voorhees, substi-
tute for the houss or Wilson bill adopt
ed bv the senate:
Inat SO much of the act approved July IA
ioso' entitled IAN act directing the purchase of
silver bullion and issue of treasury notes
thereon and for other purposes as directs
the secretary OF the treasury to purchase from
Time to time silver bullion to the aggregate
amount OF 4.5O0O00 ounces, or so much thereof
as may be offered in each month at the market
price thereof, not exceeding 81 for 81 25-lOo
grains OF pure silver, and to is
sue In payment for such purchases
treasury notes of the United States
De and the same is hereby repealed And 1t is
hereoy declared to be the policy of the United
States to continue the use of both gold and sill
yer as standard msney and to coin both gold
anu silver into money of equal intrinsic and
exchangeable value, such equality to be Sc.
cured through international agreement or by
such safeguards of legislation as will insure
the maintenance OF the parity in value Of the
CONS OF the two metals, and the equal power of
every dollar at all times in the markets and in
the payment of all debts
And 1t Is hereby further declared that the
Efforts OF the government should be steadily
directed to the establishment of such safe
system or bi-metallism as will maintain at all
times the equal power OF every dollar coined or
issued by the United States in the markets and
In the payment of debts
The vote on the final passage of the
bill was as follows:
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04
TERRIBLE OUTRAGE
nv Young Russian on an Old Lady SIX
ty Years of Age.

KALAMAZOO. Mich, Oct. 31.-ln osh-
keno. miles west of this city, SUN
day, John Thomas, young Russian
who had worked for David Rhodes, re-
peatedly assaulted Mrs. Rhodes whose
age is nearly go years. She was rougn-
" handled, her neck and mouth pc
ing terribly cut Her screams
brought Albert Dewales' Arthur o'rons
and Cornelius Gum, to her rescue.
Tbau cantured Thomas and locked him
:, room upstairs. He escaped py
battering the door down with piece
~ timber. Strong and Gunn recap
tured Thomas and started for the city
With him, but he again escaped ana IS
still at large. Fully 100 people have
secured the country searching for the
% hr,te and 81 900 reward is offered for
his capture. No trace OF hiru mas YET
been found
Huntsville gazette., 1893-11-04

The following pairs were announced, the first
named of whom would have voted in the af
firmative: Allison with Mitchell OF Oregon,
Chandler with White of Califo rnia, Wilson
with Colquitt, Gordon with Morgan, Palmer
with Hanshrouph
The evening world., 1893-09-27

revolver being too noisy a weapon for
burglars as IA rulc
Whatever the cause, they did not fire.
and l did not wait for It, at least that
close. A hundred feet out | began TO be
myself once more and l stopped rowing.
why don't you ONE on"' l shouted
back, half Historically.
"Iiold on" they yelled, and | could
neal them running up and down the
shore in the darkness,
"Oh. you're all right" I laughed
shrilly. I'm come ami take you on in
the course of a few hours" AMI then,
fearful that they might get their guns
l rowrd away as fast as | could for the
mainland,
think | made that three miles in half
the record, ana when | found the ;lrst
policeman, hr was for running me N MS
IA luratic or IL sleep-walker. but he knew
me, and rs soon as ! told my story a
force of ten men boarded "A tug II We
returned to the island. by this time
the first sray streaks Of dawn were
showing in the Summcr sky, and rs We
cautiously ran up TO my wharf it was
almost light enough 10 see the house,
We saw no burglars, however, nor any
signs OF them, though | knew ! had
them pennei up on the island and
escape was Impossible. We waited until
daylight, and thea d]eployed as Skin
mishcrs. the policemen began to move
across the island, expecting II mo-
ment to see "A burglar or get a shot
from ambush.
As We came up TO the house one OF
the burglars appeared In the doorway
and was covered on the instant by q
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the island hat she did not think /
was the kind of a man that any wo-
maj ought to marry?
She had, and for that | had forsworn
all women,
AS / say, i was supremely happy all
by myself, excepting, of course, the
hurt Isabella a done me, and | think
that was healing slowly, when one
night the entire scheme was overthrown.
The night was a dark one. but quite
still. n l went to bed feeling fairly
comfortable, as a couple OF my friends
had been with me until 7 O'Clock and
were to return early in the morning with
a sailbost for a fishing trip out to deep
water. About l o'clock. or. perhaps.
later, was awakened by hearing a
disturbance of some sort downstairs.
and before l had my eyes full opened
Henry rushed into the room, slammed
the door and locked 1t.
whats the matter?' ] exclaimed.
For God sake, Major" he gasped.
get up and help me. There's burglars
In the house. and I'm done for"
Then Henry went down oa the door
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"Here he is, Bill; we've got him; Wen
fix him now"
I thought about as the burglar did, but
as l tried to get up ! found | was in a
boat drawn half way IN on the sand.
| almost shouted with JOY when I
made this discovery. 1t was their boat
and once in 1t and on the water / was
safe! by this time | could hear their
footsteps along the shore. which was
quite rocky and rough here, except the
little bit Of beach where the boat lay.
and they could not make such Roadway
as ! did. as they did not know the way
through the rocks.
But they were coming fast enough
ana Curs.ng at every step, and with
the energy OF despair | caught the
boat il my arms. and with a wild
strain l tried 10 shove 1t into the water.
But It would scarcely bulge, Again
and again | tussci, the blood almost
bursting through my ears by the eXer-
ton a1d the kin tearing from my
hands and tdrc arms.
So near l thought 10 safety, and still
the danger increasing every second.
then, as / heard an oath more wicked
a the others. as one of the bur-
glars fell over a stone. | felt the boat
move, and II little wave rolled In and
lifted II, so that with one more push II
slid of In the deep water. l Jumped In.
caught the oars, and as the burglars
dashed down through the darkness to
where they heard the noise, the boat
shot out into the water and l was safe.
They might have shot me from the
shore, but they had either left their re-
volvers In the house or had none. the
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ing but escape.
What brought me to my senses some
what was my rushing into the water.
and at first I thought of swimming
out and trying to reach the mainland.
but ] was only a poor swimmer and !
knew ! should be drowned or caught
and knocked on the head in the water
by the burglars as u hunter might
knock n nuskrat in the head, and the
horror of II drove me back. Then |
thought of my own boat, but before
| started that way | remembered that
my friends had moved 1t over to the
mainland to return Mt daylight with
the sailboat. leaving me only my rock
cts TO signal the shore In case OF need.
and what were signals now? only Il
means whereby the murderers might
discover me.
One thinks rapidly at such moments,
I fancy, II all this took place In much
less time than II requicrs 10 tell 1t, but
there was time enough for the burglars
TO learn ! was not in the room, and
with their quick eyes see the window
through which | had escaped. M l
heard some of them coming along the
course | had taken, and one going
down towards my boat landing to cut
me of there.
Their aimlessly again and utterly da2cl
began to circle the little island, run
ming on the beach They could not see
me and my bare feet made no noise in
the sand, and / rushed madly ahead,
when all at once ] went with n terri
BILE crash over something on the beach,
They were near enough TO hear my
fall. and one OF them shouted:
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TRAPPED ON AN ISLAND.
Burglars Who Were Tery Polite When
They Could Not Escape.

People said I was very foolish when I
bought a ten-acre island three miles
from the shore and built my Summer
house on It, but l laughed and said
quiet was what / sought. and there I
would have 1t, far from the madding
crowds ignoble strife. Being a bache-
lor. with few wants, / took with me
only my man, Henry, who was an ex-
cellent h~ousekeeper and cook.
/ don't think i ever enjoyed myself
more than the first Jour weeks ! spent
on the island. In the morning / took
to the water, or a walk for an hour
or so; then | wrote tor three hours,
and the afternoons l read and loafed.
and at night / slept. Some days l
would row over to the mainland. and
every day Henry went over after the
mail, unless II war stormy. Sometimes
i had a friend or two to drive with me,
but no woman was allowed to come
ashore there.
] was rigid In my determination on
this point. for had not one Isabella Vent
nor told me two weeks before l bought
The evening world., 1893-09-27
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS DURABLE.

"Yes,o said Mrs. Mct:inni., ~ wR-
deaf. ! could not dist'ngnish words
,poken In ordinary cOnvcrt alton. The
deafness had been Ncnrs in conf " on.
Ii came on so grind ally that tor n long
time I was hardly aware that ! was los.
ing my hearing. II Increased Just ns the
cRtarrh. which caused II, aa'ne n hold
Oh my system. ] cannot describe those
noises In my had ; sometimes they were
like the dumping OF coal into II cellar
through nm iron chrte, mt other times IKE
escaping steam. They would come and
no, and Mt times they wouid aim Ost drive
me crazy.
"When ] realized thut ] wns deaf md.
rs n doctor told me, kelly to rcmnin so
TO the end OF my daysI was so depressed
and snd that I did not cnrr whether
lived or died. My acner ! health. too.
VIVA u wing wav under the effect OF The
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in a heap and l lit a lamp, as there
came a terrific hammering on the door.
The light showed me Henry covered
with blood, his throat slashed. lying
there dead or dying, as l supposed.
What to do ! did not know. for the
only arms in the house were across the
hall and the burglars had me shut on
from that direction and were rapidly
demolishing my door.
They swore and pounded, entirely re-
gardless OF the ordinary rules of bur
glary, for they knew that 20 far away
from the shore they were perfectly safe
Go Cwnstairs and get that axe !
hear one OF them say. " and wen have
this blame door out OF the way In a
mute We've done up one of 'em,
and now we've got to do up the other;
30 there won't be any telling tales out
OF school"
Then he laughed. and l heard foot
steps down the hall and stairs.
/ knew there was no help for me
there. and only a chance anywhere. and
I took that. One window Of my room
opened out on a back roof, and from
that It was only a short distance to the
6iodit' oiAe wv VI thI bobSt idi
one nance In a million OF escape, In a
minute l was out OF the window. over
the shed and on the ground. I had on
only my pajamas, n the sharp stones
cut my feet cruelty. but | did not think
OF that, 1t was life. and life is very
sweet to us. even though some fair lisa.
bella may have slipped a drop OF bitter
into It.
over the rocks and stones / flew, 60
ing l knew not where. thinking OF moth
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O'KEEFE is THE DRUNKARD.
He Accused His Wife and Ia Sent t
the Island.

John O'Keefe, a porter for Mills & Glib. Was
sent to the island for six months from the JEFF
ferson Market Police Court this morning for
his wife. o'Keefe lived at ?s6 Spring
street with his wife and three children.
A few days ago he called on Agent Mulligan,
OF the Gerry Society. and said his wife was q
drunkard and he wanted o get his three chill
dren. william, aged hve: John two. and Mar
garet. seven months to some institution.
Mulligan made an investigation, and learned
that O'Keefe was the drunkard, and that he
beat and abused his wife End children.
Only the day before O'Keefc had threatened
to shoot his wife an children in Il nt OF
drunken rage.
Mulligan left word for O'Keefe to come 10
court and see him. and the man put in an ap.
pearance this morning intoxicated.
Mulligan explained to Justice Hogan what he
had learned, when o'keefe turned on him and
tried to strike him.
The Justice ordered a complaint taken against
O'Keefe and sent him away for six months.
Two OF the children were committed TO the
Sisters Of st. Patrick. and the younger will re.
main with Its mother.
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THEY CURE CATARRH.
4 MICE or RAY pa MER ADOS HER
cosy NClNG i~ESTIMONY.

COSY NCING TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Mario Nrinsin- reside. nj i7e
Erst ~cycnty-fourti street. she IN thr
wife Of Nr. Carl iicinsins. nm cN spa.
i.h ton.ui. nnd cN.ton-ui TO the Ara III
tine Rrpubl G. Her uncle. RAY Palmer.
IL the author OF tint hmm translated
into Amos every Language:
Ms faith look, NJ to thee,
Thou Lam. OF Calvary.
Her cousin. Prcf. George Palmer, I'M y
the rhnir in Hebrew NJ Harvard College.
Mrs. Urinsiu> L. u wel;.k nown nj ger In
orntorIo and church choirs throughout
the country.
She s.ys: "whilo at savannah. Gal was uinR.
ing in st. Matthos vs. Church In tho morning And in
st, Johns 10 the evening" contracted . heavy
cold. Asaresnlt I had to give M singing Alto
retbcr. My throat became sore, AMI ~ efott Ia
swallow gave me pair. My voice became harsh and
strained, and at last I could not speak above q
Whisper. Acough came on. AM the snccialist
went to told IN, had q severe case ct chronic ca.
,Arrh My stomach became nfe ted. And l suh rod
from sick headache could not lie down rol
stand up, and had to remain quietly in abAlf-rsclin'
Ing position to get any comfort.
THE bs.t medic talent that could he procured
in tho principal cities IN the country gave ne no
relief. When ] went to Drs. Copeland aud Gard
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only needed repairs, 50 we repaired him.
and we knowrd you'd be here bimeby
TO look fer us. and probably coming out
So early in the morning You might be
hungry. So, beEsin' the gents pardon
fer ~tr,spassin', we turned in and liked
%oL up a nice breakfast. Sow wasn't
that about the whit thing to dor
] had IA enough to put most men in
II bad humor, but thi. canG.d statement
struck my fgnny-bonc somehow, and I
laughed until III. tears ran down my
checks, and even the policeman smiled.
OF course, the burglars had done the
best thing possible for themselves and
the very unique plan they had adopted
OF necessity Was in their favor. and
they only got ten years apiece. Henry
testtfyiuS 80 earnestly to their polite
ness II care hat that rart OF II was
not taken into the coun. ~ all.
HUT | can assure You | dill not 20
back TO the island asin. | gave 1t to
Henry, as II stood, and he lives there
with his wife, respected ana admired, 1
do believe, by every burglar n the
guild, FOR he holds them in the hIghest
esteem.
oh, yes, ! almos forgot, When this
story came out in the papers, and my
part Of It was set forth, as only report
crs know how to do such things. Isa-
bella, Of course, hear. ~ it, and one
moonlight night she sta I, me;
an ior, I thouglt ou"a YOU were not
the kind Of - ran or Il &...-al TO mar
rs, hut I've changed ny mind"
| feel under obi rotiDrs TO those bur-
-t-
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GOSSIP AMONG STAGE FOLK.
Mr., Mansfeld's New Departure
as to Music.
Miss Seligman Said TO Have Given
Up Her Starring Tour.

During Mansfcld's engagement at
Herrmann's. which begins on Monday
week. a special feature will bc made of
the music. which Mansfield has en-
trusted to Gustav Dannreuthcr. the we'll
known leader OF the beethoven String
Quartet. MIR. Dannreuther Will select IA
mail body of strings from our resident
symphony orchestras. and "A high order
of music will be performed every night.
The programmes viii he subjected to
frequent change. This is something Of a
new departure, and II Is certainly n very
desirable one. The music Of some Of our
theatres Is eXecrable.
It was again reported on the Rialto
Yesterday that Miss Minnie Sciisman
Rad abandoned her starring tour, and
tlat the actors she had engaged were
consequently at liberty. Miss Selignan
is at present visiting the theatres, ac-
companicd always by Robert l.. cutting
She will probably appear in the Rusen-
feds production Of olaf"
WIN II. Wilson'S play 1.-The Inspector"
which was produced two or three years
renamed THE Police Inspector" and
will he one of his seasons attractions.
1t opens. at the Arch street Theatre.
Philadelphia, Oct. %, with the scenic and
mechanical effects that are more
necessary to a melodrama OF to-day
tran the ,an-kld villain or the black
clad heroine.
Cy Warman, the Western poet. who
apostrophized Miss Theresa Vaughn in
IA recent numbe- of Harper's. has writ
ten a song which she is to introduce into
the Madison Square scene OF 'l49e;" Mr..
he started to ride ali the way to chi
ago en- q locomotive. the trip being
made in the interests of a local maya
7'ne.
THE Rainmaker OF Syria" is the opera
in which Jefferson de Angels wanted
tour II he could have secured his release
from r. Henry French and "The Prodi-
sal Daughter"
success In London with his Venice
has another gigantic scheme for the
English metropolis; This time 1t Is
n n]5osnnas mopmsn He viii have az palace es.
phorus. the Golden Horn, Turkish boats
and boatmen and all the rest of Il: New
York has never seen anything like the
tunity for en'er.prising people.
Ellen Terry, who in England asked a
small sum of money from every, per-
son who wanted her autograph, and sent
the proceeds to a hospital, Is going to
adopt similar tactics in this country.
Autograph fends will ave to pay hei
twenty-five cents II they want her sigma
ture, and all the money obtained In this
manner will be handed to some Amcri-
can charity.
A young woman who Ia playing the
role of the prosecuted heroine in 'The
Span of Life is being. "paragraphed" as
having lost ten pounds in weight since
in the melodrama from the villain.
What she has lost in weight she has
evidently gained in nerve"
Paris is to have a great historical
drama at the Porte St. Martin. The
piece will be divided into six acts and
sixty-siX tableaux, n the production
IL to cost $50. 900. The services OF so
~"supers' will be enlisted. The theme of
the drama will be military warfare.