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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

SENATE.-Forty- eighth day.--Five weeks
have been spent on the bill to repeal the
Sherman silver law, by the Senate. Five
weeks OF wind and still more TO follow.
There were two'speeches-one on each side
senator Iamden, OF West irginia, for re-
peal and Senator eHer, OF kanGas, against
repeal ana favoring free coinage of silver.
The resolution, offered by Chandler.
Rep, \. H., calling for information ms TO
the commission, investigating the New
\ ork custom house, was laid before the
Senate, and ,,r. Chandler spoke in, support
of its adoption He said the oOlect OF the
resolution was to'ascertain the facts from
the treasury department. and after akcer-
tanning them to invoke. IL necessary the
action OF Congress to prevent the appoint
ment OF omcens or nominal olncers
of the United states without waTraut
S S6 the or spirit of bSi aG
y r. handler said the appointment of ihese
comm ssioners by PRESIDENT Claweiaud
was made without authority of Law and In
opposition to tho constitution. as Was also
the appointments In r. Cleveland s.former
term without the advice and consent Of the
Senate OF William l.. Putnam and lanes
IL. Angel as, commissioners To negGdia G
fisheries treaty with Great fritian Going
bac to the Hawaiian episode, Ar thSndier
said the appointment of r. BlOunb was
IN re gross violation of the Constitution
than had occurred in the appointment of
oittcials in hundred years IL WAS time
the President and heals OF departments
should be brought to rigid Observance OF
the Constitution. The resolution was then
agreed to. The resolution heEetofore
offered by Mr.. iolph Rep, on, calling for
information, AS To- the payment Of pensions
TO per. ons residing abroad. W'.s taken up.
AF. olph said there was either great ignor-
nncs i'm the action of the pensioA bureau
or a premejitated DELI erate design
10 thwart the win of Congress.
HOUsE.-The Tucker bill was tho sub cct of
tho day and the principal speaker Mr. at
teuson, Dem, Tenn. who admitted that vio-
lence and o. en- fraud might have been used
to- avoid Negro supremacy aad asserted
that the nglo- SaXOn race was, In the ma
ture of things certain TO dominate eventu-.
ally in a mace contest
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06

GSENATE.-- Forty-seventh day.--Nr. Cam
cron, Rep, Pa. presented petition signed
Dy l4i manufacturers OF hilade phia, rep
reScnting -,5.uOJ.OJJ capital, employing ~
90 men, with "A yearly product of 49,, OJO)0
in favor OF legislation 10 preserve the pro-
tective character of the tariff and the in
tegrity OF silver u, "A money metal The
petition faVors the admissio OF American
silver bullion to'coinage upon the payment
by the owner OF a seignorage absorbing
three fOurtiIs of the dt ference between the
london price of bullion aud its value wien
coined. I Harris en-, Tenn, addressed
the senate in opposition to the repeal bill
ON the ground that IT, would practically de-
moneti, q silver. lie favored the coinage OF
the entire American product of silver r,
Morgan, Dem, Ma. also spoke In OppOsi-
tiOn To the bill and took occasion to eN press
IL as his opinion that an International agree -.
ment was an impossibiliUy; IL il an Idle
dream lie then. spoke of the constitutional
right OF the people. r. organ did not
conclude Executive session. Adjourned.
HOUsE.- But little interest was manifested
in the proce ,dings rive very commonplace
speeches were made on the Tucker repeal
hill by Messrs. Lacey, OF iowa; Dearmond
OF issouri; Gillett, OF Massachusetts;
Wheeler, OF Alaba IA, and Blair, OF New
Hampshire, anu delivered to AN audience
that dissolved so rapidly that when the
House ad burned scarcely dozen members
were on the EoOr.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-06
THE PENINSULA STATE
PROMINENT DETROIT PEOPLE
KILLED IN A WRECK.
H9r. aud Mrs. ii. A. Newland Meet Death
an Rear-End Collision on the G. a G.
II. Ry., Mt Beiievue.-state Items.

An accident which cost the lives of
one of Detroits most prominent bust
ness men and his wife and seriously in
iured their daughter and her husband
and two others occurred at Bellevue, a
station on the Chicago d Grand Trunk
by, IL miles east of Battle Creek.
Mr.. III. A. Newland, fur dealer on
Jefferson avenue, Detroit; Mrs. New
land; Howard G. Meredith, cashier of
the c. s. G.. Il. Ry.; Mrs. Meredith, who
is Mr.. Newland's daughter; William
Postles. Mr.. Newland's butler, and
VIM. Alternately, colored cook, COM
posed a party from Detroit on the way
to Chicago to visit the Worlds Fair.
They occupied Mr.. Merediths private
car which was attached to the rear of
express train No. which stopped at
Bellevue two hours late.
The night was foggy, and just as No.
8 was pulling from the station the Erie
express also late and endeavoring to
make time, dashed into the rear of No.
8. The private car containing the De-
troll party was struck, turned square
across the track and cut in two; the
roof was hurled into the ticket office,
completely demolishing it, leaving only
the telegraph instruments. The oper-
ator was outside and thus escaped
The car, excepting the roof, was
smashed to splinters.
Mr. and Mre. Newland were killed
instantly. There was not bruise on
Mr.. Newland's body, save slight
abrasion on his temple. Mrs. New
lands leg was broken and there were
other injuries on the lower part of her
body, but her face was not scra tched.
It was first thought that Mrs. Mere
diths ribs were broken. 1t iC feared
that she was seriously hurt internally.
Mr.. Meredith is in great distress when
moved, and it is feared that he, too, is
hurt internally.
Wm. Postles, the porter, was fatally
injured and Alternately, the Cook, es-
capped injury. The fireman of the sec
ond train was badly scalded. The
people in Mr.. Meredith's private car
had all retired for the night, and Cook
Alternately says he had just eXtin-
guished all the lights and lain down
on his bed with his pants on, when the
accident occurred.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

Two stout straps connected his BIT with
heavy iron rings fastened 10 the sides of
the car After his first aerial trip. how
ever, he strenuously objected 10 lenye
terra iirlna, aud Il required several
months Of patient aud careful coaxing
before Osmnn could porfom his feat
ginceiullyi aud even now after many
trials, be exhibits onch time n certain
lack of confidence when Osnan re-
ceiycs his command 10 step into the bnl-
loon, he acts like woman on The point
Of taking cable car he wants 10 be
sure that the thing does not ny away
before he Is comfortably installed Dur
ing the ascension he behaves phlegmat-
ically and stands perfectly sill, not
Withslanding the manipulation OF Ma
Keepers below, who are constantly pull
ing on the ropes attached 20 the car
swinging II violently back and forth 80
that screams of terror escape the. ladies'
who fear that the poor beast may mm-
ble down at any moment The only smyp-
toms Of fear the horse oymces occur dur.
Ing the pyrOtechnical hnule, Nom the
moment The attendant approaches with
his flaming torch with which hn kindles
the fireworks, the stallion begins tu
snort and stamp furOuiy During ths
pnrt Of the performance his fiery eyes
and pricked ears denote his interest,
aud when be is finally released there is
a sudden dash for the stable. under the
uproarops applause Of the sppreeiatiye
multitude.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

baby's, and which allows free play for
the extra legs The belt TO which they
are fastened Is several inches below
this empire waist, aud is, Of course, hid-
den by the outer skirts
At the knee Of each false leg Is a
spring This spring has n tendency 70
throw the lower part of the leg outward
whenever .fhe skirt h raised. When the
dancer stands still. the weight of the
skirt resting on the leg holds the leg In,
or down. The extra legs are, Of course,
attired Just MS the real ones.
Miss Ward wear number Of under
skirts. which greatly nid 10 the effect
yards Of lace. An Of those skirts exc
false legs. aud the remaining one Just
silk. accordion style, and just clears the
floor
The way IN which the false legs are
being easily operated. Thus, when Aliss
Ward raises one Of her real feet from the
floor. thereby bending the kfee slightly
the false lex attached 10 taat side Of the
body prorudes outward. And then N
lower part Of the leg will be forced up
warl and outward b. means Of the
gpring fastened az the knee. 4av bur
lesQue effects aIG-.sstained by moving
fIl....as.il- 44e-=7e-rJ0nt IN various direcilqns
-fIow and then lifting the outer Skin!
The faise legs net "a ihe manner lnhi'
Gated above he fesui n highly inier' ~
mg Il mas be said here thar There -
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

battle IN the arena arouses al ihn devil.
try that Is Ia them, and II they ARE not
killed they will asgurcdly sill al wh0
cross their path The authorities, there
fore. take care that all bulls excel. The
very timld and they arc ys-Y fsw--
shall be killed.
Tho dukes titles date back 10 bis great
ancestor, considerable light on this point
being thrown by the discovery IN the Ca
thedral Of Sauto Domingo on May IL,
1877. OF metallic box bearing the IA
scripti0n. 'fhe Admiral Don Luis Colon,
Duke Of Yeragua, Marquis Of Jamaica,
which evidently refers 10 the grandson Of
Columbus AT the same time was discOy.
ed "A metallic case On the inside OF which
was the following Inscription, which un-
unestiOnably refers 10 Columbus" III
listrissiine Esclarecldo Naron don Girls
tOval Colon" Thus In the one inHcrip
ton appears the Christian name which
the present duke bears and in the other
are 70 be found bis titles. IN letters and
books written during Columbus lifetime,
uach eYdepce VI equal authenticity,
though hardly Of equal Interest, Is 70 be
found
Though comparatively wealthy the
duke n BIZ no means as rich as some Of
tho older families Of Spain. His IN
COME much VI which IL derived from his
extensive and well innnaged e6tnte iA
estimated ut $50. 600 year. and this ii
small when compared with the Incomes Of
q Few very I'D families, whose ancestors
were pOientates whcil Christopher Colnn.
bus was unknown. The duke, however,
Is one Of the greatest grlndees IN SPAIN
and the prestige which necessarily a.
taches 70 bis descent from Columbus IA
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

Palace, characterless building in bad
imitation of European style
The first impression he gives is that
of stOutly-built man of about thirty,
with nothing boyish about his movements,
his gravity aud decisiveness of air being
relieved by a certain grace OF courtesy
as he gives his hand to his visitor
He converses with euse and precision
in English, aud IN a recent interview
expressed himself with force ON the
present position Of his country lie dis
claims all prejudice against England,
but feels that the Egyptian side of the
case is not presented to the English cahi-
net, 70 the detriment Of the best Egyptian
interests.
DO you think that England will give
us back Egypt sOOnl Nor and the
rupidity of the changes on his face was
extraordinary.
His nostrils inflated, his lips became
fixed and the color of his skin durkened.
while the eyes contained m expression
of concentrated feeling easy TO appre-
ciate. With flashing eyes, he calculated.
but that is not possible. A promise IL
n promise. IL is the honor of England
pledged again and again.
II trust that you are mistaken"
His manner changed again instantly,
and he became once more the grave
ruler of Egypt
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
THE TWIN SISTERS.
FATE or CANNON MADE FAMOUS
IN THE WAR OF SO.
Confederate Soldiers 10 Keep Them 0ui OF
the Hands Of the Federals Burned The
Wheels and Buried The Cannon.

Wichita Falls, April CSpecial)-
There is 40 relic Of Texas history sur
rounded with more interest and mystery
than that OF the two cannon, Twin Sis
ters,' made famous In the Texas war
with Mexico in 1875. These small guns
Were first used at the battle Of san ia
cinto, and afterwards played con
spicuous part In the struggle between
Texas and Mexico. Their history seems,
so far rs record shows 70 be about as
follows:
In 1888 the citizens Of Cincinnati, o.,
following the suggestion OF Robert t.
Lyttle, decided to aid Texas IN her strug-
gle and presented her with two six-pound
cannon. The guns We're shipped TO this
State, via New Orleans, as hollow ware
After a great deal Of effort they were
gotten from Galveston TO Harrisburg
thence to San Jacinto. All trace of these
guns We're lost after 1906 and though
repeated efforts have been made to trace
them up nothing authentic could be
learned as to them. But ut last i seems
that a trace has been found by which the
guns may be authenticity located and
probably recovered, The Daughters or
the Republic recently began search for
these historic relies, They published an
inquiry in a prominent Texas daily and
this inquiry reached q very Important
persoL DIR. H. u. Groves, Of George
town. Tex, now a travelling salesman.
Or. Groves was here when the inquiry
came 20 his notice, and in conversation
with your correspondent gave the fol-
lowing information: DIR. Groves was q
member of Company Is. Walter l..
Mann's regiment, stationed at Galveston.
After the surrender of Lees army, most
of the army stationed nt Galveston
crossed the country TO Harrisburg. The
country was then in the hands Of the
dsbanded COnfederates. and everything
was plumber and ruin. While tile doe
tor and four of his companions were
wandering about the country near Har-
risburg they found lot Of abandoned
cannon and among them the Twin Sis
tiers. Their patriotic zeal took possession
of them and they determined that no Fed
eral hand should ever touch the sacred
relies of Texas freedom. Selling the
baby guns they dragged them some dis
lance from the others, butt NV
burned the wheels rolled the caisson
into the bayon, and digging a deep hole
buried the cannon, burned Big brush
heap on the graves and carefully raked
the ashes over the fresh dug sod. Irees
about the place were carefully marAea
ard the exact locality minutely noted.
The doctor says there were no airy eyes
In that crowd when the ceremony was
over aud he thinks he can designate me
exact spot where the guns are buried,
The domor doesn't know 81 any olner
member of the party that ~ now lyihg.
He Is thoroughly reliable man anu y"
one can doubt his statement, There Nll,
no doubt be nm effort made 10 recover
the guns and properly preserve them
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
NINE. APPARTpS ROBE,
MARVEL OF oRESSMAKER'S ART
AND CoSTL mss.
AwOnderIul Garment Famous All Over Europe
viii Be Seen al The Worlds
Fair.

Boston, Mass, April 12-Ihe most
interesting aud magnificent production Of
the drcSsmakers' art ever exhibited In
Boston IA on exhibition here for few
days prior 20 lts going 10 the Worlds fair.
The object of interest was the remarkable
court mantle of Mime. AphArti Of Paris.
Its history has made it famous all over
Europe aud Is now ON its way to the
Worlds fair 1T Chicago. There are
many stories In connection with this
garment which render il peculiarly I'M
terrsung 70 society people The mantle
itself Is an imposing garment, the founda-
ton OF which Is u rich crimson velvet,
most perfect background for the henvy
embroidery with which the entire gar
ment is lHyishly covered. The design Of
the wide border of the mantle Is very
suggestive the principal figure being
horn Of plenty, from which the fruits
ANA leaves often modified into graceful
scrolls are cOpiously scattered over the
ground of the garment. The court man
tie Is about twCnty-seven feet in length.
and the embroidery and completion Of Il
took nearly two years. Seyeuty-fve
thousand ermine skins were required to
line IL. These skins were selected by the
wcll-known furrlcrs, Mcsss. III. Licbcs
" Co. Of san Francisco. Nine Apparti
pretended that the garment was ordered
for the Empress of Russia aud demand
the most magnificent specimen of the
ability Of those who embroidered and
made IT, Finally the plans were discov-
cred and brought TO a sudden climax.
Pursued and surrounded by defrnuded
and disappointed creditors, Nine Apparii
AZ last He'd to ST. Petersburg, where she
committed suicide. Her goods and chat
tells were sold at auction by the authori-
ties, and this garment purchased by its
maker, Mr.. Il. NJ Grunwald. The en-
broidery alone on the garment IL said TO
have cost about $4,000, while the en-
tire garment is valued at $4,000. The
dress Is Of ivory white satin, cut encoeur.
il has short, pulled sleeves, % court train
skirt about two yards in length aud
richly embroidered with gold, the delicate
design matching that OF the mantle. The
border around the bottom Of the skirt is
four inches wide and set over gold
fringe. There are also two small man
ties in form Of half length. around capes
deliberately embroidered. One Is entirely
OF gold, lined with white satin, the
other - gold with leaves and flowers ia
red yelyet and Ia lined with red satin
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
WITH FOUR LEGS.
A NOVEL EXPERIMENT. IN oANc-
ING WITH STARTLING
Effects Burlesque on The Modern Desire
lorNovelEon the Stage Seventy Yards Of
Lace Skirts and an Empire Gown.

A young woman appeared on the stage
q short time ago aud danced with three
legs. Two of them were her own per
sonal property, but the third was a part
OF the paraphernala Of the theater. II
was false leg, especially constructed for
the occasion, which was to show how abb
surd a dance with one more than the
normal number of legs would be. The
young woman was Miss May Robson,
and she was so clever ia the mNnipula-
ton of the extra leg that her dance has
been a great success IL was so great a
success, In fact. that rival managers be-
gan to envy her manager. Mr. FrOhman.
and to east about for devices which
would prove even more attractive. MIR.
Frederick solomon. who sings, acts,
leads the orchestra. writes music and
makes himself otherwise generally use
fut at the concert hail of Messrs. kOster
X Bial, this city, at last hit upon the
happy idea of adding still further 30 the
number Of legs. He saw the third leg
devised 10y Manager Frohman aud went
him one better In other words, he
raised him leg. If his scheme proves
as successful as Il promises, there Is
reason TO expect that In the future we
shall have dances with legs iunumcrabe,
and that whenever IL Is desired 60 add 10
the attractiyeness of a performance, Il
will be necessary merely to Increase the
total number of legs, instead of making
changes in the costumes or In the steps
and poses.
The person who is TO try this novel
experiment tomorrow night Is Miss Ruth
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

them stick out in startling way in
every direction. sometimes behind. again
IN front and now NJ the sides Tie ~
porter saw Miss Ward do the dance
first without and then with the extra
legs. The first performance was quite
mild, the steps being the simple ones
familiar TO all concert-hall goers. But
~ soon as the other legs are dOnned the
20 be involved In perfect frenzy OF
legs Doubtless when Miss Ward be-.
comes more familiar with her work she
viii add pleasing features from time TO
time. As Il is, the dance Is quite on.
gaging and clever satire on the modern
passion for novelty.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

vicinity In the ground or on tn surfaca,
hay4s the appearance Of being a natural
product and not an artificial one. Some
q the spear heads and hatchetHfound AZ
Martins Ferry are a. perfect az any
ever found anywhere. Bones are found
~ every part Of the mound. bearing out
the theory that such moulda We're sim.
ply cemeteries instead Of tho graves
and Monuments az once Of great chiefs.
Several corpses have certainly been bur-
led IN this mound The finding OF cuIi-
Gus precious stones ~ worthy Of notice.
What seems 10 be- Opals enleralds and
crystals nearly Ike diamonds have been
taken from die mound Ltxlined sa-
wants have held that the proof y COM
plete, from the articles found nt Mounds
VILE, W. Va, that Mound Builders were
Croatians or phoenicHna or both This
presence of precious stOnes IN the viein-
10y Of these cOrpsea, with flint darts,
spear heads gtorfc axes and stones NTH
holes nearly drilled In them, may fur
nish another clew 90 the identify of ths
lost race. The mound at Moundsyiua
Is Lhe highest mound Ia this part Of iha
country, II being over 100 feet high.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

Ward. Miss Ward has been singing and
dancing ON the stage Of Roster x Balls
for the past niue months, and has reach
ed that desirable stage of progress where
Sue can perform the split with much spir-
il and abandon. Miss Ward recently
gave private rehearsal Of the new
four-legged dance for the special obsery-
alton Of World artist and reporter.
The chief charm about Mr. Solomon's
invention is its simplicity. II is quite
easy TO understand how these unusual
appliances work. Miss Ward first took
careful measurements, which We're sup
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
INDIAN MOUND RELIJJ
A DISCOVERY IN OHIO THROWS
LIGHT ON ANCIENT DAYS.
A Human Skull Twice as Largo MS the Normal
One Of Today We're There Giants
In that RosioO1

Bellaire, o., April 15.-The work Of
removing the old Indian mound IN Wal.
nut Grove, Martins Ferry. goes on slow
~ owing 10 The care exercised that none
u be lost, says the Chicago Herald, 70.
porter Of which was present while the
work was going on but no object Of special
Interest was found. Just about o'clock
q lot of rotten wood was uncarthed.
Whether Il was a box OF only a piece Of
interesting article taken from the mound
was a huge skull, which would seem 20
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

Piled to n Mr.. Brahmann, gentleman
who makes specially Of constructing
novel stage properties. Mr.. Brahmann
has made all Of the various dragons aud
other wild monsters that have appeared
at the Metropolitan opera house of late
years. He is also said to have built the
heifer In the hind legs OF which Mr.
Henry Dxey made his debut before the
public. He is used to receiving orders
to make all sorts Of curious contriynnces,
and was not at all surprised when he got
the plans for the legs, lie made a mould
strictly according TO requirements, and
turned ont pair Of legs which were
exact copies Of the originals. They are
composed of hollow papier mache, and
are very light, weighing three pounds
each. The part at the hips is scouped
out. so that they may fit closely TO the
body A belt Is worn around the waist,
and TO this belt the attachments are
fastened by two hinges When Miss
Ward dances she wears an empire gown
which hns n very high waist ike a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
EQUINE AER0NAUT.
oSMAN PASHA MAKES DAILY AS.
tensions AT BERLIN
He Doesn't Relish tho lob, and Stamps and
Shorts When tho Fireworks Begin
to Play Around Him.

The latest novelty launched on the cir
cus-golng public Is designated on the pro-
gram OF the famous Corty Althol circus
as "Osman paaha. the great and only
equine nerOnaut Of the nineteenth cen
tury.' Osmon Pashn is proud black
stallion with fine head and symmetrical
proportions.
The tminors found little difficulty at
trst In inducing the stallion. who was
very docile, 10 step In the car OF the bal.
loon, anu IA order 10 prevent accidents