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The advocate., 1894-08-08
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Wants to Cooperate With
Great Britain, Germany and
Italy.

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WASHINGTON, August A. President
Cleveland has practically decided to
unite with Great Britain, Germany and
Italy to preserve forcibly the neutrality
Of what are known az the treaty ports OF
China during the war between that en-
pire and Japan. The Chinese govern
ment has been fully informed Of the
intention Of the powers through it's min
lister ct Washington, and it is under
stood that the emperor will submit
without protest to their fOrcible ocCups-
ton Of his principal ports, because he
knows 1t would be useless to do other
wise, 1t is not q question Of pride with
him, but Of prudence. He realizes that
he is in no condition to resist the policy
Of the European nations, and that sn
empty remonstrsnce would do more
harm than good.
The Japanese government sssents
cheerfully to the arrangement, and has
intimated that q similar occupation Of
her principal ports would meet with no
resistance.
The plan was suggested by Lord Rose
berry, the British premier, but the nego-
tiRtions have mostly been conducted in
Washington by Sir Julian Psuncefote,
the British ambassador; Baron Won
SRuerma.J JeltsCh, the German ambRssa-
dor; Baron Fsvs, the Italian ambasss-
dor, and Secretary Gresham, represent
ing their respective governments.
An earnest attempt has been made to
bring M. PRtenotre, the French smbas-
sRdor, and Prince CsntRcuzene, the
Russian minister, into the negotiations,
but under instructions from their gov
ernments these diplomstists have kept
away from Washington, the former be-
ing at Cape May and the latter at New
London, Conn.
Secretary Gresham has not yet an
nounced the formal assent Of the United
States to the agreement, but all the con-
HeFences have been held in his Office, the
memoranda are all in his hands and he
has 80 thoroughly committed
government to the plan that
it would be impossible for him to
withdraw now without the sacrifice Of
his dignity and the respect Of those with
whom he has been negotiating.
The entire feet OF four vessels, three
cruisers and little gunboat, and one Of
the cruisers an antiqusted old craft,
would be puny and Insignificant when
compared with either Chinese or japan.
ESQ fleets. The possibility substantially
OF strengthening our China feet within
q reasonable length Of time, moreover,
ls rather remote.
{ Members Of the senate committee on
foreign sffsirs Ray that Il q treaty is TO
be signed BY all the powers, such g y
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22

park of $50 square miles in extent. Many
OF the larger ducal estates in Great Brit
an have an extended acreage, but they
are taken up by villages and towns and
leased to farmers and factory owners, so
that often the main house of the proprie-
tor is narrowed down to an estate which
consists OF park of only few miles
area. Mr.. George Vanderbilt"s 1Uu. 900
acres are entirely for his own use.
The managers of the Midwinter Fair
in San Francisco intended to bring old
Major William Downie, founder of the
noted mining camp of Downieville, to
live there in the identical old cabin
which, generation or more ago, he oc-
cupied in the mines The cabin had
been made comfortable, and though Of
most advanced age Major Downie looked
forward to the experience with pleas
ure. and with the hope of selling some
copies of his book, "The Search for
Cold" He went down from British
Columbia where he had been living late
ly but before he had left the steamer
at the San Francisco dock the old
pioneer suddenly sank to the floor, dying
Instantly and painlessly.
More than 50,o0o.o00 pounds of chew
ing tobacco are made every year in St,
Louis, which claims to be the greatest
manufacturing center of tobacco in the
world.
According to an advertisement con-
tanned in the Danish Government Ga
zette, published in Copenhagen, two
big volcanoes are for sale. They are
situated in Iceland, and are the princi-
pal attractions of the island. The own
er asks for them the sum of $500 apiece
not excessive charges for anyone who
may have use for them.
The oldest dresmaker's bill in the
world has been discovered on Chaldean
tablet, dating 200 BIC. 1t has an entry
of "ninety-two pure vestmenJs for the
priests" Among the items are ten
white robes of the temple, eight robes
OF the house of his lady, ten pair of gold
collars, two white robes and four SCENT
ed robes" Also two winders," proba-
bly, scarfs or binding about the waist.
Before this the Oldest account of this
sort was on a tablet dating over 140O
BIC.
John A. Bncker, president of the Balti-
more Cactus Society. and the owner of
one of the finest collections of cacti in
the United States, is negotiating with
Gustavo Schribe of Mexico for the pur-
chase by the society of the Mexican
exhibit of cacti at the World IS Fair
The exhibit includes one specimen valued
at $1,000
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Congressman Tom johnson is the son
of Kentuckian who was colonel in the
onfederate army. The son rapidly grew
rich through street railway patents and
franchises, and he is now financially in
terested in several important manufacture
ing enterprises. He became an unwilling
convert to Henry Georges land theory
some years ago. Having read Progress
and Poverty" and being unable to meet
it's arguments to his own satisfaction.
he turned over the book to his LAWYER.
and asked him as counsel to read it and
render an opinion traversing it's argu-
ment. But the lawyer, after reading
the book, assented to the argument, and
Mr.. johnson, having made further per-
sonal examination ofthe question, enrolled
himself among the disciples of Mr.
George. Mr.. johnson and Mr.. George
have been close friends for some years.
The statement that George Wander
bits enormous estate would compare
favorahly in size with some of the Eng
llsh landed properties may be accepted
freely and absolutely. A statemment
was made recently by visiting English
architect that Mr.. Vanderbilt's estate is
far more extensive than any of the ducal
holdings in Great Britain in the ense
that the entire property is given up to
the use of the owner. 1t is in fact
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22

questions at issue on the island. A new
admiral was sent to command our ships,
shore leave was refused our sailors for
many days in succession, the ships were
50 anchored as to command the palace,
and in other ways the intimation was
conveyed to the provisional government
that our naval forces were being held
in readiness for some emergency Mean
while the administration was holding
back the instructions that had been
given Willis, and refusing to give any
lntimatlon whether he was authorized to
use force or not. The whole situation
was one that was calculated to EN- bal rass
the provisional government, by weakening
It's friends and supporters, and strength
enlng the friends and supporters of the
Queen. Furthermore, we have no doubt
this situation was artfuIly contrived and
brought about by the administration
for this very purpose. The plan was,
undoubtedly, to intimidate the pro-
visional government into compliance
with the Presidents wishes, by intimat-
ing in various ways that if it did not
yield peaceably il would be compelled to
do so by force. Even when the Queen
was informed that the President could
not use force to restore her, that infor-
nation was kept from the provisional
government. If anything can ever be
proved by circumstantial evidence, it can
be proved that the President purposely
created a set of conditions well calculated
to intimidate the provisional government
into compliance with his wishes Willis
was his agent in this business. 1t was
disgraceful scheme, and now that it
has failed it is not to be wondered at
that Willis seeks to deny its existence
and makes a fine pretence of indignation
at the suggestion of such a thing by
President Dole. But it is rather late to
deny what is patent to everybody. In
this country even the cuckoo congress
men and editors have found that out,
and doE't give out a sound. Willis will
find it out later. President Dole can be
trusted to teach him the lesson he very
much needs to learn.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22
A FRIEND AT COURT.
How Mark Twain Prevented the Removal
of a Consul.

Mark Twain has pull with the ad-
ministration. That has been demons
trated. He has bigger pull than Secre-
tary Gresham, Josiah Quincy and the
Democratic delegation of Illinois put
together. Last summer, when Mr..
Quincy was engaged in his herculean
labors in the cause of reform, he offered
a prominent German of Illinois certain
place in the consular service which has
been and still is occupied by one of the
most efficient men on the rolls of the
government. The removal and appoint
ment were made out with the concurrence
of Secretary Gresham, and Mr.. Quincy
took them over to the White House for
the Presidents approval. But he
brought them back unsigned and with
instructions to inform the consul in
question that he might make his ar
rangements to stay at his post as long as
Grover Cleveland was President of the
United States.
The Secretary of State never knew the
reason for the Presidents action, but it
has since leaked out that it was due to
a letter written by Mark Twain while
he was in Europe last summer. He had
frequently visited the place where this
consul is stationed and knew him very
well. One day he called at the consul
ate and found his friend packing up his
books and papers for shipment home.
He had not been removed, but had re-
ceived notice that his successor might
be named any day. This suggested dis
cussion of the tenure of Office in the con-
sular service, and when Mark Twain re-
turned to his hotel he sat down and
wrote letter to baby Ruth Cleveland
on the subject.
cannot ask the President any favors. 1t
would be violation of our creed, but
there is no reason why / should not ask
you to say to him that in all my travels
throughout the world during the last
twenty years l have made the acquaint-
ance of a great many consuls, good, bad
and Indifferent, and have never known
has just received notice that his place is
wanted for some inexperienced man,
simply because he is a Republican and
the other fellow is Democrat
Here followed a review of the record
of the consul in question, description
of the peculiar qualifications which
fitted him for the place, and Mr.. Twain S
manner in which Assistant Secretary
Quincy was carrying on the work of re-
form by turning out all the Republicans
in the service and filing their places with
Democrats, regardless of their efficiency
or qualifications. In conclusion he asked
Baby Ruth to use her influence with
her father to stop that sort of thing, and
particularly to prevent Mr. from being
slaughtered like the rest. The letter
was posted. and in about three weeks
there came reply, written ON the sta
tionery of the Executive Mansion in
which Miss Ruth Cleveland presented
her compliments to Mr. Twain and
begged to say that she had communicated
the contents of the letter to the Presi-
dent, who desired her to thank him for
having brought the matter to his atten-
ton, and to assure him that the gentle
man of whom he wrote would be allowed
to remain in office as long as he per-
formed his duties as faithfully as he
had done in the past.-Chicago Record.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22

Revue des Deux Mondes, who is now
visiting, this country. The article includes
not only recollections of the authors
personal relations with Madame Sand,
but an exposition of her views of life,
literature and religion, largely set forth
in Madame Sands own letters. A strlk-
ing portrait accompanies the article. A
third literary paper is Mr.. Brander Mat
thews's article on Andrew Lang, which
is both a personal impression and
literary criticism. Two interesting por-
traits OF Mr.. Lang accompany the article
The most prominent fiction Of the num-
her is the second instalment Of Mark
Twain's Pudinhead Wilson, which ac-
commodities itself to the change of child
rem made by the negress Roxana, IN
which the slave child takes the place of
his infant master. The short stories are
A No-Account Creole by Kate Chopin,
illustrated by MetcaIf, and Out of her
Glass, by Charles Belmont Davis, with
pictures by Gibson In the Lighter
Vein department there is a humorous
story by HIS. Edwards, author of Two
Runaways, entitled Captain jerry.
The most timely article in the January
mum Der of the Review of Reviews, and
it may perhaps be said without contra
diction the most timely article in any
relief for the unemployed in American
cities 1t is from the pen of the editor,
DR.. Albert Shaw, and presents from data
furnished for the most part later than
the middle of December the steps which
have been taken in a number of Ameri-
can cities for the relief of the unem-
ployed in the present winter. The arti-
Gle is divided into the following brief
chapters I, Baltimore Relief Organiza-
tion; II, How Boston Approaches the
Problem; III, Cincinnati's, Admirable
Arrangements; w, The Situation in
Chicago; Efficient Measures at Denver;
VI, The Plan in Vogue at Lynn; VII.
PhiIadelphia's Provision for the Unem-
ployed; VIII, Relief Work in St. Louis;
TX, Private and Public Cooperation
in st. Paul; x, Reports from Mlnneapo-
lis, Milwaukee and Cleveland; XII, Pitts
burg Organized and at Work; XII, The
Situation in New York. Accompanying
this compilation by Mr.. Shaw is most
admirable article written for the Re-
view of Reviews by DR.. Washington
GLADDEN., the .well-known authority in
matters of municipal and charitable Or
ganization, entitled Relief Work-1ts
Principles and Methods. This article
is evidently very fresh fromDr. GLADDEN.
pen, and is written with immediate ref
erence to the existing situation in the
United States The two articles taken
together furnish abundant evidence that
the Review of Reviews is fully awake to
the great topic of the month.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22
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The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22

President Dole's letter to Minister
Willis complaining that the latter's at
titude and that of the administration
had greatly embarrassed the provisional
government and greatly increased the
danger of hostile demonstration against
it set forth no doubt the exact truth.
He might have truthfully gone further
and asserted that that attitude was as
sumed with this end in view. Willis
went to the island for the purpose of de-
posing PresidentsDole and his ministry,
and for that only. All the instructions
given him related to that purpose The
means that he was authorized to employ
were never made public to the provision
al government or the American people
until the Presidents message was sent to
Congress on the eighteenth of December,
the day after Willis made his demand
upon the provisional government. On
the eighteenth of December the Ameri
time. that Willis was not authorized to
employ force The provisional govern
ment did not learn it until later. From
the day that Secretary Gresham's argu-
ment in favor of restoring the Queen was
received in Honolulu, which was early
in Novem Der, until about the twenty
seventh of Decent Der, the provisional
government had no idea of the extent to
which Willis was allowed to go, except
such as could be derived from Greshan's
letter. During all this time the roy al
lists were boasting that the Queen would
be restored on certain day, court uni
forms were being made, and everything
was being put in readiness for the resto-
ration. Evidently the royalists inferred
from Gresham's letter that the Queen
was to be set up in any event. This in
SEPARATION of the royalists was of itself a
menace to the provisional governments
and made its position less secure. 1t in
creased the dangers Of an uprising and
imposed upon the government the burden
of preparing for it. Even had Gresbam,s
letter been the extent of the menace TO
the provisional government, the latter
would have had good reason to complain
and to allege that the letter imposed addi-
tional burdens upon 1t. But it was not.
The impression that the provisional
government was to be deposed, by force
if necessary, was still further augmented
by the conduct OF our minister, our
naval forces at Honolulu, and the ad-
mtnistration itself. The moment Willis
stepped upon the island he wrapped
himself in mystery, and when he
vouchsafed any statement it was of a
nature to suggest that he had been
clothed with plenary power to settle all
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22
RHEUMATISM CURED:

Mr.. EDIToR:-I wish to inform my friends
and the public of my wonderful cure, after
suffering with rheumatism more than tongue
can tell for sixteen years having one rheu-
matte fever, and perfectly helpless six times.
During those years / was never free from it,
suffering first in one place, then in another,
until it seemed / would never be free from it
again. was recommended by q friend to go
had no faith in the treatment, but that didn't
matter Tor am cured and have felt no pain for
long time. One other trouble wish to speak
f 81 and " IS ns mas of ssee yeags aug tha
was under DR.. Chase's treatment about 8
months and he entirely cured me, for can
taste and smell as well as | ever did Anyone
wishing to see me about this / would be glad to
see them at any convenient time.
MRS. GEO. A. SMALL.
jan16d1m Oak ST., Woodfords, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22
THE PRESS.
MONDAY, JANUARY %.

Prof. Wilson'S excuse for not putting
steel rails on the free list is that while
he wants to draw the fangs OF this
monopoly, he does not want to hurt the
industry. Here is public confession by
the great free trade professor that pro-
lection does help industries
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22

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If the Democrats were making any pre-
tence of being true to their platform
there would be no doubt as to the fate
of the sugar bounty. But the Louisiana
sugar growers are all Democrats and
Prof. Wilson is perfectly willing that the
many shall be robbed for the benefit of
the few when the latter happen to be in
good standing in the party of alleged
honesty and reform.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-22

If the Knights of Labor can put up a
good sized fee they can probably find
lawyers enough who will be willing to
argue the illegality of Secretary Car
isles bond issue. But the money SO
spent could be much better used in re.
lieving the necessities of Knights who
are sick or out of employment.
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Now that the mission on which Willis
was sent to the Sandwich Islands has
completely failed it seems to be wise to
call him home. We have no right to
continue to mbarrass the provisional
government longer by his presence. Be-
sides it is cruel to him to keep him there
any longer
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Arizona republican., 1894-10-09
PERSONAL.

Southern Pacific Detective Brecken- ridge went Sunday evening to Yuma returning last night to Tucson.
 Harry Walton returned on Sunday from an extensive prospecting tour in the northern part of the territory.
 Of the new arrivals in Phoenix within the past week. great many have found comfortable rooms at the Gregory house.
 Hugo Zeckendorf, prominent busi. ness man of Tucson, who will shortly wed Miss Anna Goldb berg of this city, arrived yesterday. Mir. Zeckendorf is a gentleman of rare culture and refine ment as well as of abundant financial resources.
 W. L. Kerr, newspaper man from Kansas City, Mo-, arrived on Saturday and joined his wife who is a daughter ot Judge Buck. The wife has been visit ing here some weeks. Mir. Kerr has hay fever and likes the climate, so he rented ranch north of town and will stay all winter.
Arizona republican., 1894-10-09

WHY not largely increase our export of cheese? Bearing on this question the Farmers Home has this to say: From the cheese already manufactured in different parts of the country it has been abundantly proven that we can produce as good fancy cheeses as any of the foreign product. Already we export enormous quantities of ou1 finest cream cheese to European markets, and by keeping up the qual- ity this market will be greatly en- larged."
Arizona republican., 1894-10-09
A HUMAN ARM.
A Ghastly Decoration of an Engine |
 Room.

Room.
 A wall of the engine room of the Gardiner Mills are set off with a ghastly decoration. It Is human arm sawed of square about two inches above the elbow.
 The arm and a skull were found in the river bed last Sunday by teamster who was hauling sand. Decomposition of the arm had never taken place. The skin was intact and of the color and ap- pearance of the skin on a well cured ham. The pores of the skin are plainly visible and the lines both large and small of the palm are as distinct as they could have been in the life time of the owner. The nails are intact The arm is as hard as bone and of about the same specific gravity. It must have belonged to man of gigantic size Notwithstanding the wasting in- cident to dessication it is two-thirds as large as the average human arm and the forearm is much longer. The thumb is of extraordinary length. The be holder is at liberty to guess whether the dismembered individual was a white man or an Indian and while they are guessing they may guess at the date and manner of his death.