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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-09-20

Among the treasures of the Austrian
crown are some religious relics that
would make the fortune of a church.
They include a nail from the cross, a
fragment Of the cross itself, piece of
wood from the Manager at Bethlehem,
fragments of the apron worn by the
Virgin and a tooth of John the Baptist
Hard on the English Girls.
In an article in The Nineteenth Century
by Mrs. J. e. H. Gordon there are some
interesting statistics dealing with the
marriages Of the Newman and Girton
girls who take university honors. OF the
Girton girls one in ten marries and of the
NEWMAN girls one in nine Most girls
would rather secure husband than figure
In q tripos, and in this they are right, for
in all probability husband conduces to
more happiness than q tripos Most Of
the girls have become teachers-a calling
which they might have pursued without
tho honors. It is pity that Mrs. Gordon
is unable to give the percentage of the I'M
married that have declined 'offers. " But
l am inclined to think that this would be
found 20 be small, the fact being that a
man prefers as his life companion a lady
possessed Of accomplishments which are
outside OF triposes. If, however, we are to
retain chamber Of hereditary Legislators,
1t might be well that each Of these legis-
lators should only be permitted by law to
marry a lady who has taken university
honors. - Exchange.
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Big Milwaukee Fire.

MILWAUKEE, March 81 Following
are the latest estimates of the losses by
last nights fire: Pisnkington estate, on
buildings, $ss5.O0o; Lsadaure & 90 q,
wholesale dry goods, 100000; Benedict
8 Co., clothing, $4,000; Young Mems
Christian Association building. $25 600;
Roebel & Rsinhart, art store, $4,000;
F Hopkinson Tmith. paintings, SIS 900;
Aubon Marche, $4,000; Columbia
Clothing Company. $4,000; Tanner & Co +,
furniture, 100000; Barring & wamboId
Co, clothing. $50 900; schlltz Brewing
Company, building, $S000; William
HallmaD, building, $4,000; NJ M.tthews
Bros, $4,000; James Morgan & Co., dry
goods. $4,000. Other losses amount to
about $4,000. making the total loss
$3.50. 900 The insurance will aggregate
80 per cent OF the loss. The Milwaukee
public library was saved by favorable
shift of the wind No casualties occurred
The burned district takes both sides Of
Grand avenue from Third to Fourth
streets, except the Matthews block. on the
south side. and the buildings east Of the
alley on the north side. West of Fourth
street, the corner store of the Public
Library building Is gone on the north.
and the Foster block and the Young
Mems Christian ASSOCIATION building on
the south. F Hopkinson Smiths paint
ings represent over a years hard work IN
Europe. 1t Is not known whether be
carried insurance.
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THE OUTLOOK.

Business prospects in this city were
never as bright for years as at present
Several new buildings are in the course
of construction, and trade with the in
terror will be of larger volume than
heretofore. If the opposition boats on
the river are retained the transporta-
ton problem will be solved to the
benefit of producers, and this will very
likely be accomplished. For the past
few years The Dslles has demon
strated to the country dependent upon
it for a market that buyers here would
pay higher price for products than
at any othor point east of the Cascade
mountains, and the rates to sea board
were lower. This has given the city 8
prestige not possessed by any other
point. There are men in charge of
affairs in The. Dalles who are
both. liberal and enterprising, and
who will profit by the opportunities
presented. The Dalles is the most
eligible place for a large shipping
point and manufacturing center of any
in the northwest, and the dreams of
it's most sanguine friends will be real
lzed in the near future. Surrounded
by good fruit and grain growing re
zion, with its salmon industries, at the
head of navigation and with an open
river to the sea. this city is destined
o be the great interior metropolis of
he Inland Empire.
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Y,cerax Ii nust Die.

WASHINGTON, March a6--In privat,
caoiegram from Toxic received by amem'
Der of the japanese legation here 10 news o
world. deinterest. According to this dis.
patch, which comes from the highest Off.
clais In Japan, German phy sicisn, presi-
dent of the university of Toxic, and an ex.
pert Of high standing, was sent yesterday
at the personal request of the mikado. to
examine Ii Hung Chang's wound. After
a thorough examination of his distin
guished patient, the physician reported
cou6deptIally to the mikado that Ii Hung
Chsng must die. The wound IL in the
face, and The bullet, which the surgeon
had not succeeded In extracting, 10 appar
entity beyond reach. Moreover, Ii is 10
years of age, and, although a giant
physically. years are against him. The
d'spatcb which conveys the information 10
4 private and confidential one, but its
,rustworthlness is not doubted by Its re-
cjpjent,
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VIII Fight the Suit.

VANCOUVER, B. c., March 28-Some
days ago a man named Houck, claiming
to be a lawyer from Honolulu, arrived
here and proceeded to interest himself IN
the cases of the three depo ted exi!es,
Mueller, Cranston and Johnstone, He
interviewed numerous local men snd
learned as much as possible regarding the
statements made by them.
Saturday night William A Kinney. the
judge advocate who presided at the
recent court msrtials In Honolulu,
arrived here. When interviewed, Kinney
was very guarded in his statements. but
1t was sscertained that he had come here
in connection with the suit instituted by
the exiles against the Canadian Australian
Steamship Company, the exiles claiming
$l50000 damages each. The Hawaiian
government had to give the steamship
company pond to indemnify 1t against
any action that might be brought, and
the government has accordingly decided
so fight the suit to the end.
Kinney engaged T P Davis, @ c.. of
this city, TO fight the case. and brought
with him numerous documents. The Ha-
waii4u government claims that in the de-
port tstions 1t was acting within interns
tional law. and that 10 any case the dam,
ages Claimed are absurd, as the men We're
onlv making bare living In Honolulu.
Kinney and Davis refused to state the
line of defense. Kinney LETT again bur-
richly SUNDAY. and. it Is understood, has
gone to San Franciscor
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Aettlers Are IN Trsub 9.

SACRAMENTO, March 28-Governor
Budd has received the following telegram
from B ,kersdeld: ITO Governor Budd.
Sacra msntu: We, the settlers of Kern
lake bed, ask you to protect US against
an armed force of hlrelings OF the Kern
County Land Company, that are forclbIy
dspossessing Us from our land now In
litigation. They are destroying our prop
erty and threatening our lives (Signed)
W Briggs, secretary of the mesting."
The g, vernon at once sent for Deputy
Attorney. General Post and directed him
to telegraph to District Attorney Alvin
Fay, OF Kern county. for full statement
bv wire as .ooa as possible of the trouble
there.
The deputy attornev-gepersl soon re
ceived this telegram from Fay:
"The company has a patent for the
land. Toe settlers have occupied a
portion of the laud for several years.
They have had several su'ts. but none
we're properly brought to determine
title. Several ejsctment suits are now
pending. The company has armed men
on the ground and has forcibly elected
four or five people. Am expecting to
hear of trouble at any time."
After the governor read This telegram
he directed the attorney generals Office to
Immediately instruct District Attorney
Fay to arrest and prosecute all parties on
either side found violating the law.
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They Discussed the Canal.

WARRINGTON, March 2s-Tne presiden,
saw, by appointment, today, Warner
Miller and other chief officials of the
Nicaragua canal. The gentlemen after
wards saw Gresham, with whom it Is said
they discussed the effect Eagland's ulti.
matum would have on the interests in
Central America. Senator Miller subse.
quently said he was confident American
interests would not be allowed to suffer
He bad come to Washington In regard to
the appointment of the board of engineers
"for the purpose of sscertain:ng the feas.
ibiIity, permanence aud cost OF the con
struction OF the canal"
Miller said the engineers, be understood
would be selected at once.
The Nlcaraguan minister had a con-
fersnce with Gresham today regarding
Englaud's ultimatum, but refused to give
anything about the matter to the press
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THAT TAX.

The income tax is not meeting with
universal favor with Democrats, and
this is what the New York San says
regarding it. "The reports to collect
ors of internal revenue from persons
subject TO income tax are thus far very
few. There ID hope that the supreme
court will, before the 10Th of April,
declare the act unconstitutional. Fail,
ing in this, it is believed by lawyers
who have thoroughly examined the
question that the collector of internal
revenue is required to make personal
demand upon the taxpay ers before i'm
posing any penalty. There is also a
we'll grounded opinion, among tax
payers and lawyers, that the collectors
OF internal revenue for the United
States and the commissioners of taxes
for New York city are acting together
and furnishing one another with in
for nation for the discontinue OF The
taxpayer. A firm of lawyers who
have large number of corporations
among their clients applied for cor
poration blank upon which to make
return for, the income tax. The COL
lector Of internal revenue declined to
provide this unless the n n,me OF the
corporation requiring it was furnished.
The name of defunct New Jersey
corporation was given to him, and
within three days the lawyers IN ques
tion received from the commissioners
of taxes for New York city a demand
upon the defuncs corporation, ad-.
dressed to them as its attorneys, TOR a
return Of their property liable to per-
sonal taxes"
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The Debs Case Resumed

WASHINGTON, March 28-The hearing
on the application OF Eugene Dab: aud
others for a writ of ha5eas corpus, tor re :
lease from Imprisonment, was resumed
In the supreme court at noon today.
Attorney. General Olney made the first
argument, speaking in opposition TO the
application. He said the single question
before the supreme court was whether the
court below had jurisdiction in the case
male by the original bill, and proceeded
to show as he viewed ibe matter 1t had
He devoted very little time to the dis
cussion of the governments technical re.
latlons to the mails, but passed to the
consideration o. the strike as violation
of the interstate commerce regulations.
He enumerated many federal laws bear
ing on the question of Interstate traffic.
and noted the provisions of the several
statu which cover the whole field OF
interstate railroad transportation, and
showed most concluslvely the declared
purpose of congress to exclude every
other source and form of regulation
except Its own. Olney asserted that
interstate railroad transportation was
bling interfered with 10 Chicago in July.
1894, and the present petitioners were to
the fullest extent responsible.
The Illinois authorizes by inacti7 witty
or ill-directed efforts aggravated the evils
of the situation. Hence it became pec-
essary tor the government to step in, not
only in defense of individuals, but in
obedience to Its obligations to protect In.
terst ate commerce.
Olney was followed by Darrow, for the
petitioners, who declared the attorney
general overlooked the interests of count
less millions of working people, and the
danger to civil liberty embraced IN the
case. He declared the state had been
ever ANXIOUS and able to preserve peace
At the close of Darrow's argument the
court took the briefs. II will probably
announce its decision before adjournment
in May,
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Republicans have begun 80 wing
the seeds for the political harvest next
year. Crops rarely ever fail IN Oregon.
Ii Hung Chang went on a mission
of peace to Japan, and now lies
wounded with bullet in his face.
This is the result of anarohism.
If the United States had a frm
national administration would Great
Britain press her demands on poor,
crippled Nicaragua We think not.
Japan is rapidly advancing in the
line of mod ern civilization. An an
archist attempted to assassinate Ii
Hung Chang Sunday, and other evil
dences of progress may be expected.
Utah Is preparing constitution, and
the woman suffrage question is receiv-
ing considerable discussion. The Nor
mons may take an advanced step on
this su'jest that would be we'll for
other members of the union to follow.
Mrs. Lease declines to be candidate
for mayor of Wichita, says the Globe
Democrat, because she would have to
resign the office she now holds. That
is to say, she has been in politics
long enough to learn that the bird in
hand is worth more than all of those
IN the bushes.
The Mexican press have begun to
clamor for the enforcement of the Mon
roe doctrine against European mon
archs interfering in the affairs of
American republics. With CON-
bined effort on the part of the coun-
tries on this side of the Atlantic, the
foreign potentates will know enough to
keep "hands Off"
The language of Governor Mckinley
on the silver question will be endorsed
by very many Republicans. From its
inception to the present time the Re-
! ublican party has been opposed to
tiat money or o,her wild theories of |
finance, and will not change its po- |,
sition in the future. There will be no |
plank for free-silver men to stand on
in 1896, except In the Populist plat
;orm, and they should take timely
and hunt shelter In that d.
.ection.
The Cuban rebellion is rapidly
'preading, and Spain will have no easy
ob in putting it down, however severe
Ter repressive measures may be. For
many years Cubans have desired a
eparate govern ment. one in which the
'sopls would have VOICE, and several
ttempts have been made to throw off
he Spanish yoke. The present efforI
} well matured. and bids fair to be
uccessful. Spain has had her day as
uler on the western continent, and the
riends of liberty in this country will
q gratiied to see Cuba q self-govern-
,g republic
Oregon has been benefited by the
ssons taught BY the hard times dur-.'
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Old Times Recalled

ST. LOUIS, March 2s-The CalIforpi,
express on the Iron Mouutsin railroad
WHICH was held up by two masked rob.
bers one mile this side of WilliamsvilIe
Mo, at midnight last night, reached here
this forenoon, several hours late. Ac-
cordiug to the tralnmen, the hold up was
one of the most daring since the time OF
the jesse James gang.
The two men TOOK complete possession
of the train. Their arms consisted OF
Winchester and Colts revoleers. Con
ductor Webb said: zone of the mer
covered me with gun and ordered me
to throw up my hands. He grabbed my
watch, and ran his hand down my pock-
ets and got about 81 I had collected IN
fares. They forced the engineer to rue
up the track about q mile with the
express car, after uncoupling it from the
train. The messenger was compelled r.
ooen the larger sale or they threatened to
kill him. They ransacked local baggages
but Messenger Early thinks they got
nothing of value, as the money was
locked in the larger safe at Popular Bluff.
Their WORK Gone, the highwsymen gol
over the fence and made for the woods. "
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FIRM POLIOY NEEDED.

international complications are in
creasing. and if there ever was re-
quired frmness on the part of the ex-
eoutive of the United States to main
tain the dignity of the nation that
time IS at present. A little while ago
mail ship was fred upon by Span
ish gunboat in Cuban water, and the
latest news contains the intelligence
that citizen of the United States
has been sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment by French court mar
tial in Madagascar. The state depart
ment has sent very vigorous message
to Madrid, and it is very likely that
Spain, after an investigation of the
affair, will make an apology for the
outrage. France, too, should be made
to understand that American citizens
hive government that will protect
their rights under any and all oircum-
s ances. A strong aud vigorous ad-
IN nistratisn of national affairs appeals
to the pride of the people, and this
cannot be demonstrated in q more for
cib'e manner than by supporting the
dignity of the flag and insuring pro-
lection to citizens wherever and when
ever their rights are invaded.
a careful inquiry should be made
into the. facts Of the case, and. after
these have been ascertained, the posi-
tion assumed should be maintained at
all hazards. In the Cuban affair there
Ia no question the mail steamer was
pursuing her usual route, and firing
or her was breach of international law
and an insult to the country. From
present information the case of the |
A merican citizen in Madagascar is q |
Hagrant outrage, and reparation should |
be Immediately demanded. That an
American should be debarred from |
trading With the Hovas, over whom
the French have forcibly assumed
protectofate, is contrary to all pre-
eedents.. And that he should be tried
by q military court-martial, and not be
allowed trial in civil court, savors
of state of barbarlsn.
Secretary Gresham acted very prompt
ly with Spain, and il is expected he
will show the same spirit with France.
These affairs are to be lamente1 very
much, as our relations with these coup-
tries, especially the latter, have been
very amioable, and foreign oomplica
ions are to be avoided If possible.
But there is principle involved in
hese matters which no country should
Illow to remain dormant, and the ex-
rcise of which is necessary for national
xistence. If the United States de-
Tres to maintain her rank in the I
.mily of nations her flag must receive t
,e same courteous respect as that of
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To Reclaim the Arid Lands.

Boston, March 26-Chairman William
E Smythe, of the national irrigation com
mittee, representing the irrlgssion con-
gress of the western states, lnsugurated
an earnest camgaign for bis cause last
evening. Edward Everett Hale presided
over the meeting and made vigorous
speech in favor Of organized effort 20 di
vert The surplus population to surplus
lands. Smyths declared:
"The cause of the west is the cause of
the nation" He presented kilograms
from public officials Of Wyoming, Idaho,
Washington and Montana, announcing
that each of these states has passed legis"
lation accepting grant of 100000
acres of pubic lands on condition that
they be reclaimed and. settled. He
claims tor such advances as are necessary
TO move. equip and sustain the people.
ample security can be furnished upon the
lands and water supply.
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Thurston's Note to ere.ham.

WASHINGTON, March 27-Tbe notifca"
ton sent by Minister Thurston to the
state department of his intention to leave
the country aud designating Secretary
Hastings as charge d'affalres of Hawaii,
was received BY the department here.
Mr.. Hastings will be recogu'9sd as
Ha wallis diplomatic representative until
notice of the selection of new minister
is received.
1t Is understood Thurston's formal note
to Gresham announcing his intended de-
parture from Washington, which reached
the secretary today, ls brief almost to
the point of curtness. It simply stated
that be intended to depart for Honolulu
this afternoon, leaving Secretary Hast
ipgs In charge of the Hawaiian legation
The note 10 said by those familiar with
Diplomatic communications of lts class to
be remarkable for lts omission of custom
ary courteous explanations and sbsolusely
nnIque In failing to announce whether
Dis government had or had not given him
leave of absence.
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Three pead Robbers.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn March 27-At
tunnel No. 8, near Somerset, KY, about
Q 80 this morning, five robbers boarded
an express train on the Cincinnati
Southern road. A fight ensued between
them and the tIainmen. Two robbers
were killed and one captured. The
other two escaped to the woods. No
trainmen were hurt.
GREENWOOD, KY, March 27-A most
daring but unsuccessful attempt at train
robbery occurred at $50 A. N. today in
the southern part of Kentucky, when six
men undertook to rob southbound train
No. 8, Of the Qlcen 8 Crescent. One of
the six was killed outright, one died at 4
o'clock this morning and the third, Civ
ing the name of Miller, lies here severely
wounded. The other three escaped.
The train reached Chattanooga today on
time. The reason for this summary
disposal of train-Iobbers is found In the
fact that some tldlngs of their purpose
had been given TO railroad or express
authorities, and T R Griffin. superiniend
ent of police on the Southern road, had
with him on the tram two trusty
assistants. The train had just reached
the aoutb end of tunnel No. 0, q mile
north of Greenwood, when the robbers
signaled it to stop. They had scarcely
disclosed their purpose until Griffin and
his assistants began offensive operations.
In 10 minutes three robbers had bitten
dust, and the other three had flown and
the train was speeding on its way,
CHATTANOOGA, March 27-Englneer
Tom Springfield, of the train held up by
the robbers at the tunnel, 10 miles south
of Somerset, Ky, early today. says the
train was tagged by man standing on
the track. When he stopped the train
the man climbed into the cab, pointed q
pistol at the engineer. saying: "Stand
here till I tell you to 60 on" Shooting
began and the Iobber left the cab. order
ing the engineer to "go ahead" "After
the fellow told me to 60 ahead" said the
engineer. I'VE bad gone but short dis
tance when Rankin found q wounded
man on the tender We stopped al
Cumberland Falls, four miles from the
tunnel. aud put him of, leaving him 10
the telegraph office. He was badly shot
In the arm and said he was tramp
stealing a ride, and was not with the
train robbers, but we did not believe it."
A telegrm from Cumberland Falls says
the third man taken from the engine has
s'nce died. The robbery was planned for
March II. but as the creek was out of i's
banks The men were afraid they would
be caush bit, and postponed 1t.