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The herald., 1896-03-04
BRAZ|L|ANS ARE BOTHERED
By the Probability of Another
Revolution
THE CRITICAL SITUATION
Grows Out of the Activity OF the Jaco.
binos
Opposition to Foreigners Grows More Bit
ter and Foreign Relations Become
Excessively Strained
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
Rio DE JANEIRo, Brazil, Jan. 25.-Since
the revolution of 1S93-94 the political sit
uation in Brazil has not been so critical as
at present. There are two powerful rea-
sons for this disturbing state of affairs. In
the first place. the Jacobinos or natives.
as the party of the late Marshal-President
Floriano PeiNoto is termed, become more
powerful day by day, and threaten to over
throw the moderate government of Presi-
dent Prudent de Moraes. In the second
place, the relations between France and
Brazil grow more strained as each day
passes, and it is anticipated the Brazilian
government will shortly be called upon to
face the landing of French troops in the
Amapa country, the territory which has so
long been in dispute between this country
and France. Taking up the first question
which disturbs the country, 1t should
be explained that the Jacobinos, with
Francisco Glycerio and Quintino Bocayuva
at it's head, are held responsible for the
trouble at Sac Paulo few weeks ago, dur
ing which great number of important
stores. etc.. belonging to foreigners, were
destroyed. They are also said to have in
stigated the disturbances at Santos, where
the printing offices of two newspapers were
demolished, and they are also held re-
sponsble for the troubles at Ouro Perto,
where two men were killed any many
wounded, as a result of the rioiing which
broke out there. Briefly, the Jacobinos
are opposed to all foreigners and its men,
bers take every opportunity of showing
their dislike for the foreign population.
But they are already very powerful in con-
gress and throughoutout the country.
Then, again, further trouble is anticipated
in the state of Rio Grande do Sui.
The herald., 1896-03-04
THE JURY DISAGREED
Cowboy Rice VIII Have Another Trial for
Disturbing the Peace

Cowboy Rice VIII Have Another Trial for
Disturbing the Peace
The jury in the case against Cowboy
Rice for disturbing the peace was charged
by Justice Owens at o'clock yesterday
morning, and an hour later retired for de-
liberation. The long-haired orator and
number of his sympathizers fingered
around the court room all day waiting FOR
the long-delayed verdict. As the hours
passed on it became evident that hung
jury was to be expected, and it was under
stood that the recalctrant minority were
standing firm for the acquttal of the de-
fendant. Along about o'clock the jury
filed into court in disgusted mood and
made the announcement, through Fore :
man Edwards, that they would be unable
to agree. Justice Owens asked them to
try it little longer, and they again retired
to try and convince three Of their number
that Rice ought to be punished.
Again at 3 in the evening they came
forth, with the result still the same, 8 to 3,
and, with the understanding that it seemed
impossible for them to agree, the judge
dismissed them. In dischareing, Justice
Owens took occasion tn say few words in
respect to peculiar tactics employed by
the obstinate minority and to express his
surprise that jury could not have passed
upon the case in little or no time. instead
of wrangling for hours, when the matter at
issue was simply misdemeanor. Two of
the kickers are understood to be Altschul
and Barber, who would under no circum-
Stances vote for a conviction. The case
was passed by the court to be reset, and
Rice and his friends departed in jubilant
mood. Three days time has been con-
sumed by the matter and nearly $50 tales.
men examined to seat the twelve men in
the box
street pending against Rice, sworn out un-
der the provisions of the new ordinance.
The herald., 1896-03-04
HE CEASED TO RUN
When q Fat Policeman Used Him for a
Chair

When Fat Policeman Used Him for a
Chair
CHICAGO, March 3.-Alderman William
J. Doerr ran amuck last night and within
an hour after he began to run he was drag
ged into the central police station, covered
with mud, his nose bleeding, his face
scratched and ragged fragments of what
had been a coat dangling from his should
ers.
1t took half a dozen officers to get him to
the police station. He was only quieted
when he was thrown flat on the floor and a
corpulent "copper" was seated on his
chest. Doerr began his rampage by rum
ming into trolley car with a buggy.
Then he clinched with the car and
tried to thrash the motorman. The
conductor came to the rescue and Doerr
tried to shoot him. They fought ell over
the car and finally policeman dragged
the alderman into the street. This suited
the alderman and he fought the policeman
on the sidewalk, on the car track and in
the cutters. When more policemen came
he tried them as we'll. He was thumped.
battered and rolled in the mud, but he
could not be paciied. Nothing suited
him. Finally he was dragged to the sta
ton and as the fat officer roasted on his
respiratory apparatus the alderman gave
it up. He was bailed out by friends.
The herald., 1896-03-04
Trolley and Horses

The remarkable extent to which elec-
tricity has already supplanted the old fash
ioned modes of locomotion in the cities of
tine United States is revealed in q table of
recent statistics published by The Stree.
Railway journal. OF the 976 American
roads enumerated there are 1O,363 miles
OF electric track, only 1914 miles of horse
railroad and 632 miles of cable line. These
figures show how almost completely the
trolley has routed the horse in the past
three years. so to define the troiley's real
period of conquest. In 1890 there were
1851 miles of street lines. about three
fourths of which were operated by horses.
However, in all, the street car lines have
never employed over 100000 horses. The
dropping of these equine servants from the
roads of the principal cities OF the Union
and the cessation of the yearly purchase OF
stock can scarcely therefore have been the
chief feature in the reported great recent
decrease in horse values. The farmers and
horse breeders of the country are said to
have lost about S424, 600. 900 in such val
ues in three years time. The fact is that
the supply Of horses in America has IN
creased per capita to the population OF the
United States, aside from all questions OF
rise or fall in demand. The United States
| possess today nearly as many horses as all
| Europe outside of Russia. In January,
| 1892, the farms and ranches OF the Union
held 15 100000 horses, valued at vi .OOO..
100000. In January, 1895. there were, II
is asserted, Ii, 1913 ,81e horses. worth only
| $576,T30, $50. O.-Philsdelphia Record.
The herald., 1896-03-04
CLOTHlERS' STRIKE
The State Board of Arbitration Will Not In
terfere

The State Board of Arbitration viii Not In
teriere
CHICAGO, March 3.-Clothing manufac-
turers and striking cutters will be left
alone by the state board of arbitration.
Judge Thornton, Col. w. P. Rend and
Charles Reifier met last night and decided
not to investigate the causes of the strike.
The board is empowered to make such in
vestigation. but as all attempts at concilia-
ton and arbitration have failed, the three
members think it is useless to try 10 effect
a settlement. strike viii! now drag along
until strikers or manufacturers give way.
The former assert they will win, while the
bosses are equally positive they will take
the men back only on merit. Two largely
attended mass meetings were held last
night by the garment workers. Resolutions
indorsed the strike and pledged support to
the cutters. The sweatshop workers are
willing to strike in sympathy, but the cut.
tiers do not think such action as yet neces-
Sary.
The herald., 1896-03-04
HARRlTY SPEAKS
Three Interesting and Extremely Important
Statements to Democrats

Three Interesting and Extremely Important
Statements to Democrats
NEW YORK, March 3.-The World tomor-
row will say:
Mr.. Harrity, chairman of the national
Democratic committee. has maintained
silence for many months in respect to can
didates and issues, bat he spoke frankly
yesterday to the World. He made three
extremely important as well as interesting
statements:
First-That he no longer considers Mr..
Cleveland as among the possible candi.
dates for president.
Second-That the Democratic party in
its platform must declare for sound money
as against free and unlimited silver coin
age at 16 to /.
Third--That the Democrats are more
divided now than they we're six months be-
fore the Tilden campaign.
Mr.. Harrity has recently returned from
Chicago, where he arranged the preiimi
naries Of the next Democratic nationa
convention, to which he will go as dele
gate with Pennsylvania's sixty-four dele
gates at his back.
The herald., 1896-03-04
Racine Hardware COmpany'S
Plant Destroyed
FIVE MEN BADLY BURNED
A Danbury Fur Cutting Establishment
Burned Up
Tho Bozsm Tunnel in Danger Of Destruction
Other Disasters Near at Hand or
Far Away

Associated Press Special Wire.
RACINE, Wis.,, March 3.-By the explo.
sion of a gasoline tank in the engine de-
partment of the Racine Hardware company
at Western Union junction, about p. m.,
that portion Of the works was destroyed,
with a loss of about 100000, and five
men were probably fatally burned. Thirty
five men employed in the department
rushed pell-mell for the windows and
leaped to the ground, distance of twenty
feet. Many were badly bruised, and some
have broken bones. Five were caught in
the flames and terribly burned. The
names of the injured are: A. J. King,
George Nichols, John Fitch, George STRAIT
ton, G. Anderson.
TWO MEN KILLED
DANBURy, Conn.,, March 3.-By boiler
explosion in Park Brothers. fur cutting es-
tablishment today fire was started which
destroyed 100000 in property and re-
suited probably in the fatal injury of two
men. The explosion took the roof from
the building, small wooden affair of two
stories. Edward Parks, one of the proprie-
tors, was frightfully burned, and may die.
The building was quickly consumed, to-
gether with a sash and blind factory adj
joining. The flames went to the Barnum
building, the Sherman block and other
property, which was consumed. Sadie
Carpenter, tenant, jumped from win
dow and broke her thigh. Frank East
wood, a fireman, was buried beneath q
wall and fatally injured.
A TUNNEL BURNING
LIVINGSTON. Mont, March 3.-The fire is
raging as fiercely as ever in the Bozeman
tunnel, and from present: indications the
entire timbering, both old and new, will be
consumed. The tunnel has caved in at a
point where the sky line crosses and some
freight cars have been precipitated from
the top of the mountain 10 the floor of the
tunnel.
PHoENIX FIRE
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 3.-This evening.
during a high wind, the residence of W. A.
Hancock, ON First avenue, was destroyed
by fire. Loss, $500. Only the promptest
of good work by the local fire department
kept the blaze from extending as the wind
drove it northward, licking the roots of
business houses and jeopardizing over
5000, 900 worth of business property.
FIRE AT PRESCOTT
A fire occurred this afternoon in house
on Francis street owned by John Lawler.
capitalist. 1t originated from defective
flue, and before the department could ar
rest the progress of the flames, the build
ing was almost totally destroyed. Loss,
$500: insured for $4,000.
OPERA HOUSE BURNED
FREEpoRT, ILL.,, March 3.-Fire at Stock
ton this morning destroyed block of busi-
ness houses and residences. Loss, S5O,-
600. The fire started in Carpenters opera
house.
The herald., 1896-03-04
STANLEY'S PLUCK

"War correspondents" exclaimed Lore
Wolseley. "Some of them are desperately
brave. while others are anything but he
roes. The majority, think, do their duty
well. even when it leads them into tight
places. BY the way. talking of tight places
and war correspondents, | remember al
incident that may interest you. 1t was al
the beginning of the Ashanti campaign
just after our landing. A square-built
little man came up to me and said, speak
ing slowly and with an unmistakabie
American accent:
"General. allow me TO introduce my
self. am the correspondent of the New
York Herald. L
"Too busy to attend to him. | cut him
short with, What can do for you, sir.
"He replied imperturbably, with the
same exasperating siowness, We'll Cen
eral, | want to be as near you as l can ii
there is any fighting to be SEEM
"'Captain So-and-So has charge of all
the arrangements concerning corresponds
ents,' I rejoined, curtly; you had better
see him. And with this turned OH my
heel and went about my business.
II saw no more of my correspondent
with the aggravating GOODNESS and slowness
of speech for many day. did not even
know whether he was accompanying the
column or not.
"Personally speaking, I was only in
danger once during the whole expedition.
1t was shortly before we entered Coomas-
sic. ] had pressed forward with the adj
vanced troops, hoping to break the last
effort at resistance and have done with
the affair, when the enemy, utilizing the
heavy covert, came down and fairly sur
rounded us. For few minutes the posi-
ton was critical and every man had TO
fight, for the enemy's fire was poured in
at close quarters. They pressed upon us
from all sides, lodging from tree to tree,
and continually edging closer, hoping to
get hand to hand. In the hottest of it my
attention was caught by man in
civilians clothes, who was some fifteen
or twenty yards in front of me, and who
was completely surrounded by the adj
vancing savages. He seemed to pay no
heed to the danger he was in, but, kneeling
on one knee, took aim and fired again anG
again, and seemed to see that every time
he fired black man fell. | was fascinated
by his danger aud cooness. AS our main
body came up and the savages were driven
back, went forward to see that no harm
came to my civilian friend, who rose just
was the correspondent of the New York
Herald. and he began again in the same
slow, calm way:
"'Well, General
"Again | interrupted him: You were
lucky to escape. Didn't you see that you
were surrounded?'
"'Well, General he began again, Il
guess was too much occupied by the nig-
gers in front to pay much attention to those
behind
"That was evidently the simple truth.
Whatever men may say in the future about
Henry M. Stanley, no one who mas seen
him in danger will deny that his courage is
of the first quality. took liking to him
on the spot, and we became great friends;
nor has anything occurred since to alter
my opinion of him. saturday Review.
The herald., 1896-03-04
Johnson os. Pearson los. sen.tor Holman

Johnson %. Pearson 1O3, Senator Hoffman
lO3, kamsin 100.
Third race. flying stakes, selling, two year
olds, nlne-sixteenths of a mile-Alna Dale 30.
Cande!aria ~. Rowena b 96, Rey del TERRA
1O3. Gray Hurst %, Orseno "a, Dura 81, Philip
IL "a, Torpedo 96 Jim Dunn lis, Santa Paula
ll5, Liudendale II.
Fourth race, handicap, steeple chase. about
a mil. and three-quarters-Adelant 12J, Mes
tor l2o. Cicero 100. Gold Dust 127, The Lark
l39, Zaragoza 125
Fifth race. selling. mile and a sixteenth, in :
side eourss-Two Cheers 103 Trix l0s, GOV.
Budd 80 Red Root Ill. My Duck lO7. Oakland
100, Little Cripple los, Ida Ii 80 Duchess OF
Nil pitas "a.
sixth race, handicap, six furlongs -Arnot
~. Benham S5, Geo Miller 10. Realization
lou. Charmion S5, Glacier 90, Grady SO.
The herald., 1896-03-04
IN THE COMMONS
The Dismemberment Of Turkey Suggested
and Advocated

The Dismemberment OF Turkey Suggested
and Advocated
LONDON, March SIN the house of COM
mons today Mr.. Samuel Smith, Liberal
member for Flintshirc and president of the
Purity society, offered a resolution of SYM
pathy with the Armenians. In doing SO
Mr.. Smith said that he trusted that Great
Britain would continue her efforts in be-
half of the Armenians. Mr.. Smith also de-
nounced Turkey, claimed that the Turks
were pirates, in hopeless state of barbar-
ism, and suggested that Russia be given a
portion of the Mediterranean and thus ter
inmate the rivalry between Great Britain
and Russia in this connection. He also
suggested that Russia be asked to occupy
Armenia and that France and Russia
should be approached with the object of
arranging division of Turkey. claiming
that such policy would unite the Saxon
race in Europe and America.
Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett defended the
Turks and Sir Edward Grey also spoke on
the resolutions. Others followed, after
which George N. Curzon, under secretary
of the foreign Office, replied. He said the
government was willing to accept the reso-
1utions, but that the house must not sup
pose that the government could ameliorate
the condition of the Arnenians by force of
arms. The question. he said, was not the
concern OF one power. but of all, and each
must be the best judge of it's own policy.
Hence the concert was not SO effective as
could be wished. This was not the fault of
England. 1t had been suggested that
Russia should occupy Armenia; but he
said he could inform the house that the
Armenians did not want to be transferred
to Russia, and that the later was averse to
assuming the control. The mover of this
resolution, he pointed out, had not stated
which port it was proposed TO seize and
present to Russia. The government was
doing its best, he said. to ameliorate the
condition of Armenia, and would not
Abate its efforts.
Mr.. Smiths resolution was then carried,
without division.
The herald., 1896-03-04
ARE SATISFIED NOW
Canadian Senlers See No Need for Revisin
the Law

Canadian Senlers See No Need for Revising
tie Law
OTTAWA, Ont, March 3.-From an Of
ficial document which has been laid before
parliament, it is evident that the Canadian
authorities are resisting the pressure from
the United States government for the re-
vision of the Bering sea regulations on the
ground that the obvious intention of the
proposal is to destroy the Canadian indus
try of peIagic sealing. The whole matter
is set forth in report from Hon. Mr.. Cos
tigan, minister of marine and fisheries,
which shows some statistics that in spite
of harrassing regulations the sealing in
dustry is not decreasing in importance.
The Canadian yield for 1895 was $4,000
skins more than the average for the past
seven years. The report concludes that as
the seals are not becoming extinct the
need for a revision of the regulations does
not exist.
The herald., 1896-03-04
English Prison Efficiency

We are sometimes told that the existing
English prison system is the best in the
world. And if the value of prison system
is to be measured by the uniformity of dis
cipline. its attention to cleanliness, its ma
chineiike methods of dealing with convict
ed men, no doubt our prisons need not
shrink from comparison with other insttu-
tions Of similar kind abroad. But if all
this is to be regarded as machin-
cry subsidiary to greater end, and
If the value of a prison system
is to be estimated by its power of
deterring an offender from returning to
prison again and again, then it must frank
ly be said that o,lr prisons, so far as can
be seen, are no better than prisons else
where. The most eminent authorities on
prison discipline assert that the ultimate
test of the efficiency of prison is its power
of de;erring the once convicted offended
from returning to a career of crime. This
is the opinion of Bonneville de Marsangy
in France. 1t is the opinion of Herr Sich-
art, the distinguished German prison di-
lector. II is, moreover, the only opinion in
consonance with the teachings OF justice
and common sense.
If prison does not succeed in deterring
an offender who has had experience of its
seventies from coming back to it again and
again. it is not likely to have much influ-
ence in deterring the criminaily disposed
from embarking in a criminal life. On the
contrary, the spectacle of an offender going
to prison for the fifth, the tenth. the twen-
tieth time, is calculated to encourage the
peccant materials in the population rather
than to Getar them. Difference, therefore,
is the principal by which prisons must ulti-
mately be judged, and il our English pris-
ons are judged by this principle we shall
have to reconsider several of our ideas re-
specting their boasted superiority. Here is
a table giving the percentage of old Offend
ers in some important continental states
as compared with the percentage of old
offenders in English prisons:
Per Cent.
Austria, 1856, vergehen. n......................oS
Germany, 1888 verbrechen und vergehep %
Italy, 1883. corti d'assise. ...... .....36
Franc, 1889. tribunauX correctioueles =. Al
England, leSS-92 indictable and summary AZ
| do not desire to draw any hard and fast
conclusions from these statistics of recdi-
| vism. International comparisons on such a
subject are attended with great difficulties,
! and are only to be accepted as distant ap.
proximations. But so far as these com.
| parsons have any weight at all, they dis
| pose OF the eXfravagant pretenslons which
| it has now become the fashion to set up on
behalf of English prisons and English
prison methods. Theee statistics of recid
ivsm are utterly hostile to the idea that
! we are more successful than our neigh
bors in dealing with the convicted popu
lation. On the contrary, they tend to
show that our system is at present less
| deterrent in its character than systems
we are taught to despise. 1t is less de
terrent, inasmuch as it produces larger
percentage of offenders who persist in &
career of crime after repeated expert
ences of prison life.-Fortnightly Review
The herald., 1896-03-04
A STOLEN WATCH
Presented to Its Owner for the Purpose Of
PaWning

Presented to Its Owner for the Purpose Of
PaWnlng
George Tally last night made one of the
biggest mistakes of his life and now re-
grets that he didn't think twice before
offering for sale property to man which
had only few days before been stolen
from the same person. Along in the even
ing he entered Meyers pawnshop on Main
street, and wanted some money on a
watch. The pawnbroker took the time
piece, examined it and, finding it to be one
that had been stolen, along with other ar
ticles, some days previously, pressed the
button for the police. The inside of the
case had been scratched in an endeavor to
erase the number, but Meyers knew his
watch. Oficer Shand responded and
placed Tally under arrest. 1t is probable
that the latter procured the watch from a
pal or some other person who had stolen 1t,
OF was sent out to raise money on the piece
Of jewelry, and unwittingly offered it to
it's riahtful owner, as in no other way
could go bold a piece OF work be explained
The herald., 1896-03-04
A BOY SHOT
BY a San Francisco Man Who Objected TO
Being Snowbailed

by q 5HH FTdH-IsVU NIEH w 10 ODJtCteu 10
Being Snowbailed
san FRANCISCO. March 3.-Edward Nc
Carthy, a young man Is years old, was
shot and seriously wounded by an un-
known man today.
Mccarthy and about a dozen other boys
were standing in front of fruit store
throwing snowballs at some small boys.
The unknown man drove up in his buggy
and threatened to shoot the boys if they
pelted him. When he passed them he
reached out of the buggy. looked back and
fired shot which severely wounded Nc
Carthy in the right hip.
There were nearly score of eye wit
nesses to tho affair and they say the deed
was done in cold blood. A long chase was
made, but the man whipped up his horse
and escaped.
The herald., 1896-03-04
Raw District Entries

The following is the list of entries and
weights Of the races to he run at Bay Dis
trict track today, which are posted at the
Los Angeles Turf club, 212 South Spring
street. Commissions received on these
races and full description of the events:
Fist race. purse, six furlongs--Hydy ITO
llO, Monterey, ITO. Rodegap 10Y. sleeping
Child 1O7. Royal Flush 49, Cigce lO6.
second race. selling one mile. three year old
-ecimitsY l03. Yankee Doodle 1l0. cara
The herald., 1896-03-04

to smash the offending Irishman in the
most approved fashion. He had succeeded
in cutting him under one eye, and blacking
the other, when interrupted by Officer Len
non, who took both parties to the station
where they were booked for disturbing the
peace All hands were drunk.
The herald., 1896-03-04
rhe German NAVY

LONDON, March 3.-A Berlin dispatch to
the Times says that before the budget COM
mittee of the reichstag Admiral Holman
deprecated the reckless agitation for big
navy, and declared all apprehensions of
the disaplution of the reichstae growing out
of this question were groundless.