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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-01
REPREs' NATIVE SOUTHERN MANS
VIEWS.

In an address issued 20 the Democrats
OF Alabama by the Hon. Il. Barnwen
Rhett. of Huntsville. a typical Southern
man of the breed that made the South
the wise guide of the United States Gov
eminent IN it's happiest days the history
Of the Democratic party and its princl-
pios is review TO show that Democrats
owe no allegiance TO the conglomeration
inauguraotd at the Chicago convention
Mr. Rhett says:
ION the platform adopted at Chicago
by the Democratic fusion 1 have faith TO
believe that no man in the United states
can be elected President. and that from
the day OF his nomination, Mr.. Bryan
defeat has been fOregone. entertain inc
further opinion that his election on that
creed would bring such disasters 10 the
people OF the country as TO forever bury
the party"
TO the plea that good Democrats must
vote for Mr.Bryan because he IS the reg
ular nominee Ar Rhett replies:
According TO my knowledge and belief,
a political party is based upon defined
principles Of government. and its name
is Identified with those principles. When,
therefore. men representing an old histor-
ic party abuse their power. aDnegate IT'S
principles, traverse It's history. substitute
new doctrines ana Il oli4tltht 'i'''f
whether regularly or not they alter the
character Of the organization. misuse the
name. dissevor the bonds ana aDsolNe
from allegiance AN who object 10 the
change and cschcw the strange tcnets,
absorbed from inimical organizations and
incontincntly adopted. They may hold
the name. but 10 D. changed, different,
and new party. and neither IN reason nor
common sense prOprioty or honor, can
there bee claim of obligation on menu
hcrs of the old party 10 enter on the new
departure
Mere cleverness OF manipulation can
never take the place OF sincerity of con-
Niction and fidelity 10 sound principles.
In concluding his address Mr.. Rhett
speaks Of that remarkable feat Of the
Chicago cOuvcntiOn-abaudOni the only
Democratic administration the country
has had since 1S0l and treating Il with
contempt for no other reason that thot
II remains faithful 10 the ship which 500
called Democrats were deserving. Il exc
rress the opinion" Mr. Rhett says:
THAT the most discrodtahle. damaeing
and deplOralle character i'm the history
Of the Democratic party is the fatlods.
yindictlve. uneratcful and altogether rcck-
Southern Senators. I'm my Judgment bee
has been so clean i'm his great office that
lis virtues Will plead like angels. trum-
pet-toneued. and postcrity will hold him
fin regard among the truest wisest, firm
est. and most patriotic statesmen that
acorn the annals of the American Union.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
1nfatuation Caused His Downfall.

New York, Dec. 4. William s.
Wood, 55 years old, who was pros
porous and wealthy man, happily mar
ried and enjoying large inherited for
time when he met Mary M. Kellard,
eight years ago, is locked up on a
charge of forging the name of his wife.
Mrs. Virginia Wood, OF this city, to
two promissory notes for $40. 600 each.
The story of Woods downfall is q
pathetio one. His infatuation for Miss
Kellard caused his separation from his
wife, and after that his money began
to go rapidly. 1t is estimated that since
his acquaintance with Miss kellard ne
has spent $3.50, 900, much OF which was
used for expenses incurred by her. Dur
ing the early years of their friendship.
Miss Kellard purchased $50, 900 worth
of goods from one firm, which he paid
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
A PHOSPHATE MINE.
A Rich and Extensive Discovery Made
In Tennessee.

A Rich and Extensive Discovery Made
In Tennessee.
Nashville, Dec. 3.-The richest and
most extensive discovery of rock phos-
plate in the history of the world has
been made in Tennessee. The deposits
underlie four counties in the vicinity
of Nashville, Davidson, Williamson,
Rutherford and Maurey. The rock
lies in vein averaging from three to
twelve feet in thickness, and is but ten
feet below the surface.
The commercial value of the discov-
cry it is impossible to estimate, but the
output will be worth more than that
of the richest gold-mining territory in
the world. The discovery of the phos.
phate was made by Mr.. Clark, Of a
well-known chemist firm in Atlanta.
Ga. Among those who it is said have
bought up large tracts of land in the
above.named counties are George w.
Scott, capitalist of Atlanta; Phil D.
Armour, Of Chicago; James Mattison,
Of Laselle, Ind, and the Northwestern
Fertilizing Company of Chicago.
Representatives of Europeans are now
in the field.
Carloads of rock have already been
shipped to New York and Chicago, and
several steamers have cleared from
Florida ports with rock from Tennessee.
Large consignments have been shipped
to Atlanta, and it is stated upon re
liable authority that several fertilizing
plants will be erected there James NJ.
Stafford, state geologist of Tennessee,
says the rock is the richest ever discov.
cred, and that the increased value to the
state cannot be estimated.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Haytian Cable Completed.

New York, Dec. 4.-The submarine
cable between New York city and Hay
ii is completed and was opened to the
public at midnight for the transmission
of messages to Hayti and other places
in the West Indies. The cable ap-
proaches New York by way of Coney
island and Brooklyn.
A circular issued this afternoon
states that the main Office of the COM
pany is at No. Broad street. where
the Commercial Cable Company has its
office, and that messages will also be
accepted at all Postal Telegraph Com
pany offices. Peculiar interest attaches
to the completion of the United States
and Hayti Telegraph & Cable Com
pany's cable, from the fact that the at
torney general applied to the United
States court for an injunction to pro-
hibit the company from prosecuting its
project, it being alleged that the COM
pany under this name was mere cloak
for the operations of foreign COM
pany. The allegation was denied,
however. and the allegation made that
the company was bona ide American
company. and that its object was to
establish a competing service.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Missourians Enlist for Cuba

st. Joseph, Mo-, Dec. At has de.
veloped that there was an enlistment
of $50 men here for Cuban service, and
others are expected to join when means
of transportation have been arranged
for by the Cuban junta in New York.
The man who has been active in Sc
curing this number for the cause of
Cuba is David Berensberg, at one time
a lieutenant in the regular United
States army, and prior to that soldier
in the German army during the Fran
CO. Prussian war. At the present time
he holds commission as captain OF a
company of state militia located at
this point.
Berensberg just now is a member of
the police force of this city. and the
drillmaster of the force. A number OF
his old associates in the regular army
are down ON the list, and all OF them
expect soon to be serving under the Gu
ban flag.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Contracts for Steel Gun Forgings.

Washington, Dec. 4.-Failing after
Reimbursement in his effort to Sc
cure bids for supplying steel gun forg-
ings at what he regarded as reasonable
rates, the secretary of war has awarded
the contracts under the last advertise
ment, the bids being a duplication of
those submitted by the steel companies
in answer to the first call for proposals
three months ago. Accordingly. the
Bethlehem Steel Company received the
contract for supplying ten sets Of 5-inch
sejge gun forgings at 251a cents per
pound, and ten sets of finch howitzer
forgings at the same figure. The Mid
Vile Steel Company is awarded the
contract for supplying twenty sets of
forgings for finch mortars, at 81 cents
per pound, and thirty sets of forgings
for the 3-inch field guns at % cents per
pound. No award was made in the
case of the forgings for three 2-inch
field mortars, where the lowest bid was
so cents per pound.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
CHIPPEWA FALLS FLOODED.
II the Packs Should Break, Nothing
Could save the Town.

II the Packs Should Break, Nothing
Could save the Town.
Chippewa Fails, Wis. Dec. s.-This
has been day of excitement and anx.
iety, and tonight finds the inhabitants
Of this little village in a state border
ing on panic. The worst of the situa.
ton is the knolwgede of impending
danger and of the fact that they are
utterly helpless to stay or avert it.
Those whose houses have been flooded
have removed much of their household
goods and belongings to higher ground,
and are huddled together in the school
houses and other vacant buildings out
Of the path of the torrent that is sweep
ing several of the streets.
All hope of breaking the gorge, and
thus allowing the pent-up waters to
gradually subside is now abandoned.
All efforts today were directed to re-
moving household goods and merchan-
disc out of the reach of the food.
Every team in the city has been en-
gagged in this work. Every resident
and business firm on River street has
moved out.
The Chippewa Lumber & Boom
Company's mill and yard are under
water. All hope has vanished of saw
ing the entire business portion of the
city from being submerged. and the wa
ter will soon reach the courthouse,
eight blocks from the river.
At Flambeau farm the river ran over
it's banks. destroying 800 head Of live
stock. 1t is feared the course Of the
river will be changed, throwing it di-
rectly on the town and completely in
undating it. In that event heavy
loss of property and life cannot be
averted. There Is much excitement,
but everything is orderly.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
A Brutal Murder,

Intense excitement prevails in East
st. Louis over the brutal murder of
christopher Ludwig, aged 90, by Harry
Schneider, ged %. Schneider struck
Ludwig on the head with an ak, kill.
ing him instantly. The murderer es-
capped, but is being pursued by posse.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Dynamited a Train.

Havana, Dec 1.-SeYeral well known
insurgent leaders have dynamited
military train running along the 'trooha
from Jucaro to Moron in the western
portion Of Puerto lrincipe. Several
cars were smashed. and the insurgents
then attacked an iron.plated car. in
which was the trains escort of twenty
five men and officers. An armored en-
CINE was sent in pursuit of the column.
Colonel Arminan. arriving upon the
scene. the insurgents retreated, leaving
eight killed and carrying away their
wounded. The military escort of the
train had one officer and eight soldiers
wounded and two killed.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
valuabIe Diamonds Stolen.

ST Louis, Dec. Am $500 diamond
robbery occurred at the Planters hotel.
Mrs I. ". Galbraith, wife OF the gen.
eral passenger and freight agent OF the
Intarnational Il Great Northern rail-
road had q diamond pin and ring
stolen from her room in her absence.
Mrs Iohn Whitaker, guest at the
Grand avenue hotel, reported TO the
notice last night that her diamond ring.
valued at ST 900, disappeared my steri-
anslv while. she was eating dinner at
the hotel.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Arbitration Negotiations Futile.

Hamburg, Dec. AT meeting of
about Z, 1000 strikers today, resolutions
were adopted providing for the accept
ance of the proposition OF the chief OF
police, president of the municipal coun-
Gil, and chairman of the trades court,
that the dispute between the lockers
and their employers be submitted to
court of arbitration, to be composed OF
the officials mentioned, one leading en-
ployer and four labor representatives,
the decision to require majority of six
out of eight votes. The strikers select
ed four men to represent them in court.
At q subsequent meeting OF the en-
ployers' union, it was unanimously re-
solved to reject the proposals to submit
the dispute to court of arbitration.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
WEYLER'S TACTIC ).
Carrying on a Campaign Of Destruction
in Cuba.

Carrying on n Campaign of Destruction
Cincinnati, Dec. "a special to the
Commercial Tribune from Key West
says:
Weyler's threat that he would starve
Maoeo out seems likely to be carried
out, as, from all reports from Mariel,
near where Weyler is now, the work OF
destruction is being carried out fully.
The Spanish army sweeps everything
before it, killing beeves that it cannot
use, burning cane6leds and small stores
with their provisions and leaving a
wide waste of ruin and desolation in
it's wake.
People vainly implore Weyler to
leave them provisions to keep them
alive, but his brutal officers refuse with
oaths and insulting words, If rot
worse.
Over 800 refugees have come into
Mariel since Weyler went out this last
time, all giving the same story OF
rapine, plumber and murder OF the
Spaniards.
A Spanish guerrilla captain named
Colxaso is accused of numbering over
100 persons in the valleys south. OF
Mariel during the latter part OF No
yember. In one instance he is accused
of combining number of women and
girls in church, and, after they had
been repeatedly abused and maltreated
by his men, burned the building with
them in it,
Many other outrages, all as horrible,
ere charged to him and his companions
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
French Curiosity.

Paris, Dec. 8.-A crowd OF senators.
deputies, aristocratic personages and
Ioungers rubbed shoulders yesterday
faternoon ont of curiosity to witness the
auction of the belongings of the music.
hall favorite, Mime. Laine de Pougy,
whose name has been connected with
the names Of many prominent men IN
France, and whose attempt at suicide
last summer created sensation. The
sale took place at the Hotel Drouit
a tremendous crowd attended, - s-sA-~' :
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
TO SECURE PEACE.
President Cleveland Has Determined to
Force the Issue With Spain.

president Cleveland Has Determined to
Force the Issue With Spain.
Chicago, Dec. A. special to the
Tribune from Washington says crisis
in the affairs Of Cuba is rapidly ap-
preaching, and there is every reason to
believe that President Cleveland has
already decided ON action which will
startle the country almost as much as
his famous message on the Venezuelan
question, although the exact time for
the announcement depends somewhat
on future operations in Cuba.
By this action, the president will
not change his previous policy in re-
gard to Spain and Cuba. but will SIM
ply carry it out to its logical conclu-
sion, which is a direct and open threat
of active Intervention on the part OF
the United States to secure peace IN
the island, whether by the independ-
ence of the patriots or by voluntary &C.
ton on the part of Spain. From three
different sources the policy partially
agreed upon between Secretary Olney
and President Cleveland was learned,
and the reports in each case tailed
with surprising unanimity.
A definite and somewhat startling
announcement ON the Cuban question
will be made to congress, either in the
regular annual message or in supple
mentary communication, as was the
case with the Venezuelan question.
Minister de LONE, of the Spanish le-
CATION, has been fully advised of the
impending announcement and he ac-
cepts what is in effect an ultimatum,
believing that Spain will be able to
prevent action on the part of the Unit
ed States by the success of Weyler's
operations in Cuba.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
par;.nea In the Blizzard.

Bismarck. N. D.. Dec. "A report
reached here today from Williamsport,
Emmons county, that Russian fam
ily. consisting of husband, wife and
three children, persisted in the terrible
blizzard Thanksgiving day. 1t is ex.
peoted a number of people were frozen
70 death. whose deaths have not been
reported. Cattle that were not pro-
tected nearly all persisted.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
A Merry Jeweler.

Four men entered Jacob Niedlikow' g
iewelry store in Milwaukee, Wis. and
attempted to rob the place. Two COW
cred the proprietor with revolvers and
ordered him to open the safe. He Crap
pied with the men, who opened fire on
him, shooting him in the hand. The
Jewelers. wife entered and several shots
were fred at her and her child. The
robbers were then frightened of, and
being pursued were captured.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
rh. safe Was Blown Open.

Omaha. Dec. Expert cracksmen
blew the big safe open in the iewelry
STORE of Hirschburg this morning, and
cot s5. 600 in diamonds and cash. Not
3 cent was left. The report OF the ex-
n,oding dynamite was not heard The
nlace Is in the heart of the business
distrif,t
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Uprisiug in Uruguay

A Buenos Ayres dispatch states that
the revolution under way in the Uru-
guayan republic is gradually gathering
strength. Its exact proportions are as
yet unknown. as the telegraph COM
panies have been seized by the govern
ment and nothing is allowed to come
out. It is reported, however, that
there have been several hot skirmishes
ON the frontier between the rebels and
government forces. Several houses
have been burned, it is said, and sew.
eral were killed on each side.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Blown Up by Natural Gas Explosion.

A natural gas explosion at Mounds.
vile, w. Va. followed by fire totally
DESTROYED the $4,000 dwelling of M.
V. A. Weaver. The sensat ional feature
was the fact that the persons in the
mousse when it's roof was lifted in the air
and its four walls were blown ont. all
escaped with slight injuries. Mrs.
weaver, her 6-months-old babe and 4.
year-old son were thrown from a sec.
ond-story window into the front ward.
with no harm to the babe. The ser.
want girl at the back kitchen door was
blown across lot, and the plumber,
whose carelessness caused the explosion.
came off with few scratches.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
AGED CoupIe Asphyxfated.

Fredonia, N. Y, Nov 80. Rev.
Holman Reynolds and his wife were to
spend Thanksgiving day with their
neice, Mrs Frank Howard. When the
aged couple did not appear Mrs How
ard visited their house and found Mrs.
Reyonlds at the point Of death and Mr..
Reynolds dead. Escaping gas was the
cause.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Bonapartfst Manifesto Seized.

The Paris police have seized large
packages of manifesto by Prince Vic
tor Napoleon. bearing the historical
date of December 2, and informing his
adherents that the time is approaching
when France will have to decide be-
tween a monarchy pure and simple and
that democratic appeal to the people
which gave eighteen years of national
prosperity.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
DIR. Jameson Released.

London, Dec. 4.-Dr. Leander s.
Jameson was released tonight, at 8
o'clock, at Holloway Jail. in compli-
ance with the order of the home secre-
tary. Sir Matthew White Ridley. DIR.
Jameson underwent serious operation
in the Jail on November 10, and the re-
lease was ordered on medical grounds.
He was sentenced to fifteen months
Imprisonment on July 90 last on a
charge of violating the neutrality laws.
in invading the territory of the South
African republic.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Japan Renounces a Treaty Clause.

United States Minister DENLY. al
Peklng, has informed the department
OF state that the japanese government,
has officially and formally renowned
that part OF the treaty between China
and Japan, made at the close of the re-
cent war, which provides that all ar
tlcles manufactured by japanese sub.
Jects in China shall stand upon the
same footing as those imported by Jap
anese subjects into China.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Woman Fires Upon Burglars.

At Coland creek, Virginia. Mrs.
Elizabeth p lcher, who is reputed to
have none. at her home. heard bur-
glars working at back door. She
stole out with a Winchester. saw three
men at the door and fred three shots
at them. The burglars fed. They
were tracked more than three miles by
blood stains.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
SmuggIers Escaped.

Customs Inspector Mcdonald, of
Olympia captured seventy cans of con-
traband opium that were brought in by
two passengers on the steamer Multno-
NAH. The smugglers escaped capture.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
A Christmas Present for Bayard.

The London Telegraph announces
the donation of 500 as the opening of
a national subscription to present to
Mr.. Bayard, the United States ambas-
sador, Christmas farewell gift of re-
spect and good will. The paper has an
editorial of unstinted eulogy of Mr..
Bayard, 'who.' it says, like his
illustrious namesake, has been sans
peur ct sans reproche "
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
The Fitzsimmons-sharkey Fight

Robert Fitzsimmons and Tom Shar.
key fought for purse of $4,000 in
San Francisco before the National
Club. The contest was to be ten
rounds, but Sharkey was knocked out
in the eighth round. The referee,
however, gave the fight to Sharkey,
claiming that Fitzsimmons deliberately
fouled Sharkey by striking him below
the belt.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Erypt Must Repay the Loan.

Alexandria, Dec. 4.-The court OF
anpeals today issued q decision con-
denlning the Egyptian government TO
renav the funds advanced by caisse Tor
the purpose Of the Anglo. Egyptian ex-
nedition to Dongola
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Met terrible Deaths.

Two firemen met death while lighting
f3ames.in the st. Monica Roman Cath
olic church at Chelsea. N. ]. They ran
into the bunripg church with the nose'
and did not heed the warming OF sne
chief. The walls fell in burylng them
in the ruins.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Miner Crushed at Murray.

At Murray, Idaho, a cavern of the
Small Hopes mine, killed Gus Holmes.
Holmes was working in slope and
fred blast which probably caused the
cave.
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10

The American Company's lighters
and ship cleaners in Hamburg, Ger
many have joined the big strike there,
and eleven thousand men are now out
The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1896-12-10
Rebellion in madagascar.

DISPATCHES from Antananarivo say
rebellion in Madagascar is rampant,
and in the vicinity of the capital trade
ia naralyzed.