QUEER RACE.
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BY WILLIAM WEST ALL* '
[ APTEB XVIII.—DEIJZIL TANK.
iMd much about the queer race
3 “Santa Anna’s” log-hooks and
r books to which Mr. Field, by his
’ command, gave me access; by
between the lines, by conversation
it gentleman and with others, and
r own observation, I learned even
['he gist of this Information I pro
irabody in the present chapter, for
ntinl, not only to a right nnder
; of the people among whom I
yself, but of the events that af
lame to pass, as also of tny own
narrative, which I shall presently
be remembered that when Mr.
i chaplain, threw his diary Into
,e thought he was like to die, and
ompanioRS would not long out
As the reader already knows,
pations were not realized. Mr.
(1 a good deal longer than he ex
nil only a proportion of the ship’s
—the sick, the wounded, and
il the Spanish prisoners—suc
The Attest survived, In fact; but
lered terribly from scurvy and
id were saved when almost at the
by a tremendous downpour of
rain, followed by a succession of
which drove them hundreds of
t of their course, dismasted and
1 the ship, and left her little better
freck. For days together the offi
•e unable to take an observation,
jury-masts could be rigged and
s made good, they drifted into the
m which they emerged only to
a the Painted Rocks. Fortunate
:ver, the ship was jammed between
's, and impaled on a third In Buch
lat she could neither sink nor make
ater.
lappened In the night, and the joy
arassed and weary Sailors may be
id when at day-break they saw he
rn a land of waving forests and
; waters. As the Island was not
on any of their charts, they had no
if knowing whether it was the pos
uf a European power or inhabited
savages. But as the boats (which
once got out) approached the shore,
re met by a multitude of canoes,
1 with copper-colored aborigines,
demeanor showed that they had
»fore beheld men with white skins
ry faces. They brought fruit and
ilTerings, and made overtures of
lip which the Euglish sailors were
i glad to reciprocate, since It was
that, whatever else happened,
tuld have to remain on the island
nsiderable time; and being too few
[uer a whole people, their only
was to make friends of them,
stives, as Commander Fane thought
iribs, of the same'race as theunfor
who inhabited the Bahamas when
>us discovered America, and who
terward so completely wiped out by
inlsh Conquistadoref. They were
ind hospitable, and looking upon
si tors as superior beings, treated
ith great deference and respect,
i for the most part hunters and flsh
the Caribs of the island were not
uncivilized. They dwelt in Yil
heir houses were something more
ere shelter-huts; they had a rudi
y knowledge of gardening and ag
•c; the make of their hint and bone
nd weapons showed considerable
icir ornaments were deftly wrought;
y contrived, in a rude way, to spin
ave, fashion into clothing, and even
the indigenous cotton of the island,
illy well made, with senses won
r acute, they had a ready wit and
d manners, and Commander Fane
t long in coming to the conclusion
e islanders might easily be con
nto a Christian and civilized people,
irst idea of the castaways was to
boat big enough to carry them to
d or the Bahamas; to which end
it no time in. taking out of the
Anna” everything likely to be use
hem, and that was pretty nearly
contained—ropes, spars, sails, tools,
ammunition, and the rest. They
'oke up and took some of the plank
d stripped as much of the copper
ng os they could get at. Thetreas
b also removed and safely stored,
tds occupied two months or more,
was barely completed when the
i -anna, - wmcn nan Deen lerrioiy
<1 in a storm, went to pieces,
r the men had worked willingly and
beying their officers without hesita
nt when it became a question of
ig a boat and "affronting new dan
(to use Commander Fane’s own
, they began to murmur. Why, they
lould they take a perilous voyage in
craft—a voyage of at least two
nd miles (that being the distance to
irest British possession)—with the
certainty (if they should escape
eck a second time) of falling into
ids of the Spaniards and being lm
for years in some horrible prison,
y tortured and put to death by the
itionf Why not stay where they
The country was fertile and beau
bc climate genial, the people kindly.
:ould they do better than make the
sland (A name conferred on the
y by the sailors because of its sup
'esemblance to the Isle of Wight,
in the last century was generally
as the “Fair Island”) their home,
the world wag?
ther this idea hod already occurred
e does not appear, but before the
lion could be considered an event
id which seems to have helped him
cision. He and his men were living
s and huts near the present site of
ven, when one morning several of
:lve chiefs made their appearance,
ve them to understand that they
areatened with a grave danger; and
the commandant round the moun
ainted to the west, where there was
:h in the barrier of rocks, and where
st occasionally lifted,
ing through his glass. Fane saw
e sea was simply black with canoes,
were rapidly approaching the coast,
is a flotilla of invaders, and the Carib
who seemed greatly alarmed, im
him by signs to join his forces to
ind help them to repulse the foe.
vho wanted nothing better, ordered
in of campaign on the spot. It
be impossible to reach the west
'•■fore the invaders (whom, for want
etter name, the sailors christened
eroes”) disembarked, the more es
y as the country was thickly wooded
wtitute of roads. But the creek that
low Fairhaven Joins a stream which
round the foot of the mountain,
ws half-way across the island in a
ty direction. It was on the banks
■ - ■ .. '.i
of this stream (navicable for small boats)
that the English officer resolved to inter
cept the Carlberoes and give them battle.
His men were summoned forthwith, and
embarked on the four boats which hod
once belonged to the “Santa Anna." The
crews were, of course, well armed, and the
long-boat carried a small carronade in her
bows. A few hours sufficed to organise
the expedition, which included a hundred
canoes, carrying about a thousand natives,
armed with bows and arrows and spears,
the whole under Mr.. Fane’s command.
The spot he selected for making a stand
was at a ford near an opening in the forest
that the invaders must needs traverse In
order to reach the eastern or Falrhaven
side of the island, which was assumed to
be their objective point, as thereabouts
were the nrlncinle Carib villages.
By great exertion Fane and hie men suc
ceeded in reaching the ford three or four
hours before the enemy put in an appear
ance. Keeping his blue-jackets in reserve,
be sent the greater part of the Caribs to
meet the invaders in the open, with orders
to fall back fighting as the latter advanced,
re-cross the river, and take up a position
among the brushwood on the banks. At
the same time, feeling himself quite strong
enough, and having no doubt as to the re
sult, he ordered two of his officers to take
a second party of Caribs through the for
est, lie in ambush near the lnvuders’ line
of retreat, and cut them off from the boats.
These dispositions made, the allied forces
awaited the onset of the enemy, who came
on several thousands strong.
The Caribs, after making a show of re
sistance, fell back, and then pretending to
be panic-stricken, made in desperate haste
for the river, the foe in full cry after them.
When the latter were well within range,
the blue-jackets (who had been lying perdu
under the bank) opened fire on them both
with their muskets and the carronade.
The invaders, utterly dumfounded by this
unexpected reception, retreated in great
confusion; but once among the trees again,
the rallied, and, turning to bay, showed a
most resolute front.
On this the commander ordered agener
al charge, which he led in person. Then
followed adesperate struggle—“the hottest
thing I was ever in,” wrote Fane. The
blue-jackets, after giving the Cariberoes a
couple of volleys point-blank, fell on them
with cutlasses and clubbed muskets, and
were bravely supported by their native
allies. The tight lasted fifteen minutes,
and there is no telling how it might have
ended if the ambush party, hearing the
firing, had not made a diversion in the
rear, whereupon the invaders, being seized
with a panic, threw away their arms, and
made off in all directions. Many were
killed; more were taken prisoners; only a
very small remnant succeeded in reaching
their boats and getting away.
The Caribs had no idea of keeping the
prisoners alive, and were proceeding to
make short work of them, when Comman
der Fane interposed. He would have no
body killed in cold blood. The question
then arose as to how the prisoners were to
be disposed of. To let them go aw; y
would never do; they might come back an
other day. To let them roam about the
1 country was equally impolitic; they would
be a chronic trouble and a permanent dan
| ger. There was only one other alterna
tive, and that was adopted. They were
enslaved.
Fane had many advanced ideas, but the
age in which he lived was neither a senti
' mental nor a humanitarian age. He not
only thought there was no wrong in slav
ery, but that the best use to which the
prisoners could be put was to reduce them
to servitude. So they were bound in twos
' and threes and distributed among their
captors, and slavery became one of the
permanent institutions of the island.
| The Invaders, as Fane afterward ascer
, tained, came from an island about a hun
dred miles east of Fair Island, and when
he first saw them their appearance excited
his unbounded surprise. Some were black,
others copper-colored or red; but the great
er part had the same spotted skins as the
Caliban crew of Field’s boat—were, in
fact, their ancestors. How African negroes
had found their way so far west was a
matter of conjecture; they were probably,
| as Fane surmised, the descendants of a
cargo of revolted slaves, who. after killing
their captors, had landed on the island and
intermarried with the natives.
Speaking for myself, I am unable to as
sign any cause for the peculiar hue of these
people, or to decide whether it was the out
come of some subtle evolutionary process,
or a mere caprice of atavism. As the mix
ture of aborigines with Englishmen on the
one hand, and negroes on the other, pro
duced analogous results, the piebaldism of
their progeny may be attributable either
to soil or climate, or possibly to some racial
peculiarity. I have heard of tribes in Cen
tral America presenting similar character
istics, and it is a well-known fact that the
issue of a black and white, or a mulatto
and a white, are not always of the same
type. Their children are occasionally born
with black limbs and a white face, or vice
versa, and I know of no .reason why the
offspring of mixed races should not have
variegated skins rather than skins of one
uniform color throughout. Miscegenation
has produced even stranger results.
But as I am simply relating my own per
sonal adventures, it is no part of my pur
pose to suggest explanations of the obscure
natural phenomena which have come un
der my notice.
And now to resume my story.
When the prisoners (among whom were
many women, the object of the invaders
being to take entire possession of the
island) had been disposed of, the Carib
chiefs waited on Commander Fane, and,
after expressing unbounded gratitude for
the great service he had rendered them,
begged of him to stay with them for good,
and offered him the sovereignty of the
country. As for his people, they might
have as much land and as many slaves as
they liked, and choose for themselves
wives from among the most beautiful girls
of the island.
It was not like a British officer to accept
such an offer as this, for doing so involved
both a dereliction of duty and a breach of
discipline. To remain on the island, ex
cept nnder compulsion, was tantamount
to desertion: and desertion by a combatant
officer in war time is an offense punishable
with death. Yet Denzil Fane not only did
accept the offer of the Carib chief?, but
constrained his brother officers to follow
his example. I assume the constraint, al
beit no mention of it appears in the re
cords, because it can hardly be supposed
that the officers—the two lieutenants, the
master’s mates, the surgeon, the chaplain,
and the half dozen midshipmen—would
willingly agree to expatriate themselves
and renounce all hope of ever seeing Eng
land again. But the recalcitrants were a
small minority, and, being too few to build
a ship and get away by themselves, they
had no alternative but to throw in their
lot with the others and make the best of
it. And some of the officers, like the sur
vivors of the crew, may have preferred
1 freedom and the Fair Island to life on the
ocean wave, for the British man-of-war ol
that time was not exactly a paradise.
As for Denxil Fane’s motives I can offer
no adequate explanation. One, and per
haps the most powerful, may have been
that since his arrival on the island ho had
married a wife. The Spanish captain of
the “Santa Anna,” who fell on his own
quarter-deck, had with him his wife and
daughter, the latter a handsome girl of
nineteen. The wife (Senora Velasques y
Blanco) survived her husband only a few
weeks; but Mercedes was among the rem
nant who reached the island, and a month
afterward she and Fane were made one by
the Rev. Robert Hare.
If tbe commander bod left a wife In
England (and each things have happened),
his reluctance to return thither would be
accounted for. But, though his conduct
may have been questionable, and his mo
tives obscure, there can be no question that
Denzil Fane was a man of resolute will
and strong character—a born leader of
men, I should say. If his people thought
they were going to lead idle lives, they
were very much mistaken. So soon as the
decision was taken to remain on the Island
he assigned to every one his task, organ
ized a government, and promulgated a
code of laws. Opposition (it the Idea of it
was ever conceived) would have been out
of the question: the Caribs simply Idolized
their “White Chief,” and rendered him
the most implicit obedience. Roads were
made, houses built, gardens laid out, trees
cut down, and the country opened out.
Sailors are always handy fellows, and
among so many there were naturally some
with a turn for mechanics and engineer
ing, and grent improvements were effected
in the native methods of manufacture, and
several new industries set on foot. Into
this work Fane threw so much energy that
I am disposed to think he wanted to justi
fy himself to his own conscience by civil
izing the Carib subjects, and making the
island the home of a happy and thriving
community. This may possibly have been
his ruling motive from the first; and if so,
there can be no doubt that with the ma
terials at his command he succeeded bet
ter than might have been expected.
Some of the rules he laid down are worth
mention. Although he acquired the Carib
tongue, he made Euglish the ofllciol lan
guage, and Insisted on the Caribs learning
it. The process was probably slow and
painful in the beginning, but in the end
the desired result was attained. At the
time of my arrival on the island there were
not a hundred men who could hold a con
versation in the Carib tongue. He also
made them Christians—after a fashion—
which was all the more easy, as their own
primitive religion seems to have sat very
lightly on them, and they were ready to
believe pretty nearly everything the Great
White Chief told them.
In his own family Denzil Fane made tbe
practice of athletics and the training of the
senses a religious duty, whereby it came
to pass that his descendants were distin
guished by exceptional bodily strength,
litheness of limb, acuteness of hearing, and
keenness of vision. Owing to their descent
from two European ancestors, moreover
(though Fane’s children had necessarily
intermarried with Caribs and half-breeds),
they were whiter and less piebald than the
other families of mixed blood, and formed
a true aristocracy, not by right of birth
merely, but by virtue of their physical and
moral superiority, which was probably the
end Fane had in view.
He called his government a common
wealth, and himself its “Protector” (from
which I infer that he was an admirer of
Oliver Cromwell); but in reality it was a
paternal despotism of a very uncompro
mising sort. Tbe ruling body was ostens
ibly a Council of Nine, presided over by
the Protector, and nominated by himself;
and though they were at liberty to offer
suggestions and make proposals, he was
under no obligation either to adopt the on*
or accept the other. ,
[To be Continued.]
Mr. and Mrs. Sparrow.
In tho yard of a Scranton bird
student a pair of English sparrows be
gan a few weeks ago to get ready to
go to housekeeping, says a corres
pondent of the N. Y. Sun. They took
up their abode iu a little box that was
fastened to the top of a pole. Other
sparrows undertook to occupy the
box, but tho pugnacious first-comers
soon drove them away, and from that
time on the plucky pair fixed up their
household and got everything in read
iness to raise a family’ without being
disturbed by their apparently envious
neighbors.
When the industrious birds were
nearly ready to settle down to a quiet
married life an accident happened that
caused a row between the pair. One
clay before the female had begun to
sit, her husband flirted away and was
gone a good deal longer than usual.
During his absence the female busied
herself by flying from the nest to the
yard and back, adding finishing touches
to her household and sprucing things
up inside of tho box. By ana by Mr.
Sparrow returned, but he didn't look
as neat and natty as lie did when he
sailed awav. In some way he had
lost all of Bis tail feathers while he
was gone and his wife wouldn't have
anything to do with him or let him
enter the house. Ho seemed to try to
explain matters to her but she wouldn’t
listen to him at all, chirped at him
spitefully, and fought him whenever
he attempted to approach her.
The student knew that the bobtailed
bird was the rightful husband by a pe
culiar markon his head and he watched
the result of the family trouble with
deep interest. For two days the un
happy husband coaxed and begged his
wife to treat him as she had formerly
done, but his pleadings made her all
the more determined to get rid of him
for good. AH at once the bobtailed
sparrow disappeared and has never
been around since. The female con
tinued to occupy the box, and inside
of three days she got another husband,
set up housekeeping anew, and in due
time hatched out a nest full of little
ones.
Stealing Horse* In Idaho.
Over eight hundred horses were stolen
last winter from the range in Idaho,
situated between Salmon and Snake
rivers. The range is almost destitute
of horses. There is no question that
the thieves are thoroughly organized
and operate iu a systematic manner,
with agents scattered to dispose of the
stock, which are crossed on rafts to
the Oregon and Washington side of
the Snake fiver.
‘■Has your girl a keen sense of the
ridiculous?" “Yes. she laughs all the
time I am with her.”—-Deiro,/* Fret
Prett.
■V i: \ ' ■'/ - v' ■ ■ ’ ■’■r ■
LAND FOR THE LANDLESS
PROBABLE OPENING OF TUB
YANKTON RESERVATION.
In Whleh Event There Will be 830,
000 Acres for Homstsaders to Seise
Upon—Anxletr for Mrs. Harrison,
Who Is Said to he Growing Weaker
Day by Day—Remains of Tennyson,
the Poet, Laid Away In Westminis
ter Abbey—A Disastrous Plre In
Iowa.
To Opon Indian Land*.
Sioux Citt, la., Oct 13.— Commis
sioners Adam*. Brown and Cole, who
ha.ve beon endeavoring for aome time
to tecura the content of the Indiana
on the Yankton reaervatlon to opening
it to settlement they taking land* in
severalty, are making progreaa whioh
would augur the early opening of 3^0, •
000 aorea of good tillable lund to home*
Headers. The reservation oontaina
about 624,000 acres, and the above
amount, It it estimated, will remain
after each -Indian bat hit share. The
half-breeds and squaw men have al
ready signed the consent but the old
Indians are slow to agree to the open
ing. In order to warm them up a se
ries of feasts have been given during
the week and Armour dispatches say
the buoks begin to show signs of weak
ening. Some who have watched the
progress of the affair say the signa
tures will certainly be secured before
November 1.
Anxious For Mrs. Harrison.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 13.—Aside
/rom the fact that Mrs. Harrison is a
trifle weaker there is no material
change to note in her condition. Mrs.
Harrison has been growing gradually
weaker for several days past, owing to
the progress of the disease and her
left lung is now involved. There has
not been a moment in the last few
days not filled with anxiety for the
president and family. Mrs. Harrison
is ever the same patient sufferer, try
ing as far as she can to brighten the
sorrow of the president and her chil
dren by appearing to feel better. Her
cough has stopped since the weakness
of the past two days has set in and she
is still taking considerable nourish
ment. The steady though slight de
pletion of strength each day is now
the most serious feature of the case
and the one which excites the most
concern. President Harrison is look
ing careworn. His tad face betray'*
what it is not possible for his lips to
utter.
At 9 o'clock last night Dr. Gardner
said Mrs. Harrison had passed a quiet
day and there were no indications of
new complications.
Teimyson’s Body Entomed.
London, Oct, 13.—With all the
honors which the church could bestow,
in the presence of many eminent men
of letters, statesmen and nobles, the
remains of Lord Tennyson were inter
red in the poets' corner of Westminis
ter abbey yesterday. The Jerusalem
chamber contained a mass of rare flo
ral offerings, including a laural wreath
from the queen, with a card in her
awn handwriting being these words:
"A mark of sincere regard and admir
ation from Victora, R. I." The re
mains were laid beside those of Brown
ing.
The procession formed at noon in
the Jerusalem chamber. The coffin
was borne on the shoulders of stalwart
men. Among the pall bearers were
Henry White, United States secretary
of legation, and Lord Salisbury. The
mourners followed the coffin, then the
household servants, representatives ot
the queen, prince of Wales and other
royal persons.
Mx Hundred Homeless.
SiocxCity, la., Oct. 13—The little
town of Salix, sixteen miles southeast
of here on the Northwestern road, was
wiped from the prairie last night by a
fire of unknown origin. The 600 in
habitants are mostly homeless, but the
weather is warm and no immediate
suffering will result.
Gen. Hlles’ Iteport.
Washington, Oct. 12.—General
Miles, commanding the Department of
the Missouri, has submitted his annual
report to the war department.
The inspection reports from differ-i
ent posts. General Miles states, show
that troops are in a good state of dis
cipline and efficiency and are properly
drilled and instructed. One hundred
and thirty-five essays on professional
subjects were written by officers dur
ing the year, followed in many in
stances by discussion of the subject
treated. Thete essays and the report
of the discussions contained much ya 1
uable information and the work al
ready done shows that these lyceums
will be of much value in stimulating
professional zeal and ambition.
During the year no Indian disturb
ances have occurred sufficiently ser
ious to call for the intervention of
troops. General Miies states that on
May 3, last the commanding officer at
Fort Reno reported the existence of
serious dissatisfaction among the Chey
ennes and Arapahoes, owing to the de
duction, for so-called attorney's fees,
of $67,500 from the moneys due those
Indians in payment for that part of
their reservation opened to settlement
With a view to learning the grounds
for discontent General Miles directed
an investigation to be made by Captain
Lee of the Ninth infantry, who sub
mitted a long report on the subject,
in whieh he says the final payment of
money, was tainted with misrepresenta
tion, fraud and deceit and is an out
rage upon the Indians under their
agreement
General Miles earnestly renews the
recommendation made in his last an
nual report that an appropriation be
made of $850.000 for the mobilization
of 10,000 regulars and 80,000 state
troops at the World's fair, which, he
think*, can sadly be dons under rea
sonable rate* made with railways.
General Mile* urge* that the appro
priation should be made so that young
officer* who have never participated
in or witnessed the movement* of large
bodies of troops may have the benefits
from the proposed mobilization. Gen
eral Miles further urges, in view of
the great importance of the proposed
encampment, that $1,500,000 should be
appropriated for transportation, oamp
expensoa equipments and other ex.
penses connected with the enoamp.
ment.
General Miles touohed in brief upon
the couriers on bicycles in the army,
and the experiment made in carrying
messages from Chicago to New York,
whioh experiment, he says, proved
conclusively that the bicycle will, in
the future, prove a most valuable aux
iliary to military operations, not only
for courier servioe, but also for mov
ing organized bodies of men rapidly
over the country.
Death of ■ Mouth Dakota Physician.
Washington, Oct. 12.—Dr. Samuel
Lewis Barr of South Dakoto, died sud
denly last evening: in the vestibule of
house 104, C street, southeast. He
arrived in Washington early in the af
ternoon from New Castle, Del., where
he had been on a visit to his sister.
He eame to Washington with the Grand
Army posts from his state, and after
the encampment went to New Castle.
He was on his way home to his wife
and family last evening when stricken
down at the house where his cousin,
Mrs. Mary R. Nicholson, resides. He
was well and cheerful, and had just
eaten a hearty dinner and lighted a
cigar when he was attacked by a
coughing spell and fell over into the
arms of his cousin. Doctors were has
tily summoned, but when they arrived
life was extinct. Mr. Barr was about
S3 years of age, a Mason of high de
gree and a prominent member of the
Grand Army of the Republic. He was
a practicing physician in South Da
kota and a prominent physician of the
state, lie was to have started on the
8 o'clock train last evening to join his
family. Coroner Patterson reviewed
the remains last evening and gave a
certificate of death from natural causes.
The body will probably be taken to
New Castle for Interment.
Yield of Crops In ltlchlgan.
Lansing, Mich., Oct. 14.—The wheat
crop of Michigan this year,, as indi
cated by reports made to the Secretary
of State, is 24,140,767 bushels. Wheat
is of poor quality, being reported
badly shrunken in most localities.
The average weight of the measured
bushel in -the southern counties is
fifty-eight pounds and in the central
about fifty-nine pounds. The average
yield of oats in the State, as shown by
reports of correspondents, is 29.29
bushels an acre. Corn in the State is
estimated to yield fifty-two bushels of
cars an acre.
Ramarkable Bop* Walking Want.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Oct. 15.—
Clifford Calvcrloy is probably the most
skillful cable walker in the world, and
is certninl'y the champion of this con
tinent in that branch of athletics, for
he proved his right to bhampionshlp
honors by performing a remarkable
feat at Niagara gorge yesterday. On a
three-quarter inch cable stretched be
tween the cantilever and railroad sus
pension bridges, at a height of 245
feet, young Calverloy—he is only 23
years old—crossed the gorge of Niag
ara in the astonishing time of a trifle
less than seven minutes. The cable
on which the athlete walked was 910
feet long,
HAS BEEN DECIDED.
Legislative Apportionment Law Held to
be Constitutions! In New York.
Albany, N. Y., Oct is.—'The legis
lative apportionment law has been de
clared constitutional by the Court of
Appeals. The court is unanimous
upon all the questions except those
discussed in Judge Andrews’ opinion,
Judge Andrews’ writes a dissenting
opinion, holding the apportionment
law to be unconstitutional, in which
Judge Finch concurs.
Sbot Holes In an English ring.
Tuckahoe, N. Y., Oct 15.—Yester
day Mr. McKenzie, an English sub
ject who lives in this village, went be
fore the English consul, Mr. Frazier,
in New York, and complained of the
action of a mob which yesterday tore
down his flag and shot holes in it,
after he had displayed it in honor oi
the discovery of America. Mr. Mc
Kenzie has also sent a letter to Sir
Julian Paunceforte, the English min
ister at Washington, complaining of
the outrage.
Dakota Iterators Dssporats.
Fargo, N. D., Oct. 13.—Dispatches
from Inkster state that Joe Scheinbach
and his wife, Bohemians, threw hero*
sene oil over sixteen stacks of wheat
and fired it in order to prevent fore
closure of a mortgage. They reside in
Medford, Walsh county. Another
farmer near them filled many of his
sheaves with spikes to prevent his
creditors thrashing his grain. Some
of the farmers are desperate at the
thought oflosing their entire crop to
pay mortgages given for machines in
the spring.
Forger whltnov a Free Man.
Lima, Ohio, Oct. 15.—“Doc’’ Whit
ney, the Cincinnati man who has been
in jail here since Tuesday for forgery
was released last evening. He received
money from his brother, L C. Whit
ney of Milwaukee to settle his Colum
bus Grove forgery, and as Marshal
Sweeney of Tiffin could not identify
him he was given his freedom.
Five Tears for Flokleg Pockets
Springfield, Ohio, Oct 14.—At Co
lumbus George Eubanks, alias Archie
Clifton, one of the slickest pickpoekets
in the world, and known from Maine
to California, has just been sentence)
to the Ohio penitentiary for five yearn
®n, Hnrrlson Or«wlii( Woriti
Washington, Oct. 17_The sort,
balmy, Indian summer weather which
Washington is enjoying is prosing
harmful to the president's invalid wife,
for it has a distressing efTeot on her
and increases tho nervousness, from
which she suiters greatly.
Consequently she is less well and
strong todAy than she has been for tho
past two or three days. A symptom
in this case recently has been exceed*
idg drowsiness, the patient sleeping
deeply for an hour or longer at a
time and then waking up, only to fall
asleep again in a lew minutes. This
drowsiness has passed away to an ex*
tent; but it has shown some of its ef*
foots in Increasing exhaustion. Not
withstanding the faot that this evening
she is weaker than for sevoral days,
Mrs. Harrison passed, on the whole, a
fairly comfortable day, and It is said
there is no ocooslon for immediate
alarm.
Dr. Gardner made hie last visit for
the day about 7 o'clock this evening,
which is a littlo earlier than usual,
and he said that at the time of his visit
Mrs. Hvrrison was resting quietly and
was asleep. There were no present
Indications of fresh complications In
the case. The president remained in
the white house with his sick wife
nearly all day, the only time be left
her being late in the afternoon, when
In company with members of his house
hould he spent an hour or so in stroU
ling about the grounds immediately
south of the executive mansion.
Textile Indnelrltm Increased,
Washington, D. C. Oct 17.—The
eensus office has made publio a bulla
tin giving statistics of the textile In*
dustries of the United States as a whole,
It appears from the tables presented
In this bulletin that an ineroase of silk
manufacture since 1880 has been the
most striking, being 112.76 per cent
In the value of its product; that of the
cotton manufacture ranking second,
between 39-100 and 69*100; that of
wool manufacture being 26.39 per
cent The average increase In the en
tire textile industry is 38.61 per
cent The relative rank of Importance
of these industries, however, Is re
versed, wool manufactures in all Its
branches, including all descriptions of
hosiery and knit goods, standing first,
with gross products valued at $337,
768,624; cotton manufacture second,
with products valued at $267,981,724,
and silk manufacture third, with pro*
ducts valued at $87.298,464.
| The actual increase in value of pro*
ducts has been $71,716,611 In wool
176,891,614 in cotton and $46,266,409
in silk. These combined industries
yielded a product in the present cen*
| ius year worth $693,048,702, as com
pared with the product of 1889 of
I $600,376,068, au increase in ten years
of $192,672; 654, which U is stated is
I without parallel in any country. It is
proper to state in this conection, says
the bulletin, that there are 248 estab*
i Ushments engaged in dying and finlsh
I Ing textiles separate and apart from
I establishments which dye amt finish
, their own products. These establish
ments had an invested capital of $40, *
270,679, employing 20,267 hands and
I paying $9,717,011 in wages. The
I value added to the product of the tex
tile factories by these establishments
: amounted to $28,900,660, a decrease
of $3,396,860, as compared with the
! sum of $32,297,420 added value la
j1880, this decrease being explained by
, the very great reduction in the oost of
dyeing and finishing through Improved
| methods equal to fully 26 per cent
Blaine at Oplilr Farm.
| White Plains, N. Y., Oct 17.—Mr.
! Blaine had a quiet Sunday at Ophir
farm. None of the prominent repub
lican leaders called to see him and ho
spent a quiet Sunday with Whitelaw
Reid and family. The ex-secretary ^
did not go to chureh as he intended
on account of It being stormy. It
cleared off at noon and Mr. Ried and
family came out on the veranda, where
they remained till luncheon time. Mr.
Blaine went out riding in the after
noon with D. O. Mills, Mr. Rled's fath
er-in-law. They rode through Silver
Lake, returning at 6 p. m. After that
however, Mr. Blaine kept to his room.
Mr. Reid said that Mr. Blaine in
tended to go to New York today to
meet Mrs. Blaine at the Fifth Avenue
hotel, where they had engaged rooms
for their stay in the city. He was not
to return to Ophir farm. He will prob
ably go to his winter home in Wash- .
ington. Mr. Blaine, he further said,
had somewhat improved in health since
his arrival at Ophir farm.
Dealt With bjr Judge Lynch.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct 17_Now*
has reached here of the cold-blooded
assassination of two men in the Big
Horn country. J. S. Bedford and ser
eral other men had been arreeted
charged with hone stealing and ac
quitted. Some shooting took place in
the court room at the close of the trial
and Bedford and a man named Birch
were fined for contempt of court. They
were ordered confined in the jail at
Buffalo, and after being disarmed and
tied to horses, started to that place in
charge of officers.
Five miles out of Bonanza a party of
Ken from ambush covered the officers
with their Wlnchhsters and ordered
them to ride ahead. They did so and
the following morning returned to find
Bedford and Birch riddled with bullets
and their horses dead beside them.
There is no clue to the identity of the
men who committed the murders and
ittle inquiry is likely to be made.
Ned Cristie, the Indian Territory
outlaw who has been surrounded by
' officers in his cabin in the Caney
, mountains, Indian Territory hat es
caped.