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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Advocate, 1887-10-13, Page 6THE FISRERIES TROUBLE. Pedigree ef the American ComudistdePere -Tho AlaelKa Plidee A Wachingtoff despatch says : The following is the pedigree of the gentlemen appointed by the President on the Fishery CAmmieeion : Mr, James Burrill Angell was or at Scituate, R.L, in 1829, and is son of Joseph E. Angell, a distinguished writer on 'maritime law. He graduated at Brown University and subsequently became Pro- , fessor of Modern Languages there. Pram that position he went to edit the Providence Journal, which he did for six years. Then he became President of the University of Vermont, and in 1871 President of the University of Michigan. He has since re- signed that office, He is a member of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In- stitute. In 1880-81 he was United States Minister to China. Mr. W. L. Putnam is a Maine lawyer who has been attorney for the United States in all the fisheries disputes, and is thoroughly versed in the American side of the dispute. Secretary Bayard comes of a family of statesmen and lawyers. He is in his 60th year, and was admitted to the bar in 1851, after having spent some years in com- mercial pursuits. In 1809 he was elected to the U. S. Senate from his native State, Delaware, and since then, until his selec- tion as President Cleveland's Secretary of State, has been one of the leading Demo- crats in the body. He is reputed to be a i man of broad views and s a thorough American. THE BEHRING'S SEA TROUBLES. The controversy between the United States and the British Governments grow- ing out of the capture of certain British vessels engaged in seal catching in Behring's Sea is still being agitated. _ Secretary Bayard was to -day shown a . statement recently telegraphed from Ottawa to the effect that certain • instructions to the United States District Judge and Distrkt Attorney in Alaska from Attorney -General Garland, promul- gated on January,26th, 1887, have not been • oarried out to this day. The Attorney. General's instructions on the subject were as follows: 1 am instructed by the President to instruct you to discontinue all proceedings in the matter of the solzure of the British vessels Caroline, Onward and Thornton, and to discharge all vessels now held under such seizure and release all persons that may be under arrest in con- nection therewith. (Signed) A. H. GARLAND, Attorney -General. It is further stated that Judge Dawson issued an order to the marshal to release the vessels, but afterwards withdrew it, and the vessels are still beached at Oun- alaaka, while the seal skins found upon them were sent to San Francisco. The Secretary, after reading carefully the article referred to, said he could not believe an officer of the Govern. ment, located at Alaska or any other point,. would wilfully disregard an order issuel upon the authority of the President, based upon the laws of our country, and therefore there must be a mistake in the staternent telegraphed from Ottawa. He then went on to say that as soon as the international point growing out of the cap- ture of the British sealers was brought .to his attention, he promptly consulted Attor- ney -General Garland and from him learned the legal points in the ease. There are Several law questions involved, which can only be decided by the courts after due deliberation. In the ineantime the vessels and crews are not detained by the United States authorities, and the owners can have them if theywill go or send after them. i The vessels n question are deckless boats, or fishing smacks, of but little value, which probably accounts for the lack of inclina- tion on the part of their owners to go after them. They are beached in a rough, rude region, about 200 miles fromany settle- ment, and their owners probably do not consider them worth going after. One of the inain points which led to the discon- tinuance of the proceedings with regard to these vessels was their trifling value, and np to the present time the United States has not been asked to pay a single cent of damages. The ques- tion growing out of the catahing of seals is the most important one the United States has to deal with in this connection, and while it is the purpose of the Adminis- * tratien to, defend the right of American oitizens in all parts of the world, it is • also desirable to knovir and respect the law on the subject. Seal catching is a valuable industry, in which more than 13,000 per. • awns are actively engaged, and the Alaska Seal Company is doubtless anxious to pre- serve its rights according to ite understand- ing of the contracts it has with the United States and Russia. This company pays so much per skin for every seal killed, and its .contract, which terminates in 1890, is for twenty years. Under the terms of the „contract they are permitted to kill seal on two islands only, ,and it is probably their desire that the seal -skin market shall not be overstocked. This company naturally exerts some influence in Alaska, and it may be that they were instrumental in raising this question with a view of having it disposed of. Since the three smaller ves- ',Eels were seized larger ships have been drawn into the controversy, and the whole subject will he considered together. There has been no unnecessary delay so far as the State Department knows, and the case is sow awaiting its turn in the courts. Cheese for Manchester. A London cable says : The Cooperative Wholesale Sooiety of Manchester, an influential association, discussed at its annual meeting a proposal to build or rent a cheese factory in Ontario, to supply the Manchester market. The society's last year's importations amount in value to 21,126. The proposition was fully discussed and strongly supported. The discuseion was ultimately adjourned for a year: • • As inducements to "any respectable • Couple" to he married at the farmers' fair Cat Lititz, Pa., the following gifts were Offered: A range and regular cooking outfit, 51.25 in Money, a bureau, expenses at the hotel, a ticket to Philadelphia. , A. family that rebently remov ed from Eee,11: H., took &lenge cat that soon disap- peared. It has since been fauna at the old homestead in Lee, but how it got back is a mystery, as it must have travelled 50 miles Without a gnide. @Pialler Well A___3314 AUS11,1111g ii,t1.1)1qT VIArttu.713nly T110 bY afiatiirai Doulties of Travel. A St, Paul a,e Loanda cable says : Ao. poraing to the last news received at Boma from the Upper Congo Stanley waspithing forward,ftha the oily 44ftrultieP he met Wit4 were ,,i46 n4turea`obstaoIe .of the oountry. About July 25th the expedition had ascended the Aruwhimi to the elevated country belonging to the Mabodi district. The river becalming toe narataw, they left the ;efts, and the men for seyeraldaye had to carry a double burden 91 provisions. The steel whaleboat was carried Past, the narrows and, again launched. Stanley cal.' ciliated that upon arriving at the summit of the tablelands giving shape to the pada of the Aruwhimi, the expedition would halt two days for a rest and would estab- lish a camp there, to be garrisen,ed by twenty men with a European offiper, the districts traversed were tranquil, and little difficulty was experienced in obtaining provisions from the natives. The progress of the expedition averaged twenty kilo. metres daily. Tippoo Tib, in his last message, wrote that he was still at his post at Stanley Falls, awaiting reinforcements. He had gained the good -will of several neighboring chiefs. Owing te thcadisturbea state of the country Tippoo Tib could not, as he had agreed to, organize a revictual- ling force to despatch direct to Albert Nyanza, but he intended to do ao as soon as possible. Disquiet continues between Stanley Falls and the confluence of the Aruwhimi and the Congo, and many vil- lages have been pillaged. It is believed that the garrison which Stanley left at Yambunya has been forced to interfere to maintain order in the neighborhood. A REMAlEtHABLE CASE. Transformation of a Young Girl Into an 01d Woman. A Cleveland, 0., despatch says: Mary Harmon, daughter of a fernier, was engaged to be married to Jacob Eberlein, who followed the Harmons from Pennsylvania a short time ago. About six weeks ago the young couple came to the city. One of the young man's friends worked in one of the electric light establishments, and they went to see the machinery. While passing through the shop Miss Harmon received a shock of electricity and fell to the floor. In a few minutes she recovered sufficiently to be removed from the place, and was taken to her home. Medical aid was summoned. For four days the girl lay paralyzed. Then she regained the use of her limbs, but immediately began to lose flesh. The hair on the left side of her head turned gray and began falling ont. After four weeks the was able to be about and able to attend to most et her house- hold duties, but in that time she had been transformed from a 'young, handsome girl into a feeble old woman. Her form, which had been plump and rounded, is thin and bent, and the skin on her face and body is dry and wrinkled. ,Her voice is harsh and oracked, and no one to look at her would imagine that she was less than 60 years of age. The physicians claim that the electric current communicated directly with the principal nerves' of the spine and left side of the head, and that the s1oek almost destroyed her vitality. caw INFORMED AND ROBBE An 01(1 Woman Waylaid in Ottaw Relieved of 0,000. An Ottawa despatch says: Mrs. M an old woman 75 years of age, was c formed on Theodore street about 7 o' last evening and robbed of $1,000 sh drawn from the savings bank to ta Scotland, whither she expected to go few days. She was proceeding Theodore street alone when a buggy three men in it drove up toherand al near her. One of them offered' to se home, but .she declined. The men spoke together in French, and one of put a handerchief to her face ' and h there till she lost consciousness and d recover it for several henna when so her friends found her lying Ma fieh her own houE3e. She is in a dang condition and is not expected to live: says the men had their faces blacked. were evidently well acquainted wit and heal:cloven:tents. No clue of the ra has yet been found. a , , Better Get Married at Home. A Detroit despatch says: The Ma License Law went into effect yesterda caused a lot of trouble to ministers an tracting parties. A number of Wec had been set in the Catholic churche o'clock yesterday morning, and the Clerk's office did not open till 9 o' The licenses for these marriages had made out before breakfast. Towards a Canadian couple came to the office and called for a license, having the journey here frona an interior dian point on purpose to escape the riage law of the Dominion. They terribly disappointea at learning tha could not obtain a license, the law ing that Remises must be issued county where one of the parties r The would-be groom called attention fact that nothing was said about for and Eniggested that the provision quo ferred only to residents of Michigan. clerk was in doubt and refused the 1 but telegraphed a statement of the the Attorney -General for his opinion, has not been received. The an must go back home disconsolate. T is believed to be a good thing, as it w vent many runaway and hasty ma and will also furnish reliable data fo statistics. True, but Bather Odd. Tell a girl she's pretty and she'll say she aoesn't believe you, Tell h homely and she'll always get mad. villa Journal. A great expert on tobacco, Dr. Fa of Vienna, says never smoke on an stomach, don't hold the pipe or dm% tinuously in the month, and drink when smoking. A Buffalo canary has a =meta in its cage, with a bucket, the c which reaches to its perch. When i ft drink italre.vvs up the bucket, m the delight Of the thildrefiin the he hood. C139SSED TUE filfir4* - • 4.‘Peat,4 luthe It, 'leire.W17t-rgew crlad", stone Loat Bit; Breakfast. 4 Lon4on oehleflrelh ce370 ,laralaehon- there, M. P., in this week's 2'rtith records the following: There 'was another death' in the Royal F,araily last week, Peer Noblf;2 the Queeh'B favorite 9014ea Peeeefl away full ef years. Noble got sci many luxuries forced !mon him inconseqUence of his, being high in royal favor. that his decease is without doubt dna, t9 the exalted Position he occupied. He was the Queerea inseparable companion when walking and was often favored with a seat in her par- riage. The Queen regrets the Joss of he favorite all the more lieen13i because lie was Mame sense a relic of the late lamented John Brown, Who Was rePPohei* for Nchle's early training and who taught him that alphabet of all pious dogs, namely; how to behave himself indoors: In politics Noble was a strong Conservative, for it is recorded of him that he -once stole Mr. placistone's breakfaat.Mr. ,Q1adatone, who was at that Utile Paiine Minister, Was on an officialvisit to the Queen at Osborne. He was to leave for London' imraedicttely after his breakfast which had been pre: pared for him in the sitting roam pet apart for his use. Thia room communicated With his bedroom. On Mr. Gladetone'S opening the intervening fOlding,doors, he was startled to see the Queen'svet quietly trotting off with a mutton chop in rue Mouth. With praiseworthy economy the royal servants had only sent up one chop, and as there was no time to cook another the Prime Minister had . to breakfast on toast and butter. WITH A MAD ENGINEER. -A Fireman's Exciting R- ide on the Wabash Road. , • A Des Moines, despatohasys : Fire- man Roberts, of the Wabash road, arrived yesterday on his train, telling a thrill- ing story of hia experiencewith a mad engi- neer. When the train drew out of this place Tuesday night Engineer Botsworth appeared all right, • but before they had - gone far Roberts noticed that his compan. ion acted queerly. At Harvey he should have stopped for water, and the fireman backed the train down to the proper place while the engineer acted in a dazed. manner. Once on the road again, .Botsworth began to travel faster, until the train was run- ning 50 mild an hour. Then Roberts realized that Botsworth was deranged, and just in time grasped the lever and saved the • train from going through an open switch. Faster flew the engine, Botsworth standing by with a vacant look, and as they -thundered through Bacon the maniac gave a yell and started to spring from the cab window. The watchful fireman caught him by the legs. While he balanced him on the window ledge he managed, with his feet, to stop the train. The conductor helped get Botsworth back to the baggage oar, where he was carefully guarded 'until the train reached Ottumwa, when he was handed over to the authorities there. It is belived to be paralysis of the brain that ails him. A. GIRL BURGLAR. fihe Successfully conceals Her Sex Until She Confesses in Court. A Princeton, Md., des etch says: Five iten- shed erne the and she the k to ,and was : I ule- barb and pre- ited bout tists Miss Has- Car - et to rove me. d to Nevi rom rom mes at. to a been local eigh- etely He gular ad as bble. at it It. I Your said ls ii the m to era." ates four ceed "een eeEl. his. BO nde- ista, New nice' ie 16 t XRAWElital B4.41.4.10; llru414+,- A100,7i 19F., the apeaenee'cia the }sidle!). granter? ' A London cable pays gis #ighluies, Nizep of 14y4i3i.atie4 has'addrepaid a letter to Mel/Alan Office Which is' subjected*" great iongratulations in English official liWbel',1#41a3,1)ritsinathe ,Witeet , Pf his letter that he has for some timain,oticed that the Lidianarevernie ,hati shown but little increaSe;While the ,expenditure e have been ateaaily gaining. He finds that these eXPenditltreikheYe ..eteedar, ,increased by the necessity of expending large sums for imptoyed defence of the Indian frontier against the advance of Russia, and Central Asiat He 608 in this 'letter that aluaarbelieves„, that, satire , India benefits from these measuresaand he there. fere as the aldest ally :Of the 'English in India t'"deehisit 'neeesisiiry to Show in some open ,way' that' the interests* all the.iphabiantsofIndia. British k and native, are klentieal Mating amtter. of frontieraefeateeagainet Rassiadaggression. He theiefore offers the ExaglishcaoN,,ernment a free if 1 612200000 Ann daily ;for arid of two years for the' pianos° of stiengtherif ingEnglisliarpeenrcee alang.thaepunof de- fences orthe ncirthwest frontier, ' 'The Times editorially epeake of this contri- bution and says that itis absolutelywith- mit precedentan Indihistqryof any such step heing taken id time Of peace, andthat itilicsignificitntlif the great distrust Of the East Asian potentates against Russia. The Nizara is .the foremost Mohammedan potentate in the Englieh quarter of Asia, and in the substantial attribute of ,power he is superior, to the Shah of Persia. ' FOUND AFonTIINE: TWO Ohio Woodchoppere Discover $10,000 in aarree.' e ' An Afiton, 0. telegram says : .Washing. ton Reichard and William Snyder ,yeeter. day while chopping trees at New Portage opened a log in which they discovered two hot bags full of gold iind silver coin, be- sidese'roll of bills ecintaining not less than $5,000. -The, bills were badly: moulded. The men at first kept quiet about :their treasure tripe, which amonnte ta fnlly $10,00,0, but were so. liapPy 'over their sudden fortune that they went to town aid' bought grand quits of clothes throughout, and then returned to New Portage, a coal mining and manufacturing village; and etit up drinks until the population of theplace, was drunk almost to it man. .„,The source of the money becoming known, older citizens recalled the fact that about fifteen years ago Jacob' Trackbach, a miser, died at that place. He was posed to to be wealthy, having done a big business, in land speculation. After his death his house and and were turned over to find his cash, but all without avail. It is now claimed that thielthe had been the miser's treasury.. The,tree.was out down' to -day, and about six feetfrom thegrotuad a good-sized hole was folind which gave evidence dab plug having rotted in it. The silver dollars rolled out when the- log was opened, and the treasure which had for years been searched for was laid before the eyes of poor and now almost crazy men. What Came of Pulling a Tooth.. A. ease of a somewhat remarkable °ham - ter is at the present time in the London Temperance Hospital, under the care of Dr. R. J. Lee. A girl, aged 15, had the last 'molar tooth in the lower jaw on the right side removed about sr* weeks ago. No antesthetio was administered. She was in perfect health at the time.' . Half ;an hour after the operation she began to yawn, and has Continued to do so since. One yawn succeeds another withoutinterruptioil and with .an,Interval of two or three seconds. Galvanism had.been tried with. out effect and other remedies previous to admission into the' hospital. Three' days afterward the yawning changed to sneezing and recentlyshe. has suffered from con- stant and rapidly succeeding fife of sneez- ing, each of which paroxyerias appears to begin with a yawn. 'Sh'e teems to haveno poWer of ;controlling herself or only to a very slight extent, and if she attempts 'to do so the next sneeze is more violent. aa' • * -"A Gireat' Affluence ofilluenoses. There are 100,000 " bluenodeb " from the Maritime. Provinces of ,Canada in this country„ against :778,564, in the Provinces themselVeraa.'As a matter 01 faot there are more Canadians from these Provinces now living in this, conntryahan the'added popu- lation otthe provincial townsof Halifax, St. John, Portland, pharlottetown and Fredericton. Sneakily cinhis the St. John Telegraph say: 1‘ These are Startling facts. How is this drain of, our population to be checked? We have tried oonfederation for that purpose and it has 'failed: We have, tried prcitection and it has but. aggravated the,eviL We have tried building the Pacific Railway and other schemes, but without checking this, drain Of our maritime life blood. Is it not time We tried reciprocity?" —New York Tribune. • . Late Scottish News. A madman entered ElginPlace Church, Glasgow, on.Sunday, Sept. llth, and tak- ing off his coat ascended to the pulpit, and endeavored th embrace the 'pastor. He declared he had a rmelisage front God whiCh. he wished to deliver. Another "big syndicate" in Java sugar has been ventured on in Greenock, Ron - f The biiroliarle is about t 400,600,' tes and u vel6sels, wilrbe,ne,bded carty h , The ,death is announced of • ..Francis William Clark, of Ulviial He died on the /3th ultat his mansion in the island at the advanced age of 87 'years. He was the father Of Francis W (nark, Sheriff Princi- pal of Lanarkshire, who died a fewnionths ago. .—There is one free railroad in the world Within the limits of'a city. 'When Oakland, California; gave the Central Pacific Rail: roaa Company the rightof *ay throngli fie streets the grant wita made' on the express' conaftion that fare should net be charged Within the Oily limite. The Company has alWayie itatedup to. this Condition, &en to the extent admitting additiond inadeto Oakland within the privilege. People for five or six miles get on and off the oars and ride Without inethey ana without prsce Jairietl a-. oo has reindhed the prom- denby of the Nevada Bank, and'extElenater Fair has been elected his successor. P41G#7.‘ *IV MAPPffiginficti 4 Ter?' Artful ce110446(14le *etcespMoh*. -‘1'..VZ7',7141"?.MP.IITTRgt-4FA *gya ; rod M. Wait,' a 'state Po*oqnvt,, nentenced 4-Yeer edd t three years'tor iareenY; he'flett aeyelainanthe!ago to develop eymptenns of para!yais, ou1d pud4e0Y- Nilo the grptind'while st,w9r.fnd.,(494id nOt eat for long periods, elf of Which ended by his taking to his bed, , Then:wades of his face liscatno rigid, ,the eyes fixed and he ceased, tc!.: sneak or pat only as feed wasled him Witli a spoon,. Was .apparentlY deaf andcouldnet see. Physicians from ail parts of the State exarained him and all pronounced: Lis . _malady paralysis. rison Phytaipian Williains, liewever, baa., been( isittished ,ctlong the; 'Stott was, *feigning all his symp- time, but at;the‘iame tinie he 'deemed it nearly impoisiblelor him to do' 69. The doctor yesterday aletermined?t9 pay i a new card, He called IA% ciA9ndants into the hospital and feta them; in the'piesence of ,Brott; that the case 'was a peettliar'one ana that the.onotcot d;pqtijve,ypnda few daYs, an)'way,and that'iliet,neXt ,day he Bhould proceed' to chloroforni 'Riot, saw thefekull and .see what the disease was. Thal doctor thkn . left , and 'very shortly prott beganto move, and ealling. the A hos- pital attendant .to him, he 91d,#A0, efficial. that`he had bees shamtninefrOni the. start livoider to geta pardon, and did :tins for sy,mpathy.;•,-Brott was, rooted out bf bed. arid5was put to work, to -day in.fih‘paint alLp. Dr. Williams says he ,lieard of orte'aimilar eitea in this aountrY. at. TRAVELLiNG litADE EASY,' CI eti The Magnificent 'tars in Which President • and Mrs: cievehial Trivia; " A Washingtion deapatch say: The spacial tictin conileYing the Presi- dent` and Mrs. Cleveland through the west and south -is a 'marvel of tasteful elegance and seems to lack nothing which Money Rocild-putohaee or 'human iingenuity devices and'eonatrtiot %Oil:hake travelling comforta- ble. 1t8.three Pullman cilia., aye so con- nectedaais tcs form one continuoue car. treanirsable •frorn end to end Without open- ing a , door or suffering exposure to the weather. -The Priyateguarteas of the Pre - indent Eta Mrs:' Cleveland, are in Mr. Pullman's private car, which contains lb parlor, bedroom, dreseing.room and a coma modious "observatory,"the walls of the latter being aliiiiiet" entirely of plate glees. This was the rear car tilt after the train. passedBaltimore, affording its- occupants frem the observatory and the wide safety - railed platform behind it an unobstructed View of the country. The middle car is in general features patterned after the fami- liar Pullman sleeper model, but embodies in its details all the later. improvements made by Mr. Pullman. The first car con- tains the smoking -room, library, barber - slum and bath -room. Room' is found in corners invisible to the .passengers, for an engine and dynamo which are to furnish electricity for lighting the train and ringing its bells and for the cooking range and entire outfit of a first-class kitchen, .0 Keeping Apples. An English periodical says that coal. ashes have proved' a valuable eubetance ni which to pack apples for long keeping. The \, ashes are thoroughly,eifted, so as to give la soft material; and the frnit is then placed in alternating layers with the ashes. There appeareto she .one great advantage in the use of this material when kept fresh from the fire—the absence of all dampness. It absorb a any moisture of the apples tending to deafly, ,By tieing plenty, changes in temperature are avoided, and the outer cold 'May be excluded, and freezing pre- vented. Eggs placed on end may be safely packed in layers in the ashes. ' Varying Ideas of `Politeness. Well, there are different ideas of polite- ness. In a ferryboat a fellow sat and spat againeCthe wallas then& firing' tobacco juice at a mark. A cabinful of ladies were disgusted. Then, an officer came in and asked' him What he ineafit by such conduct. " Can't yen seethe„ notice?" the officer exClaimed. ava. , A .framed „injunction read as follows: "Out of respect for the ladies, gentlemen 'will not spit on the floor." a And 7 that's.. why I'm spitting on the wall instead of the floor," said the passel:- gen—Front a New York Letter. A Sad Chieago.ROMance. Chicago giri—so you aye to be married, next month? You are more fortunate, than I. My wedding. has been postponed. Omaha girl -'Why, are you engaged? • "Oh, yes: I was; just ready to send oat my cads when poor; dear George mune in. and saidwe vapid, have to wait," " HOW aWkwardi 'What happened ? " " He liesn't' got -a diVothe from his wife yet.."—OnAlut Little Nepliew="'Uncle, yen must be si Bort o' cannibal; I -a" Uncle (On a visit) A what, sir ?, Whad'yer mean; sir 2" -gepheW," 'Cause ma said you was always livni on somebody!"—New York' Graphic. Dn. E. Sinamarmina, who was commis- sioned by the Government in 1885 to in- quire into the,causes of cholera and suggest ITIOB.filit for its prevention, has visited the cholera patients on SWihburne Island, new Near York city: , He says that carelese quarantine regulations in Italy niay flood' this continent with disease. All the music loving people of the city are anxious toassiat in the farewell to Mr. Wm. Peel;, solo cornetist of the 13th Battalion Band. At the concert on Tues- day Mlening itext'in the Palace Rink Mrs. Valiance, M MciAtthur, MM. MacKelcan Tiot those Muse to sing ,_*S1 service by giving out that hymn of Watts', Sabbath, th'e Minister commenced morning band will plity: ,Mr. D. 3. O'Brien will play thTerearaemjaasn.aundieffintogn'Ity among the singers, the choir would not "Sing a note on the next reading it threugh he looked up, very emfi - phatically at the Choir arta you wia and Mr, Fred 'Jenkins will sing, and the and it being nib:cored age settled 'fact that begin at the second Nene " Conie Ye Who Love the Lord." After ' , Who neveeknew our Gied." They sang that hymn.--Mitsical !retard. '1:';