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WAR DOGS MUZZLED. •' ' 4 CHILI'S REPLY SUMMITTKDTO CONGRESS. An Apologetic Spirit on Chill's Part--Mat- OflenilYe Not® Is Disavowed-̂ All DUenacai Between tilt* Two Countries Will Be Adjusted on a SaUdMtoqr Baals. Uncle Sam's Demand Granted. - To the formal demands of the tfnited States, Chili has sent an answer which seems entirely satisfactory, and there is now every reason to believe that the dispute with this nation will be amicably settled. The correspondence, consisting of a note from the Chilian Minister to our Secretary of State and Mr. Blaine's reply thereto, has been submitted to Congress by the President. Following is the text: KB, MOKIT lO MR. BLAINE, LEGATION' OF CBILI. X bftTt had the honor to receive your note ot yesterday, as an inclostire to which yon are 'willing to transmit to uie the instruction sent to Mr. Eagan on the day previous. In the numerous conferences with which you have been pleased to favor ire I have informed you that, immediately after tho occurrence of the events of Oct. 16, ut Valparaiso, which mv Gov­ ernment most sincerely deplored, the judicial authorities invited the investigation necessary to throw light upon the facts and to detect and punish the guilty parties. From the ante­ cedents which tho Government of » hill was able to collect at the very out- Bet it appeared that the disorder of October 16 began by a quarrel among drunken Bailors, which assumed considerable propor­ tions owing to the condition of the locality in which it originated, and that M:e police per­ formed their duty by re-establishing tranquility and placing the persons who seemed to have been concerned in tile disorder at the disposal of the court. The Government of Chili has no data authorial -g it to thin that the quarrel waa due to any dislike of the uniform of the United States, or that the police failed to per­ form their duty. On the contrary it is a well demonstrated fact that sailors get intoxicated when they go ashore after having been aboard of their vessel for a long time. This is also quite natural. The intoxication of seamen «nd disorders to which it gives rise, although they may assume serious proportions ant* occasion very lamentable offenses, as was unfortunaiely the case at Valparaiso on the lttb of October, can not constitute an insult to the nation in whose service are the men who have taken part in the disorder, although they certainly do not justify the offenses committed during the dis­ order. Tne Government of Chiii could not, however, fcrm a final opinion concerning the nature of the occurrence in question or a| to whether the police had Or had not impropCTly participated therein, or had failed to perform its doty, until the termination of the judicial in­ quiry, Tvhich had beer: initiated v-'ithout delay and which was pushed forward as speedily as was compatible with the provisions of the law, with the obligation of collecting all the ele­ ments eff iroof that. it.was possible to collect in order to t'.irow full light upon the matter, and with the necessity of punishing the perpetra­ tors of the outrage which had been committed and which baa been in part suffered by persons in the service of a friendly nation. It was the desir6 • nd the duty ot the government of Chill to discover the truth in order to make its future proceedings conform thereto, and in order that the United States Government might be satisfied that nothing was negleoted in order to fill justice. You wero pleased, with your high sense of rectitude, to remark tint this proceeding of the Government of Chili was correct, and that, although you desired that the judicial investigation might be brought to a close with as little delay as possible y .u i nder- stood that it wa^ necessary that the ordinary legal procee tings (which wero not as rapid in Chili as in the United States) should be held. I have taken occasion at sundry times to inform you of what the Chilian authorities were doing to bring the investigation to a close. In the criminal trial held at Valparaiso, not only havo landsmen been heard, but also the seamen of the Baltimore; both have been con-' fronted with each other, the reports of physicians and experts have been called for, the opinion of tho surgeon of the cruiser has likewise been invoked, and, in a word, nothing has been neglected that could tend to bring the whole truth to light. The seamen of the Baltimore niad i their statement with the assistance of an interpreter designat­ ed by themselves who was officer of the cruiEer, so that oath taken by tho witnesses, their con­ frontation with eacn other, the reports of ex­ perts concerning the cause and nature of tha wounds, and the bear.ng granted to both Chili­ ans and Americans, so that all might present their complaints and charges, and be heard in their own justification, give incontestable au­ thority to the trial held at Valparaiso. In the couise of our conferences, we some­ times considered the case in which the United States and that of C hili should fail to agree when the investigation should be terminated, and the two governments should havo formed their final opinion, and -tye agreed that arbitra­ tion was the best means of settling the difficulty, and, advancing farther in thi^ conciliatory spirit, we even formally agreed that the differences that might arise should be sub­ mitted to arbitration. This agreement to ac­ cept arbitration has been 1M0 basis of several of our conferences, especially that of the leth instant, and no antecedent or act interfering therewith has come.to my knowlodge. On She contrary, 1 took occasion to inform you on the 1st of January that my Government authorized me to conclude an agreement looking to arbi­ tration, and my Government subsequently ap­ proved the agreem nt concluded by me with you, of which I also informed you. As tho criminal trial initiated at Valparaiso has not come to an end, my Governa ent has not yet been able to reply to the demands of the United States. The vaiious documents and antecedents to which I have called your atten­ tion in my foregoing communications were de­ signed to inlorm the United States Govern­ ment of the progress of the judicial investiga­ tion and of the facts thereby ̂ elicited; they do not, however, constitute a reply, which can only be given when the facts are definitely brought to light by the sentence which must be pronounced by the courts. The testimony which the Government of the United sstates has caused to be taken in California from the crew of the Baltimore cannot take the place of the trial which is being held at Val­ paraiso, where the ollenses were committe<l. The testimony may be' useful for this dis­ ciplinary or administrative purpose in the United States, but it can not serve as the baBis of a judicial sentence, either in Chili or in the United States. The copy which I have to-day the honor to send you of the statement made by one of tfee seamen of the Baltimore at Val­ paraiso, shows that that seaman made no charge against the police. Tho charges which he mokes here, and the absenco of tho accused parties in contradiction of his first statement, nave no value either in law or in your en­ lightened opinion. It is to be observed, moreover, that the state­ ment made by this seaman at Valparaiso Is attested by tho Judge, by the signature of the seaman himself and by that of tne interpreter, who was an officer of the Baltimore, appointed for the express purpose of inspiring the depo­ nents with confidents. j As to your instructions to Mr. Egan that the undersigned has not communicated to the United States Government the no be that was addressed to him by Mr. Matt* on the 11th of December last: The first time that the |ionor- able Secretary of State saw fit to call my atten­ tion to the at resaid note of Mr. Matta, 1 told him that mat uoie contained instructions ad­ dressed to me by Mr. Matta, and that as I had not been directed to communicate it officially to the Department of State, there was no reason why the honorable Secretary should take cognizance of it. I further reminded you that it was a doctrino established by the American Government, that documents exchanged between the President and i onijress, or between the Department of State and the diplomatic representative of the United States in foreign countries, could not form a subject of discussion for foreign govern­ ments. I also took the liberty to remind you of the illustrious Webster and the representa­ tive of Austria in 1830. Tho Austrian Govern­ ment complained at that time because it con­ sidered the instructions sent to a repre­ sentative of the United States unjust or disrespectful to Austria, the said in­ structions having been published in a message of the Presid nt, who i-ent it to the Senate. "This department," Bald Mr. Webster, •has on a former occasion informed the minis­ ter! of foreign powers that a communication from tha President to either House of Con­ gress is regarded as a domestic communica­ tion, of which ordinarily do foreign state has cognizance, and in more re 'en cases the great impropriety of making such communication subject of c rrespondence and diplomatic dis­ cussion has been fully shown." The circumstances of publicity does not change the character of a communication, In the opinion of Mr. Webster, "because such is the common and usual mode of proceeding." In the communications of the President and the Senate it was, therefore, on the nature of the note and no other reason that I passed by abstention from communicating to you tne instructions which Mr. Matta had aent me on the 11th of December, and I had the honor so to inform you. I added, how­ ever, that it was far from being the purpose of my Government to act in a manner at all often-, sive to the President of the United States or any member of his Cabinet, and that, Mr/; Matta's note, if rightly interpreted, admitted of no such construction. I afterward had the honor to inform you that I had received in­ structions fi;om my Government to In­ form that of the United States that • a consideration of the views expressed by Messrs. Buchanan and Webster in 18ID and 1850, that the messages sent by the President to CongreBa are domestic communications which can not serve as a b isfs lor the interpretation of foreign powers or their representatives, my Government had no objection t •> striking out of the note of December 11 such voids as might be considered disagreeable by the United States Government. On the 18th instant an official telegram waa published, whicu had been addressed by the commander of the Yorktown to the Secretary of the Navy. It was couched in terms that were offensive to the Government • 1 i lull, and In Ytew of what we had said concerning the not* of Deoauber 11,1 deemed it my duty to Mil wtu attention to that telegram. The lofty apim ol juslJoe which characterizes you did not permit von to hesitate to tell me that the wordin#ot the said telegram was Improper and objection­ able. U'he declaration on your part, whj«h wai as Impartial aa it was just, terminated the in. oident. Since the early p&it of the month of October, when I had the honor to be invited to, unofficial conferences with the representatives of the De­ partment of State (as the credentials which accredited me as Minister of Chili had not yet arrived!, it has been repeated to me on variant occasions by tha U^d^ed states Government Hhat if the representative of the United States was not a persona grata to the Government of Chili, It %vfis sufficient for the Government ot Chili so to state, aud that the said representative would be succeeded by another. It is a rule based upon the nature of diplomatic relations, and designed to make them frwik and cordial, that the representative of a nation must be a persona grata to the government to which he is accredited. In the conference with which you were pleaded to favor me on the 20th instant. I had the honor to state that tho repro- sentativ# of the United States at Santiago wai not a persona grata to the government of rwii which would be very glad to receive anothei representative from the United States. You were pleased to acknowledge that the Govern, ment of Chili had a right to ask that a changt should be made. Afterwards, having your no­ tice, I addressed to you, in writing, the same communication which I had made to you ver­ bally. I have deemed it my duty to state, in tbli note, the foregoing facta, which ahow the friend­ ly and cordial purpo6e of our conference, la whioti you took a most important pact. v\ ith sentiments, etc., PKDUO MONST, Hon. James G, Blaine, etc., etc. MB. nr.* HOT TO MB. MOJRRT*. Department of Sta'e, Washington. I have the honor to acknowledge vour favoi dated the it-id in HI atit, but n>«t r« olvid byus until Monday, the Kflih. 1 boa to coiuuieutr on two or three of its iveilals. I think from zeal for your country you have miul« same uifbtakes which 1 shall procit*! to correct. You are right in xavluu tliat 1 considered ttas proceedings of the Uav<«itiini«nl of , hill in mak­ ing the judicial inveslitint(nil of thn unhuppj affair at Valp&rals'i en' tiv'y praiseworthy. But you will remember that n» early as tho 25th of November 1 complaint of tho length of tha judicl 1 proceeding*, aud from time to time renewed the complaint, totylng to you very lately that tho court had already been eighty days in session considering a mat­ ter which in the I'tiited Mates would have been wholly disposed of in two or three weeks. You replied that the Spanish law was slow in its processes but exact in its conclu­ sions ; and with your statements I had to be content, though impatient for a final judgment. Your oiler ot arbitration was never uncondi­ tional and exact. Had it been I would have In­ sisted on your reducing it to writing, for it would have been my duty to lay it before the President for consideration. But I was unable to report a mere verbal exchange of views between us aa an agreement to arbitrate. You did say to me several times that in that distant future when the Cuilian court; should render its ju gment (if the United States should not bo satisfied with it) the two countries could *erbitrate the matter; and even then you al^r»jb iu&ikiUiiiMd that Chili would not voluntarily propose arbi­ tration, but would do to when requested by sOme friendly power to take that course. On the occasion of the interview you men­ tioned Spaiu as a nation likely to interveai with ' hill most effectively. Your men. ion ol arbitration was alwavs as a method to be adopted in the future if we were not content, aa I have said,with the judgment of the court. Ton remarked that to adopt it before the world would be discrediting tne judgment of the court in advance. You always looked to the future for the proposal and acceptance of arbitration. You Bay in your note: "i took occasion to in­ form you on the 1st of January that my Govern­ ment authorized me to conclude an agreement looking,to arbitration, and my Government subsequently approved the agreement con­ cluded by ine." And yet you do not pretend that a word waa ever written of the agreement which you say was between us. It is impossible that I ever sought to bind the goveriunent of tho United Mates in that way. It would have been in the highest degreo imprudent for me to do so. In regard to the Matta note, which was the subject of contention between us, you sum it up by the following declaration : "I added, however, tfiat it was far from being the purpose of my government to act in a man­ ner at all often-ive to the President of the United States or to any member of his Cabinet, and that Mr. Matta's note, if rightly inter­ preted, admitted of no such construction. I afterward had the honor to inform you that I had received instructions from ny"govern­ ment to inform that of the United States that, considering the views expressed by Messrs. buchanan and Webster In 1849 ana 18ii.', that the messages sent by the President to Congress are domestic communications, which cannot serve as a basis for the interpretation of foreign powers or their representatives, my Government had no objection in striking out of the note of Dec. 11 Buch words as might be con­ sidered disagreeable by the United States Gov­ ernment." By your own statement you evidently at­ tempted to justify the Matta note. X certainly could not accept your language, and never did accept language of that kind as an apology suf- ficent for the case. The Matta noto was highly discourteous to the President and Secretary of the Navy, imputing to them untruths and insin­ cerity. Such language does not admit of condi­ tional or contingent apology which you offered, it could be apologized for only by a frank withdrawal. You always contended that it was a communication between officers of your own Government and that it was not proper for this Government to take any cognizance of it. You quoted the well-known doctrine of the Hul- semann case in regard to the message of a Pres- dent to Congress not being subject to criti­ cism in a foreign country. You did not see the great difference involved by the act of your Government in sending the Matta circular to all the legations of Chili and re­ questing its several Ministers to publish it, BO that Chili was not only responsible for the dis­ courteous language, but for its publication throughout tho civilized world. That von did not comply with Chdl's request to publish it tnere was the strongest proof of your own disapproval of the nr te. In re­ gard to Mr. Egan, you complained many times and very bitterly to me. Es­ pecially was he deserving of censure, you thought, for not communicating to his Govern­ ment the brutal murder of some young inen who were slain by order of Balmaceda, when the next day 1 sh iwtd you the dispatch of Mr. Egan, speaking of the incident in proper terms. Yqp acknowledge that you were mistaken, and thought you would be satisfied, but you again spoke disparagingly of Egan, and I said, some­ what vehemently: " Why do you »ft demand his recall instead of constantly disparaging him," intending thereby not to favor his recall but to put a stop to the frequent mention of Mr. Euan's name. In referring to tha question you remark: "You were pleased to acknowledge that the Gov­ ernment of Cnili had a right to ask that a change should be made." Undoubtodlyl she has that right, provided she assigns a reason. Yoii are too well skilled in diplomatic usage to be re­ minded that when a nation is forced to declare that a Minister is a persona non grata she ia expected to assign a reason therefor. We have twice had occasion to a6k Groat Britain to re­ call her Ministers, and in each case we have given tbe reason why the Minister had ceaBed to be useful. It is hardly necessary to observe that conditions which we complied with our­ selves would likewise be exacted of Chill. I have thus frankly endeavored to correct some misapprehensions of yours in order that the record of the State Department of the United States shall be kept exact, and in all Ita proceedings shall be proved consistent. Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my Ligiiesi consideiation. (Signed) JAMES G. BLA&K. To Senor Don Peidro Montt, etc., etc. HEED NOT FIGHT CBfti TNIC LITTLE REPUBLIC DIDN"? MEAN IT. Xn a Short Message to Congress President Harrison Incloses tho Latest Conrespon- Says the Chilian Minister*! • Are Satisfactory., «*.enceand 1 A-°r,o~" Th® Crisis Ended. Since the ^President's message wag presented to Congress Chillshas, through her Minister of Foreign Affair^, Mr. Pereira, made formal apology {to the United States. The full text of the apologetic document, which is too volu- mlness to give herewith, has been re­ ceived from Minister Egan, and, Incon- nectlon with the Montt and Blaine let­ ters, laid before Congress by the Presi­ dent.' The message of the President in transmitting tho additional correspond­ ence is brief, and in full is as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives : I transmit herewith additional correspon­ dence between this Government and the Gov­ ernment of Chili, consisting of « note of Mr. Montt, tho Chilian Minister ftt 'his capita!, to Mr. Blaine, dated Jan. 23, a roi ly of Mr. Blaine thereto of date of Jan. '27, and a dispatch from Mr. Egan, our Minister At Santiago, transn ir- ting the response of Mr Pereira, tho Chilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the noto of Mr. Blaine of Jan. 21, which was received by me on th© 2Gth lost. Tbe note of Mr. Montt to Mr, ! Blaine, though dated .Tan. 23, was not delivered I at the State .Department until alter 12 o'clock ! m. of th© 25th, aud was not translated and its receipt notified to mo until late in the after­ noon of that day. The resprnse of Mr. Peroira to our note of tho 3ist withdraws, with acceptable expressions of ri*g et, tlJo 'offensive note or Mr. Matta of : the lith ult. and also the request lor the recall of Mr. Egan. Tho treatment of the incid nt of the assault npm tbe sailors of the Baltimore is so conciliatory and friendly that I am of the opinion that there is a good prospect that the ! differenco growing out of that serious affair can now bo adjusted upon terms j satisfactory to this Government by tbe usual methods and without special powers from Congress. This turn in the affairs • is very gratifying to me, as I am sure it will be I to tho Concrass and to our people. The general ; support of the eiTorts of tho executive to enforce the just right of tho •»'ion ia this matter lias ; given an instructive <«nd useful illustration of i tho unity and patriotism of our people. Should it be necessary, I will again communi­ cate with tho Congress upon the subject, BENJAMIN HARRISON. WASHINGTON. D. C-, Jan. 28, H-91 The reply of Minister Pereira to "the Government's ultimatum is of a friend­ ly and satisfactory character. It will relieve Congress from any further juris­ diction, since the few remaining details requiring settk'mont can be arranged by THE MAN WHO QUIT. Coffee as a Disinfectant. It has been demonstrated that coffee has disinfectant properties and is very effective in killing fever germs. Dr. Luderitz, who has paid close at­ tention to the subject, di<J not use strong effusions, but found that a cer­ tain harmless micrococcus germ died in a 10 per cent, coffee solution in from three to five days. The bacillus of typhoid fever perished in from two to three days under coffee influence, and the cholera bacillus in from three to four hours. The germ of anthrax or splenic fever died in from two to three hours, but the spores of young forms of the latter germs perished in from two to four .weeks only.--Good Housekeeping. PRESIDENT HARRISON. Mr. Blaine according to the ordinary methods. Briefly stated, Chili expresses tho deepest regret for the Baltimore out­ rage, disclaims any hostile feelings to­ ward the uniform of the United States navy, regrets the unavoidable delays in Chilian judicial examination, de­ clares its willingness not to await the decision of the examining Judge, and submits "to the honorable Secretary of State of the Department of Foreign lte- lations of Washington the designation of either the Supreme Court of Justice of the United States or a tribunal of arbitration to determine the reparation which Chili will have to make for that lamentable occurrence." As to the offensive Matta note to the Chilian Min­ isters abroad, it disavows any intention to inflict offense, deplores the expres­ sions used, and withdraws them. As to the request for the recall of Minister Egan, it says it will take no steps with­ out the accord of the United States. In making these concessions Chili evinces a friendly and conciliatory spirit. After the statement as to the Baltimore affair, Minister Pereira says: The undersigned trusts that this frank and explicit declaration, which confirms that which had already been made to the honorable Secri-tary of State In Washing­ ton, will carry to the mind of his Exccllencv Mr. Harrison and hU Government that the people of Chill, far from entertaining a feeling of hostility, has tho lively desire to maintain nnalterable the good and cordial relations which up to tho pres int time have existed between the two countries--a dec­ laration which Is made without reserva­ tion, In order ihat iV may receive such publicity as your Government may deem suitable. The people of the United States will meet tho people of Chili half way in this direction. They have no feeling of hos­ tility to them and have not since the be­ ginning of tliis unfortunate trouble. They have had no desire for war, as has been shown by the extraordinary pa­ tience of the Government when con­ fronted by an unusual and exasperating delay in'replying to its reasonable re­ quests. All that was insisted upon was that the national' honor should be pre­ served from insult, that the national rights should not be invaded, and that t!iere should b<* respect and .absolute safety for American citizens wherever they were. Tho threatening, war clouds have rolled away at last and there will be peace between the United States and Chili. This much is assured. It will not be strange after the long misunder­ standing if ".he futiue relations between tho two countries shall be closer and more cordia! than they have been in tho past. A complication of this kind some­ times clears up flic air. The contestants get better acquainted with each other, and when they resume relations they do so with better feelings and mutually higher respect. " Morbid BMfslre to Inhale Gasoline. A Baltimore boy of 10 yeiars has acquired a morbid desire to inhale gasoline, and was found the other day by his mother unconscious, with a can of gasoline on the floor by his side. In order to inhale the ether he removes the stopper from the can and inserts his nose in the hole, remaining In this position until he becomes un­ conscious. It is the first case of the kind known to .physicians in Baltl- *nore. i Suffocation. Paris firemen are now provided with cylinders of oxygen under pressure, to be used for the prompt relief of persons suffocated during fires. The oxygen is added to the regular supply of medicines which is always at hand in case of accidents. A Severe Punishment. Gilhooly--It must have been dread­ ful in old times when a criminal was branded with a red-hot iron whenever he committed a crime. Col. Yerger--Yes, if that punish­ ment was carried out now some of our public men would look like the en­ velope of a letter that had gone around the world.--Texas Siftings. An Elevated ltoa<l. ^The New Alpine railway, the Brenzier Rothhornbahn, is the highest railway in the world, and commands magnillcent views. It is 2,351 meter^ (7,830 feet) high at the summit ldvel, and ascends 1,082 meters (5,606 fqet), or 67 meters (223 feet) higher than the Pilatus Railway. The journey occupics 1£ hours. Ancient Sculpture. In . the new works of the Piraeus- Athens railway station the marble head of a woman has been found, of good workmanship. It wears a diadem and the features are very finely carved. Jt is thonght to be­ long to a headless statue found on (his site in the city a little time ago. Pis Departure Didn't Create a Blpfite «C Excitement About seven miles from the Arkan­ sas River we met a man on the high­ way with a gun on his shoulder. He looked as if he had been having a ten- round go with break-bonefever, and that after he had been knocked out somebody had run his suit of clothes through a corn-sheller. He stopped and we stopped, and he asked: "Goin' down asfur i "Yes." .£ : j "Do me ar'tavor?" / "Yes." "Jest after you cross Goose Creek you'll see a shacklety -cabin on the left. Thar'll be an olCwpman sittin' on a log dijppin' or smokin' a pipe." "Yes." \ "And seven tow-headed and ragged young'uns rollin' around in. the dirt." "Yes." "Waal, that's iny place and fam'ly, or was up to an hour ago. I want ye to st,o>p^ind tell the old woman that I've quit. My name's Hiram, and if she doubts you, which she won't, you kin describe me." ' 'Do you mean you have left home?" "Sartin. I've got clean sickened out, atid l'm headed fur a healthier climate. Might jist stop and tell the old woman, so she WQE't *think I've mired or drowfaided." "But duln tVyou tell her you were going?" \ - I was out shootin' squirrels and made tip my Viind all of a sud­ den. It's right bn jour road and won't stop you Imore'u a minuit. Good-by." . 7 We found the place without diffi­ culty. Xhere was the shacklety cabin, and there sat the old woman calmly smoking a clay pipe with a stem only two inches long. Scattered around J among the stumps wfere half a dozen children, each one .seemingly more dirty and ragged than the other. I was deputized to break the news to the woman. "Howdy, stranger!" she saluted as I approached. "Madam, have you got a husband named Hiram?" I asked: - "I reckon." "Tall, sickly-looking man, with ragged clothes on?" "That's Hi." "Well, we met him up the road about three milles, and he asked us to stop and tell you he'd quit." "Dun left us?" - • "Yes." "Gwine off by hisself? "Yes." "And he won't cum back no mo?" "That's the way I understood him." She looked around at the half cleared "patch" of ground grown up to weeds--at the old cabin and the ragged children, and then she re­ moved the pipe and blew a cloud of smoke into the air, and rep.ied: "Wall, hang me if I blame him one least bit! I've been wonderin'why he din'tgo fur the last fifteen years!" And as we drove away she sat there smoking and trotting her foot, evi­ dently as calm and content as any woman in the State.--Free Press. The War W«i Over. I wa§ told a good story about Gen. Grant to-day that I never saw in print, says a writer in the Louisville Courier- Journal. It will be recalled that early in the war the New York Fire Zuaves were a crack regiment, com­ manded by Col. Ellsworth. Every man in the ranks had been a fireman and it was confidently believed that Ellsworth's command was able to put down the rebellion without assistance. The Colonel was a young man, hand­ some, gallant, burning with military ardor and thirsting for military fame. He was as much the idol of the North as Ash by was a few months later the idol of the South. The Fire Zouaves were the first troops to march into Alexandria, Ya. Their Colonel was at thMr head and after the town had surrendered Ellsworth saw a rebel flag flying from a hotel. Instead of ordering a squad to re­ move it he bolted into the house, as­ cended the stairway, went out on the roof and captured the flag; descerul- ing he was confronted by the landlord --one Jackson--who jshot him dead. Jackson himself was then shot to death, and the affair created more sensation than considerable battles a few years later. After the war a daughter of Jackson secured an ap­ pointment in one of the Government departments. She was a modest,di l i ­ gent and capable young woman, And discharged her official duties accepta­ bly. In the course of time a super- loyal gentleman was put in charge of the bureau in which she worked. Nosing around, he soon discovered the antecedents of the young clerk and discharged her. She was friendless and penniless, and as, a last resort went to the White House and called for Gen. Grant. He received her and she related her story^to the silent man. Without saying a word he took a piece of paper and wrote: "The war against men is ended and my ad­ ministration shall not begin one against women, Restore Miss Jack­ son to her clerlcship instantly." This was addressed to the loyal bureau official an^ the young lady is yet in the public service. That was an ex­ hibition of chivalry that Duriois or Francis I. might have envied. Mechanical Shoe PoUtliliig. The small but self-reliant bootblack of the city streets has not'yet become extinct, but his race seems to l>e nearly run. The stationary chairs, with their grown-up attendants, have given him a realizing sense of the power of capital, land unless he can secure a "rroute," and a sufficient number of clients who will receive his ministrations in their own offices, his field of operations is becoming more and more circumscribed. An electric shoe-brush revolving on a flexible shaft, and applied by the hand of the operator, has been in use for some time in many barber-shops; and now a mechanical shoe-brush has ap­ peared, which does not require to be applied at all. On the contrary, it is the foot of the "subject" which is applied to the brush, or ratljer in­ serted into the grpup of three brushes of which the device consist. One brush on each side of the shoe turns rapidly on an upright shaft, and the third brush moves horizontally to and fro beyond them. The brushes adjust themselves to a shoe of any size, and perform their work almost instan­ taneously. ILLINOIS' COAL OUTPUT 1 1 ' ' DUSKY DIAMONDS DUO OUR. INQ ONE YEAR. Th* Number of Tons Mined Wat 18,660,- 698--Men and Boys Employed--The Ma­ chine* Mow tt Use-Many ratal Acci­ dent*. . Tl» a. Stupendous Industry. The State Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued the advance sheets of th« tenth annual compilation of the statis­ tics of coal production In Illinois, which presents the following summaries for the year ending Jijly 1, 1891: Number ol counties In which coal has' been mined, 5f; number of tons of coal of all grades mined, 15,660,698; number of acres worked out, 2,802.41; number of employes of all kinds, 32,951; number of miners, 26,059; number of other em­ ployes, Including boys, 6,892; number of boys over 14 years old, 995: average number of days of active operations, 215.6; aggregate home value of to till, products, $14,237,074; aggregate value of lump coal, $13,068,854; aggre­ gate home value of other grades, $1,168,- 220; average value of lump coal per ton at the mines, $1.0084; average value of other grades per ton at the mines, $0.4321; average price per ton paid for hand mining, $0.71527. ' The number of tons of lump coal mined by hand was 9,961,159; number of tons mined by hand and paid for by the day, 1,126,258; mimber of mining machines in use, 241; number of tons of all grades mined by machines, 3,027,305; number of tons of lump coal mined by machines, 2,423,080; number of tons of other grades, 604,225; number of kegs of pow­ der used, 261,392. '. • The number of men killed in mines was 60; number of wives made widows, 37; number of children made fatherless, 112; number of men Injured so as to lose time, 367; number of tons of coal mined for each life lost, 261,011; number of tons of coal mined for each man injured, 42,672; number of employes for each lite lost, 549; number of employes for each man injured, 90; number of hew mines reopened, 91; number of mines closed or abandoned,104. The report says that, as compared with the record of former years, these totals present the following differences; The whole number of mining places re­ ported this year was somewhat less than last year, owing to the suspension of a number of small country b&nks. The output for the year is greater than that of any preceding year by 3521,860 tons of lump coal. The apparent increase is much more, owing to the fact that the statistics for this year cover not only the tons of lump coal, which Is the standard marked grade, but also tho tons of nut, pea and slack, or whatever other grades are produced by dumping the coaLtwer screens in order to clean It. In the aggregate the tonnage of the inferior grades is considerable, and, added to the product in lump, raises the actual output of all kinds of fuel to 15,660,698 tons. The average value of coal per ton at the mines, as computed for all mines m all parts of the State, is found to be snbatantiiMly the same as for 1890, the decimal of difference being a decline of 1.09 cents per ton. The number of employes engaged in this industry during the year has in­ creased in somewhat greater ratio than the output, and the average of all prices paid a ton for hand-mining shows an in­ crease of 3.2 cents over 1890, though the present average is still 1.6 cents less per ton than the average of 1889. There are 241 mining machines in use in the State, which is twenty-live less than the num­ ber at the close of the preceding year. Less than one-fifth, or 18.7 per cent, of tho total product,"is mined by the me­ chanical process. There have been ninety-one new mines opened during the year and 104 old mines have been suspended or abandoned. An unusual amount of re­ adjustment in the terms of employment was made necessary by recent legisla­ tion affecting the relations of owners and employes; but, on the whole, the friction arising from this source has been less and compliance with the new laws has been more universal than was anticipated. During the month of May, however, suspensions were verj' toeneral, and some fields work was not resumed for several mouths. The average num­ ber of days of active operation^lias been 215.6, which are more days and represents tho steadiest business since 1888. • VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS. Table Showing tlie Value of Live Stock and <>raln Raised In IUInolit In 1891. The following, taken from the Decem­ ber crop report of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, shows the value of live stock and agricultural products of Illinois in 1891: Corn. $83,990,210, Pears Winter wheat 28,583,0HliGrapet Spring wlieat. 848,U2(S Strawberries.. Oats 32,912,485 Watermelons. live 2,541,9t)5!0 ther (raits Parley 32^,220; and berries Buckwheat.. 25,53!) Wine 21,202,2S'2 Honey 208.00'.) Horses (equal- 303,750 lzed) 19,097,119 -Beef cat tle 23,904 (equalized).. 15,085,158 3,955,879 Dairy cows. . 17,342,962 217,205 Hogs (equal- I izod) 207,780 Sheep (equal- 40, <3111 lzed) 682,985 Wool 25ti,90!> Milk sold 49,83l> Cream sold... 55,H!>8 Butter sol 1... £0,480 Cheese sold... i Pool try sold.. 286,061! Eggs sold 1022,0361 183,713! Total §257,332,190 Hay Timothy seed. Clover seed... Mi 11 e t and Hungarian . Irish potnt's. Sweet l>otat'a Turnips and other roots. Flax seed!... Broom corn.. Sorghum Beans . Castor beans. Tobacco Other crops not ramed. Apples Peaches 8,149 08 272 126,2!0 49,304 116.340 i 92,828 112,934 4,131,570 -681,805 631,790 12506,797 1,587,5(11! 4,4)4,717 148,488 1,277,029 4,142,233 Within «!*• Bartb. . f What is Inside the earth? Metals, the materials of rocks--about the Mime things, in short, that we And on its surface, except plants and ani­ mals. But in what condition' are those minerals that lie deep in the earth, clear down to its very center. In what proportions do they exist? Has our planet a metallic core, where iron and silver and gold abound in •marvellous profusion? Ms the earth simply encased m a solidified crust, underneath which is an ocean, a globular ocean, of molten matter,* or are there only fiery lakes of melted rock that supply volcantfes with lava, while the great mass of the globe is solid to the core? These are some of the interesting questions that mesn have asked about the world on whose surface they dwell. Most of them remain still without any decisive answer. It is no longer generally believcfd, as it once was, that the central parts of the globe are wholly composed of melted rock, but just what the con­ dition of things is there nobody knows % The great difficulty is that we can­ not dig deep enough to find out, for the deepest mines and artesian wells are, after all, but insignificant, punc­ tures fft t lie outer rind of the globe.' (•>ne fact does seem to be estab­ lished: The t^eper you go the warmer it gets. An important contribution to .our knowledge on this subject conies from the deep well ttiat is be­ ing driven at Wheeling in West Vir­ ginia. The facts ascertained there were the subject of a report to the American Association for the Ad­ vancement of Science at its session last August. The well, which is a little less than five inches in diameter, is now about forty-five hundred feet deep, and it is hoped to make it at least a mile dee]». Thermometers are lowered into the well, which, fortunately for science, is perfectly dry, and the temperature is thus taken at various depths. At the depth of 1,350 feet the temperature is 68.75 degrees; at 2,375 feet it is 79.2 degrees; at 3,375 feet it is 92.1 degrees; at 4,375 feet it is 108.4 degrees, and at 4,402 feet it is 110.2 degrees. It will l.e observed that the temper­ ature goes on increasing faster and faster the deeper the well gets. For instance, the increase in the thousand feet of descent from S>375 to 3,375 is about 13 degrees, while the increase in the thousand feet from'3,375 feet to 4.375 feet is more than 16 degrees. If the heat should go on increasing in a similar progression, a depth would soon be reached where every solid substance would be melted. Possibly if the driving of the well were continued, such a place would be found; but that would not prove that the same condition of things exists everywhere milder the earth's crust, because deep wells have been driven 1n other parts of the world which show different rates of increase in the heat. Tbe indication is that there is a particularly hot spot in the earth under Wheeling.--Youth's Com­ panion. A Question of Sanity. A hiiin was brought before a justice in Illinois accused of a criminal of- Jcnse. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but asked the Judge to suspend sen­ tence until he should have an oppor tunity to prove some mitigating cir cumstances. The Justice acceded to the request,' and continued the case until the next day. In the meantime the accused se­ cured the services of a certain young lawyer, who was the laughing stock of the entire bar. On the following day, when the case was called, the at­ torney arose and said, "Your honor, yesterday my client, while laboring under a slight attack of insanity, pleaded guilty as charged; we there­ fore now make a motion to strike that plea from the records, and enter one of not guilty instead. "Has the prisoner retained you as his counsel?" asked the Justice. "Yes, sir, he retained me this morning, and paid me $5 dollars." "What is the nature of your de­ fense?" "I expect to prove that the pris­ oner has been out of his mind until this morning." ' The Judge said nothing, but seemed lost in thought, and the young at­ torney asked in some trepidation what was the matter. "Oh, nothing in^ particular," re­ sponded the Justice,* shaking himself together, "I was only wondering whether the poor fellow might not be suffering from a more violent attack of insanity than ever." A l'et Booster. A Brooklyn storekeeper has" the satisfaction of possessing a pet pecul­ iarly his own. It is a rooster, whose antics attract many people to his owner's shop. This bird is oftentimes seen on the sidewalk playing with the children. He will let a stranger pick him up in his arms and stroke him, and enjoys the process with as much apparent delight as would a dog or a cat. The owner of the bird is particularly attached to him, and appears to be one of the proudest meivin the city, going to and return­ ing Trom his 'store with the rooster following him. as would a pet dog. When the owner reaches out his hand the bird jumps up to peck at it, and altogether they attract a good deal of attention. ^ A Shoe Party. The latest fad out West, says the St. Joseph News, is a shoe party. They stretch a sheet across the room, and the ladies stand behind it and stick their feet under it so you can only see their shoes. Then you go along and pick out a pair of shoes, and* the^lady who is in them you take down to supper. Bis Opinion of Hlin. A zealous boor once remonstrated with a Brahmin. "You don't believe in the true God," he said. The Brah­ min shrugged his shoulders. "Very likely," he answered; "but if my God couldn't make a better gentleman than your God has ma'de, I would ex­ change him for a black dog." Heroism In Plain Dress. At one moment in the battle of Waterloo Wellington was left alone, his aides-de-camp having all been sent with messages to different parts rjf the field. He was sorely in need of a messenger, and looked around anxiously, when a gentleman in plain clothes rode up to him, saying, "Can I be of any use, sir?" Wellington, looking him over, said, "Yes. Take this note to the com­ manding officer over there," pointing to a part of the field where the battle was hot and fierce. The gentleman at oncc galloped off, rode through the thick of tfie fight, and delivered the note. After the battle the Duke made long and anxious inquiry, but he never found out to whom he was in­ debted for that special service. "I consider it," said he, in telling the anecdote to Lord Shaftesbury, "one of the.most gallant deeds that ever came under my notice, for the gentleman who did it could have had no prospect of reward of honor." The deed recalls Shakspeare's eulogy on The'constant service of the antique world, ' When service sweat for duty, not for meed | Ksr Western Gallantry. Miss Lizzie Green met with a seri­ ous accident one Sunday afternoon while out sleigh-riding. The sleigh overturned and the lady was thrown to the ground with great violence and there is a contiision on her ala- fiasfcrian brow as loug as a clothes ine. Miss Green has our sympathy in her misfortune and accident, and if it would do any good we would butt the Rdcfcy Mountain range of mount-, ains out or existence.--Montana Picket. AROUND AGREATSTABfc BRIEF COMPILATION OF ILLS* NOIS NEWS. fc|sx>dy A Murderer Pays the Death Pm^Hyb.' ; . Adams County's Khamefol iSiiiikwpl * 8cmndal-C«ttlnff Affray la Payette Cm»> ty--BUled Falling Ice. frrem Par and Near. '•••J#'* , Rit.E. L. PRATHER is Involved In | dirty scandal at Lincoln, and will be d#*f posed from the Presbyterian ministry. FRE# ALTENHEIM, Joe Hunter an# Phil Carroll were Indicted by a graiut jury at Quincy, charged with conspiriaf to kill Assessor., James Knox two yean-* ago. AT Quincy, George A. Cpburn, prominent business man, was struck oo the head by a piece of Ice thrown from the roof of a high building. Concus­ sion of the brain resulted, and he di«$ In three hours. AT Alton, alluding to the dispatch pa|»> lished recently to the effect -i^at all tbf flint-glass factories would be closed, th® manager of the Illinois Glass Works* the second largest plant in the country, stated, that all of their nine house® Would be run through the season. • i • AKRANGEMENTs>htKl beeli made by residents of the southern part of Cllntea* County to. tar and feather a woman ol unknown name who came from St. Louis, when she vanished. The woman is said to have been a baby farmer, and in tile last few years to have deserted three babies, each dying a few weeks after sfce had left it with strangers. NEAR Louden City, in the norther® part of Payette County, a grftdge had existed foi years between Frank Gasa Shermap Beck, farmers, and a encounter was the result. Botb are powerful men and evenly matched. They used their fists till both were terri­ bly beaten. They were separated by on-lookers, and when Beck turned Gass jerked out a knife and stabbed Beck - several times In the abdomen, cutting him terribly, so that he cannot recover. A HORKir.LE accident occurred at the Mound City Stove Works, eight miles from Cairo. A boy named Daniels, 16 years old, was assisting in lacing * broken belt near a revolving shaft. To reach it he was standing on a pile of heading, which tipped over, throwing hlui against the shaft. It caught hi. coat, and in an Instant his body was dragged around it, and the belt which he held in his hand was wound around his body, crushing every bone and kill­ ing him instantly. The shaft was mak­ ing two hundred revolutions a minute, and it was three or four minutes hefoM the frightened spectators could stop tha machinery. AT Edwardsville, Patrick Boyle was hanged for the numb r of John Muenseh, last August. The two were tramps, and. .. the murderer got 90 cents from his vic­ tim. The condemned man retained hfaf nerve to the last. He arose In an ex­ tremely ugly mood, and the officials feared they might have some difficulty in executing his sentence, but he walked upon the scaffold calmly and met his fate without a murmur. His arms and legs were quickly pinioned, the black cap and noose adjusted, and the drop fell. About 1.00 persons witnessed the execution, including the officials, the jury, etc. Hundreds of people lined the streets in the vicinity of the jail build­ ing. Everything passed off quietly and without a single disturbance, and it Is the universal opinion that he met a richly merited fate, his crime being an Un­ usually cold-blooded and unprovoved one. AT Cairo, another costly river acel* dent occurred. The steamer Smoky City, from Pittsburg, was coming down" towing a fleet of twenty barges loaded with coal. Just above the Illinois Cen­ tral bridge It became unmanageable aAd the tow drifted against one of the piers. The sides of six of the barges Were crushed in and they sank to the bottom. The remainder broke loose and were caught by harbor tugs. The steamer It­ self narrowly escaped being wrecked. The coal belonged to S. S. Crump & Co., of Pittsburg, and was consigned to New Orleans. No lives were lost, but 100,- 000 bushels of coal were dumped into the river. AT Alton, 111., the Masonic School tit- Instruction was opened at Root's Opel*. House, with a lai^e attendance from abroad as well as from the local fra­ ternities® Among the prominent Masons * present were Grand Junior Warden Ed­ ward Cook, of Chicago; Grand Secre­ tary L. L. Munn, of Freeport; Deputy Grand Lecturer J. Harry Todd, of ET*,' anston; Deputy Grand Master Dr. H. T. Burnage, of Upper Alton. The full - Board of Examiners was present as fot»». lows: Right Worshipful Brethren M. B,» Chamberlain, Freeport; W. B. Grime%. Pittsfield; James John, Chicago; J. I&. Evans, Montleello; John W. Roose, Litchfield; and directed by the Most Worshipful Munroe C. Crawford, GranA Master of Masons of Illinois. : IN Chicago, the past year, 1,938 deaths were instigated by the Coroner. The laboring class furnishes the greatest number of Coroner's cases, the number being 438. The housewives and mechanics come next with 111 eactb., The railroads of Cook County reaped ft rich harvest, having 323 victims-to their - credit. Of these twenty-one were pas ­ sengers killed in wrecks, flftv-nlne enm ployes, most of them killed in ths ' discharge of their duty. Ninety-seven of these were neither employes nor passengers, but met death at the deadly crossings--six in collision of trains, twenty-two were killed while working on the tracks, twenty-three while jump­ ing on and off trains, and one was killed in a manner unknown. Two hundred and seventy of the Coroner's investigations were into the circumstances of the death of the suicide. Americans led the list with 85 persons, with the Germans % close second at 84. Only two people of the Welsh and French extraction were of the number. The laboring class fur­ nished the greatest number, 154. House­ wives came next with forty-one, while only one police officer, one attorney, out pauper found life a burden. ; ANOTHER chapter in the workings AT Chicago charitable institutions diselos^t that drivers sent with coal to poor famjtr lies have been In the habit of deliver* ing cn'y a part, and, selling the rest fot their own benefit. * THE Chicago River laden with its not* some sewage is flowing Into the lak% and, mingling with the lake water, lit pumped back into* the water mains. ( Every resident of the city who use* water for drinking purposes is liable t« contract typhoid fever, pneumonia, oft winter cholera; and thousands are aK---. ready ill. The water is sau to be mort dangerous than ever before. AT Springfield George M. Clay an{ David Richardson of Waterloo, Monrof"- Countv, Mere sentenced in the Unite# States" District Court to three years eac| in the penitentiary for conspiring to pas* - counterfeit money. Gov. FIKER issued a requisition of the Governor of Wisconsin for J. St Levi, who is wanted In Chicago to an- swer the charge of obtaining mono) under false pretenses, and is under ar» r|J r«st in Milwaukee. . IS WHEN G. H. Miller, a farmer living J west of Lllopolis, woke up the other , ' ^ morning he found his wife lying deal , 'J side him. She was M yearn of age an# bad been suffering with the grip, and thf physician thicks she died of heart failure * ' ^ - •*" "Itii 0