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VOL. XXII
THE SPEAKERS.
HEN WHO HAVE HELD THE HIGH
HONOR SINCE WASHINGTON’S DAT
The Rule of Brother Jonathan—Macon, who
was “Father of the House—Henry
Cley’s Wonderful Career, Rte.
Washington, August 5. —(Special-)—On
Monday afternoon next shortly alter 12
a'clock Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, will
lie elected for the second time speaker ot
the house of representatives. His first
election marked the close of an era, and the
b< ginning of a new and better one. lie
was the first man to be chosen speaker of
the house who ha<l served in the confederate
army. His elevation to this position, due
as it was largely to the votes of northern
men, so emphasized the fact that the iv.lt
is over that: the wayfarer, though a fool,
could not mistake its significance. It is
worth noting also that his chief opponent
two years ago had served in the confeder
ate army.
Mr. Crisp was not widely known prior j
to his elevation to the speaker s chair, but
it is safe to say that no man in the United
States now who rads the newspapers -and
who does not? but knows who Crisp, of
Georgia, is. The speakers office, always
important, has within the past generation
come to be regarded as seeond only in au
thority and influence in our government,
though third in dignity. No other officer
of the government wiel is such power over
legislation as does the speaker of the house.
This comes from the fact that the business
of congress is chiefly done in the committees
and that the speaker names the committees
of (ho house, and under the constitution
all revenue bills must originate in that
body. In the senate the committees tiro
named by the caucuses of the two parties.
The vice president has nothing whatever to
do with their formation. The democratic
caucus decides what democrats will go upon
the various committees and the republican
caucus what republicans. In the house the
speaker in this matter is supreme- Consid
ering the importance of this great otlice
and the notoriety, not to say fame, which
seems incredible that tt man who had been
chairman of the ways and means commit
tee and twice elected speaker of the house
of representatives should, when he was
named for the presidency by his party, be
subjected to the sneering inquiry of his
political opponents.
"Who is James K. Folk?”
Yet this was the case fifty years ago.
The celebrated Sergeant S. Prentiss, who,
born in Maine, found friends, fame and
fortune in Mississippi. in a great campaign. |
speech at Natchez after Polk’s nomination .
pronounced a splendid eulogy on Clay, Folk’s ’
opponent, and then repeated that sneering
question "Who is .Tamtw K. Polk?" After
an impressive pause he answered his own
question in hissing accents-
"A blighted burr that has fallen from
the mane of the war horse of the Ilerm.t- >
Mr. Speaker Muhlenberg.
The first speaker of tin- house was Fred
erick A. Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania. He
was a brother of Peter Muhlenberg, who
at the beginning of the revolution announced |
to his congregation of German Virginians |
at Woodstock, from his pulpit at tin- close |
of a sermon:
“There is a time for all things a time i
to preach and a time to pray: but there is I
also a time to iigiit, and that time has now
CORK*.
Suiting liiis action, to his word he threw ■
off his gown and stood arrayed in the uni
form of a continental colonel, his eomntis- I
«ion having been given to him by Washing- |
ton. Frederick Muhlenberg was speaker i
of the house in the first ami third eon- I
grosses, and his brother was a month -r of ■
the same house in both congresses. The '
seeond speaker of the house was Jonathan |
Trumbull, of Massachusetts, during the i
revolution, and who was the chosen friend I
and counselor of Washington. In fact. ;
the epithet "Brother Jonathan" now ap
plied as a personification of the United I
States owes its origin to Washington's i
habit of addressing Governor Trumbull, and '
to the phrase he often used when per- I
plexed: i
“Let us hear what Brother Jonathan j
says.” |
Speaker Trumbull himself served on 1
Washington’s staff during most of the ,
revolution as an aide. After serving a I
term as speaker he was chosen to the ‘
United States senate, which position he '
resigned to become lieutenant governor of ,
Connecticut. It is impossible to imagine i
a I nite i States senator doing anything like 1
that these days.
Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey, was ‘
speaker of the house during the fourth and !
fifth congresses. He afterwards served a !
term as senator. Dayton was a friend of !
Aaron Burr, and was arrested for hits al- j
leged connection with Burr’s attempt to 1
overthrow Mexico or found an empire in I
the southwest- Twice during Dayton's last ■
term as speaker George Dent, of Maryland,
was chosen speaker pro tempore during i
Dayton’s illness.
Theodore Sedgewiek, of Massachusetts, ;
was speaker of the house during the sixth i
congress. He had been a member of the I
continental congress and was a member of j
the house from its beginning to IT'.Mi. and '
then served a couple of years as a.senator,
returning to the house in the sixth congress '
and being elected speaker. After this he
went upon the bench of the supreme court '
of Massachusetts, where he remained until !
his death. |
For Three Terms.
The first man to serve as speaker of the j
house through three successive congresses I
was the celebrated Nathaniel Macon, of !
North Carolina, he serving in that capacity, j
during tile seventh, eighth, and ninth con- I
grosses- Macon served altogether thirty- j
seven years in congress, his service being
divided between the two houses, lie was :
the original "Father of the House.” Ma- I
con was in public life altogether fifty-seven '
years, ami during that long period he never I
recommended any of his family to public i
office. He was several times offered execu- !
tive positions, but always declined an office
Irvt conferred upon him by the direct vote ,
of the people or their immediate representa
tives. Thomas, H. Benton says of Macon:
“That he spoke wore good sense while get- |
ting in his chair and out of it than many
delivered in long and elaborate speeches.
His last public service was as a member
of tin- constitutional convention of his state
in 1535. of which body he was the president.
Before his last illness he gave diremions for
a neighbor to make for him a plain coflin
to be paid for before his interment- He also
selected for his grave a barren ridge when
the plow would never come and ordered
the spot to be marked by a pile of loose
stones from ati adjoining field. Benton des
cribes his death bed as “That of Socrates,
all but the hemlock.”
J ; soph B. Varnum, of Massachusetts. who
had been a general during the revolution,
was speaker during the tenth and eleventh
congresses. He afterwards served a term
in th<- senate, and was president pro tempore
of that body, as was also .Macon.
In the twelfth congress there came Io
the house as a new member one of lib*
most remarkable men of his time. With
the exception of Muhlenberg, speaker of
tin- first congress, he was the only man over
chosen speaker on tin- day that he took his
seat as a member of tin- house.
< hiy’s Remarkable Career.
This man was Henry (.'lay. of Kentucky.
('lay had already served two short unwx
pire.l terms as s'-tialor- As a member and
speaker of the house in the twelfth con
gress he fairly began the marvelous career
which closed only with bis death in this
city more than forty years after. Clay
was elected speaker oftener than any man
who ever sat in congress. In fact, he was
never a member of the house
that •he was not speaker of that
body. His influence upon legislation was
greater than that of any man who had
preceded him in the speaker's chair and
perhaps greater than that of any man who
has followed him in that position. To
Clay more than to any man was due the
creation of the hostile feeling towards Eng
land. which led to war in ISI2. Unlike
the speaker of these days. Clay did not
confine himself to the mere work of pre
siding. but left the chair and participated
in the debate upon the floor of the house.
As his lieutenants in urging hostilities
against Great Britain he had John ('.
Calhoun, William Lowndes, Felix Grundy
and Langdon Cheves.
Clay served as speaker during all of the
twelfth congress ami during the first ses
sion of the thirteenth. During the sec
ond session he resigned and went abroad as
a member of the commission appointed to
negotiate a treaty of peace and commerce
with Great Britain. During his absence,
Langdon Cheves, of South Carolina, was
chosen speaker. Clay returned ,-ind was
elected t<> the fourteenth congress and wts
again chosen, speaker as he was also of the
fifteenth and sixteenth congresses. During
the latter congress he resigned to retire to
private life and John W. Tavlor. of Now
York, was chosen speaker. Clay was not
a member of the seventeenth congress, but
returned to tlx* eighteenth when be was
again elected speaker. This was his last
service as a member of the house of rep
resentatives.
Philip P. Barbour. of Virginm, wits
speaker of the hop-o during the seventeenth
vongress. Sop, - fif4*<-. ; ci’s aftei was
unpointed by Jackson an associate iustice
of the supreme court of the United States,
which position he held until the time of his
den th.
John W. Taylor, of New York, was
chosen speaker of the nineteenth congress,
this l>e’m r his second period of service in
this position.
.**• < VIMIMOII, Bell him! I’olk.
Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, was elect
ed speaker of the house in the twentieth,
twenty-first, t wenty-second and twenty
third congresses, giving him more smees
sive elections as speaker limn any other in
minibent in that position. During his last
term he resigned from congress and re
tired to private life. Afterwards, he scri
ed for a lime as minister to England, this
being his last public service.
The house in the twenty-fourth congress
was presided over by John Bell, of Ten
nessee, one of the most eminent men of
his time. Bell was one of the founders of
the whig party and was elected to the
speakership ov--r James K. Folk. Bell
was secretary of war in Ibe elder Harri
son's cabinet and also served in the United
Sstates senate, in istitt. he was the can
didate for the presidency of the constitu
tional union party, his associate on the
ticket being Edward Everett, of Massachu
setts. When the war was on. Bell yielded
to his surroutidings and advocated standing
by the southern stales.
The house in the twenty-fifth and twenty
sixth congresses was presided over by James
K. Folk, of Tennessee, who left congress
to become governor of his state, and whose
friends took his mum' before the conven
tion in Baltimore in IS 14. hoping to have
him nominated for the vice presidency.
In the wrangle which ensued. Polk was
finally nominated for llm presidency, being
the first "dark horse” that had appeared
in American national politics.
lb bort M. T. limiter, of Virginia, was
speaker of tlte house in the twenty-seventh
congress. Ho was defeated for re-elec
tion to the house al the next term. Later
he was elected I'nited States senator ami
was a member of the senate at the outbreak
of the war. He withdrew from that body
ami was afterwards formally expelled. He
w as a member ol the provisional confederate
congress ami it was originally intended
that he should be chosen president of the
confederacy with Jefferson Davis as com
mander in. chief of the army. For a time
lie was secretary of state of the confeder
arcy ami afterwards as a member of the
colitV<l<TU I <* S( IKltf.
John White, of Kentucky, was chosen
speaker of the house in the twenty-eighth
congress. White afterwards served on rhe
state bench of Kentucky, and on September
•>2, 1845. took his own life. During the
second session of lite twenty-eighth con
gress, John W. Jones, of Virginia, acted
as speaker.
John W- Davis, of Indiana, was elected
speaker of the twenty-ninth congress. This
was his last term in congress. He
a ft er wards served as commissioner to China
ami in 1552 presided over the democratic
national convention at Baltimore, which
nominated Franklin Pierce for president
ami William R. King, of Alabama, for
vice president.
fl
Robert <’. Winthrop, of .Massachusetts,
was speaker of the thirtieth congress.
Armistead Burl, of South Carolina, acted
as speaker pro tern. for this term during a
few days. Winthrop was a candidate for
the speakership in the next congress but
was after a contest of a few weeks de- !
feared by Howell Cobb, of Georgia. While
Speaker, he delivered the address on the
laying of the corner stone of the Washing
ton monument. He was appointed by the
governor to serve out the unexpired term
in the senate of Daniel Webster who had
In-come secretary of stale. When the leg
islature came to elect. Simmer was chosen
over Wintlimp by a coalition between free
soilers ami democrats.
Linn Boyd, of Kentucky, was speaker of
the thirty-second and thirly-th'rd congress
es. Retiring from congress. Boyd served
for a year as lieutenant governor of his
state.
Nathaniel P. Banks, of -Massai-husetts,
was speaker of the thirty-fourth congress,
lie was elected speaker as a know-nothing
after a contest lasting more than two
months, in which 133 ballots were taken.
The house was in a perfect deadlock and
no candidate could get a majority of all
ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY. AUGUST 8, 1893.
the votes. The contest was only ended
when a resolution was adopted that on the
next ballot the candidate having the high
est number of votes should be declared
elected speaker. This proved to be Banks.
Banks s hist legislative service was as
a member of the house in the fifty-first
congress. James L. Orr, of South Carolina,
was speaker of the house in the thirty-fiflh
congress. Orr opposed th<‘ act of secession,
while he upheld the right of a state to
secede. AVlien his stale finally passed lhe
secession ordinance, he acquiesced, and
went with his people. After the war he
was governor of the state for a lime, and
was appointed by President Grant ministei
to Russia, ami died at St. Petersburg.
Thad li aril the Crock.
William A. Pennington, of New Jersey,
was speaker of the thirty-sixth congress.
Hr was chosen speaker after a contest that
lasted oyer eight wi'oks. This was the con
test in which John Sherman was the re
publican nominee for speaker and cam.'
within three votes of being elected. Sher
man was oppose.! by tin? southern wings
in the house because be hud subscribed
for Helper's celebrated work, “The Im
pending Crises,” although he had no
knowledge of its contents. The wltigs offer
oil to vote for him if he wlttld declare that
he was not hostile to slavery, but Slmrinan
refused any such statement. It was during
this contest that Thaddeus Stevens as
sured Mr. Sherman that he would vote for
him until the crack of doonn When the
rush to Pennington came. Stevens was llio
leader in bringing about the change of
candidates. Sherman wenC to him and
said:
"Stevens, yon told me yon would vote
for me until the crack of doom.”
"So 1 did, Sherman; so 1 did. But 1
thought I heard her crack.”
Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, was
chosen speaker of the thirty-seventh, or
first war congress. He was a num of
ability, and would, undoubtedly, have con
tinued in that office had he been returned
to the thirty-eighth congress, but. he was
not. At the close of his services as speaker,
Grow received a unanimous vote of thanks,
the first of the kind given to any speaker
in nitiny years.
Scliii.i ler Colfax, of Indiana, was speaker
of the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth
congresses. He might have Jieen speaker
longer, but at the dose of the fortieth con
gress he left the speaker's chair to assume
that of vice president at the north end of
t he capitol.
James G. Blaine, of Maine, was speaker
during the forty-first, forty-second and forty
third congresses. When the house became
democratic, lie was suei'oeded in_ the forty
fourth congress by Michael C. Kerr, to In
diana, who died in otlice. During this con
gress Samuel S. Cox. of New York, and
Milton Sttyler, of Ohio, acted as, speaker
pro tempore, at different periods. Samuel J.
Randall was chosen speaker at the second
session of the forty-fourth congress, and,
also, of the forty-fifth and forty-sixth con-
Tlu* forty-seventh congress was republican,
and J Warren Keifer. of Ohio, was elected
speaker. The house of the forty-eighth con
gress being democratic, John G. ( arltsle,
of Kentucky, was chosen speaker over
Samuel J. Randall, after an animatisl con
test between the revenue reform and con
servative wings of the democratic party.
11 retiutipod speaker during the forty-eighth,
forty-ninth and fiftieth congresses.
The fifty-'irst congress was republican,
.and Thomas B of Maine, was chosmn
speaker, making things very lively. I lie
fifiv-serond congress was democratic, and
Charles Frederick Crisp was chosen speak
and. the present congress being of the
some politics. Im. of course, sm-ceedeil him
self.
On the Old Time I’orcli.
We sat there yester even' beneath the listen
ing vines.
Where still the niornin’ glory above the door
wav twines.
And tlio'niglitlngnles were singin’ Just as they
sang of yore.
When first she said "I love you," but now she
loves me more!
't he same old place; the rocker In which she
sat while 1.
Half fearful that the stars would hear the
secret in the sky.
Leaned her way just a little, and said. “I love
von!" Sure.
I meant It then, and loved her true, but now I
love her more!
The old days seemed to come again while
sitting side by side
Wliere first she said she',] be my wife —we
didn't call it "bride"
I to’.d her tlii'ii. “Ho- sweet you are! an’
felt my pulses thrill
With all that sweetness close to me—but- now
she's sweeter still!
We talked It over, sitting there, near love's
own happy lands.
And once more felt the first sweet joy that
eonies of holdin’ hands:
She seemed to lie my sweetheart still—’twas
all Just ns before—
But we clasped each other closer, and we loved
each other more!
FRANK L. STANTON.
WANT THE DEED SET ASIDE.
A Sult in Which the humous Mrs. Maybrick
Figures Filed in Virginia.
Richmond, Va., August I.—(Special.)—The
bill in the suit of Countess Caroline E.
von Roqiieis. of Rouen. France, against David
W. Armstrong, of Louisville. Ky , her former
attorney, and others, was tiled in the chan
cel y court hero today and it is quite spicy.
This action is brought to have annulled
a deed made by Mrs. von Roqiieis and her
daughter. Mrs. Florence E. Maybriek. to
H:.i risen T. (ti-ooni to two anti a half miilims
of aeies of land in Vitginia, West Virginia
ai.d Kentucky.
Mrs. Maybrick Is the woman whose trial
ir. London’ some time ago on the charge of
poisoning lier husband created siica a pro
found sensation, ami who was first sentenced
to death, but subsequently had tins com
muted to life imprisenineiit. The <-onnt‘'ss
alleges In her bill that -lie and her daughter
signed the deed on the Sih day of the
latti r’s trial, while both weie iti a state
of the greatest distress and misery, on the
miderstandfng that it only conveyed a part
of the Kentuckv property and the purchase
priie was .$20,000. of which they were to
receive half. tID remainder to go to Mr.
Armstrong. The bill assorts that Groom was
used as a tool and that the lands were con
veyed to other parties for sums aggregating
about $:‘>75.000.
The original deed. Mrs. Roqiieis de
clares. has never been recorded in any of the
States mentioned.
The Balcony Fell.
Boston, August 3. A large crowd was
assembled at the Chelsea Yacht Club's
boathouse on .Mystic river tonight to wit
ness an illumination, when a crowded bal
cony fell, throwing several persons into the
river. Four bodies have been taken out
J. A. Warren, Mrs. A. A. Putnam and
Mrs- Augusta Sehiirman, of Chelsea, and
A. L. Pemberton, of Melrose. Tlierc may
be others still in the water. Fourteen
people were hurt, more or less severely.
Another Victim of the Silver Law.
From Good News.
Litre Hick Papa, didn’t you tell mamma
we must economize?
Papa I did. my son.
Little Dlek—Well. 1 was thinking that
inebby if you'd get me a pony 1 wouldn't wear
out so many shoes.
THE SAMOAN GROUP.
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THESE
ISLANDS OL THE I'ACIFIC.
Resources and Character of the Islands with
the Traits and Occupations of the Peo
ple—A Visit to These Waters.
Far out in the Pacific ocean half way
between the south American and Austra
lian coasts, lie a group of islands like tiny
specks upon the waste of waters. So insig
nificant in size and far removed from the
usual course of vessels they were not
known until late in the nineteenth cen
tury. They |ic between latitude thirteen
degrees and thirty minutes south, and long
itude IfiS degrees west, and are about the
same distance from the South American
shore as is Hawaii from California.
The principal islands of the group are
Manila. 'liitwila, Nipalu and Sawtui, their
total area being not more than 2,.><M
square miles with a population estimated
al SG,(MX).
Manna rises in the regular form of a
dome to the height of 2,500 feet. Around
Hits dome forests and vegetation grov>,
while just at the crown of the dome-like
land can lie seen the signs of extinct craters
and decaying volcanic matter. The circum
ference of tlte island al the base is sixteen
miles, and so mountainous and broken is
its interior that all communication from
extreme points of the shore, must be imide
by water. In fact the interior iias never
been explored by tile natives and no
stranger dares enter, as the natives cau
tion him that deep rumblings are often
heard, and at times the island quivers and
shakes. Notwithstanding the fact that:
till appearances disclose that at one time the
volcano was active, however, all recent
authorities say that there is no danger
from that quarter now. The island is in
habited along the shores and extending,
perhaps, a mile back. The natives lead a
life of idleness and eat the bread fruit
and vegetables in aimmlance without cul
tivation. The coral reef around the island
is very curious and consists of two shelves,
the inner one sixty feet wide, while the
outer one varies from 130 to 140 feet.
From a distinct mark of high water it ap
pears to have been upheaved to that, ex
tent.
Tntwila, like its sister island Alanua, is
high and rocky and in the interior rises to
:m enormous height above sea level. It is
covered with decaying volcanic matter,
upon which forests and vegetables grow
luxuriantly. The trees are rather low and
scrubby. but Hower and vegetable
growth flourishes to such an extent as to ir
dieato that this decayed matter hundreds
of years ago belched forth from the craters
mouth had the tendency of enriching the
soil. Pago-Pago, its principal harbor, is a
narrow channel or arm that penetrates far
into iis rocky fastness, ami on both sides
cliffs ‘ f granite loom up to tlte dizzy height
of two thousand feet.
In the niches and alcoves of these cliffs
nests thousands of sea fowls, and when a
vessel pulls into port they hover over it
like a black cloud and make, the air hid
eous with their shrill cries. The village of
I’ago-Pago is picturesquely situated at the
head of this arm of the sea. It contains
about thirty houses. There has lately been
located a Protestant mission. The citizens
of Pago-Pago for a while were looked
upon as a treacherous and revengeful peo
ple on account of the inhuman treatment
a crew of ship wrecked sailors received at
their hands. This was long ago and till
subsequent dealings with them have proved
that they are quiet, peaceful and humane.
Upol '. th" third of the ''roup, is about
thirty-six miles from Tntwila. In the ir
regularity of its stirfa/e and fertility ot soil
it differs but very little from the other is
lands. It is the most important of the
group and most thickly inhabited. Its prin
ciple town and port is Apia, and is perl,taps
the best harbor on the Pacific ocean, ihe
water is very deep, and six large vessels
can be easily accommodab'd at one time.
Then. too. there are no reefs or shoals to
endanger vessels. Here it is that the
United States has established a coaling
station and naval supply stores under terms
of her treaty with the Samoan government
in I.SSG. The necessity of establishing these
stations at this point was evident from I lie
fact that when a vessel put into Apia for
repairs, she must send 2.(XX> miles for coal,
and in case a man of war from our coun
try was needed at Samoa, another vessel
must needs accompany her in order that
she might have coal and other supplies.
In consideration of this privilege the
United States was to look after Apia’s
interests and if necessary protect her
rights. Later on the final articles or treaty
were drawn up by I'nited States Commis
sioner Walter William Phelps in 1SS!),
with Prince Bismarck Some time after
this the British and German governments
were accorded the same privileges as that
given the United States, and they, too, es
tablished coaling stations. Apia exports
coffees, nutmegs and yams, and a thrifty
business is carried on. Only recently a
cargo valued at .s2s.(Hit) was shipped from
California and consigned to Apia.
The little village has an estimated popu
lation of 200 and is the seat of a I'nited
States consul: has one or two churches,
and a hospital for sailors. 'The homes are
all built of the wood from the bread-fruit
tree and arc thatched either with sugarcane
or palnies. They are low and fiat and have
no floors. The ground floor, however, is
covered with rugs that resemble our straw
matting and are woven and plaited from
strips of the palm tree.
The inhabitants of the entire Samoan
group are the same sallow-complected peo
ple, rather low in stature. lazy and thrift
less. The women are respected by the men,
though they do all the work.
They do the cooking and washing, and to
thein is entrusted the general suporinten
ilency of all matters. They do all the lattn
dry work of the sailors, and being thrown
a great deal with them, are very expert in
the handling of boats and frequently make
long trips in their little skiffs unattended
by any >f the men. They are socially in
clined and the women visit the other islands
of the groups, and ’tis nothing unusual for
one to run over to her neighbor's house
fifty miles away.
No attention whatever is paid to fishing
thoiuth fish could be caught in abundance.
Nothing is done in agricultural pursuits,
as all tropical fruits grow wild and a
Samoan, when hungry, has only to step
out of his “drogsliire” or hut and pull his
bread fruit down and eat. Poultry and pig
eons are raised but are not eaten, as the
natives regard them as being sacred to the
gods.
They believe in one god. but in their
superstitious hearts they give credence to
the idea that quite a number of gods can
infinitely better manage and control human
affairs. They have one god whose sole duty
it is to govern cyclones, one to whom
they look in case of an earthquake, ami
so on through the varied category of human
ills. They believe, however, that one god
overrules and governs this committee of
inferior gods.
Althoueh the Samoan islands are nearly
on the equator, the climate is moist ami
salubrious and the atmosphere cool and
invigorating. In the winter months they
tire visited by cyclones and hurricanes
which often result in great loss ot lite.
Heavy and protracted gales and rains
from the north make shipping dangerous
at certain periods of the year.
There are several striking peculiarities
you find in the natives of Samoa. They are
rather smaller in size than Americans,
sharp, piercing black eyes, set in the head
on the Chinese fashion: long, stringy, black
hair, coarse and greasy. Tin’ m<*n have no
beard. Instead a tine growth of hair that
bears a.liout the same relationship to whis
kers as do pin feathers on a little chicken to
feathers on a lien. Another practice pectilmr
to the race is shave their hair oil
v/'ti they embrace religion.
wiomoa, though a pioneer country at pres
ent, is fast taking steps towards civiliza
tion. Sixteen Protestant missions have
been established on Iter shores. '1 he Roman
Catholics have already begun Io establish
schools. Sometime ago a printing oilice
was placed at Apitt and the Bil le has been
almost translated and printed from that
press.
Their supreme jiower of government is
vested in the chiefs of the molo or conquer
ing parties, who make the laws, regulate
taxes and revenues and administer jus
tice. In the event a knotty question should
be propounded to these chiefs which they
were unable to answer, it Mould be re
ferred to the king of Sweden, in accord
ance with an agreement entered into be
tiveen the United States, Great Britain
and Germany •
Tlti' Samoans, though cut off from the
world by trackless seas, evidently enjoy
’themselves. With no responsibilities or
cares, no politics and questions of state,
they dream away the hours of their lives,
surrounded by all that's grand in nature,
without bank failures and Sherman laivs
and third partyites. it must indeed be a
haven of rest—a little secluded nook in
nature's domain iviiero a body is tree from
care and the vicissitudes of life; aivay
front the busy scenes of motion and loco
motion, it is an ideal retreat.
Floyd Daniel.
SHORT AND SHARP
Was the Baltic Between Mataafa and Mal
ietoa In Samoa.
Apia. Samoa, July 111, via, San Francisco,
August 4. Tile long expected war between
Kinjr Malietoa ami Chief Mataafa broke
out on July 7th. It was short and sharp,
and iias suppressed by the three treaty
powers. Malietoa began the nar and he
had the best of it. lie planed a surprise
which, but for tin; accidental*,discharge of
a gun. would have resulted in the extermi
nation of Mataafa's forces.
Tile English. German and American con
sular authorities held a consultation and
decided that the war must, be stopped and
it was accordingly done by German and Brit
ish nien-of-nar. there being no American
vessel at Samoa. Mataafa was compelled
to surrender. He lost sixteen killed ami
seventeen wounded. Malietoa Jest four kill
ed and twelve woumled. The foreign war
ships are protecting the stirrem.U<sd natives
from Malietoa’s vengeance.
ON AN J-.LAND
Is Wliere the I’HMwncei h of the
Were Lanilec’.
New York. August 4. —Dr. Tallmadge, of
the quarantine hoard of health, boarded
the steamship Karamania this morning and
inspected the passengers. AH on board Mere
Mell., The Karamania arrived at quaran
tine yesterday after a long voyage from the
cholera infected port of Naples. During the
voyage three passengers died and were bur
ied at sea.
In appearance the Karamaniiu is not a
very attractive vessel. She has the out ii ard
aspect of a traniji steamer, and is. in fact,
a Mediterranean fruiter during Hie season.
Siie is built of iron; is 3.1 IS tons gross
measurement, and rigged as a schooner.
She ivas built in ISS2 ami is little better
than a floating oven, ivilh a lack of both
light ami ventilation.
Ju this vessel nearly S<MI souls spent twen
ty-one dais of warm weatlier. cramped lor
room ami breathing foul air.
The first death on the steamer K.tra
niania, as reported by Consul Sprague, at
Gibraltar, is given as "congestion ot t ie
lungs.'' probably (liagnosed thus bi J'I'’ 1 '’
ship's surgeon. The other tivo cases ha 1
cramps, diarriioea and vomiting.
The surgeon reported a sailor as liaiin
diarrla yesterday, but an investigation
developed the fact that he had been wot k
ing in the bole. laim; overheated ami
drank W:lt 7;he sfe-in?
well OU inspection. 1 Im n Fn"
.. r ’s doctor is .lames I odd. He is an L.i
ishni'in and has in the East India
service. Dr. Jenkins dictated the followimr
to a representative of the I nited Press tins
,U \Ve"lia : ve not had opportunity to tlie
c.’iso -' s • • , y uipi<qim nf l Im* las! Iu *»
Bllt “V ".a ble cholera and if if did no! we
'-"is
!. iL. -s Arr.-mgemeiits are non Imimr made
setigels. A 1 el)sri . t „ itie islands.
s; 1 - 1 :" mD DR. JENKINS.
d'/ 1 Jenkins ordered hospital ship S. D.
Cirlt'on to tile loner bay tn order to have
her convenient for tin emergency.
THE YACHT SANK,
And Nine of Pleasure Party Drowned in
Lake George.
Trov N Y August 4.- About 9 o clock
last i'ii'"li‘i a. pleasure party w'nile gmw t" a
fhmeeat t"e‘loner Lake <mm'ge uwt
snerman,
. i'n* pear! Rock lu’iise. Lake
In" rg.' 'was eomeying twenty-nine pe-mh- u;.
he Pike rile HiUe v, ' sst ' l wls
l e One' Hundred Mile island house and was
Gliding toiianl the landing when the passen
j;. • "were thrown forward by a sudden shock,
break (tie vessed had run upon a pier,
! a r ss stance arrived Hom lhe shore
h' s ink' with alt on board. It was only a
fen noments after the shock when .he yacht
... ' e ed side and neiit down in e gh
t.’.en feet of water. When all inside it had
■„ i alien' it was learned Hiat tune
ners'ms. all wmien. except a youth of nine
teen luid sunk Io watery graves
M'ie.' strenuous efforts all Hie bodies were
10-’or lit to the surface. 'I nose who ! s: their
Ve reside m Troy. BroolGyn. Hobtken ami
\v irrensbiii"'. The porter ot the one Hun
dred M'.le island house was acting as pilot
wlw'n tlie boat struck. Following is a correct
l'ar of the drowneii:
\HSB HATTIE HALL. Brooklyn.
yiiss BERTHA BENEDICT, Montclair,
\IISS EDI TH H ARDING. Hoboken. N . J.
qisS 11 M. Bl’ltl'oN. .1 u-sey City.
MitS. .1. H. MITCHELL. Burlington.
j.' c MITCHELL. Burlington.
MISS LIZZIE CORLEY, Burlington.
MISS CLARA BI.ACK, Burlington.
MISS LIZZIE CLARK. Bridgeport.
robbers fired at.
One Hundred and Fifty Looted the Cold
Storage Building »t < hictigo.
Chicago, August 3. Evidence of a start- |
ling nature concerning the cold-storage ■
warehouse lire was taken b.v the grand |
jury today. The witness who gave tlie ;
startling testimony was John Joseph Dug
gan, formerly a Stony Island avenue saloon
keeper, and the man who first told of tlie
looting of the cold-storage warehouse and
its firing by a gang of robbers. He ivas
flushed anil excited ivitb the inquisition he
bad undergone, but said he had made a
clean breast of it all.
According to Mr. Duggan, there were
PRICE 5 CENTS
j l;>0 men concerned in the conspiracy, and
he declared that he had given, the names
to the grand jury. He said that, from
the opening of the exposition up to the
time of the fire, goods were stolen, or at
least removed Ironi the cold-storage ware
house by the wagon load. The wagons
used ivere exjiress ivagons generally, though
he had knonti of ivater carts going out
ot tlie gates ivith tanks filled with hams,
bottles of wine ami oilier stock.
"Who removed these goods." was asked.
Employes of the cold-storage warehouse
and a gang that lives on Stony Island
avenue, just this side of tlie grounds.”
"Did you give evidence that ivould im
plicate criminally the persons who removed
the goods?”
"Yes, there'll be n sensation when this
whole thing comes out. There are about
150 implicated. I have given the names
; to the grand jury."
More M'itnesses in regard to the affair
Mill be called tomorrow.
BOTH WERE KILLED.
A Fight in n Mexican Town Between Two
Prominent Yonng Men.
Pueblo, Mex., August 5. —Advice was re
ceived today from San Juan Baptista, in
the state of Tobasco, of a fatal duel be
tiieen two prominent young men of that
city. The principals were Aurelio Amoro
and Jesus Sugo, who had a quarrel over a
trivial business matter. The affair of honor
took place on the principal street. The
weatmns used being pistols. Both men ivere
killed and the father of Jesus Sugo was
seriously wounded M'hile attempting to stop
the affair.
Guay mas, ilex., August 5.—A well
knoivn woman of this city, named Luana
-Montez, has been arrested and placed in
jail upon the charge of murdering a young
ivoinan. named Marie Znpe, M'hile in a tit
of jealous passion. She attacked the lat
ter ivith an iron bar ami beat her to death.
Tlie particulars of another dml have just
beconie public here. Rafael Reyes. Spin
dola, editor of El Universal, considering
himself injured by certain paragraphs which
appeared in aii files, presented themselves
in tlie otlice of the latter journal. General
Sosteiies Rocha, and Eduardo Velasquez
commissioned to exact satisfaction from
Francisco Moctes De (lea. who at once
named Joe Cadandro Velasco and Luis Del
Torotto to represent him- Pistols at twen
ty jiaces were the conditions finally decided
on and at l>:3(> o'clock on Sunday morning
principals and seconds met on the Pasco
and proceeded to Hie Lomas of Santa Fe,
where the tight took place. Three shots
were fired without result, after which the
respeettive seconds decided themselves sat
isfied and the affair Mas brought to a con
clusion.
THE EXODTS FROM COLORADO.
A Thousand Unemployed Men Reach Chi
cago— Talks with Them.
Chicago. July 31. —One thousand unem
ployed men reached Chicago yesterday on
freight trains over the various western rail
roads running into this city.
They scattered as soon as they reached
the suburbs for fear they might be arrest
ed by the city policemen.
One, who gave the name of G. K. Jen
sen, said:
"We came frmn Colorado. I am a ma
chinist. The mines shut down there and
factories began to close. Governor Waite
made his memorable speech about the com
ing revolution, in M'liich he ivas going to
ride in blood to his horse's bridle. Then
capital became timid, banks burst, factories
closed, and labor became as frightened
as capital, and now every workman who
can get out of that state is going. Men
in this croM'd are not tramps. They are
mechanics and workers in mines, and Col
orado ivill see th ' day that it Mould like
to have them back in its limits.”
lowant the East.
opeka, Kan.. August 4. —The exodus of
Colorado miners continues through Kan
sas. proving a heavy burden to western
farmers and a source of great annoyance to
tlie railroads. The tram]) trains on sevetal
roads carry from 2(H) to -!()o each day going
east, and the regular trains are still be
sieged by tlie idle anil destitute miners who
are determined to get out of Hie country.
The crowds are so great in Denver that
first-class passenger trains frequently back
aivay from the depot and then run through
the station at full speed in order to prevent:
men from jumping on. The trains that
refuse to slop are pelted with rocks and
clubs.
In some instances, trains are accompanied
through Kansas by guards of soldiers to
avoid any interference ivith reguiar travel.
Til,' Kansas farmers are feeding them
along the route whenever they are able to
do so. and many of the men have accepted
work on the farms.
RETURNING TO EUROPE.
Austrians anti Italians Leaving Pueblo for
Their Native I.anti.
Pueblo. Col., August 3. —During the past
tivo weeks the departure of Austrians and
Italians from I’eitblo for their native land
Ims almost reached the extent of a stam
pede. The movement began soon after
the banks closed their doors, in one of
which a considerable number of these peo
ple Jmd their savings. Those ivho took
out their money desired to redoposit it later,
but the banks refused to open accounts
with them. The leading foreigners then
held a meeting ami decided that there was
a conspiracy to defraud them out of their
money; that Americans would no longer
employ them ami the only thing for then*
to do was to return home. This was quick
ly acted upon and ivithin the next few days
the steamship ollieetv sold 340 tickets for
Naples or Leipsic. Tonight another party
of sixteen men and nine families ivill leave
and others follow as quickly as they can dis
pose of their property and settle up their
affairs. They are not naupers. but taka
with them an average of sloo per family.
AN EDITOR KILLED.
The County .Itulgo Shoots Him Down in the
street.
Texarkana. August 5. A few moments tie.
fore 9 o'clock last evening Captain W. J.
Allen, editor of The ImersLite Xeivs, of ’V -'
oii\- ivas sliO't and fatally ivouinleil, (tying at
10;'::b o’clock tills morning, by Hon. Jolin .
King county judge of Bowie county. ’l'e.v.ls.
T ie’ shooting took place on Broad street,
while Caj"tain Allen was going to a news
store. lhe tragedy is the direct resuk ot*
certain differences which have existed for
s ane weeks past wet,ween the either ot Tlie
News and tlie gent..emeu composing the
iui-sio:: court of Bowie comity, of wnieli
Jud ,r e King, by reason of his official position
■is judge, is chairman. Captain Allen has,
for years. I a prominent ligtire in north
Texas joiirnalism. having owned and edited
The Interstate News in tills city for the past
fonrleen years.
Colonel Jones in Charge.
New York. August 2.—A sensation was
creitel in The World office this evening
when Colonel Charles IL Jones walked into
tlie editorial rooms and assumed direction
of the paper, lie comes to The World
not onlv as editor, but as the personal
representative of Mr. Pulitzer, with su
preme authority over all depart incuts o’
the paper.
Colonel Jones was until a feu* months
ago editor of The St. Louis Republic. Be
fore going to St. Louis he ivas elitor of
The Timos Union, of Jacksonville. Fla.
Previous to that he lived for several years
in New York, and was connected with
Harper’s Weekly in an editorial capacity.;