Provo Daily Enquirer | 1891-05-15 | Page 1 | News

VESSELS WAR the Acapulco at f HER they ask many questions the charleston going north aaen CITY OP MEXICO may 15 A dispatch rt late last night from Acapulco eaas the Chilian cruiser ismeralda meralda JS entered the port yesterday and sailed again today to day several of her officers went ashore and used the wires and made various inquiries regarding the action of the united States showing they were informed that the cruiser charleston had been sent in pursuit of tha itata they steamed north to intercept the itata and protect her should the charleston try to capture her officers who came ashore were very reticent but from one of the bailor it was learned that they expected to sight the itata and aci as her convoy down the coast I 1 he esmeralda haa a numerous crew and in appearance they are veterans and will feht rhe above dispa was confirmed at the war department but the officers are inclined to be reticent A prominent official said the cruiser was warned not to remain in port as mexico is not har bori us insurgent vessels and did not recognize any other government in chili than that of balmaceda HORTH SA cal may 15 the cruiser charleston is reported here RS having passed point loma california iffat evening going north it ia now believed that the reported off L oma lait night and which was supposed to be the charleston id ona of the pacific mail ate amera from panama due in san francisco saturday KO NEWS AT washington washington may 15 the same reply no news made by acting secretary kamany this morning to the question aa to whether ha had heard from the charleston or itata A long cable dispatch in cipher was received this morning presumably from admiral mccann at aghili it is at the department that the chilian insurgent cruiser esmeralda put into acapulco a day or two apo she appeared there late in the evening and slipped out of the harbor and disappeared before daylight WITHOUT SAN FRANCISCO hayls May lS Thern mors coming from the city of mexico tp thai haa tha steamer itata and fired upon that vessel ars regarded here as having no foundation aiga agreement LISBON may 15 the draft of the an glo agreement in re terence to africa has been signed news of th signing of agreement produced an excellent xcell ent impression here foreign merchants hero propose to appoint three delegates one french one english and one german to take action in common with tha portuguese committee on public debts A baff finhill fin hili sail LONDON may 15 the postmaster general bays the first chinese and japanese mails by the canadian pacific route arrived in this city yesterday tho time occupied in transmitting these mails from hong kong is 36 days and yokohama 26 days whit SIT LONDON may 15 the standard this morning says we can only account for the american extraordinary zeal in pursuing the itata on the assumption that the government is delighted at having au opportunity at introspectively justifying its alabama contention as again st england it is doubtful whether this ingenious scheme can establish any good charged th I 1 with arm BRUSSELLS may 15 there was renewed rioting in this city last evening grobins gr owins out of an action of the author ites in inter ferring with the Work mens the police with drawn abers charged and dispersed the mem bars of the professions processions process ions A large number of arrests made 15 the franb missouri association has adjourned to meet in kansas city wednesday next the association considered the question of of mileage ticket but failand to arriva at any conclusion the F N JO D of princeton a well known divine ind author is dead COLUMBUS may 11 the machine miners and operators opera tore of hocking vally have reached a compromise for the comine year whereby the old bricea will be paid for all except room turning chichi la advanced to ac 1 2 cent per ton disuse almos horses MECHANIC BUEG 0 may 15 at trades ville about five miles south of ti ire through glandes epidemic a number of horses have been killed elected may 15 rev thomas F gayler chancellor of the university of the south at Saw aunee tenn has been elected bishop of georgia by the convention of the church last u bo 4 BEBLIN may 15 the imperial bank of germany has advanced its rate of ditc from 3 percent to 4 per cent excitement runs high at pyne maidens Mai bens druff over system builder as everybody store ii using it for catarrh of the stomach dyspepsia and to build up the system it certainly wonderful merit when au so prince napoleons Kapo leons mansion when the part prince napoleon might have taken in french politics ceases lo 10 be contrasted with the part he actually did take he will be remembered for quite a different achievement in a strange part of paris he built a very curious mansion and collected a brilliant circle of friends to witness a singular entertainment tain ment the circumstance once notorious to is now arnost forgotten thirty five years ago the prince went pompeii mad it was the fashionable craze of thedac the day artists authors dilettanti they all took it but the prince alone had funds and purposed to realize his wild project if he could build a bouse just like one of those old mansions if he could furnish it classically put in the right bronzes and statuettes himself dress like an old roman and get his friends to do the same well he actually reduced the dream to a fact in the avenue montaigne at that time perilously near the bal mabille the adl acevas reared on the true lines gerome painted the decorations homer chanting his ballads and nymphs that represented the odyssey and niad everything was classic and was greek but the bonaparte blood flowed in the veins of the owner prince napoleon set up busts and statues bamily all round the atrium napoleon and josephine and marie louise lucien charles louis and jerome they all had their place in this classic apartment and here before the emperor and empress a french play was acted in classic costume favart brohan and theophilo gautier being the company and got and emile augier among the audience boston herald making money talk look at that fellow said the man in the window who I 1 inquired that young fellow standing outside the rail well what of it dont you notice that five dollar bin he is holding in hi hand yes well hes been flourishing it around for civo minutes bought two fifty cent in tho gallery just now gave me a ten dollar bill I 1 gave him four silver dollars and that five been all this time putting the four into his pocket well he had to unbutton his overcoat that takes time yes but it take five minutes besides he could have put tho five dollars into his vest pocket in no time but he he holds it out in plain view suppose he does he a right to of course but dont yon get on to the racket no what is it girl girar yes the girl standing over there in the comer ashes watching him hes just drawn his weeks pay ten dollars and is her to see the shove when they came in ho flashed the ten dollars and dazzled her with it a while before he got into line now hes let tins her geta good look at the five dollars before he kinks it its a great scheme no other fellow can steal that girl now hep got her solid and the long green did it chicago post camiler A dollars in gold and greenbacks green backs has been found secreted in an old table in the residence of john sprague a shoemaker of wilmington Wl del the money represents his deceased cifes savings for thirty nine years on jan 27 mrs mary wife of the cobbler dropped dead a victim of heart disease in a drug store the couple came to wilmington from england thir tyone ty one years ago the husband is about sixty years of age while the cifa was nearly fifty nine years old when she died they were frugal and industrious and during their thirty nine years of married life the husband weeley gave the wife a certain sum of money for her use he never questioned what she did with the surplus but supposed it was regularly put in bank when mrs sprague died search was made for the bankbook supposed to exist but to no avail the house was ransacked also but no money was found finally mrs mcginley a neighbor suggested as she had had a dream to that effect that possibly the treasure might be secreted in an antique table and this article of furniture was examined tightly wedged in an inside comer of the table were found a bag of gold and roll of greenbacks green backs which being counted amounted to cor philadelphia record the tableau the pal day of the tableau entertainment tain ment has rather gone lay sacred and profane history ancient and modem customs have been faithfully worked for varieties in tableau representation and their freshness has pretty well departed an entertainment of pretty and picturesque scenes unvaried by action or movement is a somewhat mild form of amusement for obvious reasons this kind of entertainment has had a long run of favor tableaux represented by good folks that they all know are something that the strictest church people can look upon without a feeling of sin and a great deal of money for good causes has been realized in this way they flourish best in home soil and presented by home talent and beauty and not a little have they owed to the good natured puffs of amiable editors and the family pride which loves to see tho stage in a fancy costume looking as pretty as a vase springfield homestead pleasant bat unsafe it be nice if some of the pleasant things said about persons after th eyare dead could only be said ahila they were still alive it would cheer their dying hours yes it would be nice but it would hardly be safe why not they might recover sew york recorder the largest county in the united states is yavapai county A T which has an area of almost equale miles nine states of the union are each smaller than this one county it is larger than the whole of west virginia and almost as large aa south carolina pay she its disgusting to see people so demonstrative in public places chos that man across the street who bis wife and baby on the doorstep when he leaves every morning he Dodson who writes cynical paragraphs on matrimony epoch