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We often -visited the slave market, which is, I think, the moat interesting miriit in Morocco, writes fi correspond-

nt We bad all of na read the fear

ful oms which the press of fan

cier is so fond of repeating, of the

. tnrribln doiniTS of slavery m Morocco,

and I must confess were most pleas

antly surprised. We went -vary often

to the market, but never

sights as children separated from their

naxents. tnoturn we saw own son w

m(br in the "lot." Nor did we see

many other things of which we have

read: in fact, the slaves wore a won

derfully contented, even cheerful, expression while the sain was proceeding. We were much amused at watching" one

v ruins' ladv who. by the war,

rather handsome alter her expression

from snlkmess when an old Moor

lookinff at her to cheerfulness when a

handsome young man began his inspec

tion. So there is coyness even m me

wild deserts from which these slaves

come. In fact, far from being a painful sight for by the accounts we have ef those who have seen it before they

all left "with our eyes full of tears"

a found it rather amusing than otfier-

' wise, and Z do not know that we are

more hard-hearted than the general

ity of mankind. This I will say, that I weald far rather be a slave in Mo-

i Toccu than aneasant. From what, too.

I saw of slaves out of thtmarket they appear not to have such a bad time of it, utd in many houses enjoy more

Kbertv than naad Bervanta. 1 course,

" there is troth in many of the fearful

. afaiH 'im hear of ill-treatment, but.

': -amm- i know an old Moor on whose

' . pdeash H the- property goes y will to

& anra It is not slavery oat H 80

; bao); it the kidnaping that slavery iiijii.witatnn and th terrible long

ioomerv oxer the Bcorehmg desert; but,

of-conrae. to but down this kidnaping

he most aim at slaverr.ireet The

? market is mostly suuplted from the

RondanBot the "Sondfil" as we call

' - " Nubia, bnt the Sondan - ttn lies south ' -.- - .. n j k

ox yie o&iun auaiOM w-pcRqjuiu an enormous district of sand but.it is

not at all an uneommop sjfeht to see white slaves in the marketlors and Arabs. The nriees average about 3

to 5 a-head for all varieties, though

we saw one elderly female knocked down for about vi2 shillings, much to

her own disgust London JSews, American Dentists.

There are no people like ' a Ameri

m for bavins' their moat'te kept in

order. No one els. is willing to pay

do for their work.

y,they don't get such good

work done. I met an English .nrgeon yesterday who said: "IwiL admit that there is one thing that yon excel us in, and that is dentistry. Our people have their teeth extracted when they pain "them, bnt they haven't the patience to get them stopped with gold, as yon do it over here, nor will they submit to the enormous expense necessary to gold stopping. Why, the housemaids in America have enough gold in their months to astonish a duchess. " A lady from the United States traveling in England had occasion to visit a dental office. As soon as the man looked in her month he said: "Yon come from America.' "How do yon know?" asked the lady.' "Why, no one else has gold in their teeth like this." Needing some work done, she was amazed to find that the dentist lacked

some of the most necessary instruments

for a simple cold filling.

Some English ladies "stop" their own teeth with a sort of cement furnished by the druggist. Britishers who have once had work done here will travel 800 miles to reach an American den

tist, and so great has our fame in that line become that young men come over to Philadelphia and Ann Arbor and

Cincinnati to learn the art, and going

back, charge immensely and get a hand some practice. There is in Paris a doctor from i

small town in Indiana who has amassed

a great fortune by dentistry, and whose appointments date tour or five months in advance. He can't speak a word of French, and transacts all his business

throocrh an interpreter. In dentistry

aha French show some lack of their

naoal spirit of premiership, though they do bettor dental work that any

. other foreign people, m t rcmoixao

PoL

go i pat into Mm,! to 'msm

To, dandrin dtv at KvdnV. has fir-.

riveitat San Francisco from Hong hong I

and Yokehama, The Chinese papers gives details of a disaster occasioned by the Yellow riTer overflowing its banks in the province of Bonn, one of the most appalling occurrences in loss of life and property recorded in recent times. The river broke its banks .on the morning of September 28, southwest of the city of Clung Chow and not only completely in-

nndaied that city, but also ten otner populous cities. The whole area is now a rag ing sea ten to thirty feet deep where it was once a densely populated, rich plain. The former bed of the Yellow river is now dry

and the present lake was the bed ol tne river centuries ago. The loss of life is incalculable. The statement is made by missionaries that millions of Chinese are homeless and starving. Thomas Paton, one of the American missionaries, writing from Honu province under the date of October 28, sayB: "Newly gathered crops,

houses and trees are all swept away, in-

volving a fearful loss of life." -Bread, Bread is the cry of thousands who are on 1 the river bank. Benevolent people

in boats and throw bread

to the masses here and tnere,

hut it is nothing compared with the

requirements. The mass of people is still being increased by the continual arrivals even more hungry than the last. There

they sit, stunned, hungry and dejected without a rag to wear or a mouthful of

food. Mat huts are being erected for them. What it will be in two months I

cannot conceive. The misery is increased owing to the bitter cold weather." The extent of the ground swept over by the flood, given in English figures, is over

7,UJ0 square miles, ine lana inus buomerged formed a part of one of the richest and most denaly populated plains ot North-

em China. Millions have been rendered

homeless and entirely deprived ol all chances of earning a livelihood, for their fields will either become permanent lakes

or uninhabitable swamps, it is stataci mai owmct to the action b the Yellow ltiver it

no loeger flows toward the sea, but seem . . - TJ n n n .1 XTnliAra

Nganwhuiwew into a lake.

A special from St Iiouis says the stage

running between Little Rock and Carroll-

ton, Ark., was robbed on ito outward trip

the half-way station by three men

who appeared suddenly from a thick wood.

Xne driver put wnip (O tne norses ana was only stopped by the robbers shooting one

Of the horses. The four occupant! the .

staeewcre then ordered out under toe

cover of revolvers. Six hundred dollars and two cold watches were taken. The

stage was then avowed to proceed.

Mb. Powbesli's physieian says there

is no truth in the report that Powderly is

getting worse. IhtSumproving,

Afteb an examination of the Crown

Prince's throat, Dr. Mackenzie declared he

had found no dangerous symptoms.

The remains of William McCabe, a well-

dressed middle-aged man, were found ly

ing across the track of the Little Miami

Kailroad. near Cedarville, Ohio, by the

crew of a freight train. There was a deep gash on the .head, evidently inflicted with a blunt instrument, and his watch and chain were missing. From the position of the body when discovered, and the sur

prising circumstances, it is believed that the man was murdered and the body placed

on the track to cover up tne crime. The

body was sent to Xenia, Ohio.

Oveb $1,000,080 worth of valuable papers

and money were recovered iron iron vaults

in the ruins of Phelps, Dodge k Palmer's

shoe factory, which was destroyed by fire

recently.

Peteb f. Nolan, of Cincinnati, and James F. Fell, of Grand Bapida, fought

three of the most terriffio rounds probably ever seen under Marquis of Queensbury rules, at the latter city. She fight was given to Nolan on a fouL ?

Mrs. Fbakoes Pebdtje, a widow, who resides four miles south of Muncie, was instantly killed while walking along the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville

tracks. She was thrown fully fifty feet

and every bone m her body was broken.

one was a dear mute.

These have been docketed for trial at

the next term of the Porter County, In'

dianm, Circuit Court, the following suits

against the Chicago and Atlantic Sail way, growing out of the Kouts disaster: An administrator's suit to recover $10,000 for the deaths of several members of the Miller family; a guardian's suit to recover $10,-

wjo lor nermann aimer, tne injured-boy, who was the only member of the Miller family saved from the wreck: a suit of

the Kout's hotel propria or to recover com

pensation tor tne care of the Miller boy. An indictment for involuntary mans'aaghter against John B.Park and John Dfcreey, who are held responsible for the Kouts disaster, will come up; also, a suit brought by Annie Burkhart against the New Albany and Chicago Bailioad to recover $10,000 for the death of Andrew Burkhart, her husband, who was killed on the road of that company. Dispatches received at Vienna report hat the condition of the German Crown Prince's throat has suddenly become worse, and that a special medical consultation has been called at San Bemo. This, the report says, explains Dr. Mackenzie's hurled departure from England.

auflxages of the different factions, the first duty i. tniimv tiiitt ha himlf i nenetrAtBd with

the spirit ot concord. He will then endeavor to maintain barmouy. With appeai.ment, e enrity, and oonfldenoo the GaT.rninent hopes to assure the country steady progress, practical reforms calenlatad to encourage industry, ana produce a revival of business. Aa address to the Pope is being signed by prominent Catholics of Ens-land, calling upon him to use bis influence in behalf sf the Irish Nationalists. At a meeting of Catholics ia Vieana a strong feeling was manifested in f ater of the restoration of the papacy to temporal power. The returning publio hops concerning the Crown Pritoa has been shattered, says a Berlin dispatch. Reliable advices say that the recent apparently favorable symptoms were fallacious, and that the new swelling ia growing. Besides Dr. HoveH, there continues hi attendance Dr. Bergmans, to oo-oporat. in case of tracheotomy. It is reported doctors do not anticipate any immediate necessity for toe operation. A dispatch from San Bemo says the Crown Prince's symptoms are alarming. The rumor has spread rapidly, with deplorable results.

A Lisbon iPortuial) dispatch says that

the Crown Princess .was delivered of a dengh-

Tae infant lived ouly two hours. Tfte

mother is in a critical condition. The Crown Princess, who is a daughter of the Count of

Paris, ia in her thirty-third year, and was married to the Crown Prince on Hay 23, 188ft.

PERSONAL NOTES. In thedeatuat Whatcom, W. T., of the Rev.

IsaacS. Kallooh, one who had led a career full

of startline- sensations has passed away.

rha hiiuutv drama In which he was one of the

principals in the stormy days of sand-lot domination in San Francisco brought him into na1nl nrmntaMKUl : but from hOThOOd h. haS

famished sensation after sonsation, and it was only within the last half-dozen years that he was in a measure lost to public view. He is best remembered in connection with the terrible scandal when he was pastor of the Tremont Temple, Boston, over a quarto of a century ago. Kalloch was elected Mayor of San Francisco on the workingmen't ticket in itu TtnWni tha camtisiim he was shot by

flharlss Da Young, at tost urns kuwi

of the Chronicle, the dispute growing

nrt nf a. nnmM, OT TlBTHonai BVUKU

made by both parties. The Chronicle printed

tne aetaus oi nauocu a in. ,u w una rod Kaltnch was souellv bitter in his at

tacks on the De Youngs, assailing their mother in the Tilest language. In April, 1890, Kalloeh's

son went to tne vnnmici nw .v. Young dead, and was afterward acquitted of the charge of murder. At the close of his term as Mayor Kalloch removed to Washington Territory, where he had since resided.

FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

The manufacturers of rubber boots and

shoes have concluded the formation of a

trust The organization is known as the Boston Bubber Boot and Shoe Trust All the large companies have signified their intention to enter the trust.

New York telegram: "The extraordinary

advance in iron in Glasgow during the last three days 5 shillings per ton, or from 13 to 15 per cent, has, according to private cables, had the effect of rousing the speculative spirit to an extraordinary pitch on the other aide. New York metal men say the excitement in

the European iron market ia naturally baying a great effect upon all subsidiary metals over the whole world"

The tableware workmen in nineteen flint-

glass factories at Pittsburgh, to the number of fourteen hundred, have gone on a strike

because the rules and scale adopted by the

manufacturers do not suit them.

Searle, Van Neman & Co, Philadelphia,

jobbers of notions and white goods, have

made an assignment J Heir liabilities are estimated at tSJa.OOa The firm of D. De

Castro & Co., shipping and commission merchants, of New York, have failed. Their as.

seta and liabilities are estimated at from

8750,000 to i,ooo,ooa

ing of the Hope cracker and biscuit works at

Pittebttrg a loss of sko,uuu was inourreu.

The greater part of roca nomas, ienn., was burned, the loss aggregating 117,000, with no insurance.

E. L. Earner, the Fidelity Bank Wrsenat,

was found guilty at Cincinnati as set forth in the thirty-three counts of the indictment, and was sentenced to ten years ia the Ohio penitentiary, whither he was taken in the afternoon.

1 HE CRIMINAL RECORD. Jndee of the New York Supreme Court

has released Johann Most on bail pending the hearing of an appeal in the case. The boad,

which was fixed at 5,000, was lurmsneu sy one of the anarchist's female admirers.

A Columbus (Ohio) special says: -auere

is considerable excitement ana specs boo here among cltia 9ns generally over the report

of the special Grand Jury finding indictments

against eight persons charged with committing the forgeries and altering the tally-shoe t

of preoiaot A, ThirteenUi ward, at e isu election in 1885. This ia the fourth Grand Jury which had considered the forgeries and the second time indictments have been re turned"

The daughter of Joseph Mullen, living to Cabell County, West Virginia, fired at a negro

burglar to scarce him off. The bullet pierced the man's brain, killing hint instantly. Henry & Ives, ot the defunot banking firm of H. B. Ives Co., was arrested at New York . on a charge of grand larceny made by Julius Dexter, President of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company, and was released on $25,000 bail, Ives' sister furnishing the bond. The "Napoleon of finance" is charged with stealing a draft for 100,000 which had been intrusted to him as trustee. Sands W." Hopkins, a young man 28 years of age, died at Kansas City, Ma, from the effects of laudanum taken with suicidal intent, He had achieved considerable notoriety by his reckless and eccentric conduct, most of his exploits being in the nature of a lavish expenditure of money He inherited a large fortune some years ago, and had been conspicuous boford therablio ever since. He had been drinking heavily for several days beforo his death. In 1882, while handling a shot-gun,

it accidentally exploded, and the contents struck his wife, tearing her head to pieces. A singular feature of this tragedy was that Mrs.

Hopkins was reading the novel "A Day of

Fate" when she was killed. Hiuce that time Hopkins has led a wild life.

A Wasbin gtou dispatch says the Land

Office has been notified that the United States

Grand Jury at Proscott, Arizona, has indicted

John I Cambridge and Dr. Oscar Lincoln,

citizens of Prescott, for perjury and subornation of perjury in making and procurinj illegal entries of publio lauds.

BLAINE ON Tl MESSAGE

the Maine Statesman Sweeping in His Opposition to the President's Manifesto.

He Thinks It Extraordinary-, but Favors Repeal of the Taxation oa Tobacco.

Fortifications He Believes Necessary, and Would Spend Money en Them.

P0UTICALPQINTS. Washington special to Chicago Tribune: "The opinion is now growing that the Democratic convention will also go to Chicago.

The National Committee will meet here some

time early in January. At that time New

York will be the greatest opponent of Chi

cago. The New-Yorkers are already prepar

ing for a rag fight, but the opinion is that

Chicago will win again,"

Hugh O'Brien (Dent) has been electel

Mayor of Boston for the fourth time by a vote

of 88,631 against 24,886 cast for Thomas N.

Hart (Rep). The cily voted for license by

8,458 majority, against a majority last year of 4,437. Worcester has changed from license to no license by 193 majority, and has re elect

ed Mayor Window (Bep). Salem and New-

bnryport voted for license. Lowell elected a

Republican Mayor and eight Republican Al

dermenthe worst Democratic defeat there tor years. The city voted for license with a reduced majority. Postmaster Joseph Mauley, of Augusta, Me., in an interview at New York, said: I have no question bnt Mr. Blaine will be nominated at Chicago, and by acclamation, beeanso Republicans in every section of the land regard his nomination aa the strongest one that ean be made. Of course I do not know what Mr. Blaine will do, bnt I believe he is too much of a patriot and too good a Republican, whatever nia private wishes and desires may be, to decline suoh a call made upon him.

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES, A law suit is impending between Dr. Bell

and Thomas A. Edison m regard to the phonograph or graphophone. It ia said that Bell has perfeotod the instrument so that it records human utterances on prepared paper, and that when said paper is placed in another graphophone the communication can be

heard in the voice of the sender.

The Iowa brewers appear to have given

up the fight since the decision of the United States Snpreme.Court snsiaining the prohibitory law. Two breweries were closed at

Cedar Bapids last week, and now the report

.comes that tuo firms, of. Iowa City and Atlan

tic will consolidate and remove to umaba

Tho Legislature whioh Was recently

elected in Hawaii has cut down the salaries of all the state officials and materially reduced the salary of the King.

The Burlington Road will put oil a fast train between Chicago and Kansas City, which will make the distance in fifteen hours aud a half, A Chicago telegram of Saturday last sa' The Inter Ocean of this morning prints following special telegram from Washing Stephen B. Elkins has Just returned fror West where he has been on other busi 111 at business, it is ascertained, had immr relation to the politioal fortunes qt Mr. 1. in that section, one of the objects of whie1 consider the propriety of securing a Repo Protectionist morning newspaper in C which shall advocate Mr. Blaine's noiu for the Presidency. Poaaiuly this ment would not have been bi to light hut for the edit which have recently appeared in thi cago Tribune In the first instance appl the tariff message ol President Cleveland ond in announcing that that newspaper esupport Mr. Blaine nor any one else fo Presidency upon the platform which Blaine has laid down in the inter just cabled from Paris. Some of members of the National Committee w privately advised that no matter wi

the Tribune mignt do, tnere wouio ue sor Republican protectionist organ in Chlo which would support Mr. Blaine, both aa a r and a protectionist, and one of Mr. Blab

chief lieutenants said to-day, after read, the telegraph editorial in which the

nouncement was made tnat tne rw

wonld not support Mr, Blaine: 'it a

not matter much anyway whom Hie 1 ria

wilt aimnort Mr. Blaine will De t

ported for the nomination in Chicago by a . . ..... w " m

puuucuu pniWSMUUIB.

suggestions, uro;

The New York Tribune prints a long interview with the Hon." James G Blaine on President Cleveland's message. It was: taken in short-hand under the direction of the I'ribune's Paris correspondent and sent by cable. It is as follows: "I havo heeu reading an abstract of the President's maasafftsi and have been especially in-

texestedtti t& comments of the London papers. Those papers all assume to declare the message as a tre-tigde manifesto; and evidently are anticipating an enlarged market for English fabrios in the United States as r. consequence of the President's recommendations. PnrtamiB that tact u I ain lie a the oharacter of the

message more clearly than anv words of mine ean." "You don't mean actual free trade without duty?" queried the reporter; "So," replied Mr. Blaine, "nor do the London papers mean that. They simply mean that the President has f eeommended what iii the United States is known aa a revenue tariff, rejecting the protective feature as an object, and not evon permitting protection to result freely as an incident to revenue duties." -I don't know that I comprehend that last point." said the reporter. ...... "I mean," said Mr. Blaine, "that for the first time in the history of the United States the President recommends retaining the internal tax in order that the tariff may be forced down even below the fair revenue standard. He reoommends that the tax on tobacco be retained, and thus that many millions annually shall be levied on a domestio product which would far better come from a tariff on foreign fabrics." "Then dt you mean to imply Huts, you would favor the repeal of the tobacco tax?" THE TOBACCO TAX. "Certainly I mesh just that," Said Mr. Blaine : "I should urge that it he done at once, even before the Christmas holidays. It would in the first place bring great relief to growers of tobacco all over the country, and wonld, moreover, materially lessen the price of the article to oonsumers. Tobacco, to millions of men, is a necessity. The President calls it a luxury, but it is a luxury in no other sense than tea and coffee are luxuries. It is well to remember that the luxury ot yesterday becomes a necessity of to-day. Watch, if yon please, the number of men at work on tho farm, in the cal mine, along the railroad, in the iron foundries, or iu any calling; and you will find ninetyfive to oiie hundred Shewing while they work. Afr Antffc mMi tha aavna tironortion seek the

solace Of a pipe or a cigar. These men not only pajr the millions ot the tobaoco tax, but nav on avarv nlm and OTorv clear an enhanced

price which the tax enables the manufacturer and retailer tj impose. Tno only excuse for suoh a tax is the actual necessity under whieh the Government found itself d uring the war and the years immediately following. To retain the tax now, in order to destroy the protection which would incidentally new from raising the una amonnt of monev on foreiiru imports, is

certainly a most extraordinary policy for our

uorernmeut, tore wirtsvy fit,

"Well, then, Mr. Blaine, woald Jfou advise the ranaal nf tha whiakv tax also?"

-Kn. f wonld nnt other considerations than

those of financial administration ore to be taken Into account with regard to whisky. There is a moral side to it To cheapen the price of

whiakv ia tri increase tha Consumption enor

mously. There would be no sense in urging the reform wrought by high license in many Rtatna if tha National Government neutralizes

viiQia reauu

hisky

would be everwhere distilled if the surveillance

the good effect by making whisky within ri of every one at 20 cents a gallon. Wb mM ha amrvriiara distilled if the SUTVeilL

rf tha ftnvoramant ware withdrawn by the remij

.ln r1 t.lA ta-r .nil llltftit. aalaa COUld UOt then

be prevented even by a policy as rigorous and nnUi, aa that with which BUSSia pursues

the nihilists. It would destroy high license at once in all the States. Whisky has done a vast dual of hurt lis the United Statef I would toy to make it do some good. I would use tho tax

to fortify our cities ou the seaboard. In view of the powerful letter addressed to the Demonttifn nflvtv An tha anhlaot of fortifications bv

the late Samuel Jt Tildeu in 1885, 1 am amazed that no attention has beeii paid to the subject

by tha Democratic aumimsirouo never i iTm m th i.iatvr nf tha world has anv govern

ment allowed great cities on the seaboard, like

vnimueiuiuo, Jiwif uii . ....... . - X. t Orleans, and San Francisco am ue

melees." '. Jut," laid-the rter, "v

competition abroad. There never was a time

wnen tne mora u ui i.fgu uo i. so valuable to him Tho best proof is that the farmers are prosperous in proportion to the nearness of maiiulacturina oonters, and a protective tariff touds to spread manufactures. In Ohio aud Indiana, for exampl., though not

classed as manufacturing Mates, ,ne anuuai Value of fabrics is larger tbafi the annual I value of agricultural pioiuots." "But those holding the President's 1eWa," r. marked tho reporter, "era always quoting the great prosperity of the country under the tariff of 18 16." "That tariff did not involve the one destructive pomt recoinraende'd by the President, namely, the retaining tff direct internal taxes in order to abolish indirect taxes 16v!6d Oh foreign fabrics. Hut tho country had pcculioi advantages under it by the Crimean war involving England, Franco and Russia, and largely impairing their trade. All those iucidents, or accidouts, if you choose, were immensely stimulating to trade in the United States, rugardless bf the nature of olir tariff But mark tho ond of this European experience with the tariff Of 1810. whioh for a timo gave On illusory and deceptive show of prosperity. Its enactment was immediately followed by the Mexican war; then in IMS by the great convulsiouB of Europe , then in 18W and succeeding years by the enormous go!d yield i.i California. Tho Powers made peace in IBl'i, and at the same time the output of gold in California fell off. Immediately tho financial panic of 1857 came Upon the country with disastrous force. Though we had in these years mined a vast amount of gold in California, everv t.nuk iu New srk .-sae com

pelled to suspend sptraio payment. Four hundred millions iu gold hod been carried out of the country iu night years to pay for foreign goods that should have been manufactured at home, and we had years of depression and distress as an atonement for our ftilly. It is re

markable tnat l-resiaent l'oiu recommenaea the tariff of IBM on precisely the same grounds that President Cleveland recommends a similar enactment now, namely, the surplus in the

Treasury was menacing the prosperity oi tne

country. History repeats itself. "By thb wSy," Sir. Ulalae added, oOer a moment's reflection; "It is worth notice that Mr. Polk insisted on emptying the Treasury by. a free-trade tariff, then immediately rushed the country into debt by borrowing $150,000,000 for the Mexicau war. I trust nothing may occur to repeat so disastrous a sequel to the policy recommended by President Cleveland. But the uniform fact has been for fifty years past that the Democratic party when it goes out of power

always leaves an empty treasury ana waw i

returns to power always nnas a run treasury. "Then, do you mean to imply that there should be no reduction of the national reve

nue?"

REPEAL THE TOBACCO TAX. No : what I ha ve said Implies the reverse. I

would foduee it by prompt repeal ot the tobacco tax. and would itiak8 here and there some Changes in tho tekiff, hot td reduce" protection, but wisely to fester It,"

would you exniam your meaning mora

fully?"

-i mean, aatu ah. niaine, ko au bo system of revenue like our tariff ean operate with efficiency and equity unless the changes of trade be closely watohed, and the law promptly adapted to those changes. But I would make no change that would impair tha protective character of the whole body ot the

awa. Fonr ver.rw two. in the act of 1883. we

made changes of the character I have tried to indicate. If such changes were mode, and the fortifying of our sea coast thus undertaken at

a very moaerate annual ouhj, u duijpiub would bb found after that already accumulated had been disposed of; The Outlet of money on

fortifications, while being of greftt Service to the country, would give good work to many

men." "But what about the existing surplus?" "The abstract of the message I have seen," replied Mr. Blaine, "contains no reference to that point. I. therefore, make no comment further than to indorse Fred Grant's remarks, that a surplus is always easier to handle than a deficit" . e The reporter repeated the question whether a President's recommendation would not, if adopted, give us the advantage of a large innr.iUQn i ii tttcitnVt.lt.

"1 onlv reiterate." answered Mr. Blaine, "that

it Would vastly enlarge our imports, while the Ann4 It. wnnlil aafimialv Increase Would

be bur gold and silver. That would flow out bounteously, just as it did under the tariff of 1810. The President's recommendation enacted into law would result, as did an experiment in drainage of a man who wished to turn

a swamp into a pruaucMvo num. xo uu .li'Ai., tnlTnfan.inc rinv- hut i t haPTJBned.

unfortunately, that the level of "the river was higher than the level of the swamp. The consequenoe need not be told. A parallel worbd hn fnnnfl when the President's policy in

attempting to open a channel for an increase of exports sbould limply succeed in making way

lor a aeiugin rniiiiw xousiub u tinnof home industrv."

-But, do yod think it Important to increase

our export traaev . "I'mlnubtediv! bnt it is vastlv mofe impor

tant not to lose our own great market for our

own people in a vain effort to reacn tne lmposaihiA. Tt ia not onr foreion trade that has

caused the wonderful growth and expansion ot

of such other business as may b there pre. Republican electors in the several State sand voters, without relfard to past political affiliation, difference, or action, who believe In the American principle of a protective tariff forthe defense and development of home Industries

and tne elevation ot uomu muur, ww reduce the national taxes aud prevent the accumulation of the surplus in the Treasury in harmony with this principle ; who ore opposed Mi the att. mpt, now more openly avowed then ever before, to establish a policy which would strike down American labor to the level of tne underpaid and oppressed workers of foreign lands; who favor a system of naval and coast defenses whieh will enable the United States to conduct its international negotiations vritb Self-respect; who gratefully cherish the defenders of the country ; who condemn and resent the continued and unjust exclusion of rapidly growing Territories which have an indisputable title to adinisaiofl Into the sisterhood of States ; who are in favor of free sshools and popular education ; a free and honest ballot and a fair count: the protection of every citizen of the United States in his legal rights Ot home and abroad ; a foroign pohoy that shall extend Our trade aud commerce to every land and dime, and shall oroperiy support the dignity of the nation, and the promotion of friendly and harmonious relations and intercourse i between all the States, are cordially Invited to unite under this call in the formation of a notional ticket, Eaoh State will be entitled to four delegates-at-large, and for each BepresentaHve-at-largo two delegates, aud each hp'ssional distriet; eactt Territory,, aud OiSSSet of-CommWa, to two delegates, . . The delegatos-at-Iarge shall ba chosen by popular State conventions, called on not less than twenty days' published notice, and not lets than thirty days before tho meeting of the Notional Convention. The Congressional district delegates shall bo chosen in the same manner as the nomination ot a member of Congress is made in said districts. The Territorial delegates shall be chosen in the same manner as the nomination of Delegates in Congress is mode. The delegates from the District of Columbia snail be chosen at a convention constituted of members elected in primary district assemWios held under the call and direction of the Republican Central Committee of said District. An alternate delogate for eaeh delegate in the National Convention, to act in ease of the absence of the delegate, shall be elected in the same manner and at the some time as the delegate is elected. . All notices of contests must be filed with the

national Committee in writing, bcoui.i by printed statements of the grounds of contests, whieh shall be made public reference to the order of hearing and determining con-

testa will be given By tne oonvenuon in voordanos with the dates Af Ulna of such notices and statements with the National Committee. B. P. Joses, Chairman.

SAMUEL JS-ESSEMDBM, MSnJ. Washington, D. C, Dee. B, 1887.

the BSpubiic. It it the vest domestic trade be-

The whole amount drou export and ifnport

tween thirty-eight States Sud sight Territories, with a population Of perhaps 60,000,000 to-day.

A LOYE FEAST.

THE 0LD WORLD. In the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies, is would-be) asaassin made an attempt upon the life of Jules Perry, ex-Prime Minister, and oae of the most influential politieiana in Pranse. The man fired three shots from a revolver at JL Perry, two of which took effect, mulcting slignt wounds. Immediately after the shooting bye tan den triad to lynch him, hut they were prevented by the police, who placed him under arrest The affair created the most intense excitement France's new Ministry is composed as fol

ic. Tjxard, President of the Council, Minister of Finaaoe, and Minister of Posts and Telegraphs ; M. Folliarea, Minister of Justice ; M. Pkrarras, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Barrios, Minister of the Interior ; M. Bantresme, Miniate af Commerca ; M. Lou bet. Minister ot Publio Works ; M. De Hapy, Minister of Marine ; M. Viatto, Minister ot Agriculture; M. Fays, Minister af Public Instruction ; General Legerot, Minister of War.

A Pams cablegram says of President Car-

Botfa message, which was road in the Cham

hers immediately after the formation of the

In It he says be is fully sonslbla of the honor conferred upon him by his election to the Presidency, and of the great duties intimated to hint. His appointment clearly proclaims that Parliament has resolved

to put slid all causes for disagreement Mgard to, the vltei interests at the oountry jitite ijfrlusw i-.broad. Fof Mm,

RAILROAD ITEMS. At a meeting of the directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad, in Baltimore, Mr. Samuel Spencer was chosen President, and his salary fixed at 935,00a Bobort Garrett's salary was 4,000. The terms of the consolidated mortgage bonds of 29,O00,CO0 were approved. The report states that tho indebtedness of the company on the 30tli of September, not secured by mortgage liens, was tll,148,007. The floating debt proper, the loans and bills payable, it 8,769,814. The aggregate main line mortgage dobt, including ear trust bonds, is placed at 981,177,640, the annual interest upon which is 84,341,668, and first and second preferred stock, 6 per cent, 95,000,000, with interest amounting to 9300,000. The total rentals of leased lines amonnt to 9865,051. A roport from the Treasurer was presented showing the assets of the company to be 9115,148,491.57, and the liabilities the same, less 948,083,723 with tho Burplns fund, which represents invested capital derived from net earnings, and whioh is not represented by either stocks or bonds.

FIRES AND ACCIDENTS.

While bunting in Ozirk County, Mo., W. tt Banana, a wealthy citizen of Fort Scott, Kan., accidentally shot W. H. Qrinter, a wellknown stockman of Muncio, Kan. Grinter, supposing the act had been purposely done,

fired at Banqua, killing him instantly. Grinter

lived half an hour. Further particulars of tlio horrible burn ing'of the Harris fumily, near Wossmgton Dak., are telegraphed from Huron, Dak. : Thev lived on a farm in a two-story house.

About midnight Mr Harris awoke and found

the lower n art of the house in flames. Himself,

wife, eight children, and hired man all slept in the second story. The fire had cotton such

headway that bo was obliged to jump from the window, and called to bis wife and Parr, the hired man, to throw the children to

him. Parr and Harr.s' oldest boy jumped

from the window, leaviug Mrs. Harris to get out the children. She threw the baby to her

husband, and returned for another child, when the floor gave way and the roof and sido of the

building foil in, enguinng ner ana me remaining six children in the fire. The beat was so great and the wind to strong i hat it was impossible to render any assistance. All wore in their night-clothes Tarr went to a neighbor's, a mile and a half distant, lor help, returning with his feet and hands l.dly frozen. Tho baby wns put in the barn and covered with hay till assistance came, but it was also badlv frozen. Tho seven bodies were removed from the debris in a blackened and almost iinrecognlzahlo condition 1h: feet, hands, and legs of some fell off as they were taken up. The family were from Mount Ayr, Ind, Fire destroyed tua Excelafov pail Ue'Qfy uA the ittrflh mill t Elkli.rt, Uil .'be im ii 9ftbMtt4 ii if Km ra

newspaper. it

to some extent under

breath, mean this : J. S. Clarkson, of Iowa.

the Des Moines Remitter, and a synaicati

which it is said Mr. Steven i) isiams. Runnels, of Iowa, and several capitalists heads, have secured an option for the pureb of the Chicago rimes newspaper, that op' being an assignment; if It may be so termed the option recently reported to have been gi to other parties.

Several wealthy residents or the city Hexico have been fined for placing al with lighted candles on the balconies of th bouses during the celebration of the feast Our Ldy of Guadalupe, this action being c strued as a violation of the law forbidd religious ceremonies and observances in street LATEST MARKIeTqUOTATIONS, NEWTORK. CATTLS ts.00 0 8.C. Hoas S.00 5.7 J Wheat No. 1 Hard 94 .8S No. 8 Bed 80 0 .91 Cons No. a 02)4 9 . Oats-White 38 . Pobk New Mess 16.50 (S18.00 CHICAGO. Cattlb Choioe to Prime Steers 5.50 0.50 Good 4.00 4.75 Common to Fair. 3.50 0 4.00 Hoos Shipping Grades 5.00 8.75 FDK -Winter Wheat 3.75 (9 4.85 Whbat No. 2 Bed Winter 79 s .SO

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1 - 4........ . 1 ..' blankot under which we sleep ! covers our books is not a w. ! ! Notional Government to enforte. ' "Do you think If the Presldt -.i to,uuidation were adopted, it would inoreaso our ex- 1 port trade?" -Possibly: in some few articles of peouiiar construction it might, but it would ouly increase our import trade tenfold as much in the great staple fabrics, in woolen and cotton goods, In iron, in steel, in all the thousand and one shapes in whlco. they ore wrought. How are we to oxport staple fabrics to the markets of Europe unless we moke them cheaper than they do in Europe, and how are we to manufacture them cheaper than they do In Europe, unless we get cheaper labor than they have iu Europe." "Then you think that the Question of labor underlies tho whole subject? "Of course it does," replied Mr. Blaiuo. "it Is, in fact, the entire question. Whenever we can force carpenters, masons, iron-workers, and mechanics iu every deportment to work as cheaply and live as poorly In the United States as similar workmen in Europe we can, of course, manufacture just as cheaply as they do iu Englaud and France. But I am totally opposed to a policy that would entail suoh results. To attempt it is equivalent to a social and financial revolution, one that would bring untold distress." "Yes, but might not the great farming class hn hnnetlt.nl hv Importing articles from Europe

instead of buying them at a higher prieo at home?" "The moment," answored Mr. Blaine, "you begin to import freely from Europe you drive

our woranien irum uieuiiamcm iu muiu-tnrhi,-nnrsiilta. In thu same proportion thev

become tillers of the soil, increasing steadily the agricultural product, and decreasing steadily tho large home demand, which is constantly e'ilarg!.'i aa bome manufactures eulargo. That, of course, works Bfoat injury to the

farmer, glutting the market with his produols, anf InnriTno itnnatantlv to lower llriCSB.

-The fordisn demoud for farm products would be iuoreased in like ratio, would it not?" -VvAMtniinnH it ivHrn. " rotorted Mr. Blaine.

"how do vou know the source from whioh it will be supplied? The tendency iu Husaio to-dov and fn the Asiatic possessions of England is

toward a large increaso 01 rue Rnuu ui'i"j, f.i.A f-,iiti iM,!ntf raianrl hv the cheapest possible

labor. Manufacturing countries will buy thoir breudstutls where they cau get them cheapest, and tlio enlarging of the home market tor the i,n.Mii.ii Hi.nAi- haina nhaokfid na wonld

Hran l!) WlH W 0 of th tftOW JMSf. Hjf

trade together never, I think, reached 81,000,-

OOJ.OOO any one year. Our internal home trade n 180,000 miles of railway along 15,000 miles of 'ip ci . over the Ave great lakes and along of navigable rivers, reaches the nnal aggregate ol more than $10,ld perhaps this year 850,000,000,000. -ais illimitable trade, even now in ucy, and destined to obtain a magnitude oomed of twenty years ago, that Euroare struggling to enter. It Is the heritf the Amerloatt people, of their children, jf their children's ehildren. It gives on lutely free trade over a territory nearly as i 11 Europe, and a profit all our own. i ie free-trader appears unable to see N.L -nds that this'coutinental trade changes with Europe is the great prosperity. President Cleveland oroposSs a poliay that will admit hananf this trade."

-e in favor oi extending our foreign

a not?" I am. In all practical and advan1, but not on tha principle ot the hv which we shall be constantly

toiler for dime. Moreover, foreign

1 very delusive. Cotton is manu1a cltv of mv residence. If a box

4a ia unt 900 miles to the Province

,1!riswick. It is foroign trade. If

11 milaa round Cane Horn to Wash-

lory, it ia domestic trade. The . the Union, and the immensity of .1 traifa. rnnnire a new political econ-

laties written for European states do our peculiar situation. . ill the President's message be taken

iath?"

a't dare onswothat question. The truth sen so long obscured by certain local

mi of unreasoning preraaice tnat nooooy

ie for industrial enlightenment among

mders just yet In my view tne bourn, oil sections of the Union, needs protecriiT. The two Virginias, North Carolina, lrv Minainri. Tennessee. Alabama, and

i have enormouB resources aud facilities

veioping and nanaung manuiaomroB. nt. ,in anvthlnc without protection.

the progress so vast as soma of these he checked if the Presi-

nessase is enacted into law. Their

a and Rmiresentotives can prevent it,

y are so used to following anything 'Democratic' that very probably they

low the President and blight tne prog-

ady made, ny tne time some ui l States get free iron ore and cool, while is taxed, they may have occasion to sit 1 calculate the value of Democratic free -.heir local Interests," .... lot the President's recommendation to w material lini strong supporters?" ' wise protectionists in our time. Perle greedy manufacturers may think i free cool or free iron ore they can t things, but if thy should succeed in ' t ..g, they will, as the boys say, catch it on ! Ue rebound. If home trade in raw material is iiBBtroved oi seriously injured, the railroads

will be the first to feel it. If that vast interest is crippled in any direction the financial fabric of the whole country will feel It quickly and seriously. If any man can give a reason why

we snotua arrange sno umi w ia,v material of other countries iu competition against our material of the same kind, 1 should like to hear it. Should that recommendation of tl.A Praalriant be aunrovod It would turn 100,000

American laoorors out or employment raun iv

bad boen a year in operation. "What must be the marked aud general effect of the President's message?" Ttnill hrino th iinuiitrv where it Ought to

be brought -to a full aud 'fair oontost on the

uestiotl oi proiecuou. xne fiowuojw

A Notable Gathering f Republicans at the

National Capital. (Washington telegram. Probably the most notable social gathering of Republican leaders ever held in this city assembled at the club-lieuse of the T? annhl i nan National Leamls m the oc

casion of the reception tendered by the

league to tne national xvepuou uummittee. Almost all the Republican memhpra of both branches of Coneress, as well

as many ex-Congressmen and - well-known Rannbliean DoliOcians. wore present. The

members of the National Bepublican Com

mittee and the members of the visiting ilAffationa here in behalf of their

enAniivR cities were in attend

ant to a man. Flowers, national flags,

and portraits of prominent Republicans abonnded in all the room) and placards bearing mottoes of Republican doctrines wm-a disnloved throughout the house. The

main idea contained in the latter was proi.itnn tn Amnvinan indnstrv and enter

prise, and this was the keynote of ail the

speecnes oeiivereu auruau; uu B,wa. Tho sneakers assailed the President's ut

terances on the tariff in his recent message tn rinncrAB and advocated protection to

American labor. At times the enthusiasm ran to a high pitch. Speeches were delivered bv Senators Cullom, Stewart, of

Nevada; Allison, Hawley, and Evarte; Mr. vf,H,t Kalahari, nf (hn Cincinnati Commer-

,-..i ri,n.iiii- ilelno-atfi PlumnMi. of Da

kota, and Hepresentaiives Cuteheon, of

Michigan: Morrow, of Cafornia; and M.c Comas, of Maryland. Breaking the Solid South. T?he party status to he developed by the mmiRiure mav be defined as follows: The

nannhTicuu will tacitlv evade or avoid the

negro alliance in Virginia, North Carolina,

Tennessee, ana Aiaoama. i j wui p -.-tically eliminate the negro from politics, and on this line of action will strike out to capture the white vote pronouncedly op-

poseu W lan riouucuH . will proceed after this method for two reasons. First, they have no cause to

expect a change in the visible negro vote if it be true, as they allege, that no matter how cast it is never counted, save to one end. Next, should the Bepublican party

be able to enlist the local support oi tne whites to any considerable extent, these wonld of themselves demand the free vote and fair count of the ballots ot the

negroes.

it mav ne inns resauv iwivwiveu w .

Republicans wonld not count it a loss to

suspend meir rxaaiuouu avium"" the negro for their own and the negro's good. That this movement will be made S" the publieans there can be no doubt. TheVemoeratic masses of the Union will repudiate Mr. Cleveland's theories. They reflect the peculiar conditions of New York City, whose interests demand free trade. They are opposed to the overmastering' interests of the people of the interior. The course of the President will disorganise the Democracy, and for the reasons stated it will revolutionize the policy of the Republican party in the South, The decisions of the Supreme Court on the Virginia bond case, the Kansas prohibition case, and the Illinois anarchist oases have incalculably affected the Southern people. These decisions have established the theory of Mate rights, and they emanate from a Republican court. These facts, taken iu conjunction, will be all the more decisive of a disruption of party discipline, and all the ,,,rivA In a full ana free discus

sion by the people of the great paramount nrfin of tha dav. Birmingham ( Ala.)

th

t.i,c iiia hv nrAHentiiiu no other iu his mes-

1 UUUU IE well Wl UOVV Wl yuoauuu nufc-

ing menace to tho industrial prosperity of the country. Tbatmenaoe should be removed or the poiioy it foreshadows should be made certain. Nothing is so mischievous to business as

uncertainty ; nocmng so poiyam. w

CHICAGO JUNE 19, 1888.

The Official Call for the National Kcpub

Heart Convention.

Chairman Jones, of the National Repub

lican Committee, has appointed the suu nnnimiltae to look after the details of ar

for the National Republican Cou-

ventlon next tune. in ouuiuun w ui and Secretary Fessenden it is composed as

follows: J. 8. Clarkson, Iowa, P. Clayton, Arkansas, t- i i.i ir Kansas. ('. Howe. Nebraska.

A. L Conger, Ohio, Garrett A. Holbert,

F. W. Cuney, Texas, New Jersey. The following is the official call for the convention: To the Bepublicau eleotors of the united In accordance with usage and obedient to the instructions of the National Republican Con, ventlon of 1831, a national convention of dolegated representatives of the Bepublican party will be held at the city of Chioaso. Hi., 5uedav, June 10, 1h8s, at 12 o'clock noon, for the pmiioie of nominating oandtdatJ. fot I'rey. q,pt find Yli Pril(l8t to ) nJMt8i $M

nuestious of the day. Birmingk

Age (.em.).

Sizing Dp Lamar. 1 presume Mr. Lamar will be connimed,

as he is no worse than many otner appointments the President has been compelled to make in the interests of his party in the

Cnih Mr. Lanier nas neen lnuiiuutiv

and nromineutly connected with political

affairs for nearly thirty years. He never has teen admitted to practice at the bar of

the Supreme uoun. tie was omy -

.. aa a ivvpi. nnver iintujK n,wu.

Based in the practice of the profession. In Congress before the war he was the most violent, truculent and malevolent of all the

aei-ession leaaers in v

the Union and his advocacy of the constiMiv nf alavArv and secession. Hav-

,. haan tha confidential friend of Jef

ferson Davis, and the diplomatic agent

of the tjonieaeracy, ai m y.

war he disappearea irom puuuu u

became identified witn a proyinuwi

institution or teaming in monKiaippi as nominal professor of law. It is not known that he ever appeared in court in i..ia,i hatwn the death of the Con-

U19 Uliu,. -. . , , . federatyand his re-entrance into publio 1Sa dviiant til defend murderers and as

sassins who were charged with violating the election laws aud overthrowing by blood and riot the political rights of the freedmen of the South. Mr. Lamar entered the Senate as the beneficiary of the most brutal and inhuman oouspiraoy

-a.!; nit nvur diaeraeed Immunity. It was

snbeeanently known as the Mississippi

plan, and was the invention of his quondam . .,nan the nreent Senator, Mr.

Mr. Lamar's noliiical sincerity

is illustrated by his declaration in the u.na that Jefferson Davis woald occupy

n niche in history by the sido of John Komndmi and George Washington, and

his intellectual dexterity is evident by his nf Charles Sumner in the North

and John C. Calhoun in the South. He

mrflsantg everything bad in the past, dsn

gerous in the present, and ominous in the

future. senator mpuico, vj .

Tnoimn vears brinit with them wisdom,

vet there is one lesson the aged soldom

learn, namely, the management of youth fl fealinoa. Arte in all head, youth ul

heart; m nmw $mi pticf tti

INDIANA. STATE HBWS. John O. Snyder, the man who has haft the walking mania for several years past) died at his home, near Millgrove. Snyder could not be induced to cease walking, and when his friends tried to stop him he wonld be taken with convulsions and suffer

intensely. He walked night and day, and could get no rest except in walking. H would eat, sleep, and shave himself whito walking, and if he slopped ho woald go into convulsions until put onto his foe end started upon his walk. Scientific men have come hundreds of miles to investigate the ease, bnt failed to give any theory why he acted in this strange manner. He was on exhibition in the museums in Chicago

and Cincinnati, but he kept up the asceo-

sant tramp with no relaxation whatever. Bsv

was brought home about lour weens agj, with his limbs badly swollen, yet he kept

on walking, although two men were re

quired to walk with him u keep mm from going into convulsions. His limbs swelled to enormous proportions, but if they could move, as if walking, he f onus!

some relief and ease. At less, overcome

with weakness, he took to his bed. Th

is one of the most mysterious freak- of na

ture on record, and no solution ot HW problem has so far been given.

A tremendous explosion ocearrea m

Stevenson Brothers' at Cutler, recently. Giant powder, in oyster cans, had been placed under the building, and oyer the

cans were piled heavy stones, ureapieces of granite were sent crashing

through the building, tearing wtnaowframes from the walls. The saloon floor was completely uplifted. The sides of th building were forced out four feet at the

bottom, and sleepers two by ten wexa

twisted and torn to splinters like pin

shingles. The large stove was rorosel through the ceiling, and not a bottle on tha show bar was left nnemaahftd. Tho loss

wUl exceed $500.

Miss Alice Reed, daughter of ex-Com

missioner A. J. Reed, of Clark County, recently returned from her home in Ness County, Kansas, when she went a few years since and pre-empted a farm of 1M - Since then she has con tinned a

reside in an adobe house on the land without any companion, exoept her pony.

She says that she has never bad any

occasion to be afraid of anything, and

has always received the kindest or treatment.

Jerry Balay, a young man ot Green Township, Morgan County, while out rab-bit-hunting, aecidently shot himself, causing instant death. He was in company with a young man named Hoglan, eavd looking for a rabbit. He was standing on top of a fence, with his gun resting at his feet, the muzale pointing upward. The gun slipped so that the hammer struck the fence, and both barrels were diachargad, the contents passing through his heart. Mrs. Margaret TwibelL a wealthy widow, near Montpelier, while blacking a stove got a considerable quantity of the polish on her right hand. The hand began to swell, became very painful, and developed into a bad case ot poisoning.

The hand is in bad shape, and Jars. wi

belt's general health ,Js affectec poisoned member. Amputali Mr

necessary.

The farmers of Washington Township,

Hendricks. County, are considerably ex

cited over the appearance in that locality nearly two weeks ago, of two large eagles, which have remained in that section ever since. They are very bold in theiT attacks

npon young pigs and poultry. A number of attempts have been made to kill the birds, but none have proved auooessfnl,

-Michael Sullivan and Adam Dcuoner,

section-hands on the Vandalia Railroad,

while mskinK repair on the road at tne

crossing of the Vandalia and Pittsburgh,

Fort Wayne and Chicago raiiroaae, bsk Plymoutb, were run down by the Fort Wayne accommodation train. Sullivan

was instantly killed and Schoner fatally injured. Both have large families.

-Ida, the 6-year-oia aoagmw m. , and Mrs. David May, of Desoto, a small town five miles northeast of Muncio, won Immed to death while trying to extinguish the flames in a cradle, in which a baby was sleeping. A spark from a stove caused the fire. Mrs. May had only left

the house a few minutes, to go to a neignbor's. The baby was not injured.

The cases of John . i'arapaasencer

conductor, and John JJorsey, 3pm en

gineer, of the Chicago and Auanoo auroad, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the Kouts disaster, will be called December 28 in the Porter County

Circuit Court Their bail Has boon nxea at $5,000 each. Park has been arrested and has given bail. At Swanington, Nelson DiUtbeck, brakeman on the C, I., St, . C B ailitiad, got his foot caught in a guard rail

while uncoupling ears, ana was run ovtbefore the train oould be stopped. Ho was taken to Fowler, where he died, Tho

sars ran across his body, mangling mm

terribly.

The Commissioners of Scott County

have been arrested, charged with a violation of the statutes in that they employed

Hon. Charles L. Jewett aa an attorney'

to attend to legal business that the law ,

requires the Prosecuting Attorney to loon after.

Gov. Gray has appointed John H.

Bass, of Fort Wayne, Clem Studebaker, of South Bend, end Antone Meayer.of

Terrs Haute, honorary commissionere of

the State of Indiana for the coming cen

tennial celebration at Cincinnati.

Mrs. Charles Hee. of Elkhart, has en

tered suit against the Elkhart Street Railway Company ha the sum of $20,000 dam

ages, for several broken rips, received re

cently by falling front a ear. Amboy claims to have the largest gas

well in Miami County. Pipes have been

laid, and nearly every resident of the town is supplied with the fuel. Free fuel will

be furnished for five years to anybody who

will erect a roller flouring-mill. Jesse Lear, miner, agad.40 years, and married, was crushed by felling slate in the Campbell mine, at Braail. Hie back was broken and other injuries- sustained that will result fatally. John Cantner was caught in the belt of a large drive-wheel in a saw-mill at New Lancaster and horribly mangled. The President has granted the application for pardon in the ease ot Columbus Houehin, convicted of passing counterfeit money, and sentenced in December, 1883, to seven years' imprisonment in the Indiana State Prison. John Christie, a young nnmarried man, working on the farm ot Mr. T. A. Pedeuj two miles west of Speneer, had tho first three fingers of his right hand en off in a large cutting-box. -Levi A. Beard, ot Cambridge City, who tbot Clio Smitb, bat bad a bUl re. rtrMd igeiuii htm by th grMd)w (o

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