Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1882 — Page 1

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HEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. JBCast. President Arthur and party arrived außar Harbor, Me., on Sunday, the 10th inst ' A grand naval drill was given in the I,arbor in honor of the President and Secretary Chandler. The secret order known as the Sons of Columbia, claiming 88,000 members In the Hate of New York, is running a line of steam--1 <•;>!« on the Hudson, carrying passengers uj> to Poughkeepsie for 10 cents, in order to test the cost of water transportation and to settle the question of a monopoly of docks." Mrs. Charles S. Carter sues a Brooklyn saloon-keeper for $25,000 damages for < auftfagAer husband to become an- habitual drunkard. The latter received <17,000 for injuries received in the Ashtabula disaster, and has been on a spree four years. A daring mid-day burglary was commuted at the residence of Mr. McSorlay, at West Brighton, Staten island. The burglars stole <15,000 in railroad and Richmond county bonds, <BOO in gold and silver coin, a gold watch and some plate. No clew. The Presbytery of Allegheny, Pa,,, by n vote of eleven to fifteen, refused to penftit Rev. John Kerr to travel on Sunday to Natrona by rail to minister to a weak congregation, after holding service at Allegheny City.

The Superintendent of Police in New York has issued orders to close all reputed gnmipg-houses, lottery and policy offices, and instructed his Captains to visit such resorts at uncertain hours each day and night. A monument to the memory of Capt. William Morgan was unveiled at Batavia, N. Y., by the members of the National Christian Association. Jonathan Blanchard led the singing. Rev. B. T. Roberts prayed that the people might be emancipated from the evils of secret societies. Dr. Ray classed Morgan as a martyr, and Prof. C. A. Blanchard accused the Masons of murdering MorganA • ® Moses Williams, of Boston, who died nt the age of 92 years, leaves an estate valued at <3,555,000 . -.- Three survivors of the Jeannette exr pedition, Melville, Ninderman and Noros, accompanied by Lieut. Berry, of the relief sßpnmer Rodgers, arrived in New York last wdek, nnd were deluged with greetings. Tne’wacht Nellie capsized off Wolfboro, N. JI., by which fourteen persons were drowned. The puddlors of Pittsburgh held a mass-meeting the other day, and, after discussing the situation for several hours, decided to propose to the manufacturers a compromise scale of <5.75 per ton, t<| be r a4cepted within ten days. • .

West. John Brown, Jr., found the skeleton.of his brother Watson in the rooms of the Knights of Pythias at Martinsville, Ind., identifying it by a bullet hole in the backbone, and will inter it in the family cemetery at North Elba, N. Y. In the United States Circuit Court at Jefferson City, Mo., William P. Barnes and Finis E. Johnston, County Judges of Cass county, were committed to jail by an order, of Judge Krekel for refusing to make a levy on the county to satisfy a judgment obtained against Cass county to pay the bonds and interest issued by Cass county in aid of the Tebo and Neosho railroad. George Nesbitt, a ranchman, living in Tujerosa canon, New Mexico, started: for Las Cruces in a wagon, accompanied by his wife, Miss Woods and a stranger. The dead bodies of .the last three were subsequently found. It is’thought Nesbitt, who had been drinking, murdered them and then drove off, as he and the team have not been seen since. A dispatch from Albion, Neb., says: The bodies of William C. Griffith and his sons : Lester and Willie were found dead under the ruins of their sod house in Wheeler county, where they had lain for several days. They were probably killed instantly while The dispatch dogs not state how they Were •killed, but the supposition is that the house "fell on them. 7 During children’s mass at St. Thomas’ Church in Cincinnati flames ap- ■ peared near the altar. The little ones became panic-stricken, and trampled each Other under foot, but no lives were-losk An infected mattress thrown into the Mississippi river lodged on an island and carried the small-pox to a laborer named Hpiiter. He went to Prairie du Rocher, 111, where he died, and there are now five cases under treatment at that point. The widow of the late President Garfield has just paid <50,000 for a residence'on Prospect street, Cleveland. 11. M. Vaile, the star-router, deeded to his wife a residence at Independence, Ma, for a consideration of <22,000. Stamps and money to the amount of ‘ <2,000 were taken by burglars fr qm the postoflice at Huntingdon, Ind. ' , The Crescent mills and elevated at . Denver were destroyed by fire. Estimated loss, <225,000; fully insured. i A dispatch from? tUB West-etatds thasr “a band of 400 or 500 Indians in Beaver Creek, Kas., soutM of Dufidy county, and are stealing horses and .murderr ing the settlers. The ate in the same route followed by the Cheyennes when they escaped from Fort Sill some years ago. Intense excitement prevails.*' - • Eastern Kansas has been suffering from' a sihioom blowing from the Staked HUius in Indian Territory. The' wind was the hottest known in years, and wise is a pregnant forerunner of marttrial fevers. The thermometer rose as high as 107 at some places. ;!

The rumor of an Indian invasion- of the southwestern of Nebraska, which wps rtarted in Dundy and telebroadcast over the country; proves to he entirely without foundation., Tnerstory was started by a frightened settler, who magnified a suiall party of peaceable Indiana ■ .into an army of hostiles. William J. Beck receriHy ttiarrieil -in Bartholomew county, Ind., but the bridesoon discovered that he hadmixbther wife, when he fled to Kansas. A numbe? of ladies in the latter State interested themselves in the case, and a Mrs. Buggies proceeded to Indianapolis and secured a requisition from Gov. Porter, went to Kansas, and brought him back to Bartholomew county in irons. I _ The Northern Pacific Directs Aiave, doctored a- scrip dividend amounting .to. ' $4,585,449 on the preferred in January to bear interest at the yats of 6 per cerit jperdmnin. j " JHwAithjy X - -* /There were yellow.fevdt Wd 426 new cases vhle for the week ending with Saturday

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VOLUME VI,

night, m&for the same-period eight deaths aqft thirty-'hi eases jif<f’«*Bacola Diqjjatolxes from Daiello, Texas, report the Rio Grande twenty-two feet high and stiff rising, submerging a great part of New Laredo on the opposite side of the rfver. Many houses were being swept off. < The debris floating with waters indicated great destruction of property further north. Fifty deaths have recently occurred from diphtheria in Pittsylvania county, Va., whole families having perished, and more than 100 persons are now ill with the Jis- ; A liesri’jr on the South Atßnticifeeebofcrd- lWw|n4 attained a ve- ! jfecity o/'flfty-fifeWilesflii hour, and several vessels were capsized and seamen drowned. The stage coach which runs between Seligman, on the St Louis and San Francisco railroad, and. Eureka Springs, Ark., was stopped by two npsked men, heavily armed, and the ten passengers in the stage were robbed of about S9OO and considerable jewelry. The mail pouch also was robbed of a registered letter. Reports received from the cotton belt indicate a largb crojp, but under certain conditions which exist' an early frost would be especially injurious. ‘DrertfeulwtestriKjtien was worked in Florida by a tornado. The cotton crop-suf-fered severely, and in some places was totally destroyed. Buildings were torn down, trees and fences leveled, and many persons were killed by the storm.

Whitley, the. Texas desperado, who literally butchered Laughlin at Palo Pinto for refusing to dr’lSk with him, was pursued twenty-five miles "by citizens and riddled with bullets. Afli important financial" institution known as the RiClunond Banking and Insurance Compfffiy, located at Richmond, Va., clfcsedAts doors and was placed in tile hands of a trustee. The concern was one of the two depositories for the funds of the State of Virginia, and had on deposit <300,000 of State money. * 1 A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas, says that the yellow-fever epidemic is suffering from inundation by “A rise In the Rio Grande. Many residents in the northern section of the city have been compelled to vacate their premises. The disease has appeared at Mier, Mexico, in a malignant form. Thirty buildings around the public ‘square at Crockett, Tex., valued at $125,000, were burned.

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. Edward S. ’ Sandford, Vice President of the Adams Express Company, and a Director of the Western Union Telegraph Company, died of at Sharon Hill, near Philadelphia, 1 He was 66 years old. Luther IT. Hutchinson, Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives, and Hon. R_ W. Melindy, formerly Judge of the St. Joseph (Mich.) .circuit, are also dead. Regent deaths: Rev. Chandler Robbins, Dr D., who. succeeded Ralph Waldo Emerson m the pulpit of the Second Unitarian Church pf Boston; Isaac Murphy, of Arkansas, who alone cast' his Vote in the Legislature against secession, and was elected Governor after the war; Cot William H. Jacobs, of Milwaukee, owner of the Second WAftl ’ Bank, who' left several millions; Erasmus. B. Owsley, a leading'packer ot ; Louisville. . The Tariff Commission, has resolved not to visit’ the Pjiq&ic slope, for lack of time. - ~. At the International • Convention of Fire/Chiefs, jat Cincinnati, Capt. Shaw, of London, severely cri£igi§ed- the heavy machinery used in American departments. The National Department of Agriculture places the yield of winter wheat at 380,000,000 bushels, and spring wheat at 140,-000,000-bußlTels. The September condition of potatoes has declined, but prospects are favorable for a crop Of 150,000,000 bushels. The Western Union’Telegraph Company has declared u quarterly dividend of P er cent Br. 9 01 T in Green £ ave notice of his intentionto "ftitire at the end of his •term of office. .. . The New York bulletin estimates the losses by fire throughout the United States Muring August at $8,000,000. This is <600,000 IfesrthaAthe waste by fire in August, 1881; <l,ooo,OOOmore than in August, 1880; nearly $3,000,000 more than in August, 1879; and <2,100,000 more than in August, 1878. • The crops in Ontario, Canada, fall be low the average. In the western section the harvest was long and tedious.

POLITICAL POINTS. . „one thousand civil-service ; reformers of Massachusetts have signed,.a manifesto declaring their intention to Vote sot no man • who is not a consistent and aggressive supporter of, tbie movement in they are . enlisted. : ! v •' i .An election was field in Maine oh ’Monday,'Sept-11 T for Governor arid other State officers, .members ot Congress, and ’ membets of the State Legislature? Returns 'reoeived to indicate that the Republicans elected their entire State ticket .by a majority of not less than 7,000, all four and gained sißVerti nftflilJffi - of leading Georgians :Gtov - to appoint Bea 11. Hill, Jr.'/fa fill :the .term of. hisfather.j. ■ nftwspa- ■ per iato h<B been fjoriiutoted by the for Delegate in ingress ‘ H. Hill, Jr., sayis g SeaF in the United States Senate is beyond his aspira- . tions,’ and that he .would decline the appointment if-tendered‘him by.fthe Governor of Geoigia/ .. Gen ;5.^ ‘.wieay^r’• Twas; unani-. mouMy noinlrtated fot’iSoftgress by .the Sixth district £reenhwk GfeAvqnUOn of lowa , • 77 it’ —■ \ .' notes’. ■; ; ; The Utah Commission, in a formal i-epbrt ‘to the' Department, represents Wat 10,000 voters pf the class deprived of suffrage ■ by the act of will not Titteiiipt to register. Hifiuentiil Gqntilep oppose the holding of n' fegftlifi? election for delegate in Congress, arid leading Mormons .demand that the commission shall declare illegal A Washington dispatch says that payments have already bqen made on account of .expenses ip the .the 1 ' route cases as follows: 8..1L Brewster, tor services and expenses bet ore hi<?apsoint■ffefcr :» VV A. $0.70?/ Ctebrge Bliss, <6,251; W. W. mauM of thetrial will be <200,000.

RENSSELLAER, JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1882.

It-is denied by Acting Secretary of State Davis that Stephen J. Meany, the newspaper correspondent arrested in Ireland, has received any instructions from the State Department at Washington as to his course in reference to the surrender of his recognizances. A registered 3 per cent, bond for <5,000 was stolen, from the office of the Register of the Treasury ten days ago, and the secret-service force has thus far failed to secure any trace of it.

FOREIGN NEWS. Bismarck, acting under medical advice, will abstain from the transaction of public business for the present It is repoi-fed that the King of Corea has iieen reinstated by the Chinese troops and whips. Samuel Claye, the railway-car builder at Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, has failed, with liabilities of $1,000,000. One hundred British men-of-war and transports passed through the Suez canal in a space of three weeks, the tolls being £96,000. The first person tried, convicted and sentenced to death under the Repression of Crime act, lately passed by Parliament, was executed at Limerick on the 11th of Septemtember. The man upon whom the death penalty was executed was Francis Hynes, who was charged with the murder of a herdsman named Doloughty. It was of the jury that convicted Hynes that it was alleged in the Freeman's Journal, of which E. Dwyer Gray is the editor, that the jury was packed, and that the jurors were drunk when they agreed upon the verdict of guilty, and for the publication of which statement Gray was committed to jail by Justice Lawson, and is still incarcerated. The Russian actress Feyghite shot herself in the apartments of the Due de Morny, at Paris, and inflicted, it is feared, a fatal wound The proposed coronation of the Czar of Russia, which has kept the world on a broad grin for the past twelvemonth, has been postponed to next year. The cable brings advices of the death of Emile Plantamour, the Swiss astronomer. Four women were decapitated at Dublin by the falling of a buttress of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. It is announced that Parnell, Davitt, Dillon and Brennan have decided to hold a conference at an early day in order to inaugurate a national movement in which the various movements will he consolidated upon the platform of national self-govern-ment, the abolition of landlordism, the promotion of home industries, the rights of laborers, and a paid representation in Parliament.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

The attempt to bring about a compromise between the iron manufacturers of Pittsburgh and vicinity and a committee of the Amalgamated Association resulted in failure, the manufacturers rejecting a proposition to adjust differences and end the strike by paying puddlers $5.75 per ton, an advance of 25 cents, The manufacturers adhere to $5.50, the rate prevailing when the strike began. ' The mill and stock of the Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Company, at Toledo, valued at $325,000, was destroyed by fire. The Missouri car and foundry works, at St. Louis, were burned, causing a loss of $150,000; covered by insurance. Dwight 8. Lathrop, Assistant Cashier of the Central Railroad of Now Jersey, has absconded, after embezzling $20,000. His plan was to alter deposit tickets on his way . to the bank and pocket the difference. Anton Pelata, of Pittsburgh, awoke the other morning to find his babe dead in bed with a large block cat sitting on its breast. The Coroner held an inquest, and the jury formally declared the cat to be the destroyer of the infant. . The international rifle match at Creedmoor, Long Island, resulted in a victory for the British team at every range, the total score being 1,975 to a 1,805. Nathan Bonnett, - a negrb, who attempted to outrage a white girl in South Carolina, was taken from the jail and hanged and his body riddled with bullets by a mob. Samuel Redding, a negro, was executed at Metropolis, 111., on Friday, Sept. 15, for the murder of Adolphus Zimmerman. James Tracy was hung in Chicago for the murder of Officer Huebner. He spent the forenoon in calm preparations for death. He wrote a large number of cards for distribution to friends, and directed that his body be given to James McCann. After declaring on the gallows that he was innocent of the crime charged, he stood bravely up for execution. The Hillsdale crew lost their first race on the Thames through bad steering and the breaking of a slide. They twice fouled the Thames crew, and had secured a good lead and seemed in a fair way to win when the accident occurred which enabled the Englishmen to take the lead and keep it to the end. Sir James Anderson, physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria, and the author of two medical works, has been called from earth. “ A storm at Montreal caused the burning of La Prairie barracks, which originally cost the Imperial Government $500,000. A minister at Quebec refused to marry a man to his deceased wife’s sister, asserting that, although the alliance would be a valid one, the law did not compel him to perform the ceremony. Miner e and Rerdell, the convicted Star-route conspirators, were granted a new trial, Judge Wylie setting aside the verdict because of its incoherency and the misconduct of the jury. Merrick, for the Government, acquiesced in the motion for the new trial, claiming the recent verdict simply

Beat Him. Datl and Flasher were in the habit of trying their wits on each other. Once they were discussing the relative merits of rifle vs. bow and arrow. ■‘loan beat you even at short range,” said Flasher, boastingly. “Try it,” said Dan. They tried. Dan discharged an arrow in pursuit of a hen that they saw in a yard that they were passing, and .missed the hen. : - Flasherj with a shot of his rifle, killed the hep. “There,” he exclaimed, .-“I told you th at J could beat you.” “But I have beat you,” cooly said Dwn- • ‘ t “Ifow. can that be ? You missed the hen, while I killed her.”' : S-Stili I have beat ye, because you must pay for the hen. ' Yon kilied hci’.” Verdict for Lap from reieree.

“J 1 Firm Adherence to Correct Principles.”

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

Party State Conventions, and What They Did. lost of the Nominees, Platforms, Etc. CALIFORNIA GBEENBACKEIiS. The Greenback State Convention of California, in session at San Francisco, placed in the field the following ticket: Governor, Thomas J. McQuiddy; Secretary of State, Robert Summers; Treasurer,. R. 8. Buell; Controller, M. E. More; Attorney General, Mrs. Marian Todd; Surveyor General, W. J. Cuthbertson; Superintendent of Public Instruction, E. J. Schellous; Justices of the Supreme Court, W. C. Stratton and John Clark; Clerk of the Supreme Court, J. T. O’Toole; Con-gressmen-at-Large, Stephen Maybell and Warren Chase; Railroad Commissioners— First district, G. T. Elliott; Second, H. Redstone; Third, J. P. Hollowav; Congressmen— First district, G. C. Irwin; Second, F. Woodward; Third, W. O. Rowe; Fourth, Isaac Kinley; Board of Epualization—Dirst district, Leonard W. Kind; Second, Thomas McConnell; Fourth, J. 8. Loveland. After choosing a State Central Committee the convention adjourned sine die. COLORADO GREENBACKERS. A Denver dispatch says that at the State Greenback Convention George W. Way was nominated for Governor, F O. Saunders for Lieutenant Governor, and L J. Herzinger for Secretary of State. The convention was somewhat stormy, the question of incorporating a prohibition clause in the platform dividing the delegates into bitter factions for a time. In the night session, and when the business of the convention was nearly at an end, an anti-prohibition delegate created a sensation by introducing a resolution condemning the deliberations of the body. The discussion of the resolution was very lively for a while and nearly caused an open revolt in the convention, but the Chairman, by dispassionate rulings and interference, succeeded in patching up the difficultyPENNSVLVANIA REPUBLICANS. A Philadelphia dispatch reports an important meeting of leading Republicans at the office of John Welch, for the purpose of taking steps to secure the withdrawal of both lleaver and Stewart and the selection of a candidate for Governor who would be acceptable to both factions. There were present John Welch, Thomas Cochran, Amos R. Little, Joseph Wharton and Edwin M. Benson. The meeting was conducted with the utmost secrecy. Discussion was purely informal. The meeting broke up without any conclusion being reached.

NEBRASKA ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS. The anti-Prohibitionists of Nebraska held a convention at Boyd’s Opera House, in Omaha, on the 11th inst There was a large attendance from all parts of the State. Resolutions were adopted pledging the members of the convention to do their utmost to prevent the election this fall of Prohibition candidates, and requiring those who should receive their support to pledge themselves to work against prohibition. NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAXS. The Republicans of New Hampshire met in State Convention at Concord, and on the fourth ballot nominated Samuel W. Hall, of Keene, for Governor. The Committee on Resolutions reported reaffirming the faith of New Hampshire Republicans in those principles which have given liberty, peace and prosperity to the whole country; lamenting tne death of President Garfield, and expressing confidence in his successor. The tariff plank is as follows: “We reaffirm and indorse the principles of a protective tariff as the safeguard of American industries, by which our great manufacturing interests have been fostered and maintained, and American labor protected against ruinous competition and scantily paid labor of foreign nations.” south cabolina bepublicans. At a convention of the Republicans of South Carolina, held at Columbia, and presided over by S. J. Lee (colored), it was decided to make no nominations for State officers. The following resolution, offered by Congressman Mackay, was adopted: llesolved. That the Convention of the Union Republican party of South Carolina, while repudiating the financial principles advocated by the Greenback party, and i eaffirming the principles of the Union Republican party, do recommend that at the next general election the voters of the State, in the interest of a free ballot and a fair count, cast their ballots, as Republicans, for tne State ticket nominated'by the GreenbackLnbor Convention on the fith inst. A resolution was adopted recommending that the Republicans support B. S. Cash, the Independent candidate for Congress in the Fifth district new hampshibe democbats. The Democratic State Convention of New Hampshire, held at Concord, was presided over bv Stilson Hutchins, late of Dubuque, St. Louis and Washington, but now a resident of Laconia, N. H. Martin Van Buren Edgerly was placed in nomination for Governor on the first ballot Thomas C. Gray, Alden B. Smith and Henry A. Emerson were nominated for Railroad Commissioners. The resolutions demand radical reform iu State expenditures; equal taxation of property, individual and corporate; the passage of the Anti-Bribiug bill; the abolition of monopolies; purification of the civil service, State and national, and a strict enforcement of the Prohibition law. new hampshibe gbeenbackebs. The National Greenback-Labor party of New Hampshire, in State Convention at Manchester, declared against fusion with either of the present parties, and favored a general railroad law. John F. Woodbury was nominated for Governor, and Lafavette Moore, Wendall P. Ela and John E. Norwood as Railroad Commissioners. Lafayette Chesley was nominated for Congress ’for the First district, and George Carpenter for the Second district. NEW YORK ANTI-MONOPOLISTS. A State Convention of the Anti-Monopo-lists of New York convened at Saratoga, 150 delegates being in attendance. Patrick 11. Cowen presided. A platform of principles was adopted setting forth that “steam and electricity have become the controlling factors in the commercial and Industrial world, and these great forces have been monopolized by those who use them to tax the masses for private advantage. The corporate life which now wields these great forces has assumed an importance never hitherto contemplated. It is concentrating the wealth of the nation in the hands of a few persons with alarming rapidity ■ to the injury of the masses of the people. It has appropriated the power of political parties, corrupted elections and legislation to an extent which degrades public morality and endangers free institutions. The whole political system seems pervaded with the spirit of monopoly, which must be* overcome or popular government will become a failure. Women are declared to have the same inalienable rights as men. ” A conference with the Labor party was ordered in case the Republican and Democratic State Conventions do not make satisfactory nominations. NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS. The Democratic State Convention of Nebraska, which convened at Omaha, was presided over by Gen. M. Montgomery, of Lincoln, and D. W. Smalls, of Fremont, performed the functions of Secretary. Hon. John Sterling Morton, of Otoe county, was nominated. for Governor; J. F. Warren; of . Dakota county, Lieutenant Governor; C- L. Bowlby, of Saline county, Secretary of State; P. D. Sturtevant, Fillmore county, Treasurer; diaries Leech, Johnson county, Auditor; J. C Crawford, Cuming county. Attorney General; Charles A. Speice, Platte county, Superintendent of Public Instruction; Henry Grebe, Omaha. Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings. The follow-" 1 ing platform was adopted: The Democrats of Nebraska, in State Convention mbled, at Omaha, this 14th day of Senteinbcr, ISS'.', hereby declare: 1. Ths Government of the United States lias no constitutional or other right to im - pose tax<is on the people, except with thu

intent and result of getting money into the public treasury with which to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States. The tariff tax called protective, laid with far different intent and result, should lie abolished. The Democrats of Nebraska challenge their political opponents in this State to a general discussion of the above propositions, and to an unequivocal statement of the position of the Republican party of Nebraska upon the question of reckless protective tariff. 2. The squandering in the recent River and Harbor bill, in star-route fraudulent contracts, in the payment of alleged secretsendee detectives, in the Hubbell 2-per-cent. assessments, in the multiplication or salaries and perquisites for the unnumbered and almost-innumerable swarm of officeholders, and in other visible corruptions of the people’s mimey which _does reach the national treasury, deserve lhe immediate and emphatic condemnation of the people. 3. The State of Nebraska, in common -with other States qf the Union, has and ex'efeises the right of regulating the sale of intoxicating drinks in the interest of good order within the State, but the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of such drinks within the State is contrary to the fundamental rights of the individual, and to the fundamental principles of social and moral conduct, and if enacted will be neutralized by the constitution of the United States, which permits the introduction to every State of foreign liquors imported from abroad, and controls also every form inter-State commerce. 4. Corporations, whether in the form of banks, manufacturing establishments or railroads, must keep their hands off from the reserved rights of the people. The Democrats of Nebraska denounce all railroads within the State which elect or attempt to elect, which influence or attempt to influence, delegates to political conventions, members of the Legislature, Senators or members of Congress. Corporate capital as such must not be permitted thus to encroach upon popular rights. We assert the right of the Legislature to control the railroads. We deny the right of the railroads to control the Legislature. 5. We demand the enactment of a law which shall, under severe penalties, forbid the issuance of passes or free transportation of any kind whatsoever by any railroad in Nebraska to any person holding either an elective or appointive office, or any other official position under the constitution or laws of this Sqate. 6. Finally, the Government, whether of the State or of the United States, is nothing but a committee of the citizens appointed to attend to certain concerns of the whole body of the people that cannot otherwise be managed, and all straining or undue tension of the functions of these committees in any direction whatsoever should be constantly watched and always resisted by the people. COLORADO REPUBLICANS. In the State Convention of the Republicans of Colorado, held at Denver, Hon. Ernest L. Campbell, of Leadville, was nominated for Governor on the second ballot. William H. Meyer was nominated for Lieutenant Governor on the first ballot. James B. Belford was nominated for Congress on the second ballot. Melvin Edwards, of Summit, was nominated for Secretary of State; Fred Wolsen, of Huerfano, for State Treasurer; John Abbott, of L'lrimie, for Auditor; D. F. Urmy, of Pueblo, for Attorney General; J. B. Chaffee, Chairman of the State Central Committee. Resolutions were adopted of regret at the death of Garfield and indorsing the course of President Arthur; thanks for the calling oi Henry M. Teller to the Secretaryship of the Interior; denouncing the demonetization of silver and recommending the apportionment of funds arising from the sale of public lands to the sinking of artesian wells iu Colorado.

THE EGYPTIAN WAR.

Gen. Wclsoley Says It Is Practically Over v . Brilliant Victory at Tel-el-Kebir-Arabi Captured. Wednesday, the 13th of September, was a {Treat day for the British army in Egypt. Gen. Wolseley, at day-break, advanced upon Tel-el-Keber, the Egyptians opening fire when the British were one mile distant The place was captured by a charge, the straggle lasting only twenty minutes. The loss of Arabi Pasha is estimated at 2,000 men. beside forty guns and 3,000 prisoners. The number killed on the British side was about 200. Arabi is said to have escaped on horseback to Zagazig, while his men tied toward the desert, hotly pursued by the Indian cavalry on the south and the British cavalry on the north. The Egyptian regiments are’ credited with cowardly behavior, while the Mack troops from the Soudan fought bravely, and the rebel artillery was well served. The Khedive’s band headed a procession at Alexandria which indulged in a jubilee over the victory of the British. Gen. McPherson pushed forward and occupied Zagazig, capturing five railway trains. Dispatches from Tel-el-Keber give the following particulars of the battle: “The rebels discovered our men when about a mile from their works, and opened a heavy rifle fire. Our men paused for a moment on the line of the sand-hills, and then, with a gallant rush, thev were among the rebels. Acting on Gen. Wolseley’s orders, they reserved their fire and went in with the bayonet. The slaughter for a time was very great. The rebels could not stand it, and broke and fled, pursued hotly. The final rush was made over a distance of 200 yards, the men skirmishing and seeking cover until they reached this point. Several thousand Egyptians were taken prisoners. Our own loss up to this time I should compute at 200 killed. The following officers fell: British officers killed—Maj. Colville, of the Seventy-fourth Highlanders; Lieut. Somervell, Seventy-fourth Highlanders. British officers wounded :CoL Hutchinson, of the Forty-sixth regiment; Capt. Kephel, of the Seventy-fourth Highlanders; Capt. Cumberland of the Seventy-fourth Highlanders; Lieut. Midwood, of the Seventyfourth Highlanders; Lieut. Gordon Cary, of the Seventy-fourth Highlanders. Lieut Gordon in the melee killed three Egyptian officers with his claymore. ” The English advance guard reached Cairo on the evening of the 14th inst, by rail, and at once took possession of the city. Arabis were scattered in all directions over the deserts, and were coming forward as fast as possible with offers to surrender. Arabi himself was virtually a prisoner in Cairo, where, on his arrival after the disaster of Tel-el-Kebir, he was greeted with stones bv the same populace that would have hailed him as the deliverer of Egypt and the conquerer of her foes had the tide of battle turned the other way. It was stated that he would be held by the local authorities subject to the demands of the Khedive and his English allies. The Sultan telegraphed Gen. Wolseley his congratulations, at the same time preferring a request that the march of the British any further into the interior of Egypt be stopped. To this cool proposition Geii. Wolseley returned a brief reply referring the Sultan to the British Government in London, but at the same time ordering his forces onward to Cairo. Numerous delegations arrived at Alexandria to express the loyalty and submissiveness of the people to the’ Khedive. The rebel force at Tel-el-Kebir comprised 30,000 regulars, 7,000 Bedouins, and 3,000 volunteers. The British loss was fifty-four killed and 350 wounded. The following account of the battle at Tel-el-Kebir was telegraphed by cable to the New York Herald: “The attack' began on the left Nothing could be imagined finer than the advance of the Highland brigade. The Fourteenth were next the canal Next were the Camdtonians, and the Gordon Highlanders continued the line, with the Black Watch upon their flank. The Forty-sixth and Sixtieth regiments formed a second line. Swiftly and silently the Highlanders moved forward to the attack. No word was spoken, no shot fired, until within 300 yards of the enemy’s earthworks, nor up to that time did any sound in the Egyptian lines betoken that they were aware of the presence of their assailants. Then suddenly a terrific fire flashed along the line of sand-heaps, a

storm of bullets whizzed over the heads of the advancing troops, a wild cheer broke from the Highlanders, and in response the pipes struck shrilly up, bayonets were fixed, and at doublequick time they dashed forward. The first line of intrenchments was carried, the enemy scarcely offering any resistance. But from another line of intrenchments, behind which in the still dim light one could scarcely see, a burst of musketry broke out For a few minutes the Highlanders poured in a heavy fire, but it was probably as innocuous as that of the unseen enemy whose bullets whistled harmlessly overhead. The delay in the advance was but short Then the order was given, and the brigade again went rapidly forward. Soon a portion of the force had passed between tne enemy’s redoubts and opened a flanking fire. This was too much for the Egyptians, who took to their heels and fairly ran, suffering, as the crowded masses rushed across the open desert, very heavily from our fire, being literally mowed down by hundreds. Meanwhile fighting began upon the other flauk. The horse artillery shelled the enemy's extreme left Here the Egyptians were more prepared than on their right For a time they kept up a steady fire. The Royal Irish were sent to turn the enemy’s left. At the word they dashed at the trenches and carried them at the bayonet’s point, so turning the flank of the defenders of the position. Next came the Eighty-eighth regiment, then the Eighty-fourth, the Guards being close up behind in support These regiments advanced by regular rushes. For a short time the enemy cluug to their line of intrenchments, but their fire was singularly ineffective, and the • British troops got fairly into the trenches Then the enemy fought stoutly for a few moments. The combat was a hand-to-hand one. Maj. Hart shot one man as he was trying to wrest a revolver from his hand. This was even after the trench had been turned by our advance on their flank. Then, as the British poured in, the Egyptians fled as rapidly as those on the other side had done before the Highlanders. The fight was now practically over.” Gen. Wolseley telegraphed from Cairo to the British War Office on Sept. 15, as follows: ‘Gen. Lowe has occupied Cairo. Arabi Pasha and Toulba Pasha have surrendered unconditionally. Ten thousand troops at Cairo have laid down their arms. The war is over. Send no more men from England Midshipman Dechair is safe. I have been received nere with open anns by all classes. The soldiers are glad to return to their homei Arabi Pasha and Toulba Pasha are both confined in our guard-rooms. I will now change my base from Ismailia to Alexandria. ” ” A dispatch from Alexandria on Sept. 16 says: “After the engagement at Tel-el-Kebir, Arabi Pasha fled to Cairo and told the Council that the troops had deserted him, upon which the mission was sent to the Khedive with two letters from Arabi Pasha, one expressing his devotion, and the other warning him not to allow the English to enter Cairo, as the same results might follow as happened at Alexandria. The Khedive refused to receive the letters. Arabi Pasha was taken before the Khedive. He presented a loathsome picture of groveling servility. He swore he had not been aware he was fighting, against the Khedive. The Khedive remained standing while Arabi Pasha was in his presence. When Arabi had concluded, the Khedive ordered his removal” It has been ascertained that Arabi was in bed at the time of the attack on Tel-el-Kebir, and, panic-stricken at the sudden and unexpected attack, fled in dismay. All the Egyptian leaders will be tried at Cairo for their rebellion. Canned provisions for 20 - 000 men for a month were captured at Tel-el-Kebir.

THE STAR-ROUTE TRIALS.

Conclusion of the Long and Tedious Case. A Mixed Verdict. The jurors came into court at 10 o’clock on Monday morning, the 11th inst Judge Wylie asked if a verdict had been reached, to which che foreirian replied that there had been no change since Saturday, when a conclusion had been reached as to four of the tler'endants. The Judge, therefore, sent chem back, and announced a recess until 2 i>. in. At that time the jury returned, and, ifter answering to their names, reported lire ugh their foreman that no further progress had been made. Judge Wylie hesitated for a minute and then said: “ I have decided to accept your verdict. Marshal, call the defendants. ” Brady and Dorsey failed to respond on the first call, and it was suggested that they were out of the court-room, and a Deputy Marshal was sent after them. In a few minutes they elbowed their way through the throng and took positions facing the court at the defense table. The customary question was put to the jury as to whether they bad agreed upon a verdict, to which Foreman Dickson replied: “ I am instructed by the jury upon this indictment to make the following return: “As to John M. Peck and William H. Turner, not guilty. “As to John R. Miner and Montford C. Rerdell, guilty: “As to John W. Dorsey, Stephen W. Dorsey, Harvey M. Vaile and Thomas J. Brady, the jury are unable tc agree.”* There was a painful pause in the proceedings, and all eyes were directed to the spot where the defendants sat. Brady appeared as if stunned by a heavy blow, and, with head sunk low, presented a very different appearance from the defiant, flaunting personage of the day before. Dorsev leaned forward, as if in doubt as to what he had beard, while Miner and Rerdell were deathly pale. The court, after the Clerk had put the usual questions, discharged the jury, and was about to adjourn, when he was interrupted by the counsel for Rerdell and Miner with a motion in arrest of judgment and notice for a new trial The court then directed the Marshal to take Miner and Rerdell into custody pending a hearing on the question of a new trial. Foreman Dickson addressed the court in relation to the charge of bribery that has arisen in this case. He inquired if it would be proper at this time to present to the court the additional information in his possession as to the approaches that had been made to the jury. Judge Wylie replied that this was not the time nor the occasion for anything of the sort The matter would be investigated by the law officers of the Government at the proper time. He had been told that certain scoundrels had attempted this abominable and censurable crime, and when an examination took place, if the charge was proven, he would punish the scoundrel, provided a jury could be found to convict him. Foreman Dickson was approached as to how the jury had voted, and stated substantially that there were twelve ballots taken, and that after the fourth ballot there were no changes from the verdict as announced in court The vote stood as follows on the last ballot: To convict Brady, 10; to acquit, 2 (Messrs. Dickson and Brown). To convict John W. Dorsey, 10; to acquit, 2 (Messrs. Brown and Holmead). To convict Stephen W. Dorsey, 9; to acquit, 3 (Messrs. Brown, Dickson and Holmead). To convict Vaile, 11; to acquit, 1 (Holmead). Brown, who held out stubbornly against the conviction of Brady and the Dorsey-broth-ers, is one of the two colored jurors.

It is maintained by Dr. E. S. Wood, of Harvard Medical College, that lead poisoning presents this singular feature: “Of two mendiers of the same family exposed to as nearly as possible the same influences, one may l>e affected with symptoms of lead poisoning in a short time and the other not for many months. ” A fashion item says the belle of the period now wears at her waist-belt a little music-box, faintly playing a single tune. The average American girl can put on enough airs without attaching a music-box to her waist. — Norristown Herald. Velvet flowers on repped silk will be the most elegant brocades of the autumn and winter goods.

$1.50 Der Annum.

NUMBER 34.

SPEECH OF GOV. PALMER

Upon Accepting the Chairmanship of the Illinois Democratic Convention. Gentlemen of the Convention: This is an unexpected result of my presence here to-day—so unexpected, indeed, that I have hail no time to prepare an extemporaneous speech, thanking you for the honor; for until a moment ago I had no intimation that I would l>e selected for this place. You will, therefore, have the satisfaction of escaping an infliction on account of the suddenness of this announcement. There are, however, a few things, gentlemen, that I may be allowed to say to you in connection with my thanks for the honor you have conferred on me. At present, when the conduct of parties and expressions of public men are spread broadcast before the country daily by telegraph and fast railroad mails, we may be assumed to be sufficiently informed as to the opinions of parties; that is to say, it is not necessary now in a Democratic Convention to elaborately discuss or present the principles of Democracy; and, indeed, fellow-citi-zens, the issues between the parties are becoming so narrowed down in the course of the great events this country has witnessed within the twenty-five years that the fonnxi lines of division ‘are exceedingly plain and simple. Senator Harrison, of Indiana, now one of the leaders of the Republican party, and who is as likely at the next election to be the Republican candidate for the Presidency as almost any other gentleman in the country, in a speech' at Indianapolis, a few evenings ago, said that the great questions interesting the people now are not so much those relating to the principles of parties as their practices, and those are matters that are well worth the attefation of any assemblage of the people of the State of Illinois and especially at a Democratic Convention, The gentleman who presided over your preliminary organization stated with great distinctness and clearness what may be regarded as the fundamental doctrines of the Democratic party, and I will not trouble you with a further reference to them, but I hold it becomes material what is, has been and what will be the practice of the Democratic party. For almost a quarter of a century—no, from 1872 until now—the Republican party has been in power, because the Republican party that existed before 1872 accomplished its mission and passed into history, but the organization of that party was seized by bandits that then took possession of the ship and who would now scuttle it if they were allowed to do so. What are the practices of the Republican party? They are extravagance and violation of every sound principle of republican government, until the Republican party leaders are an organized baud of robbers that plunder the grave. Is there anything in the history of a free country like the highwav process now being pursued by Hubbell and his committee? Stand and deliver; your life or your money; addressed to every officer in the country, men women and children. Every one who serves the country is addressed by this crew as a highwayman addresses his victim. That is one of the practices of the Republican party that as Democrats we warn the country of again. We have a treasury overflowing with money taken from the pockets of the people, and this last Congress has scattered this money profusely all over the country for the mere election of members of Congress. They have been extravagant everywhere. I haven’t time to point the instances. Tell me, tell me, tell me what principles of republican government or republican economy have not been violated by this party within the last four or five years. What principles have been preserved. Why, your President, the accidental President of the United States, Arthur. Our Heavenly Father sometimes visits us with serious calamities; He gave us Garfield over Hancock, which was bad enough, but' He cursed us with Arthur in place of Garfield. How long, O, how Jong shall we suffer from the afflictive visitations of Divine Providence in this way? This • President, chosen in the lottery of assassination, as has been very forcibly said, ejected by one single Republican vote, enforced J>y one single Republican bullet, has taken a Government snip, and is now navigating the waters along the Atlantic coast, followed by a horde of snobs and sycophants. What a departure from republican simplicity. It is even said that he has invented a President’s flag. Heretofore wo have had experience only of the stars and stripes floating over our heads, but now we have the flag of the “ruler of the Queen's navees. ” The flag of the President floats over the republican ship, we are told, and this is your republican simplicity. And the Secretary of the Navy has another national ship navigating the seas and Expending your money. All this is the result of Republican practices. It is said we have become a nation—a nation with a big N. Yes, my countrymen, the big Nis directed against you and I. The power of the Government is constantly invoked against well-meaning, public-spirited citizens. The American people at Yorktown salute the British flag, while th%British Government is confining American cWfzcns in its dungeons—while the big N is invoked against you and me for disloyalty to Arthur or his minions. lam told it is a nation with a big N, and after the bombardment of Alexandria an American ship circled about and cheered the victor. That is the sort of big Nit is, God knows nothing could be smaller than th'at, but it is invoked by these men against all that oppose them. Whatever you do against them is disloyalty. No matter if you wore the blue of your country and followed its flag in battle, the big N is invoked against you unless you vote their Republican ticket. The Republican party, In partnership with Mahone, of Virginia, furnishes money wrung from the fears and toil of men and women in the employ of the Government —-money turned over to the Virginia thief that he may compel honest people to follow his commands. And lam told that Gen. Chalmers, of Fort Pillow notoriety, after being turned out of Congress, goes back home and gets down on his knees to J. Hubbell and his crew, and these worthies take him up into their embraces. My Democratic friends, do you know what is necessary to be saved by these men? Do like Chalmers —kiss the rod. Kiss the rod, vote the Republican ticket, and all your sins may be forgiven; and that isn't all, for you, yourself, may sit in company with these miserable sinners. The great point then is, What shall be our practices? Gentlemen of the convention, I said before, platforms are of no great consequence, but we shall have a platform to-day that will declare Democratic principles, and let us have no faltering, no double-dealing, no two words to express the same object. If we mean yes, the English language furnishes no better word than yes; and if you mean no, the old Saxon no is worth all the phrases you can find. When you mean yes, say yes; when you mean no, say no; and let us go before the country upon the yes and no of tliis thing. Gentlemen of the convention, I thank you again for the honor of allowing m< to preside over this convention. In these lew observations I have intended, more than anything else, to indicate to you my belief that if the Democratic party will be true to itself and denounce these abuses in no doubtful terms, but in language plain to the people, the people will be right if they have an opportunity to be right; but when Democratic leaders are found to be faltering and hesitating, and seeking compromising alliances, that the people should be bewildered ought to surprise nobody. God knows, I get scal ed myself when I see it. Gentlemen, I await your pleasure.

JAY HUBBELL’S ASSESSMENTS.

How the Money Is Used—More Assessments to Be Made Before Election. [Washington Telegram.] This is the way department clerks talk. “My salary,” said one, “is $1,600. My assessments thus far amount to $l3O on the $1,600. lam expected to go home to vote, which will cost about SSO. Further assessments may come. I have not yet got over the drain of the Presidential election of 1880. What lam to do I don’t see, unless I resign. But I am better off than many others, especially the new appointees, who have earned nothing, are in debt, and who are already hounded by Jay Hubbell’s minions.” This is a plain and true story. There are thousands of others, some" of them more harrowing. The tendency toward rebellion is decided. The Hubbell inqui-

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sition is managed by an Executive Committee consisting of members of Congress, every one in need of money to reelect himself. Hubbell is pouring ont money in Michigan in his endeavors to get himself into Ferry’s seat in the Senate. Where does it come from ? He is not a rich man. An needs of this description increase, the vigor in assessing Government employes increases. Then Mr. Henderson, the incapable Secretary whom Mr. Allison injected into the organization, is running for Congress. He wants money to put himself through. The clerks must pay. Every member of the Managing Committee is in a necessitous condition. There are complaints from Maine that, notwithstanding the great sum Hublwll has collected, and is still collecting, Jie gives that State very little. Similar complaints come up from other quarters, and still the drag-net is drawn through the departments and wherever else an appointee to tax can bo found. It is only the beginning. Hubbell’s campaign of itself will absorb a vast sum. Henderson’s is proving unexpectedly expensive. Allison needs more help than ho supposed. The rest of them are none too well off. Another 2-per-cent. call on the departments is imminent and may be expected for a certain tv. Beside Hubbell at large, there are State Hubbells imitating his practices by calling on the holders of places under the Government for money. This is now going on. How unmistakably does this tend to corruption in the Government! It is not necessary to say that Government employes are more or less honest than mankind in general to reach the conclusion that in many instances the money Hubbell squeezes out of them will ultimately come out of the Government. A tendency to demoralization and stealing is superinduced by the Hubbell practice. Nor will it bo for a single season. In the Treasury Department alone not loss than 500 clerks and others, taxed to the point of desperation, are .engaged in examining accounts and claims under circumstances that afford opportunities for dishonesty.. On their action millions depend. Is it right that they should be pushed so hard that some of them may yield to temptation? The. will to get even is everywhere. Having yielded to temptation and got even with Hubbell, where will the crime cease ?

The Horrified Party of Groat Moral Ideas.

Some part of Arabi Hubbell’s campaign funds will be expended on a map of South Carolina, showing how that portion of the United States has been carved to make a “black district,” so called. Mr. Horr. of Michigan, flaunted such a map in the presence of the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, and again in the presence of the faithful constituents who have nominated him for re-election. Mr. Horr said he was horrified in the contemplation of such iniquity. The “black district” of South Carolina wires in and wires out, and scoop-nets 155,760 African fellow-citizens, to whom the census adds 31,536 fellow-citizens less colored. It would not be quite true to say that Mr. Horr, of Michigan, was horrified at the thought that no white man could stand any show of election in that bl ick district. Mr. Horr’s horror did not spring from such a contemplation. He had voted to scat a flat-foot from the South Carolina penitentiary, as a member of the House, in the place of a white man. The horror to which he gave expression arose from the fact that so many valuable blacks were to be squandered in one district, when they might have been spread over more territory and made more of. He was horrified, in fact, that any white man (unless it bo Mackey, with a bl ick wife) should Wea show in South Carolina. Mr Horr’s horror is expressive of the feelings of a party of great moral ideas. Such a party has had the apportionment of Congressional districts in a number of States wherein white men predominate. Some of these white men had the misadventure to vote for Hancock. It is needful to guard the country from such as these. The party of great moral ideas, therefore, where it had the power to do so, faithfully provided that the other fellows, whose ideas are presumably not great and moral, should have as few representatives in Congress as possible. Witness the deal: Moral, idea Con- All other ConStates. votes. gress. rotes, gress. Michigan.lßs,ooo 11 Ififl.noo None Massachusetts. 105,000 11 117,000 1 10wa184,00-) 11 138,000 None Kansasl2l,ooo 7 80,000 None In these four States, where great moral ideas are uppermost, 500,000 white men are to lie allowed one member of Congress, on the basis of political calculation. That one conies from the unfortunate Democratic city of Boston. To save the State, and to prevent the sending of two Democratic members from Boston districts, the great and general court of the commonwealth made a “white district,” in which there should be 6,000 Democratic majority, and carved the other portions of Boston into four outlying districts, in which the suburban vote should stifle the city. That is fair, as it goes with the party of great moral ideas. Mr. Horr, of Michigan, is not horrified at the contemplation of one white district in Massachusetts ; it is the black district in South Carolina that fills him with horror. Let the party of great moral ideas look at tlie map and be horrified.— Chicago Times..

He Was Embarrassed.

The Rev. Mr. was one of the most-bashful men in the profession and was constantly getting into scrapes through his nervous mistakes. At one time he rose in his pulpit to give out the hymn, “This world is all a fleeting show,” and after clearing his throat he struck a high pitch of voice and liegan solemnly: “This world is all a floating shoe ” Everybody smiled except the deacons, and the minister was covered wit'.i confusion as he began again: “This world is all a shouting flow.” This only made matters worse, and the unhappy man cleared his throat with tremendous force and began once again: “This world is all a floating she.” Then he slammed the hymn-book down, and, wiping his clammy brow, said: “Brethren, for some reason I cannot read that hymn as it should be read; we will omit it and the choir will please sing the grand old lines beginning: “Just as I am without one flea?'— trail Post,