Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1882 — Page 1

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

AMERICAN ITEMS. ECaat. A tram on the Cuba extension of the Bradford, Eldred and Cuba railroad, while running at a high rate of speed, was derailed and thrown off the trestle, near Clarkville, Pa. The engine, tender, baggage-car and two passenger cars were hurled into the gorge thirty feet in depth. James France engineer, Charles Sterressey, fireman, and the baggage-master were killed. Several passengers were also killed. A large number were seriously injured. The engineer was trying to make up lost time. ""he Paine & Sackett woolen manufactory, of Providence, R L, has made an assignment The liabilities are estimated at ♦300,000. Two farm hands in the employ of Mrs. Barnum, at Hempstead, L. L, were found terribly mutilated and in a dying condition. It is supposed they fought until exhausted from loss of blood. Typhoid fever is epidemic at Provirtflpce, R L There are between 1,200 and 1,500 cases in the city, and great uneasiness prevails. Richard Hoffman, a resident of Somerset township, Pa., has for years been so badly paralyzed that he was compelled to use a wheel-chair. He states that while praying behind a barn he was ordered to rise and walk, and now goes about in the natural way. D. W. Coolidge, a grain commission merchant of Portland, Me., has suspended! with liabilities of SIOO,OOO. A company with a capital of $750,000 has been organized in Pittsburgh by prominent iron men to erect works for the manufacture of nails and spikes from steelsomething which has never before been done in the United States. A water tower in New York, designed for the use of the fire department, was overturned while being teste 1, by which two men were killed. The barge Signal and steamer City of Worcester collided in the East river, at Williamsburg, N. Y., and while the barge was being towed to the nearest point she sunk, carrying with her to the bottom seven persona West. Josiah B. Smith and wife, of Santa ’’W, OaL, became insane on religious subjects, and murdered their young son by cutting his throat, claiming that the sacrifice was ordered by the Lord. William McComber murdered Martin Wolf at Miller, D. T., and attempted to hide his crime by burning the body. When McComber was apprehended by the Sheriff he drew a revolver and shot himself dead. The Drumlumon gold and silver mine, near Helena, Montana, has been sold to a London syndicate for $1,500,000. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks is improving so rapidly that all fears as to the result of his illness have been dissipated. The Knickerbocker block in Minneapolis, Minn., was burned. It was valued at $40,000, and the insurance on the structure is $20,000. Joe Hughes and Marker Davis were found murdered in the streets of St. Joseph, Mo. It is believed they were killed by a man named Harrington because they refused to return to him money which they had won from him at cards. A collison on the St. Paul and Omaha road, twelve miles from Hudson, Minn., caused the death of three cattle-men and the killing of a car-load of stock. Spots seen in the sun’s disk by telescopic observers at Keokuk, lowa, formed the figures “2” and “4,” or “24. ” Brave Bear, the Sioux Indian chief, Convicted of the murder of Joseph Johnson, was hanged at Yankton, Dakota. Stock in the Nicaragua Canal Company to the amount of SIOO,OOO has been quietly subscribed in the wholesale quarter of San Francisco. Steamboats on the Upper Mississippi are going into winter quarters, and navigation is virtually closed. The towns of Greenville, Vandalia, Collinsville, Salem, Centralia and Pana, in Illinois, were disturbed by earthquake shocks Tuesday evening, Nov. 14. The vibrations were distinctly felt, and in some instances' were accompanied by brilliant electrical discharges. South. In Frankfort, Ky., a negro tried to pitch hay and smoke his pipe at the same time. The result was the destruction of SBO,OOO worth of property. Amanda Watts, a Texan negress, killed the child of another negress through revenge. When locked up a child was bom to her, and she dashed the infant’s brains out against the wall It is stated that the Delaware and Maryland ship canal will be completed without Government aid by European capitalists. Yellow fever has disappeared from Pensacola and Brownsville. The steamer Hankow sailed from New Orleans for Liverpool with a cargo of 8,713 . bales of cotton, the largest that ever left that port Charles Hewey, Jr., an Arkansas merchant, quarreled with two brothers named Butler at Texarkana, and, when they followed him with deadly intent, shot them both dead. They were buried in one grava At Barnesville, Ga., Joseph Cole gave a circus elephant a chew of tobacco, which so enraged the bea-:t that it killed Cole by a blow with its trunk. Three sisters in Butler, Ky., named Phillips, were married at the same altar, in the presence of 100 guests. The sentence of Mary Booth, the 14-year-old negress, convicted of po'soning two persons in April last, was commuted by the Governor of Virginia to imprisonment for life. Richard Schumeyer died at Parkersburg, W. Va, at the ripe age of 110 years. Three negroes weta killed by an explosion in McGehee’s ginning mill, near Montgomery, Ala

MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS. ■•iu .. The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at Boston from Liverpool. Alaskan Indians having captured two white men whom they refused to surrender, the United States revenue cutter Corwin shelled the native village and destroyed a number of canoes. Several Indians were killed ajid the prisoners were released. The formal announcement is made that the Canada Southern road has been leased. by the Michigan Central, making a

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VOLUME VI.

third Vanderbilt line between Chicago and Buffala Mrs. Scoville had an audience of 200 persons at London, Ontario, where she pronounced her husband the craziest member of the Guiteau family. She announced her intention to return to Chicago and await the result of a new hearing as to her sanity. Work has been commenced on a street-car line for Monterey, Mexico. The net earnings of the Union Pacific road for the first nine months of the year are officially reported as $10,491,783, an increase of $842,957 over the same period in 188 L Gen. Grant has contributed to the North American, Review a lengthy article on the case of Fitz John Porter, rcommending that he should be declared by Congress to have been convicted on mistaken testimony, which would make him a Major General of volunteers. The Collector of Customs at Toronto seized and confiscated a consignment of the works of Tom Paine, Imported by a bookseller of that city, on the score of their heretical character. The Montreal Board of Trade will petition the Canadian Government to abolish all canal tolls at the opening of navigation next year, and it is believed that the request will be granted. Seven persons were killed in the City of Mexico by the collapse of the roof of an old dwelling.

WASHINGTON NOTES. A sample of the counterfeit Bland silver dollar which is being extensively circulated, especially in the West, has been received in Washington. The coin is very heavily plated, resists acid tests unless deeply cut before applied, has a ring similar to. the genuine, and is of the exact weight The officers of the Seeret Service Department consider the counterfeit one of the most dangerous that has yet appeared. S. W. Dorsey has arrived in Washington to be present at the commencement of his new trial. Ex-Senator Spencer, who is wanted as a Government witness in the star-route cases, cannot be found, and the counsel have addressed a second letter on the subject to President Arthur. Acting Secretary of the Interior Joslyn his decided that the statutes restrict a contest against a prior timber-culture entry to one who seeks to enter it under the Homestead and Timber-Culture laws. In the absence of atj application there is no right of contest. Mr. Roeser, of the General Land Office, has prepared a map of the United States which shows over 4,000 places in the West not heretofore appearing. A glazier at Washington, in whose putty-box lodged one of the bullets fired at President Garfield by Guiteau, has petitioned the Board of Audit to give him a position as watchman. POLITICAL POINTS. Through the political patronage of Louisiana William Pitt Kellogg hopes to be nominated Vice President in 1884. Frank Hurd and other leading Democrats of Ohio have arranged for a tariff and labor banquet at Columbus, Jan. 8, when Thurman, McDonald, Watterson and others will respond to toasts. A strong opposition to Senator Plumb’s re-election is developing in Kansas. The election of Gen. Francis A. Walker as Senator from Massachusetts is warmly urged by Charles Francis Adams, Jr. The Democrats of Dallas, Texas, paid SI,OOO in 1876 for a challenge banner, which was awarded ta Georgia for the largest majority. In 188 J it was taken by Texas, and it is now in possession of James B. 8 mpson, of Dallas, who will doubtless be instructed to forward it to New York. Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, has been elected United States Senator for the long term Pope Barrow was chosen as Ben Hill’s successor, defeating the dead Senator’s son by seven votes. Mr. Dibble, a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina, who was u seated at the last session by the Republicans of the House, has sent the following sarcastic greeting to John Paul, the Mahone Congressman who was re-elected in the Seventh Virginia district by a majority of only about 250: To Hon. John Paul, Harrisonburg, Va.; I have been re-elected by 5,000 majority. Hope to meet you in Washington this winter and return compliments. Dibble. Dibble was unseated last session by Mr. Paul’s vote. As that gentleman’s seat In the next House will be contested by Judge O’Ferral, Democrat, Mr. Dibble expects to return the compliment to Paul. Congressman Kasson says the fight for the Speakership will be of the Kilkenny kind, and Carlisle stands the best show. Hon. W. D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, called upon President Arthur the other day, and urged him to advocate in his message a sweeping reduction in internal-revenue taxes. He also visited Commissioner Raum and discussed the propriety of abolishing the Internal Revenue Bureau. The following telegram was sent to Gov. Butler, on the authority of Chalmers, by the editor of the Grenada (Miss) Sentinel: “To Ben Butler: Fort Pillow Chalmers to Beast Butler, greeting. Both in. Shake.” FOREIGN NEWS. A daughter made her appearance in the royal household at Madrid. Gladstone has declared his desire for local self-government for Ireland. The defeat of the Republicans in this country is regarded by the English as a refutation of Herbert Spencer’s assertions in regard to “bossism.” Lord Granville has assured the French Government that the French control in Egypt will be continued in a position to examine the finances. Russia, profiting by the bombardment of Alexandria, has ordered the construction of nine new war vessels and the strengthening of the defenses of Cronstadt Two ocean disasters of appalling proportions are reported by cable from London. The steamer Angelica, plying between Hull and Gifla, foundered in the North Sea, and forty persons were drowned. Still more awful in its possibilities is a catastrophe which occurred near Portsmouth, England. The Westphalia, which sailed Nov. 2 from New York for Hamburg, via Plymouth, collided in dense darkness with an unknown steamer, and the latter sank at once with all on board. The Westphalia was badly damaged, but by working her pumps kept afloat and landed ninety passengers. A boat with an officer and six sailors, sent from the Westphalia to ascertain the fate of the unknowß steamer, has not since been hoard

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from, and it is supposed the seven men were drowned. Thirty-three persons were badly injured by an explosion in a mine In Saxony. A proposal is under consideration at Rome to establish Catholic colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, to prepare students for the universities . In the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone stated that Arabi Pasha would certainly not be put to death unless the British Government was consulted. Sergt. Ballentine, the well-known English lawyer, is coming to the United States on a lecturing tour. The Parliamentary committee investigating the imprisonment for contempt of E. Dwyer Grey, the Dublin editor, reported that Judge Lawson simply did his duty. During a performance of Tennyson’s new drama in a London theater the Marquis of Queensbury twice ar os 3 and pretested against a travesty on the sentiments of freethinkers. The report of the Irish Land Commission says agreements for fair rents between landlord and tenant are increasing, while an indisposition to purchase holdings is evident, although many landowners are willing to sell The arrears clause of the act is not being taken advantage of by tenants to any considerable extent In the trial of Arabi Pasha, at Cairo, Suleiman Daoud confessed to having ordered the burning of Alexandria on a peremptory command of Arabi who afterward sent instructions to fire more places, and also ordered him to take soldiers to Rami eh Palace and kill the Khedive. The jury at Dublin in the case of Patrick Joyce, tried for the murder of the Joyce family, returned a verdict of guilty, and Judge Barry sentenced the prisoner to be hanged Dec. 15. Kossuth denounces anti-Jewish agitation in Hungary as a shame and disgrace to democratic principles. The Russian newspapers have been forbidden to make any allusion regarding the construction of military railroads, or the movement of troops near the Russo-Turkish frontier. » Mr. Gladstone hinted in the House of Commons that the Government would propose a grant of money to the naval and military forces which participated in the war in Egypt. The printing business has been paralyzed in Vienna owing to a strike of the compositors, who demanded an advance of 30 per cent yj Eighteen leading establishments refused the demand and closed their offices.

LATER NEWS ITEMS.

An electric storm, which electricians say Is thi worst that has occurred in years, existed in a wide stretch of territory in the United States and Canada on the 17th of Nov mb r. In some cities the instruments were worked without a battery, and in the Milwaukee Western Union office the current was so strong as to keep an electric lamp burning. The telegraph'c service was retailed to an extent hitherto unprecedented. The storm was still more remarkable from t e fact th t in the greater portion of the distric t disturbed the weather was rainy and mugiry. The same storm prevailed throughout Great Britain and the Continent. The official returns in Pennsylvania show a plurality of 40,258 for Pattison, the Democratic candidate for Governor, and about 30,C00 for Elliot, the Democratic candidate for Congressman-at-Large. John L. Sullivan .drew a large crowd to his entertainment in Washington. For a volunt er contestant he secured Jo dan Renrseler, whom he knocked down el ven tim s in ninety seconds. When the victim again tried to rise the police interfered. It has been decided by Secretary Lincoln to recommend in h's annual report that no River and Harbor bul be passed by Congress this winter, as there will remain out of the enormous appropriation made at the last session as much money as can be judiciously expended during the ensuing year. A dynamite explosion in Wales caused the death of two men and three girls, and wounded seven other persons. A teacher and eight pupils were burne 1 to death at Crozon, France, in a fire which destroyed the Council buildings, postoffice and schoola The Spanish Finance Minister says the revenuegfW the have increased, notwithstanding that the crop yield was meager. Mr. Gladstone has decided to disregard tradition and make two offices instead of one out of the positions of First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He has announced his intention to relinquish the latter position within a short time and appoint another incumbent, in or. der that the duties may be more thoroughly performed, an I the new arrangement seems to give general satisfaction. The Congressional committee appointed to investigate the needs of the Mississippi river are slowly wending their way down the father < f waters, and Capt. John Cowden is following in their wake. It is understood that the Commissioners regard an attempt to improve the channel as useless. Examinations were made of the work Of the Government ’force at Island No. 30, at Osceola bar, fend the plant at Plum point Ben Harris and Henderson Fox pulled revolvers on each other in a quarrel in Brethitt county, Ky., and both weft killed. Reports from 629 townships in Michigan show the area of seeded wheat to be 3 percent, less than in 1881, and tl»e conlition to be 93 per cent A deed has just been placed on record in N:w Y rk, conveying a chill 1 year old to Mrs. Mary Hohl until it shall marry or become of age, in consideration of sl. The instrument was executed in 1873.

Habits of the Codfish.

A correspondent of the New York Post says that the codfish frequents “the tablelands of the sea.” The codfish no doubt does this to secure as nearly as possible a dry, bracing atmosphere. The pure air of the submarine tablelands gives to the codfish that breadth of chest and depth of lungs which we have always noticed. The glad, free smile of the codfish, is largely attributed to Jhe exhiliration of this oceanic alitpodleum. The correspondent further says that “the cod subsists largely on the cherry.” Those who have not had thepleasure of seeing the codfish climb the sea cherry-tree in search of food, or clubbing the fruit from/ the, heavy-laden branches with chunks of coral, have missed a very fine sight. The codfish, when at home rambling through the submarine forests, does not wear his vests unbuttoned, as he does while loafing around the grocery stores of the United States— Laramie Boomerang.

A Firm, Adherence to Correct Printdnles.”

BLOWN TO ATOMS.

Deadly Boiler Explosion at Cleveland, Ohio. Many Houses Made Desolate by the Calamity. (Telegram from Cleveland, Ohio.] A terrific explosion occurred at a little after 4 o'clock this evening in the Forest City iron-works, operated by At <ins & Clark, at the un'on crossing, Newburg. The main boiler of the mill suddenly exploded while the day men were going from their work, killing three or four men and fatally wounding a number of others. The mill was almost entirely wrecked. One-half of the boiler went through the roof and landed several hundred yards to the north, while the other ha'f went a similar distance in an opposite cirection. Walls were blown down, a tall smoke-stack left leaning over ready for a fall, while the dead and injured were scattered in all directions. A fire almost instantly broke out, but it was soon got under control, and did little or no damage. Help from Newburg and the city was instantly summoned, and as soon as jpossible the injured and dead were carried into the office of the works and cared for. Several men are now missing, and it is not known whether they are dead under the ruins, hidden in the water-course near by or gone to their homes without reporting themselves. . The dead and injured accounted for up to 9 o’clock to-night are as follows: John Williams, the master mechanic. He was found lying so deep in the mud. and so discolored by the earth about him that he would not have been noticed had not John Gallagher, an o’d man who lay beside him, called out: “There are two of uashere.” Williams’ head was horribly crushed in and his body broken all to pieces. John Gallagher lived until 9 o’clock, when he died also. He was a piler on the guidemill. His face was terribly bruised, his nose torn off and his head full of holes, from which the brains oozed. As he lay on the floor in agony his wife hurried in, and, kneeling by his side, asked: “Do you know me, John?’’ He said that he did, when she placed her hand on his face and said quietly: “Put your truss in God, call cn Him and trust Him. ” He said that he would, and then begged and begg d to be laid on his side. He lingered in great agony until 9 o’clock, when death put an end to his pain. Ano her mtn instant y kil ed was Sydney D. Wright of Wyandctte, Mich., who stood beside a friend who had accompanied him in search of work. The whole top of his head was blown off Wiliiam Wilson, of Chicago, Wright’s friend, was struck on the hip and foot by some of the debris, thrown down and serious'y but not dangerously injured. William Atkins, a roller, stood some 200 yards away from the boiler. He was struck by something and cut instantly i i two, the body going in one direction ana the limbs in another. His head was mashed to a jelly arid ground into the dirt. Francis P. Bradley, a carpenter, had an arm and a leg broken and was cut in the groin and back. His case is hopeless John Mollaney, fireman, had a leg broken, and was very severely bruised. G. H. Hanna sat on a bench beside Atkins and tvas lifted by the concussion of the air, carried over the shears, and thrown on the ground. A roll weighing two tons struck wjthin a few feet of him. A brick struck him on the back of the head as he was flying through the air, and rendered him insensible. The damage to mill in dollars will be several thousand.

GEN. GRANT.

lie Thinks Fitz John Porter Has Been Badly Treated, And Makes an Earnest Plea for His Bestorat on. Gen. Grant has a long article in the last number of the North American Review, entitled “An Undeserved Stigma,” in which he reviews the evidence in the Fitz John Porter case, and reaches the conclusion that great injustice has been done that officer, which ought to be undone as soon as possible. Tee article is simply an amplification of the points contained in Gen. Grant’s letter to the President on the same subject. In conclusion he says: “Gen. Porter has now for twenty years been laboring under the disabilities and penalties inflicted upon him by the courtmartial of 1862, all that time contend'ng for a restoration to his position in the army and in society, and always, as stated in rhe beginning of this article, on the ground of his entire innocence. The investigation of the Schofield board has, in my judgment, established his innocence of all the offenses for which he was tried and convicted. The suf - eringsof twenty years under such findings for himself and family and friends is something it is now impossible to set light. Twenty years of the best part of his Use are consumed in trying to nave his name and his reputation restored before his countrymen, fn his application now before Congress he is asking only that he may be restored to the rolls of the army wth the rank that he would have if the court-martial had never been held. This, in my judgment, is a very small part of what it is possible to do in this case and what ought to be done. Gen. Porter should, iu the way of a partial restitution, be declared by Congress to have been convicted on mistaken testimony, and therefore to have never been out of the army. This would make him a Major General of volunteers until the date might be fixed for his muster out of that rank, after which he should be continued as a Colonel of Infantry and Brevet Brigadier General of the United-States army from the date of the act, when he could be placed upon the retired list with that rank. * * * If a solemn and sincere expression of my thorough understanding of and belief in tne entire innocence of Gen. Porter will tend to draw the public mind to the same conviction I shall feel abundantly rewarded for my efforts. It will always be a pleasure to me as weU as a duty to be the instrument even in the smallest degree of setting right any man who has been grossly wronged, especially if he has risked life and reputation in defense of his country. I feel, as stated on a previous occasion, a double interest in thia As General of the Army, when I might have been instrumental in having justice done to Gen. Porter, and la’er as President of the United States, when I certainly cou’d have done so, I labored under the Impression that he was guilty. Having become bet'.er informed, I at once voluntarily gave, as I have continued to give, my earnest efforts to impress the minds of my coon rymen with the justice of this case, and secure from the Government, as far as it could grant it, the restitut on due to G en. Fitz John Porter. ”

LATER ELECTION RETURNS.

Official vote for Governor of Connecticut: Waller, Dem:, 59,020; Bulkley, Rep., 54,872; Boger, Prohib., 851. vote of New York city: Cleve’and, Dem., 125,345; Folger, Rep., 47,714. Cleveland’s majority, 77,631. Hancock’s majority over Garfield was 41,285, Elect on returns and estimates in Illino s indicate the adoption of the Canal act, and the defeat of the State House appropriation. Folger carried only seven counties in the State of New York. Cleveland’s majority is now placed at 194,780. Butler’s plurality in Massachusetts is !3;260. Completed returns from New Hampshire show that Hale, Republican, is elected by 559 majority overall contestants. Haynes, Republican, has 3,795 plurality in the First Congressional district, and Ray, Republican. 2,214 plurality in the Second. The plurality for Pattison, Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, is 38,723. Stewart, Independent Republican candidate, received about 40,000 votes. The official canvass of the votes in the Ninth Congressional district of Missouri gUeaJJp J Mnlflftfr BflpnWlfian a small

majority Oves' jaHfGB Q BTEEdßeacr, Democrat Bioadhead proposes to contest McLean’s election. The completed returns from all the counties, towns and cities in Illinois show the election of Smith, Republican, as State Treasurer, by a plurality of 4,210, and Ra-<b, Democrat, as Superintendent of Pub.ic Instruction, by a plurality of 4,168 i The official vote of Philadelphia for Governor was: Beaver, Republican, 70,875; Pattison, Democrat, 67,411; Stewart, Independent. 7,992; Armstrong, Labor, 672; Pettitt, Prohibition. 99. Full returns from all the counties in North Carolina elect Bennett, Democrat, Congresain an-at Large, by 400 majority. A dispatch from Lincoln. Neb., savsthe returns as far as made up show that In the next Nebraska House oi Representatives will sit 45 straight Republicans, 28 Anti-Mo-nopolists, 18 Democrats, and 9 doubtful In the Senate are 17 straight Republican*, 7 Democrats, 6 Anti-Monopolists and 3 doubtful. Complete returns from all the connVes in Ilino'X give Smith (ROp.), fdr State Treasure a majority of 4,210, and Raab (Dem ), for Super, n endent of Public Instruction, a majority of 4,168 i

SWEPT AWAY.

The “lengthening shadows” fall to-day, And, like the leaves from autumn trees, Foul wrongs by chill November's breeze Are swept away. The tough old bosses, grim and gray, Torn by their own machines’ big wheels, And.trampled under voter’s bee's, Are swept away. The men who served the State for pay, The men of tricks and trades and deals, Who engineered the jobs and steals, Are swept away. They faced the polls in stern array, But found the voting thousands there, And with the dust th-t filled the a r Were swept away. The quiet people said their say; Their ballots fell like autumn rain, And chaff that claimed the p ace of grain Were swept away. Where now are those who late held sway, The bosse*, proxies, fb 1 geries, The complicated frauds and lies? All swept away. In vain the vultures sought their prey; The surplus fiends that soared so high, Death- tricken in a cloudy sky, Were swept away. New hopes the peop’e take to-day, l or many public rogues and thieves, Like autumn dust or withered leaves, Are swept away. —New York Sun.

The Battle of the Pyramids.

The world has heard much of Napoleon Bonaparte, and, among other things, of his battle of the Pyramids. It was doubtless a great battle, and before it began Napoleon remarked to his troops that “forty centuries were looking down upon them.” But Napoleon’s battle of the Pyramids was not a patching to the battle of the pyramids which took place in the United States of America on the 7th of November, 1882. In that great battle the Democratic pyramid upset the Republican pyramid, burst it, and gave it the appearance of an lowa shanty after a cyclone had embraced it and given it such a hug as only a cyclone can give when out on a tear. After the battle the Democratic and Republican pyramids presented about the 4 following appearance:

DEMOCRATIC PYRAMID. OHIO. TEXAS. NEVADA. FLORIDA. GEORGIA. INDIANA. MISSOURI. ALABAMA. NEW YORK. MICHIGAN. ARKANSAS. L O U I SIAN A. TENNESSEE. NEW JERSEY. MISSISSIPPI. KENTUCKY. DELAW A R E. MARYLAND. CALIFORNIA. CONNECTICUT. WEST VIRGINIA. PENNSYLVANIA. MASSACHUSETTS. SOUTH CAROLINA. NORTH CAROLINA. REPUBLICAN PYRAMID. NEW HAMPSHIRE. RHODE ISLAND. MINNE S O T A. NEBRASKA. WISCONSIN. COLORADO. V E R M O NT. VIRGINIA. ILLINOIS. OREGON. KANSAS. MAINE. . lOWA. It is scarcely possible for types to do justice to the condition of the Republican pyramid. It is not .only upset, but badly shattered. Its most solid blocks are seri >usly cracked, and some < re so much broken that they give to the structure the appearance of having been warmly caressed by an earthquike.

Ex-Speaker Randall Interviewed.

The Hon. Samuel J. Randall gave his views to a Philadelphia reporter on the future of the Democracy. Referring to the November elections, Mr. Randall said: “I believe that the recent Democratic success means a declaration by the people in favor of greatly reducing public expenses, both in the Federal and State Governments. Such reductions are easily obtainable, and can be secured without friction to proper administration. There are many other questions vital to the prosperity of the country that must be met, and among these no one is of more importance than the doing away with the internalrevenue system. As for myself, lam in favor of an absolute and entire repeal of all such taxation. The Republicans made a fatal mistake in not co-operating with the Democrats at the last session of C ngress in securing the then proposed reduction of $50,000,000. Now the whole system must go.” Mr. Randall then went on to show how the Government could raise the revenue necessary to meet its obligations and expenses. One great source Of revenue was in the form of custom duties on imports. He thought that a thorough reform and simplification of the tariff laws was necessary and should be accomplished as speedily as possible. He said: “I do not favor a tariff enacted simyly for the sake of protection, because I doubt the exi fence of any constitutional warrant for it. It would manifestly be in the nature of class legislation, and to such legislation, favoring one class at the expense of any other, I have always been opposed. In my judgment the question of free trad? will

not become a live political issue in this country during our lives, so long as we continue to raise revenue by duties on imports, and therefore the discussion of that principle is absolute wa->te of time. There is hardly a man in public life who advocates free trade pure and simple. Nobody wants direct taxation.” “What other measures of reform are likely to be pressed by the Democratic party, and how will their return to power affect the business interests of the country ?” was asked. “ The people are opposed to all subsidies and all kinds of jobbery,” Mr. Randall replied. “Reform in the civil service of the Government is needed, and the enactment of laws to prevent enforced assessment of officeholders’ salaries, whether such officeholders are under Federal, State or municipal control. I think I’ can assure the public that nothing will be done by the Democratic House which will in any degree disturb, or even embarrass, oui' present business prosperity. ” Mr. Randall said that he regarded the result of the election in his State as a complete and final overthrow of bossism. “The leaders of all parties and factions,” he said, “would do well to ully understand this feature of the result.” When the subject of the Speakership of the House of Representatives was broached, 'Mr. Randall good humoredly said that, no matter who is the Speaker, the policy he indicated would be carried out as far as the Democrats in Congress can shape legislation.

Contesting Elections.

During the Forty-seventh Congress the Republican majority did not hesitate to perpetrate the most unblushing acts of partisan despotism ever witnessed in Congress or in any other deliberative body. Justice was dethroned, laws defied, liberties stricken down; frauds and forgeries of the most unblushing character were accepted as the basis of action, and the will of the people was reversed, as if it were of no more consequence than the ravings of idiots. Why were such things done? Simply to increase the Republican majority. The Forty-eighth Congress will not be Republican. The people have changed its political complexion, and the Democratic party will be in power. It is safe to say, if it is called upon to consider contested-election cases, the country will not be humiliated by the proceedings. Justice will preside. The law will govern. Frauds and forgeries and perjuries will not be permitted to triumph. That such cases will be brought before the Forty-eighth Congress there are many and just reasons for believing. The probabilities are that Indiana will present a case. The indications are that the facts all combine to emphasize the absolute propriety of such a proceeding. It can be shown that the laws were openly, frequently and flagrantly violated, and that by such flagitious violations of the law a man has received a certificate of election to which he is not entitled—received it as the result of methods practiced by Republican managers as glaringly infamous as those which counted out Tilden and Hendricks in Louisiana, where John Sherman offered Fe leral offices for y>er jury. In such case the real questions at issue are, what ought the Democratic party to do about it ? What ought Indiana to do about it ? When the Democratic party nominates and elects a man to office, and it can be shown by irrefragible testimony that he was swindled out of the office, what ought to be done? The answer is leady and easy —protest and contest. The people are interested. It is not an individual question. The personal disappears, the public steps to the front. The voice of the State is ! o be heard. If election laws are to be violated without” rebuke; if elections can be transformed into shams with impunity; if the public has become so utterly debauched and demoralized, so devoid of the sense of right and of courage to resist encroachments upon then-liberties, then, indeed, the days of boasting are gone and fraud reigns. Laws become dead letters, skeletons. Men may rattle their bones, but none are frightened by the racket. It should be understood that when the Democratic party is in power there will be a remedy for wrongs, that frauds will not go unpunished, and no amount of inconvenience should deter the Democratic party from taking such steps as the laws permit for maintaining the purity of. elections and the rights of the people.—lndianapolis Sentinel.

The Bloody Shirt.

This famous garment is folded up and laid away forever. The last stain is wiped away. The patriot’s heart leaps with j'>y as he feels that now at last we have a cemented Union, from which the last vestige of sectional bitterness is gone, thank God, forever. Look at the complexion of the next Congress. The Democrats, wh se victory the hopeless cranks say has bulled Confederate bonds, have more members from the loyal States than the Republicans have altogether. They have a majority of he members from Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New York and Connecticut, and all the members from California, beside half the Illinois' and Pennsylvania delegations, and four members from the truly-loyal State of lowa.. On the other hand, the Republican gains are in the South, and consist of such fire-eaters and bulldozers as Fort Pillow Chalmers and “Kunuel” Cash, the duelist, and Billy Mahone, the repud iat or. In view of these facts the whine about “rebel claim's,” etc., is funny enough to make a horse laugh. It makes everybody laugh. If that cry is only kept up lowa wll be solidly Democratic next year.— lowa Slate Leader.

Mahone.

Although the result in Virginia appeared pretty creditable to Mahone, when contrasted with the disasters which overtook the admnistration’s candidates elsewhere, it is evident that he is losing his grip. His victoFjr is much short of the proportions of that won by him before. While in this case his methods secured the election of his ticket, they alienated many white leaders and awakened a. distrust among white voters which is seen in the returns. When people have an opportunity to reflect upon his .high-handed use of political pow6r, his domineering manners and sbitrary treatment of v oters, as they did not have during the heat of the campaign, the hostility which he has provoked will be redoubled, and six months from now it would not be safe to say that he carry th© St^te.— Times,

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NUMBER 43.

INDIANA AFFAIRS.

The Next LegUlature. The next Indiana Legislature will be composed of the following members: SENATORS HOLDING OVER. Floyd and Washington Samuel B Voyles, D. Jackson and Jennings—Jason R Brown, D. Decatur and Shelby—F. M. Howard, D. Allen and Whiriey—Robert C. Bell, D. Marshall and Fulton—William H. Davidson, D. La Pvrte —Wili am B. Hutchinson, D. Boone and C nton —Henry M. Marvin, D. Yanderburg—William Rahm, Jr. D. Clay and Owen—lsaac N. Compton, D. Vko —F. V. Bischowsky, R. Henrv, Randolph . nd Delaware—Eugene H Bundv, R. Marion—F. J. Van Vorhls, R. Hamilton and T pton—Robert Gr ham, R. Grant and Madison —Charles L. Henry, It Carrod, White and Pula ki—Jacob Keiser, R. , „ Hendricks a nd Putnam—B. F. Lockridge, R. Steuben and DeKalb Francis McCartney, It Mou'gomery—Theo. H. Ristine, It Waba>-h and Kosciu ko Warren G. Sayre, R. Rush, Fayette and Union—Jesse J. Spann, It Elkhart—David H. White, R. Hancock, Marion and Shelby—B. P. Yancey, R. Lagrange an 1 Nob'e—Henry Hostetler, R. ELECTED NOV. 7. Posey and Gibsbn—J. E. McCullough, D. Pike and Warrick—E. P. Richardson, D. Spencer and Per ry—H. J. May, D. Crawford, Harrison and Orange—John Benz, D. Dubois, Martin and Lawrence—James H. Willard, D. Clark and Scott—Dr. David McClure, D. Franklin and Ripley—Chester R Faulkner, D. Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland—Columbus Johnston, D. Barthol mew, Brown and Monroe—W. C. Duncan, D. Knox and Sullivan—Joshua Ernest, D. Cass —Rufus McGee, D. Allen—L. 8. Mill, D. Adams, Jay and Blackford—John M. Smith, D. Bt. Joseph and Starke— M. Campbell, It Huntington and Wells—W. J. Hilligass, D. Morgan and Johnson —G. M Overstreet, R. Parke and Vermillion—J. M. Lindley, It Greene and Daviess—Dr. Jacob P. Mclntosh, D. Benton, Newton and Jasper—Fred Hoover, D. • Lake and Porter—Julius W. Youche, R. Howard and Miami—Lewis D. Adkinson, It Jefferson—James HUI, D. Wayne—William Dudley Foulke, R. Randolph and Delaware Marcus C. Smith, It Tippecanoe—Francis Johnson, D. Murion—Dr. W. B. Fletcher, D. Fountain an 1 Warren—Dr. Jackson FlemRepublicans, 22; Democrats, 2s.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Republican. Democrat. 1 Morman Fisher. 2 James F. Stacker. 3 B. L. Orocne. 4 Charles L. Jewett. 5. Ralph Colton. 6 John Grahnm. 7 James B. Patten. 8. Henry Marsh. 9 Bellamy Sutton. , 10. James N. Heuston. 11. Wm. D. Frazer. 12 Fred Robinson (Nat 1). 3. F. Kirkpatrick. 14. U. Z. Wiley, 15. Wm. W. Gilman 16. A ex. H. Henderson 17 Dr. A. J. Bowers. 18 Dr. Geo. W. Peters. 19 Henry B. Smith. 20 Levi Mock. 21 David Eley. 22 i Eli B. Gerber 23. James. English. J. D. McHenry, E. L. ■' ■ Chittenden and Albert W. Brooks. 2t P. H. McCormick. 25. H D. Sterrett. 26 W. H. Weaver. 27 Dr. James Timm as. 28 George H. D. Gib on. 29 "flames M. Price. 30 D. W. C. Bryant. 31. ‘ Haman Woodling. 32 Hugh D. McMullen. 33 O. L. Pulser. 34 Daniel D. Moody. 35. Josiah E. Mellette . 6. C. F. Mozler. ’ 37.'.... , Henry S. Penitte. : 8 J. Shai non Nave. 39 Albert Miller. *O. Dr. W. R. Genining 41. A. J. W right. 42. A. L. Holmes. 43. Milton Hanson. 44 Morgan Chandler. 45 William D. Mauck. 46. Ja ob H. Fluce. 47. Jacob A. Deem. J. 8. Clawson. 48. Michael Tho mpson 49 John H. Barr. 50 George A. Robertson. 51. Wm. M. Copeland, 52. John Brazleton 53. Orlando Furnace, 54 Samuel W. Williams. 55. John W. Wilson. 56. James Smith. 57. Harry Pettibone 58 E. W. Davis. t 59 James McClelland 60 H. P. Shafer. 61 W. D. Bymm, Jesse Whitsell, J. C. Ferriter, John R. Wilson, E J. Howland. 62 William Shaw. 63 Dr. H. V. Passage. 64. J. W. Straughn. 65. George A. Adams 66. Dr. John Gants. 67 John S. Montgomery. 68. William Know e.i 69. Philip Smith. 70. Morq's R. McClellan 71 Lerov Williams. 72 John R. Gordon. , 73. Theodore Shockney 74 John B. Kennedy. 75. Ephriam 8. Frazee 76 Jacob L. Mutz. 77. William Woodard 78. Christian Holley 79. D. R Best. 80. Arthur Holme’. 81. B. Wilson Smith and Harvey Westfall 81 George W. Ham. 83 W. W. Spain and J. F. Pruitt. «4. Josiah Campbell. 85 Phil Schloss and Isaac , Kester. 86. Harvey B. Shiveley. 87 James W. Cabbag :. 88 Horace HetTren. 89. Mumford G. Beeson and L. W. Mering. *. 90. William Carr. Republicans, 43; Democrats, 57; National, t

State Items. Corydon is to have a f 1,400 iron fence around her Court House grounds, Purdue University, at Lafayette, has just drawn from the State $20,000, being the balance of the appropriation for 1882 and 1883. M. B. Mobwald, a member of Alice Oates’ Opera Company,. became violently insane wh'le the troupe’ were stopping at Richmond. ’ . . . Dr. Elijah Newland, of New Albany, has presented the Episcopal Church of that city with a house worth $6,000 for a parsonage. A Eire at Farmersburg, destroyed the general stores of J. R. Cummins and J. D. Baldridge. Loss about $6,000; insured for $3,500. Mrs. Catherine Roberts, of Anderson, sued Dr. O. W. Br iwriback’ for $5,000 for ma’practice, and a jury rendered a verdict in her favor for SSO. Maj. Jared A. Smith, of the corps of engineers, is making preliminary surveys for an expenditure of $30,000 oh the Wabash river between Vincennes and Terre Haute, as provided in the River and Harbor bill. • Isaac Lowry, of Henry- county, has recovered $2,500 from Dr J Hess for malpractice and want of- skill in treating the plaintiff’s dislocated shpulder. A small child of Humphrey Milam, of Heth township, Harrison county, was scalded to death by the upsetting, of a kettle of boiling water upon it. Mbs, Clara Prill and Mfs, EJlie

JOB PRINTING OFFICE Kaa better hirilttHa ten any otee in WocChutete Indiana for te axecutina of all bnnohaa of o*ol3 3E»3E<X3NTV ING. PROMPTNESS A SPECIALTY. Anything. tw«n * Dodger to a Prtoa-Uat, or from « '.unpiuet to a Poster, black or colored, plain or fau c» SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

Pafker have sued Peter Kiser, an old Fort Wayne merchant, for SB,OOO damages each, because...hp slandered them publicly in his store by asserting that they ha*d stolen thirty yards of muslin. It is stated that the De Panw Amerioin Plate Glass-works,at New Albany are soon to be considerably enlarged. Additional buildings are to be erected for the reception of new machinery, and the capacity of the works much increased. Charles Neely, of Muncie, hus received an apple from a friend in Southern Kansas that is indeed a curiosity. One-half of it js of the russet kind and the other half of the Smith cider. The two kinds are divided nearly equally in the apple, and are as distinct as can be. J. W. Barnes, one of the editors of the Shelby Volunteer, was shot in the back by an assassin, but not mortally wounded, a few nights ago. Mr. Barnes was on his way to his boarding-house, and after he had passed an alley some person stepped out, shot him, and ran. W. S. Culbertson, one among the most prominent citizens of New Albany, has deeded in fee simple to the Orphans’ Homo Society the elegant and spacious home he erected on Poplar street. The house contains fifteen rooms, and the grounds comprise one acre. T. J. McCall, who lives near Newcastle, one night last week had three valuable horses struck by lightning and instantly killed. Mr. McCall says after the animals were struck the lightning ran in the ground under each horse, making three cracks in the shape of a diamond. Col. Tom Buford, whose hegiru from Anchorage Insane Asylum is likely to raise a peculiar question in the courts of Indiana and Kentucky, took in New Albany the other day, ostensibly on a visit to an old friend. Col. Buford was something of a show, and was pointed out on the street. A skeleton, supposed to be the bones of Hampshire Pitts, a negro, one of the first murderers in Wayne county, has been unearthed on the Buhl farm, between Centerville and Richmond. Pitts killed William Mail, another negro, in 1822, and was hanged after having two trials. His body was taken charge of by Christopher Body, who kept it from the doctors and buried it secretly, felling a. large tree across the spot, and its resting place has just been discovered.

LOGAN, OF ILLINOIS.

Tfis Campaign for the Presidency Fairly Under Way. The Name of Gen. Sheridan also Prominently Mentioned by Republ cans. (Washington Telegram to Chicago Times.] The Critic made the day of Senator Logan’s return to Washington the occasion of nominating hlm’for the Presidency, and glv. Ing the reasons for regarding him as decidedly the most available candidate for 1884. To day this is followed up by a communication in The Republican signed “Old Soldier," which nommates him again, thus: “Many cases have been assigned for the t'dal wave which swept over the Republican party last Tuesday. One of the greatest < a uses was exhibited in the election of Gen. Butler by the soldier vote. His election as Governor of Mas achusetts will make him the D mocratic candidate for President in 18S4 The election of Illinois has proved that under the leadership of the gallant soldier, Gen. John A. Logan, the soldier vote was ca«t for the Republican ticket. Although Republican States like lowa, Michigan and others have lost Republican Congressmen, lilinos has lost none and may have gained one member, be-lde sending a good Republic m to the United State* Senate to succeed David Davis. If the Republicans hope to elect a President over Gen. Butler they must run a purer man and better soldier, and that man Is Gen. John A Logan, of Illinois." But many leading Republicans feel that t ie only thing that can save Lbe party two years lienee Is some bold novelty that will create enthusiasm and catch votes in some direction to replace those that are daily being lost to tbe party. Senator Logan did not sulk two "years ago, as Conkling and Cameron did. and therefore will be much m re acceptable to the anti-stalwarts than they. At the same.tlme every man who has long been in political life has made enemies, ana Senator Logan has been prominently concerned in the Internecine Republican war. He may have lost as much strength with the Conkling wing as he hos gained by his discretion on the other side. For these reasons some prominent Republicans are much in favor of the nomination of Gen. Sheridan. He has the friendsh p of Grant without having incurre i the hostility of Grant’s enemies, and it is calculated that he can get the Catholic vote, the Irish vote and the soldier vote. Sheridan’s military career might not afford much of a dew to his Presidential policy, but it would enable the campaign orators to evoke much enthusiasm and to become very eloquent without committing themselves hopelessly on the Issues of the day. One of the growing Issues is the tariff, a dry matter of statistics which it takes a good deal of patience and industry to understand, and a campaign orator would be glhd enough to get away from ad valorem and the incidence of taxation and the relation of cost to profit, and send Early whirling up the Shenandoah or fight over again the battle of Winchester, subsequent to 8h ridan’s arrival on the field. There is, by the way, a-sirtrng prospect that Congress er will perpetuate the grades of General and Lieutenant General. Such aotian would be gratifying to Sheridan and Hancock, the two most popular officers m the service, and the more likely to be gratlfitetbeoause each to closely Identified with one of the great political parties. A terrible collision occurred on the Chicago antkAJtotPMilway near Oak Grove, twenty, miles Wfe #£ Kansas City, Mo., between.a construction train and a hand-car, which rbstilted'th the death of six men and the ditbMng of the entire train. The construction traifi was in charge of Conductor Hamlett, and th® time °f tllO collision was backing toward Blue Springs, when It encountered the hand-car going east All the meh on the hand-car jumped, the loss of life-being with the laborers and trainmen. The six flat-cars, and one box-car went into the ditch. As the cars went into the ditch'some* of the men jumped, but were caught under the cars and crushed out of all shape. Beside the six killed a large number wese wounded Careless-’ handling of a derrick eUc««d an aocident in Cleveland wherein two workmen were killed and another seriously Injured. The cadets at West Point, among tithcr ’thiijgs, “are taught to respect rtttthdißy and apeak the truth.” Teaching them to speak the truth unfits them for ’Congress, of course, but we think tire scheme is a good one, hevertheless. ''G-The iTwtye. • J > ’ il —— : f edTKD>tfgftre'gate system of the Pennsylvania .Company povepj 40,015 miles of trwk, z