Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1887 — THE WORLD AT LARGE. [ARTICLE]

THE WORLD AT LARGE.

Ex-Gov. Luke P. Blackburn, of Kentucky, died at Frankfort, after a lingering illness, aged 61 years. He was eminent as a physician and a philanthropist The Canadians have received cable advices to the effect that the English and Canadian members of the new commission will propose reciprocity in natural products and free fishing for Americans in the Dominion waters, as a basis of settlement for the fishery contention. The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the Federal Constitution began at Philadelphia on Thursday, the 15th inst, under favoring conditions. It is estimated that 250,000 strangers were in the city. The principal streets were gay with decorations, and were thronged with eager sightseers. The civic and industrial parade was an imposing affair, about 3JO “floats,” 12,000 men, 3,000 horses, and 15 J bands of music being in line. A Philadelphia telegram says of the grand parade: To give an idea of the enormous proportions of the pageant it may be said at 2:2U o’clock only seven of the twenty-throe divisions had passed by the reviewing stand, and by the time the seventh division had passed southward the head of the column had arrived on the countermarch, having traveled twenty-three squares souta of market street. The march was made without casualties, further than that an unknown man dropped dead near Chestnut street, persumably from heart disease, and a little girl was somewhat injured in a crowcU Among tho Governors occupying seats on the reviewing stand were Larrabee, of Iowa; Beaver, of Pennsylvania; Hughes, of Arkansas; Buckner, or Kentucky; Thayer, of Nebraska; Pennoyer, of Oregon; Wilson, of West Virginia; Foraker, of Ohio; and Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia. The President’s party, consisting of the President, Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary Bayard, and Col. and Mrs. Lamont, loft Washington at 4 p. m. in charge of Major J. M. Carson. Before reaching Baltimore a hot journal delayed the train twenty minutes, which loss was not made up during the journey. At Baltimore a large crowd collected around the station and cheered for tho President, but he did not show himself. At Wilmington an immense crowd cheered and called for the President. He finally appeared in company with Mrs. Cleveland on the platform and bowed acknowledgments. At Wilmington the Presidential party was met by the Philadelphia reception committee and escorted to Philadelphia. The party landed at Thirty-second and Market streets, where city troops were in waiting. Under their escort the party was driven to the Lafayette Hotel. Here a great assembly was gathered anticipating a reception. In answer to repeated calls and cheers the President and Mrs. Cleveland appeared on the balcony and bowed acknowledgments amid tremendous cheering. The Association of the Army of the Tennessee at its annual meeting in Detroit elected its old officers, chose Col. Gilbert A. Pierce for orator next year, with Gen. D. Smith Atkin as alternate, and selected Toledo as the next place of meeting and Sept 15, 1888, as the date. The association decided to establish permanent headquarters at Cincinnati. Resolutions were adopted eulogizing the late Gen. Logan. It was decided to unite with the Grand Army in eroding a monument to Gen. Logan at Washington. Maj. Calkins read a paper on the “Conflict of Opinion Preceding the War.”