Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1889 — Page 6

®fje JlemocrattcSenttnel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. g. W. McEWEN, ... Pumrem®.

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latest telegraphic news from ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Political Gossip, Railroad Rumblings, Personal Mention, Conflagrations, Accidents, Crimes and Criminals, Minor Occurrences and Events. THE CORN CROP. The Signal Service Reports It Out of Danger by Frost. The following weather crop bulletin has been Issued by the signal office: The last week was warmer than usual over the corn and cotton regions and generally on the Atlantic coast, the daily excess of temperature in the central valleys ranging from 3 to 9 degrees, while on the Atlantic coast about the normal temperature prevailed. It was colder than usual from Dakota westward to the Pacific coast. There has been less than the usual amount of rain during the week throughout tho principal agricultural districts. There were excessive rains over limited area in the Northwest, including Northern Missouri, Eastern Kansas. Eastern Dakota, Western Minnesota, and Southeastern lowa. In the remaining States of the Upper Mississippi and Missouri Valleys well distributed showers are reported, •while no rain occurred in the lower lake region, the Ohio Valley, and lower Michigan. The weather during the week was especially favorably throughout the coin belt. Cutting of corn is in progress and a large percentage of an excellent corn crop is now safe from frost. Recent rains placed the grounds in a favorable condition for plowing in the States of the Mississippi valley, hut fall farm work is delayed in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana, owing to the absence of rain. The prospects of the cotton crop have been improved by favorable weather. Reports from Kentucky indicate a fair crop of tobacco if not damaged by frost. The weather conditions were favorable on the Pacific coast for hop picking, prune drying, and fall seeding.

BASE-BALL BATTERS. Standing of the Clubs That Arc Contending for First Place. The relative position of the various clubs that are contending for the pennant is shown by the annexed table: National. W. L. American. W. L. Boston 71 40 .039 8r00k1yn....82 36 .694 New Y0rk...70 40 .G36|St. Louis. ...73 43 .629 Philada 59 52 .531 Baltimore.. .64 48 .571 Chicago 58 58 .500 Athletic 64 49 .566 Cleveland... 55 61 .474|Cincinnati...61 58 .512 Indianap ...51 66 .435|K'ns’s City. .49 62 .441 Pittsburg....49 67 .422 Columbus...so 71 .413 Waßh’gt’n...39 68 .364|L0ui5vi11e...24 94 .203 Western. W. L. Pc. I Interstate. W. L. f>c. Omaha 77 30 .719!Davenport... 59 46 .561 St. Paul 69 42 X2l Quincv 56 49 .533 Minneapolis 56 52 , 5181 Spring's eld .56 51 .523 Houx City..s6 55 .504 I’eoria 53 56 .485 Denver 48 60 .444 Burlington. .51 59 .463 Milwaukee.. 47 60 ,439 Evansville. .48 62 .436 St. Joseph.. 42 60 .411 Des Moines,.36 72 .333 S. S. COX’S SUCCESSOR. Daniel Dougherty Will Probably Be Selected by the Tammany Braves. The death of S. S. Cox, who was re--elected to tho Fifty-first Congress, necessitates a special election in the Ninth District of New York. The man whom the Tammany chieftains consider worthy to take the dead Congressman’s place, and Whom they could unite on, is Daniel Dougherty, who could have had a Congressional nomination last year, but he had not resided in the city and State long enough. There is little doubt he will be nominated In a few weeks to represent the Ninth District. Mr. Dougherty is an intimate friend of ex-President Cleveland and nominated him at the St. Louis convention.

FATAL EXPLOSION OF POTVDEK. Two Men Killed and Three Others Badly Injured Near Vancouver. A dreadful accident has happened at the atone quarries just above Vancouver, B. C. Borne laborers were engaged in opening a few cans of powder with chisels, when the powder Ignited and a fearful explosion ensued, hurling one of the men, Patrick Delaney, instantly into eternity. Four more ■were fearfully burned and thrown a considerable distance. One of them, Patrick Horan, died shortly after, and the other, James Murphy, will not live. Another Accusation Against Ives. Henry B. Ives and his old partner, Stayner, are charged by a New York paper with having robbed Christopher Meyer, the rubber boot and shoe manufacturer, of a million when alive, and after his death making an attempt to get hold of his entire estate ©f $7,000,000 by means of a forged signature. Fastest Mau-ot-War Afloat. The new crusier Baltimore has returned to Philadelphia from her trial trip, in which she made 20 2-10 knots an hour for three .hours, and developed 10,000 horse power, Which is 1,000 in excess of contract requirement. It is claimed that this makes her the fastest man-of-war afloat. Monument to French Soldiers. A monument to the French soldiers and Bailors who fell in the Franco-Prussian war, built by national subscription, has been unveiled in the Place de Fontenoy, in Paris. A Professor and $37,000 Gone. Professor J. Wiss, one of the oldest citizens of Texarkana, Ark., has disappeared, and with him, it is. said, went $37,000 of the Texarkana Savings Bank, oi which he was until lately President and manager. Celebrated Her 104th Birthday. Mrs. Bachel Stillwagon, of New York City, who was born at Tarry town, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1786, has just celebrated her one hundred and fourth birthday. Outrages Against the Christians. Turkish outrages continue against the Christians in Armenia. Mussulman officials refuse to punish the offenders. A French Duel. M. Lallon, editor of France, and M. Canvet, editor of Paris, fought a duel near Paris, In which the former was wounded. I I. !■■■ Death of a Bulgarian Statesman. M. Stovanhoff, President of the Bulgarian fiobranje, hgjs died in Paris.

MONEY 18 SCARCER. The Demand for Currency Has Considerably Increased. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Scarcely a week has passed since Government purchases of bonds and heavy payments made the street certain that there could be no monetary pressure this fall. Now people are talking again about possible exports in gold, foreign exchange Is higher, and rates for money have advanced. The exports of products are remarkably large for the season—for the two weeks 40 per cent, above last year's—but the imports of merchandise are also heavy, and the unrecorded imports of securities returned from abroad tend to turn the scales. At every Western and Southern center money is in fair supply, with a demand generally good, but brisk at Milwaukee and such at Chicago that an advance in rates is expected. The violent storm has disturbed business not a little along the sea coast, and affected purchases for the interior, but in all other respects the week has been one of satisfactory business. Nearly all Interior cities report trade as active or improving. Though the Government crop report was thought alithtiy unfavorable, other accounts all concur in satisfactory views, and the course of trade at interior points roani. fests the confidence of local dealers. The wool market is nominally firm, but if manufacturers refuse to buy the expected lower prices will come. The grocery trade has been much affected by the weather, and sugar is also weakened by the conviction that a fall Inpends. Breadstuffs have beer, comparatively inactive [ wheat is half a cest higher, and com a quarter lower. Coffee advanced another half cent, an<J oil 2 cents, but hogs and lard are lower. On the whole speculation in products is nasi lag unusually little disturbance this year, and thd large crops are therefore all the more likely to go into consumption promptly and at moderate prices. The business failures during the lasi seven days number for the United States 170, and for Canada 23. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 190 for the United States and 27 in Canada.

TANNER TO HARRISON. Resignation of the Pension Commissioner and Its Acceptance. Following is Commissioner Tanner’s letter of resignation and President Harrison’s reply thereto: Department of thf. Interior, | Bureau of Pensions, > Washington, D. C., Sept. 12, 1889. ) To the President : The differences which exist between the Secretary of the Interior and myself as to the policy to be pursued in the administration of the Pension Bureau have reached a stage which threatens to embarrass you to an extent which I feel I should not call upon you to suffer, and as the investigation into the affairs of the bureau have been completed, and I am assured, both by yourself and by the Secretary of the Interior, contains no reflection on my integrity as an individual or as an officer, I herewith place my resignation in your hands, to take effect at your pleasure, to the end that you may be relieved of any further embarrassment in the matter. Very respectfully yours, James Tanner, Commissioner. Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. i September 12, 1889. ( To Hon. James Tanner, Commissioner of Pensions :

Dear Bir—Your letter tendering your resignation of the office of Commissioner of Pensions has been received and your resignation is accepted, to take effect on the appointment and qualification of your successor. Ido not think it necessary, in this correspondence, to discuss tl?e causes which have led to the present attitude of affairs in the Pension Office. You have been kindly and fully advised of my views upon most of these matters. It gives me pleasure to add that so far as I am advised your honesty has not at any time been called into question, and I beg to renew the expression of my personal good-will Very truly yours, Benjamin Harrison.

NAMED FOB OFFICE. A Number of Land Officers and Indian Agents Appointed. The following appointments have been announced: To be Collectors of Internal Revenue, John S. Lothrop of lowa, for the Third District of Iowa; James W. Hearne of Texas, for the Fourth District of Texas. George W. Lyon of New York City, to be Surveyor of Customs for the port of New York. Theodore B. Willis of Brooklyn, to lie Naval Officer of Customs in the District of New York. Ernst Nathan, to lie Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of New York. W. H. Meserve, Disbursing Officer of the Haskell Indian Institute in Kansas; Scott Swetlaud, Receiver of Public Moneys at Vancouver, W. T. Laud Office Registers—Richard C. Kerr, at Jackson, Miss.; Joseph McClurg, at Springfield, Mo. Indian Agents—Walter L. Stobbes, at Yakima Agency, W. T.; Warren D. Robbins, at Nez Perce Agency, Idaho. George C. McKee, of Jackson, Miss., Receiver of Public Moneys at Jackson, Miss.; Horace It. Williams, of Missouri. Receiver of Public Moneys at Springfield, Mo.; Benjamin H. Miller, to be an Indian Inspector.

THE HOG CROP. The Supply of Swine Likely to Exceed That of Last Year. The following report appears in the Farmers' Review: The reports of our correspondents indicate that the hog crop of 1889 equals and probably exceeds that of 1888. The supply in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kansas is somewhat less than that of last year. Wisconsin and Missouri have about the same number of hogs, while Kentucky, lowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Minnesota, and Dakota show an increase, particularly the State last mentioned. As a rule hogs are reported unusually healthy for the season of the year. A number of correspondents report scattering cases of hog cholera, but very few general or disastrous outbreaks. The greatest number of reports of disease come from Illinois. COLONEL FLETCHER FOUND GUILTY. Gen. Schofield Disapproves the Sentence, and It Will Probably Be Annulled. Affairs have taken a sensational turn In the Fletcher court-martial case. Colonel Fletcher was found guilty and sentenced to be cashiered from the armv. The Judge Advocate General has reversed the sentence and General Schofield has approved his action. The General, however, is also acting Secretary of War. and as such he hesitates to approve his own action as General of the army, but it is believed he will do so, and that the President will concur in his decision. A FORTUNE IN CHARITY. Munificent Bequests of the Late Mrs. Ellen M. Gifford, of New Haven. By the will of the late Mrs. Ellen M. Gifford, of New Haven, the bulk of her property Is left to charitable institutions. Among the largest bequests are the following: New Haven Hospital, $50,000; New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, $50,000; Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. $25,000; Massachusetts General Hospital, $10,000; Massachusetts Society for Aid of Poor and Incurables, $30,000. THE CARDINAL’S COMPROMISE. It Is Accepted by the London Dock Companies and the Strikers. The great strike which has paralyzed London for several weeks, and at times menaced it with riot and bloodshed, has at last been ended (through the mediation of Cardinal Manning. At the final conference, the Cardinal submitted definite proposals from the strikers, the chief point being that the payment of increased wages

shoal 1 commence on Nov. 4. and the terms were accented by the dock companies, after a protracted debate. In which the Cardinal urged the duty of the Directors to concede the demands and thus restore the city to tranquility. Work will accordingly be resumed at once. There is an almost unanimous agreement of opinion that the amicable and mutually creditable settlement of the trouble, now apparently secured, is entirely due to the untiring efforts and great sagacity of Cardinal Manning, who voluntarily took the part of mediator between the obstinate contending parties. LOSSES BY THE ANTWERP FIRE. Tliey Slay Reach Thirty-five Million Francs —Starting Relief Funds. Estimates of the loss by the recent fire at Antwerp range from 25,000,003 to 35,000,000 francs. No public building was injured. The fire still smolders over a large area, which is surrounded by a cordon of troops. The firemen are working night and day pouring floods of water upon the ruins. Ten persons who ventured too near the ruins met with accidents, due to the occasional explosion of cartridges. Some steamers in the dry docks are badly damaged about the decks. M. Corvilain, the proprietor of the cartridge factory, is charged with homicide by His defense is that the fire originated in the petroleum sheds and caused the explosion in the cartridge factory. Large subscriptions to the relief fund have been received. King Leopold heads the list with 12,000 francs. Belief fetes and performances have been given in Brussels, Paris, and Berlin. Thirty Acres Caveil In. The cave-in at Plymouth, Pa., has affected thirty acres belonging to the Delaware and Hudson Company. Several mules were killed and the miners lost their working tools. Twenty-five men were in the mine when the break occurred, but they rushed for the first opening and escaped without injury. About fifteen hundied men and boys are thrown out of employment. The property damage will be immense. Burial of Congressman Cox. Tho funeral of Congressman Samuel Sullivan Cox took place from tho First Presbyterian Church at New York, the floral tributes being magnificent. Vice President Morton, ex-President Cleveland, ex-Gov. Hoadly, and other distinguished citizens were present. The remains were interred in Greenwood Cemetery.l

Gen. Boulanger In tile. Field. Despite the refusal of the Prefect of the Seine to f-eceive Gen. Boulanger’s declaration of candidacy for member of the Chamber of Deputies, placards were posted in Montmartre announcing that he would bo a candidate. The police have torn down the placards and arrested the men who posted them. Terrible Storm In Mexico. A terrible storm has prevailed in Tampico, Mexico. Two hundred and fifty families found it necessary to seek shelter in the public buildings. The towns of Pamico and Tempoul are flooded and crops have been destroyed in the surrounding country. In the State of Sonora crops are badly damaged. Result of a Territorial Convention. The Democrats of Washington Territory, in State convention, chose the following ticket: Lieutenant Governor, M. H. Platter of Whitman ; Secretary of State, W. H. Whittelsey of Port Townsend; Treasurer, Col. Kauffman of Tacoma; Attorney General, H. J. Snively of Yakima; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. H. Morgan of Ellensburg; Land Commissioner, J. H. Taylor. Swindlers and Robbers. Near London, N. H„ JoelS. Ordway, aged 80, was robbed of $9,500 by two confidence men at the point of a revolver. Ordway had drawn the money from bank to show that he was able to support his title to his farm, which he wanted to sell, and for the purchase of which one of the swindlers pretended to be negotiating. Sons of Veterans Elect Officers. The Sons of Veterans, at their encampment at Paterson, N. J,, elected the Hon, Charles F. Griffen. of Indiana, Command-er-ln-ohief. to succ3ed General Abbott. Colonel Bagnel, of West Virginia, was chosen Lieutenant Commander, and Captain George W. Pollitt, of Paterson, Adjutant General. Jersey’s Democratic Leader. The New Jersey Democratic State Convention met at Trenton and nominated Leon Abbett for Governor by acclamation. The platform reaffirms the St. Louis platform, declares that trusts cannot be justified upon any fair plea of commercial enterprise, and favors equal taxation and a revision of the electoral laws. The Geysers Are Active. In Yellowstone Park, the geysers and boiling springs are reported to be in a furious state of activity, including the wells that were supposed to be extinct. tists claim that this outburst has some connection with the recent great storm on the Atlantic coast. A Railway Official Promoted. T. G. Shaughnessy, Assistant General Manager of the Canadian Pacific Bailroad, has been appointed Assistant President. He has left for England by way of New York to contract for three steamers of 5,600 tons, to steam eighteen knots, for the Pacific Mail service to China and Japan. Destroyed a Town in Africa. A Zanzibar dispatch says: Capt. Wissmann’s police have destroyed the town of Kondutschi, between Bagamovo and Dar-es-Salasm. Capt. Wissmanu wished to punish the inhabitants of the place for having supplied the insurgents with arms. Dire Disease at Rlue Earth. At Blue Earth City, Minn., the bloody flux has become an epidemic, and is proving alarmingly fatal among small children. Twelve have died within the past nine days. Several adults are very low from the same

disease. A great degree of uneasiness is manifested in that community over the encroachments of the malady. Oarsman O’Connor Defeated. In the boat race for the world’s championship, at London. Searle, the Australian, defeated William O’Connor, champion of the United States and Canada, It is said that Canadians lost $400,000 on the race. Had No Respect for the Bride. An unsentimental robbed recently the trunk of,a young Louisa County (Va.) woman, who was about to be married, of $2,900, of which sum $2,300 had been given her by her affianced to keep until,the wedding day. A Louisville Failure. The firm of Eisenman Brothers & Co., of Louisville, Ky., has made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors. The firm’s liabilities are estimated at $50,000, with assets sufficient to pay dollar for dollar. Death of Capt. James Bees. Capt. James Bees the celebrated boatbuilder, died at Pittsburg after a prolonged illness. Capt, Bees was the first manufacturer in the world to make a steel-plate boat. The deceased was 69 years of age. Sale of the Louisville Post. The Louisville (Ky.) Evening Post has been purchased by a company of gentlemen, most of whom are large stockholders in the Louisville Southern Bailroad Company, the reported price being $60,000. The Minneapolis Flour Output. The flour output at Minneapolis last week was 134,580 barrels, azainst 133,380 barrels the previous week. The flour market is less active, with prices irregular, the foreign trade being especially dull. Judgment Against a Priest. Dr. Louis Morasse has obtained a verdict for $1,720 against the Bev. Father Brochuat Worcester, Mass., because the priest had denounced from the pulpit his marriage after getting a divorce. Missouri’s Miscegenation. The first arrest for miscegenation in Missouri, under the new law, has been made at Kansas City, and a large number of arrests for the same offense are expected to follow. Damage to a Steamer. The steamer Theodore Weems caught fire in the harbor of Baltimore, Md., and before the flames were gotten under control $30,000 worth of damage had been done. Four Killed in an Explosion. At Oakland, Cal., a boiler in the California sash, door, and blind factory exploded, demolishing the engine-house and killing four men. Several others were severely injured. Destroyed by tile Waves. Ocean City, Md., has been totally destroyed by the wind and waves, entailing a loss of thousands of dollars. The dwellers on the beach wore rescued with difficulty. Two Children Perish in a Burning Bam < At Dover Center, Mich., Henry Churchward’s barn burned and two of his children perished in the flames. It is thought they started the blaze with matches. A Southern Editor Dead. Samuel Graves, editor of the Lebanon (Ky.) Standard and Times, and one of the ablest, newspaper men in Kentucky, has died of blood poisoning. Proposed Northern Pacific Extension. A Winnipeg. Man., dispatch says: The Northern Pacific Bailroad has decided to build into the Souris district at once. About forty-five miles will be built this year. Tammany’s New Grand Sachem. Abraham B. Tappen, of the Twentyfourth New York Assembly District, has been elected Grand Sachem of the Tammany society in place of Sheriff Flack. Sons of Veterans. The eighth annual national encampment of the Sons of Veterans was held at Paterson. N. J. About 150 delegates were In attendance. Devastated by a Cyclone. Lulu Island, British Columbia, was devastated by a cyclone, but, so far as known, no lives were lost.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. O.TTl.E—Piime $ 4.50 @ 4.70 Good 3.50 (3) 4.25 Common 2.50 @ 3.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.00 @ 4.60 Hhf.ep 3.50 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Ked 76t$@ .77}$ Corn—No. 2 33 @ .3394 Oats—No. 2 19 @ .19}$ Rye—No. 2 41 @ .42 Butter —Choice Creamery .19 @ .20 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 08 @ .08}$ Eggs—Fresh 15}$@ .16}$ Potatoes —Choice new, per bu.. .30 @ .35 Pork—Mess 10.90 @11.25 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 72 @ .73 Corn—No. 3 33 @ .34 Oats—No. 2 White 22 @ .23 Rye—No. 1 42 @ .43 Barley—No. 2 56 @ .57 Pork—Mess 11.25 @11.75 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs 3.75 @4.50 Sheep 3.25 @ 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red..... 78 @ .79 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 35 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 White 22 @ .22*$ TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 @ .78 Corn—Cash 35 @ .36 Oats—No. 2 White 10J$@ .20 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs 4.30 @ 4.70 Sheep 4.00 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red...' 84 @ .86 Corn—No. 2 42’$@ .43}$ Oats —Mixed Western 25 @ .28 Pork—Mess 12.50 @13.50 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4,00 @ 4.50 Hogs 4.00 @ 4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ 76}$ Corn—No. 2 29}$@ .30' Oats - 18 @ .19 Rye—No. 2 38 @ .38}$ INDIANAPOLIS. Castle— Shipping 5teer5........ 3.50 @ 4.50 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @4.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 2.50 @4.25 Lambs 1 ~.25 @5.50 CINCINNATI. Wheat—No. 5 Red 76 @ .76}$ Corn—No. 2 35 @ .35}$ Oats—No. 2 Mixed 21 @ .21}$ Rye—No. 2 .45 @ .46 Pork—Mess 10.25 @lO 75 KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Good 4.00 @ 4.25 Medium 2.75 @ 3.75 Butchers’ 2.00 @3.00 Hogs 3.50 @125 SHEEP 3.00 @ 3.75

CONGRESSMAN COX DEAD

THE STATESMAN AND AUTHOR BREATHES HIS LAST. His Death the Result of Heart Failure Caused by Peritonitis—The End of a Busy Career—lncidents in the Life of a Noted Man. A New York dispatch reports the death of Congressman 8. S. Cox at his home at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday even-

ing. The end was quiet, and the dying man breathed his last as peacefully as if falling into a light sleep. Mrs. Cox, who had been scarcely away from her husband’s bedside for the last two days and nights, held his hand, while his old friend Douglass Taylor held the other. He had

been conscious all day until about a quarter of an hour before the end. Dr. Lockwood was in attendance at the time. Nicholas Kearney, William Hirschfield. two nurses, and two servants were in the room. All knelt about the bed. Mr. Cox’s last conversation was about the four Territories whose statehood he hoped to father. He mentioned New Mexico and Arizona, and said something about making a great effort in their behaif at the coming session. Two hours before he died his colored servant, who had just come on from. Washington, went to the bed and Mrs. Cox asked her husband if he recognized him. Ho looked at him and patted him on the shoulder. The colored man’s eyes filled with tears, while all were deeply affected. In the afternoon, while Dr. Lockwood wastalking to him, Mr. Cox made some witty remarks which completely upset the doctor’s dignity. Later in the afternoon telegrams were sent to Mr. Cox’s three sisters, two of whom live in Zanesville, Ohio, and the other in St. Louis. Mr. Cox’s nephew, who is the superintendent of the Smithsonian institution, was also telegraphed for. Dr. Lockwood said that the immediate cause of death was heart failure, and the cause peritonitis. Telegrams were sent to Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives J. P. Leedorn and to Speaker Carlisle.

Mr. Cox was taken ill four weeks ago while on a tour of the four newly acquired States. He returned home and improved for a few days, but took to his bed two weeks ago and did not leave it. He retained his mental faculties to the last, and made a determined battle against death. Mr. Cox was the son of Ezekiel Taylor Cox and was born in Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 80, 1824. He attended the common school and afterward spent some time im the Ohio university. He then entered Brown college at Providence, R. 1., and! graduated in the class of 1846. He studied law and returned to Ohio to practice his profession. He did not take kindly to the work and made a trip to Europe, the story of which he told in “A Buckeye Abroad.”' Oh his return he became editor of the Ohio Statesman, published at Columbus. In 1855 he was appointed secretary of legation to Peru, and on his return was elected to Congress from the Columbus district. He stood by the Union in the dark period just before the war, and was returned to the XXXVIth, XXXVIIth, and XXXVIIIth Congresses. In 1864 h» was defeated by the Republican candidate,, and the following spring removed to New York.

In 1868 Mr. Cox first appeared as a candidate for Congress in New York city and was elected by a large majority overStarr, his Republican opponent. The ma*‘ jority was greatly augmented two years after, when Horace Greeley ran against him. In 1872, when he ran for Congress-man-at-large against Lyman Tremaine, 1 he was defeated. He was a few months after chosen to fill the seat made vacant, by the death of James Brooks. He was re-elected to the XLIVth Congress, was appointed speaker pro tempore June 7, 1876, and was elected speaker pro tempore June 19, 1876, serving until June 24. He was elected to the XLVth, XLVIth, XLVIIth, and XLIXth Congress,, and resigned to become minster to Turkey. This position he resigned and took his seat in the XLIXth Congress, filling the vacancy caused the resignation Joseph Pulitzer. He was re-elected to the Lth Congress and again to the List. Mr. Cox was a fluent talker and his. fund of humor was inexhaustible. As a, story-teller he had few equals. He was kind and generous to a fault and made* many friends. The production which won for him the sobriquet of ‘‘Sunset” was a piece of descriptive writing which appeared in the Ohio Statesman May 19, 1853. He was in the composing-room of the Statesman the! evening before and witnessed an unusually brilliant sunset. After viewing it for a few minutes he sat down and wrote a florid description of it. The article was widely copied, and was often quoted by Mr. Cox’s opponents during debates in. Congress.

SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT.

A Reduction in tile Percentage of General Average from Former Months. Washington dispatch: The September crop report makes the general averageof corn 91, a reduction of nearly 5 points; of winter wheat when harvested 89.4, a decrease from 92 on July J; of spring, wheat 88.9, an increase from 81.2 in August. This makes the general averageof all wheat 87.6. The general* condition of oats is 90, instead of 92.3 last mouth; of rye, 91.6; of barley, 88.9 instead of 90.6; of buckwheat, 92.1 instead of 95.2; of tobacco, 76.2, a reduction from 84.4 The percentage of stock hogs available for fattening is 101; condition, 93. The corn crop is a week late in a large proportion of its breadth. In the Ohio valley and lake region there has been a marked reduction of condition during the; last month from drought following the heavy rains of early summer. In Ohio and Indiana there was previous injury to bottom land crods by floods. In Michigan and Wisconsin the effects of drought and other influences are most injurious. There is complaint of drought west of the Mississippi, too late in the season for serious reduction. West of the Missouri conditions have been more favorable than in any other part of the country and the crop fa very -

S. S. COX.