Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1892 — Page 2

®JtJtmocrfllicScntiiwl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - Publisher

TIS A SAD AFFLICTION.

PROFESSOR CAMPBELL, OF ANN ARBOR, BLINDED. Kha Pope Countenances the Faribault School-Queer Freak of the Blind Goddess In Milwaukee—lndian Territory Has • Cyclone. «s. • The Lawmakers. On the 12th, on motion of Mr. Hayes, of Jo* a. a bill was passed authorizing the Illinois and Ohio Railway and Terminal Company to construct a Iridge across the Mississippi River at Moline, HL Representative Cooper, of Indiana, made a •tatemeit before the House Pension Office Investigating Committee in denial and In explanation of the charges made against him by Commissioner Raum. In the SAiate Mr. Cullom introduced a bill to authorize a National Bank of Illinois to establish a branch on the grounds of the Columbian Exposition; and it was referred to the Committee on Finance. Representative Lane. of Illinois. from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported to the House a bill authorizing the Secretary of War, upon the application of the Governor of a State or Territory, to Issue for the sole use of the National Guard of such State or Territory any three and one-half inch muzzle-loading rifle field guns, wrought iron, or three and two-tenths inch breech-loading rifle field guns, steel or machine (Hotchkiss or Gatling) or rapid fire guns, with Implements and harness for the same which may be on hand and not needed immediately for the service of the regular forces. In the Senate the sliver question was the subject of extended debate.

INSULT ON INJURY. The Proposed Return of Mexican Flags Is In Very Bad Taste. f A Washington dispatch says: The proposition to return to Medco the twenty-one battle flag; captured by our troops in the war of 1846 and 1847 and now preserved at West Point is not a popular measure with army officers, and its passage by tha House will be vigorously opposed by many of the old veterans of the regular army. Nor do the Mexicans take kindly to the Idea, judging from the tone of a large number of newspaper clippings received here by an army officer fr >m a correspondent now on a ■visit to the City of Mexico. The general sentiment expressed in these is that the United States is adding insult to injury by the return of the flags which, the Mexicans •ay, were stolen from them, together with their territory. FARIBAULT SCHOOL WILL STAND, Archbishop Ireland's Experiment Will Not Be Interfered With by the Pope. A special dispatch received at New York from Rome give; an authentic denial to the report that the Pope, by letter to Archbishop Ireland. has disapproved the Clvita Cattolica’s criticism of the Faribault affair. The Faribault affair ts this: Archbishop leased • parochial school in Faribault. Minn., to the public school authorities and children of all denominations are received into it. No religious Instructions are given in school hoars. The archbishop has the right to peas oa all text books used in the school. After school hours the Catholic children receive religious instruction. The teachers in the school are s’s'ers of charity. £ WRECKED BY A CYCLONE. Nearly Every House at Caddo, I. T., Destroyed—Crops Damaged. A terrible cyclone passed over Caddo, I. T., Sunday night, sweeping house; and batldtngs from their foundations, but luckily no one was killed. Nearly every Lulld- *■» la the town was destroyed. Three ) er•oae are seriously injured. Reparis from the surrounding country say that the cyclone did considerable damage, but no casualties are reported. ’1 he cyclone wrecked a number of houses in Brookston, Tex. The path of the storm was atout a mile wide and the wind was followed by a hailstorm which did great damage to vegetation and the fruit crop.

I THIEF FREE, VICTIM IN JAIL. Peculiar C»<e Brought to Light In a MilI waukee Court. The trial of Nichol a; Fechtel. a M 1 waukee cab-driver, charg.-d with having •tolen $175 from a farmer named Josiah HUI. was begun in Judge Wallber’s coart The case has attracted attention from the fact that tha crime wa< c >maaltted last October, and since that time Fechtel has been out An ball, while Hill. 74 years old. has been locked up in the county Jail to insure his presence as a witness. A Joey could not be secured out of the panel and the Judge ordered the Jury Commissioner to draw another panel of thirty Jurors.

Big Break In Wheat. The latter part of Monday's scss'on on the Chicago Board of Trade saw some of the wildest times witnessed on the floor In many months. There was a break of nearly 6 cents in May wheat, and instead of Pardrtdge getting squeezed he pu-hed the crowd hard and comes out more than half a million dollars 1 etter off than when wheat was at the high notch (85%) of the eeaslon. Just before the close the price had touched 80%, making a slump of 4% cent*. Blinded While Experimenting. Dr. Edward Caiup'tell. professor of chemMry at the State University, Ann Arbor, ' Mich., while making some investigations Tuesdav afternoon In quantitive analysis, had both eyes put out by the exp'oslon of two bottles filled with gas. It was necessary to remove one eye. an 1 the other Is despaired ot Dr. Campbell is one of the greatest scientists in the university, and it is feared that the loss of his eyes will blast his career. , Fined for Allowing Aliens to Escape. B. J. Cortis, the general agent in New York of the Hamburg-American Hue of atea'mers, was sentenced to pay a fine ot gWfi for allowing aliens to escape from one of the vessels of his company. The aliens were brought over here under contract to work at mining, and were permitted to go from the vessel contrary to orders to hold them. Awful Crime at Pittsburg. • At Pittsburg the body of a girl, apparently 11 old.' was found in a lonely spot on a hillsidb In Sclienly Park. The body was terribly mutilated, the head being entirely severed. The remains were brought to the morgue and have not yet been Identified. Handy's Chromo* Burned. The Winters Printing and Lithographing Company's plant at Springfield, Ohi-, was destroyed by fire, and >40,000 worth of finished lithographs were burned. The total lees is about $60,000; iusurance, $50,000, Age Not a Bar to Gallantry. At Wheeling, MA Sarah Ann Shoemaker, aged 75. is suing for divorce from her husband. who is 80, and a prominent minister If Bomney. She charges cruelty and neglect. and says that another woman has infatuated her lißiban I. Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker have lived together fifty years and MW great grandparents. £>. ■ w Matthews a Candidate. The Fort Wayne Sentinel announces upon (fas authority of a do <e i olitical fi lend ot Ctaado Matt’ e vs. the i re ent Secretary of Ctats. that the latter gentleman v ill positively he a candidate f w Governor before the couslaf State cr-n reation.

ASBABSINSJEO ORDER. Polish Anarchists Organized to Commit Murder. An anarchist outrage is reported in Prussian Poland which shows that they are thoroughly organized for murder. One of the leading residents in the vicinity of Inowrazlaw is Deacon Von Ponlnskl. During the night four men dressed in respectable attire, with their features concealed by masks, entered the residence of PonlnekL Ponlnskl was aroused by the noise of their entrance and sat up terror-stricken in bed. Before the Deacon could speak the three men leveled their weapons at him and fired. The shots took effect, inflicting dangerous wounds, roninski sank back in the bed, the bio xl st a - tin? from his wounds. Frau Poninski, al hough not herself injutod, fainted on the body of her husbantL. The sho s had arou-ed the neighbors and servants, and as soon ; s Frau Poninski was testored she told the story of the assassination. The assassins were tracked to a forest, whc.e they refused to surrender. As the attacking party rusl.el forward the outlaws firel. but without effect, while a fusillade from the assailants killed two of the assassins. The other two did not watt for capture. Turning their weapons on themselves they shot themselves, and died almost instantly. When the bodies of the dead were examined a startling discovery was mode. Liters Of instruction were found signed with tl.e words: “Executive Committee of the Polish Anarchists," and the signature was accompanied by a seal inscribed with the same words. These letters containel Instructions to murder Dcaccn Von P. ni.nski, and also instructions to commit other outrages, regarding which the authorities have not yet given any information, as they probably wish to use the revelations for the detection and capture of other anarchists.

SUGAR TRUST ALARMED. A Determined War Waged Upon It by the Wholesale Grocers. From informal! in received by the Philadelphia firms which handle and distribute large quantities of refined sugar, it appears that tl>e sugar trust is beginning to fear the results ’of the threatened warfare which has been inaugurated against. It by wholesale grocers all over the country. The grocers are said to be hotly interested in the proposed new refineries there and on Staten Island. The big corporation has so far condescended to notice the movement as to offer the importing grocers of Philadelphia a table of rebates, by which they will be able, if accepted, to get a small profit on the sugar they handle. A meeting with closed doors was lu-ld by a number of importing grocers for the purpose of considering the advisability of accepting or rejecting the proposition. No definite conclusion was rca died. THAT lOWA CALF CASE AGAIN. The Litigation Has Cost Over 830,000 and the End I* ( Not Yet. Attorneys Wheeler & Moffat, of Tip'on. lowa, are about to reopen the celebrated “Jones County Caif Case." the most noted in all history, except that of a certain golden calf which brought such dire disaster upon its worshippers. For twenty years four calvesZliave, kept alrncst the entire county_by the ears, h*ave influenced political thought, changed the membership of churches, burned houses and barns. Incited riots, ruined at leas', eight prosperous farmers, and piled up more than 83J.000 costs in the courts. If the golden calf before mentioned did any better, it must have teen high-priced veal for a wandering tribe.

MAY REDUCE IMMIGRATION. Passenger Agents Advance the Steerage Passenger Rate S 3. The disaffection among the agents of the transatlantic steamship companies on account of the alleged poor treatment they have received from the immigration authorities has led to the raising of passenger rates. The agents of the companies formed a pool some time ugo. At a recent meeting it was decided to advance the rate of steerage passage from the continent by $3. It was said that the advance in rates would do more to restrict immigration than any of the laws passed by Congress, especially among the Italians. Some of the agents said there an immense multitude of immigrants waiting to come ove¥ soon. DEMAND THE LIFE OF A BRUTE. Newark Citizens Attempt the Lynching of George Stottsburg. A dispatch from Newark, Ohio, says a howling mob of a thousand indignant citizens surrounded the county jail there demanding the surrender of George Stottsburg, who assaulted Edna Alvard, aged 7. a pupil at one of the city schools. The villain was finally captured and placed In the city prison, but them were such manifestations of excitement and indignation that the authorities removed him immediately to the county jail. An attempt to lynch Stottsbnrg was made, but the mob lacked leadership. There'are fears tljat the effort will be repeated with better success.

Vessels Ordered to Behring Sea. The sailing instructions of the United States vessels that will cruise in Behring Sea this year have been practically comp'eted. Orders were issued at once from the Navy Department directing the Yorktown and the Adams to proceed from San Francisco to Puget Sound. The ultimate destination of the vessels is Behring Sea. Sir Julian Pauncefote bad another interview with Secretary Blaine at the State Department. Around the department, while no one will talk directly upon the subject, the Impression prevails that the modus vlveudl Is perfected and will be announced in a few days; '

Investigating Customs Frauds. Appraiser Leavy. whose official head was chopped off by telegraph from Washington, was befora the San Francisco grand jury, and It is understood he “squealed” ot. all his associates In the custom-house ftauds. In dry goods'and tobacco gross frauds have been perpetrated for many months, and if all concerned are prosecuted there will be a big sensation. O.ie of the curious featwrex of the case is that the discovery of these custom-house frauds was made by a local reporter. Investigation was made on the facts he discovered, yet when he applied for the Informer's share of the money he was refused. Frightful Flood*. A dispatch from G. F. Sherrod, for the Boar Jof Supervisors of Lowndes County, Mississippi, dated Columbus, says: Hundreds of people have been drowned and thousands rendered homeless, w ithout food or raiment All live stock is drowned, ft is impossible for us to render the necessary aid. In the name of the 'people of the county we appeal to you for Government assistance. Prohibition Constitutional. The South Dakota Supreme 'Court has declared the prohibition law copstltutionaL This will cose ths trenty-one Saloons at Yankton that have been running under a local license law during the last yeslr. Arizona's National Delegates Elected. The Arizona Territr.rial Republican Convention nominate 1 N. O. Murphy and Ma lison W. Stewart delegates to the Minneapolis convention. 30,000 Barrels of Flour per Day. The Minneapolis mills in the six days ended Wednesday ground 183,540 buries, averaging 30,660 barrels daily. , Both Doubly Mated. Del s Barden, who married Lyman K. Barden at Albany. N. Y., July 14. iB6O. is suing at Mitchell, 6. D., for divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty, and a motion

made for alimony disclosed that if all Fixations !n the case are true she/ has two living husbands and Barden haq two living wives. Mrs. Barden married Lewis Osborne in New York in 1877. They lived together six months, when Osborn<| left her. and. she claims, has never since teen found. She asserts that he is dead. Mr. Barden claims that Osborne is living it) New York. Since this action for divorce was begun Barden, assuming that his marriage with the plaintiff was void, has mart tied again. Reds Still Rampant. Another dynamite outrage is reported nt Angers, a flourishing manufacturing city ia the department of Malne-ct- Loire, about one hundred and ninety miles from Paris. A bomb was exploded outside of the police office, and the buidling was badly shattered-. Two policemen were severely injured, and all their companions more or less shaken up. Anarchists have been spreading their principles among the factory people of Angers, as in other towns and it is supposed that the activity of the police in attempting to check this propaganda incited the anarchists to revenge. Wyoming Fight Assured. Buffalo, Wyo., dispatch: The telegraph people have just got a wire through, but ft is liable to go down any time. The situation in the cattle faction fight is very serious. Jack Flagg came In confirming the report of a fight and gave authentic intelligence that a large party of stockmen had reached Twenty-eight Rauch, on the north fork of Crazy Woman's Creek, and are camped at T. A. Ranch, thirteen mile? from here. The rustlers are in force here, and allow no one to pass on the roads. A party of thirty-five or forty men left in the direction of T. A. Ranch.

Kicked to Death by His Son. At Charlestown. Mass., Daniel Donovan, an aged, hard-working man of 77. while trying to ludnce his drunken son. John; to desist front abusing his mother and sister, was kicked in the ablomen by the brute on Saturday He died of his injuries at the city hospital. His son. who committed the brutal assault, was arrested for drunkenness and disorderly-conduct soon afterward, but will now have a more serious charge to answer. The deceased leaves a widow and five adult children. Latest Move of the Reading Trust. Loclsnien along the line of the Lehigh canal have received notice not to let any empty boats return to Mauch Chunk. It is thought that the canal will be closed so as not to affect the Reading combination coal tonnage. The canal was carrying thousands of tons to places along the Lehigh River, and many dealers were arranging to get their tonna re in that way. A very prosperous summer was anticipated by the boatmen.

Nine Persons Drowned. An Instructor and ten boys connected with the Bx.ston Farm School at Thompson's Island were capsize 1 in a sailboat and the instructor and eight of the boys drowned. The party were returning to the island from City Point, and bad reached a point between Spectacle Island and Thompson's Island, when their boat was struck by a squall and capsize L This is the only drowning accident that has happened to the school since 1842. Will Try the Mississippi. The Cunord, now in the West Indies, has been ordered to proceed, if practicable, up the Mississippi River to Memphis, Tenn., to be present at the opening of the bridge spanning, the Mississippi. River at that point, which is announced for May 12. The Baltimore and Charleston, at San Francisco, base been orderjd to Astoria. Oregon. to participate in the centennial cele - bration of the discovery of the Columbia River on May 12. Work Resumed by 4,000 jten. As a result of the settlement between the Pelham Hod Hoisting Company and the board of walking delegates of the building trades, about four thousand mechanics have resumed work in New York. The strike was owing to the company’s employment of non-union tqen. The company las suspended t ie non-union men for an Indefinite period. r Mayor Grant Pa-ses the Hat. The corner-stone of the tomb and monument to be erecte I in New York to the memory of General Grunt will be laid on the 27th Inst. Mayor Grant has Issued a proclamation calling the attention of tl e citizens to the fact that the present time is n fitting one f,or the completion of the fund necessary to carry out the undertaking- • Loyal Bettie Fleischman. Miss Bettie Fleischman, daughter of the millionaire yeast manufacturer and distiller, Charles. Fleischman, of Cincinnati has broken her engagement with Count Logothetti because he refuses to become an American' citizen.

Killed by*Hlghbln<lers. Removed by the Highbinders—this is the explanation given of the mysterious end of Lung Hing, whose death occurred In New York. Lung Hing was one of the wealthiest Chinamen in the city. Flanlng-Mlll Burned. Fire totally destroyed the planl.ig-mlll of R. K. Allen & Son, of St Jose, h. Mo. Loss $31,000; Insurance, 810,000. Seven Burned to Death. At Fort Madison, lowa, a party of seven were burned to death in their rooms above a store, Wednesday. Smallpox In Neu- York. In New York eight cases of smallpox have been reported at the Bureau of Vital Statistic* since Saturday.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cat lb Common to Prime.... $3.50 @5 00 Hoas - Shipping Grades 3.5 J @ 4.75 Sheet—l air to Choice 4.00 @6.25 WHB T—No. 2 Red 8i @ .85 Cork—No. V 41 @ .42 O*ts-No. 2 29 @ .39 Byb—No. a 76 @ .77 Butter —Ch ice Creamery 23 @ .24 CIIEB3K—FuII Cream, flats .12‘u@ ,13)4 Egos—Fresh . ?J3 ' @ .11 Boa aid. New, per brl 6.C6 @7.00 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 325 @ 4.50 Hogs—Choice Light. 8.5) @473 Sheep—common to Prime g.oo 5.50 Wheat-No 2 Red ,8))4@ .86)4 Coax—No. 1 White..... .3, @ ,40 Oats—No. 2 White............ ... .31 @ .32 ST. LOUIS. Cat TLE.... 3,00 @ 4.00 Hoo-. ;. ■>. 3.50 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red .88 @ .89 C RS—No. 2 .35 @ . 6 Oais—No. 2 29 @ .31 Bar; k.—Minnesota .53 @ .53 CINCINNATI. f AT:LR.... 3.89 @ 4.00 Hob.., 300 @4.75 Shee> 4.00 @ 6.00 Wheat—Ko. 2 Red .30 @ .'1 Ccrn-No. 2 .42 @ .4454 Oais-No. 2 Mixed .31)4® .32 >4 DEI RO IT. Catt1e..,,.., S.fO @ 4.50 Ha 5.,,.....,,,.. .. 3.00 @4 5) Sheep 3.00 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red ,- 90 @ .91 SORN— No. 2 Ye110w..*.,.,,,..,,,, .40)40 .41'4 AIS No. 2 White. 33 @ .34 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 99)40 .94)4 C KK—No. 2 Yellow.., ...... .40 @ .41 Oats—Ne. 2 White ...... .31 @ 33 By*.yr.. 79 @ .a BUFFALO. 'Beef Ca”tlb. 4CO & 5.75 Live Hogs 375 @5.25 Wheat—No. 1 Hard.., ...... .S«, @ .98 CORN—No. 2 41 @ 45 MILWAUKEE. WBfe VT No. 2 Spring fC @ .86 Corn—No. 3 rO @ .40 Oats—No. 2 White..,. ,32>4@ .3314 Bye—No. 1.,,,,, s 2 "«4 82 Barley-—No. 2 .54 @ .55 Pork—Mess ..... 10'09 @49.59 NEW YORK. CATvlb ...... ....... 350 @ 4.’5 ’H0g5..,,,....,, ... s.no @ 625 Sheep ........ 6.00 @ 6.50 Wheat—No.2 Red...,. 1.04 @1.04 C'RN—No. 2 .53 @ .54 Oati Mixed Western.,.... .85 @ .37 Butter—Creamery .16 <a .24 Pore—New Me55,.,,,.-ILM) <91.66

BIG DECLINE IN WHEAT

HEADS AND HEARTS ACHE IN THE CHICAGO PIT. .if After Prices Go Pumping Up and D. wn lor an Hour or So May Wheat Drops Five Cents and Partiridge I* Happy— Cleveland Is In Doubt. Took a Big Tumble. The Chicago wheat market started off Monday as if it were going out of sight; it finally collapsed and dropped as 1 If a corner had “busted” and as if a panic had resulted. It was a most remarkably; affair, however. Without the collapse, of any corner, without any sensational failure, without , any panic of any sort, there was a straightaway decline in the' price of five cents. This big drop was all the more remarkable becauefl it was a drop from under 85 cents. People who' had orders to execute were in distressevery minute. Although the market; had the semblance .of OBe, U was impossible to execute'Mffwfiertf fit. anything like one price. Indeed, it was. the fact that it was impossible most of, the time to execute orders for 25,C00 at' one price. These difficulties wero a 3 great early, when the market- was advanxMig, as they were later, when the market xvas going to pieces, -the sealp-j lug element, the governor at all times’ of tht*-market fluctuations, was afraid to act. “Kicks" from eustohiprs were, jn-i' numerable. Explanations were almoat impossible, because traders themselves hardly knew why it was they were doing so poorly. Tn the pit it was a dav of backaches, headaches and heartaches. v The first incident was the receipt of weak cables, a surprise all around. The Government report Saturday afternoon had made the condition of winter wheat 81J, a very low figure, as almost everybody on this side thought. It was the expectation that "the foreigners would look at it in the same way. An opening decline at Liveip<ol was a stunnnr. The tiade didn’t know what to make of it. A happy thought struck one bright fellow. Liverpool was laboring under a misapprehension. There had been a drop ® the price' Saturday, and there also had been the Governmtnt crop report. The drop in the price had preceded the Government, and really had had nothing to do with it. But here was the discovery! Liverpool, Ae bright man said, thought the Saturday decline at Chicago was on the Government report. Pretty nearly everybody adopted that brilliant idea, charged himself with being stupid, and declared that the closing Liverpool ; cables would be higher. The theory j helped thy price’, of wheat, .May had ! opened at 84. It got to 85J. But it *ld not hold. A failure in London settled, the thing. Messrs. Borriman, Philips’ <t Co., of London, a concern known to grain people the world over .for thirty years, were annouced suspended. The jig was up from that moment. Wheat | started down. From 85 cents it got to ' 84 cents; from 84 cents to 83 cents; f’4>m 83 cents to 82 cents. Before the close it was at 8(1} cents for May, cents under the price of, the < arly morning. The chwe, 80g cents, was only a little over the bottom.

BROKE DOWN CHURCH DOORS.

Brazil (Ind.) Christians Engaged in a Bitter Factional Fight. A Brazil (Ind.) dispatch says: Trouble has been brewing betweenc rival factions of the Evangelical Church in this city for som ’ time past, and culminated the other day in the seizure of .the place of worship by the opponents of the local pastor. The trouble dates ■back to the time when an attempt was made to expel Bishops Dubs and Bowman, both of whom were prominent in Evangelical church circles. One .conference was held at Philadelphia and ono at Indianapolis. The Eastern conference found no charges against the bishops and they were permitted to continue in the service of ( the church. The conference held at Inhowever, expelled thejp. -This caused a split, and since that dissatiefact'pn and contention have prevailed. A meeting was held here recently to make arrangements to secure money to repair Ihe church, and it was decided unanimously, to instruct the trustees to make a contract for the necessary repairs, which amounted to .nearly S4OO. The trustees did as ordered and the contractors commenced work, but had only gotten the ,rrof‘ torn off when the pastor ordered them to discontinue the work. This they refused to do, claiming they had a solid contract with the trustees in writing. The enraged divine and a few-ot his followers declared the trustees were personally responsible, and the presiding elder refused to mortgage the church. This caused intense dissatisfaction, and ever since that time there has been a continuous wrangle in the church, which resulted in the recent sensational occurrence. The 1 ranch of the congregation opposed to the pastor desired to hold a Sunday school session, and upon be'ng refused the keys gained admission by breaking down the doors. Pastoi Winters was asked to preach, but refused to do so, wheieupon the dissenters held an Independent song service and prayer meeting. After service they pul new locks on the doors and announced their determinati n of holding possession. The matter will be taken into the courts.

GROVER IS IN DOUBT.

The Ex-Fresident Writes a Letter to e Chattanooga Democrat. A movement was started in this State a few weeks ago. s iys a Chattanooga, Tenn., diepatch, to organize Cleveland Democratic clubs in every city and town in Tennessee. The movement grew rapidly, and within a few days clubs were formed in Memphis. NasAville. .Knoxville, Clarksville and Chattano ga. The club in this city wae organized twe weeks ago, when nearly all the 10-al .Democrats came forward and signed their names to the roster .of members. James H. Bible made a ringing speech, in which he eulogized Mr. Cleveland and declared that the delegation from Tennessee must go to the Chicago convention instructel to vote for the “man of destiny” as long as his name remained in nomination. Mr. Bible’s address created great enthusiasm and hie speech was printed in full in the local newspapers. Copies were mailed to Mr. Cleveland, and brought from him the following letter, the lirst in which the ex-President has referred in any way tc Lis candidacy; Lakewood. N. J., Apri ls, 1892. To James H. Bible. Chattanooga.'Tenn,: My Dear HH r -I desire tp th ink you for the report of the meeting at Chait.mooga, which you »o kindly sent- me, and for the words you spoke of ips on that occasion. I Am exceedingly an-.Jous to have our party do exactly the right thing at the Chlcngc Convention, uni I hope that the delegatewill be guided by judgment and.actuated ty true Democratic spirit and the single desire to succeed on principle. 1 shoujd not be frank if I did not say to you that I often fear I do not deserve uli the kind things ■sueb friends as you «ay of me, and I have frequent misgivings a« to the wisdom ol again putting me in nomination. I therefore am anxious that sentiment and too unmeasured personal devotion slKmid be checked when the deleg ales to the convention reach the petiod df deliberation. In any event there w J. be no disapp .intment for me 4-n t-bope « t. Yours very truly, •Gwo.aa Oue .-rlaxd.

BEGIN YOUR FIGURING.

STRAWS FROM THE RECENT SPRING ELECTIONS, Results In General from Four Great States —Successful Working- of the Australian Ballot Law—Local Issues Paramount in Many Places. Change for the Better. The first experience of Illinois with the Australian ballot system was eihinently satisfactory. It resulted in a complete transformation of the pplling places. The old familiar scenes were lacking. Ticket peddlers found their occupation gone, the crowds were absent, and the whole proceedings were most prosaie. Party lines were not strongly drawn, local considerations prevailing. At Salem, Newton, Mt. Vernon, Benton, Lincoln, Alton and Bamsey, the Democrats were completely successful. At Clay City, Auburn and Quincy the result was about evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. Springfl 4d Republicans secured five of seven Aidermen, and the Democrats secured their town ticket. The Board of Supervisors is still Democratic. At Moline, Bock Island, Chatham, Illiopolis, Sumns.- and Vandalia the Republicans made c.ean sweeps, while at Whitehall and Carlyle the tickets were non-partisan. At no places were very heavy votes polled, and from nearly all places came reports of defective ballots. There is need of further study, by voters, of the provisions of the law. At Chicago there appeared to be pretty close partisan strife; but the ap-j pearances were deceptive, for the elec—tion was a struggle by the best element to rid the Council of the gang of , boodlers that have been plundering the public right audjeft. The attempt was : successful, to a degree, at-least; for those who had learned the ropes and could steal with facility were retired, and their places fillea by men who must learn the art before any crooked operations can work very great mischief.

In Wisconsin. Milwaukee Democrats elected P. J. Somers Mayor, and the Council is a tie. The Labor ticket received a very light vote. At Sheboygan Falls the Citizens’ candidates for Mayor and Treasurer were successful, and the Democrats captured all the rest. Eau Claire has a new Democratic set of officers, exetpi Clerk and four Aidermen. , , - . \ Medford has a new lot about evenly divided. At Ashland William R. Durfee, Republican, was elected Mayor, and A. A. McDonnell,' Democrat, City .Treasurer. The Republicans secured four out of the six Councilmen. A large vote was polled at Appleton. The Democratic ticket was elected as follows: Rush Winslow, Mayor; Charles Hillfert, City Treasurer; Henry Ryan, City Attorney; George Schuldes, Assessor. At West Superior, J. W. Scott, Repub-, ican, was elected Mayor over William Noonan, Democrat. The entire Republican ticket is elected. At Hudson tjie city election resulted in the election of the People’s ticket. The Aidermen stand two " Democrats and one Republican. The license people carried the city by over 100 majority, and the vote for electric lighting was practically unanimous. John M. Kohler, Republican, was elected Mayor of Sheboygan. All Re- I publican aidermen were elected. Gov- ' ernor Peck’s majority there in 18C0 was ! 1,100. At Black River Falls no special effort has been made by the license people. The Republicans have carried everything except Treasurer .and one Alder- ] man. Chippewa Falls Republicans elect , their city ticket by about 250 majority. ■ The Council will stand eleven Demo- i crats to nine Republicans, a Republican gain of three. At Marinette the straight Democratic ticket was elected. With the Wolverines. At Iron Mountain, In the new County of Dickinson, local issues stirred up much strife, bitter feeling, and a big vote. Party lines were not drawn. The Citizens' ticket defeated the City’s and People’s nominees.

At Port Huron the Republicans elected six out of ten aldermen, and five out of eight supervisors. John 11. Gleason, Democrat, is elected Assistant Police Justice, having had no opposition. Lansing cast the largest vote in her history, and chose A. 0. Bement, Republican, Mayor. The Common Council is a tie, and the township offices evenly divided. Alpena’s election resulted in a complete victory for the Democratic ticket. The Common Council will be Democratic. Bay City Democrats secure their Mayor, and the Council is a tie. In West Bay City the Republicans took everything. Saginaw has a new set of Republican officials throughout. Cheboygan also returned the entire Republican ticket. At St. Ignace, also, the Democrats were completely successful. Benzonnia Republicans cast 79 votes of a total of 117. Pentwater Democrats get everything but clerk. In Crawford County, Grayling elects a Republican supervisor by 5 majority. Blaine elects the entire Democrat c ticket for the first time.

Grove elects a Republican supervisor by a majority of 2. Every township in Schoolcraft County went Republican except Seney. Menominee Democrats scored a victory, electing all but one supervisor, two aldermen," and two constables. The Council will stand eight Democrats, two ' Republicans. In the Hawkeye State. At Des Moines the majority for C. C. Lane, Republican Mayor, is 794; for Brennan, City Collector, 1,107; for Eggleston, police, judge, 1,477. The Democrats elected city engineer and market ’ master.. The Republicans elected their aiderman at large and their < andldates for aidermen in every ward, thus securing a majority of eight in the City Council. The Republican park commissioni ers have majorities ranging from 587 to 941. | At Davenport the election resulted in a Democratic victory at all points with the exception that the Republicans elected one Aiderman out of six and his I election is rather doubtful and may be I contested. John C. Bills, a well-kno>vn ! lawyer, headed the democratic ticket as candidate for Mayor and ‘ the entire ticket went through. I Keokuk Democrats carried the city by nearly -*io majority. An Assessor and | Aidermen were elected. The new couni ?il will be a tie, but a Democratic Mayor will cast the deciding vote. Democrats made a clean sweep in Du* ' buque, electing every man on their ticket except the candidate for assessor. The ; election was for Mayor, assessor, audit>r, and five aidermen. Wets Win in Nebraska. Elections for city officers were held rhroughout Nebraska. As a rule party ines were not drawn, the chief issue bong whether prohibition or license should I xevaii. The wets carried nearly every* filing.

FIVE SCORE PERISHED.

OVER A HUNDRED NEGROES ARE DROWNED. Lppalllng Loss of Life Caused by Sudden. Floods In Mississippi—Large Numbers of Homeleu Colored People Without; Food—Minnesota Towns Menaced. Government Aid Invoked. A Columbus, Miss., dispatch says:. - Later advices from the low lands just j wuth of here indicate that over one mndred negroes have been drowned in .his county-. It will be weeks before inything like a correct estifnate of the 1 oss of cuttie can be obtained. The xxiles of horses, mules and cows are ionstantly floating down the Tombigbec. For miles on both sides of this river 1 here remain nothing but poverty and iesolation. Dr. J, D. Hutcherson, one j >f the largest planters in this State, has 1 ust returned from one of his plautal;kns in the northern portion if the isouii'y and reports great destitution ’rom overflow of the Butahatchie. He ost seventy-five head of caittle and one if his laborers. A. K. Keith, livng a few miles south, saved sis mules and cattle by putting hem in the parlor and dining-room where the waler was only two feet deep. His family and fifty negroes were in tne same story of the residence. The waters have receded about seven feet nid continue to fall slowly. Most of lie county bridges have been swept away und it will be weeks before oriinary traffic will be regularly resumed. The Mobile and Ohio Railway has three work trains with 200 men on the road between here and Artesia and will probibly have trains running soon. (J. B. Rider, Superintendent of the Georgia Pacific Railroad, is here with repair .rains and is pushing work with great rapidity, but it will te weeks before trains tan be run on that road between here and West Point. Mr. Rider has made arrangfements with the M. & O. to use its track from here to that city by way of Artesia. A cold rain has fallen almost constantly since Sunday night. No mail has been received there for a week. Only one body has been recovered.

At Helena, Ark., the river has now reached a stage which endangers the new levees in the southern part of the country and excites the apprehension of the planters. , At Jackson, Miss., so great is the devastation that citizens have appealed to Congressman Allen for assistance from the General Government. Hundreds of negroes ure homeless und without anything to eat. Along the river bottom all ‘he work they have done.toward putting in a crop has been swept away, together with fehces and much stock. The greatest loss of life and injury to prop-.' erty is along the line of the Tombigbee. River. It is not lai go enough in the dry season to float a small steamboat, buti now it is ten miles wide. Its valley is extremely fertile and is thickly popu-, lated. AU of the plantations along its border for four or five miles are submergM fiom five to t'wehty feat. It wife ten feet higher than the great- flood ot 1847, prev ous to which time nothing like it had ever been seen. In many instances so rapidly did the river rise that small cabins were swept from the face of the earth and whole families with them. The river was bank full before the recent heavy rains, which served to make it a veritable inland sea. The Ked Ki ver Floods. The late and heavy rains of this spring have also been having disastrous effects in some parts of North Dakota. The Red River at St. Vincent, Minn., isover the banks, and has begun flooding that town and Emerson. It is forty feet above low water mark, and still rising. As the ice drive has not yet gone out, a greater height is feared. A rise of one foot more will cover the t<Avn of Emerson. The indications are that the disastrous flood of 1880 will be repeated, and as the towns are more settled the loss would be greater. Families in the lower parts of both Emerson and St. Vincent have already begun to move' out.

BLOODY FIGHT WITH INDIANS.

A Number of Mexican Soldiers and Yaquis Killed in a Battle. An authentic report lias reached Phoenix, A.’T., that the Mexican soldiers under Lieutenant Montana, of the First Sona Military, had met the renegade Yaquis well up the Yaqui River and had had a hard fight with them, in which a number of both soldiers and Indians were killed. Later the absolute truth of the report was determined by dispatches to prominent Sonorans in P.hqpnix. The soldiers, 20J strong, met the Indians in a defile of the Sunis Blaneos. There were a large number of the Indains, though just how many could not be determined. The engagement lasted eight hours, when the Indians dispersed through the mountains, leaving the sold.ers masters of the situation. This is the way the Yaquis fight, and it makes them a formidable adversary. They will rise up in large numbers, and when closely pressed every one become his own commander and takes to the brush. They are brave, too, and seldom refuse to fight the soldiers when equal in numbers. The fighting forces of Mexicans have sent for re-enforcement, when they will pursue the renegades lurther into mountains.

The Suicidal Mania.

Murder and suicide are not so paired as to prevent either from acting. It is a pity that, if killing must be done, the culprit does not begin with suicide.— Toledo Commercial. The suicide of a child after reproof or correction is a by no m ans wholly unknown occurrence. The act of a young Philadelphia monkey in cutting . its throat with a piece of glass aftef its mother had chastis d it is perhaps a piece of the “missing link.”—Detroit Journal. The young man in Illinois who took two ounces of laudanum because his girl went back on.him, was a great improvement on the fool fellows Who wont to shojt the girl before making way with themselves. Only brutes try to wreak a vengeance on the innocent and inoffensive girl.—St. Paul Globe. It is not easy to realize the melancholy mental condition of a man who will go and try to ki.l himself because his best girl does not love .him in a State where there a 'e 60,000 more women than men, and where the old adage holds good that “the fish in the water are just a- good as any that ever were caught.— Boston Globe. >. The Canton young man who cut his throat because a fair young widow would not marry h m, is a vast improvement over the other species of crazy lover, who would have killed the widow instead of nimself under similar provocation. As between the two we are everlastingly in L-.vor of the suicide.— Columbus Post. Suicides are not as considerate as the world expects people to be who are about to face judgment for deeds done in the body. They terrorize a car full of fellow beings, plunge to death in the midst of a startled crowd, stop railroad trains, mar the pleasure of hotel giiests, break up weddings and check the course o’ business-in public places. These self-destroyers should at least seek privacy for the final tragedy in their mistaken existence. —Detroit Free Press

THE SENATE AND HOUSER

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW-i

MAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and ot! Representatives Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of theBusiness. * The National Solons. ( In the House, the Bth. the time alloted! Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, to speak] upon the tariff, three times extended.; Mr. Breckinridge was accorded an ovationi when he closed, and for fully five minutes, the House suspended business while mem-, bers from both sides of the chamber crowd—' ed about him to_ congratulate him on the! eloquence add force of Ills speech.* Before; the Senate, the Russian Minister. Struve, said that the Russian Government would, ever ho d the p opie of the United States) and this Government in grateful remem-; trance for the magnificent manner in which they ha I come ;to the front in this! disrresstul moment fir the peasants who; werj suffering from a ioss of crop.;; that the Russian Government hud al -I loid.vcbnt ibuted 1110,000,000 for the aile-! ' iat o i of l.er peasants. and that the char-] sty directed by our-pebple toward them was] 1 eing earo 1 for persona Jy bv the Czar and! Czarina. He said ’he suffer ng had not) lean half described to this country, and tl at ou- coetr.but’ons were never more ad-; vantaseOurly made. In the 11, use. the 7th. after the transact on of routine business, the free wool bill! was called up, ami after a short debate thebill passed. Ayes. 11'2; noes. 80. The House then tvent into committer of the, whole (Mr. Bl- tin", ot Georgia, in the ch-ilr); o i the Turner cot on bagging oil!. After] a sin rt debate lire committee r. se end the House adjourned. In the) Sta te, a resolution was offered by] Mr. Teller and agreed to. calling on the Secretar y of the Tro sury for a statement as to tire amount of silver offered to the; Government each month, since the passage] <,f the act of July 14, 1890. by whom and at what prices, the amount ot silver bullion purchased each month of that time. fr< m "Whom and at what prices,,, ami niiniler ot days given the sellers In which to deliver the silver. During the riNr usslon ot the District appropriation bill,’ the bill to place wool on the free list and to reduce the duty on woole r goods was rec ived fnrnl the House, and after the District bill was laid as do th i wool bill was' laid before the tcnito by the Vice President and was referred to the F.ounce Committee.

Mr. McCreary in tire House, the Btb. intro Juced’for Mr. Springer a bill tj authorize tiro holding of an intern at ion al mone-, tnry conare-s in Chicago, Aug. 3. 1893.! .Twenty-one delegates are to represent the United States, seven to be chosen by the I .resident: seven by the Pres'tic i; o.’ the, Semite, an 1 seven by the Speaker of tho House The Pres dent’s appointees a-e to bo c.tizens not holding, o. lice; the others a-e to l>o Senators and 1 Obresentative;.' The iippCi:itmmi>H are to h 3 divided as, equally as possible bet w,>< n the political; parties This Sect o'ary ot State and the .Director <ft he Mint rtre to be additional delegates. Tire President it authorized to invite foteign governments to] send representatives, each government to determine the number ot its representatives, but t > be e titled io only one vote. Tire Secretary cf ht rte 1< to call tlie Congress to order, and is to r reside un- • lil a permanentjoftb-er it elected. In tho. Senate, an appropriation out of the Treasury of the United States ot 8100.000 for the' subsistence and quarters of the visiting old soldiers attending the National Encumpmentwiis agree I tp —yeas. 41; nays. 10. In the Senate, the 11th, after the routine morning business, the House bill to place cotton Hot on the free list was laid before the donate and referred to the Finance Committee. Mr. Stewart offered a resolution lulling on the fccr rtary cf the Treasury for information c mnected with the purchase rind coinage ot sliver, and gave notice that ire would O’cupyabmt fifteen m’nutes. the 12th, in calling attention to the monthly statement of the Secretary of the Treasury as t > the finances. The bill heretofore introduced by Mr. Gullinger for a commission to select a site for a sanitarium for pulmonary patients was taken up. and Mr. Gallinger addressed the Senate. At the close of his remarks the hill was referred to the Committee on Epidemic Diseases and then, on motion of Mr. Cameron, the Senate proceeded to executive business. In the House, on motion of Jjr. Durborow, ot Illinois, a bill was passed repealing the jo'nt resolution passed In the Fifty-first Congress, which authorized the Se rotary of War to lease the government pier at the mouth ot the Chicago River to the Illinois Central Railroad. A few local measures were passed and the House adjourned.

Walt Whitman.

Since the publication of his chief work, ’Leaves of Grass,” in 1855, he has been regarded as one of the brightest stars in our poetical firmament. —Minneapolis Times. He was an American of Americans. He was the friend of Lincoln, and, like Lincoln, he came close to the plain people from whom he and Lincoln sprung. —New York Recorder. The dilettante prettiness of most modern poems was not to his taste. He struck his lyre with his fist at times, instead of his fipger tips, but the music was resonant and will reach posterity.— Nfew York Herald. Walt Whitman’s was a hopely yet lovable character. Within his heart there dwelt a sturdy nobility that was ever asserting itself in his peculiar rhymes. His poetry .was a flexible index to his soul.---Grand Rapids Herald. Uttering his message, convinced of his vocation, aware and awake to his power, he has never faltered. In obscurity and neglect, in poverty and persecution, he has continued true to his own ideals, and held steadily to his own conception of his duty as the chosen priest and poet of democracy.—Philadelphia Press. In his writings he was hampered by no poetic forms of rhythm or meter, but embodied his spontaneous thoughts in the language they suggested io him. Many fine sentiments were embodied even in his "Leaves of Grass,” though it transgressed the sterner proprieties and approached a forbidden realism.— Detroit Free Press. No poet ever wrote more individuality into verse. It was native Yankeeism of a decidedly Whitmanesque species that sprang from his pen. But the inspiration, aside from the revolutionary individuality of the form, touched universal intuitions which found echo in many tongues and climes. —Minneapolis Tribune.

Brother Jasper.

“De sun do move” with Brudder Jasper now, sure enough, for he has just been married at the age of 80 to a bride verging on 60. —New York Press. Rev. John Jasper, 80 years old, of Richmond, Va., he of “the sun.do mov . ” theory, was married recently to the Widow Cary, aged 59 years. It is a condition, not a theory, that now confronts the old man. —Philadelphia Record. Eighty years old, Rev. John Jasper, famous for his theory that “the sun do move,” has taken his fourth wife. The old man wanted someone to “keer” for him in his old age, and Richmond colored society is talking of the bride of sixty summers. —Buffalo Times. The marriage -of Rev. John Jasper, the noted astronomical colored preacher of Richmond, la., has caused an estrangement between himself and hie daughter’s husband, who had be n living with him, and the son-in-law do move. “Dr.” Jasper insisted on that.— Philadelphia Ledger. Having satisfied himself that “de sun do move, 'Brother Jasper, of Richmond. „has taken unto himself a wife—a fourth wife, to speak more accurately. The fact that the lady is the fourth to share Brother Jasper’s lot would seem to prove that Ihe wives do move, whethei the sun is stationary or not. —Philadelphia Call.