Daily Wabash Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 October 1884 — Page 1

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WMklvbliUhkd a 1888.

THE CANDIDATES.

Mr. Blaine Beaches Jamestown, New York, Where He Spends the Night.

The [Preparations for Monitor Receptions In Now York and Prooklyn This Week.

tieneral Logan's Letter to the Virginia Ex-Confederates Who Will Tote for Him on the Fourth.

Cleveland to Arrive at Newark, New Jersey, To-day "Where He la to See a Farade of

Political Clubs.

MB. BLAINE.

He gpends th* Night at Jamestown, New York.

JAMESTOWN, N. Y., October 26.—Mr. Blaine came to Cleveland by the regular Saturday night train on the L. S. & M.S. railway, having been compelled to leave Qlucago before the conclusion of the' great torch light procession. From

Cleveland he came by the regular night train1 on the N. Y., P. & O. to Jamestown, where he arrived shortly before 10 o'clock. He is the guest of ex-Go* Fenton. To-morrow morning he will have a public reception and at noon will leave by special train for New York, making short stops on the way, and spending Monday at Elmira.

The Bpeclal from New York which is to bring Mr. Blaine to this city left the Erie depot at Jersey City last evening. On the train were Andrew S. Draper, chairman of the executive committee of the Republican State committee Consul General E. A. Merritt, B. Piatt Carpenter, Senators Dolpha, Lynde and Fred Lansing, Congressman James and Silas P. Dutcher. At Elmira the train will be met by Senator Warner Miller, State Senator Holmes,

Congressmen Bay and Milard,

Sherman S. Rogers, Ex-State Controller Davenport, John M. Davy, Mayor Parsons, of Rochester, Senator Fasset, Stewart L. Woodford, the Rev. R. J. Ives, Col. Archibald Baxter, Maj. Wm. H. Parker and others. Ex-Sen-ator T. C. Piatt left the city last night to arrange for the party at Elmira and Jamestown. On Monday at 9 o'clock the special train will leave Jamestown. At Angelica a stop of one hour will be made to enable Mr. Blaine and party to take part in the celebration of the anniversary of the first Republican nominating convention in this state. Short Btops will be made at various places along the route and Mr. Blaine will say a few words at each place. The party will stop over night at'.Elmira. Great preparations are being made .there to

f'uesday

ive him a hearty welcome. On morning the party leaves Elmira. Several short stops will be made along the route.^ The special train will reach Jersey City at 7 p. m. It is the wish of Mr. Blaine that no elaborate preparations be made to receive him Tuesday evening. He wishes to secure a good rest preparatory to the demonstration of the business men Wednesday, the welcome in Brooklyn

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county, Va.,

DKABSIR:

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CHICAGO, 111., October ,ine iei

lowing is a copy^of

0*™cl£mgQam

address them |back

Your letter enclosing

caHMues now presented to the citizens

cal

wealth that lies beneath their soil, should

adopt the polioy of a protective ^riff andm- and

vite northern capital to mreBt ^aBufaetur the

growth and development industriee that your country adopted to the people of the south adoctlni this policy yon will move forward to

adopting tills policy yon win move rorwuU to the outside.

ureat results in the future. Those who are so wag

prejudiced that they oamiottiunkor Bp*kof

mything but the misfortunes of thepwt, and

HorttTwouW

bebSiS

brftYd

tho

country pass them by tho wayside and move forward in the direction of grand results for their peopl inc and assooiating themselves with the party of progress, whloh has shown an ability for opening the way to and bringing about the grandest results ever achieved by the people of any nation heretofore. These men who have addressed me in kindlv a manner, I recognize

itlemen my regrets.at

the same time the vety compi have addressed

V°^a^

CiBt®fha

aiid other

gentlemen

any

I regretted to part with him, and told Tiim I could not avoid it for reasons I have since made very public. The Tallapoosa ran from Portsmouth over to Cape Anne, where iB my seaside home.

On my grounds the survivors of the Thirty-first Massachusetts regiment the auwere folding a reunion nnder spices of Col. Jonas H. French, their old commander, and president of the Democratic state convention- Mr. Chandler and myself made speeches to the soldiers. Mr. Chandler went back to Portsmouth on board the Tallapoosa. Randall went to my house, with me over night, and I took him down to Gloucester, showing him the method by which the Gloucester fisheries are conducted, and then to Boston, where we parted, he going to his home and I to mine. I made no bargain on the Tallapoosa about anything. I certainly did not make a bargain with Mr. Blaine, because he was not there Mr. Chandler had not seen Mr. Blaine since the nomination of Governor Cleveland."

GOV. CLEVELAND.

He I* Going to His Native State, New Jersey, To-day.

NEW YORK, N. Y., October 26.—Gev. Cleveland and staff and the Albany Democratic phalanx will arrive on the West Shore railroad in Jersey City at 3 o'clock Monday. Gov. Abbott and his staff and Newark's committeemen will receive Gov. Cleveland there and escort him to Newark. Arrived there the two governors and their staff will go to Mr. Edward Balbach's for dinner and a private reception. After that will come the public reception at the Grand opera house, which will be handsomely decorated. This will last two hours or so, and then follows the arade. It will be reviewed by rov. Cleveland from a platform in front of the city hall. The procession will start at 9 o'clock,and will be headed by the Seventh regiment band. It will be in charge of Gen. E. E. Storrs, commander of uniformed clubs of Essex county. Th# finishing touches were given in New York last night to the arrangements for a grand demonstration on the occasion of the visit of Gov. Cleveland. Governor Cleveland is a native of Essex county. He is the first native Jerseyman ever nominated for the presidency of the United States. His native county therefore promises to give him a welcome on a monster scale.

Mr. Joy Home Again.

NEW YORK, October 26.—Jas. F. Joy, of Detroit, arrived here to-day from England. He refused to be interviewed, and said it would require the reading of what had been published before he could speak with reference to the conversation he had with Beecher in 1877.

SOUTHKKN METHODS,

Gen. Vandervoort and Miss Holbrook Insutled and Threatened in Putnam County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., October 26.— With a desire to carry Indiana and succeed, southern tactics have been intro-1 persons duced on Indiana soil, denced last night by the most out-

waa

'referring

itation 0f

/Ji onldiM of Rockingham congress, on pensions, denouncing free trade newspapers circulate. The confederate soldi*'

part

this BO

reonUicfor their decision, is received. I re-1 public

that my

engagements are a rjght

gret exceedingly such that I canno mads in such a kind and generous manner as.

largely outnumbered, and armed

me a

any pLrt

«hair^«untrv, will perhaps continue tooling

to their prejudice. Let the march of mofc wtw

the progressive people of your

wayside houBe woui,i

results for their people inithe\ ormed

men Buch 88 must take the front in.

and who have never shown the ability

rAnsed. and who have never snowu

^develop

the

verrwhere found in

0 what

against

nans wen? luiuimcu

great sources of wealth that are no ci08er,

their

part of couutry. ot

WBrfi on

I am very truly, JOHS A. LOGAN.

[Signed) NAILING A IJIE.

Butler Repudiates the Story About a Bargain with Blaine.

BOMON,

Mass.,

October 26.—General southern bulldozers,

Butler has addressed a letter to I. B.

old friend and constituent of mine, and one whom I tried to assist, whei in congress, to carry out his id«w ha rvnia »nfldition. had returned

BjBjne

Abbott, Esq., explaining the charges Pair. that he (Butler) had made a trade with

«^i'tion had returned popular candidate for the presidency, north poleexpeditionhaaretumeu pp aBtoniflUingi home from that penlousand impo« au q{ those preaent 801

mv native state of New openly voting for James G. Blaine.

Irish ladies as well as gentlemen were present, testifying their preference for Mr. Blaine by openly working for him

CLEVELAND WILL BE BEATEN,

on was evi-1 wages. Now, thi3 condition of things as was evi

ex^n(jB an

Mis8

Nellie Holbrook, of California, were

advertised to speak, and at the usual world. My inference from these figtime a large audience assembled, ures was made a good while ago, and Miss Holbrook spoke for a short it is this: That the manufacturing portime, and was followed by Gen. Van- tion of New York city has got the turn

dervoort, who had spoken some time on the custom house and financial por-

FHE

record

h°m severely, w&eu a voice from the workingmen never see them. Theve-

CHICAGO, 111., October /O, general's assertions. The general then I some prejudice against him, and as the Capt. John H. RaUton, Harrisonburg, I oroved wliat he had said, and added election comes nearer and nearer the

petition KE

containing orer 500 namee of Confederate sol- even if lie was among Demo- monument above all surrounding

2SKtl£thi

themselves to conduct Mi8S Holbrook

General Vandervoort to their ho-

threats were kept

Up, but nothfng dOM. T&

TCiivitu I O is well I guards, however, remained, and snori

crowd and inquiry

General Vandervoort. They

fcut thafc

I did not need to see him. They then

demanded that ne come out, when the

informed that the first man gag

gnar^ with revolvers. Had leader of his

voted Cane at. a Catbolio

Indianapolis journal.

rfkonrU«r in the interest of Mr. The congregation

by several hundred

to BMdst 'when I SaT" A*"handsome gold-headed cane I except about himself, and the tail of and one whom I tried be voted to the most i«™

1 The vote stood, tor jsiaui^ provision, to-wit:

citixens in my native Hampshire. Mr. Chandler several gentlemen of nencs do honor G^ly his bmvea^o- ^Twaa intense, election in this state/' Article VII

&J5W&

Hon Samuel J. Randall, with and after the result was made known section II, of said state. was tne non.^ manv

years. I they united

the result was the determination to 'Neil, of ST

whoml was in congress IFather 'Hugh "6'NeTl',""^ "StIof^e^^rand^lrregular armies of and I went on board the Tallapoosa send a New York, to pre- the late Confederate states we entitled with him and there met Mr.. Chandler I

York, to pre-

BMDe0n

of distinction, xi H«UI ug -^ew Y0rk on I they accoi

spent my time especially than to-morrow evening, and will present (hold the company, and was ™°r®^

board We

New

The Tariff Question Decides in York and New Jersey. Gath in Cincinnati Enqairer.

Now concerning the vote of the city of New York and its associate cities. You must nnderstand that New York is not like Boston, the school teacher of the surrounding towns, but it is the pupil and partner of these towns. It is the market for the factory districts, which extend as far as Pennsylvania on the west and as far as Boston on the east. The tariff question, which the Wall street element has never taken into consideration, is to-day the ruling issue in this metropolis. I can show you that by the census. By the census of 1860 there were in the city of New York less than 4,400 manufacturing establishments. They employed 90,000 people, They paid in wages $28,000,000 a year. By the census of 1880 there were in the city of New York about 11,000 manufacturing establishments. They employed about 230,000 hands and paid in wages every year about $100,000,000. Do you not see the folly of Mr. Carlisle, who lives in Covington, and Mr. Morrison, who tives in southern Illinois, throwing into the midst of this great city the free trade issue with 230,000 souls living on the manufactures? Now, of the 230,090 hands I have mentioned, about 150,000 are males, and above the age of sixteen. As the census was taken four years ago, a large proportion of those people are now voters, and jrobably with the increase of manufactures there from 150,000 to 175,000 hands employed in the factories of New York city who will this year deposit the ballot. The manufacturing industry of New York has not suffered as it has in some sections of 4he country, because there not much is done in the way of making crude woolen or cotton goods. This city is employed in the making of machinery, brass, cigars, articles that enter intothe composition of houses and ships. The argest strike organized here was that of the laborers on house building some time ago, and BO good was business that nearly all the employers made the concession at once.

Now let us turn to Kings county, N. Y., which means the city of Brooklyn. In 1860 it had about 1,000 manufacturing establishments, employing about 12,000 bands and paying only $4,500,000 a year in wages. At the present time Brooklyn possesses 5,200 establishments, which employ nearly 50,000 hands and pay $23,000,000 a year in wages.

Let us go over to Newark, N. J., which is called Essex county. In 1860 it had about 770 manufacturing establishments, which employed 22,000 hands and paid $6,000,000 a year in wages. Essex county is much larger than the city of Newark, but for convenience I take only Newark out of it, and show you that four years ago there were over 13,000 manufacturing establishments there, employing 30,000 and paying $13,000,000 in

over the-state of New York.

It extends to nearly all the surrounding states. There are towns in this

rageous proceeding known since the good old Democratic times. At Clover-1 vicinity you never heard the name of, dale, in Putnam county, Gen. Paul like College Point, which manufacVandervoort, of Nebraska, and

terson! J?, has become the monarch

the silk business in the western

of C. tion of the town, and it is only in

c. Mataon, Democratic candidate for the latter portion that high-priced

the room disputed the toes of Mr. Cleveland created originally

hoped he would be accorded tariff question is rearing its head like a

was a free country and things. The Democratic candidate has

long as he spoke respectfully of the not said one word on that sub]

record of any man, no one

to interfere.

__ Several been trying to put it prominent

Uuch that I camot I faulting"0 remarks were made, of the free trade papers here have said outbreak occurred one word in favor of free trade since

this has been. It does seem to^me «ia the meeting wa8 0VCTj

SfomSX^0andcrmeforwa^inthe threats began to be made leading the Weekly, which did have one cartoon direction thBt mil gire them prosperity and Republicans to become alarmed. They on that side. be caloulated to develope the 'great mine of were

one word on that subject.

The Morrison element in the west has

None

when the contest began except Harper's

CANDIDATE HENDRICKS.

A Mild Bequest that He Speak Out on I Questions of the Day

Halstead's Dispatch.

By ly afterwards a noise was heard from That gentlest of copperheads, Mr.

One of the men, on going

Hendricks, of Indiana, proclaimed in Ohio with his softest tones that the people wanted a change, and they voted for a change from the Democratic rule in that State. He has de-

^hat made an attempt to enter the clared with passionate sorrow that the

be shot down on the Republicans had been in possession so

spot. General Vandervoort was in- h0ng of the departments at Washington

was said, andtoprepure that he wanted to look at the books.

himself. He replied, "Let them come I Well, Secretary Gresham opened the on." There was no further attempt I books in his Wall street speech, and

him until 2:30 in the morning, Mr. Hendricks knows that his friend when he started to take the train for

anci

Bloomington, when a crowd of men treasury, is incapable of any degree of rushed out of

party,

hold in Putnam county, Matson's own I Xs Mr, Hendricks is the leader of the home. Matson is the Democratic can* party, and has brains enough to make dilate for congress, and although he himself intelligible, why does he not has a majority of one thousand, is speak out in time on the business queslikely to be defeated, which accounts tions of the day. He knows that neither for such bitterness in this nest of [the candidate nor platform of his party possesses a distinct meaning that can be confided to the people. If the

be elected governor. Missouri is the most Democratic of states, and her disfranchisement of national officers and preferences for Confederates is typical If we had a copperhead like Cleveland for president this sort of discrimination wonld become the prevailing custom of the country, and a distinguishing feature of our civilization.

'k Marrying in Germany, if An Kngliah correspondent in Berlin writes: "The question of what to ao with younger sons is solved here by all young men of good families and small means being expected to take to the army and as to any necessity of further providing for them, if they wish to get on in life, they must marry a rich wife. No officer is permitted to marry until he can lay before his commander positive proof, generally in the alpable form of state bonds, that he as the prescribed income. Richly dowagerea young ladies are therefore not only sought alter, but even regarded by the military as their special portion, and the father-in-law, or even the bride herself, is quite expected to inquire into the financial difficulties of her betrothed with a view of satisfying his creditors before the marriage takes Dlace. Perhaps it is this fact which las made it customary for German girls to receive an immediate marriage portion, and thus become a marketable article, so much so that when a gentle* man meets one that takes his fancy, he seldom betrays any tender passion until he has satisfied himself by more strict than delicate inquiry, with what amount of cash the object of his admir ation is likely to be endowed.. It has even happened that an embarrassed and dashing young count has married a rich Jewess for the sakeof her wealth, and that while living in splendor on the Hebrew papa's money, he rather disdains the old gentleman and tries to ignore the mesalliance among his military associates."

HOME POLITICS.

The Big Rally At Lockport To-mor« row Night.

The Fate of the "Lamb"—The Old Seldiers and Logan-To-night'i Meeting-

AT LOCKFOBT.

Col.

Thompson in the. Afternoon and Major Garter at Might.

Col. R. W. Thompson will speak at Lockportat2 o'clock to-morrow. Major Carter will speak at night. A special train will leave the First street depot 1 o'clock, and return after the afternoon speaking. At 6:45 a special will leave, taking the escorts and uniformed clubs of the city, all of which are cordially invited to go. Full companies are desired. A grand torch light procession will be had. Reduced rates will be given.

The Third ward Blaine and Logan club will meet at Jack Rupp's blacksmith shop thiB evening to make arrangements to go to Lockport.

away head

neighbor, the secretary of the

saloon, swearing and deceptioa. And yet there is no reason General Vandervoort, and to suppose that Mr. Hendricks is sat-

Hdbfook. Again the ruf-,iBfied.

gang were informed that they

must

'""""i

It is necessary to speak.ofthisi mild'

which the cowards did est and best mannered of the old cop-

^re to do, as several Republicans perheads, as he is just now the true

Mr. Cleveland be-

mere plug or chunk, the sort of .eas person that in the mountains .Pennsylvania they call a lunkhead.

true meaning of a Democratic national victory coula be made known to the country beyond mistake, the Demo-

Patrick's cracy would not find themselves in_a dozen counties in the Demonothing, and speechless

half a

myL

chapter of cotemporaneous history and see whether it teafthes anything. The state constitution of Missouri adopted in 1S75, contains the following

Wednes-1 to vote and hold office, and

the-gift to Mr. Blaine as soon as possi- fundamental law of the eoverei^i^jS,

other gentleman on Ifter his arrival. The cane is an and tho Democratic Confederate sentiepent most of the time made exceedingly beautiful one, and the most I ment that sustains it, General Sher2c* be assuring me that he had made ex^n|iyoea

& ma

ug his mind ^to support C^ ^me. Walk's stock. Several well-known erate general Marmaduke is about to

vote

Democrats of Terre Haute." As it is customary for committees to pay the hotel bills of speakers, Mr. Gray had aright to be maa, especially when some one had been, drinking on his credit. ,«•

Politics Amonj the Van. Shop Men. Unintentionally the wagon prepared by the Van. shop boys and which was prominent among the ones in the Thursday industrial parade, was overlooked in the report of the procession None was more deserving

A MEAN ACTION. r~

The Democrats Leave Mr. Gray to Pay His Bill at the Terre Haute Honse.

It would probably have been a hard matter to have found a more angry man in Terre Haute on the day of the1 Calkins-Gray joint debate than Mr. Gray. The Democrats made no arrangements for a room for the ex-gov-ernor until the morning of the debate, when the committee spoke for a room at the Terre Haute house. The room was not to their liking, but they took it, as all the other rooms were engaged. During the day one of the guests left and .the ex-governor was given his room, abetter one. When the governor departed he asked if his bill had been paid and was informed that it had not, and was told the amount. Mr. Gray opened his eyes in astonishment, and asked for items. "Board, $2," said the clerk. "Broken pitcher, 75c." "I broke no pitcher," Baid Mr. Gray. "One was broken in your room,"said the clerk, "and there were drinks." "DRINKS!" said Mr. Gray. "I ordered no drinks!"

The room ordered the drinks," said the clerk. Mr. Gray paid the bill, and went no doubt cursing "the mutton

notice

than this, for with energetic work the wagon was made to significantly represent brawn and brains. On the front of the wagon was placed the extention front of engine 101, the werkmen operating on it drove thirty rivets in course of the procession. This part represented protection. At the rear of the wagon was a man poorly clad making desperate attempts to warm himseli over a few smouldering embers of the free-trade fire. The signification of the display was effective, showing that the Vandalia boys, notwithstanding the song of the Democrats relative to slack work at the shops, are warm adherents to the Republican party.

Spilled Oat.

In their procession Friday night the Democrats had a stuffed ram or a buck in a wagon, which was represented to be Mr. Lamb butting over a man who was supposed to be Mr. Johnston. During tne evening one of the wheels came off and the contents of the wagon were spilled on the ground. In the falling out "Johnston" fell on top of the sheep, mashing it flat. It looks as if it was prophetic.

The Old Soldiers.

All old soldiers are requested to meet at Republican headquarters to-

pul

and this

ices.

Under

is disfranchised, and the Confed,

morrow night to complete arrangements for going to Indianapolis to receive their old comrade in arms, Gen Logan.

The Mietiag To* Night,

The Hon. Phillip Rappaport, of Indithe candidates for thelegislaanar ture ami all the county candidates will speak at Dowling nail to-night. Mr. Rappaport will speak in German .. .i —1

The W. C. T. V. Convention

ST. Lotus, Mo., October 26.—Over twenty delegates to the Women's Christian Temperance onion preached or lectured in different churches or missions here to-day or to-night Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop, of Michigan, preached the regular annual sermon to a large audience this morning.

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THE TEmffiMM^il^llsa

TERRT5 HAUTE. INDIANA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1884.

THE NEW STATES HOUSE.

Beport of the .Commissioners on the Progress of the Work. Indianapolis Journal.

The Board of state house commissioners have submitted to the governor their report of the work done upon the new building during the months of July, August and September, and during this period that state that great progress has been made. The building is now nearly ready for the iron roof. The second story of the dome has been completed, and work has begun on the third story, in which the spiral stairway, cut in solid stone, begins. In their report of the details of the work, the commissioners state that the marble columns of the third corridor have all been placed in position On the third story, and all the pilasters have been set excepting a few on the stairways. On the outside, south front, on Washington street, the six large limestone columns have been erected, with their handsome capitals surmounted with heavy lintels. On the east front on Tenessee street, the portico floor has been laid, and the plinths and bases set ready for receiving the columns, which latter will be -erected in a few weeks. The main cornice has been set all around the

building, excepting the center projection. This cornice is very massive, consisting of four courses of cut stone, viz: a heavy base, an ornamental frieze, a dental coure and a proecting cap, or coping, which gives a very finished appearance to the' building. The work of setting the attic story, which comes above the cornice, has been started, and hopes are entertained of finishing it yet this season. The brick work has been carried on almost without a single interruption, and the interior walls are now finishea above the line of the threestory ceiling. The iron work of the third-story ceiling has been commenced, and is being pushed rapidly. The heavy plate girders and beams for the supreme court room and the state library are in place, and the iron columns and beams for the sky-light ceiling and the ornamental cornices are now being put up, all moving quite satifactorily. The ornamental carving on the outside window-heads is now being done, which adds immensely to the appearance of the exterior.

The first installment of taxes for 1383 has been collected, and there is now $93,101.44 to the credit of the state house fund. The expenditures during the last quarter amounted to $84,278.15, of which $36,686.82 was for cut Stone work $14,994.18 for brick work $5,196.15 for iron $8,823.39 for copper, lead, etc. $13,206.47 for carpenter work $1,216.44 inside finish architect's per centage, $1,327.86 commissioners' salaries, $1,667.25. The total1 expenditure since the construction of the building began is $989,826.74.

Beecher's Bread-and-Water Speech. New York Sun. ...

To the Editor of the Sun—SIR:

sist

He concluded by declaring that in the end the men on strike would be defeated, trade resumed, and prosperity once more reign throughout the land.

A Heavy Loss by Fire.

CHICAGO, 111., October 26.—The fourstory building at 108 Madison street caught fire this morning and the interior was pretty nearly gutted before was put out. The three floors were occupied by G. Spalding & Bro., dealers in base ball outfits, guns and sportgoods of all kinds. The stock was valued at $140,000 damage, about $80,000 insurance, $120,000. Bernhard, manufacturerof hunting and fishing suits, occupied the fourth floor, Damage, $3,000.

All bnt Lynched.

BLOOMINGTON, Ills., October 26.— Last night Fred Schultz, while drunk, threw a stone at a Republican procession, which Btruck on the head and rendered insensible a .mounted man from Hudson. The cavalry company at once dismounted, chased and caught Schultz, beat him severely, and putting a rope around his neck, hauled him up on a lamp post and left him there. He was cut down by the police juBt in time to save him.

Lectnre Postponed.

The Rev. H. O. Breeden postponed his lecture on "Novels and Novel Reading," to be delivered at the Christian church last night until next Sunday night The weather prevented many from attending. Regular servi ces were held.

The Meeting To-Night. The Hon. Phillip Rappaport, of Indi anapolis, the candidates for the legislature and the county candidates will speak at Dowling hall to-night Mr. Rappaport will speak in German.

f§

I have

asserted to-night in the company of a few frinda that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher made a speech known as the "bread-and-water speech" on or about the time of the labor troubles, some years ago, in which he asserted that the laborer ought to be satisfied with bread and water, and could live on it, or, as is commonly asserted, words to this efiect. Can you decide the matter, and oblige E. McC.

NEW HANEN, October 20. WHAT MB. BKEOHEB SAID. The Times, July 23, 1877. "The necessities of the great railway railroad companies demanded that there shourd be a reduction of wages. There must be continual shrinkage until things come back to the gold standard, and wages, as well as greenbacks, provision, and property, must share in it. It was true that $1 a day was not enough to support a man and five children if a man would in

on smoking and drinking beer. Was not a dollar a day enough to buy bread? Water costs nothing. Man cannot live by bread alone, it true, but the man who cannot live bread and water is not fit to live. When a man is educated away from the power of self-denial, he is falsely educated. A family may live on good bread and water in the morning, water and bread at midday, and good water and bread at night. Such may be called the bread of affliction, but itwas fit that man should eat of the bread of affliction. Thousands would be very glad of a dollar a day, and it added to the sin of the men on strike for them to turn round and say to these men,

You can do so, but you shall not.' Thero might be special cases of hardship, but the great laws of political economy could not be set at defiance."

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THE CENTENARIAN.

The AniiiYersary of Sir Moses Monteflro's One Hundredth Birthday Widely Observed.

His Eulogy of the Great Jewteh Phi lanthropist and Remarks the Jewish People,

Rev. Stephen H. Camp and the Rev. Dr. Gotthell also made adresses. Rabbi Mendez pronounced a glowing eulogy on the life of Sir Moses Montefiro. The home for Chronicinvalids was formally opened with interesting exercises, consisting of addresses, singing and religious services. The following telegram was sent: Sir Moses Montefiro, Ramsgaie, England:

New York makes "schoeroua" over the opening of the Montefiro home for chronic invalids with imposing ceremonies to-day. Our congratulations to you. (Signed) ALLEN,

[The telegraph brought reports in detail of the services held in many cities in this country yesterday.]

A Good Man.

St. Louis Republican.

The history of Israel, always interesting, and just now presenting peculiar interest, is this day brought vividly before the world, in connection wit!i the birth of one of Israel's be3t and moBt illustrious exemplars. The home the Hebrew is the world, and ail over the world, to-day, they will celebrate the 100th birthday of Sir Moses Montefiore. It is the Christian Sabbath, strangely enough,.and millions of Christians will take at least a silent part in the memorial recollections of one of the noblest and best men living. It startleB us to reflect on the mighty period spanned by this venerable man's life. We are living in the latter part of the nineteenth century, and he was born at Leghorn, Italy, in the latter part of the eighteenth—October 26, 1784—three years before the constitution of the United States was framed: before the first American president was elected before the French revolution was thought of before the great Napoleon was heard of while the unfortunate Louis XVI. was sitting quietly on the thorne which, five years later, began to shake with an awful tremor and while our old friend George III., soured by the loss of his American colonies, was sitting on the throne of England and long before that great names, events, discoveries and inventions that other old men now think, talk and read about were spoken. In his one hundredth year he is a type of Israel—of that ong-liv#d and miraculously preserved race, the beginning of whose noble

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Journalism is in a flourishing condi tion in the little kingdom of Greece. At this moment there are 122 printing 111 houses, which produce annually about 1,000 different works. Nearly every village has its newspaper. In Athens there are fifty-four political papers.

In digging a hole to plant a St. John flag-pole in Indiana the workmen struck a spring of water. A hole was bored in the pole and it was transformed int a pump, where the faithful can slake their thirst and show their respect foT the cause at the same time.

imperishable literature, still read every dav and every hour round the world, are older than Homer whose laws, days, feasts, and fasts given more than thirty centuries ago are minutely observed to this day of that right royal people who have seen five ancient imperial powers pass away, and all the great powers now ruling the earth come into existence. We call England, France, Germany, Spain and Italy old countriee but Sir Moses Montefiore's people had an old history before the names of these were coined, and they will, probably, be still living, vital and vigorous, when they shall have ceased to bespoken.

Sir Moses Montefiore does not belong to either of the classes of men the modern world is given to honoring he is not a warrior, nor inventor, nor discoverer, nor explorer, nor philosopher, noi reformer, nor agitator. His race was never conspicuous in these fields of human effort lie is not even a patriot, for patriotism is a prodnct of native soil, and the Hebrews have no country. What they honor in him is his goodness. For more than sixty years he has looked upon the burdens of his people, and devoted a large share of his life and means to the work of alleviating them. Every land where Hebrews were oppressed or afflicted has been tbe scene of his personal visits or his compassionate labors in their behalf—Russia, Poland, Syria, Ronmania, Morocco and Italy. The city of Zion

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In New Tork Mr. Beecher Was Preaent at the Services and Delivered an Address.

A Sketch of tbe Life and Boundless Philanthropic Acts of the Famed Representative of a People.

THE MONTEFIRO CENTENNIAL.

The Services on His One-Hundredth An. ulversary Yesterday.

NEW YORK, N. Y., October 26.— The Montefiro centenary services were held to-day in nearly all the Jewish temples in this city. Addresses were made and sermons preached on the life, character and good deeds of Sir Moses Montefiro, the Jewish philanthropist. At the Temple Emanu there was a large congregation. The service was one of prayer and thanksgiving. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher made an address, in which he paid a high eulogy to the good works oi Sir Moses. Mr. Beecher said: "We are called upon to ponder at the prolongation of such a life, but it may be a lesson for our guidance, and I pray that all may profit by it. There be many men that are made rich that they may be made meaner. They pamper themselves and separate themselves from their fellows, but here is a man whose riches have been a benefit to the poor in every land. His great and generous heart has enriched them all. He has used the resources of his riches for the benefit of all, and in so doing behold how this great man rose above the separation of the sects of society. He knew no diffeience. All in need were alike to him. How long ago is it that the term "Jew" was a by-word and reproach over the whole earth? But now how changed. That change was owing to the beneficience and goodness of men who, like Sir Moses Montefiro, regardless of creed, assist the poor, needy and helpless. We know what all the world says of such a man. He belongs to humanity and to mankind, not shut up in narrow bounds of any creed or any belief. In such case recognize the breaking down of the barriers of the middle ages. I am glad I am hot

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my reverence and heartfelt thanks to God for having raised up and let live him whose memory we are assembled here to celebrate."

has been on his heart all his life. The Jews who live round Jerusalem, and kiss its cold stones, wail over its departed glory, and recall the ancient prophetic promises of its restoration, when "its streets shall be full of children." and the daily sacrifice shall be replaced, are the poorest and most wretched of their race and again and again, when famine and sickness ited th .nied by his noble gone to their relief with food, medicine and money. In Russia, Turkey, Morocco and Egypt he has secured by personal appeals to the sovereign important relaxations of harsh and oppressive measures against his people and it may be truthfully said that the immense improvement in their condition which the present century has brought is due, in a large measure, to his individual interference. No living man is to-day more honored and loved than he, and no living man more richly deserves to be.

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PAPER-MILL EMPLOYES.

Only Five Per Cent, ot Them Exposed to Passible Contagion In Rags, New York Herald.

"Do the workers in paper-mills lead as happy lives as their employers represent was the question asked by a Herald reporter, yesterday, of a gen tleinan well acquainted with the rag trade. "As to their happiness I will say nothing," was the reply "but, as to their physical health, I can assure you that tne general jubilee hymed over it is very apt to delude an unenlightened public. Take, for instance, the case of that gentleman who says that in twenty-five years only two out of 200 work-people have had smallpox. That statement I maintain, is about as disingenious as this would be from the resident physician of the New York hospital: 'In this year, out of two hundred employes, we have not had a nurse who contracted any disease. The fallacy lies in this: Only a small percentage of the employes are nurses, and they are chosen for their immunity from the disease they attend. In other words small pox patients are only considered to be

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by nurses who proof against infection. Similarly, in tne paper mills, probably not more than five per cent, of the operatives ever go near the rag room or come in contact with rags until they have been thoroughly disinfected by passing through soda ash, chloride of lime and boiling water, and it is highly probable that the age and experimence of this percentage of the operatives have included small pox prior to their engagement in the rag-room. The young of both sexes are at the other end of the process—cutting, sorting, stocking, labelling—occupations in which they incur as little danger of any infectious disease as they would if they handled any innocuous article, as the rags have by that time become thoroughly disinfected. A few old women may from time to time, be stricken down with disease, but the young men and maidens retain their health and good looks and give their employers a good opportunity to boast of the salutary,influences of the trade. Visit any paper mill in the country and you will see that I am right"

The Confederate Battle Flag. Washington Letter to the Cleveland Leader. I saw Gen. Joe Johnston on the street to-day. He is as straight as an arrow, and the only sign of age is seen in his

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silvery curls almost to his shoulders, and his dull gray .beard. Otherwise he might pass for a young man. His dignified step is firm, his eyes bright, and bis health apparently perfect. He is now 77 years of age, but does not look over 60. He lives on Connecticut avenue, one of the swell streets of the capital, and is, I suppose, in comfortable circumstances. I called upon him to ask him about the oriein of the Confederate battle flag, now over a year ago. He told me then that it was only partially his design. Said he: "At the battle of Manassas—you northerners call it Bull Run—the stars and bars proved a failure because they were so much like the Union colors. Indeed, both armies mistook their enemies for friends and vice versa. After the battle I bad resolved to discard this flag and called for each regiment to procure its state colors. This they were not able to do, and I asked the army for new designs. Among those presented, one by Gen. Beauregard was chosen, and I altered this only in making it square instead of oblong. This flag was afterward adopted by the Confederate army generally. It was a Greek cross of blue on a red field, with white stars on the blue bars." This flag was designed by a Col. Walton, of Louisiana, and by him presented to Gen.

He Will Stop Next Time,

New York Paper,

The driver of car No. 137 on the Madison avenue line will probably stop for ladies on any crossing after this. It was at Fourteenth street that a buxom

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try slippers and a bombazine dress, hailed the car. She stood on the near side of the street, and waved an Avenue A parasol. The driver motioned her to the other crossing, but she was net that kind of a girl. With two quick bounds Bhe planted herself in the middle of the track, caught the horses' bits, forced them back on their haunches and, as the car stopped, stepped quietly in the front door, remarking cooly, "Guess you'll atop yer machine next time fur a lady." He guessed he would.

Killed by a Street Car.

BALTIMOBE, Md., October 26.—Michael, age 7 years, son of Policeman Croghan, was crossing a street when he was knocked down by the horses of a street car and the wheels passed over his neck, completely severing the head from the body. The driver had left the charge of the horses to collect fares. He is held for a hearing.

Black and White.

Saturday night James Bunch, a colored man, and Clara Hoddy, a white woman, were married. Bunch was feeling happy yesterday, and took too much liquor. This caused Officer Thomas to relieve him of a sevenshooter.

Threatened to Kill Himself. William Powell, said to be a crank, was taken in charge by the police at corner of Ninth and Main street, yesterday. He was drunk, and threatened to kill himself.

An Assassin's Work

AnAiRSviLLE, Ky., October 26.—John M. Gilbert, a farmer, was shot and killed Saturday night while out walk ing by an unknown assassin.

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How Intelligent People are Syiteaatlo ally Humbugged. Labourchere in Loudon Truth.

I am overwhelmed with iadifnant protests of spiritualists, clairvoyants, table-turnera and ghost-seers, who are unable to understand how I can refuse to be convinced of the existence of phenomena which, according to them, occur every day. When clairvoyance was the rage a Dublin physician—Sir Philip Crampton, if I remember rightly —inclosed a bank note in an envelope, placed the envelope at the Bank of Ireland, and offered it to any clairvoyant who would tell him the number. No clairvoyant could. When table turning was the rage Faraday invited any table turner to come to the Royal Institute and to turn a table there which was so arranged that physical pressure would count for nothing. No table turner came. As for spiritualists, their tricks have been again and again exposed. Slade had a "spirit who wrote on a slate nnder the table. The trickery was proved in police court yet now we are told that we ought to believe in spiritual slatewriting because the late Duke of Albany believed in it and owned a slate on which spirits were in the habit of writing. We are asked to accept as gospel truth that in India an adept of Buddhist tpirituaiism often writes a letter and puts it in a room. The adept to which it is addressed comes in the spirit from Thibet, or some such distant spot, and indites a reply.. There is, I believe, a considerable number of persons in England who absolutely believe in this letter-writing trash. Only the other day a ghost story was published, for tbe details of which it was said that Sir E. Hornby vouched. He had himself seen the ghost. It appeared to him in China, and he at once informed his wife of the fact. According to recent information, however, from China, it wonld seem that the ghoet had forgotten to die when he appeared, for he was still and that Sir E. Hornby was not married when he confided the details

of the ghostly narrative to his wife. I am utterly disgusted with the credulity of persons otherwise sensible. They seem unable to understand by what sort of evidence a departure from the known laws of nature ought to be believed.

Funeral'Honors in Halmahera. Popular Science Monthly. According to the descriptions |of a Dutch minister, the funeral feasts of the Island of Halmahera are quite elaborate affairs. The ceremonies bev gin, after the deceased has been put in his coffin, with a rope-dance between the young men and the maidens, in which either party tries to pull the rope away from the other, to the music of a monotonous anti phonal chant, and which is continued through several evenings, with complete freedom from interference by the old people. Then follow four or five days of feasting, to which the whole neighborhood is invited to contribute in provisions and services, marchers and dancers, the men and the women taking the prominent part in the ceremonies en alternate days. The body is placed in the grave,"and is adorned with ornaments, lights and garlands. As soon as this play is over the dance is transferred to the sea-beach, and the funeral ends with a ducking match between the boys and the girls.

Prndent, Even if Tipsy.

Argonaut.

During the war Brown was a train dispatcher at Memphis, and one evening prior to taking hold of his key he chanced to meet several jolly companions. and by lingering with them managed in some mysterious way to get a rabbit's foot into his pocket, or, in other words, imbibed too much sour mash. The consequence was that when he found himself at his post of d«ty he had sense enough to realize that it was impossible for him to direct the movement of trains on the road during the night. The more he endeavored to find away out of his dilemma the more fuddled he became, until at last he grew indignant, and after side-tracking all the train on the road, he closed nis office and went to bed. The trains remained on the side-tracks all night, waiting for orders to move, while the respective crews shook their fists and howled in their profanity. The next day

Brown was discharged.

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CLAIRVOYANCE FRAUD.

Take, for instance, the trick of finding a pin, the whereabouts of which i*. known to the "subject." The trick is^ generally performed in a room full of people, who also know where the pi» is concealed. Collusion, therefore, is possible. This, however, is not necessary,'for if the performer be adroit, he knows where to go, owing to the un* conscious indications given by the subject. Nothing is more easy than to jrove thiss Let the subject fie blindolded instead of the performer, and the latter will never find the pin. I asked Mr. Stuart Cumberland whether he could find a pin under these conditions. Being an honest man, and making no pretense to do more than closely follow indications, he replied that he could not.

Winter.

CHEYENNE, Wy. T., October 26.— There was a very heavy snow fall here to-day.

BANGOR, Maine, October 26.—Three inches of snow fell at Greenville, Me., during yesterday and last night.

The Cattlemen's Convention.

ST. LOUIS, October 26.—A circular has been sent to the governors of all state and territories in the union requesting each to appoint one delegate-at-large to the National Cattlemen's convention, to be held November 17th.

Marat Halstead's Father Killed.

CINCINNATI, O., October 26.—Griffin Halstead, father of Murat Halstead, while going home on Paddy's Run, Clermont county, Saturday night, fell over an embankment and broke his neck.

Tbe Meeting To-Night. The Hon. Phillip Rappaport, of Indianapolis, the candidates for the legislature and the county candidates will speak at Dowling hall to-night. Mr. Rappaport will speak in German.

Prof. Packard Dead.

NKW HAVEN, Conn., October 26.— Prof. Lewis R. Packard, of Yale college, died this morning at his residence in this city, of consumption, H^ 48 years of age.